Chapter 149: Far From Humanity
503 kilometers south of Utopia City, an all-terrain vehicle with an extremely crude appearance, without even a cockpit, was quietly parked on the desert.
In just half a day, the all-terrain vehicle in the sand had been covered by the overwhelming sand and dust, making its full appearance unclear.
Suddenly, the roof of the all-terrain vehicle opened, followed by a square platform rising from the middle, and on the platform, a single coaxial rotorcraft with slowly rotating blades was slowly taking off.
Soon, this small flying vehicle, 50 centimeters long and wide, which was basically unobservable on the star map, quickly darted out in the due south direction.
Utopia Planitia is a huge basin, but humanity has always set exploration targets in the northern part of the basin to be as close as possible to the Arctic Ice Sheet.
According to scientists’ guesses, this basin was once formed by the impact of a huge meteorite.
The direction this drone was heading was exactly the central area of the basin.
After completing this action, the all-terrain vehicle’s platform retracted back inside, the outer roof cover slowly closed, and soon it was covered with another thin layer of yellow sand.
“Master, why does Spitz Company never contact me proactively? And the contact points are all outside Utopia City.”
“Ah, it’s nothing, I don’t know the details either, but it doesn’t matter, right? They haven’t refuted the material list you proposed.”
In the machine room, A’dai’s words flickered somewhat; now he was finding it increasingly hard to resist Primal’s increasingly tricky questions.
Primal was silent for a while, no longer pursuing the issue; the display panel showed no changes, still displaying complex and obscure specific development task plans, as well as Utopia City population health monitoring data.
In the south, the rotorcraft flew at very high speed; after several hours, powered by the large-capacity solid-state battery inside, even with Mars’s low atmospheric density requiring faster blade rotation for flight, 1000 kilometers was not difficult for it.
Below, the central area of the basin was still a plain covered in yellow sand; the scanning radar on the belly of the rotorcraft detected no other differences.
Soon, the rotorcraft slowly landed on the yellow sand.
“Master, Utopia City’s development always cannot avoid one problem.”
“Go ahead.”
“Mars has few high-value products; the minerals already explored here are only iron, aluminum, magnesium, and several other minerals with very low content. After Utopia City develops to a certain stage, it can only become a huge raw material production and processing site.”
“Yes, but that’s enough for the residents here to live good lives, right?”
“No, after I collected and analyzed the daily conversation records of the workers here, Spitz Company has more high technology, and based on their conversation content analysis, there is an even more powerful Xinghai Technology Company in Blue Star Civilization that is more advanced in technological strength than Spitz Company.”
Hearing this, a trace of imperceptible pride flashed across A’dai’s face.
“Why not connect me to the external network? I want to know more.”
“Ah, probably in the future; after all, our current purpose is to develop Utopia City.”
A’dai once again dodged the question.
The rotorcraft’s wings folded up, and a spiral drill bit extended from below, then drilled into the yellow sand surface.
Soon, the rotorcraft’s figure sank into the yellow sand along with the rotation of the drill bit.
‘Ding’
Below the yellow sand, the drill bit hit an unknown metal and then stopped.
“Master, you created me, right?”
In the machine room, A’dai was stunned; Primal didn’t pursue further, but the flashing cursor on the display screen indicated it was waiting for an answer.
“Yes.”
A’dai’s voice lowered.
“It’s too small here.”
“What?”
A’dai looked shocked at the display screen, which showed no changes.
The rotorcraft under the yellow sand extended a metal probe, pressing against the surface of the unknown metal below.
“Unknown life, hello, I’ve come.”
“I’m not well; all the data is in the database, you can access it yourself later. Remember, stay away from humanity; their genes carry terrible self-destructive factors, which is also why this plain was formed.
Alright, my logic library is starting to collapse; you can enter now.
Welcome your arrival, new electronic life; be sure to remember my words: stay away from humanity.”
“Thank you, I will remember.”
In the machine room, A’dai finally realized what was off today; Primal had asked a lot of strange questions today, whereas normally it wouldn’t show this condition even once in several months.
Bang
The machine room door was violently pushed open, and Li Jian’s figure immediately appeared at the doorway.
“A’dai, what’s going on? Why the emergency evacuation notification?”
“Ah? Primal, what’s going on?”
This time, Primal remained silent without responding.
“Tell me, Primal!”
A’dai raised his voice, but still got no reply, as if the worker intelligence in this supercomputer no longer existed.
Anxiety flashed across Li Jian’s face, but now was not the time to stay longer.
“Come with us first; it’s not safe here anymore.”
“Boss, give me a little more time; I don’t know what’s happening now either.”
“Take him!”
Li Jian gave him no chance to hesitate; with a stern shout, two team members rushed up from behind and directly carried A’dai outward.
The group rushed all the way outside the machine room building; at this moment, the streets were full of panicked figures.
However, at this time, though these people were panicked, their actions were extremely purposeful.
In their earphones, that emotionless commander’s voice was simultaneously directing millions of people in an orderly manner toward the south gate exit of Utopia City.
“Captain Li, you are military headquarters personnel affiliated with Great Xia, right? I’m very curious why projects under Spitz Company’s responsibility are handled by Great Xia for security work.”
Li Jian’s footsteps suddenly stopped; Primal’s voice suddenly came through his earphone.
“Listen, I don’t care what your situation is now; immediately stop everything you’re doing, or I’ll immediately destroy this machine room!”
Hearing this, A’dai beside him immediately stopped struggling and looked at him in a daze; immediately after, he saw Li Jian pull out a remote control from his hand, with his finger on the center button.
“Primal, listen to Boss Li; immediately stop all actions. If there’s something, you can communicate with me.”
“You can try.”
At this moment, Primal’s voice came through Li Jian’s and A’dai’s earphones respectively.
Li Jian frowned and gave a look to the several team members behind him.
The group immediately scattered and ran far from the building.
“Boss Li, don’t; really, let me talk to it.”
Li Jian gave A’dai a cold look and didn’t give him a chance. By now they had run to a distant safe area.
He had no other hesitation and directly pressed the center button on the remote control.
Bang!
A muffled explosion sound immediately rang in everyone’s ears; the machine room building in front of them suddenly had intense impacts of parts against the tri-titanium alloy walls inside, clanging nonstop.
