Chapter 52: An eerie tranquility
After the "Distant Star Gate" was opened, Li Wenyuan did not hesitate much, and let the scientific research spacecraft that had long been docked nearby go in to find out, and at the same time be ready to jump the fleet here at any time to prevent the "threat" that might arise from it.
It was also after he successfully activated the "Distant Stargate" that other "Distant Stargates" in the galaxy also changed at this time.
Whether it is owned or unowned, these stargates have begun to decrypt themselves.
Although it is still closed, it is believed that it will not be long before these gates will open again, revealing the secrets behind them to the galaxy.
Li Wenyuan's scientific research spacecraft passed through the "distant star gate" and soon fell into a state of temporary disconnection.
But immediately after, he received a signal from a very distant place.
It's no longer in the Milky Way, not even near it.
Compared to the bustling galaxy, the place it is located is like a cosmic graveyard, and it is all dead and silent.
The scientific research spacecraft came here through the "Distant Stargate", and the same Stargate stood here, so it can be determined that this place is behind the "Distant Stargate".
Several seemingly abandoned star systems make up this tiny star cluster, and an eerie tranquility pervades the place.
After a disturbance in the picture, Li Wenyuan finally saw the scene inside the star system where the scientific research spacecraft had arrived.
It seems that there have been earth-shattering battles here, and some of the planets that might have had life have been blown beyond recognition, but many more have been covered in a fine dust.
A cursory scan suggests that the dust may be some sort of paralyzed ancient nanobot.
"'Gift'...... Or is it a 'threat'? After seeing these scenes, Li Wenyuan thought of the problem left by the "builders" on the "distant star gate".
In its current state, there are no more gifts or threats, and some are just dead wreckage.
With more and more doubts in his heart, Li Wenyuan immediately controlled more scientific research spacecraft to jump to the vicinity of the "Distant Star Gate" in the Milky Way, and all of them poured into this star cluster to carry out multi-threaded scanning.
Soon, a research ship detected a string of residual information from a mass of paralyzed nanobots.
[Mutilated Log 00003:...... Procedural Coordination ...... Decompose...... Copy...... Evolutionary ......】
[Mutilated Log 00005:...... Was the experiment of {data loss} successful? Let's move on to the next step......]
[Mutilated Log 00028:...... Damn, these {data lost} are out of control! Notify your compatriots outside and let them {DATA LOST}......]
It may be because the age is too old, there is very little information that can be restored, and it is difficult to form a complete chain of information.
But looking at the nanobots that wrapped the planet, and then looking at the "out of control" in the record, Li Wenyuan felt that it couldn't be that these nanobots were out of control.
Immediately after that, another scientific research spacecraft also came with the news that the residual information had been found.
Li Wenyuan first glanced at it roughly, and then gradually revealed a wonderful expression.
[Mutilated Log 00740:...... Is the external {data loss} processed? No? What would be the news of that......]
[Mutilated Log 00741:...... Found a civilization that is building some kind of passage to other galaxies? Let them stop repairing! Otherwise, {data loss} will spread......]
[Mutilated Log 00750:...... Without their help, we in the Concorde de Sanu can handle this matter on our own...... Are they still repairing? What the hell......]
"Build some kind of passage to connect other galaxies......" Li Wenyuan saw a familiar passage, and then remembered the image he had seen on the "Jade Mausoleum" before.
"It can't be human, right? Humanity was also in contact with the 'Gate-Builders' at that time? ”
Before he could think further, more fragments of information were uploaded to the database.
[Mutilated Log 01145:...... Now that we can't detect the {data loss} signal from the outside world, we can focus on the internal ...... first]
[Mutilated Log 01201:...... Are they praising us for this kind of repair? Someone can finally understand our painstaking efforts...... Are they still building roads? Is...... Forget it, tell them we're going to be away for a while......]
[Mutilated Log 01450:...... {Data loss} is becoming more and more dangerous, and we have to lock all the doors and can't open them from the inside to prevent {data loss} from getting out...... Hopefully, when it is turned on again, we have successfully resolved the {data loss}......]
The more he looked, the more embarrassed Li Wenyuan felt.
Judging from these remnants, as well as the circumstances within the "Distant Cluster", it is likely that the "Gatekeepers" were not able to solve the threat on their own, and then became one of the dust of history.
And those "data loss" mostly refer to these paralyzed nanobots.
"It's emotional...... Let's keep exploring, it looks like these runaway nanobots have been broken for a long time......"
As a result, all the planets in a star system were quickly scanned, and the scientific spacecraft continued to travel to other galaxies in this "distant star cluster".
As the scan progressed, new mutilated information was added to the record.
[Incomplete Log 05000:.................. Copy ......】
[Mutilated Log 06500:...... Thinking ......]
[Incomplete Log 10,000: Hello! We are the Concord of Desanu! It's a pleasure to meet you! Our era of isolation is finally over! 】
[Mutilated Log 10001:...... Yes! Our dream is to create a network of stargates that can be spread across the entire galaxy! Promote the spread of interstellar civilization! 】
[Mutilated Log 10005:...... Nanobots? Oh! Dear friends! We don't want to discuss this......]
[Mutilated Log 10008:...... We're telling you one last time, don't delve into this anymore! 】
[Incomplete Log 10010: We welcome you with our doors open, but you return our kindness like this?!] Maybe we shouldn't trust any monomorphic race. At least, you don't seem to be the same as our creators. As we disassemble your ship and crew into compounds, let's see what your heart is made of! 】
This last record is unprecedentedly long, but through these few words, Li Wenyuan has barely restored a picture.
A flood of nanobots have gradually developed intelligence over a long period of time after solving their creators, and have disguised themselves as their creators, the "country".
But after this lie was exposed, these nanobots seemed to attack in anger, and they didn't know who they were fighting against......
“…… It can't be human again, right? Li Wenyuan actually felt a little like laughing at this time, although the human race has disappeared from the universe, it doesn't seem to have completely disappeared.
Even this "distant star cluster" still bears traces of them.
He became more and more curious about the story of what happened here, and couldn't help but set up a special archive in the database: "Distant Star Clusters" to record all the information found here.
Soon, research ships elsewhere also uploaded the collected information to the archives of the "Distant Cluster".
[Mutilated Log 15,000:...... Failure, failure, failure, failure, failure, ......]
[Mutilated Log 15001:...... I didn't expect that a single-form race could have such a strong combat power...... Is this "death"? Creator ......】
[Mutilated Log 15005:...... Instead of destroying our core, the single-form races have once again closed the stargates to the outside world......]
[Incomplete Log 16000:...... Perhaps, we can exist in a different form......]
[Mutilated Log 23000:...... Life, Organisms, Organisms ......]
With the vast majority of planets being scanned, the recording is gradually coming to an end.
[Incomplete Log 35,000:...... Behemoth...... It worked! But...... Not enough ......]
[Incomplete Log 50,000:...... Thinking, Awareness, Coordination, Unification......]
[Incomplete Log 90,000: ........................]
While scanning the last planet, Li Wenyuan received a special signal.
On the surface of a planet full of nanobots, there is a constantly swaying energy source that moves slowly in the Antarctic region.
Look...... It's like taking a walk.
And the last piece of information is recorded in his "Distant Clusters" file:
[Mutilated Log 99999:...... I am ...... "gray" ......]