Chapter 34 The truth behind the disaster

The first year of the Varela calendar, 1801 in the old calendar.

An epidemic broke out in Varela City.

Hair loss, bleeding, vomiting blood, diarrhea...

Just like the disaster at the beginning, the invisible force returned and once again invaded the devout believers of the Lord.

The archbishop led the church and all the believers in the city to pray to the gods.

The goddess responded to everyone again.

He once again sent down a miracle, blocking the dirty air from the outside world with a steel wall, and sheltering the believers in Varela City.

...

Chen Fan silently checked the text in the holographic image. After Yi's summary and processing, the disaster scene described in the text was more detailed.

He could even personally experience the despair and fear brought to people by the disaster that swept the world from these cold texts.

It's just...

'What about the history before 1800 in the old calendar? '

Chen Fan frowned and asked Yi: 'Why is there only the history after the first year of the Varela calendar? '

[This machine searched all the book information, but still did not find a detailed description of the text before 1800 in the old calendar. 】

【Among all the books, only one book mentioned the relevant information. 】

'What does that book say? '

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he immediately felt that a breakthrough was within reach.

【That was a prosperous era for mankind, but unfortunately, the prosperity is no longer there. 】

'... Then what? '

【Nothing. 】

Yi's tone was very sure.

【Only this sentence, and it was found in the interlayer of a book. 】

During the conversation, a holographic image of a book appeared in front of Chen Fan.

"Simple Mechanical Principles"

still only has the title of the book, but no author's name.

Unlike other beautifully packaged books, this book called Simple Mechanical Principles is very old.

It has neither a gorgeous book cover nor any exquisite decorations.

The tattered pale yellow pages are directly exposed to the outside world, and the fonts on it are also a little blurred because of the age.

"Mechanical Principles?"

Chen Fan raised his eyebrows: "The church library actually includes such a book? '

It's no wonder he was surprised. From the beginning to now, except for various theological books, he has not seen many books about natural sciences.

[It should be related to the content recorded in the book. ]

[The author of this book...he attributed all the beauty of the machinery to the goddess, claiming that it was the goddess who created the exquisite machinery. ]

[However, putting aside those meaningless words, the mechanical and mathematical principles recorded in this book are still very good. ]

[At least it can be called the embryonic work of natural science. ]

'…'

Good guy, you can still do this?

But you know what, the effect is really good - in this world where the church controls everything, it is fortunate that it can be preserved safely.

[The text description before 1800 in the old calendar is hidden in the interlayer of the last page of the book. ]

Chen Fan followed Yi's guidance and took out the book from an unattended bookshelf.

He carefully turned the somewhat torn pages, his eyes full of emotion.

Telling future generations about the past glory, this should be the last obsession of the author of this book, right?

Looking at the book in front of him, Chen Fan couldn't help but have a thought in his mind.

But unfortunately, after so many years, the book is still lying in the library - which means that no one has discovered the hard work of this unknown author.

This is a good thing, but also a bad thing.

He sighed softly and returned to the table with the book: "Yi, what do you think is the truth of this disaster?"

[No natural disasters related to these keywords can be found in the local database.]

Chen Fan shook his head in distress.

Mysterious power? Invisible things? A city-wide epidemic caused by dirty air?

Chen Fan couldn't imagine such a superstitious picture.

A good technological civilization, it's impossible for the style to suddenly change into a fantasy style?

Wait?

Technological civilization?

The prosperous era before 1800 in the lunar calendar that no longer exists?

Several clues quickly connected in Chen Fan's mind.

He frowned, trying to grasp the fleeting inspiration like a firefly.

"... Nuclear war."

After a long silence, he suddenly opened his eyes and squeezed out three shocking syllables from between his teeth.

...

[Nuclear war?]

'No mistake, it must be a nuclear war! '

Realizing that the window paper in front of him was about to be pierced, Chen Fan's breathing suddenly became rapid: 'And it's a super-large-scale nuclear war! '

'The fireball hanging in the sky is an exploding nuclear bomb! '

'Storm, strong wind, that is the shock wave generated by the nuclear explosion! '

'The mysterious power that cannot be seen by the naked eye is the nuclear radiation generated by the explosion of the nuclear bomb! '

'The rain brought down by the goddess should be some kind of medicine that can deal with nuclear radiation. '

Chen Fan's eyes flashed with brilliance, and his emotions became excited: "As for the epidemic in the second year... I suspect it is the sequelae of nuclear radiation. "

'As for the foul air outside the city, it is completely filled with radioactive dust! "

Yi was silent for a moment, as if he was calculating something.

[The calculation results are out. ]

[The probability is more than 80%. ]

[Considering the information hidden in the interlayer, the probability can be increased to 90%. ]

'No, it seems to be a problem. '

After thinking about it carefully, Chen Fan vaguely sensed some problems.

The timeline is a bit inconsistent!

If the disaster is a nuclear war, if 1800 years ago in the old calendar was really an era of technological prosperity, then the person who wrote down these words must know the truth about the nuclear explosion. Why would he leave such an obscure and idealistic description language?

[If it was really a full-scale nuclear war, those who witnessed the nuclear explosion should have died. ]

There was a taste of black humor in Yi's words: [So the description you see is most likely obtained through word of mouth by countless people. ]

[Add to that the polishing and modification of the church, and it naturally became the obscure version it is now. 】

Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly.

What he said made sense, and he was powerless to refute it!

'So...'

'Who are they launching a nuclear war against? '

'The goddess? '

The previous round of confusion had just been resolved, and the next wave of questions came to Chen Fan's mind again.

[There is a certain possibility, but there is a logical conflict. ]

'What? '

[If the target of the nuclear war is the goddess, in a sense, this proves that the goddess is an alien civilization with high technology. ]

'Is there a problem? '

'He can easily stop the ongoing nuclear explosion, and can also solve the radiation produced by the nuclear explosion. Isn't this high level of technology? '

[Just barely. ]

Yi's voice was a little disdainful: [But the logical conflict that this machine wants to talk about is not here, but later. ]

[If the target of the nuclear war is really the goddess, and the goddess is an alien civilization, why does He save the survivors of the nuclear explosion? ]

'...'

Chen Fan fell silent immediately.

Yes.

If the other party is really an alien civilization that invaded this planet, then He doesn't need to waste energy saving people!

Could it be...

that, as he had imagined before, this impoverished alien civilization wanted to seek "help" from a lower civilization?

[Don't let your imagination run wild.]

[Except for a few human resources, is there anything else worth praising about your backward civilization?]

[For a primary interstellar civilization, the value of these human resources is far less than the planet under your feet.]

ps: Short ones are also very cute.JPG

(End of this chapter)