Intelligence

Sun Jack finally understood. Why there were doors on the ceiling and floor, and why the walls were all metal.

It turned out they weren't doors at all, but space capsules. He had been walking horizontally, with his feet on the walls, since he woke up!

Stunned for a long time, Sun Jack leaned his face close to the glass and peered intently. Although it was gray, he was certain this planet was Earth.

However, the situation had changed. The azure planet was now wrapped in a mass of gray metallic debris, as if covered by a veil.

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That metallic debris consisted of satellites. Countless satellites of all kinds, forming a dense ring around the entire planet.

Some were large enough that Sun Jack could barely make out their outlines with the naked eye, indicating just how massive those satellites were.

"Why so many satellites? What year is it?" Sun Jack was absolutely certain that with the technology of his memory, it was impossible to achieve this, even with the five years of lost memory.

When Sun Jack shifted his gaze away from Earth and looked to his left, his eyes froze. A silvery-gray planetary ring, like a belt, encircled Earth's waist. The moon, which should have been there, had vanished.

The planetary ring was mostly composed of rocks, spacecraft, and space station wreckage. He was currently located within it.

At this moment, Sun Jack finally understood the question that had been bothering him since he woke up: where was he? He was inside a massive space station, enveloped by a lunar planetary ring.

But then, a second question immediately followed: how could he get back?

Being in a space station in space, and this space station looked half-ruined, returning to Earth from the sky would be harder than climbing to heaven.

However, Sun Jack didn't need to solve this problem, because cruel reality had already solved it for him.

The tremors of the entire space station were intensifying, and the screens behind him were flickering incessantly. They even felt a bit warm to the touch. Sun Jack was shocked to realize that his previous action seemed to have disrupted the long-standing electrical balance of this place.

Accompanying these disturbances, Sun Jack saw the terrifying changes outside the glass. The space station below him, which resembled a gyroscope, was slowly pulling out of the planetary ring and tilting towards Earth's atmosphere.

A chill shot straight from his spine to his brain. "Damn it!! It's going to fall back directly! I want to go back, but not like this!"

"Do something! I have to do something!" Sun Jack, with cold sweat beading on his forehead, quickly moved to the flickering screens. Finding that his actions had no effect, he pushed off the glass with his hands and quickly swam out of the area, drifting towards other rooms.

Perhaps Sun Jack had activated something, as some of the closed cabin doors could now be opened. With cold sweat pouring down his face, Sun Jack frantically searched through various space capsules for a last glimmer of hope, whether it was an escape pod or anything else, as long as it could save his life.

"Quick, quick, quick!!" Sun Jack could already feel the increased centrifugal force caused by the space capsule's tumbling. He knew his time was running out.

He found cargo bays, exercise rooms, and various other compartments one by one.

With a "bang," Sun Jack forcefully pushed open a half-closed cabin door. Rows of robots, fixed to the walls, ceiling, and floor, appeared before him.

These robots, except for their backward-jointed, iron-hoof-like legs and their eyes which were rows of displays, were largely similar to humans.

He no longer had time to be amazed by the robots' technology. All he wanted to know now was if these robots knew where the escape pods were.

Seeing them, Sun Jack felt like he had found the last ray of hope. He quickly unbuckled his restraints and began searching for the robots' power switches.

As he fumbled around, Sun Jack's finger brushed against a screen under the robot's armpit. The display where the robot's eyes should have been suddenly lit up, showing two simple eye icons.

"Hello? Hello?! Can you hear me? Where's the escape pod? Where's the escape pod!!" Sun Jack grabbed the robot, which was floating due to weightlessness, and peppered it with rapid questions.

The robot immediately responded, "Kinesiska paketet nedladdning...10%...50%...70%...Chinese Data Packet loading complete," its voice calm yet mechanical.

"Greetings, esteemed user. Welcome to Taipai Tech products. Please customize a name for this product."

"What the hell!! Are you kidding me!! This is so troublesome?!"

"Name customization successful: What the hell are you kidding me this is so troublesome. Please select an initial mode." Three options appeared on the robot's display: Guard Mode, Caregiver Mode, Entertainment Mode.

Sun Jack, burning with anxiety, quickly clicked Guard Mode. However, various other options immediately popped up. He truly hadn't expected that setting up a new robot would involve so many steps.

As the space station began to shake, causing parts of the space capsule to break off and float in the air, Sun Jack finally finished the setup.

"Hello, Sun Jack. What the hell are you kidding me this is so troublesome. I am happy to serve you." Two smiling eyes appeared on the robot's display.

"Do you recognize this place? It's about to crash!! Do you know where any escape pods or ships are?" Sun Jack's tone was urgent.

To his surprise, the robot actually responded. "User Level One Red Crisis. Automatic alarm, full recording activated. Emergency Rescue initiated... Ding~ Satellite positioning unresponsive. Network connection failed. Insufficient data. Rescue impossible."

At this moment, a terrifying creaking sound echoed from outside, as if the entire space station was about to be torn apart. The fear of death made Sun Jack's body tremble uncontrollably.

Just as he was about to give up on this useless robot and look for other solutions, the robot suddenly showed new activity.

"Connecting to Unknown Subnet 12.128.C1. Data collection complete. Rescue plan failed. Reason for error: Insufficient logical thinking ability. Unable to understand subnet data logic. Requesting user consent for ROOT permission authorization. Upon consent, AI Logic System iteration will commence based on subnet data. Judgment: Rescue probability will increase by 32.3%."

"Agree! Agree!" Although Sun Jack didn't understand much of what was being said, he understood that the rescue probability was increasing.

"System iteration commencing..." A progress bar began to appear on the robot's display.

Just then, the entire cabin suddenly fractured. A metal plate, like a guillotine, plunged towards the robot's head.

Sun Jack yanked its metal arm towards himself. However, he forgot he was in a state of weightlessness. As he pulled the robot closer, due to conservation of momentum, he moved to the robot's position.

Seeing the metal plate about to impale his head, Sun Jack kicked the robot forcefully. The metal plate grazed past Sun Jack's face.

Under the force of the push, Sun Jack slammed into the wall before stopping. Before he could even catch his breath, a rapidly spinning nut shot towards his neck like a bullet.

Just as the nut was about to pierce Sun Jack's neck, an iron hand suddenly shot out from the side. With a "clang," the two collided, sparks flying, and the nut was sent flying far away.

Sun Jack looked along the metal arm and saw that the robot he had just activated had used its metal body to shield the left side of his body.

The robot slowly raised its metal head, its gaze meeting Sun Jack's.

"I'll be damned, what kind of crappy name did I give this thing," the robot said.