Alien Relic Hunter

"148,799 hours ago." The military AI of the central control computer replied.

If you convert this time, it would be about sixteen years... Nearly seventeen years ago, it happened to be the time when the "Special Operations Fleet" failed here and the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate crashed.

How did a database that had not been updated online in the past seventeen years identify the biometric data of Ke Lan, who had joined the Undead Crew for less than a year?

"Then why do you have my biometric data in your database?" Ke Lan asked bluntly.

"According to records, this data has been stored in the database since the birth of this AI." The military AI replied.

The birth date of military AI... It should be the time not long after the "Shaojiang Kai" frigate was completed and the central control computer was just turned on. After all, delivering a completed warship requires the warship to fly to the delivery location. Without the central control computer and this AI, the warship would not be able to fly at all.

In other words, his biometric data has been implanted into the database of the "Shaojiang Reform" central control computer from the beginning.

As for the "Shaojiang-class" frigate... No, it should still be the "Shaojiang-class" frigate No. 16 at that time. The date of manufacture of this warship...

Although Ke Lan only glanced at the text on the file about the manufacturing date of the "Shaojiang-class" frigate No. 16, he still wrote it down - the main part of the ship was built by the Ark No. 3 Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Yip Consortium. With the cooperation of Steel Flag Heavy Industries, construction started in June 915 of the New Era and was completed in December 917 of the New Era. Later, it was transferred to Test Base No. 4 for additional weapons and equipment.

New Era 917... Even if Ke Lan is not a "symbiote", even if the memories of childhood in his mind are real, he was not born yet at this time... What's going on in the database of this battleship? What about the biometric data of a person not yet born?

Moreover...it is also data with the authority level of the members of the Undead Crew Association.

Could it be that at that time, the "Symbiote" plan had already entered the formal stage... But even so, it was impossible for the members of the Immortal Crew Association to enter the data of the "Symbiote", otherwise, with the members of the Immortal Crew Association A "prophet" with the same authority will inflict a heavier blow on the Ark.

Taking a step back, even if every symbiote that can survive for a long time is a scheduled future member of the crew, the corresponding data should be entered into the database after confirming that the symbiote can really survive for a long time. Otherwise, there will be serious chaos in Ark's control center.

Maybe the "Prophet" once had the same level of authority as the members of the Crew Association... As for why he didn't use this authority, it was probably because the Crew Association had deleted his authority before he knew about it.

Although this statement makes sense for the "Prophet", when it comes to Ke Lan, the time points are completely wrong.

Unless the symbionts all use the same genetic code, each symbiote is like a twin brother... But Ke Lan has seen the true appearance of the "Prophet", and the other person's appearance is very different from his own, and the biological The identification data is even less likely to be the same.

Ke Lan checked the "Prophet's" information before his defection in the archives of the Undead Crew Association, and could confirm that he had not changed his appearance with the help of the Alpha Civilization... If nothing else, the difference between the two was just based on their blood types. Mismatched numbers: The prophet’s blood type is type 0, while Ke Lan’s blood type is AB.

This at least proves that the genetic coding of each symbiote is very different... Presumably, if Ke Lan was the person in charge of the symbiote project on the Undead Crew, he would not be able to keep the same batch of symbiotes. Cloning humans as experimental bodies...

Wait a moment? ! Clones? !

A somewhat bold guess flashed through Ke Lan's mind, causing him to freeze in place as if struck by lightning.

What is recorded in the "Shaojiang Reform" central control computer database is the biometric data of the members of the Immortal Crew Association. There is no mistake about this... So what if you are a clone of a member of the Immortal Crew Association?

It makes perfect sense that he and this member of the Immortal Crew Club have the same biometric data, so they would be recognized by the "Shaojiang Kai" who had not updated their database in the past seventeen years!

If I were really the clone of a member of the Undead Crew, which one would it be?

Ke Lan recalled the virtual projections of the crew members he had seen at the meeting...but he soon discovered that doing so was meaningless. These virtual projections were not necessarily their real appearances, and some of them even He also set the appearance of his remotely controlled android to be the virtual projected image of the participants.

Only by seeing their true bodies lying in the "Coffin of Eternal Life" can their true appearance be determined.

But why didn't that member transform himself into a "symbiote", but in the form of a clone... Was it because he was worried about his own safety, or was there other restrictions?

But no matter what, Ke Lan can at least be sure of one thing: he was able to join the Undead Crew Club not because he completed the Crew Club's assessment, nor entirely because of his special abilities.

Being able to join the Undead Crew Club was probably something that had already been decided.

Even if you don't do anything, just stay at home and live like a waste house that just catches up and plays games all day long, relying on subsistence allowances and relief funds, at a certain moment, people from the Undead Crew will still come to your door.

(Here is an explanation of Ark’s relief mechanism: Ark has a complete welfare security system. All residents of Ark with legal status, even if they do not participate in any work, can receive daily rations sufficient to maintain the most basic life activities. Although The taste of this kind of ration is beyond praise, but at least it is not starving to death.

As for those who are forced to participate in high-risk jobs, such as miners, mercenaries and other professions, some of them are because they cannot bear the life of "eating and waiting to die" with completely low desires, and some of them have more compelling reasons. : You or your family have a serious illness that cannot be treated with free medicine, you owe debts that you cannot repay due to gambling or other things, you want your descendants to get a better education and live a better life, etc...

For a person like Ke Lan, who has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry, as long as he doesn't get sick, doesn't get married, doesn't have children, and maintains a low-desire life, he can actually rely on handouts until the end of his life. )

Ke Lan smelled a conspiracy.

