Hiddell Mining Company's mine.
Lu Zhou followed Ling along the abandoned steel track, following the path in his memory, and walked toward the depths of the mine.
Because it had been abandoned for a long time, the mine looked quite dilapidated, as if it could collapse at any time.
Lu Zhou's eyes wandered around the mine. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped and squatted down. He reached out his index finger and wiped it on the ground.
He looked at the dust on the carbon fiber gloves. After rubbing them carefully, he whispered to himself.
"Someone has been here."
There was a dead end in front of this cave, and the wind and sand outside could not blow in at all. However, all the footprints on the ground were erased.
Obviously, after he left here, someone came here, and it seemed that they had investigated the situation here.
Lu Zhou remembered that when the Pan-Asian Cooperation helped him notarize his identity, Li Guangya seemed to have mentioned that this matter was handed over to the Security Bureau.
Thinking about it this way, these traces should belong to Captain Xing's colleagues.
"I hope they didn't find the spaceship."
Ling, who was walking in front, cast a questioning look at him. Lu Zhou shook off the dust on his gloves and stood up from the ground.
"Let's move on … By the way, did you bring the thing?"
"It's on me."
"Very good." Lu Zhou nodded. He shone the flashlight forward and said, "I'll leave it to you later."
The so-called thing was actually a few pieces of explosives used for mining.
After the group of people dug through the mine, in order to prevent the secret about General Reinhardt and the spaceship from leaking, Lu Zhou blew up the entrance to The Gates of Hell.
Now that he wanted to go back, the most direct way was, of course, to blow it up again.
"The explosives have been placed, please step back out of the explosion range."
"Okay."
Lu Zhou looked at Ling, who had placed the explosives. He nodded and began to step back.
When he retreated to a safe distance, Ling turned his head and started the blasting procedure.
With a loud noise coming from under their feet, the pile of ruins in front of the two of them suddenly exploded.
Lu Zhou reached out and wiped the dust on his mask. He used his hands to drive away the dust that pervaded the surroundings. He stepped over the rubble on the ground and stepped into the ruins left by the Martians billions of years ago.
The moment he stepped into the ruins, a faint sigh came from the communication channel.
"You're finally back."
Lu Zhou looked at the string of garbled text that appeared on the communication channel. He smiled in embarrassment.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"It doesn't matter. It's only a year. It's not even a speck of dust compared to all the years I've lived. Actually, I thought that this farewell would last for ten or even twenty years. I didn't expect you to return in the blink of an eye. To be honest, I'm quite surprised. "
Standing next to Lu Zhou, Ling looked around anxiously. The scarlet light flashing in his pupils was getting stronger and stronger, and his whole body was in an emergency posture.
Seemingly aware of the robot standing next to Lu Zhou, the voice in the communication channel carried a hint of interest.
"Private? It's actually a private … Where did you get this thing? "
When Lu Zhou first heard the word private, he almost didn't react for a while.
It wasn't until his gaze fell on Ling that he suddenly remembered that when he came here to rescue himself last time, Ling's body was still an old-fashioned mining robot.
Right now, the body that she was controlling was a "sample" that the system rewarded her with. Its full name was the "Private-1" smart human guard. It was produced by the Calan Empire and installed in the orbital airborne troops. It was often used to eliminate dangerous creatures in the colonies and for various purposes in orbital airborne operations.
Although in terms of tactical positioning, this Private-1 was a mass-produced attack robot controlled by the central processor, because of the difference in technology, even if it was a cannon fodder level land combat unit, it would be invincible on Earth.
"Those people gave it to me … You should know who I'm talking about."
"The Observer?"
Lu Zhou nodded.
"Yeah."
As if hearing something interesting, the voice in the communication channel was obviously more excited than before.
"I see, I was wondering how this thing got into your hands. Let me see, um, the slaughter core has been replaced. No wonder it looks dumb … Did you install a general-purpose AI on it? Is the original AI not easy to use? "
A light blue beam of light came from the depths of the cave, shining back and forth on Ling's body.
This was the first time Lu Zhou saw it, and his face showed an uneasy expression.
"Enough."
After hearing Lu Zhou's voice, the light blue beam of light immediately stopped and converged.
There was a slightly apologetic cough in the communication channel, and General Reinhardt spoke embarrassedly.
