Time travel to become the guardian AI of a lost civilization

Chapter 74 The Walled Garden
"Walled Garden", this is another sacred planet of the lost empire "Watcher".

Just like the "Emerald Tomb", visiting here will not incur punishment from the "Watcher".

In fact, due to its excellent ecological environment, in addition to tourists and pilgrims coming here, some biologists also have a soft spot for this place, and a large number of image records about the holy place are also spread in the Milky Way.

Of course, Li Wenyuan has also seen the recorded images of these holy places, but he couldn't find anything from them.

By all accounts, the "sacred planets" are extremely ordinary, with nothing worthy of attention except for the sacred meaning given to them by the "Watcher".

"...Then what will humans leave on it? What does the 'Watcher' who regards this place as a holy place have anything to do with humans?"

Thinking about it, the scientific research spacecraft approached the Holy Land.

Unlike the dead silence of the "Emerald Mausoleum", the "Walled Garden" does have an extremely good ecological environment.

In addition to various types of vegetation, a large number of strange-looking animals have also formed a stable food chain here.

Li Wenyuan even saw some creatures that were collected as pets at high prices in the private market. Perhaps not only tourists came here, but also poachers who worked their lives for money.

It's just that the poachers only dared to carry out small-scale poaching due to the deterrence of the "watchman".

Even when it detects that the food chain may collapse, it will actively stop other poachers and carry out ecological maintenance for a certain period of time.

Maybe they care more about this place than the biologists and the Wardens.

As Li Wenyuan expected, a rough scan did not yield any results, and the various detectors he turned on, including spiritual equipment, did not find any abnormalities.

In addition to continuing to let a large number of drones perform fine scans, he can only wait for the results of a new round.

Gray Wind also came here, but compared to Li Wenyuan's idea of ​​finding human remains, she is obviously more interested in the creatures on the Holy Land.

"Did you see that? That animal can breathe fire!" She excitedly pointed at a tall deer-shaped creature that was breathing out flames, with unstoppable curiosity in her eyes.

Li Wenyuan also noticed this scene, and immediately discovered something strange about the "Walled Garden".

That is, the creatures here seem to have some degree of psionic potential.

Just like a canid that is not suitable for flying no matter how you look at its body structure, their staple food is actually birds.

Moreover, instead of using methods such as sneak attack to prey on birds that fell on the ground, they flew directly into the sky to chase the birds.

This situation is too different from the general belief in idealistic civilization that "consciousness determines spiritual power". They believe that creatures without intelligence should not be able to use spiritual power.

"But the readings of the psionic detectors are not abnormal, only a thin layer of psionic energy surrounding the planet was detected. If it is a holy place, it is normal to have such a situation."

"Is it because the animals here have been immersed in psionic energy for a long time, so they formed a similar instinctive method of using psionic energy?"

Li Wenyuan felt that something was wrong. If spiritual power could be mastered so easily, idealistic civilizations wouldn't have to spend so much trouble entering the Void Realm.

Intuition told him that this situation is related to the remains left by humans here.

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In addition to the scientific research spacecraft and the nano-robot aggregate, the alien visitor who came to this planet today also has a "Watcher" big shot.

To be precise, he is not a member of the "Watchmen" now, and he is no longer ready to return to that place full of false beliefs.

"Holy land... How long has it been since I've been here?" He murmured, walking along the path in the forest.

He is Zaklan, the "prophet" who is still extolled by idealistic civilizations even after he leaves.

As a saint of the "Watcher", his appearance is not so outstanding, and it seems that he does not match the image of "Prophet" Guang Weizheng.

The high priest had suggested countless times that he use genetic means to improve his body shape, but he rejected it.

He doesn't think he has any physical defects, he is proud of his birth and his body, and he doesn't need the interference of external objects to destroy this purity.

But it's just a small thing in his life.

As long as he can remember, he has been just an ordinary person, neither the chosen one who was born, nor the psychic with powerful spiritual power.

Like many ascetics in "Watchmen", he exercises his spiritual strength through meditation every day and ensures his physical health through labor.

Originally, his life would be very ordinary, but due to some accident or some purpose, the mediocre Zachlan was chosen as the "prophet".

At first he thought it was the grace of God descending on him, but soon he understood the truth hidden behind it.

He only exists as a "spiritual idol" that condenses beliefs.

His name was spread, and his deeds were sung by believers.

Zaklan, who has been practicing penance in the temple since he was born, even learned through the network equipment that he had "sacred deeds" of "traveling the stars of the universe, influencing bloodthirsty giant beasts, and enlightening ignorant sentient beings".

There are other idealistic and civilized kings who issue decrees to exploit the people in his name; there are also empires that have nothing to do with him swear to fight for him, and then expand wildly to grab resources.

He tries to explain, but everything he says can be purposefully twisted into useful "oracles."

Fanatical believers respect him, and the huge spiritual power he condenses has also become an important part of the "Watcher"'s exploration of the void.

And he, Zachlan, a nobody, is reluctantly carried forward by the tide of history.

"...Purpose and deceit, greed and desire, these are the most common things in the galaxy. After all, there are only a few great causes. 'Apocalypse', if you see this scene, will you regret what you did?"

Zaklan sighed and pushed aside the bushes in front of him.

The purple light flashed by, and the vision suddenly opened up at this time, and a huge circular courtyard appeared in the dense forest.

The flower clusters here grow neatly, and even if no one comes to maintain it, the plants seem to maintain their growth order spontaneously.

Many animals rest here, and you can see animals that are supposed to be in the relationship between predator and prey, and walk together harmoniously.

There seems to be a mysterious force here that appeases all creatures, and the source of that force is the giant obelisk in the center of the courtyard.

The quaint atmosphere lingers on it, but you can't see any broken places, as if time can't leave traces on it.

Around the obelisk, countless statues are being placed.

These statues are statues of all the "Holy Ones" in history that The Watcher can trace.

Even though most of them have been vague, I only know that there is such a person who once appeared in history and was called a "saint".

But they are still placed here as faceless sculptures.

Among them, the sculpture closest to the obelisk is the most special.

Its statue is the most vague, and even its figure is only approximate. It seems that even the sculptor doesn't know what this one should look like, and can only show its differences from other "sages" as much as possible.

It can be seen that it should be a creature of another species, and it is difficult to imagine that "Watcher" will erect a statue of other creatures.

And Li Wenyuan, who was still scanning the planet, detected an extremely weak abnormal fluctuation with the psionic detector the moment Zaklan entered the "Oelisk Courtyard".

He didn't let go of this anomaly, and a large number of drones pursued the past, and soon came to a hollow in the center of the forest.

It seemed normal here, but Li Wenyuan saw a wandering animal that disappeared into the hollow.

Obviously, there is a special space here, and one must have spiritual power to enter.

Li Wenyuan guessed that this place is probably another crack in the void, just like the pyramid in the "Emerald Mausoleum".

(End of this chapter)