There were still survivors on this planet.
This fact greatly boosted Hao Ren's spirit and aroused his curiosity. His focus on this matter made him temporarily forget about the terrible situation he was in when he came from outer space to the planet's surface. In the Plane of Dreams, the apocalyptic world, the First Borns and planets destroyed by the First Borns were not uncommon. The drone swarm could send back at least ten scanning signals of the ruins, but there were very few survivors among them. Survivors who still persisted in resisting were even more unprecedented. From the previous few drones, it could be seen that the survivors of this planet not only persisted in resisting, but even dared to take the initiative to attack!
So although Hao Ren did not rashly establish communication with the spacecrafts, he still let the MDT keep an eye on them and intercept their communication as much as possible. As soon as there was a chance, he had to establish contact with these survivors as soon as possible.
Of course, the most important thing at this stage was to establish a foothold here. Being cautious was the most important condition to ensure the completion of the mission. Now Nolan was still seriously injured in the impact crater. Other than a group of friends at home, Hao Ren could only mobilize a group of autonomous robots and the arsenal in his Dimensional Pocket. He estimated the combat effectiveness of these combined forces and thought that it was not enough to control the situation when he made contact with the local natives. So he had to take it slow.
The survivors were not necessarily friendly. After fighting a crazy First Born for thousands of years, they could also be a bunch of lunatics.
But when Nolan fell, there was such a big commotion. Maybe the natives of this planet had already noticed that there was a group of extraterrestrial visitors on their planet.
After the two spacecrafts were completely out of sight, Hao Ren received a call from Nolan. The shipgirl sounded a little nervous. "Boss! Are you okay? I just sensed a strong energy reaction on your side! "
"Let me tell you, the civilization of this planet is not completely extinct as we thought before. There are survivors here …"
"Huh?!"
"And they are fighting the First Born of this planet, and it seems that they are still fighting."
"Huh?!"
The MDT sent the recorded video to Nolan. Lily and Nangong Wuyue told Hao Ren what had happened. Finally, Hao Ren shared his thoughts. Nolan nodded in agreement after a short moment of silence.
"Now that we're in a bad situation, we do need to recover some of our strength before we consider expanding the operation. It's best if we can collect enough information first so that we can have the initiative in our hands. When I was still a 'mercenary,' I often did this," Nolan said. "As for whether we've been discovered by the local aborigines … I don't think so for the time being, because I haven't felt anything like radar scanning me yet. Although many of my external observation devices have been destroyed, I'm not blind. If someone was actively observing me, they would definitely be able to sense it. "
"That's good. All in all, we need to collect information on the survivors on this planet as soon as possible and determine their level of contact, restore the functions of the Petrachelys as soon as possible, and find a way to contact the drone cluster. These are the two most important tasks at present. "
"Nolan understands. This ship will launch a new batch of probes to search for survivors' bases and carry out observations. Captain, when are you coming back? "
"I'm going to continue to explore the ruins of this city," Hao Ren replied. "Although the ruins may have been abandoned for thousands of years, there will still be clues of survivors hidden in the ruins … At least we can know what their civilization was like before the First Born hit it hard."
"Please be careful. Although the lullaby system has been activated, we are still standing on the head of a planetary-class monster. And this monster has just been provoked, its subconscious activity is catastrophic."
Hao Ren told Nolan not to worry, then hung up the communication and led the trio to the center of the city ruins.
The bombardment and counterattack at the edge of the distant forest did not seem to affect the peace in the depths of the ruins. The desolate ruins were still peaceful, only some wild animals began to move in the ruins, and slowly, the place became more lively. Looking at the peaceful ruins and the lush plants between the ruins, Hao Ren could hardly imagine that this was a world still under the shadow of the raging First Born: everything was too peaceful.
After the First Born went berserk, the cleansing of the ecosystem was devastating. Wherever the tide of lifeblood went, both organic and inorganic matter would be completely corroded, assimilated, and reset. Not only intelligent creatures, but even the grass and trees in nature would be completely destroyed. However, on this planet, the First Born was active, but the ecosystem was still lush, and the forest had even flourished to the point that it could swallow the civilized world.
Looking at the alien animals jumping between the ruins, they seemed to have no idea what was happening in their world.
The only thing that could prove that the First Born and the Second Born were still at war seemed to be the bombing in the distance.
