Chapter 693 The End of the π Mechanical Council
The permafrost layer of the polar region continued to move downwards. When it broke through a critical depth, the permafrost layer on the ground suddenly fell into the darkness below.
The three of them stopped their movements, and through Tilan's virtual invisibility, they slowly descended into the darkness underground.
There was no light here, but the three of them had a certain night vision detection ability and could vaguely see the surrounding situation.
Deep underground, a starship that was broken into two pieces lay quietly. Above and around it, there were other metal frames supporting it. It looked like it was built later to dig up the spaceship.
Today, these frames are still there, but as time goes by, thick ice and snow have accumulated on them, and finally buried this place underground.
Some mechanical bodies are fixed on the frames. They look varied, and some models even look unfamiliar to Lololia.
"It seems to be a very old model, probably an early work, earlier than when I was born." Lololia showed a strange expression.
"The facilities here are also very strange. It seems that many of them were built by the four tribes of Tianyi, not the style of the Mechanical Council." She continued to evaluate the ruins.
"But I haven't seen anything like this in the records of my tribe." Celitia shook her head. She felt that these things were both familiar and strange.
"Let's take a look first." Tilan and the two swam carefully in the darkness, trying to reduce the traces of their activities.
There are many mechanical bodies that have stopped working, corpses that have been dead for who knows how many years, and a small number of mechanical bodies that are still running, some of which are even left by the Thunder Wings.
The three searched for a while, but they still didn't find anything special. In the end, they could only slowly approach the broken part of the spacecraft and try to enter the ground to explore.
"Be careful!"
Not long after the three entered the passage of the spacecraft, a bullet shot out in the darkness and hit Loloria's raised arm.
"Bang--" Sparks splashed on her arm, and Loloria also fought back with her other hand. The dazzling beam of light shot out from the palm of her hand like a crossbow arrow, hitting the enemy in the dark and causing an explosion.
After destroying the enemy, the three carefully observed the surroundings for a while and found that the destruction of the enemy did not cause a large-scale commotion, so they put their minds at ease and continued to move forward. At this time, a shining ball of light also rose, illuminating the surrounding environment.
In the corner of the passage lay the mechanical body that was shot by Lololia. It was half a person's height, and its body was hemispherical. Its base was magnetically attracted to the inner wall of the passage, and it could move quickly. Rather than being a combat unit, it was more like a service robot inside the spacecraft.
"Wait a minute." Lololia approached the damaged hemispherical mechanical body, scanned the internal structure, pulled out the memory chip, and then inserted it into her wrist to read it.
Soon, the data was extracted and analyzed by her. After about five or six seconds, she pulled out the chip and put it back on the ground.
"This is a superluminal spacecraft built in the year 3702 of the Fifth Era. The organization that built it was the 'π Mechanical Council'." When Lololia said this, her expression was a little awkward.
"π Mechanical Council? Didn't they die around 2900?" Celitia was a very knowledgeable Silver Wing, so she naturally knew that period of history.
"That's right, but there are still a few remnants left. They have built a spaceship that can travel faster than the speed of light in a hidden corner with great difficulty."
"When did this spaceship crash?" Tilan asked.
"It was March 28, 3705. The time used on the spaceship was the atomic clock of the Milky Way Center." In fact, the Rose Federation currently uses a similar time standard.
"When the spaceship crashed, a strange turmoil occurred on the spaceship, and a large number of members on it died. According to the results, 161 of the 165 passengers died, and only 4 survived."
"Turbulence? Wasn't it caused by external battles and problems with the spaceship itself?"
"Yes." Loloria was also a little puzzled, but unfortunately this mechanical body was just a service robot on the spaceship, and the things it recorded were very limited.
The three of them explored inside, and they could see various rooms and facilities in the spaceship along the way. In some places, they could see shriveled bones and traces of battle.
"We should not be the first group of people to come to this spaceship for salvage exploration." Tilan carefully picked up a piece of bone with his hand and searched for its ingredients and cause of death.
"Loloria, can you analyze whether this bone is a native human or a new species?"
"Yes." After Loloria took it, her pupils shone with a faint light.
"It is a native human, which is also normal, because the members of the Pi Mechanical Council are originally composed of native humans." She returned the bone to Tilan.
Then the three of them continued to walk inside, where they could see the restaurant, rest room, battle room, crew bedroom, etc. in the spacecraft.
"Some members died in the bedroom. It seems that they were killed in their sleep."
"Some of them resisted but were shot in the head. This does not seem like the method used by machines and the new race."
"There was explosion damage here. It seems that this is an emergency cabin with escape equipment stored in it."
"There are other machines and corpses in the spacecraft, but their time of death obviously does not match the time of the spacecraft crash. They were obviously left behind by conflicts during the salvage period."
