Section 16 Base
Power is definitely something that any man dreams of. Although, now Tianxiang only has a small group of only a hundred people.
However, he has something that no one can have. He has knowledge that is enough to surpass the ancient civilization knowledge of any hunter. He has the power and a large number of weapons that can arm thousands of people. He has wisdom. After being transformed by insect cells, the development level is enough to exceed the brain of any living creature on earth. These are definitely powerful advantages that no one can match.
Of course, he also has gentleness and kindness, as well as the cruelty and indifference that must be possessed in a cruel living environment. All of these are essential resources that a king must have.
But at present, the only thing Zhao Tianxiang wants to do is to reach the address obtained from the ancient diary - Base No. 2 as soon as possible. After all, this is the biggest wish now firmly in his mind. Moreover, Tianxiang himself also has an indescribable feeling about this strange place. For some reason, he only felt that he could get more, better and more useful things there.
With the complete reduction of equipment, he used Tai Chi Mind Method without hesitation. With the help of the continuous supply of Qi and energy in his body, he quickly traveled between the ruins at a surprising speed. That speed was so fast that even he himself was shocked. If at the beginning, he just wanted to try to see how much energy the energy in his body was, then, now, what he had in his mind was a malicious thought that he wanted to squander some energy as much as possible.
Because Tianxiang discovered that no matter how fast he ran desperately, the energy running in his body seemed to have not been exhausted at all. On the contrary, it became even more powerful.
However, the consequences of doing so are quite obvious. The sore muscles and numb feet have to tell him in their own way: rest, now you need rest.
He picked up a piece of ground that looked pretty clean and sat down. Tianxiang took out a piece of roasted dried insect meat from his backpack and teared it off, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it carefully. The ball of qi that had been running rapidly in his body also slowed down, gradually spreading around his body, repairing the tired muscles and bones from the inside. This is Tianxiang's recent discovery. The use of this ball of qi seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and it seems to be an inexhaustible energy. Of course, even if the fatigue level of the body will slow down, it does not mean that he can no longer eat.
Therefore, although the consumption rate of jerky insects and meat in the backpack is slow, the stock is always gradually decreasing.
After searching here for two days, Tianxiang felt quite anxious. According to the sign on the map, Base No. 2 should be in the area where he was. But for some reason, he had already searched all the ruins nearby, but found no clue at all.
"Can it be underground?" This thought has been surrounding his mind for a long time. In order to confirm his thoughts, Tianxiang even extended his thoughts to a distance of nearly fifty meters underground nearby. But to his disappointment, according to the reflected brain waves, there was only a thick concrete layer there. As for further down, it was not the scope that Tianxiang's brain abilities could explore. However, it was precisely because of this that he firmly believed that the No. 2 base must be under his feet.
After all, a thick layer of cement solidified inexplicably piled up in the soft soil would definitely not have been done by smart ancients. The only explanation is that there are huge secrets below that they do not want to know.
Although this is true, Tianxiang was still wandering around like a headless fly, and could not find any way to enter it.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Tianxiang frowned and walked anxiously on a cement-paved open space, thinking about his next plan. Now he wanted to find an automatic excavator that was only known as the legend of the ancients, and dig through this damn concrete layer so that he could enter it smoothly...
A golden sunlight projected from the cracks of the thick clouds and reflected on a flat open space in front of Tianxiang. The wet and cold air suddenly filled with a warm smell, making Tianxiang feel very comfortable. It was at this time that Tianxiang remembered that today was the time for the sun to come out. It was also a pity that he had been searching hard for several days, but he actually forgot such an important day.
Just as Tianxiang was thinking a lot of inexplicable thoughts, he suddenly realized that the cement floor in front of him suddenly broke a narrow thin slit in the middle. With the roar of a metal impact, the thin slit was gradually expanding. Finally, a spacious black channel was formed, enough for more than a dozen people to pass side by side. Moreover, a strip-like object that slowly extended out of the channel seemed to automatically control the length of expansion and contraction. With the help of two people who seemed to be made of metal, they successfully rose from the ground to the ground.
"Robot!" Tianxiang's mind suddenly flashed through this noun obtained from the book. Then another thought immediately occupied his brain.
