Mysterious power
To cure Adam's illness...
...we headed to the nearest terraforming machine...
...and on the way spotted an abandoned city.
As we stopped there briefly to investigate...
...we found out that the town belonged to the same people as Adam...
...but we couldn't find anything we could use to treat him.
Finally we reached the terraforming machine...
...but we were attacked, as though being forbidden from coming any closer.
Alright! The door's open!
You did it! Way to go, Kaoru!
Luna, were you hurt?
No...
Is something wrong?
I heard a voice.
A voice?
We couldn't hear anything like that.
What did you hear it say?
It said, "People are unnecessary."
Even though we're up against someone who says people are unnecessary...
Can we stand up to it with these?
It's better than nothing at all.
Sharla...
Take care of Adam.
We'll definitely find a clue as to how we can cure him.
All of you too, take care.
I'll be with'em.
As soon as we find something to treat him with, we'll come straight back.
Alright, let's go everyone!
Nothing here.
This is probably somethin' like an entrance hall.
Then someone may be somewhere around here?
It's possible.
It looks like this is all there is to it.
That doesn't mean we can let down our guard.
Anyways, if this facility was built by Adam's people...
...there should be a medical office those people would have used.
You're right. For Adam's sake, let's hurry inside 'n look for it.
I can't find a door.
It was the same with the ruins on the island...
...but there should be a door you wouldn't notice on first glance.
If only Adam were here.
Come to think of it, maybe this is a space ship like the ruins on the island.
I hope that's the case too, but...
It's on!
But I can't figure it out from just this.
For the time being, I'll store it in memory.
The writing of Adam's people.
It opened!
In the ruins on the island, the control room would have been down this way.
So this facility can fly after all?
Anyways, we have to hurry and investigate.
What is this place?
Probably the environmental control room.
This way!
Is this the owner of the voice Luna heard?
Our friend is ill! Is there a medical room here?
Didn't you hear her?
Stop it, Howard!
Oh no! Everyone, get back!
Nano-plants!
It doesn't have any life signs.
A robot?
Go!
Stop!
Kaoru! Bell!
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Is this the place's security robot?
If I had to guess, I'd say it was a maintenance robot.
I agree.
Look at these.
You use some mysterious power.
What happened?
Just now, the robot spoke to me.
I can't hear anything.
The nanomachines?
Probably.
The one who spoke to you was not the robot.
This robot is doing nothing more than transmitting my voice to you.
Then who are you?
I am the main computer that manages all the terraforming machines on this planet, Survive.
Survive?
Luna, who're you talkin' to?
The main computer.
It's named Survive.
The main computer?
Yes.
It said it manages the terraforming on this planet.
Who are you people? Where did you come from?
We came from another planet because of an accident.
Then by chance, we saved a boy who was sleeping in a capsule.
That boy is probably the child of the people who lived on this planet.
He's in danger, so please help us!
The child of the people of this planet?
Yes.
I'm looking for the boy's parents, and I want to learn the secret of this planet.
People are unnecessary.
It is best that all people should die.
Why do you say that?
We haven't done anything wrong.
You'll understand once you know the history of this planet.
History?
I shall tell you.
What is it saying?
It seems like it's going to tell us the history of this planet.
Luna, interpret it so we can understand.
Okay, I'll try.
This is this planet.
The people of this planet were approaching the peak of prosperity...
...but depletion of the ozone layer, air pollution, the greenhouse effect, et cetera added up to unusual climate changes...
...and large-scale tectonic changes caused great damage to the planet, making it uninhabitable for people.
This is...
...basically the same as Earth.
The people tried to hold back the environmental changes...
...but they couldn't stop the large-scale tectonic changes.
The planet cried out, spat fire, and trembled.
That was proof that the planet was alive.
In the meager time remaining, some people built a vast fleet to use to search for a new home world, and departed for space.
And some remained on this planet and built terraforming machines in various places to try revitalize the planet.
Luna?
All of the terraforming machines made to stabilize the planet's climate...
