The abnormal fluctuations of the psychic network gave Gawain a hint of vigilance in his heart.

Although this psychic web was created by the Eternal Sleepers, one of the three dark sects, and is "evil" by ordinary standards—and it did have blood and taboos in its construction, there is one thing that cannot be denied: Gawain still needs it.

A large number of Cecil's scientific research projects have been influenced by it.

Of course, Gao Wen has been promoting the harmlessness and self-development of the mind network for a long time, and now he has achieved certain results.

On the one hand, Kamel and other experts have verified his initial conjecture through the combination of immersion capsule and magic net, that is, the operation of the mental network does not necessarily need a victim such as a "brain servant", it should essentially be a "cloud network" supported by a large number of nodes, and the so-called "brain servant" is very likely to be the product of another plan of the eternal sleeper; On the other hand, Cecil's self-produced immersion pod and the constantly improving magic web are also developing rapidly, and sooner or later, when Cecil's own number of nodes is sufficient, Gawain will be able to form his own psychic network, creating an origin space that does not need to rub traffic from the hands of the Eternal Sleeper.

But these things take time.

The immersion capsule is the cutting-edge technology of the empire, and its manufacturing cost and mass production difficulty are still very high, and the immersion capsule currently in use is still limited to a few research departments in the imperial capital, with no more than a hundred sets, and according to Kamel's calculations, at least two thousand to three thousand "brain nodes" must be connected to the network at the same time in order to form a relatively stable mental network, in order to form a "mental image world" similar to the dream city of the Eternal Sleeper, this goal is not so easy to achieve.

It is said that the biochemical technology found in the lair of the End-of-Life Society helped break through the bottleneck of artificial neural cords, but ...... Will the psychic network really last until then?

Perhaps it was due to intuition, Gawain always felt that the vision of the psychic network this time was extraordinary, and it was not easy to get it...... Something big is going to happen.

"My lord," Daniel couldn't help but say with a hint of nervousness as he saw that Gao Wen was silent for a long time, "did you think of anything?" ”

Gawain glanced at Daniel.

Yes, the psychic network can't have an accident for the time being - not to mention anything else, once the network collapses, how can Daniel's side still contact him?

This old mage is a secret hand he has cultivated with great difficulty, and it is of great significance in his many arrangements for the Eternal Sleeper and the Typhon Empire - since the Southern Unified War, the original 25th Production and Construction Brigade has been disbanded and has become a real Production and Construction Brigade, but the 25th Office of the Government Affairs Department is still operating, this office is attached to the name of the Military Intelligence Agency, and the main task at present is to analyze all kinds of information sent back by Daniel, and formulate various plans for Typhon and the Eternal Sleeper, no matter how you look at it, The core of this team is Daniel, and this line must not have an accident.

"In any case, the psychic web can't disappear right now," Gawain looked at Daniel gravely, "I need it." ”

Daniel immediately commanded: "Yes, then I will do everything I can to ensure its survival." ”

After all this time, the Cybersecurity Director of the Eternal Sleeper has finally decided to take a serious look at cybersecurity......

"If I'm correct, the Pope and Archbishops of the Eternal Sleeper should be consulting with you soon," Gawain nodded, "You're the head of security, and although I suspect that the reason for this network problem is deeper, most of it has nothing to do with external intrusion, but your strength in the field of psychic network technology has been recognized by the Order's higher-ups, and they may come to you to solve the problem." When the time comes, do your best, but remember to pass the information on to me in time.

"Another thing, you pay more attention to the cultists who have had abnormalities after being connected to the Internet for a long time, although the examination concludes that they are all right, but I always feel that things are not that simple, they ...... It may have been severely affected in the depths of consciousness, but it has not erupted for a while.

"Be careful when doing this, don't show enthusiasm beyond who you are, and be careful not to be suspected."

"Rest assured, my lord," Daniel said with a confident smile that only the uncrowned king of the Twenty-Fifth Office of the Military Intelligence Agency has, "I am already skilled in this area. ”

……

City of Dreams, on the edge.

A translucent blurred barrier shrouds the leafy neighborhood, and from the outside, the area on the border of the City of Dreams remains serene and peaceful, only blocked by a barrier of "suspended access", and its interior is undergoing normal maintenance and reconstruction.

But inside the barrier, the distorted scenery is very different from the normal neighborhood that is close to the outside.

The clear sky was shrouded in a cloudy and chaotic layer of light and shadow, floating above the city as if the wrong water and clouds were mixed together, the ground was covered with undulating hexagonal structures, the vast expanses of prismatic surfaces had faded their colors, and the original magnificent palaces were stacked in the outer area at the end of the block, and the balconies, corridors, and staircases were all twisted and entangled, forming a structure that seemed to be a mass. And a large number of shadowy phantoms staggered around the chaotic neighborhood, like ghosts and ghosts.

An idyllic woman in a white gold-trimmed dress stood at the edge of this chaotic neighborhood, quietly staring at the misaligned geometry and distorted colors of the street, the air around her was dull and windless, but her hair fluttered gently in the air, as if the wind from another space was blowing on her forehead, and as if she was just a phantom standing here, her body still in place.

Beneath her feet, a ring of noise trembled and contracted, as if the chaotic space around her was trying to erode the woman's position, but it was blocked by a more powerful force.

An Eternal Sleeper in a heavy black robe and an owl mask on his face walked by, and a muffled voice came from under the mask: "Archbishop Geerfen, the erosion area has stabilized, but the boundaries of the area have spread about a tenth of the way to the outside of Dream City - a very strange street has formed there, and it is impossible to get close to the sample. ”

Selena Gerfen nodded slightly and looked into the distance.