"Channel! Yes, that's the passage to Base No. 2! It must be like this, that's right!"
Tianxiang, in ecstasy, immediately stood up and ran towards the direction where the passage appeared.
"Stop! Please indicate your identity. Otherwise we will shoot!" A strange sound came from the robot's head. Tianxiang could hear that it was all the two robots who made it together, but because the phonemes were so perfectly combined, it sounded like the same person was talking. Of course, what surprised him the most was the things held in the hands of the two expressionless robots.
It was obvious that they were two guns, two black hole muzzles aimed at their own murder weapon.
"Identity? What is the identity? How can I identify myself?" Tianxiang, who suddenly turned from joy to shock, could not understand everything in front of him at all. He could only stand there blankly, his throat was dry, and after a long time, he put on such a question and answer from the mouth that he almost didn't know where to start.
"Ding-Ding-Ding-Cell detection was successful, the object - human - non-invader." After a dazzling red light swayed, Tianxiang finally heard a word from the indifferent robot that he could understand.
"Stranger, please extend your left hand!"
Tianxiang stretched out his left hand as instructed in a daze, but he didn't notice that the robot opposite suddenly stretched out a tiny probe and pierced through the unprepared palm.
"After the sampling, the DNA analysis results - exactly the same as the Pathfinder - the data is consistent - the allowed entry is allowed -" Just as Tianxiang was in pain for the sudden injury and pressed the wound heavily, he heard the inexplicable words from the two cold robots. Then, they also moved away from the blocked road. The scene was as if it was Gonghou's own master.
"Add to enter? Then I'll go in?" Tianxiang looked at the robot in confusion, which had no reflection in front of him, and carefully raised his foot and stepped on the black passage. However, he never thought that the moment he had just stood firm, the passage made of unknown material suddenly moved, almost falling Tianxiang, whose center of gravity was unstable, from above. It was precisely because of this that the curious Tianxiang no longer dared to move around. Because at that moment, his mind suddenly remembered an ancient term: "elevator". Legend has it that this kind of thing can allow you to reach another place with any effort.
The inside of the base is very dark, with almost no light. Occasionally, a few places with red and yellow light shining seem to be quite far away from where Tianxiang is. The boundless darkness completely envelopes the entire base. From the speed and direction of the elevator moving, Tianxiang can feel that the base is very large and terrible. Especially when the elevator descends rapidly, the fear that has no light and is completely replaced by darkness that cannot be seen clearly by the naked eye can simply make a normal person crazy.
However, for some reason, Tianxiang felt that an inexplicable warmth suddenly arise in his heart. It was a kind of warmth that the family gave him a return to a wanderer. At this time, a strange picture seemed to appear in Tianxiang's brain. It was a picture composed of many squares and circles. What was even more incredible is that Tianxiang felt that it seemed that he was walking with this picture. The movement speed and position of the elevator could be clearly shown in this picture.
I don’t know how much time has passed, but Tianxiang finally happily discovered that the elevator had stopped. And the contour of a seemingly huge original object.
"It's so dark that I can't see anything clearly. If it's a little light!" Tianxiang muttered.
As if he had heard his request, as soon as the words fell, several white and bright lights shot down from the zenith, making Tianxiang unable to help but cover his eyes that were almost stabbed by the light with his hands.
"Welcome, Pathfinder! It's 600 years, you are the first Pathfinder to come back!" A soft female voice came out from the huge metal ball in front of Tianxiang, echoing throughout the room and could not float for a long time. It was at this time that Tianxiang discovered that the room he was in was itself a huge circular sphere, and the huge metal ball in front of him was like a concentric ring connected together.
"Who are you? Why do you call me a Pathfinder? And why do the two robots outside say that too?" For a moment, a series of questions surged in Tianxiang's mind. Of course, he was sober, and he first chose what he wanted to know most to ask.
"I am the central computer here - "Zhilong No. 2" (please refer to "The Legend of Xianglong". As for you, you are my master, a carefully selected pathfinder!" The metal ball with five-color light flashing on the surface replied.
"I am a carefully selected pathfinder?" Tianxiang said in surprise: "What's going on?"
