Chapter 287 - Chapter 287: Prophecy
Chapter 287: Prophecy
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The prediction interface was one of the technologies that Li Wenyuan possessed.
It was located at the upper level of the psionic technology tree, and could generally be considered a crystallization of the essence of psionic technology.
Its function was similar to the idealistic combat computer used on battleships.
After all, the processing power of a lifeform organism could not compare to that of a machine. There was so much data to be processed in a space war, so it was not shameful to use a computer.
Although it sounded unbelievable, who would have thought that Psionite would actually use the kind of artificial intelligence machine that they hated the most?
But in fact, the idealistic civilization was far less familiar with the use of computers than other civilizations. They still had taboos about artificial intelligence. The so-called computer was mostly a fixed mechanical program composed of a little metal plate and simple circuits.
This also resulted in the idealistic civilization suffering more damage than other civilizations in the long space war.
In order to solve this problem, the idealistic combat computer, the prediction interface, was developed.
The battleship of the Watcher lost empire used this special equipment and gained a huge advantage in the Battle of Heaven against their former enemy, the Voyager.
Although it was called a combat computer, the prediction interface itself was an auxiliary device for the Psionite on the battleship.
Its function was to strengthen the perception of Psionite and directly read the spiritual waves of lifeforms beings in a large area, preempting the enemy crew before they actually made a move.
In layman’s terms, it was to predict the other party’s actions and make preparations in advance. This was also the origin of its name.
The usual shielding equipment was often powerless against the ability to read the spiritual waves, and thus the prediction interface made up for the weakness of the idealistic civilization in space combat due to the lack of artificial intelligence technology.
Although the prediction interface was basically useless in the face of a purely unmanned combat environment or an artificial intelligence civilization, such situations were rare, and the idealistic civilization also had the means to deal with machines.
All in all, the prediction interface in the Milky Way was just a device. Although it was linked to high-end psionic, it was not that mysterious.
However, the prediction interface researched by the Ascendant civilization was different.
Although the name was the same, this prediction interface was a planetary-level megastructure.
Not only that, but it was also a combination of psionics, genetics, astrophysics, and many other technologies. Its real function was to predict the future.
The crystal planet that was mutated from a fleshy planet in this galaxy, or should be called prediction interface IV now, was such a megastructure.
This was the ability to predict the future in the sense of psionic power. In the recorded data, only those who were truly prophetic could foresee the future for a short period of time.
No one knew the principle of this prediction of the future, but according to the Milky Way civilization and the remaining records of the Ascendants here, it seemed to be related to the cause of the void realm.
As the brain in a vat broke off, the Ascendant civilization truly walked toward its demise.
Although the hibernating Ascendants were still alive, they could only form a world without Ascendants.
In the end, Li Wenyuan did not know the name of the brain in a vat. The long loneliness had made him forget this unimportant thing.
However, its will was enough for Li Wenyuan to create a new sub-file under the file of Ascendants and save this lonely story in the data.
At least there would be people who would remember this matter so that it would not disappear silently like this.
After sealing the lonely straggler in the world it held, Li Wenyuan let the research spacecraft return to the vicinity of the prediction interface that had turned into a glowing glass ball.
Gray Wind was also here. She did not follow Li Wenyuan to the Ether Phase Engine framework that was suspected to be the wreckage of the Dyson sphere. Instead, she stayed near the planet of the prediction interface.
She was shocked when the planet suddenly turned into a glass crystal, but she also realized that Li Wenyuan must have discovered something and triggered something.
“You really found something new?” she asked curiously. “Is this a human ruin?” She naturally attributed all the abnormalities to humans. It could be seen how much influence humans had left on her.
However, it was indeed not this time. It was a relic left behind by the remnant civilization of this galaxy.
Li Wenyuan told Gray Wind the story of the brain in a vat and the civilization of the Ascendants, which made her a little amazed.
“Living on a single brain for nearly nine million years…If it were me, I might not even be able to hold on until then before my mind collapsed.”
Li Wenyuan glanced at Gray Wind but didn’t say anything.
Compared to the brain in a vat, the time she spent in the distant star cluster was no less than that of the brain in a vat. The only thing better than the brain in a vat was that she could entertain herself.
But even so… A few million years of self-entertainment was not something that ordinary people could endure.
“No wonder her brain was so jumpy when we first met…l have to let her see more of this universe in the future…”
With that thought in mind, Li Wenyuan began to use the new Ascendant technology to use the prediction interface megastructure.
He still hadn’t obtained any traces of a God from this journey, but if it was a prediction interface, it should be able to help him find the Ascendants who had woken up from hibernation.
This was the fourth prediction interface built by the Ascendants, and it was also the only one that they had truly put into use. The first four were all experimental structures.
The activation of the prediction interface required a tremendous amount of psionic, but the brain in a vat had already filled it up for him.
The rays of light that were vaguely keeping the regular refraction in the crystal were the recorded data of the prediction interface. From this, Li Wenyuan could know the previous usage records of this megastructure.
The most recent time, when he first arrived in this galaxy, he realized how he was accurately discovered by the Fallen Ones. It was obvious that the so-called God had used this prediction interface
“Even though I understand the result, what is the reason for that God to predict my arrival? Or is it just a general prediction of the arrival of an outsider? But even so, there has to be a reason…”
This became Li Wenyuan’s new doubt. He did not waste any of the psionic in it and began to use the functional megastructure.
His goal was also very clear – to predict where the last Ascendant would go..