The ancient MDT seemed to be malfunctioning. When it was connected to the spaceship's data vault, the holographic image above it flickered violently for a while before it finally stabilized. Sandora guessed that it might have something to do with the spaceship's long-term lack of power supply or the impact of the crash. Some of the MDT's crystallized circuits might have deteriorated, but such a small fault would not affect its use. After some debugging, we entered the root directory of the data vault.
"The navigation log … There are only some coordinates and the spaceship's self-inspection report. They look useless. There are also the spaceship's technical parameters, which are not of much use." Sandora sifted through the information that looked valuable. "Oh, found it. This should be the files left behind."
The holographic image flickered and a familiar figure appeared before us. It was my sister in military uniform.
"Sister, you look so awkward in military uniform," I muttered. I tilted my head and muttered. The person in question agreed with me. "I'm going to be bored to death if I wear these clothes every day."
The video file paused for a few seconds at the beginning before a slightly distorted voice came. "The equipment is good. Beginning recording. We have now left the mother planet and are entering a void that no one has ever set foot in before. If the previous observation is correct, we will come into contact with the powerful creature that is sleeping here. To prevent any accidents from happening and no one knows about the situation here, from now on, I will record this video in the form of a diary. I will also leave a backup in each spaceship of the fleet. According to the void scan completed fifteen minutes ago, there are very few worlds in this area. Within the range of 120 warp jumps, there are only three shapeless, abnormal universes. 'Genesis' activity has become a rare phenomenon in this area. The accompanying technician could not explain the situation, so we could only attribute it to the influence of the Void Creature's activities. The latter's growth would either suppress or dominate the evolution of information around it, causing the 'Genesis' activities in this area to come to a premature end before it fully matured. I am not sure if this speculation is correct. If it is, then the power and uniqueness of the Void Creature will be far beyond our imagination. I think this operation might succeed … Regardless, we need to rely on the Void Creature to resist the impact. The stronger it is, the better. "
The first video was short. After it was over, I could not help but touch my sister's arm. "Sister, you schemed against me in your past life."
My sister pinched my head under her arm and pinched my scalp as if she was punishing and spoiling me. "How many times do you want to tell me that it happened in a past life? What's wrong with you?"
Icetis's face turned serious at this time. "We're doing serious business. Even if you want to show off your brotherly love, wait until we get home, okay?"
At this time, Sandora had found the second recording. Her sister (in her previous life), who was dressed in military attire and had a serious expression on her face, began to speak seriously in the recording. "The fleet has arrived at the destination. Everything went smoothly. According to the previous measurements, the Void Creature is sleeping here, but now the fleet is facing a very awkward problem: we can't see him. "
It was not exactly accurate to say that they could not see anything at all. Strictly speaking, they could still see signs of the existence of Void creatures: there was a large amount of radiation of unknown origin in the area, there was a stable space that floated in the air like a World Barrier or Order Field, and there was also a set of very rhythmic pulse signals, but these were not signs of living beings. The above phenomenon might be the result of the activities of the Void Creature, but it seemed that our understanding of this unique life form was still too little. Before we set off, no one would have thought that he would be unpredictable when he was in his sleeping state. An unpredictable life form … How should we establish communication with him … Oh, it seems that talking to myself is a little too much. Then, the recording for today ends here. "
"You're unpredictable when you're in your Void state?" Icetis suddenly tilted her head to look at me. "That's not right. When we were fighting back then, I saw it clearly. Although you're a little dark, your presence is still quite high."
"Isn't that the same thing?" I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "If I'm not wrong, the sleeping Void Creature is actually in a 'returning state', or a 'fugue state'. Other than being aware of our own existence, we are no different from the Void. We are 100% one with it, so it's normal that you can't see us. The 'signs of activity' that sister saw in her previous life should be from the wreckage of the world. I was born from the wreckage of the world. "
Icetis nodded. "Oh, it's like your eggshell."
"…" I shouldn't have started a fight with this female hooligan!
"I more or less understand what you mean by 'one with the Void'. Isn't it like throwing a slime into the water?"
"…" Is this female hooligan going to stop?!
Sandora had already filtered out a few worthless recordings. She waved her hand at us. "Stop fooling around. It's time for Ah Jun to come out."
Once again, "…" Speaking of which, why do I feel that these topics are getting weirder and weirder?
