Chapter 426: Relics of Civilization
"Underwater city?"
Su Xia's heart moved, and a lot of related legends flashed through his mind.
It is said that there was a very glorious civilization in the past, maybe tens of thousands of years ago, or maybe even earlier. In any case, it was no less prosperous than it is now.
But later, this civilization disappeared in the long river of history and can no longer be verified.
Some say that hundreds of years of continuous heavy rain caused the water level to rise and submerge the entire civilization.
There are also claims that something went wrong with the moon, causing the Earth's tides to become abnormal, resulting in an extremely terrifying tsunami that swallowed up the entire civilization.
There are many different opinions and everyone has his or her own view.
Among them, most of the views are related to extraterrestrial civilizations.
The city under the sea, also known as the lost city, is still a frequent guest in many literary and artistic works, especially those about adventure, exploration, and mysterious worlds.
"Is there really a prehistoric technological civilization?" Su Xia asked curiously.
"No, it's just an abandoned stone city. It's just that it's more than 10,000 meters deep under the sea, so it looks very mysterious."
The big whale broke Su Xia's illusion. In his words, it was just a primitive city built of various stones, which was a far cry from the legendary "prosperity" and "technology".
As for why the city sank to the bottom of the sea ten thousand meters deep, the big whale didn't know either.
When he was a little sea monster, he had heard some reasons from the big sea monster, and the big sea monster heard them from the old sea monster, and the old sea monster heard them from the older sea monster.
In short, this kind of news and stories passed down by word of mouth would have been distorted by the time it reached his generation.
"I heard from an old man that this city was originally built on a glacier. Later, due to climate change, the glacier split, and the part of the glacier where the city was located slid into the sea. As the glacier melted, the city gradually sank to the bottom of the sea." Big Whale talked about the version of the story he had heard.
"So that's how it is." Su Xia thought for a while, and a vague picture appeared in his mind.
After all, human beings are too small to imagine the power of nature.
For example, on the other side of the earth, fossils of marine life can be found on mountains thousands of meters high. The world is changing dramatically, and many things seem incredible, but in fact they are just the magic of nature.
The underwater city sounds mysterious and seems impossible to exist, but with various coincidences, it is possible that it came into being.
Time passed, and the distance of more than 200 kilometers passed in a flash.
Su Xia has officially entered the Far North Sea.
At this moment, large and small ice floes are floating on the sea surface. The ice floes rise and fall with the waves, making rustling sounds, and the whole world is covered in white.
If they go deeper, these floating ice will turn into a thin layer of ice, which will have a certain impact on ships sailing on the sea.
Fortunately, the underwater temperature is always above zero degrees, and there is little resistance during navigation.
"The underwater city is right in front of us. Can you see it?" asked the big whale.
"Of course I can't see it. This submarine has no windows." Su Xia replied.
"Open a window."
"No, it will affect the overall pressure resistance and stealth capabilities."
"Invisible?" The big whale was also curious, "How to become invisible? Disappear from my sight?"
"No, it's just conventional acoustic stealth, electromagnetic stealth, infrared stealth, etc. It only targets enemy reconnaissance equipment and can be seen by the naked eye."
"What kind of invisibility is that? Being completely invisible is called invisibility."
"There's no other way. Due to technical limitations, this is the only way."
During the communication, the man and the whale approached the quiet underwater city.
This is the bottom of the Far North Sea, about 13,000 meters, almost a forbidden zone for life.
Su Xia stood in front of the control console and dispatched more than a dozen deep-sea exploration robots on the submarine, using these small robots as eyes to provide Su Xia with real-time underwater images.
The water on the bottom of the sea was surging, cold and silent, it should have been pitch black.
However, on the display screen above the console, the more than ten images fed back by the small robot were not completely dark, but there were countless dark blue dots of light flashing like stars.
"Huh...what's glowing?" Su Xia focused his attention.
This scene is astonishing.
When you look closer, you will find that those small spots of light are actually translucent jellyfish swimming around.
