Listening to the current situation that Gao Wen told, Hetty's brows, which had never been relaxed very much, finally gradually relaxed a little. In fact, as the great consul of the empire, she also knew about this, but perhaps it was due to her life experience during the decline of the family, or it might be due to her natural character. In many cases, she could never be as optimistic as her ancestors, but one thing she still understood: the situation in the world itself will not change a little bit because of her own optimism or not. The only thing that can change these situations is the effort that people put in.

"Don't worry too much about Project 115," Gao Wen looked at Hetty and smiled and comforted her "descendant". "Rebecca and her assistant team were responsible for technology and coordination. The girl might have a little bit of other aspects, but only in the field she is good at is beyond others, and you and I cannot do better than her. Give her plenty of support and ask people for money - although this project is huge, we now have the huge benefits brought by the mainland route and trade railway network, which is enough to support us in completing these plans."

"I understand, ancestor," Hetty nodded solemnly, "I will make arrangements here."

"Well," Gao Wen responded, and then suddenly remembered something, "By the way, last time I asked you to investigate matters related to the Violet Kingdom, are you surprised?"

"To find out the full impact of the Violet Kingdom on the magic system of human countries in the past six hundred years... it is a very large and complex system work," Hetty's expression was a little embarrassed. "Especially, he also needs to find all the magic materials originating from Violet from the messy and obscure magic books of the old era. This may have to be counted for a long time. Sorry, ancestors, the progress in this area is still relatively slow..."

Speaking of this, she paused and then said: "But although there was not much progress overall, I found some...it should be considered suspicious points when counting those early data."

"It should be considered a suspicious point?" Gao Wen frowned, "What did you find?"

"Message, Violet array drawing rules, gravity manipulation, and three types of energy-shaping spells in the field of arcane... These are the early submitted by the Royal Magic Consultants. They are more clearly the magic that originated from the Violet system," Hetty said as he took out a sorted report from the file cabinet under the table and pushed it to Gao Wen. "These spells have one thing in common: there is a black box structure, or they themselves are a complete 'black box magic'."

Gao Wen took the document and read it, but he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard Hetty's words.

"Black box..." He stood at Hetty's desk, quickly flipping through the documents in his hand, and saw several more common traditional spells mentioned above, including the approximate time when they were introduced from the Violet system to the Loren system and the evolution of the spell model - the specific traceability work is still in the early stage, so most of the information on the documents also has vague descriptions such as "estimation, speculation, tentative". However, even from these simple materials, Gao Wen can still see some clear clues.

These spells were introduced to the continent of Loren, but they were all widely used and spread later; their spell models were difficult and complex, and there was no clear theoretical explanation for a long time, so that Loren's mages could only "copy" these spells intact to achieve their effects, which also led to the fact that the basic models of these spells were almost unchanged for centuries, and only some modifications and optimizations were made in detail; their way to introduce them to Loren was not single, including both mages who studied from Violet to the south, and those "apprentices" who returned from studying in Thousand Towers City...

Sure enough, when these spells are scattered in society and people are accustomed to them, they seem to be fine, but when they consciously summarize and try to find "suspicious things" from them, some clues emerge.

"The spell model cannot be parsed. The builder does not know its principle. He can only inject magic into effect simply, but cannot transform or split its rune structure, medium material, and energy flow in any form. Such spells are collectively called 'black box magic'. Before rune logic was widely used, this 'black box' was almost everywhere in our magic system." When Gao Wen was thinking, Hetty's voice came from the side, "Of course, some of this black box was originally found in the human magic system, especially those related to the lost ancient Gondor magic system, but the other part..."

"The other part comes from the Violet system, right?" Gao Wen raised his eyelids from the document and looked at Hetty with a serious expression. "Is there any exception in the ancient magic that has been confirmed to originate from the Violet Kingdom?"

"There is no exception, at least there is no exception to the spells that can accurately trace the source at present - either the whole is a black box, or the key structure is a black box," Hetty shook his head, "but..."

"But what?"

"But a considerable number of the 'black boxes' are a thing of the past," Hetty said this with a strange expression. I don't know if he was relieved or sighing. "Although the traditional mage system cannot untie these black boxes, the emergence of rune logic has enabled many 'black boxes' of the old era to be unlocked, including the classic spells mentioned in the report you mentioned in your hand - messenger, anti-gravity magic, and most of the magic in the field of arcane energy. These things have become things that can be calculated by formulas and explained by the 'segment splitting method' in Jenny's Rune Research Institute, and some of them have even become the 'basic knowledge' in the primary education class."

Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to think, but soon he restrained his thoughts and turned his attention back to the Violet Kingdom: "Do you think these black boxes... do you think it was deliberately spread by the Violet mages?"

"Do you suspect that the Violet Kingdom has been consciously creating this 'hidden danger' in the human magic system of the Loren continent for the past six hundred years?" Hetty frowned again, and his expression became serious. "Actually... I had the same idea when I first got these materials. After all, so many magic spells originated from the Violet Kingdom actually have black box components without exception, which is really suspicious. Moreover, they also have the strange 'apprentice inheritance rules', those mysterious study mages, especially the foggy city of Thousand Towers..."

Hetty said in a deep voice, but finally shook his head: "But these are not decisive evidence - especially if it is placed in the context of the 'classical rules of magic'."

"Are the rules of classical magic?... The kernel blockade, actively set up knowledge barriers, and take pride in forming and maintaining the "secret inheritance" of external isolation. It despises and even suppresses the behavior of analyzing classical magic." Although Gao Wen was a knight, he was not unfamiliar with common sense in magic. At this time, he couldn't help but sigh while speaking, "Indeed. The black box in the field of magic is not necessarily malicious, but more likely to maintain the monopoly position of the traditional mage class on knowledge. What's more, the Violet Kingdom is a 'country'. It is very reasonable for them to block certain core technologies when teaching magic knowledge in the Loren continent - the magic devices we sell to other countries also have 'patent confidential' in this regard."

