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“Or a sauna,” Juan added Then he re the docu”

“I saw,” Eric said frohts fro a beacon in the darkness

“Can you get it?”

“We’re getting you two to my medical bay first,” Julia said

“I lost it in gloom,” Eric said “We can do a search later, but I’et back down here Or, at least, too close to the lava to get to Don’t worry, though You still got this” Eric held up a leather-bound book “This was in your suit”

“The captain’s logbook Let’s hope it says so useful”

“I think it will But it’s not the captain’s log They’re notes from one of the scientists on board I was only able to see the first page because I didn’t want to dae the others”

“It didn’t say anything about where we can find the artificial intelligence computer, did it?”

“In fact, it did We’ve already seen the AI Those vats? That’s the artificial intelligence”

“What do you mean?” Linda asked

“We’ll know more e can look at the entire contents,” Eric said “But froe, it seeanic The Colossus 3 was built to carry a giant biocomputer”

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The hold of the Colossus 5 hu nutrients to the vats of biochemical cells that made up the heart of the superco a status update from the chief scientist, Chen Min, about the operation as they walked through the cavernous space Security guards trailed the under way in less than forty-eight hours Carlton was keeping an eye on Gupta, who see suspicious of Carlton’shim to stay on board

“Right noe are feeding the Colossus vats with custorown phytoplankton that we store on board,” Chen said, “but once we’re at sea, ill harvest plankton as we sail, providing an unlimited source of nutrition for the computer”