Before coming here, Gao Wen had never really, fully understood this "Princess Ophelia" who had been in the center of the wasteland for seven hundred years.

Although he had a lot of dealing with Veronica, Veronica was just a "carrier" that Ophelia had used briefly in the seven-century period. He had also learned about the history of disobeying the plan, but a period of history cannot represent the whole of the individual "Ophelia" - what did Ophelia experience in the past seven hundred years? What did she do in order to survive? What kind of personality did she have? What was her real posture?

These high-level articles are not clear, and no one knows them.

But Griffina's story made Gao Wen suddenly realize that this "princess of the dynasty" who always gives people a mechanical feeling, as if he is always extraordinary and clear and calm... In fact, he is also living a unique and unique "life". She may also have joys, anger, sorrow, and joy under the mask, and some embarrassing memories that are not worthy of being told by outsiders.

"Actually, I've always been curious," Amber said suddenly, "Veronica... is the identity you are using outside. What does it mean to you? I mean... Veronica has relatives and friends, the Moen bloodline in her body, her position in interpersonal and social relationships, these are for you..."

Amber reached out and gestured, as if she didn't know how to accurately describe her problem, but Ophelia obviously understood what she meant. After a brief silence, the sound device in the corner of the elevator heard a voice: "Veronica is me - from the beginning until the disappearance of this 'carrier', this was the only answer. There was never an 'original', 'real' Veronica, who had cried in the silver castle for the first time, and I was in her hazy and chaotic mind.

"So, the answer is actually very simple - I have a kind father named Fransey Moen, who I respect and feel sorry for him. I have a reliable brother, who is the last king of Ansu. Although he always thinks that I am a strange child since childhood, we have always had a good relationship. Until now, we still write letters to each other, and Edmund... I regret his ending. I remember that when I was very young, he always left me the best desserts, but he would also secretly stuff my hair into leaves... Yes, I have a life, which is called Veronica Moen, a child who has been a little special since birth..."

The vibration came from under his feet, and the elevator arrived at the bottom of the shaft. Gao Wen and Amber came to the deepest part of this ancient fortress. They saw the fence door in front of them open, and outside there was a trapezoidal corridor with bright lights and a narrow cross section above and wide structure. In the corridor, there was an automatic maintenance machine that was light and silently connected along the edge slide rails. A low buzzing sound came from the nearby walls and roofs, and a subtle stream of light flowed quickly into the distance along the gaps between the walls.

At the end of the corridor, a thick-looking alloy gate opened - and then a further distance gate, one after another opened in front of Gao Wen and Amber, and the heavy sound of mechanical operation gradually spread to the distance.

Even if you have reached the deepest part of the base, there are still layers of armor protection on the way to the core control area. This shaft directly from the "Crystal Peak" to the core of the fortress cannot directly send visitors to the controller - there is no road in this base that can directly lead to the core area, which is a reasonable and effective defense policy.

The two iron soldiers walked forward with Gao Wen and Amber. For the first time in hundreds of years, a living person stepped into this underground space guarded by machines. The sound of footsteps sounded in the empty corridor. At the same time, Gao Wen also heard a slight "sizzle" sound from some small devices on the nearby roof. Veronica's voice sounded in the corridor and was transmitted in one sound unit, moving forward with them.

"...I have many lives like this, including Ansu's princess Veronica, Tifeng's mercenary Grifina, and the female poet Mordinah of the Gaoling Kingdom... I often leave my name in history, but sometimes, I'm just an unknown passerby..."

Gao Wen and Amber passed through one gate after another. As they continued to approach the core area, they obviously noticed that the surrounding security forces were increasing. Iron man soldiers appeared in front of some gates, and arc devices and arcane missile launchers were automatically alerted on the walls of the corridor deeper. These weapons would immediately sag and shrink into the base when Gao Wen approached.

"...... Sometimes, I will only stay in the ‘carrier’ for several days. This usually happens on the bodies I occupy after an accidental death. I do not always accurately judge the life of the carrier and perform remote repairs. Sometimes... the original consciousness in the repaired carrier has not completely disappeared. These consciousnesses will gradually wake up after the body is ‘resurrected’, and then I will leave.

"This is my 'life', which consists of experiences and memories. I travel through these 'life', meet many people, and say goodbye to many people - I can be many people, Veronica, Grifina, a female poet and adventurer, but only... I'm not sure if I can really be Ophelia..."

In the voice of moving forward with him, Gao Wen and Amber came to the last door. Ophelia's last words made Gao Wen a little confused for a moment, but before he asked, the silver-white alloy door opened, and the scene behind the door made him forget everything he wanted to say in an instant.

It was a wide hall, as an underground facility, even wider than the council hall in Cecil City. The bright lights illuminate this place that was almost completely wrapped in alloy shells, and a low buzzing sound echoed softly throughout the space. One silver-white square column after another neatly arranged in Gao Wen's view. The surfaces of these columns were flashing with slight lights, and countless lights seemed to be scrutinizing eyes, staring at the visitors entering the place on the surfaces of the cold, hard and ancient devices.

Ophelia's voice rang out, echoing throughout the hall: "Welcome to Ophelia Matrix... As you can see, this is 'I', an artificial mind network composed of computing nodes, storage arrays, energy matrix and mind cores. Sorry, this is probably not the same way you imagined meeting."

"This..." Amber widened her eyes. Although she had always claimed to have rich imagination and strong nerves, she was a little confused at this time. She had imagined what the "Ophelia" who had survived from ancient times to the present would look like. She had imagined that the other party would be a ghost wandering in an underground cave, a mage who imprisoned herself in a special magic device to maintain vitality, or even a "synthesis body" that completely transformed into an alien, similar to the evil spirit, but she never thought that Opphelia would be... a machine.

