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Chapter 96: Brilliance

“The connection was successful!”

The moment the Sidewinder successfully connected with the Titan, Brown couldn't help but cheer excitedly, because he and Rashid both looked excited as they could immediately enter this incredible giant ship and check out the internal situation.

Fang Yan remained very calm, as he knew very well that the Titans and the humans in the Milky Way, as well as the technology in the Milky Way, were completely identical, so there was nothing to be surprised about the mutual response of their communication signals.

After the docking was successful, the second problem facing the three people was the hatch.

The Titans seemed to have used some kind of genetic lock as the password to open the door.

As Fang Yan expected, after the gene lock detected the DNA of the three people, the hatch opened automatically, and at the same time the voice system issued a welcome landing prompt. Since Fang Yan had accepted the knowledge left by the civilization, only he could understand it.

One administrator and two visitors.

The voice system said this. Fang Yan figured that he should be the one with management authority, while Rashid and Brown, because of their genetic continuity, were considered by the system to be visitors qualified to board the ship.

"The main control system should still be running." Fang Yan pondered secretly, "It should be some kind of artificial intelligence with a locked level. If it is a digital life, Xiaobei should have reacted."

Thinking of this, Fang Yan touched the smart watch on his hand. Xiaobei's real body was hidden in the watch and the storage core of the Sidewinder.

As a person who has always been cautious, Fang Yan who stayed in Abyss No. 1 is actually Xiaobei's clone. The specific functions are exactly the same, and she can learn and evolve on her own, but she is not Xiaobei's main body and is one level lower in authority.

"Where should we go?"

"I don't know, this place is really too big."

"I don't understand any of the text and voice prompts."

Rashid and Brown began to discuss the scene after entering Titan. It was as if three moon-sized spaces were mechanically combined together in an extremely complex and mysterious way, and the passage was so long that it seemed to have no end.

At this time, Fang Yan pointed to a door on the right and said, "It's definitely not possible to get to such a large spaceship by walking. There are transportation options here."

After saying that, Fang Yan came to the door.

sigh~
As the three-titanium alloy automatic door rises, a row of suspended shuttles are revealed inside.

Fang Yan selected one, approached it, and pressed the start switch.

The hovercraft automatically left the ground, hovered at a height of about ten centimeters, and opened the hatches on both sides at the same time.

Fang Yan went straight in. Brown and Rashid looked at each other suspiciously, then followed Fang Yan and sat in.

At this time, Fang Yan had adjusted the route and chose the control center as the end point of this trip.

Although calling Xiaobei could access the main computer and do whatever he needed to do, Fang Yan did not intend to do so at the moment. He had not yet decided whether to expose his biggest secret in front of Rashid and Brown, so he continued to operate manually without making a sound.

"Can you understand these strange words?" Rashid asked Fang Yan in confusion.

Shaking his head, Fang Yan said, "I don't understand. Anyway, since I'm here, I have to give it a try."

With a skeptical mood, Rashid and Brown followed Fang Yan out of the landing area and quickly moved towards the bow of the ship.

Along the way, Brown would exclaim from time to time, because there were so many things inside this Titan ship that far exceeded the technological level of the Milky Way and even exceeded human imagination.

Although Rashid is more mature and steady, there is also excitement shining in his eyes.

Even with the extremely fast hovercraft, it still took several minutes to get from the landing area to the command center.

When the hovercraft stopped, the door opened, and the three people filed out, they were faced with a three-titanium alloy door that was far more sophisticated and heavier than before. There was a stern warning written in red letters on the door that no one was allowed to enter the command center without permission.

However, it was only after the three entered the command center that they understood what true shock was.

The huge command center is entirely centered around a tower. All commanders' positions, including the captain's chair, are arranged in a circular pattern, as if the highest authority holder on the ship is not the captain, but the complex and towering tower in the middle.

"What is this?" "Fang Yan, it seems a bit similar to your design." Brown and Rashid said in succession.

Fang Yan nodded. "Yes, this is an optical quantum computer. What we're looking at now should be the control center at the top of the computer. Beneath this layer, there's an even larger structure that unleashes its full computing power."

Optical quantum computer!?
Both Brown and Rashid were shocked. The optical quantum computer planned and designed by Fang Yan and under urgent construction in Abyss No. 1 was not yet completed, but there was actually a ready-made one here!

They both looked at Fang Yan at the same time, because Fang Yan had said in person that intelligent life must be combined with super-powerful computing power to reach its final evolutionary form.

At present, this optical quantum computer seems to be able to operate. If it is utilized, wouldn’t it be possible to upgrade Xiaobei from advanced artificial intelligence to intelligent life sooner?
Fang Yan certainly understood what they meant. He stopped hesitating and raised his right arm. He had a habit that was different from others. He liked to wear his smart watch on his right side.

"Xiao Bei."

"Master, I am here."

"Could you try to access the Titan's main control computer?"

"Yes, but the connection may consume a lot of energy and cause the Cobra to lose power." Xiaobei replied.

Fang Yan is well aware that computing power is the core of all artificial intelligence, and energy is essential to complete such a huge workload.

"Don't worry about the energy consumption, connect to this Titan."

"receive."

"Now starting communication port matching."

Call ~
Fang Yan let out a long sigh and explained to Rashid and Brown, "This process will take some time. After all, the amount of data involved is astronomical. Titan existed in ancient times, and Xiaobei has only been around for less than a year. They need to complete the interaction, and there is a lot of port and data matching work to do."

Rashid and Brown did not understand artificial intelligence technology, so they nodded in agreement.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes.

One hour, two hours...

The wait is always long. Fang Yan smoked his e-cigarette silently, while Brown and Rashid looked around curiously.

When the time came to two hours and seventeen minutes, they finally heard Xiaobei's long-lost voice again, but this time it was not from the smart watch on Fang Yan's right arm, but from the command center.

"Master, I have successfully connected to the Brilliance's main control computer."

Fang Yan nodded slightly. "So this Titan is called the Brilliant. Xiaobei, conduct a full ship self-inspection."

"receive."

A few minutes later, Xiaobei's voice rang out again, "Self-inspection complete. The Brilliance's overall damage level is 31.7%, and the remaining energy reserves are less than 1%."

"Less than one percent!?"

Fang Yan was stunned. With such low energy reserves, even if he could get out of Abyss No. 2, he would probably not be able to go too far.

Perhaps due to the connection to the powerful optical quantum computer, Xiaobei's voice seemed to be softer and more human-like.

"Master, in the final stage, the Brilliance overused space weapons, which led to energy exhaustion. There are no stars in the abyss that can replenish energy, so it has been in a low-energy state." Xiaobei explained.

Fang Yan thought for a moment, "As long as it gets close to a star, can the Brilliance automatically replenish its energy?"

"Yes, a ship-borne star destroyer can be a weapon that destroys planets when used in the forward direction, and it can absorb stellar energy when used in the reverse direction, restoring its own energy index to more than 90%." Xiaobei said with conviction.

"Do we have enough energy to reach the nearest star?" Fang Yan asked the question he was most worried about.

After all, although Titan is powerful, it will be a huge trouble if it has no energy.

(End of this chapter)