It took several hours for Wei Feng to completely disassemble the alien device. Among them, the hibernation capsule frozen with the corpses of suspected Martians was stored separately, and the remaining parts were numbered by Ye Luo and properly kept.

In the process of dismantling, Ye Luo has been carrying out the work of 3D modeling, that is, reproducing all the structures of the device from the data level, and trying to restore the working mechanism of the device in this way. At the same time, the analysis of the thousands of parts and their smaller structures is also underway, and Ye Luo is trying to confirm the role that each part plays in the machine to inform the modeling work.

The analysis of the hibernation chamber was completed first, and Ye Luo first provided the conclusion of the composition analysis of the light blue solids that had been frozen: "Through the analysis of the composition of these substances, as well as the scanning and analysis of the suspected Martian corpses, I have confirmed the energy supply pattern required for the survival of this life, and at the same time, I have also determined another point, that is, this life has died a long time ago, and it did not die because of our interference." ”

This conclusion made Wei Feng feel a little comforted. After all, no matter where this life belongs, it is not a good feeling to cause the loss of a life because of one's own interference.

"So have you determined the cause of its death?" Wei Feng asked.

"Through autopsy, I think the cause of its death was probably too long hibernation. It hibernated for too long, more than we could have imagined, so it really fell asleep and died. There is no chance of waking up again. Ye Luo replied. Its hibernation pod works roughly like ours. It's just that it's much better than it is, but even if it's advanced, it can't support such a long hibernation. ”

"Do you have any other discoveries?" Wei Feng asked.

"Yes." Ye Luo replied, "I have determined that after this life form has entered hibernation, the operation of this device is managed by a program with a high level of intelligence. Its intelligent program is a bit higher than mine, and it has been working in a self-healing way for hundreds of millions of years, but it stopped working hundreds of years ago. The reason for the cessation of work was the loss of energy supply. ”

"Oh......" Wei Feng replied with some hesitation. So, is this device really using that tiny black hole as a source of energy...... Using a black hole as a source of energy is a big deal. But...... This device is really too small and too rudimentary, and I don't think that even with the technology of the Martian civilization that is higher than our human civilization, they will not be able to install a black hole enough to provide energy for hundreds of millions of years for such a device, right? ”

"No, you're thinking wrong." Ye Luo replied, "I have analyzed some drawing structures in the database of that intelligent program, and these drawing structures describe a ship that is 1,500 meters long. Huge spaceships with a width and height of several hundred meters and ...... The interior of the spacecraft depicted in those drawings was the core structure. That is, the structure of the hibernation chamber is exactly the same as the device we captured, so ...... Captain, do you understand what this means? ”

Wei Feng didn't respond directly to this question, but asked with a little surprise: "What, Ye Luo, can you already parse the data from the database of this device?" ”

Wei Feng didn't dwell on the previous question directly, but asked this new question, and Ye Luo replied: "Yes, I have preliminarily analyzed some data, and mastered some knowledge about the storage data of this civilization, if I am given enough time, I think, except for those data that have been completely damaged and completely unrecognizable, the rest I can completely recover." ”

"How did you do that? It's incredible. Wei Feng muttered, "After all, these are two different civilizations, two with different cultures, different living environments, different moral systems, in short, almost all places are different, in this case, how can you parse the data from their databases?" ”

"It's not something incredible." Ye Luo replied, "Captain, suppose you want to store data at this moment to transmit some information to a completely unknown civilization that may come, then, what kind of information will you store?" ”

Wei Feng thought for a moment, and then said: "If you want to transmit information between two different civilizations and make them communicate, then you must find the common ground between these two civilizations. Well, if it were me, I would look for a mathematical system to communicate. Because everything else may be different, but only the laws of mathematics do not change. One plus one is equal to two in this corner of the universe, and that corner of the universe must also be equal to two. The laws of mathematics are common to this universe, and all intelligent civilizations will understand this system. Therefore, communicating through mathematical systems is the most likely. ”

"You're wrong." Ye Luo said, "Your idea of seeking common ground between different civilizations through mathematical laws is correct, but your calculation process is wrong. Because, one plus one does not equal two, and one plus one equals one zero. ”

Wei Feng shrugged his shoulders: "Ye Luo, I don't think there is any point in you saying this. ”

"No, it makes sense." Ye Luo still said very seriously, "Because different decimal systems may also hinder the two civilizations that rely on mathematical laws to communicate. Communication between a civilization that uses octal and a civilization that adopts a decimal system is likely to cause unnecessary trouble. But binary is different, binary is the smallest base, it is unambiguous and the easiest to understand, so it is most likely to be a way of communication between different civilizations. So...... There is nothing wrong with what you said about the mathematical laws of communication between civilizations, it is just not precise enough. The most accurate description would be to use binary mathematics for communication. ”

Wei Feng shrugged his shoulders again and said, "Okay Ye Luo, I admit that you are right. So, the intelligent program in this instrument also uses binary data storage, so you can parse this data? ”

"Yes." Ye Luo replied, "Just like you said. ”

"Very well, so back to the previous question." Wei Feng said, "You say...... The drawings you found in its database depict a very large spaceship, and the structure of the hibernation module and the surrounding parts of the spacecraft are exactly the same as the ones we found? ”

"Yes Captain, do you know what that means?"

"This seems to imply that the device we captured was only one part of an extremely large spaceship." Wei Feng groaned and said, "Then this will bring another problem, namely...... Where did the rest of its structure go? It shouldn't be a war, if it's a war...... It couldn't have been so delicately separated. Because although the device we found was messy, it had no signs of damage, no signs of damage. ”

When he said this, Wei Feng's heart suddenly moved, and Wei Feng suddenly remembered the miniature black hole that had been separated by himself.

"I guess I know." Wei Feng said, and couldn't help but start sighing: "If my conjecture is correct...... So...... So ......"

Wei Feng said a few "thens" in a row, but the words after that never came out, but only sighed deeply.

Wei Feng and Ye Luo both fell silent. Obviously, they all know what the final answer is, and they are almost certain of the correctness of the answer.

Wei Feng knew that the miniature black hole would lose its mass extremely quickly, if the spacecraft shown on the drawing was powered by this miniature black hole...... Then it will inevitably find a way to continuously replenish the mass of the black hole. But this is an empty universe, and there is nothing here to replenish the black hole except for the ship itself. Then the answer is clear and simple.

The hull structure of this spaceship...... It is dismantled by this intelligent program and then thrown into the black hole to maintain the mass of the black hole.

"Our universe is really empty...... After the silence, Wei Feng sighed again, "It is not easy to survive in this universe. ”

Wei Feng couldn't help but sketch a picture in his mind. It was supposed to be a very large spaceship, and it used the radiant energy of a tiny black hole as its energy source. However, as time goes by, the mass of the miniature black hole becomes smaller and smaller, and if it is not replenished with energy, it will simply disappear. So the dismantling of the spacecraft began, and at first the dismantling of the unimportant parts of the spacecraft, which may include its shell, its spare instruments, its propulsion units, and its high-power communication parts...... After all the unimportant parts have been disassembled, the important parts of it are disassembled...... The dismantling continued until the hibernating life finally died due to the long period of time, but the intelligent program still dominated the dismantling of the ship until it could not be dismantled.

In the end, only the hibernation pod, which carried the life, and some very necessary instruments, were preserved, and were eventually discovered and captured by Wei Feng. Wei Feng could only imagine the majesty and enormity of it in its complete state from those drawings.

A spaceship more than 1,000 meters long, in the end, only this little bit remained. (To be continued......)