"The biggest suspicion of the Violet Kingdom is that they have done this too much - and not only have done it for a full six hundred years, but also have been doing it all the time to cover it up, which makes people think too much," Hetty nodded. "After all, although the magic device we sell to the outside world has a 'core secret', we have always admitted this openly, and the Patent Protection Act is not a secret."

Gao Wen nodded, lowered his head and pondered for a moment. He thought about the possible hidden dangers behind these "black boxes" and the possible purpose of the Violet Kingdom. After a while, he raised his head and said thoughtfully: "No matter what... we are gradually uncovering the technical principles behind these black boxes. This direction is correct. No matter what purpose the Violet Kingdom has made these black boxes, it is absolutely right for us to hold the knowledge in our own hands.

"There are still many black boxes in the traditional magic system. Since these things have once again come into sight and arouse our alertness, it is necessary to do something targeted... Hetty, continue to count and trace the traditional spell models related to the Violet Kingdom, trace and locate them as soon as possible, and at the same time send them to the Rune Research Institute, allowing Jenny to organize people to do targeted deciphering. This may be a long-term project. If necessary, a permanent office can be set up in the corresponding technical department."

Hetty immediately lowered his head: "Yes, ancestor."

"Deciphering is one aspect," Gowan continued, "Currently, traditional magic is still an important part of social production activities. Among those mages who use traditional spells, in remote areas where magic technology is not yet developed, old spell models still dominate. From the actual situation, we cannot disable these things at once... Then let propaganda keep up.

"We need to explain the existence of the 'technical black box', organize prestigious experts and scholars to promote the limitations and inefficiency of the black box spells in the media, and promote the advantages of the new spell model optimized by the Imperial Rune Research Institute in terms of energy utilization, learning difficulty, etc., so that mages hesitate more when using these 'backward spells', so that they can accept new things faster.

"In addition, we also took this opportunity to collect help from all walks of life. Spellcasters are asked to actively collect and report the "black box spells" they know, and to issue rewards to scholars who love mathematics and rune logic across the country, encouraging the behavior of cracking black box spells. Those who contribute outstandingly can not only receive financial rewards, but also medals issued by the empire. Their names can even be engraved on the memorial wall of the imperial capital forever. For many mages and scholars, this kind of honor is even more attractive than money.

"We have been trying to reverse the views of traditional spellcasters and turn the 'analysis of classic spells' from a despised act to a feat full of glory and contribution to the country. This effort has been effective in the past two years. Now we need to go a step further. We should not only encourage and praise those who actively break the tradition and analyze the old magic, but also promote the stubborn groups that hold on to the incomplete and backward black box spells to the 'ignorance' side - because it is indeed the case."

Hedy nodded while listening. After Gao Wen finished speaking, she couldn't help asking again: "Then about the Violet Kingdom, publicity..."

Gao Wen immediately shook his head: "At this stage, don't promote the opposition with the Violet Kingdom, because first of all, we don't have evidence, and secondly, we are not sure about the purpose of the Violet Kingdom at all - especially when the alliance was just not long ago, we are still trying to establish further exchanges with the Violet Kingdom. At this time, it is even more unnecessary to promote the opposition."

Speaking of this, he smiled and spread his hands: "Besides, there is no benefit to take - so just strengthen publicity in the field of magic. After all, black boxes are not only included in the magic knowledge sent by Violet. There are also a lot of ancestral black boxes in humans' own magic system."

Hetty thought something and nodded slowly: "I understand."

"But although we do not intend to take opposing actions against the Violet Kingdom at this stage, we should continue to be cautious and investigated," Gao Wen said. "The Hermit Kingdom in the north... Regardless of whether they are really a 'hidden danger', their way of doing things and the impact on the Loren continent over the past six hundred years are really too alert. I will ask Amber to continue to find ways to investigate the situation inside Violet, and you will continue to summarize and organize those historical files, and also tell Victoria that she will focus on monitoring the northern land. The main scope of activities of those Violet Mages is still in the north... Since we are under our noses, they should always follow the rules of Cecil."

Hetty carefully recorded everything that Gao Wen told him. Then she noticed that her ancestors still had thoughtful appearance on her face, and couldn't help asking: "Do you have anything else to explain?"

Gao Wen raised his head from his meditation, and seemed to point out in his words: "...I am thinking, who else will know the mysterious 'Mage Kingdom' better than us."

What Hetty guessed: "You mean..."

"Who knows mages better than the gods of the mages?" Gao Wen put his hands on his chest and said in a deep voice, "Even if he is a hand-shaking goddess who has insisted on not caring about things for thousands of years..."

Hetty's eyes opened slightly, and he was stunned for a moment before taking a breath: "Magic goddess Milmina... This is indeed a bold breakthrough, but the risk is not small, right? After all, the situation of the magic goddess and the dragon god Eunya are different. The latter has been completely 'decoupled' and can communicate with us a lot. The magic goddess adopts a softer way of escape. Her divinity and connection with the mortal world have not been completely removed yet. If she is asked to tell about things related to Violet... will it lead to her reconnection with the mortal world?"

"Can you try it," Gao Wen was very open-minded. "If it is something that cannot be answered, she will be silent. Of course, when it comes to divinity, the process of just 'asking questions' itself has certain risks, so we need to protect the anti-divine barrier on the spot, and we must also control the specific skills when inquiring - fortunately, I am relatively experienced in this regard."

As he spoke, he thought of Melita Pernia who had discussed those taboo topics with him, so he became more confident.
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