NABC Chapter 117 Relics of Civilization, Exploration
Chapter 117 Relics of Civilization, Exploration
Chapter 117 Relics of Civilization, Exploration
As the huge sealed container was transported away by the transport boat, Farrow breathed a sigh of relief, but then became serious again.
"Order all troops to remain in place, establish defensive positions, and prepare to resist the Zerg counterattack."
"Yes, sir."
"Contact the fleet and request support from the engineering fleet."
"yes!"
Soon, as several engineering warships descended from the sky, the area was transformed into a huge construction site.
A week later, the once desolate area was now covered by a massive complex of buildings, which had been transformed into a military base.
Inside the Punishment Ship, Fang Heng frowned slightly as he looked at the latest discovery.
"Now we can confirm that these structures weren't built by the Zerg, right?"
"Yes, Commander, it has been confirmed that these buildings are very old. According to carbon-14 dating, they are at least 20,000 years old."
"After all this time, I never expected to find the ruins of a civilization here. Is there any connection between the Zerg Queen and these ruins?"
"We cannot know for the time being, because the Empress has just been transported to the prison and has not yet been studied."
"Start research on the Empress as soon as possible. The ruins here should be sealed off for now. All personnel who know about this matter should receive confidentiality training. We must wait until the Earth Alliance leaves before we can begin our research."
"Yes, Commander."
For Fang Heng, the Empress Mother is his, and so is this legacy. Since the Earth Alliance doesn't know about it now, they should keep the news tightly under wraps and restart the research after the war ends.
The Earth Alliance is still unaware of the situation here and is still searching for the Queen Mother's whereabouts.
Only after the warship carrying the Queen Mother started warp drive did Fang Heng report the latest battle situation.
The local alliance was also very angry about this, but the original agreement made it very clear that it was up to each party to find the Queen Mother first, and whoever found her first would be the one to claim her.
To avoid any complications, Fang Heng waited until the warship had left before speaking out.
In the end, the Earth Alliance could only accept their bad luck. Fortunately, the Queen Mother has now been dealt with. Without the Queen Mother, the number of these alien queens will not continue to increase. Eliminating one means one less, which is good news.
However, with Jenkins' research breakthrough, the Earth Alliance quickly discovered that these queens were also valuable, so they accelerated their operations here in an effort to capture more queens.
After learning the news, Fang Heng quickly understood the Earth Alliance's intentions, smiled slightly, and ignored it.
The Earth Federation did this entirely because these alien insects were of great value to them, as raw materials.
Previous studies have shown that the exoskeleton of these alien insects is an excellent defensive material that can absorb laser energy attacks.
Initially, they wanted to study its structure and principles so that they could eventually apply it to their own warships.
However, as their research progressed, they discovered that while these shells could be broken and melted down with metal, they could not be produced directly; they could only be produced by the queen giving birth to Zerg.
Therefore, for the Earth Alliance, these queens are no longer enemies, but rather resources.
Since it's a mine, naturally the more the better.
So after realizing that the Queen Mother was no longer attainable, they turned their attention to the remaining Queens, hoping to gain control of as many of them as possible.
For Fang Heng, with the existence of the energy shield, the shells of these alien insects are not of much value. Moreover, researchers have already deciphered the secrets of these shells. Since traditional industries cannot produce them, biological cultivation will be used.
Its energy-absorbing properties have also been utilized in the external armor of warships, covering some key areas.
Time passed slowly, and a year later, with all the queens of the entire galaxy captured, the alien insect infection in this Heng galaxy was also completely eradicated.
Although the Earth Alliance was very curious about Fang Heng's reasons for establishing a base here, the two sides were only in a cooperative relationship, so they could only leave with their queen's spoils.
After all, for the Earth Alliance, these habitable planets have been ravaged by the Zerg and have no value for colonization.
After seeing all the Earth Alliance fleets leave, Fang Heng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
I've endured enough over the past year.
"Ethan, set up jump shields around the galaxy to prevent them from launching a surprise attack. Notify Li Yong and Faro to prepare; we need to see what this relic is all about."
"Yes, Commander."
Soon, the entire fleet began to get busy, and at the same time, many jump trajectories appeared on the outer edge of the Heng system.
As all the jump trajectories disappeared, more than a hundred small warships appeared on the scene.
