Hao Ren didn't know if the owner of this tentacle could hear his voice, but now he sincerely hoped that the eldest son could hold on for a while longer - the planet is getting closer and closer to the critical point, the gravity and unevenness of the sun The heating process is tearing off its crust bit by bit, even with the strength of the eldest son's body, it can't resist this force. The giant turtle rock platform and the teammates brought by Hao Ren were unable to reverse the fate of this planet. The time in the virtual world was running out, and the only thing that could prolong the life of the virtual world was the persistence of the eldest son himself.
Since an hour ago, the vibration 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. People are terrified. All kinds of signs indicate that this planet is striding towards disintegration, and they are always reminding everyone that they are falling towards the sun with a fifty-trillion-ton boulder. But the busy people in the underground bunker have no time to take care of this at the moment. They are nervously tracking the nerve signals from the tentacles, and going to the possible location of the brain nucleus according to the analysis results from the shipboard computer.
Now the team has left the previous hall where a large number of alloy cylinders were stored, and is quickly walking through a complex underground structure like a spider web. There are criss-crossing corridors and large and small caves and underground palaces everywhere. The entire underground world is as complicated as an endless maze. If it is not for the shipboard computer navigation, advancing in those passages full of forks may be impossible immediately. get lost. Hao Ren was surprised at the complexity of this place at first. He felt that this structure was not suitable for people to live in, but soon he understood why the underground shelter was designed like this: because all the tunnels and caves here are along the eldest son. tentacles built.
Huge long tentacles can be seen in all the main passages. These tentacles extend along the grooves in the ground or the grooves in the walls like the skeleton of the passage. Around them, specially designed brackets and protection can be seen. measures, and at intervals one can see cables and pipes attached to the tentacles, apparently installed with the eldest son's permission.
The entire underground refuge is a cave system built along the eldest son, so the huge crypts before seem to have an explanation:
They may also have been built with the help of the eldest son, after all, the geological characteristics of this planet do not seem to be suitable for generating so many natural caves.
As he went all the way into the depths of the shelter, Hao Ren's heart was filled with various emotions. all the time. In his mind, the Firstborn is associated with absolute destruction and ecocide, and all he sees is the destruction caused by the tentacles of the Firstborn. Although he knew this mighty creature as the shaper of the ecosystem and the original gardener, the image of the Firstborn's destruction remained ingrained in his mind.
However, here, Hao Ren saw a completely different situation: the eldest son coexisted harmoniously with the creations of mortals, and there were various signs that the Zhuomu should have lived with the eldest son from the very beginning. They designed the shelter in an ingenious and appropriate way, and were able to manufacture a complete set of equipment that perfectly matched the eldest son, which must have taken many years of tacit understanding and communication to do so.
Hao Ren recalled what he had learned in Y'zaks' hometown: the eldest son can get along with mortal races friendly, and its nature is actually quite gentle.
At the time, he was still amazed by this information. And now a real example is finally in front of us.
After passing through a corridor containing four large tentacles, a nearly circular cave appeared in front of everyone. The structure of this cave is very similar to the "sacred cave" in Holletta. There is a sunken ground in the center of the regular cave, and a large group of indescribable biological tissues lie quietly in the pit, and the surrounding area of the cave Then you can see a large number of neatly arranged caves, and tentacles extending from the rock wall to connect to the central biological tissue. At this time, the vibration in the underground world just eased down a little bit, and Hao Ren heard a sound echoing in the cave: a powerful "plop" sound like a heartbeat.
"Here is a large ganglion, and there is also a set of pumping organs to maintain the circulation of body fluids." Hao Ren figured out the functions of these biological tissues in front of him based on the research reports collected before. "We are already very close to the brain nucleus. Set some sensors here, and we should be able to detect signals from the virtual world."
Lily immediately led a large group of autonomous machines forward, and placed the sensors on the huge, indescribable lump of meat. She was a little nervous when she first started this job. But now it's fully familiar.
