Some scholars who study the sociology of the universe believe that the establishment of an orderly interstellar society from scratch requires several preconditions: first, an exchange in the form of a cosmic war, and a considerable number of civilizations have survived and have mutual A certain understanding; second, there is one or several powerful rulers who can suppress all dissatisfaction, and have the power to force other civilizations to set cosmic rules and form order; That is, transition technology, star gate technology and general quantum communication technology.
In the eyes of some civilization development historians, these three technologies are the greatest inventions in the cosmic era, allowing civilizations separated by countless light-years to have the ability to communicate quickly, and the entire explored universe has thus formed a stable interstellar social system.
After four months of pioneering wasteland in Glittering World, including Han Xiao, Black Star Legion increasingly agreed with this view.
It took the Hardaway contingent four months to travel from the southern part of the Gaolu star cluster to the eastern part of the flat star map. It took Han Xiao's main ship less than two days to complete the special journey through the stargate passages left along the way. A four-month journey.
In the eastern border galaxy of the Gaolu star cluster, the two fleets converged in a cosmic space. The contingent spacecraft was like a swallow homing, and it was embedded in the dock cabin of the main ship to complete the docking.
Han Xiao waited in the bridge command room for a while, and soon saw Hardaway and his subordinates hurriedly walking through the dock passage.
"Legion Commander!" Hadaway looked excited, his arms wide open, and the whole person rushed over.
Han Xiao twitched the corners of his mouth, hesitated for a second, but still did not back away. He bit his head and hugged Hardaway, and the two strong chest muscles made a slamming sound.
"It's been four months!" Hadaway said excitedly.
"As for being so excited..." Han Xiao only felt that Hadaway's arms were tightly around his waist, with a helpless expression on his face, he patted his shoulder casually, and pulled him away from himself with one hand.
He didn't know that these four months were extremely torturous for Hardaway. His body hardening ability required strong external stimulation to improve. As a Transcendent A Grade seed, he was willing to become Han Xiao's subordinate , it was for the opportunity to learn from Transcendent A Grade. After following Han Xiao, he felt that his long-stagnant power had grown again, which made him ecstatic.
However, after being sent out for four months, the strength that finally showed signs of improvement fell into silence again, and the contingent did not even have a natural disaster-level cadre, and he could not even find a partner to study with. It is simply unbearable, after four months, he has been suffocated!
Seeing Han Xiao at this time, Hadaway felt as if he had seen his relatives. In his eyes, Han Xiao seemed to have a holy halo behind his head, and there seemed to be hymns around him. He realized that he missed Han so much. Xiao's fist.
Hadaway was in a good mood, looked at Hela next to him, grinned, and opened his arms to hug him.
"Will you try to touch me?" Hela glanced coldly, and the energy of death appeared in her eyes.
Hadaway's face froze, he put away his arms embarrassingly, and muttered secretly, if it wasn't for the sake of the legion commander, I, a Transcendent A Grade seed, would not act on your face.
"Hadaway is also a Transcendent A Grade seed anyway, so don't rush when you talk." Han Xiao, who was on the side, felt that Hela's attitude towards the guards was not very good, so he reached out and patted her on the shoulder, and squeezed it. her shoulder blades.
Well, it looks good in the hand.
Hela's face suddenly tensed, she glanced at Han Xiao's palm, put away the red energy overflowing from her eyes, and said in a dull tone:
"Oh."
Hardaway greeted a group of guards such as Fording, and then looked at Han Xiao again and said, "According to your instructions, the contingent has set up a long-distance stargate, what are we going to do next?"
Han Xiao didn't answer directly, but snapped his fingers and called out the three-dimensional star map in front of everyone. He searched the star map carefully, and confirmed the one hidden in the barren cosmos area outside the Gaolu star cluster. A planet without a cosmic treasure.
In the previous life, this planet was called Amber Star, but at this time it was still a numbered planet without a name.
"We're going to this planet?" Aurora looked curious, "Is there anything special there."
Han Xiao nodded and made up a reason casually, "Some time ago, when some legion members were exploring the barren planet, they found some information left by aliens, which seemed to be the travel records of some explorers, including this planet. It is said that there is a civilization on it, and since it is here, it is time to explore it."
There is nothing wrong with this reason. Since it was said by Han Xiao, even if everyone was a little surprised, they didn’t have much doubts. After all, there was an incident of the Great Cosmos Corps before, and everyone was not surprised by the existence of Glittering World’s indigenous people.
