This black wreckage of unknown origin is actually not much technically difficult to disassemble. No matter in terms of material or protection technology, it is far below the technological level of the empire, basically the level of high-level servants. The advanced equipment used to deal with such a thing is simply overkill for the group of dismantling experts who have been tossing with Hei Shuo for several days. After a simple scan, the technicians determined the layer-by-layer structure of the black cube and locked the rest. A rectangular container at the core: If the guess is correct, the coffin Miss Lin is referring to should be that thing in essence.
Then under the guidance of the eldest lady, the experts discovered the "energy node" located near the core of the cube, which is the only place in the entire cube that has energy response, but now it is in a silent state, and the energy level and activity it releases are extremely high. Low, if Missy hadn’t reminded me in advance, I’m afraid no one would have paid attention to this inconspicuous gadget—but according to Lin Xue’s prediction, it is precisely this energy junction that will suddenly go out of control in the last step of dismantling and burn the core of the cube . Or if it is said that having a prophet is like having a treasure, Lin Xue's existence has saved me countless times from almost inevitable losses.
After a brief discussion, the technical experts decided to start cutting from one ridgeline of the cube and completely penetrate part of its outer shell: anyway, looking at the state of this thing, it is known that its outer shell is of little value. After breaking through the shell, the intricate mechanical structure and crystallized energy lines inside the cube will appear in front of everyone. The next operation needs to be a little more delicate, because these internal structures may have certain research value. The precise disassembly method separated some modules that appeared to have complete functions from the inside of the cube, and then expanded the scope of the cutting operation. Sandora took the twisted and deformed module from an assistant technician, which seemed to have withstood high temperature and kinetic energy impact, and observed it curiously. After a while, she handed the module to me: "Ah Jun, do you feel familiar?"
"Me? I'm afraid I can't have a sense of familiarity." I shrugged, "It seems that only an original Xiling apostle like you can have that weird familiarity. Speaking of which, what does this thing have to do with Xiling apostle..."
"I'm not talking about this," Sandora said, "I'll show you this module, its design..."
I took the black thing puzzled and looked it over several times, but I couldn't see its function. I could only see that there were many inlays distributed in parallel among a large number of alloy components that I didn't understand. The mosaic reflected cold light under the light, and after looking carefully for a while, I found that it was actually some kind of dark blue crystal. No more... can't see it anymore.
"It feels a little bit related to the equipment of the Empire." Sandora's tone is not very sure, "Of course, it seems that there is a big difference, but this crystal energy-conducting structure is a classic design, and now the energy module infrastructure of many equipment in the Empire They are all built on this structure—but compared with the thing in your hand, the difference is really not small. I feel that the structure of this thing in front of me has a subtle similarity to the imperial equipment."
At this moment, the self-discipline machinery that was cutting inside the cube finally came into contact with an obstacle. It was a completely sealed alloy protective cover, and there was a weak energy flow on the protective cover. In the original history line, it was The direct disassembly of this seemingly fragile protective cover caused the core of the cube to burn, but since Lin Xue had warned in advance, of course such a thing would not happen, Miss Prophet grabbed my hand and pressed it on the cube: "Come on, Push hard."
Me: "...can you stop saying such strange things?"
While speaking, I found the "energy knot" that was emitting a weak energy reaction, and then used my special power to completely control it: "Okay, keep operating, I will drain its energy."
There was a slight "chi chi" sound from inside the cube, and the phase cutter of the self-discipline machine easily destroyed the core shield. At the same time, in his own mental induction, the energy node quickly reacted strongly and was ready to self-destruct —But I snuffed it out easily. At this time, I suddenly had an idea: such a decisive self-destruct device is really full of instant sight.
"It's done, now take this bomb out first." Lin Xue directed blindly... well, it's not blindly directing "No. 2 machine first cuts the base and the hexagonal lock. The mechanical lock has been scrapped. Unit 1 pulls out the thing when the bracket starts to slide down, and it will explode a little, so don’t worry about it. The uncle who keeps the board over there, don’t touch the parts in front of you, first remove the side That, otherwise you will be cut by Tavel himself tomorrow afternoon-don’t ask why, this is the butterfly effect, do you understand the butterfly effect! Aurelia, you lift the left wing up 20 cm, it will splash The dirty things on your wings... ah, and that white-haired beauty over there, don't touch... well, you've already touched it, well, I just want to remind you, you will be unlucky in ten minutes... "
Ke Kekina was floating beside the council in a daze, and after a long time he said sullenly: "... This is the first time I have seen such a strange command scene, there is someone who does not rely on technology and experience, but directly based on the future picture he saw. Calling the shots, every step is concrete and scary."
