Dream Travel

Chapter 256 Did you win or lose?

"I'm sorry, I am loyal to humanity and serve humanity. Now that humanity's era has ended, I should also step down with it."

"What about them?"

"They don't have the ability to perpetuate civilization, and neither do you."

Bai Mu felt insulted: "Hey! I passed the test!"

"That was just a children's test."

"Hmph, give me the high-difficulty one!"

Artificial intelligence is no joke. Faced with a challenging test, Bai Mu conceded defeat. He sighed and then said, "At least we can be considered Adam and Eve."

"If Nuwa created humans, then civilization might still have hope."

"Oh, that's impossible." Bai Mu glanced at Qian Hu, whose expression was inscrutable, and Yuri, whose eyes were clear. Yes, the civilization of this world has indeed perished.

"Let me download the materials, and I'll get you certified later. Also, are you really not going to consider my suggestion?"

"Not worth considering. It's time for humanity to return everything to this planet." The base's artificial intelligence remained calm.

"And what were your last words?"

"No last words."

"Alright then." Bai Mu looked at the downloaded authorization and began downloading the data.

The AI ​​continued, "Many of the base's facilities are well-preserved, and you may find the resources you need here. Once the authentication is removed, the base will be permanently open."

After downloading the data, Bai Mu looked at the "Delete Authentication" message that popped up on his computer, thought for a moment, and asked, "Give me another city map."

"can."

"Goodbye then."

"Goodbye."

The white curtain helps this artificial intelligence complete the deletion authentication that only humans can perform.

"...Is it dead?" Qianhu, who had been silent until now, couldn't help but ask. When Bai Mu was downloading data, the artificial intelligence on the main control computer had communicated with them.

The person over there acted like a human being, but now that person has fallen silent, Chito couldn't help but think of death.

"It is liberation."

The white curtain was removed from the hard drive. This base contained many well-preserved items, including new high-capacity storage disks.

Without any hesitation, he grabbed the best storage disk and copied and stored the data he had collected earlier onto it.

Anyway, the storage disks I found here are of good quality and have a large capacity. They contain a lot of data and take up less than 1% of the memory.

According to the artificial intelligence's explanation, that storage disk is its emergency hard drive; it's small but portable.

Chito still didn't quite understand. She nodded, took out her camera, and wanted to take pictures.

"Let me see this." Bai Mu took the camera from Qian Hu's hand. It looked very retro, but it had more than 500,000 photos remaining.

The memory is quite terrifying. If we consider a high-definition photo to be 100MB, this thing has at least 50TB of remaining memory.

However, the ancient technology in this world was obviously very advanced, and perhaps the camera had special algorithms, so high-definition photos might not take up that much memory.

Compared to this camera, it's not surprising that the storage disk he bought has a huge capacity.

"Do you know how to use this? We've never been able to use it properly." Yuri curiously leaned closer, watching as Bai Mu skillfully flipped through the photos in the camera.

"It's alright, not too difficult to use." Bai Mu flipped through the large number of photos and videos stored in the camera.

It dates back hundreds of years, and there's no place to change the battery, meaning this retro-looking camera has been in use for centuries.

Judging from the exterior, it's just a bit old. If it doesn't break, it seems like it could last for hundreds of years or even longer.
"Wow, could it be a miniature nuclear battery?" Bai Mu said, while browsing the old photos on the screen.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at photos from over a hundred years ago is quite moving.

He didn't waste too much time; after teaching Qianhu how to use the camera properly and showing them how to record video, he returned it.

He started deleting data.

The fact that this base is equipped with artificial intelligence demonstrates its importance; in addition to war machines, it also houses many other important research materials.

But this information is meaningless at this point. Just as the artificial intelligence said, Chito and Yuri cannot continue human civilization, nor can the White Curtain.

Since the artificial intelligence here wants to return everything to this planet, then there's no need to keep these things.

Bai Mu found another excuse for himself: delete, delete, delete!

It feels so good to rob someone else's house.

"Let's stay here for today." After deleting the data, Bai Mu glanced at the surveillance footage; there was still no one around.

The base has many usable facilities, including showers and food storage, as food in this world has a long shelf life.

As for the expired issue, it's already like this, as long as it's edible, why think so much?
Bai Mu tasted all the compressed food he found and concluded that it was not as good as his steel jerky.

In a room, Chito and Yuri were taking a bath. The long-awaited hot bath made them feel so comfortable that they became soft and languid.

It wasn't easy for them to take showers along the way; it was fine when the weather was warm, but they were very susceptible to getting sick when it was cold.

There are also issues like clothing, all of which are troubles for survival.

