Cyber Heroes

Xiangshan spent some rare time in Orla Freeman's underwater retreat.

Although Xiangshan is already known as "unparalleled in martial arts", there is no place for him on the entire earth. No matter where he is, he must be alert to satellite surveillance, ground patrols, and attackers who may appear at any time.

But in this place that had not been disturbed for two hundred years, he could relax for the time being.

The underwater mineral vein Ola Freeman found was relatively close to an undersea volcano, and a lot of raw materials could be easily collected.

The most lacking thing in the underwater base is information. Ola Freeman only downloaded technical information in large quantities once more than a hundred years ago. After that, he never came ashore again. Only those outsiders who accidentally came to this place brought him some technical updates.

But if you don’t pursue maximizing efficiency, the old technology from two hundred years ago can still meet basic needs.

What this group lacks is not efficiency, but some resources, including rare earth elements, that keep the system running.

What Xiangshan needs is some weapons that will allow him to fight better underwater. These equipment do not even need to have separate data processing equipment and power sources, they only need to be able to convert electrical energy into kinetic energy.

While Xiang Shan was building equipment for himself, Panike finally lived the daily life that should belong to every five-year-old girl. The little guy sits in the spherical escape cabin every day and plays with the dolphins. The dolphins also like this human cub very much. Everyone had a great time in the water without any barriers at all.

Deep in the cave, Xiangshan also saw other members of the community - some dormant adult killer whales, and whale brains in jars.

Killer whales are urged to fall in love and form families when they are sub-adults. Due to the customs of killer whales, they have a group marriage system. After completing one or two rounds of reproduction, which lasts about twelve years, the killer whales must enter hibernation and prepare for canning.

Because the barren ocean can no longer support apex predators.

The young killer whales will live with the prosthetic baleen whales and be raised by whales that are larger in size but gentler and can filter feed. They will not stay with their own species in the deep sea until they are sub-adults, preparing to reproduce.

Then, they enter dormancy, and during this process, the cells in their bodies will gradually break away from aerobic respiration and switch to electric field energy to operate.

Finally, the whales enter the tank and spend their prime and old age, which is longer than humans.

The group of adult killer whales during the breeding period is the most terrifying. The artificial starch and protein in the base are supplied to them in large quantities to prevent these natural hunters from confusing their desire to reproduce with their appetite. These more nutritious foods can at least satisfy your hunger a little.

The whole system works very reluctantly.

The killer whales entering the tank will also direct some engineering robots to work through wireless signals. Occasionally, killer whales will learn human mathematics and engineering and try to improve existing technologies.

However, probably because the thinking of whales is so different from that of humans, it is difficult for whales to follow the established learning routes of humans and develop the same rational thinking style as humans.

More often than not, these mature whales use simulation systems to pretend that they are still swimming in a rich ocean.

A row of huge tanks is the lament of killer whales in this era.

Xiangshan also felt that he had benefited a lot from communicating with these whales.

However, it was finally time to say goodbye.

Xiang Shan stayed here for a week and was ready to leave.

There was a little incident when we were leaving. Xiang Shan originally planned to let Panike stay here and continue living here. But Panike didn't want to say anything. She leaned on Xiang Shan and cried loudly, shouting Yuki's name loudly. Xiang Shan had quarrels with this little girl several times, but nothing happened. In the end, he even planned to leave the little girl here without saying goodbye to Panike.

In the end, it was Freeman who came over and said to him: "Maybe you shouldn't get along with children in this era according to the ideas of our era."

Xiangshan felt that this was too outrageous: "You can't stop loving humans just because you love whales, right? Doctor? Is there any safer place in the world than here?"

Orla Freeman asked: "Do you think it's safe here? Is it comfortable here? Most residents here don't even dare to speak loudly for fear of being found, and this place has just been exposed to a group of malicious terrorists. .I don’t think this place will be safer than the Martial God’s side.”

——The comfort in your eyes is just because you, as a human, are not aware of the oppression of whales and dolphins.

Although Freeman didn't say it explicitly, his subtext said so.

Freeman said: "Every species has its own environment. This closed place is not so suitable for humans. Do you know? We originally had facilities to welcome newborns, but there are already several humans living here. No new offspring have been produced in ten years.”

Xiangshan was silent for a moment and sighed: "But here, she can at least play like a normal child. You see, how happy she is getting along with your dolphins."

When Xiang Shan said this, Panike was wearing a foam swimsuit and playing with the dolphins.

"I've never seen her play like this."

"However, a child was abandoned somewhere by her caregivers. From then on, she did not know the news about the person who was most important to her... It will take a long time for her to heal this, right? And her other one. The relative, her brother, is currently missing. I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave her here.”

Xiangshan folded his hands on his chest. Perhaps it was the phrase "healing with a lifetime" that triggered some associations in Xiangshan. He was silent for a moment, then Ah said: "Do you regard me as her father? With all due respect, I am the 'master' of these children...and I cannot be a good father. A person like me .”

"'Master' is a social relationship that is similar to blood relatives." Ola Freeman sighed: "It is similar to blood relatives and can also bear the emotions of human beings directed towards blood relatives. The operation of the human flesh and blood machine is not so precise. I I still feel that you can’t use the values ​​we had at that time to face everything today.”

Xiangshan was silent for a moment: "Okay. But even if I am her pseudo-father...she just has a father who can die at any time. Is this a good thing for her?"

"It's not necessarily a bad thing."