Chapter 274 Starry Plains
"Nebula Potion?"
The smile on Meng Zhixin's face disappeared visibly. He repeated it in a low voice, and some bad memories emerged in his mind.
He subconsciously frowned: "Why do you suddenly mention this?"
Meng Zhixin hesitated: "Members of the Mechanicus...Except for the conservatives, most of the radical members died in the last few battles. I estimate that the remaining radical members should have been left on Old Varela..." "
Now it is estimated..."
Meng Zhixin swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Chen Fan naturally knew what he wanted to say-the Dena civilization had sent a message a few days ago that they had begun to deal with Old Varela.
According to the efficiency of the fifth-level civilization in mining planets...
Even if those radical members are still alive, they are estimated to have turned into endless dust in the universe together with Old Varela.
Thinking of this, Chen Fan also showed a bitter smile on his face: "This is bad..."
"I recently discovered an alliance composed of a large number of interstellar civilizations, and found a kind of... medicine called Star Sand in it." Chen Fan pondered for a moment, and finally defined Star Sand as a medicine, "Some of its characteristics are similar to Nebula Potion."
"Not only Star Sand, I also found nanomechanical clusters in this alliance that are very similar to nanoworms."
Meng Zhixin was surprised. At this point, he already understood what Chen Fan meant: "So you suspect that this alliance has a certain connection with the Roca civilization?"
"Yes."
Seeing Chen Fan's affirmation, Meng Zhixin's eyes showed hesitation again: "Nebula Potion..."
"I definitely can't give you the formula. The preparation process of this thing seems to be a secret among secrets. Even the conservative members of the Mechanicus don't know it."
Chen Fan heard the meaning of Meng Zhixin's words, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes: "No need for a formula, just a little sample will do!"
He once interrogated a member of the radical faction in the Kukan underground city. The moment the Nebula Potion was mentioned, the self-destruction program of the radical member's brain was directly activated, and the life of the radical member was wiped out in a very short time.
Therefore, Chen Fan knew better than anyone how much the Mechanicus valued the Nebula Potion!
"As for samples, I have some here..."
Chen Fan raised his eyebrows, and the alarm bell in his heart rang: "Some?"
"Why do you collect this stuff?"
Meng Zhixin smiled and scratched his head: "In the last few battles, the resistance seized a lot of finished nebula potions."
"Considering that it can enhance the efficiency of the neural connection between the body and the machine, I did not destroy these potions immediately, but sealed them up."
Chen Fan understood what Meng Zhixin meant: "Do you want to study them?"
Meng Zhixin nodded silently: "I did have such an idea at the time."
"..."
Chen Fan sighed silently.
No wonder dangerous technologies continue to erupt in the human-connected universe.
In the final analysis, it is actually curiosity that is at work.
On the one hand, curiosity is the driving force behind the progress of civilization. It is no exaggeration to say that every life form that enters the universe has a strong curiosity.
But on the other hand, curiosity is also the "bad nature" that intelligent creatures cannot give up.
Driven by curiosity, civilization will sooner or later come into contact with dangerous technologies and take the initiative to study them.
Although this is a probability problem, with the huge number of civilizations in the territory of the Human Union, even the smallest probability will become a necessity.
"Give up this idea."
Chen Fan looked at Meng Zhixin solemnly: "If my judgment is correct, both star sand and nebula are dangerous technologies."
"At least for the Varela civilization, they are completely dangerous technologies!"
"I don't want the Varela civilization to go astray again!"
Meng Zhixin pursed his lips hard, and after a brief contemplation, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "...I understand."
"I'll leave those nebula potions to you."
...
More than ten hours later.
New Varela star system.
A strong space-time fluctuation broke the tranquility of the star system.
Under the distortion of space, a khaki starship appeared in the star system very abruptly.
Without any stop, the starship turned around and headed towards a planet full of vitality.
In the cockpit of [Varela].
Isa stood up from the co-pilot and watched the new Varela star approaching with interest by the porthole.
Gao Yuan's eyes inevitably showed some excitement.
"It feels like nothing has changed..."
As the starship entered the dense atmosphere, Isa's sullen voice came from the side: "The ocean is still the same, square."
Chen Fan looked at Isa with disgust on her face, laughing and crying: "How much time has passed?"
"Relying on natural erosion to transform the landform, this process must take at least a thousand years, right?"
Isa did not reply, but tried to open her smart right eye and stared at the land that was passing by quickly below the starship.
