Half an hour later, a green camouflage aircraft flew across the sky of Elysium and appeared over 2111 Basin.
This was a military aircraft. It was a bit of an exaggeration to call it a spaceship because it did not have the ability to travel in outer space. It could only fly at high altitudes and in outer space for a short period of time with a maximum travel distance of 36000 kilometers.
This distance was exactly the distance between Elysium and the surface of the earth.
Still, for the people in Elysium's dimension, it was more than enough. At this time, the four nozzles of the aircraft turned vertically downward, and then the entire aircraft hovered at a high altitude and slowly descended.
Finally, the military camouflage aircraft stopped at the edge of the basin and slowly raised the gull-wing door.
Chen Chen, who was wearing the PK Armor, strode out of the aircraft.
X-112 had conducted an inspection of the environment in Elysium. Apart from some conventional bacteria, this place was as clean as his own toilet. There were no issues with the air composition either, only the oxygen content was slightly higher. Even so, Chen Chen still wore a mask cautiously.
After getting off the aircraft, Chen Chen looked toward this so-called 2111 Basin.
Strictly speaking, this basin was just a valley surrounded by mountains. However, at this time, the valley was filled with corpses that stretched as far as the eye could see. These corpses were piled up like mountains that were dozens of meters high.
These corpses had decomposed into a pile of white bones, wrapped in thick vines, becoming nourishment for these plants.
Looking at the endless bones, Chen Chen narrowed his eyes. "Did you find out why these people are like this?"
"I didn't find any reason."
X-112's voice came from the communication system of the aircraft behind him. "It seems that the government of Elysium has some kind of restriction on artificial intelligence, so the main control AI here doesn't have the ability to think and reason. I can only speculate from the clues they already know."
Chen Chen nodded. "Then let me sum it up. At 23: 59 on 20 July 2165, all the citizens living here in Elysium lost their personality and consciousness at the same time for unknown reasons.
"And the behavior of these people who lost their personality and consciousness was that they first stopped everything they were doing, then turned around and left their homes, walking toward 2111 Basin.
"After coming here, everyone seemed to have completed their mission, then stood here motionless until they died."
Chen Chen looked up and asked, "Is there anything wrong with my summary?"
"No, Sir Commander," X-112 replied.
"Very good. Then, do you think all of this is like a program?"
Chen Chen paced back and forth. "If we treat humans as robots and their instincts such as eating and sleeping are a kind of program, then that anomaly was a hacker attack, doesn't that make sense?"
"Because the hacker broke into the mainframe, everyone was implanted with a command at the same time. The only requirement of the command was to drop everything and come to 2111 Basin."
"Moreover, this kind of command is an order of the highest authority, even surpassing the survival instincts of humans. It cannot be disobeyed. Thus, that scene happened that day …"
At this point, Chen Chen frowned. "However, the mastermind who implanted the order didn't give them a second order, so everyone could only wait indefinitely. However, humans are different from machines. In just a few days, this group of people died due to lack of energy intake."
"I understand what you mean."
X-112 replied, "Do you think this is an information attack?"
"Yes, what happened in Elysium is like a hacker attack. Apart from this, I don't know what else can explain all of this."
With that, Chen Chen walked to these skeletons and gently took out a yellowed skull. However, when he saw the surgical traces on the skull, he suddenly smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, the brains of the humans in Elysium have been implanted with something like a chip, right?"
"There are indeed such examples."
X-112 replied, "However, only about one-third of the people have been implanted with brain chips, but these chips are used for human-computer interaction and don't have the function of controlling thoughts."
Chen Chen's hands paused when he heard this, then he took out another skull and looked at it. Sure enough, he found that the skull was smooth and smooth, there was nothing on it.
Seeing this, Chen Chen's expression suddenly froze. "In that case, my speculation was wrong."
After thinking for a while, Chen Chen asked again, "Are you sure that all the citizens in the entire Elysium stopped what they were doing in an instant?"