Han Xiao did not say nonsense, Amber Star itself is a relic of a dead indigenous civilization, and the cosmic treasure is stored in this relic.
[Space-time Amber], this is the name of this cosmic treasure. It was not made by indigenous civilization, but an extraterrestrial object that accidentally landed on this planet and was once regarded as a sacred object by this civilization.
In the previous life, with the steady development of the imperial allies, the time-space amber finally fell into the hands of an imperial ally who participated in the exploration. That ally was Raven Lauder, who was one of the Transcendent A Grades that Han Xiao saw when he went to the Scarlet Empire home planet. A member of the Old Ones who has a bad relationship with Aesop.
Later, Raven Lauder was defeated by another Transcendent A Grade in the super-disaster version, and the time-space amber was taken away by others. Later, after countless disturbances, the time-space amber changed its owners several times, and one of the owners was still a strong man of World Tree Civilization. , and finally fell into the hands of the Radiance Federation.
The origin of time-space amber is quite mysterious. Players in the previous life only learned the origin of this thing from special intelligence channels in the later version. a story.
As for the effect of space-time amber, it can only be described with the word "special".
It basically does not bring bonuses in combat power, but its role... Even Transcendent A Grade will be afraid of it!
According to Han Xiao's memory of the previous life's plot, after the birth of the time-space amber, the number of Transcendent A Grade "planted" on this thing has exceeded the number of palms!
Now this thing is an unowned thing. Except for himself, no other competitors know about the existence of time-space amber. It is easy to get it. Han Xiao is naturally bound to get it.
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A few days later, the fleet arrived at Amber Star and entered the atmosphere.
The distance between the star and the planet is relatively close. The scorching sun is scorching hot. From a high altitude, the surface of Amber Star is almost all desert. The scalding hot wind blows past, blowing up the long-lasting dust and sand. Walking aimlessly on the ground, there is no trace of civilization.
Han Xiao was about to send a probe ship, when Aurora closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head.
"There are no signs of life on this planet."
"Your life sensing range can already cover a planet?" Hela's eyes fluctuated, and a flash of surprise flashed.
Seeing everyone looking over, Aurora smiled shyly, but she was a little proud in her tone, "I have also grown."
"Not bad." Han Xiao smiled comfortably.
Every time Aurora's strength improves, he will be very happy.
After all, this means that Aurora sauce has more milk power...
The effect of the Aurora character card is to restore the full state, but that is the product of the panel. Aurora's own milk power is limited, and she needs to consume her own vitality to activate the ability. His Transcendent A Grade cells contain terrifying energy. With Aurora's current strength, the consumption of milking him is very large. Maybe once or twice, Aurora will be paralyzed.
When Aurora is upgraded to the natural disaster level, her battery life will be greatly increased, and the milk will be more abundant, so that she will be full.
Fording heard the words and said, "There is no life signal, then the civilization you mentioned may have died out, and only the remains are left."
Han Xiao nodded, looked at the vast yellow sand, and sent a probe ship to sense the underground environment of the planet.
In the records of the empire, the relic of the civilization where the time-space amber is located is buried under the yellow sand. As for the specific process of discovering the time-space amber, there is no detailed record, so he does not know the specific location, but there are interstellar-level detection equipment here, find It's only a matter of time before civilization remains.
Unsurprisingly, before Han Xiao finished watching Hadaway and another guard officer play a Venn card, the probe sent back news that many suspected city ruins were found under the desert.
However, the detection ship did not find a special energy source, and the energy radar was dead silent.
"No abnormal energy signal found? Well, time-space amber should not be wrong on this planet. Maybe it has not been charged for so long, so there is no energy fluctuation."
Han Xiao looked at the ruins marked on the planet map and shook his head helplessly.
"It seems that we have to search all over again... Tsk, why doesn't the empire write down the specific process of discovering the time-space amber, and I have to trouble me to find it slowly."
After thinking about it, Han Xiao asked the fleet to temporarily stand by in outer space, and brought a group of guards to the sky above the planet.
Looking down at the ground under his feet, Han Xiao waved his big hand, and the majestic Mechanical Force poured out, causing ripples of energy, and a huge door of light opened behind him. Level Dimension Barracks.
Kerala…
Countless mechanical soldiers swarmed out, and thousands of mechanical beings such as Youzu were at the forefront of the mechanical troop, all looking at Han Xiao.
After releasing millions of mechanical troops, Han Xiao closed the secondary dimension barracks, and the mechanical legions were neatly arranged in front, covering the sky and the sun, like a military parade.
