With this in mind, Ye Chen did not venture any deeper, but instead turned back to the cave entrance.
Having already received his orders, Chen Ziqiao had retrieved four signal amplification devices from Mousse II and was waiting at the cave entrance.
“Brother-in-law, since there’s no danger, let me go in with you.” Chen Ziqiao said, handing over the two signal amplification devices he was holding in his left hand, and activating the first one at the cave entrance.
"Let's make sure the signal is working properly before you come in."
Ye Chen shook his head, snatched another signal amplification device, and turned to fly inside.
After advancing about two kilometers, he put down the second signal amplification device and turned on the operating switch.
"Ziqiao, can you hear me clearly?" Ye Chen asked.
"Brother-in-law, the signal is very clear." Chen Ziqiao's clear voice came through without any noise.
Ye Chen tried to contact Zhizi on Mousse II again, and the signal was very stable.
"You continue to wait until I reach the temple entrance and confirm that there is no danger before you come in."
Ye Chen gave instructions and continued flying inside.
He continued for another two kilometers and then activated the third signal amplifier.
After testing it, the call quality remained clear, so Ye Chen felt relieved and looked up at the temple a kilometer away.
The walls outside the temple and the stone tablets at the gate were already clearly visible. Without further hesitation, he took the last signal amplifier and flew towards the gate.
Upon arriving at the temple gate, Ye Chen casually placed the signal amplifier on the stone steps beside the gate.
In this way, the entire temple is within the range of the signal amplifier.
Ye Chen looked around, and the mecha's eyes transmitted everything they saw to Mousse II, where the sophon generated a three-dimensional image.
He first flew around the temple, scanning its entire shape, and found no danger.
Then he said to Chen Ziqiao, who was looking at him expectantly from the cave entrance, "Ziqiao, you can come in now."
"Alright, brother-in-law!" Chen Ziqiao, who had been waiting impatiently, replied excitedly and piloted his mecha in.
After Ye Chen finished speaking, he came to the stone tablets at the gate.
Most of the carvings on the first stone tablet are blurred, with only a few strokes remaining, but it is still clear that a group of people are praying around an altar.
The lines on the second stone tablet were even more blurred, and a human-shaped figure that seemed to be emitting light appeared.
The third piece, the fourth piece...
Ye Chen carefully observed the carvings on the eight stone tablets, trying to decipher the secrets they contained.
However, nothing was found.
After scanning and transmitting all the patterns on these stone tablets to Zhi Zi, he turned to Chen Ziqiao, who had come up behind him, and said, "Although the carvings on these stone tablets cannot be explained yet, I estimate that they were likely left behind by an intelligent civilization on Earth."
"Brother-in-law, why do you think that? Could it be an alien?" Chen Ziqiao asked curiously.
"I don't rule out the possibility of extraterrestrials, but I'm more inclined to believe it's a native civilization of Earth."
Ye Chen nodded and continued, "I don't know how high the probability of encountering humanoid beings is in the vast universe, but it's definitely much lower than on Earth."
"Therefore, based on probability, I believe it is an intelligent civilization that originated on Earth."
Chen Ziqiao smiled, turned to look in the direction of the temple gate, and said, "We don't need to guess here anymore. Maybe the answer is inside this gate."
The two arrived at the temple gate, which was made up of two huge stones.
Ye Chen reached out and pressed his hands on the two large doors, trying to push them, but the doors didn't budge.
He increased the mech's output power and continued pushing the gate.
As the mech's output power increased, the door was slowly pushed open a crack.
The two of them darted to the side the moment the door was pushed open.
A minute later, there was no sound from inside the door. Ye Chen and Chen Ziqiao exchanged a glance and nodded at the same time.
Finally, with the combined efforts of the two, the heavy door was pushed open completely.
As the gates slowly opened, a vast hall came into view.
The two looked into the interior of the main hall and were immediately taken aback.
Before them, in the very center of the hall, stood a tall stone statue seated cross-legged on a circular base.
The face of the stone statue is blurred, but at first glance, it gives people a mysterious and solemn feeling, like a god worshipped on Earth.
"Brother-in-law, is this... a deity?" Chen Ziqiao's surprised voice finally rang out.
“It must be the deity they worship; there are also scenes of worship on the stone tablets outside.” Ye Chen nodded and went inside first.
As he spoke, he walked up to the stone statue, circled it, and examined it carefully.
There were some symbols engraved on the stone statue, which Ye Chen scanned and transmitted to Zhi Zi.
The material of the deity statue is distinctly different from the surrounding stones, exhibiting a silvery-white appearance and a metallic texture.
Moreover, the temple has clearly been around for a long time, but the statues are still intact, and even the folds in their clothes are clearly visible.
Ye Chen was curious and decided to collect some samples of this stone to take back and analyze.
He stretched out the mecha's arm and gently pried it off the base.
But to his surprise, he couldn't break it off.
Although he only gave it a slight bend, the mecha was incredibly powerful; that bend had at least a hundred pounds of force.
"Brother-in-law, let me try."
Seeing this, Chen Ziqiao, who was standing next to him, eagerly stretched out the mecha arm, and a flywheel popped out from the end of the arm.
The next moment, the flywheel began to spin at high speed.
Chen Ziqiao manipulated the flywheel, attempting to cut a piece off the base.
Sound cannot travel on the moon, but the vibrations transmitted from the cut point can still indicate the power output of Chen Ziqiao's mecha.
However, even so, it was impossible to leave a single mark on the base of the statue.
Upon seeing this, Chen Ziqiao withdrew his arm and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother-in-law, what kind of stone is this? It's so hard!"
Ye Chen looked at the flywheel and saw that the rack on it was already half worn down, which made him click his tongue in amazement.
"It seems we can't collect it with the power of the mechs. We'll have to wait until we bring in more powerful tools."
Ye Chen shook his head, abandoning the idea of collecting the stone blocks from the statue first.
Then, he looked around the main hall and said to Chen Ziqiao, "Let's walk around and see if we can find anything else?"
Chen Ziqiao nodded and followed closely behind Ye Chen. In this unknown environment, he didn't want to stray too far from Ye Chen.
The main hall is very spacious, covering an area of over a thousand square meters, and the surrounding walls are made of huge stone blocks.
These stones are carved with various strange patterns, which are also blurred and indistinct.
Ye Chen scanned all of these for later analysis.
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