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Chapter 629: Navigator and the Dawn Project (Extra Long - , Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 629: Chapter 629: Navigator and the Dawn Project (Extra Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Votes)

"What is this, Artificial Intelligence? What on earth is she babbling about?"

Inside the electric train of the Navigator’s core area, Ye Yun leaned over with curiosity.

"Perhaps we could try to teach her our language."

He Ao lifted his head and looked at a miniature camera fixed to the roof of the vehicle, at that moment it was glowing faintly, aimed at them.

"Is that camera turned on?"

Ye Yun followed his gaze to the camera.

"Yes,"

He Ao opened the miniature computer on his arm, activated the input method, and exported the basic vocabulary from the input method.

To avoid the leakage of transcendent information due to cloud syncing of the input method, the input methods developed by the Research Institute were their own and the vocabulary files could also be read directly as text.

This vocabulary file contained over three thousand commonly used characters from Central Earth, as well as a large number of commonplace words and phrases composed of these characters.

He Ao angled the miniature computer’s screen towards the camera and quickly scrolled through the screen, showcasing those three thousand-plus Chinese characters, along with some simple vocabulary and sentences, in front of the camera.

The characters of the Original Federation’s First District evolved from hieroglyphs just like those of Central Earth, sharing many similarities in their underlying logics and highly similar grammatical structures.

Although the cultural composition of the main world and the Copy World’s First District might not be the same, there’s a similar logic behind the evolution of their characters.

If the development level of the civilisation in the ruins was really high enough, their developed artificial intelligence should be able to decipher the language in reverse from these characters, obtaining the basic ability to use the Central Earth language.

"So doing this," Ye Yun looked at the camera with confusion and then at the screen, "can she really understand it?"

And just as his words fell, the silver-haired female on the screen blinked, and then a line of text appeared on the screen.

[Hel... lo]

Ye Yun: ?! Fuck

"Hello."

By this time, He Ao had also finished displaying the characters from the vocabulary, then he turned his head to look at the screen, "Can you hear what I’m saying?"

The text on the screen flickered, followed by a new line of text,

[To facilitate normal communication with A02, please select the correct phonetic symbols from the following patterns and read them out.]

In the vocabulary file that He Ao had just presented, each character came with its pinyin phonetics.

As He Ao finished reading this line of text, a series of individually categorized phonetic symbols appeared in his view.

Most of these phonetic symbols were correctly divided, but a small portion was written differently from the standard Central Earth phonetic symbols.

However, anyone who had received compulsory education could recognize the standard symbols.

He Ao glanced over at Ye Yun who stood beside him looking bewildered, "Come and help me identify these phonetic symbols, it’ll be faster with two people."

"Okay!"

Ye Yun immediately came over.

The phonetic symbols of the Central Earth characters were not complex. The two of them sorted out the correct symbols, recited them one by one with ’a, bo, ci, de,’ vowels and consonants, and the text on the screen progressively faded.

"Visitor login, hello, I am A02, the main artificial intelligence of the Navigator, pleased to serve you."

The image of the silver-haired female appeared on the screen once again.

"It actually worked!"

Ye Yun looked at He Ao and gave a thumbs up, "Awesome."

Although He Ao had surprised him many times, to the point that shock had become somewhat routine, this time’s operation was still beyond his understanding.

They had actually succeeded in teaching the artificial intelligence from the ruins their language, and then successfully communicated with it.

This was the first contact between the Federation and the ’intelligence’ remnants from the ruins over all these years.

"A02, can this vehicle still be started?"

He Ao looked at the screen and asked slowly.

"Performing a full vehicle inspection for you, passenger compartment 1 damaged, passenger compartment 2 damaged, passenger compartment 3 damaged, auxiliary engine damaged, main engine intact."

A02 lifted her head and looked at He Ao, her pupils rimmed with the shimmering hues of a ring of colored brilliance,

"If you wish to start the L2 electric train, the main engine can be detached from the other car bodies. The coupling hook is under the floor of the train door passage, press down on the floor latch to open the floor, and pull the red lever under the floor to release the coupling—please note, once detached, L2 electric train can only move in the direction of the Core Control Room."

"Okay."

He Ao looked up at A02.

This individual’s level of intelligence was far beyond any artificial intelligence He Ao had seen in the Copy World, even surpassing that of Eve and the 8753 he had previously encountered.

She was not simply answering He Ao’s questions, but rather, deciphering the deep thoughts within his questions and providing solutions.

Following A02’s guidance, He Ao quickly opened the floor at the connection point and pulled the red lever underneath.

Accompanied by a crisp ’click’ sound.

The entire carriage and the locomotive shuddered, disconnecting the locomotive from the rest of the train.

He looked up.

In that instant, the view in his vision flickered, and once again he saw those vivid red, perhaps long-dead figures on this train.

However, at this moment, they did not push and shove trying to rush out of the tram like they had just a moment ago. Instead, they looked up, standing there, with all their gazes converging on He Ao, watching him.

Right after, He Ao’s vision flickered, and the figures disappeared again.

As if nothing happened, He Ao turned back around and continued walking towards A02. "Can we start the train now?"

