"Time passes faster in the area than in the outside world, which means that the life of equipment and instruments in the area is many times shorter than that of the outside world, and it is impossible for the Hui civilization who designed this area to be unexpected, and they even apply the characteristics of accelerated time passage to medical treatment......"

It's not hard to deduce why the equipment inside the area has been working like new for so long, because there are physical objects, and the information obtained is enough for collectors to analyze the logical cause and effect.

Another collector took over the conversation and said the conclusion of the analysis, "So you can boldly guess that Hui Wenming has used a certain way to extend the service life of the equipment and instruments." ”

"But the materials used in these equipment and instruments are still at the molecular level, and there is also air in the region, and the normal time and space is 800 million years past, and the area where the time is accelerated here is probably more than billions of years have passed, and the self-decay of the atom is definitely unavoidable, and the equipment and instruments cannot be the way they are now."

If it is like Stargate, using neutron degenerate materials, or even other more advanced materials to build equipment and instruments, with the technological height of the Hui civilization, it may last for billions of years.

However, if it is only a molecular material, it is absolutely impossible to last for such a long time if it exists in a chaotic environment with air, even if the technology is like a god, at least the basic law must be explained.

"Therefore, it can be concluded that Hui Wenming does not extend the life of equipment by improving the performance of materials, but extends the life of other ways, and there is only one way left." The other gatherers replied firmly.

"Yes, the only way left to do this is to extend the life of the material."

An instrument is a system that consists of multiple parts, so parts can be replaced to ensure a longer service life of an instrument.

The principle is similar to that of the ship of Theseus, the service life of the ship of Theseus in theory tends to be infinite, because as long as it can constantly replace parts, it can exist forever and look brand new forever, and the same is true for equipment and instruments, as long as the parts of the equipment are constantly replaced, it can be guaranteed that the equipment and instruments will never reach the limit of service life.

The two gatherers suddenly felt that their minds were clear, and perhaps it was because of the ease of substitution that Hui would use relatively fragile molecular materials in an environment where time was accelerating.

"But the problem is that external maintenance requires a carrier, and the carrier itself must be able to operate continuously for billions of years, and the resources consumed to replace materials are very large, so this internal area can't be created out of thin air, right? Not to mention anything else, the amount of energy sustained alone is already ridiculously high. ”

Although the ship of Theseus can have an infinite life because of its replacement, it also means that the 'replacement' of parts exists, which is equivalent to the existence of the 'replacement' of parts for billions of years, which falls into another paradox.

This involves a lot of things, whether the 'replacement' is a living or a dead thing, there must be an internal operating program, and such a running program, even if the 'replacement' is outside the area where the time flow is accelerating, has been running stably for at least 800 million years, and there is no logical collapse due to quantum effects, which is already very exaggerated.

The second is the parts that can be replaced, you must know that the parts are replaced a little less once, and the 'replacement' also needs to know the manufacturing of the parts, which leads to many production lines, and these production lines must also ensure that they will not fail for at least 800 million years.

After thinking about it, both gatherers felt that there was a big discovery in it, and that it should be no less surprising than the negative matter.

"You go and look for it, and maybe there will be new discoveries like negative matter."

The collector who obtained the internal information of the device decided to let the clan go to find out, there are no too important issues to deal with at the moment, and the acquisition of information is also smooth, it is better to let the clan figure out what good things are hidden in this laboratory left by the Hui civilization.

After thinking about it, the gatherer did not forget to tell his fellow clan,

"But be cautious when looking for it, it's not good if something triggers."

Collectors who are ready to find a maintenance mechanism within the area of influence of the negative matter allow the roots to spread further, trying to cover the entire inner area, and then allowing these roots to invade all instruments.

This is done for observation, and the level of observation is from the macroscopic scale to the microscopic molecular scale.

When the collector enters the inner area, the equipment and instruments are still in good condition, indicating that the maintenance mechanism of the inner area is still functional, and if they are carefully observed, they are confident that they will be discovered.

After a while, the gatherers who were looking for a maintenance mechanism did make a discovery, but this discovery did not surprise it, surprise, or be happy, on the contrary, anxiety filled its mind, and it could be clearly perceived from its peers in the life field.

"What's wrong?"

The collector who was searching for the inside of the device asked with confusion.

"I've found a maintenance mechanism here, but it's not good news."

"The bad news? What's going on? ”

Because of the information replied by the same clan, the collector suddenly did not understand what the situation was - if it was not good news, it could only be bad news, but what was the bad news? It's just the maintenance mechanism of the equipment and instruments, can there be any danger? Hui Wenming wouldn't pretend to be some crazy superweapon for a maintenance mechanism, right?

