Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.
Chapter 391 Testing
Chapter 391 Testing
The memorial hall discovered by Chen Ming stores a large number of cultural relics that belong only to the shining civilization.
The latest relics are from an age later than the age mentioned by the survivors themselves.
This situation makes the previous statements of the survivors seem somewhat untenable.
Chen Ming is now basically certain that the survivors definitely don't know that there are these things in this place, otherwise it would be impossible for him to come into contact with them.
It will definitely be extremely tightly protected, and it is definitely not something that Chen Ming can discover by just flying around with a few spaceships.
This means that the survivors are lying.
At the same time, it also means that Chen Ming’s previous doubt about the relationship between Leviathan and the survivors can be regarded as a wrong guess.
If Leviathan was really created by the survivors, it would be impossible for them not to know about the existence of such a place in the same galaxy.
Although Chen Ming still has some doubts about the relationship between these Leviathans and the Shining Civilization.
After all, the Scavenger, a robot that can be considered a Leviathan-level robot, was made by the Shining Civilization.
There are spaceships of the Shining Civilization on the other side of the Nightmare Plane, and the survivors of the galaxy in the Star Devourer are monitoring there every day.
Even in the galaxy where the current Leviathan first appeared, there is such a memorial-like place.
But none of this can serve as conclusive evidence.
All situations can be explained by coincidence, which is not far-fetched.
Then Chen Ming became even more curious about how Leviathan came about.
And Chen Ming was even more curious about something.
What is the true history of the Shining Civilization and the Survivors?
Why did the Shining Civilization perish?
Why is their civilization memorial here?
Why don’t the survivors know about this place?
What role did the survivors play in this?
Have they really lost their past history as they once said?
In fact, if we follow what the survivors say, they have lost their past history.
That would indeed explain some things, like explaining why they didn't know about this place.
But there are also many unexplained situations, that is, why would someone they don't know build this place? Didn't they always build the only way to get here?
Also, where have the people of the shining civilization who built this civilization memorial gone?
Chen Ming wanted to try to find out the history of the past through this relic.
But even the text of the most recent history has been corroded by time and is unrecognizable.
The text used to record the history of the cultural relics is too small compared to the text carved on the rock at the entrance, and there is no possibility that it can be preserved after tens of thousands of years.
It is impossible to figure out what happened in the past simply by looking at relics that commemorate the era.
Chen Ming could only suppress his doubts temporarily and continue searching the memorial hall to see if there might be other valuable items.
By the way.
Chen Ming noticed the existence of electronic mechanical structures inside the memorial when he entered.
These structures were just as he had expected, rusted beyond recognition.
Although he could not restore it to its original state with ordinary repair psychic energy, he could use deep repair psychic energy to optimize the now completely damaged facilities and allow them to operate in their current state.
Liquid metal gushed out from the void around Chen Ming and gradually covered the entire underground memorial hall.
Let the past go.
But even if we can't completely repair it now, at least we can't let it get worse.
At least all the cultural relics and remains of these shining civilizations that Chen Ming sees now must be preserved.
As the liquid metal spread, every inch of the ruins was observed and recorded.
for
These relics carrying culture and history are very important.
Even if they don't mean much to Chen Ming, he is willing to spend a little more effort to preserve them.
And I don’t know if it was an accident or a coincidence.
When Chen Ming's Metal Liquid was taking photos of every corner of the ruins, he discovered that this memorial hall was not just the vertical passage he saw now, which was excavated by the mechanical units, and the layers of cultural relics around the passage.
There is a hidden area deep underground.
The entrance to this area is in a corner of a floor close to the bottom of the entire memorial.
Chen Ming immediately arrived at the location where the secret passage was discovered.
I saw with my own eyes the passage that was carved directly out of the rock layer.
Following the passage all the way to the deepest part, you can see a closed, rusted metal door.
Chen Ming used his psychic power to control and open the door.
A slightly larger hall appeared in front of him.
This hall is only part of the underground building, and there are many closed and rusted metal doors around it.
It can be said that the entire underground environment is made of metal.
At this moment, the entire hall looked empty, even a little uncomfortably empty, with nothing worthy of attention.
Except for the walls and the ground which were also completely rusted.
The rust on some of the metal buildings outside was not as serious as that in this area hidden in a secluded corner deep underground that Chen Ming saw.
One can't help but wonder what exactly happened here.
Chen Ming did not rush in, but released a little metal liquid suspended in the air, flew in from the door that had just been opened, and looked around the area.
