The others camped on top of the shaft and kept in touch, while Hao Ren and Vivien entered the dark and deep ancient cavern.The light from above soon left only a small bright spot, and the ground fell, and Hao Ren held a silver-white spear in one hand and a lamp in the other to light the way ahead.He looked at the steel brackets and rails that were flying by quickly, and the sound of the wind when Vivien's bats flapped in his ears echoed: "Anyway, we haven't flown together for a long time." ”"Yes, Cheng Tianjing followed you to strange places, either in space or in water, I almost forgot how to use the wings," Vivien's voice came from above, and she said as she adjusted the angle of her wings slightly, gliding in a spiral through the wide shaft, "I remember the first time you went to the sky with me, you seemed to be airsick?"
Oh......
It can't be called motion sickness, so it's okay to stun me. ”"Don't make a fuss, I was mainly startled at the time, you dragged me to the sky without saying a word, how can ordinary people pass through this."
Hao Ren moved slightly as he spoke, the soft touch from behind him made it a little difficult for him to concentrate, Vivian immediately noticed this, and grinned: "Why, we have flown together so many times, I don't feel used to it." ”Hao Ren pouted: "No matter what, you are also a beautiful girl, okay?"
”“…… I don't usually think about this, you know it's usually difficult for me to fill my stomach," Vivien blinked, and then suddenly saw a faint light in front of her, "Landlord, it seems to be almost the end of the front!"
”Moments later, the two landed lightly on a circular alloy platform.The platform was enclosed along the walls of the shaft around it, and in the center was a cavity with a radius of several meters, from which a faint red light was red-hot magma."
It can't be the center of the earth......
Vivien also looked over, her eyes widening in shock, "We're so deep?"
”"Not necessarily the center of the earth, but it should be very close," Hao Ren looked at the slowly surging dim red light, the internal energy of this planet has declined, and the magma lake near the core of the earth also looks a little weak, but that magma lake still makes the scene at the bottom of this shaft like hell, if it weren't for some kind of thermal insulation technology still in effect, I'm afraid that the entire metal platform would melt down, "This should be the energy source of the entire system."
Heat exchange between the Earth's core and the Earth's surface......
It's a huge project. ”"Those old guys on Earth should really come here to see it......," Vivien sighed, "Anyway, why do I feel light-footed?"
”Hao Ren took a few steps in place: "Gravity has weakened.We've come to the deepest part of the system, where gravity is about one-fifth of the Earth's surface.Look for it, there should be an entrance nearby, and the data terminal scans for a hollow structure that resembles a control center. ”Vivien raised her hand and pointed to the opposite side of the circular platform, "You mean that?"
”Hao Ren looked up and saw a heavy, metallic gate standing silently opposite the platform, with a faint light flickering next to the gate, as if to prove that the system behind the gate was still alive.The two came to the gate, Hao Ren looked at the control panel with flashing lights next to the door, and he exhaled: "We have arrived here, which is enough to prove sincerity."
Do you still have to close your doors at this time?
”It seemed as if no one on the planet should have responded to his words, but the gate moved anyway, and in a burst of airlock deflation, the circular gate first retreated, and then Kerala rolled to the side.Hao Ren and Vivien stepped into it.They walked through a long safe passage and eventually arrived at a rotunda.A large, pipe-strewn cylindrical device was placed in the center of the hall, its height reaching a dome more than a dozen meters high, while a faint stream of light flowed through its outer pipes.Countless thick cables extended from the base of the cylindrical installation, spreading out of the hall floor like vines, connecting the circle of machines around the hall.There are no formal lights in the hall, and it is entirely the light emitted by the machines themselves that provide the illumination, allowing people to see the ancient equipment in a shadowy light.A low, compound hum echoed around it, like an inorganic breath.Hao Ren looked at the cylindrical device in front of him, this should be the main engine of the Ark.He could feel that this was the heart of the entire planet, and that countless things—abstract and invisible—were spreading from here to the entire planet outside.He took a deep breath: "I'm here, won't you speak?"
”The machines were silent for a few seconds before a low, emotionless synthesized voice rang out from the depths of the cylindrical installation: "My mission is to manage the Ark and bring the creators safely to a new home.I was made, they gave me thought, they gave me logic, they gave me purpose......
The meaning of the existence of the whole system is to keep the civilization on this planet alive.That's the only thing I know and the only thing I should do. ”Hao Ren looked at the host, as if looking at a living person: "What the hell is going on here?"
”"Before the Ark set sail, civilization was extinct."
A screen on the wall of the hall flickered brightly, and a crystal clear, aqua blue planet glittering in space appeared on the screen.Immediately after that, the sun in the corner of the picture exploded, and the strong solar material blew across the surface of the planet, but under the effect of some powerful shield, the planet seemed to survive intact - but after successfully resisting the solar eruption, something abnormal happened on the surface of the planet, Hao Ren did not see the essence of the disaster, only saw the lights on the entire planet decrease and extinguish at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then fell completely silent.Time passed, the sun cooled, the planets froze, and a pale blanket the planet's surface, and the whole world was lifeless, and the artificial lights never came on since.Vivien turned to look at the host, "Who did that?"
”"An indescribable creature, the creators call it a scourge," the synthesized sound of the Ark's host sounded again, and the screen flashed, and a huge strange thing appeared in the center of the screen, as if countless tentacles, roots, plants, and pieces of flesh were mixed together, its strangeness was indescribable, only a sense of horror that seemed to evoke the instinct of the creature permeated from those constantly twisting roots, "It destroyed the civilization on the Ark after death." ”Sure enough, it was the eldest son who appeared on the screen, but Hao Ren was shocked after hearing the words of the Ark host: "After death?
You killed it?
”"It burst out of the surface from deep underground, but the creators, with the help of the Starfolk of the Sky, managed to separate the creature from the planet and push it into the Sun, which was then detonated by the Starfolk of the Sky.The flesh of this creature.
The body was wiped out in the stellar flames, and yet ......
There is something incomprehensible left on the planet.It ended up destroying an entire civilization. ”"Something incomprehensible?"
Hao Ren felt a little confused, until Vivian next to him whispered a reminder: "Something similar happened in Tanagus. ”Hao Ren suddenly said: "Is it the soul of the eldest son?!"
”The main host of the ark was silent, as if it could not understand what "soul" meant, and Hao Ren had already guessed what the truth was all about: although the aborigines of this planet did not surpass the other second sons in terms of technology, with the help of the "people of the starry sky", they did achieve a feat that no other second son had achieved: they successfully destroyed the flesh of the eldest son at the cost of their own sun.
Body.However, this feat did not save the fate of their entire civilization - the firstborn in the flesh.
After the body died, he still killed everyone on this planet with his soul!
However, this soul should have dissipated, and the Giant Turtle Rock's induction radar did not scan the signal remnants of the eldest son on the planet.It is precisely because it has dissipated that no evidence of the existence of the eldest son has ever been found.Hao Ren figured out the joints, sighed slightly, and then looked at the main body of the ark seriously: "Who are the people of the starry sky?"
”(To be continued.) )