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Chapter 967 Mysterious Corpse

Coffins are something similar to almost any civilization that has the habit of "containing corpses". Humanoids often develop such cultures independently.

Even Europe and Asia, two continents with almost no overlap, were able to develop 'coffins' independently. The main reason is also very simple.

This is all due to the real existence of the "underworld" and the communication effect of the "coffin" on the underworld.

In a sense, this can be regarded as a kind of 'sacrifice', which is one of the operating logics of this universe. The underworld is real, and the dead can really be reincarnated.

Therefore, many contents about the deceased can be discovered, just like discovering the existence of the four basic forces. Certain individuals with particularly high inspiration can detect the special effects of funerals, coffins and the like.

At this moment, on this mysterious planet, at its north pole, there is actually a coffin.

This is really unreasonable.

Obviously, this planet is still in the Hadean epoch. Is this period a planet that has just been formed? It is a process in which the hot magma ball gradually cools and solidifies.

It would take hundreds of millions of years for the primitive planet to gradually cool and solidify from a hot magma ball, and then slowly appear primitive oceans, atmosphere and land.

During this process, geological activities will be very violent, volcanic eruptions will occur all over the planet, various greenhouse gases will cover the planet like a quilt, lava will flow everywhere, there will be violent oscillations between new strata and mantle circulation, and earthquakes will occur. Eating is normal, every day.

This kind of planet is obviously lifeless.

In fact, this is not necessarily the case. The Boundless Race once saw a special kind of life called 'demon' on other planets in the Hades. They had no physical characteristics and were simply stones that could talk.

This is different from inorganic life.

Generally speaking, special life forms such as mineral life and rock life, even if they are made of inorganic substances, they still have "organs" inside, and they still have such a thing as a "body".

Their consciousness either comes from various structures inside the body, and the thinking organ has a certain degree of materiality. In other words, although the materials that make up the body are various, there is still a body and metabolism. , interact with the surrounding environment.

In other words, a real stone and a 'rock life', although their components are all stones, but if you carefully examine the internal structure, you can find that the rock life has a 'racial' nature, which is different from ordinary stones. There is a significant difference.

But that kind of life called 'demon' is completely different.

The 'demon' actually does not have such a body, it is just a stone. If it doesn't move, even if you scan it, you won't be able to tell the difference from an ordinary stone.

Their thinking organ is not the body, but a weird thing like the 'spiritual soul'. The body is just the carrier of the 'spiritual soul', so monsters can be born in any material.

A stone can be a demon, a puddle of water can be a demon, a teapot, a water cup, a bed, even a planet, or even a Guixu, all of them can be demons.

No matter what your body is like, as long as you are 'initiated' and awaken your spiritual wisdom, you will become a monster.

Therefore, there will also be monsters on the planets in the Hadean Era, whether they are magma monsters or stone monsters. However, such primitive monsters cannot fight against these boundless civilizations, so they should have been discovered long ago.

You know, Boundless Civilization has confirmed that there will definitely be no civilization on this planet, and this planet has just been born.

Since this is a newly born planet, then...where did the coffin on it come from?

Perhaps, it's a coffin floating in the nebula material of the protostar? I heard that many civilizations have the custom of "empty burial", which is to throw the coffin directly into the void.

The answer is now unknown.

But don’t be afraid, this is an opportunity for the whole civilization.

The Boundless Civilization is very powerful. As a sixth-grade civilization, they have many sixth-grade battleships. Each of these battleships can fight against sixth-grade practitioners who specialize in fighting.

If you are not a warrior who specializes in combat, but you are a pharmacist, an alchemist, an inventor, or a pure speculative practitioner, you will not be able to defeat these battleships.

Boundless Civilization has also come into contact with those civilizations that practice individual cultivation. It is also very strange. Their civilization is obviously divided into 'two layers'. Boundless Civilization calls this layer: 'embryo' and 'adult'.

Their 'embryos' were probably just feudal civilization on the surface. These mortals in the feudal era did not have to do anything but 'reproduce'.

They keep giving birth to children, and they keep giving birth to newborns. Then, most of these newborns will spend their lives in a dull and mediocre way as mortals.

A few will participate in various selections, screen talents, and then embark on the path of spiritual practice, becoming practitioners with strong individual combat capabilities. This is considered an 'adult'.

Some civilizations call this the "difference between immortals and mortals". They are one civilization, but the upper and lower levels are not connected to each other. The practitioners maintain the reproductive speed of the feudal era and then screen out the geniuses at the upper level who have the ability to practice. Geniuses constitute the main body of civilization.

In fact, it is a solution. At least these civilizations are very good at fighting, and the research and development of technology is also very powerful. Although they are all individual technologies developed, many things can only be used by yourself.

All in all, after integrating all considerations and assessing all risks, the control group of Boundless Civilization finally decided to scan this coffin.

They can't destroy this coffin, just like primitive people with stone tools are helpless when faced with a coffin made of high-strength alloy. Even if the stone is smashed, it won't leave any trace on it.

But if you just scan it, it may be effective.

The extremely precious prototype was dragged by the machine, with a thick energy source connected behind it, all the way down.

The ground has long since been flattened, and there is a huge crack on it.

It is where the rift and the canyon intersect. The rift appears to be deeper than the map shows, and there is a scree slope leading up to the entrance to the rift.

Below here, there is a hollow, and in the hollow, there is a square rock mass like a giant tower.

"On a normal planet, this kind of void would not exist." Abel commented as he walked inside.

