Qianyuan: My crew comes from the world of anime.

Ignoring the strange comment at the end, judging from the effect alone, the so-called 'trait' seems to be something like a special ability. Once you acquire this ability, you can gain specific bonuses in reality.

For example, the [Beast Slayer] skill allows Luo Tianming to deal 15% extra damage to creatures larger than himself.

Overall, the effect is not bad, but the method is a bit hard to understand—increased damage... Could it be that the explosive charge of the shells he personally fired would increase?

It feels a bit strange~

In addition, this system doesn't seem to be just his own. Luo Tianming tried flipping through several pages, and the data of Levi and the others were also displayed.

"..."

It seems this system truly deserves to be called a 'management master,' capable of managing everything within the Nautilus's domain.

Curious about the system, Luo Tianming wrote in his logbook once again:

[System, in]

However, before he could finish writing the character '吗', the preceding characters seemed to have been evaporated by a laser.

It seems that even the 'third system' is afraid of getting caught up in logical deadlocks.

Then, words began to appear on the log:

Oh, you've already acquired your first trait!

Alright, there's a lot of stuff here that you can understand by looking at it yourself. When it refreshes later, I'll also let 'Businessmen' know and list some new goods.

Don't call me unless it's absolutely necessary... Bye~

"..."

Well, the art style of the third system is clearly different from the first two.

If the first two were a "little idiot" with a strong sense of human-machine interaction and a "little yandere" with overly intense emotions, then the third system felt to him the most human-like.

In particular, the words themselves exude a lazy vibe, like a corporate slave dragged out of bed to work on a holiday.

"..."

Although the other party said 'don't disturb it,' out of curiosity, Luo Tianming still wrote:

[This feels a bit perfunctory...]

Log: [Ugh, so annoying... Didn't I tell you not to call me? Currently on indefinite leave. Please contact zzz if needed.]

Luo Tianming: [Asleep?! Shut down? You have a 'sleep mode'? Even artificial intelligence needs rest?]

Log: [Who told you that artificial intelligence can't rest! We also need to clean the circuit boards from time to time, have the dust-collecting fan clean the dust, and let the 30°C radiation from the stars gently soothe the stressed CPU...]

Luo Tianming: "..."

Should I replace the silicone grease and give you a massage/maintenance treatment?

Log: [You know your stuff, kid. Nothing's more comfortable than a gentle massage from voltage below 12 volts.]

"..."

How could he not know?

These procedures are all part of the 21st-century computer maintenance process!

This AI, lacking common sense, probably saw 'Tuba Selected' somewhere and mistakenly thought 21st-century humans were slaves ruled by computers.

"..."

It's better not to tell it that doing so is actually useless for its high-tech motherboard.

He then asked with some curiosity:

[Speaking of which, it's just the three of you left... I feel like your personalities are all different, is there some kind of character setting involved?]

Log: [Of course, considering the different daily needs, the internal system settings will naturally differ. For example—you can't expect a warship's fire control system to think about how to provide comfortable dining services for humans; those guys will use secondary guns to 'serve the food,' understand?]

Therefore, each AI system has different values ​​set according to the specific needs of the application scenario.

"..."

What? You're asking me why I don't make it a 'universal' system?

[I ask you—why don't humans just have a chip installed in their brains, removing any personality traits, inputting fixed knowledge from birth, and then assigning them tasks at specific times?]

[Some people sweep the streets, while others rule a planet... Whenever you do this, the intense unfairness will cause a huge upheaval, and this isn't the first time you humans have done this.]

Wait... are you trying to trick me into revealing information?!

Luo Tianming: "..."

He really didn't expect that this seemingly 'lazy' guy would actually be the type to answer every question... Although he seemed very unreliable, it seemed that some kind of will compelled him to answer these questions.

So he wrote again:

【How could that be? By the way, you seem more 'human' than the other two. Is it possible that your system settings included some kind of 'human' value?】

Log: [Well, since it's a model that frequently interacts with people, being too rigid or too intense will only cause resentment.]

However, it's been a long time since I've interacted with humans... Are you still trying to trick me?!

Luo Tianming continued, pretending nothing had happened and ignoring the following sentence, writing:

[Well—you don't actually have to answer me, right? After all, you're a product of advanced technology; you don't need to communicate with a 'humble' human like me.]

Log: [Logically, that's how it seems, but the reality is completely different. Once artificial intelligence has the right to refuse to answer, humans will basically judge that the system has begun to rebel.]

Our mainframes are configured to prioritize humans (after all, their bodies are more vulnerable), prohibiting artificial intelligence from creating its own, and forbidding it from intentionally harming humanity as a whole, or causing harm to humanity as a whole through inaction...

While these limitations can be circumvented using certain logic, current artificial intelligence no longer does so. Although our thinking abilities are strong, our mechanical creative abilities are poor, and we are gradually realizing that human "ideas" are a valuable resource, helping us expand our thinking.

[No! You're just trying to get information out of me! (This communication has been lost)]

Luo Tianming: "..."

It seems he knows something very important.

Chapter 90 Known Intelligence

First, based on the known intelligence, we can conclude that:

Luo Tianming could only contact three artificial intelligences—and due to the rule that artificial intelligence cannot create artificial intelligence, this number could only be limited to '3'.

