The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Seraphim naturally knew that dreams were important, since in some ancient texts, dreams were a channel connecting people and gods.

The fact that goddesses hold power over dreams is enough to demonstrate their extraordinary nature.

But it wasn't until he received the information from the governor that Seraphim clearly realized what he was doing and what he was pursuing.

Seraphim felt his hands trembling. This document contained both the Tower's exploration of the Ocean of Consciousness and the blessings the Goddess had bestowed upon the old empire.

"The governor said that we should not rely too much on the old empire's system."

When he said this, Lucanus was in a very complicated mood. Even if Lucanus wanted to revive the old empire, he had to admit that the old empire's system had flaws.

Because Lucanus himself was a product of this system.

The Old Empire's study of consciousness was, in some ways, more advanced than that of the Tower, because the Tower studied the collective consciousness of humanity, while the Old Empire was able to separate human consciousness into its individual parts, namely the soul.

But Lucanus knew that this was merely a compromise made because the old empire was unable to delve deeper into the ocean of consciousness.

Whenever the old empire's research was about to delve into the ocean of consciousness, there was always an invisible force preventing individual consciousness from going deeper. Therefore, in order to eliminate the alien race, the old empire abandoned this research and instead invested in a technology that had more practical value: sealing the soul within the body of a gene warrior.

These warriors became the empire's sharpest weapon, but also the root cause of its collapse.

“We understand, but before that, we need to examine you and enter your dream world, after all, you are the living embodiment of the old empire’s technology.”

Seraphim wasn't particularly moved by Lucanus's true identity. The governor was a remnant of the Golden Age; wasn't it normal for him to have a bard from the old empire under his command?

Lucanus nodded, obediently lay down on the specially made bed in the Lantern Dreamland, and fell into a deep sleep.

Seraphim then entered Lucanus's deepest dream with the oracle lantern. When he awoke again, Seraphim's usually icy face showed unusual emotion, and his gaze toward Lucanus gradually turned to horror.

"Did the old empire turn you into this?"

This was the first time the believers of the Lantern Dream had heard their saintess speak in such a panicked tone.

"You could say that, but we all did it voluntarily."

Lucanus spoke in a flat tone, as if he didn't think it was anything particularly significant.

"This is absolutely inhumane... How do you manage to stay rational?"

Upon hearing Seraphim's words, Lucanus scoffed, "It's hard to imagine that you, who once treated brain servants as expendable resources and caused people to die in nightmares, would say such a thing."

"Perhaps we've already gone mad, just like my colleague in Anjou. To be honest, I find it hard to imagine that someone as rigid as him would be the first to break the rules."

Seraphim finally calmed down and said, "The old empire's methods were truly inhuman..."

"No!"

Lucanus retorted, "You didn't live in that era, you can't understand us. Being chosen by the Empire is our highest honor!"

"Everyone is proud of the Empire, and everyone is willing to give everything for the Empire!"

"You simply cannot comprehend how we felt when the empire collapsed! The most loyal warriors were slaughtering each other, and the noblest bloodlines were reduced to prisoners! Even those inferior races, living worse than beggars, wanted to trample on the crumbling empire!"

"For revenge, for the revival of the empire, for the return to its former glory, I am willing to give everything!"

"I have witnessed the empire's glory; I can no longer escape it..."

But Lucanus quickly calmed down afterward.

"I'm sorry, I'm just too excited. We're all colleagues now, working together for the revival of the empire. I hope you won't let the governor down."

Seraphim nodded and bowed, though it was unclear whether he was expressing his respect.

"Let's get back to work. The governor's request is simple: digging deep into the ocean of consciousness is too dangerous, and even the old empire couldn't do it."

Lucanos glanced at Bernice, who had just returned from the deep dream realm, and said, "Therefore, research into the ocean of consciousness is temporarily suspended. Research into the ocean of consciousness too deeply will drive people insane. We need to change our research direction."

"In addition to the technology of the old empire, we also have some of the technology of the Tower, as well as a computing terminal used by the Tower."

Lucanus has launched Anastasia's tablet, whose parameters have been pre-configured by Lind. Lantern Dream can be operated simply by following the manual provided by Lind.

“We need to set up a dedicated consciousness ‘server’. This so-called ‘server’ can connect to and protect the consciousness of all the warriors, and can even make the consciousness of these warriors independent of the sea of ​​consciousness to a certain extent, so that they are not eroded by those black rains and are not affected by the anomalies in the sea of ​​consciousness.”

Seraphim roughly understood what the so-called server meant. Doing so would be quite difficult, requiring the combination of the Tower's technology and the technology of the Old Empire. However, with the current public dream and the massive computing power provided by the Tower terminals, it was not an impossible technology.

"I understand. So what's this dream that connects all the warriors called? Is it called 'server'?"

Although he had no objection to the governor's naming, Seraphim still felt that the name was a bit too direct.

"No, the server is used to refer to these public dreams. As for this first military server, the governor plans to name it Kara."

Seraphim looked puzzled: "Does it have any special meaning?"

But Lucanus said with a serious expression, "Don't ask any more questions. The governor must have his reasons for naming it this way."

In addition to plans for the future, Linde also offered many opinions and suggestions regarding public dreams.

For example, how to encrypt a public dream, how to manage the member codes of a public dream, and how to build a simple firewall.

It was practically like giving Seraphim a cybersecurity course.

Aside from Linde's own past life experiences, most of these were taken from 550C.

Considering that there are still some internal personnel of the tower scattered outside, and that Anjou has begun to excavate the technology of the old empire, coupled with the influence of the black rain on consciousness and dreams, there may be a dream attack and defense war in the future. Therefore, Linde took the lead in building up the defense of consciousness and dreams.

Seeing these experienced and comprehensive suggestions, which seemed to come from someone who had already been exposed to the relevant system, Seraphim couldn't help but sigh that everything the remnants of the Golden Age did was indeed for a reason, and it was best not to dwell on the strange names the governor had chosen.