At the invitation of Carmel and Jenny, Gawain came to a "holographic analysis room" of the Rune Research Institute, in this huge square room, a raised platform was fixed in the center of the floor, and a high-precision crystal array was fixed on the platform, and as the rune projector was activated, a holographic picture that was far clearer than ordinary projection appeared in front of everyone's eyes with a slight humming sound.

In the center of the canvas float several Siren runes with strange swirl shapes or curved structures.

The moment he saw those runes, Gawain felt a slight sense of mental upliftment, and even felt that his thoughts had become a little clearer and sharper - of course, a considerable part of the latter was actually psychological, and technicians had tested it experimentally, and the Kraken runes did not actually improve the actual operation efficiency of the human brain, they just had a strong mental protection ability, and the so-called "brain acceleration" effect was just an illusion produced by the test subject in the case of a clear mind.

After taking his eyes off the rune that could increase the SAN value, Gawain turned his head to look at Jenny beside him, "You said that you have made a great discovery in the study of the Kraken rune?" ”

"Strictly speaking, I have a certain understanding of the peculiarities of the 'Kraken'," Jenny nodded, and nodded to one of the assistants on the side, who then operated the projection device, so that the holographic projection in the center of the room appeared with the ever-changing form of the Kraken, Jenny also added, "By the way, all of our research has been strongly supported by Miss Till." ”

Gawain nodded, "What did you find?" ”

"We've found that it's probably not just the 'runes' on the Kraken's body that have a 'mind protection' effect," Jenny said, "as long as it's an 'information body' that can point to the Kraken's race, it will produce a similar mental protection effect......

"Huh?" Gawain was immediately noticed by Jenny's statement, and his tone couldn't help but rise a little, "Pointing to the Kraken race?" ”

"For example, the runes on their bodies, and for example...... Their singing. Kamel on the side said, and at the same time waved his hand to turn on another device in the room, and after a soft click, a very soothing and pleasant humming sound came from a recording device in the room, and with this humming sound, Gawain immediately felt a sense of uplift and pleasure similar to when looking at the Siren rune!

"Miss Tyre helped to record it, and unlike the tune she usually hums in her spare time, she says that the song is a 'song of the deep sea', and it contains 'the truth of the waves of the waves'...... We still don't understand what she means, but the singing of this particular melody clearly has an effect similar to that of a deep rune, even after being transcribed with a device—only a little weakened. ”

Carmel explained, and then before Gawain could speak, he added: "In addition, I later analyzed this melody with a resonant crystal, and found many waveforms that are beyond the range of the average human ear, they constitute very short and complex fluctuations, and after extracting and testing these fluctuations, we confirmed two things: first, these tremors can cause magical resonances that cannot be detected by humans, and it is actually extremely complex in nature." The process of casting spells is only invisible to us in terms of the resonant body and the traces produced after the resonance, only the highly sensitive crystal records the indirect evidence, and secondly, it is these fluctuations beyond human perception that produce the effect of 'mental protection'. ”

Gawain's eyes have changed indestructibly: this is an incredible discovery, a development that everyone has been waiting for!

Since coming into contact with those "patterns" on Tyr's body, since knowing the various abnormal characteristics of the Kraken race, Gawain and his technicians have been working hard to crack the secrets, they have made mental protection barriers based on those deep sea runes, and made more and more efficient "God-resistant coatings", but all these applications are just shoddy imitations, and there is no way to explore its principle behind it, which is undoubtedly the biggest regret in the hearts of all researchers, and even a ravine.

Now, however, Carmel and Jenny have finally taken a crucial step on this path, and they have gone in a direction they had never thought of before - the Kraken's anti-godlike nature is not limited to their "runes"!

"In other words, if these 'fluctuations' hidden in the melody are extracted and imported into the magic net, they can also produce an effect similar to the deep sea runes?"