From the perspective of observing liquid metal, this area looks a bit like a dormitory.
The hall is in the middle, and the small rooms around it are each person’s individual dormitories.
However, apart from the rust on the walls and the ground, Chen Ming did not find any remaining traces in the entire environment.
So he wasn't sure whether this was a dormitory or whether anyone had ever lived here.
There is a high probability.
After all, this is a memorial hall, and there will always be people from the shining civilization supervising the construction of this memorial hall.
Unfortunately, no matter who he was, he was most likely dead now.
Chen Ming controlled the metal liquid and made a circle but did not find any danger.
So he stepped into the area.
And just at that moment Chen Ming stepped on the rusty metal floor.
Once again he found something unexpected.
He half-knelt on the ground, stretched out his fingers and wiped the ground, removing some rust.
Then he looked at the wall next to him, and also wiped some rust on his hand, rubbing it repeatedly.
really.
This is not just ordinary metal rust.
Because all the structures in this entire area are made up of nanorobots.
This is what Chen Ming saw after passing through the closed door.
Whether it was the walls, the floor, the ceiling, or the doors of the rooms, they were all covered with rusted nanorobots.
Chen Ming knew that the Shining Civilization's nanorobot technology was extremely powerful.
Not only does every individual in the mechanical family have nanorobots responsible for maintenance, but the scavenger Leviathan that Chen Ming sprayed later even has nanorobots that can optimize themselves.
But at this moment, all the nanorobots that Chen Ming saw in this place had obviously shut down.
And the downtime will be counted in tens of thousands of years.
These nanorobots, like the mechanical relics that Chen Ming came into contact with today, have no possibility of being repaired.
There was only one thing he could do with these rusted nanorobots, dismantle them and recycle the materials.
Chen Ming stepped into this nanomechanical building which was probably a dormitory.
The metal liquid also followed his footsteps and spread towards the environment inside the dormitory, starting to record the environment of places that might also have certain value.
Chen Ming looked around, then randomly found a room closest to the door and walked over.
When he tried to push open the rusty door at the entrance of the room, the door collapsed with a loud bang, and the entire building made up of rusty nanorobots collapsed under the impact of the collapse.
Liquid metal immediately poured out in all directions, supporting the room that was originally supported by the rusty nanorobots.
Then the metal liquid gathered all the rusted nanorobots, making it easier for Chen Ming to carry out the next step of processing.
Either collect them or simply disassemble them for recycling materials.
However, Chen Ming chose not to do either.
Because he noticed that among the nanorobots collected by the metal liquid, there was one nanorobot that did not seem to have any rust.
It's not that Chen Ming has sharp eyes, nor is it that the metal liquid can accurately distinguish which nanorobot has not rusted among countless rusted nanorobots.
Instead, he took a look at the panel he hadn't looked at for a long time, and discovered the tens of billions of rusted nanorobots on the panel and the one complete nanorobot listed separately.
Among the countless nanorobots that make up the walls and floor of this room, there is a nanorobot that is still intact.
In other words, it has been protected by countless nanorobots until today.
This nanorobot is very special.
Because the material that makes it up is a very unique memory metal material.
Ordinary memory metals have the ability to restore their own structure, while the memory metal technology of the Shining Civilization has the ability to store everything that the nanorobot should remember.
The reason why Chen Ming knew all this was because this technology happened to be used on the spaceship of the Shining Civilization that he had obtained before.
Although it is not used in nanorobots but in spacecraft, it is enough to see the similarities between them.
and so.
This should be the self-protection method of this nanorobot cluster.
It gathers the maintenance capabilities and energy of all nanorobots, and protects one of the nanorobots that uses special memory materials to record everything about the entire nanorobot cluster.
When the environment of a nanorobot cluster is suitable, the only surviving nanorobot will begin to replicate itself. This ability is considered the basic ability of a nanorobot.
Eventually, it relies on its own memory materials to recover to its past state.
Chen Ming couldn't read everything about the nanorobots in this area stored in these memory materials like the nanorobots.
But he can control this nanorobot.
No intervention is done, just provide the resources and energy to allow it to recover.
Once it confirms that the environment is safe, it will replicate itself and restore its previous state.
Sooner or later, Chen Ah will be able to figure out what is inside. Chen Ming carefully stored the nanorobot in a separate container to avoid accidentally losing the nanorobot that cannot be seen by the naked eye.
And provided in the container everything he needed to make nanorobots in his own Mechanoid nanorobot factory.
