Chapter 429: Searching for the World
Inside the stone pillar, the space is dark and the sea water is rippling.
Wisps of blue light floated and transformed into bright and dark stars, shining and lining up above this deep space.
Looking up, it seems like there is a whole starry sky above my head, comparable to the brightest Milky Way in summer.
This is the star map.
It is the most precious treasure in this pyramid. It is priceless and invaluable. It is the hope for all civilizations on this planet to enter the starry sky.
It marks the coordinates of the starry sky one by one, and marks various types of planets in sequence, such as abandoned planets, resource planets, colonized planets, exile planets, etc., which can save a lot of exploration time for the civilization of this planet.
At this moment, even Sarah was surprised and her mouth opened slightly.
"Is this... the star map of the Verne star field?"
She murmured softly, looking at the twinkling starry sky on the screen in disbelief, and blinked gently, with a glittering light in her beautiful eyes.
Even in her vast database, this star map does not exist.
Because the Verne star field is one of the most remote star fields, separated from the central Imperial star field by a long distance. Due to various factors, it has never been explored clearly and is in an undeveloped state. It is still a mysterious area.
The blue planet where they are now is in an unknown corner of the Verne star field.
Originally, the fleet that Hal's spaceship belonged to came to the Verne star field for the purpose of exploration, but they were attacked not long after entering this star field.
Even Hal only had a vague understanding of the area outside the planet. He escaped here by accident, and before he could figure out the situation, the spaceship disintegrated.
"Even the Imperial Star Region doesn't have a detailed star map of this area, so how could this mysterious force have one?"
Ten thousand years is enough to erase everything.
Although there are records of various pyramids in Sarah's database, she is not sure which interstellar force this pyramid belongs to. After all, the symbols of many interstellar forces on low-level civilizations are similar pyramids.
Such a long time has passed, perhaps the interstellar force that originally came to this planet has already been wiped out over the years and turned into the dust of history.
"This is the star map..."
Su Xia was also shocked, looking at the vast starry sky.
With this star map, he no longer has to wander around blindly when he enters the starry sky in the future. He can clearly know his own position coordinates and save a lot of time.
After a moment, the mysterious and shining star map above suddenly changed again.
In the lower left corner of the star map, a small, previously inconspicuous planet suddenly flashed with a dazzling light, gradually enlarged, its size constantly surpassing that of other planets, and was gradually decreasing.
When it landed in front of the small robot, it had enlarged to about one meter in diameter, and its entire body was light blue, giving a sense of unreality.
If you look closely, you can see the surface of the planet: vast oceans, towering mountain ridges, floating white clouds, and crisscrossing mountains and rivers.
Su Xia was quite familiar with this planet, as it was the blue planet where he was now.
At this time, the voice sounded again.
"This is your planet, a cradle of life, one of the wonders of the universe.
“Don’t doubt it. Although the universe is vast, there are very few planets that can support life. Any planet with natural life can be described as a miracle, a wonderful result of countless coincidences.
"Although there are many planets with life on this star map, the vast majority of them are not natural, but have been transformed through the 'planet transformation project' in the later period, such as improving the atmospheric environment and resisting cosmic rays..."
Su Xia was not unfamiliar with the concept of planetary transformation project. He had heard Hal mention it before .
Many planets in the starry sky have been transformed, otherwise they would be uninhabitable.
Most of the transformations are carried out continuously along with the pace of interstellar colonization. Every civilization that engages in interstellar colonial expansion will transform a large number of planets, making those planets their temporary or permanent settlements in order to expand.
There are also planets that have a large amount of precious mineral resources. Even if life cannot exist there, some powerful forces will forcibly transform them and build temporary fortresses on the surface of the planet.
"When we discovered this planet, we were so happy that we couldn't express it in words. Before this, we hadn't discovered a planet with life for a long time.
"What surprised us even more is that your appearance is very similar to ours..."
Hearing this, Su Xia was slightly startled and remembered what he had read in the Star Encyclopedia.
In the starry sky, not all intelligent life looks like humans, and not all intelligent civilizations live in land areas for a long time.
From a human perspective, many intelligent creatures look strange in shape. Some are covered in hair, while others are completely hairless. Some are extremely short, while others are tall and strong. Some of them don’t even have traditional facial features.
If I have to describe them, I can only use the word "monster" to describe those intelligent lives.
Of course, in the eyes of those intelligent beings, humans with this kind of appearance should also be a kind of monster.
Everyone is a monster in each other's eyes.
Communication between stars is a gathering of groups of little monsters.
"After our observation, we found that you are still in the primitive tribal civilization stage and have not yet developed an efficient farming civilization. You are hungry and poorly clothed, and can only be considered to have barely escaped the state of beasts. However, your lifespan is not long. According to the revolution of this planet, your average lifespan is only about 20 years.
"If we follow the normal development process of civilization, it will take you thousands or even tens of thousands of years to develop to the next stage.
"This is something we don't want to see, so we decided to descend..."
Hearing this, Su Xia was a little surprised.
The life span of the ancients was even shorter than he had previously understood.
You know, nowadays normal monkeys can live for more than 20 years, and the long-lived ones can even live for 30 or 40 years.
"Life is so short, but everyone's life is a miracle in the long years." The voice narrated slowly with some emotion.
"For the vast starry sky and endless time, the lives of those great men in history, those kings and generals, are miracles. Similarly, the lives of those ordinary people, those unknown people, are also miracles. Even the ants on the roadside are miracles.
"Before we came here, we all thought that we would be treated as gods, but we didn't like this feeling..."
The voice spoke of their feelings.
They believe that all life is equal, is one of the miracles in the vast universe, and there is no distinction between noble and lowly.
