Chapter 155 In 1730,
Chen Fan suddenly realized.
It was normal after thinking about it.
Compared with the Blue Star civilization where he used to live, the technological level of the Varela civilization was obviously much higher, and it was reasonable that there would be major breakthroughs in aerospace equipment.
After climbing out of the launch pad that was more than one person deep, Chen Fan's eyes were quickly attracted by dozens of straight and thick metal rods standing on the ground not far away.
Each metal rod was about five meters high.
Similar to the rocket launcher next to it, there were more or less traces of corrosion on the surface of these metal rods.
Chen Fan could even find some exposed broken wire ends at the bottom of some metal rods.
He walked quickly to one of the metal rods, and a fleeting white light flashed in his right hand.
"The basic scan has been completed."
The internal structure and material of the metal rod quickly emerged in the holographic projection.
"It can be basically confirmed that the metal rod is a high-sensitivity signal receiving antenna."
"Antenna?" Chen Fan asked subconsciously, "Receiving signals from artificial satellites?"
Yi vetoed Chen Fan's words: "No."
The holographic projection interface changed rapidly, and every nearby metal rod appeared on the holographic projection.
"Do you know radio telescopes?"
"The functions of these high-sensitivity signal receiving antenna arrays are similar to those of radio telescopes. They receive radio wave signals from other celestial bodies."
"Wait a minute!" Chen Fan raised his eyebrows and raised his hand to interrupt Yi's words, "I know radio telescopes. Doesn't that thing have a cover that looks like a big iron pot?"
"What big iron pot?" Chen Fan's words confused Yi directly, "That's a fucking antenna! It's the antenna of a radio telescope!"
Chen Fan waved his hands cheerfully: "It's almost the same. You just say that the antenna looks like a big iron pot, right?"
Yi: "..."
"This machine needs to correct one thing. There are many different types of antenna models for radio telescopes."
Yi corrected Chen Fan's words: "The big iron pot you mentioned is just one of them."
"Typically, radio telescopes have parabolic antennas, spherical antennas, helical antennas and half-wave dipole antennas... Damn, why am I telling you this." "
In short, these antennas combined together can also play the role of a radio telescope."
Chen Fan suddenly realized: "Wouldn't it be over if you said so earlier!"
Yi fell silent.
"Then... what is that metal rod used for?" Isa's voice came from the side, "It's much taller than these antennas."
Looking in the direction of Isa's finger, at the front of the radio telescope antenna array, Chen Fan suddenly saw a rusty metal rod that was much taller than the antennas in front of him.
No need to ask, just from the appearance, this thing must have some special function!
"One?"
Chen Fan was a little excited: "Could that metal rod be the key part of this antenna system, for example..."
The electronic synthesized voice interrupted Chen Fan's words: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that this machine detected a slide rail system with extremely severe corrosion on it. If nothing unexpected happens, that thing should be a flagpole." Chen Fan's
eyes twitched: "..."
...
Following the guidance of One, Chen Fan and the other two came to the other side of the concrete vault building.
On the side of this huge building, there is a very inconspicuous heavy metal door hidden.
The already narrow metal door was covered with a lot of dead branches and rotten leaves. If the detection drone was not powerful enough, it is estimated that they would not be able to find the only entrance to the building for a while.
After years of changes, the heavy metal door shell was stained with a layer of light corrosion.
Not only that, after a simple inspection, Chen Fan suddenly found that the slide rails at the bottom of the metal door had been completely rusted - it was impossible to open the door in the normal way.
As Chen Fan's thoughts moved, accompanied by a fluorescent green light, a self-propelled floating turret that looked like a spherical drone slowly rose from his right hand.
Under Yi's precise control, a beam of deep purple laser appeared from the floating turret and shone directly at the metal door in front of him.
In front of the high-energy laser beam that was enough to penetrate the outer shell of the starship, the 30-centimeter-thick metal door was not worth mentioning at all.
The moment the laser beam shone on it, the cold metal instantly heated up and turned red.
The next moment, the hot molten iron flowed down the metal door with a sizzling sound.
After a short wait, a rectangular doorway with a faint red light around it, which was large enough to accommodate an adult, appeared on the metal door.
[Cutting completed. 】
The moment the prompt appeared in front of him, the fluorescent green light lit up again, and a matte black mechanical exoskeleton appeared from his right hand and quickly covered Chen Fan's body.
Without any hesitation, he raised his foot and kicked the heavy metal door hard.
"Bang!!!"
A dull sound came, and the part of the door cut off by the laser beam fell directly into the interior of the vaulted building.
