Chapter 13: Before the Festival

"Don't speak ill of people!" At this time, a little girl's voice was inserted into the communication. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Reynard on the screen showed a surprised expression, "yes, that's what that robot is making that sound." Then he looked puzzled, "How does this sound feel like I've heard it before." ”

This time it was Zhou Xin's turn to smile bitterly, "You're not mistaken, do you remember the storm on the Voyager a few days ago?" ”

Under Zhou Xin's reminder, Renard finally remembered, "You're talking about the artificial intelligence made by the Atlanteans?" The robot I just met was controlled by her? ”

"People call it Atlas, don't always call people artificial intelligence, hum, people are amazing." Atlas's voice rang out again in the communication.

"......" Zhou Xin's voice was a little helpless, "Let me introduce to you, this is Atlantis's artificial intelligence, called Atlas." ”

"Uh-Atlas, hello." Reynard was stunned for a moment and then said, "My name is Reynard. ”

"Brother Renard, hello." Atlas's mouth was sweet, "I'm sorry, just kidding you." ”

"No, it's okay." Although the Voyager was already on board, Renard was not used to talking to such an emotional AI, and there was still a hint of unnaturalness on his face.

Seeing his expression, Zhou Xin opened his mouth to ease his embarrassment, "In the future, Atlas will live with us like the Voyager, and you will slowly get used to her existence." ”

Renard didn't speak, just nodded his head, seeing that he didn't seem to be used to the existence of Atlas, Zhou Xin had no choice but to continue to ask, "Is there any more questions?" ”

"No, no." Renard subconsciously replied, "I continued to work, and the lab was still waiting for my batch of samples." ”

With that, he ended the communication, and after Renard closed the communication, Atlas's voice came out of the communicator again, "I'm going to help Brother Renard." ”

"Then do it well, and don't go and do it a favor." Zhou Xin, who was not at ease, explained.

"Don't worry, people will help." After saying this, the communicator went completely dark.

"Why did you give that AI back a robotic body?" Spred asked in a reproachful tone, "Do you trust her like that?" Aren't you afraid that she will mess around on the boat? He added, "I don't think what happened to Renard will be the last. If you didn't restrict that artificial intelligence, this kind of thing would definitely happen more often in the future, is it really okay to let her move freely on the ship like this? ”

Zhou Xin spread his hands, "I don't know if this choice is right or not, but at least that's how the Atlanteans treat Atlas normally." I don't think they've had an accident for so many years, so they can't have an accident as soon as they come to us. ”

"Butβ€”she's not been on board long after all." Spred's voice was tinged with concern.

"Hmph, who's talking bad about people again." The communicator on the command platform lit up again, "People are very powerful." ”

"Nothing." Zhou Xin opened his mouth to stop Spred's next words, "We're complimenting you for being amazing, you helped Reynard finish moving things so quickly?" He hurriedly changed the subject.

"Hmph, that's right, of course they're very powerful." Atlas's tone was very proud, and she then answered Zhou Xin's question, "Not yet, there are a lot of things, I have to move it several times, I just heard that someone seems to be calling me here, so come and have a look." ”

"Then you go ahead and help, there's nothing going on here." Zhou Xin subconsciously waved his hand at the communicator.

"Okayβ€”" Atlas replied in a long voice, and the communicator went dark again.

"Look, it's surprisingly reliable when it's serious." Zhou Xin motioned for the Voyager to release a picture near Renard, and saw that the robot controlled by Atlas was indeed holding a lot of things and following Renard, he pointed to the screen and said, "In addition to being too lively, in fact, Atlas still has many advantages." ”

"Hopefully......" Renard said no more objections, turning around and continuing to work on the chart.

Another six days passed, and the most important of those six days was, of course, the Great Festival that the Atlanteans were preparing. Of course, the analysis of the star map is also underway, and now that the work is basically done, as long as the location of the Voyager is marked on the star map, the Voyager will have the location information in a few seconds. At the same time, after analyzing the star map, Spred found that this open star cluster is a relatively mature and stable star cluster, and there are not many dangerous places in it, even if there are more dangerous places, with the current ability of the Voyager, it is more than enough time to escape before it causes harm to the spacecraft.

"It seems that the place that Gurans chose for the people at the base is still very good." After reading the analysis report of the star map, Zhou Xin said to himself.

As he spoke, the Voyager sent another urgent report, and Zhou Xin glanced at the report, and his head began to hurt again, "Atlas! He shouted casually.

"Eh, is there something wrong with the captain's brother?" Atlas's voice came through the communicator.

"You did it again." Zhou Xin threw the report on the table, "Do you know how much trouble it has caused to others if you don't restore the magnetic force on the ground of the passage in the living area?" ”

"Okay." Atlas said aggrievedly, "People are just joking." ”

Zhou Xin sighed, "How much trouble have you caused in the past few days, even the Great Festival, which was about to be prepared, was slowed down by you, didn't you say that you would rebuild the Atlantis equipment?" How's it going? Is it just about playing? ”

"No, people are doing it." Atlas replied, "But they're all busy, and there's no one to play with me." She still had an aggrieved tone.

"Are these two things necessarily related?" Zhou Xin asked with a headache, "Could it be that your work efficiency will only improve when you play?" ”

"But it's boring if no one plays with meβ€”"

"Forget it." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "Go ahead, let's go, don't make any more trouble, you know?" ”

"Oh-" The communicator quickly dimmed.

