The Eternal Sleeper's technique has always been valuable to Gawain, but it just needs to be reinvented.

At present, some of the Eternal Sleeper technology has been used in the magic network communication network established in the territory, but Gawain wants much more than that.

For him, the achievements of the Eternal Sleeper in the fields of neurosurgery and brain immersion techniques are equally fascinating.

Daniel is the most senior Eternal Sleeper technician Gawain can find, he has been an Eternal Sleeper disciple for more than ten years, he knows the relevant techniques well, and more valuable is that he was born as a mage, this "former profession" gives him excellent research skills: although Gawain often said that traditional mages are pedantic and backward, but that refers to their own group, as far as individuals are concerned, as long as they can become advanced spellcasters, they cannot be bad in the fields of mathematics, logic, and pure intelligence.

Sure enough, Daniel looked proud: "My lord, there has been great progress in research in this area. I referred to the drawings of the 'crown' device you gave me earlier, and designed a set of connections that could be used by ordinary people while preserving its function as much as possible, including connectors that mimic neural cords and brainwave amplification arrays. Theoretically, it could have the same effect as that tiara......"

However, speaking of this, the old mage paused, with a hint of apology and nervousness in his tone: "It's just that it is still very imperfect at present, the biggest problem is that it is very large in size, it is completely impossible to carry, and secondly, it consumes a lot of energy......"

Gawain listened quietly, slightly relieved in his heart: as he expected, it was right to give this task to Daniel.

The "crown device" mentioned by the old mage is nothing else, it is the magic prop that Patty used when she fell asleep, it is a complex and expensive eternal sleeper magic weapon, it is the only device that Gawain has seen so far that can connect ordinary people to the psychic network, and some of the runes in the magic network communicator are designed with reference to that crown.

But Patty's tiara had a major flaw: like all traditional magic items of the era, it was too complex, sophisticated, and expensive to mass-produce.

So Gawain gave Daniel the information of the crown, and asked the old mage to redesign a set of "psychic network connectors" based on his own artificial nerve cords and magnified magic circles, combined with the runes in the crown.

Now he has finally waited for the results, although they are still imperfect.

"Give me your current research materials and blueprints," Gawain bowed slightly to the old mage, "I will continue to refine it." ”

The old mage nodded hurriedly, and reproduced the information in his memory in this virtual space through shorthand magic, and looking at the old mage's movements, some thoughts slowly appeared in Gao Wen's heart:

The time seems to be almost up......

Daniel has been observed and tested for a long time, and the security of this hidden virtual space has been verified, perhaps...... He could consider telling someone he could trust about this here.

If Daniel's connection device works, he will be able to connect the technicians in the territory to this virtual space, and use the simulated environment here to speed up many research projects in the territory......

By bringing Daniel and Kamel into contact, it will be easier and more efficient for researchers in the territory to interpret the Eternal Sleeper technique.

Gawain hadn't told the people around him about his ability to connect to the psychic network before, the main issue he considered was security, he didn't want the Sleepers to know that their psychic network was leaked, and he didn't want them to know that he had infiltrated their network, but after Daniel successfully became a bishop of the Eternal Sleeper, Gawain finally borrowed his hand to establish a primitive IP system and security system in the psychic network, using these things, He'd confirmed that there weren't any Sleeper network nodes in Cecil's main city or the surrounding area, at least - so as long as the people connected to the network were loyal and reliable, there was no need to worry about the news leaking.

In his thoughts, Daniel had completed the reproduction of the information, and the old mage respectfully pushed the drawings full of symbols and words in front of Gawain: "My lord, this is all the information. ”

"Very well," Gawain took the information and said casually, "You should know the power I have established in Ansu. ”

The old mage bowed his head: "Yes, your loyal servant has heard of this. ”

"I'm thinking about getting you in touch with my subordinates in Ansu," Gawain said as he noticed the change in Daniel's expression, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

Daniel was stunned for a moment, and then showed an excited and happy look: "This is my great honor!" ”

Clearly, the old mage took this as proof that his loyalty had finally been recognized by Gawain.

Gawain could guess what the old man was thinking, and he didn't say anything, but just reminded the other party seemingly casually: "My identity in Ansu is that of the founding duke Gawain Cecil, not some extraterritorial wanderer, you must keep this firmly in mind. ”

Daniel reacted quickly and quickly bowed his head: "Yes, follow your will......"

"Very good," Gao Wen nodded with satisfaction, and then looked the old mage in front of him up and down, "What is the effect of those patterns I gave you?" ”

Daniel suddenly looked humble and grateful: "They have incredible power!" ”

Then he spoke about the power of those magical patterns and their effect on himself, especially the benefits of his mental stability: "...... As my nervous system slowly healed, I felt that my mind was much clearer than before, and my thinking skills seemed to be back to the peak of my youth...... It's also because I was able to complete your task so quickly and design a new brainwave connection solution......"