Think about it from another person's perspective, assuming that you are the "original body" who provided the genes, can you accept your own clone to join the Undead Crew and become an equal member of yourself?

Obviously not.

Let’s not discuss issues of human rights and moral ethics here. For the Undead Crew, cloning has been created as a tool and weapon from the beginning. It is already very dangerous for a tool or weapon to have self-awareness, and it must be strictly controlled to ensure that the tool or weapon always obeys the orders from "people".

There are several control methods. The low-level ones directly set up fatal "backdoors" in the clones' bodies and use life threats to control them; the more advanced ones rely on implanting preset memories or brainwashing to make the clones One becomes a pawn who is completely loyal to the crew.

The former is simple and crude, but can easily cause resistance and riots. Once clones are willing to give up their own lives to pursue free personality and independent will, this control method will be completely ineffective. The latter is more difficult and the effect is more natural, but it also hides a flaw that cannot be ignored: If the clone one day discovers that his memories are false, what will he do?

No one could have predicted this outcome... This is the most unsettling factor.

Both "Prophet" and Ke Lan knew "part of the truth". The former decided to betray the Undead Crew and escape from the Ark, while Ke Lan chose to "cooperate" with the Undead Crew.

They even decided to let Ke Lan join the Undead Crew. Now it seems that it is most likely to appease Ke Lan's emotions and make Ke Lan feel "trusted", so that both parties can stand on the same front and have common goals and goals. Benefit.

This may be a lesson they learned from the "Prophet" defection incident.

But is Ke Lan really regarded as "one of their own" by them?

Apparently not.

In the final analysis, he is always a "symbiote", a clone, a manufactured "tool" or "weapon".

The people of the Immortal Crew Association can delete all the permission information of the "Prophet", and they can also delete Ke Lan's... The reason why he can still stay in the Crew Association and still live in this world is just because he is right to It is also valuable to members of the crew association.

That's all.

The day your value is drained out, it may be the end of your life.

There is an old saying in China in the old era: "Those who are not of my race must have different minds."

No matter from which point of view, Ke Lan and the other undead crew members are not the same kind of people, or even the same "species". In addition to human genes, he also has Alpha human genes in his body. In other crew members, In the eyes of the members, they are "alien".

For example, suppose one day you see a person who is exactly the same as you. His appearance, height, weight and even personality are very similar to you, but the only difference is that he has the blood of a monster in his body. He has everything you don’t have. Special abilities – Would you like this person and be friends with him?

For the vast majority of people, I'm afraid not... they would be jealous or even afraid of such a person.

They will not regard it as a "person" like themselves, but only as a "monster".

The vast majority of people are not saints, the vast majority of people are ordinary people.

There is a dark side in the hearts of ordinary people. This dark side can be anything that is not recognized by normal society... Many people may only have "such an idea" throughout their lives and never pay for it. any practical actions.

But it is undeniable that this dark side will always exist...it may be forgotten, but it will not disappear.

Only you know the dark side of your heart best, and when a "copy" that is exactly like yourself stands in front of you, you will only have the uncomfortable feeling of being cut open from head to toe... Because You know what the other person will think, so you feel scared.

Assuming that the other party is more powerful than you, this fear will be magnified tenfold and a hundredfold.

From this point of view, the scope of speculation can at least be reduced by nearly half.

Ke Lan's "Primarch" must have voted against his decision to join the Undead Crew.

But it doesn’t actually matter whose clone he is. What’s important is... what is the purpose of the undead crew creating themselves?

If it is to interpret the documents left by the Alpha civilization, then it is enough to use those "disposable symbionts" that can only survive for a short period of time. It is safe and convenient, and you don't have to worry about things going beyond your control. "Use and throw away." , is simply a perfect "tool", so why bother to create something like the "Prophet" and himself?

One prophet has almost wiped out the Ark and mankind. If there are a few more, I am afraid that the human race will be eliminated from the universe before the undead crew can completely digest the legacy of Alpha civilization, right?

Are the Undead Crew not worried about their betrayal at all? Or do they have other plans?

Ke Lan was lost in thought and didn't say a word. On the contrary, Mo Jue, who was standing aside, couldn't hold his breath. He stepped forward and asked the AI ​​of "Shaojiang Kai": "What happened to the special operations fleet that year?" What happened? What happened in the more than ten years since this battleship crashed? "

"The corresponding authority level of your identity data has not been detected, so I cannot answer your question." After a scanning laser swept over Mo Jue's body, the military AI replied. At the same time, several automatic defense cannons protruded from the hidden slots on the top of the bridge, and the red dots of several laser auxiliary sights were locked on her body.

"Unlock." Ke Lan waved his hand, and the next second, these automatic defense cannons were retracted, "Answer her questions."

"This question involves the combat records of the 'Special Operations Fleet' No. 1 mission and the ship's regular record data. Part of the data in these two records has been damaged and cannot be repaired. Do they need to be retrieved?" the military AI replied.

Sure enough, part of the data was still damaged... Ke Lan sighed inwardly and said, "Take out the part that is not damaged."

"Special Operations Fleet, No. 4 ship, 'Shaojiang modified' frigate, No. SX-016, No. 1..." While the AI ​​was reading, it projected text and images onto the virtual screen - it must be said that Mo Jue proposed The contents of these two questions are still too broad. This combat record actually started when the "Shaojiang-class" No. 16 ship was transformed into the "Shaojiang Kai"...

The lengthy list of modifications alone exceeds a G in text size.

Ke Lan could only choose to fast forward.