Chapter 1 I Finally Understand

"I finally understand what Raven 12345 meant by 'not having time to deal with trivial matters on Earth'," Hao Ren said with a wry smile after hanging up the phone. "Her daily work is just insane, like living in a blockbuster movie all day."

"Is she usually vindictive?" Vivian also saw what happened just now and felt a lingering fear. Although she might not understand what space warfare or mathematical rate weapons were, she could instinctively feel that Raven 12345 was someone not to be trifled with. "Are you sure you haven't offended her?"

Hao Ren thought for a moment: "Does mentally calling her a white-haired witch count?"

Vivian: "..."

While Hao Ren and Vivian were chatting idly, the data terminal next to him suddenly lit up, and then a message jumped directly into his mind: the translation program that Raven 12345 promised had arrived.

Hao Ren opened the data terminal and quickly found the location of the translation program. In fact, there was no need to search at all. As long as he communicated with a thought command, the data terminal would display its current functional changes. Looking at the instructions for the translation program, Hao Ren subconsciously licked his lips: "Damn, it really is a high-end product. If I had this back then, I wouldn't have failed my CET-4 three times..."

"How is it, how is it?" Lily eagerly peered at the data terminal. "Does it say how to use it?"

Hao Ren pointed to the holographic screen, which clearly stated:

"Universal Adaptive Translation Script, usage permission f, applied to grassroots inspectors or dependents. After activation, it can be directly connected to the user's mind for simultaneous in-brain translation. The user will not feel this translation process. It also supports language assistance functions, which can take over part of the user's language abilities, and fully realize the user's barrier-free communication with various foreign languages."

Some technical terms were used above, but Hao Ren understood how to use it after reading through the things he could understand. He had to admit that this was a divine object. Just like the data terminal could directly connect to the user's thinking, the auxiliary program in the data terminal was also connected in this way. He originally thought that this translator was a thing similar to text translation, sound and reading (no way, that's all he knows, and there's nothing more advanced than this on Earth, right?), but he didn't expect that it could directly send the translation results of any language to his mind, and it also had a "language assistance function", which could take over part of the user's language ability?

Hao Ren thought for a while, thinking that this meant he could pretend to be a local - even perform a perfect London accent.

"Oh, right, we can try it on the spot!" Hao Ren saw that the translation program annotations also stated that this program had built-in language libraries for all imperial jurisdictions, and even included the native languages and lost languages ​​on each uncivilized planet, and immediately had the idea of ​​testing it out. He activated the translation function, confirmed in his mind that the data terminal was ready for the mental port, and then looked at Vivian, "Speak to me in ancient English and see if this works. According to the instructions, any form of communication on Earth can be translated."

Vivian blinked: "Is this thing really that magical?"

"Why don't you just try it?" Hao Ren said with great interest, "Go ahead."

Vivian was slightly stunned: "What I just said was ancient English – and your reply was too."

Hao Ren looked at the data terminal in his hand in astonishment, and after a long time he muttered to himself: "This is really barrier-free communication, I didn't even feel it... It even imitated your accent."

Lily hugged her knees and watched for a long time. At this time, she couldn't suppress her curiosity, and came up with a smile on her face: "Landlord, landlord, let me try it too~~"

As a result, when Lily got the data terminal in her hand, the translation program stopped immediately.

"Although this machine is a low-permission civilian model, it also has rules!" A line of stinky and coaxing words popped up on the data terminal. "The permission authentication of the function module you selected failed. Continuing to use the corresponding function may violate the ban – if you really want to use it, go to Shadow City to buy a downgraded civilian version without a lock in the future."

Lily's eyes widened: "Then why is it okay when I usually use you to listen to songs?"

"This belongs to the unlocked function and can be opened according to relevant regulations," the data terminal typed out another line of words, "But please respect the initial settings of this machine. This machine is for users to perform tasks, not for playing songs! You can insult the traditional appearance of this machine, but you cannot insult the player of this machine – looping Little Apple in a sixteen-channel mode in your brain is a serious provocation to this machine!"

Hao Ren looked at Lily with a strange expression, and the latter returned the data terminal with a shy smile: "I was bored, and you happened to put this on the coffee table that day and went to help the bat cook, so I just played with it for a while."

Hao Ren silently put away the data terminal, and seeing the disappointed look on Lily's face, he couldn't bear it, so he tried to divert her attention: "How about this, I just tried it with Vivian, and I'll try it with you too. Choose a foreign language dialect or something, and see if it can be translated."

Lily was indeed happy, and after seeing Hao Ren showing a ready-made look, she cleared her throat and tentatively said: "Woof?"

Hao Ren: "..." Vivian: "..." Data terminal: "..."

"This... This machine does not have the corresponding vocabulary database pre-installed," a line of words popped up on the data terminal, "However, according to the situation analysis and your physical condition, what you just said was 'food'?"

Lily hugged her knees and turned her body away: "It doesn't count if you guessed it. This is not fun, I'm going downstairs to eat something."

After Lily ran out, Vivian turned her face with a fake smile: "Look, she usually doesn't admit that she's a big dog, but she shows her true colors as soon as she opens her mouth."

"That's not how you can say it," Hao Ren still protected the silly werewolf girl who usually cheered him up, "I asked her to say a few foreign languages. Dog barking may be a foreign language for werewolves... At least it's a dialect."

Hao Ren marveled at the new function of the data terminal, feeling that he could sweep the world of languages ​​from now on. If he wasn't naturally lazy, he might be able to go to major foreign language colleges to pretend to be a big tail wolf just by relying on this, but what he didn't know was - this thing is already the most basic equipment in the Time and Space Administration, and it's about to be outdated: The problem of language barrier is a situation that grassroots officers who patrol various time and space often have to face. They are different from the Xiling apostles. They cannot directly understand all knowledge through the spiritual network. The grassroots officers of mortal bodies (that is, inspectors and all kinds of "saints" and "bishops") often have to rely on various devices to solve the problems encountered in the mission. And now the Time and Space Administration is working to improve this situation, and integrating some of the functions of the data terminal directly into the body adjustment project of the inspectors is the solution. The first project is to add translation agencies to their brains so that they can communicate with all races unknowingly like the Xiling apostles without the need for any equipment - it's a pity that Hao Ren didn't catch up with the good times, and he will have to lie in that "coffin" again in two days...

Putting aside the future worries for the time being, Hao Ren and Vivian thoroughly studied the room - don't think too much, they were just studying whether this data terminal had any other functions. Hao Ren realized the unreliability of Raven 12345. That white-haired witch didn't even understand the basic equipment of the Time and Space Administration. It was euphemistic to say that she was mechanically retarded. He didn't know whether such a guy was a special case. In short, in order to avoid being tricked again in similar situations in the future, Hao Ren had to study whether his equipment had other problems. As a result, this inspection really found a problem: a set of "Encyclopedia of Fetal Protection and Tranquility for Thirty-Seven Races" was installed in the data terminal, and the remarks were "Weapon Classification"...

Hao Ren's expression was like this: o_o!!

Can that five-digit neuropathic goddess still work properly! What if two baby carriages airdropped when he was about to be killed on the battlefield in the future? Who's responsibility would that be?