Chapter 1,463 Omen

The "harbinger" system is a device developed based on Lin Xue's power of prediction, and as of now, its effectiveness is completely comparable to the parsec defense device created based on Qian Qian's ability, and if used properly , the potential of this thing in terms of development prospects and versatility is simply immeasurable.

Lin Xue's precognitive power is something between science and mystery: it can be explained by scientific methods, but the process by which Lin Xue realizes this ability is obviously more like occultism. Precognition is based on the instantaneous reading of all information about the entire event and the mapping of void information. It sounds complicated, but in fact it is a process of "looking in the mirror": Lin Xue's "eyes" can produce multiple perspectives at the same time. Not only does she look at the current world she is in, but she can also let her perspective jump out of herself and observe specific events in the universe from an angle outside the world. From a three-dimensional perspective, this is equivalent to how a person can Seeing the back of her head directly with the naked eye, Lin Xue not only jumped out of the three-dimensional space, she also jumped out of the entire world, so she could observe everything in all dimensions of the entire world (of course, this is only theoretical, in fact Lin Xue will still be limited by her own energy when "observing" everything).

Since time is no longer the only concept after leaving the world, Lin Xue's scope of observation also extends to any point before and after the timeline: when she sees one thing, she is also observing the past and future of that thing.

In fact, people on earth have also wondered how to predict the evolution of the world. They believe that if all the information in a system is accurately grasped and all interference factors are taken into account, then the system can be "predicted". However, since accurately grasping all the information in this system requires an observer, and the observer's "observation behavior" occurs within the system, its perspective itself is an interference factor that cannot be grasped in time (the eyes cannot see eyes themselves), so this assumption is always difficult to establish. Lin Xue circumvented this contradiction: she could put her own perspective outside the world, as if looking at this closed mathematical model from a third-party perspective, and even "look into her own eyes with her own eyes." In this way, it is like we are watching the scenes in the virtual world in front of the screen. Not only can we see what is behind each character, but we can even know what is about to happen to them after reading the script. This is one of Lin Xue's perspective scripts. A second pair of eyes.

Tavel had studied Lin Xue's prophecy power a long time ago and used the above theory to build a mathematical model. She also created a verification "prophecy machine" based on these things, but because the technology side is more specialized in Simple and straightforward destructive power. If the prediction machine she made works well, it will be more effective than the weather forecast... In addition, the deep dive plan, weapons development plan, ancestral civilization research and other projects are rushing one after another. Tavel makes this kind of prediction equipment. The matter was temporarily put on hold.

Unexpectedly, Alleria took over Tavel's project, and with the help of the old empire's mysterious technology that was restored after the conceptual separation was lifted, she actually created an embedded system called "Omen".

"The shield device embedded in the 'Precursor' system can prepare protection before the attack begins, and will not waste energy to deal with threats that pass by." Alleria removed the shield generator from the fixed device Hand it over, "its judgment is based on the "truth of the event" rather than on threat characteristics, so this system can be considered to be error-free."

Tavel quickly added: "Theoretically, that's the case."

I looked at the girl with glasses silently: "You really like this sentence."

Tavel pushed his own body, which is his glasses, with a very serious expression: "Science is serious and rigorous. Your Majesty, anything that is not 100% confirmed must be declared dangerous in advance..."

I decided not to discuss the spirit of scientific research with this stubborn and serious sister, but lowered my head and studied this magical shield device seriously.

On the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary shield generator. It is a silver-white metal device. Hexagonal, with rounded corners and a slight bulge in the center, it looks like a carapace. There are light blue ghost energy light streams flowing slowly on the six surrounding edges, which is a typical technology-side device. This generator is only about the size of a palm, and is not any larger than a normal shield generator. It seems that adding a "harbinger" system to it does not change the size of this thing. That "harbinger" must be an ultra-miniature device. This is much better than the parsec defense system. Although the latter is absolutely invincible and has now entered the practical stage, its energy consumption is astonishing and its size is too large. It is still It can only be applied to large equipment such as spaceships.

The only person who can use parsec defense as an individual soldier is still Qian Qian himself.

"Is 'Omen' a technological or mysterious thing?" I looked at the technological equipment in front of me and saw some test items on other test benches that were obviously mysterious equipment. I couldn't help but become curious. "I still remember that things in the technology department and the mystery department are not compatible... Could it be that this one uses source energy mines again?"

Alleria shook her wings, which seemed to be her way of expressing her happiness: "Of course, we discovered a new source energy ore generation point in the chaos zone on the edge of the shadow space, which can provide a large amount of ore for making new ones. 'Hybrid equipment', otherwise it would be really a big problem to use mystical runes on technology-based equipment."

