A path to the stars!

The path is abstract.

The ancients could not express its specific meaning, so they could only draw an actual path on the murals.

On the left side of the passage, on the last mural, the aliens are depicted, boarding a frisbee-shaped flying machine, and along that road, flying into an unknown world full of starlight.

"The aliens left in a flying machine." Su Xia understood the meaning of the expression.

At this point, all the contents of the mural are finished, and the little robot has reached the end of the passage.

On the whole, 10,000 years ago, a group of alien creatures did come to teach the people of this civilization to do farming and lead them into the agricultural civilization, and this huge pyramid was built at that time.

After the pyramid was built, the alien creatures stood at the top of the tower, not knowing what to say.

After that, they left on the spaceship and never returned.

"Why are they doing this?"

Su Xia wondered, there is no good thing in the world for no reason, those creatures of alien civilizations came to this planet just to spread knowledge and help the people here?

Could it be that they want to turn this place into a resource star or a colony star?

Could it be that helping the people here enter the farming civilization is to make it easier for them to control the planet?

"Is it a charity?"

Su Xia suddenly remembered some of the basics that Hal had told him.

Hal can be regarded as the guide for Su Xia to know the starry sky, and opened the door to the vast universe above Su Xia's head.

"Hal said that the resources in the universe are almost endless, and many large organizations that have been in development for a long time no longer need to worry about resources, and there are few wars, so there are many pure charities, not for profit, but only to help some low-level civilizations in remote star fields.

"They will impart knowledge, spread crop seeds, and help low-level civilizations develop rapidly, allowing them to complete the path of civilization in a few decades that can only be completed in hundreds or even tens of thousands of years......"

At first, Susha didn't believe it.

He has always been skeptical of so-called "charities".

Even though Hal gave many cases, Su Xia didn't fully believe it, after all, Hal was just an intelligent housekeeper of a small exploration spaceship, and the information in the database was limited, and he only knew the information on the surface, and he didn't know what was behind it.

And Su Xia's suspicions are not unfounded, there are a large number of charities on this side of the earth, and there are many people who use charities to launder money in the name of charity in order to do other things.

"Is there really such a pure organization in the interstellar world?" Su Xia was thoughtful, he had not been in contact with these interstellar organizations, and everything could only be guessed.

"Captain, are you thinking about those charities?" Sarah asked with a smile.

"Hmm."

"There is indeed such an organization."

"I know." Su Xia nodded, "Your database should be similar to Howl's, it is all superficial information data. ”

"The captain doesn't have to think so sinister as people's hearts, in the vast interstellar space, there will always be that kind of pure kind person." Sarah said with a smile.

"That's right."

During the communication between the two, the little robot had already walked out of the passage.

The murals on the passage have been recorded by Sarah and can be viewed at any time in the future.

She can even construct a virtual pyramid interior world based on the footage recorded by the little robot, and Su Xia can experience the immersive feeling by simply wearing a device similar to VR glasses.

Beyond the long passage is a narrow room.

A stone tomb, to be exact.

On each side of the room, there are six gray-black stone coffins.

"How can there be a coffin?" Su Xia was surprised, "The inside of the pyramid is very large, and it has not yet reached the center, even if it is a tomb, the location of the owner of the tomb should not be here, this is more like ...... Grave keepers? ”

And, according to previous mural descriptions, it is clear that this pyramid is not a tomb, but was built specifically for aliens.

In the room, on the left and right sides, there were six stone coffins each, which looked strange because they were all placed vertically, like two rows of soldiers standing.

On the surface of the sarcophagus, a large number of intricate patterns are also depicted.

On the left and right sides of it, there are carved patterns such as mountains, trees, flowing water, and animals, but they are all relatively abstract and unrecognizable if you don't look closely.

On the front, on the lid of the stone coffin, there is a humanoid pattern of the same height as the sarcophagus, with eyes, mouth, nose and other facial features, vivid, strong limbs, and a sharp trident in his hand.

The carved eyes were very spiritual, staring at the entrance of the passage, staring closely at the little robot that came in.

They seemed to be able to look at Su Xia who was far away in the submarine through a display screen.

"Are these guards?"

Su Xia observed carefully for a moment, and probably understood the purpose of the sarcophagus.

The people in the coffin were probably the most brave and fearless warriors of the entire civilization, and they volunteered to stay here and become the soldiers guarding the pyramid, forever guarding this symbol of divine power, faith and power.

Whoever wants to enter the pyramid has to go through the passage they guard.

