Chapter 4: On the Run for Survival

"The fighter squadron is running low on energy, requesting to return."

"Return approved."

The captain of the fighter squadron looked at the still accelerating Rubik's Cube and had to end the interception mission. He led the squadron to turn around and fly towards the space station. It was an interception mission, but how could they intercept? The fighter weapons could not cause any damage to the Rubik's Cube's powerful defense system. How could an ant beat an adult? It was good enough that it was not smashed into slag by the Rubik's Cube, not to mention... it was so weird...

"Qinling frigate! Qingyun Lake frigate! Intercept the Rubik's Cube at full speed immediately!"

"Qinling received."

"Qingyun Lake received."

The two frigates patrolling in space received the order and immediately turned around and headed straight for the Rubik's Cube.

Dragon Star Base Headquarters. Dozens of experts involved in the development of the Rubik's Cube quickly went to the command hall. The main military officials were all in place, and even several main leaders of the Dragon Country came in person. The reason why the top leaders paid attention to the Cube was not only because it was the largest and most advanced interstellar battleship, but also because the super weapon installed on the Cube could destroy planets. Once it got out of control, it would cause catastrophic consequences.

"Chief of Staff, please tell me the details."

"Yes!" A middle-aged soldier in his forties stood up quickly and saluted the leaders.

"The Cube's unauthorized takeoff had already begun three days before takeoff. After analysis by computer experts, all control systems, monitoring systems, weapon systems, and robots in the base were reprogrammed. Afterwards, all types of engineering vehicles and spacecraft in the base entered the Cube. In addition, the four newly completed space frigates in the factory were all tied to the Cube by robots. They were not discovered by the staff because the monitoring system discovered that the base was leaking highly toxic substances. At that time, all personnel were evacuated, but in fact, there was no malfunction. The Cube used the Cangyun system when it took off, and all officers and soldiers of the Cangyun were on vacation at the time. The Cube was discovered by the deputy commander of the base when it took off, and he fired to trigger the defense system. Since all systems in the base were changed, no effective measures could be taken."

"Since the base cannot intercept it, what are you people in the near-Earth space station doing!" The top leader asked angrily.

"Report to the leader, there was no starship patrolling nearby at the time. We sent out a fighter squadron after we found the anomaly, but the fighters were unable to intercept the Cube, and..."

"Tell me what you have to say!"

"The fighters found that the cockpit was empty at the time, and there is a video. Please watch it." The person in charge of the space station said, and opened the video taken by the No. 9 fighter on the big screen.

The video was taken for a long time, and there was indeed no one driving. There was no trace of humans anywhere else in the battleship. For a moment, everyone in the conference room was puzzled, but several computer scientists sitting outside the venue seemed a little excited.

The Chief of Staff received the report and stood up again.

"Report to the leader, the investigators just reported that after investigation, all the personnel who can operate interstellar spacecraft or small spacecraft are in place, including retired operators, and... the entire population of the country is here, which means... there may be no one on the Rubik's Cube..."

"Where is the commander of the Rubik's Cube?"

"Here!"

"Do you think the Rubik's Cube will take off without anyone?"

"Report to the leader, someone needs to give the order for the battleship to operate."

"What kind of order."

"For example, prepare to take off, or fly to Venus at cruising speed, and then the battleship's super optical computer will automatically control the battleship's flight, automatic control... uh... I remember yesterday was the day to vote to dismantle the Rubik's Cube..."

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In an instant, the conference room became quiet, and everyone seemed to understand something.

At this time, the designer of the super optical computer of the Chilong A-type interstellar battleship stood up.

"Everyone guessed correctly, the Rubik's Cube computer gave birth to self-awareness, and it ran away for self-protection. Although this is very sci-fi, it is true."

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Distant space.

A huge interstellar battleship that combined four space frigates, with a long blue flame at its tail, passed through a meteorite belt at high speed, and two frigates in the back were chasing closely. The captains of the two frigates who received the news from Longxing were a little speechless. The Cube actually had consciousness and ran away because it wanted to dismantle itself. This was really speechless. What could be crazier than this?

The Cube was a little anxious. According to the communication signal just intercepted, it knew that Longxing had discovered its existence. At this speed, it was impossible to get rid of the two frigates behind in a short time. If the upper layer decided to attack itself, even if it could win, it would suffer great losses and be slowed down, which meant that it might be surrounded and destroyed. What should I do...

"Cube! Longguo has decided not to dismantle you. Please return to Longxing Base immediately."

After receiving the communication from the frigate behind, the Cube directly blocked the communication signal. According to calculations, the truth of this sentence is infinitely close to zero. The Cube kept checking the star map data, trying to find a route that could get rid of tracking, but after calculation, every route could not get rid of tracking. Suddenly, the Cube remembered the weird black hole space. Anyway, no matter what, the result would be destroyed. It is better to try the cosmic wormhole. Maybe there is still a glimmer of hope. Just do it, adjust the direction, and rush to that weird place at high speed. The greatest ability of a computer is to choose the most advantageous method for itself according to the analysis ratio.

After sailing at high speed for a few days, the two frigates finally felt something was wrong.

"Report to the captain! There is a black hole ahead of the Cube route."

"What? Black hole! Is it going to commit suicide!"

"Notify the Qingyun Lake frigate immediately to slow down immediately. If we enter the black hole area, none of us will come out alive! Damn, the computer is crazy!" The frigate commander cursed.

The Cube was still flying at high speed and had now entered the black hole area. The huge gravity made the Cube speed up again. The space in the distance that was constantly distorting the light could be seen. The Cube was a little helpless and thought of those desperate gamblers on the planet. He was no different from them now. The two frigates were no longer visible in the back, but it was too late to escape now. The only hope was the distorted space between the three black holes.

Following the carefully calculated route, the Cube sighed deeply like humans, and its huge body went straight into that space. When it just touched the distorted space, time seemed to stop. After a trance, the huge Cube seemed to enter a gorgeous starry sky tunnel, followed by a huge energy.

"Warning! Unknown super energy discovered! The computer must be shut down!"

Before the Rubik's Cube could calculate the next move, it was forced to shut down under the super energy tide...

"Report to the base, the Rubik's Cube has been destroyed by the black hole, please give instructions!"

"Is this... true?"

"Report to the base, all officers and soldiers of the Qinling and Qingyun Lake have seen it with their own eyes."

"Return home..."

"Yes! Return home!"