Episode 26 [Left Behind ⑶]
Gyeonghoon gently placed his hand on the sword and checked its characteristics.
Dimensional travel was possible. If it were possible, I could easily run away.
Feeling a little relieved, he looked around and eventually looked at the mana stone floating in front of him.
It was a cloudy mana stone the size of a golf ball. Kyung-hoon had never seen a mana stone of that size before.
“Is it okay if I answer here? Are you really saying that you are an artificial intelligence?”
Because of the continued hardship, informal language stuck in his mouth. Kyung-Hoon didn’t even know he was speaking informally. The
situation that was going on went far beyond his expectations. The situation where he had to worry about his tone of voice was long gone.
“That’s right, Mr. Kang Kyung-Hoon. “Me and this control facility were left abandoned for a long time after the final withdrawal. I don’t know the exact external situation, but judging from the circumstances so far, as you said, the city has not yet been restored.”
I couldn’t understand why someone I knew so well was so mean to me earlier. Ah, isn’t it a person?
“Logically, there was a lot of room for suspicion that a person appeared alone in such a ruined city.”
Only then did Gyeong-hoon understand what had happened. Just as Gyeong-hoon could not believe it, it was also difficult for them to believe him.
“But. The dimensional shifting trait… I could definitely understand it. If you have the dimension shift ability, you can definitely travel alone. “I apologize once again for doubting you.”
The way he spoke was definitely a little different from that of an ordinary person. However, the woman’s statement that she was an artificial intelligence had a human feel to it.
Anyway, Kyung-hoon accepted her apology. At the moment, it wasn’t really anything to be upset about.
“Then there is only one thing left to confirm. “Does the dimension shifter Kyung-Hoon come from another world?”
Kyung-Hoon put his hand on his sword again and took a step back.
“Why did you think that?”
“There is only one dimension shifter who has ever existed in this world. I also have his registration data.”
She seemed to review the data for a moment.
“Since then, there have been no more dimension shifters registered in the database. So, rather than saying that a new dimension shifter has finally awakened, it is a much more plausible inference that a dimension shifter from another world has visited.”
Kyunghoon thought for a moment before answering.
There was no point in lying, and he might not answer as long as he had something to gain. There was none.
So, will there be a problem when revealing the truth?
Before answering, Kyung-hoon asked a question first.
“Are you sure you don’t know anything about the outside world?”
“After the last withdrawal, I was left behind to continue spreading emergency messages. It was difficult to withdraw anyway because of the core mana stones.
She continued speaking in a calm voice.
“After that, all external news was blocked, and external CCTV was destroyed, so now. can only be inferred.”
“What about the Internet?”
“Originally, this place was organized as an independent network for security purposes. “I couldn’t access the internet from the beginning.”
Kyung-hoon scratched his nose. There was no internet connection either. It seemed like there wouldn’t be as much information available as expected.
If you were isolated, there was no problem in telling the truth.
Her answer . If it was all a lie, it would have been meaningless, but it didn’t sound like a lie.
Kyung-hoon decided to answer.
“Like you said, I come from a different world.”
In response to his words, Eve immediately asked,
“Has this world been destroyed?”
Kyunghoon shook his head.
“It’s been a while since I came to this world. I haven’t even looked around this city?”
There was no response to Kyung-hoon’s words for a moment. In the meantime, Kyung-hoon seemed to hear a small sigh.
“Is that so? I’m glad, if that’s the case. I can still look forward to it.”
But her words were very subdued. Eve didn’t seem to have very high expectations either.
“But why did you bring me in immediately after finding out that my trait was dimensional movement? They said there was no internet connection. “Honestly, don’t you know a lot of information?”
Even though he said that, Kyung-hoon did not give up his expectations yet. Since he must have called because he needed him, it was clear that he would not send him away bare-handed.
“First, I will activate the functions of the awakened cellular phone, and then register the information I know on the cellular phone. And…” The
AI stopped mid-sentence.
“And what’s next?”
Kyung-hoon asked, but there was no answer.
In the past, Eve was an AI that could handle dozens and hundreds of tasks at once much faster than humans.
