Light Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2

“Beep——“

A system reminder popped up, indicating that another “day” had pa.s.sed.

Venus No. 3 marked the last observation of the day, stored it into the shared system, and returned to base. Venus No. 2 was already beside the transfer machine. Venus No. 1 logged the data and time, checked the gravity and slightly fine tuned it. Meanwhile, the system showed that there was already a difference of 1 “hour” between it and an unadjusted clock.

To be honest, there was no difference between “days” and “hours” to them. Even though they were using quantum clocks, this method would not produce an error larger than a second in three billion and seven hundred million years according to the system’s database. This program that had come preinstalled with the system was just to record data. The endless universe they faced was always the same. It was never ending, and nothing existed but darkness. The only thing that was mutable was that the difference between the two clocks kept increasing.

To them, “time” was meaningless.

Having such a system reminder was just so that the machine could operate normally. This was the final planet that they could reach before their initial energy ran out. Although the environment had not yet reached the standards needed for self-circulation, the system was fortunate enough to be be able to barely start operations. Since the self-circulation survival system could only run at half its maximum capacity, the robots were forced to go dormant once every now and then in order to store enough energy to power their movements. Coincidentally, this cycle was a “day”. The system reminder was the signal that they needed to activate dormant status.

The energy of the three robots was stored into the shared storage system. Most of the energy from the shared storage system was supplied to Venus No. 1, while the remaining portion was transferred to No.2 and No.3 for exploration activities. Venus No.1’s core system was a library. It recorded all sorts of information on Earth, from the changes of Earth to the movements of the celestial bodies. More importantly, it had research data on the human species, as well as that never adjusted clock. They were the only proof that the civilizations on Earth had existed before the explosion of the solar system.

That was why the results of the calculation of the three robots’ artificial intelligences showed that their sole purpose, the only objective they needed to accomplish was “survive”.

Venus No.3 had been the first to awaken from its dormant state because its core system was the simplest. Compared to the library program in No.1 and the exploration program alongside the “Human Emotion” program in No.2, the initial design of No.3 was to become a “tool”. Most of it were just small programs for hardware. It also had numerous sensory devices. Of course, the three robots were able to a.s.semble together if the conditions allowed them to, but the final goal of the initial project was to help humans escape the solar system for autonomous survival , so Venus No.1, No.2 and No.3 were designed using human standards. They had the appearance and body of a young human man. No.3 looked the most childish, but at the same time, it was also the strongest.

No.2, on the side, had also finished its startup program. In comparison, No.2’s body seemed a lot smaller, but the design philosophy for it to explore meant that it was quite a bit more agile compared to the other two robots.

“Let’s go.”

No. 2 let out a sound. Information transfer between the robots took place via the electronic signals in the shared system. However, even if the spa.r.s.e atmosphere on the planet allowed for sound transmission, No.3 would still be unable to extract any effective information from the mechanical language. Despite that, No.2 would still run this small program once every single time it woke up, walk out of the base with No.3, bring up the labelling information from the previous day, and prepare for a new day of exploration.

The awakening program for No.1 was a bit slower, but it was already standing beside the other two robots at this time, even though it would only record the most token amount of effective information off on the side whilst No.2 and No.3 explored.