"Sorry, I'm just a little excited to see things from my hometown … You should understand that feeling. My world is obviously destroyed, but the things that belong to that world appear in front of me again. By the way, that thing just now is a scanning beam on the spacecraft, which may have an impact on the stability of electromagnetic waves … But please believe me, it is harmless. "
"I can understand and believe you. As for your previous question, it's not because it's not easy to use, but it's a bit too good, so I can't use the extra combat power at all. "Lu Zhou shrugged." After all, I live in a peaceful civilization … At least relatively peaceful. "
"We used to be peaceful, at least for a while."
General Reinhardt seemed to think of something. He was silent for a while, then he suddenly said to himself.
"It seems that my previous speculation was correct."
Lu Zhou: "What speculation?"
"Those omnipotent Observers can not only bring things from the old universe into the Void, but they can also create things that don't exist out of thin air with just a memory … For example, this Private-1 is an example. I don't remember bringing this thing to the center of the universe."
Create things that don't exist out of thin air?
But to be honest, Lu Zhou didn't feel too surprised about this.
After all, from the memory of General Reinhardt, the Observers in the Void were a civilization far more powerful than the Calan Empire. Whether it was the strange droplet that flew in the universe ignoring the hyperspace channel or the mysterious technology that escaped from the real universe into the Void to avoid natural disasters, they had surpassed the Calan civilization's understanding of the universe.
"Let's not talk about this." With a hint of sadness in his tone, General Reinhardt continued, "It seems that you didn't come back this time to take me away and start your trip. So, tell me why you are here. I don't believe it's because you miss me. "
"Your hunch is very accurate. I haven't thought of you more than ten times in the past year and a half." After a pause, Lu Zhou put away his joking tone and continued in a serious tone, "I have figured out the warp speed technology."
There was a hint of surprise in the voice in the communication channel.
"Oh?"
Lu Zhou: "By using the disturbance of the gravitational field caused by high-dimensional particles falling into low-dimensional space, it affects the curvature of space-time and opens a hyperspace channel. In short, we have successfully achieved the first faster than light navigation … "
"This is really surprising …" General Reinhardt continued in an incredulous voice, "I thought that after seeing you for the first time, I would have to wait for the planet under my feet to orbit the star for at least 100 cycles before you could master the mystery of surpassing the speed of light. I didn't expect it to only take about 50 cycles."
It took 687 days for Mars to orbit once, and it would take about two centuries to orbit 100 times. In other words, in the view of this Calan, faster than light technology was undoubtedly advanced technology for Earth civilization.
In fact, this was indeed the case.
If it weren't for the coincidental discovery of the existence of Z particles, even if they knew that faster than light cruising was achievable, it would not be easy to turn it into a reality.
"Obviously you underestimated us."
Hearing this sentence, General Reinhardt laughed.
"Underestimated you? Of course not! I think you're the only one I've underestimated. "
"Let's not beat around the bush, I'll just ask." Lu Zhou looked at the string of garbled ID belonging to General Reinhardt on the communication interface. He continued, "I remember that the Calan Empire has something similar to a portal."
"You mean a stargate?"
"You also call it a stargate … Forget it, let's not talk about the translation of the term. I want to know how you maintain a stable hyperspace channel, allowing materials and information to be exchanged quickly and without congestion in the channel. How do you do this?! "
There was a long silence in the communication channel.
After about five minutes, General Reinhardt spoke again.
"I'm not a scientist. Even if you ask me, I don't understand the specific principle. Including the high-dimensional particles you mentioned, I'm not sure if the warp drive produces high-dimensional particles. I only know that when I pressed the switch, the hyperspace channel appeared in front of me, and the gravitational line pulled us over like a rope on a swing. "
Hearing this worthless answer, Lu Zhou couldn't help but show a disappointed expression on his face.
However, he understood Reinhardt's explanation.
After all, the more advanced science was, the more complex and numerous the subdivisions were. Forget about a complete layman, even an expert in hyperspace channel research might not be able to give a satisfactory answer when encountering a problem that didn't fit the research direction.
It seemed that today was destined to be a wasted trip.
However, just when he was about to say thank you and leave with Ling, General Reinhardt's next sentence pulled his mood back from the bottom.
"Although I really can't give you a suitable suggestion, but … the wreckage of the warp drive is actually in this mine pit leading to the center of the earth.
"If you're really interested …"
"Why not study it yourself?"
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