Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 175 - 176 Discovery
Chapter 175: Chapter 176: Discovery!
Chapter 175: Chapter 176: Discovery!
Zhang Yuan continued to work intently, and in that instant of high-dimensional perspective, he could almost observe every detail never seen before.
He first thoroughly inspected the entire computer algorithm. If the enemy dared to tamper with the computer algorithm, Zhang Yuan would surely detect it.
12 hours was long, but compared to such a massive amount of work, it was very urgent.
“There are no errors, no signs of modification. If it truly possesses extreme intelligence, it should also know not to recklessly modify algorithms, otherwise, it would be easily discovered by us,” he said.
Zhang Yuan let out a breath of turbid air.
Then, he imported data from various observation devices into the computer algorithm.
Even if it was for a mere moment, the data observed by the devices was extremely abundant, and moreover, the devices prepared by Captain Zhao and others were quite comprehensive, nearly every kind of investigative equipment was there.
Zhang Yuan frowned, carefully inspecting image after image.
Nothing was found.
Still not found…
Nothing…
Suddenly, his heartbeat sped up rapidly!
He saw at the center of a computer, there seemed to be a very strange Dark Cloud!
This Dark Cloud was so eerie, like a cone stretching out from a void, and in comparison with the nearby objects, it was extremely dissonant!
This dissonance had an indescribable feeling of inconsistency, small parts seemed smaller than the tip of a needle, while large parts seemed larger than the entire spaceship. This difference, just like volume and area, was completely not the same concept.
“Is this… high-dimensional life?”
It actually really existed!
Zhang Yuan was both shocked and anxious, in that instant, his blood nearly boiling!
This computer was involved in some of the spaceship’s monitoring, especially the monitoring devices related to the High-dimensional Fragment, and Zhang Yuan had even operated it personally, with no abnormalities at all.
After deliberating carefully for a while, Zhang Yuan managed to suppress that terrified feeling and couldn’t help but sneer.
“It’s better to have discovered it than to have not discovered it at all…”
At the same time, he began to ponder some deeper matters.
First, what is it, what does it want to do?
Zhang Yuan carefully analyzed the information in his hands, thinking that this “Dark Cloud” was very likely a kind of Four-dimensional Life.
Whether it’s life or not, let’s not say… in any case, it possesses a fourth dimension.
However, the extra dimensions of a normal universe are curled up at the Planck scale, so the fourth dimension looks very strange, causing the whole shape to have an unrealistic feeling of inconsistency.
As for its purpose, it remains unclear.
“What is it doing… controlling the computer, monitoring us?”
Zhang Yuan’s expression fluctuated, this creature certainly had intelligence, not to mention it had invaded a very important computer and, most likely, had already learned human programming…
Even learned the human language!
Zhang Yuan did not know if this Dark Cloud had cracked the core database in the spaceship.
If it had, the situation for humans would be even worse. Because the database contained too much information, including a thousand years of Earth Civilization history, human technology, and various other documents.
Comparing images, text, analyzing more information, should not be difficult.
Second, is there a potential for cooperation between humans and this entity?
“If it’s an extremely intelligent species, it could have learned human language and cracked human databases in nine days. Better to overestimate it.”
“Then, it would also understand human culture, including compromise and concession…”
“It would use that to predict our next actions.”
“Suppose this clever species was imprisoned by a super civilization, and only escaped with the power of a supernova. If we could cooperate and gain the most valuable information in the universe… It must know a lot.”
“Cooperation…”
Zhang Yuan silently realized that the option of “cooperation” was far too passive for humans.
Because people simply don’t have the ability to counter it, cooperating is no different from asking a tiger for its skin.
This Dark Cloud could escape through the fourth dimension whenever it wanted—humans couldn’t see or touch it.
“I wonder if its movement in the fourth dimension is limited? There should be some… otherwise, why bother targeting us?”
In this situation, Zhang Yuan and the others only advantage was that they knew of its existence in advance, and it didn’t know that “humans knew about it in advance.”
Zhang Yuan even doubted if his assumption was correct—perhaps the other party already knew?
So, if you put yourself in their place, why doesn’t this overwhelmingly superior entity expose itself and choose cooperation with humans?
If it has already secured an unbeatable position… According to so much historical data in the database, it will surely conclude that this spaceship represents all of humanity. As long as the demands aren’t too excessive, there’s more than a 99% probability humans will choose to compromise, thereby allowing it to achieve its goals more quickly.
“If my guess is right, there are three possibilities. First, it isn’t as clever as I imagined and is in a state of confusion… Naturally, it wouldn’t make any demands on humans.”
“Second, it is smart, but not to the extent I imagined. There’s still something on our spaceship that could threaten it, and it’s afraid.”
“Third, it has immense ambitions, so great that we simply can’t withstand such a trade… It might even want to seize our spaceship directly! Thus, it simply chooses not to cooperate.”
Zhang Yuan racked his brains. The worst and most likely possibility for humans was, of course, the third one.
His heart slowly sank, and a cold glint began to surface on his face.
On reflection, the only weapon humans had was that High-dimensional Fragment—there couldn’t be anything else.
“If the High-dimensional Fragment were activated and the Dark Cloud just happened to be nearby, it might get sucked right in… It’s just Four-dimensional Life, not nine-dimensional or ten-dimensional. Falling into this bizarre place is not much better than for a three-dimensional being like me.”
“But it isn’t stupid… The conditions to activate the High-dimensional Fragment are so difficult, needing a laser to irradiate it for quite a while. Can’t it simply hide or stay further away?”
Right!
Zhang Yuan thought of a possibility. If the Dark Cloud is afraid of the High-dimensional Fragment, why not just pick up the glass shards and throw them out of the spaceship?
This was a very puzzling point.
After thinking for a long time, Zhang Yuan tentatively assumed… this being likely couldn’t do it.
The extra dimensions of the normal universe offer very limited space for manipulation. Therefore, this “Dark Cloud” wanted to interfere with the three-dimensional universe, it had to use the physical properties of the three-dimensional world itself.
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“That is… the Four Basic Forces?”
“If it can operate a computer, it means it can use electromagnetic waves… It couldn’t possibly be strong interaction, or weak interaction, I guess…”
“It should be like this, it can manipulate electromagnetic waves to some extent!”
Zhang Yuan carefully considered the advantages and disadvantages of his opponent.
“But, this ability should also be limited. Microscopic forces are very powerful, but macroscopic forces are very small. Therefore, it cannot forcibly move the High-dimensional Fragment, removing the biggest threat by directly tossing it out of the spaceship!”
“It’s very likely the case!”
Finding a weakness of the opponent, Zhang Yuan was inwardly exhilarated.
Yet the question arose: How should one deal with a life form that could control electromagnetic waves at will, a creature hiding in the corner of the spaceship?!
