The Great Cataclysm was a dark period for humanity, a time when light was nowhere to be seen.
But everyone is trying.
If there is no light, we will create our own; if we cannot see hope, we will strive to build it.
As long as we unite as one and work together with one heart, light and hope will appear.
However, after the cataclysm ended, humanity was reduced to a paltry population of just over one hundred million.
Rebuilding homes and increasing the population have become the top priorities.
To better manage and develop the organization, the alliance at that time brought everyone together.
Sang Ning, who was familiar with this history, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Uncle, do you think this martyrs' monument was brought here by the quicksand, or was it originally here?"
Jiang Xunchu couldn't answer this question, but reason told him that the original site of this martyrs' monument should not be here.
However, emotions refuse to accept this possibility.
After thinking for a moment, he suggested, "How about we look around here?"
What if?
What if this is the ruins of an ancient city?
"If we find it, we'll be overjoyed; if we don't, bringing back this monument is still a bonus."
Sang Ning thought it made sense, so she said, "Let's look for it."
As she spoke, she opened the spatial portal, took out a toolbox, and opened it.
It's packed full of parts.
Jiang Xunchu swallowed hard, shocked, and asked, "Where did you get so many robot parts?"
"It was given to me by Louis."
Sang Ning spoke succinctly, then took the parts and began assembling.
These are small exploration robots, each about the size of her palm, typically used for things like ore detection.
It is widely used in the energy industry.
Sang Ning hadn't understood Louis's purpose in giving her these things before, but now she was extremely grateful for Louis's foresight.
"You've made a good group of friends."
Jiang Xunchu chimed in, then squatted down beside the box to help.
Sang Ning hummed in agreement, "It is indeed quite good."
Besides the prize money and the habitable planet, her biggest gains from this trip to the desolate planet were these friends.
Unfortunately, the original owner is no longer here.
If the original owner were still alive, the little girl would be very happy.
I looked up at the sky; it was a beautiful day with blue skies and white clouds.
Turning her gaze away, Sang Ning powered on the assembled robot, first connecting it to her terminal, and then inputting commands to put the robot into working mode.
Then, she placed the little robot on the ground.
The miniature robot, no bigger than her palm, turned its gaze around once, then proudly moved its small, square legs and headed in a certain direction.
Then, under Sang Ning's watchful eye, it pushed off the ground with its feet, leaped high into the air, did a somersault, and then crashed headfirst into the sand.
With a buzzing sound, the little robot disappeared into the yellow sand.
Sang Ning's lips twitched; this sand-burrowing ability was rather bizarre.
With her gaze fixed on the terminal display screen, Sang Ning reached out and tapped the screen, and a holographic display appeared.
Jiang Xunchu glanced at the screen and could see the little robot moving quickly in the sand, but nothing else.
However, this little robot is really fast.
In such a short time, it managed to drill several meters deep.
"Did Louis modify these robots?"
Normal detection robots don't go this fast, nor do they have such a wide scanning range.
With today's technology, it's not impossible to achieve this level of sophistication.
Instead, exploration robots belong to the category of industrial robots, which emphasize meticulousness and efficiency, requiring slow and careful work without any errors, rather than pursuing speed and range.
Therefore, Jiang Xun first asked this question.
Sang Ning hummed in agreement, "It has been modified. He said we should be able to use it, and since we had nothing else to do, we modified a batch."
As they were talking, another small robot was assembled, powered on, connected to the terminal, and entered working mode after inputting commands.
As Sang Ning released the assembled robot, Jiang Xunchu also finished assembling it.
He handed the robot over, saying, "Connect it to your terminal."
Without saying a word, Sang Ning took it, and after going through the assembly line process once, the little robot entered working mode.
Over the next few hours, the two of them methodically assembled and placed the robot.
Half an hour later, all the little robots disappeared into the desert.
Sang Ning and Jiang Xunchu, on the other hand, were staring at the images transmitted back by the little robot on the holographic screen.
Nothing was found; nothing was discovered in the past half hour.
At this point, the robot had already drilled to a depth of over two hundred meters.
The reason it's only this depth is because Sang Ning imposed restrictions when inputting commands.
Seeing the empty holographic screen, she sighed, her expression a mix of disappointment and regret, and said, "Why don't we expand outwards? There's no need to go any deeper at this point."
The fact that the old city ruins were covered by more than 200 meters of yellow sand is truly terrifying.
Sang Ning didn't think there was any need to continue.
Jiang Xunchu also felt it was unnecessary, "Do it your way."
So, Sang Ning modified the instructions on the terminal.
In a short while, the little robot, having received the new instructions, quickly sprang into action.
Ten minutes later, feedback appeared on the holographic screen.
"What's this?"
Looking at the images transmitted by the little robot, Jiang Xunchu stared wide-eyed, trying to figure out what the dark figure was.
After looking at them over and over, I still couldn't recognize any of them.
Sang Ning was also looking at it, and after a while, a smile appeared in her eyes. She said with surprise, "Uncle, this is human skeleton."
"So that's how it is. I knew it was human remains after all..."
Jiang Xunchu, who habitually chimed in, belatedly realized what was happening, and instantly stared wide-eyed at Sang Ning, exclaiming in disbelief—
Holy crap!
"What did you just say?!"
"The shadows on the holographic screen are skeletons?!"
"Human remains?!"
Sang Ning nodded, and Jiang Xunchu immediately leaned closer to the screen, staring intently at the shadowy figure.
As they watched, good heavens, more and more shadowy figures appeared.
In a short while, a large area appeared.
Jiang Xunchu, "...What's going on? The skeletons are appearing in clusters?"
Sang Ning was also confused about what was going on. She hesitated and said, "It doesn't seem to be all human remains."
Pointing to one of the dark shapes, he said, "Humans don't have bones that big."
Then she asked Jiang Xunchu, "Uncle, did monsters appear during the Great Cataclysm?"
"We have mutated beasts, but not the monsters you're talking about."
Jiang Xunchu stared at the dark figure. "You suspect these large pieces of bone belong to mutated beasts?"
"Besides this suspicion, there's nothing else to suspect."
That makes sense.
Jiang Xunchu pondered for a moment and said, "If I remember correctly, the largest mutated beast at that time was like a monster, more than ten meters tall, and it could crush a person into a pile of minced meat with one stomp."
"Based on this height, these large bones do match up."
At this point, he hesitated for a moment and asked, "But why are these skeletons together with human skeletons?"
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