After delivering the container to a safe place.
Chen Ming turned around and left the collapsed dormitory and continued wandering in the underground memorial hall.
He wanted to see if there was any other secret room like this one that he had missed.
But he didn't find anything hidden.
The only useful things he could get were what he saw now.
So before leaving, Chen Ming used his psychic power to seal off the memorial hall.
After all, it seems that the survivors are unaware of the existence of this relic, but Chen Ming cannot be sure whether the survivors will discover this place later, so it will always be a good idea to protect it.
And after returning to my hometown.
Chen Ming also immediately contacted the Imperial Minister of Psychic Powers.
Originally, the Empire had specially arranged someone to liaise with Chen Ming.
However, although the authority of the person who is in contact with Chen Ming is high, it is not high enough. He often has to report to his superiors when discussing things.
It just so happened that Chen Ming had the phone number of that person's superior, the Minister of Psychic Powers.
So many times it is much more convenient for Chen Ming to just make a phone call than to ask the contact person to report it slowly.
So the person who now contacts Chen Ming becomes the Minister of Psychic Powers, Luo Yi.
When Chen Ming called this time, the Minister of Psychic Power seemed to be resting. It was only after a while that he answered Chen Ming's call.
Chen Ming also knew that it was not good to disturb others, so he asked with the idea of solving the problem quickly: "Is it time for the next transaction with the survivors?"
"three days left."
"That's great. I need to specify the content of the next transaction."
The Minister of Psychic Power is also a decisive person, and the Empire had previously taken the initiative to contact Chen Ming and asked Chen Ming to specify the direction of the transaction, but Chen Ming had refused before. This time, the Empire can just meet Chen Ming's needs.
So he immediately agreed: "Okay, what do you want?"
"You'll know after you read this."
Chen Ming killed three Leviathans and then sent all the records of the civilization memorial he found in the galaxy where the Leviathans first appeared.
Just like before, I deleted some content that could not be sent out.
The Minister of Psychic Powers, who had just sat up from the bed, began to put on his clothes in a hurry. At the same time, he took out another terminal and started contacting the person he was supposed to contact.
Because he found out that the reason Chen Ming called him this time was not because he really wanted the technology belonging to the Shining Civilization.
But he knew how the empire needed to use what he recorded.
It is the existence of this record and that memorial that means the next transaction between the Empire and the survivors must involve things related to history and culture.
This is an excellent opportunity to test the survivors.
However, the minister still asked cautiously: "Are these authentic? Could it be that the survivors deliberately put out bait?"
"Fidelity."
Because Chen Ming had tried to repair all the structures in the ruins, but all of them could not be repaired due to the passage of time.
If this was a misleading trap set by the survivors, then either the survivors had started setting traps for him tens of thousands of years ago, or the survivors had deliberately disguised this relic with something like the Destroyer.
In either case, the possibility does not exist.
However, deliberate aging is meaningless in the face of Chen Ming's spiritual power.
The existence of this place is the result of the negligence of the survivors.
three days later.
Chen Ming ran to the headquarters of the Psychic Department.
He is still the one who is responsible for the transaction with the survivors.
When the time came, it was exactly one hundred and twenty days after the first transaction between the former empire and the survivors.
The survivors contacted right on time: "What do you need this time?"
Chen Ming looked at the experts in linguistics, culture, and civilization who were standing around him, and thought about the general meaning of what these experts were telling him to say.
Then he responded on the communicator: "Let's not rush into the transaction. Before the transaction begins, I want to tell you something."
"You said."
"This is the fourth time we have done this, but I think you can sense that our relationship has not improved, which is contrary to what you thought at the beginning."
When communicating with Chen Ming, the survivors clearly stated that they wanted the Empire to help the Shining Civilization preserve its shining history, so that the Shining Civilization would not completely disappear after the survivors of them died.
However, the survivors at that time said that they could not completely trust Chen Ming and the Empire, so they wanted to use some means such as transactions to enhance the trust between the two sides.
There is certainly nothing wrong with talking about this kind of thing, but when it comes to actually doing it, everyone has their own ulterior motives.
The Empire can find that the survivors obviously have other purposes, and the survivors also know that the Empire will not allow the survivors to continue to exist.
Therefore, there is definitely no possibility of enhancing trust through transactions alone.
Unless the Empire is truly a Madonna civilization, the possibility of the Empire and the survivors trusting each other is zero.
