Vol 2 Chapter 788: Terran Heralds, Tombs and Echoes (7200,

The fragments of the source matter computing chip have been shattered. Although it is a creation of the fifth energy level, at least it is also a part of a complete creation of the fifth energy level. source quality.

3 points. To be honest, this number has indeed reached the point where it is quite ridiculous.

   It goes down, it still has a little source quality, it can't be said to be a mortal thing, but it goes up, the remaining source quality doesn't have any power to activate its uniqueness, it's no different from a mortal thing. Just very embarrassing.

It’s no wonder that the Jin Deng family can’t figure out the use of this source quality calculation unit. It is indeed very important, but there are only three points of source quality left, and no one can restart it—even if someone really masters the method, then It also needs a powerhouse of the fifth energy level to infuse it with authority-level source quality in order to recover a little bit and understand part of its functions.

   But Ian is different—he knows this stuff all too well.

  Leaving aside the fact that his soul itself is inscribed with a similar psychic computing unit module, the silver chip has already explained its origin for Ian.

   But therein lies the problem.

  The more information stated, the more questions there will be.

  The source matter computing chip can be said to be the best-understood thing. It is nothing more than a computing unit made of source matter. It is no different from the spirit matter computing unit in Ian's mind, except that source matter is used as a material.

  The problem lies in the gift of the star **** and the forerunner.

"As the dean of the Alien Research Institute and the owner of the original known silver chip, the forerunner gathered the power of the pre-Era civilization of Terra, tried to reproduce the "gift of the star god", and then gave birth to the transcendence of the source quality computing chip. The supercomputer at the technological limit of Terra civilization became the basis for the leap of Terra civilization at that time.”

Repeating the information in the silver chip in his mind, Ian chewed on its meaning: "If nothing else, the silver chip is the so-called 'gift of the star god'. At least it is also a part of it." "The source quality computing chip is obviously the forerunner And the reason why the Terra civilization can quickly analyze many fires and lay the foundation for the way of Terra's sublimation—it should be the quantum computer of the Terra universe, which has source matter and psionic energy, and has ether, or a more advanced one. props."

   "It can even be said that, as the first known creation of the fifth energy level, all the fifth energy levels of human beings in later generations may be more or less related to the source matter computing chip."

  Ian still remembers that his teacher Hilliard once said that among the many materials needed for the fifth energy level of the Immovable Fortified City, there are the core of the ancient dragon, the spinal cord colloid, and the phase neural network.

Among them, the phase neural network has already started construction at the third energy level. Ian's current neural network is a system made of Mithril mixed with a part of Morian steel, but the phase neural network of the ancient dragon level is obviously not so For simple things, it should be reflected in the virtual world, a super-temporal organ that straddles the two worlds of virtual world and reality.

And such an organ actually has some similarities with the "spiritual calculation unit". Ian believes that it may be a "true ether calculation unit" constructed by combining the spiritual calculation unit and the source quality calculation unit. A neural network definitely needs more than one true ether computing unit, which is the basis of many capabilities of the fifth energy level.

   As for the core, Ian already has it, so there is no need to talk about it. As for the spinal cord glia. Ian thinks that it may be something outrageous. After all, the spinal cord is responsible for the transmission of information between the brain signal and the physical body. In addition, the essence of ether transcends time and space. Ian suspects that the fifth energy level might A certain degree of foresight can be achieved per capita, and their physical instinct is a kind of predictive interface, which can directly counter when the enemy launches an attack, or even has the idea of ​​​​attacking.

This is not a wild guess, because when Hilliard and he missed the bravery of the past, they said a similar ability-he can directly know the assassination plan of others by instinct, and the conspiracy and ambush against him can be known instinctively during the battle The enemy's attack route, the old knight thought it was a powerful spiritual state, but Ian felt that if the spiritual state reached such an outrageous level, it would definitely be a kind of psychic power.

  The spinal cord jelly is the carrier of their spiritual energy. Thought collection

   back.

   The source computing chip in front of Ian has been damaged, has no functional modules, and is separated from the core body. But this proves that there is at least a mostly complete chip body in the Xenomorph Research Institute.

   And it may be the source of Terra's way of sublimation, the development of many super technologies!