The gatherer who discovered the mystery of the maintenance mechanism answers.

"Stable external maintenance on a scale of 100 million years, the time scale stretches up the variables, and it must only be handed over to the agent to complete this maintenance task."

The so-called agent will have subjective initiative, whether dead or alive, must contain 'programs' in them, but dead things are called code, and living things are called consciousness. together

The gatherer understands this, and it answers.

"But we didn't see anything that looked like a maintenance unit, and the only mechanical unit we found had been scrapped for a long time, and now there was an empty shell with no appearance."

"Because the maintenance unit is on a microscopic scale, or rather, in other dimensions."

"Other dimensions? You mean......"

Hearing his fellow clansmen mention this, the gatherer vaguely thought of something familiar, which was also the creation of the Hui civilization, and it also existed at a higher latitude.

Subsequently, the clan confirmed the gatherer's suspicion.

"Yes, it's the Spirit Domain, and the Spirit Domain is maintaining the equipment and instruments of this place."

The maintenance mechanism in the Hui Civilization Laboratory is divided into two parts, due to the space-time distortion caused by negative matter, the maintenance of this part is handed over to the spirit realm to be responsible, from energy to its material form, and then to the stability of the internal program, because of this, in the case that the remnants of the Hui Civilization in the normal time and space of the laboratory are decayed by time, the Hui Civilization creation of the negative matter time accelerated environment is still the same as a brand new.

As long as the Spirit Realm remains, the things here will not die.

“…… This is really not good news. ”

When it comes to the Spirit Domain, all that comes to the minds of the gatherers is all sorts of monsters that are distorted to the point that it can be described as messy, as well as the operating principles that are beyond their comprehension, and the majestic malice from the Spirit Venerable.

"Will it lure the Spirit Venerable over?"

The gatherer asks his fellow people the question that matters most to them.

Since the maintenance mechanism uses the spiritual domain, it means that there is a connection between this place and the spiritual domain, and things have become troublesome, and the ghost knows if the spirit venerable will suddenly jump out to destroy this connection, and the last thing it wants to see now is that there are monsters in the spiritual domain appearing in the ruins.

"I don't know."

Regarding this question, the collector who found the maintenance mechanism could not answer, it depended on what the Spirit Domain side thought.

"It doesn't matter if you fight with the Spirit Venerable, we have an advantage outside the Spirit Domain, but I'm worried about causing damage to the relics of the Hui Civilization, this 800-million-year-old antique can't stand the toss."

"That's what I'm worried about."

It doesn't matter whether it's strong or not, the gatherer has every confidence to beat the Spirit Venerable who ran out of the Spirit Domain, because the clan has done this before, but the problem is that even if they win the Spirit Venerable who ran out of the Spirit Domain, the loss is still on the gatherer's side, which makes them unable to accept it.

After all, they wanted to obtain information through the ruins of the Hui civilization, not only to understand what happened in the original experiment, but also to inspire new technologies, such as the existence of negative matter.

Now that the information has not been obtained, and the negative matter pile has not yet been transferred to the same clan, at this critical time, Lingzun ran out to make a fuss, and everything was lost.

If things develop to that point, the gatherers will not be able to gain anything except to break the corpse of the Spirit Venerable into ten thousand pieces of compound violence to vent their anger.

After some thought, one of the two gatherers proposed.

"There are still some of the laboratory ruins of Hui Civilization that have not been explored, you go and explore the rest of the places, find everything you can find as soon as possible, and collect the information you can collect as soon as possible, so that even if something really happens, the loss can be minimized."

"Understood, I'll finish exploring as soon as possible, and you can move quickly."

Due to the relationship between the spiritual domain, the difficulty of the task that should have been easy and enjoyable has increased by several levels, and the mentality of the two gatherers has also changed, no longer simply being vigilant about the possible dangers in the ruins, but having a sense of crisis, and the source of the sense of crisis is the spiritual domain.

One of the collectors shifted their attention from the microwave area, spreading to the unexplored parts of the lab.

The area affected by negative matter and the rest of the laboratory are completely two templates, one brand new as if it had just been built, and the other old and weathered the vicissitudes of time, and there is nothing new to discover along the way.

There are equipment and instruments, but they have not survived the baptism of 800 million years.

This continued until a certain room was discovered, and the roots spread into the sealed room, and the floor was seen with iron powder, which also included the more familiar horn-like metal objects.

This thing was familiar to collectors, as its genetic memory had an effect on it, and it was followed by the discovery of a number of iron oxide metals that appeared to be bone-like.

"These are the fossilized bones of the Hui people?"