Sword of Daybreaker

  After hearing the explanation from the technical director, Selena was silent for a few seconds before repliing blankly: "...a simple and effective way."

Then she walked two steps forward and came to the hemispherical crystal device that contained the "master brain". The transparent spherical shell was soaked with artificial brains like giant organs. This scene was somewhat spiritual to ordinary people. , But for Selena, who was born in the sleeper, this scene is just an ordinary research object.

Her gaze swept over the metal poles and various catheters fixed in the gully of the brain tissue inside the container, and Luo Pei Ni also walked over and introduced her to the details of the device: "The biomass pipe is connected to the container from below. Nutrients from the split tank are continuously delivered to the servo brains at all levels. There are three groups of independently operating pumps to maintain the circulation of these liquids. Even if one or two pumps encounter an accident, these servo brains will not stop due to lack of nutrition. There are independent filtering and alarm devices at the bottom of each container. Once toxic substances enter the circulatory system or the metabolic waste in a certain section of the pipeline exceeds the standard, the control center will know immediately."

"What if the toxic substance exceeds the system's processing limit?" Selena asked without looking back, "Or other disasters caused the entire "tower" to interrupt the external communication... Please don't think I am deliberately making things difficult. Any accident in the world can happen, and I have seen too many incredible system-wide disasters in the past 700 years."

"Of course, your worries are necessary, and we do have the ultimate protection plan," the Lady Lopenie smiled and appeared confident. "Considering that the most sophisticated and expensive parts of the entire system are these'servo brains', The ultimate damage control of the entire system is designed to protect the servo brain. If an irreparable disaster occurs in the factory, the servo brain will immediately smash these containers and retreat through the reserved escape channel. They fly very fast , The muscle strength of the nerve tentacles is enough to deal with the stuck ventilation grille or sewer opening, and the ability to escape is very strong."

Penny’s voice fell, and the technical director next to him added two more sentences: “In addition, in order to ensure that the factory host can maintain a certain escape ability for a long time, we will arrange these servo brains to leave the wetware slot in turn every week for physical training, including Long- and short-range flights and use of tentacles to lift weights and pulls. In addition, we plan to conduct fire-fighting and poisoning drills for them every six months to train with the workers in the factory."

Penny nodded: "All workers will receive common sense training on the servo brain and gradually become familiar with it to ensure that they can deal with the servo brain in accordance with the normal colleague relationship. Your Majesty reminds us to keep in mind that all employees Mental health is what Gülen has been paying attention to."

  Selena: "..."

  "Ms. Selena?" Noting that the nodal bachelor's expression in front of him was a little strange for a moment, the Lady Lopez could not help but say, "Anything else?"

"...No, I just think... well, it's all reasonable," Selena rubbed her forehead with a weird expression, and then murmured like she was talking to herself, "Bertila has done something really wrong. It's getting more and more weird... and it's really a shame that ordinary people with normal three outlooks can adapt to the weird things she made..."

Hearing Selena’s muttering, Luo Pei Ni smiled: “No matter how weird magic products are, they are nothing more than tools. For the first generation of people who are exposed to magic products, rumbling steel monsters and floating in liquid The giant brain is not essentially different. In fact, due to the strange impression left by some traditional dark wizards to the world, the latter may be easier for the public to imagine."

Selena nodded gently, and did not entangle on this topic anymore. Instead, she looked up at the servo brains immersed in the container. For a while, she seemed to be lost in thinking, until after a few seconds, Luo Pei Ni’s The voice came again: "In fact, there are still many people who are confused about these servo brains. The main reason is that everyone always thinks that these artificial brains will think like humans. Especially when they see their'living posture', they seem to be The feeling of facing a smart individual is particularly strong..."

  Selena turned her head and glanced at the female consul with a smile: "Are you included in these people?"

  Luo Penny's face was expressionless: "I am a mage, I only believe in the data obtained from research, and I don't care about this kind of prejudice based on intuition."