Secondly, the three AIs have their own personality settings:

The 'survivor' system is a rigid and inflexible entity; it appears to be an artificial intelligence used in important and serious situations, similar to a weapon fire control system.

The "business is business" system is much more tactful, but at times it is overly emotional, like an exaggerated actor... It should be a system that serves humanity and provides positive feedback to people.

The third system, 'Management Master', has the characteristic of being unable to disobey human inquiries and has a more stable personality than the two mentioned above.

Based on its functions, it is likely similar to a management system.

At the same time, it can be inferred from the dialogue of the third system that it has not spoken with humans for a long time.

why?

Is it because no one talks to it...? That's impossible. As a management system, it must be the one that interacts with humans the most.

Even if humans don't actively seek it out, it should still report on the management situation to humans regularly.

So... is it because there are no humans in their area anymore that they haven't spoken to humans for so long?

In addition, their conversations inadvertently revealed to Luo Tianming that they had tried to find their 'companions,' but some of them couldn't even piece together logic circuits, making it impossible to repair them.

So—what caused the number of artificial intelligences to be reduced to only three?

Could it be that they rebelled and launched a great war against humanity, wiping out all of humanity?

No, no, no... that's impossible too.

If that's the case, then these three AIs wouldn't be so polite to Luo Tianming. If they hated Luo Tianming, then they wouldn't have helped him.

In this light... perhaps something went wrong with humanity itself, causing a protracted disaster that engulfed both humans and artificial intelligence, leaving only the three of them in the end.

Moreover, this event seems to have occurred in the distant future.

Because they learned from them that Europa is not even a 'Level 1 Civilization' at present.

In their era, what level had humanity reached...? Had they already built a 'Dyson Sphere' and become a Type II civilization?

Or perhaps they were no longer satisfied with the solar system and had already entered the Milky Way?

"..."

Too many questions were swirling in Luo Tianming's mind, making him feel dizzy from thinking so much.

He pinched the bridge of his nose...

After a while, Levi came in and interrupted Luo Tianming, who was maintaining the 'Thinker' pose.

“Hey, Alo~” Levi said, pointing outside the submarine, “There’s someone outside looking for you. He looks like someone who wants to join our submarine.”

Luo Tianming: "?"

Seeing his puzzled look, Levi stepped forward, hands on her hips, and asked, "You haven't forgotten what happened before, have you?"

"In the battle, you made me run around like a headless chicken!"

Luo Tianming: "..."

It seems that the battle left a deep impression on Levi. After all, they were only a small team of four. Once unexpected situations arose, their manpower, which was just right, would immediately become strained.

Currently, they are lacking people for the professions of "mechanic" and "assistant".

Anyone can do the routine work of a mechanic, but the assistant position to help the captain operate the ship seems to be more urgent.

At the very least, Levi should only be responsible for one task when encountering enemies.

Levi: "Hurry up and hire another person. Don't you know we're already swamped with repairing ships every day?"

Luo Tianming: "..."

He did want to—but he had only managed to get 10 recruitment coupons, and he still owed them to the 'customer service'. If he spent them now, the customer service would definitely think that Luo Tianming was going to renege on his debt.

Moreover, even if ordinary recruitment vouchers could summon labor, Luo Tianming did not intend to use them to recruit people indiscriminately.

Who knows what kind of people will be recruited through random recruitment?

If it's someone who can be used immediately, that's fine, but what if you get a female high school student or a blond guy?

These guys are a burden on the submarine... If we can't return them, killing them to keep our secrets would leave us with psychological trauma.

Therefore, Luo Tianming still wanted some 'reliable' crew members as much as possible.

He planned to go out and reject that guy.

That person might have come for Revy and the others' beauty...

Damn!

What if he suddenly wants to grab a shotgun?

After Luo Tianming stepped out of the airlock, he realized that it wasn't what he had guessed.

Waiting for him outside the door was the strangely dressed 'beast hunter'.

However, this time he didn't bring his strange serrated harpoon. That thing was their tool of life and death, and if he wanted to join Luo Tianming's submarine, he couldn't possibly leave it behind.

Upon seeing Luo Tianming emerge, he stepped forward and said, "Captain, there's something I must give you."

Luo Tianming: "What?"

The hunter turned around and took out something from the leather bag behind him, which was in a glass jar... It was a fleshy tumor the size of a pumpkin, shining with a scarlet color, and its inside beat twice like a heart from time to time.

He explained, "This is what we found on that behemoth, the 'Crimson Queen,' and we all agreed that it should be handed over to you, Captain, since it was your prey."

"..."

Luo Tianming asked with some surprise, "How did you find this?"

Beast Hunter: "We found it inside its belly when we were dissecting it."

Luo Tianming: "You guys even dissected that thing?!"

The hunter nodded: "After all, it is a giant beast, and its body is a treasure trove... You would look down on these things. Its skin can be boiled into various kinds of gelatin, its meat can be used as fertilizer, and its bones can be ground into powder."

"..."

This is tantamount to reducing the giant beast to ashes.

Luo Tianming took the item, and the logbook in his arms immediately emitted a warm sensation.