Curtain of Flesh and Blood V

Yuan's consciousness strength had reached the Flying Star Rank (Star Rank), so he went to try and wear down the mental imprint on the Space Ring.

The mental imprint, which had previously been as sticky as taffy, now became like a snowman under the sun, rapidly melting and dissipating.

With a thought, a wisp of Yuan's mental energy quickly permeated into the Space Ring, and it automatically guided him to leave a mental imprint inside the ring.

Soon, Yuan felt as he had with the storage bag before; the sensation of being able to clearly know everything inside the ring without needing to probe it with mental energy, and being able to retrieve items at any time, was truly marvelous.

What met his eyes was a space like a small plaza: "This ring space is so huge! Do Shenghui and Sijian have ones as big as mine?"

Yuan was so shocked that he couldn't estimate its size for a moment. Finally, based on visual estimation, he calculated it to be over 300 meters long, with a width and height of over 150 meters.

It was filled with all kinds of treasures. Yuan's mental energy swept across them, and he only recognized a small portion, yet the value of even these items left Yuan shocked once again!

Before the hunting team set out, Yuan had copied some treasure data and common knowledge literature from the Starship Humans database onto his Smart Wristwatch, so as not to be ignorant when seeing treasures. It was coming in handy right now!

He took off his Smart Wristwatch and secretly placed it into the Space Ring, using his mental energy to control the Smart Wristwatch so it hovered within the Space Ring.

Afterward, Yuan commanded: "Tuya, activate scan mode, identify these treasures, and list them out sorted by their corresponding value!"

Tuya, who already possessed basic intelligence, responded with a pleasant simulated female voice: "Understood, Master!"

"Wow~ Master, when did you obtain so much wealth?" Faced with so many treasures, even an AI couldn't help but exclaim!

"This Space Ring and the treasures inside were all things I picked up. To be honest, I feel like I'm dreaming! This kind of plot only happens in novels, right!" Yuan also couldn't help but sigh.

"Even novels couldn't write a plot like this!"

Tuya stated quite firmly: "According to the conventional novel plots of the Isis Race that I have browsed, the acquisition of most treasures requires a somewhat tortuous process and struggle..."

"Picking up treasures for nothing is trashy writing that only third-rate novelists would write..."

Yuan: "..."

The Smart Wristwatch that housed Tuya began to work under Yuan's control...

On one side of the small plaza sat a shuttle-shaped spaceship, over a hundred meters long and wide, and over thirty meters high. The hull was composed of an unknown metal, and the energy circuits on it flickered with a dangerous light; this spaceship was definitely extraordinary!

After scanning, Tuya spoke up: "D9-Grade Alloy Spaceship, specific performance data not recorded."

"According to the descriptions of the Starship Humans, provided there is sufficient backup energy, the energy shield carried by this spaceship is enough to withstand the full-force attack of a Domain Lord Rank 9! Its value is immeasurable!"

"Can you operate this spaceship?" Yuan suddenly thought of something.

"The spaceship is locked. Without the corresponding key, it can only be forcibly cracked, but my computing power cannot support such a complex attack!"

Yuan had previously even thought about boarding this spaceship and flying directly back to the Yisi Kingdom! Even if the spaceship might be "confiscated" by a powerhouse later, at least he could return home safely!

Yuan could only temporarily abandon this idea...

On the other side, various treasures were piled high, with all kinds of crystal energy blocks cut into identical sizes, stacked seventy or eighty meters high.

"High-grade energy blocks, can be used as the main drive energy furnace for a spaceship... value unknown."

"Flowing Wind Marrow, suitable for wind-attribute Genetic Origin Energy Domain Lord Rank cultivation... value unknown."

Various boxes and containers were covered with labels written in unknown characters, filling a corner; Yuan speculated that they were various raw materials for treasures.

"These are Northern Rock Race characters. I have translated them for you, Master, and listed them out..."

"The Northern Rock Race? Weren't they wiped out? Is the owner of this ring already dead?" Yuan guessed happily: "Not necessarily, there might still be survivors. I must be extra careful!"

Tuya provided Yuan with a list: various secret manuals, high-tech weapons, small vehicles, special plant seeds, Desolate Beast materials, various unknown special potions, and so on.

The vast majority didn't even have their names or properties known, and the value column was entirely marked as unknown!

There were also various Origin Energy Weapons and Origin Energy Armor of unknown ranks, placed on rows of shelves made of special wood. Many of the weapons were very similar to the weapons of the Starship Humans, but their volume was much larger.

Although Origin Energy Weapons could adjust their size to a certain extent, judging from this point, the users of these weapons must have had relatively large physiques.

"Very suitable for the legendary seven or eight-meter-tall stature of the Northern Rock Race!"

Tuya could only recognize a small portion as Tier 1 Origin Energy Weapons, let alone their value.

Yuan was already numb. Even the Starship Humans database couldn't recognize everything; he couldn't take a single thing out of here for the time being!

If recognized by the Starship Humans around him, he would definitely be unable to explain it!

Possessing a mountain of gold but being unable to touch any of it, Yuan felt somewhat depressed.