"You search for the ruins, report to me if you have any special findings, and by the way, find out if there is any such thing." Han Xiao outlined the shape of the time-space amber in the field of quantum network, and conveyed the order to all mechanical troops through Philip .
call
The next moment, the mechanical legion in front of them scattered as birds and beasts, split up, got into the yellow sand, and went to explore the ruins.
With so many useful mechanical helpers, Han Xiao didn't want to waste his energy searching for so many ruins himself.
"Master, we have discovered a special phenomenon."
It didn't take long for You Ancestor to send back good news and pictures.
Han Xiao glanced at it. The picture was a huge room, like some kind of hall. The walls and pillars were covered with muffled and mottled murals. In the center of the room was a large black disc lying horizontally. With an integrated circuit matrix-like pattern, it may be a mixture of magic and technology.
On the ground around the disc, there are many translucent circular crystals, each about 1.5 meters in height. They are wrapped with creatures of the same species. There is no trace of decay on their bodies, but their expressions and movements are all frozen. , without any life signal, like a creature solidified by amber.
"This phenomenon is the effect of space-time amber..."
Han Xiao was stunned. He had also been to Amber Star in his previous life, but at that time, there were only ruins here, and there were no creatures that turned into amber specimens at all... These creatures should be the race of this extinct civilization.
Perhaps when Ravenlaud discovered the time-space amber, he also took these specimens away.
But this is also good news, which means that he is not far from the time-space amber.
Han Xiao greeted the arrival of the fleet, and the spaceships worked together to suck up a desert with tractor beams, revealing the ruins of the ancestors.
The group quickly descended, landed in the ruins, followed the signal of the ancestors all the way to the center of the ruins, and observed the scene of the city as they walked.
Although the ruins have been severely eroded by the years, they can barely restore the original appearance of this civilization when it existed.
The buildings are ups and downs, and the mottled patterns can still vaguely see the beauty of the past. The artistic attainments of this civilization seem to be not low.
"It should have been a very beautiful civilization during his lifetime," Fording said.
"maybe."
Han Xiao was noncommittal, and soon came to the center of the ruins. This is an extremely huge fortress, like a super-large safe house and shelter made of countless hard materials.
The ancestors troops were in this fortress. Han Xiao and others quickly entered the hall shown in the picture. After a cursory scan, they found that there are probably no less than 20,000 amber bodies here.
"What are these things that look a bit like amber?" Hadaway curiously touched an amber beside him. The touch was very strange.
Han Xiao walked in front of an amber at random and stared at the creatures in the amber. These creatures should be mammalian carbon-based creatures. They look furry, and their facial features look a bit like sloths. They are about one meter tall, and they remain as they were before being frozen. His eyes widened, his eyes were full of apprehension and unease.
Turning to look at Hela, Han Xiao pursed his lips, "Try attack."
brush!
Without saying a word, Hela gushed out from her eyes and bombarded an amber.
The next moment, a peculiar scene happened. Although the amber was knocked out, it was unscathed. The energy released by Hela spread out on the smooth surface of the amber, and all shifted out, without the slightest destructive force acting on the amber. As if energy is like water droplets, and amber is like a lotus leaf, which does not absorb water at all.
"Huh?" Hela frowned, not believing in evil, her death energy was highly condensed, and she was ready to strike again.
Seeing this, Han Xiao stopped her, "Okay, don't try again, or you will collapse this room later."
Hela had to put away the energy and wondered: "This thing is actually immune to my attacks, including my mental damage, which can't penetrate it."
"It's not just mental damage."
Han Xiao reached out and held down an amber, the surging Mechanical Force poured out, the lightning only flowed on the surface of the amber, and the amber did not have any tendency to be electrocuted.
"To be exact, this thing should be immune to various energies and will not be destroyed. Even with brute force, it can only be knocked away, and cannot cause any damage to it."
Han Xiao lifted an amber with one hand, weighed it twice, but it was not heavy, then put it down, shook his head and said, "Even if it is a super-a grade, or even the strongest star destroyer weapon of a cosmos grade civilization, it cannot cause damage to amber. ."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked.
"How can there be such a strong material in the world?"
"Super A Grade can't be broken? Impossible!"
"Could it be..." Hela flashed, "This is another cosmic spectacle."
Han Xiao touched his chin and pretended to guess, "Well, that's it, it feels the same as the Evolution Cube, this is also a man-made product."