These are all engineering fleets, specially mobilized from the Poseidon system to participate in the construction of the curvature shielding device here.
Since they are all unmanned spacecraft controlled by robots, there is no need to worry about leaks.
Soon, Li Yong and Faluo were ready, and the first exploration team arrived at the entrance of the ruins.
Fang Heng and the other two watched the situation remotely via video.
"Team One reports: the radiation level at the site has not changed; it remains at zero."
"This isn't right."
Upon hearing the report from the scene, the researchers connected online were also quite surprised.
"What's wrong?"
Upon seeing this, Fang Heng immediately inquired about it.
"Normally, there should be some radiation level in any space; the only difference is the amount. Here, it's zero, which is very abnormal."
"Team One, stay alert."
"Team One, received!"
"A team reports that the gate to the ruins is open, and remnants of alien insects can still be seen inside."
"Team One is ready to proceed and requests approval to continue."
"Command received, clearance to advance."
After receiving permission, the exploration team on site released the exploration robot.
As the robot ventured deeper into the passage, it soon arrived at a tightly closed door.
"Beep beep, radiation levels detected exceed the human body's tolerance level."
"It's really strange. The radiation level at the entrance is zero, but once inside, the radiation level is seriously excessive."
"Team One, search the surrounding area; there should be something like a data interface."
The researchers were also very curious about the situation on site and wanted to see what was inside.
"Report: A device suspected of having a data interface has been found."
"Pull the camera over, let me see."
A researcher stepped forward and asked the exploration team to push the camera towards them.
Soon, the researchers came up with a general plan.
Following the researchers' plan, the exploration team quickly connected to the ruins' built-in system.
"The unknown code and system, just as we suspected, this relic is closely related to these alien insects."
Fang Heng became interested after hearing what the researchers said.
"Could you elaborate?"
"Through our research on the Zerg Queen over this period of time, we have been able to confirm that these Zerg were artificially created, and we have discovered some special codes in the Zerg's underlying genes."
By deciphering these codes, we know that the civilization behind the creation of this Zerg is extremely advanced, at least a Level IV civilization. However, it was only these codes; there was no direct evidence. But now, the evidence is there.
Upon hearing the researchers' explanation, Fang Heng quickly understood.
With the code obtained from the Zerg Queen's genes, the decryption process went smoothly and was completed in just a few minutes.
"So fast?"
"It's also because we have the code obtained from the underlying genes that we were able to decipher it so quickly. After all, it took us more than half a year to decipher this thing."
"I see."
At the scene, after the gate opened, the exploration team did not go in immediately, but instead sent an exploration robot in first.
"The interior is safe; radiation levels are decreasing rapidly."
"Safe, prepare to enter."
As the exploration team entered the gate, everyone saw the situation on the ground.
"This should be the cargo distribution hall. These scattered items should be the original goods, but they are now completely corrupted."
After passing through the hall, a new passageway soon came into view.
"This should be the identity verification channel, but it's been too long, and the defenses here should be ineffective by now."
"For safety's sake, send the robots forward first."
As the robot reached the bottom of the tunnel, no abnormalities were found on site.
"As expected, the judgment was correct. In 20,000 years, almost all energy resources will be used up."
"But how come there's still energy coming from this side of the gate?"
"It must be a special design."
Soon, the exploration team arrived at a door.
"This should be the main control room."
When the entire site was scanned from the outside, the internal structure was already clearly scanned. However, there was a shielding device in one of the rooms that prevented it from being scanned.
The exploration team is currently located in that undetectable area.
"Captain, we've detected it. There should still be energy flowing here; it's probably operating in a low-power mode."
"Let's see if we can continue decoding."
"yes!"
Soon, with the decoder connected, it was successfully decoded in just one minute.
This situation surprised both the exploration team and Fang Heng.
"Why was the decoding so fast this time?"
"Exploration team, be careful."
"Yes, command."
The exploration team acted cautiously, only entering after confirming that there were no problems inside.
"Command center, the site is temporarily safe. There is something that resembles a queen."
Fang Heng was also very surprised to see the brain-like thing in the picture.
"Ethan, this thing? If I'm not mistaken, it should be a biocomputer, right?"
"Judging from the current situation, yes, and the situation is very bad. Some areas have already shrunk, which is probably due to insufficient energy supply."
"Then provide the power. I'd love to see what's inside."
"Yes, Commander."
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