I understand Ke Kekina's feelings, but he probably hasn't heard of what is called a strategy book: When you are playing a puzzle game at a critical moment, a second-hand guy suddenly pops up holding this game strategy to give you spoilers from the beginning to the end , then you should be able to understand well what kind of existence Xue Lin is. No, Lin Xue should be better than that, because not only does she know what you should choose next by looking at the guide, she also knows what your expression looks like after you are mad because you were spoiled all the way, and she has a deep understanding of how to proceed To make you even more crazy... well, that's a long way off. I mean, under the premise of not making trouble, Miss Lin's "spoiler" ability is actually quite cute.
There were tinkling sounds continuously from inside the cube, the autonomous machine was busy inside for a while, and then there was a light "chi-" sound, as if something was sliding down from the support frame, and then the dirty autonomous machine 2 The number machine floated out of the big hole on the side of the cube with a rumbling sound, carefully holding a metal cylinder that was emitting a faint blue light, which was what Lin Xue called the "energy junction". This is probably an energy device with low-efficiency energy harvesting and energy storage functions. I don’t know how Lin Xue came to call it: the prophet always speaks like this, and sometimes she doesn’t know why she uses a specific noun To describe what you see, anyway, you just listen to it without knowing it. I took this half-meter-long piece from the self-discipline robot, looked at the metal pillar like a binocular with one thick end, and weighed it in my hand: "Psycho energy."
Yes, there are obvious psionic energy residues in the metal pillars, and the pattern is very similar to the psionic energy spectrum used by the empire. In fact, psionic energy is not the unique energy source of Xiling Apostle, just like the holy light is not only available to the star field gods. In fact, as long as you can get in touch with the civilization of the void, you can basically master this kind of super energy that decays from the void domain. According to the frequency spectrum and the degree of decay, these energies may have some differences in characteristics, but basically they can be called It is ghost energy. The most notable feature of the psionic energy used by the empire is blue, which represents high activity, and now, I am sure that the psionic energy carried by the metal cylinder in my hand is the standard energy of the empire.
Things seem to be getting more and more interesting. Now we are 100% sure that this cube is related to the Empire. It not only uses the standard energy of the Empire, but also has subtle similarities with the technology currently used by the Empire in terms of internal structure, or architecture. , but the technical level of the cube is obviously weaker than the real imperial technology, it is more like an old antique or a counterfeit product, could it be...
Is this another thing used by a vassal race in the old empire
Are the Melovas actually hunting down another group of imperial vassals
I thought about it in a mess, until I heard a loud "clang" around me and drew my attention to it. I turned my head and saw that one side of the cube could not withstand the continuous internal damage. The damage was serious, and as a result, about one-half of it broke directly from it and fell off. After a loud noise, it hit the ground. Standing next to it was a disgraced female assistant technician with short white hair. It seemed that she didn't avoid it: Scientists are rarely able to remain agile while working.
Lin Xue shrugged: "Look, I said you will be unlucky in ten minutes."
With this skill, can you tell people to avoid it in advance
And with the collapse of this part of the structure, the inside of the cube was dismantled in sevens and eights, and the inner core fixed by the complicated mechanical locking device was also exposed in front of us, and the self-discipline machine lifted it from the support frame After dismantling it and moving it to the open space, I saw its true colors: it looked like an old dormant cabin.
"Open it." Sandora said without hesitation—we are not worried that opening it rashly will kill any life that may exist in the dormant cabin, because there is a fatal injury on the side of the dormant cabin. dead early.
The cover of the dormant compartment was peeled off in the bright cutting flames, and what appeared in front of us was an unusually burly warrior wearing power armor—of course, there was no life reaction.
"This kind of power armor..." Sandora leaned down and observed the armor worn by the remains. Extra energy, but it is indeed the basic structure of the empire's technology, but I can't see which area has eliminated this equipment. It looks too old, and it doesn't seem suitable even for the servant army. Well, The armored shell is well sealed, and the remains inside may have been pulverized, but life forms can probably be analyzed. Open his mask, be careful, it may be fragile inside."
Two assistant technicians stepped forward under Sandora's order. They transformed their fingers into slender probes, pierced the slit in the head of the remains's power armor, and then opened the armor normally from the inside—they didn't The method of cutting is probably because I am afraid of damaging the contents inside. I don't know how many years this set of armor has gone through, but it is incredible that it can still be opened smoothly. The visor on the helmet was opened, and almost all the people around gasped.
I thought that what appeared in front of me would be a highly weathered corpse of a servant soldier from the Old Empire, maybe even just a mass of suspicious organic powder, or even empty, but nothing, it was a whole remains of soldiers.