These jellyfish are only the size of a palm, with almost transparent bodies that are light blue and very soft. They swim slowly, with a hint of elegance in their laziness, like little angels. Every time they swim, their umbrella caps flip, producing a soft light of light blue.
There were also flashes of blue light in the small tentacles behind them.
In the picture, thousands of small jellyfish are all glowing and flashing, like stars in the dark night.
"I never thought that I could see these little things so deep under the sea." Su Xia realized that these were a group of mutated creatures, otherwise they would not be able to survive in such a deep area.
Ahead is the ancient city that sank to the bottom of the sea.
It is indeed as the big whale said, this underwater city has no sense of technology at all.
In the images fed back by the small robot, there were only tilted stone pillars, broken stone stairs, and collapsed stone houses. It was a relic of a civilization built purely of stone, lying quietly on the cold seabed.
Gently wipe away the seabed dust on the surface of the stone pillar. Under the light, you can see that the stone pillar is light gray with some complex and strange patterns engraved on the surface, like an ancient altar or temple support pillar.
"It appears to be similar to some of the remains of civilizations in Latin America and Central America."
Su Xia was thoughtful. When he saw this stone pillar, he thought of similar traces of civilization on the other side of the earth, such as the ruins of Mayan civilization in Central America.
He is now at the edge of the underwater ruins and has not yet gone deeper.
In the ruins, there are clusters of collapsed stone buildings, most of which are covered with gray seabed debris and dust, making it difficult to see their original appearance.
Many small blue jellyfish swim back and forth in this relic of civilization, like blue elves dancing on the ruins, treating this place as their home.
"Keep going."
Su Xia gave the order, and more than a dozen small robots outside began to explore the ruins in depth, while the large submarine stayed outside in case of an emergency.
The actions of the small robots caused unusual fluctuations in the water flow in the ruins. The surrounding jellyfish seemed to be a little frightened and moved away, leaving a passage for the small robots.
As the little robot went deeper, more and more images of civilization ruins appeared in front of Su Xia.
The city was huge, far beyond Su Xia's imagination.
The city roads are wide and extend in all directions, and one can vaguely see its former prosperity.
In the feedback images, in addition to the collapsed stone houses, some other things gradually appeared, such as stone flower beds, carriages, portraits, reliefs, etc., all of which were huge and exquisitely made, not rough.
In the upper left corner of the screen, the image fed back by the small robot showed a huge stone human head with a diameter of at least seven or eight meters.
Behind the human head was a broken stone body.
It was obvious that this was once a complete stone statue of a human body, but it later collapsed and broke into pieces, and the broken stones rolled randomly on the road of this ruined city.
【Metal products found】
The little robot suddenly sent a message.
In the footage he fed back, we can see that he stretched out his mechanical arm and found a huge trident-shaped metal weapon among a pile of rubble. However, the weapon was already rusted and corroded by sea water, and it was almost blending in with the dust on the seabed.
This trident weapon may have been held in the hand of this giant stone statue of a human.
Continue deeper along this ruined road.
Behind this pile of broken stones, many similar piles of stones can be seen scattered on both sides of the stone pavement.
This seems to have been an extremely important central road in the city. On both sides of the road, there should have been majestic statues of stone soldiers holding tridents, but now they have collapsed over the years.
"How is it, have you found anything?" the big whale suddenly asked.
"No." Su Xia shook her head.
"I told you, it's just a stone city, but you humans are particularly curious about this kind of underwater civilization." The giant whale has lived on the seabed for hundreds of years and has seen countless underwater ruins. It is not interested in the mysterious civilization mentioned by humans.
He is probably only interested in things on land, after all, he has never been to the land world.
"Let's take another look ."
Su Xia focused his attention and looked at the picture on the screen . He did not feel disappointed or anything else. He just continued to explore in depth with curiosity.
In the picture, the little robot passed through the gravel-filled road and went deeper for a distance.
In front of him, a tall stone altar appeared.