  「Anfa, where did you find it from the Alien Species Research Institute?」

Ian looked at the elf girl with burning eyes. Anfa in a dress sighed, shook his head and said, "I haven't even opened this box yet, and I haven't introduced it to you yet, but you seem to already know what's inside the box." A lot of information. It seems that the prophet is not only true, Ian, your prophetic power is also extremely powerful."

  Calm down, Anfa collected her thoughts, she said slowly: "This unknown strange thing originated from a 'private exploration' of our Jindeng Department's Alien Research Institute."

"Before the joint exploration team of Canaan Moore and the Empire discovered that the underground ruins next to the Half Moon Lake were the Institute of Alien Species, the exploration of this ruins was not restricted. Our Ember Lantern Department took advantage of this time to conduct several private investigations. Exploration operations are also the practice of Canaan Moore, after all, our family discovered this ruins group, and the Speaker of Yafoda is our in-law, so the Canaan Moore Great Council turned a blind eye to this.”

"I also participated in several explorations at that time, and successfully broke through the third layer of the ruins with the dragon blood on my body, and entered the depths of the alien research institute, but it was only the outermost layer of the third layer. I want to fully open the alien research The deep passages in the courtyard require multiple high-purity dragon blood, even real dragons to open."

"Even so, with the assistance of the family team, I opened a hall on the third floor—but that hall has been completely destroyed by an extremely ancient explosion, and it has completely become a hall leading to the deep underground. The depth of the abyss is more than seven kilometers, the temperature is extremely high, and there are extremely powerful spiritual reactions and subspace physical barriers inside, which exceeded our detection limit at that time."

  「And I found this strange thing at the edge of the abyss.」

   Saying so, Anfa opened the box in his hand.

It is not accurate to say that it was opened, because the box in the girl's hand was actually disassembled—it was originally a sealed box composed of hundreds of different metal modules, which were sealed and sealed by the psionic field. Under his control, all its parts swelled out of their positions, and while maintaining a barrier sufficient to block the psionic induction of high-level powerhouses, it showed Ian the things stored inside.

   What appeared in front of Ian was a red spiral galaxy.

   Is it a spinning top? Or the structure of DNA? It is difficult to describe its specific shape vividly. At first glance, the fragments of the source computing chip actually look like a deformed miniature galaxy, but its multiple cantilever arms are all helically interlaced up and down. floating in the field.

   Much like it. This was Ian's first thought. No matter how strange the shape of the source computing chip is, the dots of starlight and patterns flowing on its surface are exactly the same as the silver chip he took over from Mr. Hilliard back then—although Ian has never seen the silver chip integrated into his body. He never saw the original form of the silver chip again, but the memory was so deep that he couldn't forget it at all.

  If it was just speculation before, then it is certain now: the pioneers did imitate the computing chip using the silver chip as a template.

  The silver chip is the gift of the Star God. And the gift of the star god. The star god. "Is it the creator?"

Ian stared intently at the computing chip in front of him, but his thoughts drifted to an extremely distant place: "The Star God is the creator of the real dragon. It's not surprising just by the name, the creator of the real dragon Enough to call themselves gods, and their power to collect fire across many galaxies, and even their deep connection with the ether, allow them to call themselves the gods of the stars."

   "The gift of the star **** is perhaps a gift given to him by the creator in order to encourage the forerunner to become the forerunner?"

  Through the information currently known, Ian can deduce a lot of things.

"The forerunners created a way of sublimation for the Terra civilization by virtue of the technology of many kinds of fire, and received the silver chip as a gift from the star god, and then with the help of the silver chip, and also by imitating the silver chip, the Terrans created for the first time. creation of the fifth energy level."

  「But here comes the problem.」

"The C'tan, the creators, were wrecked in an attack in which their ship crashed into the Gazing Moon and crashed through Terra after passing through the Gazing Moon—this caused the catastrophe that destroyed the previous era. civilization."

   "This can explain why the silver chip came to Terra earlier than the catastrophe, and it can also explain the fact that the pre-epoch civilization seems to have long been connected with the creator and the true dragon."

"Similarly, this can even explain why the real dragon signed a contract with the civilization of the pre-epoch—because the civilization of the pre-epoch was obviously favored by the Star God, and even gave gifts to potential civilizations. As the creation of the Star God, the True Dragon Naturally, they look at Terra civilization differently."

