Crossing the World
VII - Shelter (Karen)

My days have been spent on various trials of the AK-677. In addition, I also discussed the incident when I accidentally returned to earth.

According to the AI, it took two space jumps for me to reach my chosen coordinate destination.

As he explained earlier, the teleporter should have broken my body, sent it through the quantum world, then reassembled it in a predetermined place. For my case, the teleporter reassembled my body in the quantum realm. This resulted in myself being stranded on earth so as to make a space leap. So, the AI advised me to do two jumps at once when I wanted to go somewhere. It's lucky for me because AI has started producing high-efficiency teleporters that can jump continuously without pause until the power runs out.

It's been a month since I shot the pulsar last time. During that time I also explored the area around the bunker and found out the astounding facts about the planet.

First, connecting waves of any type are very difficult to propagate through the atmosphere. I don't know if this is because of radiation or anything else, but obviously I can't keep away all the tools I control for more than five kilometers. Otherwise, my division of consciousness would have been cut off by those tools. Even so, tools involving the quantum world such as teleporters can be used without problems.

Second, all the transmitters and antennas that the shelter built a thousand years ago were destroyed by cosmic radiation. This makes AI unable to observe the outside world anymore so he does not know what is on the surface of the planet and has difficulty finding fuel. Lucky for me to wake up a month before she runs out of power. Otherwise, I might die in the shelter without being able to do anything.

Third, it appears that living species absorb radiation as a source of energy. I don't know how something like this could happen, but their existence indirectly cleared the planet gradually. Well, I shouldn't have destroyed that red man.

Until now I have not found any intelligent species. Even so, my cruising radius is still below 100 kilometers. So, the chances of encountering intelligent species are still high.

Ah, there's something important that's been making me very happy lately.

As of now, I have been able to divide up to eight consciousnesses at a time! The experiments conducted by AI not only allowed me to go to earth, but also added my ability to share consciousness without limits. The speed of its growth was probably every ten days. I don't know if my future growth rate is going to accelerate or slow down.

"Please put safety above all else. Also, you should find the strongest insects and seedlings of seeded trees in addition to fuel."

When I ate the bitter dish in front of me, the AI continued to babble as if it was good to annoy me. He has said this repeatedly.

"I know! There are insects that are resistant to nuclear radiation on earth. I'll bring him here later. What about the cyborg I asked for?"

A machine is classed as a cyborg when their system of motion is very identical to that of a living being. Usually cyborgs are made up of synthetic muscles made using primorial carbon fiber and red protein fluid that have blood-like functions. The endurance of a cyborg body is not inferior to a mecha. However, their movements were even more agile than living beings.

Usually cyborgs are made similar to humanoid robots to distinguish them from us. However, since there was now no one else but myself, I asked the AI to create a cyborg with a shape identical to humans. Well, I want to use them as bodyguards on the way this time.

After eating, I will go to earth to make contact with humans as well as study them. I think bringing in some bodyguards is the most important thing.

"Very great! I feel a little relieved to hear it."

"Can identity issues be solved?"

"Just calm. All data is online based and I can break through its security very easily. Creating a false identity is easy. More importantly, have you started a virtual reality project?"

The virtual reality project is an experiment on the planet. I asked AI to design a virtual world complete with its living beings which is an AI program. My goal in creating this project was to figure out how the terraforming process should begin. In addition, if the project goes well, I will bring this virtual world to earth and create the first VRMMORPG. The players who have good potential to build a civilization will take me to this planet and force them to help me build life.

"The bigbang simulation was done five days ago. With the acceleration of time, virtual planets have formed and single-celled life has begun to emerge. We'll start the genocidal process a week later and change the magnetic poles two days later. You are free to start the terraforming project when the polar change process is complete and the atmosphere begins to stabilize."

"Hm .. I think it'll take about 20 days."

The project should continue even after the pole change stage. However, I am still not sure if I can establish a place and inaugurate the game in just the next 20 days. I think there is only one option to minimize accidents in the future.

"Please stop the process of acceleration time about 100 years after the process of stable pole change. Let the species survive a natural walk without our intervention. I'll put the players into it after inaugurating the game."

"understandable. Are you going to bring the AK-677 to Earth?"

"How much power is left if I take it?"

"I'll last for 20 days. If you leave it at the shelter, I'll last for 47 days."

I nodded my head at the AI answer. Then, after finishing chewing the last piece of synthetic meat in front of me and sipping on the soup filled with nutrient liquid, I began to stand up from the chair.

"Alright, get the AK-677 ready. Complete it with stealth mode and remove the dangerous pulsar. I don't want to bring something like that to earth."

"Understand."

I stepped towards the mission control center and as usual, connected myself to the computer that was there. After selecting the items I needed to explore the earth and sharing my consciousness with the three cyborgs that would accompany me, I filled in the coordinates I had stored on my first jump. Then, I activated a space jump with the three cyborgs near me. This time my destination was a tropical island where I was stranded earlier.