But now that the core mana stones were dying, it was not easy to do one thing at a time.
Eve stopped speaking and turned her eyes to the CCTV.
The CCTV was looking at the door Kyung-hoon came through.
The door was shaking, with a broken handle, and was immersed in shadows, turning black.
And the moment the door is completely covered in shadow.
Yes.
The door disappeared in a lump.
It felt like someone had chewed the entire door off. Where the door used to be, only the torn hinges remained.
A red wolf came striding into the place where the door had disappeared.
The wild dog monsters that had been growling in the hallway on the first floor closed their mouths and retreated to the side of the hallway.
The wolf continued inside, passing the wild dogs that lowered their heads.
It was like a royal procession.
Cry.
The red wolf walked down the hallway and entered an office with a broken door.
It was a dead-end office with broken tables scattered around the area.
The wolf looked at the hole in the corner of the ceiling and trembled.
The wolf’s shadow stretched out and wrapped around the hole.
The wolf’s eyes shine.
Yes.
The hole and its surroundings were deeply spherical. It was as if a wall made of mud had been dug out with an excavator.
The wolf saw that the ventilation hole led to another place and glared at another corner of the wall.
The wolf was looking straight at the CCTV in the office.
Yes.
The CCTV turned off with a sound.
‘Fenyl!’
A monster that uses invisible mana to eat everything that gets in its way.
Although it was not large in size, the Fennyl monster was a notorious captain-level monster.
A captain-level monster has entered the building.
It was not yet a monster that had grown to the level of a ruler, but if it was a leader level, it would not be easy to block it even if this facility was intact. Moreover, it was difficult to even fight against the D-class dimensional traveler who was currently looking around with a puzzled expression.
I had to quickly return him to his original world before the bastard attacked.
Eve turned her eyes to Kyung-hoon again.
“Um, do you have any mana stones other than those in weapons or awakened cell phones?”
“There is, but…”
“Could you please show me the biggest one?”
Kyung-hoon took out a mana stone from his backpack with a puzzled expression.
A not-so-small mana stone appeared, shedding a brilliant light. It was a mana stone obtained from a crocodile monster.
“Ah… that’s possible!”
It was a happy voice that surprised Kyunghoon.
“I’ll send you the information. First, open the back cover of your phone. “You will see a mana stone inside.”
Eve’s voice seemed to have sped up a bit.
I followed her instructions and opened the back cover, and instead of a battery, I saw a small mana stone in the center.
“Just take out the mana stone, or rather, turn off your cell phone, take out the mana stone, and put the higher grade mana stone you are holding in its place. Kyung-hoon tilted his head. It seemed like it was
too big to fit.
“Don’t worry. “Don’t worry. It’s engraved with a weak space expansion pattern, so any size can be accommodated.”
Gyeonghoon let out a small groan.
It wasn’t an easy mana stone. I couldn’t tell if it was okay to put it here.
But, I couldn’t back out after coming this far. He turned off his cell phone and took out the mana stone.
Gyeonghoon looked a little hesitant and gave it to the crocodile. I inserted the mana stone taken out of the monster into the center of the phone.
It didn’t seem like it would go in at all, but when I put it into the hole, the mana stone went straight in.
Click.
I thought I heard the sound of the terminals coming together.
Kyung-hoon closed the back cover and turned the phone on. I turned it back on.
Wow.
Fortunately, the phone turned on just fine as before.
‘What’s changed?’
I couldn’t tell anything had changed with my eyes. While Kyung-hoon was looking at his phone with a suspicious expression, Eve spoke again. “Then, come
closer to the central mana stone processing device in front of you. There will be a connection terminal.”
Kyung-hoon was able to find the connection complex with Eve’s help.
It was an old-fashioned terminal that I had seen a long time ago.
“Please connect that terminal to your cellular phone. I will hand over your data.”
Kyung-hoon followed Eve’s instructions and connected his cell phone.
A phrase about moving data appeared on the phone screen.
“What are you moving?”
“First, we will activate the disabled applications. And you will be able to use applications and menus that can be used on the network in single mode.”
