Hao Ren didn't know if the owner of the tentacle could hear his voice, but he really hoped that the eldest son could hold on a little longer—the planet was getting closer and closer to the tipping point, and the sun's gravitational pull and uneven heating process were tearing its crust off bit by bit, and even the strength of the eldest son's body could not resist this force.The Giant Turtle Rock Platform and the teammates brought by Hao Ren are powerless to reverse the fate of this planet, the time in the virtual world is running out, and now the only thing that can extend the life of the virtual world is probably only the persistence of the eldest son himself.Since an hour ago, the shaking of the underground world has not stopped for a moment, the large and small shaking almost makes people feel like they are standing on a giant drum, and the explosion of rock formations collapsing from a certain direction from time to time is even more terrifying.There are signs that the planet is making great strides towards disintegration, and it is a constant reminder that they are following a 50 trillion ton boulder to the sun.But the people busy in the underground bunker had no time to care about it at the moment, and they were nervously tracking the nerve signals coming from the tentacles, and according to the analysis results from the ship's computer, they were going to the possible location of the brain nucleus.Now that the team had left the hall where the alloy columns had been stored, the team was speeding through a spider-web-like underground structure.It is full of criss-crossing corridors and large and small cave dungeons, and the entire underground world is as complex as an endless labyrinth, if it were not for the ship's computer navigation, I am afraid that I would immediately get lost in those passages full of forks in the road.Hao Ren was at first surprised by the complexity of the place, and he felt that the structure was not suitable for human habitation, but he soon understood why the underground shelter was designed this way: because all the tunnels and caverns here were built along the tentacles of the eldest son.Huge firstborn tentacles can be seen in all of the main passages, which run like the skeleton of the passage along the grooves in the ground or the recesses in the walls, around which specially designed brackets and protections can be seen, and at regular intervals a number of cables and pipes can be seen attached to the tentacles, all of which were apparently installed with the permission of the eldest son.The entire underground shelter is a system of caverns built along the lines of the firstborn, so that the previous huge crypts seem to have an explanation: they may have been built with the help of the firstborn, after all, the geological features of the planet do not seem to be suitable for the generation of so many natural caves.As he went all the way deep into the shelter, Hao Ren's heart continued to pour out all kinds of emotions.The image of the firstborn was still deeply ingrained in his mind, even though he knew that this powerful creature was the shaper of the ecosystem and the original gardener.Here, however, Hao Ren sees a very different situation: the firstborn coexists harmoniously with the mortal creation, and there are all signs that the Zom must have lived with the firstborn from the beginning.They designed the shelter in a clever and just right way, and were able to build a complete set of equipment that was perfectly matched to the eldest son, which would have required years of tacit understanding and communication.Hao Ren remembered what he had learned in his hometown of Yitzax: the eldest son could get along with the mortal race, and his nature was actually quite gentle.At the time, he was still amazed by this information, but now the real example is finally in front of him.After passing through a corridor containing four large tentacles, a near-circular cavern appeared before everyone's eyes.The structure of this cave is very similar to the original "sacred cave" of Halletta, with a sunken ground in the center of the regular cavern, and a large mass of indescribable biological tissue lying quietly in the pit, and a large number of caverns can be seen around the cave, and tentacles extend from the rock wall to connect to the central biological tissue.At this time, the vibration of the underground world just eased down slightly, and Hao Ren heard a sound echoing in the cave: a powerful "pop" sound like a heartbeat."
