Life Game In Other World
Chapter 609: Secret Object? (Super-sized - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 609: Chapter 609: Secret Object? (Super-sized Chapter for Monthly Votes)

"Your ’eyes’ seem a bit unclear?"

He Ao glanced at the two surveillance cameras on the ceiling, then lowered his head to observe the cables connected to the server.

In his hand, he held a somewhat hollowed-out rock, similar in size and shape to the central processor, which he had carved out from the passage outside after roughly estimating the weight of the central processor.

Utilizing Super Memory and the exquisite sensory capabilities of his Transcendent body, he had almost perfectly memorized the weight of the central processor and then created a ’substitute’ with an extremely small deviation in weight.

According to 8753, if He Ao’s weight control was as precise as he described, under perfect substitution, it would not trigger the sensory alarm device located beneath the central processor.

"Yes,"

began to answer He Ao’s question, "The previous human Lord brought 8753 these two outdated thermal cameras. Their resolution only allows 8753 to roughly identify the shape of humans, unable to make out your specific features."

"So this thing is useless too?"

He Ao reached out to touch a cable port. "This should be the camera line, right?"

Then, without any hesitation, he directly unplugged the cable.

"Alert, external camera removed. Please install a new imaging recognition device promptly."

A crackling alert sounded from 8753’s mechanical speaker.

He Ao continued to search for other cables.

At that moment, 8753 suddenly spoke up,

"Human Lord, if you intend to remove 8753’s mainframe and storage chip, you will need to prepare a sufficient quantity of high-performance batteries. As you can see, there are numerous batteries behind the server. The micro quantum computer will generate a considerable amount of power consumption while running. Without an adequate power supply, the usage time of the micro quantum computer will be significantly shortened."

He Ao raised his head, following the hint from 8753, his gaze stretching beyond the gaps between the servers to the back.

Behind the wall of operational servers was a dense stack of large lithium battery arrays, extending unknown depths at a glance.

Many liquid cooling pipes passed between these lithium batteries, intended to dissipate the heat generated by the batteries.

These batteries powered the entire server group and the micro quantum computer’s consumption.

"How long can these batteries supply you?"

He Ao lowered his head, continuing to organize the cables.

"About a month, Human Lord,"

replied 8753.

"I see."

He Ao nodded, his hand on the interface of the central processor, "I’m going to unplug now. Will it trigger an alarm?"

"No, Human Lord, 8753 and the running server programs are absolutely fine. After you dismantle the cables, the server group will maintain its normal redundancy operation for the next forty-five minutes, and there will be no physical changes,"

explained 8753.

Which meant that if there was any physical sensor device attached to the server, it would not trigger an alarm simply because the data cable was unplugged.

"Good."

He Ao reached out to unplug the cables, winding up the parts from the relic and stuffing them into his pocket.

8753’s screen flickered for the last time before going dark.

Then He Ao slowly maneuvered the central processor and pressed the rock he held against it, slowly placing it on top of the sensor.

The task required tremendous control over one’s physical strength.

He Ao had to support both objects, making sure that the total pressure on the sensor from both objects remained equal to that of the single central processor originally pressing on the sensor.

Throughout the process, the pressure could not fluctuate significantly, as even the slightest deviation could trigger the sensor.

He Ao focused intently, activating Super Memory to precisely manipulate the strength in his hands, gradually shifting the two objects.

At the same time, his Divine Sense infiltrated the interior of the sensor.

Ensuring that if an error occurred and triggered the sensor, he could immediately protect the central processor and preserve it as much as possible.

Seconds ticked by, and He Ao’s actions were rapid. Fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead, and on several occasions, his Divine Sense sensed the sensor teeter on the brink of activation, but in the end, he managed to prevent it through minute adjustments in force.

Finally, around the seventh second, the central processor was completely removed, and the rock that had been shaped and polished took its place on the sensor.

He Ao looked at the central processor in his hand, wiped the sweat from his face, and let out a sigh of relief.

Then he picked up another squarish rock from the ground, also prepared beforehand, to substitute the storage chip.

With the experience of the first replacement, He Ao’s movements were much more skilled. This time, it took him only three seconds to swap the rock with the storage chip.

