144: The Recording Orb's Records
It was a palm-sized silver metal sphere covered in densely packed magic inscription lines. Its style was completely different from the surrounding old wooden furniture that looked ancient just from appearance.
Like the other items placed in this secret room, the surface of this silver sphere was also covered in dust, causing Lina, who had originally wanted to reach out and touch the sphere directly, to stop her hand in mid-air.
"...I should wipe it off first."
Lina took out a handkerchief from her cloak and used it to wrap around the sphere before picking it up.
Perhaps due to its high metal content, this sphere felt quite heavy in hand. Lina gently wiped away the dust covering the sphere's surface with the handkerchief, finally revealing the intricate magic patterns underneath that had been hidden for so long.
"...This isn't human technology. Is this a Recording Orb developed by the Elf Race?"
Lina fiddled slightly with the sphere in her hand and quickly determined what this thing was.
As a former Saint Substitute, Lina had been exposed to Elven technology to some extent. It was something completely different from the modern human technological system, a technological path driven by magic that the Elves had developed through their high intelligence and high magic adaptability.
Although the Elves' magical technology was far less applicable in warfare than modern human weapons due to the Elves' naturally peace-loving nature, in daily life, some of their inventions were enough to rival human ones.
Take for example this magical technology called the Recording Orb that Lina now held in her hand. Despite its seemingly simple function of recording alone, it had truly achieved perfection in this aspect.
"I remember... how do you use this thing again? Like this?"
Relying on her impression of the Recording Orb, Lina began randomly fiddling with the silver sphere in her hand.
"That's right, I should... replenish its magic first."
Compared to human cameras, the Recording Orb had one advantage: it was purely magic-driven and didn't require things like batteries or film.
Lina slowly channeled the magic within her body into the Recording Orb. The surface of the silver sphere, which had been completely still, suddenly glowed with a silver-white light. This was a sign that the Recording Orb had been reactivated.
"View past records... ah! I remember now! It's this!"
Following the method of using the Recording Orb from her memory, Lina tentatively pressed a button on the sphere's surface. The next moment, the outer shell of the Recording Orb began to gradually crack and expand outward, and a small magical barrier centered on the Recording Orb also unfolded.
In this magical barrier unfolded by the Recording Orb, what was revealed was still the interior of the secret room, but the furnishings and books were clearly much cleaner and tidier than those in reality. At the same time, however, these items appeared as pale blue projections full of cyberpunk atmosphere, looking incredibly high-tech.
That's right, this was the true function of the Recording Orb: to "copy" the reality that had once occurred.
To be precise, it recorded everything that happened within a certain range after the Recording Orb's video function was activated, including people, environment, and language. This was like combining human camera technology with projection technology. Of course, the images projected by the Recording Orb were three-dimensional, not simple two-dimensional planes.
And most importantly, the Recording Orb was far smaller than current human cameras or projectors, yet it achieved ultra-high precision that human technology was far from reaching. This even caused humans to feel devastated when they first learned of the Recording Orb's existence. Technology was already one of the few things humans could boast about over other races, and now the Elf Race had come up with this thing that crushed human technology in the same field the moment it was born. Where was humanity supposed to put its face?
For this very reason, both the Watchers and the Church purchased large quantities of these Recording Orbs from the Elf Race at the time, determined to thoroughly analyze their principles and structure to advance human progress in the field of magical technology.
It was also at that time that Lina came into contact with this thing.
Incidentally, regarding this thing, the Watchers and the Church studied it for five or six years, and to this day they still haven't made any progress at all. It could really be said that they had completely lost face.
But having said that, the Recording Orb's flaw was its limited storage capacity. Generally, it would only be used in relatively important occasions that required complete recording, and wouldn't be used casually.
"In other words... within this Recording Orb's records, there might be what I'm looking for..."
Lina's brows slightly furrowed. Just as she was about to carefully examine the secret room in the Recording Orb's records to see if there were any useful clues, a deep middle-aged male voice suddenly came from behind her.
『From today onwards, I will record the progress of every subsequent experiment, hoping to find a single clue from this vast ocean of experimental data to achieve the expected goal as soon as possible.』
"What!?"
Lina's body slightly stiffened, and she turned her head tremblingly. What came into view was a face quite familiar to her. A middle-aged man with an illusory body was sitting properly at the desk in the secret room, speaking solemnly to Lina... or rather, to the Recording Orb in Lina's hand.
This man was dressed in a white-gold ecclesiastical robe and wore some accessories characteristic of Church bishops. Although his appearance was much younger than the one in Lina's memory, Lina still recognized him at a glance: her and Jasmine's adoptive father, and also the former Cardinal of the Church, Howard.
However, judging from his current state, he should be at the point when he had just established the Christian Orphanage and was still serving as a Church bishop.
『Today's experiment was quite unsuccessful. Among the numerous experimental projects, not a single sample achieved the expected results... though this was within expectations. We need higher quality subjects.』
『In this experiment, following my teacher's instructions, I tried slightly reducing the amount of "black mud" in the early stages of the experiment. Although no subject was qualified, the good news is that the experimental cycle for this batch of samples was clearly more than a level higher than the previous batch. This might indicate that the path my teacher chose could be correct!』
『Excellent! Excellent! In the most recent experiment, a sample finally appeared that successfully passed the first round of testing! This is simply the greatest progress since the experiment began! As long as we continue with this momentum, I believe it won't be long before our experiment achieves a breakthrough!』
『...Today is an ominous day. That experimental sample that barely passed the first round of testing has failed. Its subject exhibited a strong rejection reaction at the beginning of the second round of experiments. Where exactly did the problem occur?』
『Today's record has nothing to do with the experiment. Following my teacher's instructions... I found those two children in the ruins of that residential building, and in accordance with the prior agreement with my teacher, I took those two girls as my adopted daughters...』
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