"Theory, Your Majesty," Jenny nodded, "and they will be more comprehensive than the effects of runes, covering every inch of the corner." The only disadvantage of this fluctuation compared to runes is that it needs to be 'continuous'. The runes can be applied for a long time after they are coated, but this fluctuation must be maintained by a specific device, and the effect will be interrupted once it is interrupted, but if it is in the magic net that is constantly running on its own, this restriction is not a limit. ”

Gawain thought quickly in his mind, and then a question suddenly popped up: "Wait, have you tested it, this thing...... Does it work for deaf people? ”

Unexpectedly, Kamel nodded immediately: "I also thought of this, so I tested it, and the conclusion is very interesting - although these fluctuations hidden in the melody are beyond the perception of the human ear, and theoretically whether it takes effect or not should have nothing to do with whether humans can perceive it themselves, but in fact these fluctuations have a significant decline in the effect of deaf people - not a complete failure, nor a full effect, but a certain percentage of decline." In addition, we also found volunteers who were deaf for different reasons to test, and found that this decline was not obvious in deaf people with organic damage to the auditory organs, and 'Song of the Deep' still had a fairly significant effect on them, but the opposite was true for volunteers who were deaf due to brain lesions......

"In the second type of tester, 'Song of the Deep' played only a modest role, giving the impression of ...... It's as if they are not only deaf physically, but even spiritually. ”

“…… Strange result......" Gawain couldn't help but mutter.

Kamel nodded, "Yes, it's very strange, we'll continue to work on this, and it may help us uncover some of the secrets of the 'human perception magic' process." ”

"Then the topic comes back to these melodies," Gawain looked up, "can these 'songs of the deep sea' now be imported into the magic web, or made into something practical?" ”

"It still needs some preparation and testing," Kamel said immediately, "and it's a recent discovery, and there's a lot of unproven parts that are best avoided and not rushed." At the moment, Jenny and I have only imported the runes that have been verified into the magic net to protect the key nodes. ”

"Okay, you should be cautious in this regard," Gawain nodded, and then couldn't help but glance at the "sample kraken" presented on the holographic projection - although this image was deliberately processed, he could still tell at a glance that the prototype was Tyr, "What else did you find?" ”

"It's still related to the 'Song of the Deep,'" said Kamel, "and as you know, it's a song that the Kraken can hum, but in fact...... Some humans are not impossible. ”

"Humans?" Gawain was suddenly surprised, "Are you saying that humans can also make this kind of 'song of the deep sea'?" ”

"For humans, it's not singing, it's a complex spell casting, and there is a special group of spellcasters among humans...... "Of course, this caster didn't know the specific melody of the Song of the Deep before coming into contact with the Kraken, they used a different melody, but after testing, they did imitate the 'singing' of the Kraken." ”

Gawain frowned, as if he had thought of something, and said thoughtfully: "This spellcasting group is ......"

"It's disbanded now, but I can find a way to rebuild," a voice suddenly came from the entrance of the room, before Kamal and Jenny could speak, "It's the Church of Dreams and the Eternal Sleeper's 'psionic choir'. ”

Gawain turned his head to follow the prestige and saw a beautiful lady in a white close-fitting dress with an elegant body walking in, and he recognized it as one of the former Archbishops of the Eternal Sleeper, Wendy "Spiritual Song".

"Psionic choir?" He raised an eyebrow, and then quickly recalled the information, "Ah, I know this group......"

"It was formerly known as the Church of Dreams' choir, whose role was to soothe and unite the spirits of believers through special 'psionic songs' during important ceremonies, and after the birth of the Order of the Sleepers, the psionic choir became one of the Order's important defensive forces, used to help the core clerics resist the spiritual erosion from the gods, or to heal those who were mentally wounded," Wendy said with a gentle and tranquil smile on her face, and her voice was as beautiful as a song, living up to the name of "Spiritual Song", "When we evacuated from Typhon, The psionic choir was disbanded, and less than one-fifth of its members now come to Cecil. ”

"You can imitate the song of the deep sea of the Siren?" Gawain looked at the former archbishop with some surprise, "Can your ears hear those peculiar fluctuations hidden in the melody?" ”

