After a few seconds, Hao Ren finally exclaimed, "No … brain nucleus? Isn't that your vital organ? "
The First Born did not speak. Instead, a wave of jumbled, chaotic, and headache-splitting thoughts came crashing down on him. At first, Hao Ren thought that he had suffered a mental attack, but soon he found that his brain was filled with many inexplicable memories and knowledge. He realized that this was a more advanced form of communication: the First Born probably felt that the efficiency of conversation was too low, so it directly shared its knowledge and experience.
After retrieving the memories, Hao Ren was stunned. "This is …"
The First Born on Zorm did not have a brain nucleus because it had evolved into a different form 10,000 years ago!
Normally, a mature First Born would have a number of brain nuclei in its body, and the number would not exceed two digits. But the one on Zorm was different. In order to accommodate the complex virtual world, and to be more compatible with the programming language written by the people of Zorm, the First Born here had planned to reshape its body. It broke its brain nucleus into countless nerve clusters and distributed them evenly throughout the body. These additional nerve clusters could grow more nerve tentacles, which were the key organs that connected to the mechanical equipment outside. Breaking the brain nucleus into countless small parts had another function, and that was to have sufficient backup: even if the entire planet suffered a disaster, the remaining one-third of the nerve clusters could still maintain the integrity of the virtual world.
Now, the First Born had basically broken its brain and integrated it into its body. More than a million 'small brain nuclei' were distributed under every inch of the planet, and most of them were now surrounded by magma and sea of fire, dying in batches.
It was impossible to take them away. Even if Hao Ren could find an interstellar engineering team now, he would need a long time to separate all the small brain nuclei from the planet. These distributed brains were originally a safety measure against disasters, but now they had become the biggest obstacle to the survival of the Zorm civilization and the First Born.
Ten thousand years ago, no one had thought that the planet would suddenly change orbit and fall into the sun.
"If I abandon the data in the virtual world and only compress the human and your soul into a few 'small brain nuclei', will it work?" Hao Ren tried his best to think of an alternative plan. "Is the capacity of those small brain nuclei not enough?"
"Mother once said that souls are the most complicated of information. Most of my spiritual world is used to contain those souls," the First Born replied. "The other things in the dream only take up a small part. Even if I give up on those … it's useless."
More than 90% of the First Born's mental capacity had been used to accommodate the billions of souls of the Zorm people, and the rest of the virtual world, including the mountains and rivers, was the least important part. It was impossible to take the Zorm civilization away by compressing data.
The communication from the Petrachelys suddenly interrupted Hao Ren's thoughts. "Buddy, the sun has set, but the planet is seriously damaged. If this goes on … I'm afraid the communication between you and the virtual world will not last. I have detected that the surge signal under the planet's stratum is weakening."
"I want to sleep." The First Born's voice also entered Hao Ren's mind at the same time. "Too tired … too hot … If this goes on, the feeling of the real world will also be transmitted to the humans in the dream. Let us sleep, everything will be fine after we sleep, and Mother will come back … "
"I said I will bring you to your mother, I mean it!" Hao Ren loudly interrupted the First Born's voice, and at the same time, a lightning-fast thought suddenly flashed across his mind. "Communication … communication … Oh! There's another way! "
The First Born curiously looked at him.
"Souls, in the end, are also data, right?" Hao Ren looked at the amorphous light in front of him. "The Zorm people can use the device to transmit the soul into your body, so in theory, the soul in your 'brain' can also be transmitted to other places!"
The First Born hesitated. "In theory … yes, but …"
"No buts, as long as the theory is feasible, it's better than euthanasia." Hao Ren looked at the white light with burning eyes. "I can't take the body of this civilization, but I can take all the souls. Give me the database and transcoding method of the virtual world, and I will send your souls to a safe place!"
The MDT was listening to the negotiation between Hao Ren and the First Born. It interjected. "This plan is theoretically feasible, but we need an unprecedentedly large database. The souls of more than a billion people and a First Born, this amount of data is not child's play. Where do you plan to store it? "
"I have a database — CARS." Hao Ren felt that his mind was unprecedentedly clear, and his brain was in better shape than ever. "It is a research station, and it is specially designed to study the First Born. Its database is many times larger than the First Born's brain capacity."
"Then how do you send the data over?"
"Build a communication link. We have a drone cluster, use those drones as relay stations, and lay a broadcast line from Zorm to CARS in the universe. If the bandwidth is not enough, turn on the high-power antenna of the Petrachelys. There must be a way."
"What about the interface? How do you extract the memory of the First Born from Zorm? The bandwidth of this interface must be very high, otherwise it is impossible to transfer the souls of more than a billion people in a few dozen hours. "
The MDT's questions came one after another, and at the last one, Hao Ren was stunned. But the First Born suddenly said, "Near the planet's equator, you can open it there, there is a large data release point. I can release the data from there … but only once, the sun will burn it. "
"Data release point?" Hao Ren was a little surprised. "What is that for?"
"Once, my brothers and sisters wanted to return to the real world, but that was the plan before the planet fell."
Hao Ren suddenly understood that what the First Born mentioned was probably the facility of the Zorm people's' return to reality 'plan recorded in the previous data. He did not expect this facility to be buried deep underground, and it was still working until now.
He clapped his hands and said to the MDT on the line, "Okay, all the elements are in place, any questions?"
"I have issued a call to the drone cluster and started to write the driver needed for the data link. Now the only problem is time. After 36 hours, Zorm will decompose, let us race against the sun."
"I will win." Hao Ren's mouth curled up slightly as he looked up at the soul of the First Born. "Now I have to return to the real world to get ready. I will keep this communication line open. You know Nolan, right? The communication is through her. We still have 30 hours, so … "
"I will try my best." A voice came directly into Hao Ren's mind. "Mother said, do things until the end."
Sure enough, she always mentioned her mother.
Hao Ren smiled and exited the wonderful direct connection. Nolan's dull face appeared in front of him again. Due to the large amount of data communication, the latter's thinking had been suppressed to the lowest level. She could only vaguely understand what was happening now, but it was difficult for her to make any vivid response. Hao Ren knew that now was not the time for small talk and explanation. He could only help Nolan to sit down in a safe place. "I'm going to work, wait for me."
Nolan looked at the person in front of her slowly and finally nodded slightly.
Hao Ren exited the real world. Vivian and Lily immediately came up to him to ask about the situation. Hao Ren waved at them and said, "Leave all the autonomous robots here to maintain the data link here. Let's go back to the spacecraft."
The autonomous robots on standby gathered and put their mechanical tentacles on the First Born's ganglion, replacing Hao Ren's position.
They returned to the bridge of the Petrachelys. Hao Ren quickly came to the console and asked, "MDT, what's the situation?"
"The drone cluster is moving here and has switched to high-speed communication mode. The detection drones have limited bandwidth, so we need to design an extremely precise link to ensure the successful transmission. Whether the bandwidth is enough or not, we will have to wait until the database is extracted to know. CARS has begun to reorganize resources. The database capacity should be enough, but they lack a virtual reality program. After the souls of the Zorm people and the First Born have been transferred, we need to build a virtual world in CARS 'mainframe. But that's a matter for later. "
"What about the communication with the First Born?"
"Just completed the repositioning. Relying on the autonomous robots you left underground, the communication is still maintained." The MDT turned on the holographic projection in front of the console. The projection showed a fuzzy light and a few lines of text. The text was a greeting from the First Born.
"The mental mode of the First Born is very different from that of ordinary creatures. This simple communication link can't translate 100% of its thoughts, so it can only display text, but it's enough."
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