The image of my sister (in my previous life) appeared on the holographic projection once again. This time, she seemed to have a happy expression. "Everything went smoothly. We finally established a communication with the Void Creature. However, it was the other party who initiated the conversation. It seems like he noticed the arrival of the fleet. This is a new life form filled with curiosity. He asked a lot of things related to the spaceship and the Shiring Apostles. It seems like he was very surprised to see a consciousness other than his own for the first time. The initial contact was smooth. The Void Creature was very friendly. Just as we expected, he showed an instinctive disgust towards the Abyss and showed an instinctive liking towards the world of Order. Now, we are trying to find a way to explain our plan to him. At the same time, this Void Creature understands what he should do. The last point seems to be a problem. The new Void Creature doesn't know what power he has … To be exact, he doesn't even know what 'power' is. This is a willful and free will. There is nothing that can restrain him on the Void Stairway. Thus, he just lives on as he pleases. He slept for who knows how long. Hopefully, before the time that Vanna bought for him runs out, this Void Creature can figure out how to open the screen … Ah … "
The elder sister in the recording was interrupted halfway through her sentence. The thing that interrupted her was a black ball that suddenly jumped past the screen. The ball seemed to be slightly bigger than a fist. It wasn't very regular. It looked like a slightly deformed lump of soft mud. This weird 'thing' suddenly jumped into the screen and started circling around in the air, unwilling to leave. The elder sister (in my previous life) began to panic as she tried to chase the ball away. She quickly explained, "Also, let me mention that the Void Creature created a 'body' to communicate with physical life. It is this ball in front of us … His curiosity seems to be a little too exuberant! He seems to be very interested in life forms like us who have bodies. However, he doesn't seem to be very good at controlling his own body. This ball still doesn't have any facial features … Please don't mess around. I am recording something very important … Don't touch that button! Don't touch that panel! Don't touch that … Who can help me chase it away? "
The black ball continued to dash around the screen. I even felt that it was making a funny face at the camera. The elder sister (in my previous life), who had always given the impression of being calm and serious, was at a loss for what to do. Thus, the second half of the recording, which was supposed to be very serious, turned into a farce. In the end, it ended in chaos.
Everyone stared at the holographic image in shock. Then, I felt a few gazes landing on me. The only reason why I hadn't dug a hole in this situation was because this ship was an antique and I couldn't bear to dig one …
"If I didn't guess wrongly …" As expected, Icetis was the first to speak. Her interested gaze was like a small knife that scratched my body a few times. "That ball just now should be from your previous life."
"So, Ah Jun's Void form in his previous life was a ball?" Even Sandora couldn't help but tease him. "Ah Jun, don't you always complain that your Void form has no face? Look, you don't have to complain anymore. You didn't even have arms and legs in your previous life. You have improved in this life. "
"Can we not talk about this topic …"
Halfway through my sentence, even the elder sister spoke up. "Ah Jun was a naughty child in his previous life."
I wanted to cry but no tears came out. "Elder sister, you can't be like this. Weren't you still young back then?"
There were a few other records after this recording. Basically, it was the conversation between the Shiring Apostles and me in my previous life. The matters in this aspect were not too far off from the information that we already had. At the end of these records, there was a huge incident that changed the fate of countless people:
The Void Creature was level one, and the white armor was instantly killed in a single round.
Sandora found records of this incident at the end of the recording. However, it wasn't a recording but a simple written record. The person who recorded it was unknown and the content was only a short paragraph:
"… The plan has failed. The Void Creature is unable to withstand the impact of that scale. Perhaps the impact has been weakened, but we don't know if the mother planet will survive … I'm not sure how long I can remain conscious, but there might be a glimmer of hope for reincarnation. We should work hard towards this goal. The servant fleet has been dismissed. I have switched the authority identification method of this spaceship to the second mode … Perhaps' she 'had already calculated this point when she handed this spaceship over to me. The authority identification database of this spaceship can be switched to the second mode with just a password. Hopefully,' she 'had also calculated what would happen after the plan failed. No matter what, our attempt has failed. Let's hope that the other plans are still progressing according to plan … "
The recording ended there. There should be more at the end, but I wasn't sure if it was a database malfunction or something else. In short, it was erased.
The first thing that we noticed was that there were only words and not images.
"If I'm not wrong, the one who left these words should be your sister," Icetis looked at the Schilling text that was filled with garbled words and nodded as she spoke. "She could only leave words behind, which means that she had already lost her physical body. This was the record left behind after you failed to save the world. The people on this spaceship should have died in that incident."
The sister couldn't help but cross her arms. This topic made her feel uncomfortable. "Why do I feel that everything that happened today is so weird from the beginning to the end?"
"That's right." Brendis waved his hand. "Who can still be happy when they see their own last words?"
I was speechless, "… …" I feel like my biggest mistake today was bringing this Nvliu along!
Looking at the final record in front of us, we were both curious. Back then, my sister, and everyone else on the spaceship had already 'died' under the impact of the abyss. All that was left were our souls (Of course, there were the weaker souls of Vanna and Lizzy, which were the current Shallow Shallow and Lin Xue). These words were obviously recorded in that situation. So, what kind of state did we leave these 'last words' in?
