Chapter 1212 — The Spirit of Adventure
Blade of Dawn · Page 2 of 5
"If you mean the sanctuary itself, then its changes are not great — repairing the basic structure is not a matter that can be accomplished overnight. Although the scholars and craftsmen say that with the support of new technology the restoration work makes great progress every day, such progress cannot be directly seen with the eyes," Belantia smiled. "If you mean our restoration project... then we make new discoveries almost every day."
With a smile, the Silver Empress overlooked the enormous assembly yard from the high platform, watching those complex mechanical structures being installed bit by bit onto the steel-forged skeleton, as though watching a giant being born little by little in its slumber.
"We have finally opened those ancient doors leading to the power core; we have opened the engine isolation dome that had not been opened for over ten thousand years, and the bulkheads leading to the central-axis logic array. We saw those alloy skeletons extending crisscross through the darkness, those ancient devices running in silence, and those decayed cables and sensors that had lost connection with the Throne of Dominion for hundreds or thousands of years...
"Most of the technology in the deep layers is understood by no one — even if the scholars can identify one or two pieces, under present conditions they cannot be repaired. But at least our resolve was not made too late; we can still identify the functions and positions of most of those equipment groups, and at the same time, we now have new plans as well...
"Master Vilanlia led her astromancers in determining the energy logic of Yaoxiong Hall's lower levels. We have replaced a portion of the severely damaged power core with mana net arrays from Cecil. Next, we will directly dismantle those anti-gravity and propulsion units that are completely beyond repair, replace them with modern industrial products, and at the same time rebuild the chambers and functional zones around the sanctuary's keel.
"The greatest challenge we face at present is rebuilding those sensing and operating devices that have gone offline from the control hub, so that the Throne of Dominion can smoothly recognize the new installations within Yaoxiong Hall... Progress in this area is the slowest, but fortunately, since the start of autumn the scholars have finally achieved some results. The artificial nerve cords have achieved fusion with the signal connectors; with the aid of the biological neural hub, the sanctuary's control problems may hopefully be resolved — I hope all goes well, otherwise we will have to use hundreds or thousands of operators to make up for the shortfall in the Throne of Dominion's effectiveness."
Listening to Belantia recount these matters in the technical domain, Gao Yang nodded slightly. "Was it our 'smart factory' that gave you the inspiration?"
"Using synthetic brains to give machines the ability to think... human creativity is always worthy of awe," Belantia laughed. "To be honest, after seeing the materials Rebecca sent over, Master Vilanlia could not eat for a whole day — but the next day she still, with tremendous perseverance, read through all the materials and expressed her respect for your technology."
"..." Gao Yang was at a loss for words for a moment, merely imagining in his mind what the elves would look like after embracing the technological path of wetware mainframes plus heavy machinery, and suddenly felt himself to be gravely sinful.