This is a large ganglion, and there is also a set of pump organs that maintain the circulation of body fluids," Hao Ren figured out the function of these biological tissues in front of him based on the research reports collected earlier, "We are very close to the brain nucleus.Set up some sensors here and you should be able to detect signals from the virtual world. ”Lily immediately led a large group of autonomic machines forward and placed sensors on the large, unspeakable mass of flesh.She was a little nervous when she first started doing this work, but now she's completely familiar with it.Hao Ren, on the other hand, observed other things in the cave: not only the tissues and organs that housed the eldest son, but also a large number of artificial equipment, as elsewhere.He saw black machines around the large ganglia, and the cables on those machines were also attached to the tentacles of the eldest son, like small artificially made tentacles.These machines were seen for the first time, and they didn't seem to be quite the same as the ones that had been used to keep the firstborn alive.Hao Ren curiously stepped forward to check the status of the machine, but was surprised to find that the display of one of the devices actually emitted a faint light.It's a miracle that there's one that works here."
It seems to be a computer or something......
At least you can check the information," Hao Ren stepped forward and fiddled with it a few times, and found that the operation mode and system architecture of this thing were similar to those of Nolan's computer, "Huh?
”Vivien walked over: "What did you find?"
”"It's the construction records of the vault, and the bits and pieces of information about the virtual world project, the database is badly damaged, and there is not much to read," Hao Ren searched for the remaining logs, "......
It is recorded that the shelter was built to avoid a disaster, and the Dolm and the 'Root of Origin' jointly built a strong fortress underground to fight the end of the world, and the 'Root of Origin' here should refer to the eldest son......"
Hao Ren said as he pointed out the key points in the information to Vivian, this ancient device is not very stable, and there are strange garbled characters on the screen from time to time, but they can still be used reluctantly: "These are the coded records of the virtual world, It seems that a large number of scientists and the eldest son have devised a simulation mechanism that can guarantee the long-term survival of all human beings in a common dream realm, until ......""
How long will they survive?
”Vivien asked."
Survive to return to the real world," Hao Ren's voice suddenly became serious, "There is a plan for returning to the real world mentioned here!"
They seem to be ready to wait for the disaster outside to end and return to the real world, and they also mention the Biosphere Recovery Project and the Body Rebuilding Project......
Vivien exhaled, "It seems that something has gone wrong, and the state of this planet does not look like it can rebuild the biosphere anyway."
Did you mention the specific circumstances of the disaster?
Does it mean that the planets fall into the sun?
”"Of course not, if they had known that the planet would fall into the sun, they wouldn't have to expect to return to reality," Hao Ren shook his head, "The planet's demotion was two or three thousand years ago, and the establishment of the shelter was ten thousand years ago, so falling into the sun should have been an accident - probably this accident completely ruined the whole plan." ”As he spoke, he looked up at the large ganglion in the center of the cave: "Probably this accident caused the virtual world to begin to appear towards the end of the script, so that it can roughly match the timeline in Nolan's memory: the trend of the world in her memory to the end was almost two or three thousand years ago." ”Vivien looked a little puzzled, and then suddenly reacted: "You mean ......"
"It's having nightmares," Hao Ren raised his hand to the indescribable mass of biological tissue, "and the whole world was swallowed up by nightmares." ”Vivien's eyes widened in surprise, and at this moment, Nolan's anxious voice suddenly came from the communicator: "Hao Ren!
Hao Ren!
There's a situation on my side!
”Hao Ren immediately connected: "What?
The fire is burning again?
”"No—I seem to have 'heard' the fabricator's voice again!""
Fabricator", this is the name Nolan uses when he refers to the controller behind the scenes of this world, and now Hao Ren knows that the so-called "fabricator" should be the consciousness of the eldest son, Nolan seems to have a special talent, she can occasionally hear the eldest son's dream or two in the virtual world.Humans cannot understand the firstborn's thinking patterns, so the dreams she hears are usually blurred.But this time things seem different."
What did you hear?"
Hao Ren asked hurriedly, he could hear the ominous meaning in Nolan's voice."
I don't know if there's something wrong with my understanding, but I hear that the world is going to perform 'euthanasia,' ......"
Nolan's voice was filled with fear, "and the voice said it was going to block out all the pain and let the world die without pain before some kind of collapse came." ”Hao Ren took a deep breath.The eldest son couldn't hold on.
(To be continued.) )