People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

"Hmm~"

Bai Dewei smiled mischievously and did not answer. Then she cooperated with Qin Xuan, climbed onto Qin Xuan's arms with all her weight, and hugged him intimately.

Then, Qin Xuan began to walk down the slope.

[I see~ Is this little sister the older brother's girlfriend? ]

After entering the cave, Qin Xuan finally answered Chloe's communication request. As soon as the precocious little girl saw Bai Dewei's actions, she mistakenly thought that the two were in a premature love relationship.

"Alas, I told you long ago that a magician's age cannot be judged by appearance. We are both much older than you."

The communication with the parallel world is maintained by Qin Xuan's mental ability, so Qin Xuan can completely use mind communication instead of words to communicate with Chloe.

Qin Xuan was reciting in his mind while holding Bai Dewei and coming to a spacious space. This was an elliptical space with a diameter of about several dozen meters.

[Wow, but... why do you want to stay at this age? Could this be the legendary "lolicon" - oh, then am I also within the hunting range of big brother? ]

"There's no need to explain why. It's hard to explain the necessity of this kind of form. And why did you think of lolicon so quickly? What are you looking at all day long?"

[Hey, sister, I am born knowing a lot]

So you understand a lot.

"You wanted to watch us explore, didn't you? Stop saying weird things and just watch."

[Don't worry, big brother, I will be very obedient and not disturb you, hehe. ]

At this time, the road came to an end, and Qin Xuan glanced at Bai Dewei who was still hanging on him. "Don't hang on, there is no road ahead, you need to operate to get through, you are affecting me a lot."

"Hey," the latter reluctantly got down from the embrace and stood back on the ground. If it was like this all the way, it would be hard to find a chance to be intimate. Bai Dewei wondered when he could end the adventure quickly.

Qin Xuan then released the Lotus Staff from the miniature cave and knocked on the stone wall.

Then, the surface of the wall that mimicked the rock peeled off, revealing a huge door inside. The material of the door did not look like wood or metal.

Qin Xuan then reached out his hand to the gate, and the etheric thread connected to the gate and the interface of the ruins. The attached data interacted with Qin Xuan's own computing capabilities.

"It is indeed the certification procedure of Atlas Academy." Based on the information from the Edelfelt family and Qin Xuan's familiarity with the security procedures of Atlas Academy, he quickly extracted some characteristics of the ruins, or "basic information."

The rumor was correct. This ruin was indeed a building jointly built by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ptolemy I and the Atlas Academy at that time. Judging from the basic information obtained, it should be the "Alexandria Underwater Library".

In other words, this is the legacy of the conquering king Alexander the Great. It is said that starting from the generation of Ptolemy II, it is a treasure house of knowledge, culture, and poetry from all the places conquered by Alexander the Great. Of course, this is a legend in the surface world, and this library has long been destroyed. Therefore, the underwater library in front of us is a building built by Ptolemy himself and does not exist in history.

[This is amazing, but it’s just a library, why did it have to be built in this place? ]

"'Mysteries should remain hidden.' Why is this library located at the bottom of the ocean, unknown even to most magicians? The answer couldn't be more obvious, right?"

Chapter 194 The value of early artificial intelligence taming humans...

The first of the three principles of the magic world is: Mysteries should be hidden.

"The environment at that time hadn't reached this point, had it?"

After learning the time when the ruins were built, Bai Dewei raised questions.

If the underwater library was built in the second or third century BC, even though it was the period of the decline of the Age of Gods, the clock tower had not yet been built and the principle of secrecy should not have been established.

"That's why the confidentiality measures here seem suspicious. If there were people with foresight at the time, they might not have been unaware of the future decline of magic, and the defense measures of this library were obviously considered and maintained into the future, that is, now."

"If the builders at that time, Ptolemy I or the alchemists of the Atlas Academy in the Age of Gods, had any plan, their plan was most likely for now, or the implementation of their plan needed to continue until now, so they had to arrange it like this. This is the key. All of this is actually speculation. If you want to verify it, you still need more data in the library."