Of course, thousands of years have passed, and these people are now dead.

Even if there were intruders, they wouldn't be able to intercept them.

"Perhaps, they were dead before they entered the sarcophagus." It occurred to Susha that in some civilizations, there were special ways to make mummy-like warriors.

In these civilizations, people are not afraid of death.

Some people believe that the gods they believe in will resurrect their bodies one day in the future and give them new life.

Others believe that after death, the soul will remain in the corpse, and as long as the corpse does not decay, eternal life can be achieved.

Therefore, it is very likely that this kind of guardian warrior will take the initiative to end his life before entering the sarcophagus, and let others make their bodies incorruptible, so that they can protect the pyramid forever and forever.

"It's a pity, dead is dead, how can there be any soul."

The so-called soul has 21 grams, and so far it is only an experiment full of doubts.

For a materialist like Susha, these beliefs, legends, and the like are naturally fake, but he respects the normal beliefs of the rest of the people.

Of course, there may be worlds such as "dark worlds" and "energy universes" that cannot be observed by humans, and souls exist in such worlds.

If that kind of world really existed, Su Xia would believe it.

As for now, he only believes in the real world, and only sees what he had while he was alive.

"Sarah, do you think souls exist?" Su Xia turned her head and asked.

Hearing this, Sarah smiled slightly and asked rhetorically, "Captain, do you think I have a soul?" ”

"Nope."

"Yes, I'm just a string of data."

"Well, live in the moment......"

Su Xia thought about it, even if there was really a soul, he couldn't hope that the corpse would not rot.

The other side of the globe is a very real example.

Over there, the ancient Egyptian civilization loved it.

From the pharaohs and magnates to the common slaves, they were willing to mummify themselves so that the incorruptible body could preserve their souls.

But...... Those unlucky fellows probably could not have imagined that hundreds or thousands of years later, their hard-earned incorruptible bodies would become food and medicine that some Western countries were feverishly pursuing.

Their bodies of hope for the future and their souls were thus eaten by fanatical Europeans one by one, and for hundreds of years.

In the end, there were not enough mummies dug up, and even an industry of fake mummies appeared.

"I don't know what it tastes like, will it be similar to aged bacon?"

Su Xia pondered for a moment, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it.

If he thinks about it, he may not even be able to eat today's dinner.

When he is about to die in the future, he will definitely not choose this path, and if he has the money, he will ask someone to bring his ashes into space and sprinkle them in space.

"Let's move on."

Su Xia's attention returned to the display, and under his command, the little robot walked slowly forward, through the passages in the room, past the stone coffins, and to the end of the narrow room.

Standing at the end, looking ahead, there is a stone staircase that slopes upwards.

The steps appear a little twisted in the surging water.

On both sides of the stairs, every three meters or so, there is a small stone platform, on which stone lamps are placed, which look like lighting supplies.

"Huh? There's still lamp oil? ”

In the picture fed back by the little robot, Su Xia saw that inside the lamp, there was some charred solid substance, which should be the lamp oil used by that civilization, and it was most likely some kind of animal fat.

Continue to move forward, climb the stairs, and after Mo Yue walked up for more than thirty meters, the end of the steps appeared in front of Su Xia's eyes.

"Walking up this sloping staircase, you should be able to see a large room." Sarah concludes based on the exploration system.

The little robot continued upward, and after a few moments, walked out of the steps.

Sure enough, what appeared in front of Su Xia's eyes was an extremely large internal hall, which was also the central hall inside the entire pyramid.

"This is the center?"

The stone walls around the hall are all inclined inward, and the four sides are very regular triangles, and the shape of the whole hall is like a pyramid with one floor reduced.

At a cursory glance, the height of the hall is at least 100 meters, and there is a huge gray-black stone column in the middle as a support.

The location of the little robot is the lower right corner of the wall on the right side of the hall, which is an obvious entrance.

"There is more than one entrance, there are three on the right side alone." Su Xia observed carefully, "In this way, there should be twelve passages leading to the outside inside of the pyramid, and I only opened one of them. ”

Looking ahead, the interior of the hall was extremely empty, empty except for the endless sea water.

The surrounding walls are still carved with strange murals, most of which are about the history of the city's development.

"Nothing?"

Su Xia was puzzled and asked the little robot to explore carefully in the hall.

If this pyramid is some kind of energy tower, it must have at least some metal equipment inside, right?

Even if it has been corroded by seawater and the equipment has been broken down after 10,000 years, there should be some metal residue left.

