Chapter 34 Compatriots

"The central computer memory of this ship has not been installed. It only has a temporary storage area, and it is full. If you do not do anything, your identification record with me will be cleared in twenty-four hours."

"One day?" I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't expect that the creators actually used a 24-hour clock.

I just thought about this problem and unexpectedly heard the message from the leader of the pilgrims in the spiritual network. "Don't make any mistake. Most races in the universe, except for a few races that were completely born in space, use a twenty-four-hour clock, but everyone's time is actually different. The Creator's Twenty-four hours is roughly equivalent to your twenty-five hours, three minutes and ten seconds."

"ah?"

"Dividing the day into twenty-four hours and dividing each hour into sixty minutes is a simple mathematical division method, so almost all races are divided in this way, but most of the civilizations born on various planets They all use their own astronomical calendars to calculate time. That is to say, although everyone divides a day into 24 hours and uses the time it takes for their planet to rotate once as a day, the problem is that the rotation speed of each planet is different. The same, which results in some slight differences in the length of time for everyone. But as far as I know, the rotation periods of most living planets are not very different, and there are very few planets with super-fast or extremely slow rotation speeds. . Calculated according to the time on your earth, the rotation period of most planets is usually stable between 16 hours and 36 hours, and rarely exceeds this range."

"This error is already huge, okay!"

"You'd better quickly think about the situation of the spaceship in front of you."

"knew."

Turning my attention back to the spacecraft in front of me, I thought for a moment and then continued to ask: "Besides this memory, is there anything else that is not installed?"

"The main computer on the spacecraft is not installed either." Xinxing replied through the Internet.

Of course I was very confused when I heard the answer here. "Wait a minute, what did you say? The main computer is not installed? What are you?"

"I am the auxiliary control system of this spacecraft. The name is Nova. When the main computer fails to connect to the system normally for any reason, I will take over from the main computer and become the main control system of the spacecraft. But in terms of design goals, the spacecraft The main computer is still not installed."

This answer surprised me. After all, this answer really explains very well why Xinxing said that he is not the main computer.

"If you are not the main computer, then do you know where the main computer is? Is it on the mothership?"

Because this spacecraft probably fell out of the Fourth Special Zone, and it was obviously in a state of not being fully built at the time, which means that this spacecraft was probably built in the Fourth Special Zone. If this is the case, it means that the main computer we need may still be in the fourth zone. Of course, there is another possibility that it is the small half of the hull that was broken off in the fourth zone.

Originally, I was worried that the main computer would never be found again, but Xinxing's answer surprised me. "The main computer is in this ship, but it has not been connected to the system yet."

"On the boat?" I asked in surprise: "Where. Give me the map."

"OK."

According to the point map given by Xinxing, I quickly started running in the aisle. The anxious General Shibuya shouted and chased me from behind, but because my speed was too fast, he couldn't catch up with me at all. In the blink of an eye I disappeared down the aisle.

Ignoring General Shibuya behind me, I quickly rushed to the room that marked the location of the main computer, and then froze there.

"What's this?"

"This ship's main computer." Nova replied.

The room in front of me is actually the central computer control room, which means that this is where the main computer is installed. The main computer is not actually not installed. But the final connection was not completed, it was actually already in place. Just connect the last cable. Then activate it. However, this thing is just there now and has no intention of being connected to the system.

Of course, the reason why I was surprised was not because the main computer was so complete. It's because of the main computer itself.

Yes. I've always been interested in seeing what a creator's main computer would look like. I have seen the creator's main computer before, which is Nuwa. The three that the Americans later snatched were not actually the main computers, at least not original to the creators. Those downed aliens were actually interstellar wanderers. It’s okay to give them face and say they are interstellar pirates, but not to give them face and say they are rag pickers. The reason those guys smuggled across the earth before was because they found spaceships left behind by the creators on the earth, and then they wanted to bring an old computer they could get to start these spaceships and drive them away. Of course, the result was very tragic. It was shot down by the earth's anti-aircraft weapons. But this is also understandable. Although the aliens' technology is very good, these people are the bottom of the aliens, similar to the beggars and rag pickers on the streets today.

