Vernal swore.
Even though he had unearthed many miracles of the civilized world, he had never been as deeply shocked by what he saw in front of him as he was today.
It was an open space the size of a football field, and the height of the ceiling was about a thousand feet. Square stone tablets were scattered all over the place like chess pieces on a chessboard, filling up almost all of the open space. The mirror-like smooth and flat surface, as well as the sharp edges and corners, were like exquisite sculptures.
What was surprising was not the huge amount of work that the terracotta army had to put in, but the fact that the billions of years of time had failed to grind its edges. Not even the slightest scratch was left on its body.
"Jesus … This is incredible."
Professor Vernal walked forward with trembling steps. He walked past the dumbfounded Schulz and walked to the nearest stone monument. The old professor stretched out his trembling right hand and pressed his palm on the flat and smooth surface as if he was caressing a piece of art.
"This is a cemetery …"
With his hand on the nearest stone monument, Professor Vernal muttered to himself in a low voice, "A cemetery belonging to civilization … It's hard to imagine how they have remained intact over the long years. Who and why did they accomplish this miracle."
Professor Schulz finally recovered from the shock. He gulped, walked forward, and stood next to Professor Vernal. He looked at him and spoke in a questioning tone.
"Cemetery?"
"Yes."
Professor Vernal nodded. After hesitating for a while, he finally took out the multifunctional shovel he had picked up earlier and swung it with all his strength.
After a few crisp clanging sounds, the mirror-like smooth stone finally could not withstand the beating, and like a broken piece of tofu, it split into pieces along the spot where the shovel landed.
Professor Vernal knocked a fragment off the crack. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a moment. He analyzed seriously.
"At least three billion years ago, the fragment in my hand should have come from some kind of alloy material. After billions of years of weathering, it has turned into hematite, but the rare metals dispersed in the alloy have not been completely oxidized. Because the dense oxide layer is well preserved, it forms a special natural alloy with iron oxide as the main component. It should also contain cadmium, nickel, and carbon, but the specific composition needs to be analyzed by professional equipment."
After a pause, he continued.
"That's not the only thing that surprised me. Under this' handicraft 'made of high-strength alloy, there are some organic fragments containing calcium carbonate minerals."
"These things are like coffins … No, to be precise, they are coffins."
Professor Vernal took a deep breath. He carefully put the collected samples into the sample bag he carried with him and labeled it with information such as the sampling location.
Schulz, who had a shocked expression on his face, looked at Professor Vernal. He gulped and spoke after a while.
"But … Why did they send the coffins to the bottom of the sea several kilometers below? I remember you said that billions of years ago, this should have been a sea. "
It was not easy to carry out such a large project on the bottom of the sea.
Schulz was quite skeptical. With the current technology on Earth, it might not be possible to excavate such a huge relic on the seabed several kilometers below the surface.
Professor Vernal nodded at Schulz's statement.
"Yes, I did say that, and the depth here is probably not small. Just like you said, it is at least several kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers."
He looked up at the wide grotto and the square stones that were so neat that they could almost be measured with a ruler. He couldn't help but frown slightly and fall into deep thought.
"Maybe it's some kind of special religious ceremony, maybe it's a sacrifice to that holy relic …
"Or maybe this is not a cemetery.
"Maybe it's some kind of shelter?"
Vernal felt that this was a bit tricky.
There were too many possibilities.
…
Professor Vernal and Schulz were so shocked by the discovery in front of them that they almost forgot the purpose of their trip. Lu Zhou, who was standing in an empty grotto, finally heard the voice from another civilization.
"Originally, I expected that it would be at least a few centuries before I could see you again. I didn't expect this day to come so soon." The voice had a hint of approval and joy. "Then, congratulations, chosen one. I believe you should have brought the answer I need, right?"
"Yes." Lu Zhou nodded. "I have turned on the file transfer function. If you can successfully receive these data, you should be able to see my proof. If you don't understand anything, I can tell you. "
"No, there are many ways to verify it. Besides, this level of mathematical problems is not difficult for us."
It was fine if it wasn't anything difficult …
This world-class problem that had troubled him and his collaborators for a whole month was only "this level" in this guy's eyes.
Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a dumbfounded expression on his face.
Putting aside this inexplicable sense of frustration, Lu Zhou took a deep breath. He faced the empty grotto and spoke in a clear voice.
