Chapter 156: The first underground floor

As the three of them continued to go down the spiral metal staircase, a dark underground space gradually appeared in front of Chen Fan.

Although the surface was covered with a thick layer of dust, the surrounding walls still reflected the unique luster of metal under the white light provided by the smart terminal.

The entire underground space is quite wide. Conservatively estimated, its area is definitely more than five times that of the rocket observation room on the surface.

The satellite launch center, which has completely exhausted its energy, is pitch black. The light provided by the smart terminal also seems a little pale and powerless in front of this almost endless darkness.

Driven by anti-gravity engines, several spherical drones floated silently in the dark underground space like ghosts.

At the same time, a holographic picture automatically popped up in front of Chen Fan, and the holographic model in it was quickly improved.

"No traces of intelligent machine activity have been detected yet."

The electronic synthesized voice sounded in his ears, and Chen Fan's tense nerves also relaxed.

With the light of the smart terminal, he squinted his eyes and looked around.

As far as the naked eye can see, the entire underground space is filled with steel structures of varying sizes, and a large number of abandoned wires of unknown purpose are randomly entangled on them.

Fortunately, the lighting system on the ceiling looks intact - at least the light tubes are still securely plugged into the base.

It looks like a depressed and dilapidated appearance.

Chen Fan frowned, and a worse thought flashed through his mind: This satellite launch center that has been abandoned for 70 years, has it been emptied?

In any case, investigating in the dark is definitely not his style.

"Yi, can the power supply here be restored?" Chen Fan asked Yi after a moment of hesitation, "At least the lighting system should be restored to normal operation."

"Wait a minute."

A drone flew silently to a thick cable exposed to the outside. The next second, a thin light blue arc was emitted from the lower end of the drone and gently rested on the copper wire inside the cable.

There was no response.

The drone did not hesitate and flew to another cable again.

It was the same process again.

Not only this drone, but the other detection drones also performed the same operation under Yi's control.

For a moment, fleeting light blue arcs lit up in the dark hall.

Chen Fan looked confused: "What...what are you doing?"

"Reverse analysis of the circuit system of the satellite launch center." Yi gave a brief response, "and at the same time testing the integrity of the internal circuit system of the satellite launch center."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly.

Okay, okay, you're going to use the exhaustive method, right?

Looking at those detection drones that looked like electricians, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel tired from the bottom of his heart: "After all, it is a level nine civilization, isn't there any advanced method?"

"Of course there is." He gave the answers one by one in a serious manner, "Starship-level high-power scanning can directly complete the particle-level scanning and modeling of the entire ruins; the starship-level nano self-repair system can complete the repair of the internal circuits of the ruins within thirty seconds; more advanced, Genesis can directly change the rules of this space, thereby realizing true light-free lighting."

"There are many methods, but..."

"Do you have the corresponding authority? Do you have the corresponding equipment?"

Hearing the heart-wrenching question, Chen Fan's fatigue instantly surged to his face: "Don't say anymore, I understand what you mean."

"Let's use the current method."

"I'd like to state in advance that I didn't break the defense. I always believe that this primitive method also has its own advantages. Many times there is no need to blindly pursue more advanced methods..."

Beside him, Gao Yuan and Isa cast strange glances at Chen Fan.

Looking at Chen Fan, who had a bleak expression, forced a smile and muttered to himself, Gao Yuan swallowed his saliva and asked Isa beside him in a low voice: "Brother Fan... is he okay?"

Isa showed hesitation. She shook her head gently and gave an uncertain answer: "Should be... right?"

On the other side, Chen Fan's murmur echoed in the empty underground space: "... There is an old saying that the most high-end ingredients are often cooked in the simplest way. I think this saying is similar to the current practice. Yi, do you think what I said makes sense?"

Yi was silent for a moment, and finally chose to change the subject:

"... The analysis work has been completed."

A series of illusory, thick or thin circuits quickly emerged in the holographic projection in front of Chen Fan: "There is good news. The circuit system of the satellite launch center is well preserved. At least the circuit system on the first underground floor is fine."

"... Wait?" Chen Fan noticed the hidden information in Yi's words and suddenly came back to his senses, "The first underground floor?"