If you let a war break out between cavemen and a modern country, then of course modern force can crush the cavemen. Just send two policemen with a few guns to conquer them, not even the regular army. However, if you let two policemen with a few guns, they can conquer them. A beggar went to a deep mountain forest to steal the wreckage of an airplane that was picked up by a group of cavemen. Do you think it’s strange that they were killed by the cavemen? Although modern technology is advanced, can beggars obtain those technological weapons? At most they can find some iron pieces and make a simple knife or something, but the question is if they need to fight hand-to-hand with cavemen, can they win with a good knife? A blow dart and a stone spear can allow cavemen to easily kill two modern humans without thermal weapons, because they know how to survive better.

Same reason. Those who came to Earth and were shot down, their spaceships were just pieces of parts from the garbage dump. It was quite miraculous to be able to fly to the Earth, and it was very normal for them to be shot down. And the computer they used to start the spacecraft was actually not the creators' thing, but junk that had been discarded by other civilizations. As a result, we almost lost our lives on earth just because of that thing. If it hadn't been for the message sent to me by the pilgrim leader, I wouldn't have known that the thing I grabbed was such a thing.

Anyway, I've only seen one creator's computer, and that's Nuwa, and this thing in front of me... I don't even know what it is, and Nuwa has... no. It should be said that there is no relationship.

Nuwa is a biological computer, and its main body is like a huge biological tissue, or you can also say that she is a meat ball, but Nuwa is actually elongated, not spherical. However, the shape of the thing in front of me is a little strange.

first. This thing has a very strong sense of technology, and its structure is very symmetrical. In its central part is a cone-shaped structure. The bottom part is larger, and then gradually decreases. At the top two meters high, there is only a point as thick as a wrist. However, there are eight two-meter-long hollow cylinder structures symmetrically distributed around the ring structure at the bottom of this thing.

These eight things are all leaning against the bottom of the central cone at a 45-degree angle. The lower part has a very wide support structure connected to the ring structure at the bottom of the cone. And through the outer protective cover, I can scan the super complex wiring and connection structures inside. As for these eight hollow cylinders, anyone who has watched a few science fiction movies will recognize them at first glance, because this thing looks so much like a dormant capsule. In other words, there are eight sleep cabins connected to the bottom of this roughly cone-shaped computer, and the most shocking part of these sleep cabins is that they are not empty.

There were eight people lying in the eight sleeping cabins. Although there is a cover on the outside, my scan can see directly through the shell to see what's going on inside. There are eight humanoid creatures lying in a deep dormant state in these eight hollow sleeping chambers, and the body shape scan shows that they should be four men and four women.

I was looking at this strange host in a daze, and the voice of the pilgrim leader suddenly came from the spiritual network. The mind network is a thinking network. Therefore, the information conveyed was very comprehensive and accurate. Not only could I know what the pilgrim leader wanted to say. Even his surprise was felt. "It's actually this thing. I didn't expect it to have been created!"

"What is this? Do you know it?" I asked the pilgrim leader on the spiritual network.

The leader of the pilgrims did not shy away from anything and said directly: "Do you remember what I told you? Your dragon race is a life developed and created by us pilgrims and creators."

"Yes, I remember. But what does this have to do with the thing in front of me? You won't tell me that the eight people inside are all dragons, right?"

"You guessed it right." The leader of the pilgrims said: "The eight here are dragons, and they are different from you. They are real dragons created using normal procedures. You can only regard them as the result of later improvements. They are It’s genuine.”

"Holy crap, I've been doing this for a long time and I'm actually a copycat!"

"It can't be said that there is actually no difference between you and these dragon clan members. And according to the original idea of ​​our pilgrims, your form is actually the best. However, because the war at that time was very tense, the creators felt that As long as it can achieve 80% of the original design effect, it can be mass-produced. There is no need to pursue 100% perfection. In this regard, the creators are very similar to the humans on earth. On the contrary, I always feel that it is the character of your dragon family. He seems to be closer to us pilgrims, who pursue perfection and don’t like to make do.”

