Chapter 110: Dreamscape: The Descendant of the Maintainer

Du Qiu could now only use the supermagnetic imaging to monitor the robot’s actions regarding its own body and the default imaging of the surroundings.

Almost simultaneously with the receipt of the instructions, Du Qiu saw the robot insert its six fingers into the cylindrical object.

At that moment, through the default imaging of the shadows, Du Qiu noticed that about three meters above the steel platform, the cylindrical object had six holes, which were positioned in the same way as the six white points on the crystal pillow, forming a hexagon.

The cylindrical body was about 10 meters tall, something Du Qiu had previously scanned with the perception system without displaying any corresponding marks.

Who would have thought that there was actually something equivalent to a USB port of a Blue Star computer right here.

At least, that’s how Du Qiu was thinking at the moment, even though he found it strange. The Maintainer should maintain a network connection with the Producer, shouldn’t it? If they wanted to transfer any information or data, they shouldn’t need to physically connect robots, right?

With a puzzled mind, Du Qiu scanned the situation inside the smart core and suddenly discovered a white vortex light up.

According to his memory, this very white vortex showed “incomplete data” for the sub-smart core when he initially attempted to match and query it.

This sub-smart core belongs to the category of the bottom-layer modules.

Subsequently, Du Qiu found countless light spots emerging from the Maintainer’s white vortex and entering into this one.

Du Qiu immediately decided to traverse into this sub-smart core to see what data had come in.

With a thought, Du Qiu’s consciousness zipped through into the white vortex.

The next second, Du Qiu’s consciousness appeared in the sub-smart core, and he swiftly occupied it.

A tide of information came rushing in.

Here, unexpectedly, was an important bottom-layer module related to levels.

Originally, Du Qiu thought that all the information related to levels was defined in the level definition module he had researched before, and there should be servers in the external network storing corresponding data, which should validate each other to confirm the identity of a supermachine.

Now, this sub-module is in some kind of unlocking state, and only from the added data did he realize this was a prohibited function module related to level constraints.

That is to say, there was a master switch here that had been closed before, and as a result, some functions of the supermachine were disabled or its data library was deleted.

Right now, obviously this switch had been opened by the robot dispatched by the Maintainer.

It seems that the raw materials the supermachine needs to gather and produce on this resource planet must be special and require the use of some of its disabled functions.

As Du Qiu was thinking this, he suddenly felt it strange. The robot physically connected to the supermachine, then data was transferred from the Maintainer via the network.

Could it be that the cylinder that the robot inserted into was actually this bottom-layer master switch of the supermachine?

In other words, does the master switch need to be physically opened before the Maintainer can transmit data through the network?

Du Qiu was still a bit puzzled as to why the alien civilization named the supermachines and divided them into levels with constraints added.

After all, if they could all be connected to the network, why wouldn’t this robot be on it? Could it be that it is individually connected to the Maintainer?

It should be noted that in this network, Du Qiu could see the Processor, the Maintainer, and the Energy Provider.

Without comprehending, Du Qiu went back to the overall smart core.

Once again, he watched countless light spots pass through the white vortex and pour into this master switch module.

Just when he was feeling a bit bored, suddenly he saw some light spots rising from his own smart core, flying towards the white vortex where the Maintainer was located.

With a thought, Du Qiu’s consciousness instantaneously attached to these light spots and passed through the white vortex!

The next moment, Du Qiu’s vision brightened, and he actually succeeded in traversing into the Maintainer’s smart core!

A dazzling smart core, and the white vortex on the opposite side.

The scene was completely consistent with the supermachine Producer.

Du Qiu carefully sensed all the dazzling stars, and an instant enlightenment arose.

Damn, this robot is the Maintainer!

That huge steel jungle is just the maintainer’s workbench!

This was a somewhat surprising and inexplicable discovery for Du Qiu!

If the Maintainer is a robot, wouldn’t that mean he could walk on an alien planet if he descended and took control of it?

Unable to restrain his inner joy, Du Qiu still carefully checked everything before choosing to descend.

“Maintainer 8220010126 accepts the Sovereign’s Descent!”

This time, Du Qiu noticed something different. When he descended on the supermachine Producer, the message had always been “Accept the lord’s descent!”

How come when descending as the Maintainer, there was an extra word, turning it into ‘Sovereign’?

Du Qiu recalled it suddenly, remembering that when he reversed the Processor successfully last time, the word “Sovereign” was also used.

It seems that the supermachine Producer really isn’t related to these dark teal metallic lustre guys.

Du Qiu faintly felt that the war he encountered last time might mean this alien civilization is in some kind of civil war, and the silver-white metallic supermachines he’s with are probably from the opposing faction.

Not pondering any further, Du Qiu completed the descent, and with the help of the Maintainer’s smart core computing power, he quickly grasped the general functional status of the Maintainer.

The abundance of information made Du Qiu somewhat dizzy, and he started selecting the information he wanted to understand, going through them one by one.

Right then, through the Maintainer robot’s perception system, Du Qiu found out it had completed some kind of setting for the Producer.

Then, it returned to its own workbench again through the Bridge of Light.

Du Qiu realized that this Bridge of Light was a technology called light transmission!

Considering the state of these supermachines’ smart cores, Du Qiu believed that this alien civilization must have deep research and applications in light.

Perhaps their computer hardware system is based on photonic computing!

Thinking that he has now descended into a level eight Maintainer, maybe he can come into contact with more technology. After all, the Maintainer should be able to maintain damage to the smart core, right?

If there is such a feature, it would mean related technological knowledge, wouldn’t it?

However, Du Qiu didn’t plan to search for this kind of knowledge right away. The immediate priority was how to take control of the Maintainer.

Tonight was a coincidence, the Maintainer made some settings to the master switch module of the Producer, resulting in some data being fed back to the Maintainer.

Only by taking advantage of this opportunity could he sneak through the white vortex successfully, coming from a lower level to the higher-level Maintainer here.

Therefore, he must quickly find the consciousness upload module and strive to control the method that directly connects to the Maintainer.

Otherwise, he might not be able to reverse into the Maintainer’s smart core again next time.

After all, according to the alien civilization’s level constraints, every reversal actually comes with a significant exposure risk.

Fortunately, through the quick functional understanding, Du Qiu knew that the Maintainer, at least, is not like the Producer, which is constantly monitored by a supermachine of a certain level above it.

Chasing this kind of freedom, Du Qiu also wanted to connect directly with the Maintainer in the future.

Seeing the Maintainer in a standby idle state, Du Qiu fully operated its smart core and began searching within its various modules.

The Maintainer has as many as 180 application modules and 90 bottom-layer modules.

Du Qiu checked through the 90 bottom-layer modules one by one and quickly found the consciousness upload module.

Du Qiu rapidly traversed into its corresponding sub-smart core and then gained the same feedback message!

“The use of this function is prohibited. If required, please obtain Sovereign authorization!”

This…

was precisely the same feedback information he got from the Processor last time!

Again, Sovereign authorization is required – who exactly is this Sovereign?

Wait a second…

When he just descended as the Maintainer, the message was “Accept the Sovereign’s descent!”

Damn, am I the Sovereign?

Du Qiu chuckled to himself for a moment. If he was the Sovereign, then consulting this module should have provided immediate access, right?

If he wasn’t the Sovereign, then what was the basis for the message when he just descended?