325 – EP.12 Daily life with NB-3
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NB, who came to Aaroo after leaving Kang In-ho sleeping soundly, captured the image of the sun just rising on the visual sensor.
Recently, I saw the sunrise from the base, but when I saw it from the alley leading to Aaru, a slightly different scenery unfolded.
I thought that the sight of the sun shining faintly in the darkest alley was similar to the word ‘hope’ expressed in the book I stayed up all night reading.
There was no particular reason why NB left Kang In-ho and came to Aaru. Because the Ark changed the drone’s operation plan, they had to travel alone until their patterns were analyzed.
Only NB was able to understand all of Aaru’s blind spots that even the excellent Ark could not figure out.
In other words, in order to observe the changed path of the drone without being detected, it was safe and efficient to move NB alone.
– Buuung
Drones fly in pairs over NB’s head. Judging from the speed and direction, it appears that no abnormal phenomenon was observed.
After sending out a few drones, the unregistered android began to move around Aaru cautiously.
NB’s movement did not stop until the sun rose at noon.
In order to cool down his overheated body for a while, NB’s seams opened and the hot overheated body escaped as he hid himself in a shaded area.
The destination this time was the library. Thanks to Kang In-ho’s interpretation, I read all the novels brought to the base, so I wanted to pick up new books.
– Buuung
As I watched the drone fly again, NB looked into the air in front of me as if there was someone in front of me.
Perhaps the time sensor is malfunctioning, and a face suddenly appears and then disappears.
“It is believed to be a temporary error in the visual sensor due to overheating. There is no problem in continuing the mission. We will stay for another 5 minutes to cool down.”
These were the first words NB spoke after entering Aaru today.
After 5 minutes, NB woke up after confirming that all organs in his body were functioning normally.
The brown mat he was using as camouflage flowed down.
NB entered the library through the path he always took. He unexpectedly observed the drone’s flight, but due to quick concealment, no untoward incident occurred.
With the entrance of the library in front, as we walked around the building, the hole that NB had previously made appeared. NB entered the library through there.
Because the library’s CCTV was installed only at the entrance, people could move around freely from the library.
NB began searching for books worth taking with him.
No research related to dimensions had been published in paper books, and the only scientific books for NB to refer to were basic science.
At least all the basic science was moved to the cave at the beginning of the expedition, so most of what was in the bag now was novels.
Then NB’s fingers scanning the desk stopped in front of a book.
[What makes a person]
It looked like a book related to the human body, but the tag on the bookshelf caught my eye.
[Novel]
NB took out the book and dusted it off.
When I turned the cover, I saw a sentence from the author sitting in the center of the page.
“Only love makes people call themselves human.”
NB read the sentence, tracing it with his finger, and it was the second word NB had spoken today.
From Noble mtl dot com
“Love.”
NB replayed his memories of yesterday.
[Because it is one of the strongest emotions that humans can feel.]
As Kang In-ho said, and as he seems to be trying to say in this book, ‘love’ seemed to be important to humans.
“What is love?”
When I asked a question without a listener, the only thing that came back was the silence of the library.
NB put the book in his bag.
[Myth, its history], [Humans and Androids], [Cookbook that even beginners can easily follow], [On first aid]
I put a few more interesting books in my bag and leave the library.
When I came out of the library through the opening, the sun was setting.
NB realized that he had stayed in the library longer than expected, so he picked up the pace a little and started to return to base.
There were a few drones moving, but just like the day NB first entered Aaru with Kang In-ho, NB was able to avoid their eyes without any hesitation.
“We are now returning to base A-11.”
NB hoped that there would be dishes in the cookbook that could be made with the ingredients available at the base, so the speed was further increased.
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Exactly 18 hours after changing the drone’s patrol route, Ark discovered something.
It was plastic that had fallen into the bushes.
Ark pulled the drone’s lens to see it closer.
[Analyzing]
The colorful LED panel begins to blink.
[Confirmed by the packaging of energy bars produced at the factory]
[Check for residue inside the packaging]
[Presumed to be traces of an organism]
[Based on the opened state of the packaging, it is unlikely to be an act of an unmanaged wild animal]
[Computing]
[Confirmation of the possibility of the existence of an intelligent body. Probability 2.46%]
[Search for intelligent bodies begins]
[The scope is… All of Aaru]
As soon as the calculation of the ark was completed, the door to the hangar on the outskirts of the city began to open.
Lights came on in this place where drones to be used in emergencies were gathered, and the drones that had been placed on the ground in a shutdown state began to turn on.
One, two, three…
One thousand, twelve hundred, thirteen hundred…
[Period of search, discovery of an intelligent body or discovery of clear evidence that there is no intelligent body]
With the Ark’s instructions, 7,800 drones in the hangar simultaneously flew into the air.