"Yes, so our survey team couldn't help but go in and take a closer look, and then they discovered that thing." The ship owner continued.

At this moment, the ship owner was walking with the old man in the cave and said, "But when they carefully checked everywhere, they found something unusual and strange. They found the coffin under the pile of rocks."

As he spoke, the sounds around him became strange, as if they were pouring into the open space from the darkness from all directions.

This is because the composition of the surrounding atmosphere has changed, so the sound transmitted through the air will also be distorted.

However, the Boundless tribe relies on spiritual communication. Although they have the most basic hearing, spiritual communication is what they are best at, so communication will not be affected by atmospheric components.

"This place is uncomfortable," Abel said.

"It's okay now." As he said this, the captain stopped.

Abe also stopped.

I saw a coffin, leaning over there, surrounded by some kind of mysterious formation.

Only the lower half of the coffin was complete, while the upper half was damaged, revealing a human face inside. This human face resembles a skull, and the dry skin has turned dark black, like parchment.

There were many cracks in his skin, especially on his face, and even two rows of ferocious teeth were exposed.

The two eyeballs were gone, leaving only two empty deep holes. Although he could not see anything, the dry eyelids seemed to continue to stare at the world.

Even now, looking into the other person's eyes, one seems to be able to feel a deep chill.

"This, this coffin, is broken?" Abo was stunned.

This metal, if that report did not lie, was nearly indestructible by any of their powers.

But this kind of metal was actually torn apart!

The ship owner said: "Yes, it is broken. It was broken when we encountered it, but even so, we can't destroy its wreckage."

Strength is divided into material strength and structural strength. It is like a complete steel bar that is difficult to destroy, but a cracked steel bar can be broken open by hand.

This is because if the structure is damaged, it will be more susceptible to stress.

However, this mysterious metal, despite being destroyed in this way, remains motionless and cannot be destroyed or torn off.

It's just...cheating.

"Okay, we don't need to delve into what this thing is, we just need to get this material and leave quietly," the ship owner said.

Apparently, he also knew that there were some things not to be done.

Like...provoking something that looks dead.

There are dangerous things everywhere in this universe. Even if they are dead, the remains of them are enough to cause a devastating blow to civilization itself.

Within the boundless civilization, there was once an observation. When they were observing a backward civilization, that backward civilization liked to 'dream'.

They will use special meditation methods to let their spirits sneak into the dream world.

There, they found some kind of power, and civilization itself evolved directly to the point where they could use superpowers. They entered that deep dream, contacted those dangerous existences, and then absorbed power and gained various special abilities.

Control lightning, transform, absorb life, breathe fire, strengthen the body, control magnetism, etc.

It was originally a backward civilization, still in the cold weapon age, but with this power, they quickly expanded their destructive power to the city level.

The Boundless Civilization was observing this civilization at the time, trying to find the source of this power.

But suddenly one day, an infectious mental illness appeared in this backward civilization, which was also brought out by them in their "dreams".

It is obviously a mental illness, but it is contagious. As long as you are exposed to it, you will quickly develop symptoms such as madness, bipolar depression, etc., and then spread, start to kill other lives crazily, and eventually exhaust yourself to death.

This kind of mental illness is contagious through 'witnessing', that is, when you 'see' someone having an attack, you will be infected. The general incubation period ranges from three months to one year.

In less than ten years, this civilization became extinct, and this infectious disease also spread to the Borderless Civilization, causing their observatories to collapse.

In the end, the observatory was completely destroyed. The spacecraft that went to rescue people later discovered this from the observatory's work log.

After that, the Boundless Civilization quickly blew up the planet, eliminating all possible traces of its existence, and immediately made a decision on the rescue ship. The ship owner ordered that all insiders, including himself, be quarantined for a year. Make sure there is no infection or disease, and then you can feel relieved.

This universe is so dangerous...

Even a high-energy civilization as powerful as the Infinite Civilization, which can span galaxies and blow up planets, often feels frightened.

This universe... is so dark that it is impossible to see where the danger lurks.

Uncle and the captain both understand this deeply, so they know the importance.

"Have you done an isotope test?" With this in mind, Abe asked the ship owner.

"It's been done, but you won't believe it. The isotope measurement result of this thing is... within a thousand years. If you remove the error, he might have died yesterday." The ship owner explained.

It is known that all living organisms take in fixed proportions of elements such as carbon, or radioactive isotopes of several other elements.

While alive, organisms maintain the ratio of these isotopes at "normal" levels.

But after the organism dies, it no longer takes in new isotopes.

As a result, the radioactive isotopes already present in the body will begin to decay according to a predictable pattern. This mechanism provides a very reliable timer that is activated at the moment of death.

By analyzing the remnants of decay, people can get a more accurate value and calculate how long it has been since death.

This method can be used to estimate the age of the planet. As long as there is material, the age can probably be calculated using this method.

Borderless Civilization has conducted similar tests countless times. This is a very mature scientific and technological achievement, and the results have been verified by many, and the credibility is very high.

but……

When conducting isotope measurements on the body and the coffin above, it was as if time had stopped on the other person's body.

The measurement results showed that the other party seemed to have died just yesterday.

Even if we take into account the error, that means those who died within yesterday to a thousand years.

From yesterday to a thousand years... is it possible?

Look at the surrounding magma rocks. These magma are at least 50 million years old!

But the person embedded inside is only a thousand years old?

Absolutely not.

"All mysteries are waiting to be solved by your machine, my great scientist." the ship owner said.

"Then...start scanning." Abel took a deep breath.