224 - Statue

Half an hour later, a green camouflage craft streaked across the Elysium sky and appeared over the 2111 Basin.

This is a military aircraft, and it is an exaggeration to say that it is a spacecraft, because it does not have the ability to travel in outer space, and can only fly briefly at high altitude and in outer space, with a maximum distance of 36,000 kilometers.

This distance is exactly the distance between Elysium and the Earth's surface.

However, it was completely enough for the people of the Elysium plane, and at this time, the four jets of the aircraft turned around and went straight down, and then the entire aircraft became high-altitude hovering, and landed little by little.

Eventually, the military camouflage aircraft stopped at the edge of the basin and slowly raised the gullwing door.

Chen Chen, who was wearing PK armor, strode out of the aircraft.

Although X-112 had already tested the environment of Elysium, except for some conventional bacteria, it was as clean as his own toilet, and the air composition was no problem, but the oxygen content was slightly stronger, but Chen Chen was still cautiously wearing a mask.

After stepping off the aircraft, Chen Chen looked towards the so-called 2111 Basin.

Strictly speaking, this basin is just a valley terrain surrounded by mountains on all sides, but at this time, the valley is full of endless corpses, which are like mountain peaks that have been piled up, dozens of meters high.

These corpses, which had rotted into a pile of white bones, were wrapped in dense vines and plants, and became the nourishment of these plants.

Looking at the endless bones, Chen Chen narrowed his eyes, "Have you found out the reason, why are these people like this?" ”

"No cause was found."

X-112's voice came from the intercom system of the aircraft behind him, "And it seems that the Elysium government has imposed some kind of restriction on artificial intelligence, so the main control AI here does not have the ability to think and reason, and I can only speculate from the clues known to the other party." ”

Chen Chen nodded, "Then let me summarize, at 23:59 on July 20, 2165, all the citizens living here in Elysium lost their personality and consciousness at the same time for unknown reasons. ”

"And the manifestation of this group of people who have lost their personality and consciousness is to stop all the work they are doing, then turn around and leave the house, and walk towards the 2111 basin."

"Once here, everyone seems to have completed their mission, and then they just stand motionless until they die."

Chen Chen raised his head and asked, "Is there a mistake in the situation I summarized?" ”

"Not really, Commander." X-112 replied.

"Very well, so do you think all of this is like a program?"

Chen Chen paced back and forth, "If humans are regarded as robots, people's instincts such as eating and sleeping are a kind of program, and the anomaly that time was a hacker attack, isn't it easy to understand?" ”

"Because the hackers breached the host, they implanted a command for everyone at the same time, and the only requirement of the instruction was: drop everything in your hands and come to the 2111 Basin."

"And this kind of order, which belongs to the highest authority, even exceeds the survival instinct of human beings, and cannot be disobeyed in the slightest, so the scene that day happened......"

Speaking of this, Chen Chen frowned, "However, the mastermind behind the implanted order did not give people a second order, so everyone could only wait indefinitely, but people and machines are different, just a few days, this group of people died because of no energy intake." ”

"I see what you mean."

X-112 replied, "What do you think is an informational attack?" ”

"Yes, what happened on Elysium was like being hacked, and I don't know what could explain it all other than that."

Saying that, Chen Chen walked up to these bones and gently took out a yellowed skull, but when he saw the surgical marks on the skull, he immediately smiled, "If you don't guess wrong, the human brains in Elysium have all been implanted with chips, right?" ”

"There are examples of this."

X-112 replied, "However, only about one-third of the population has been implanted with brain chips, but these chips are designed to cooperate with human-computer interaction, and do not have the function of controlling thoughts. ”

Chen Chen was stunned when he heard the movement in his hand, and then he took out a skull again to look at it, and sure enough, he found that the skull was smooth and slippery, and there was nothing.