"Didn't you?" The surprised voice of the big whale also came.

"Nothing has been found at the moment." Susha said.

"Strange, the content of the murals found before is similar to the content of those old sea monsters, which are related to aliens, and it stands to reason that this pyramid should be an energy tower." The big whale was also surprised, those old sea monsters would not lie to him, but the hall was indeed empty.

In this way, most of the word-of-mouth news in this sea monster is wrong, and there was an error when it was circulated in a certain generation.

This pyramid may be just an ordinary building symbolizing divine power, not an energy tower for external contact.

"Don't worry, I'll look for it again."

At this moment, the little robot had already walked around the entire hall, and did not find any special area.

It went inside the other passages to explore, but in each passage the situation was similar to the one it had walked before.

"Maybe it's the pillar?"

Su Xia pondered for a moment, and quickly set his gaze on the huge gray-black stone pillar in the center of the hall.

The stone pillar is more than 10 meters in diameter and 100 meters high, like a giant pillar that supports the dome of the inner hall of this pyramid.

The little robot began to move, getting closer and closer, getting closer and closer to the giant stone pillar, and the picture on the display screen became clearer and clearer.

Soon, Susha noticed something strange.

"There is nothing carved on the surface of this stone pillar?"

Along the way, everything the little robot sees, whether it is the stone wall of the passage, the stone coffin, or the walls and floor around the hall, is carved with all kinds of strange pictures and patterns.

Only this stone pillar has a smooth and smooth surface, as if it has been carefully polished, and it does not dare to be damaged in the slightest.

This is clearly problematic.

"Look carefully."

The little robot circled around the stone pillar, exploring little by little, very slowly, without sparing any details.

Su Xia's eyes were focused, staring at the screen, and even the blink of his eyes slowed down.

Sarah was also watching.

About twenty minutes later, about three meters above the ground, the little robot finally discovered a different area.

"Gaps?" Su Xia's eyes froze, staring at the screen, and her body subconsciously leaned forward a little.

In this area, there is an extremely secret gap that is easy to ignore if you don't look closely.

Slowly exploring along the gap, a triangular pattern made of cracks appeared in front of Su Xia's eyes.

"Could it be...... Is this an entrance? Su Xia had a bold guess.

Under his command, the little robot stretched out its mechanical arms, pressed on the huge triangular pattern, and pushed hard.

Weng screamed, and the whole picture trembled, and the triangular pattern was concave inward.

"Sure enough......"

Su Xia's heart moved, and he ordered again to let the little robot continue to push in.

Outside the stone pillar, the suspended little robot used all its strength, and the back thrusters were opened, pushing the triangular stone, pushing hard into the stone pillar little by little.

The triangular stone blocks kept moving inward and were soon pushed a distance of more than a meter.

The little robot also entered the triangular pillar-shaped passage and continued to push, and after a while, with a bang, the triangular stone collapsed suddenly under the huge force of the small robot.

What appeared in front of Su Xia's eyes was the hidden space inside this stone pillar!

Inside the stone pillar, there is no cave!

"What's that?"

In the center of this hidden space, there is a smaller stone pillar.

On top of the stone pillar, there is a vague oval-shaped object, like a cold stone egg.

"Something left over from aliens?" Su Xia was puzzled.

Before the little robot could step forward to investigate, the stone egg buzzed and trembled, and even the surrounding sea water appeared a little shock, as if it had been impacted by some external force.

Suddenly, a blinding blue light shot out from the stone egg.

The blue light swept over the body of the little robot, as if scanning something, and swept it from top to bottom, before disappearing after more than ten seconds.

"What's going on?" Su Xia's gaze was calm, and he asked the little robot to maintain its posture and remain motionless.

A moment later, the oval-shaped stone egg shone brightly, emitting wisps of dazzling blue light, swirling and intertwining in this hidden space.

After about half a minute, the blue light spun slowly, turning into a little light in the dark sky, flashing and flashing, like a dazzling galaxy.

A voice suddenly appeared, coming from the stone egg, as if to narrate something.

Su Xia didn't understand, he hadn't learned the language.

Fortunately, the system has its own language translator, and he immediately turned on the translator and immediately heard the translated words.

"You've finally come this far from the civilization we sponsored, and you must have already started exploring the starry sky, right?"

There was a bit of relief in that voice.

"Your star field is very remote, too far away from the rest of the surrounding civilizations, so I have left a copy of the coordinates of the starry sky, which you can think of as a map, which will guide you to the path in the starry sky......"