In the pictures sent back by the probe, the deep underground of this planet has a horrifying and scalp-numbing true face.
There is very little original rock material left, and the structure of the planet itself is almost gone. After ten thousand years of barely supporting the entire planet, it can hardly be called a "star" anymore. It is now simply a huge Creatures, those monstrously large dark tentacles and large voids all over the planet are the only images that come back. The probes shuttled rapidly deep underground, but found almost no rock and soil components.
On the screen, tentacles like a jungle of thorns fly past the camera, and the dark red field of vision is basically the tissue structure of the eldest son. In the depths of the ground, there is a faint light everywhere, which is the glimmer of the ganglion and pump organs of the eldest son; in the dim light, we can also see thin clouds everywhere, which are the tentacles of the eldest son releasing a large number of microorganisms , its composition is basically the same as the microbial group in the cloud top of the planet; occasionally, some dark-colored, metal-like accumulations can be seen between the tentacles, which are the remnants of the completely eroded and heterogeneous crust and mantle—this is The only remaining original part of the planet.
The probe seems to be moving forward in an endless labyrinth of tunnels. No matter which direction it goes, it can only encounter deep passages emitting dark red light and large underground cavities. The data transmitted shows that the surrounding temperature is gradually rising: Detection The organ is already close to the core organ of the eldest son, but there is still no large-scale formation there. The data terminal turned on the sound sensor of the probe, and a strange sound began to echo in everyone's ears.
The sound was mixed with the low sound of the wind and the heavy echo like a heartbeat. It was low and slow, just like the melody of life on this planet.
"This machine estimates that 80% of the planet has been digested to form a more efficient energy circulation system," the data terminal analyzed based on the existing information, "the eldest son is the only one who can survive without the sun." The 'system' that prolongs the life of the biosphere, its energy conversion efficiency is so high that it swallows the planet whole. This is how all the cycles are planned. The probes have found the 'factories' that make the microbiota, the ones that Tissues like spore sacs. Those tissues are connected to a huge pipe system, and the end of the pipe system is the giant tree of Tianzhu—this is where the cloud top should be made."
The way the eldest son transforms the planet and manages energy reminds people of one word: planned economy, the most effective response to resource shortages.
Hao Ren frowned, trying to figure out how this incredible biological system works: "It seems that they have... stopped working?"
The data terminal hummed: "Well, because the cloud top has been operating normally, of course this manufacturing organ has entered a dormant state. But it has not been decomposed, so this machine speculates that the cloud top should be maintained irregularly. When the atmosphere is damaged to To a certain extent, these organs will wake up, recreate a large number of cloud tops and discharge them outside through a part of the specially made Tianzhu giant tree."
Hao Ren suddenly thought of something: "Will this process also affect the 'ecological chamber' between the two layers of the earth's crust?"
"It's possible," the terminal replied, "The microbiome needs to be updated, and they are also related to each other. When these production plants are re-operated... Anyway, it will definitely affect all the luminous clouds."
Hao Ren and Vivian glanced at each other: "The legendary 'light burial' phenomenon."
"How active is the eldest son?" Vivienne said with some concern in her tone, "Does it seem to be moving normally?"
"This is the most special place, it is different from the eldest son we have seen," the terminal immediately opened a lot of holographic screens. The above shows the structures of the eldest son that have been detected so far, and many of the tentacles are marked as inactive gray and white. "These gray and white are the neural tissues in charge of thinking and movement. They are all offline. The eldest son can be said to be running in sleep , its main consciousness is not active. The transformation of the planet and a series of production cycles are completed by reflex nerves. And the place we are in is pressing on its most important nerve line. This bundle of nerve tissue seems to be Specially grown to be controlled."
"Have you detected where the end of this bundle of nerves leads to?" Hao Ren raised his head and asked.
"It leads to a connective tissue wrapped in layers. If it is correct, it is the location of the brain nucleus. However, the probe has not found the entrance. If it is not possible, we can drill a small hole in it-this should not cause too much damage. Stimulate."
