Time travel to become the guardian AI of a lost civilization

Chapter 13
"—No matter from the location or the size of the planet, this planet is very suitable for the birth of life. And there are a lot of buildings visible to the naked eye on its surface. I think we have found the right place."

In the scientific research spacecraft, Cowper expressed his views very excitedly.Not only him, but even the other members are more or less in the same state.

After going through more than 500 planets, they finally found a planet that may have "ancient relics". Whether this planet is a "lost planet" or not, their trip was not in vain.

"I am very glad that we can encounter such good news at the last moment, so let's vote now, whether to land on this planet or just do some rough scans."

"Those who want to land on this planet and conduct detailed investigations please raise your hands."

As soon as the professor finished speaking, everyone in the whole team raised their hands, even the young man who had quarreled with Cowper before did not hesitate.

Although he doesn't like Cowper, if he can add a "great discovery" to his resume, then his future life will be much easier.

"Okay! Since everyone has unanimously decided to land, let's hurry up! We all put on protective clothing, bring our own equipment, and we are about to enter the planet's gravitational circle!"

Inside the not-so-big scientific research ship, the whole team became busy in an instant.

And Cowper himself clenched his fists.Now, the secret left to him by his father is about to be revealed before his eyes.

……

Just when this group of aliens was preparing to land with great fanfare, Li Wenyuan, who was directing the synthetic man to dig through the trash, suddenly received an alarm from the automatic defense system.

【warn!An unknown alien spacecraft was found approaching the planetary shield]

[Detailed images have been uploaded to Guardian Matrix]

"Alien?" The sudden alarm made Li Wenyuan suddenly alert, and quickly called up the image uploaded by the automatic defense system.

I saw a long alien spaceship drawing an arc and approaching here rapidly. The target is quite obvious, which is this planet.

Judging from their appearance, they should not have discovered the existence of planetary shields.If they keep going, they will hit the shield and become a batch of space junk.

"Is it a pirate? Is it Ke Ruibo? Or the 'Grand Duke of Silver Star'?" Li Wenyuan in the virtual world frowned, thinking about the possibility of the comer.

He first ruled out Corey Bo, because if Corey Bo came to the door for living metal, it must be a fleet rather than a single ship.

Then he ruled out the pirates. The cunning pirates would not let the mothership approach the planet easily. The mothership is their lifeblood and would never be used for trivial matters such as landing on the planet.

"So the 'Grand Duke of Silver Star' has arrived?" His eyes flickered, thinking about the probability of this possibility.

In fact, he didn't really believe that "Grand Duke of Silver Star" was a person of high authority who sounded like a name, and would mobilize people for a group of pirates.

Generally, the most is to let people check the place where the pirate disappeared, and if it is too far away, they will even forget it.

"But they can't destroy their spacecraft for the time being. The crash signal is the most troublesome..."

"...Let's hack into the system of their spaceship first. There was a strange technology in the technology tree before, and now I can use it to try..." Li Wenyuan's eyes flickered, and a facility on the ground that looked like a radar station slowly moved. turned up.

【Ghost Signal】

[Technology level: 2]

[Introduction: In the interstellar era, we can already let signals carry viruses, and subtly infect most electronic devices]

[Possible technology: strong ghost signal (11.1%); ghost signal firewall (9.2%); ghost signal simplification (6.7%)]

This is a new technology that Li Wenyuan pointed out on the technology tree, which can use an extremely hidden signal to infect the device.

When he first saw it, he thought it was unheard of, but now he can use this group of aliens to test the level of the technologies on the technology tree.

So just a few tens of seconds later, Li Wenyuan received the feedback of the "ghost signal".

【Infection completed】

[Spaceship system "Qingshi" has been fully taken over]

Seeing the spaceship system that has been completely manipulated, he couldn't help sighing: "...Sure enough, the effect is unexpected..."

He discovered before that the technology on those technology trees seems to be much stronger than the technology of normal interstellar civilization.

Most of the technologies swept from the crashed spaceships and pirate spaceships were thrown into the recycling bin by the scientific research division, and only a very small part existed alone in the technology tree as original technology.

Yes, the technology used by those spaceships is not even a level 0 technology as a basic technology, no wonder he sighed.

Sighing is sighing, Li Wenyuan still marked the ship as "passable" first, lest the planetary shield destroy it.

Then quickly borrowed the infected spacecraft system to see the internal picture clearly.

……

"Have you put on the protective clothing? Although judging from the atmospheric spectrum, we should be able to breathe normally on this planet, but I shouldn't need to teach you how terrible alien germs are?"

In the conference room, the professor and his four students stood together and gave the final warning.

On the premise that the spacecraft can land normally, the first thing they need to guard against is the native germs of the planet.

"Professor, everyone here has undergone genetic enhancement, and our immune system is extremely strong. Is it necessary to do this?" A fat man among the members raised a question.

He is the slowest and most difficult one to put on the protective clothing. Every time he gets off the boat, it is a torture for him.

"Good question, of course it is necessary! Didn't your history textbook teach you how the Zabis civilization perished? They were destroyed by a deadly virus brought from an alien!"