"Is there a second underground floor?"

He turned his head and looked at the holographic map in front of him with a faint blue light: "But... there is no passage down!"

"During the detection process, the machine found that the main power supply cable was extended from the underground." A thick cable flashing red light appeared in the blue holographic map, "This main power supply cable has a total of nine branch cables, eight of which are scattered in the underground space of this floor to provide energy for various equipment. Only one branch cable is separated and extends to the side of the underground space of this floor."

Looking at the branch cable connected to the concrete pouring area in the holographic projection, Chen Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The answer is already obvious: there is a hidden independent small space on the side of this underground space!

The so-called second underground floor may have to be entered through that independent small space!

While thinking, a detection drone slowly flew to a thick cable extending from the ceiling.

The next second, a thin light blue arc pierced through the air and connected to the copper core inside the broken cable.

As the detection drone kept getting closer to the broken cable, the color of the arc gradually deepened and the thickness continued to increase.

Gradually, the light bulb on the ceiling began to flicker with a faint light.

Perhaps the load limit of the entire system was measured, the arc released by the detection drone instantly increased, and the light tube on the ceiling also instantly became bright!

After hundreds of years, many light tubes have failed, but even so, the remaining light tubes will illuminate the dark underground space as bright as day!

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, and waited until his eyes adapted to the suddenly bright environment, then he opened his eyes and looked around.

As he had guessed before, the entire underground floor had been emptied.

Looking around, there were only rows of empty metal racks and cables of varying thickness lying in a mess on the cold ground.

Although he had expected such a scene, Chen Fan still felt his heart sink when he saw it.

The only thing that comforted him was that there was a barely complete device deep in the underground space - a device that looked like a central control console.

Without any hesitation, he walked towards the relatively complete central control console.

With the echoing footsteps, Chen Fan was getting closer and closer to the central control console, and the things placed on it also came into his sight.

The moment he saw the object clearly, Chen Fan's face changed and he stopped suddenly.

In front of him, where his eyes were focused, there was a small Q-version doll.

The surface of the doll was covered with a thick layer of dust, and its original color was severely faded and distorted due to its age.

But even so, with the nearly perfect facial features and the lofty temperament, Chen Fan still vaguely recognized the other party's true identity -

[Source].

To be precise, it was the image that [Source] showed to the outside world.

Chen Fan, who suddenly stopped, immediately attracted the attention of the two assistants behind him.

Seeing that Chen Fan did not reply, Gao Yuan quickly ran to his side and asked him: "Brother Fan, what happened?"

Chen Fan, who was still a little uncertain, raised his hand and pointed to the central console in front of him: "Look over there."

The next second.

"Female, goddess?!"

Hearing Gao Yuan's exclamation, Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully: "It seems that I am not wrong, this is indeed the image of [Source]."

"Why is there a statue of the goddess here?"

Gao Yuan asked Chen Fan anxiously.

"Isn't this simple?"

Chen Fan quickly stepped forward and grabbed the faded Q version doll in his hand: "The birth of [Source] is probably earlier than we thought."

"The so-called intelligent machine crisis is probably inseparable from the actions of the prosperous era."

Chen Fan's mind flashed a sentence that [Source] once mentioned-'Why do you help those humans with bad natures? They are not worthy of your help! ' What did

the humans in the prosperous era...

do?

Confused, Chen Fan cast his eyes towards the central console in front of him.

Unlike other devices with only metal frames left, there is a computer device in the central console.

"One."

Chen Fan pointed his right hand at the computer device: "See if you can start this computer."

The white scanning beam slowly swept across the dusty computer device.

The internal structure of this antique also emerged in the holographic projection.

"The motherboard has been completely burned. Preliminary judgment is that it should be caused by long-term operation in a high-dust environment."

One gave a conclusion: "This machine can try to directly scan and read the data in the hard disk."

The scanning beam appeared again.

Unlike before, when the scanning beam appeared this time, Chen Fan suddenly found that the metal shell of the computer in front of him suddenly became transparent!

The white beam seemed to violate the principles of physics, passing through the thick metal shell and complex circuit boards, and shining directly on a round device.

(End of this chapter)