Secretary of the Devil's Castle

After regaining her senses, Fatalia happened to hear what Tana said, and she said casually: "Didn't you find anything of value? How much area are you searching now?"

Tana thought for a while, and replied truthfully: "Although there are some good guys in the legion, due to the lack of time, I haven't fully explored one-tenth of Sharp's collar."

"so."

Fatalia touched her chin, then raised her head and said, "Miss Natana, where is that card? Let me see it."

"it's here."

Tana took out the card from her bosom and handed it to Fatalia. When Fatalia was about to take it, a hand with a white glove snatched the card ahead of time.

"Let me come. In terms of strength, I am stronger than you, and I am not prone to accidents."

Ender snatched the card and said so calmly.

Fatalia's eyelids twitched: "But father, you are the devil king of the Cairns Empire. If something goes wrong, the empire will be over! Even if you are a twelfth-level powerhouse, you can't easily underestimate the creations of ancient civilizations. Who knows those ancient civilizations? To what extent can human technology reach, we must know that we are still unable to solidify space-time magic into magic props, so reckless, it is too prone to accidents!"

"It's okay, it's okay, hasn't Tana already tried it?"

Ender waved his hands to fool the past, and then carefully looked at the card in his hand. Seeing that Ender had no intention of giving in, Fatalia had no choice but to sigh helplessly, and folded her arms and waited for the result.

So Ender started to try.

The next moment, a cold and mechanical voice echoed in his mind.

"Access request detected, analysis of the instance initiated.

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"Native semi-elemental life, zero-level abyss erosion, no access rights detected.

"Changed: Access revoked.

"Welcome to visit the XI-09 node, all authority locks have been unlocked, and the reserved materials are ready to be broadcast.

"Error! Error! Master database is missing! Master database is missing!

"..."

A series of error messages followed, but Ender found that he seemed to be able to give orders to this voice, "This is... who are you?"

"Reply: XI-09 node self-discipline system."

"XI-09 Autonomy System? What does that mean?"

Ender was taken aback for a moment. If he still had such things as flesh and blood, his brows must have been frowned, but the cold voice remained the same.

"Response: Replace the artificial intelligence that manages the XI-09 node when the administrator is not on duty."

Words I don't understand again...

Ender pondered for a moment, then asked a few more questions, but what the weird voice said was hard to understand, and he didn't get the information he wanted to know.

Fatalia stared at Ender's face, and she saw some distress from the fleshless skull, so she interrupted Ender and raised her hand to her, "Let me do it."

"Ok."

Ender also realized that it might be difficult for him to dig out something from the so-called self-discipline system, so he nodded and handed the card to Fatalia, "It can be activated by injecting spiritual power."

"Is that so? By the way, father, what have you heard?"

Fatalia poured spiritual power into the card while speaking, and Ender stroked his chin and replied, "It's nothing special, you should be able to hear something similar."

Can you hear something like that too...?

Fatalia fully activated the card.

"Access request detected, individual analysis started. Race number M-17, zero-level abyssal erosion..."

What Ender had heard was replayed in Fatalia's mind, but the people who listened to it were different, and the information they could understand was different, so Fatalia's eyes widened instantly.

Self-discipline system?Artificial intelligence?

Fatalia did not expect to hear such a thing from the card at all, but thinking about the so-called master database, it seems that it is not incomprehensible.

The technological level of that ancient civilization was probably higher than she had imagined.

Although ancient civilization sounds like a general term, it actually refers to a powerful civilization that was born before the historical records of all living things in the world. It may have been at least millions of years ago. That civilization It is extremely powerful, leaving mysterious relics all over the world, and a large number of magic props have been spread out. After such a long time, those relics and props can still be used normally, and the technical content is higher than what can be manufactured today. The magic props are more than one notch higher, just like the most incomprehensible space-time magic can be stuffed into the props, the creations of ancient civilizations are almost beyond the limit of modern people's imagination, it is said that the kingdom of dragons was established in one place Among the largest known ancient ruins.

And it was such an extremely powerful ancient civilization that disappeared without any sign, leaving only ruins and magic props all over the ground, and disappeared without a trace. The history of the sudden break is extremely puzzling. No one knows how and why this ancient civilization disappeared.

Even Fatalia knows now, not even the artificial intelligence they made.

Tana mentioned before that the self-discipline system detected the disappearance of the upper node, which is a detection rather than anything else, which means that the self-discipline system was suddenly disconnected from the upper node.

What happened in that period of history?

