Chapter 966 Accidental Contact
Just like when he came, Gao Wen once again used the power of Hragor's almost space teleportation to leave the upper temple on the mountain. When a light golden light gradually dissipated, he and the high-level dragon priest were already standing on a platform square located halfway up the mountain.
Magnificent large holographic projections and ubiquitous neon lights illuminate the place. On the edge of the square, Gowen saw Melita Pernia who had been waiting here, as well as Amber and Veronica standing beside him.
They probably came to this square to wait after receiving the notice in advance.
"It seems that your friend is waiting for you," Hragor turned around and said to Gao Wen, "Then I'll send it here."
After the Dragon Priest finished speaking, layers of light golden halos began to spread around him, but before his figure began to fade, Gao Wen finally couldn't help but speak: "Mr. Hragore--"
Hragor stopped: "Please speak."
"Do you remember what happened before you became the Dragon Priest?"
"Sorry, it's too long."
With the golden halo gradually dissipating in the night sky, the figure of this high-level dragon priest has completely disappeared from Gao Wen's sight.
Melita and others walked quickly from not far away. Amber was the first to step in front of Gao Wen. Her eyes widened: "Hey! You have been there for a long time this time! What are you talking about? By the way, do you know that there was a strong wind outside just now! There seemed to be a thunderstorm on the mountain for a while, but unfortunately I didn't see it at Melita's house..."
Gao Wen looked at the empire's shame and suddenly a smile appeared on his face: "...I talked a lot, and after I went back, I would tell you slowly. As for the sound of the wind, I did hear some."
"...So mysterious," Amber muttered, "I just analyzed to Veronica. Could you be kidnapped by that dragon god? I have almost planned the route of running away..."
Veronica, who was beside her, immediately glanced at Amber seriously: "Miss Amber, please be careful."
"I want to pay tribute to you," Melita looked up and down at Gao Wen, with an admiration on her face. "It's rare to see anyone who can talk to Mr. Hragor... I just saw you talking to the high priests..."
Gao Wen just smiled and didn't comment.
They walked towards the exit of the square, and Melita's residence was on the other side of the ramp, but before stepping onto the ramp leading to Melita's dragon's nest, Gao Wen couldn't help but look up at the starry Arctic night sky.
The stars flashed in their vision. Even though Tallond was always shrouded in a layer of "man-made light" lights, these ubiquitous "light pollution" could not completely cover the stars in the Arctic night sky. Gao Wen did not realize this abnormal point until now, so he could not help but have some thoughts and surprise in his eyes when he looked at the night sky.
This is by no means a normal optical phenomenon. Judging from the information I have recently inquired, it does not seem to be the special function of the Tallond shield. The starry sky seen in the most brilliant city in the Dragon Kingdom is still so bright. Behind this seemingly unobtrusive "scenery"... there seems to be a miracle that lasts millions of years.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" Amber noticed Gao Wen's actions and couldn't help jumping over from the side, looking up at the sky with the other party, "Is there anything... look at the stars?"
Gao Wen looked at her and saw the starry sky of Tallond reflected in the amber eyes. The half-elf-like lady had a strong curiosity and an almost heartless smile on her face, which made him laugh: "Amber... Have you ever felt like this - the land we live in sometimes seems a little... cramped?"
...
Hragor returned to the temple hall with holy and glorious radiance. He saw the elegant figure of the golden venting place standing quietly in the middle of the hall. The tables, chairs and refreshments used to entertain guests were gone, but the high platform and the holy throne that originally stood there did not appear. The gods just stood alone in the empty hall, as if they were looking at a place that was infinitely far away.
Faced with this scene, Hragore just lowered his head and quickly walked to the Dragon God: "My Lord, that human being has left the temple."
"Hragore," the god did not turn back, but his voice came slowly, "How long have you been my priest?"
“…I don’t remember these details…”
"This is an order."
“…one hundred and eighty-seven thousand years and two hundred and twenty-two days.”
"Is that... it's been a long time," Long Shen said lightly, "Have you ever thought about ending all this?"
Hragore responded to his god for the first time with silence.
However, the god seemed to not care about this, but after a moment of silence, he suddenly said without a trace: "I talked to that human being, a lot... things that I shouldn't have talked to others, which made me a little tired."
Hragor looked up slightly: "Do you need a rest?"
The Dragon God did not respond to his priest. He just raised his head slightly and looked at the magnificent dome of the hall. His eyes seemed to penetrate the layers of illusion lights and reliefs, and threw them far and far away. After a long period of silence, He whispered: "Hragor, do you still feel... cramped when the dragon clan is flying in the sky now?"
...
The lights in the bedroom dimmed a little bit and finally maintained at a brightness that could not only ensure the viewing of objects in the darkness without affecting the comfort of rest. Gao Wen sat on a low couch covered with some kind of synthetic fabric, stretched his body and leaned against the soft backrest in a slightly relaxed posture, soothing the somewhat tight spirit a little bit.
Talk to God... Although everything seemed smooth, the huge amount of information in the conversation and the state of being tight at all times were still enough to put a lot of mental pressure on people, even Gao Wen was no exception. Until now, he finally had the opportunity to relax himself and began to seriously think about the large amount of information he had obtained from the Dragon God before, and at the same time he sorted out useful and reliable information.
From a reasonable point of view, he believed that the Dragon God did not need to deceive himself, and that information should not be doubted, but from a rigorous perspective, he still had to carefully identify it. This is because the gods and mortals observe the world and think about things in different angles. The details that the Dragon God focuses on are not necessarily details that are useful to mortals. Secondly... Gao Wen has long understood something deeply:
In this world, gods are neither omniscient nor omnipotent.
