Earth Era

When Ye Luo told Wei Feng this, Wei Feng was carefully looking at the interior layout of the pyramid through the dim light.

This pyramid looks very big from the outside, but the interior space is quite small, probably only the size of a house. The rest of the pyramid is covered by something similar to metal, so you can't see what's behind it. Wei Feng thought that there should be various mechanical equipment inside.

This pyramid probably relies on those mechanical equipment to maintain its operation until now. If the judgments of myself and the mysterious old man were correct, then this pyramid has existed for hundreds of millions of years. Without follow-up repairs and maintenance, even if the planet is in a vacuum, it will not be able to maintain it for such a long time.

"There must be a complete set of repair and maintenance devices here. They can use solar energy as their energy source and then have the ability to repair themselves. The robot I just saw must have been manufactured independently." Wei Feng said silently. I thought, "Judging from the state of that robot, its operating capabilities seem to have been weakened a lot over hundreds of millions of years, resulting in it having to rely on such a dilapidated robot to maintain itself. "

It is also under a vacuum state, so naturally there is no dust. It's just that the layout inside still exudes an old-fashioned and shabby atmosphere. Standing here, Wei Feng felt like he was standing in a small dilapidated wooden house in the mountains that had not been inhabited for hundreds of years.

The rest of the place was fairly unremarkable, and there was nothing that made Wei Feng feel incredible. Only one place attracted Wei Feng's attention. It is in the center of the internal space of the pyramid. It is in the shape of a cuboid, more than one meter long and only a few dozen centimeters high, like a platform.

Just when Wei Feng was about to walk over to see what it was, Ye Luo's translated words came to Wei Feng's mind: "Guests from afar, if possible, I would like to do it with you." A deal.”

Wei Feng was startled for a moment, then stopped. Then he said: "Excuse me, what is the deal?"

Wei Feng knew. Whether it was the conversation between the robot and himself just now, or the words spoken at this moment, they were probably spoken by the artificial intelligence program created by the Martian civilization that was left behind hundreds of millions of years ago and maintained the operation of this pyramid. Judging from the sophistication and reliability of the program, it is obvious that Yeluo cannot maintain operation for such a long time, even if there is sufficient energy supply and parts guarantee. But the artificial intelligence here can run for such a long time - although it is very doubtful how many functions it has left after such a long time - this has clearly demonstrated its advanced nature. no doubt. The original Martian civilization had surpassed human civilization at least in terms of computational science.

"The content of this transaction is very simple. You are responsible for rescuing and maintaining the owner's survival, and I can give you something. I think you must be very interested in these things." Ye Luo continued to translate the signal he received into He heard words that Wei Feng could understand and played them back.

"Your master? Where is he?" Wei Feng asked, "What is it you want to give me?"

"My master is here. It has been sleeping in the hibernation cabin for hundreds of millions of years." Ye Luo said, "What I want to give you is crucial to breaking the "dead knot", because it is This is what our Martian civilization acquired at the expense of the entire civilization. It contains many very critical scientific data, if your civilization has not yet broken the knot. By analyzing these data, your hope of breaking the knot will increase. At least half of it. Even if you have broken the deadlock, I believe that the key data obtained at the cost of the demise of a civilization will definitely be of great use to you. And... the price you need to pay is just to save your life. And to maintain the survival of my master. It only has one person. It does not require many resources to maintain its survival. I believe that this is a very good deal for your civilization."

Wei Feng sensed an obvious sense of humility and even pleading in these words. This scene reminded Wei Feng of some similar scenes he had seen in movies and TV series before: a poor man in ragged clothes was begging a rich man, hoping that the rich man would give him a piece of steamed bun for a price. It means...from this moment on, the most important thing to you - your own life - will be under the control of the other party.

Naturally, it does not require many resources to maintain the survival of a living being. This is indeed not an excessive requirement. In contrast, the key scientific data that can break the deadlock cannot be measured in terms of wealth or resources. And now. This intelligent program that has been running for hundreds of millions of years is begging itself, hoping that it can accept the transaction conditions it proposes.

"Captain. I have made some simplifications in the translated message just now. In their original message, they gave a lengthy explanation of a certain situation, and through my translation, I confirmed that those lengthy explanations are not the same as ours. What I thought was "dead knot" actually belongs to the same concept, so I directly used the word "dead knot" instead." Ye Luo said.

Wei Feng nodded, and then said: "Translate my words to them and ask them why they want to do this deal with me."

After a while, Wei Feng's question was answered. Ye Luo said: "Your civilization can cross the long space between stars to come here, which is enough to prove the strength of your civilization. And... even if your situation is similar to ours, that is, the dead knot has not been broken. , a single-man interstellar voyage that was only made possible by gathering the power of all civilizations... With the key scientific data we provide, your civilization can also break the deadlock and gain technological advancement. In this way, you have In order to save and maintain the ability of my master to survive. Therefore, as long as you can come here, you are a qualified trading candidate."

Wei Feng said: "Aren't you afraid that I will lie to you? What if I take away your scientific data but refuse to fulfill my previous commitment?"

This time Wei Feng was met with a long silence. After a long time, the artificial intelligence responded: "We are just betting on a hope. Because...maintaining a person's survival requires only consuming very few resources. This cost is equal to the key scientific data we provide." It is completely insignificant in comparison. As long as any civilization with a slight concept of equality will definitely keep its promise. And even if the civilization we trade with has no concept of equality at all, it will not cause us any loss. Because Data can be copied. If we give it to you, we will not lose it. I can continue to wait here for the arrival of the next civilization that is suitable as a trade candidate."

Wei Feng was silent for a moment, and then said: "There was someone who came here before me, right?"

"Yes, there was a person who came here. We also made a deal with him and gave him a copy of these key scientific data. He originally promised to save and maintain my master's survival, but he broke his promise .He didn’t do that.”

Wei Feng sighed: "He didn't break his promise. In fact, he and I belong to the same race and the same civilization. I will do what he promised you on his behalf. Oh, no, no, it's not that I did it on his behalf. He did it, but... after I send these key scientific data back to my civilization and make my civilization make a technological leap, my civilization will fulfill its promise to you on his behalf and on my behalf."

"That's fine." The artificial intelligence said, "My master and I will wait here for you to fulfill your promise."

"Where is your master?" Wei Feng asked.

"Right here." Ye Luo said again. At the same time, a light beam that was not very dazzling also lit up here. The light beam pointed directly at the platform-like thing that Wei Feng had just seen. It seemed that he was giving guidance to Wei Feng.

Wei Feng walked towards the platform. When Wei Feng walked up to it, he discovered that there was a hibernation box inside the platform. Its appearance and structure were very similar to the one he had captured in space. Both had a Martian civilization that was obviously different from human civilization. style of creation.

Its cover was transparent, so Wei Feng could directly see the scene inside the hibernation box through the cover. Like the hibernation box I captured last time, this one also contained a frozen Martian. It's just that this Martian looks much older than the last one.

But according to Wei Feng's inspection, the last Martian died tens or even hundreds of millions of years before he encountered him. And... this hibernator who had the same length of time as the Martian... is he still alive?

Wei Feng asked this question. The artificial intelligence replied: "I can't give a clear answer to this question before the thawing project is actually implemented. However, compared with before, when my master hibernated, hibernation technology has developed greatly, so by now So far, my master still has a seven percent chance of being resurrected successfully."

"Is there only a seven percent probability?" Wei Feng murmured, "This probability seems a little lower."

"The level of probability has nothing to do with me. My duty is to maintain the operation of the base. I will only do my job and not pay attention to other things." The artificial intelligence replied. (To be continued ~^~)