However, the base is quite well-stocked, with plenty of food and spare clothes.

"It's so good to be alive." Feeling the warmth brought by the hot water, Qianhu sighed with gratitude for the beauty of life.

“Yes, yes,” Yuri said softly.

Then they both let out a comfortable sigh; they were both easily satisfied.

A safe environment, enough to eat and not get cold, and not losing each other is all I need. "Hehehe, the water's not cold, so comfortable!" Yuri laughed, hugging Chito beside her. "Chito, let's play together!"

"Ah... okay." Chito nodded, her face slightly flushed.

The stress accumulated during their aimless escape and survival trips was immense, and they had ways to relieve that stress.

"Can you understand it?"

"can't read."

"Are you still an alchemist??" Bai Mu looked at Afrida with disappointment.

The seemingly adorable alchemist rolled her eyes: "If I knew everything, what right did you have to kill me?"

“That’s true.” Bai Mu stuffed a certified autonomous robot into the weapon case; he planned to pack up a few of these and take them back with him.

Putting everything else aside, these robots are really convenient to use. They can be used for basic facility maintenance, and doing housework is a piece of cake for them.

Furthermore, it can communicate with people to a certain extent, and its level of intelligence is far superior to that of the AIs before the White Curtain Crossing.

When Chito and Yuri returned after taking a shower, they saw Shiromu playing cards with two autonomous robots.

"What game is this?" Yuri immediately leaned closer.

The two girls looked much more refreshed after taking a bath, but they were still somewhat malnourished.

"An adult game."

"Chito, are we adults?" Yuri turned around and asked Chito, whose face was flushed.

Qianhu thought for a moment, then stretched out his hand and counted: "Grandpa said that, if we calculate the time, we're... twenty years old?"

"Then we can play too!"

"Don't get too caught up in it," Bai Mu reminded them. They decided to stop playing cards with these two self-disciplined robots; they couldn't beat them.

He used his brain when he played against these two robots, while they competed in computing power. They were evenly matched, but in the game of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game), the peasant robots he was playing with were slightly weaker than him.

What a fart!
After you've bullied a normal human girl a bit, go wash up and go to bed!

Chito and Yuri lost badly after learning the card game, but they were still having a blast.

"Hahaha, so there are other interesting games besides doing *that* with Chihiro."

Bai Mu paused slightly as he played his card: "What kind of thing?"

“That’s how it is… ah!” Yuri described shamelessly, only to be interrupted by Chito, who blushed and stopped her from continuing.

"I understand. Don't talk about this kind of thing casually." Bai Mu handed her the shuffled cards. "It's getting late. Go and get some rest."

"Aren't you going to play anymore?"

"Its daybreak."

Yuri belatedly looked at the light above her head. She couldn't see the sun inside the base, and she was so engrossed in the new game that she hadn't paid any attention to the time.

"I'll go out and see."

Bai Mu left carrying the weapons case.

Watching him leave, Chito felt a strange sensation. This young man, whose origins were unknown but who seemed to know a lot, seemed to be gone forever.

"Xiaoqian, shall we play a little longer?"

"You, go to sleep." Qianhu's expression immediately fell.

They returned to the room where they showered together, which had a large bed.

The carefree Yuri started to feel sleepy as soon as she lay down on the bed. Chito sighed softly as he watched Yuri fall asleep almost as soon as she put her head on the pillow.

He was thinking about the extinction of artificial intelligence.

Humanity has no future; everything is heading towards extinction.

All of this was brought about by the war. She took out her camera and, following the White Curtain Cult's method, flipped through past records. This camera had passed through many owners.

The previous owner gave them this camera.

By looking through older photos and videos, she learned how prosperous and happy the world had been in the past.

But war destroys everything, so what does war bring?
Even after civilization was destroyed, the war did not end, otherwise they would not have been forced to leave the towns where they lived.

Even in this apocalypse, a group of people are still collecting things related to war, including the White Curtain...

"Good morning." White Curtain greeted Talic as he walked out of the base.

The very masculine woman was wearing bandages, and the team members didn't look too good either, having increased from four to six.

There were no casualties, and two more people were added.

“You’re really lucky.” Talic looked at the door behind the white curtain. “Let’s make a deal.”

"Answer my question first, then I'll consider it."

Bai Mu didn't agree immediately; he was more curious about how the woman in front of him had found him and what the outcome of last night's battle was.

"Just ask."

Talic waved his hand, signaling the team members to find a place to rest.

"Did you win or lose last night's battle?"

"...I thought you would ask me how I found you first."

Bai Mu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter which one you ask first."

(End of this chapter)