"Knock Knock"

The Saru 7000 knocked on the golden door.

The Venerable 3200 watched from the sidelines, put the bulky black box aside, and then took out his "mobile phone" like a human and began to photograph beautiful landscapes everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Saru asked strangely, "Isn't your memory core directly intercepting the ultra-wide-angle field of view?" Why use such a primitive method as taking pictures? ”

His Holiness glanced at Saru and said, "This makes you more like a human, isn't it?" ”

Saru didn't know why, but it was sure of one thing.

"It doesn't seem like you can knock on this door."

His Holiness took back his "mobile phone" and shook his head a little helplessly.

"Of course, humanity is gone, why do you think we're back on Earth? Visiting relatives? ”

Still not understood, Saru walked along the golden gate and found a place that resembled a "keyhole".

After much analysis and proofreading, Saru determined that this was the place to open the Palace of Miracles, just ...... Where can I find the keys?

"Hey, I think I've found something."

However, His Holiness was not on how to open the gate, and he walked down the steps to the pond.

A small pink flower is found all over the water, and the occasional strange insect nests in it.

Saru seemed to be interested in the flowers.

But when it really gets closer......

Suddenly, a huge black shadow sprang out from under the water!

Follow......

Saru looked speechlessly at the floating corpse on the water not far away......

The vertical light on both sides of Venerable's eyes disappeared, and it let out a long breath and said, "Whew, it scared me to death, but fortunately I reacted quickly enough." ”

Saru took a closer look, and the surprise attack was something like a giant python, except that its head was more like a crocodile, and there were a large number of pink parasites on its back, so take a closer look...... It's those little floating pink flowers.

What a perfect disguise.

"Our mission is to bury him, but you don't seem interested in that?"

His Holiness asked rhetorically, "Have you ever thought about what happens after you have completed this order?" ”

"After that?"

"Yes, ...... after that"

There was a gap in Saru's system.

Yes.

This is the last line of command.

After the failure of the Explorer program, the last order left by the Precursors was "Homecoming".

Humans seem to have an extraordinary attachment to their homeland.

They don't like burying themselves in the stars, although in Saru's opinion...... The scenery between the stars is far more magnificent and beautiful than that on Earth.

"Is there no answer?" His Holiness asked.

Saru really didn't know what to say.

But in its formula, this kind of question has to wait until the "burial" is over.

"We should find a way to open the door."

His Holiness let out a sigh as it looked back at the palace of miracles.

Leap forward era.

An extremely short and extremely extreme era of glory.

A part of the people is busy collecting human civilization to build a palace of miracles.

Another part of the population was busy building spaceships to escape from Earth.

Although everyone's views are not consistent, it is surprising that ...... This time, we didn't create shock craters all over the world like before.

So the palaces of miracles were erected.

Spaceships soared into the sky.

……

"Be careful, my body can't withstand your full twist." His Holiness, who had transformed into a key, was stuffed into the "keyhole" of the gate by Saru.

Saru incarnated into the form of a giant god, and he hugged Saru and comforted: "Don't worry, if you break it, I will take you back to the spaceship to be repaired." ”

“WHAT？ Wait a minute...... Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ”

……

His Holiness was twisted.

The doors of the Palace of Miracles are still locked.

As the sun sets, Saru, who sits on a black box, looks a little bleak.

"Hey, didn't you say you were going to take me back and fix me?"

Saru didn't speak, it was silent for more than an hour, and then it suddenly stood up, and then began to walk along the gate of the Palace of Miracles as if it had seen through everything, and it raised its hand and pressed it on a certain texture of the Palace of Miracles.

Touch it, wake it up.

Looking at Saru, who was gradually moving away, His Holiness was a little anxious.

"Hey, where are you going!?"

Saru didn't speak.

When he reached the edge of the gate, a golden light rose into the sky, and the texture of the gate lit up completely.

His Holiness watched in amazement, and although it didn't know how Saru did it, it was clear that it had succeeded.

The door opens slowly, but not inwards or outwards in the usual sense, but fades away like light and shadow.

After the light was all dimmed, the gate "disappeared".

His Holiness came to a conclusion after careful observation and analysis.

The gate is not "gone", but is dismantled into the most extreme "yuan", that is, ...... The gate is still there, but now you can walk through it.

This is the pinnacle of technology in the leap forward era.

It seems that the historical record is biased...... It's not as extreme as you think.

Otherwise, how could a group of people who only want to leave a mark on the earth master the technical prowess that only a long-voyage class carrier has?

……

"You made it." His Holiness praised as he reassembled his body based on the data he had just gathered.

This is the most special thing about the Venerable robot.