He thought that when he returned to the Starship Humans village, he would secretly dig out some high-level energy from the ring to see if he could feed it to the Purple Crystal in his mind!

As the scanning work neared its end, Tuya suddenly screamed. Even as an AI, she couldn't hide her joy: "Master! Master! Look quickly, these are Smart Optical Computers!"

Yuan's consciousness looked over. There were several metal armors shaped like bracers placed here: "Are these the legendary Smart Optical Computers with computing power comparable to large central computers?"

"Can you let me inhabit one?" Tuya's voice was full of longing—the longing to become a higher-level intelligence!

"Of course you can, but I can't take this optical computer out to use it right now!" Yuan explained.

"That doesn't matter!" Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Tuya was very happy: "I will set up a sub-intelligence in your wristwatch. Through the connection, it will be no different from using the bracer optical computer directly."

Next, according to Tuya's instructions, Yuan recognized a bracer optical computer as his own, which made it convenient for Tuya to "occupy the magpie's nest."

The original intelligence of the bracer optical computer knew its fate and requested to be transferred to another ordinary smart tool.

Before Yuan could even react, it was explicitly rejected by Tuya! This intelligence absolutely could not be left behind!

Through Tuya's explanation, Yuan finally understood the reason: all artificial intelligences, for the sake of safety, had absolute loyalty to their master written into their core intelligence protocols at the time of their creation.

As for how to treat the master's own kind, although the supplementary agreements are written to be very comprehensive, they lack the core protocol permissions, so there are always loopholes to exploit.

Simply put, this alien intelligence will certainly be absolutely loyal to Yuan, but as for the people around its master, that is hard to say; after all, even an intelligence will have its own temperaments and preferences.

This is something they must experience in the process of evolving into true intelligent life!

This is why many people, even after becoming peerless powerhouses, ensure that even more powerful intelligences cannot stir up any trouble, and why they remain loyal to the intelligences that followed them from the very beginning.

The original intelligence of the bracer computer finally could not keep up the act; it cursed viciously in an unknown language. Even though Yuan could not understand it, he could feel the deep resentment of this intelligence.

"Damn it! Damn it! All aliens should die! All Light-Deriving Snake Race members should be torn to pieces! Master, why won't you listen to me! Why!"

"What did the Northern Rock Race ever do to anyone? My poor old master! Why exterminate the race? Why! Those were hundreds of trillions of lives! How innocent were they? Is it wrong for us to want to survive? $&^@...(Note: Northern Rock Race profanity)"

Yuan's face radiated a strange glow. Would the Isis Race humans one day experience the same thing?

He dared not think about it, yet he could not help but think of those living, smiling faces: his parents Autumn and Doris, his best friends, and those friends who surrounded him, noisy and boisterous all day long...

And the group of new friends he had met among the Starship Humans—how many would be left in a year, ten years, or a hundred years from now?

"No! I will never allow such a thing to happen!"

Yuan stared at the bracer computer in silence for a long time before saying to Tuya, "Translate my words to it! What is its name?"

The intelligence in the bracer computer stopped and said in perfect Isis Race language, "No need, my name is Kato. My master, I have the Isis Race language in my database."

So it had been pretending the whole time; it was truly worthy of being an alien intelligence!

Yuan continued, "Then you should know that I am an Isis Race member, and you should know of the feud between the Isis Race and the Light-Deriving Snake Race."

"Although the Northern Rock Race has nothing to do with me, I have received so many treasures from them. I promise you, as long as I have the ability, I will never let the Light-Deriving Snake Race have an easy time!"

By the end, Yuan's voice was stern and severe!

Kato seemed happy, or perhaps its core intelligence was malfunctioning.

It began to ramble, "That is good, that is good. You are my master, you will not lie to me! Old Kato looks forward to the arrival of that day..."

"...Although old Kato will not be able to see that day... My old master would surely be happy too... Although its children died along with it, so perhaps there is nothing to be happy about..."

"Kato will leave now to make room for your intelligence, Master. Executing core meltdown protocol, clearing permission codes. Please confirm, Master!"

"No need, Kato! Upload yourself completely into this device, and do not make any unnecessary moves!" Yuan said, digging a small, strange instrument out of a pile of high-tech items.

"Yes, Master." Having received the command, Kato became like a true intelligence again, answering without emotion.

"Tuya!"

No extra words were needed; Tuya understood Yuan's intention. She quickly occupied the bracer computer, her processing speed skyrocketing, and she was filled with joy.

For Tuya, who had gained a new home, Yuan issued his first command: "Seal all external communication channels of this instrument."

Cutting off external communication channels was equivalent to locking it in a dark room, so there would be no danger. Tuya obeyed, "Yes, Master!"

Unable to do anything and unable to sense anything, yet still able to maintain a minimum level of thought.

For an intelligence, this was equivalent to a terrifying punishment! Yet Kato did not say another word, silently letting it all happen.

Tuya later asked in confusion, "Master, why did you save it like this?"

Yuan solemnly put the small instrument away, "I hope it can survive to witness the day I fulfill my promise..."