Chapter 116: The Fish and the Fish Tank
The presence of a suspicious civilization on the Great Wave Planet, which is not suitable for intelligent beings, is clearly intended for the exclusive use of the deep sea.
This signal is specialized to travel considerable distances in water, but is not suitable for propagation in air and vacuum.
Therefore, when he was in space, Li Wenyuan did not receive any signals about this place.
"But this kind of place can also give birth to natives?" Not only Li Wenyuan, but Gray Wind was also quite curious about this.
Not only that, but the natives here seem to be living in this kind of "deep-sea observatory" built by humans, and have even developed to a high level.
Li Wenyuan even thinks that it is not a human being again, and after the "fish tank" is used up, the waste is reused, and the observatory of sociological experiments is organized.
Although humans are gone, life here is still evolving normally, and its own civilization has been established around these "deep-sea observatories".
"Go in and see?" As soon as Li Wenyuan was about to make such a suggestion, the gray wind had already dispersed into a nano storm and entered the interior through the cracks in this giant building.
And his own drone will take a while to get in.
“…… Nanobots are really easy to use, let's replace these scientific research equipment with nanomachines in the future......" he thought, and then received a picture from the gray wind.
The observatory is filled with lights, an artificial sun in mid-air, and the proportion of gases in the air is almost the same as that of Earth.
Strange structures with different functions stand inside the Observatory, and these buildings are clearly modeled after the Observatory, and they are somewhat nondescript and do not look like they were made by humans.
In addition to these things that may be related to the "indigenous", the environment here is also very humid, which may be some improvement made by the creatures here in order to survive.
This huge observatory in the deep sea can accommodate about 100,000 people, and it may have been built not only for observation, but also as some kind of experimental site.
And after his drone is connected to a port of this observatory, he has obviously much more advanced authority to directly take over the system of this observatory.
After a cursory look, he understood what it was for.
[Log Entry of Deep Sea Observatory 003 (now reconstructed as the "Deep Sea Civilization Experimental Area") 1:]
[The research as a "fish tank" has been quite successful, and following the advice of experts, we have put a primitive amphibian in one of the deep-sea observation stations]
[We have tried to cultivate civilization in orbital stations, and we have achieved success, so can the deep sea also produce civilization?] 】
[With anticipation, we have set up an "evolutionary accelerator" in the experimental stage, hoping that this group of amphibians can bring us different surprises]
“…… An experimental station of civilization? He remembered the four Wolong and Phoenix Chicks who were in the world before.
The civilization there has basically gone to ruin under the favorable environment of the world.
However, this civilization here, located in the harsh environment of the deep sea, seems to be alive and well now.
And Li Wenyuan also saw the record of the "Evolution Accelerator" in the log.
【Experimental Evolutionary Accelerator】
[Introduction: Too stupid primitive creatures really consume too much of our patience, even though genetic technology can expand their brain capacity and forcibly elevate their intelligence, but it is still a long process to make this group of primitive animals who have been comfortable for too long understand "civilization". So we decided to leave it alone, and use fully automatic machines to speed up their natural selection, and decide the most suitable one among the cruel natural selection, believing that after such a cruel test of survival, they can truly understand the importance of "civilization"."
[Special note: Use it with the "Civilization Accelerator" to get a better effect!] 】
It was also at this time that his database gained a new piece of technology.
[Cruel Evolution]
[Technology Level: 5]
[Introduction: Every species that can stand on the pinnacle of the planet undoubtedly has an extremely terrifying past. They have exterminated countless other creatures and undergone several changes in heaven and earth to finally get to this point. But this process is still too slow, and before they form a "civilization", we can speed up their "natural selection" through some external means.
[Possible Technology: Perfect Evolution (100%)]
Since it was only a level 5 technology, and it was related to the evolution of species, Li Wenyuan didn't have much interest at first.
But he soon realized that this technology was "different", and that was that the level 5 technology was marked with a red skull.
In his current tech tree, there is only the "Natural Disaster Project", which is a level 7 technology that is introduced as a technology that could destroy the galaxy.
“…… What dangers does this 'brutal evolution' entail? While he was still thinking about it, he realized that the human journal had ended here.
Maybe the people at the time were looking for a time to recover the data, but their attention was quickly so caught up in something else that they forgot that there was a "lab zone" here.
"It's really worthy of your ......," Li Wenyuan felt that this casual behavior was very in line with the human style.
Although there are no records of humans since then, the natives living here have managed to learn to use the equipment and build what appears to be a "local area network".
And most of their information is also recorded in the network here.
This kind of indigenous encryption method is almost equal to none for Li Wenyuan, he easily cracked the firewall here, and then saw the process of "civilization development" of this group of natives.
The observatory in front of you is limited by the environment, and the civilization here has not been able to go to space, but it seems to have formed a unique civilization environment.
The most obvious is the perception of the worldview.
Since they were in this observatory at the time of enlightenment, in their understanding this observatory is the "world", and then the deep sea outside is the "universe".
In their ancient mythology, a "god" created the "heavens" and "earth" in the observatory, isolating the terrifying outside world from the outer walls of the "world".
The movement of the machines here to keep the observatory running is even understood to be a natural phenomenon.
For example, an air humidifier hidden in the inner wall will spew water vapor at regular intervals to maintain the humidity here at a level suitable for the amphibian.
This is a kind of "natural law" in the world of this group of amphibians, and there are even some explanations given in a similar way.
In addition, there is a small "dimensional machine" here, which was left by humans in order to provide enough resources for the development of civilization here.
This kind of magical "out of nothing" machine is also an "objective law" in the world of these amphibians, and they feel that the world is like this, and it is their "common sense" that every once in a while there will suddenly be more resources.
Limited by the narrow environment and content here, the amphibians here have formed a kind of scientific theocracy society.
In their world, they are the only heirs of the Creator, and the deep sea outside the observatory is the world of destruction, and they are the last promised land. In order to find more places to live, they must develop technology.
Li Wenyuan thinks that their social form is quite interesting, and this sociological experiment that humans are doing here is indeed a bit interesting.
“…… So what would they think if they came to the surface of the ocean and saw the real universe? ”
While he was still thinking about this situation, he found that this group of amphibians had really had such a situation in the history, but it belonged to the ranks of "taboo".
Many of their scientists are curious about what's above and below the outside world, but because of the water pressure, it takes a much more technical level to explore below, so "upward exploration" is their first choice.
However, the dangerous surface of the ocean has also left many scientists with no return, and only one "lucky one" has managed to bring back his experience.
He said that above was a much larger world, with a larger "sky" and a "black sun", and that the "universe" they were in was actually only a small part of the whole world.
But his claim was denounced as heretical, and the amphibious scientist became the first person to be convicted of "treason."
They still believe that what they are used to is the "world", and from then on "upward exploration" has been a no-no thing.
And their behavior made Li Wenyuan think of a certain idiom.
In addition to this, he realized other meanings of this "fish tank":
"...... 'fish', will you understand that they are actually in a 'fish tank'?"
He couldn't help but look at the sky, and he always felt a chill piercing the bone marrow, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.
Eventually, after some deliberation, he recorded the story in an archive and named it "The Fish Tank".
(End of chapter)