Chapter 4 Falling short
The year 12121 of the Tianhong era.
Two thousand years have passed since the fall of Plane 777. In AI records, they haven't advanced much in 2,000 years, and the only way to leave the plane and get rid of the teleportation array is to float.
But the strange nature of the Heavenly Flood has held them back for 2,000 years.
For AI, none of the technologies it records can do that. After all, they couldn't survive under the Tianhong for thousands of years, so how could they study the problem of Tianhong navigation.
"It's been two thousand years, and now it's finally time to get out of here!" exclaimed a little girl, standing in the command room.
It's a robot they've built to allow AI to control its actions. And over the past 2,000 years, as the feelings of AI have become more and more perfect, robots seem to be indistinguishable from real people.
"The outside world ......" a young man seems to be thinking about something, and it is as if he is not thinking about anything.
"Yes, we're going back. Didn't I tell you so many times, can't you expect a little bit! The little girl hugged her arms and said angrily.
They have been dependent on each other for 2,000 years, and their feelings for each other are difficult to tell.
"Come on, we'll definitely be back in a thousand years after we leave here!"
The young man hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sister Hong, what are we going to do when we go back?"
The AI's body is a ruby, so it named itself Ruby. It is logical that the title of Sister Hong was born.
"When I go back...... I don't know. However, we have to go back. It can be seen that she does not intend to continue to be a research institute intelligence.
"One, continue testing the equipment, we're leaving this plane this time!" Ruby returned to work, and the young man silently stepped aside and looked at the strange creatures in the tank.
The creature was encountered before, a protist living in the sky, and after paying many weapons to no avail, it was captured by the youth.
He didn't use embodied abilities, he just relied on physical fitness alone. After using the energy in Tianhong again and again, his body became more ...... It's exciting!
The young man didn't use those flowery words, because he couldn't communicate properly now, but Ruby said that when he went back, more people would learn faster, and he hoped so.
The strange creature in the tank can also survive by absorbing Tianhong energy, and can become stronger, so he needs to watch it learn how to absorb energy. I don't know if it's an illusion, but the young man always feels that this creature seems to be very smart, and it seems that in addition to not being able to speak, his expression and movements are like that of an intelligent creature. Even not being able to speak may be it pretending again.
For this reason, what young people learn from it is not put into practice, and it may be misleading.
But this could not be hidden much by Ruby's wisdom, which studied all the parts of the creature and dissected it with the new body that the young man had manifested.
As a result, this creature has rough skin and thick flesh, the energy of Tianhong flows all over its body, and there is a not very round energy stone in its abdomen. However, Tianhong energy was too dangerous, and they didn't try to introduce it into the body, but simply extracted and embodied it.
Then the physical fitness of the young man gradually became stronger, and the manifestation was countless times easier than at the beginning.
It stands to reason that this creature has lost its research value, so why should he stare at it now? Because this creature has a very poor eye, even if it is locked up here, it still looks contemptuous, and it is very narcissistic to twist its slender body.
The young man looked at the time, and it was almost time to beat it.
According to Ruby's words, if you don't beat it, you have to satisfy it, so this time of day becomes the time to beat it. It was only at this time that the creature would show a look of fear, because the young man's hand strength was really strong, and it felt that it would die if it was not careful.
The material of the water tank is very strong, and it can resist the random attacks of the youth, but if you are a little serious, you can't stop it at all. Recently, rubies have been studying the combination of Tianhong energy and matter to produce new materials, which can theoretically successfully increase resistance, but due to the assimilative nature of Tianhong, this research has not yet yielded results.
But this didn't need the young man's consideration, he just had to beat the creature up.
On the other side, Ruby is directing the robots to work, and she sits confidently in front of the launch pad, controlling the last step.
"When I go back, I'll teach the big fool to talk first, and then I'll ...... Then find a way to hide this base and slowly expand the scale, at least to the extent that it can compete with the Heavenly Obstruction Council. Maybe the new era will be the Ruby Age! ”
She was interrupted by a robot, and the robot reported in a stiff voice: energy replenishment is complete, equipment inspection is completed, the target is 10,000 kilometers of sea surface, the success rate is expected to be 80%, and the failure rate of new energy equipment is 20%.
The new energy equipment is Tianhong energy equipment, which is also the biggest confidence of Ruby.
Ruby ordered with a serious face: "Ready to go!"
She pressed the long-awaited button, and the color of the lights of the entire base changed, and the base entered full power operation mode.
[5,4,3,2,1, launch!]
The base AI sent out a broadcast, although there is only one half-living person in the base, but the form still has to be done.
The base brewed at the bottom of the ocean for a few seconds, then accelerated to the surface.
10,000 kilometers, which required several days of flight in previous experiments, and all failed due to energy problems. This time, it was replaced with new energy, and it was probably no problem, but the young man was still ready to be used as a backup energy source.
Ruby is recording data in a serious way. "New energy equipment has also increased several times in terms of speed, and it seems that this will become the mainstream energy source in the world. She planned, "Do you need to store some energy in the 1,000 years you go back, or do you need to build a few small bases and teleporters?"
The screen shows a decreasing distance, and although it is much faster, it will take several hours to get there. Ruby handed over the recording task to the robot and said confidently to the young man: "You don't have to wait there, there will definitely be no problem this time, I have mastered the method of Tianhong as an energy source, even if it is not enough halfway, I can replenish it at any time." ”
The young man nodded, walked over to the tank again, and stared at the creature.
He felt as if the creature was about to be forced to speak, and if he tried harder, he would definitely speak!
The base was still moving fast, and they were chatting about it with each other, mostly about what would happen after they went back, and Ruby was very excited, and he didn't know what he was excited about.
Looking at the sea getting closer and closer, she sat in the command chair and shook her legs, the robot she chose was probably a little small, and her legs could not reach the ground.
Yet the accident happened, and it didn't come from within, but from the outside.
The current suddenly changed direction, as if some force was controlling the current, and immediately after, the base detected a powerful burst of energy.
Ruby hurriedly jumped out of her chair and asked, "Where did the energy come from, why had such a huge amount of energy never been discovered before?"
[Under Analysis...... After the analysis, the energy comes from the plane itself, the plane is undergoing unknown changes at this time, and it is estimated that the base is 99.9% damaged, please flee immediately]
However, before they could prepare, a huge impact immediately swept through the base, and in the shaking, the entire base lasted only two seconds before it was destroyed, and they were all exposed to the flood.
"Big fool, come and save me!" Ruby shouted.
The youth immediately swam towards her, but the chaotic currents swept the ruby everywhere, and the youth barely managed to hold steady in it.
In the midst of the chaos, he was in a hurry, and a shock wrapped in rubies floated towards him.
Finally, Ruby's diminutive body was caught by him, and at close range, Ruby's body returned from the robot to the pendant, safe.
The young man set out to embody the coffin hiding room, and suddenly he saw the strange creature escape, and shouted to him: "The nameless one, and the ruby, I remember you!"
The young man felt a little unreasonable, he obviously had a name, wasn't he called a big fool? He shook his head and strengthened the coffin.
A voice came from the pendant. "Two thousand years of hard work are gone...... Forget it, next time, you have to study the long distance back to the city, otherwise if you get separated, it will really be over......"
I don't know how long it took, and I don't know where it went, the water calmed down, and the coffin slowly sank towards Haiti......