The scene of drone swarms constructing in space is spectacular. Hundreds of silver-white dismantlers are biting and cutting on the surface of those huge ark ships like termites gnawing on giant beasts. The dazzling cutting beams light up The shells of each giant ship were peeled off layer by layer of their 10,000-year-old heavy armor. But this teardown isn't for destruction, it's for studying and taking over the systems of these giant ships.
When Hao Ren went to repair the giant generators and search for the artifact deep in the ark, he also issued a series of orders to Nolan. He asked Nolan to figure out the navigation system of these arks as soon as possible and take over the control of each ark, at least To be able to control these spaceships to fly where he wants them to go. To this end, Nolan first disassembled the armor plates near each set of engines and power furnaces (engine power furnaces, not shelter power furnaces) on the Crest. After finding out how these old equipment operated, she thought Instead of tampering with the old and antique navigation hosts of these arks, it is better to cut off the "nerve lines" of these ships and let the drones install a new set of controllers on the engines and power furnaces. Her idea was backed by the logic host of the Giant Turtle Rock, so she's now putting it into practice.
The engineering drones used their dexterous mechanical arms to hold a device called a "penetrating core" and flew to the giant Ark ship, and attached these penetrating cores to key positions such as the latter's engine. The infiltrating core is a silvery-white ball like mercury droplets. It has a soft surface and a beautiful shape, and contains hundreds of millions of tiny units inside. Once these small "mercury droplets" are Place it on a circuit board or switch block, and it will dissolve instantly, then penetrate the mechanism, eating away and replacing the original circuit. In this way, drones can easily control those alien civilization equipment whose technological level is far lower than their own - of course, this control method has great limitations, and it is difficult to deal with those who do not use physical lines or physical switches It is useless when the high-tech equipment is used.
When the golden battleship "Patian" was captured, this kind of gadget was useless.
Hundreds of small holographic images are displayed on the bridge of the Giant Turtle Rock Terrace at the same time, showing the information sent back by each drone brigade, and the progress bar of the infiltration core taking over the control system of the Ark giant ship is also displayed there. above. At present, the Qunluan is almost completely under control. Nolan commanded the ark to turn on the lights, turn off the engine, and turn left and right. While testing the sensitivity of the newly installed control system, he muttered: "This process is like controlling a zombie spaceship. Put the original nerve line Corroded it all out, then replaced my circuit... Weird."
Everyone on the bridge said that it is difficult to have a common language with a ship——Nolan's metaphor is too curious.
While the drone swarm in space was carrying out a huge and spectacular project, the shelter of the "Throne" Ark was still immersed in peace.
People don't know what inconceivable things are happening on the opposite side of the several kilometers thick land under their feet. They just look at the still dead ancestor Honglu and pray tremblingly, chanting the names of ancestors and gods over and over again, and whispering about " The superstitious saying of Judge of Ice and Flame". The group of uninvited guests had entered the ancestor's furnace for an hour, and there was still no movement. There is neither doomsday frost falling from the sky, nor warm currents to disperse the coldness of this world. People can only see some faint flashes of light coming from the terrifying crack on the surface of the ancestor's furnace—those flashes appeared not long ago, and have been there ever since. It kept flickering, and occasionally there were some low-pitched rumbling sounds coming from the gap, and people didn't know what these flashes and sounds meant.
In fact, the autonomous machines were happily repairing the huge generator behind the crack, the flashes from the welding torches at the end of their arms leaked out, and the deep rumble came from the deeper part of the ancestral furnace, where Hao Ren and his party were.
There are countless solid gates between these ancient generators and reactors. There are also protective shields and cement shells of various safety properties. Most of these things are used to protect the fusion reactor deep in the facility, but they have been in disrepair for a long time. These doors can no longer be opened by conventional means, Hao Ren has to use some technical means to open a way out - his technical means include but not limited to 5 kg equivalent, 10 kg equivalent, 35 kg equivalent and Lily's head hammer. to be honest. These technical means are already quite mild, compared with the firepower he used to open the way in the past.
There was another series of loud bangs, and a completely jammed metal gate was destroyed by a series of precise small-scale explosions and fell down. Vivienne used a gust of wind to disperse the dust in the air, and walked forward together with Hao Ren . Nangong Sanba followed behind and muttered: "To be honest, I think it's not safe to use explosives to open a way in this kind of fusion reactor that has been running for 10,000 years... and it lacks aesthetics."
"Anyway, there are data terminals watching over us, and we have safely avoided all dangerous points along the way." Hao Ren said indifferently, and looked up at the road ahead. This place is already inside the energy center of the shelter, and it can be said that half a foot has stepped into the fusion pile. During the years when the Ark was in normal operation, not many people probably walked around this place. All he could see were all kinds of seriously aged pipes and mottled walls, and the narrow maintenance passages were full of dust. On the ceiling above the head, you can see a wide skylight at intervals. Through the transparent skylight, you can see the spectacular scene outside: various huge mechanical structures and thick cables with a history of 10,000 years occupy the space. Looking at all the sights, these things are filled around Hao Ren like the internal organs and blood vessels of a steel giant, always reminding everyone that this place is close to the heart of the ark.
Although everything here is rough and crude in the eyes of the data terminal, the Ark is still a miracle. The designer has built this thing. Years, the blood of the ship flows in those cables, and the people of the Ark rely on these things to live to this day.
But which link went wrong, causing the people of the Ark to degenerate from the space age to a medieval dynasty
The deeper he went into the reactor, the more serious Hao Ren's doubts became. Until now, he has not found any clues to answer this question. The skeleton he found in the control room was the only "prehistoric" body he found. The subskeleton doesn't say anything at all.
At this time, the data terminal came out and interrupted his thinking: "Wait a minute, there was an abnormal energy reading just now."
Hao Ren subconsciously replied, "Energy? This place is full of energy."
"It's 'abnormal energy'," the data terminal hit Hao Ren's forehead, "it's an artifact!"
Hao Ren immediately looked at Vivian, who also looked over at the same time, and nodded slightly.
Several people immediately cheered up and trotted through the narrow maintenance passage. Finally, they arrived at a very open place, which was a cylindrical hall surrounded by a circular wall inlaid with huge tempered glass windows, through which the toroidal coils of the fusion furnace could be seen outside. In the center of the hall is an alloy round platform slightly inclined to the ground with a radius of more than ten meters.
A golden thing is inlaid in the center of the alloy round platform, emitting a faint light.
Gold disc.
The moment Hao Ren saw the golden disc, Hao Ren was in a daze for a moment. He once imagined whether the legendary artifact of the local people could be this kind of disc—after all, it was the only one he knew It was directly derived from the artifact of the Goddess of Creation—but when he really saw that it was such a thing, he felt that everything was so logical, so logical that it was a bit unbelievable.
This fleet has successfully escaped the eldest son's natural disaster and the brain monster's cosmic pursuit. What they rely on is the golden disc
Vivienne was in a daze for a moment after seeing the disc, she subconsciously walked forward, Hao Ren noticed this immediately and grabbed her: "Vivienne!"
"Ah?" Vivian woke up suddenly, "What's wrong?"
"You seem to have lost your mind just now." Hao Ren looked nervously at Vivienne's eyes, and he was relieved after confirming that she had returned to normal. "Stay away, I'll check the condition of the disc. Lily, you Look at Vivian."
Lily immediately squatted next to Vivienne: "Go ahead - I'm the best at reading things!"
Hao Ren nodded and walked towards the golden disc. (to be continued~^~)