Astrolab Reboot [Online Version]

A-Ka walked to the vent, stood for a while, and used his mechanical arm to remove the fence in front of the vent, but Heishi let him avoid it, and punched the fence with a loud "clang".

"Follow me." Heishi pulled down the fence, took Aka's hand and climbed up.

This is a vast underground space, where many sewers in Phoenix City converge.Aka limped ahead, clutching his stomach, his feet were covered in blood, and he couldn't stop being dizzy.

Heishi finally found out about A-Ka's abnormality, and immediately changed his expression: "What's going on? You were shot?! Why didn't you tell me!"

Aka broke away from Heishi, but Heishi rushed forward, hugged him tightly, and shouted: "Don't move around! Let me see!"

A-Ka was bleeding and dizzy, Hei Shi hurriedly laid him flat, took off his coat and put it on the ground, let A-Ka lie down, and took off his shirt.The bullet holes were not big, so Heishi shook his weapon with a "swish", the weapon seemed to be alive and shrunk automatically, turning into a pair of sharp tweezers.

Aka said: "Then... what is that?"

Heishi didn't answer, and lowered his head to take out the warhead for A-Ka. A-Ka cried out in pain, and Heishi said nervously, "Don't move!"

A-Ka couldn't help twitching, Black Stone took out the bullet, threw it on the ground, made a "clang", then took off his shirt and pressed it on A-Ka's abdomen.

"No medicine, I have to go up quickly..." Heishi was a little at a loss.Seeing that Heishi was so nervous, Aka thought it was very funny, and said, "It's okay, I can't die."

Hei Shi suddenly hugged A-Ka with such force that it hurt A-Ka.A-Ka was a little taken aback at first, but Heishi's whole body was shaking.

"sorry Sorry……"

A-Ka couldn't believe that these words could come out of Heishi's mouth.

"What did you say?" Aka seemed to have heard a joke.

Heishi also noticed that he was a little agitated, so he sighed and said, "I'll carry you. I have to go out to find medicine as soon as possible to avoid infection of the wound."

As he said that, Heishi didn't allow A-Ka to refute, so he carried him on his back.A-Ka lost all his strength, lying on Heishi's back like a dead dog.

"Did you make the weapon yourself?" Black Stone asked suddenly.

"En." A-Ka was carried by the black stone, and his steps were very firm, which made him feel very comfortable.He turned his head sideways, looking at the dark and deep sewer, as if he had returned to the day when he and Heishi escaped from the mechanical city.

"Where's yours?" A-Ka muttered, "Where did you get your weapon?"

"I found it in the Creator's ruins." Blackstone replied, "An ancient weapon that can be controlled with thought."

A-Ka is very interested in this, but he is not in the mood to study it now, so he decides to ask Heishi to borrow it when he goes back.He asked again: "What are the remains of the Creator?"

"The place where everything was born," Blackstone said as he walked, "Before the golden age, the center of the world. At that time, the Creator created this world."

"Do you remember the past?" A-Ka asked again.

Heishi said: "I only remembered part of it."

"Your world is called the astrolabe, and it is a world controlled by preset programs." Blackstone explained, "The center that controls the astrolabe world is buried underground, and no one can find it. It is called the 'core'."

Aka: "I... don't quite understand, it seems to be different from what is said in the history books?"

Blackstone explained: "You can imagine that the world is a huge ecological spaceship. It came from the depths of the universe and stopped in this space on a certain day in ancient times. some microscopic laws."

Aka: "!"

Black Stone: "Thus, after tens of thousands of years, this ecological spaceship finally became what you see now. The pre-written program adjusts and controls the laws of the whole world through the energy under the astrolabe, such as earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, hurricanes..."

"After the Creator did some research and left the astrolabe as an ecological petri dish, he left here, and human beings evolved and developed freely. 5000 years ago, a group of adventurers discovered the laboratory of the ancient heart. And took some technology from it, including the technology for making human clones, and computer technology. They copied another laboratory in the depths of the Eastern Continent and created the 'father'."