"According to the surveillance video I checked, it can be determined that this happened to everyone at 23: 59," X-112 replied.
"Then I'll put it in another way."
Chen Chen thought for a while and added, "Are you sure that all the citizens of Elysium behaved abnormally at 23: 59 on 20 July 2165? Or, there were some before and some after, some at 59: 01, some at 59: 02, and so on. "
X-112 paused for a moment before continuing. "I've adjusted and compared the surveillance time and found no abnormalities. All the citizens in the entire Elysium behaved abnormally at the same time."
"What about Earth?"
Chen Chen asked, "When this happened in Elysium, was it possible to contact Earth at that time?"
"According to the log report, the same thing happened on Earth at that time."
With that said, a 3D projection was projected on the screen of the armed aircraft. It was countless screens, and the content of the screens was a variety of cameras on Earth.
It could be seen that when this happened in Elysium, Earth was also affected almost immediately.
"In that case, it's likely that the humans on Earth are also dead? No wonder after so many years, Earth hasn't sent anyone to check... "
Chen Chen's pupils shrank and he ordered, "Split the surveillance on Earth and the surveillance on Elysium according to the number of frames!"
As X-112 occupied the main control computer of Elysium, this little bit of computing power was not a problem at all. Soon, X-112 replied, "Sir Commander, the answer has been obtained."
"According to the frame-by-frame analysis of the 480 frame rate surveillance video, the time when the humans on Earth behaved abnormally was 0.12 seconds after the humans in Elysium behaved abnormally, while the time when the humans on the other side of the Earth behaved abnormally was 0.3 seconds after the humans in Elysium behaved abnormally."
Hearing this, Chen Chen suddenly showed a look of understanding. After all, the distance between Elysium and Earth was 36000 kilometers and the speed of light was about 300,000 kilometers per second, which meant that it took about 0.12 seconds for light to travel from Elysium to the ground.
This number happened to be the same as the time calculated by X-112.
"Travel at the speed of light?"
Chen Chen wore a thoughtful look. "So that's it..."
X-112 continued to add. "According to the detection, I found that the closer to 2111 Basin, the earlier this phenomenon occurred."
"Understood."
Chen Chen could not help looking at the ground under his feet and said in a low voice, "X-112, send construction robots to dig here. Even if they have to dig through the ground, I want to know what's inside!"
"Sir Commander, according to safety regulations, the risk of your continued stay in Elysium's dimension has increased to more than ten percent. Please return to reality first."
However, X-112 did not immediately agree to Chen Chen's request. Instead, it made a suggestion.
Chen Chen was taken aback. "The risk rate has increased to ten percent? How did you calculate it? "
"Because based on your inference, Sir Commander, the extinction of humans in Elysium is likely to be related to 2111 Basin."
X-112 replied, "And excavating 2111 Basin is likely to trigger that event again. According to my estimation, once the event is triggered again, your death rate is extremely high."
"Very good, your inference is very good."
Chen Chen nodded, directly put away the skull robe in his hand, turned around, and boarded the aircraft. At the same time, he asked, "In that case, send me a copy of Medpod 3000.
Provide me with a cracking method based on the information. I'll leave both Black Knights here and assign one of them to you. The other will be responsible for guarding the passage. What you need to do is restore the power system of Elysium and control the construction machinery here to dig through 2111 Basin. "
"Understood, leave it to me," X-112 replied.
So, after that, Chen Chen was sent back to the government building and came to a 3D printing room under the guidance of X-112. Then, Chen Chen saw the printing room print out a USB drive at an extremely fast speed.
A white USB drive.
"This has all the technological information of Elysium's dimension, including exoskeleton technology, robots, pulse rifles, close-range aircraft, Medpod 3000, etc.
Three thousand wait. "
X-112 said.
"Well done!" Chen Chen put away the USB drive. Even he could not help but look pleasantly surprised.
