Chapter 337 The Prince's Flaw
"Are you serious?!" A look of shock flashed across Zeus's face.
"Yes, this was discovered by those shipbuilding researchers." Alexei sighed.
Hughes didn't know much about shipbuilding and couldn't provide any direction, so the researchers at the shipyard let themselves go completely this time and built all kinds of strange ships.
In their messy experiments, they gradually discovered one thing: the closer they were to Castel, the higher the efficiency of various steam engines and machinery and equipment would be, and the lower the failure rate would be.
On the contrary, as they moved away from Castel, the machine spirits of the machines on their ship became more silent and responded less and less to them.
Of course, at present this influence is still very weak, with only very small differences, but its occurrence itself has extraordinary significance.
Hughes jumped up from his chair and paced quickly.
"Alexei, you know, the Skitarii are now basically just fanatical believers of equivalent. They are always superstitious about equivalent and cannot be stopped despite repeated bans."
"And I found that the bombs used by the Skitarii are more effective than those tested in the factory."
"That is to say."
Alexei's face gradually showed a look of shock. He muttered to himself: "Personal cognition overrides the world. Cognitive interference!?"
"It does look like cognitive interference, but...it seems different." Xius said seriously.
"Serious interference is the interference of wrong cognition with correct reality, and the worship of equivalent does not mean that they do not know the scope of damage that the specific equivalent will cause."
“They are not overlaying the real world with their own perceptions, but expectations.”
"They expect the bomb to explode more violently, and the engineers hope that the machine spirit will be more stable and without any problems."
"This expectation, or belief, seems to slowly affect reality."
"The problem now is that we don't know if this is a general phenomenon or if it's just in Castres."
Zeus let out a long sigh. Castel was no longer just a remote island. Whether it was the soul of the sea god or the pollution that had been drained from the entire Storm Ocean, it had now gathered all kinds of miracles that could not be measured by common sense at all.
If this kind of "belief affects reality" can gradually stabilize and become a permanent law of physics, Zeus shook his head. This possibility is too small. If belief can affect reality at will, the Holy See would have become a kingdom of God on earth with tens of millions of believers.
Xius's intuition told him that there was probably something fishy going on.
If cognitive interference is so dangerous, is this way of influencing reality really safe? This will also bring a lot of trouble. If the physical laws of this world are not stable, the principles written in the books will gradually be replaced by empiricism, and the experience will shift, and finally science will completely turn into metaphysics.
"In short, this is probably not a good thing. I would like to inform all researchers that any experiment using this phenomenon needs to be restricted, recorded, and reviewed. We need to be cautious in the face of the unknown."
Alexei also understood that this was a serious matter. He nodded solemnly: "I understand, Lord."
"One more thing, Alexei. I want you to keep an eye on Galahad for me. Something seems to be wrong with the prince."
"Prince? What did he do in Blood Harbor?"
"No, it's not what happened now, but what happened before. I talked to Ken and Jeremiah. They both had contact with the prince - the prince before he went to assassinate her. But what they said doesn't match the prince now."
Alexei blinked and said hesitantly, "Isn't this normal? After all, it's such a huge thing. It's understandable that it completely changes a person. Revenge makes him abandon his weak past self - hasn't this happened many times?"
Xius shook his head. "If it's just a change in personality, then it's understandable. But how come even the memories don't match?"
"ah?"
“Before leaving, the prince happened to summon Jeremiah, Ken, and Josh, and promised them to go to the North to rescue Nora.”
"So that's how it is. Has he decided to break the contract?" Alexei looked a little disapproving. For aristocrats, it is a virtue to value reputation, but there are also many people who break their promises at will.
"No, he doesn't remember it." Hughes bit his lip. "Our people asked him about Josh. At that time, he was trying to get close to Castel. There was no need to lie about such an insignificant matter, but he said he didn't remember it."
"Could it be that he really forgot?"
"First of all, it happened not long ago, just before the assassination. Secondly, this matter involves a lot of people. According to the information I received, Nora is almost at the center of the vortex in the north. No matter what his reasoning was for deciding to intervene here, it is not a trivial matter."
"Besides that, Josh is also the first merchant to come to Castel. He said that he and the prince had a very pleasant conversation during their previous meeting."
Hughes stared into Alexei's eyes and asked, "If you were a prince, would you forget such a thing?"
Alexei frowned and shook his head slowly: "It's impossible to forget. This is really wrong, sir."
"Actually, what concerns me most is another matter." Xiu Si suddenly said, "Connor has been imprisoned by the prince for a long time, you know that."
Alexei nodded. Connor had gone to Blood Harbor several months ago and there had been no news since then. It was natural for him to be imprisoned. However, he did not seem to be abused or tortured. The prince was still rational after all.
"When Connor was imprisoned, he saw another prisoner." Hughes sat back in his chair and narrowed his eyes.
"Euan."
"Yuan?" Alexei searched his memory, but had no impression of it.
"He was the prince's former steward and served the prince for many years. After the prince returned from the Rhine, Euan disappeared and was replaced by Galahad, the knight who came to visit us. Coincidentally, he is also a transcendent and is good at fighting."
"No one knows where this knight comes from. He is handsome, skilled in martial arts, and a transcendent. It's hard for such a person to be unknown, isn't it?"
"I don't know what the prince did to gain his loyalty. He followed him all the way. He would have accepted the offer even if he was asked to come to Castel. This is the sea, a forbidden place for extraordinary people. The fire-chasing moths would only consider trying their luck here when they are desperate."
"The prince suddenly replaced the old butler who had followed him for many years, and a new follower suddenly appeared. Don't you think this is too strange?"
(End of this chapter)
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