Led by Constance, the group left the lord's castle and took a lift hidden deep in the mountains to reach the belly of Frost Snow City.Their destination was the "Old Palace"."
Here?"
Seeing the building in front of her, which had become a historical attraction, Vivien had a look of surprise on her face, "This is where the Black Sword Knight performs the transformation ceremony?"
”"Strictly speaking, it's underground," Constance smiled slightly, "and it's where the transformation ritual 'was' to take place. ”Hao Ren suddenly thought of his previous discovery: under the old palace, there was a weak energy source that constantly released pulse fluctuations.He had planned to find an opportunity to explore the old palace today and find out what secrets were hidden underneath it, but he didn't expect that before he could take action, he would have the opportunity to enter the building in the light - the plan really couldn't keep up with the change.Guided by Constance Ribbon, the crowd was able to easily enter the old palace, and as she walked through the palace's ancient and ornate front porch, Constance said of the palace: "Frost and Snow City was the capital of the Dragonon Emperor for thousands of years, and for ordinary humans, it was a change of hundreds of generations—so even the most knowledgeable scholars did not know much about the oldest part of the city."
People only know that there is an old palace in this old capital, but few people know that in fact, the first holy arsenal of the Black Sword Knights is also in this city, and it is hidden under the old palace."
Hao Ren's ears moved when he heard the words "Holy Arsenal": "As far as I know, all the black mechanical swords come from the Holy Arsenal, and they are minted and stored here, so for the Black Sword Knights who use the sword as their body, the Holy Arsenal is their barracks and headquarters in the true sense. ”"That's right, and I'll add that the Holy Arsenal isn't just for forging and storing mechanical swords, it's also a ......
Sacred tombs. ”Constance said with a solemn expression, and in front of her, stood two heavily armed knights of the Broken Sword, guarding a gate in the old palace that looked no different from the rest.But Hao Ren could feel that there was one of the energy pulse emitters behind the door.Constance was now using someone else's body to act, but the knights of the Broken Sword seemed to have a special sense of their master, and the two knights standing at the door immediately stood up and saluted: "Your Royal Highness, Princess!
”"Open the door," Constance nodded, "I'm going to take a few guests to the Holy Arsenal." ”The gatekeepers immediately carried out the order without hesitation, and they simultaneously activated the magic devices on both sides of the gate, and the heavy gate, which looked like an ancient artifact, emitted a burst of mechanical friction sounds, and slowly retreated to both sides.The entrance to the Holy Arsenal appeared in front of everyone's eyes.It was a cylindrical hall, the circular walls of the hall were inlaid with countless neatly arranged metal prisms, and in the center of the hall was a metal platform more than ten centimeters above the ground.As Constance stepped inside, the sensor lamps in the hall lit up, and with a soft sound of magic infusion, the magic lights placed throughout the hall lit up, and soon made it look like day.Although the site has been abandoned for thousands of years, the interior is still as clean as new, which says two things: first, it is regularly cleaned, and second, the materials and construction techniques used in this building are far beyond their current time."
The real Holy Arsenal was moved to the south when the capital was moved, and all the mechanical swords and most of the casting, infusion, storage, calculation, and transformation equipment were removed, and all that was left here was an empty shell and some old facilities that were difficult to dismantle and relocate," Constance said as he walked to the round platform in the center of the room, while the door to the hall was closed from the outside by two Knights of the Broken Sword, "but even so, the old Holy Arsenal still has a lot to use.Coupled with the fact that the inheritors pass on knowledge, not material wealth, we can rebuild a lot of things on a blank slate if we are given enough time, and I use that knowledge to build some new equipment here and connect them with the old database......
It's ready to go. ”Constance stepped onto the platform, and a soft female voice rang out in the room: "External connection detected......
The administrator certification is passed.Each system is on standby and ready to receive commands. ”Constance beckoned to Hao Ren and his party: "Come on, I'll take you to see what the part of our inheritance looks like." ”The group stepped onto the platform, and the latter shook slightly, and began to open her eyes wide towards the floor, and let out her signature little exclamation in a long voice: "Wow......"