[It sounds like there is a big conspiracy. If it were in a movie, it would definitely be a boss that jumps out at the last moment and is killed by the protagonist! ]

"You're overthinking it. This is reality. Even if it exists, how can it jump out honestly?"

Okay, it's time to enter the door. Qin Xuan pulled Bai Dewei up.

The moment I entered, my sense of time was pulled and seemed to be contracted, my sense of direction was completely lost, and the cold air all around me further and intensified the invasion of my body.

Direct light shone in. Qin Xuan and Bai Dewei were sure that they had arrived at the place.

"I take back what I said before. Regardless of the technical content of this passage rebuilt by the tomb robbers, it is far less comfortable than the earth vein spiritual road built by the association."

This is a rubbish experience, comparable to HP's Apparition.

Qin Xuan looked around and used his spiritual sense to explore the surroundings. "It's a multi-layered structure."

At the top is the entrance to the first floor, and above that is a "sky canopy" that covers the inside and isolates the blue sea from leaking in. The second and third floors should be the main part of this library, where most of the knowledge and information are concentrated. The fourth floor...

"It seems to be a place with some equipment, similar to the operation and management center?"

All right, let's check the second and third layers first. Just check the rough situation, there are too many specific records on these two layers, it is impossible to check them all at once.

First of all, it should be made clear that the information storage method of 2F and 3F is not books in the usual sense. Instead, it is a series of crystal pillars. The reading method is probably similar to holographic projection.

"Is this the 'library' of Atlas Institute? It looks quite... unique?" Bai Dewei looked around curiously. Unlike Toosaka Rin and Sakura, who had been in contact with Atlas Institute's technology at the headquarters all year round, she had been executing plans outside for the past three years and was not very familiar with Atlas Institute's style.

"The crystals here...the intelligence recording bodies, look a little different from those on the previous level," Qin Xuan frowned. He used his spiritual sense to see that the crystal pillars on the second level were just simple crystal pillars, while the crystal pillars on the third level had protrusions similar to branches and flowers growing between them, and on the ground, there were also crystal-like roots and brambles extending out.

It looks as if these intelligence entities are growing on their own.

"Growth?"

Bai Dewei also found Qin Xuan's conjecture incredible. "These should have been just ordinary recording media, right? Just like a magician's costume, without the owner's additional gift, there should be no change (evolution)."

"It's still possible. For example, the split thinking of the Atlas Institute only creates one or more secondary personalities that are restricted by the main personality to assist in thinking. But this does not mean that the secondary personality will always stand still. As long as there is autonomy, the personality will definitely grow."

"...Well, in short, the central devices I saw on the fourth floor should not completely control everything in the library, so the information recording experience on the second and third floors has the authority to think and react independently. With autonomy, coupled with the actual need, it should be able to grow in theory."

As he spoke, Qin Xuan thought of a person who fit this role. It was not Ying's secondary personality BB, but the artificial intelligence Prometheus who had been living in Ayuan's intelligence equipment for a long time.

The server originally used by Prometheus Switchboard, namely the Law and Response, has been moved to the association headquarters and serves as the server entity for the respective systems used by the Mysterious Monitoring Office and the Earth Vein Spirit Road Administration.

Now Prometheus still exists in Qin's mansion, and the equipment it uses is the second-generation machine developed by Lifa Reaction. However, recently Prometheus does not stay in the machine as often as before. She often walks outside with her spirit body. This does not mean that Prometheus has gone on strike. For a special existence like artificial intelligence, separating the body will only take up a little energy and computing power. What Qin Xuan is more concerned about is that Prometheus seems to have changed its core operating logic. No, it should be evolution. Its behavior style has gradually become "humane".

However, this change is considered to be restrained. Prometheus once split off a sub-body, which was disconnected from the switchboard due to Qin Xuan's instructions (see Chapter 93). It seems that without the constraints of the switchboard, she has grown faster in three years. Not only did she find Chengzi to customize her body, she also named herself "Silver Wolf". Qin Xuan arranged a job for her to operate an Internet company on the technology side, so she is now making trouble outside.