Seeing this, Chen Chen's expression suddenly froze, "In this way, I guessed wrong. ”

After thinking about it, Chen Chen asked again, "Are you sure that the citizens in the entire Elysium stopped their movements in an instant?" ”

"Based on the surveillance footage I have consulted, it can be determined that everyone was in this situation at 23:59." X-112 replied.

"Then I'll put it another way."

Chen Chen thought for a moment and added, "Are you sure that all the citizens of Elysium had their abnormal behavior at 23:59 on July 20, 2165?" Or there are before and after, some are 59 minutes 01 seconds, some are 59 minutes 02 seconds, and so on. ”

X-112 paused before continuing, "I adjusted and compared the monitoring time, and I didn't find anything out of the ordinary, the entire Elysium citizens were experiencing problems at the same time. ”

"What about Earth?"

Chen Chen asked, "When this kind of abnormality occurs in the Elysian Space, will it be possible to contact the earth at that time?" ”

"According to the log report, the same event happened on Earth at that time."

As he spoke, a 3D projection was projected on the screen of the armed aircraft, but there were countless screens, and the content of the screens was various cameras on the earth.

It can be seen that when this situation occurred on Elysium, almost immediately, the earth was also affected.

"So, it's likely that all the humans on Earth are dead? It's no wonder that after all these years, the Earth hasn't sent anyone to check ......"

Chen Chen's pupils shrank, and he ordered, "Split and compare the monitoring on Earth with the monitoring in Elysium according to the number of frames!" ”

X-112 had no computing power because it occupied Elysium's main control computer, and soon X-112 replied, "Your Excellency, you have an answer. ”

"According to the frame-by-frame analysis of the surveillance video at 480 frame rates, the time when humans on Earth appeared abnormally was 0.12 seconds after the humans on Elysium appeared abnormally, and the time when humans on the back of the Earth appeared abnormal was 0.3 seconds after the humans in Elysium appeared abnormal."

Hearing this, Chen Chen suddenly showed a look of relief, after all, you must know that the distance between Elysium and the Earth is 36,000 kilometers, and the speed of light is about 300,000 kilometers per second, which means that it takes about 0.12 seconds for light to travel from Elysium to the ground.

This number is exactly the same time as X-112 calculated.

"Traveling at the speed of light?"

Chen Chen showed a thoughtful look, "That's really the case......

X-112 continued, adding, "Based on detection, I have found that the closer you are to the 2111 Basin, the sooner this will occur. ”

"Understood."

Chen Chen couldn't help but look at the ground under his feet, and muttered, "X-112, send me a construction robot to dig up here, even if I dig through the ground, I have to know what is in here!" ”

"Your Excellency, according to the security regulations, the danger of your continued stay in the Elysium plane has risen to more than ten percent, please return to reality first."

However, X-112 did not immediately agree to Chen Chen, but instead made a suggestion.

Chen Chen was stunned for a moment, "Has the danger rate risen to ten percent?" How do you calculate? ”

"Because I combined your reasoning with Your Excellency Commander, it is likely that the demise of humans in Elysium is related to the 2111 Basin."

X-112 replied, "Excavation of the 2111 basin is likely to trigger the event again, and according to my estimates, your mortality rate would be extremely high if the event is triggered again." ”

"Very good, your reasoning is good."

Chen Chen nodded, directly put the skull robe in his hand, turned around and got into the flying machine, and asked at the same time, "In this case, transmit me a copy of all the information of Medpod 3000, and provide me with a cracking method according to the information, and here I will leave all the two black knights, and deploy one of them to you, and the other is responsible for guarding the passage, what you have to do is to restore the power system of Elysium and control the construction machinery here to dig through the 2111 Basin." ”

"Understand, just leave it to me here." X-112 replied.

So Chen Chen was sent back to the government building, and under the guidance of X-112, he went to a 3D printing room, and then Chen Chen saw that the printing room was printing a USB flash drive at a very fast speed.

A white USB stick.

"It has all the technology of the Elysium plane, including exoskeleton technology, robots, pulse rifles, close-range vehicles, Medpod 3000, and more."