The professor's words silenced the fat man immediately, and he didn't say a word.

Seeing that everyone was ready, the professor began to count the materials for the last time.

"Nutrition capsules, medical guns, remote-controlled flying mosquitoes... eh? Where's the compass? Who's in charge of holding the compass?"

The fat man raised his hand tremblingly again, and whispered, "It's me..."

"So what about the compass?"

"I, I think we have so many crystallizations of technology, a map instrument can take on all the functions, and there is no need to take this kind of old antique..."

"..." The mild-tempered old professor suddenly stared angrily, and swears in a rare way:

"Hurry up and get it for me! Otherwise, your extraterrestrial practice score will be 0 points!"

Hearing that the results of his years of hard work might be in vain, the fat man jumped up and ran to the door in a panic, preparing to go to the storage room to get the compass.

And the professor scolded in his heart:

"Haven't you been on an alien planet yourself, haven't you seen a movie? I don't know that the universe environment is complex and changeable. Will the equipment that works one second, be broken the next second?"

"The compass is not safe enough, and it will basically not work when encountering a planet with an unstable magnetic field, but everything may be taken into account, and all preparations are necessary."

"This careless guy, I have to educate him well during this expedition, otherwise he will suffer a lot when he explores alone in the future..."

After thinking about it, the professor suddenly found that the fat man was still dawdling at the door, showing no signs of leaving, and suddenly became angry and shouted:
"What's going on?! The spaceship is about to land! Do you want a group of us to wait for you!"

Unexpectedly, the fat man turned around sweating profusely, and said with some fear: "The door, the door can't be opened..."

what?
When everyone in the conference room heard his words, this was the first thought.

The young man who always taunted Cooper was the first to react. He pushed the fat man away with a stride, and shouted at the camera on the door:

"Qingshi! Open the door quickly!"

"Qingshi" is the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft, and it controls most of the spacecraft's functions, even such trivial things as automatic opening and closing of doors.

But at this moment, what responded to him was silence.

"...something is wrong, there is something wrong with Qingshi on the control panel!"

A voice came from behind the crowd. According to the reputation, it was Cowper who was operating in front of the console, trying to wake up a big cyan stone with a human face on the large central screen.

"...What's going on? "Qingshi" is a standard artificial intelligence developed by the United University. It is widely used in shipboard AI in various fields. It is second to none in terms of stability and safety. Why is it like this?"

The professor murmured, staring in shock at the silent bluestone in the center of the screen, and a bad premonition arose in his heart at this time.

Cowper made a quick decision and kicked a lever next to the console.This is the emergency mode switch that switches the ship to manual operation.

The meaning of the emergency mode is to prevent the current situation, but at this time, the spacecraft system still did not respond to him, no matter how he operated, the spacecraft fell to the ground unswervingly.

"No, we must leave here through the escape pod immediately! If we continue at this speed, everyone will die without a place to die!"

As expected of a professor, the professor has rich experience. First, he took out the laser cutter in the toolbox and began to cut the gate.

Fortunately, he arranged for the students to bring all the tools in advance, otherwise they would not even be able to go out now.

The others also quickly brought the necessary items, and after the professor opened the door, they went to the middle of the cabin in an orderly manner.

The escape pod was in this position, but it didn't generate dust because it hadn't been used for a long time.

The reason is that the professor maintains this life-saving system from time to time, and never uses it even once.

"Everyone fasten your seat belts! Get ready for the impact!" Following the professor's words, everyone, including him, lowered their body weight and tied their seat belts firmly on their bodies.

The professor himself took a deep breath and pushed a push-pull lever in the escape cabin.

The escape capsule has always been a component independent of the entire spacecraft system. It does not require system control and can directly open the insertion port manually, allowing the internal escape capsule to escape from the spacecraft.

In the next second, the sound of air friction caused by high-speed movement roared, and in a circular perspective, the land covered with vegetation and ruins was passing by rapidly.

After leaving the spacecraft, the escape capsule began to fall to the ground at a very high speed.

Most people closed their eyes, praying that they would survive the collision.

Except the professor and Cowper.

One of them stared at the simple operating system of the escape pod, and activated the buffer nozzle and glider from time to time to reduce the inertia of the escape pod while trying to adjust its falling direction.

The other is to take the time to remember all the scenery in the sky and determine where they are.

The height of [-] meters is fleeting.

Soon, the escape pod ran into a grassland by plowing the ground, and slid for hundreds of meters before barely stopping.

The spaceship staggered past a mountain range above their heads, and landed somewhere.

It took a long time before the hatch of the escape cabin was opened, and several figures walked out of it one after another.

It is rare to reach the dream place, but everyone is not happy, because an accident that no one expected occurred in the process.

The dead silence that seemed to be able to swallow everything around also seemed to indicate that this place was not as safe as they imagined.

Cowper's heart skipped a beat in silence, a feeling of being watched made him suddenly turn around, only to find that there was nothing but silence.

And Li Wenyuan, who was staying in the virtual world, also showed a satisfied expression.

(End of this chapter)