"Growth? It's really hard to predict what it will become." Qin Xuan said this with a feeling that seemed inexplicable to others.

Bai Dewei had already stood beside the crystal column. Her small body faced the huge column. After a while, she said, "Darling, it seems that there is no way to find the information."

"That makes sense, right? Even in a library, there is information that can be read by visitors, and forbidden information that can only be known by authorized persons. In other words, this thing requires authorization or a 'key' to open."

Qin Xuan called Bai Dewei back, "Don't try, we don't need to do this. When the external engineering team completes the survey of the external structure of the underwater library, we can use space technology to pack up the entire relic and use the headquarters equipment to forcibly crack it. We mainly take a look around and eliminate hidden dangers."

Ah, as I was talking, the hidden danger came.

"that is?"

In the darkness, a breath arose.

"——It's the guards."

Chapter 195: Ravage it! AAAALaLaLaLaLaie!

It was neither a living being nor an inorganic object, but the guardian of the third level of the underwater library.

Something dripped onto the ground.

In an instant, the world changed.

The third level constructed by crystal pillars suddenly turned into a desert ravaged by strong winds.

The sky above is no longer the dark deep sea environment, but the blazing sun.

At this time, the crystal pillars had completely disappeared, not even a little crystal branch or fragment could be seen. All around were undulating sand dunes.

"......!" Bai Dewei had never seen anything like this before. Her first reaction was to draw out the scepter and prepare for the ritual.

Even Chloe, who had been chattering away, fell silent. She realized that this kind of change would be an absolutely terrifying scene if it happened in the real world.

Qin Xuan had seen it before. To be more precise, he had seen something similar - a similar function of the Principle and Law Reaction (see Chapter 44). He took the initiative to explain to Bai Dewei, "This is not an ordinary illusion, but a 'world' evolved by intelligence technology. It is similar to the world constructed by spirit particles, but all feedback is real, just like the fake intelligence used on you."

"Ah, Darling, it seems that you have experienced even more amazing adventures before." Seeing Qin Xuan's calm tone, Bai Dewei moved closer to him, "You are still talking and laughing in the face of so many enemies. Aren't we being too careless?"

Following her line of sight, one can see countless shadows standing on the sand dunes not far away.

They were cavalrymen sitting on purple saddles, holding spears, and standing beside them were infantrymen holding large shields and spears, numbering in the tens of thousands. From the long-distance observation of the divine consciousness, this should be the so-called Macedonian phalanx - the main body was composed of regular soldiers carrying Macedonian spears, light infantry holding shields and Greek spears, and among the thousands of cavalrymen there were elite heavy cavalrymen carrying Macedonian spears and a short sword. In addition, there were auxiliary soldiers responsible for throwing spears and heavy infantry holding large shields.

This shows that there are already tens of thousands of people.

At the forefront of the army was a man who looked like a general, with strong and muscular body and fiery red hair. His mount was also taller and more majestic than the surrounding horses, with jet-black mane.

"There is no mistake. This is the "King's Army" in my impression. This person is Iskandar."

"So that's how it is. So far, the conjecture that Ptolemy was involved in the construction can be completely confirmed. It is impossible for the people of the God Age Atlas Academy to recreate the military power of the Macedonian Empire for no reason. This must be the data brought in by Ptolemy I, the former governor of Egypt appointed by Alexander the Great."

[Big brother, the situation is not good now. This is not the time to analyze it. Although I really want to know how I suddenly traveled to an ancient war movie, I am also worried about my big brother's safety. Wow, those people are moving! ]

Chloe screamed. Even she could see that this scene was not good. No matter how she thought about it, no matter how powerful two people were, it would be difficult for them to deal with an army of tens of thousands, right?

The ground began to shake.

At the same time, a tsunami-like shout rang in my ears: “Ah ...

They began to charge.

