Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 907 - 152: Investigation Record of No. 2

Chapter 907: Chapter 152: Investigation Record of No. 2

"Perhaps it is because, at the initial design stage, the engineers of the Olorun Civilization did not consider interactions with ’aliens possessing a certain level of civilization.’ Those robot clusters did not realize our presence. Of course, it is also possible that there are instructions in the robots’ programs on how to deal with such situations, but they couldn’t retrieve the relevant data in time—after all, that’s the drawback of using magnetic tapes."

"The movements of those robots are very slow. When it comes to ’movement,’ they usually have three pairs of legs and a track-gliding device. All three pairs of legs are used to latch onto the holes of corresponding sizes on the steel structure. With each step, they move two of the six legs, latch them into the appropriate structures, and then proceed to move the other two, repeating this process. Each step takes about eighty seconds."

"This process does not require sensory input. It only checks mechanically whether the fixation is complete. From a biological perspective, these small robots are akin to having only primitive touch senses."

"We conducted a series of tests on these small robots. A fellow Martial Artist used a Magnetic Chain Weapon to disrupt the movement process of a small robot. He morphed the Magnetic Chain Weapon into a thin and long shape, precisely blocking a pair of holes on the steel structure, preventing the small robot from inserting its leg for fixation. That robot attempted back and forth, stalled for thirteen minutes, and then rebooted, stalling for another thirteen minutes, and rebooted again. This loop continued a hundred times until another fortunate robot arrived from behind and collided with it."

"’Collision’ seemed to become a signal. The front and back sides of the two small robots ejected a data interface for docking. After a simple exchange, the robot from behind started to retreat. This process lasted about four hours. We had placed vibration detection devices on them before their contact. The vibration from the spinning magnetic tape was evident during their docking. Some form of data exchange occurred between them."

"Through a drone tracking the second small robot, we discovered another type of robot. Different from the previous one that clearly had industrial manufacturing tendencies, we called this ’messenger.’ After the worker robot and the messenger robot collided, they transmitted data again. Subsequently, the messenger robot continued heading towards the region near the core."

"Near the core area, we saw a third special type of robot. Apart from having certain mobility capabilities, it appeared like a special storage device capable of storing a thousand reels of magnetic tape. The messenger transmitted a piece of information to this commander. After dozens of hours of waiting, the messenger then moved towards the direction of the first worker robot after replenishing its power supply."

"Before the messenger robot arrived, the first trapped worker robot remained in a silent state, seemingly conserving energy. It stayed that way until the messenger robot arrived. Through collision, the robots’ interfaces opened again. This might be achieved through some mechanical structure. After docking with the worker robot, they took sixty-five minutes to process the data. Following that, the trapped pair of legs from the worker robot began to probe repeatedly. This process took another sixty-five minutes. Then, they spent thirteen minutes for feedback of the data."

"The worker robot bypassed that pair of holes and continued moving downward, while the messenger robot returned along the established route to the area near the commander. It collided with another messenger robot of the same specification and exchanged data. The second messenger robot followed a different route and found another different model of repair robot."

"Amazingly, these robots seem capable of calculating their own paths. The repair robot does not need to follow the paths previously taken by Messenger II or Ichigo to reach the maintenance location, but can choose another path itself. The outcome is not too different from the ’optimal path’ calculated by our computers. The pathfinding algorithms decoded and published by the 21st-century Martial Ancestor team from the Stele code are considered correct. These robots achieved this under extremely simplistic conditions."

"The repair robot checks the condition of the holes. At this point, we withdrew the Magnetic Chain Weapon. After detecting that the corresponding fixed structure can still be used to secure the holes, the repair robot quickly returns to contact the messenger, reporting its results. This decision-making mechanism is very mechanical. It seems as long as the fixed structure can complete the task, they don’t mind whether the repair tools on them have been used."

"After this, we conducted a series of experiments, such as ’accidental slip of a worker robot.’ This is a microgravity environment, where gravity can almost be ignored. So, after an accidental slip, these robots take twenty-six minutes to react, then quickly open their three pairs of feet. As long as the three pairs of feet grip any steel beam, they can quickly secure themselves."

"After colliding and exchanging information with nearby robots, they immediately determine their own position. However, this situation seems to be part of the builder’s preset. These worker robots will take on new tasks on the spot, replacing the original worker. The original worker will return immediately. After contacting the first worker robot of the same specification, both will exchange tasks, with one starting to return and the other replacing the original task. This continues until the data is compiled to the messenger or when a new task brought by the messenger robot is executed."

"If a robot frequently reports errors, the messenger will bring a ’decommission’ command. Under this command, the robot will move to the bottom of Argon II, or release its six legs and curl up mid-air as much as possible. There are specialized robots to recover resources from these decommissioned robots."

"Apart from the aforementioned categories, we also see power supply robots specifically used to transport reactor energy. It is unclear why this robot system doesn’t have extensive cabling. Perhaps, for the robots, ’checking a whole power network for faulty nodes’ is more complex than ’remaking a mobile power supply robot.’ Maybe aliens couldn’t write overly complex code within limited storage space."

"According to our estimates, it may take several years for these robots to complete a round of inspection and maintenance, with the most common estimate being ten years."

"Considering the resource volume carried by Argon II, this system cannot operate for much longer."