——AD.2157.4.18——

Fourth Aura Surface.

Although I don't really want to analyze it like this, if all these creatures outside are "Pokemon", those ruins can't be "Gyms", right?

Connor thought for a moment, and turned his gaze to the destination of the trip—the "ruins of an ancient civilization" that was already relatively close enough to see the outline.

"I don't know what you're doing, but if you're going to eat canines, I'll do my best to stop them. Buzz stared at Connor's actions.

"No, I won't eat anything I can't swallow in one bite." Connor made a promise as she adjusted her course towards the ruins.

The ruins were about thirty meters high, grayish-blue, angular in shape, and looked like large rectangular structures stacked on top of each other, but there were no windows or doors visible from the outside, and some mechanisms or conditions might be required to enter.

"[Commander, this ruin has no trace of recent biological activity, and may have been abandoned. EDI reports to Connor the results of her scan.

"This is good news, if they show signs of being used, and prove that their owners are the exoskeleton lizardmen who raided us, then we will be in a very disadvantageous form as invaders." Connor said as she pushed aside the surrounding bushes to get closer to the ruins.

"Maybe those aliens originated from here? Think of this as a holy place? Buzz guessed with a wagging tail.

"No," Connor circled around the ruins, "if this is their holy place, they can just show up and approach us when we approach, and with their stealth technology, they can even attack us without saying hello at all, then, why would they suddenly attack when we are about to land?" Obviously, our 'landing' violated a certain bottom line of theirs. ”

"[Safari sanctuary forbidden to get off? 】”

"It's not quite right, but it's barely usable."

"[Commander, I scanned a secret door, but it doesn't seem to have a lock in the usual sense.] As EDI spoke, she highlighted a wall.

"Oh...... Indeed," Connor looked closer, and saw that the "door" was subtly misaligned with the texture of the surrounding wall, but there was nothing special about the whole door: "If it's an automatic door, can you hack into its built-in switches?" ”

"No, Commander, no electrical signal can penetrate these walls, as if they were scanning an entire stone. EDI responded.

"Well, there is no switch, there is no remote control, so there is only one way to open the door." Connor raised an eyebrow and pressed his hand to the center of the door.

What is the most beautiful music in the world? 】

[It's heavy metal rock music.] 】

[It's country music.] 】

[It's silence.] 】

[It's pop music.] 】

A long sentence and four short sentences appear on the door, but unfortunately, the content of the options is all very strange combinations of strokes, and even if you want to decipher, it is completely impossible to do it with such a small number of words to refer to.

"This ......" Connor looked at the question repeatedly: "Three long and one short, choose the shortest?" ”

"Although you are blind, you are right. Buzz snorted.

"Can you read it? What does it ask? Connor replied, raising his hand and tapping the third.

[(Alien) Welcome home.] 】

The stone door let out an equally incomprehensible burst of strange syllables, and then slowly slid open.

"[I don't understand, but I can understand what they mean, it seems that the owner here also has a dog]." Buzz flicked his tail and walked through the door.

————

The ruins are not all high-tech equipment as Connor expected, and if you have to evaluate it, the furniture facilities are all stone, but they have a retro style.

It doesn't have any steel, circuitry, or wiring inside, but most stone furniture will appear on the surface when touched, similar to AR-like 3D images, and can interact with them to control themselves or some of the furniture's functions.

"I'd love to move them to a cave behind a waterfall right now. "Bass's tail flicked faster and faster.

"Hmm......" Connor instantly found a certain classical masterpiece from the database, "You are the Howling Dog?" ”

"Hah! How can that stupid dog compare to me? 】”

"......" Connor looked at the stupid dog and scolded the stupid dog, deciding not to answer the stubble and go to find information about these auras herself.

After some searching, Connor determined the purpose of some of the furniture, such as a stone bed with an alarm clock, a stone bookshelf to preview the contents of a book, a stove that heats things up but doesn't have a fire, a normal stone table to hold things, and a stone instrument that pops up a bunch of inexplicable tables, histograms, and curves.

Judging by the size and volume of these furniture, their users are about a strange creature with an average height of half a meter taller than a human and a slender body, yes, exactly the same as the aliens who have fought fire before.

However, if they are really a race that has existed for tens of thousands of years, how can the level of technology just be on par with that of humans?

But if they were the original owners here, why would they give up these auras and plan to attack any aliens that approached directly?

There is not enough information, and there is nothing to see in the pictures alone, and if there is a lot of background documentation, it can be read by Bass.

But how is it possible for such a purposeful scientific observatory to have a detailed description of itself? At most, there will be-

"Hey, Connor, see what I found? A diary or essay~]" Buzz jumped in with a thin slate in his mouth, and rows of illusory words were tumbling on the slate.

"Sure enough, I still can't understand it, are you going to read it?" Connor took the slate and looked at it, shook his head and placed it on the stone table, pointing it at Bass.

[This guy didn't write the date at all, and he couldn't understand some special terms, so I can only talk about it roughly.] Bas raised his front foot and leaned on the edge of the table, reading as he looked:

"[The creatures on the ring are more well-behaved than I expected, and almost not aggressive. 】”

"[Retract yesterday's words, some guys don't think of attacks as play, I need to stay away from them.] 】”

"Some creatures seem to be smart but have no chance of further development, and some are a little stupid but have a lot of room for improvement. 】”

"[Sudden evolution? The guys who sent me didn't say they did. 】”

"I don't think it's good that these creatures have become smart enough to start paying attention to the Observatory.] 】”

"Hell, they stole my lighter. 】”

"[Interesting, they lit a campfire with a lighter and started building the house, it's incredible, I have to submit this report as soon as possible.] 】”

"[Emergency appointment? Activate the Star Ring to destroy all living things within 2.4 light-years? Is the guy who gave the order crazy? I'm going to reason with them! 】”

"[Uh, there's no more]."

Connor and Buzz, who had stopped reading, stared wide-eyed.