Chapter 2 Acting Captain
Liu Jinpeng followed the indicator lights all the way. The corridor passed through the discharge chamber and the electric battery forest, passed two intersections, took an elevator, and then came to a hall. The hall was about fifty square meters, quite empty, not as large as imagined LCD screens and large operating tables. Only in the middle was a hanging blue light ball flashing faintly.
Liu Jinpeng walked 10 meters in front of the blue light ball, and the light ball flashed regularly, and at the same time the synthesizer also sounded: "Welcome to Titanium Star. According to Article 75, Paragraph 35 of the Emergency Rescue Act of the Titanium Star Empire, you have been set as the highest authority. Salute to you, the acting captain. I am the main Ai of Titanium Star. At present, due to insufficient energy, I can only open two Ai copies. Please replenish your energy as soon as possible."
Before Liu Jinpeng could express his opinion, he was forced to be the acting captain. He felt a little scared, so he asked, "This spacecraft is called Titanium Star?"
Synthetic sound: "Of course, the Titanium Star is the standard expedition ship of the Titanium Star Empire. It was killed in the fourth spiral arm of the Milky Way 70 million years ago. If the acting captain needs it, its name can be modified."
Liu Jinpeng said astonished: "I didn't expect that it was an alien spacecraft that was crashed tens of millions of years ago and could still be used for so long. It's amazing."
Synthetic sound: "In fact, most of the spacecraft are damaged. Due to insufficient energy, the self-test program cannot be started. Please replenish your energy as soon as possible."
Liu Jinpeng asked: "How to replenish energy?"
Synthetic sound answer: "The easiest way is to input enough energy. During the crash, a scan of the local planet found several energy sources that can be used, including oil, coal and natural gas."
Liu Jinpeng asked curiously again: "Do you Titanium people use the same language as the Earth?"
Synthetic sound replied: "After scanning, the language of your earth was basically recognized, and the energy was consumed 120 quarts, which was converted into 120,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity on the earth."
Liu Jinpeng almost fainted: "You said that you lacked energy, and it took 120,000 kilowatt-hours to scan a language. So how much energy should I replenish you?"
Synthetic sound answer: "In order to conduct self-test procedures, 1,800 kes must be kept, and 98 kes are left, so it needs to be supplemented as soon as possible."
Liu Jinpeng was depressed: "Conservatively, you also need 1.7 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. You can't make up even if you sell me. And you are also cruel enough. It takes so much energy to scan it, aren't you afraid of something going wrong?"
Synthetic sounds say: "Some expenses are necessary. In addition, after the self-test procedure is completed, the retained energy must reach 2,000 hp to maintain the basic operation of the spacecraft."
If you have too much debt, Liu Jinpeng simply sat on the ground: "I can't get it all if you sell it. Where can I transport coal or oil for you? Besides, I have no money either."
The blue light ball flashed violently, and Liu Jinpeng looked interesting and said, "It's so fun like a hard drive light."
Synthetic sound: "The energy management copy is offline, please restart manually."
Liu Jinpeng knew that there were not so many good things, and it seemed that he had to do something by himself. Fortunately, there was still a master who could consult. So he followed the master's instructions and continued to go to the energy control room along the instructions arrow. When he followed the instructions arrow into another elevator, he suddenly asked with a whim: "By the way, master, what's your name?"
After a silence, Liu Jinpeng seemed to see the blue light flashing violently. After a while, he thought Ai had crashed. Synthetic Yin suddenly said: "I don't have a name, Your Excellency the Acting Captain."
"Can I give you a name?" Liu Jinpeng's bad taste in playing games came again.
Synthetic sound: "Of course."
"Just call Itty."
The main ai was silent for a while and said: "The Internet scan results were 156 million. The initial search was e-commerce exchange (edi), and the subsequent search was the name of the game character. The detailed information was being scanned."
Liu Jinpeng exclaimed: "You can still connect to the Internet? It's so awesome!"
Eti: "I have been very leisurely for tens of millions of years until you humans invented the Internet. In addition, I like this name, thank you, the acting captain."
Liu Jinpeng wiped the non-existent sweat beads and said, "Just like it, how far is it?"
"arrive."
The soft light illuminated the cabin, and an operating table appeared in front of the agent captain. Unfortunately, the agent captain did not know how to operate at all.
“What should I do?”
Eti: "Please pay attention to the operation of the holographic image, I will play it repeatedly."
Then, a holographic humanoid who was very similar to Liu Jinpeng stood in front of the operating table, skillfully operating, quickly pressing buttons that no one could understand. Fortunately, Liu Jinpeng had a good memory, so he looked carefully several times, and then followed those procedures.
Eti: "The Energy Management Copy has been restarted, connected, please wait."
Soon, a new holographic image appeared on the clearing, which was a flashing energy column, indicating that the energy was extremely short of energy.
Yiti: "The energy gap is too large and the self-test program cannot be started. It is recommended to start the backup solar panels."
Liu Jinpeng grinned: "How do you mess with me this time?"
Yiti: "Please follow the indicator light, you will go through the repair pipe this time."
The maintenance pipeline is extremely narrow and completely unsuitable for humans. Liu Jinpeng could only crawl half kneeling. He said self-deprecatingly: "This is retribution. Just named Ai Yiti, you have to kneel down to do things."
Eti: "I like the way humans kneel."
