Alien Relic Hunter

"Is it because of those...Chinese characters found by the 776 Special Forces Team in the wreckage of Engine 92?" Miss Soma, who had been sitting quietly next to Ke Lan and listened without expressing much opinions, suddenly said.

"Well, it is precisely because of the appearance of these Chinese characters that I suspect that the Alpha civilization had made contact with the earth civilization before the Ark arrived in the galaxy where the Alpha star is located... I even suspect that the China Heavy Industries Group had disintegrated as early as the old era. , participated in the construction project of these 'engines'." Ke Lan said solemnly.

"How is this possible?! Human civilization helps Alpha build engines?" Chi Hanfeng, who had just been released from prison, shook his head repeatedly and said, "Do you know how outrageous this sounds? It's like hiring a human engineer to It’s like chimpanzees from the virgin forest coming to help build rockets.”

"Then how do you explain that there is an etched inscription of 'China Heavy Industry' on the metal plate on the wall inside the engine wreckage?" Ke Lan asked rhetorically.

Chi Hanfeng was immediately speechless.

"Ke Lan, actually you made a mistake just now." Layton suddenly stood up and moved his shoulders and arms of the mechanical prosthetic part. "Actually, Huaxia Heavy Industries has not disintegrated."

"The most important technical resources were transferred to Ark's database, and all the elite backbones were taken away... The Huaxia Heavy Industries left on the earth is just an empty shell. There is nothing wrong with saying it has disintegrated... It exists in name only." Chi Han Feng glanced at Layton and then spoke.

"Is it possible that the people who stayed on the earth built a second ark, and then during the interstellar voyage, this second ark encountered some adventure, which caused the humans on this ship to acquire technology that far exceeds that of the earth's civilization? level, and found Alpha Planet before our group...and at that time, Alpha Civilization had not disappeared from the planet." Layton's breathing was a little rapid.

"This possibility is too small. After the Ark sets sail, the time left for the people on the earth will not exceed a hundred years... If you imagine the earth after the Ark leaves, it will be a planet where resources are exhausted, order collapses, On a planet where humans hate each other and kill each other, the chosen emperor takes away the most precious wealth of human civilization, leaving only a devastated world for the 'abandoned'. The seeds of despair, hatred and madness are in the hearts of those who remain. Taking root, sprouting, and gradually spreading... Under those circumstances, let alone building a second ark, even if you want to build a spacecraft that can leave the solar system, I think it is impossible." Ke Lan said.

He had put forward this hypothesis when watching the Mewtwo video. At that time, he even speculated whether these engine wreckage might belong to the "second ark".

But the fact is that the people left on the earth, except for the first batch of people who boarded engineering ships and resource collection ships and escaped from the solar system through the residual energy of the accelerator (commonly known as the "star gate"). The remaining people have lost the chance to escape their home planet forever.

"But we don't rule out the possibility of a miracle happening!" Layton raised his voice a little, "What if the remaining people recognize the reality and unite together? Just like... just like... the miracle of Axis! "

He searched his mind for a long time, but couldn't find a suitable metaphor, so he finally came up with a fictional animation plot.

"That's just animation... Such a miracle cannot exist in reality." What Ke Lan didn't expect was that Major Chi Hanfeng, who had always been serious and rigid, had actually seen this work.

"How is it impossible? If it weren't for the unity of mankind, then even the first Ark would not have been built!" Layton said, "The existence of Noah's Ark itself is a miracle, so why can't this kind of miracle happen a second time? , just because those people on Earth are abandoned children?”

"But it doesn't make sense in terms of time." Hound stood up and patted the agitated Leighton on the shoulder, "Our Ark has been drifting in the universe for nine hundred years. During this time, for the people on the Ark, It is extremely long, but for the history of Alpha civilization, it is just a passing moment... Even if the people left on the earth only took a few years to build the second ark and arrive at the Alpha planet first, they The scenes we see will not be much different from ours.”

"Alfa civilization has disappeared for at least tens of thousands of years, and those engine remains were obviously not built within nine hundred years..." As Ke Lan spoke, he suddenly realized something was wrong, and he suddenly He raised his head and met Leighton's eyes.

"Natural wormhole!" the two shouted in unison.

"What natural wormhole...you mean...the natural wormhole at the cantilever of Orion that the Ark passed through in the 499th year of the New Era?!" The old dog couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"Yes, it is precisely because of passing through this wormhole that we are here now... Otherwise, with the power of Noah's Ark itself, it would be impossible to cross such a vast star field in nine hundred years. No With this wormhole, we may still be in a drifting era of cold darkness and shortage of supplies...or it may have died in a corner of the universe." Ke Lan nodded, "But the flow of time in the wormhole is abnormal. The... one second we feel, to the space and time outside the wormhole, may be one year, ten years... or even a hundred years. If we follow the time on earth, when we land on Alpha The year of the star may not be the 900th year of the New Era, but the who knows how many thousands of years of the New Era."

"I think so too. With the existence of wormholes, any bugs in the timeline can be ignored." Layton agreed.

"It may exist, but this possibility is too coincidental. It would take countless coincidences to come together to have even a slight chance of happening..." Chi Hanfeng sighed, "But besides that, I also found There is a better reason to explain what you saw. Perhaps you can only find the answer by going to the Gray Mist Forest."

He turned his head and glanced at Valentina with some worry - he knew that Valentina's name must be on the list for this operation. In fact, Chi Hanfeng did not want Valentina to participate in this operation. Mission, but he couldn't say these words.

"Ke Lan, have you ever thought about a possibility." The person who spoke was Thirty-Three, "The Mewtwo video you saw was forged by the undead crew."

"What's the point of them faking this...?"

"I don't know, I just feel suspicious... Even the crew members who are on your side are not willing to reveal those secrets to you, why would that Aphdirota take you to the core mastermind to watch that episode? The images…her motives are elusive.”

[P.S. "Axis' Miracle" comes from "Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack". It is roughly about how humans abandon their prejudices and understand each other, which ultimately triggers a miracle and saves the earth... The specific description will take up too much space, so here it is. No more writing, interested readers can search it on Baidu. 】