But no matter how many questions there are, Fatalia doesn't have the ability to investigate at this time. Her top priority now is to figure out what's going on with Sharp collar.

After thinking for a moment, Fatalia said: "Self-discipline system, tell me the details of the petri dish."

"Response: Read failed, lost contact with primary database."

"...then at least tell me the size of the petri dish."

"Response: Read failed, lost contact with primary database."

"Okay, then tell me what the function of Node XI-09 is."

"Reply: Node XI-09 is the connection node of the numbered XI petri dish, and it is one of the nodes with the worst spatial stability and the highest energy level of the XI petri dish. The schematic diagram of the node has been called up."

The data of the petri dish is stored in the main database, but can the XI-09 node be retrieved...

A virtual map emerged in Fatalia's mind. It was a three-dimensional map with a blue background, with an area outlined in red shadows and a string of incomprehensible text marked on it, but the next moment , this text squirmed into a common language, which is exactly the XI-09 node.

Compared with the sharp collar in her impression, Fatalia found that the XI-09 node did not fit perfectly with the sharp collar, but only about half of it, and a small part of the area was outside the sharp collar.

But of course, after all, Sharp Collar was a territory that was divided later, and no one stipulated that it must be exactly the same as this XI-09 node.

So, will the animism created by Viscount Sharp be related to the XI-09 node?

After pondering again for a while, Fatalia said: "Take all the information you can get now, sort it out, and make a catalog for me to see."

"Response: Retrieving and preparing for transmission."

In the next moment, dense words appeared in Fatalia's field of vision.

(Perform a py: "Princess of a Subjugated Country Will Never Die from a Vagabond")

(You can tell the type of book just by looking at the name... What? Can't you tell? Shame! Take off your skirt!)

Chapter 21 File Zero, but out of chapter

A vast sea of ​​complicated information was spread out in the field of vision that only Fatalia could see, and the chaotic data was quickly and neatly classified, and turned into a string of concise names in just a few seconds.

System logs, instruction sets, lab reports, staff lists...

Fatalia settled down and turned her attention to the instruction set.

After opening the instruction set, there is another series of incomprehensible nouns: abandonment agreement, conceptual body termination instruction, three-level existential stripping, space partition, and large cleaning instruction...

Most of them are marked with an orange triangle at the end, which means that the command is fatally flawed and cannot be executed.

But not all of them can’t be executed. For example, at the top of the instruction set, the specially marked red obsolete agreement is followed by a red cross instead of an orange triangle—three confirmations. Cannot be undone.

Frankly speaking, Fatalia found that command very tempting, but she was absolutely sure that nothing good would happen if she pressed it, so forget it.

After flipping through the instruction set for a while, Fatalia felt her scalp tingle. There are always thousands of instructions, including some of the explanations that can be viewed. I don’t know how long it will take to read them all. It's just an instruction set.

If she was asked to interpret this stuff by herself, she wouldn't be able to finish reading it until the end of Ender's lifespan!

Let's go through it briefly.

After making up her mind, Fatalia quickly flipped through the catalog, and soon, her eyes were attracted by a certain information in it.

File Zero: Summary of the Abyss Research Project.

It's really an unusual name that can be seen at a glance.

And study the abyss?You must know that the original gods of the demons were sent away because of the study of the abyss, and now the gods are still vacant. Has the ancient civilization started to study so systematically?

Ah, it is true, after all, there is a division of level one abyss erosion and zero level abyss erosion.

Anyway, it would be a pity not to look at such a file right in front of you!

Thus, File Zero showed its true face in front of Fatalia.

"The abyss, we can't know whether it is a phenomenon or an abnormal space. There is always a fatal flaw in our world model. That flaw is the abyss. If we calculate according to the model, we will never find the abyss." specific location.

"We have done a lot of research on this, and we can only get some properties about it. First, there is no intelligence in the abyss. It acts completely according to some indescribable rules. It is a (or a place) ) is blind and ignorant, full of chaos, hustle and bustle, and disorder, but the interaction with the real world allows him to exchange principles of equal value. This behavior should be meaningless and can only be understood as an abyss Follow some rules or logic to act.

"However, it cannot be judged from this point that the abyss meets ■■. In any case, the research on ■■ must follow that any display is just a manifestation. Any ■■ must maintain a skeptical attitude before you can get a glimpse of the whole picture. .

"Confirm that this is clear, and the file can be opened."

Then, there is only a lot of garbled characters left behind.

Fatalia: ...?