Or, an "array" composed of many machines.

Gao Wen's eyes swept over the pillars neatly arranged in the hall. He also took a while to recover from their low buzzing sounds, but he was obviously not as surprised as Amber.

This is an unexpected situation, but for Gao Wen, it has not risen to an "unexpected" level. After all, his "satellite essence" is essentially a "ancient machinery" similar to the Ophelia matrix.

Between the pillars, a stream of light emerged from the ground. The two iron soldiers leading the way had returned to the outside of the hall. Gao Wen and Amber walked towards the central area of ​​the Ophelia matrix under the guidance of the stream. On the way, Amber finally broke the silence: "So you... 'storing' your mind in these machines before you survived to this day? Just like our "Immortal"?"

"It's not." Ophelia said calmly.

An open area appeared in front of Gao Wen and Amber, and the matrix of silver-white columns arranged in the form of open space. The next second, they heard the sound of mechanical operation coming from the ground, and an opening appeared on the floor in front of them, and a platform rose from the hidden space below. On the platform, Gao Wen saw a device like a dormant bin. Through the transparent equipment shell, he saw a young woman lying quietly in it.

She has a beautiful appearance and is wearing a Gondor-style dress. Her eyes are closed, and she looks like she is just in a dream and will wake up in the next second.

It was a strange face, but when it was placed here, Gao Wen could guess her identity in an instant.

Amber pointed to the figure who was lying quietly in the container, as if he was falling asleep: "This is..."

"Ophelia Norton, the last heir of the Gondor Empire, she... died many years ago, and this base is her legacy-including me," the voice in the hall sounded calmly, "I am the Ophelia matrix, a simulated mind modeled on the real Ophelia Norton's personality data and full-brain scanning data. The last command I received was...to continue her mission."

A slight friction sound came from the ceiling above the hall, and several sensing devices poked their heads out from above, quietly staring at the sleeping Princess Ancient Gondor on the platform.

"... But she didn't explain the full significance of this 'mission' to me, nor did she tell me whether this mission would end. It took me a long time to think about what I should do to complete this vague command. The only answer I could think of... is to 'become' Ophelia Norton and continue her work."

The sound in the hall was temporarily quiet, leaving only Gao Wen and Amber quietly watching the figure kept in a special container.

"This is really..." In the end, Amber's voice broke the silence, "This is really unexpected."

"It's true, and... I finally know why you can control the Platinum Scepter and how you've successfully 'stealed' the power of the God of Light," Gao Wen sighed softly, "I thought you broke through the seal of the soul like Wright, but in fact... you were not affected by this from the beginning."

"Yes, this is also one of my 'research results'," Ophelia said. "Artificial intelligence is not affected by thoughts, is not controlled by gods, nor is it polluted by spirits. In addition to the powerful 'power' that the gods themselves possess, I am actually a mind wandering outside the 'visit' of the gods, which gives me... very convenient research conditions."

Gao Wen pondered for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "In short, your current state is indeed a little... beyond my expectations. You are completely unable to transfer yourself, nor can you transfer your consciousness from these machines, right?"

"Yes," Ophelia replied immediately, "My core personality must run between these computing nodes and mental units. Although there are carriers like Veronica, the carrier can only hold a part of my mind. So far, I have not found a carrier that can perfectly accommodate all my personality data, and..."

She paused for a moment before continuing: "And I never thought of leaving here. I was born, grew up, worked here, this... is not a cage, and I never thought I was imprisoned. And I also have a 'carrier' that can move freely outside, which is enough for me."

"I respect your thoughts," Gawain nodded, "Then, I will also make an effort to make an effort to ensure that... calm in the Deep Blue Wells area after the war."

"Thank you for your understanding," Ophelia said in a soft voice as always, "so can I think that the future Deep Blue Well will be a... neutral zone in the league?"

"It can only be a neutral zone," Takamoto raised his head and looked at the sensors hanging from the ceiling. "In my plan, the neutral attributes of the Deep Blue Well will be an important benchmark for the division of the Gondor region after the war. At least nominally, this giant magical source cannot be 'occupied' by any country."

Ophelia's voice was silent for less than two seconds, and one of the sensors on the ceiling turned slightly at an angle: "...The land of the Deep Blue Well will not belong to any country, but the energy produced by the Deep Blue Well will benefit the entire world, and the three empires...especially the Cecil Empire, will occupy the main voice in the distribution of energy. I think that's what you think."

Gao Wen nodded slightly - it seems that Veronica/Ophelia still knows his ideas quite well.

The "land" of Deep Blue Well, which is rooted in the cracks in the net, only accounts for a small part of the entire Gondor region, and it will not produce anything except pure magic, but this pure magic... is the real meaning of Deep Blue Well.

Today's magic technology is very different from the Gondor era. The energy of the Deep Blue Well is no longer the only choice for humans, but such a huge "extra energy" still has great value to the alliance - there is no doubt about the position of "energy" in the process of civilization development.

But Gao Wen did not intend to occupy this place simply and roughly. Although the benefits of doing so were amazing, it was destined to cause great damage to the international order he created, and even destroy the originally stable "alliance" relationship between him and Ophelia. However, he also did not want this source to fall into the hands of others, which would also pose a great threat to the international order he created.

Ophelia's current state and the Iron Man Corps... just gave him a solution to this problem.

He does not need to occupy this "sensitive area" - "occupation" is already an outdated method of the last era.
Chapter completed!