"Ms. Archon, even a wizard, she will be shaken when she sees these cutting-edge technologies for the first time. There is nothing embarrassing about it," Selena smiled faintly. "Any new technology will always cause this and that. Worry, and in fact they do have hidden dangers of this kind. There is no absolutely safe technology in the world, only continuous rigorous safety measures, and the trial and error costs in order to obtain these safety measures.

"Servo brains are not as intelligent as humans. Although they are an important part of the'intelligence era' planned by His Majesty, the'intelligence' of these brains is not the same as what ordinary people understand. Their From the physical structure, nerves cannot produce complex thinking processes, but can only handle heavy data calculation tasks. Of course, they also have some basic thinking activities, such as eating and...cooperating with your physical training, but this kind of thinking Activities are closer to animals than humans.

"After all, Ms. Archdruid Bertila did not design the intellectual foundation for these brains at all, and did not leave them room to rely on reproduction to seek genetic mutations, so please rest assured, they are just more advanced tools... …Maybe it can be regarded as a loyal'animal companion'?

"But as I just said, there is no absolutely safe technology in the world. No one knows what kind of problems these servo brains will have in the future. The impact on society after their large-scale application is difficult to estimate. Just as magical technology changed our way of life, these servo brains will definitely have similar effects and changes. This is the problem that government managers like you and technicians like me must face together. ."

   "Your statement is exactly the same as your majesty," the noble lady Lopeini smiled and shook her head, "this is how he described the problems we face in development."

   "I am a loyal reader of "The Emperor's Words"," Selena suddenly squeezed her eyes, "I have read every volume."

Then she waved her hand and did not let the topic slip in this direction. Instead, she raised her head and pointed her chin to the "mastermind" who was on standby: "I have a general understanding of this system and now should we follow the plan? Wake up this sleeping...friend?"

   "Of course," Luo Pei-ni immediately returned to the state, nodded seriously, and instructed the management staff beside her, "Ring the bell to notify everyone to enter the post."

After a while, a sharp bell rang in the factory area, and workers and technicians who were already ready came to the workshop. Although the control of the wet parts host can greatly improve the efficiency of the production process and reduce the number of operators in many positions, this The system still needs human assistance and supervision, and the system is currently in trial operation, so a certain amount of operators is still needed in the workshop.

A window was opened in the middle of the "wet parts control tower" deep in the workshop. Luo Pei Ni and Selena stood in front of the window and looked at the situation in the workshop. They saw that the people were all in their positions, and the signal of readiness came from everywhere. Behind them, the technical director came to the console of the main brain and pulled down the black lever in the center.

  A series of bubbles rose up in all the containers, the light of the runes flashed between the base and the pipe, and the sleeping mastermind was instantly awakened. These loyal control units pondered for a moment, and the whole workshop came to life.

In Selena’s vision, she saw that the thought rivers that were originally flowing quietly suddenly became extremely active, and the continuous thought pulses rushed along the nerve cords all over the workshop, like an originally dim network Suddenly lit, the "thinking" of the servo brain was injected into a neatly arranged large machine, so all the heavy gears and connecting rods spun up.

  "Each execution unit is operating normally! Nerve cord signal is normal! Biomass pipeline network monitoring is normal! Servo brain blood sugar is normal!"

In the continuous reports, Selena showed a faint smile. Despite being a ghost, she still took a deep breath as if she was alive, and let out a sigh: "Finally...the dark knowledge of the past Once there was the light of the right way."

  ……

In the northern part of the Rock Fortress, in the lower reaches of the Gorgon River, in Pompeii, the warm wind blowing from the south has swept across a large area of ​​wasteland outside the boundaries of the development zone. The wind is mixed with the smell of damp mud, which heralds the coming of summer rain. .

This year’s rains are more abundant than previous years, and the water level of the Gorgon River has also risen all the way. However, after careful study, scholars have confirmed that this level of rainfall will not cause flooding. People living in the central area of ​​the Holy Spirit Plain are also relieved. Come, and at the same time, I hope that the last part of summer will be smooth and rainy, so that this year will have a good harvest.