In the end, He Ao looked towards the old-fashioned display with a microphone and speaker; it had no sensory devices around it.

Possibly even the Boss thought no one would be interested in this display.

Based on the performance just now from 8753, the display’s resolution was very poor, and it was monochrome, only able to form some simple textual information.

He Ao, holding the central processor and storage chip, glanced back at the dense running server group.

From the moment He Ao entered the room, counting the time he communicated with 8753 and carved the rocks, only about seventeen minutes had passed.

Given the previous countdown, at least an hour and thirty-six minutes remained until the explosives detonated normally, but it was highly probable that the Boss had also installed sensory devices on these servers behind him.

That is to say, forty-five minutes later, the moment these servers ceased to operate was the time the explosives detonated.

However, all of this no longer concerned He Ao.

Whoo—

The booming whistle of a train echoed from the void.

A massive mechanical train head burst forth from the void, filling the small space in an instant.

Then the mechanical train head quickly re-entered another side of the void, the whole vehicle moving forward rapidly, bringing a narrow train door to a stop in front of He Ao.

The ’tunnel’ through which the Velora traversed didn’t exist in this world, so it could bypass all obstacles and directly reach its destination.

There was only one condition that could restrict its passage: the controller of the Velora had to be able to construct a detailed scene of the destination in their mind.

The Velora couldn’t reach a place its controller had never been to.

Of course, constructing a precise scene in one’s mind is a difficult task, as human memory is almost never fully accurate without any deviation.

If the constructed scene became blurred or contained errors, the Velora would arrive at some unpredictable location.

However, this limitation was non-existent for He Ao; under the recollection of Super Memory, any scene could be reconstructed.

Therefore, for He Ao, as long as he had been to a place on this planet, the Velora could get there.

He Ao even managed to control the precision of the Velora’s appearance location without the slightest error.

For instance, in this confined space, just enough for a small section of the Velora’s body to fit—if the entry and exit positions were slightly off, the surrounding sensors would be collided with by the Velora and the bomb would detonate immediately.

The narrow train door slowly opened, and He Ao, holding the central processor and the storage chip, then lifted the large monitor and entered the train door.

The door closed.

The old-style train body continued to move into the void.

Inside the train, He Ao, holding the central processor and the monitor, glanced around.

The carriage he was in was the same ’sleeper carriage’ he had entered the first time he boarded the Velora.

He Ao hadn’t obtained detailed information about this compartment carriage from the Velora; the information he got after controlling the Velora was only how to operate it.

The specific functions of each carriage had to be determined by his own observation and conjecture.

This compartment contained a total of seven compartments, with the first six being normal, each equipped with regular beds, wardrobes, and storage lockers.

The last compartment, the seventh, contained a vortex. Anyone directly thrown into this vortex would be ’killed’ completely by the Velora.

He Ao walked towards the first compartment.

As he approached, the compartment door opened automatically.

Although He Ao didn’t acquire most of the carriage and prop usage information from the Velora, he did indeed obtain the highest access authority to the vehicle, allowing him to open and close the door at will, according to his thoughts.

His current state was somewhat akin to someone who had never used a smartphone before, obtaining a brand-new smartphone.

The smartphone was his, but the instruction manual only told him how to unlock and make calls; he had to figure out the other functions on his own.

The decor of this compartment was simple: a wardrobe, a storage rack, a bed.

At that moment, on the bed lay an assortment of metal wires, several differently sized silver bases stacked together, a blue cylindrical object inserted on one of the silver bases, and a few rolls of new cables in various sizes.

He Ao walked over, first placed the monitor he carried on the bed, then picked out a square base from the pile of silver bases, aligning the central processor in his hand with it. With a ’click,’ the central processor snapped perfectly onto the base.

These devices were what He Ao tinker with the previous night.

While inside the Relic Tower, He Ao had seen the housing for the central processor in the main tower computer, so he mimicked it and created one on his own.

He Ao crouched, fitting the storage chip he had in his hand onto another base.

He then pulled out the bundle of wires casually stuffed into his pocket earlier—these wires were all ’scrounged’ by the ’Boss’ from the relics.

