Chapter 474 Servo Skull
Chapter 474 Servo Skull
After getting the scarab button, Howard followed Cecil's advice and once again visited the man named Antonio, who was also his special consultant.
But when he arrived at the library, he found that it was closed. The previously open restricted area was blocked again. Even Howard or Christina could not enter directly. They had to submit multiple tedious applications.
The person who had the authority to come and go here freely has already left.
Then I thought about how when I first met Antonio he said that he had some ideas about some information and would soon get results. Could it be that Antonio has already gone off to do his own thing?
Cecil went to great lengths to arrange a meeting between the two parties, but it wasn't coordinated well and one of the parties simply couldn't attend. That was a bit of an interesting situation.
But just as Howard was thinking about what to do next, two green lights lit up in the darkness of the restricted area of the library, and then a servo skull that was originally in dormant state floated in front of Howard.
This servo skull is dressed very coolly. Although the overall appearance is still a skull floating in the air, the skull has single-sided tassel glasses on its eye sockets and a top hat on its head.
"Hello, Mr. Howard, how can I help you?" Antonio's voice came from the servo skull, as polite as ever.
"Mr. Antonio, are you communicating with me now?" Howard asked.
"I am only a humble answering program left behind by the Great Master, Mr. Howard. It's not the Great Master himself who's speaking to you now, but only me," the Servo Skull denied Howard's question and introduced itself. "How can I help you?"
Howard: "Are you artificial intelligence?"
"I am not a product of such blasphemous technology. I am merely a humble response program. The Great Master has pre-programmed responses to many possible situations and questions. I am merely an output terminal. My function is simply to retrieve these stored contents. I do not possess independent thinking ability or personality," the servo skull replied, then asked again, "Although I am far inferior to the Great Master, some of the information stored within me may still be able to answer your questions. Mr. Howard, how can I help you?"
What a strong sense of déjà vu.
"Where is Mr. Antonio now?" Howard asked.
"The great master has left the spaceship and is now working somewhere else." The servo skull answered with nonsense. If Antonio had not thought about it when writing this answer, it would mean that Antonio probably did not want to be disturbed by others now.
Howard didn't pursue Servo Skull's nonsense, but continued to ask: "Can you contact Mr. Antonio now?"
Servo Skull: "We all have the ability to contact the Great Master, but our signal transmission and reception power are limited. If the Great Master is within the signal range, we can contact the Great Master, but not vice versa."
Howard: "Please don't beat around the bush. Just give a clear answer: yes or no."
This time, the Servo Skull hesitated for more than ten seconds before answering, "Mr. Howard, the answer varies from person to person. The Great Master does not wish to be disturbed right now, so only a few people who ask this question will receive a positive answer. And according to the Great Master's classification, you are fortunately in the category that can receive a positive answer."
Translated into human language, this means that the servo skull can now contact Antonio, but Antonio does not want some inexplicable people to disturb him during this period of time.
Howard: "Please contact Mr. Antonio for me."
Servo Skull: "Forgive my rudeness, Mr. Howard. You could tell me your problem first. I might be able to solve some of the problems without disturbing the Great Master."
Howard held out his hand, spread his fingers, and showed the Servo Skull the scarab button in his hand.
A green light shot out from the eyes of the servo skull, scanning the button. With a "beep" sound, the scan yielded a result.
"Please wait, we are setting up a communication channel with the master for you."
After saying that, the light in the eye sockets of the servo skull went out, leaving only the indicator light flashing regularly.
A few minutes later, light appeared in the eye sockets of the servo skull again, but it was blue light instead of green light. The blue light was not scattered like the green light before, but was emitted almost parallel.
This parallel blue light hits a physical object, projecting an image like a projector.
At the same time, deep in the library, more servo skulls were awakened. They floated above Howard's head and projected images in a specific array combination.
So from Howard and Christina's perspective, the original environment around them was being deprived and replaced bit by bit, gradually being replaced by a new environment. They were originally in a dark and claustrophobic library, but now they were in a desolate ruin. Even though Howard and Christina knew that all this was fake, the visual deception effect was too powerful.
When the environment was built, Antonio was also projected out.
At this time, Antonio was facing away from Howard. He was kneeling on one knee on the ground, observing the broken stone tablet in front of him.
He used a machine that could emit ultrasonic waves to shake off the loose dust on the stone tablet, and then carefully brushed off the loose dust with a brush, so that the words on the stone tablet emerged.
When the text appeared, Antonio began to take photos to record it, and further copied it on special paper.
This behavior is quite like that of a real archaeologist.
Just when Howard thought the conversation could begin, he didn't expect the projection to end yet. After Antonio, another person was projected out.
When Howard saw the last projection, the corner of his eye twitched unconsciously.
It was a young girl wearing a dark green long dress, with slightly curly black hair that almost reached the ground.
The girl stood beside Antonio, slightly bent over and leaning forward, watching Antonio work curiously and quietly.
The girl's back was turned to Howard, so he couldn't see her face clearly. However, perched on her shoulder was a familiar mechanical falcon. Its chest was hollowed out, and the core within glowed green. Most of the falcon's bionic feathers were black. Why? Because one of its left flight feathers was dyed a beautiful, vibrant shade of cyan.
If this falcon named Horus does not have a second owner, then the girl who appeared in Antonio's projection is Hevian.
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