In some ways, the Empire was actually at a loss by relying solely on such transactions, because the Empire only obtained the technology and failed to learn about the situation of the Shining and the Survivors.
So since the Empire has obtained three relatively important and critical technologies, namely psychic theory, battleship-level ship design technology, and energy weapon design technology, through three transactions.
Then the value of the technology acquired later will not be that high, and it may not be possible to rely on
"Change the way, trade something more specific, not just technology"
The survivor seemed to be eager and asked quickly: "What is it specifically?"
"It's not actual material, but something else that can be recorded in writing and communicated with a communicator."
The survivors who had previously been very enthusiastic about wanting to establish good relations with the empire and talking about entrusting the remaining civilization and culture to it seemed to become cold in an instant.
After a long while, he asked, "For example, what?"
Chen Ming replied: "For example, your historical records."
"I remember you said at the beginning that the purpose of communicating with the Empire was to give your own history and culture to the Empire for safekeeping, so that even if you perish, the Shining Civilization will not be completely wiped out."
"This itself is something that is to be handed over to the Empire for deposit."
"You gave it to us for free after you had trust in us, and now it is the same as you directly trading it with us. You can even get something you couldn't get before by trading it."
"Like about our history."
"Although our cultures are different, our histories are similar. Perhaps we can find some common ground and promote trust between us in disguise."
Chen Ming didn't even blush when he talked about these nonsense.
The survivors knew that these words were nonsense, but the relationship between the two sides now could be considered serious diplomacy.
It is impossible to fall out when both parties need each other.
They must seriously consider the proposal made by Chen Ming.
"Please let us think about it, but before that we would like to ask which period of our history you need most."
Previously, the survivors only said that they were missing a part of history, which was the history of the period when the Shining Civilization fell, and the rest was not missing.
If it is missing, then the survivors cannot be called survivors.
Chen Ming recalled the time carved on the top of the vertical stone pillar found in the underground memorial hall and said a close time point.
The empire needs history before this point in time.
The survivors immediately responded: "At that time, we had not even become the main species on the planet, and we had not yet evolved a sufficient brain."
The expressions of several experts around Chen Ming's ruins changed, revealing a slight smile.
It seems that the era recorded in the ruins of the memorial is correct.
The survivors have helped to confirm this.
Chen Ming continued to respond on the terminal: "But this is also part of your civilization, isn't it?"
Anyway, after confirming that there was no problem with the artifacts and time records, the Empire could give the survivors false historical records at will, and they had no way to investigate.
But if the surviving person gave a fake one, then as long as we compare and verify it with the artifacts in the ruins, we will be able to find the problem with a high probability.
The survivors were silent for a while, and finally unified their request to change the content of the transaction.
They did not have any special reactions, and it was basically confirmed that they had nothing to do with the ruins.
As for the historical records of the empire that the survivors are leaving, they are from the last fifty years.
Of course, everything given by the Empire is fabricated, and the Empire has plenty of people to help the survivors write these things.
The historical records provided by the survivors will be confirmed in the memorial hall underground on the planet in the pulsar system under the leadership of Chen Ming in the near future.
It’s a pity that Chen Ming still couldn’t confirm the exact location of the survivors.
Although the survivors seemed very interested in material transactions, the more the enemy was interested in something, the less likely Chen Ming would do it.
So he still had to wait for the nanorobot he got from the ruins to replicate itself and rebuild into a swarm.
Only then can we thoroughly understand the history of the Shining Civilization through these nanorobots, and through history understand what kind of existence these survivors are.
With the transaction completed.
Everything was back on track again, both for the Empire and Chen Ming.
The Empire continues to increase the positive impact of the war on the Mechanical Star Domain and continues to reduce the sense of danger that the unique identity of psychics brings to ordinary people.
At the same time, it is continuing to expand outward and continue to study things like dimensional infection and the final measures to deal with dimensional infection.
Chen Ming can concentrate on promoting various Leviathan scientific research projects, expanding the colonial population, and developing resources in surrounding star fields and galaxies.
If three Leviathans like those have been dealt with, could there be any stronger Leviathans nearby?
His work focus is also on development.
Without external threats, when else would we take action?
Everything is developing steadily and in a positive direction.
More than twenty days passed quickly.
Chen Ming was writing a notice about a cooperation project between two experimental groups while working every day.
One is the negative matter experimental team, and the other is the climate transformation department that jumped over from the Empire, and is now the responsible team for the Gaia project under Chen Ming.
(End of this chapter)
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