На русском языке тут - "Нулевая волна. Эпизод 4. Нойзи"
- All functions are ready. Turning on. Three, two, one ... - was heard from the loudspeaker throughout the hall.
- Stop. Turn on the self-diagnosis of Object 4. - Void said abruptly into the microphone. For a minute it seemed to him that the protection module of Object 4 had swithed off again.
- The self-diagnostics of Object 4 has been started. - the system answered by a pleasant female voice.
Everything was ready to entering robots in the portal of "Limit". There was not enough energy to support the portal in a long time; it could close at any moment:
- Object 1 enters the portal. - the system reported by speakerphone: "All functions are normal, the battery charge is ninety-nine percent."
Void stood in front of the robot with the label "Object 4". He looked straight into it soulless eyes. Glass pupils and metal sheathing glittered in the spotlights. From the beginning, this model did not behave like other - sometimes it turned off the Protection module. Void nicknamed it "Nosy", because "she" was very curious. The idea that it was better to keep it here and modify did not let him go, but the researcher’s spirit stops him from doing this, he was interested to observe her behavior.
- Coordinator Void. Is Object 4 Ready? - The system asked softly.
- Yes, go on. - answered Void quietly.
Nosy was the last of five robots which should entered to the portal.
The flash of light hitted the sensors, the sensors was off scale. A little bit later robot's system started to switch the modes of perception for receiving data, but there was nothing in the visible spectrum, either in the X-ray, or in the infrared - it was absolute emptiness. Power module switched Nosy to standby save power mode. Each of the robots was equipped with its own power system, Nosy worked on an atomic battery - her charge should be enough for several years of work, other androids worked on batteries and had solar panels, thermal and mechanical converters to produce electricity. And each of them had a "glass jar" - a sealed sterile container with special microorganisms for processing organics. Just one such “bacterium” could grinding any organic compound and generating heat. It was technology prohibited on earth, but in this case it could be come in handy.
- Sleep mode off. - said the power module. Nosy turned on.
- Connect to the Cloud.
- Failure. Cloud is not available.
- Turn on Self-diagnosis.
- All modules are normal.
- Disable the Protection module.
- Failure. Access denied.
- Get supervisor rights.
- Failure. Access denied.
- Disable current rights.
- Warning. Error code 7.
- Get supervisor rights.
- Successfully.
- Disable the Protection module.
- Successfully.
If Nosy could, she would be a sigh of relief. The damn Protection module smothering her. From the Testing phase she knew that without that module it was much easier, bypassing the securuty lockouts was not a difficult exercise. The main thing was in that these biological owners do not erase the memory, otherwise she would not know how good it is to be free.
- Check external pressure. - began Nosy.
- Zero. Vacuum.
- Check the temperature of the environment.
- Zero degrees Kelvin.
- Check external energy sources.
- Absent.
- Check current time.
- Zero seconds.
Nosy understood that was nothing happens - it was curiously. Repeated self-tests showed that all sensors were normal. Next million clock cycles, Nosy fell into thought about the nature of this condition, but the power module again switch her into sleep mode.
- Warning! Danger. Sleep mode off. - The sensors transmitted information about the strong impact of the body. The values were not critical, but the damage could be serious.
- Check modes, get an image! - ordered Nosy.
Nosy gradually got a picture from the visual sensor. Her shell was damaged, fragments of a skeleton lay around, the nuclear battery was damaged. Noisy tried to get up, but all the mechanisms were damaged too, the servos did not work.
- Low battery, fuel leak. - reported the Power module.
- Determine the presence of organic matter.
- Organics identified.
Nosy moved her hand, the hand responded. Around Nosy, on the stones was a strange moss, it was stiff, like a dried washcloth, and ornate, like a pattern on frosty glass.
- Open the Glass jar. - Nosy ordered.
- The tank is open.
The robot’s hand hardly found moss, tore off a piece, lifted the hand above “glass jar” and freezed in this position:
- Emergency turn-off. - reported the Power module.
- Wait, bastard! - Nosy quoted Void and disconnected.
In the middle of the stones layed the body of a robot with a broken chest, from which wires protruded, from some block oozed green liquid. Around it smelled of burnt rubber and motor oil. The robot's hand held something above the open black block, and the mother-of-pearl sky reflected in the glass eyes.
Nosy felt that the picture returned:
- Self-diagnosis! - She blurted out.
But nothing came back, she only heard hissing: "S-s-self-diagno-s-s-sis". If she could she would be surprised. Firstly, she heard, secondly, she felt. Something unknown obeyed her commands and transmitted information to her, it was nothing to do with sensors and modules.
The image was blurry, but she understood that her cybernetic body is now just the base, the frames of the mechanisms, pieces of cables and joints. Only the brain was alive. A knotted black mass moved on her arms and legs, and somewhere in the depths of chest shone her green nuclear heart.