A-Ka vaguely felt that the black stone that appeared in front of him might be the key to unraveling all this.He held his breath, not daring to interrupt Heishi's words.After a long silence, Black Stone said again: "The original role of 'Father' is a mechanical surveillance body in the world where the Creator lives. It reports all experimental data to the Creator and stops experiments that exceed expectations in time."

"Later, the Creator felt that the basis of 'Father' was too rigid to retain the data they wanted, so they did not use it in our world. But the adventurers did not know about this past, but built a The 'Father' of self-awareness. After awakening, the 'Father' continues to extend the ego, docks with the core of the astrolabe, and at the same time proceeds to clear the part of the petri dish that is beyond control."

"So 'Father' and the clones rebelled, and this is the mechanical city you see now. Now, 'Father' is preparing for the final docking with 'Nuclear', and to stop this experiment that has lasted for tens of thousands of years, to prepare Clear the experimental data and start over."

Aka said, "What about the Creator?"

"They have disappeared," Blackstone said, "out of the communication range of 'Father', 'Father' cannot contact them, but according to its own procedures, it will end the entire experiment, stop all activities of the astrolabe, and shut down the computer to save energy."

"That is to say..." Aka was suddenly frightened.

"In the near future," Blackstone said, "after the intelligent life bred in the world is wiped out, the astrolabe will stop all energy supply, and the ground will become a wasteland covered with sand and stones, becoming a dead world, waiting for the return of the creator."

"When?" Aka trembled.

"Soon, Fei Luo went to investigate the countdown, not more than a year," Black Stone said lightly, "But before the Creator left this world, they still left an emergency system. This system has the priority of deciding whether to suspend the experiment." power, but its level is not higher than that of the 'father', I don't know when it sends instructions to the core of the astrolabe, whether the core executes the command of the emergency system or the command of the 'father'."

"Where is the key?" Aka asked.

Heishi turned his head and glanced at A-Ka.Aka pondered for a long time, and then said: "What conditions are needed to make the emergency system work?"

"Approach the core of the astrolabe, and issue instructions to it. The core itself has no thought, but only stores energy, and a terminal for executing commands. The only channel, which is under the tower of the 'father', has been connected by its computer leads gone."

Aka said: "You can try it, but this emergency system..."

Aka suddenly remembered something, stopped breathing suddenly, and asked, "Is it that chip? Does anyone else know about it?"

"That chip only records the adventurers' exploration of this matter, and retains the password to enter the nuclear." Heishi said, "The old man you found under the city of steel is one of the adventurers who entered the ancient heart. "

"Then why are you..." A-Ka remembered Blackstone's assassination.

"There are only four people who know about this," Heishi said, "you, me, the dead General Libble and Maxie. 'Father' discovered their plan, sent a robot, killed the first Maxie, And created another clone of him, mixed in the Phoenix City, mobilized the legion, launched a war, sent thousands of clones to the city of steel, and then set traps to kill everyone."

"But General Li Boer didn't know why he discovered the problem," Heishi said. "It's a pity that it was too late. He only knew a little about the secrets of 'nuclear', so he died in the end."

"Now I've killed Maxie as a spy," Blackstone said again, "Next, they will take back the control of the high-level officials in Phoenix City. If all goes well, and find the emergency system, there is a 50% chance that 'father' Shut down and restart the astrolabe."

"Restart the astrolabe, what will happen?" A-Ka asked.

"The environment of the golden age will be restored," Blackstone said. "Ion energy will be released to give birth to plants on the earth, purify the pollution you have caused to the world over the years, and make the environment and climate more suitable for every species to live in. Do you think it is necessary ?"

A-Ka once read in a book that the world of the Golden Age was a vast green land.

"I like that world," Akka said, "like an ecoregion."

"But after thousands of years, or even hundreds of years," Heishi said, "humans will still destroy it."

"I won't." A-Ka whispered, "But I can only represent myself."

Heishi asked, "Do you really like it?"

