Volume 15 Gray Fog Forest Chapter 770 Data That Should Not Exist
"148799 hours ago." The military AI of the central control computer replied.
If we convert this time, it would be about sixteen years...nearly seventeen years ago, which was exactly the time when the "Special Operations Fleet" was defeated and the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate crashed.
How did a database that hadn't been recognize the biometric data of Ke Lan, who had joined the Undead Crew for less than a year?
"Then why is my biometric data stored in your database?" Ke Lan asked directly.
"According to records, this data has been stored in the database since the day this AI was born." The military AI replied.
The day when military AI was born... It should be not long after the completion of the "Shaojiang Modified" frigate and the time when the central control computer was just turned on. After all, the delivery of the completed warship requires the warship to fly to the delivery location by itself. Without the central control computer and this AI, the warship cannot fly at all.
In other words, one's biometric data has been implanted into the database of the "Shaojiang Reform" central control computer from the very beginning.
As for the "Shaojiang modified" frigate... no, at that time it should have been the sixteenth ship of the "Shaojiang class" frigate. The date of production of this warship...
Although Ke Lan only glanced at the date of production of the sixteenth "Shaojiang-class" frigate in the archive, he still wrote it down - the main part of the ship was built by the Ark No. 3 Shipyard, with the help of Steel Flag Heavy Industry under the Ye Group. Construction began in June 915 of the New Era and was completed in December 917 of the New Era. It was then transferred to the Tester No. 4 base for the installation of weapons and equipment.
In the year 917 of the New Era... Even if Ke Lan was not a "symbiote" and even if the memories of his childhood in his mind were real, he had not yet been born at that time... How could the database of this battleship contain the biometric data of an unborn person?
And... it's data with the authority level of an Undead Crew member.
Could it be that at that time, the "Symbiote" plan had already been put on track... But even if so, the members of the Undead Crew would not be able to enter the data of the "Symbiote". Otherwise, the blow to the Ark caused by the "Prophet" who has the same authority as the members of the Undead Crew would be even heavier.
Even if we take a step back and say that every symbiote that can survive for a long time is a predetermined future crew member, the corresponding data should be entered into the database only after confirming that the symbiote can really survive for a long time. Otherwise, there will be serious chaos in the control center of the Ark.
Perhaps the "Prophet" once had the same level of authority as the members of the Crew Guild... As for why he did not use this authority, it was probably because the Crew Guild had deleted his authority before he even knew about it.
Although this statement makes sense for the "prophet", when it comes to Ke Lan, the time nodes don't match at all.
Unless, all symbiotes use the same genetic code, and each symbiote is like a twin brother... But Ke Lan has seen the true face of the "prophet", and the other party's appearance alone is very different from his own, and the biometric data is impossible to be the same.
Ke Lan had checked the information of the "Prophet" before his defection in the archives of the Undead Crew, and could confirm that he had not used the power of the Alpha civilization to change his appearance... Apart from anything else, the two people's blood types did not match: the Prophet's blood type was type O, and Ke Lan's was type AB.
This at least proves that the genetic codes of each symbiote are very different... If Ke Lan were the person in charge of the symbiote project in the Undead Crew, he would not have been able to use the same batch of clones as experimental subjects all the time...
Wait?! Clones?!
A somewhat bold guess flashed through Ke Lan's mind, making him freeze in place as if struck by lightning.
The biometric data of the Undead Crew Club members is recorded in the database of the central control computer of "Shaojiang Modified", there is no mistake about that...but what if I am a clone of a certain member of the Undead Crew Club?
Then it makes perfect sense that he and this undead crew member have the same biometric data, so he would be recognized by the "Shaojiang Modified" which has not updated its database for nearly seventeen years!
If I were really a 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 realized that it was meaningless to do so. These virtual projections were not necessarily their real appearances. Some of them even set the appearance of their remote-controlled bionic people as the virtual projection images of the attendees.
Only by seeing their real bodies lying in the "Coffin of Eternal Life" can we determine their true appearance.
But why didn't that member transform himself into a "symbiote" but chose the form of a clone... Was it because he was worried about his own safety, or were there other restrictions?
But no matter what, Ke Lan could at least be sure of one thing: the reason why he was able to join the Undead Crew was not because he had completed the crew's assessment, nor was it entirely because of his special abilities.
My ability to join the Undead Crew was probably already a predetermined thing.
Even if you do nothing and just stay at home as a useless otaku who only watches anime and plays games all day, and lives on the minimum living allowance and relief money, at a certain moment, the people from the Undead Crew will still come to you.
(Here is an explanation of the relief mechanism of the Ark: The Ark has a complete welfare security system. All Ark residents with legal status can receive daily rations sufficient to maintain the most basic life activities, even if they do not participate in any work. Although the taste of this kind of rations is not flattering, at least they will not starve to death.
As for those who have to take high-risk jobs due to life pressures, such as miners, mercenaries and the like, some of them cannot stand the completely low-desire life of "eating and waiting to die", while others have more compelling reasons: they or their family members have serious illnesses that cannot be treated with free medicines, they have debts that they cannot repay due to gambling or other things, they want their offspring to get a better education and live a better life, etc.