He is not very clear about the formation principle of this kind of amber, but the wonders of the universe, like the Evolution Cube, are always difficult to explain. According to the data of the previous life, this kind of amber seems to have changed the existence of time and space, making a small piece of time and space materialize, forming an effect similar to amber, and wrapping the object in it.
The object wrapped in time-space amber is isolated from reality, as if it exists in a different space where the time scale will not advance or retreat, and the performance effect is like freezing time and space.
However, according to common sense, the body of the creature wrapped in amber in this form should not change. It has a long or even infinite life like in the sleeping cabin, and its mind should also be frozen... But according to the description of the NPC who played tricks in the previous life, it is blocked by time and space. Wrapped in amber, they really cannot control the body, and energy cannot penetrate the amber from the inside, but in fact consciousness is active, and can even observe changes in the outside world through sight and hearing, and can perceive the passage of time in the outside world, just like Being trapped in the body has become a paradox of common sense, and it is also one of the important factors in being regarded as a wonder of the universe.
Only individuals who have been imprisoned by time-space amber for too long will eventually become stagnant in their thinking. Finally, they will erase themselves, fall into annihilation, and give up thinking. The stronger people can last longer.
So this thing can create a cage to hold any creature, without worrying about the prisoner escaping, and at the same time it is a kind of torture.
Even if the target is Transcendent A Grade!
The only problem is that the launch process of time-space amber is relatively long, and it is extremely difficult to make a Transcendent A Grade hit.
"If this thing falls into the hands of the enemy, it is also a great threat to me. In my hands, I can reduce an ability that needs to be feared."
Various thoughts flashed, Han Xiao turned to look at the black disc with a diameter of about ten meters in the center of the room, observed the matrix pattern on the disc for a while, and probably confirmed that it was a circuit of energy transmission and activation.
"It looks like this thing needs energy activation."
Han Xiao beckoned, Youzu obediently turned into many floating guards, shot beams of light, and output energy toward the disc.
buzz
The disc shook, as if some kind of device was turned on, the circuit lit up in the blink of an eye, and the dust on it fell.
The next moment, the disc lights up, revealing its true function... a screen.
A video began to play on the screen, and a creature of this civilization appeared on the screen and slowly opened its mouth.
At this time, the translator has not yet entered this language, and everyone can't understand what it is saying, but it does not prevent them from understanding the pictures on the video. There are flashes of scenes before the demise of this civilization, as if from the beginning of civilization. From the development of primitive creatures, learning to use tools, and gradually developing planes, hover vehicles, and still trying to manufacture interstellar spaceships, the city is beautiful and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
It is a pity that due to the abnormal activities of stellar celestial bodies, the living environment of the planet has changed dramatically, and the disaster that is enough to wipe out the planetary creatures has swept the world. In the database, and each site has a database to ensure that every latecomer can find them.
The appearance of that "sacred artifact" is exactly the time-space amber in memory. He did not find the wrong place, Han Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to read.
Using time-space amber requires a lot of energy, which is very difficult for a surface civilization. This civilization uses the power of its family to recharge it, almost exhausting the energy. This is why time-space amber has been used many times, not only this city ruins, Many amber bodies are preserved at each site... While everyone was watching the video, troops exploring other sites also discovered more amber.
At the end of the video, the whereabouts of the time-space amber is finally mentioned, which seems to be stored in a big city, but this is the city scene before the destruction of civilization, and I don’t know which ruins it is now.
"Let Philip copy their database data first. As long as the language is deciphered, you will know what the video says in detail, and you can directly locate the site where the time-space amber is located according to the map."
Han Xiao was preparing to act. At this moment, the panel suddenly popped up a prompt to trigger the task:
[You trigger the hidden mission [Traces of Existence]! ]
[Mission introduction: Due to the abnormal changes in the stars, a catastrophe swept the Yasir civilization. Before the demise, the Yasir people chose two paths at the same time. They survived the catastrophe and rebuilt their civilization in the future, so they waited for the effects of the relics to be unlocked for them. But if no one comes, the Yasr people are willing to become eternal specimens, preserve all the materials of civilization so far, and leave traces of their existence in the vast starry sky... And you are the visitor they have been waiting for for many years, It's a pity that the endless years have already chosen the final destiny for them]
[Task requirements: Use the "Holy Relic" of Yasir civilization to remove the "Holy Relic" effect on all Yasir people]
[Rewards: 15e experience, fame x1, random reward x1, exploration points +780, [bold explorer] skill fragment x1]