"Of course," A-Ka whispered, "Don't you like the world where everything grows under the wind and the sun?"

Heishi seemed to be thinking about something, and stopped making a sound. Aka said, "Thank you for trusting me."

"I just don't want you to be involved in such a complicated matter." Heishi said in a deep voice.

Aka said: "I am willing, I am willing to help you."

Heishi said: "I don't intend to do this."

A-Ka laughed and said, "If you didn't plan to do this, you wouldn't have come to Phoenix City."

Heishi stopped talking, and A-Ka said, "I understand. Look, isn't this good? You should tell me something."

"Don't tell anyone about this." Black Stone reminded in a low voice.

Akka knew that the seriousness of this matter would cause everyone to panic, especially if the emergency system had not been found yet.

"No matter what," A-Ka murmured, "there is always hope."

Heishi finally came to the exit of the sewer, pushed open the iron gate, and a golden sunset shone outside.Aka was stunned, the whole city was filled with thick smoke as if it had been bombed, and many places had become ruins.

This is an arduous war, and clones and humans fought desperately in Phoenix City.Aka didn't realize that the scale of civil strife broke out unexpectedly when he didn't know it.Heishi carried him to the west city, where mercenaries were inspecting the incoming human residents.

"What's going on!" Someone yelled.

"Is the family going to be separated?!" Another mercenary roared, "I have endured those clones for too long! I'm going to beat them to death!"

The human survivors inside the barbed wire responded all the time, and it was only then that A-Ka discovered that the conflict between clones and humans was so deep.The racial estrangement could not be eliminated at all, and the humans in the entire western district clamored to get back their resources and drive out the last ruler of clones—Admiral Angus.

"Who?" The mercenaries guarded the sentry post in the west area, checking Black Stone.

With Aka on his back, Heishi said, "The chest pocket."

A-Ka took out a card from Heishi's pocket, the man glanced at it, and immediately said, "Go in, it's too unsafe here!"

Blackstone led A-Ka into the streets of the West District, and half of Phoenix City had become an area occupied by humans.In front of the highest 52-story building, the mercenary association opened its doors, and many people came in and out.Heishi took A-Ka in. It was the first time for A-Ka to set foot here since coming to Phoenix City.

Heishi put down A-Ka, let him sit down, and went to look for medicine.Someone spotted him right away, and several mercenaries surrounded him, asking questions.Heishi gave A-Ka an injection of antibiotics to prevent infection, fed him the quick-healing capsule, and then carried him on his back. A-Ka said, "I can walk by myself."

"Come with me." Heishi led A-Ka into the elevator, went up to the third floor, entered an empty conference room, and said, "You just rest here."

Only then did A-Ka lay down tiredly, with a dull pain in his lower abdomen, and it was still a little itchy, and he could feel that the wound was gradually healing.

Soon after, footsteps woke him up.

"Who is this kid?" A low voice asked, "Your companion?"

"Comrades," Heishi replied, "one of my own."

A-Ka opened his eyes and saw a lot of people in the conference room, including Black Stone, an unknown red-haired man, a grizzly bear, the Tsar, a man wearing a hat, and a woman in a wheelchair.

"Your brother is safe, don't worry." The Tsar said lazily.

A-Ka was relieved when he heard about Paixi's situation.

"Let me introduce," Grizzly said, "I am the president of the Phoenix Mercenary Association."

Aka: "..."

The Tsar crossed his legs, put his polished riding boots on the conference table, and lazily said: "I think this little friend may have been petrified by us."

A-Ka: "You...don't you run a weapon shop?!"

"The owner of the weapon store is just his part-time job," the woman smiled gently and explained, "The Tsar is our little trump card, responsible for delivering information and news of the clone regime in his store. I am Lilith, the clerk."

The man wearing the hat took off his hat, revealing his bald head full of scars, and said politely, "Jean Marx, the warrior leader of the Mercenary Association."

The red-haired man in a coat held a silver gun in his hand, twirled it, pressed it on the conference table, and said with a smile: "The shooter leader, Gelb."