He Ao dragged out a toolbox from under the bed, unraveling the bundle, and then disconnected the cables on the bed, attaching them to the relic wires.

With the memory of Vian and having prepared earlier, he quickly connected these wires, and more neatly than those connected by the ’Boss’.

He plugged the wires into their corresponding sockets, then wound the excess cables around the hidden wire space beneath the silver base, and used the universal clips designed in the silver base to connect several of them together.

Finally, he inserted all the wires into the ports located under the silver base that held the blue cylindrical object.

This blue cylindrical object was the high-performance compressed battery of the ’Adam 1’ model that He Ao had in his possession.

In the settlement of the Vian copyworld, the reward He Ao chose was the Adam 1 model, which came with three high-performance compressed batteries that could drive the operation of the Adam 1.

With the aid of the power of Adam 1, he was able to exert C-level strength for a short period. However, as he advanced to C-level himself, the Adam 1 model was put aside.

And these high-performance batteries were ideally suited to power the central processor.

Last night, He Ao spent most of his time on the effort to channel the energy of this high-energy compressed battery.

He had thought it would be a quick fix but ended up spending the whole night on it.

The technology trees between the main world and the Federation were vastly different, and the energy output protocol of high-performance batteries was almost incompatible with all devices from the main world.

He Ao could only rely on his memory to write a simple intermediate conversion protocol and then, taking advantage of the Velora’s rapid maneuverability, he went around in the Tia Empire and bought a large number of parts and standard boards, manually assembling some voltage reduction and stabilization devices built into the base.

The instant coffee powder and milk powder for Li Cheng were bought at that time.

The battery base that was created ended up being several times thicker than other bases.

If he still hadn’t managed it by this morning, He Ao originally planned to meet with Li Cheng first and then remove the central processor before continuing with the work.

Unexpectedly, just before the last moment this morning, he finished it.

He Ao glanced out of the train window, which was pitch black, as the Velora was currently traveling through a tunnel.

As He Ao watched, the dark window and the surrounding walls shuddered slightly and turned into a metal plate that covered the window.

He Ao took out his cell phone and took a look—there was no signal.

He Ao had figured out a way to isolate or permit external signals on the Velora, ensuring a specific carriage would be without signals even when not in a tunnel.

At this moment, the lights on the base lit up one by one, indicating that the power supply system self-check was complete and that power was successfully supplied.

He Ao pushed the central processor and the storage chip—already connected to the wiring—a bit further in and then he plugged the well-prepared wires into the old-fashioned monitor.

Along with a continuous humming of mechanical operations, the old monitor slowly lit up.

Lines of text appeared on the screen.

[Powering on]

[Performing system self-check]

[Self-check in progress 1%...5%...20%...50%...]

[System self-check failed, initiating recovery startup]

[Recovery startup in progress, 0%]

While contemplating the monitor, He Ao called out, "8753, are you there?"

"I am here, Human Excellency,"

a mechanical rustling sound filled the compartment.

Since the majority of the Federation’s people were most adept at using the voice communication module, this module was given priority during loading, so one could use the voice module to ask some questions even while the system was showing the powering on notification.

It seemed that the equipment in the relic also had the same setting.

Based on the text found in the relic, there was a high likelihood that the relic was related to the Original Federation.

Looking at the monitor, He Ao asked in a low voice, "Can you communicate normally now?"

"During startup, I can answer some preset questions about the startup,"

responded the mechanical voice of 8753, "please describe your questions as simply as possible."

"How long will this recovery startup take?"

He Ao asked.

"Approximately... 587 minutes, Human Excellency,"

replied, "The micro quantum computer has been detected as damaged. Connecting this device to a wide area network can accelerate startup time by borrowing computational power from the network, Human Excellency."

minutes, close to ten hours.

He Ao looked at 8753; this wasn’t the first time the artificial intelligence had suggested that it be connected to the internet.

After pondering for a moment, he continued, "8753, are you in a hurry?"

"During startup, I can answer some preset questions about the startup, please describe your questions as simply as possible."

The mechanical voice of 8753 echoed in the silent space.

It seemed, apparently, that there were no issues.

He Ao thought for a moment, reached out, and unplugged the data cable connected to the monitor. Then he glanced at the still-lit strip of lights on the base that symbolized power, and left the compartment.

