Gaia here is not an inhibitive force in the worldview of the moon.

Gaia is the mother of the earth in Greek mythology, the first primordial creation god, the deified existence of the earth, and the status is equivalent to Tiamat in Sumerian mythology and Nuwa in Chinese mythology.

According to the Apollo project that he learned about earlier, Lu Xiao was not surprised that the old humans named the artificial intelligence Gaia, and they seemed to have a soft spot for Greek mythology.

"So, Hades should be the name of one of the projects, right?"

'Why did the system ask me to take Hades' intelligence core?' Could it be that it has the same advanced intelligence as Gaia? ’

"Wait a minute."

Aletheia's expression became serious, and she was sorting out the documents that Lu Xiao had just sent back.

"I found a timetable in the journal of Cradle 9."

"The time of the extinction of the old humans can be determined to be 2066, and the time when the first new humans were released from the cradle is 2320, which is more than 700 years ago."

"Gaia is not just in charge of the Lucia Project, it ...... Or rather, she manages the entire process of the complete plan. ”

"Apollo, Hermes, Lucia, Hades, Hephaestus, these projects are just sub-programs of Gaia, and she is responsible for managing them in a unified manner."

Lu Xiao subconsciously tapped her fingers on the desk: "Then where is she now?" Is there a way to communicate with her? ”

"That's the problem."

Alethea frowned and said: "I traced it up through the program directly connected to Gaia in Cradle 9, but I couldn't find any trace of Gaia, and I could only find a large number of complicated data fragments and broken codes sporadically. ”

"It would take a lot of computation to assemble this data and code, and even with the help of Consus, it would take at least 1-2 months to restore the calculations using the main control terminal of Vault 53."

Lu Xiao touched his chin and muttered, "You guys start first, I have a hunch that the most critical information may be recorded in these data fragments." ”

Cradle 9 has long been empty, and the first new humans escaped from it more than 700 years ago.

It is initially speculated that they are the ancestors of the Nora tribe.

"So, what about the Kingdom of the Sun, which the drone found to the west of the base? Humans released from other cradles? Why did their civilization evolve so much faster than the Nora? ”

Aletya: "I don't know for the time being, but I can only wait for Yongzhen to bring back more information and analyze it in depth." ”

"Consus and I are going to do our best to recover the data, and I will leave a subroutine that automatically responds, and you can ask her any questions, but there is no guarantee that they will be answered."

……

While Lu Xiao was busy exploring the sacred land of the Nora clan, Yongzhen had already followed the past business travelers into the territory of the Sun Kingdom.

Compared with the primitive scenery of the Nora people, the territory of the Sun Kingdom has obvious characteristics of the early city-state civilization.

Due to the lack of animal species, the Sun Kingdom chose a development path based on agriculture, with animal husbandry only adjunct.

In the process of exploring the Sun Kingdom, Yongjin has gained a lot of useful information.

The official name of the Kingdom of the Sun is Calga, and the entire kingdom worships the sun, and Yongzhen can hear the praise of the sun from the people of the kingdom at any time during his travels.

More than two years ago, there was a civil strife in the Kingdom of Calga.

The 13th Sun King, Geelong, was brutal and incompetent, and after ascending to the throne, he alienated himself from the various tribes of Oselan, Banuk, and others, and started a war with Nora and Oselan at the same time.

The war between the three clans lasted for several years, and the more civilized kingdom of Calga held Nora under the control of almost all of it, and Oselan, who was skilled in weapon-making, won or lost.

But in the end, the Calgar kingdom was unable to defeat the Nora, and when the war reached a critical moment, Geelong's eldest son, Javid, stepped forward.

With the help of Oseran mercenaries, Yavid secretly co-opted many princes and nobles who were dissatisfied with Geelong, and overthrew his father's brutal rule in one fell swoop through a military coup.

After seizing the throne, Javid immediately ended the war and hoped to renew his friendship with the tribes of Nora, Oseran, and Banuk.

However, hatred is easy to conclude, but it is difficult to get rid of it.

The Nora people were already xenophobic, and after a war of aggression, Nora became even more disgusted with the Kingdom of Calgar and completely cut off trade between the two countries.

At the orders of the eldest mother, the Nora closed the borders, and anyone who dared to enter the territory of the Nora was relentlessly attacked.

Although Oseran was not as extreme as the Nora, their rulers were not so easy to forgive the Calgar Kingdom, and the atmosphere of saber-rattling between the two sides remained to this day.

In a gesture of embrace, the new Sun King, Javid, reused the Oseran mercenaries who helped him claim the throne, and peace was restored to the Sun Kingdom under his wise rule.

But according to the information that Yongzhen has discovered, there are still many undercurrents surging in the seemingly calm Calga Kingdom.

There are two sides to the sun in Calga, which is light and shadow.

With the help of some well-intentioned people who were unwilling to give up their rights, the death of the mad king Geelong was described by them as the fall of the sun recorded in religious texts, and the shadow of the sun after it fell would sweep the earth in its place.

The former Kargar priest Bahawa and the general Siris kidnapped the queen and the little prince and fled to Sunset Castle, where they worked together to put the little prince on the throne, known as Shadow Calga, and in recent years have been trying to regain the throne from Javid.

……

After obtaining enough information, Yongzhen crushed the one-time teleportation rune made by Lu Xiao and returned to Vault 53 from the territory of the Calga Kingdom.

Yongzhen had spent a lot of time in the Calga Kingdom, and when she returned to the base, Lu Xiao had been exploring the Nora Clan's territory for half a month.

During this time, Alethea and Consus have been working hard to sort through the data fragments found in Cradle 9.

Lu Xiao took over Altheia's command and ordered the mechanical beasts under his control to go to Cradle 9 through the portal and remove all the technological equipment in the cradle.

"Calga? And Shadow Calga? ”

After listening to Yongzhen's report, Lu Xiao touched her chin thoughtfully: "I thought that the whole world was living a primitive tribal life like the Nora tribe, but I didn't expect that the Sun Kingdom next door had time to play political struggles." ”

Yongzhen's expression was a little solemn: "Although the birth of Shadow Calga is in line with the religious teachings of the Sun Kingdom, I always feel that there is something wrong behind this matter. ”

"Oh?"

Lu Xiao raised her eyebrows: "What do you say?" ”

"The timing was too coincidental."

Yongzhen clicked on her Focus and played back the holograms she had recorded during her travels.

"Calga's capital, called Meridian City, sits on a plateau and is quite large, completely different from the original tribe of the Nora."

"The Sunset Castle where Shadow Calgar is entrenched is located in the desert northwest of Meridian City, and the castle chosen by High Priest Bahawa and High General Siris in the name of 'Sunset' must have been premeditated."

"In the course of my covert search, I discovered an underground organization called the Eclipse Cult."

"Although there is no definite evidence, based on the pattern of their terrorist attacks mainly against the Kingdom of Calga, I speculate that the Eclipse Cult is inextricably linked to Shadow Calga."

"On top of that, almost every member of the Eclipse Cult wears the Focus, and they are proficient in using it."

"I've seen the Eclipse Cult target the weakness of the Automatons in the wild, and they're able to communicate remotely through Focus."

Hearing this, Lu Xiao's expression became serious: "Although the Calga Kingdom is much more developed than the Nora Clan, it is at the level of the Ancient Kingdom at best, how can they know the use of such a high-tech device as Focus?" ”