Hao Ren, on the other hand, observed other things in the cave: not only did the eldest son's tissues and organs be accommodated here, but also a large number of artificial devices were installed like other places. He saw black machines set up around large ganglia. The cables from those machines were also attached to the firstborn's tentacles, as small artificial tentacles.
These machines were seen for the first time, and they seemed different from those used to keep the firstborn alive. Hao Ren stepped forward curiously to check the status of the machines, but was surprised to find that the display of one of the devices was emitting a faint light.
It was a miracle that there was even a working one here.
"It seems to be something like a computer... At least you can look up the information," Hao Ren stepped forward to fiddle with it a few times, and found that the operation mode and system structure of this thing are similar to Nolan's computer, "Huh?"
Vivian came over: "What did you find?"
"It's the construction records of the shelter, as well as sporadic information about the virtual world plan. The database is severely damaged. There are not many things that can be read," Hao Ren searched the remaining logs. "... It is recorded that the shelter was built to avoid a disaster. The Zhuom people and the 'root of origin' jointly built a strong fortress underground to fight against the end of the world. The 'root of origin' here should refer to the eldest son …”
Hao Ren pointed out the important points in the information to Vivienne while talking. The operation of this ancient device was not very stable, and strange garbled characters appeared on the screen from time to time, but it was still usable: "These are virtual world Coded records, it seems that a large number of scientists and the eldest son have designed a simulation mechanism together, this simulation mechanism can ensure that all human beings can survive in a common dream for a long time, and survive until... "
"How long will you survive?" Vivienne asked.
"Survive to return to the real world," Hao Ren's voice became serious all of a sudden, "here is a plan to return to the real world! They seem to be planning to return to the real world after the disaster outside is over, and they also mentioned the restoration plan of the ecological circle and the Body Reconstruction Project…”
Vivian exhaled: "It seems that there is something wrong with the plan. The situation of this planet does not seem to be able to rebuild the ecological circle anyway. By the way, did the specific situation of the disaster be mentioned above? It refers to the planet falling. 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 de-orbit of the planet took place two or three thousand years ago, and the establishment of the shelter took place ten thousand years ago, so the fall Getting into the sun was supposed to be an accident—probably the accident that totally spoiled the whole plan."
As he said that, he looked up at the large ganglion located in the center of the cave: "Probably this accident caused the virtual world to begin to show the script of the end, so that it can roughly match the timeline in Nolan's memory: her memory It was also about two or three thousand years ago that the middle world appeared to be heading toward the end."
Vivienne showed a slightly puzzled expression, and then suddenly realized: "You mean..."
"It's having nightmares," Hao Ren pointed at the indescribable mass of biological tissue, "so the whole world was swallowed up by nightmares."
Vivian opened her eyes wide in surprise, and at this moment, Nolan's anxious voice suddenly came from the communicator: "Hao Ren! Hao Ren! I have a situation here!"
Hao Ren immediately connected: "What? The fire started again?"
"No—I seemed to 'hear' the fabricator's voice again just now!"
"Fabricator", this is what Nolan used to call the controller behind the scenes of this world. Now Hao Ren knows that the so-called "fabricator" should be the consciousness of the eldest son. Nolan seems to have a special talent. Occasionally, one or two dreams of the eldest son can be heard. Humans cannot understand the thinking mode of the eldest son, so the sleep talk she heard is usually indistinct.
But things seem to be different this time.
"What did you hear?" Hao Ren asked hastily, he heard an ominous meaning from Nolan's voice.
"I don't know if there is a problem with my understanding, but I heard that the world is going to implement 'euthanasia'..." Nolan's voice was filled with fear, "That voice said that it will block all pain, and in some kind of collapse Let the world die painlessly before the worst comes."
Hao Ren took a deep breath.
The eldest son couldn't hold on anymore. (to be continued~^~)