The First Born's brain death had been proven to be irreversible. This was good news and bad news at the same time. The good news was that they did not have to worry about the First Born suddenly recovering and attacking the surviving Executor civilization. The bad news was that Hao Ren could not 'cure' the First Born of this planet. This was one of his original plans. Find the First Born's diseased brain and find a way to cure it. If the First Born was not completely crazy, maybe it could be cured? After all, it was difficult to completely kill a mythical creature that had completely fused with the planet. It was almost equivalent to destroying the entire planet.
But now, Hao Ren had to give up on his treatment plan. The patient's brain was gone …
The Petrachelys returned to the surface. The droid swarm had already built a temporary frontline base on the planet's surface. The silver-white alloy ground covered the once destroyed land, covering all the hideous cracks and craters. Tall command towers and various factories and laboratory facilities rose from the silver-white ground. While they were only temporary modular facilities, they more or less gave this desolate place a sense of 'civilization'.
The frontline base was located next to the Great Rift. On the battlefield of the fortress battle, it was like a silver dot dotting the vast Scorched Plains. Building such a base did not take too much time. They directly transferred the prefabricated modules from the space factory to the planet's surface through hyperspace teleportation. After placing them in predetermined locations, a simple connection was needed. The prefabricated modules could be unfolded, deformed, welded, and 'grown' in just a few hours. When the Petrachelys went to the planet's core, it was just a mess of construction machinery. When she came back, it was a small but complete base.
The spacecraft docked at the base's small spaceport, and Nolan finally enjoyed the long-awaited port maintenance. This was the first maintenance since she came to this godforsaken Star Cluster X and was almost cut in half. The shipgirl was so happy that she set off fireworks on the bridge for half an hour. But Hao Ren was in the command center of the temporary base, looking at the holographic projection.
The holographic projection showed a detailed map of the planet's structure. Through a few illustrations, the viewer could clearly understand the internal situation of the planet. The planet that coexisted with the First Born had been completely transformed. Biological tissues of the First Born could be found in the rock layers, magma layers, and even the planet's core. This ancient mythical creature had almost 'eaten away' the planet. Its tentacles had replaced more than 60% of the planet's internal support structure, and the huge cavities and faults were almost entirely maintained by those tentacles.
If the goddess had not considered the survival of the mortal race when she designed the First Born as a 'biological guardian', so that the First Born could move towards the planet's core and avoid destroying the planet's surface structure and resource reserves, the planet would have shown an extremely terrifying image.
"Let's not talk about whether we have enough firepower. Even if we do, we can't kill it," Y 'zaks said in a muffled voice. "The First Born has completely fused with the planet, and what's worse is that the First Born had' pushed 'the planet open once three thousand years ago. This caused one-third of the planet's structure to be actually cracked, and there are faults everywhere. It's all those tentacles that keep the planet stable. Once the First Born dies, the planet will fall apart in a hundred years. I'm afraid the Executors don't want to see that happen."
"Actually, the Executors can migrate," Nangong Sanba said. "Although they haven't found a suitable place to migrate, we can help them find one. Our detectors are more advanced than theirs. Besides, the Executors are all robots. As long as the mineral reserves are abundant and the temperature is not too different, they are more adaptable than carbon-based creatures. There should be a lot of places they can migrate to. "
Hao Ren gave him a sideways glance. "If I blow up your house and tell you, 'You can always move, but if you can't find a place to live, I'll introduce you to a new place' — what would you think?"
Nangong Sanba thought for a moment. "I'm living in your house now …"
"… Damn, I forgot about that," Hao Ren said.
Vivian looked at the two of them and sighed. "Sigh, you two are not reliable. In fact, Nangong Sanba was right. If they were faced with a life and death situation, it was better to move houses than to die. But then again, this kind of migration could only be done when there was no other way. If there was another way, they could not just casually blow up the planet. The Executors have a deep affection for their home planet, especially now that the humans have left. They can't just watch their home planet be destroyed, because this planet is the last memory of their creator. "
"How about we throw a lullaby on his face?" Lily said, wagging her tail. "We can't wake him up or kill him, so let him sleep."