X-112 said.

"Well done!" Chen Chen put away the USB flash drive, even he couldn't help but show surprise.

This trip, obtaining all the technology of a civilization at one time, can be said to be Chen Chen's biggest harvest so far.

Then, Chen Chen was sent back to the villa where the USB flash drive channel was located, and Chen Chen did not hesitate and returned directly to reality.

After dissolving the poison from the disinfection room, Chen Chen faded his PK armor and showed a contemplative look.

"What's going on inside?"

Little X asked.

"Yes, I found something very interesting in the Elysium plane."

Chen Chen said thoughtfully, "If my guess is correct, it is better to open the passage as little as possible in the future." ”

After thinking for a while, Chen Chen handed the USB flash drive to the black knight on the side, and advised, "X, receive the information in this USB flash drive, and at the same time organize a catalog of the information in it for me." ”

"Is this the material for the Elysium plane? Got it. ”

"And."

Chen Chen thought for a moment and added again, "If the two black knights on the other side of the passage return, remember to isolate them, and if you find anything wrong, let me know as soon as possible." ”

"Understood!"

Although Xiao X didn't understand a little, he still replied quickly.

After explaining everything, Chen Chen turned around and left the substation and stayed in the rest room of the nuclear power plant.

About two days passed.

Just when Chen Chen was about to leave the nuclear power plant temporarily and return after waiting for news from the other side of the channel, Xiao X finally brought the news.

"Your Excellency Godfather, a Black Knight has returned from across the passage with a video footage."

"I'll be right here!"

When Chen Chen heard this, he immediately returned to the substation, and in the next room, Chen Chen saw the so-called video material.

It was still a USB flash drive, the same as the USB flash drive that Chen Chen brought back before.

After thinking about it, Chen Chen plugged the USB flash drive into the computer, and then the computer screen flickered, and a laboratory full of cold-colored walls appeared on the screen.

According to Chen Chen's memory, if I am not mistaken, this should be a materials laboratory, and the equipment in it belongs to the purpose of material experiments.

However, in the end, the picture on the screen is frozen on the three human-faced statues.

The three human-faced statues are about 30 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide, which is about the same size as an ordinary human head, but the shape of the statues is extremely strange.

Stylistically, these statues look like clumsy products made by beginners, devoid of any delicacy or beauty, and not only that, but the lines that make up the statues are so sketchy that they can even be described as primitive.

Viewed from left to right, the first statue has diamond-shaped eyes that appear to be closed, while its ears are pointed and long, standing up like rabbits.

The middle one, on the other hand, has its eyes open, but it seems to have a pair of eye sockets, and the inside is deeply sunken, as if the owner of the statue had no eyeballs.

And the statue at the end, both the ears and the eyes are normal, only one mouth is wide open, and its mouth is like a black hole, even if it is just from the video, Chen Chen still has an inexplicable chill.

"Your Excellency, I'm X-112, and what you're seeing now are the three statues I excavated from the 2111 Basin, and the only thing I've found in the 2111 Basin."

"I've looked through all the records of these three statues, and the earliest record of these three statues is the discovery of the Elysium plane in 2025."

X-112's child's voice is exactly the same as that of Little X, the only difference is that it has a little more composure, and at this time I just listened to it continue, "In 2025, the three statues were taken out for the first time by Gross, a wealthy North American collector in the Elysium plane, who claimed that the statues were dug up from a gold mine and taken to an expert for identification. ”

"However, after the tomographic identification and isotope identification of the chronological instrument, the final result is that the three statues were carved within a year, that is, what has just been carved recently."

Subsequently, Gross became the laughing stock of the collecting community.

"Then, hundreds of years later, with the establishment of Elysium, Gross's descendants also moved here from Earth, and it can be confirmed in the records of the items he carried at the beginning that these three statues were indeed brought by Gross's descendants."

X-112 continued, "These are the only records of these three statues, but I found a very strange situation during my previous inspection......"

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