Chapter 8 Resource Crisis

Not long after saying this, Atlas's surprised voice came, "Huh! How are they. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

After a while, her voice became sad, "So the dean's grandfather and many other people stayed in the base?" ”

Zhou Xin and Dart were silent.

The little girl on the screen began to cry loudly, and after crying for a while, Zhou Xin opened his mouth to comfort: "He just stayed in the base, maybe the enemy didn't find him." ”

"It's impossible, no matter where those brothers were hiding, they found out. Woo-" Atlas continued to cry.

"She must be talking about what happened on Earth before." Dart said.

"Artificial intelligence has existed for so many years, is it true that everyone will be so sad to leave her before?" Seeing that Atlas didn't seem to stop, Zhou Xin asked Dart in a low voice.

"Pretty much." Dart also replied in a low voice, "Whenever someone leaves, she will always be sad for a while. ”

"How did you recover from that sadness?"

"It'll be fine in a few days." Dart replied, "It's useless for you to persuade him, just wait a few days for him to be caught up in other things." ”

"Then that's all she can do now?" Zhou Xin asked helplessly, "I still have questions for her." ”

Looking at the little girl crying on the screen, Dart was also helpless, "It's the only way to do it first, and now she won't pay attention to us for the time being." ”

"This-" Zhou Xin was a little worried looking at the core of the main engine, "Is it okay to just put her here, what if she gets emotional and controls the entire spaceship?" ”

"Don't worry, the emotions of artificial intelligence will not affect their working state, and there has never been an accident caused by artificial emotions that can only be out of control." Dart made promises.

"That's good." Zhou Xin put a little snack.

"Let's just let her cry for a while." "It's time for us to go out and talk to the others, it's been so long, the people outside should be in a hurry." ”

Zhou Xin looked at the crying little girl on the screen helplessly, and then nodded, "Okay, then let's go out first." ”

After locking the door of the main engine room, Zhou Xin and Dart returned to the dock, and the people who had just been in the dock had not yet left, and now they were discussing something around with a worried face. Seeing that the dock gate was open, they collectively turned their heads in the direction of the gate, and when they saw the two people who entered the door, everyone gathered around.

"What's going on with the Voyager, has you taken back control?" Spred asked first.

"How's Atlas doing, how did her voice suddenly disappear." Tarst asked another question at the same time.

Glancing at everyone around him, Zhou Xin replied one by one: "It's nothing, the Voyager has regained control of the spaceship, and Atlas is fine, it's just-" After hesitating, he looked at Dart.

"Atlas is heartbroken by hearing about the Dean." Dart didn't feel anything, and said it naturally.

After listening to Dart's words, the Atlanteans present breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a familiar expression, not looking very surprised by Atlas's performance. Spred then asked, "What about the ship's losses?" ”

"Thankfully." Zhou Xin smiled bitterly and recounted the damage reported by the Voyager just now.

Hear that the losses are not large. Spred finally showed a look of relief, and he then asked the next question, "What about the artificial intelligence?" I don't think she's going back into the box. ”

"She's in the core of the ship's main engine, with the Voyager." Zhou Xin replied.

"What? Still in the core? Spred was a little surprised to hear this, and then he said a little anxiously, "Well, you don't get her out of the mainframe core yet." ”

"How do you get it out?" Zhou Xin said helplessly, "Atlas doesn't want to leave the host, and now he's still crying inside, what can you do." ”

"Tell the Atlanteans to find a way." Spred raised his voice slightly, and the attention of all the Atlanteans present was drawn to the words.

At this time, Tarst, who had been listening to him for a long time, said embarrassedly, "This...... Actually, there is nothing we can do. ”

Without waiting for Spred to continue, Zhou Xin hurriedly said: "Forget it, she has promised me and Dart not to control the spaceship casually, so let's do it for the time being." ”

Seeing Zhou Xin say this, Spred didn't continue to say what he wanted to say before, "But is it okay to let her stay in the core like this?" Maybe what will happen when this artificial intelligence does something to endanger the spaceship on a whim. ”

"Let's talk about it later, anyway, we don't have anything to do now, so it's better not to think about this."

"Well, that's all there is to it." Spred said helplessly, "I hope there won't be any major problems." ”

Seeing that Spred had no opinions for the time being, Zhou Xin said to everyone present, "Okay, it's been a waste of so much time, and this matter will come to an end for the time being." Let's all go back, there are more important things to do. ”

"This-what about Atlas? How can we find her? Duster asked.

"Just use the communicator you have in hand." Zhou Xin explained, "They are connected to the host. But I don't think it's going to be useful for you to contact her now. Seeing that Tarst took out the communicator he had sent to the Atlanteans and called Atlas's name, Zhou Xin said, "Now she is sad and will not respond to your calls." ”

Tarst called a few times, and found that there was no response, so he had to put the communicator back in his pocket and said helplessly: "It seems that this is the case, then we will have to talk about it in a few days." ”

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, "When the time comes, you have to emphasize to her that don't mess around in the core of the spaceship." ”

"Don't worry, I understand." Tarst nodded, "She's gone too far this time, I'll educate her well." ”

Seeing that the unexpected turmoil had subsided, everyone who stayed in the dock left one after another. Dart returned to the living area with most of the Atlanteans, and after the accident just now, he also had to go to appease the unsuspecting Atlanteans in the living area. Zhou Xin also instructed Ralph to go to the living area to check on the situation of the Thunder Star people, and he took the others back to the command cabin.

