Chapter 770: Leading the Meeting
It can actually calculate!
Regardless of whether the Pivot Carrier uses an accumulation method or columnar multiplication, being able to get the answer in an instant shows that her computing power far exceeds that of ordinary people. Even if she can only answer yes or no, it would be of great help to the Arithmetic Institute. At least it can be used to verify the results and reduce the error rate of large and complex calculations.
Roland happily squatted down and patted the main tendril, "You're really amazing."
The red light went out.
"Your Majesty, she can't communicate with you," Pasha reminded him.
"Being able to understand what I say and answer yes or no is already a form of communication." The essence of communication is receiving and giving feedback, at most it can only be said to be limited by the output end, unable to have dialogue like a normal person. He waved his hand dismissively. Next, maybe he should try to see if she can only make affirmative or negative statements.
"Treat one glowing tendril as one, two as two, and so on. Can you use red light to represent three?" Roland pondered for a while and asked.
This question is much simpler than a five-digit multiplication, but the meaning it contains is very different. If the answer is yes, it means that she can expand the feedback content through more complex expressions. Coupled with her super computing power, she might even be able to display the results directly.
However, the Pivot Carrier did not give an immediate answer as before. After a few breaths, one of the tendrils lit up red, another emitted a faint light, and the last one remained motionless.
According to Celine, one bright, one weak, and one off represents 30% correctness.
Unfortunately, even this answer didn't last long.
The faintly lit one quickly went out, and even the tendril that initially lit up red also dimmed after a while.
Now the answer has become no.
"This is..."
"Your question exceeded her ability," Celine sighed softly. "If the answer is yes, then it means that she needs to make an answer beyond yes or no, which will increase her mental confusion." She paused and continued, "In fact, we also tried to let the Pivot Carrier express simple meanings, or even short sentences, but once it exceeds simple right or wrong judgments, her response speed will be greatly reduced, and it is easy to fall into confusion like this."
In other words, is this a logical obstacle? Roland frowned, "Is she... alright?"
"She will recover after resting for a while," Celine waved a tendril. "I even asked some contradictory questions at the time, and as a result, she ignored us for half a month."
It seems that biological computers are not so easy to handle after all, he thought to himself. Since the Pivot Carrier can judge the calculation results, it means that she does know the answer. The key is how to display the answer in its original form—perhaps a method that can answer with both yes and no, and can also perform complex expressions, needs to be found to achieve this.
However, this idea really exceeded his knowledge range. Programmers and science/engineering students are inherently hostile to each other, and their professional content hardly overlaps. After thinking about it for a while, Roland gave up on the plan to study it alone.
"By the way, I remember you said that the Carrier needs soil and heat to maintain vitality. Is there also magma here?"
"Fulan hasn't dug that deep yet, but we have already found a boiling hot spring river, and there should be a lava zone nearby," Pasha replied. "In addition, this hot spring river often has a sulfuric smell, and the feeling of soaking in it is quite good. If you are asking about the Pivot Carrier, we draw a lot of hot water every few days to bathe her, so you don't need to worry about that."
So that means magma is not a necessity, and hot water can suffice. This is undoubtedly good news. If you want to bring her to the Arithmetic Institute, you only need to provide a boiler that can meet her living needs.
Of course, it's not the time to mention this matter yet. The Taquila witches are only relocating and have not officially joined the unified front. Asking for people at this time undoubtedly has a sense of forcing others. And when those astrologers see such a huge tendril monster, it remains to be seen whether they can maintain their usual sage demeanor.
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Everything has to wait until the snow mountain exploration is completed and both sides have basic trust before talking about it.
Leaving the secret room, the visit to "Third Border City" came to an end. Now this underground city has only been excavated in outline, at most it is just an underground residence. When all the passages connecting the Impassable Mountain Range are opened up, it will become a true hidden fortress, connected to the ground turrets and camps as a whole, becoming part of the Impassable Defense Line.
Roland returned to the castle and immediately summoned all the heads of the major departments of the City Hall to the reception hall. Then, amid the gasps of everyone, a purple light curtain slowly opened, wrapping the entire hall in it.
Although they had been reminded in advance, when this incredible illusion was truly presented in front of everyone, the expressions of the managers still changed greatly. The relatively young Minister of Agriculture, Seni Dali, even accidentally knocked over the teacup on the table. Barov kept wiping the sweat from his forehead. Kemo Strell and the scholar of the Misty Star stared wide-eyed. If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty the King was still sitting in the main seat, they would have run away.
The only one who could be considered calm was Edith. Although this woman from a noble family in the Northern Lands also shrank back, her eyes still contained excitement and curiosity. And Roland also unexpectedly noticed that there was a trace of respect in her eyes when she looked at him.
Uh, I have to say, women's thoughts are really hard to figure out.
Apart from Edith, the reactions of the others were basically within Roland's expectations.
However, since he wanted to form a united front against the devils, it was impossible to keep the existence of the Taquila survivors hidden forever. It was only a matter of time before they made their debut. Instead of the City Hall noticing the abnormality at the foot of the mountains north of the Border Area and asking about it, it would be better for him to introduce the Ancient Witches to everyone first.
After more than two years of training, these people's horizons should have greatly improved, and their ability to accept new things should have also increased significantly.
However, after Roland explained the origin, purpose, and plan for bilateral cooperation in exploring the snow mountains, most of the managers showed considerable resistance. If it weren't for the fact that the Ancient Witches and the Witch Union were somewhat related, they would probably have regarded the other party as alien creatures like the devils.
Chief Executive Barov said that the finance department has now entered the year-end settlement stage and it is not convenient to make new logistics plans; and the Evil Moon has not ended, and a team has already been sent to the Far South. Dividing troops to go to the snow mountains may lead to insufficient defense forces in the Border Area.
Chief Knight Carter坦言lianhexingdong is not stable, and the danger may come from within, and his distrust is overflowing.
Minister of Agriculture Seni stammered that the food reserves may be tight due to the troop dispatch plan, and the news is easy to cause panic among residents.
Construction Minister Karl is worried that allowing the Ancient Witches to hollow out the mountains will cause the instability of the strata in the mining area and cause collapse.
In short, there are all kinds of strange reasons, the general meaning is basically one thing: "Your Majesty, please think twice!"
The meeting fell into a stalemate.
If this was a parliamentary discussion, it was clear that the cooperation plan would be difficult to implement.
But Roland did not forget that he was the final adjudicator, the Lord of Neverwinter, and also the King of Graycastle.
At this time, it was up to him to forcibly promote the implementation of the plan.
Just like he was determined to take in the witches at that time.