Chapter 158 Crash
"..."
Looking at the diary that stopped abruptly in front of him, Chen Fan fell into complete silence.
Although it was just a simple text description, he still saw the despair of the diary owner from a few lines of text -
he just wanted to see the world outside the mother planet!
Under normal circumstances, for a civilization that has mastered nuclear fusion technology, this should be a trivial matter that can be accomplished with a wave of the hand!
But the human beings in the prosperous era have spent a full thirty-nine years and countless resources for this.
These time and resources are not exchanged for a brilliant starry sky, but a magical barrier that seems to be impossible to break through forever! !
"I don't understand..."
Isa's murmur came from the side.
She raised her head slightly, frowned, and the scarlet light in her mechanical left eye flashed gently: "Why are you obsessed with leaving the ground?"
Isa, who grew up in Varela City since childhood and has never really looked up at the starry sky, asked: "The world outside the planet... Is there anything special?"
Hearing Isa's question, Chen Fan's expression was slightly complicated.
"There are many reasons for this."
Before Chen Fan could speak, Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded: "On the one hand, it's a resource issue."
"The resources on a planet are quite limited. Theoretically, most planets cannot meet the normal development needs of a civilization, even if this civilization has just mastered controlled nuclear fusion, which is the first-level civilization in the Human Union's classification."
"On the other hand."
"This can be said to be the spiritual pursuit of highly intelligent life forms."
"Curiosity about the unknown and truth is a necessary condition for the development of civilization."
"Therefore, in the judgment criteria of the Human Union, yearning for the starry sky is an important criterion for judging the development potential of civilization."
"Once individuals within a civilization lose the urge to look up at the stars, this civilization will inevitably decline."
Listening to Yi's long speech, Isa and Gao Yuan's faces suddenly showed a bit of confusion.
"Don't think too much now." Chen Fan patted Isa's thin shoulders cheerfully, "When the investigator's starship arrives, I'll take you for a ride in the universe and you'll know." Having
said that, Chen Fan's eyes also revealed some trepidation and expectation - to some extent, he is the same as Isa and Gao Yuan, he has also never seen the world outside the planet.
The only difference is that until now, he has kept a little yearning for the endless starry sky in his heart.
Recalling the scene of sitting in the courtyard of the countryside and looking up at the starry sky when he was a child, Chen Fan cast his eyes on the holographic projection in front of him with a sigh.
The last line of white text in the azure holographic projection was particularly dazzling - it was obvious that the owner of the diary had failed.
He frowned subconsciously, and his mind thought of the history of Varela City.
The 40,000-kilometer magic barrier seems to have the same purpose as the Wall of Sighs in Varela City.
"The means of alien civilization..."
Chen Fan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, muttering to himself in a low voice.
"There is a certain possibility." The electronic synthesized voice sounded, "But considering the relics left by advanced civilizations on this planet, this machine thinks that the problem is more likely to be with that unknown advanced civilization."
Chen Fan's eyes moved, and he quickly remembered what [Source] said to Yi at the beginning: "If I remember correctly, that advanced civilization seems to be called..."
"Roca civilization." Yi added, "At least [Source] called it that."
Chen Fan nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
The birth time of [Source], the reason for its rebellion, the magic barrier that existed at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers on the Varela star...
A large number of confusing clues formed a messy ball of wool in his mind.
"Let's go to the second underground floor to see if there is any other information."
Chen Fan made a decision: "One, find the specific location of that independent room."
"In addition..."
"May I ask, is there any limit on the detection range of the detection drone now?"
An electronic synthesized voice sounded quickly: "Currently, the detection drone's permissions have been completely unlocked, and there is no clear range limit."
A hint of joy flashed across Chen Fan's face: "Then..."
"Can the detection drone leave the surface of the planet autonomously? I remember that thing seemed to be equipped with an anti-gravity engine?"
"This machine needs to be corrected. The so-called anti-gravity engine, strictly speaking, should be an anti-gravity engine." One corrected Chen Fan's point of view, "Gravity will continue to decay with the increase of distance, and the driving effect of the anti-gravity engine will also weaken accordingly."
"You can understand it as two repelling magnets. The repulsion is the greatest when they are close to each other. The farther the distance, the smaller the repulsion, until it almost dissipates." "
Therefore, although the ideal use area of the individual detection drone is the near-surface of the planet, this does not mean that it cannot leave the surface of the planet."
"At least, it can reach a synchronous geostationary orbit."
...
The morning sun has risen from the surface, and the warm sunlight quickly dispelled the darkness that shrouded the land.
The originally silent forest has regained some vitality.
Next to the gray-white concrete arch building, a huge heavy bulldozer is quietly lying on the ground.