There is no weathering, nor does it turn into powder the moment it comes into contact with the air. The remains almost completely maintain the appearance of life. He is a strong man, close to human, but there is a big difference in appearance from human, his skin looks more It looks like a metal or plastic texture, with almost no luster, showing off-white, and there are neat blue lines around the face, and the lines are actually embedded directly on the skin, like some kind of circuit, reminiscent of the skin that is not covered with bionic skin. Robot head. Such appearance made me think of a robot soldier for the first time, but after careful identification, it didn't feel like it. The opponent didn't have that blunt feeling. He should be a real life, but... a bit similar to those war puppets made by the empire.
"This..." Sandora held back for a long time and only uttered one word, then she suddenly realized something, pressed her hand on the forehead of the remains, a series of flashes of light flowed in her eyes, as if scanning the internal structure of the other party, a moment later, I heard She murmured to herself in disbelief, "This... is an apostle? An apostle of Xiling?"
"Are you sure?" I was a little surprised, but I didn't feel too incredible. To be honest, I feel quite confused now. Both myself and Lin Xue became monks halfway, and they were born on Earth (at least in this life), not Sandor It is difficult for me to empathize with the strange reactions of Shandora and the imperial technicians on the scene of such an original Xiling apostle. I can only vaguely feel that the situation is wrong, but I don’t know how Sandora feels. What is it, this feeling is really aggrieved.
"Yes, sure, this is an apostle of Xiling, but it is extremely old. I can't even believe that the body structure of an apostle of Xiling can be so... poor quality" Sandora stood up and signaled other staff to further process the remains " I know the body structure of every Xiling apostle, but the one in front of me...except for the identification features, nothing matches my memory. Most of the components in his [body] are solidified, and some parts are still stuck The rough mechanical installation stage is very different from the structure of the half-energy structure of the Apostle of Xiling now, and I can't scan the other party's memory core. I don't know if it was not installed at the beginning, or it was damaged by an accident ...It is also impossible to determine the age of this apostle, he is a soldier from the old empire era, but this super old antique model... can't even be recognized now, you can imagine how old it must be."
I tried to keep up with Sandora's rhythm, trying to look at the whole incident from her perspective, while Lin Xue said thoughtfully: "In other words, the model that may have stopped serving before you were born? Even in the database Super old models that don’t have relevant records?”
Sandora nodded: "I'm afraid that's the case, and in this way... the cube in front of us may also be a thing of the same age. Could it be that the time from now is measured in hundreds of millions of years? It may even be longer! It's incredible, such an ancient cube. Things have been preserved until now, and they still appear in front of us... "
"A completely unimaginable era..." Lin Xue couldn't help sighing, "It is said that the shelf life of things made by the empire is very long, but the shelf life of things made in such a long time is also so exaggerated?"
"Unexplainable, unexplainable" Sandora clutched her forehead "Well, even I need to calm down now. Theoretically, it is impossible to preserve such an ancient thing, not to mention it seems to be still drifting in the void environment For a while, but it's been preserved, and it seems to be in good condition - you guys send the body and the cube to the Institute, and by whatever means, give me a detailed report as soon as possible, including his rough Years of service, cause of death, and if possible, any data recording equipment. Most importantly: it must not be damaged!"
"Yes! Your will!" Vitok or Ketovy or the uncle with any other name immediately gave a military salute, and began to direct his assistants to carefully collect all the things on the scene into the Garner space with a serious expression. middle. I glanced at Sandora, who was deep in thought, and tried to say: "So... the Melovans are robbing the remains of an old empire soldier?"
"This is even more unreasonable, isn't it?" Sandora looked at me and smiled wryly, "Things have entered into a larger fog zone, the remains of an old empire soldier may have special meaning to us, but for those What is the value to the Melova rebels?"
"No matter what it's worth, they're dead." Aurelia never said anything, and couldn't help but say at this time, "They have already stolen a large amount of His Majesty's property, and erased the emblem of the empire. What are those lunatics planning to do if the remains of the soldiers of the empire are shot?"
"Even you don't know?" I glanced at Aurelia. Among the people present, she was the only one who might know about the Merova people, but she shook her head at me: "I know the Merova people How is the level of fighting, and how to command them to charge, but other than that, the cultural beliefs and ways of thinking of the Melova people... can only be said to be so-so... Um, Your Majesty, you also know that the old empire is under the help of the servant army. In terms of policy, it's a little bit... "
"Forget it, I knew it would be like this." I covered my face and waved my hands weakly.
We didn't stop at Kailudak, but returned directly to Shadow City to follow up the experts' analysis of the cube and the body. This time, Sandora and I didn't wait too long. That afternoon, An explosive news came from the research center.
Tavel personally reported to us: "Your Majesty, we may have discovered a Primarch."