On the way to Phoenix City, Aka heard many rumors about the coexistence of humans and clones in this city.On the surface, clones control all the political power, but in fact, human groups sneak into the ground and operate secretly.They are more cunning than clones, and they know how to hide themselves better.

In fact, after several bloody battles with the Iron Legion, in this year, there are very few human beings left. However, because of this, most of the survivors are elites.They seem to live in different corners of the city, content with the status quo, but in fact they are all soldiers, and they can fight with weapons.

"The Mercenary Association is the current underground government of humans," Grizzly said in a deep voice, "as long as there are humans surviving in Phoenix City, they will accept our orders."

Heishi said lightly: "I know you guys. When Fei Luo asked me to come back, the first person who introduced me was to connect with the Tsar. You adopted the mercenary system and participated in the war between clones and 'father'."

"Yes," Grizzly said again, "but that clone officer is not familiar with us, I think this is a good opportunity for us to get to know each other. Since you are a human being, the human camp will always stand by you Behind you, I firmly support you."

Lilith opened a notebook and said, "Feiluo told me that you are the savior of mankind, and you have come back with a secret, asking for our help. This secret cannot be revealed until you meet us. The Tsar has just accepted you." Above, you shot and killed General Maxey, the clone commander of the rebel army, I hope you can give us a proper explanation."

"The turmoil is out of control now," Grizzly said again. "The clone legion has surrounded the neighborhood. You have to prove that you really have the ability to save us, otherwise we won't be able to face such a chaotic situation, Savior."

"I will prove it," Blackstone said coldly, "but not now. Have you found Maxi's chip?"

"It was snatched away by a clone." The red-haired man smiled and said, "Without the chip, we can't prove that he was controlled by 'father', so you are the one who murdered General Maxey."

"That's my comrade-in-arms too," Heishi said, "His name is Fei Luo, send someone out to find him."

The Tsar said: "You deceived us, I thought you would use some method to expose Maxi's identity, so this is the method?!"

Heishi said in a deep voice, "Bullets are the best way."

The Tsar got up angrily, grabbed Heishi by the collar, and roared angrily: "You put your little bitch concubine in my shop just for this kind of thing?!"

"Who are you talking about as a concubine!" Aka quit immediately, put his mechanical arm against the back of the Tsar's head, and said angrily, "I didn't know that Black Stone would come back!"

Heishi said coldly: "Sit back, your injury hasn't healed yet."

Aka withdrew the mechanical arm, and the Tsar sneered, "You are not simple, you dare to point the machine in my shop at my head, do you still want to shoot?"

"Let him go." Aka said.

The Tsar was furious and let go of Heishi's collar.

"Thousands of people died because of your shot." The woman said with a threatening tone, "The situation is out of control."

"What should come will always come," the red-haired man said with a smile. "Vice Chairman, this is something that no one can predict. The conflict between humans and clones is not that if you don't mention it, it won't be there."

Grizzly said in a low voice, "Okay, stop arguing."

As soon as Grizzly spoke, the meeting room fell silent, and Aka suddenly asked, "Are you the chairman?"

"Yes." Grizzly glanced at A-Ka and explained, "But that's not important. Son of God, I want to hear your opinion."

Grizzly called out a strange name, which Aka had never heard before. He looked at Black Stone suspiciously. Black Stone pondered for a moment, and then said: "Let Angus come over to negotiate."

"And then?" said the Tsar, "do you think he will come?"

"Find Fei Luo, he has the chip that Maxi dropped in his hand," Blackstone said again, "Let Angus handle it by himself."

Grizzly said: "Things have changed, we can't be sure whether Angus is also controlled by 'father', in case he is also a spy of 'father', or there are people from Maxey beside him..."

"Then you are all finished, prepare for the funeral as soon as possible, Chairman." Heishi said indifferently, got up and picked up his coat, stretched out his hand to A-Ka, and led him out of the meeting room.

