In the winter hall, when he heard this, the expression of the governor of Xizhou changed significantly.

"Tell me about it." He said in a hurried tone.

……

Moments later, a soldier quickly walked into the main hall and presented a seal that resembled the texture of green jade.

"According to you, this is the so-called 'secret seal'? When the palace was about to be broken, the queen of the old dynasty used this thing to control the guards and palace people around her? ”

The Governor of Xizhou, or the Emperor of the New Dynasty, looked at the fine seal.

It is one circle smaller than the jade seal.

The shape is square and simple, with complex pale gold lines on the surface, but it is dull at the moment.

"Yes." The new chief scientist of the empire looked at him with emotion and said:

"This is the most important 001 research project of the scientific research institute in recent years, which is highly confidential to the outside world except for a very few people who know about it."

"The project has been going on in secret for hundreds of years, starting with the accidental observation of a strange phenomenon in the heavens and the earth, which we call 'Spiritual Tide'.

That is, every once in a while, some kind of abnormal energy disturbance occurs between heaven and earth......"

"To be precise, it should be some kind of interference. Through research, the scientific research institute conjectured that there is an energy in nature that we cannot observe at present.

Every once in a while, this mysterious energy rises and falls like a tide for some reason...... This causes interference with the remaining observable energy. ”

"For this reason, the scientific research institute has placed several observation stations on the high mountains to observe the 'spiritual tide' for decades, and through calculations, we have found that there is no pattern except for the first two intervals.

Later, there is a decreasing function in the interval between every two spiritual tides.

Although there are errors, regular curves exist.

Each time it appears, it lasts for about three days.

Of course, some of the errors may also be caused by the backwardness of early observation methods and technologies.

In short, we have determined the cycle of the spiritual tide, and guessed that it is very likely that it involves the nature of the world. ”

"Unfortunately, despite the constant advancement of technology, we still can't observe that mysterious energy.

Until one time, a scientific expedition team sent out from Kyoto accidentally discovered a strange ore in the southern foothills, and the vegetation around the ore was extremely lush and extremely strange. ”

"And the location where the ore is located happens to be the direction of the ebb tide of the spirit tide."

"We suspected that it was very likely that this ore had accidentally absorbed the mysterious energy under the long-term energy wash, so we set up a special project team to study it......

At that time, it was not yet the item number 001......"

Speaking of this, the chief scientist looked at him with emotion and continued:

Since then, the research institute has begun to carry out research on this unknown energy based on ores...... Research progress has been extremely slow due to the lack of observation.

Fortunately, through continuous exploration, we found that this piece of jade can indeed automatically absorb mysterious energy.

Moreover, it seems to contain some kind of supernatural power......

With a certain amount of stimulation, it can actually affect the human spirit......"

“…… Those who master it can use this object to amplify their inner thoughts and forcibly interfere with the thoughts of humans within a certain range, just like ...... Hypnosis! Yes, hypnosis! ”

After realizing this, the scientific research institute immediately reported it to the ...... The Old King.

This became a top-secret experiment, designated 001.

We tried to decipher this hypnotic power from it, but unfortunately there was no real progress.

Some have speculated that this may involve the realm of the gods......"

"Later, it had to be cast into a 'secret seal', kept in the palace, under the control of the old king, and later, the old king died, and the secret seal also fell into the hands of the queen, and what happened after that...... You got it. ”

The voice fell.

After hearing this story, the eyes of the governor of Xizhou changed.

He pinched the secret seal a little nervously, and immediately stared at the chief scientist, his voice low:

"So, you mean, the one in charge of the Secret Seal can hypnotize other people?"

“…… Yes, but there are many restrictions such as distance and number of people, and if the target brain is active, the effect of hypnosis will be reduced. ”

Under the pressure of the governor, the chief scholar bowed his head, swallowed with difficulty, and added:

"Moreover, every time you use it, it will consume the energy inside the light secret seal, so you can only place it and wait for it to slowly recover...... Previously, the queen used it once.

So, now it is dim, and for a short time, it cannot be excited. ”

After saying this, the hall fell into a long silence.

The atmosphere was unusually oppressive.

After some time, the chief scholar finally tried to raise his head, and then, trembling throughout, he found that the new emperor was staring at him deadly.

"Your Majesty?"

"Tell me, this thing...... How to use it! ”

……

……

[In the summer of the 741,000th and 49th year of the world's evolution, the governor of Daxizhou was crowned, and the Chi State was changed to the new dynasty, which was the first emperor of the new dynasty.

On the running log, click click, and the text appears.

At the same time, Lin Tuo also found that the concentration of ether on the virtual panel also changed from a red lowering arrow to an orange-yellow horizontal bar, and after a few minutes, it returned to green and upward.

"Sure enough, when the civil war is over and society returns to an era of peace, the ether will be restored."

Next to the sand table, Lin Tuo's somewhat nervous mood suddenly relaxed.