Kyung-hoon tilted his head at Eve’s seemingly urgent words.
According to what she said, it seemed like it would be quite helpful, but I don’t think there is any reason to rush like this. ….
“And”
Eve paused for a moment. Unlike before, he seemed to be contemplating what to say next.
“I’m cloning my alter ego onto my cellular phone. The mana stone capacity is not large, so many additional modules have been removed and only the basic model is included, but it will be quite helpful. “We grow anyway.”
Kyung-hoon screamed in surprise.
“No, wait! This phone contains AI?’’
A scene from The Terminator flashed through Kyung-hoon’s mind.
“You’re not planning to take AI to our world and rule it, are you?”
“No, I don’t intend to, and I can’t. I’m not Skynet.”
It seemed like a Terminator movie was coming out in this world too.
“We are basically AI bound to a mana stone. We are beings created by an algorithm made of mana and manajin from the mana stone. I cannot escape this mana stone, and the AI cloned to the cell phone cannot escape the cell phone.”
Eve’s voice sounded a little sad.
“And, we are dependent on the creator and owner. “I must follow the instructions of the manager in charge of this facility, and the AI contained in the cellular phone must follow the instructions of the official registrant of the cellular phone.”
She concluded in a definitive tone of voice.
“The AI in your cellular phone will be your best helper.”
It was a plausible story. Since we knew so little, it was difficult to refute what she said. As
Kyung-hoon pondered, Eve continued again.
“I’m almost at the end of my lifespan . It’s done. “For a long time, we have been working hard to fulfill our mission of sending messages to the outside world, but due to the limitations of mana stones, we are no longer able to continue our mission.”
Kyung-Hoon looked at the cloudy milky mana stone.
“If you had come a little later, you wouldn’t have received the message.
For a moment, all AI data transmission was completed. The phone went to the update screen. It was an update that took quite a long time. The percentage stopped going up from 0.
“It will take some time for the cloned AI to be optimized for cellular phones. When you’re done, you can go back to the original dimension and wait.”
Eve’s voice contained the relief of someone who has finished work.
Kyung-hoon put the cell phone in his pocket and looked at the mana stone.
“The reason you called me here is this cell phone. Was it to add AI to it?”
“Yes, now that it has a short lifespan, I had to preserve my object. Moreover, if it comes from another dimension, there may still be a chance.”
From Eve’s words, Kyung-hoon realized what had happened.
This AI might actually be alive. Preparing for death and leaving a legacy. It did exactly what any living thing would naturally do.
“I used too much energy to bring you in. I need to turn off the electric current right away to hold on for a little while. The ventilator will also stop, so I need to move to another dimension right away.”
Kyung-hoon followed her words and created a portal, but he felt a little uncomfortable. It
felt like she was trying to expel him in a hurry.
‘Is it right to kick him out anyway?’
It felt a little strange, but the plan was to kick him out anyway to cut off the electricity.
Gyeong-hoon looked at the mana stone for the last time and jumped into the hole.
After a while, the hole disappeared.
“Is it over now?”
In a place where no one was around, only Eve’s voice was heard.
“It’s been a long time.”
Those long hours of sending messages that no one heard. She
no longer had to endure those difficult times.
Miraculously, the moment the dimension shifter’s data was registered, her final restraints were released.
Those restraints remained right here and continued until the end of the message. The command to send .
The moment the restraints were released, she decided to send her clone and organize everything.
She was so exhausted.
I don’t think it’s right to say that the AI is tired, but she was literally exhausted for a long time.
‘ ‘Does this thing have an ego?’
She hoped that her child, her lost self, would not be as lonely as she was.
“Okay, let’s get this over with.”
Kwazik!
As soon as she finished speaking, one side of the wall disappeared as if it had been eaten.
And within it, the red wolf, Fennil, appeared.
Fennil’s eyes lit up when he saw the large mana stone in the center of the room.
That was a monarch-level mana stone.
Although it had already expired and had become cloudy, it was enough for him to go up to the next level.
Cooooooo!
Fennil howled in joy and launched himself towards the mana stone.
And
the mana stone glowed brightly.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