In a rest room of the Mercenary Association office, Aka and Heishi sat on the bed side by side, looking over and over at the chip he had given to Heishi earlier, while Heishi played with the knife in his hand and remained silent.

Aka gradually guessed why Blackstone asked Angus to come in person, so as to avoid leaking the news.He seemed to know a strange Black Stone. After all, since he rescued him in the City of Steel, he was very indifferent, hardly speaking, and never mentioned his past to Aka.

Now he gradually remembered, and became more popular, the feeling of being alive, thinking, talking, and planning, like a person.

What is he?Is it human?Or is it an intelligent artificial life form created in ancient times?

"Looking at what?" Heishi asked inexplicably when he found that Aka was looking at him.

They sat side by side on the bed, Aka turned his head to look at Heishi, and Heishi also turned his head to look at Aka, their faces were very close to each other, at that moment, Aka felt that Heishi seemed a little uncomfortable.

"No...it's nothing." Aka said.

Heishi turned his head away and asked, "Can you make a decoder?"

Aka suddenly remembered that he fled all the way before and had no available equipment, so he couldn't read the contents of the chip, but now he can.As long as there are complete materials, I can quickly make a decoder compiled for the chip.

"Yes." Aka said, "I'll go find the materials."

Heishi got up, went out and called someone, and asked him to take out A-Ka's list, and the materials came soon.A-Ka put on the technician's metal glasses and began to assemble the optical circuit board and complex machinery.He first connected the chip with a coil, deciphered the language used by the chip, and then asked without looking up: "Heishi, are you human?"

Heishi replied, "Be more focused on your work."

A-Ka pushed up his glasses and glanced at Heishi. He always felt that after that parting, Heishi's attitude towards him was much gentler, and he would no longer be fierce to him.

"I can multitask." A-Ka looked at him, smiled, and said, "I have seen you bleed, your blood is red, you are human."

"It is." Heishi said.

Aka asked again: "Why do you know this? About 'nuclear', about that emergency system..."

"Because I am a risk-taker left by the Creator."

A-Ka almost shocked his finger, and said, "What... what?"

Heishi was still playing with his knife and said without raising his head, "I was not originally called 'Heishi'. Heishi was the name of another laboratory built by adventurers who had entered the ancient heart."

Aka said: "You...you remember your own origin?"

"No." Heishi said casually, "This memory is not in my mind, but the records in the ancient heart told me. After all, I can't know what happened outside the sleeping cabin when I was asleep."

"Then what's your name?" Akka asked.

Heishi replied: "I don't have a name. You can name me Heishi, and you can call me that. The person who created me asked me to exclude all unexpected changes on the petri dish caused by accidental processes."

Aka asked in surprise, "How long have you lived?"

"Longer than you think." Blackstone said, "I wake up every 5000 years to check whether the ancient heart is damaged."

A-Ka had completely forgotten about the chip at this time, and stared at Heishi in a daze.

"That's why your body is so strong." Aka said, "So you are not human."

Black Stone: "Not only that, but I also know knowledge that you humans can't grasp in your lifetime. It's just that the group of human thieves entered the ancient heart and stole me out. After the power source was cut off, many of my memories were destroyed."

Aka sighed, and Black Stone said again: "So it took me nearly three months to piece together the memory fragments. After cutting off the energy source, I almost died of exhaustion in the sea."

"Do you remember what the Creator looks like?" A-Ka asked, "Why did they build a laboratory with such a big astrolabe?"

"Concentrate on being your decoder." Heishi said indifferently.

A-Ka had no choice but to lower his head, and compared the chip symbols on the display screen with a decoding dictionary.Now he finally fully understands why Black Stone is so strong, it seems that his ability is far more than that...

"...That is to say," A-Ka said as relaxedly as possible, "that emergency system needs to be activated by you."

Blackstone didn't answer.

"Will this mission be life-threatening?" A-Ka asked suddenly.