"I don't know if it's a problem to indulge her like this." Zhou Xin sat in his seat and thought, "I don't know how Dart and the others accepted this character of Atlas." Speaking of Dart, Zhou Xin thought about it, and he said to himself, "By the way, let's go over and see the Atlanteans, I don't know what their reaction is to be interfered with by Atlas in the big festival, and by the way, you can also ask Dart, how they control her." ”

Coming to the living quarters of the Atlanteans, Zhou Xin saw that the hall in the middle had completely changed, the walls of the hall had been painted with the unique ornaments of the Atlanteans, and in the middle of the hall, a tall pillar had already stood there, the top of the pillar almost touched the ceiling that was five meters high, and the pillars were carved with many patterns, in which Zhou Xin identified a lot of images of animals and plants on the earth.

Walking to the pillar, Zhou Xin saw that Dart was standing there talking to the person next to him, and when he got closer, he heard Dart's words, "This place is a bit small, you should pay attention to this when you are active." ”

Seeing Zhou Xin, Dart walked a few steps with a few people next to him, and came to Zhou Xin's side, he asked, "Why do you have time to come over today, do you have anything to do with me?" ”

"Nothing." Zhou Xin shook his head, "Just come over and see how you are preparing." ”

"It's almost ready." Dart smiled and said, "The venue is almost set up, you see." He gestured around, "It's a little rudimentary, but we've done the best we can." Then he pointed to the huge pillar in the middle, "This totem pole was originally made of logs, but now the ship can't find such a large piece of wood, so I have to pile one with sand and gravel." ”

"I'm sorry, we've done our best to help you prepare for the big festival, butβ€”" Zhou Xin said in an apologetic tone.

"It doesn't matter." Dart's tone was natural, "We are very satisfied with the conditions we have now, you know, when our civilization held a major festival for the first time, there was a total of one totem pole, a bonfire, and even food was not enough. Compared to our ancestors, we are already very lucky. ”

Hearing Dart say this, Zhou Xin finally put his mind at ease, and then he asked curiously, "I heard that the traveler reported that you were also troubled by Atlas when you were preparing for the Great Festival?" ”

"Hmm." Dart nodded as usual, "Is there any problem?" ”

Seeing that Dart didn't show any strange look, Zhou Xin hesitated, but he finally asked, "What do you think of her troublemaking behavior from time to time?" ”

Unexpectedly, Dart instead showed a look of self-blame, "It's all our fault, the time is too busy, everyone doesn't have time to play with Atlas, even those children have things to do, but after the big festival, it shouldn't be so busy, and there should be time to accompany her." ”

Hearing Dart's words, Zhou Xin was a little surprised, "Do you all think so?" ”

"yes, otherwise what do you think we think?" Instead, Dart asked curiously, "You wouldn't think we'd be annoyed by Atlas's troubles. ”

"That's a little bit." Zhou Xin nodded honestly, "Some people have complained to me about this problem. ”

"That's because you've lived with Atlas for too short." Dart comforted, "And it just happens to meet when everyone is busy, and you will find out her good points when you live with her for a longer time." ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Actually, Atlas's advantages are still obvious, although some people have complained about her, but at the same time, she also said that in addition to some jokes that are more excessive, she is still helpful to them in other aspects, just say that it would be good if her personality was more mature." ”

"Don't count on that." Dart spread his hands, "From the time I was born until now, she has been this kind of character, and it has never changed. ”

"Okay," Zhou Xin changed the subject, "how are your big festival preparations, and when can it start?" ”

"If there are no accidents, you can start the day after tomorrow." Dart replied.

"Then I'll wait to participate."

"Hmm." "I'm going to have to do some preparation before that, and if it's all right, I'll get busy." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, "You can prepare well." With that, he left the living quarters.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed, and although there were no surprises, Dart still postponed the time of the festival by one day. At 5:25 a.m. on the third day, the twentieth day after Voyager entered hyperspace, the Grand Atlantean Festival officially began.

According to Dart, this was also the time of sunrise at the first Grand Festival, and since then, every Grand Festival has started at this time and lasted until sunset on the day of the Grand Festival, but since there was no sunset on the Voyager, they decided to end at 6 p.m.

In order to participate in the big festival, Zhou Xin and Spred got up at four o'clock in the morning. Coming to the hall that had been set up before, to their surprise, the hall was empty now, even the Atlanteans who were preparing in the hall yesterday were not there, and there was no one else in the entire hall except for Zhou Xin and his party.

Looking around the hall, Spred asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say that it would start in the hall?" Where have they gone? ”

"Maybe it's not time yet." Zhou Xin said.

"It can't be no one."

"Maybe there's something else to prepare." Zhou Xin continued to answer, "Since Dart has said that this is the place, it shouldn't be wrong, let's wait here." ”

Since he didn't know what the reason for this abnormal situation in the hall was, in order not to affect the great festival of the Atlanteans, Zhou Xin asked everyone to wait at the door of the hall.

As they waited, they looked through the doorway into the hall. Similar to what Zhou Xin saw two days ago, there are not too many things in the hall, the most obvious is still the mural on the wall and the thick totem pole in the middle of the hall, which is different from the totem pole seen before, there is a small platform around the pillar in the middle of the column, which seems to be used to stand people, and there is nothing else in the hall.

Seeing that there was still some time before the start of the festival, the bored Zhou Xin curiously looked at the murals around the walls......