Section 52 Environment

"In principle, it should be sealed. Carrie hesitated, and it was clear that she was aware that something was wrong in the air. In any space that has been sealed for decades, the air should be significantly different from the outside world. "But...... After all, it crashed, and it's normal if there is a breach. ”

It's not as big and empty as the last time. In fact, there was a narrow aisle in front of Ashrufat, allowing up to three people to walk side by side. The top, bottom, and sides of the aisle were all that shiny metal, and nothing else was worth noting. Ashrufat rubbed his fingers on the ground, and when he picked them up, he found that there was no dust on them.

"Master, please be careful. In her mind, Carrie reminded. "I don't know what kind of danger lies ahead of me. ”

Ashrufat cautiously walked down the aisle. At the end of the aisle, he saw another green box. No need to be reminded now, he put his hand on the box, and in a few seconds the door opened.

Now, he walked into a marvelous room. It was a circular room, but the whole room shone with dazzling light, as if entering the realm of Guanghuashi. The light is dazzling but not dazzling, shiny but not burning, so there is no special discomfort in the feeling. What's even more amazing is that the source of this intense light is completely nowhere to be found.

There was no particular danger around, and the walls around the room were littered with strange lights that were full of colorful and flickering lights. In fact, they are lamps and lanterns, so much that they are some colorful glowing spots. All of these glowing dots flicker in an inherent pattern. But other than that, it was no different from the aisle he had just passed.

Ashrufat took two steps forward before he noticed that the floor beneath his feet seemed to be a little different. Beneath his feet was not the shiny metal of the past, but a translucent, glass-like object. Like a honeycomb, this glass-like floor is not a single piece, but is made up of countless small hexagonal pieces.

"Master, be careful!" Carrie exclaimed.

Before Ashrufat could come to his senses, his body suddenly became heavy, as if some thousand pounds of weight were pressing on him at once. All this came so suddenly, that he didn't have a chance to support his body with his sword, and suddenly the whole person fell to the ground, barely supporting his body with his hands.

The next moment he realized what had happened. It wasn't that something heavy had fallen from the sky, but that his body had become so heavy that he couldn't even stand. In fact, it's already very reluctant to hold on to your hands and feet like this. If it were an ordinary human, he would probably be lying on the ground by now, and he wouldn't even be able to crawl. No, maybe even the bones have been crushed by their own weight.

"Gravity trap ......," Carrie explained. "The host, it's an automatic defense. ”

"To ...... How...... ...... done," Ashrufat asked, and he could see the door behind him that he had come in shut. And there wasn't that kind of green box in the room—if he was not mistaken, he was probably not allowed to enter or exit.

"Master, there is nothing particularly dangerous about this defense, it is mainly used against those ...... Compare primitive types of intelligent beings. As long as you can climb to the exit, you will have no trouble leaving the area...... It doesn't seem like there's any other danger, your sword and armor don't mean anything here, so let's get it first. ”

The change in weight did not affect the effect of the magic. After the sword and armor were teleported away, Ashrufat felt his body lighter. Although he still can't stand up, he can barely use his limbs to crawl.

"Why do you have such strange defenses...... "Ashrufat asked in his mind as he crawled. The feeling after getting heavier was really bad, and it took a lot of effort to even look up and see where I was going.

"It's not weird, it's actually a very practical thing. Carrie explained. "If you increase the power output, even you will be trapped here and unable to move. ”

"What do you mean...... This gravity trap hasn't used its full force yet?"

"That's right, master, it hasn't used its full strength yet. If he exerts his full strength...... Well, it may not be fatal to you, but it will definitely make you lie on the floor, and it will take all your strength to move a finger. In other words, in that case, you can only lie on the floor and wait to die. ”

"No solution?"

"There are solutions, but in our current situation...... Well. The only way to do this is to use magic, such as the Wind of Life, to strengthen your strength for a short period of time. It's too difficult for you, though, host. ”

Ashruphat snorted. So far, the only thing he's mastered is the flaming wind (thanks entirely to Carrie's previous nagging effect). Although during his time in Sylvania, he also spent some time communicating with the dark magicians and exchanging some magical knowledge, but the content of the exchange was almost all black magic, and it was mainly theoretical. In fact, as he himself knew, his level of magic was lackluster. He was a qualified magician, but only a "qualified" magician. It's 108,000 miles away from comments like "excellent" and "outstanding".

Anyway, while the way he crawled on all fours was unsightly, at least the gravity trap didn't trap him. After climbing for a while, Ashruphat walked to the exit on the other side of the room. As soon as his body left the hexagonal floor, the indescribable weight vanished. He was back on his feet again.