However, in order to speed up the development of civilization on this planet, they had to choose to descend directly to shock all the people in the primitive tribes, directly gain control of the tribes, and change every tribal member from top to bottom.
His words reminded Su Xia of a scene in "BoJack Horseman". Before Sarah Lynn died, BoJack Horseman said - From the biggest perspective, we are all just dust that will be forgotten one day.
"Now you must have understood that there are no gods in this world. The so-called gods are just stronger mortals, just civilizations that have walked ahead of you . We, like you, will also experience birth, aging, sickness and death, and will also encounter problems that cannot be solved.
“When you hear this message from me, perhaps thousands of years have passed and I have already died.
"Our organization is called 'Holy Tower', and some people also call us 'Golden Holy Tower'. Our headquarters is located in the Holy Tower Star in the Ceylon Star Region. If you arrive in the Ceylon Star Region, you can visit the headquarters. Perhaps you can even meet my descendants..."
Ceylon star region?
Su Xia thought about it and realized that this star field seemed to be very close to the Imperial Star Field, and trade with the Imperial Star Field was very frequent.
This is a star field that advocates peace and development. The vast majority of organizations in the star field support peaceful expansion. It has a developed economy and prosperous science and technology. It is quite famous in the universe, and its reputation is no less than that of the Imperial Star Field.
"Golden Holy Tower...it turns out to be them." Sarah suddenly spoke up and found the information of this organization in the database.
"Is this organization really a charity?" Su Xia asked.
"Yes, he did charity work while exploring the universe. He was very famous before, but now he is in decline."
"Why are you down and out?"
"During a large-scale exploration, their fleet was unfortunately attacked by the forces of destruction, and suffered heavy losses."
"Another destructive force..."
Su Xia frowned. This was not the first time he heard this name.
The so-called destructive forces are a group of lunatics who believe that the universe is a virtual world. They want to destroy the entire universe, exterminate all false existences, and return to reality.
According to Hal, those crazy people are basically the ones who have nothing to do and like to daydream.
If we give them some loans and make them work more than ten hours a day, making them physically and mentally exhausted, how would they have time to think about other things?
At this time, the voice appeared again.
"Now, we are leaving. We have lived on this planet for several years, and now I feel a little reluctant to leave."
Life is short, no more than a hundred years.
Even though there are many technologies to prolong life in the starry sky, ordinary people only live to be around a hundred years old, and very few live to be two hundred years old.
A few years is indeed not a short time for a person.
"The road ahead depends on you. I believe that you will eventually be able to trigger my message, obtain the star map, and enter the vast starry sky above your heads."
In the space of stone pillars, the star map shines with twinkling stars, which makes people yearn for it.
The voice said, "In fact, it is not time for us to leave yet. We still have a lot of knowledge to pass on to you. The time is too short, and we have not even been able to complete the systematic language teaching. We are not even sure whether you can still understand my language now... This is a regret in our hearts."
“I really don’t understand.”
If it weren’t for the system translator, Su Xia wouldn’t have understood.
This language is different from any other language that exists on this planet.
Obviously, that civilization was destroyed too thoroughly and its language was not passed down, leading to the current situation.
"But we had to leave. It was a helpless move."
The voice floated in the space between the stone pillars.
“A huge war broke out in the starry sky, affecting our way back home.
“You will know later that there is a kind of mechanical life in the starry sky. We call it the mechanical race. They are one of the largest forces in the starry sky, occupying an area that is as large as one-third of the star field that has been explored so far.
"But a long time ago, due to differences in ideology, the mechanical race split. A force called 'Deep Space Polygon' joined the Destruction Camp and started a war within the mechanical race. This war lasted for tens of thousands of years and has not yet ended.
“Now, another war has broken out.
"When you enter the starry sky in the future, you must be careful of this force..."
Hearing this, Su Xia suddenly realized that it was the Deep Space Polygonal Sect.
Hal also told Su Xia about this sect.
The reason for the split within the Starry Sky Mechanical Group is very strange, and it's all because of the "circle" pattern.
Some mechanical creatures believe that pi can be calculated completely, because the world they live in is simulated by another more powerful mechanical computer, so there must be loopholes, but ordinary life cannot discover these loopholes.
Similar views also exist on Earth, such as certain theories of quantum mechanics.
In the space between the stone pillars, the sound gradually became smaller and seemed to be fading away.
“We are leaving… You must remember that there have never been any gods, only the courage and will to conquer nature.
“As your civilization develops to your current stage, perhaps you will begin to question the truth and falsehood of the world. In fact, that is also an important reason for the division of the mechanical race. But you don’t have to explore it now. You just need to believe everything you observe.
"What you see is real."
The sound became smaller and smaller, and finally, it was gradually inaudible.
Faintly, Su Xia heard a sigh.
After the sigh, there was a very vague sentence.
"Ah, searching for the world, searching for the world... can that machine really find it..."
The space within the stone pillars was completely silent, with only the stars shining in the dark rippling sea water.
That stone egg is the star map left by the Santa Organization for this planet.
After a moment, the stone egg shook slightly, and the starlight in the space became dim and gradually dissipated, leaving only darkness.
"Go and bring back the stone egg." Su Xia gave the order.
The small robot immediately took action, swam towards the small stone pillar, and after getting close to the stone egg, it extended its two mechanical arms, firmly fixed the stone egg, and then started its return journey.
At this point, the exploration of this pyramid officially ended.
The biggest secret in the pyramid has been taken away by Su Xia.
In the deep seabed, only these cold and silent relics of civilization remain.
Perhaps in a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, it will collapse completely, and gradually turn into ashes over the course of time.
Or perhaps, it will be discovered by a later civilization, transferred to a museum, and become a page of history for future generations to appreciate.
For Su Xia, this underwater journey has also come to an end.
"It's time to go back..."
