Less than half an hour later, Ye Chen, fully covered in protective gear, came out.
Li Muyue quickly stepped forward, helped him take off his protective suit, and asked, "Honey, have the test results come back yet?"
Chen Ziqiao, who was standing next to him, stopped nagging, handed over a water glass, and looked at Ye Chen with anticipation.
"The DNA extracted from the bone remains has a 99.9% similarity in structure to that of humans on Earth. The composition of the bones has also been analyzed, indicating that they have existed for at least a million years and contain elements that are present on Earth. No unknown elements were found."
"Based on this information, it can be basically concluded that these bone fragments came from Earth, and are very likely from humanoid creatures."
As Ye Chen spoke, he took the water glass and took a sip.
"Couldn't it be extraterrestrial life?" Chen Ziqiao couldn't help but ask.
"We can't rule out that possibility, but the chances are very small, unless this alien creature is similar to humans and happens to live in an environment like Earth," Ye Chen said, shaking his head.
"Oh, what a pity." Chen Ziqiao looked somewhat disappointed. Compared to the native creatures of Earth, he still hoped they were alien creatures; that would have been much more sensational!
"What about the stone statue? Have any test results been obtained?" Li Muyue asked after putting away her protective suit.
Ye Chen shook his head and said with a wry smile, "There are no results. We don't know what the stone statue is made of. It has an extremely high density, and the laboratory equipment can't break it at all. Moreover, any detection waves are 100% reflected."
As he spoke, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he wondered to himself, "Could it be a material with strong interaction force?"
This material appeared in Liu Cixin's science fiction novels in his previous life; the material used to build the water droplet was a strong interaction force material.
This material is an extraordinary material, in which the atomic nuclei are completely fixed, making it indestructible.
In the novel, the teardrop-shaped detector reflects almost 100% of electromagnetic waves due to its indestructible and smooth surface.
Apart from the fact that the stone statue in front of me was smooth, it was exactly the same as Liu Cixin described!
Of course, it could also be other materials. Based on the temple and the stone statue that resembles a god, it is possible that it is similar to the magical materials described in some fantasy novels.
After all, the universe is so vast, who knows what unknown materials might be present!
Ye Chen wasn't entirely sure either. He shook his head and said to the air, "Zhi Zi, have you come up with any results from studying those collected patterns?"
Sophon's voice rang out in the laboratory: "Master, based on the information we have collected so far, this may be a civilization composed of an intelligent race similar to humans."
"The organizational structure of this civilization is similar to that of primitive human tribes, with an emphasis on individual worship. No large-scale technological artifacts have been found in the murals."
"But they were able to reach the moon and build stone statues that current technology cannot detect, so they don't seem like an backward civilization."
"Moreover, some myths and legends on Earth, as well as some ancient ruins discovered, have patterns that are similar to those in the lunar temples."
"Based on these clues, it is speculated that this civilization may be the ancient civilization in human legend."
As soon as Zhi Zi finished speaking, Chen Zi Qiao exclaimed in surprise, "Ancient civilization? Isn't that a myth or legend?"
Li Muyue frowned and said, "The time doesn't match up. Human history is only a few thousand years old. Even myths and legends can only describe scenes from a few thousand years ago."
"But these bones are millions of years old. Back then, humans were just a bunch of monkeys. How could they possibly have these legends of civilization?"
"It's not impossible. The oldest known civilization is the Sumerian civilization, which dates back to around 4000-5500 BC, and is about 6,000 to 7,000 years ago."
Ye Chen put down his water glass, a thoughtful look in his eyes, and continued, "This is already confirmed, but who dares to say that this is the true history of mankind? There are other unknown histories before that, we just don't know them now."
"Moreover, we can only speculate that those myths and legends were imagined by humans thousands of years ago, or they may have been recorded by humans after they discovered the ruins."
"We still don't have enough information to make any further speculations," Ye Chen said, glancing at the stone statue in the laboratory. "I have a feeling that if we can analyze this statue, we might be able to uncover some of the truth!"
"The question now is, how do we break this statue?"
Ye Chen stroked his chin, thinking of several solutions, but none of them seemed quite right.
"This stone statue is so hard, I wonder if putting a nuclear bomb inside would blow it up?" Chen Ziqiao said casually.
Li Muyue glared at him and said irritably, "If the surface can't even be broken, how are you going to put a nuclear bomb inside!"
"It's not impossible."
Hearing Chen Ziqiao's words, Ye Chen's heart stirred, and a smile appeared on his face as he said, "What Ziqiao said makes sense. Perhaps we can try bombarding the surface with the energy of a nuclear explosion?"
Li Muyue hesitated and said, "Honey, are you really going to use a nuclear bomb to blow up this stone statue? What a waste if it's destroyed! This might be the only stone statue left by an ancient civilization, and its value far exceeds that of all current cultural relics!"
Ye Chen laughed and said, "Of course, we won't use nuclear bombs to bombard it, but we can use the particles generated by nuclear fusion to accelerate them to the speed of light and then bombard the surface of the stone statue to see what happens."
"Accelerating particles to the speed of light? You want to build a particle collider? That's a huge project, and it'll probably be difficult to complete in a short time," Li Muyue said, expressing her opposition.
"It doesn't need to be that complicated. As long as the strong magnetic field is set up properly, the trajectory of these particles can be precisely controlled."
"The electromagnetic confinement we use in nuclear fusion can achieve this completely. All that's left is to build more confinement devices, adjust the angles, and accelerate the particles to the speed of light."
"If this stone statue is made of a material with strong interaction forces, as I suspect, then the collision of particles at near the speed of light should be able to break through the surface of the stone statue. Even breaking through just one atom would count as damaging the surface of the stone statue."
As Ye Chen spoke, his eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he directly instructed Zhi Zi, "Zhi Zi, perform a simulation calculation based on the principle I just explained."
"Yes, Master."
In less than a minute, the simple collision device designed by Zhizi was produced.
The entire device is like a mosquito coil, with dozens of coils and a total length of five kilometers. Note that the particles are accelerated to near the speed of light.
The outer ring is connected to a small nuclear fusion device, and the innermost ring is a safe house made entirely of metal.
The envisioned collision is arranged here.
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