Chapter 279: Machine Zombie (1/2)
Chapter 279 - Machine Zombie
TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney
While the transport aircraft was still searching the dense forest with the bright searchlight, it hadn’t discovered the location of Liu Gan. There were many countries with armies that had thermosensing technology to search through thick forests for humans.
“According to the data, more than half a month ago was the time when the apocalypse occurred. These armored warriors frequently received various missions to execute. The number of missions ordered were quite frequent. It is as if an intelligent creature was managing their every movement. It seems that when the catastrophe was occurring,the mothership suffered severe damage. Then for the next ten days, these warriors were in a comatose state and did nothing. That was when they restarted functioning, but the one difference was that their mission completion rate was very low. The mission content had changed… it became very simplistic,” Yin He continued.
“You said that their mothership was damaged?” Liu Gan was confused.
“Well according to my data, the mothership belongs to a certain unknown faction. There was a commander, who is the mastermind, left behind operating the mothership. This commander was responsible for choosing specimens for experimenting. I found out that the white-coat scientist we met on the island in the middle of the lake is part of their crew.
“The issue is that on the day of the catastrophe, how the mothership had sustained damage is still hard to tell. I don’t know if it was under attack since there are no records of it on the mothership. It seems that the mothership was heavily damaged and all the intelligent creatures aboard are dead. Without any intelligent mastermind operating it, the mothership computer mainframe took over the duty of governance and maintenance. So most of the self-renovation and restoration work is all ordered by computer…
“After taking over control, there were no further orders from any intelligent personnel, so the computer mainframe is simply finishing off all the uncompleted missions. Since the mothership was damaged, the system hasn’t been able to fully repair itself. It would explain why occasionally in missions, they would do incoherent things.This would explain most of the strange behavior of the warriors.
“The transport aircraft that was just here wasn’t able to detect our presence, it seems like the detection device hasn’t been regularly inspected. Perhaps their purpose wasn’t to search for us, but rather they were executing their mission - to look for a missing companion. It must be a preset protocol. If only I could turn off that transmission, that would stop them from searching for me,” Yin He finished replying to Liu Gan.
Listening to Yin He speak about the details of the mothership, Liu Gan understood most of it. The faction of armored warriors was on the verge of breaking. These warriors were only trying to finish all the outstanding missions. All the preset detailed procedures that came along with the mission were set by the intelligent masterminds.
The details behind the missions would remain a mystery. No one besides the people responsible would know. It was not worth pondering what mission they were doing. One thing was for certain and that is, now no one is controlling the warriors since the wrecking of their mothership. One word perfectly described them - Machine Zombies.
It seemed like the mothership wasn’t the only thing out of control. The whole world was out of control.
One major point, if true, was harmful for Yin He. If there is an intelligent mastermind that is controlling the mothership, then it must be wondering where the missing warrior companion went, and will do everything in its ability to find out.
With such advanced technology,trying to track down Yin He would be a very easy task. But with only half a computer mainframe on the mothership, it will only extend half the effort. At most it will follow protocol and send a retrieval transport aircraft. It was hard to imagine that the mainframe would send out a search and destroy team.