When Ye Luo told Wei Feng this, Wei Feng was carefully looking at the interior of the pyramid through the not-so-bright light.

The pyramid looks large from the outside, but the interior is quite small, roughly the size of a house, and the rest of the pyramid is covered with something similar to metal, so that you can't see what's behind it. Wei Feng thought, there should be all kinds of machinery and equipment in it.

It is probably because of those mechanical devices that this pyramid has been maintained until now. If the judgment of himself and the mysterious old man was not wrong, then this pyramid has existed for hundreds of millions of years. Without follow-up repairs and maintenance, it would not have been possible for this planet to remain in a vacuum for so long.

"There must be a whole set of maintenance devices that can use solar energy as an energy source and then have the ability to repair themselves. The robot I just saw must have been made by it autonomously. Wei Feng thought silently, "Judging from the state of that robot, its ability to operate seems to have been weakened a lot over hundreds of millions of years, resulting in it having to rely on such a dilapidated robot to maintain itself." ”

It's also in a vacuum, so there's no such thing as dust. It's just that the layout still exudes a stale and shabby atmosphere. Wei Feng stood here, feeling like he was standing in a small dilapidated wooden house in the mountains that had not been inhabited for hundreds of years.

The rest of the place was laid out as plain, and nothing appeared that made Wei Feng feel incredible. There was only one place that caught Wei Feng's attention. It is in the center of the inner space of the pyramid, it is a cuboid shape, more than a meter long, only a few tens of centimeters high, like a platform.

Just when Wei Feng just wanted to walk over and see what it was. The words after Ye Luo's translation reached Wei Feng's mind: "Guests from afar, if I can, I want to make a deal with you." ”

Wei Feng was slightly stunned, then stopped his steps, and then said, "Excuse me, what is the transaction?" ”

Wei Feng knows. Whether it is the conversation between the robot and himself, or the sentence at this moment, it is probably the artificial intelligence program left over from hundreds of millions of years ago and made by the Martian civilization that maintains the operation of this pyramid. Judging from the sophistication and reliability of the program, it is clear that Ye Luo will not be able to maintain its operation for such a long time, even if there is an adequate supply of energy and spare parts. The fact that AI here can operate for so long – although it is doubtful how much functionality it has left after such a long time – is a clear indication of its advanced nature. There is no doubt that the original Martian civilization has surpassed human civilization at least in terms of computational science.

"The story of this deal is simple, you are responsible for saving and keeping your owner alive. I'll give you something. I think you'll be interested in these things. Ye Luo continued to translate the signal he received into words that Wei Feng could understand, and played it.

"Your master? Where is he? Wei Feng asked, "What are you going to give me?" ”

"My master is here, and he has been sleeping in the hibernation pod for hundreds of millions of years." Ye Luo said, "What I am going to hand over to you is crucial to breaking the 'dead knot', because this is what our Martian civilization has only paid for at the cost of the demise of the entire civilization. It contains a lot of crucial scientific data that you can analyze if your civilization hasn't broken the knot. Your hopes of breaking the knot are at least half raised. Even if you have broken the knot, I believe it. The critical data obtained at the cost of the demise of a civilization will certainly be of great use to you. Whereas...... All you have to pay is to save and keep my master alive. It has only one person, and it doesn't cost many resources to keep it alive, and I'm sure it's a good deal for your civilization. ”

Wei Feng sensed a clear sense of humility and even pleading in these words. This scene reminded Wei Feng of some similar scenes he had seen in film and television dramas before: a poor man in rags begging a rich man, hoping that the rich man would give him a piece of steamed bread. The price is ...... From this moment on, the most important thing for oneself, one's own life, will be at the mercy of the other person.

Naturally, it doesn't take much resources to keep a living organism alive, which is really not an excessive request. In contrast, the critical scientific data that can break the knot cannot be measured in terms of wealth or resources. And now. The intelligent program, which has been operating for hundreds of millions of years, is begging itself to accept the terms it proposes.

"Captain, I've simplified that translation message a bit. In their original message, they gave a large explanation of a certain situation, and after my translation, I confirmed that those large explanations and what we think of as "dead knots" actually belong to the same concept, so I just replaced them with the word dead knots. Ye Luo said.

Wei Feng nodded, and then said, "Translate my words to them, and ask them why they are looking for me to make this deal." ”

A moment later, Wei Feng's question was answered. Ye Luo said: "Your civilization can cross the long space between the stars to come here, which is enough to prove the strength of your civilization. Whereas...... Even if you're in a similar situation to us, that is, you haven't broken the knot, but only made a solo interstellar voyage with the power of civilization...... With the key scientific data we provide, your civilization can also break the knot and gain technological advancement, so that you have the ability to save and sustain my master's life. So, as long as you can come here, you are a qualified trader. ”

Wei Feng said: "You're not afraid that I will deceive you? What if I take away your scientific data and refuse to fulfill my promise? ”

This time, Wei Feng encountered a long silence. It took a long time for the AI to answer, "We're just betting on a hope." Because...... It takes very few resources to sustain a person's survival, which is completely insignificant compared to the critical scientific data we provide. Any civilization that has even the slightest idea of equality will keep its promises. And even if this civilization that trades with us does not speak of equality at all, it has nothing to lose for us. Because data is something that can be replicated, and if we give it to you, we won't lose it. I can continue to wait here for the arrival of the next civilization suitable as a trader. ”

Wei Feng was silent for a moment, and then said, "There was already someone here before me, right?" ”

"Yes, there was a man who came here. We also made a deal with him to give him a copy of the key scientific data. He had promised to save and keep my master alive, but he broke his promise. He didn't do that. ”

Wei Feng sighed: "He didn't break his promise. I actually belong to the same race and civilization as him. What he promised you, I will do for him. Oh no, no, it's not that I did it for him, but ...... After I have sent this critical scientific data back to my civilization and made a technological leap forward for my civilization, it is up to my civilization to fulfill the promise to you that I and him will take my place. ”

"That's fine." The AI said, "My master and I are here waiting for you to fulfill your promise." ”

"Where is your master?" Wei Feng asked.

"Right here." Ye Luo said again, and at the same time, a not very dazzling pillar of light also lit up here, and the pillar of light pointed straight at the thing that seemed to be a platform that Wei Feng had just seen, as if it was guiding Wei Feng.

Wei Feng walked towards the platform. When he walked to the front, Wei Feng found that inside this platform was a hibernation box, its appearance and structure were very similar to the one he had captured in space, and they all had the creation style of the Martian civilization that was obviously different from human civilization.

Its lid was transparent, so Wei Feng could see directly through the lid inside the hibernation box. Like the one he captured last time, there is also a Martian in a frozen state in this one. It's just that this Martian looks much older than the last.

But according to Wei Feng's examination, the last Martian died tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years before he met him. Whereas...... This one hibernates for the same length of time as the Martian...... Is it still alive?

Wei Feng asked this question. The AI replied, "I can't give a definitive answer to this question until the thaw is actually implemented." However, compared to before, when my master hibernated, hibernation technology has developed greatly, so up to now, my master still has a 7% chance of being successfully resurrected. ”

"Is there only a seven-percent chance?" Wei Feng muttered, "This probability seems to be a little lower. ”

"It doesn't matter to me whether the probability is high or not. I've been created to keep the base running, and I'm going to do my job and nothing else. The AI replied. (To be continued.) )