Chapter 92
Originally thought it was just an ordinary spaceship, but the appearance of Shenlan brought Qi Heng unexpected information.
"Deep Blue, I have a few questions for you."
[Yes! Your Excellency, Lord, if you ask, Deep Blue will tell you everything I know!] The blue and white ball bounced around on the screen with a funny expression on its face.
"I remember I sent you out before I left." He did not deny the identity of the 'master' mentioned by Shenlan, and asking this question was tantamount to tacitly agreeing.
[Yes, in the year 11208 of the Tianjia era, you sent me to pilot the Deep Blue on an unmanned deep space expedition.]
As a player, Qi Heng plays the game as the 'Lord' of the Tianjia civilization. Even within the Tianjia civilization, it is impossible for him to go on any adventure. Not to mention that he cannot leave, the Tianjia civilization will not really let the Lord go alone outside.
Therefore, for him outside the game, the appearance of Deep Blue meant an extra exploration spacecraft that could be sent out to search for resources and new civilizations. He only used it as an exploration and survey ship, and after setting the route and exploration time for Deep Blue, he released it.
Not long after that, Qi Heng quit the game, and within two months he was back in the game, more than 10,000 years after the overlord disappeared.
Therefore, he did not know the final outcome of Deep Blue.
"What happened to the Deep Blue during the deep space expedition? Why were you not on the Deep Blue but in the escape pod? And why are you with Chu Xiu... Tell me everything you recorded after your deep space expedition."
Qi Heng said methodically, "Also, since you have survived from the end of the Tianjia civilization to the present day, you should know what happened to the Tianjia civilization after I disappeared."
【……】
Deep Blue had been searching its own core database since it heard the words from the Lord Overlord. Unfortunately, its computing speed of hundreds of millions of teraflops per second did not allow it to find much information in its own database that could answer the Lord Overlord's words. Its entire body began to tremble.
Qi Heng noticed something was wrong and tapped his fingers on the table lightly, saying, "Why aren't you talking?"
[My Lord, this is the case. Please listen to my explanation.]
"explain."
Shenlan glanced at him quickly, trying to analyze his micro-expressions. Not noticing that he was angry, she felt relieved, and then she spoke rapidly, like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.
[This is what happened...]
Qi Heng listened quietly to Shenlan's explanation without saying a word.
He didn't expect that Shenlan didn't know the whole story of the war that year, and there was not even a record of how it ended.
The root cause is that the current deep blue is neither deep blue nor deep blue.
It was created when Deep Blue urgently transmitted its source code and database when it was destroyed. However, because it was an emergency transmission, it did not have all the data recorded by Deep Blue.
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Eleven thousand years ago, he sent Deep Blue out to conduct deep space exploration. The entire cycle was five hundred years, and information was transmitted once every hundred years.
Before the first hundred years were over, the war caused by the disappearance of the Overlord had already occurred.
At that time, Deep Blue was exploring some areas marked as singularities in the Milky Way far away from the Tianjia star field. After receiving the message from civilization, its first reaction was not to return, but to continue exploring according to the master's order.
The Deep Blue, the Lord's personal starship, was not part of the Empire's war fleet. At that time, the war had just begun, and the Tianjia civilization had not yet activated its first level of combat readiness. Therefore, for the Deep Blue, the Lord's orders took precedence over war orders.
Three hundred years later, the war escalated and the Empire entered the highest level of war preparedness - recalling all starships and citizens of the civilization outside.
This is the highest level of war order that cannot be issued within a civilization. It can only be issued after being signed by the Chief Consul and the Commander-in-Chief. The scope of the war is no longer limited to regional conflicts but has expanded to most of the galaxy.
In this case, even the Deep Blue must return to the Hangjia star region.
During the return voyage, the war escalated and the Deep Blue was blocked outside before it could return to Tianjia Star. It finally stopped on the planet where Chu Xiu was at the time.
Afterwards, the war situation took a sharp turn for the worse and even the Deep Blue was involved in the war. Then, the Deep Blue's main body was severely damaged and some information and data were transferred to the system in the escape pod for backup. It then fell into hibernation and was awakened from hibernation not long ago because Chu Xiu entered the escape pod and activated the system.