For someone like Ke Lan, who feeds the whole family with one person's food, as long as he doesn't get sick, doesn't get married, doesn't have children, and always maintains a low-desire lifestyle, he can actually live on relief until he dies.
Ke Lan smelled a conspiracy.
Put yourself in their shoes. Suppose you are the "original" who provides the genes. Then, can you accept your clone joining the Undead Crew and becoming an equal to yourself?
Obviously not.
Let's not discuss the issue of human rights and moral ethics here. For the Undead Crew, clones were created as tools and weapons from the beginning. For a tool or a weapon, having self-awareness is already a very dangerous thing, and it must be strictly controlled to ensure that the tool or weapon always obeys the orders from "people".
There are only a few methods of control. The lower-level ones are to directly set up a fatal "backdoor" in the clone's body and use life threats to control; the more advanced ones are to implant preset memories or brainwash, making the clone a pawn that is completely loyal to the crew.
The former is simple and crude, but it is easy to cause resistance and riots. Once the clone can sacrifice his own life to pursue a 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 finds out one day that his memories are all false, what will he do?
No one could have predicted this outcome... This is the most destabilizing factor.
Both the "prophet" and Ke Lan knew "part of the truth". The former resolutely 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 this was 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 interests.
This may be the lesson they learned from the "prophet"'s defection.
But is Ke Lan really considered one of their own?
Obviously not.
After all, he is always a "symbiote", a clone, a created "tool" or "weapon".
The people of the Undead Crew can delete all the permission information of the "Prophet", and can also delete Ke Lan's... The reason why he can still stay in the Crew Guild and live in this world is simply because he is still valuable to the members of the Crew Guild.
That's all.
When the day comes when your value is exhausted, perhaps that will be the day when your life ends.
There is an old saying in the old Chinese era: "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts."
No matter from which angle you look at it, Ke Lan and the other members of the Undead Crew are not the same kind of people, and it can even be said that they are not the same "species". In addition to human genes, he also has Alpha genes in his body. In the eyes of other crew members, he is an "alien".
For example, suppose one day you saw someone who was exactly like you. His appearance, height, weight and even personality were very similar to yours, but the only difference was that he had the blood of a monster in his body and he had special abilities that you didn’t have. Would you like this person and become friends with him?
For most people, I'm afraid not... they would be wary of or even afraid of such a person.
They will not see 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 take any practical action for it.
But it is undeniable that this dark side will always exist...it may be forgotten, but it will not disappear.
Only you know best what the dark side of your heart is. When a "copy" that is exactly the same as you stands in front of you, you will only feel uncomfortable as if you have been cut open from head to toe... It is because you know what the other person is thinking that you feel afraid.
Assuming that the other party is more powerful than you, then this fear will be magnified tenfold or a hundredfold.
From this point of view, the scope of speculation can be reduced by at least half.
Ke Lan's "Primarch" must have voted against his decision to join the Undead Crew.
But it doesn’t really matter whose clone I am. What’s important is...what is the purpose of the undead crew creating me?
If the purpose is to decipher the documents left behind by the Alpha civilization, then using those "disposable symbionts" that can only survive for a short time would be enough. They are safe, convenient, and you don't have to worry about things getting out of your control. They are "use and throw away" and are simply perfect "tools". Why bother creating things like the "prophet" and yourself?
One prophet almost destroyed the Ark and humanity. If there were a few more, I'm afraid that before the undead crew can completely digest the legacy of Alpha civilization, the human race will be wiped out from the universe, right?
Are the undead crew members not worried about betrayal at all? Or do they have other plans?
Ke Lan was lost in thought, not saying a word. On the contrary, Mo Jue, who was standing beside him, could no longer hold back his temper. He walked up and asked the AI of "Shaojiang Modified": "What happened to the special operations fleet back then? What happened in the past decade or so since the battleship crashed?"
"I haven't detected the corresponding permission level for your identity data, so I can't answer your question." The military AI replied after a scanning laser swept across Mo Jue. At the same time, several automatic defense machine guns poked out from the dark slots on the top of the bridge, and several red dots of laser-assisted sights locked onto her.
"Remove the lock." Ke Lan waved her hand, and the next second, the automatic defense cannons were retracted. "Answer her questions."
"This question involves the combat records of the first mission of the 'Special Operations Fleet' and the routine record data of this ship. Some of the data in these two records has been damaged and cannot be repaired. Is it necessary to review them?" The military AI replied.
Sure enough, some of the data was still damaged... Ke Lan sighed inwardly and said, "Retrieve the undamaged part."
"Special Operations Fleet, Ship No. 4, 'Shaojiang Kai' frigate, No. SX-016, First Mission..." The AI read as it projected the text image onto the virtual screen. It had to be said that the two questions Mo Jue asked were too broad. This combat record actually started from when the sixteenth ship of the "Shaojiang Class" was transformed into the "Shaojiang Kai"...
The lengthy list of modifications alone takes up over a gigabyte of text.
Ke Lan could only fast forward.
