Alien Relic Hunter

Chapter 6 The Oval Hall

"It seems to have a very precise crystal structure inside. I suspect that it may be the creation of the Alpha civilization, but we don't have the corresponding detection equipment, and my scalpel can't dissect something of this size."

The "crystal structure" is one of the alien technologies that humans have unearthed from the remains of the Alpha civilization.Before that, the technology of human semiconductor materials could only make nanometer-level chips, limited by the purity of single crystal silicon and the accuracy of laser etching technology, one nanometer was already the minimum limit of circuit gap, but Alpha Civilization The crystal structure created is to directly bombard the interior of the high-purity crystal with a single atom, and then use Nino alloy to fill the tiny channels bombarded by the atoms.The performance of the crystal circuit chip manufactured by this technology can even reach more than a thousand times that of a nanometer-scale chip of the same volume.

This cutting-edge technology is obviously not something that Ke Lan and others can crack. Even in the semiconductor laboratory with the most complete equipment on the Ark, it will take at least half a year to analyze a new crystal structure.

"This kind of problem is still a headache for researchers." Ivan reluctantly put the remains of the bug into a test tube made of explosion-proof glass. In any case, this is a rather precious trophy. According to the original exploration plan, I am afraid that the credit points that all of them can earn together cannot exceed the value of this bug.

"What can be determined at the moment is that this worm...is an 'artificial object'-whether it can be regarded as a 'human' or not, but this thing is definitely not a natural creature, then we must face the second A question." Ke Lan pondered.

The Hound's expression seemed a little dejected, he glanced at Akano Asano, then turned to Ke Lan and said, "What's the problem? If it's an academic discussion, I think it's better to avoid it, I just want to know how to get rid of this ghost. Place. Grass, if I knew things would turn out like this, I might as well take up the cleaning task of the northern mining area, at least those monsters are not so evil."

"No... this question is very important, since this thing is artificial, then we need to know its mode of action - whether this thing is autonomous or remote, and if it is the latter, then the 'person' controlling it is Who? Where is it now? And, what is its purpose?"

As soon as these words came out, the other people suddenly felt a chill on the back of their spines, and even the hairs on their necks stood upside down, as if something was watching them in the dark...

"Brother Ke Lan, your question is... a little scary." Zorigtu swallowed and touched the hand axe stuck in his waist as if courageous.

"If it's a remote control type, who do you think is controlling it?" Ivan frowned, "The Alpha?"

Human beings have been on Alpha Planet for 50 years, and millions of drones have scanned almost the entire surface of the planet during these 50 years, but they have never found any traces of Alpha people's activities. Not only that, When exploring the ruins of the Alpha civilization, they have not found even a corpse of an Alpha person.

Humans who were originally outsiders have now become the only intelligent creatures on this planet...

Scholars have been arguing about the demise of Alpha civilization since 50 years ago. At present, there are two most mainstream theories, one is the theory of war, and the other is the theory of immigration, but both of them have loopholes that cannot be ignored.

The theory of war believes that a large-scale world war has destroyed the entire civilization, and it is precisely because of the war that radiation is everywhere on the planet, and many relics on the surface are indeed damaged. But the flaw in the theory of war is that there is not a single Alpha human body to be found on the entire planet. Whether it is a soldier who died in battle or a civilian hiding in a shelter, they seem to have evaporated out of thin air, leaving no bones behind. Down.

The theory of immigration is also not very tenable. From a human point of view, apart from the radiation on the surface and the highly toxic ocean, Planet Alpha is a planet that is quite suitable for the survival of intelligent creatures. It has a planet similar to Earth. Gravity, rotation period and revolution period, the oxygen content in the atmosphere is not low, and the temperature is in the range of minus 75 degrees Celsius to minus twenty degrees Celsius... There is no reason for any civilization to completely abandon such a livable place What's more, there are still a lot of resources left here that have not been taken away.

If there are still Alpha people on this planet, this news alone is enough to make the entire human society undergo earth-shaking changes.

Although the contact between humans and extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations has only existed in literary and artistic works and scientific hypotheses since its birth, the result of the contact is completely predictable—with a high probability of war.

Judging from the current level of exploration of Alpha Civilization, once humans and Alpha Civilization go to war, the winning rate is infinitely close to zero.

"Impossible! If the Alphas were still alive, we would have been wiped out long ago!" Layton said firmly.

"What if they are in a dormant state? Or is it limited by something... Or, let's make a bold assumption that this planet is just a testing ground for the Alpha people, and we humans are just a group of guinea pigs who have strayed here. ..." Ivan said as he tapped the glass test tube with his fingers.

"Now is not the time to discuss this - let's vote, whether to continue exploring the depths of the ruins, or return to the cave to wait for rescue, the minority obeys the majority, come on." The hound's breathing was a little short, as a senior hunter , fear is an emotion that should never appear at any time, and the best way to eliminate fear is to face it and force yourself to make a decision.

The results of the vote came out soon. All six people chose the former. They didn't carry many supplies with them. There was not much difference between waiting for rescue and waiting for death.

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Continuing to move forward, the six people continued in the narrow passage for about half an hour by the cool green light of the fluorescent stick. Finally, with the low voice of Leidon, who was playing the front, the front suddenly became brighter.

This is an oval-shaped underground hall, the area is almost the size of two football fields. A column of the thickness of two people hugs stands in the center of the hall, reaching the dome nearly [-] meters high.

The floor of the hall is covered with polished dark gray slate, and the gaps between the slates are filled with a black substance similar to clay.

There are four entrances and exits connecting the hall, which are located at the four vertices of the oval, and the opening that Ke Lan and the others came out of is one of the two long-axis endpoints.

The Hound's eyes were immediately attracted to the column in the middle of the hall. After seeing the material of the column, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Good guy... This whole column... is made of Nino alloy. It's not a rank A relic!"

"There also seems to be a relief of alpha characters on that pillar..." Ivan narrowed his eyes and wanted to take a closer look, but was held back by Ke Lan.

"Be careful of the floor, there are organs."

"Organ? How did you see it?" The Hound was a little puzzled, but he obediently retracted the foot he had just stretched out.

"I once saw a similar hall in a C-level ruin, with a column in the middle, four doors, and the ground is paved with two-meter-square stone floors. It's called a 'vinyl glue' stuffing, but the hall is much smaller than this."

"What is that agency?"

"In addition to the safety of the nine floors at each entrance, as long as the wrong floor is stepped on, a trap will be triggered." Ke Lan said, "As for the types of traps, there are many types, the most common being The gravity trap, including the triggering one, will instantly add about a hundred times the gravity to the surrounding nine floors, crushing people to death."

"Then how did you crack this mechanism at that time?" Layton asked, even if he had undergone the fourth-level biochemical transformation, he would definitely not be able to withstand the pressure of a hundred times his own weight.

"We couldn't crack it. After three hunters died, we chose to take a detour." Ke Lan shook his head.

(End of this chapter)