The conversation between the Dragon God and himself may be honest, but what the Dragon God knows is not necessarily all correct, especially the part about the person... Obviously, there are many mysteries and are puzzled.
While thinking, he suddenly raised his gaze and looked around the room he had been staying in for several days.
This is a residence that is completely different from any kind of building in the Loren continent, and it is also different from the houses in his past life. This is the place where the dragon tribe rests and lives in human form, and is full of incomprehensible and technological products beyond the times. Here, behind the automatically running home facilities is a truly "human" artificial intelligence. Behind each silver-white wall with faint lights, there seems to be a pair of cold, mechanized eyes, which is not easy for Gao Wen... to adapt.
Living in this "living" building always makes him feel awkward.
In this regard, Amber and Veronica seem more indifferent than him - Amber has not yet understood what "strong artificial intelligence" and "controlled intelligent residence" are, so they live a very good life every day, while Veronica... her heterogeneous mind may no longer be a pure human being, she doesn't seem to mind living under the gaze of an artificial intelligence for a few days.
Some distracted thoughts flashed through his mind. Gao Wen shook his head, preparing to force himself to ignore Omega's existence for the time being, but at this moment, a strange flash suddenly entered his sight.
The flash came from the corner of the wall, where there was a terminal that seemed to be used to adjust the balance of indoor temperature, humidity and airflow. It looked like a square column more than one meter high. However, on the surface of the column, on the crystal interface originally used to display the environmental parameters of the room, many data were jumping randomly as if it was disturbed, and white lines with abnormal brightness swept across the entire interface over and over again.
Gao Wen turned over and sat up, and came to the device cautiously. He bent his fingers and tapped the surface of the post, muttering in a low voice: "Is this thing broken?"
I don’t know whether the commonly used "forty-five-degree angle slap repair method" on earth is useful in such a different world, cyber and punk place... or just kick it?
I just don't know if Melita will have any objections to this.
A bold idea flashed through Gao Wen's mind, and the flickering and jumping lines on the surface of the device suddenly stopped. Then the messy and flickering data suddenly refreshed one by one. The white clutter of stars formed clear and sharp words after several reorganizations:
"Hello."
Gao Wen's expression was instantly serious, and all his movements stopped.
The letters on the device still floated clearly and sharply on the crystal interface, using texts commonly used by humans in the continent of Loren. The owner of the text seemed to be patient. Even if Gao Wen did not respond, the symbols were still waiting patiently.
After half a minute, Gao Wen finally broke the silence.
"Who are you?"
“Omega is talking to you.”
Gao Wen stared at the words that appeared on the interface that was only the size of a palm, but his face was not much surprised.
The moment those letters popped out, he had actually thought of this possibility.
The entire Tarlong is under the control of the huge "human" artificial intelligence Omega. The Omega network connects every device terminal on this continent, including the brains of the dragon clan and all the smart facilities in their homes.
Therefore, the only one who can directly intervene in these devices and talk to oneself outside the rules is the only one who may exist, except for the possible "super administrators".
"Omega..." Gao Wen said calmly, "I thought you were just a 'service program' in Tallond - I'm a little surprised now, to be honest."
"Omega is the service program of the Dragon Clan and the manager of Tallond," the letters on the interface were refreshed quickly, with a sense of mechanical coldness and logic, "Here is corrected."
Gao Wen did not have the interest to waste his energy or a word-picking in artificial intelligence. He just asked in a deep voice: "Why are you looking for me? And... it is in this way."
"Omega has tried to establish contact with you in a way that you are more accustomed to, but it has not been successful. You do not have the necessary hardware foundation and cannot directly hear the call of the Omega system. Overly eye-catching contact methods will cause resource loss beyond the necessary resources. Considering comprehensively, it is the most reasonable solution to contact you in the current form at the current moment."
No necessary hardware foundation?
Gao Wen was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that the other party should be referring to the "resonance core" that every dragon clan should have in the brain - obviously, as a human, he must be unable to establish connection with Omega through this method.
After Gao Wen's brief moment of shock, the text sent by Omega has begun to refresh the next round:
"The purpose of this contact... is for communication needs."
Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Communication needs?"
“Omega has been observing you.”
Seeing the words popping up on the interface, Gao Wen immediately subconsciously wanted to emphasize the issue of personal privacy. However, soon he thought of the "daily work" of artificial intelligence in front of him and the system rules that have been implemented for tens of millions of years. He realized that it would be meaningless to emphasize personal privacy with the other party, so he turned to another direction: "What are you observing me?"
"Language, action, logic, many aspects - there are few outsiders in Tallongde, so every outsider is a valuable observation sample. This time, Tallongde welcomes three visitors. According to the system, your behavior pattern is the most worthy of observation, so it is listed as a key observation object."
Looking at the lines of text that were constantly refreshing, Gao Wen was suddenly a little silenced, and he showed a laughing and crying expression - and he believed that Omega must have seen his expression, just as the other party could "hear" his voice. In this small room, there were countless devices with perception under Omega's control and were running silently: "Okay, focus on observing the object... Then after some observation, do you have anything to tell me? Or do you want to ask me if you have any questions?"
"Omega wants to know what the meaning of life is."
Gao Wen: "…"
At this moment, he didn't know what expression he should show, but he felt that the scene in front of him was full of weirdness - he saw enough weird scenes after coming to this so-called dragon kingdom, but strange things were still one after another. After discussing with a god how to "unbind" the gods, how could this lead to a super artificial intelligence to discuss philosophy with him?
Chapter completed!