They did not rush forward in a chaotic manner as shown in the work, but were arranged in neat square formations with spears in front, running forward in a solid and dense formation, swinging at the opponent fiercely like a battering ram. The cavalry rode from the front of the army square, even in front of the infantry square, intending to strike preemptively.

"It has a certain degree of organizational discipline. It seems that this is the military thinking model that Ptolemy I added to the intelligence records?"

Seeing the cavalry rushing towards him, Qin Xuan was still calmly observing the data.

Out of trust in Qin Xuan, Bai Dewei gave him complete control of the attack option.

[Big brother, stop being in a daze! Hurry up and run away]

"I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet." The vibration caused by the cavalry charge became more and more obvious, and the sound of people and horses seemed to be close at hand. Qin Xuan picked up the Lotus Staff and knocked it, "——Dang!"

The crisp blows, which carried concentrated magical power of the elements of earth, fire, water and wind, transmitted sound through tiny vibrations. Compared with the huge momentum of the entire army, they were so insignificant.

But just such a simple action caused the cavalry at the front to suddenly suffer heavy losses.

The invisible magical impact seemed to come towards their faces, directly making the brave elite heavy cavalry feel like they were receiving a parallel and equal-sized impact.

Almost all the soldiers who were fully armed were thrown off their horses and flew out, colliding with the second formation and light infantry who were in the charging stage, and the momentum did not slow down. The two groups of people fell together towards the infantry regiment that fell behind the last formation, causing the army of tens of thousands of people to fall into chaos.

——With just one encounter, the charge momentum of tens of thousands of people came to an abrupt halt.

The world-famous Macedonian phalanx seemed like a domino that fell down and scattered everywhere.

「Wow, ah, ah……」

Chloe had not expected Qin Xuan's exaggerated fighting power, so she was so surprised that she couldn't utter complete sentences, as if she had lost her speech function and couldn't speak.

"Performance test completed, it is indeed at the level of an anti-military treasure," Qin Xuan put down the Lotus Staff, "Okay, I found the main control component."

After all, records are still records. As long as we find a place like the rational reaction center, we can follow the clues to find the control method.

Moreover, what is recorded here seems to be just the defensive instinct of the body, not the level of the ultimate weapon. Although it has reached the basic standard of re-enactment, it is far less perfect than the operation of rational reaction, and can even erode reality. Therefore, the connection here with the reality control port is still relatively obvious.

After saying that, Qin Xuan shot out a beam of etheric fiber into the void...

"—!"

An imperceptible connection occurred, and then the world turned upside down, and the boundless desert turned back into a library environment with crystal pillars.

At this time, the other two people discovered that the optical fiber extended by Qin Xuan pierced a flower growing on one of the crystal pillars.

[Wow, big brother is awesome! The mechanisms here are awesome too, much better than those in tomb-raiding movies!]

"This is a special weapon function called 'memory weapon'. Your 'Egyptian Palace' uses the same system. The alchemists of the Age of Gods were truly amazing. They could perform to this extent with just an additional function."

"Let's continue exploring. There seems to be a hidden room in the corner of the third floor?"

Chapter 196 When the sky is thundering and chaotic... its power can be infinite!

"Hidden room..." Bai Dewei also noticed the situation there. It was not very unusual. So far, they had sneaked in according to the hidden route of the tomb robbers. They had just triggered the autonomous defense function of one of the crystal pillars, but did not trigger the siege of other guards.

But in the direction Qin Xuan pointed, in front of the hidden room, there were five guards standing.

Their appearances are also different, including scorpion-bodied man, leopard-bodied snake-headed, crocodile-bodied dog-headed, griffin, and other forms.

"At present, apart from the autonomous defense mechanism, there are not many guard actions in the library, and the overall defense mechanism is almost never triggered. It seems that the 'hidden room' itself contains a huge secret, which makes daily visits not allowed."

Qin Xuan analyzed, "There is no need to force the exploration. We don't know the connection between the crystal and the guards yet. A strong attack may trigger a counterattack from the entire library. Once we have seen enough, we can go directly to the fourth level. That should be the center of the library."