Suddenly, the mechanical eye in her left eye socket that was flashing with blue light moved slightly.
Isa's expression became vivid with the naked eye: "Chen Fan! Look down!"
"City! It's a city!!"
...
New Varela, the Starlight Plain.
This plain, which can be called the "birthplace" of the New Varela civilization, was named Starlight.
Its significance is naturally to commemorate the dazzling starlight that broke through the long night and led the Varela civilization out of despair.
Although the Varela civilization did not exist on this planet for a long time, the Xinghui Great Plain, as the center of civilization, has already made some progress.
The wildly growing weeds and bushes have been cleared, and a layer of fine gravel has been laid on the flat ground. In some areas, flat roads paved with asphalt have appeared.
Along the straight and wide roads, there are rows of simple low-rise houses. Since the industrial system has not yet been fully restored, these houses are basically built with a mixture of wood and iron sheets - the most abundant thing on the new Varela is trees.
The prototype of a city radiating in a circle appeared on this wild land.
In the center of the city, a huge statue made of steel stands on the flat ground!
A straight steel column is inserted straight into the ground. Under the reflection of the internal lighting equipment, the column emits a faint golden light. On the top of the column, an olive-shaped starship is engraved!
The statue depicts the scene of the [Varela] firing a beam of material annihilation at the surface!
A five-story building made of concrete stood quietly beside the statue, which was tens of meters high. It was almost the only concrete building on New Varela.
On the top of the concrete building, there was a line of large characters in bright red: Varela Central Council.
A woman in a gorgeous purple-gold robe ran out of the parliament building in a hurry.
The woman had a cold face, long hair that fell to her waist like a waterfall, and a hint of anxiety and expectation between her beautiful eyebrows.
"Meng Lao, please hurry up!"
The woman's cold voice was a bit of urging: "They are almost there!" As
soon as the voice fell, two slow and light footsteps came from the parliament building behind him.
"Xu Huai, take your time, Chen Fan has just arrived in the New Varela star system."
Meng Zhixin, with gray hair and wearing a cotton jacket, walked out of the concrete building slowly, smiling and joking.
Next to Meng Zhixin, a middle-aged man with two detachable mechanical arms on his back also smiled a little: "Young people, it's normal to be impatient."
Meng Zhixin's smile became more and more intense: "You can't say that. This civilization and this planet will belong to them, the young people in the future. Being impatient will not help you get things done."
Xu Huai ignored the teasing of Meng Zhixin and the middle-aged man, and just looked up at the sky.
The sky was gloomy, and the layers of dark clouds were moving at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A cool breeze blew from the plains and forests on the edge of the city, gently messing up his waterfall-like black hair, but Xu Huai ignored the messy hair, just looked up at the sky, trying to find something from the clouds.
Feeling the biting cold wind, the smile on Meng Zhixin's face suddenly subsided a little.
He tightened his cotton jacket, turned his head and looked at the low bungalows built of wood and iron in the distance, with a bit of worry in his eyes.
"Winter is coming."
He sighed softly: "The industrial system has not yet been restored to its full potential, and infrastructure construction has just begun. I wonder if we can survive this cold winter..."
The middle-aged man carrying two detachable mechanical arms showed a simple smile on his face: "It should be no problem."
"The first large-scale fusion reactor has entered the assembly stage. Although it still uses materials brought from my hometown, at least there will be no problem with heating."
Meng Zhixin nodded silently and looked up at the tall statue beside him.
"May the stars bless us..."
"Here they come!" Xu Huai's voice was filled with rare excitement and joy, and his originally cold face instantly melted like ice in spring. "Chen Fan and the others are here!"
Meng Zhixin was startled and hurriedly looked in the direction of Xu Huai's finger.
A khaki starship steadily passed through the thick clouds and slowly fell towards the ground with an unstoppable momentum. The light of the signal light flickered slightly, adding a bit of brilliance to the cloudy sky.
Under the gaze of the three people, it drew a graceful arc in the air and drove straight to the center of the city!
One after another, exclamations came from afar.
Apparently, the New Varela people living in this city also noticed this starship from the distant starry sky!
"Let's go."
Meng Zhixin waved his hand behind him, and then strode towards the khaki starship that was slowly landing: "Carry out all the things!"
Behind him, several staff members in formal attire struggled to lift a heavy safe, and followed Meng Zhixin carefully.
ps: I'm a little busy today, so I'm late, sorry.
(End of this chapter)
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