The source energy mine has incredible properties: its energy conduction efficiency of any energy is almost perfect, and it can seamlessly connect two energy systems. You only need to use some accessory equipment to adjust the energy frequency. Phantom energy and holy light can even Mix in a Source Mine line and activate any system. The only improvement in the technology tree of the new empire compared to the old empire is the "hybrid equipment". It is a great improvement to create a device that can use both psionic energy and holy light without resorting to the talents of special apostles (such as raven). The current "harbinger" system seems to be such a hybrid device.

Why the source energy mine has this special property is still a mystery. Tavel only knows that it is related to the disturbance of void creatures. It may be that the information disturbance of void creatures causes this ore to have some kind of "chaos", but due to the influence of the source energy mine, When conducting microscopic scans of the source energy mine, we could not find the basic structure of this "matter" at all. Our research on the source energy mine is basically still at the stage of conjecture.

Anyway, just know that it works well.

"We are also trying to install 'harbinger' on weapons and soul upload plug-ins." Alleria pointed to other test stands. Some test stands are testing weapons, and some are testing "harbinger" Is the reaction speed really infinitely fast? There are also some test beds testing soul uploading... holy shit are they really testing this!

"Won't people die?!" I stared dumbfounded at the testing facility not far away: a tester stood on a platform, surrounded by a circle of weapons equipped with random triggers. People on the platform had to press a button to activate it. The countdown was triggered randomly. When I looked up, I saw another tester beating himself into a sieve... They were serious about it!

"Resurrection is enough," Alleria said in a calm voice, "Even if the 'harbinger' fails to activate smoothly, conventional soul uploading and a nearby soul collection device can resurrect the tester, but it only requires a painful experience. Of course, there is a chance of accidents, but this sacrifice is valuable. In any experiment, there will be sacrifices. Soldiers sacrifice on the battlefield, technicians and scholars sacrifice in the laboratory: this is our battlefield..."

Even Miss Lin was stunned: "Can't you use a virtual device or something? Is it difficult to simulate soul uploading?"

"It's not difficult, but that won't achieve the test effect," Alleria shrugged. "'Harbinger' is different from the general judgment mechanism. It directly takes effect on the 'truth of the incident'. We need to test it on the user." Whether the prejudgment can be accurately executed before actual death must be the 'truth of the event'. The simulator cannot deceive the omen at all, just like any illusion cannot deceive the eyes of Mistress Lin Xue. And if we use the death of the simulator to If it replaces the normal judgment conditions, the significance of the experiment will be lost."

I stared at the test bench with dumbfounded eyes, and another tester walked up. He calmly used a bunch of randomly triggered weapons to smash himself into pieces to simulate as much as possible the situation of dying under a stray bullet. He was also responsible for recording his soul and uploading data at the moment of death.

Of course I know they can be resurrected, but...

This psychological quality is really quite imperial.

"This system has great potential," Sandora nodded with satisfaction. She had no idea about some of the horrifying test projects. In her opinion, everything that happened here was normal. "But I guess it must have usage restrictions, right? A perfect 'harbinger' system should not exist." Yes. Even Lin Xue was disturbed sometimes."

"Indeed," Alleria nodded, "'Premonition' can only be used as the simplest binary trigger."

"Binary trigger?" I frowned and nodded professionally, "The biggest problem is that I still don't understand..."

Lin Xue pinched me and turned to look at Alleria: "Can I only make a yes or no judgment?"

Kite Angel nodded: "This is already the limit. The 'harbinger' system can currently only preset a judgment condition and make a simple 'yes' or 'no' decision on this judgment condition. For example, use it on a shield On the above, the set judgment condition is that the shield protection circle is hit by a fatal attack, and the 'harbinger' system can only decide whether to activate the shield, but does not know the scale of the attack it faces, so it cannot determine the shield. Power. This duality also greatly limits its application in weapons... We originally thought that this thing could shine in weapons, because a perfect 'harbinger' system can make the weapon's hit rate reach 100%. But now it seems that a thing with only binary judgment can at best be used for auxiliary aiming: when this attack will definitely have no effect, the weapon is forcibly prevented from being activated, so as to save energy or prevent sniper kill failure."

When I heard about this restriction, I was a little frustrated. Alleria was right. The most attractive thing about the "harbinger" system is the effect of installing it on weapons. Since I lost ten consecutive games with Lin Xue on weekdays, I realized that the most shameless thing about prophets is actually their 100% hit rate. Unfortunately, "harbingers" can only make binary judgments and are not suitable for use in weapons at all.

