01387 Gauntlet(1/2)
"Huang Jingnian? You? Why are you looking for Professor Huang?" Hearing that the young man in front of him was looking for Huang Jingnian, Li Xian's expression changed obviously. He sat back nervously and asked: "Where is this? Where are Lao Cheng and the others?
?”
"Dead." Su Yao replied lightly.
Li Xian was stunned: "Dead?"
"Stop talking nonsense, tell me where Huang Jingnian is, otherwise you will end up with the same fate." Su Yao had no time to chat with him.
Li Xian was so panicked that he clenched his fists and asked hesitantly: "But I...I don't know where Lao Huang is...he...when he left, we were all outside. There was no one at that time."
Man knows what he has done.”
Su Yao frowned slightly, with a bad look on her face: "Then tell me what happened that day. Remember, don't leave out any details."
After Li Xian hesitated for a moment, his eyes drifted to the door of the room.
Su Yao also looked back, and then sneered: "If you want to escape, I will kill your family as well."
Li Xian's eyes changed, and he was immediately so frightened that he didn't dare to speak out.
"Say it."
Li Xian then opened his mouth and said...
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When it comes to academics, Li Xian is definitely a good player, but when it comes to telling stories, this national-level senior professor is actually worse than a child.
Fortunately, Su Yao was prepared. He recorded all Li Xian's words in the crystal chip, then took them back and deposited them in the private service terminal.
Soon, an intelligence copy was formed that combined Li Xian, Cheng Huaili, Jian Aoqun and Wu Di.
Now Su Yao can directly "immerse herself" by connecting her modified brain to the terminal.
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Time March 1, 2755 9:18 AM Earth time
Location: Mercury Excavation Site of the Alcandile Shrine.
When Li Xian took off his thick coat and entered the excavation site, he saw Cheng Huaili walking over with his two students.
Li Xian, who thought that only old people like them would participate in this inspection, was obviously taken aback, especially since these two young people were familiar to him.
Huang Jingnian was even more direct. He glanced at Cheng Huaili and the two unsatisfactory students behind him and left angrily.
Anyway, the meeting between a few people was a little awkward at first.
The Ocandil Altar is a sacrificial altar of an unknown civilization discovered more than two centuries ago.
1.7 billion years ago, a group of advanced alien civilizations visited the solar system and built an altar on Mercury that inherited the structure of the underground star port.
This altar is quite similar to the sacrificial platform dedicated to the Lord of Darkness "Okandil" in the Yasin Temple, hence the name "Okandil" altar.
However, the few scientists who came here to participate in the scientific investigation did not have any in-depth research on ancient theology.
Li Xian is even more so.
What he cares about is the alien technology left under this altar.
The ring-shaped spacecraft that has been gathering dust here for billions of years is very large. Its hull has a measured radius of 197 meters and an average hull height of five meters. The structure of the entire spacecraft is like a wraparound
corridor.
There are three additional structures on the hull. They are not inherent structures of the spacecraft itself, but exist like pendants.
In the initial inspection report, Li Xian learned some special details about the spacecraft.
For example, there was no control room-like structure in the entire spacecraft, nor was there a lounge or restaurant, but the first batch of investigators found something similar to an alien spacesuit.
But when Li Xian saw the specific object, he felt that it was more like a leather goods for some special hobbies, rather than a so-called space suit.
As for the rest, Li Xian didn't find anything that stood out to him, not even anything that made him feel valuable.
So Li Xian asked a question: "This thing can really fly? Are you sure it's not some kind of model?"
Cheng Huaili also had the same question, but he had done a lot of homework in advance and had a much better understanding of the spacecraft than Li Xian.
He introduced: "Hey! Lao Li, don't underestimate this thing. Although it doesn't look as neat as our spaceship, in fact, the technology it uses far exceeds ours."
Li Xian was stunned for a moment, and then carefully read the report at hand, but still didn't find anything special about it.
Perhaps the only special thing is that it looks a bit like a tire without hub support.
"Hey...I didn't see it anyway..."
As soon as the words fell, Huang Jingnian, who had been silent until now, spoke.
This physics professor, who is more than a hundred years old, looks much younger than the juniors next to him who are much younger than him. There is a contemptuous smile on his ancient and unwavering face, and his narrow eyes are full of emotion.
Zhu Jingguang said: "This thing was moving a few days ago, but it didn't bother to wander in the space and time of the existing three-dimensional world. It belongs to the four-dimensional world. What we see now is just ours."