"The original traces are easier to distinguish. Most of the battles in that stage were resolved with bullets, not more advanced laser guns."
...
"Various traces indicate that there was a serious internal conflict among the members of the spacecraft at that time. In other words, the members of the Pi Mechanical Council fought each other, which eventually led to the crash of the spacecraft."
"Wait, here."
The last three people stopped at the cockpit of the spacecraft. A hole was blown out of the door here, and at the innermost side of the cockpit, sat a special corpse. His head was lowered, and there was a detached combat headset on his neck. There was a black and red pistol on the ground beside him, and his body was leaning against the control panel.
Around the corpse, there were four candle-like golden crystals, floating quietly, as if protecting a precious relic, sealing the corpse inside and isolating it from the outside world.
"That is..."
When Celitia saw one of the silver crystals, she felt her brain suddenly go blank, as if a ray of light descended from the vast sky, imprinted in her mind, and a sacred voice warned her not to easily destroy the things in front of her.
"This is actually the divine will left by Lord Xi Evren." Her eyes were somewhat unbelievable.
Why would Xi Evren, the creator of the Silver Wings, leave this crystal on the spaceship of the Pi Mechanical Council? Besides Xi Evren's silver crystal, what are the remaining three?
Celitia's eyes turned quickly and looked at the remaining three crystals. Sure enough, just as she dared not imagine, the remaining three crystals represented the golden, purple, and blue crystals of the Dark Sun Hefashimo, the Dark Sun Trikarans, and the Dark Sun Amoronqin.
The four Dark Suns left the crystals of will here, warning their followers not to destroy this place, and the force field of the crystal itself, as long as it is not damaged, will always preserve the things inside.
Now, thousands of years have passed, and the facilities here are still the same, and the wandering mechanical bodies outside have not gone deep into here, all showing the specialness of this spaceship and the special history hidden behind it.
The three of them were still somewhat puzzled as to why the four dark suns were related to the spacecraft of the Pi Mechanical Council. However, most of the things on the spacecraft were now weathered and corroded, and they could only judge some traces of battle, making it difficult to know what happened at that time.
"Do you want to break this barrier built by crystals?" Loloria turned and looked at the two people behind her. She felt that there must be a well-preserved memory device in the control console behind the skeleton.
"I can't do it. Lady Xi Evlian will punish me." Although reason told her that Her Majesty Xi Evlian was probably in eternal sleep, Celitia still couldn't break through the instinctive warning in the creature.
"Loloria, wait a moment." Tilan stopped the artificial angel from acting rashly and stepped forward.
"Don't destroy these crystals easily." As a singer, she sensed heavy and complex emotions on these crystals. The last time she saw such strong traces of time was in the ancient battle mecha core in the north of the Jade Skirt.
"Let me do it." She came to the barrier built by the four crystals with her eyes slightly closed.
Then, a gentle singing voice surprised Celitia. This was the first time she heard Tilan sing. Her voice was like a fragrant orchid slowly blooming under the night sky, quiet and distant.
Life
is not long
when you are waiting
for that little signal
but can't find it anywhere
...
The song is gentle and peaceful, like a flickering fire, warming the lonely night.
This is the first time Celitia has heard this song, but a picture like an ancient poem slowly unfolds in front of her. Under the distant starry sky, sitting by the campfire, a hazy figure hums this forgotten ballad, soothing the injured and confused heart.
Slowly, as the girl sings, the barrier built by the four crystals gradually softens, and the crystals in it gradually fall down and land on the ground, as if entering peace and sleep.
The white fingers picked up the four crystals on the black floor, and then the girl slowly squatted down and carefully took off the tactical headset on the corpse with both hands.
After flipping the switch, the headset that had been silent for nearly two thousand years restarted, and the indicator light on it flickered faintly, and then the built-in recording device began to play back the last recorded sound.
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"Bang bang." The sound of bullets.
... A few seconds later
"..." The sound of rolling and dodging.
...half a minute later,
"Hoo..." the sound of deep breathing.
"The situation is not ideal. I need to record what is happening now."
At this time, the vague voice gradually became clear. The person who spoke was probably a man in his 30s. His voice was calm and stable.
"First of all, let me introduce the situation. I am a B-level researcher of the Pi Mechanical Council. My name is Omo. I am one of the crew members of this spacecraft. I am returning to the Serpens α45 star field with the scientific research observation team."
The sound of spraying and bandaging wounds came from the headset.
"So far, I have killed 43 companions on the spaceship, 29 of whom died from the service robots I modified, and 14 were executed by me personally."
"Something like this must have happened under special circumstances, and I must leave something to explain."