"Let's not talk about how much work it would take to bury the lullaby device evenly in every corner of the planet. Even if we can solve the technical problem, this plan won't work." Hao Ren waved his hand. "The lullaby device has its limits. It can only suppress a part of the First Born's neural activity, but not completely control it. After the lullaby is activated, the First Born's tentacles may still twitch for a short period of time. And long-term exposure to the lullaby will also cause the First Born's body to shrink, and the strength of its physiological structure will be reduced. This will still put the planet at risk of falling apart. "
Lily shook her head a little irritably. "This won't work, and that won't work. Why don't we just build a brain for the First Born like we did on Inferno? Do you remember, Mr. Landlord? The natives there have built a city around the artificial brain of the First Born, and they go there on pilgrimage all day long … "
This project is too big, even bigger than the one on Inferno. The reason why the First Born on Inferno lost consciousness was that it was sealed by the demon-god Vivian. Its physiological structure was not too damaged, and it could survive with a plug-in brain circuit. But the First Born here was smashed into a fool by a meteorite. Not to mention losing its brain, even a large part of its central nervous system has rotted away. Wouldn't a surgery need to dig out one-third of the planet? "Hao Ren rubbed his chin." Your suggestion is not bad, but building an 'artificial brain core' is not something that can be done in a day or two. This project is too big, even bigger than the one on Inferno. The reason why the First Born on Inferno lost its consciousness was that the demon-god Vivian had sealed it.
As his voice trailed off, the image on the holographic projection also changed. The rocks, water, and magma on the planetary model had all disappeared, leaving only the biological tissues of the First Born. Various color labels marked the state of these tissues and organs. The brain and the appendages around the brain were marked with black, representing necrosis. Even a large number of nerve structures on the periphery of the brain were marked with different shades of dark red. That was a sign of reduced function after being poisoned.
Rollie was lying on the table, staring at the tangled tentacles and sarcomas in the air. She raised her hand and said, "It looks like a ball of yarn!"
Hao Ren's mouth twitched. "Why is this thing here?"
"She was running around in the base. I was afraid that she would run into trouble outside, so I brought her here." Vivian grabbed a small dried fish and stuffed it into the dumb cat's mouth to calm her down. "Actually, I have an idea."
"Just say it." Hao Ren nodded. "Any idea is useful."
"Isn't Zorm missing a body?" Vivian tapped her fingers on the table. "If we can let Zorm assume the function of the mind center, how much work can be reduced?"
Lily's eyes widened when she heard Vivian's suggestion. "Ah! Battie, your imagination is no smaller than mine! "
Meanwhile, Hao Ren was enlightened by Vivian's idea. "That's a good idea! This will save at least 70 to 80 percent of the work. The most difficult part of building an artificial brain is the mind center. The First Born is a demigod, and their mental structure is too complex. In fact, the artificial brain on Inferno only simulated part of the brain's physiological functions. But if we can let Zorm take over the body of the First Born here, his efficiency will definitely be better than the imitation version we built on Inferno! "
In fact, if it were not for the Wall of Reality between Inferno and Tannagost, Hao Ren would have let Zorm take over the body on Inferno.
"But Zorm is now the ecological monitor of Tannagost. He can't leave that place, right?" Nangong Wuyue interrupted. "And this place is far from Tannagost. It doesn't feel right to dismantle a tower of CARS and move it here …"
Since Zorm had lost his physical body, he could only reside in the supercomputer of CARS in the form of consciousness. Coupled with the antenna array and energy units that he needed to connect to the outside world, the entire system occupied the volume of an annex building. To move it over, almost a quarter of CARS would have to be cut down.
In addition, there was another problem that Nangong Wuyue mentioned: Zorm was now guarding Tannagost, and at present, he was the only living sane First Born in the universe. He could not leave.
But Lily thought for a moment and suddenly proposed an idea. "How about remote control?"
Seeing the husky maiden's big sparkling eyes, Hao Ren knew that she had a flash of inspiration again. "Remote control?"
"Haven't we solved the communication interference problem of Star Cluster X by relying on the droid fortress along the way? The communication link from here to CARS is smooth. We can connect a bunch of artificial nerves to the First Born on this planet. But instead of building a host, we will connect the artificial nerves to the transceiver, and let Zorm use the high-power antenna of CARS to connect to the transceiver here. Just like the thinking network of the droid swarm, it relies on wireless communication to think. Wouldn't that work? "
After Lily finished, she looked at Hao Ren with her big golden eyes and wagged her tail behind her. She had a look that said, "Hurry up and praise me, hurry up and praise me." Her mind was as easy to understand as a child.
But the plan she came up with was not simple at all. She really went to Peking University four times not just to work in the cafeteria …
"The feasibility is quite high. As long as we can ensure the smooth wireless communication, it is very easy for Zorm's consciousness to extend here." Hao Ren nodded and gave an affirmative answer. He then praised the dog maiden. "Good idea, very smart."
"Of course, I'm smart!" Lily's tail was almost up to the sky. "And I think if this technology is successful, we can do this in the future. As long as we find a living First Born, we can directly cut off its brain and then install a bunch of artificial nerves and signal base stations for Zorm to live in before the new brain grows back. As long as Zorm can still control it, we can make a lot of network backups for him. We can also give this technology a name, call it the cloud brain …"
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