The door of the compartment silently closed after he left, and the whole space fell into silent blackness.

A faint glow moved beneath the active central processor.

In the corridor outside the compartment, faint sunlight streaked onto He Ao’s profile.

—

"Who would come to such a deserted wilderness?"

In front of a cliff riddled with caves, a gaunt figure glanced at the sun in the sky emitting a scorching qi and wiped the perspiration from his face.

Suddenly, his expression became strained as he clutched his stomach.

He looked around and took out his cell phone, then darted into the forest not far away, thinking, "It should be fine even if I don’t watch it for a little while."

Shortly after he entered the forest, an old-fashioned mechanical train appeared out of the void, and He Ao jumped down from the train.

He looked at the footprints on the ground, his brow slightly furrowed, and turned his head back.

All that greeted him was the silent forest.

Then he shifted his gaze back to the cliff before him. The cliff and its surroundings, stretching out for fifty meters, were all within the explosion range of the explosives below.

He Ao pulled off a particularly hard rock from the cliff and used it as a pen to write a sentence on the cliff wall in Rodanese.

Then he tossed the rock he was holding to the side.

There was no signal here, and He Ao would have to leave this mountain ridge and approach the city before he could make a call to contact the gendarmerie.

That was the case with the identity ’Hao Yi’.

He Ao immediately turned around and returned to the Velora.

The massive train vanished into the void.

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Three minutes later, a lean figure emerged from the forest, stretched, and said, "Comfortable~"

Then he saw the words on the cliff.

His face stiffened for a moment, he quickly realized what was happening, then without hesitation, he dashed into the forest, fleeing in the opposite direction from which he had come.

······

Hum——

About ten minutes later, the sound of a huge rotor blade whirring, accompanied by the rustling of wind-blown tree branches, grew from distant to near.

A massive transport helicopter appeared below the sky, dangling a large orange-yellow excavator beneath it.

The helicopter descended, released the binding ropes, and dropped the excavator to the ground.

Then it slowly ascended, flying back in the direction it came from.

Several figures emerged from the forest.

"Who’s operating this machine?"

The lead figure glanced around.

"I will."

A person from the crowd stepped forward and climbed onto the excavator.

"One excavator is still not enough, we don’t know how deep the fortress Ruonati actually built."

Someone in the crowd lamented.

"It’s alright, new excavators are also being transported here. As long as the first path is cleared, the rest will be easier to navigate."

The lead figure continued forward and stopped in front of the cliff, then his expression turned rigid.

The people behind him also tensed up.

On the cliff, written in the Rodan language, was the sentence:

[High-performance explosives are buried within this place, with triggering devices inside the rocks. Please do not damage the cliff face. If you find this message, immediately leave the area and promptly contact the gendarmerie for handling.]

"Who was guarding here just now?"

The enraged leader turned around and looked at his team.

"Captain, it was Nors. He seems to have disappeared. We didn’t see him when we came back."

A figure from the crowd answered.

"This writing on the wall is in Rodan language. Was he discovered by the person who wrote it and then silenced?"

Someone in the crowd suggested.

"Possibly."

Another voice in the crowd concurred.

The leader’s expression relaxed a bit, "Search the area for a body. When we get back, we’ll see if he returned home. We need to confirm if he’s dead, not a deserter."

"Understood."

The crowd nodded.

"Captain, what should we do about the writing on the wall?"

Then, someone in the crowd quietly asked.

"Heh,"

The leader scoffed coldly, "Why would anyone be so kind as to inform us about the traps inside? Especially after we have left? And telling us to contact the gendarmerie, could it really be the kind deed of a law-abiding passerby? Most likely, they realized we have discovered this place and are trying to hinder our progress to buy themselves time."

"Rodan language, could it be the remnants of Ruonati’s forces?"

Someone in the crowd quietly asked.

"Possibly, that guy was too cunning. It’s unlikely he didn’t leave behind some tricks."

Another person quietly agreed.

"Enough, no more talking,"

The leader raised his hand, "Is the excavator ready? Just get on with it. We need to obtain that secret object before midnight tonight. The Divine Being will bless us."