Gawain snorted: "Is there any adverse reaction?" ”

"No—although I did encounter the 'blind pleasure' state you mentioned, it seems that as long as you keep resisting, you can break free, and that's the most incredible thing about it: it's more intoxicating than any psychic illusion I've ever known, but it also keeps the person in contact with the most conscious, and I don't think anyone who wants to give up their minds will be completely controlled by it......"

Speaking of this, Daniel paused for a moment, and said with some caution: "But I didn't let my apprentice try...... I ...... to their hearts It's not very reassuring. ”

Gao Wen glanced at the old mage lightly: "It should be that you are worried that once they come into contact with that relaxed and happy state, they will immediately abandon the painful reality without hesitation." ”

Daniel's face suddenly showed a trace of embarrassment and chagrin: "All these years...... My mind often spirals out of control. It was only in the psychic network that I was fully awake, and in the real world outside, I was on the verge of becoming a twisted monster, and it was normal for my apprentice to be terrified of this. ”

The old mage in front of him was a mentally deranged, moody, and tyrannical person in the real world, a fact that Gawain had known since he retrieved Daniel's shallow memories.

Due to his excessive indulgence in the sorcery of the Eternal Sleeper, coupled with his own long-term frustration on the path of magic and the after-effects of neurosurgery, the old mage's spirit has been getting out of control for the past ten years, and finally it has deteriorated to the point where he can only maintain relative sanity in the psychic network, and he appears humble and deferential and quick-thinking in front of Gawain, and that is entirely because the psychic network complements his spirit, and once he is out of this network, he is not much better than a madman.

But Daniel's mental state is not hopeless.

Gawain once taught him the knowledge and advanced mathematical materials related to the magic web, and in the process, Gawain found that the positive emotions generated by learning new knowledge and making progress in research projects greatly alleviated Daniel's mental out-of-control, and after confirming this change, he made an attempt:

He rubbed the pattern on Tyr's tentacles in the form of a sea demon and gave it to Daniel.

He wanted to see how Daniel's mental state would change after he was exposed to those weird patterns.

Tyr's sea demon form once left a deep impression on Gawain, the huge body, the countless tentacles that meandered, and the strange and bewitching form, for the first time, subverted Gawain's inherent impression of the "lazy and mentally ill salted fish spirit", and the special tentacles possessed by the sea demon Tyr were the things that made Gawain remember the most.

The indescribable patterns, the extremely strong spiritual infection ability, and the direct rewriting of the attributes of the mortal mind, so to speak, if it weren't for the fact that the effects of those patterns were too positive and funny, Gawain would definitely regard Tyr's sea demon tentacles as one of the characteristics of the evil god for the first time.

And even though Tyr was so funny that he didn't look like an evil god at all due to the pattern effect on his body, Gawain couldn't help but associate that thing with the gods, because he had heard Tyre mention that the original Kraken did not have that kind of sea demon form, and their sea demon form was modeled after the "big squid" in the deep sea.

Although I don't understand why the result of those salted fish spirits imitating the deep sea evil god is to imitate themselves as the deep sea gods, but after all, it is something that may be related to the gods, and Gawain has to be cautious about it, he wants to test whether those patterns still have an effect after leaving the body, and wants to test how effective they are, but he did not find a suitable test target in the territory, until he assigned Daniel a unit test, he had a flash of inspiration to think of the old mage's mental state.

There's no better tester than Daniel - he's strong enough to worry too much about accidents; is an Eternal Sleeper cultist with high mental resistance; What's more, he is already quite mentally abnormal, and he is only separated from the disabled person when he is separated from the mental network, and he needs treatment......

But after all, it is a double-effect spy that he has cultivated with great difficulty, and Gawain is also worried that this old mage will lose control after coming into contact with those patterns that are suspected to be the products of evil gods, so he made a lot of warnings in advance, he explained the dangers of those patterns and possible abnormal reactions, and instructed Daniel not to contact the patterns for more than half an hour each time, and once there are weird and funny thoughts in his heart (such as wanting to dig up big squid), he must stop immediately......

Now it seems that this old mage has indeed strictly followed his orders.

Gawain listened carefully to Daniel's report on the changes that had happened to him, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief-

After being exposed to those neurotic patterns, the old mage seemed to be much more energetic.

"Go back and test the patterns, and keep your apprentices in touch when the conditions are right, but be safe. Also, it's best not to let anyone outside of you and your apprentice discover those patterns to prevent unnecessary trouble," Gawain stood up, his figure fading in the virtual space, "I'll contact you again." ”

Daniel also got up and bent down deeply, "Yes, my lord. ”

The psychic network was disconnected, and after a brief period of vertigo and weightlessness illusions, real-world visions reappeared in Gawain's vision.

He saw that Hettie was sitting across from the desk, but she was already lying on the table and was sleeping deeply, making a slight even breathing sound.

Gawain didn't wake up his sleeping granddaughter—he knew that Hetty had been so tired lately that she needed a break.

Typhon......

"Everybody's developing," Gawain muttered softly, "no one will stop ......"