The moment the door fell heavily to the ground, a thick layer of dust instantly rose from the ground and diffused in the air with a smell of decay.
The morning light came from behind Chen Fan, passing through the doorway that was still glowing with a faint red light, and shone into the vaulted building, forming a path of light.
[Air composition detection...]
[Detection completed, non-toxic, oxygen content slightly lower than the average, can enter normally.]
...
Wearing a mechanical exoskeleton armor and a blue individual protective force field, Chen Fan walked into the vaulted building carefully.
Looking at the dim environment, he bent his fingers and tapped his right hand gently - there was a groove on the right hand of the mechanical exoskeleton, and the silver-white intelligent terminal was embedded in it.
"I know, I know..."
As the electronic synthesized sound rang, a bright beam of light appeared in the vaulted building.
Looking at the room that was instantly bright, Chen Fan nodded with satisfaction, and then cast a scrutinizing look around.
This is a spacious and empty room.
There are almost no facilities except some necessary seats.
A thick layer of dust is evenly distributed on the floor of the room.
It is not difficult to judge that this closed space has been silent for a long time.
At the same time, this also proves in disguise that there is not much danger in the vaulted building - at least there are no active intelligent machines in it.
As Chen Fan's eyes moved, fine scanning parameters quickly appeared on the transparent visor of the mechanical exoskeleton.
Finally, his eyes stopped at the observation window embedded in the concrete wall.
The observation window is not big, and a lot of fallen leaves have accumulated on the heavy glass surface, so it is impossible to see the outside world clearly.
"The observation room for rocket launch."
After a short silence, an electronic synthesized voice came to my ears: "The observation window is facing the direction of the rocket launcher. If the fallen leaves are completely cleared, this will be the perfect observation position."
Chen Fan nodded and walked towards the rotten wooden table next to the observation window.
There was a calendar on the dark brown wooden table.
The moment he saw the numbers on the calendar, Chen Fan was stunned.
1730.
The calendar in front of him was the calendar for 1730!
Looking at the red circles drawn on the calendar, Chen Fan's eyes suddenly became a little confused.
According to the current information, the intelligent machine crisis occurred in the old calendar year 1800.
The difference between the two is exactly 70 years!
This is definitely not a normal phenomenon!
"Is it possible... this satellite launch center has been abandoned long ago?"
Isa said Chen Fan's guess.
Chen Fan nodded silently: "This is the only possibility."
This is not good news!
For a rapidly developing civilization, the changes in seventy years are too drastic, and can be described as vicissitudes of life!
Being abandoned seventy years in advance means that there is a high probability that there is no valuable information in the satellite launch center!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan's face darkened slightly.
But...
since he is here, he must investigate it in depth, right?
With this thought in mind, Chen Fan turned and looked deep into the room - there was a spiraling metal staircase.
As Yi had previously judged, most of the area of this concrete vaulted building is hidden deep underground!
"Be careful."
Chen Fan said to Gao Yuan and Isa who were following him: "It is not clear why this satellite launch center was abandoned. There may be some unknown dangers."
A satellite launch center abandoned in the wilderness...
If this was a game, Chen Fan could even imagine a series of alien invasions or zombie crises.
He tensed his face and walked cautiously towards the metal stairs.
"Squeak..."
The moment the heavy mechanical exoskeleton armor stepped on the stairs, a creaking sound that could not bear the weight sounded in the dark satellite launch center.
Chen Fan froze, and a drop of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Damn, careless!
The weight of the mechanical exoskeleton even far exceeds that of Isa's semi-mechanical body. Can this metal staircase really withstand it?
"The overall structure is still intact, and the degree of rust is not serious."
The scanning white light flashed on the metal staircase: "Theoretically, it can bear the weight of the mechanical exoskeleton, but for safety reasons, this machine recommends that you put away the exoskeleton armor."
"Don't worry, with the protection of the individual protective force field, you have enough time to wear this exoskeleton armor."
Chen Fan listened to Yi's opinion.
The matte black exoskeleton armor quickly dissipated under a burst of fluorescent green light and was once again stored in the high-dimensional quantum storage space of the smart terminal.
After leaving the protection of the exoskeleton, a strong smell of decay instantly rushed into Chen Fan's nasal cavity.
"Cough!"
He coughed lightly twice. After adapting a little, he cheered up and walked quickly to a dark underground under the cover of the individual protective force field.
Ta, ta, ta...
After more than three hundred years, three sets of footsteps, some light and some heavy, and the creaking sound of metal stairs broke the tranquility of this satellite launch center buried deep underground.
(End of this chapter)
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