Hao Ren snorted, and began to consider whether to further stimulate the sleeping giant. Just as he was thinking, a buzzing sound with a strange echo suddenly came from not far away: "There is a sleeping monster in there!" Fragment of the Goddess."
"Who?!" Hao Ren immediately followed the prestige, and was stunned to see a translucent phantom appearing behind everyone at some point.
It was a human with a vague face, and it could only be seen from the outline that it was an old man who could hug him. He was wearing a robe of a style he had never seen before, and he was standing more than ten meters away with his hands behind his back. Its figure is light blue, like a flickering candle, fluctuating constantly, which can only remind people of one word: ghost.
"I am the monarch of the Sun Dynasty, Garagon—but this name must have been forgotten," the old ghost said, and he came to Vivienne without any haste, and bowed reverently, "My lord , according to your order, the lullaby has never stopped, now you can come and take away the things stored here."
In the past two days, Vivienne has been used to being a goddess in front of Geisel and his compatriots, but when she heard an ancient soul call herself that, she was still subconsciously startled, and then frowned slightly: " Are you sure I am your goddess? You should know what is hidden deep underground."
"We know, we all know," the ancient soul who claimed to be the monarch of the Sun Dynasty said slowly, with a rhythm that seemed to sing in his tone, "You can't understand it with common sense, your existence itself is a miracle. No matter where you are When, where, and how you came here, you are the benefactor of this world... "
With the ups and downs of Garagon's tone, layers of mysterious halos appeared on the huge stone pillars surrounded by bright electric light, and one figure after another emerged from the electric light. They wore the costumes of the Sun Dynasty 10,000 years ago, and they had the same almost transparent soul appearance as Garagon. The face of each soul has been blurred, but there is no doubt about the quiet and serene atmosphere that lingers on them. After these ancient souls appeared from the air, they quietly gathered in front of Vivienne, row after row, row after row, they formed a square formation like pilgrimage heroic spirits, until everyone stood in front of them. So far as these heroic souls.
The heroic souls didn't make a sound, but quietly gathered around Vivienne.
Nangong Wuyue was startled by this scene, and she quickly rolled into a ball and hid behind everyone. Even Heather Anna couldn't help taking two steps back: this sudden change really made her a little unprepared. However, Bernia, who was the youngest at the scene, stood beside Vivienne without fear. She even smiled and reached out to those souls, and greeted the ancestors happily: "Hello, I am Bernia. !"
This little girl who was only about ten years old didn't know how to be afraid at all. She felt the kindness and kindness of these souls, so she took them as companions for granted.
Hao Ren noticed that Vivienne's face was serious from just now. He knew that the other party had obtained a lot of information from the blood spar, perhaps including the undead in front of him: "Do you know what's going on?"
"I only know that they are the builders of this ancient city," Vivian said in a low voice, "It seems that in the past ten thousand years, these souls have been using some kind of ritual to maintain the 'fake death' state of the eldest son. But I don't know the details—the memory remaining in the blood spar is limited, and I'm here to find the missing part."
Hao Ren couldn't help but look up at the huge stone pillars emitting electric light. The discharge phenomenon of the stone pillar still continued, and the suppression of the tentacles of the eldest son did not stop, but after these souls appeared, the electric light obviously weakened.
The heroic spirits of the descendants of the Sun Dynasty who once built this city, they never dissipated. They have turned their lives into a part of this city, urging the uninterrupted operation of a lullaby for tens of thousands of years. They are the "codes" stored in those stone pillars, a complex system that runs on the software of the human soul.
However, there is still a problem in front of us: Even if these ancient people put in such efforts, it is still impossible to control the eldest son with their strength alone. There must be a stronger force that assisted them in building this facility and completing the initial ceremony. And forced the eldest son to submit, allowing the behemoth to accept the initial control.
This transcendent power is ready to come out.
Hao Ren looked at Vivian: "What's in the deepest part?"
"Another me." Vivian said with a smile. (to be continued~^~)