Could it be that the First Born of this planet had not gone mad? Or could it be that the indigenous civilization of this planet had gained the upper hand in the war and had completely suppressed the activities of the First Born, and even allowed the planet's ecosystem to recover after thousands of years of tug-of-war?
With such doubts in mind, Hao Ren and his team walked through the collapsed and deserted ancient buildings. They mainly needed to collect the written and pictorial records of the ancient civilization, but these two things were the most difficult to preserve, and it required a lot of patience.
Perhaps they should find a chance to find the destroyed aircraft wreckage at the edge of the forest — if they fell on this side of the forest and away from the tentacles of the First Born.
At noon, they arrived at the foot of the huge building in the city center.
This large building, which looked like a quadrangle, should be the best-preserved part of the city: it was obviously made of stronger materials and special construction technology to prolong the life of the building itself as much as possible. Although all the exterior on the surface had fallen off, and the main body was full of broken holes and wide cracks, the MDT confirmed that the skeleton of the unknown building was still intact after using radar scanning. Like a giant beast with steel and bones, its flesh and skin had decayed over the years, but it still had a strong skeleton.
All the signs indicated that this building should be very important.
Due to the collapse of the city, the building itself had sunk more than ten meters, and the original entrance was naturally buried in the debris. But the surface was full of holes and cracks, so Hao Ren did not have to specifically look for an entrance. After letting the MDT roughly confirm the internal structure of the building, he led them into a relatively stable crack.
The faint blue light emitted by the MDT and the warm glow of Flamejoy illuminated the dark interior of the building. The ancient ruins, which looked like a decaying tomb, were full of traces of time. Moss and shimmering fungi that thrived in the dark environment grew wildly along the walls, and vines drilled out of the broken floors. In some places, Hao Ren also heard a faint sound of running water. The underground structure of the city had evolved into an underground river. According to the MDT's detection, this underground river connected two sunken areas in the city and led to streams and underground channels in the forest. Together with the water system on the surface, they nourished the nearby plant system.
A new ecosystem was quietly and vigorously operating in this ruins.
Nangong Wuyue crawled beside Hao Ren in the form of a sea snake. She was surrounded by three water spheres. With the help of the relatively humid environment inside the building, she could perceive every detail of the surroundings in a three-dimensional manner. Suddenly, she stopped and pointed in a certain direction with the tip of her tail. "Mr. Landlord, look at this."
Curious, Hao Ren moved closer and used the MDT to provide light. Then he found that there was a decorative sculpture there.
The sculpture had broken and collapsed. Only the upper body was lying on the ground. The lower body was missing. After removing the moss on the surface of the sculpture, its original appearance was also revealed.
It was a human statue, or at least it looked like a human.
"It seems that the intelligent creatures of this planet also followed the information disturbance and evolved into this' standard template 'form," Hao Ren nodded. "Now we can at least determine what the native creatures of this planet look like."
"Not only this," Vivian's eyes were slightly red. She looked at the dark hall in front of her. "This is either a museum, or … a place to leave messages."
Hao Ren looked up and followed Vivian's line of sight. He understood what she meant.
In the hall in front of him, countless sculptures and reliefs were quietly arranged like soldiers waiting for inspection, or like silent tombstones.
Sculpture. Whether it was on Earth or on other planets, the development and inheritance of many civilizations had traces of these things. Whether it was a piece of wood or raw stone that was casually carved in the infancy of civilization, or an exquisite alloy cast during the rise of civilization, sculpture had always occupied an important position in the transmission of information with its direct and visual expression. If one did not look at the information capacity, the accuracy and reliability of the information conveyed by sculpture would be far better than any text or language. Therefore, if one wanted to pass an important thing down for thousands of years, and hope that it could be easily interpreted by future generations, then one of the best ways was to carve it down.
Whether it was carved into reliefs or statues, it could preserve the information for a long time. At the very least, in front of certain civilizations that had yet to defeat time itself, the "shelf life" of these statues and reliefs was long enough.
This building might really be just a museum for the exhibition of sculptures, but Hao Ren hoped that it was a message book left by an ancient civilization in the face of a disaster. Although the existence of the six spacecraft proved that there were still survivors on this planet, somehow, Hao Ren still felt that he could not put the hope of uncovering the truth of history on the 'survivors' represented by the spacecraft.
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