As for the change of Chi country to a new dynasty...... Not surprisingly.

In fact, in his opinion, Chi Guo had aged as early as two hundred years ago, but Lin Tuo "went down to earth" and used science to force him to renew his life.

Seeing that the Sand Table Continent continued to develop, Lin Tuo also put his mind at ease, turned his head to hug the computer, put on headphones, and started a game.

Well, during this time, in addition to practicing and doing things, he is taking care of the sand table, and he is busier than going to work, and it is also necessary to occasionally give himself a day off and relax for entertainment.

After a while, all that remained in the room was the sound of keystrokes and mice.

And Lin Tuo, who was concentrating on playing games, naturally didn't know that his action of collecting aether last night would be observed by humans in the sand table.

I would never have thought that his behavior of setting an alarm clock to get up every once in a while to collect would be carefully recorded by the scientists in the sand table and summarized as the "spiritual tide cycle".

……

The sand table is still changing rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, it has been one year since the new emperor ascended the throne.

Over the past year, the new emperor has embarked on a number of reforms, but the main direction is to weaken the local armed forces and strengthen the centralization of power.

Obviously, as a local usurper, he could not have allowed a second self to appear.

In view of the people's livelihood, it is to sweep away many of the ills accumulated during the Chi State period, kill a wave of corruption, rectify the officialdom, and gradually replace the original administrative system with officials of the "small government" in Xizhou.

And through a series of means and decrees, it has fully demonstrated its excellent ability to govern the country...... The whole society quickly settled down and moved back to the electric age at a faster pace.

At this time of the transformation of the times, new things appeared every day, and in just one year, people had already adapted to the rule of the new dynasty.

Because of the meritorious presentation of the "Secret Seal", the chief scientist has also had a smooth ride in the past year, and no matter how the officialdom changes, he has not been affected in any way.

led several major inventions, and made him a celebrity next to the new emperor, and for a while, the spring breeze was proud.

It wasn't until another cold winter that he was summoned again into the palace and into the meeting room called the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty."

When he stepped into the room, he saw that the emperor was alone in the conference room, facing away from the door, facing a map on the wall, as if he was in a trance.

"Ah, here you are, sit down." Hearing the call, the emperor came back to his senses and said with a smile.

"I don't know what instructions Your Majesty has summoned his ministers to come?" The Chief Scholar asked.

"Calling you here is indeed a big deal," the emperor didn't go around in circles, and went straight to the point, "I'm going to set up a new laboratory in Daxizhou."

Doing a major study, without a person in charge, I don't know if you are willing to accept it. ”

"Daxizhou? New lab? Study? The chief scholar was surprised and couldn't help but ask, "What is it?" ”

"Boundary." The Emperor turned again, looked at the map of the empire on the wall, and slowly spat out a word.

"Boundary?"

Hearing this, the chief scholar looked awkward.

In the Empire, the word border has a special designation, and its full name is "world border".

That is, beyond the continent, at the end of the endless sea, at the very edge of this world.

More accurately, it is the magnificent, unresounding "wall of grandeur".

It's just that, unlike people outside the sandbox, who can clearly see the sandbox as a whole, for the Empire people inside the sandbox, their perception of the world is based on the sandbox environment.

Even if it is based on scientific calculations, it can only produce the results of the sandbox simulation.

Many years ago.

Because of the backwardness of navigation technology, the people of Chi at that time did not know what the world was like.

The fleet sent out will also encounter mysterious storms and waves after leaving the mainland and sailing into the depths of the "Endless Sea", unable to move forward.

It wasn't until the Industrial Revolution began and navigation technology improved that people finally broke through the dangerous seas and came to the end of the world.

The huge wall was discovered.

And name it "Boundary".

Countless scholars have tried to break their heads, but they can't figure out the material composition of the "boundary", let alone what is beyond the boundary.

Even many scholars believe that there is no such thing as "external" borders.

It is also believed that beyond the "borders" is the realm of the gods.

More than 200 years ago, the saint who taught the world lived on the other side.

As a result, it has become the ultimate and most mysterious thing in the field of imperial science.

The sandbox people look at the "boundary" just as the earthlings look at the "universe".

"Yes," said the Emperor, pointing to the map in the conference room, "I wonder if you feel this way, the world we live in...... It's very small.

When I was in Daxizhou, I liked to go to the astronomical station at night to watch the stars, where the mountains are very high and closer to the starry sky, and this feeling is especially strong.

This is especially true since I took control of the country.

My chest was constantly suffocating and I felt out of breath.

According to your scientific community, human beings started out of recklessness and conquered nature, so that they have what they are now, and I often think lately, human beings have conquered nature, and I have conquered this country, so ......

What's next? What are we going to conquer? ”

"Conquer what?"

The chief scientist subconsciously asked.

The Emperor turned his head to stare at him, his gaze full of oppression:

"Boundaries. I'm going to conquer it, no matter what it takes! ”