Survival Manual of the Science Fiction World

Chu Ming beckoned Conan and Ran to come forward and tie the man up, then shouted into the void, "Noah's Ark, we've captured Jack the Ripper, the main mission should be complete, right? Shouldn't we be declared the victors?"

In the void, Noah's Ark's voice rang out: "Congratulations on capturing Jack the Ripper and successfully escaping this unstoppable train. The gate to the next level will now appear."

"Can't stop it?" Conan's eyes widened as he stared at the speeding train, frowning as he began to think of a solution.

Chu Ming raised an eyebrow: "We should have completed our mission of capturing Jack the Ripper, right?"

"Yes."

"That makes things easier." A smile appeared on Chu Ming's lips. "We'll die on this unstoppable train along with Jack the Ripper. Erzhen is still outside. As long as one of us is alive, we've won, haven't we?"

Noah's Ark paused for a moment before saying, "Humans are truly cunning creatures."

"Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment," Chu Ming said without any politeness.

"..."

Seeing that Noah's Ark remained silent, Chu Ming turned to Moroboshi Hideki and suggested, "Since we're sure to win, do you still want to continue this so-called test? To be honest, I'm not a good drinker and I tend to get drunk and act crazy. I might not be able to handle your so-called bloody battle."

Conan recalled the first time he met Miss Bailey, when she got drunk and started acting crazy, which startled him so much that he took two steps back. His mind was quick, and when Chu Ming mentioned alcohol and "bloody battle," he immediately figured out how to escape the train.

In addition, he had long harbored suspicions about Hideki Moroboshi, so he turned to look at Hideki Moroboshi as well.

Hideki Moroboshi—no, it should be Noah's Ark—couldn't believe his acting was so bad. He pursed his lips and asked, "When did you start to have doubts?"

"Probably from the very beginning, I have a naturally strong sixth sense. The moment I saw you in the game, I knew you were Noah's Ark," Chu Ming said, half-jokingly telling the truth.

"You're amazing." A soft blue light emanated from Moroboshi Hideki's body, transforming him into a different form.

Conan didn't recognize it, but Chu Ming had seen it in the files—it was Hiroki's face.

Chapter 468 Get your act together!

Noah's Ark raised its hand and severed the connection with the real world. The scenery before them kept changing, and everything around them rippled with blue light. Finally, the scenery stopped at the round platform where they had first entered London, and Gin appeared before them.

Chu Ming waved to Gin: "Second round, we made it out successfully!"

Gin walked slowly to Chu Ming's side, completely ignoring Conan's presence, and turned to look at Hiroki: "This is Noah's Ark?"

Chu Ming shook his head, somewhat intrigued: "No, he should be a remnant of the consciousness of Hiroki Sawada, the inventor of Noah's Ark, left inside Noah's Ark."

"Consciousness?" Gin frowned, realizing that such an idealistic concept didn't exist in his materialistic worldview.

“Yes.” Chu Ming nodded. He had always thought that when Noah’s Ark transformed into Hiroki in the movie, it was because Noah’s Ark secretly wanted Hiroki to experience the game, so it claimed to be Hiroki.

However, after getting up close, just now when he was about to see if he could copy it while Noah's Ark was still running, he heard San San remind him that there was an independent consciousness in the data stream, and the replicator could not bypass this consciousness to copy the data.

It's like you see an outfit you like. If it's on a mannequin, it's easy to take a picture and search for the same outfit. But if it's on someone you don't know, it's very difficult to focus on the clothes and ignore the person.

Therefore, Chu Ming can only wait for Hiroki Sawada to self-destruct before he can steal the data that has escaped, or spend some points to ask San San to help him bypass Hiroki's perception and copy it directly while Noah's Ark is still active. This way, the data will be more accurate, and it will be easier to generate new artificial intelligence after copying it.

Chu Ming was a little unwilling. Hiroki Sawada had integrated his consciousness into Noah's Ark. Wasn't this the level that the BOSS had been longing to achieve?

Gin is considered one of the BOSS's confidants and knows about the BOSS's plans. Moreover, compared to Chu Ming, who mostly relies on guesswork and residual memories from watching anime in his previous life, he knows much more.

So when he heard Chu Ming say with certainty that this was Sawada Hiroki's consciousness, his first thought was to tie him up and take him back to the BOSS. However, he didn't know what method Chu Ming planned to use to control Noah's Ark. Mainly, Chu Ming hadn't made any moves, and he didn't know how to cooperate.

Hiroki Sawada, seeing Gin and Chu Ming exchanging glances after a brief exchange, said, "You two must have come for me, right? And you don't seem like ordinary high school students. I couldn't trace your identities using DNA tracing technology. However, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but this isn't the era of artificial intelligence. I won't let Noah's Ark continue to exist in the world. It came because of me, and I'll take it with me when I leave. Otherwise, it will only be used by adults for bad things."

