Chapter 35: The Dead Hand

Artificial Intelligence Archive Records:

Lander: Ya

Archive Log Content: An important item inside the red point of light, renamed "Dead Hand"

Harvest Process: After several battles, the Warden Plan Executor inadvertently activated the "Dead Hand" and engaged it for forty minutes, with the Dead Hand and the Warden demonstrating far more abilities than previously expected. This also causes the surrounding environment to be permanently destroyed! Finally, the Watcher successfully captured the Dead Hand with his special abilities!

After the capture of the dead hand, the previous watchman and artificial intelligence-related visual observation systems have been restored, and the echo imaging system remains in the system as a backup device. The Dead Hand fell back into a dormant state while captured. In this state, the Dead Hand will not be reactivated, even if it is in direct contact with the hand.

The origin of the statue in the jungle is still unknown, even if you have witnessed the process of the human being told the truth, but according to the analysis of the clothes and costumes worn by the human, it should belong to a human from some ancient period. A team of probe soldiers and a probe mastermind at the logistics base are being called in to investigate the space-time anomaly at the site.

After the "Dead Hand" was captured and transported back to the logistics base, the Mastermind, the Watcher, and I were all involved in numerous experiments on it to determine the true purpose and origin of the object. The results of the experiment have been documented, details of which can be found in the attached document at a later date.

Eventually, the exact origin of the Dead Hand is still unknown, and in addition to the discovery that the object can provide a corresponding coordinate, it has also been found that the object has two different signals of silicon-based and carbon-based life, and the Dead Hand can also release a rather special radiation that permanently suppresses all shockwaves that can be visually observed, ranging from 50 to 100 meters.

Comparing the coordinates provided by the Dead Hand with the previous global projection coordinates, it was confirmed that it was the same area, except that the coordinates provided by the Dead Hand were more accurate and accompanied by a rather sketchy map for access. The Watcher and a team of Soldiers will travel to the area for a second exploration of the Red Point of Light after a break.

Here are all the experiments on the Dead Hand and the results:

Experiment 1: A study of the physical properties of a dead hand.

The "Dead Hand" has signs of both carbon-based and silicon-based life. The gold accessories on the dead hand were examined and found to be gold, and were quite old. The five ruby rings were found to be five things with eye structures. In the course of studying the dead hand, it was discovered that there was an eye in the palm of the hand.

The experiment also attempted to activate the Dead Hand, and it was found that the activation conditions were abnormally simple, and the Dead Hand could be activated by emitting high-frequency sound waves around the Dead Hand! The activated Dead Hand is extremely hostile to humans, and will attempt to attack humans within a certain range, trying to squeeze out the original human head and replace it.

For the sturdiness of the Dead Hand, the use of everything from the most old-fashioned cold weapons to the most advanced plasma beam cutters did not destroy the Dead Hand, not even the gold ornament on the top of the Dead Hand! Experiments with manipulating the manipulator to detach the gold also failed, and the Dead Hand seemed to cherish his gold ornaments. If intentionally approached, it will cause the dormant Dead Hand to activate and attack indiscriminately.

Experiment 2: Dead Hand Perception Experiment

The reactivated Dead Hand is used for perceptual experiments, and although the Dead Hand does not have any organs that can be used to make sounds, it is still possible to experiment with the Dead Hand's perceptual system through various instruments to determine what the creature's true properties are! The perceptual experiment went so well that all the eyes on the dead hand were able to pick up color signals and react accordingly to the bright light emitted by the experimenter!

This experiment also proves that although the detection of the dead hand using X-ray related equipment has failed, the observation system of the dead hand is still carried out by normal "looking" rather than some chaotic lock-on method. The test also found that the Dead Hand has a certain preference for red or blue, and that under the influence of these two colors, the Dead Hand does not have much desire to attack even when it is active.

Experiment 3: Correlation experiment between the Dead Hand and the Watcher.

As the absolute executor of the Watcher's plan, the interaction between the Watcher and the Dead Hand was carefully considered and finally determined to allow the Watcher to make a second contact with the Dead Hand after all security measures were in place. The contact had activated the Dead Hand in advance, and the watchman entered the interior of the testing chamber.

The Dead Hand "saw" the entry of the Watchman and entered a very strong state of alert, all five fingers flexed in a state of attack at any time, the same reaction as the previous introduction of human subjects. But after ten minutes of confrontation between the two sides, Dead Hand gave up his attack and lay down beside Shou Wangzhen quite obediently. The Watchman made some physical contact with the Dead Hand as we had given them, and did not attack the Dead Hand. There is reason to believe that the Dead Hand may have succumbed to some extent to the watchmen who captured him.