"Derived from it, the real dragon and the Terra people of the pre-epoch civilization fought against the disaster of the sky, and many wars in the lost era. The real dragon even helped some humans get their power, which is The original origin of those true dragon blood in the true form of the blood is also the reason why there may be dragon blood in the human body of Terra today."

  In summary, Ian has a clear outline of the relationship between the pre-epoch civilization of Terra, the true dragon, and the star god.

  Besides, the reason why the Alien Species Research Institute chose dragon blood as the entry and exit certificate is much more understandable.

In order to study the creations of the fifth energy level belonging to Terra civilization, the forerunners absolutely could not give up the super life that was born to reach the fifth energy level, the real dragon. It is a kind of authority of the Institute of Alien Species, so this ancient relic can still be opened after the collapse of the pre-epoch civilization.

  Of course, this may not be correct, but if it makes sense, Ian will not think too much about it.

  「Anfa, what do you want me to see?」

Looking up, Ian was silent for a while, and then said to the elf girl: "As a prophet, it is difficult for me to explain to you clearly, but if you put forward a clear demand, it will be much easier for me, and I can choose among many chaotic scenes. as much as possible.”

What I said is actually very unreasonable. To put it simply, I know a lot of things but there are some things I can’t tell you. You ask a question yourself, and I will answer it for you alone.” Most people will definitely get angry when they hear this kind of answer. Make people look like idiots.

But because the person who said this is a prophet, and the questions Ian can answer are things that cannot be answered through ordinary channels, so instead of being angry, Anfa smiled happily: "I knew you must What can I see - I think"

The girl with green hair and blond eyes narrowed her eyes. She thought carefully, and then said: "We want to know the importance of this strange thing in the Alien Species Research Institute. If possible, we also want to know its specific functions, and The reason why it breaks."

Nature. origin. and the cause of the change. This is the core of Anfa's problem. She wants to know how precious this strange object is, why it is so precious, and what happened in the Institute of Alien Species, so that this precious thing was broken into what it is today.

"The highest level. It is an extremely powerful computing core, some kind of computing chip, which is the most important computing tool of pre-epoch civilization. The elves with crystal plate terminals should easily understand its concept. I think that today's Terra civilization basically There is no existence that can surpass it, of course, it is the full version. As for why."

  Ian narrowed his eyes. He actually didn’t know why the sourcemass computing chip was destroyed, so he pondered for a while, and said directly: “I have to touch it with my own hands to see.”

Ian said this, of course, not to use the silver chip to prostitute the structure of the source quality computing chip—well, there may be a part of the reason—but in essence, Ian intends to use his ability to "backtrack the horizon", look at the computing chip The source of the deepest emotions is contained in it, and look at the memories lodged on it.

  As a fragment of the creation of the fifth energy level, there must be countless people’s expectations and emotional sustenance on the computing chip, even if you can’t see it

  In the scene of its destruction, Ian can at least get more information about the Xenomorph Research Institute and even the 'Forerunner' and 'Star God'. "Do you touch it with your own hands?"

  Anfa hesitated for a while. As the princess of the Jindeng family and the only child of the current owner, the dragon blood elf, of course she has the authority to let Ian touch the computing chip.

   But at the risk of letting outsiders get in — no.

  —Ian is hardly an outsider.

  Thinking of this, Anfa suddenly realized—Ian is a member of the Dragon Worship Cult and a lord invested by her. If he can escape the priest but not the temple, so what if Ian really broke the computing chip? Isn't that better?

  Can use an ancient wonder that is obviously damaged and whose general usefulness has been seen, to exchange the guilt and favor of a strong man with a promising future who can obviously become the fourth energy level. Oh, and now we need to add a prophet—isn’t it profitable? This is simply too profitable, which is in line with Anfa's imagination of investment.

  Thinking about it this way, Anfa even expected that Ian would destroy the computing chip. With such thoughts in mind, she reached out her hand generously and touched Ian's palm.

   Then, a little purple-gold light flickered.