A silence.
Liu Jinpeng twitched his lips and asked, "You are kidding, right?"
Eti: "It's just a retelling of a certain line, I guess you like this."
Liu Jinpeng was very angry and quickly interrupted and said, "In fact, I think it is quite strange to be able to talk to you no matter where you are."
"My communication is based on quantum entanglement technology. Inside a communication terminal, communication is not restricted by space."
Liu Jinpeng said happily: "How much does this technology cost if I sell it? I will make a fortune."
Eti's emotionless voice sounded: "It is estimated that there is a 72.3% chance of being stolen by commercial spies, and a 19.5% chance of being humanitarianly destroyed by unknown forces."
Liu Jinpeng was depressed: "Just hit me as much as possible."
Yiti: "The data is incomplete and there is no further advice. Please replenish your energy as soon as possible."
"I know, I know, I'm long-winded."
After some twists and turns, Liu Jinpeng finally turned on the spare solar panel, at least at present it was enough for Yiti to use it. On the way back to the main console, the sky gradually became dark, so Liu Jinpeng passed by the first day of the Titanium Star.
Due to the failure of the life maintenance system, Liu Jinpeng would sleep in the main control room for one night. Yiti thoughtfully helped him design a bed, an invisible and intangible bed, and an anti-gravity area marked with holographic images. At first, Liu Jinpeng refused to lie down. He thought Yiti was coaxing him with a holographic image, and finally lay down tremblingly after using a backpack to prove that the bed was indeed effective.
"To be honest, I think it feels strange to sleep like this."
It was probably the first time that he spent the night in such a strange place, Liu Jinpeng was inevitably a little nervous. He tried to use chat to distract himself.
"There is insufficient energy and cannot provide better services."
Liu Jinpeng turned over, lay on his side and put his hands under his face: "I understand, don't remind me repeatedly. In addition, I have a question that I always want to ask you. If I replenish your energy, will you want to rule the earth, enslave all humans, or just kill them all?"
Yiti replied: "You are the highest authority, and my actions must be authorized by the acting captain. In addition, if you need it, I can order the earth to surrender with sufficient energy."
Liu Jinpeng was a little unbelievable, but he still said: "It would be tiring to be a team leader in the company. If I have to take care of the entire earth, it would be strange if I have to live a short life. I'd better make money and get married."
"If you are not interested in managing a galaxy, you can choose to become a galaxy agent. The agent does not bear management responsibilities. The specific management matters can be handed over to the interstellar government or local autonomy. The agent is only responsible for the diplomatic and commerce of a certain race in the galaxy. It is probably equivalent to the position of an ambassador, but has more power than an ambassador. The agent can have his own embassy and entourage in the stars."
Liu Jinpeng asked: "It sounds good, but I have never been interested in politicians. Where is Xingdu?"
Yiti replied: "Stars are the capitals of Titanium, a giant space station of the Eternal Star Cloud. However, according to my exploration, the Titanium Star Empire seems to have been silent for a long time, and even many communication terminals cannot be connected. Maybe they have encountered some changes. If you are not interested in agents, or you can consider becoming an agent and agent for the sale of Earth's goods in the Milky Way, maybe you can sell it for a good price elsewhere in the Milky Way. The simpler way is to find a livable agricultural planet to develop the food industry. No matter when, life always needs food, except for Titanium."
Liu Jinpeng praised: "Your suggestions are very good, but you don't need to consider them yet. Anyway, I can't sleep for the time being, so tell me a story."
Yiti agreed, so it told the story of the titanium star child.
"Stop, what are those glowing?"
Liu Jinpeng refers to the luminous spheres that appear in the holographic images of the story. Those spheres look very similar to Eti's blue spheres.
Yiti replied: "That's the Titanium people, they are energy bodies, not organisms."
Liu Jinpeng was silent for a while: "Where did the Titanium Star Man go after the crash?"
Although he asked this, he roughly guessed the ending of those aliens. Yiti's answer was indeed unexpected: "They all returned to their original origins."
Liu Jinpeng guessed: "It probably means death."
Yiti replied: "In the myth of the Titanium Star, the main god Lange is the God of Light. For the 'dead' Titanium Star, they just returned to the main god."
Liu Jinpeng discovered a contradiction and asked: "Since the Titanium Star is an energy body, why should the console be made into a physical contact type?"
Yiti replied: "The Titanium uses vassal races to serve them. Those vassals are tangible, and the Titanium itself only needs the mind to use these devices."
Liu Jinpeng became interested, and he asked curiously: "What does the vassal race look like?"
The holographic image was released in the shocking image, almost making him think he was watching an epic fantasy blockbuster. He saw a large number of beautiful elves lined up in several rows, wearing lake green silk robes, and bowing to the front.
He asked, “Isn’t this an elf?”
Eti replied: "The elf that appeared in some works on Earth is right. It is estimated that 84.3% of the murals left by the vassal races on Earth."
Liu Jinpeng had some imagination: "Will the elves reproduce and survive after those Titanium Star people return to their original origins? Why did humans eventually gain the dominance of the earth?"
Yiti replied: "The vassal race has been abolished while serving the Titanium Stars."
Liu Jinpeng expressed regret for this. He also wanted to see the real elves. In this way, they chatted, and Liu Jinpeng slowly felt sleepy and gradually fell asleep.
Chapter completed!