When we decided to withdraw from the watcher, the Dead Hand suddenly fired several silver-white tentacles from his five fingers and quickly burrowed into the inside of the watcher's protective suit, stopping any movement of the watcher. Tests of the Watcher's protective suit and the Symbiote suit on the Watcher's body revealed that the silvery-white tentacles and the Symbiote suit fired by the Dead Hand appear to have "reached" some sort of consensus that the silvery-white tentacles were in contact with the Watcher's actual body.

After being touched by the tentacles, the watchman's body stopped in place and shivered from time to time, and after ten minutes, all the tentacles withdrew from the watchman's body and quickly dissipated into the air. And through the examination of the watchman's body, it was found that the dead hand actually strengthened the watchman's body a little on the basis that the watchman's body had been transformed!

The exact direction of this enhancement is unknown even to the Watchman himself, and he also states that after the tentacles touched his body, he saw a scene underwater, with about ten or so stone statues in the shape of mermaids surrounding a triangular sign. As for the location of the underwater scene, the watchman indicated that this place was the second red point of light they were about to go to.

Experiment 4: Miscellaneous

After experiments with the Dead Hand and the Watcher, the activity of the Dead Hand after activation was greatly reduced, and even the entry of humans was only symbolically crawled forward. Carbon-based life response instruments have shown that the Dead Hand's health has reached a low point, at a point where it may become inactive at any time.

As for silicon-based life, there isn't much research to determine vital signs, so it's speculated that the Dead Hand could be transformed into pure silicon-based life or die altogether. The rest of the scheduled experiments cannot be performed in the current state of the Dead Hand, in order to preserve the possibility of cross-experimentation with what the Dead Hand may later take out of the second red point of light. Put the Dead Hand back into a dormant state and remain inside the Logistics Base for a second return from the Watchers.

Once the recording is complete, Ya is about to execute the second point of light expedition as an AI co-watcher.

"Ya, is it taking so long for your record report to be generated?" Onno asked. Although I won't go to the second red point of light until the next day. But staying in this part of the logistics base, the somewhat damp and stuffy room, made Onno feel exactly the same as the nausea he had "felt" during his previous time in the Hunger Tower and the time he had "felt" during his slumber.

Although the masterminds said that this was the last room in the logistics base that had not yet been renovated to adapt to human habitation, Ono still could not adapt. Unable to sleep, Onno had no choice but to ask Ya to collect all the previous test data on the Dead Hand and take a look at it for himself.

While looking at the experimental data related to the Dead Hand, he recalled the battle he had with the Dead Hand. At that time, after seeing the girl's body occupied by the dead hand, Ono was really furious, because he always felt that he could resurrect these people! Even if he couldn't be resurrected, he had to try, but the dead hand directly eliminated the girl's petrified head, and took the role of the head himself and started the battle with Ono himself.

Although Onno has the heart to resurrect these petrified people, he will only put himself in a disadvantageous situation if he is really restrained. So in the battle, Onno did not care about those petrified people, the laser weapons and sonic weapons on the equipment, and the three attack methods of Onno's own ability were fully opened to fight against the dead hand.

In the face of Onno's three attack methods, the Dead Hand chose to use the five ruby-like eyes to emit a strange light to defend, and at the same time, those five fingers were also very flexible and snapped their fingers, constantly mutating and evolving some small insects or plants around them to create some threats to Onno's attack.

At first, Onno, who had an echo imaging system, didn't pay attention to the secondary mutated plants or small insects, and knew that the number of these guys had increased, so he began to attack the hand that kept snapping his fingers to stop the sound from appearing.

Although the Dead Hand occupies the girl's body and can move at a very fast speed, this stone body has a huge flaw, that is, it is quite heavy! It was this that took advantage of this, and successfully prevented the snapping fingers of the Dead Hand from making a sound. Then Onno grabbed all the fingers of the dead hand and forcefully separated the wrist from the girl's neck. The Dead Hand then went into a dormant state......

"Drop! Watcher, there are still thirty minutes to go, so be prepared and replenish your lost energy and ammo! A reminder from the Mastermind interrupted Onno's recollection, and he stood up and began to walk towards the logistics base's ammo and energy supply station......