She could see the strange street, it was at the end of this chaotic block, with strange architecture, some figures coming and going in the street, and outside the street was an endless gray-white void, but the flow of cars and horses and people kept coming and going in that void boundary, as if the street was leading to some invisible but real world.

Selena knew where that "street" came from - it came from the One Sandbox World.

Now, no one knows what's going on in Sandbox One, what's brewing in that closed world, or even ...... No one knows how long time has passed inside that world, a thousand years? Or 10,000 years? Or longer......

The archbishops know only one thing -

"Sandbox One is still overflowing," Selena Gerfen whispered, "and the spilled data is contaminating the normal network...... This area is no longer repairable and can only be completely reset. ”

"Yes, Archbishop."

The Sleeper in the owl mask was ordered to retreat, ready to reset the block, while another figure emerged from near Selena, a tall, thin, dark-haired, sven monocle in a white robe, who looked calm and bookish.

"Archbishop Selena," the dark-haired man began, "the second overflow block has been reset. ”

"I'm about to perform a reset here, Archbishop Yuri," Selena nodded, "I can't fix it, that's all." ”

“…… With all due respect, ma'am," the young (at least as it seems to be in the network) archbishop known as Yuri bowed his head slightly, and although he had the same position in the Order, he seemed to be a little less senior than Linna, so there was a hint of respect in his words, "Just resetting these blocks will only ease the problem for a while - we should still find a way to stop Sandbox One." ”

"I know, and His Holiness knows it, but almost all of the emergency stop methods have failed, and the One Sandbox is still running, and even gradually merging with all the other sandbox worlds," Selena sighed slightly, "After increasing the time iteration multiplier to the limit, the One Sandbox closed itself in a few minutes, and perhaps in that short few minutes, it gave birth to a 'thing' inside it that was enough to fight us, and that thing ...... I don't want my history to end. ”

Archbishop Yuri hesitated for a moment and whispered, "...... Archbishop Magnum has proposed an emergency circuit breaker, which has been submitted to His Holiness the Pope. ”

"I know, but His Holiness the Pope won't agree to this plan — it's not fundamentally different from the sandbox cutting plan, and it's of no use other than to increase the number of brain-dead victims," Selena Gehr shook her head, "and...... The situation is not yet at its worst. ”

"You mean ...... 'retarder'?"

"Yes, the 'hysteresis' has taken effect, through reverse time iteration, the speed of Sandbox One has been reduced to normal time flow rate, we are already at the same level as that thing, we still have time to continue testing safer and more secure solutions," Selena said softly, but as if with some unquestionable and refutable force, "We have invested too much in Project Zero so far...... Until the last step, His Holiness neither His Holiness nor I will abandon it at will. ”

A strange humming suddenly sounded from the air, interrupting the conversation between the two archbishops.

Selena looked up and saw that all the buildings and ground in the block were quickly stained with a layer of grid, and then the distorted buildings were deleted in pieces, the alienated ground was quickly reorganized into the basic plane, the water surface and clouds in the sky were broken down into disordered light particles, and after a few seconds, normal houses, streets, ground, and vegetation began to quickly regenerate in this space.

The reset of the block is complete.

In the blink of an eye, the chaotic urban area is back in order, as if nothing has changed, and deadly spilled data and network pollution have been cleaned up.

The two archbishops, Selena and Yuri, stood on the edge of the block that had returned to normal, each silent for a moment.

"I'm afraid that the short-term memories of a few more compatriots will be erased," Archbishop Yuri sighed suddenly, "There is always a price to pay for resets." ”

Selena frowned: "Hopefully this is the last time." ”

"Archbishop Selena, about the head of security I mentioned in the last meeting...... What do you think? ”

"Daniel...... Selena Gell thought for a moment and nodded, "I have indeed been following him...... He was a gifted mage and scholar with a unique understanding of the many techniques of the mind network and the idea of how it works...... It's a pity that before our network was officially put into use, his talent was buried and almost wasted. ”

"The security systems he has built, as well as the technologies such as network addressing and multiple databases, have proven to be of great use," Archbishop Yuri nodded approvingly, and continued, "Some of these technologies have even been used in Project Zero, and I and several other archbishops believe that this person may be able to play a role in the crisis we are currently experiencing." ”

"He's a bishop at the moment, but he's only recently promoted......," Selena Gerfen pondered, "but we don't have to be too rigid about those rules for talented people. Archbishop Yuri, do you personally think that Daniel is reliable enough? ”

"I think it's reliable," Yuri said without hesitation, "I looked into him, he joined the Order twenty years ago, he has a lot of seniority, he has a clean and reliable contact with the outside world in the real world, and he is a fellow scholar who is loyal to the Order and devoted himself to research. In fact, he wouldn't have been the head of security if he wasn't reliable, and you know the importance of that position - Archbishop Selena, from my personal point of view, I think Bishop Daniel is very reliable, he is loyal to our cause, and he is very capable, and he cares deeply about the psychic network. ”

"Very well, then it's up to you to touch," Selena nodded, "but don't be in a hurry yet, observe the cycle, after all...... This involves Project Zero, and we're going to be ready to promote that Daniel to 'Archbishop.' ”

"I understand."

(Recently, some readers have encountered the so-called paid group, internal group, VIP group, claiming that the paid group can read the XX chapter in advance, etc., hereby declare, there is no form of paid VIP group under my name, any charge to join the group is fake, and there is no internal group that can read the XX chapter in advance - I don't have so many manuscripts myself...... ）