Under the sublimator's control over the body, a drop of Anfa's blood dripped on Ian's palm, and the purple-gold blood bead was as bright as a precious gemstone. The elf girl signaled Ian to smear the drop of blood on his palm: "In this way , your hand will be regarded as a part of my body, and you can temporarily cross the spiritual energy barrier and touch strange objects."

"it is good."

  If it was Ian in normal times, he would definitely be able to understand Anfa's hesitation and the thoughts that flashed between Anfa's hesitation and later free and easy in an instant, and teased Anfa with "Do you want me to destroy this strange thing?" ’—But because he was too curious about the computing chip, without any hesitation, he directly manipulated the source quality to make Anfa’s blood evaporate and cover the surface of his right hand.

  He stretched out his hand, crossed the spiritual energy barrier without hesitation, and touched the red galaxy held by Anfato in the palm of his other hand. And the moment Ian touched the computing chip.

  Endless lights and shadows flooded the boy's field of vision.

This is a laboratory shining with many colors of light. It is huge and vast, filled with various advanced instruments. A schematic diagram of the skeleton and organ functions of a real dragon is hung in the center of the laboratory. There are many powerful dragons beside it. As for the special diagram of super life anatomy, if future generations see it, they will know that those creatures are powerful monsters that are called "ancient dragons" in the Terra countries today, super life that can be called a real dragon.

The laboratory is filled with powerful spiritual energy fields, and the flickering inscription patterns create the most pure and flawless space in the world. This is the environment that any scientific researcher dreams of, and a gray-haired, aging man almost lost his human form. The old man sat in the center of the laboratory. He silently stared at the crystal plate in front of him. The waterfall of data flowing rapidly in the crystal plate was reflected in his eyes, but his expression could not be moved in the slightest. "no."

After a long time, the old man with so many wrinkles that he couldn't see his face clearly, but his eyes were still bright said softly: "I will die. I will die no matter what. I lost the complete life support project and the most professional doctors to assist in life extension. Surgery, the way of sublimation will definitely burn life, and let us change from immortal mortals to powerful but mortal superhumans."

"Haha, how ridiculous, the road I developed for the sublimation of human beings has finally become a death talisman, but we have to drink poison, because the Star God was defeated, and many fires were out of control. We need this power to deal with the coming of a thousand stars catastrophe."

  "Poisoned and extinct, I am going to the doomsday and being wiped out by the fire of other civilizations, and become the nutrients of other civilizations. I would rather the people of Terra bury themselves."

   Until this time, the ecology of the old man was still confident and arrogant. When he talked about the fire seeds of other civilizations, he had an attitude of overlooking them. He believed that his own civilization was higher than other civilizations. He believed that his race was far stronger than those aliens. The nutrients and tools of civilization, everything is the firewood for Terra civilization to burn.

  It is so arrogant, so arrogant, so dazzling, just like the forerunner, holding up the torch, leading

  All those who are lost move forward, walking in the dark wilderness with no way forward.

   It’s not like this in nature, but only the bright existence like the sun, which has no second in the sky, can capture everyone’s attention and become the “pioneer” that everyone yearns for.

   At least, the forerunners of the Terrans.

But in the next moment, the old man hugged his head and muttered to himself like a schizophrenic: "But I can't die, I can die, but my wisdom, the gift of the star god, the gift of the children of the sun, those inspirations, those keys, Those subtle insights that cannot be recorded in words and written words, those plans that are so crazy that I dare not leave words, the possibility of the follow-up of the path of ascension." ""

  「They cannot be dragged down by my tiny life, they must be passed on. Our civilization must take over all the legacy of me and the alliance but」

  He hit the experimental table with his head in pain, but it was not the old man's head that was damaged, but the extremely strong steel experimental table: "But they can't do it—damn it! Why! Why can't they learn!"

  The voice of the old man is full of panic and fear. He is not only afraid of his own death, but a kind of fear from the heart.

   It's like never being able to eat a lost delicacy again. It was like never being able to see a landscape that was about to be destroyed.

  It was like never meeting one of my closest friends and lovers again.

  Like a prophet, who already knew the doomed ending, but desperately found that it would never be possible to change this fate.

   is so scared, is so desperate.

  As far as the old man is concerned, what he fears the most is not these.

  There is only one thing that he fears the most.

  —He has knowledge that no one can learn. This is the greatest tragedy of scholars.