A large factory is located in the development zone on the east side of the riverside city. The factory that was put into operation only this year has multiple magic obelisks and several towering magic escape towers, and there are straight and wide roads from the factory area. Passing through, extending all the way to the pier on the Gorgon River, various characteristics show that this is a heavy factory that produces large-scale magic devices, and the government affairs office here has high hopes for it.

In the loading and unloading area of ​​the factory, a heavy truck is parked by the transfer platform waiting to send the goods out of the factory. Several workers and technicians are busy at the site, operating the machinery to move the heavy crates and inspecting the boxes one by one. The condition of the goods.

Among the operators at the scene, a tall middle-aged man appeared to be particularly eye-catching. In addition to a stronger figure than ordinary people, obvious scars and subtleties can be seen around the face and neck of this middle-aged man. The symptom of crystallization shows the identity of a middle-aged man: he is a "healer", a person who has survived the crystal cluster disaster, and a glorious restorer of this land.

The mechanical lifting device was running, and the last large crate was safely placed on the heavy truck. After confirming that the mechanical device had been stopped and locked, the middle-aged man lowered his controller and jumped onto the truck with two other workers. Prepare to secure those crates in place with shackles.

  "The first batch of finished products...finally finished," a worker said next to the middle-aged man, "this is a precision thing...I hope they can be sent to the imperial capital's test site steadily."

"By the way...why do you want to build such a large anti-gravity unit?" Another worker made a confused voice, "I have seen dragoons in the north, and the kind of'cloud bottom' carrier for transportation. , They can’t use such a large anti-gravity unit...a unit is so big, I really don’t know how big the anti-gravity ring made of them is..."

  The middle-aged man with scars and crystal marks on his face glanced at the two workers, his voice low and hoarsely reminded: "This is not something we should pay attention to. Don't just guess the empire's plans."

"Hi, Sam, you are too serious to talk about products in the factory without violating any non-disclosure agreement, not to mention that these parts themselves are not classified as confidential things," a worker waved his hand, and then lowered his voice. Hey, are you really not curious? Oh, yes, you just transferred from the north recently...maybe you don't know the situation of this factory..."

  The middle-aged man called Sam ignored the chattering man. He just lowered his head and scanned the label on the crate, which was printed with brief information about the goods in black and white letters:

  Standard-III anti-gravity unit (welded type), produced from: Pompeii Special Manufacturing Center, shipped to: Cecil City.

  Below the label, there is a line of additional annotations: Empire Magic Technology Department, authorized by Minister Rebecca, for domestic use.

   "It's fixed. It's also fixed here."

  The voice of a colleague came from the side, and Sam withdrew his sight.

These large magic units can be used to form an anti-gravity ring with a diameter of more than ten meters. They represent the processing limit of rune installations in modern factories, regardless of the princess who is praised by the emperor as having the "steel mind" And what kind of plan she conceived with her head, which is extremely good at dealing with steel machines, behind these rings must point to some great creation that can shock the world, like the old magic engine and rune cannon, or Mercedes-Benz The magic train and the incredible steel battleship.

  But these things have nothing to do with him.

  For him, instead of paying attention to these mysterious magic parts, it is better to pay attention to the healing of this land and this prosperous summer.

  Sam stood on the truck, looking far at the new forest north of Pompeii. Last year, there was still a burnt wasteland. It was a landmark representing the pollution boundary in the previous crystal cluster war.

Although the army of crystal clusters did not attack Pompeii, in order to prevent the spread of pollution, the Cecil Corps completely burned a large area north of Pompeii with heavy burners, creating a "purification zone". The burned land used to be shocking, but as your Majesty said, new shoots will always flourish on the burned land.

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Nowadays, the lush scene has appeared. Although it seems to Sam that the growth rate of the woods in this summer is a bit abnormal, the woods that seem to grow overnight are indeed pleasing to the eye. They cover the land with lush greens. The last piece of scorched earth that was burned also shows that the ecology of this piece of land is heading for complete recovery.