Her blood pressure rose in an instant. Eight years later, she once again recalled the fear of being dominated by the author out of context when she was in college in another world, and it was still in such a critical position.

Just put a preface and the rest will disappear? !

Fatalia felt the blood vessels in her temples throbbing. She tried her best to keep calm, and then said, "What are these gibberish characters?"

"Reply: The database is damaged, unable to connect to the master data for completion."

In other words, he is a complete eunuch, right? !

Fatalia took a deep breath and slowly supported her forehead, "So... where is the main database? Or where can I know these things, do you know?"

"Response: Expanding the map."

"Map... eh? Is there a map?"

Fatalia, who was still sighing just now, was startled, her eyes widened with joy, and she stared at the huge map in front of her.

What is displayed on the map is actually the scene of the entire planet!

Her breathing stopped suddenly, and she looked at the world map in front of her a little dullly. It was different from the general world map divided by national borders. It was filled with many lines, forming the whole world like a broken jigsaw puzzle. Node XI-09, Node XI-04, Node XI-07... A total of twelve nodes with a large number of intertwined lines are scattered all over the world. At the same time, there are more small facilities scattered in other places, even the deep sea No exception, after just a few glances, Fatalia had already seen some of the discovered ancient ruins, but these discovered ancient ruins did not contain any nodes.

And at the top of the map, the extreme north of the world, is marked with the words of the main database (disconnected).

Fatalya was familiar with that place.

That is where the mysterious dragon kingdom is located, and it is also Tana's hometown.

This really unfolded beyond Fatalia's expectations, but now it seems that they can consider how to go to the kingdom of dragons.

But what is troubling is that the Kingdom of Dragons has not established diplomatic relations with any country on the mainland. It seems that only those mysterious sea people have some contacts with them. The Cairns Empire has no plans to establish contact with the Kingdom of Dragons at all. .

Those proud dragons also seem to intend to maintain their sense of mystery, and they rarely appear on the mainland.

To sum it up, it's a hassle.

But that mysterious master database, Fatalia, is impossible to give up, even Ender would definitely not give up. After all, there may be all the truth stored there, as well as the technological crystallization of that mysterious and powerful ancient civilization.

Even if it is a bang, the door must be forcibly opened.

But these thoughts can only be thought about now, even if the Cairns Empire has now ruled the Demon Island, they dare not say that they will be able to confront the terrifying Dragon Kingdom head-on.

After all, although almost all the people of the Cairns Empire are soldiers, the quality of the opponent is higher. If the average level of the Cairns Empire's troops is around the fourth level, then the average level of the Dragon Kingdom is the seventh level and above, and they also have a twelve The existence of high-level powerhouses can completely hold back Ende as a deterrent, and Tan En dare not say that he can defeat the siege of a large number of god-level dragons.

The difference in each level is terrifying, but it is not terrifying enough to ignore the difference in quantity.

To bridge this gap, perhaps you can only place your hopes on the Academy. Fatalia has always believed that knowledge is power, and technological progress will also greatly improve the level of basic combat power and combat power. The upper limit, the large-yield nuclear bombs in the previous life do not mean that they are scrap iron in the world of extraordinary people, but the basic world structure is different, and Fatalia did not expect to produce nuclear fission—but for example, the origin of Tiffany’s release Bombing and even more advanced origin disintegration can be reproduced, but it takes time.

I hope the rune magic system can develop as soon as possible. Fatalia can afford to wait, but Ender can't.

Shaking her head, Fatalia threw all these messy things out of her mind, then touched her chin and said in thought: "Self-discipline system, you know that places such as node XI-09 will be able to absorb and magic through soul power. Does the consciousness of hybrid birth—the consciousness of the birth of certain objects interfere with that kind of consciousness? And can you make different locations spatially connected to each other?"

"Reply: No key words were retrieved, but it can be speculated based on the existing information - it will cause a huge impact, mainly manifested in a sharp increase in the energy level. Yes, it can be connected, through the space tunnel of the XI-09 node , can temporarily transfer the XI-09 node to another location, but it needs to return to the original location before destroying the stability of the space."

Is that so...

Knowing that she had found the reason, Fatalia was slightly happy, and then asked: "About the impact... What is the specific reason?"

"Reply: The node is the connection point between the energy line and the space tunnel. It has a very high energy reserve, and the node is composed of multiple spaces superimposed. The main structure is hidden in the mounting space. Will deeply affect other dimensions, presumably greatly increasing the quality of generated consciousness."

"I see……"