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Chapter 406 Cradle of Life Laboratory

Before Feng Xue could fully grasp the meaning of the term "cradle of life," she was captivated by the scene inside the laboratory before her.

Bright but not glaring lights filled the field of vision, and a large number of automated devices operated in an orderly manner according to their original predetermined trajectories.

High-strength transparent materials replaced the walls, giving the feeling of walking on the seabed even though it was a laboratory.

Although the passageways have been unused for nearly a thousand years, they are still kept quite clean. In some corners, you can even see some pre-civilization vending machines shining their lights to attract customers.

"Permission verification in progress. Verification successful. The Cradle of Life Project has been operating independently for 1,179 years. Shall we proceed with further plans?"

The calm words sounded to Feng Xue as if they carried a hint of urging, as if a loyal servant who had been waiting for a long time was looking forward to being freed from this bondage.

However, not knowing what the further plans were, Feng Xue did not dare to issue any orders casually. She could only continue to observe this underwater laboratory, which resembled an aquarium, and imagine the story of how the intelligent AI had been clearing the way for over a thousand years, waiting for its master to return.

“That’s your misconception. This AI is at a very low level, not even reaching the threshold of AI. At most, it’s just an intelligent voice response system.” Sarah coldly shattered the romantic notions about robots and the post-apocalyptic world that had risen in Feng Xue’s heart, leading everything back to rational judgment.

but……

"Why? This is clearly a cutting-edge laboratory, why is it being managed by such low-level AI?"

Feng Xue was somewhat puzzled by this, but Fina said matter-of-factly:
"Have you forgotten what we're researching here? You dare to hand over a nanocluster with self-replication, self-evolution, and self-mimicry capabilities to advanced AI?"

"Ah... this seems to make sense..."

Feng Xue grinned, realizing that this statement was indeed very true. In other words, only a device that has no intelligence and only operates according to programs could maintain operation for a thousand years while ensuring a certain level of accuracy.

However, after learning that this AI was relatively low-level, he relaxed a bit and immediately said, "I am the successor of authority. Take me to the laboratory control center and then introduce me to the tasks undertaken by the Cradle of Life and related plans."

Without intelligence, AI wouldn't consider how permissions were obtained, nor would it consider whether the person with the permissions was qualified to possess them. Upon hearing Feng Xue's question, the system voice, possessing a touch of AI quality, lit up with an arrow-shaped light strip, guiding Feng Xue forward, and simultaneously began its introduction:

"The Cradle of Life Laboratory is part of the 'Civilization Ascension' project. Although nano-units have brought considerable convenience to mankind in various aspects, doubts about them have never disappeared. In order to verify the reliability and safety of nano-units, and also to verify the possibility of mankind achieving racial leap through nano-units, various countries have built multiple Cradle of Life Laboratories for ecological experiments. An accident occurred during the planning stage of the experiment. The isolation layer of the planned ecological experimental park failed, but the experimental center did not receive an instruction to terminate the experiment. After multiple unsuccessful communication requests, due to the large-scale extinction of species in the ecological experimental park, the crew decided to prioritize the protection of the experimental results."

Upon hearing this, Feng Xue couldn't help but recall the history of this world that Sarah had told her before. She then realized that the nano-units of this world were not the savior mechanism in themselves, but the act of preserving the experimental results unexpectedly achieved the effect of saving the world.

Hearing this, Feng Xue's doubts deepened, and she immediately asked, "Then what is the Civilization Ascension Project?" "The Civilization Ascension Project aims to comprehensively enhance the life structure of the Terrans in preparation for future space colonization. The first step of the project is to achieve symbiosis between humans and nanounits, eliminating the need for artificial inoculation and supplementation. Instead, it can be inherited from mother to child, and the generation mechanism will be completely written into the DNA, allowing humans and nanounits to fully integrate. Under extreme conditions, even if only a few astronauts land on other planets, they can use the nanounit synthesis system within their own bodies to establish colonization bases and rebuild basic civilizations."

"Good heavens, this is just the first step?" Feng Xue rolled her eyes, but when she thought of the word "ascension," she felt that it wasn't an exaggeration.

However, at this point, he also thought of a problem—

"According to you, the miniaturization of the equipment for producing nanounits should have been completed?"

"Indeed, the miniaturization of the nanounit generation system was completed 1,185 years ago. During this period of independent operation, through data collection within the experimental park, the system has undergone 27 iterations and can now completely replace the previous inoculation-based implantation. Inoculation can be completed solely through oral administration, and after inoculation, the system will coexist with the digestive system..."

Hearing the AI ​​launch into a long-winded explanation, Feng Xue quickly interrupted:
"More importantly, how do we gain control over the nanounits?"

"..." Upon hearing this question, the AI ​​paused for a moment before calmly responding:
"Your request violates privacy laws. Please withdraw it immediately, or the crew will call the police."

"Alright, I'll back out." Although she felt that calling the police at this point wouldn't be of much use, Feng Xue wasn't sure if the other party could pull out a group of guard robots from this laboratory, so she ultimately chose to follow her heart.

In contrast, Sarah was very active at this moment. Through the stream of information that popped up in her mind from time to time, Feng Xue knew that the dog had already connected to the laboratory's intranet.

After asking a few more questions about the follow-up to the Civilization Ascension Project, only to be told that it was "not a project of this laboratory," Feng Xue finally arrived at the so-called laboratory control hub under the guidance of the lights.

Compared to the aquarium-like scenery outside, this place definitely looks more like a laboratory, with rows of impressive-looking devices connected together, and several screens constantly flashing incomprehensible data.

Every now and then you can see automated robots disassembling and replacing equipment parts, which is obviously not a one-off thing.

Seeing this, Feng Xue breathed a sigh of relief. Regardless of anything else, the high-precision 3D printer should be on track.

However, having entered this treasure trove, Feng Xue was naturally not content to leave with only two 3D printers. She immediately asked Sarah, who had been connected to the network for a while, "Sarah, have you found anything over there?"

"Yes, for example, we have stem cell transplantation surgery and programming technology for nanounits. Apart from not being able to erode the underlying human system, we can create specialized nanounits like growing moss. Apart from being slightly weaker, they have almost no drawbacks. In addition, we have the authority over nanounits within this ecological park. Although we cannot interfere with those inside the human body or outside the experimental park, we can freely control the nanounits within the Cradle of Life park..."

(End of this chapter)