Chapter 34: A Message from 8,000 Years Ago
In Huang Quan's field of vision, patches of garbled characters are constantly scrolling, and occasionally there are one or two readable texts. Over time, the structure of the chip has been irreversibly damaged, and most of the information stored in it has disappeared.
After a while, the information of the entire chip was processed, and all the readable parts were sorted out.
The design of this chip seems to be more advanced than Huang Quan's time, and this storage amount takes a lot of time to analyze even the intelligent brain implanted in Huang Quan's body.
Inside this chip is a journal. Including the image and text, but the image part has been damaged beyond restoration, and the messy lines stitch together no meaningful picture, Huang Quan temporarily put down that part of the content and turned to read the records that had been parsed.
"In the year 1015 of the Imperial Calendar, we were ordered to set out to the Bostan system to deliver supplies to the frontline colonial star fields. It was the most boring voyage, there were neither rebels nor star thieves, there was not even a place for supplies halfway through, there was nothing but sailing. ”
Sure enough, it was the spaceship after the Huangquan accident, and it was a starship. In Huang Quan's memory, he had never heard of the Postan system, which should have been a newly conquered star field when the empire expanded later.
"The flight was as boring as expected, and it deserved the title of the most boring route. For two whole months, there was nothing else to do except jump and prepare to jump. ”
Don't you need to sleep for a long time?
Huang Quan thought, it seems that the empire has made rapid progress in space jumping technology. Space technology is crucial to expanding its territory, and the Empire has always invested heavily in this field, sparing no effort in research and development.
"The boring voyage is finally no longer boring, and today I actually encountered neutron explosions, heavy particle explosions, and several chaotic ray explosions! Is this a jackpot and a legendary star tide? The entire spaceship was damaged by 15%, and it was really fatal to have to repair it here for half a month. It would take several stars to explode to create a star surge of this magnitude, right? ”
"Staying in the void where there is nothing for too long, there seems to be something wrong with the people on board. I heard that the captain had received several directives in a row, but he didn't reveal them to us at all. ”
"Rumor has it that rebellions have broken out in many star fields, and the place we're going to is no exception. God, are they colluding? But there are so many star fields. ”
"The captain said he wanted to go back? Have already completed two-thirds of the voyage, and are they going to return? Robert had an argument with him, I had never seen anyone speak to the captain like this, and many people seemed to have grown in temper lately. ”
"I always felt as if something was watching me. It's right outside the window, maybe, maybe in the warehouse. No, I'll have to organize a big cleanup tomorrow to see what the hell is hiding there. ”
"It's been here for 10 days, and the ship has been repaired for 10 days, and the damage has risen to 18%! In ten days, we encountered two more star tides. Damn, you'll have to complain about the bastards at the Imperial Shipyard when they can't make the ship stronger? If they fall into my hands, I will ......"
"Damn it, Lynn that bitch, the more I look at her, the more unpleasant it becomes, and sooner or later I'm going to let her fall into my hands."
"Another star tide! Is there too many stars in this universe? Can you just blow it up? ”
"We're going to change course and land on the nearest planetary star. We're going to build a new colony there and wait until we're repaired before we can return to the Empire. Why are there still undeveloped habitable stars on the side of the route? The great nobles of the empire are so generous that they don't rob this kind of treasure trove? ”
"Damn it, what a star! There was nothing but the desert and the sea, and then all that was left was the storm. I'm afraid that except for the monsters in the dragoon camp, no one can survive in this environment, right? To hell with the stars! ”
"We finally entered the system where the habitable star was located, and we encountered another star tide on the way. What's wrong with this universe, is it crazy? ”
"It's going to land tomorrow, and while there's nothing on that planet, it's better than staying on a ship that's about to fall apart. The captain could no longer hide all the news, the empire was in rebellion everywhere, as if the Praetorian Guard had lost three fleets. At this time last year, the empire was still going strong. ”
"Finally the landing began, and the captain said it was just a bit of a storm. Hell, is that a bit big? This storm is going to cover half the planet! It's all desert down there, and I can't see anything but yellow, so I hope something is wrong with my scope. ”
"Hell! We're ...... falling."
The information is gone here.
From the second half of the log, the whole page is full of swear words and swearing, as well as the imagination of the cruel torture of the enemy, and it is really good enough for Huang Quan's brain logic to be able to extract the above information.
In Huang Quan's opinion, this is a mentally frenzied patient babbling, but the person who wrote the log himself didn't know, as if no one else was aware that the entire spaceship was becoming berserk.
Huang Quan's memory has never had a similar case, is this caused by the star tide? But no matter how fierce the star tide is, it destroys the flesh at most, and I haven't heard of it that can make people crazy.
In addition, it is recorded in the journal that there were several star tides encountered during a single voyage, which is really unreasonable. In the vast universe, how can there be so many stars nearby that can explode?
Also, the empire seems to be in big trouble. The Praetorian Guard 123 Fleet is the three most powerful starfleets in the Empire, and it has always been the main force in foreign development, conquering countless star fields. Their simultaneous disappearance will inevitably shake the foundations of the empire's existence.
The question is, how did they go missing?
Huang Quan knew the strength of the Praetorian Fleet well, and in his time, there were few places in the known star field where an entire fleet could suddenly disappear. Unless they strayed into some unknown dangerous place, but only one fleet was affected, how could three fleets go missing at the same time?
However, it is impossible for a treasurer on an ordinary spaceship to know the reason for this kind of thing.
Wait a minute!
Huang Quan suddenly realized that he had overlooked something, and quickly replayed the information and fixed it on the last few paragraphs.
On this planet, except for the desert is the sea, and then all that remains is endless storms.
That's it!
What Huangquan sees now is all rainforest, a rainforest that grows wildly. It often rains here, but showers often only last for a few minutes before they clear. It often rains several times a day, but it has nothing to do with storms.
It's been a while since Huang Quan woke up, and Huangquan has never seen a storm that lasts all day, at best, it's a torrential rain, and it has nothing to do with the kind of terrible storm that can cover half the planet.
According to the journal, the land of this planet is all deserts, and there are also large oceans, which are still impossible to exist according to common sense.
At least, such a large area of rainforest does not exist.
Calculate the time, from the crash of the spaceship to the present, that is, more than 8,000 years. Unless the timer of the Yellow Springs Life Support Pod fails, there can be no mistake.
From the perspective of the planet, if you want to change the basic landform of the entire planet, 8,000 years is too short, and it is almost the same to add 10,000 to the unit of time.
In particular, the transformation of the whole desert into a rainforest, which cannot be achieved by simple afforestation, is closely related to the formation of basic landforms and geological structures and atmospheric circulation, unless there is a highly civilized race, the entire planet is transformed, it is possible to achieve this effect.
But transforming planets, even for the Empire, is a costly undertaking that will not be carried out lightly.
The transformation of planets has a clear purpose, some are for the development of rare minerals, some are for the establishment of a bridgehead for the development of new star fields, and some are frontier fortresses against forces outside the star field.
What are these pristine rainforests for?
Moreover, neither the Lost People nor the Cannibals look like they have a high civilization.
The Lost People are basically primitive tribes, and the man-eaters are even worse, almost half-human, half-beast, and ordinary man-eaters are a bit of a problem with their intelligence.
However, they all have the shadow of a higher civilization.
For example, the language of the Lost People is very similar to the imperial Chinese. Language is the epitome of civilization, and a complex, delicate and well-structured language is the hallmark of a higher civilization. Another example is the use of the Stone of Life, which is an area that the Empire has not been able to set foot in back then.