This trip to obtain all the technology of a civilization in one go could be said to be Chen Chen's greatest harvest so far.
Then, Chen Chen was sent back to the villa where the USB drive passage was located. Chen Chen did not hesitate much and returned directly to reality.
Walking out of the disinfection room after disinfection, Chen Chen took off the PK Armor, revealing a pensive look.
"Did something happen in there?"
Little X asked.
"Yes, I found something very interesting in the dimension of Elysium."
Chen Chen said thoughtfully, "If my guess is correct, it's better to open the passage as little as possible in the future."
After thinking for a while, Chen Chen handed the USB drive to the Black Knight beside him and said, "X, receive the information in this USB drive and at the same time, organize the information in it into a table of contents for me."
"Is this the information of Elysium's dimension? Got it. "
"Also."
Chen Chen thought for a while and added again, "If the two Black Knights on the other side of the passage return, remember to isolate them. If you find anything wrong, report to me immediately."
"Understood!"
Although Little X was a little puzzled, she still replied quickly.
After explaining everything, Chen Chen turned and left the substation and stayed in the lounge of the nuclear power plant.
About two days had passed.
Just when Chen Chen was about to leave the nuclear power plant temporarily and wait for news from the passage to return, Little X finally brought news.
"Sir Godfather, a Black Knight has returned from the other side of the passage and brought a video."
"I'll be right there!"
Chen Chen immediately returned to the substation when he heard this. In a room next door, Chen Chen saw the so-called video.
It was still a USB drive, the same as the USB drive Chen Chen had brought back before.
After thinking about it, Chen Chen plugged the USB drive into the computer. Then the computer screen flashed and a laboratory filled with cold colored walls appeared on the screen.
The camera of the video first turned around and seemed to show the various equipment in the laboratory. According to Chen Chen's memory, if he guessed correctly, this should be a materials laboratory and the equipment in it were all used for material experiments.
However, the final image on the screen was fixed on three human-faced statues.
These three human-faced statues were about thirty centimeters long and twenty centimeters wide, almost the same size as an ordinary human head, but the shape of the statues was extremely strange.
In terms of style, these statues were like inferior products made by beginners, without any refinement or beauty to speak of. Not only that, but the lines that made up the patterns of the statues were also extremely simple and could even be described as quaint.
Looking from left to right, the eyes of the first statue were diamond-shaped and seemed to be closed tightly, while its ears were pointed and long, standing up high like a rabbit's.
The eyes of the statue in the middle were open, but it seemed to have a pair of eye sockets and the inside was deeply sunken as if the owner of the statue had no eyeballs.
As for the statue at the end, both its ears and eyes were normal, but its mouth was wide open. Its mouth looked like a black hole. Even though it was just a video, Chen Chen still felt an inexplicable chill run down his spine.
"Sir Commander, I'm X-112. What you see now are the three statues I excavated from 2111 Basin and the only objects found in 2111 Basin.
"I've looked through all the records about these three statues. The earliest record of these three statues was discovered in 2025 in Elysium's dimension."
The childish voice of X-112 was exactly the same as Little X, the only difference was that there was a hint of calmness. At this time, he only heard it continue to say, "In 2025, the three statues were first taken out by Gross, a wealthy North American collector in Elysium's dimension. He claimed that the statues were dug out from a gold mine and took them to an appraisal expert for appraisal.
"However, after the cross-sectional identification and isotopic identification of the dating instrument, the final result was — these three statues were carved only within a year, which means that they were carved recently.
"Subsequently, Gross became the laughing stock of the collection circle.
"Then, a hundred years later, with the establishment of the Elysium, Gross's descendants also moved here from Earth. From the records of the items they brought with them, it can be confirmed that these three statues were indeed brought here by Gross's descendants."
X-112 continued. "These are the only records of these three statues, but in my previous inspection, I found a very strange situation..."
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