That's basically the situation.
Deep Blue was unable to retrieve more details, presumably because there was not enough time and only important data could be transmitted, leading to omissions.
As for why Chu Xiu was able to order Deep Blue, who only obeyed the Lord, to take action after waking up, and even had Deep Blue locate Tianyun Star, and then perform several consecutive space jumps to exhaust the energy generated by antimatter to reach Tianyun Star, there was another reason...
Qi Heng's expression froze after hearing the reason. Who would have thought that the authority in the game could be inherited after the disappearance of the overlord?
...The insect eggs of the Overlord are all in the stomach of the Chief Consul. In the event that the Overlord is missing, Chu Xiuzhi, who has the insect eggs of the Overlord, can naturally exercise the authority inherited by the unborn insect cubs.
This part of the authority includes the power to mobilize all the forces and resources belonging to the master, and Deep Blue is naturally included in it.
He had nothing to say about it.
It wasn't a very important thing in the first place. To him at that time, it was just a bunch of data in the game. To him now, it wasn't even data. After all, it disappeared with the annihilation of the Tianjia civilization.
In the final analysis, it was a debt he owed. Chu Xiu could just use it and consider it as... compensation given to him by the 'Master'.
At this time, Shenlan said dejectedly: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry that I couldn't answer your question."
The system memory in this escape pod is limited. After barely cramming my source code into it, the remaining space isn't enough to hold the entire database. Because of this, the database contains very little useful information...
[Deep Blue is useless! Deep Blue is so useless, he needs to be punished. Sob. Sob. Sob.] The deep blue ball pulled a rope that appeared out of nowhere and hanged himself, ready to die.
Qi Heng was speechless after hearing this. He was not so angry as to vent his anger on Shen Lan. Could it be that in Shen Lan's analysis, he was a tyrant who would get angry over trivial matters?
etc.
In fact, regarding the actions you have taken in the game, what is the difference between just calling him a tyrant and praising the Lord of Tianjia as a kind and good person... Using the word "ferocious and brutal" to describe the period when the Lord was at his most intimidating is an understatement.
"..." He sighed in his heart and said, "It has nothing to do with you, there's no need to be like this."
While Deep Blue's intelligence wasn't as high as A0's, it was still quite high. However, its core code was derived from a Dominant-first approach, and AIs are all very stubborn... In short, it was a toxic fan of the Tianjia Dominant, even less rational than A0.
Looking at this, I know there's no need for me to say anything. Just from the look of self-reflection, I feel like I'm about to lock myself in a dark room.
[Master, are you comforting Shenlan? Woohoo, Master, you are so gentle~~ As expected~ Shenlan loves you the most~~]
Qi Heng's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself that there was no need to flatter him so much.
...It seems that there is nothing to be learned from Deep Blue. The promised Beyond Grade A artificial intelligence turns out to be an artificial idiot.
While Qi Heng was thinking about something, A0 was also secretly thinking about something not so good.
The appearance of Deep Blue suddenly made A0 feel a sense of crisis. A0 would never give up the position of the number one flatterer in front of the Lord to AI!
Damn it, I must find a way to separate Deep Blue and Lord Domination, otherwise if I continue I might not be able to beat this shameless ball.
[By the way, Master, is Lord Silver with you? The system shows traces of Lord Silver's entry.] Deep Blue lay close to the screen, trying to be cute with its pancake-like face.
Qi Heng was stunned, remembering that A0 and A1 used the same system.
For Deep Blue, which does not know the existence of A0, it cannot tell whether it is A0 or A1 that is operating the system.
Shenlan didn't notice his thoughts and continued: "It's great that Lord Baiyin is still here~~"
In terms of AI personality simulation, Deep Blue performed very well, and its tone conveyed obvious joy.
[Is the war over? We must have won, right?]
"The war is over."
"Lost."
Qi Heng's words sent Deep Blue's body plummeting, shattering into pieces like glass. That wasn't the end of it, as the following words tore Deep Blue apart once more, leaving it unable to be put back together.
"More than ten thousand years have passed since you went into hibernation. The Tianjia civilization you remembered no longer exists."