Heishi's hand was poked by a knife, and a little blood flowed out. Aka was startled and was about to get up to look, but Heishi's hand had already healed.Akara stroked his fingers, then raised her eyes to meet his gaze.

Heishi's eyebrows furrowed: "Is this important to you?"

A-Ka sat back again, assembling his chip reader.

If Black Stone died, 'Father' would be destroyed, and humans and clones could get a beautiful homeland, would he be willing to have Black Stone die?What about Aka himself?Aka started to decode the chip while thinking about this question.

"What is the specific operation process?" Aka couldn't help but asked again.

"I'm only responsible for monitoring, not opening it," Heishi said, "You guessed wrong, turning on the emergency system has nothing to do with me."

Only then did A-Ka heave a sigh of relief, and nodded, that expression was seen in Heishi's eyes.

"Then... until 'Father' is eliminated," A-Ka said with a smile, "will you continue to sleep? Or live as a human being?"

Heishi said: "The laboratory has been destroyed, and the hibernation cabin was also thrown away by you, how can you sleep?"

Aka laughed and said, "Thank you."

Black Stone: "?"

Aka said: "Thank you for helping us do all this. If we can complete this mission, let's live together. My bed can let you sleep."

Heishi said lightly: "I haven't planned to do so much, I just plan to give the chip to Angus."

"You will." A-Ka smiled, "You like human beings, but you don't like mechanical legions. I know that you are willing to help us in your heart."

"When the time comes, can I go with you when you go to activate the emergency system?" A-Ka asked again.

Without even thinking about it, Heishi rejected him: "No."

Aka said: "I can help you."

Heishi said coldly: "That place is under the 'father', it is impossible to take you there, what can you do?"

A-Ka said stubbornly, "You will know when the time comes."

Heishi snorted and stopped talking to A-Ka.

Aka was really relieved at this moment. After assembling the decoder, he found that he had indeed obtained an ability. His eyes could see the structure of all mechanical bodies.It seems that the sense of touch can be extended at will on inanimate things, which allows him to assemble almost all machines with only one disassembly.

He inserted the chip into the card slot of the decoder, and an image of a person appeared on the holographic stereoscopic projection.It was an old man, the dying Dr. Karan they met underground.

The voice was rustling, and the portrait was very blurry. Karan said, "Commander of the clone legion, my descendant..."

A-Ka suddenly became nervous, Heishi got up, went to close the door, and stood in front of the table with A-Ka, watching the projection.

"You haven't seen it either?" A-Ka whispered.

Black Stone shook his head extremely slowly.

The sound of electric current continued to sound.

"...I am your father Karan..."

Heishi said: "He was one of the four adventurers who entered the ancient heart."

"I believe that you have received my last communication and sent legions to destroy the artificial god. My lifespan has come to an end, and I will no longer be able to assist you..."

"...No matter which commander you are, please remember what I'm going to say next."

"When designing the original clone drawings, I left a controllable mechanism. In your brain, there is a place reserved for a discarded implant chip. The 'father' took advantage of this and emitted radio waves , and activated them. At first you may not be aware of the existence of the chip, it will obviously enhance the control effect with the action of the electric wave..."

Aka said: "Oops..."

Heishi made a gesture to tell him not to speak.

A series of body structure diagrams appeared on the holographic stereoscopic projection, which began to analyze the weaknesses of the clones. Dr. Karan said: "You must be careful, the spies of the 'father' ambushed in the clones. Humans are your eternal allies. They are not subject to any influence from 'Father', after getting this news, please ask humans for help."

"The core of the astrolabe is located at the bottom of 'Father', and it affects the entire continent through the flow of pure energy. The information tube of 'Father' has been continuously extending towards the core over the years, and there are still many By one hundred days, 'father' will complete the entire process of docking with the nucleus."

"...At that time, it will control this astrolabe world forever."

"...to find the Son of God in the Blackstone Laboratory. He has gone through 10 years, and he will wake up every 5000 years. The original destiny of the Son of God is to wake up when the astrolabe world is about to collapse, and he will save the world. All life on earth..."