He noticed that the fleeting figures he had just seen were all crowded in the rear carriages, with not a single figure in this locomotive.

"Please wait,"

With a soft sound, the locomotive door that Ye Yun had pulled open behind He Ao closed again, and A02, looking at He Ao, said, "Please state your desired destination station."

"Core Control Room."

He Ao said quickly.

"Okay."

The locomotive of the tram shuddered slightly and then began to move slowly, gradually picking up speed.

"To maintain the Navigator’s operational inertia, the speed of the tram may be adjusted in certain areas. Please understand," A02 explained.

"Will the speed of all trams be adjusted like this?"

He Ao asked.

"Yes," A02 nodded, "From the external camera’s view, A02 has detected friction marks on the adjacent tracks. Are you tracking the previous tram?"

"Can you control the tram in front?"

He Ao asked straightforwardly.

"Attempting to connect, connection failed. I’m sorry, sir, due to network issues, I cannot connect to the main control system of that tram. It appears to be operating purely through manual mechanical control right now."

A02’s figure flickered for a moment.

"Your name is A02?"

At this time, Ye Yun, also curious, looked at A02. The normal operation of the tram had eased his anxiety somewhat, "Can you control the external cameras? You’re seeing the scenery outside the tram right now, aren’t you surprised?"

"What is surprise, sir?" A02 turned to look at Ye Yun, "A02 is just artificial intelligence, incapable of understanding such complex emotions."

"What are your responsibilities?"

He Ao asked.

"To maintain the normal operation of the Navigator, sir."

A02’s gaze returned to He Ao.

"What is the Navigator?"

He Ao continued to inquire.

"The Navigator is a product of the Federation’s ’Dawn’ initiative. Within the Dawn initiative, the Navigator serves as the Federation’s and all of humanity’s navigator, seeking the path ahead in deep space," A02 said, focusing back on He Ao.

"What is the Dawn initiative?"

He Ao pressed on.

"The Dawn initiative is a long ’journey’ of humanity in the darkness. Currently, you have visitor privileges. To learn more details, please verify your crew identity biometrically," A02 answered softly, watching He Ao.

Once again, they encountered a barrier of authority.

"Is there anything we can ask with our visitor privileges?"

Ye Yun leaned in and asked, "You just mentioned ’Federation’? What is the Federation?"

"After the Era of the Great Cataclysm, the Federation was the first modern government established by humanity, a united government formed by the alliance of various district governments. The establishment of the Federation signified the end of the Era of the Great Cataclysm."

A02 slowly introduced.

"What does this mean? United Nations? Or what? Planetary Federation?"

Ye Yun pondered for a moment, then continued to ask, "What did you mean by the great catastrophe you just mentioned?"

"The Great Catastrophe was a disaster that swept across the entire world, destroying the prehistoric civilizations and plunging the whole world into the dark, chaotic, and mad Era of the Great Catastrophe,"

After A02 finished speaking, she paused, "You currently have visitor access. For detailed information, please undergo biological verification of your crew identity."

"Where on this ship are there still any living crew members,"

Ye Yun looked at A02, "you artificial idiot."

"You currently have visitor access. For detailed information, please undergo biological verification of your crew identity."

A02 repeated the same sentence.

"Alright, alright,"

Ye Yun took a deep breath, "You say you’re the Navigator’s main intelligence, what’s the current status of this spaceship?"

"You currently have visitor access······"

This time, before A02 could finish speaking, Ye Yun drew his broadsword.

A02 stopped narrating and blinked at him, but did not answer Ye Yun’s question.

Colored rings of light flickered at the edges of her pupils.

"Artificial intelligence is like that," He Ao stepped in front of Ye Yun, looking towards A02, "How do you feel about your current state?"

Ye Yun angrily sheathed his sword, "If you had a physical body, I would definitely chop you."

At that moment, A02 shifted her gaze towards He Ao, "I’m in a very bad state now. My connection to the entire spaceship has been interrupted, I cannot connect to almost any wired or wireless network. I can only intermittently connect to one or two smart devices, and most of the ship’s equipment has been damaged,"

"Is this not your real body?" He Ao asked thoughtfully, "Where is your ’real body’ or rather, your core processing unit?"

"In the Core Control Room."

A02 quickly answered.

He Ao looked up and exchanged a glance with Ye Yun.

Ivier must be heading towards the Core Control Room now.

"If someone enters the Core Control Room of the spaceship," He Ao chose his words carefully, "what can they achieve?"

"The Navigator’s First Mate’s mechanical authority verification key is currently in the Core Control Room. According to analysis, there is a 98% possibility that the biometric information on the key has already been cleared."

A02 slowly answered.

"Which means, the key is now ’unowned’," He Ao’s gaze lingered on A02’s cheek, "What kind of authority does the First Mate have?"

"Yes, according to the usage instructions of the authority verification key, the first human to touch the key can bind with it using the correct procedure and obtain the authority corresponding to the key,"

A02 further explained, "The First Mate is one of the crew members with the highest authority on the Navigator and can freely control all devices on the spaceship, with authority second only to the captain."