In front of me was a narrow passage similar to the original passageway, but it was very short, only about a dozen paces long.

"Master, it's better than expected. In her mind, Carrie said with some excitement. "There's only one defense. ”

"It's too early to rejoice. Ashrufat asked. "There may also be some ...... at this doorway"

"Impossible!" Carrie interrupted Ashrufat. "It's different from the last time. The entrance we came in was the one closest to the ship's core. This type of ship does not have room for two or more defenses. If there are other defenses, then they must be paired with the gravity trap just now - since we haven't encountered them, it means that they are not at all or have been damaged and closed. ”

Ashrufat clearly sensed that there was an excitement on Carrie's part, a ...... In a sense, there was a lot of excitement. But the excitement seems unwarranted. Because Ashrufat himself was not particularly excited and excited. He's here to get more equipment, strange instruments that Ashrufat himself doesn't know and can't operate - to be honest, Ashrufat, though very curious about this expedition, definitely doesn't have the excitement of seeing the golden mountain. But Carrie seems to have.

"Rest assured, master, trust my judgment. ”

So far, Carrie's judgment has been mostly correct, but only "mostly". Ashruphat summoned the Withered Sword into his hand before entering the next room.

His first reaction was déjà vu. Then he realized that this room was very similar to the core room in the Dark Castle, the room where Carrie's clone was placed. In fact, it can't help but be the structure of the room, and even the room feels similar. Lifeless, without a bit of vitality.

As Carrie once said, this room is the core area of the spaceship, which is where the AI is placed. This time, Ashrufat didn't need Carrie's guidance, and as he looked around, he walked to the center of the room, to what seemed to be a small table. As seen in the Dark Castle, the small table still shone with a faint green light. However, in terms of shape, this table seemed to be very different from the table he had seen in the Dark Castle.

Most obviously, the table in the Dark Castle blends into the room, with its lower end blending into the floor. This table doesn't have the concept of a "lower end" at all, because it only has a table top suspended in the air.

However, although the two are different in appearance, they should have the same function. Because in the middle of the table there was also a pile of things that had turned into pieces. Ashrufat easily pulled it out of the pit. Because he had already experienced it once, he immediately recognized that it was a fragment of artificial intelligence, and that it was a fragment that had been shattered into so many pieces that it could no longer be repaired.

"Very good, master," Carrie said suddenly. "I've found the link......" she said with a hint of Ashrufat's incomprehensible ecstasy.

“...... Start trying to link the database...... Basic database link successful...... Overall data import ......"

In the next second, the lifeless room seemed to be suddenly filled with life. I don't know where the light came from suddenly appeared, and it instantly made the place as bright as day.

"It's a pity...... Master...... It's a shame......" In her head, Carrie made a sound that seemed to be a sigh. "The damage to the ship's engines is irreparable...... And it is in a state of extreme instability. A little external stimulus, such as an earthquake or something, is likely to cause the entire spaceship to explode and disintegrate. ”

"Explosion?"

"In short, the ship itself is worthless. I should get everything I can get my hands on here. ”

"Do you want me to carry it?" asked Ashrufat, skeptically.

"Of course not, there is a portal in the cargo compartment in the center of the ship, and I have linked the portal to the Dark Castle. I think after a while, my doppelganger will send out gravity-defying mechanical handling facilities to do the job. The ship has no auxiliary power, but its engines are at least still functioning and are capable of providing energy. All we have to do is pray that nothing happens during the time we move. ”

This is certainly not possible – at least only in theory.

"So what do we do now?" asked Ashrufat.

"You don't really have to do anything, just wander around and kill time. In her mind, Carrie said. "When the transport is over, we'll just go back through the portal. I can go back now, but I think we'll see if there's anything special. I've always felt ...... That gravity trap was pretty good. Maybe be able to tear it off......"

Ashruphat walked outside, and he noticed that the floating table, the core of the ship, was floating after him, like the metal balls.

Behind the hallway outside the room is the room known as the "Gravity Trap". Ashruphat stood at the entrance, but did not enter. The four-legged crawl just now was still very impressive.

"Master, what are you afraid of? Ha Luha, this ship is now under my control. Rest assured, as long as I don't start, there is no danger here. ”

Ashrufat hesitated, but walked into the room. This time he could look around in peace, but to be honest, there was nothing here that looked like seams, nails, wedges, or anything like that. He couldn't see how to dismantle it.

"To be honest, master, my time with you is pretty good. In her mind, a sentence popped into Carrie's mind. "But...... Calling you 'master' every day has made me a little tired of it. ”