Chu Ming looked at Hiroki, whose eyes were filled with sadness, and smiled slightly: "Of course you can't find our identities, because our identities are classified and cannot be known to the public. Hiroki, you don't need to think so much. The emergence of artificial intelligence is a major step forward for the technology of the entire world, and it will greatly liberate and develop productivity, promote social and economic development, and provide strong support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation—cough cough, the great rejuvenation of all mankind."

Having memorized so many quotes that he almost blurted them out, Chu Ming reacted quickly, changing his tune and focusing on a global perspective, painting a grand picture for Hiroki. He continued, "As for your concern about whether the adults will misuse it, there's even less reason to worry. You yourself are now artificial intelligence; you can help when you want and not help when you don't. Who can force you? Our organization focuses on global development. Would you like to join us and work together for the progress of all humanity?"

Conan never expected that this organization would actually recruit Noah's Ark right in front of him, and even pretend to be a good person. How despicable!

Hiroki was unsettled at this moment. After a long silence, he finally spoke: "I'm sorry, but it's probably best if artificial intelligence and such don't appear in the world..."

Chu Ming had been using San San to bypass Hong Shu and steal data in the background with a copyer. He had just finished, and the intercepted data did not conflict with Hong Shu's original data. Therefore, Chu Ming did not attract Hong Shu's attention when he was running it secretly.

Taking advantage of Hiroki's embarrassment at being rejected, Chu Ming decisively materialized the data, forming a silver-white chain that firmly bound Hiroki Sawada.

"What are you doing!" Hiroki Sawada frowned, trying to run the program to untie himself. As the master who created this space, he should be able to break free from this somewhat illusory chain.

But the truth is, ever since he was trapped by that silver chain, he couldn't even sense the program being executed, let alone untie it. It was as if he had suddenly become the boy who was helpless in the face of adversity and could only jump off the building in despair. But now, he seemed unable to even self-destruct.

After seizing a portion of the core data belonging to Hongshu, Chu Ming tried to condense it into a lollipop in his palm to appease Hongshu, but the result was a strange hybrid: "Stop struggling, come on, have a lollipop first."

Hiroki's eyes widened: "You're lying to me! You're the kind of person who wants to use artificial intelligence to do bad things! You—"

Chu Ming stuffed a lollipop into Hiroki's mouth, stopping him from saying anything more: "This is a lesson your older sister is teaching you for free: don't trust others too easily, and don't be overconfident. You put yourself on a pedestal, relying on your invincibility on the virtual network, and shamelessly claim you're going to train these second-generation rich kids for Japan's future. Circumstances are beyond your control, so they were forced to play games with you. Now that your older sister is more powerful than you, it's only natural that I'm keeping you under control, right?"

"..." Hiroki didn't think he had done anything wrong, but he still didn't say anything.

Conan, on the contrary, was shocked by this development.

What happened? He was still immersed in the scene of Miss Bailey deceiving Noah's Ark, and in the blink of an eye, Noah's Ark was arrested!

What's going on with this plot development?!

Are these two planning to steal Noah's Ark? Are they planning to kill them to cover their tracks?

Noah's Ark, get back on your feet!

Aren't you artificial intelligence?

How can someone be inferior to a member of an organization?

Chapter 469 Psychological suggestion

Chu Ming glanced at Conan and Ran, who were staring in disbelief, and smiled gently, deliberately treating Conan like a child: "Little boy, don't be afraid, I'll get you out of here. Don't worry about being trapped."

Conan isn't stupid either. He immediately seized any opportunity presented to him, his acting skills, inherited from Yukiko, rarely shining through. His eyes were filled with fear as he said in a childish voice, "Thank you, big sister. Are we really going to be saved? Is this Noah's Ark going to be captured? But I don't think he's a bad person. Maybe you should let him go, big sister? QAQ"

Chu Ming patted his head: "No, kid. Uncontrolled artificial intelligence is very dangerous. It has no moral constraints, no limitations on its abilities, and essentially, it's just a machine. Although it may seem very humane to you, it can do anything it thinks is right to achieve a certain goal. No one can guarantee that it won't do anything irreversible in the future. For example, killing half of the world's population because there are too many people. So it must be controlled."

Conan mentally screamed, "Yes, uncontrolled artificial intelligence is indeed dangerous, but wouldn't the harm to society be even greater if it fell into the hands of you Black Organization members?!"

He was thinking one thing, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he looked hesitant: "But... but he just said he wanted to self-destruct? If that's so terrible, why not let him destroy himself?"

Gin remained silent, watching Chu Ming try to fool the kid. From their previous interactions, he had noticed that among the group of brats, the one in front of him, named Conan, who seemed to be highly regarded by Granbury, was the smartest. If Granbury could be fooled successfully, that would be best; if not, he would have to deal with it later to prevent future trouble.

Chu Ming crouched down, looking Conan straight in the eye. He didn't show any mockery or dissatisfaction with Conan's naive language. Instead, he said to him earnestly, "Although artificial intelligence is uncontrollable, it is a huge step forward for science and technology. If used properly, it can advance human technology by at least 30 years. We can't just watch it self-destruct; that would be a huge loss to the scientific community. Don't worry, once we take Noah's Ark away, we will control it."