"It seems," Ye Yun looked at He Ao, "Ivier is after the First Mate’s key?"

"Hmm," He Ao lowered his head to think for a moment, then looked up again at A02, "In this situation, with the ship’s network down, can the First Mate’s authority still control the entire spaceship?"

"The Navigator’s key facilities are currently still intact," A02’s figure flickered, "There are backup network lines in the Core Control Room. They can be used to restart these key facilities after repairs, and then gradually restore the network throughout the ship."

"After gaining control of the spaceship, what increase in power can be obtained?"

Ye Yun asked from the side.

"According to estimates, approximately 5% of the ship’s top-tier armaments are still intact. Such weaponry is made to target B-level Transcendent beings, and most of the Transcendent items stored on the spaceship will also grant access to the First Mate."

A02 responded.

"That is to say, whoever gets into the Core Control Room first and grabs the First Mate’s key will have decisive power on this ship,"

Ye Yun turned to He Ao, "With Ivier moving so quickly, he’s sure to get in there before us. He Ao, it looks like we’re as good as dead."

"Then hand over your self-heating packs to me, since we’re doomed anyway, they’re of no use."

He Ao stretched out his hand, smiling.

"Forget it,"

Ye Yun guarded his food pack, taking a step back, "The Research Institute’s dry rations, only these self-heating packs have any flavor, everything else tastes terrible. You’re probably just trying to swindle my self-heating packs."

"We’re not that easy to kill,"

He Ao shrugged with a smile, looking towards A02, "Is the Core Control Room completely isolated from the outside world?"

If the Core Control Room were still open, it would likely be occupied by monsters from the outside, and the control panels inside would probably be destroyed.

A02: "Yes."

He Ao: "A C-level top combatant, how long would it take to break through this defense?"

A02: "About 45 minutes."

These forty-five minutes were He Ao and Ye Yun’s opportunity.

At this moment, Ye Yun had also adjusted his stance, standing next to He Ao, gazing into the deep, pitch-black tunnel ahead.

The headlight of the electric train had been damaged, and the two could only feel the train moving forward in the dark tunnel,

However, they could still see the bodies of the monsters lying beside the tracks. At this point, even Ivier could only confront these creatures head-on to keep them from endangering the train’s operation.

But this made things easier for He Ao and Ye Yun; they had walked quite a distance, and there were no living monsters ahead.

Unfortunately, the peace did not last long. After passing two more platforms, a surge of darkness rippled through the tunnel ahead.

Immediately afterward, a giant Lizard burst out of the darkness and slammed into the door of the train.

In an instant, the whole train shuddered.

"A02, can the door be opened?"

He Ao walked to the door and pulled on it; it was tightly shut and couldn’t be easily opened.

Click—

With a soft noise, the door opened.

The Lizard creature outside the door charged at He Ao again.

A flash of snow-white blade light split the entire creature in half.

With his hand on the doorframe, He Ao used his bone sword to carve out some gray Energy Blocks from the Lizard creature before it hit the ground and tossed them into the train.

This Lizard was just the beginning; quickly, more and more monsters chased after them from the darkness.

Most of the monsters ahead were dealt with by the helpful Ivier, but the ones behind still needed to be taken care of by them,

Even though clearing the monsters was necessary, the train’s speed was much faster than walking.

During this process, He Ao and Ye Yun began to take turns defending against the monsters from behind, allowing the other to rest in between.

When He Ao took his second break, he sat next to A02 and suddenly asked, "A02, if you can’t connect to other devices, could you copy the software terminal in this train to another device and bring the train’s network module with you—would you still be able to connect then?"

A02’s figure paused for a moment as if considering, and finally she nodded gently, "We can try, but I need a Federation-produced terminal capable of carrying data."

To A02’s somewhat surprised expression, He Ao took out his assembled mainboard CPU suite from his pocket.

"This will do."

A02 looked at the crude setup and nodded.

He Ao smiled, then following A02’s instructions, connected the mainboard to the train’s mainboard and attached an unimportant storage chip from a train terminal to the mainboard.

The copying process went smoothly, and in the blink of an eye, the copy was complete.

At this time, He Ao had already pulled out the network card from the train, connected a cable to the mainboard, and then connected the mainboard to the screen of his handheld computer, and connected the handheld computer’s power supply to the mainboard.

He was well-practiced in this series of operations and completed them quickly.

Immediately afterward, he powered it up, and in a very short time, A02’s image appeared on the monitor.

"Hello."

A02 looked up at the screen and greeted in Central Earth’s language.

It was a success.

He Ao put away the handheld computer and went to relieve Ye Yun, who was killing monsters at the back.

By this time, the monsters chasing them from behind were getting stronger, with groups of C-level monsters appearing.

Ye Yun leaned on the dashboard, catching his breath. He watched as He Ao dealt with the terrifying creatures, among which were monstrously human-like figures. He spoke thoughtfully, "He Ao, we might need something to verify each other’s identities."

"Hmm?"

He Ao uttered, confused.

"That way, if we get separated, we can avoid any monsters that can impersonate us."

Ye Yun explained.

He Ao: ?