Icetis was indeed a knowledgeable person. She actually had her own thoughts in this aspect. "The two of you should have temporarily formed a hybrid spiritual being. You and your sister took turns to be the host. Since you were still a silly boy back then, the message on the spaceship must have been left behind by your sister when she was conscious. There is another possibility, which is that the two of you possessed the main computer of the spaceship in the form of a chaotic consciousness. Since you were still a silly boy back then, the message was directly entered into the database by your sister. Both of these guesses are possible. No matter what, in the end, the spaceship carried your souls all the way through the void and finally crashed into the earth … Yep, this is what happened before you died. "
I finally couldn't stand this female hooligan who spoke with ten plus signs. I opened the teleportation gate of the City of Shadows, grabbed Icetis's arm and threw her in …
"It's done. The world is quiet now." I let out a long breath. Then, I looked at the message, trying to figure out more from this short paragraph. In the end, I found something that caught my attention. "Sandora, sister, did you notice that there is a 'she' mentioned here? It also said that this' she 'was the one who handed over the spaceship to the fifteenth sky zone …"
Before I could finish my sentence, I couldn't continue because a name flashed across my mind …
At this moment, Sandora, who was operating the MDT, suddenly said in surprise, "Wait! There is a document here! "
"What is it?" I temporarily put aside the almost omnipresent name in my mind and moved closer curiously.
"I don't know," Sandora looked at the document and shook her head. "There is only a serial number, no date, no person, and no query key. It should have been stored at the bottom of the database, but after I read the diary that your sister left behind, it popped up on its own. It seems to be automatic."
At this time, the mysterious document had begun to play automatically. Sandora found that the antique MDT was no longer under her control. It had completely turned into a fully automatic projection device. The holographic image above it shook a few times, and all the text, diagrams, and display attachments disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by an ordinary-looking girl with long black hair.
"Whoever reads this document, no matter who you are, hello," the black-haired girl said. "You can call me Schilling. This is a database with a restricted AI question and answer program. It will provide you with limited information based on your questions. I will first show you some of the entries in the database, and the information you can obtain will be included in the subordinate entries. You will have ample opportunities to ask questions, but the database will judge whether you are qualified to get answers based on the way you ask. "
It was so quiet that you could almost hear a pin drop.
The black-haired girl in front of us was different from any other Schilling we had seen. But it was not important because Schilling's appearance was originally uncertain. Now, we only needed to be sure of one thing: the one in front of us was Schilling in the old Empire!
A moment ago, it was just a guess in my mind that I did not have the time to say it out loud. The next moment, I received such a direct confirmation. This made me a little dazed. After I calmed down, countless questions surged in my mind.
"Why is she involved in this as well …" I opened my mouth. That was what I wanted to say the most.
Even my sister was a little emotional. "It seems that in the old Empire's various self-saving plans, she had a hand in many of them. Sandora's Avenger is one, and the exiled ark that we found a few days ago is another. Why is the fifteenth sky and her … Isn't the concept of the fifteenth sky severed?"
My sister's words reminded us: Isn't the concept of the fifteenth sky severed? Wasn't Abyssal Schilling already severed into another network before my sister contacted the Void Creatures? Then what's with this ship and the image in front of us?
Sandora frowned and did not say a word. She lowered her head and fiddled with the MDT. When she realized that she could not directly control the MDT, she finally gave up. "It's locked. The deepest layer of the database is indeed encrypted. Even the authorization system does not recognize it … This goes against the basic architecture. Indeed, only that network consciousness can create such a thing that violates the basic architecture."
"Can you answer our question?" I remembered that the image in front of me said that it was an intelligent database. So, I looked up at her. "Are you an advanced intelligence or a simple program?"
"Keywords detected. Converting … Displaying database entries." The image in front of me spoke in an unchanging tone. Then, a large list of entries appeared below the image. At this moment, I could confirm what the other party was. This should be a simple program left behind by that network ghost. It was not a high-level thing like a fragment of its consciousness. It should not have the ability to think.
Sandora looked at the refreshed entries and thought, "Based on the question and answer process, you can infer whether the questioner is a survivor of the Empire? Is this the purpose of your design? "
"Item 1741. Answer: Yes."
"Your designer gave up the limited access to the database to activate this program because she thought that the Empire's authorization system might have collapsed when you woke up. So, this system can't be trusted?"
"Key item 9009. Answer: Yes."
"You have stored the entire process of this ship being delivered to the fifteenth sky and the entire set of plans for the fifteenth sky's self-rescue plan. This record is actually prepared for survivors from other heavens or other self-rescue plans. The purpose is to let them know where the remnants of the fifteenth sky may be located?"
"Final key item 9010. Answer: Yes. You can now open the entire database. You are welcome to check. "
Sandora exhaled, and her face lit up. "Just as I guessed. The question and answer program is just a cover. The real function is to confirm whether the questioner is a survivor of the Empire during the question and answer process. As long as you ask enough keywords, the database will be opened."
I also exhaled. Fortunately, it was not me who asked the question just now. Otherwise, I don't know how long I would have to struggle with this program shell.
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