Explained to the people in the command cabin what happened just now, and when everyone heard that Atlas was still in the core of the Voyager, they all showed the same worried look as Spred before, Zhou Xin had to tell them the words that comforted Spred again, after speaking, everyone's worried looks eased a little, but one person couldn't help but speak, "But, let that artificial intelligence stay in the host again, what if the accident just happened again?" ”

Zhou Xin was also helpless, "What else can I do, there is only the same way to deal with it just now, but if it happens a second time, then I will really have to find a way to drive Atlas out of the host." Now I see that her attitude of admitting her mistakes is not bad, so let's forgive her for the time being. ”

After everything was explained, everyone stopped dwelling on this issue, but once again devoted themselves to the intense inspection and maintenance of the spacecraft. After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he also asked Dart and Ralph, who had left before, about the situation of the Atlanteans and Thunder Star people in the living area. Fortunately, the casualties in the living area were not very serious, only some people were hit by those scattered debris because they couldn't dodge, and those who were originally injured would be a little worse, but there were just a few more bruises on their bodies.

Hearing this news, Zhou Xin finally relieved himself, so he also focused his attention on the maintenance of the Voyager and other matters......

Let's turn the clock back, it's been seven days since the Atlas turmoil, and Voyager is still flying in hyperspace. After a week, the Atlanteans had largely settled into life aboard the Voyager. Today, some Atlanteans are already involved in the maintenance of the Voyager. However, even if more people joined the maintenance work on the Voyager, it would not help, because after this period of maintenance, the resources on the Voyager were completely insufficient to provide for the ship's maintenance. Fortunately, the repair of the hull hull has been completed, but only the repair of the hull has been completed, and the damaged compartments are basically the same as they were when they were destroyed.

What worries Zhou Xin is that the Voyager is still flying in the light blue hyperspace, and there is no sign of leaving the hyperspace at all. Although the time spent in hyperspace is much shorter than the time spent in the space created by the warp engine, because everyone doesn't know much about hyperspace, they are all uneasy.

"Your Excellency Captain, the resources in the ship are less than 10%, and the maintenance of this ship can no longer continue." In the command module, the Voyager once again issued a warning to Zhou Xin.

"How much of the cabin repair has been completed?" Zhou Xin asked with a frown.

"Less than 30% of the damaged compartment." The Voyager reported, "And the ship has also tried to select compartments that are easy to repair for repair, and the machine has calculated that the resources required for the maintenance of the remaining compartments are almost equal to the resources required to repair the hull some time ago." ”

"And so much?" Zhou Xin was a little surprised.

"Many of the remaining chambers were completely destroyed, including bulkheads, and the difficulty was basically equivalent to rebuilding the destroyed compartments."

Sighing, Zhou Xin said: "Since this is the case, then don't repair it for now, let's wait until we reach the next planet." ”

At this time, Spred, who was busy in the command module, turned his head and said, "It seems that our top priority now is to leave this hyperspace first. ”

"I do." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "But these are not things we can control. ”

"Don't those Atlanteans really know when we're going to get out?" Spred asked.

"I've asked Dart this question three times, but he doesn't even know about the fellow researchers. What Dart knew was that the destination of the hyperspace jump this time was fixed, so that it could join the main Atlantean force that had left before, but it was completely unclear where the specific destination was and how long the jump would take. ”

"Isn't there anyone who knows?" Spred said with a little headache.

"Maybe it's only the hyperspace device that has a record."

At this time, Spred suddenly remembered, "Do you think that artificial intelligence will know?" ”

"I thought about it." Zhou Xin was a little helpless, "But it's not that you don't know Atlas's current situation, and you don't respond to our call at all." ”

Spred thought for a moment, "Otherwise, call the Voyager host to try, as an intelligent program, they should be able to communicate a little better." ”

"That's a good idea." Zhou Xin nodded, Traveler, try what Spred said.

"It didn't work." It didn't take long for the Voyager to reply, "The machine tried various ways to talk to another intelligent program in the core, but got no response from the other party. ”

"And what does Atlas look like right now?" Zhou Xin asked curiously.

"The situation is unknown, any request to try to check the program cannot be sent, and if the location of the intelligent program is not known for a long time, the machine will even think that there is no such storage location on the host."

"Look at it." Zhou Xin spread his hands to Spred, "It seems that we can wait for Atlas to wake up." ”

"Why don't you ask the Atlanteans if there's a way?" Spred continued.

"I don't think so, if there were, it wouldn't have been delayed until now." Zhou Xin didn't have much hope for this, "But let's just ask, and by the way, I'll also go to find out about the current situation of the Atlanteans." ”

……

Coming to the living area of the Atlanteans, Zhou Xin saw that it was not as lively as it was a few days ago, and he felt a little puzzled. Randomly found a passing Atlantean and asked him about Dart's location, and Zhou Xin walked towards Dart's cabin.

Knocking on the door, Zhou Xin walked in, and after entering the door, he found that in addition to Dart, Christy was also here, and after saying hello to them, Zhou Xin asked curiously: "Why is this place so deserted, and where are the others?" ”

Hearing this question, Dart was a little strange, "Didn't they help repair the ship?" Don't you know that? ”

"Isn't there a shortage of resources on board? What do they go to repair? Zhou Xin was puzzled.

"That's what you say." Dart looked natural, "They went to help clean the cabin, and there are some places where the damage is bad, and the robot can't get in, so it still needs to be cleaned manually." ”

After listening to Dart's explanation, Zhou Xin suddenly understood......