Chapter 18: The Resistance Stronghold
The Principality of Helios was built around the Helios family, and when the Helios family's bloodline was completely severed, it also represented the collapse of a regime.
The death of a person may have little impact on a country, but the collapse of a regime is different.
If there is no external influence, the collapse of such a regime will inevitably lead to blood and war, because it means that the inherent classes will be disrupted and reshuffled.
Everyone wants to be at the top of the pyramid, and no one likes to be subservient.
"Besides, it's too unlucky to think about the afterlife before people die." Xia Liandao.
He looked up at the Eternal Night Star above.
"The biggest obstacle to repairing this starship's energy system and thrusters is that there are no large machines, right?"
"Yes." Mercury Road.
Xia Lian continued to ask, "Then, if there is a large machine, how long will it take to repair this spaceship?" β
"If the material is sufficient, within three months." Mercury said.
"That's not impossible." Xia Lian whispered, "Perhaps, we will find some surprises on this planet." β
"Do you have any plans?" Wang Zhen couldn't help but ask.
Xia Lian pointed to the eternal night star above his head, "The civilization on this planet was created by Joan of Arc Culler almost a thousand years ago, do you know Joan of Arc Culler?" β
"The leader of that holy war more than a thousand years ago."
One of the members of the main control room spoke, saying that he looked like a human, but had no hair or eyebrows, or rather, not even some tiny fluff, and that his skin resembled sharkskin, but was rougher.
His name is Oak, he comes from an amphibious alien race, in addition to his appearance, he also has two hearts, but the peculiar thing is that the heart beats very little, there is almost no heartbeat sound, and he has a stronger lung capacity, which can survive underwater for a long time.
"The Eternal Night Star is a civilization experiment, and there must be an observation point for this civilization experiment.
Thousands of years later, the planet's civilization has only reached the initial stage of the first industrial revolution, and even more backward, indicating that Joan of Arc did not interfere with this civilization in any way, not even enlightenment.
Since she doesn't want to interfere with the progress of this civilization, there is a high probability that she will not set up an observation point on the Eternal Night Star, where do you think this observation point is most likely? β
"This planet?" Wang Zhen said.
Xia Lian bowed, "This area may be a certain stronghold of the original intellectual machine holy war, so this observation point may also be a base with perfect ecological functions, and there should also be engineering equipment." β
"The area of this planet is not small, thousands of years have passed, even if this base exists, it must be buried under the dust, it is not easy to find it, do you know the coordinates of this stronghold?" Wang Zhen frowned.
Xia Lian quietly stared at the eternal night star in the sky, his fingers tapped on the armrest and thought, and after a moment he said.
"I don't know now, but I'll find out later....."
The people around them were stunned, they seemed to want to continue to ask something, but the sound seemed to stop in mid-air, and their movements stopped, as if they were frozen, and the surroundings were so quiet that even the sound of breathing no longer existed.
The world turned gray and white, and time stood still in this moment.....
Of course, time is still moving, and this perspective is relative to Xia Lian.
At the same time, Xia Lian entered a completely unfamiliar dimension, surrounded by pitch black, and in front of him, there was only a towering giant tree that emitted a faint blue glow.
There are no branches and leaves, only split branches, which zigzag in geometric lines and extend infinitely upwards, and on closer inspection, except for one branch that is substantive, from the bottom to the top, the rest are nothing.....
His eyes tried to gaze on the substantive branch, and in the branch, he actually saw many people, saw high-rise buildings, saw the traffic, saw the human beings who were still drinking blood, and also saw the process of the first to the third industrial revolution of mankind.
The tree in front of you is the tree of time that records the entire history of mankind.
"It's the first time I've used this power." Xia Lian said, "What should I do?" β
"Give me a time and place, and I'll retrieve it for you." Alayah said in his head.
"Am I going straight into that era?" Xia Lian asked.
"You can look at history from the perspective of an observer to get information, which is much safer for the timeline."
Xia Lian nodded, "I'm going to see Joan of Arc Kuller's last time near the Eternal Night Star. β
As his words fell, the tree of time in front of him continued to enlarge in his eyes, and the universe and the galaxy passed before his eyes.
Soon, he passed through the perilous asteroid belt, saw the Eternal Night Star, and saw the planet near the Eternal Night Star.
However, at this moment, he saw many starships docked outside the atmosphere of this planet, all of which were models that Xia Lian had never seen.
Some of the starships are shabby in appearance, looking to have survived the years and wars, and have been repaired many times, and even have rust, but are still in service.
This also shows in what kind of difficult state the rebels were fighting against the intelligent machines at that time, you know, some of the technologies of human beings in this era are more advanced than in the future.
The enormous computing power of supercomputers has not helped science at all.
His gaze gradually deepened, there was not much difference between this planet a thousand years ago and a thousand years later, the only difference was that there were many more warplanes flying.
He quickly zeroed on to the starting point of the planes' flightsβan airfield in the crater, and in the rift valley beneath the volcano, there was a metal door embedded in the cliff face, more than ten meters wide and high.
Trucks transporting minerals and mining mechs were transporting truckloads of supplies in and out of it, and Xia Lian didn't enter the base, but he could imagine how big it was.
"Did they hollow out the whole mountain?" Xia Lian muttered in a low voice, "But after more than a thousand years, the terrain will definitely change, how can I remember the location of this place?" β
He wasn't worried about whether this base would still exist after more than a thousand years, the buildings of the human race after entering the interstellar age were very strong, not to mention more than a thousand years, even if it was preserved for 10,000 years.
The planet Helios, the hometown of Charlen, has a human relic that is more than 6,300 years old, and some of the facilities in it are still in use today.
You know, before their family officially settled on this planet, no one maintained that relic.
Therefore, Xia Lian had no doubts about whether this base of the rebels still existed in his time.
It must exist, but it's buried in the ground.
The question is, how can this base be found more than a thousand years later, the planet does not have a zero degree, so it is unrealistic to judge by latitude and longitude, and it has no measuring tools in its hands.
Suddenly, Xia Lian seemed to think of something and took off a necklace from his neck.
This is a distress transmitter, as long as it is turned on, the troops of the Principality of Helios in probably one of the widest star regions can receive it and come to the rescue.
Of course, this distance can be adjusted, and according to common sense, the special band of this thing is only available to the army of the Helios family.
This transmitter has a delayed firing function, which can be used to divert enemies after the signal is cracked, and as long as it is set to turn on after more than a thousand years, there is no need to worry about being discovered by people of this era.
This can be used as a coordinate to point them in the direction in the future.
"Alayah, if I lose a small thing in this era, it shouldn't affect anything, right?" Xia Lian asked.
"Whether it will affect or not, maybe you can't come to a conclusion until you return to your space-time node."
"It should be fine." Xia Lian muttered softly, "How do I put things in, do people want to go in?" β
"Pick a spot you want to drop it off and let go of your hand."
"It's unexpectedly convenient." Xia Lian's gaze continued to go deeper, deep into the interior of this base, the metal corridor, the flow of people surged, but they couldn't see Xia Lian, because he was observing all this from another dimensional perspective.
He found a gap in the corner of the hallway, dropped the necklace, and the moment he let go, the chain seemed to break through an invisible transparent barrier and fell precisely into the gap.
Xia Lian clearly knew at this moment that as long as he took a step, he could also break through this barrier and truly come to this era.
After doing all this, he raised his head and began to look around, his eyes looking at the end of the corridor, where there seemed to be an assembly shop somewhere, huge robotic arms swimming, assembling something.
As his perspective gradually deepened, the scene in front of him made his eyes a little distracted.....