Chapter 44-44- Exploration End
"Alive..." Yvette frowned slightly, lost in thought.
Through previous maintenance records, she had learned that the main control computer of the Abyss Base was called "Firefly Core".
So the meaning here is very clear, that is, the intelligent brain of the Abyss Base came back to life and became a life with self-awareness.
But even so, there are still two possibilities.
One is "alive" based on the crisis of artificial intelligence, which is also a common content in many science fiction themes.
The other is the "alive" state of a semi-mechanical deformed being that is more in line with the doomsday scenario.
However, compared to the former, Yvette felt that the latter was even more likely.
This came from some explanations she had seen in a book in the past. She wasn't sure if there was any relevant literature, but it was quite convincing.
Those explanations state that self-consciousness is composed of the "body", "spiritual body" and "memory body", none of which can be missing. Without any one of them, self-consciousness in the universal sense cannot be born or maintained.
The most critical "spiritual body" part is essentially a high-density aggregation of a large number of soul runes. From the perspective of runes, there is no difference between the soul and matter or elements.
In the origin civilization's understanding of the world, there is currently only one way to obtain the "Soul Rune", and that is the unique transformation ability of the biological organ "brain".
But this does not mean that only creatures with brains have spirits, because after a person dies, the soul runes do not disappear, but will dissipate and disperse into the natural world.
Plants, microorganisms and other brainless creatures cannot produce soul runes themselves, but their bodies have the ability to be carriers, so they can attract some soul runes from nature and integrate them into their bodies for storage.
This situation brings about the so-called "spirituality", which is also the basis of "all things have spirits".
Therefore, with this theoretical support, governments of various countries will have special requirements for high-end AI chips such as the "Mind Core", requiring super companies such as "Sky Technology" to install "exorcism" modules that can automatically clean soul runes during production to prevent excessive accumulation of soul runes in the Mind Core and produce a little weak spirituality.
But to be honest, this is just a means to reassure the public, because in various research and tests, the various materials used in the mind core have very weak ability to carry soul runes and can almost be regarded as insulators.
It is an insulator in itself, but it also has a regularly monitored "exorcism" function. If this can bring the mind core back to life, then the runic edifice of the origin civilization will probably be overshadowed by a huge dark cloud.
…
Due to the extensive decay of the log, apart from this strange record that the main control computer was suspected to have self-awareness, Yvette never saw any useful text information afterwards.
Think about it again, in the next 20 years, the immortality plan in the Abyss Base is still progressing in an orderly manner. This may also indicate that the fact that the Firefly Core "came to life" did not cause particularly serious consequences and has been settled.
Afterwards, after putting the log data back, Yvette and Rosaline wandered around the -12th floor for a while. When they didn't get any new information, they continued down to the -13th floor, which seemed to be the last floor of the Abyss Base.
When she arrived at this floor, Yvette saw a proper noun on the nameplate with clear handwriting, which made her eyes narrow slightly.
The bottom of the divine eclipse.
This is where the "Divine Transfiguration" is preserved!
Since there was not even a magic light vine on this floor, after pushing open the door that was already half-open, the two of them saw a huge metal room through the lighting magic, and everything was visible at a glance.
Likewise, this large room contained very few things, save for a glass-enclosed display stand in the center, like a museum display stand.
However, in stark contrast to what was written in Ms. Esther's suicide note, the glass cover was now in a shattered state, the display table was empty, and the so-called "divine transformation" had long since disappeared without a trace.
Yvette and Rosalyn were both disappointed but not surprised by the result.
After all, so many years have passed, and the survivors hiding behind the door have all become deformed. Even if they existed originally, they are definitely gone now. Who knows, they might have ended up in the stomach of some deformed person.
but……
Unwilling to leave, Yvette and Rosaline walked around the edge of the Eclipse, looking for new discoveries.
Then, it was this cautious move that allowed Yvette to make a real discovery and find a hidden little door.
Its color is the same as the surrounding metal walls, and if you don't look closely, you can't immediately see it.
After passing through the small door, the master and disciple saw a small metal room. The room was empty, and there was something on the ground that looked like a manhole cover.
But this is definitely not a secret escape route, otherwise it is hard to imagine that Ms. Estherin would not know about it.
After a moment, using the mechanical structure, Rosalyn turned the valve and saw the scene under the valve.
It really is an escape route. But it ends at the smooth rock face of the mountain, and below is a bottomless abyss. Unless you have flight equipment, there's nothing you can do except blow the wind. It's worth noting that the walls here are carved out of granite, and it's reasonable to speculate that they've reached the bottom of the crater lake.
So the two of them had to return home disappointed.
However, when leaving, Yvette noticed that there was a line of words engraved on the back of the small door of the room, which read:
"Well of Eternal Night".
Although she didn't know if there was any special meaning behind this, she thought that she would probably never come back here again in her life.
…
After completing the second exploration of the Abyss Base, in the next few days, Yvette felt as if a knot in her heart had suddenly been untied. She felt a lot more relaxed and no longer had to worry about certain things.
Of course, there are still many answers to the truth about the end of the world and the transformation of gods buried in the dust of history that need to be explored, but that is something that requires fate to know after all. She can just wait quietly and does not need to force herself to do anything.
Rosalyn simply immersed herself in the joy of exploration and had a great time.
In addition, because the magic light vine was so beautiful, she brought back a lot of it from the Abyss Base. This convenient plant can grow naturally without any care, and can also provide light in the dark, making it a very useful night light at night.
then……
Without any particular goals or pressure, life on the manor returned to peace once again.
Yvette still gives Rosalyn rune lessons regularly to improve her understanding and application of rune knowledge.
Rosalyn, in turn, instructed the teacher on swordsmanship and the use of cold weapons. Although these techniques couldn't be applied mechanically to tentacle attacks and required some additional variations, from the perspective of laying a solid foundation, they were definitely no problem.
Moreover, Rosalin gradually discovered a fact that made her feel very happy, that is, the teacher's progress in hand-to-hand combat was really a bit slow, and he seemed to have very poor understanding and was even a bit stupid.
But this is not gloating or mocking.
On the one hand, she thinks that the stupid teacher is so cute. On the other hand, she believes that if the teacher becomes stupid, she will have more time to teach the teacher, and she will have more time to appreciate the teacher's cool yet serious, clumsy yet cute appearance. Isn't this really wonderful?
certainly!
She would never express this kind of rebellious little thought.
(End of this chapter)
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