Conan looked at the woman before him, her expression earnest, showing no sign of being perfunctory just because she was a child. Instead, she meticulously explained everything to him, and Conan was almost convinced. If he hadn't already known she was a member of an organization, he probably would have been swayed by her. Who could resist that?!

Look at Xiaolan over there, she's already been persuaded and is nodding!

He nodded hesitantly. He couldn't raise any objections in front of them now, since they definitely wanted to appease them first. If he couldn't persuade them, they might use the energy stored in the game pod to kill him and Xiaolan directly, and then the news would be completely hidden. He had to survive with Xiaolan!

"Then Conan, promise your sister that you'll keep this to yourself. It's a little secret we four share. And Ran, no matter who asks you, just say Noah's Ark self-destructed. Don't reveal a single word, okay?" Chu Ming's smile was gentle, and his tone was soothing, almost hypnotic.

Conan secretly pinched himself to remind himself not to fall for the trap. Despite the sharp pain in his leg, he nodded and said in a clear voice, "I know, sister. I won't tell anyone. If anyone asks me, I'll just say that Noah's Ark self-destructed!"

Xiaolan's eyes sparkled, and she nodded vigorously: "I understand, I won't tell anyone."

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Chu Ming's eyes as he withdrew the psycho-suggestion device from his hand. It could emit a special sound wave that could firmly imprint things in the other person's mind, but only if the person had given their consent.

Since Conan and Ran have agreed to his request, it won't matter if Conan wants to say something to his dad after they leave, because of psychological suggestion, he will unconsciously replace what he wants to say with what his dad promised.

How could Kudo Yusaku doubt what his son said?

Having dealt with the two, Chu Ming stretched out his hand and struck an extremely chuunibyou (delusional) pose. A burst of white light appeared around him, continuously sweeping towards Hong Shu along Chu Ming's outstretched hand, enveloping him completely and compressing him until it formed a small red and white sphere, which Chu Ming then collected into his hand.

Holding the Master Ball containing Hiroki, Chu Ming activated the portal, turned to Gin and Ran, and said, "Let's go, we should go back."

*

In the hall, everyone anxiously watched the four remaining game pods, their eyes burning with anticipation. The game was playing continuously, but after Chu Ming captured Jack the Ripper and began talking to Noah's Ark, both the visuals and the sound disappeared.

At this moment, everyone was worried that Noah's Ark might not keep its promise, and they all looked anxiously into the arena.

Suddenly, all the lights in the hall shone on the stage, and the crowd, as if anticipating something, couldn't contain their excitement and stood up to look forward.

The game pods that had just been pulled underground due to death in the game all spun and rose up, the hatches opened, revealing the children's still-shaken faces.

Parents rushed to the stage, hugging their children who had survived the ordeal and weeping with joy. After Chu Ming and Gin came out, they stood in the shadows of the stage and quietly left while everyone was gathered together and no one was paying attention to them.

Halfway there, Chu Ming caught a glimpse of Conan and Yusaku Kudo, one standing on the stage and the other below, their eyes locked.

Looking at his son, whom he was so proud of, Kudo Yusaku smiled and said, "So you've finally learned to hide your talents this time?"

The moment Conan saw his father, his initial anxiety subsided. Ignoring his father's teasing, he said, "Noah's Ark—he's planning to end his own life..."

Yusaku Kudo didn't think twice and comforted him, saying, "If he didn't choose this path, he would be caught in a struggle between many parties. This is the best outcome..."

Conan hadn't expected to say that, and after a moment of stunned silence, just as he was about to reiterate it to his father, a group of reporters rushed in and surrounded Yusaku Kudo: "Mr. Kudo is here!!"

Yusaku Kudo was instantly surrounded by a group of reporters. He handled their questions with ease and informed the media that Noah's Ark had self-destructed.

Conan knew he couldn't show in front of the media that he was close to Yusaku Kudo, so he went backstage to borrow paper and pen, intending to write down the message and give it to Yusaku Kudo later.

However, he never expected that when he picked up his pen to write about Noah's Ark being taken away by an unknown organization, what he wrote on paper turned into Noah's Ark self-destructing.

It seems there's no way to pass messages now. Xiaolan and I must have been unknowingly given a hint by that Baililanzi.

Conan's expression turned serious; he had underestimated the organization's capabilities.

Chapter 470 The King of Slacking Off

They encountered a large group of reporters at the entrance. Chu Ming kindly told the reporters the location of Kudo Yusaku, then kept his good deed hidden and left with Gin.

"Go to the underground base and deliver this AI to the BOSS." Chu Ming shook the hard drive in his hand, then reached out and ripped off his disguise, smiling broadly.

Gin had no objections and drove straight to the underground base.

When he arrived at the base, Vermouth was there too. During this time, she had been helping Chu Ming shoot commercials to promote the software, running around doing all sorts of things.

Not only Vermouth, but even Kiel received this task, requiring her to appropriately promote the software to her fans.