  If it is a complete Terra civilization, it must be able to inherit the thoughts and thoughts of this old man. One genius is not enough, there are ten geniuses. One hundred geniuses are not enough, the whole world can cultivate ten thousand talents.

A genius beyond the times can lead an entire project, and even a leap of an entire civilization, but only with the support of millions or even hundreds of millions of practitioners and related technical personnel in a civilization, can a genius beyond the times Perfectly realize your talents.

  And he can also believe that everything he has developed will be perfectly inherited and become the "creation of civilization" that can be seen everywhere in the hands of all people in the future.

   Even, under the transformation of other super geniuses, talents and practitioners, his original idea will glow with vitality far beyond his imagination.

  The same is true of those complicated and expensive computers in the past, and the same is true of those thick and bulky communication terminals—they have become more compact, more powerful and more efficient with the passage of time and the perfection of countless people.

  The old man absolutely believed that the civilization of the past had the ability to do it.

   But the sky fell.

  The Skyfall destroyed the most important assets and confidence of the entire pre-epoch civilization - the more than 10 billion highly educated population, technological equipment and industrial production chains all over the world. That inconceivable ether impact even penetrated the virtual world and reality, completely destroying all the storage devices below the sixth ladder.

   Impossible. There are only a few survivors in the entire research institute, and the others are intelligent mechanical servants. Few of them can understand his thoughts. They cannot be left here, but will be sent out of the research institute through ether armor in the near future. Other shelters with a large population impart their latest knowledge of the way of sublimation to fight against the alien monsters awakening in the dark.

Human beings need the minds of these cutting-edge researchers to ignite the lamps in the dark. In this post-apocalyptic era where civilization is destroyed, they can no longer continue to explore further roads. They can only stop at the side of the village to light the torch. Keep a little spark of the past in the dark.

but

  「I can’t even do that」

  The old man buried his head between his arms, he lowered his head in despair

Moaning, big drops of tears dripped from his eyes, staining his clothes and beard: "I'm about to die, how can I die. Human beings need me, and I haven't even found a way to transfer the gift of the Star God! "

   "There is no way to keep this most precious wealth. It is obviously the key left by the Star God to all Terrans to lead to the final promotion. It is the basis for the ascension of civilization. How can I carry it to death?!"

  「What should I do?」

  Ian stood silently behind the old man, because looking back, the white-haired boy felt the old man's fear, despair, and bewilderment.

  Especially that deep loneliness.

As a researcher of the highest level of civilization in the pre-epoch, as a genius beyond the era and civilization, he has been recognized by a super civilization that can be called a god, and he has received their gift—a wise man so beloved by the heavens, and Others seem to be the pioneers of a world apart, and the 'pioneer' is of course lonely.

  His disciples, students, and promising successors all died in the disaster, the civilization and race dedicated to him are also close to destruction, and the forerunner himself will face death.

  His cries and tears are not for himself alone but for the 'Tara Civilization' he represents.

  He deeply knew that after his death, the Terra civilization would become the 'Tara Pre-Era Civilization'. For the Terra civilization of the later generations, although the previous era was advanced and created a brilliant civilization, they did not survive the disaster after all. Those bones were their ancestors, but they were not theirs.

  It’s nothing more than a group of echoes that linger among the ruins and relics, echoing in the emptiness and history’.

  「Echo!」

   At this moment, the old man suddenly raised his head, tears were still flowing between his wrinkles, but he was no longer sad.

  A kind of raging fire ignited in the eyes of the old man, and a flame like the sun lit up in the eyes that had turned into metallic iron gray: "Yes—there is an echo!"

  「Even if I am going to die eventually, the Terra civilization is destined to be buried in the tomb, but at the end of the end.」

  「We can at least leave an echo!」

  —Even if I can’t live forever, even if I can’t leave my soul, even if I can’t reproduce everything about myself in words and data, I can at least leave an echo, a fake that is similar to me but different after all!

  —Although it is false, it is different, and it has shortcomings. But it is better than forgetting, better than lost, better than being buried in the grave!

   And at this moment, Ian also opened his eyes slightly.

  He stared in shock at the phantom in the ancient history before him, repeating the words spoken by the other party.

  「Echo?!」