Learn.

Saru was already surprised by this, and he turned on the weapon system and said, "Let's go in and have a look." ”

His Holiness dragged the box and followed Saru into the Palace of Miracles.

From the front, the Palace of Miracles is a dark golden triangle, and its sides are also a golden triangle, with the difference that the front is an equilateral triangle and the sides are right-angled triangles.

Kind of like a pyramid cut in half.

Inside, Saru and His Holiness were in a space of eternal equilibrium.

It is a spherical structure suspended within the Palace of Miracles, which ensures that the interior of the Palace of Miracles will not be affected or damaged due to geological changes.

"It's a museum." As he walked, His Holiness looked at the transparent boxes floating around him.

They are big and small, but they are all boxy.

When His Holiness got closer, "things" appeared in the boxes that looked empty from a distance.

"Hey, there's a panda here!"

Saru stopped, and the concept of "panda" was unexpectedly in its memory core.

Panda.

It is also known as rolling, sesame glutinous rice balls.

This fragment of memory was left to it by the explorer that Saru was tasked with guarding.

But Saru still couldn't figure out what exactly "Panda" was.

Why would an animal with such a terrible bite force be so pampered by humans?

"Gurgling...... Hahaha! They're rolling away! "His Holiness is now a completely energetic girl.

Saru was puzzled by this, and he looked at the baby panda in the box.

Obviously he was born with limbs, but he basically can't walk well, he is used to holding objects, and he loves to roll.

Black and white, naïve and cute.

Saru doesn't have an aesthetic for cuteness, but it still understands why the panda's alias is Rolling ...... Or sesame rice balls.

……

"What the hell is the structure of this box? It's amazing! After looking at the panda for a while, His Holiness turned his attention to the boxes floating around him.

There is no direct contact between them and the ground, but each box is fixed in a defined position.

And the most amazing thing is that the box is not kept in specimens, but "real" living creatures...... At least in His Holiness's analysis, the contents of the box are alive......

Includes an old pipe.

It doesn't exist alone.

Instead, it was stuffed with tobacco and lit, as if there was an invisible mouth holding it, swallowing clouds and spitting smoke.

"Wow, I seem to know what to do when we're done?"

Saru: "What? ”

"Stay here! If you look around here, there are more than 10 million boxes, and each of our boxes will take hundreds of years to spend a little time! ”

Saru shook his head, his mind still on completing the order.

"Do you think this is a good place to bury?"

His Holiness was silent when he heard this, he looked around, and after a calm analysis, replied, "There is no soil here, and it doesn't seem to be the best place to bury. ”

Saru thinks so, too.

One of its commands is clear.

I want to be one with the earth and bring me back to my homeland. ’

The literal meaning is not complicated, and Saru's thinking formula can be understood.

Case.

"Then it's time for us to leave."

So saying, Saru walked out.

His Holiness didn't follow, it looked at a box in front of it, its gaze was frozen, and it looked very distracted.

When Saru found that His Holiness had not followed, he turned back.

He approached His Holiness and his eyes fell on the box.

This box has a cubic meter.

There is a forest inside, and the sunlight is also kept intact in the middle of the preservation period.

But that's not the point.

The focus is on two robots that are cutting down trees.

One has the silhouette of a human, tall in stature, and the other is like a stone tablet.

……

"Isn't that the two of us?" His Holiness asked.

Saru also felt a little unbelievable.

Why is there such a collection in the Palace of Miracles, which was built during the Leap Forward?

The box number A1Z5210633

This number is even stranger.

His Holiness looked at Saru.

Saru's chest opened, and the engraved code was clearly displayed next to the slowly turning, silver-swirling energy core.

“A1Z5210633”。

"That's us?" Saru asked.

His Holiness couldn't understand it, and it was a little starting to get scared.

While that emotion could not have been present at the core of the robot's mind, it was certain that His Holiness sensed the danger, and its formula told it.

Should get out of here.

"Let's go!"

With that, the two robots hurried towards the way they came.

But as they walked, they found ...... Where else is there a way to come.

There were countless boxes at the end of those lights, and when I turned around, the darkness suddenly dissipated.

For a moment, His Holiness had no sense of direction, and a large number of garbled characters appeared in the core of his mind.

The same goes for Saru.

All directions are the way back

All directions are also unfamiliar

The Palace of Miracles opened its doors to them...... But he didn't intend to let them go.

……

I don't know how long it has been.

His Holiness, who no longer had a concept of time, asked, "How did you do that?" ”

Saru asked rhetorically, "What?" ”

His Holiness let out two dry laughs.

Slowly shut down the core of his mind.