After sinking for a short distance, an extremely vast underground space appeared in front of everyone's eyes.Hao Ren saw that outside the transparent shaft was a cave that looked like an inverted giant bowl, part of the outer wall of the cave was covered with heavy alloy, but there were also some areas where the rocks were simply exposed.In the underground space, you can see a lot of layered areas, and a variety of large and unknown equipment are installed in each area, forming a variety of fully functional ......
Production line.It's like an old factory with an alien aura."
That's the old foundry," Constance pointed to one of the areas, where several large pieces of equipment were mounted on pedestals, and behind the pedestals were connected conveyor belts and a large number of pipes and cables, "and that's where the mechanical sword was cast, but to be honest, the casting of the mechanical sword itself is the simplest part of it......
Although some special materials are used, it is only a mass-produced product after all. ”"So what restricts the number of mechanical swords is neither the technical difficulty nor the limited raw materials of the sword body material," Hao Ren immediately thought of this, "Then the number of 'seven hundred and seventy thousand' is decided......
I'm afraid it's the soul. ”After gathering enough information, seeing the situation of Grand Duke Owen and his plan to transform himself into a black sword knight, Hao Ren had already guessed the essence of the black sword knight, and at this time, he casually touched the truth."
That's right, soul," Constance nodded slightly, raising his hand to another area below, "Seven hundred and seventy-seven thousand immortal heroic souls......
They had been asleep in that place, waiting to be infused into the Black Sword's psionic core. ”Hao Ren looked in the direction of her finger and saw dozens of neatly arranged black cubes, which were placed on a platform made of alloy, surrounded by countless glimmering cables, and faint lights could be seen flickering on each cube.And in the wider area around the cubes, there were empty platforms and disconnected wiring—apparently the Remainder had been removed."
There used to be 770 servers here, but most of them have been moved to the new Holy Arsenal in the south, and the rest of these servers have failed in the long operation and lost their migration value, the souls inside have been migrated, and the machines themselves are in standby.I fixed a few of them, but to be honest, they don't work anymore. ”Vivien frowned slightly, "Because there are no souls available, right?"
”"Where did those souls come from?"
Hao Ren then asked, "If I'm not mistaken, it's the ...... of the last era" "That's right, the warriors of the last era," Constance nodded, "In the last era change, my father led his legion to defeat the heroes of the previous generation who turned into monsters, and the warriors who followed him to the end were the 770,000 people - almost 90% of them were not inheritors, but they were still able to use the power of the scepter of domination to cross the epochs and maintain the memory of a reincarnation.When the old era ended, the world was destroyed and reshaped again, and 770,000 souls followed my father to this new world, and after that, it took many years for my father to complete the soul infusion and transformation technology, allowing them to reappear in the world in the form of black sword knights. ”Lily frowned, thought hard for a moment, and suddenly reacted: "So, when you select the strongest and best soldiers to train as Black Sword Knights, you are actually using their bodies as containers, right-then did you erase their original souls?!"
”As soon as Lily said this, Hao Ren, Vivien, and Leah immediately looked at Constance seriously: the nature of this matter is quite serious."
Of course not," Constance naturally thought that the other party would have questions in this regard, and immediately shook his head with a smile, "That's a contract." ”Hao Ren: "Contract?
”"It is always the best place to control a body, and it is always the original soul that is most suitable, so the Black Sword Knights must keep their original soul.In fact, the most important thing in the infusion ritual is a soul tuning contract: an ancient soul from the previous era, an original soul from the modern era, the two souls communicate to jointly control the body and weapons, the ancient soul is responsible for providing knowledge, skills and experience, and the modern soul is responsible for the specific control and thought process, after complex fusion and adaptation, the two souls will be both extracted and injected into the mechanical sword, becoming a composite AI - this is how the Black Sword Knight was born," Constance explained the process, "Of course, not everyone will succeed, and not everyone will accept it, the transformation ritual of the Black Sword Knight has always had a large mortality rate, and there are also some probationary knights who resist after learning the content of the contract - because a small resistance will also greatly increase the probability of failure, so those who are unwilling to accept it will be washed out of their memories and then expelled for various reasons."
The common saying is......
Failed trial. ”Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "You guys are quite humane in this regard." ”"Humanity?
No, we just chose the most effective method," Constance said lightly, "It's only because the two souls are more efficient and robust to control when fused, that we chose this option, and if it wasn't necessary to keep the original souls, we wouldn't hesitate to erase those souls." ”