Chapter 16: A Vignette in the Festival
After another ten minutes or so, Dart finally talked about the construction of the Great West Continent and the subsequent emergence of artificial intelligence. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
What Dart said next, Zhou Xin had heard him tell it before, but when he told the Atlanteans, Dart still concealed some details. For example, with the advent of artificial intelligence, Dart's statement to all Atlanteans is that these artificial intelligences are the result of the wisdom of all the ancestors of those days. and the appearance of those enemies, Dart deliberately concealed the leading role played by artificial intelligence in them, and only introduced that because of a failed experiment, those enemies were attracted by the signals sent by the ancestors. But at the same time, he also downplayed the role of artificial intelligence in the scientific research of the Atlanteans, whose ancestors were only "aided by artificial intelligence." "The Atlanteans developed all kinds of technology, including, of course, hyperspace technology.
Just as Dart was talking about artificial intelligence, a voice came from Zhou Xin's communicator, "The Great Festival, I really haven't seen it for a long time." "This is the voice of Atlas.
Hearing Atlas's voice, Zhou Xin turned his attention to the communicator, "What?" Have you ever seen a grand festival before? ā
"I've seen it." The little girl on the screen nodded, "But it was a long time ago, when Grandpa Gurans arrived on that frozen planet with everyone, they performed the same ritual on the Great Western Continent. ā
Looking around the hall, Zhou Xin continued to ask, "The big festival that year must have been much bigger than this time, right?" ā
"Of course." Atlas replied, "There were a lot of people attending the festival, and the largest room on the Great West Continent could only accommodate a small number of people, so it had to be divided into many rooms at the same time, but well, the steps were pretty much the same as they are now." After speaking, she added, "According to the database, this should be the smallest major festival held by the Atlanteans, even in ancient times, the scale of the great festival is much larger than this one." ā
Talking about this, Dart happened to talk about the "assisting" role played by artificial intelligence in work, and after hesitating for a while, Zhou Xin still asked: "I have a question, this--if you don't want to answer, it's okay not to answer-" He still took the precautionary shot in advance.
"What's the problem? Go ahead. Atlas said indifferently.
Looking in Dart's direction, Zhou Xin asked, "What do you think of Dart's current evaluation of your artificial intelligence?" ā
Hearing this question, Atlas, who had always been lively, was unexpectedly silent, and after a while, she said in a gritted tone: "It's all to blame on that damn little bug." Then her tone returned to her composure, "It's not happy, but they're doing the right thing to downplay the role of our artificial intelligence." I discussed with those grandfathers back then, that with our current state, if the next Atlanteans developed the habit of relying on us, it might be even more serious. Rather than wait for more accidents to happen in the future and then remedy it, it would be better to just let us just retire to auxiliary status. She said seriously, saying these words in a serious tone like a little girl, Zhou Xin couldn't help but feel a little strange, but what she said made Zhou Xin unable to refute.
"Isn't there a way to solve this problem?" Although he had already learned the specific situation from Dart's mouth before, Zhou Xin still asked.
"There's no way." Atlas replied aggrievedly, "That damn bug has a symbiotic relationship with me, and if I kill it, I won't be there." Speaking of this, she regained her lively tone, "But it doesn't matter, as long as certain conditions are not triggered, that bug will not affect me, brother captain, you can rest assured." ā
Zhou Xin didn't think of words to comfort Atlas, but seeing the little girl on the screen with a nonchalant expression, he sighed softly, and then returned his attention to Dart, who was telling history.
While he was chatting with Atlas, Dart had already advanced history to a life-or-death escape, even though it was a major turning point for the Atlantean civilization. However, in the tens of millions of years of history of the Atlantean civilization, it is only a major event. In just a few minutes, Dart was done with the matter. After that, he explained the exploits of Guranth in a few more sentences, and then began to recount their experiences on the frozen planet.
However, they did not experience any important events on the planet's base, so the history of 7,000 years finally boiled down to Dart's words, "Under the arrangement of Commander Granse, we, the Atlanteans, spent seven thousand years peacefully on the frozen planet." ā
After saying this, Dart continued: "Seven thousand years later, those damned enemies have once again descended on our planet, and our people are once again in danger of extinction. ā
After saying this, Dart turned his gaze to the position where Zhou Xin and they were standing, and the Atlanteans below also turned their eyes when they saw this, although Zhou Xin had also appeared in front of many people, but he still felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by so many Atlanteans, this scene lasted for a few seconds, Dart continued to speak, "Fortunately, the new civilization from our hometown has reached out, they are not afraid of danger and are willing to take us away from the pursuit of the enemy." For this brave act of theirs, I am here, as an Atlanteans, to express our highest respect to you, and to the Thunderites who participated in the rescue, and you will henceforth be our closest friends to the Atlanteans. With that, Dart spread out his right hand, pressed his palm to his chest, and bowed deeply in the direction of Zhou Xin. The rest of the Atlanteans did the same thing as Dart.
Seeing that all the Atlanteans present were paying their respects to themselves, Zhou Xin and the others seemed a little at a loss, originally they just wanted to see the Atlantean festival out of curiosity, but they didn't expect them to mention them in such an important event.