Of course, I still thought of a more creative use, which is to install the "harbinger" on a weapon and then wave this artifact to sweep around the enemy, aim with great luck while confusing the enemy, and wait for the opponent to be paralyzed. If you are careless, you can hit the head with a single shot: use "harbinger" to control the trigger, and the weapon will automatically activate only when the attack can hit the target.

This sounds quite interesting. But I don’t think any normal designer would do this. Not to mention how much of an improvement this “assisted aiming” would bring to the imperial soldiers who have maxed out their weapon proficiency skills. This kind of weapon is enough to impress people at first sight. Developing bad usage habits...

However, I still exchanged my ideas with Alleria, who also thought this idea was quite creative. It might be used on automatic turrets, but of course the "lucky" part would have to be removed...

"Actually, it is already very valuable now," Sandora looked quite happy. "Many times, the line between life and death really only requires a binary judgment. It's just a question of yes or no. 'Premonition' can A perfect solution to this kind of thing. Soul uploading and shield activation... Binary judgment is widely used. Is it productive?"

Alleria nodded: "'Omen' is an embedded rune system. To put it bluntly, it is the transformation of old equipment and inlaying an additional controller into it, so it does not need to design a new industrial machine for production. What kind of accessories? We just need to add some processes to the existing production line. In addition, it will be more difficult to transform technology-based things. Although 'Harbinger' is a hybrid system, its construction process can only be completed through mysterious equipment for the time being. Renovating all the arsenals in the empire is no small project.”

Sandora nodded with satisfaction and smiled: "Take your time, don't be in a hurry. I can give you the bubble pie."

"Isn't the mother machine busy with business on weekdays?"

This time I interjected without waiting for Sandora to answer: "That girl built a lot of mass production machines day and night a while ago, and now she is so idle that she is almost growing mushrooms."

Alleria: "..."

It seems that the kite angel is not used to my speaking rhythm.

Of course, I said that, but in fact, Paopao is usually quite conscientious. She is also a Xiling apostle after all. She will definitely not be lazy in her own job, but if she is to arrange some production line renovation blueprints for her, the girl will definitely be busy. Her ability to give birth and give birth while working is not average... Why does this sentence sound weird?

We quickly decided on the application plan of the "harbinger" system. Since it is something similar to a "prophet switch", it does not take up much space and has few installation requirements. With limited production capacity, Sandora decided to apply it on large battleships first to maximize its effect. It's a switch that can be used by both individual soldiers and battleships. Moreover, large battleships often make this kind of binary judgment that determines life and death. Sometimes in the face of fatal threats, a timely and accurate dephasing may turn the tide of the battle. Before the emergence of the "harbinger" system, such judgments were carried out by the battlefield analysis module of the shipboard host. Now, we can Leave it to the prophet with confidence and boldness.

We are not worried that this thing will make soldiers dependent, or reduce the user's own judgment. The "harbinger" system will only be applied to those devices that have been controlled by automatic plug-ins before, which is equivalent to treating it as a A more advanced automatic plug-in. As for normal battlefield judgment, it still depends on the soldier's personal combat ability.

Anyway, you can't expect a system that can only make yes or no judgments to fight for you, right?

Tavel still had some work matters to discuss with Alleria, so he stayed for the time being. Seeing that we had nothing to do here, we said goodbye and left. However, looking at the weather outside, it was still early, so we decided to stay in Celestial City. Turn around a few times.

Everyone knows what the structure of the Celestial City is: completely floating in the endless sky. All buildings are located on floating islands or aerial platforms. Some buildings are even suspended in the sky alone. This temple of knowledge belongs to the latter. : It is an independent facility floating in the sky. There are only some landing platforms and broken bridges around it for people to stop on. It is impossible to get here without the ability to fly. The Temple of Knowledge is a new building floating in the central area of ​​Celestial City. From the outside, it looks like a silver dome emitting a hazy halo. It is almost the largest of all the surrounding buildings: second only to the huge The incomparable sky tower.

The Temple of Knowledge is an irregular building, and I don’t know where its main entrance is (in fact, for such a strange building with a lot of overlapping spaces, it doesn’t seem to matter whether it has a main entrance, right?), anyway, everyone came out of the teleportation station. Then he stood on a suspended platform outside. This platform is about the size of a basketball court and is made of milky white crystals. It exudes a mysterious shimmer like the entire building. The platform is semicircular and has no guardrails on the edges. It is a typical "elegant and dangerous" structure on the mysterious side. I cautiously came to the edge of the landing platform, looked at the endless sea of ​​clouds below, and turned to ask Alaya: "You said that your buildings often don't even have guardrails. If they fall... I'll go to Alaya." Woolen cloth?"

Then I saw Alaya flying up from below, flapping his wings: "I just fell down."

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