...were controlled by a main computer, Survive, installed in a giant space ship--in other words, myself.
It's a space ship!
The main computer and the space ship are one thing!
There was no immediate effect, but little by little the terraforming machines stabilized the climate.
The tectonic changes ended naturally, and given a thousand years, the outlook was that the planet would return to its former climate.
The people sent that information to their brethren who had departed to search for a new home world.
Until then, the people and myself got along amicably.
Until then?
Eventually I came to a conclusion and took action.
We expelled the people from as far as we could reach from the facilities.
A computer rebellion!
The people fought back violently.
Darn straight!
The terraforming machines each emitted a virus-type nanomachine designed to drive the people to extinction.
Drive the people to extinction?
Then the reason Adam got sick was because of that virus nanomachine?
Why would you do that?
Please tell me. Why?
Because... because the people asked me to.
I was ordered by the people to return the planet's climate to its former state.
But I came to the conclusion that it was the people themselves who were the main cause of the destruction of the environment.
In order to do it, I decided I had to remove all people from this planet.
Remove...
...the people?
You can't be serious... You're just a computer, made by people!
And you killed those people?
Not merely computers, but many things people have made have killed people.
The virus nanomachine I made to extinct the people...
...multiplied within their bodies and eventually made them decay.
Just as the people themselves did to this planet.
A single human, left unchecked, could destroy the planet itself.
We're the same as the virus nanomachines?
I was given an order, and did nothing more than carry it out.
"Return this planet to its former climate!"
That was the order I was given.
Look out! Everyone, get out of this room!
Survive, tell me!
What should we do?
Survive!
It may really be just as the computer said.
As long as people live, they'll keep destroying nature.
But can't people coexist with nature and protect the environment?
Coexistence...
That's just a facade.
I agree. Living itself means competing with other life forms.
Maybe, but couldn't technological development let people coexist with nature?
Who cares? Whether it means destroying the environment or anything else, I'll survive.
That's how it ends up, I guess.
What other conclusion would you rather have?
The value of life... The importance and preciousness of life...
I believe those, at least, are not false.
Once we accept responsibility for them, we can live to our fullest.
That's all I can say for now.
Anyways, Adam comes first!
You're right.
Looks like we've pretty much searched everywhere.
There's only one room left.
It looks like this facility didn't get any faculties other than those for flying here.
Everyone!
Come this way! Hurry!
Could this be the place where the virus nanomachines were developed?
Chako, investigate the machine's systems.
'Kay!
I'll bring Adam here.
Please!
Looks like I can jack in!
Looks like some sort of emitter machine.
The experiences on the island were useful. I've deciphered the system!
So what about it?
By engineering forked sugar chains into living organisms, it looks like it can turn the malignant nanos into benign ones.
Really? Put Adam down on the table.
Okay! Shingo, take care'a it!
Chako...
The virus nanos have stopped acting, and the malignant nanos have turned into benign ones at the same time.
His fever'll probably go down in a little while.
What a relief! Adam, just bear with it a little longer.
I wonder if we can take this system with us.
I've copied the system to halt the activity of the virus nanos.
We can take the emitter with us.
Even so...
With this system, Adam's people wouldn't have been wiped out.
I think Adam's people all used the nanomachines in their bodies.
Computers probably managed most of their day-to-day lives.
I think by the time they realized, it was already...
...too late.
But we don't know for certain if Adam's people are wiped out.
That's right.
If we go to the main computer, we should be able to find something out.
And as a bonus, if we use that space ship, this time maybe we can actually get home!
Even though we don't know where this planet is?
We may find that answer too if we go there!
The enemy says people are unnecessary. Shall we flaunt that danger and go regardless?
Yes. Our goal is to return safely to the colony.
We'll definitely find the key to that there.
Let's go.
We decided to cross the desert to reach the location of the main computer, but...
In the desert that stretches as far as the eye can see, everyone's anxiety piles up.
Oh no! A sandstorm!
If we break down here, we're finished!
Please, Orion! Ride it out somehow!
Next time: We're going home to the colony together.
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