What the brain embodies for us is actually much more beautiful than you and I imagined."
Li Xian listened but didn't understand at all. He was not good at studying space and time, but the material of the spacecraft made him more interested.
Cheng Huaili was still the same, completely smiling.
"Oh, after hearing what Lao Huang said, I seemed to understand a lot at once. I just said this thing looks weird."
Huang Jingnian ignored him. He walked straight towards the spacecraft, and several people behind him hurriedly followed.
The first exploration team has cleaned up the area around the spacecraft, and now
When entering the spacecraft, all he had to do was put on special protective clothing. However, Huang Jingnian ignored the staff responsible for this and walked directly in with a cold face.
The staff was very embarrassed and wanted to stop Huang Jingnian but did not dare to provoke the old professor.
Fortunately, Cheng Huaili was there, and he came forward to explain, and in exchange for Huang Jingnian's privileges.
Li Xian did not have the courage of Huang Jingnian, so he changed his clothes obediently before entering the spacecraft.
After a few people entered, Huang Jingnian was nowhere to be seen. Everyone just walked slowly towards the interior of the spacecraft, carefully doing data sampling work as they walked.
Li Xian felt the difference in the spacecraft as soon as he entered it, but he couldn't tell what the difference was.
If I had to describe it... it would be that Li Xian felt that the spacecraft was alive, and its pale yellow fluorescent corridors felt as soft as stepping on the leaves of some kind of plant.
If you touch it with your hand, you can also feel the response of the spacecraft.
That kind of response was not only a subtle change in the color of the inner wall of the spacecraft, but also a response of a faint breath and sound. The further Li Xian walked inside, the stronger this feeling became.
At first he thought he had inhaled some hallucinogenic gas, but judging from the data, the spacecraft was very clean and there was no so-called hallucinogenic gas at all.
At the same time, Li Xian also noticed that the space inside the spacecraft was much larger than what he saw from the outside.
Especially when he got near those pendants, the space seemed to be expanded. Although there was still nothing, Li Xian could feel a sense of crowding.
Jian Aoqun and Wu Di also have similar feelings.
Their steps became heavier and heavier, as if they had entered a downtown area. Although there was nothing in front of them, their walking became slow and cumbersome.
Cheng Huaili had already passed through that area. He waved to several people: "Hurry up, Professor Huang seems to have found a door."
Hearing this, several people ignored the strangeness on their bodies and quickened their pace and rushed over.
When he arrived at Cheng Huaili's side, Li Xian saw Huang Jingnian who was communicating with the spacecraft.
The reason why the word "communication" is used is because they did see an unidentified humanoid creature made of fluorescence.
Its body is still integrated with the spacecraft, but the protruding part is chatting quietly with Huang Jingnian.
But what surprised Li Xian was that Huang Jingnian used a very unfamiliar and ancient-sounding language when communicating with the mysterious creature.
Even Cheng Huaili, who specializes in linguistics, frowned and had no idea what Huang Jingnian was talking to.
Jian Aoqun couldn't bear it and asked: "Teacher, what is Professor Huang talking to it?"
Cheng Huaili's heart moved and he said vaguely: "Maybe I just want to say hello."
"Maybe?" Wu Di grinned, secretly feeling that his teacher was unreliable.
Cheng Huaili was a little embarrassed. He walked up and asked, "Old Huang, how did you do it? What is this thing? What are you talking about?"
After throwing out three fatal shots in a row, Huang Jingnian ignored him.
When several people got close, Huang Jingnian raised his hand, and the thing disappeared in the blink of an eye, and the corridor returned to its original tranquility.
Seeing this scene, Li Xianyou began to doubt the science he believed in.
Cheng Huaili asked again: "Hey? What happened? Where did it go?"
Huang Jingnian sneered: "It's in this spaceship and hasn't gone anywhere. If you want to know the answer, just go find it yourself."
After saying that, Huang Jingnian walked towards the door.
Cheng Huaili was very unhappy after being choked abruptly. He frowned and said: "Old Huang, you are boring. We both came from the same college. Although you are much older than me, I respect you as a senior, but after all, I
I'm also your leader, how can you deal with me like this? It's so disrespectful."
Huang Jingnian didn't intend to quarrel with him, but he stopped when he heard this.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Li Xian was very embarrassed on the side. He tried to persuade him: "Well... Dean Cheng, Professor Huang, we are here for scientific research today, so we won't get into trouble. Let's talk to each other."
To be continued...