"Please lie on it, I will tell you everything." As the melodious female voice sounded, a single bed-like thing, assisted by several robotic arms connected to it, extended from the top of the room and sent to Tianxiang. At the top of the "bed", there was a translucent helmet. Several thick metal tubes extended from the bottom of the "bed" and connected to the center of the helmet. It was like a huge octopus standing there.
Tianxiang did not hesitate and raised his foot and lay on the thin "bed". As he just put his head into the center of his helmet and fixed it, he heard a sound that seemed familiar from his mind, guiding him to gradually move towards his sleep...
"Hypnosis mode - data input -"
"Fifty percent of data input--has reached the expected upper limit capacity--"
“The recipient’s brain space capacity can satisfy—continue input—stage 2—60 percent—”
"Sixty percent of the data has been input - the recipient's brain space can satisfy - continue to enter -"
"Seventy percent of the data has been entered--"
"Eighty percent of the data has been entered--"
"The data is 100% input--the recipient's brain space can satisfy--the accessory data is started--"
I don’t know how long it took, Tianxiang finally woke up from his drowsiness. However, when he woke up at this time, he felt that everything around him was so familiar and intimate.
"Zhilong 2, long time no see!" Tianxiang waved casually at the metal ball in the void.
"Pathfinder, you are finally awake!" The female voice with obvious surprise also rang again.
"Yes! I'm finally awake!" Tianxiang smiled as if he laughed self-deprecatingly. The large amount of information he just received had filled his entire brain. If he didn't digest these things one by one, he would probably die like the swollen beetle controlled by mental power, because of the collapse of the central nervous system!
Thinking of this, Tianxiang had no time to continue joking with the computer. Instead, he immediately did it cross-legged, using Tai Chi Mind Method while sorting out everything in his mind...
This is the No. 2 Base, a fortification built by humans with all their strength before the end of the world. However, despite this, humans have not escaped the fate of being destroyed. Just before death, several genetic scientists improved the strongest sperm they could find, creating a group of organisms with strong strength that could shoulder the responsibility of re-continuing human bloodlines. Part of them are people who are called "Pathfinders" by "Zhilong No. 2".
Tianxiang himself is one of them.
"So, how many people are there in the "Pathfinder"? Has no one ever come back except me?" Tianxiang, who was meditating, couldn't help but use his brain wave to inquire with "Zhilong 2". He had no doubt that the computer would definitely respond with such a contact information.
Sure enough, a faint message wrapped in energy floated out from the "Zhilong 2" central processor, and was combined with Tianxiang's thoughts flying in the air.
"No one has come back except you. There are 360 "Pathfinders" in total, and no one has come back."
Tianxiang's heart sank: "So, is there any news about them?"
"Yes! But not many. So far, there are only twenty-six "Pathfinders" that I have observed successfully born. There are 312 "Pathfinder" embryos that have been destroyed before they have hatched. As for the others, there is no whereabouts at present."
"Why is this happening? Who? What causes the result today? Why is the earth destroyed? Why did the world become like this?" Tianxiang said angrily.
"...I don't know either, the information is incomplete." After hesitating for a long time, the computer answered the question Tianxiang wanted to know most helplessly.
"Incomplete information? Didn't there be any records at that time?"
"No, the detection robot released at that time did not return at all. Therefore, there is no record of this part of the data."
Tianxiang was stunned. He probably had never expected such a result. The reason for the destruction of the earth was what he most urgently wanted to know among all the questions. However, he did not expect that the answer from the computer would be such a result. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sighed with a little desolate feeling: "The world has become like this, and the cause of destruction cannot be found. What can I do?"
"Develop, reproduce, and lead mankind back to civilization. This is your task and the only purpose of being born into this world." This time, the computer did not hesitate and gave the answer quite simply.
Tianxiang was completely speechless. Among the many books I had read before, there were many arrogant people who dreamed of dominating the world, and their conspiracies were so old-fashioned that they could not be more old-fashioned - either destroying the world or ruling the world. Unexpectedly, such conspiracies and plans would fall on a mere little person like himself.
"This is not a fantasy, but reality. You have this ability, and the reason you were created is the same." Sensing Tianxiang's brain wave changes, the computer faithfully answered questions that cannot be called a problem at all.
"Let me think about it! My mind is in chaos now, give me some time..." Tianxiang couldn't help but sigh.
Chapter completed!