【Hello, Enrogett civilization, the Tenth Empire welcomes you.】
The moment that line of text appeared, the atmosphere in the Earth command center became strange.
The poor Enroget civilization, having just perished, was dragged out as a scapegoat.
"What do the things that the Enroget civilization did have to do with our human civilization?"
As Lü Yongchang spoke, he followed up with a question: "Are you also silicon-based life forms?"
After a few seconds, the Level I artificial intelligence within the ruins responded.
No, I am not. I am merely a Type I artificial intelligence they created.
However, the individuals within the Tenth Empire are silicon-based life forms.
Lü Yongchang understood.
With a slight shift in his eyes, he asked again: "What do I need to give in return?"
In order to extract as much information as possible from the Level I AI, he deliberately obscured the details of his questions.
【ten】:……
This results in even longer waiting times.
[The Enroget civilization has successfully passed the second stage of the assessment. Please continue.]
The next moment, the tightly closed door in front of them suddenly burst open, revealing the deeper structure of the ruins.
Lü Yongchang: "???"
What is that?
They just ran away?!
He sent several messages to the door, looking completely bewildered, but received no response from [Ten].
"Hiss..." Lu Yongchang gasped, muttering to himself with a slight toothache, "This artificial intelligence seems a bit introverted..."
Fang Xu: "..."
"Ahem, just kidding." Seeing the increasingly strange expressions on everyone's faces, Lü Yongchang chuckled and explained, "It's probably a problem with the program settings."
"Since the individuals of the Tenth Empire are silicon-based life forms, it is easy to understand why silicon-based life forms are given preferential treatment in the programming settings."
He argued confidently, "I would have done the same."
Fang Xu's lips twitched as he was about to ask for evidence.
Well, in a sense, as the creator of Zero, Lü Yongchang's words are indeed the most compelling evidence at present.
"In short, the fact that our robots were mistakenly identified as silicon-based life forms is definitely a good thing for us."
Lü Yongchang waved his hand: "Keep moving forward!"
...
[Strong Interaction Force Material Manufacturing Area]
Although its basic structure is similar to the surrounding factory area, as a more important area within the fortress, its interior decoration and details are more exquisite.
The biggest difference is that the fog in the space has become much denser.
Bathed in orange-yellow light, the thick fog billowed and rose, creating a scene reminiscent of a fairyland.
Those were the waves created by the rapid flight of micro-drones—under the control of Zero, they worked in conjunction with scientific research robots to quickly explore this vast area.
At this point, Lü Yongchang gradually began to have some guesses in his mind.
This fog is probably the living environment of the individuals in the Tenth Empire.
Just as humans must live in the air, individuals of the Tenth Empire are highly likely to live in the upper atmosphere of an ice giant.
...
Time passed by, second by second.
The modeling in holographic projection is also gradually being improved.
But the atmosphere in the command center gradually shifted from excitement and anticipation to a tense one.
"call……"
Fang Xu took a deep breath and exhaled forcefully.
His slightly flushed face revealed his current mood.
"Scam! This is a complete scam!!"
"How can this be described as a region for manufacturing materials with strong interaction forces?!"
"Where's the equipment? Where are the products? Where's the production line?!"
The scene shifts to the giant holographic projection in front of us.
After the fog cleared from obscuring the view, the entire manufacturing area became very clear.
It was in a much worse state than the surrounding areas.
Within this area, there are only empty shells, each reaching tens of meters in height.
Lü Yongchang could even find the outer shell of the console inside.
Unlike the human civilization's consoles, which are designed to be as simple as possible, the Tenth Empire's consoles have a large number of control buttons.
Lu Yongchang roughly estimated that if the console were scaled down proportionally, it would require at least twenty people to control the buttons on it.
He couldn't help but feel curious about the individual designs of the Tenth Empire.
"There's just a bunch of empty shells here!!!" Fang Xu's wail came from the side.
Interrupted from his thoughts, Lü Yongchang glanced helplessly at Fang Xu: "Is it possible... that this was originally a manufacturing area?"
"Then what?" Fang Xu stared blankly at the holographic projection in front of him.
"And then? The Tenth Empire emptied it out when they left." Lü Yongchang shrugged. "Many of the cutting devices outside were broken and not very technologically advanced, so they left it behind."
Fang Xu: "..."
Clearly, his slightly distorted expression showed that he needed some time to recover from this immense sense of loss.
...
With the experience gained from previous explorations, Zero quickly found the gateway to the next area.
The process is the same as always.
The "introverted" [10] once again raised the assessment question.
As Lu Yongchang had predicted, the assessment content was related to time and space.
He frowned, carefully examining the complex issues in the holographic projection.
In previous human civilizations, this problem might have truly stumped them.
However, after witnessing spatial rifts and temporarily creating a spacetime tsunami during the war with the Enroget civilization, his understanding of spacetime became much more comprehensive.
Thanks to [Enroget Civilization].
They devoted themselves to the cause until their dying breath, making outstanding contributions to the development of human civilization.
Even so, he hesitated and struggled several times when answering this question.
Of course, answering this question itself also brought Lü Yongchang many benefits.
This is, after all, a test posed by a higher civilization to a level 5 civilization.
He can even use exam questions to make a simple sorting out of the originally mixed system of time and space knowledge.
As he submitted his answer, Lü Yongchang felt a slight sense of unease.
It's like taking an exam in Earth time.
He chuckled softly, shook his head, and dismissed the feeling.
The time for judging answers is getting longer and longer.
The faint, shimmering orange-yellow light illuminated the slowly rolling mist, the motionless research robot, and the tightly closed door, creating a scene brimming with mystery.
finally.
The orange-yellow light stopped flashing.
[The Enroget civilization, a level five civilization, whose individuals are silicon-based life forms, has successfully passed all assessments.]
Guest access is now available.
Welcome to the Tenth Empire's homeworld fortress.
P.S.: Thanks to the big shots Lunren Lunxiao Luntufei for the amazing certification!
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