“…… It can't be heard," Wendy said, "but it can be perceived in ways other than the ear. Its essence is actually a spell-casting process, and specially trained psionic singers are no strangers to this spell-casting process. ”

Then the "spiritual song" lady paused, and sighed with a hint of emotion: "The 'singing technique' we use with the Kraken is indeed very different, frankly speaking...... Humans are far less gifted than them in this regard, but if it's just a period of imitation, we can still do it with diligent training and a certain amount of talent. ”

"We need to train a group of psionic singers," said Carmel on the sidelines, "and no amount of hole cards is enough to fight the erosion of the gods." ”

"Is it difficult to train a Psionic Singer?" Gawain groaned for a moment and looked at Wendy the "Spiritual Song", "How long will it take to rebuild the entire Psionic Choir?" ”

“…… To be honest, it's hard," Wendy thought for a moment and said frankly, "The psionic singer is not really a 'singer', not just a simple matter of letting someone with a good voice learn to sing, he is essentially a spell-casting profession, requiring a keen sense of magic, special magic control skills, a long period of boring study and training, and finally even if all this is done, he will have to learn a series of knowledge from the Kraken that is completely different from human cognition...... In fact, even I still don't understand what Miss Tyre means by 'perceiving the deep sea,' which is often emphasized, and it would be harder for the average person to do that.

On that basis, it's hard for me to say exactly how long it will take to rebuild a psionic choir...... This can take many years. ”

Gawain frowned: "This means that it is extremely difficult to mass-produce, and the successful ones even have a lot of randomness and chance......"

But he soon noticed a few key points that Wendy had just mentioned: "You say that becoming a psionic singer requires a keen sense of magic and special magic control skills?" ”

"Yes, these two points are also the biggest talent limitations of becoming a psionic singer - other than that, most of the limitations can be solved by relying on acquired training and learning."

Gawain immediately looked at Kamel on the side, and before he could speak, the latter had already reacted.

"Your Majesty, we may be able to try Neural Thorn," Kamel nodded slightly, his voice buzzing, "The practical Neural Thorn is ready for mass production, and our next step is to try to use it to mass-produce basic mages, and we can take out a portion of the test quota and use it to train Psionic Singers - if more trained Psykers are added to our 'Defense Against God System', our future will be safer." ”

"That's possible," Gawain nodded immediately, "I'll give you an expedited permit later." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but have some strange imaginations in his mind—what would this product look like that fused magic guidance technology with dream magic techniques, traditional spells, and kraken techniques? A soldier in a special combat suit, with flickering artificial nerve cords attached to the back of his head, hums an indescribable psionic melody for his comrades on the battlefield, and communicates the "power of the deep sea" when he is idle......

And it's mass-produced.

Gawain shook his head, temporarily throwing some advanced associations out of his mind, and at the same time his attention returned to the previous topic, he looked at the holographic projection not far away, thinking about those runes and the "Deep Sea Song" in his mind, and said thoughtfully: "Although we have made a lot of progress, the most critical problem is...... What are the deeper principles of these things? Why do these things pointing at the Kraken make them so resistant to the pollution of the gods? ”

Carmel thought for a moment, then broke the silence: "About this...... Jenny and I had some conjectures after discussing it. ”

Gawain raised his eyebrows: "Oh? ”

"We doubt...... This has something to do with the spirit of the race 'Eva' behind the Krakens. ”

"Something to do with 'Eva'?" Gawain repeated curiously, "I remember Tyr described it to me ......"

"Yes, she described it to us when she was cooperating with the research," Kamel nodded, "and after analyzing the nature of what she calls 'Eva,' I suspect that the spirit of the race may be essentially a ...... 'Alien gods' that operate in a very different way than the gods we know.

"Of course, this is only a metaphor, because according to our definition of gods, the 'Eva' in the mouth of the Siren is not a god at all, but a larger, conceptual Siren ......"