"Can I ask a question?"
"Go ahead."
"In fact, this is not the only way to get here."
"Yes, but it is the quickest," continued the voice, with a touch of gayety. "There is more than one way to solve a problem. One of the joys of exploration is to go through all the results, and to find the way out by exhaustion among the infinite possibilities. Of course, you can also be opportunistic like this and let yourself flow with the bubbles in the four-dimensional space. However, this requires not only courage and wisdom, but also a lot of risk. "
Fun?
Lu Zhou couldn't help but have a strange expression.
He couldn't think of any fun in this.
"I don't understand the meaning of this test."
"This is a very interesting question. A long, long time ago, someone asked me this … At that time, you were probably just cells."
The voice continued with a hint of nostalgia.
"The meaning of the test is to let the right person inherit what belongs to him.
"You know, civilization itself is an abstract concept. Gifts for civilization objects are not enough to just wrap up the gifts and throw them on their home planet. We have to first select suitable individuals through some special methods, and then train the selected individuals, guiding them to find and inherit the gifts. Only in this situation can the gifts prepared for enlightenment be used as they should be … In fact, these things are also something that I thought of later. "
Lu Zhou: "So you're not from the Observer civilization."
"No … But for you to ask this, it seems that you have already met them?"
There was a hint of interest in the voice.
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke concisely.
"I was fortunate to meet them once."
"Being able to face the Void is not the luck of ordinary people. Although sometimes being too lucky doesn't mean it's a good thing."
Lu Zhou didn't speak. He waited for the voice to continue.
"Well, since you have met The Observer, it must have told you about the 'inheritance'. If it likes you, you might know more secrets than I do. "
"Let's move forward."
"The gifts from the Void are in front."
"I believe that since you are already standing here, it shouldn't be difficult to pass the last test."
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Of course."
With that, he took a step forward and came to the side of the invisible wall. He slowly extended his right hand towards it.
When his right hand finally touched the transparent wall, Lu Zhou could feel a clear resistance, preventing his hand from moving forward.
However, the strange thing was that he could clearly feel that there was nothing there.
It was as if what was blocking him was not some visible substance, but something similar to a law.
After pondering for a long time, a look of interest suddenly appeared in Lu Zhou's eyes as he muttered to himself thoughtfully.
"… I didn't expect the cracks in the four-dimensional space to look like this."
There was a hint of approval in the voice.
"Yes, you are the first human to discover this."
"What about the Martians?"
"They took 20,000 years."
"20,000 years … That's really a long time."
"From the tribal period to the information age, they were almost close to the truth, but unfortunately, those little guys were too conceited about their own power, and this heavy truth eventually destroyed them."
His hands continued to explore the invisible wall. Lu Zhou, with a look of interest on his face, asked casually.
"What happened to them?"
"Disasters, man-made, and natural … If you want to know, wait until you pass the barrier in front of you. You will naturally know. Some information is saved there. If you are interested, you can take them away as a gift. "
"Then it shouldn't take long."
Lu Zhou took two steps back.
"What are you going to do?"
There was a trace of curiosity in the voice, as if he was looking forward to Lu Zhou's next move.
As if in response to this curiosity, Lu Zhou smiled faintly.
"Do you even need to ask?
"Of course I'm going to continue the unfinished work of our predecessors billions of years ago."
After that, he reached out and pressed a few buttons on the wrist-mounted computer.
Soon, lines of different colors were projected on the screen inside the mask in a three-dimensional form. They were also reflected in Lu Zhou's pupils.
The zigzag lines corresponded to the tunnels in the ruins, which were the things he showed in the conference room earlier.
Although only a small part of the mapping of the ruins tunnel was completed, after all, the maximum exploration distance of the remote-controlled car operated by Fan Tong was only one kilometer, it was enough for Lu Zhou.
As long as there was a certain law in the interference of this four-dimensional space fragment with this three-dimensional space.
It didn't matter if there was no complete map.
A soft sound of surprise came from the communication channel, and there was a hint of praise in that voice that could not be concealed.
"… I underestimated you."
"But it's a pity that you only have two hours."
"It's okay, it's just a topological geometry problem. Although it's a bit complicated …" Lu Zhou turned off the communication module and calmed down. He took a deep breath and said softly, "But two hours is enough for me."
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