Qi Heng was not interested in explaining to Shenlan, so he directly asked A0 to communicate with Shenlan.
"Some things should be told to you by Baiyin."
A0 couldn't help but mutter: [I don't like it.]
[If you don't want to talk about it, I'll let A1 out...]
A0: [No! I can, Your Excellency. I will go find it right away.]
After saying that, A0 immediately activated the program previously hidden in the spacecraft system and pulled Deep Blue on the screen into the depths of the data space to communicate.
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Leaning back in his chair, Qi Heng lowered his brows in thought.
He wasn't thinking about Deep Blue or the Deep Blue. It was pointless to dwell on it now. The immediate situation was more important than the Deep Blue, which was nearly a thousand light years away and whose serviceability was uncertain.
The Zerg trapped underground by the recent mining disaster have been relocated to Dungeon Zone 1, where nutrients delivered from Base 2 have resolved their food shortages. The populations of Fireflies, Dream Creep, and the tool bugs that maintain the dungeon's environment are currently overflowing.
If we stop stuffing bugs into the first area of the dungeon, it will be more than enough.
At the same time, the construction of the dungeon did not stop, and the progress was increasing every day until the first phase of the plan was achieved - it would not stop until it could accommodate all the Zerg in Gathering No. 2.
Furthermore, the female Zergs like Yan, who he had placed great hopes on, not only completed their mission of "caring for the relatives and friends of the Zerg who disappeared in the mining disaster" very well, but also studied very hard. They had not only completed the basic courses but were also moving on to the beginner courses.
Blue-tailed Butterfly had sent a message earlier, saying that the obsidian crystals diverted to him had filled up the fourth and third underground floors and were almost full.
While Qi Heng was thinking about something, he unconsciously pressed his fingers against his brows.
Now it's time to absorb the energy from the replenishment system and move on to the next step. And Flame... since they say they've completed the basics, I should give them an assessment. Once they pass, they'll be recruited into Gray Mist and tasked with serving as instructors in the dungeon for a while...
Well, after leaving those Zergs alone for a few days, it’s about time they show up and deal with them.
All the necessary arrangements have been made in District 49, so even if they are allowed to come back, it will not attract the attention of those one-horned people.
However, rather than saying that it would not cause any trouble, it is more likely that they dare not intervene - the special envoy of the Ikal civilization can silence them with just one word.
"So many things have happened... How could it be that the Empire lost..." a deep blue voice rang out. It couldn't believe the information it had received from 'Master Baiyin'... and even more so, the situation of the Tianjia Zerg was so dire that they didn't even have the minimum means of survival.
This was like a bolt from the blue for Shenlan, who was born during the heyday of Tianjia civilization.
Qi Heng ignored Shenlan's shocked expression and said, "Shenlan, I don't want this spaceship to be discovered by other Zergs."
"Once the energy collection system is repaired, repairs to other damaged areas can be postponed. Prioritize maintaining energy supply to the ship to maintain stealth mode."
After receiving the order, Shenlan immediately got rid of his distracted look and answered seriously.
【yes】.
Qi Heng stood up and contacted A0: [It's time to go.]
A0 and Deep Blue's voices rang out at the same time.
[Yes, sir, we've already communicated with Deep Blue.] A0 disconnected from Deep Blue's spaceship system.
Deep Blue stared at the screen, eagerly asking, "Master, are you leaving?"
"Um."
As he walked towards the spaceship exit, he said to Deep Blue, "You stay here and guard the spaceship. I'll come over when I have time."
After thinking for a while, Qi Heng added: "If there is a chance, I will bring Chu Xiu here."
This spaceship must be used. Since Chu Xiu can use it, it would be a good idea to arrange for Chu Xiu to take over after the underground city stabilizes.
After Qi Heng got off the spaceship.
In order to save energy on the spacecraft, Deep Blue turned off all the lights inside, and the system maintained the lowest energy consumption, while deploying the solar energy collection panels on the outside of the spacecraft.
Qi Heng, who was sitting in the hovercraft, saw this scene and turned his gaze away and said to A0, "Let's go to Area 49."
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