Zhou Xin hurriedly shouted at the Atlanteans who bowed in front of him: "You don't have to do this, we just did what we should do, it's nothing." ā
However, all the Atlanteans didn't pay attention to Zhou Xin's shouting, and just silently maintained that action.
A few seconds later, just as Zhou Xin wanted to take further action and stop their movements, Dart spoke again, this time, he said in a heavy tone: "However, our friends can't leave with everyone, for the survival of our clan, Lord Dean and the others in the base have chosen to leave the hope of life to us. ā
As soon as Dart spoke again, all the Atlanteans straightened up again and turned back in the direction of the totem pole. As Dart finished saying this, a thick atmosphere of sadness suddenly covered the entire hall.
Dart continued, "The people in the base are now uncertain, but whether they live or die, they have made a great contribution to the survival of our Atlantean people. Then, his voice suddenly became louder and solemn, "Today, we are holding a great festival here to commemorate the exploits of all those left behind in the base, and to pray for them to avoid the attacks of those enemies. After saying this, Dart lowered his head slightly, crossed his hands on his chest, and made a strange gesture with his left hand, while Retina and Christie, who were standing behind him, made different movements, the two of them raised their heads slightly and put their hands together in front of their chests, Zhou Xin saw that after they made this action, their mouths also began to move, as if they were reading something, but because they were silently chanting, Zhou Xin did not hear what they were reading.
The mournful atmosphere in the hall continued, and all the Atlanteans bowed their heads and made the same movements as Dart, and the scene fell silent once more, except for the faint murmur coming from the middle of the hall.
The murmuring continued for a few minutes, then slowly stopped, and after a few seconds of pause, Dart put his hands down, looked up, and said, "For us, all the people left in the base are heroes, and we hope they are still safe." And we will definitely inherit their hopes and continue this Atlantean civilization. ā
At the same time as Dart spoke, the people below also lowered their hands and looked up at Dart again, and just after Dart finished speaking, someone below shouted: "In this case, Uncle Dart, as the leader, lead us on." ā
After shouting these words, everyone heard the voices of discussion, "Brother Dart is indeed suitable to lead us." "It's a good choice for Dart to be the next dean, but I don't think I'm the right person to be a leader anyway." "Agreed."
"Quiet!" The discussion continued for a while, and Zhou Xin loudly stopped them from continuing the discussion, "Now is the time for the Great Festival, not the time to discuss this issue. ā
"I think it's appropriate to discuss this now." Another voice spoke, "It's been twenty days, and we haven't chosen a successor to the dean. There is nothing wrong with taking this opportunity to choose a suitable leader under the watchful eye of our ancestors. ā
The Atlanteans present echoed the idea of this voice, and no matter how much Dart tried to stop it, it didn't stop. Seeing that everyone was discussing this topic, Dart suddenly showed a look of embarrassment.
When he first showed an embarrassed look, Zhou Xin saw it, and he immediately understood Dart's thoughts. Although Zhou Xin originally wanted to be a spectator to visit the Atlantis festival this time, seeing this situation, he hesitated for a moment, and then opened his mouth to relieve the siege.
Zhou Xin shouted at the crowd in the hall, "Didn't you embarrass Dart by doing this? With his words, everyone in the hall focused their attention on Zhou Xin's direction.
"Are we wrong?" Someone in the crowd asked.
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Xin nodded, "But you don't want to think about who is presiding over the festival now." ā
Hearing this, everyone showed expressions of sudden realization, and then another voice spoke: "Then what to do now, it is impossible for us not to elect a new leader." ā
"Otherwise, Captain, you can help us choose." A new voice was heard.
As soon as these words were spoken, it was like detonating a barrel of explosives, and everyone once again talked about it, and some people agreed, they felt that since Zhou Xin had risked his life to save them, it was acceptable for him to choose a new leader. But most people still objected to this: although Zhou Xin saved them, he was not an Atlantean after all, so how could he elect the leader of Atlantis.
Zhou Xin also shook his head and continued to say loudly: "Let me help you elect a leader, I will not do it, and it is impossible to do it. Originally, I just wanted to come and see your festival today, and I didn't want to interfere with you, but now this situation-" After a moment's hesitation, he said his thoughts, "or give me a little time, let me preside over your election and elect a leader as soon as possible, so that your festival can continue." ā
After Zhou Xin said this idea, the people who were talking about it suddenly quieted down, and after a while, no one raised any objections.
Seeing that everyone did not raise objections, Zhou Xin continued to speak, "If there are no opinions, then let's start now, I don't know what method you used to elect a new leader before, otherwise follow our method." After a pause, he said, "You put forward the candidates first, after the candidates are decided." Zhou Xin glanced at the people in the hall, "Your number is not very large, then raise your hands to vote, and save yourself by wasting time by using other methods." The first candidate is Dart, do you have any new candidates? ā
After listening to Zhou Xin's words, no one raised any objections, but no one proposed a new candidate, and the scene was quiet for a while.
Five minutes later, seeing that everyone was still silent, Zhou Xin took a breath, and then spoke: "Since this is the case, there are no new candidates, so we will now start voting on the next president......