Chapter 159: Responsibility
In space, the Conqueror began to slowly materialize.
In front of it, the energy from the nuclear explosion had completely dissipated, and the slight radioactive elements could not cause any harm to the current Young Dragon.
The lower body of the Conqueror began to open a gate nearly a hundred meters wide.
“Commander Liu, operate the spaceship to fly in directly at low-speed inertia. After that, do not make any movements.”
“Received, the current relative speed of Young Dragon is 5 meters per second.”
Liu Shengzhan gazed ahead. He had never seen the space behind the gate before. Even with his current identity, he could not help but let his curiosity make him look around everywhere.
This was the massive spaceship docking area inside the Conqueror.
Unfortunately, there were no other spaceships left by previous humans inside now. The interior was empty, with a dozen docking bays, not a single spaceship.
Liu Shengzhan secretly thought it was a pity, then sensed that Young Dragon seemed to be held in place by a suction force, and its forward inertia also stopped.
Immediately after, Young Dragon slowly drifted toward the nearest docking bay.
Afterward, the hangar door slowly closed again.
“Commander Liu, you can come out directly. The entire active area of the spaceship has oxygen supply. I will guide you in the direction. There is a quick passage directly to the command room once you go outside.”
After Young Dragon completely stopped, A’dai’s voice sounded again.
Hearing this, Liu Shengzhan was not worried at all. He did not even wear the nano-coat and directly opened the cabin door.
At this point, he could already be called a ‘turtle in a jar’. If he was being deceived, he would have no means of rebellion.
However, he believed that with the strength shown by this spaceship, if it was the artificial intelligence pretending to communicate with them just now, there would be no need for such trouble.
After the cabin door opened, there was indeed oxygen to breathe outside, and the temperature here was also very suitable for the human body, around 22 degrees.
Liu Shengzhan stepped out and walked toward the quick passage in the direction indicated by A’dai. He now had many questions that urgently needed answers after seeing Fan Ren.
Soon, Liu Shengzhan and his group arrived at the command room that seemed like a dreamlike scene.
Just like when Fan Ren and the others first arrived here, even with Liu Shengzhan’s many years of experience, after seeing the surrounding scenery as if they were in a real space scene, he still could not help but let out an exclamation that did not match his identity.
“Commander Liu.”
Li Jian called softly, then saluted together with Dan Wu.
Liu Shengzhan looked at this young man whom he had always placed high hopes on and was also here, nodding to him.
Although he did not know if Li Jian had played any role in the entire incident, his presence here meant he had not disappointed him.
“Commander Liu, it’s like this.”
Fan Ren was about to speak but was interrupted by Commander Liu raising his hand: “Can you contact Elder Ye directly?”
Hearing this, Fan Ren was stunned for a moment, then reacted. Elder Ye’s side now only knew extremely dangerous intelligence about everything happening, nothing else.
Moreover, all subsequent decisions must be carried out according to Elder Ye’s orders.
“A’dai, can you?”
“Yes. Please wait, connected.”
Liu Shengzhan looked around in confusion, then discovered A’dai’s ‘corpse’ with closed eyes in the cockpit nearby.
“Hello!”
Elder Ye personally answered the telephone, which showed he was not very relaxed now.
“Elder Ye, this is Fan Ren. The crisis is temporarily resolved for now, and various warnings and alerts are also being temporarily withdrawn. But there is a situation here that you need to know about and respond to. Commander Liu is by my side now.”
“Elder Ye, this is Liu Shengzhan.”
Liu Shengzhan shouted from the side to prove he was indeed here.
On the other end of the telephone, in Elder Ye’s office in Great Xia, the wrinkles on the elderly person’s face had become even deeper with the passage of time.
But at this moment, there was no sign of fatigue on his face. The guard beside him even felt a huge pressure emanating from the elderly person.
“You speak, there is no one else here.” Ye Rongshan said gently.
Hearing this, Fan Ren had no time to delay any further and directly began, in front of everyone, from the Primal using the all-terrain vehicle to test radio wave communication incident, up to now, all the things that had happened, everything he knew, he told without omission.
The actions of the artificial intelligence Primal, Fan Ren’s responses.
The doomsday weapon that could cause catastrophic consequences to Blue Star with one shot.
The possible extraterrestrial civilization crisis triggered by warp drive, and so on.
After Fan Ren finished speaking, the entire command room was silent.
Ye Rongshan on the other end of the telephone was the same. This series of sudden events left even him unsure of what to do for a moment.
“Fan Ren, as the main person involved in this matter, tell me your thoughts.”
Ye Rongshan threw the question to Fan Ren.
Hearing this, Fan Ren did not rush to answer but fell into quiet contemplation.
Up to now in Xinghai’s development, the relationship with Great Xia was already hard to distinguish.
The responsibility on Elder Ye’s shoulders, as the sole chairman of Xinghai, he also had to bear together.
And behind this was the safety of over a billion Great Xia citizens.
He had no choice but to treat it with caution.
After a long time, Fan Ren slowly spoke.
“Elder Ye, I think that regardless of whether there are other civilizations within 10 light years right now, or whether they have detected our warp drive fluctuations this time. We ourselves must accelerate the overall process of space development.
The information left by the Conqueror for us is not much, but one thing is certain.
This universe is not quiet.”
He paused, pondering the words he would say next in his mind.
Ye Rongshan could not wait and urged: “Continue, I’m listening.”
Hearing this, Fan Ren no longer hesitated and continued: “From the start of the Mars Project by Xinghai until now, a total of five years.
Although now due to the influence of Primal, the entire plan was forcibly terminated. But at the same time, we have A’dai, a life form that can completely replace artificial intelligence. I personally have a certain degree of trust in it.
Although the Mars Project failed, we did not gain nothing.
In the three years after the establishment of Utopia City, in that extreme environment on Mars, the grain self-sufficiency rate reached 20%.
And under the powerful computing power coordination of Primal, relying on not very advanced materials, Utopia City had completed the initial process of industry. It even relied on the backward industrial system to complete the research and development and construction of all-terrain vehicles that can travel on Mars, as well as coaxial single-rotor airplanes.
At the same time, the cost paid by the entire Utopia residents for this was only 5-6 hours of work time per day.
It has to be admitted that by relying on this method, in the future development process, we can greatly reduce unnecessary resource waste, and greatly improve the concentration and efficiency of labor force.
A’dai, tell me, in this aspect, compared to Primal, is there any gap for you?”
After Fan Ren finished this long passage, he suddenly turned to ask A’dai, who had been quiet all along.