There are twelve stone pillars around the altar, most of which have collapsed, broken or shattered into many pieces, and are no longer in a mess. Only a few of them are still standing crookedly.
The altar is at least thirty meters high, with a long stone staircase leading from the bottom to a circular platform above. The stone is black and gray, and over the long years, even these steps have broken and become incomplete. Some have gaps, and some have broken into several pieces.
On the high stone round platform, there are also some mysterious symbols and patterns carved.
It can be imagined that in the once glorious period of this ancient civilization, there must have been people like "priests" who stood on a high altar and led thousands of people below the altar to offer sacrifices to their imaginary gods, or pray for peace or a good harvest.
The little robot climbed onto the altar and looked into the distance. There were still a large number of ruins areas ahead that had not been explored. Deep in the ruins, there was a huge shadow.
"What is that?"
The dark sea water blocked the view and made the distant scene appear blurry.
Su Xia narrowed her eyes and looked carefully.
Deep in this ruin of civilization, in the heart of the city, where many stone roads converge, a huge shadow stands. It seems to be a...
"pyramid?"
Su Xia was stunned and blinked, thinking she had seen it wrong.
He immediately gave orders, urging the dozen or so small robots in the ruins to speed up and move towards the center of the ruins, approaching the huge shadow in the center of the city.
As the distance got closer, the shadow gradually revealed its true appearance. It was indeed a giant pyramid!
"It's strange that pyramids exist in this civilization."
In front, in the center of the ruins, the pyramid is at least three hundred meters high, like a giant supporting the sky.
It is built with giant stones weighing several tons or even dozens of tons. It is magnificent and shocking, as if it is a miracle created by gods. It is hard to imagine how it was built by human power.
How could such a magnificent building be built in ancient times when production capacity was backward?
More than a dozen small robots measured in turn, from the top of the tower to the bottom, and finally obtained a more accurate data based on analysis.
Three hundred and three meters!
If the giant sea monster, the whale, stood up, its height would be only about 300 meters, not much taller than this pyramid.
“Is this also a tomb?”
Su Xia remembered that on the other side of the Earth, the pyramids built by the ancient Egyptians were almost all tombs used to bury kings and queens.
Of course, some sacrificial buildings, temple buildings, and palace buildings also adopt the pyramid shape. For example, the tower temple of the Sumerian civilization located in the Mesopotamian Plain is a temple building that symbolizes power and faith.
Su Xia felt that if it was a tomb, it seemed a bit strange to be located in the center of the city.
"See if there is an entrance."
He sent instructions to the dozen or so small robots, asking them to explore around the pyramid and look for any entrances or exits.
If it is really a tomb, then there must be a large number of valuable burial objects in it.
Su Xia didn't intend to rob tombs, he just wanted to conduct archaeological excavations.
"If it's not a tomb but a building like a temple, there should be sacrificial items inside." Su Xia's eyes flickered as he looked at the screen and thought.
"What if it's neither?" the big whale suddenly spoke up.
"What do you think it is?" Su Xia asked the big whale.
"Energy Tower."
"What?"
"Energy Tower, an old sea monster told me the name."
The big whale said a very strange name, and then told Su Xia: "When I was a child, I heard some old sea monsters say that this triangular-shaped building might be an energy tower."
"What's the use?" Su Xia asked.
"Contact the civilization outside this planet, that is...contact the alien life."
"Sending a signal?"
"Yes, that's probably the correct explanation." The big whale wasn't sure either. "This is what some older sea monsters said. In ancient times, this kind of triangular building was used for external communication."
“Is there such a saying?”
Su Xia pondered for a moment, then said: "This civilization relic has not developed sufficiently brilliant science and technology, so it should be impossible to contact extraterrestrial civilizations, unless... a real extraterrestrial civilization descended on this planet and provided a method for building pyramids."
Based on this speculation, aliens visited this planet tens of thousands of years ago?
Of course, it's just a possibility.
If the speculation is true, can this energy tower still be used and can it contact the outside world again?
