Chapter 671: The Baptism of Time
Unlike the Star Gate, the laboratory structure left behind by the Hui civilization is not a neutron degenerate material, but is built using molecular materials, so it is still affected by chemical bonds.
Using chemical coordination, the two collectors carved a one-centimeter-diameter hole into the outer wall of the laboratory, through which the roots of the existing roots were extended into the laboratory.
"Good, I'm in, nothing unusual, everything is fine."
The first collector to enter the laboratory initially observed the surroundings vigilantly, cautiously confirming that there was nothing unusual, and then informed the other people who had not yet taken action.
The main reason for this caution is that they are afraid that the defense mechanism of the laboratory will be effective, if the defense mechanism is still effective, then at most only one gatherer will die, and the other gatherer who has not yet acted can escape and continue to study and test the monuments of the Hui civilization.
The interior of the lab was dim and unlit, similar to the remains of the Katers.
When the roots of the other collector also penetrated into the laboratory, the two collectors began to explore the inside of the laboratory.
It's not a description, it's really a 'net', criss-crossing roots that resemble the intertwined roots of trees, and exist on the ground, on the wall, on the ceiling, and even inside the wall, weaving together into a large net that is being rolled out.
"According to the information found in the relics of the Hui civilization on the Carter side, this relic belongs to a relatively high-level laboratory in the Hui civilization, and there will definitely be a more detailed experimental record of the experiment that led to the destruction of the Hui civilization in the first place."
"800 million years, even if there is such information, I am afraid that it no longer exists."
"It depends on what the Hui civilization uses as the carrier of the experimental record, if it is recorded with a microscopic device, then there is a high probability that there should be nothing left, and the microscopic quantum effect will throw away all the experimental records in these 800 million years, unless the Hui civilization has the technology to solve the erosion caused by the quantum effect."
"But if it's another way of recording, such as a written record of the arrangement of molecules, then the experimental record is likely to be preserved in the same way as this experimental relic, just like the Book of Arrays they left behind, and the laboratory ruins themselves are a good protective layer."
"Let's look for it."
Because the entire experimental facility is large, much larger than the ruins on Carter's home planet, the two gatherers also spend more time searching.
Closed rooms were explored, and the mechanical doors in the laboratory were basically useless, but fortunately, the collectors never went through the main entrance, which was not too much of an obstacle.
Most of the rooms were empty, with a table-like platform in the room, and after searching for a while, they found something in one of the rooms.
There was a lot of stuff in the room, and it looked like all sorts of mechanical equipment, so both gatherers were excited.
"Great harvest!"
"Don't be too happy too early, after all, it's an 800-million-year-old antique."
Another gatherer reminded his fellow clan that although they had found mechanical equipment, it was really hard to say whether there were any such things as the inner chips.
Settle down, the collector looked at these things, the room occupied an area of about three hundred square meters, a bunch of suspected equipment and instruments were attached to the wall in a circle, and then more than ten meters away from the circle of equipment attached to the wall, there were suspected equipment and instruments in a circle again, and it was surrounded three times inward.
The two collectors did not rush forward to check, but observed from a distance.
"Can you see the purpose?"
"It's just that the appearance can't be seen, and we need to understand the internal structure of this device."
The aesthetic differences of each race will lead to the fact that even if the principle and purpose of the machinery they manufacture are the same, they may not necessarily be the same or similar in appearance, and the appearance of a human desktop computer is the appearance of a trash can in the eyes of a civilization in the universe.
Or even at the moment these are gathered in a circle that look like some kind of equipment and instruments, maybe just Huiren's toilet?
Therefore, there is no way for collectors to determine the specific purpose of these suspected equipment and instruments based on their appearance alone.
The roots spread, and the two gatherers each pick one and poke the roots into it, quickly dominating every corner of its interior.
This also disappointed their original expectations, and they got good news and bad news at the same time, the good news can be determined from the structure of some kind of instrument and not the toilet, but the bad news is that the internal structure of these instruments and equipment is only intact, and the structure of the micro scale has long been unrecognizable.
"This idea does not work, the inside of the equipment has been changed beyond recognition due to 800 million years of chemical erosion, although the general structure is still there, but the material composition of each part has become a mixture of other miscellaneous elements."
Not to mention the quantum effect, molecular etching alone is enough to destroy the electronic chip, although the Hui civilization does not necessarily still use electronic chips, but the truth is still the same, as the carrier of information is eroded beyond recognition, no matter how powerful the computer can no longer play a role.
"Check it out somewhere else."
The two gatherers gave up the silly act of trying to find information in a pile of empty shells, and instead focused on exploring the other rooms of the facility.
Inside the new room, the gatherer discovers something new. Beautiful
"There's a lot of space behind the door, and there's a metal artifact."
The area of the room is about 4,000 square meters, but although it occupies such a large area, the room is very empty, and only one object that appears to be a robot exists.
The cyborg resembles a spider, with ten jointed legs, and when first seen at the distance, the two gatherers thought it was a cage.
"Take a closer look."
"It's a mechanical body, but I don't see its purpose."
Although it has been greatly eroded at the microscopic scale, it remains structurally intact at the macroscopic scale, so it is not difficult to identify it as a mechanical body.
"Since it is a mechanical body that exists in a laboratory, it either serves the laboratory itself or the experimental project, and from the outside, I tend to prefer the latter."
"Machines like this usually have one or more data processing centers that we can try to get information about."
"It depends on whether this data processing center has been damaged in these 800 million years."
There is no need to rely on chemical coordination, there are gaps in the mechanical body, and the roots can easily invade the interior of the mechanical body along the gaps, and complete the occupation of every corner of the mechanical body.
To the regret of the two collectors, the data processing center inside the mechanical body could not survive the baptism of time, just like the equipment and instruments found before.
"Damaged, sorry."
"Unsurprisingly, the same equipment that was left behind."
"Let's look elsewhere."
The two failed attempts left the Gatherers suspicious, and subconsciously inclined to believe that this time would be worse than the one on Carter's home planet, and that they would return with nothing.
For this, they are very disappointed.
Suddenly, one of the gatherers noticed something unusual about his body.
"Huh? Here's what's going on. ”
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know, all of a sudden, some of the roots are out of touch."
The disconnection was so sudden that the gatherer was caught off guard.
A brief glance at the logic shows that the roots have been attacked, otherwise it would be impossible to suddenly and physically disconnect without explanation, which alerts the gatherers.
"What about the damage?"
"It looks like it's scorched, but it's strange because it's scorched from the inside out."
"It's a microwave, and the monuments left by this Hui civilization have not been completely paralyzed."
The two collectors who came to this conclusion were excited, and since they were still operating, it meant that there were still carriers that recorded the information in good condition.
The two gatherers tentatively explored the microwave guards, but were attacked.
Fortunately, the attack was not outrageous, and the attack on the two individuals did not trace back to the source, and at the cost of some roots, the collectors figured out the range of the microwave guards.
"How do you break through? There are no dead spots in the defense of microwaves. ”
This is a 360-degree microwave defense with no dead ends, and when it enters the range, the roots will die, and not a single cell will survive.
"Has the wavelength changed?"
"No, it's stable, there should be an energy source inside that continuously outputs energy."
"Stability is easy to do, and it can be dealt with with by the reverse wave method."