Suddenly, an inconspicuous spherical detector jumped out from the small door on the side of the concrete arch building.
Facing the rising sun, the spherical detector rushed straight to the sky full of fish-scale clouds!
At the same time.
On the basement floor of Hai'an Deep Space Observatory.
Chen Fan cast his eyes on the holographic projection in front of him. The projection showed the aerial view of the spherical detection drone that soared into the sky!
"What is the magic barrier of 40,000 kilometers in the sky..."
"I don't believe that the unknown attack can destroy this detection drone!"
He looked at the constantly shrinking images in the projection, and his eyes flickered with a faint excitement.
To be honest, he had wanted to do this a long time ago!
The authority of the trainee investigator is really too weak.
Not to mention the initial level I trainee investigator, even for the level III trainee investigator, the detection range of the detection drone is only 200 kilometers in radius!
What can 200 kilometers do? !
In comparison, the authority of the formal investigator has obviously been leapfrogged!
As the height of the detection drone continued to climb, the rich terrain gradually came into Chen Fan's eyes: rivers, oceans, deserts, glaciers, mountains...
and hundreds of cities standing on the ground and surrounded by huge walls-like the city of Varela, they are all "cages" made by [Source]!
As the perspective continued to rise, Chen Fan gradually realized the distribution pattern of these cities.
They are distributed in a ring on the vast land, like stars surrounding a huge, metallic ring-shaped mountain range!
Chen Fan's thoughts moved, and the picture in the holographic projection quickly zoomed in, and the details of the giant mountain range appeared in front of him.
It was a mountain built of metal and machinery!
Various heavy machinery of unknown purpose were connected to each other to form this ring-shaped mountain range built purely by machinery!
In the center of the ring-shaped mechanical mountain range, a pyramid-shaped building with a dazzling light reflected on the surface stood quietly on the ground!
The next second, the picture in front of him disappeared quickly-dense clouds and fog covered the lens of the detection drone.
After entering the clouds, the surrounding scenery became monotonous.
But Chen Fan's mood did not calm down at all:
What is the ring-shaped mountain range built by heavy machinery for?
What secrets are hidden in the pyramid located in the center of the ring-shaped mechanical mountain range?
What kind of connection are there between the two? !
Countless questions rose in his heart.
"Current altitude: 30,000 kilometers."
An electronic synthesized voice sounded, pulling Chen Fan back to his thoughts.
As Yi said, the best use range of the detection drone is the near-surface area of the planet: as the altitude continues to increase, the flight speed of the detection drone has obviously decreased a lot.
...
"Ding!"
A crisp sound rang out in the empty control room on the first underground floor.
In front of Chen Fan, the sound of the hydraulic system and the slide rail movement came from inside the metal wall.
After a short wait, the metal wall that was originally tightly closed slowly unfolded, revealing a small space.
It was an elevator that could accommodate dozens of people at the same time.
Under the power supply of one of the detection drones, this elevator that had been silent for hundreds of years began to operate again.
Chen Fan did not hesitate and walked directly into the elevator that had a musty smell because it had been sealed for a long time.
He raised his right hand and gently pressed the elevator button on his side.
After a slight vibration, the elevator door disguised as a metal wall slowly closed, and the elevator box began to descend rapidly.
"Current altitude: 39,000 kilometers."
The electronic synthesized voice came again beside his ear.
Feeling the slight weightlessness as the elevator descended, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
After more than 300 years, will the magic barrier of 40,000 kilometers appear again?
Can the detection drone of Renlian pass through this so-called magic barrier?
The height numbers in the holographic projection changed rapidly.
Finally!
"Current altitude: 40,000 kilometers."
The camera of the detection drone slowly turned.
Looking at the strange planet in the picture with thick clouds on the surface and the overall color of green and blue, Chen Fan widened his eyes slightly.
This is the planet they are on!
Yisha and Gao Yuan beside him couldn't help but let out a heartfelt exclamation.
The next second.
"Ding!"
As the prompt sound of the elevator arriving at the floor sounded, the picture in the holographic projection also showed a violent distortion!
Almost at the same time, the projection picture completely dissipated.
"Warning! The detection drone is under unknown attack!"
A warning message marked in red popped up in the azure holographic projection: "The detection drone signal has been lost!"
"The drone has been confirmed to have crashed!"
"Analyzing the last data sent back by the drone..."
"Warning! The attack method has been confirmed to be a space weapon!"
Chen Fan and two assistants stood in the middle of the elevator, staring at the flashing red holographic projection.
In front of them, the elevator door slowly opened, revealing the underground second floor area of the Hai'an Deep Space Observatory.
(End of this chapter)
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