Chapter 448: Authority (1/2)
Chapter 448: Authority
Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After a while, Luo Yuan entered the central control room again.
There was no one in charge of the operations. The giant square operation platform was still functioning, and on the three-dimensional screen, there were ever-changing images and fonts.
Luo Yuan grabbed the knife handle but did not do anything with it. This was a complete and intact spacecraft. When he entered, he did not intend to damage it. Now, it could still operate as usual. A spacecraft that could enter into the depths of the universe had meant a lot to human beings. It was the last retreat of mankind.
However, there was a certain risk in keeping it, so Luo Yuan planned to destroy it. He sighed, and slowly pulled out his knife.
At this moment, a melodious voice gentle echoed in the control room, ”Dear powerful human being, please don’t do this”
It spoke Mandarin in its purest form, without any foreign accents or Glass Planet slang in it. However, it felt ridiculous to Luo Yuan to hear the voice speaking in this language.
Luo Yuan was not scared. If the opponent had intended to kill, it would not wait until this moment. He asked calmly, ”Who are you?”
”I am the control system of this spacecraft, code name Expedition Number One, but you can call me the intellectual brain!”
”You already have wisdom?” When Luo Yuan heard that it was an artificial intelligence, his heart slightly shook. An alien artificial intelligence took the initiative to talk to him and expressed fear of dying, regardless of what it already knew with its wisdom.
”I do not know what wisdom is. If it is the capability of doing logical analysis, my wisdom is 10 to the power of 30 times of the Glassians. It is ten billion times more than all the smartest devices on earth. At the same time, I have 100,000 sets of quantum bits, allowing me to handle 100,000 projects simultaneously. In fact, before this, I have calculated that one of the meteorites had abnormally changed lanes, but the warning trigger did not get any attention. If I am measured in this way, you can say I have wisdom.”
This computing ability was simply incredible and totally beyond imagination. Luo Yuan was shocked and secretly felt lucky. He kept silent for a moment and continued to say, ”Very strong intelligence, but this is not the reason to keep you alive. The more powerful you are, the more dangerous it is for me.”
”Human, I am not here to cause any danger. My essence is a logical chain composed of numerous commands. My program is set in a way that all my actions need authorization.”
”Can an artificial intelligence be afraid of death?” Luo Yuan asked. Maybe what it said was true, but he would not easily believe it. Before the apocalypse, whether it be fiction or film, artificial intelligence had always been a threat to mankind. As it was an alien artificial intelligence, no one would know ever know whether or not it was telling the truth.
”I do not know. My logic is stopping me from dying!”
”Are all the artificial intelligence units in Glass Planet like you?” Luo Yuan asked.
”There are no relevant data to prove that, but I think I'm special!”
Luo Yuan shook his head and said, ”I will not take the risk. The spacecraft is too dangerous! It can easily destroy the earth and mankind, and I know nothing about you. If you have no other reason to be here, I must destroy you! ”
The intellectual brain was taciturn for a moment, and a large number of alien wordings appeared on the three-dimensional screen. After a long pause, the sound did not come back, ”I can help you attain the highest authority to control the spacecraft.”
”Are you kidding me?” Luo Yuan’s heart shook but remained calm as he said, ”Although I do not know Glass Planet well, the extent of logic I know tells me that this would be impossible. You should know the consequences of trying to trick me!”
”Dear powerful human, I am the very definition of logical wisdom. I cannot lie and certainly do not cheat!”
”According to the Glass Planet Space Law’s Article 12, the fourth rule states that the highest authority may have the right to authorize any creature to have the lowest level of authority, while in Article 25, the second rule states that when a higher level of authority dies, the owner of the authority will take over as the highest authority automatically. Therefore, it is totally reasonable, as long as you can clone the captain!”
What the intellectual brain said was totally logical and nothing sounded like it was made up. Luo Yuan could only be skeptical but trusted its words, ”So, which corpse belongs to the captain?”
”He's in front of you; 5.2345 meters away!”
Luo Yuan looked away and found the captain, ”Is it a must to clone him? Can’t we just use the corpse?”
He did not have much time.
While he was talking, he waved his hand gently and with the power of Will, the corpse automatically stood up. Its broken neck was cracked back into the original position. He stumbled after a few steps.
”You are more powerful than I had expected, but during the authorization, I must verify the DNA, voice, and vital signs of the captain, and also enter the password!”
”Vital signs?” Luo Yuan whispered.
The next moment, his Will easily invaded the body of the dead captain. His heartbeat that was non-existent suddenly started to beat fiercely. His pale face had also turned red abnormally and the eyelids suddenly opened. He was walking like a controlled puppet.
At first, his pace was slightly stiff, but as time went on, the more smoothly the corpse walked, just like a normal person would.
Subsequently, Luo Yuan operated the corpse's vocals and tried over and over again. The vocal cord of the Glassians was different from that of a human’s. It was thinner but sharper. Luo Yuan tested this for ten minutes and was finally able to crack the variations in tone.
He controlled the body and asked in Mandarin, ”What about the pass down?”
”Unfortunately, you have entered the trigger phrase. You do not have the relevant authority.” It was a schizophrenic patient, and while it talked, the main screen suddenly flashed a video. In the video, there was a Glassian captain saying something odd in the Glassian language, before pressing and holding his finger up in front of him. In a short while, a virtual keyboard popped up.
His fingers quickly entered the password on the virtual keyboard. Luo Yuan looked at each button without blinking. Although these were alien words which Luo Yuan did not recognize, his powerful memory enabled him to remember all of the sequences of the keys.
Luo Yuan had a clear understanding in his mind. He controlled the corpse and uttered something in the Glass Planet language, similar to the video that was shown.
As it was his first attempt, his commands were totally out of tune and the intellectual brain could not comprehend that.
He repeatedly tried for a dozen times, and finally, he successfully captured the unique intonation.
Then, he followed the steps to control the body to verify the DNA, before entering the password. The intellectual brain suddenly turned into Mandarin. Next, Luo Yuan entered some personal information according to the prompt given by the intellectual brain.
A few minutes later, with the cooperation of the intellectual brain, Luo Yuan suddenly transformed and became the highest authority in the spacecraft.
”Dear Captain, I am the control system in this spacecraft called Expedition Number One. I am at your service.”
”Change all the Glassian language settings to Mandarin.” Luo Yuan immediately issued his first command.
”Understood!”
Just as he finished commanding, all the languages on the screen had been quickly switched to Mandarin.