What the pilgrim leader said was very reasonable. The path of human technological development seems to be like this. For example, when a weapon is finalized, the first thing produced is an experimental prototype, and this prototype is often much more powerful than the actual production model, because all parts of the prototype are pursued for perfection regardless of cost. The result is that the performance of the prototype is often incompatible with the theoretical model. The values ​​are very close. However, in actual production, due to various factors such as production difficulty, cost control, and maintenance, the mass-produced model is usually simplified based on the prototype. The final result is a model with 80% to 90% of the performance of the prototype. But it can be mass-produced at twice or even four or five times the speed, and the cost is only a fraction of the prototype.

This method cannot be said to be bad, or it should be said that this is actually the best method, because it can maximize the effectiveness and produce the maximum combat power output with the least resource consumption and the shortest time, so in terms of cost performance , the efficiency produced by this kind of industrial mass production of humans is actually very strong, but if it is a one-on-one battle, everyone knows that the prototype must be better. After all, it is a product regardless of cost, and it can only use good materials. Definitely don't use simple things, it's weird if the performance is not good.

However, the pilgrims' habit is perfectionism, and they pursue perfection in everything. Of course, this may have something to do with the low reproductive rate of their race. In the later stages of the war, the Pilgrims had to cooperate with the Creators to fight the enemy due to population problems. According to the information provided by the Pilgrim leaders themselves, the performance of their combat weapons at that time was often ten times that of the Creators' combat weapons. Several times, a Pilgrim battle robot can single out a small fleet of the Creators. But... the fact is that the Pilgrims who master high-performance weapons have to rely on the ability of the creators to attack their common enemies to check and balance each other. This shows that the benefits of industrial mass production cannot be ignored. The outcome of the war is not determined by the performance of one or two ultimate weapons, but by the overall strength of both sides.

"What on earth is this?" I asked the pilgrim leader looking at the thing in front of me.

The leader of the pilgrims just sighed and said: "The plan that the creators came up with has nothing to do with us pilgrims. When we made your dragon gene, we pilgrims proposed that super physical fitness is not The first important thing is that if you simply need ultra-high combat effectiveness, our Pilgrim's Titan Weapon system is enough. If you haven't seen our Titan Weapon, its combat effectiveness is unparalleled in the universe. It can truly It's a pity that the super battle weapon of Star Fleet cannot be used alone. So our suggestion is that your dragon brains must be smarter. The creators said that since you pilgrims are smart, then use your brain patterns. . As a result, you have the current thinking mode."

"Then what?"

"Then the creators discovered that we Pilgrims have the ability to communicate with dark matter. They called this telepathy, but it is actually dark matter communication. When we Pilgrim researchers encounter difficulties that are difficult to overcome, a few people often gather together. Together, then use dark matter communication to connect everyone's brains, and then meditate. This method is equivalent to using our brains to form a super brain, and then jointly deal with the problem. In this way, the thinking speed will be increased many times, which is better than if we were separated. Think more efficiently.”

"Isn't this how our psychic network was born?"

"Yes." The pilgrim leader said: "Later, the researchers of the creators discovered that our researchers would engage in this kind of concentrated thinking behavior, so this inspired their thinking. They were thinking at the time, since you The brains of the Dragon Clan are similar in structure to ours, so they must be able to perform this so-called telepathy. Then, because your brains run very fast, even faster than ours, if the brains of several members of the Dragon Clan are If connected together, wouldn't it become a supercomputer? Such a computer can be used to control battleships. Moreover, because of the combat effectiveness and survivability of your dragon clan, the survivability of the main computer of the spacecraft composed of you will be even more powerful. , so that as long as you don’t die, even if the spaceship is damaged after the battle, you can still save your combat experience by changing to another spaceship. Over time, the creators’ warships will all become battlefield elites, just like upgrading in a game. Likewise, the more battles you participate in, the richer your combat experience will be, and under your conditions, your survival rate will be much higher than that of the main computer. This project was later defined as the Elite Battleship Project, but we all thought that the creators did not start it I didn’t expect this plan to be finished!” (To be continued~^~)