"Now the members on the spaceship are the only remaining elites of the Pi Mechanical Council. We have gathered from various secret observation points to attend a special meeting and exchange scientific research results over the past hundred years."
"This is indeed an unprecedented and great meeting, no matter how you describe it."
"We, the members of the Mechanical Council who have been wandering and hiding, have finally pieced together a complete blueprint like a blind man touching an elephant. This magnificent blueprint, as magnificent as the Kabbalah Tree of Life, shows the ladder for mortals to ascend to the top of the gods."
"Yes, that's right. After thousands of years of fighting against the dark suns, we have finally mastered a more powerful ladder to the gods. This is a more complete and powerful Throne of God plan, which fully summarizes past mistakes and incorporates the extraordinary characteristics of the Moon Crown, allowing the newly born solar energy to travel part of the time and space power."
"In order to fight the darkness, we must transform into something darker. This is the consensus of the remaining members of the Mechanical Council."
"If this blueprint is realized, the revival of the Pi Mechanical Council is just around the corner. Perhaps we can finally get a glimpse of the majestic backs of those who once transcended and become beings as great as the Four Primordials."
"Everything is beautiful and full of hope. The only thing that is disturbing is that this blueprint is too beautiful and shining."
"Like the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, it summons the most primitive sin."
There were coughing, shooting, and running footsteps. After about 20 minutes, the voice continued to narrate.
"Yes, it is so beautiful that I have to pick up a gun and execute those former companions."
"There is a traitor among us, and things start to go wrong on the spacecraft. A senior professor died in the shower room, and the test results showed that he was electrocuted. But what era is this? Such a stupid way of death is simply a mockery."
"Some people began to feel uneasy, and then the results came one after another. The researcher who knew the Throne of God plan best was found dead in the bathtub with his wrists cut, and the alarm happened to be not activated at that time."
"In order to dispel the uneasiness, an investigation team was formed on the spacecraft and martial law was imposed."
"We found one of the murderers. He was mentally ill. It is said that he felt unreal because he dreamed of a future that was too beautiful. His mind was in a trance, and he finally committed murder in a trance." "
And this is just the beginning..."
"In the next few days, we still found people who died unexpectedly. Some committed suicide, and some may have been murdered. Some of the murderers were found, and some were found nothing."
"The mood of uneasiness and anxiety spread. Some people suspected that someone in the investigation team was a traitor, and in the excitement, one of the members was executed."
"The connection of trust began to break, and more deaths occurred at this time."
"I know that there must be someone behind all this, but it is hard to say that the remaining people are completely innocent. They may become the next perpetrator at any time."
"Members of the original investigation team died one after another. When the last member passed away, I put him in a body bag. He was holding a badge tightly in his hand. It was the sage badge representing the doctor's mission."
"I know he is innocent. We used to be very good friends and spent nearly ten years together in school. I understand his character. He is kind but indecisive. Such a person will not become a murderer." "
But such a good person died."
"I realized that if this goes on, the good guys will lose, and in the end, the perfect Throne of God plan will fall into the hands of the ambitious."
"So far, countless people have died on the road to fighting the dark sun, including our Pi Mechanical Council and the countless ancestors who have disappeared."
"I am not qualified to judge all the companions on the spacecraft. There is no time, and I cannot put such an important future on my ability to distinguish between innocent good people and ambitious people hidden among them."
A long, deep breath.
"Innocent companions will surely die under my gun. This is my sin, but I have no choice. I must eliminate all possible hidden dangers on this spaceship, including myself."
"I forced the pilot, who was once a close companion of mine, to let me enter the main control room of the spacecraft, modify the code of the service robots on the spacecraft, make them efficient tools, and kill those familiar faces."
"After taking control of part of the driving of the spacecraft, I injected euthanasia drugs into my once familiar companions. When he saw this scene, he told me that I was like a calm madman, betting on the future of the entire Mechanical Council. Even kind people will no longer trust anyone after experiencing such twisted and dark things."
"I admit that he is right, but I have no choice. I no longer believe in children's fairy tales such as kindness can win."
"By the way, to fight against darkness, we must transform into darker things. This is the consensus of the remaining members of the Mechanical Council." He repeated this sentence again.
"Yes, I have no way out. At this moment, I remembered an ancient proverb."
"The path is set, and the past is like abandoned soil."
"When this magnificent blueprint appeared, we who created and wove it were no longer needed."
"Human nature is fragile and cannot bear such a heavy responsibility. It is time for us to withdraw from the stage of history. Since it is called the Mechanical Council, let those artificially created mechanical life inherit our mission."
"Perhaps, they should change their names, such as the next letter of π -
ρ Mechanical Council."
(End of this chapter)
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