Earth Era

By now, Wei Feng's doubts have been cleared up a lot. Wei Feng finally fully understood what the wise old man told him, "When I came here, the information was completely ready."

These things have indeed been prepared for a long time. The Martian civilization prepared these things. When the situation fell into despair and there was no way to recover, the last Martian began a long hibernation, intending to use this thing in exchange for the demise of the entire civilization. , to trade for your own survival needs.

Wei Feng had already dissected a Martian, so he had a certain understanding of the physiological structure of Martians. The physiological structure of Martians is different from that of humans, but they are all carbon-based organisms and require food composed of various organic substances and inorganic minerals to survive.

Wei Feng did a little calculation and came up with a set of data: "Even if this Martian can survive for another ten thousand years, the total amount of resources it consumes will only be as follows: no more than 20,000 tons of air, no more than More than 7,000 tons of water, no more than 5,000 tons of food, and a few other miscellaneous things.”

Compared with a civilization or a planet, these resources... are not even a drop in the bucket.

And...the data obtained by countless Martian scientists who have worked hard for thousands of years, the lives of countless Martians, the countless time spent on interstellar navigation...the crystallization of the wisdom of this entire civilization, in The value in this transaction is the little thing above.

Wei Feng felt a deep sadness. Wei Feng didn't know how to describe this feeling. Wei Feng instinctively felt that this transaction was unfair, but... Wei Feng couldn't find what was unfair. The Martian in front of him is actually the entire Martian civilization. No matter how luxurious it is, how many resources can it consume? In other words, even if human civilization wants to increase the price it pays for this transaction, this Martian will not be able to enjoy it. Because it only has one person.

Wei Feng paced back and forth in the inner space of the pyramid, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "This transaction is a very cost-effective transaction for us, and I can agree to this transaction on behalf of our civilization. It's just... I have some more questions that I would like your answers to.”

Until now. What the wise old man said, "It took a hundred years to investigate, but still can't find the answer" still deeply troubles Wei Feng. The wise old man said that if you come to this pyramid and have a look, you will understand. So Wei Feng made this request at this moment.

"Yes, as long as I know it, I can tell you everything. Just think of it as something that comes with this transaction." The artificial intelligence said.

"Okay." Wei Feng nodded, and then said: "Can you send me everything you know and all the data stored in your memory? I want to use these things to unlock some of my feelings about you. Doubts about Martian civilization.”

Wei Feng originally thought that his request might be rejected because it was a bit excessive. But to Wei Feng's expectation, the artificial intelligence did not hesitate at all. It immediately replied: "Okay. Because there is a lot of data, the transmission may take a while. Please wait."

Wei Feng nodded and at the same time told Ye Luo: "Save all these data."

The data transmission took about a few hours, and then Wei Feng left the pyramid. When Wei Feng left the pyramid, the land had already entered dusk. Four-fifths of Alpha Centauri A has sunk below the horizon, but the remaining one-fifth is still too bright to be seen directly.

The earth, which has been scorching for a day, is slowly releasing its warmth into space. Wei Feng saw that some of the ground that had been melted by the sun had some tendency to solidify. Although he knew that he could not feel the temperature changes outside through his spacesuit, Wei Feng still felt like he was "finally cooler".

The rays of the setting sun cast long shadows on all the protrusions above the ground. Standing in the shadow of this huge pyramid, looking at the dilapidated structure. With a building that has a history of hundreds of millions of years, Wei Feng seemed to see the last remnants of a great civilization left in this vast universe.

Just as Wei Feng walked out of the pyramid, the dilapidated robot that led Wei Feng to the pyramid once again drove out of the pyramid from the passage. Its wheels were still skewed, and the whole body looked like it was about to fall apart at any moment, but it still moved forward firmly. Wei Feng knew that somewhere on the pyramid was probably damaged again, so it needed to be sent out again for repairs.

But this time things are a little different. Under Wei Feng's gaze, the robot only walked a few dozen meters before stopping. Then Wei Feng saw something like electric sparks from it, and at the same time a stream of black smoke came out. The black smoke dissipated in an instant under the vacuum environment. And the robot completely lost its movement.

Wei Feng was still watching. After waiting for a while, he saw another similar robot driving out of the passage. This robot is almost brand new, there is no damage on it, and it drives much more smoothly. It walked past Wei Feng, past the paralyzed and scrapped robot, and then walked to the other side of the pyramid, disappearing from Wei Feng's sight.

"Captain, according to the data sent to me by the artificial intelligence, the service life of this kind of robot is generally about thirty years. Every thirty years, the automatic operating machinery will create new ones under the control of artificial intelligence. Robots are used to undertake the maintenance and repair work of this pyramid."

If we calculate one robot every thirty years... in 500 million years, there will be nearly 17 million robots. In the long time that has passed, so many robots have perished on this planet.

"What, have you compiled some information?" Wei Feng asked Ye Luo. Ye Luo immediately replied: "Yes, Captain. I have compiled some valuable information. Based on my own logical judgment mechanism, I think I probably know what the problem is that has troubled the wise old man for nearly a hundred years."

At this moment, Alpha Centauri A has completely sunk, but the Blue Night Star has not fallen into darkness. Because this is a binary star system, in addition to star A, there is also star B.

Alpha Centauri B is currently hanging in the celestial sphere. It is bright, many times brighter than the full moon above Earth. After Star A disappeared, Star B continued to take on the task of illuminating the blue night star.

The universe is dark blue and almost pitch black, but under the light of Star B, the sky above the Blue Night Star looks blue. Wei Feng knew that this was the origin of the name "Blue Night Star".

There are stars and a bright moon in the sky. If you ignore the harsh natural environment above the blue night star, this is really a wonderful picture. So Wei Feng casually sat down on the ground, leaning against a stone. While looking at the magnificent sky, he said to Ye Luo: "Have you analyzed the problem that is bothering the wise old man? That's good. Tell me about it.”

Ye Luo was silent for a moment and said: "Before I ask this question, I need to tell you some other things. First of all, our original speculation that the Martian civilization once rested and recuperated on the Blue Night Star was correct. This information This is clearly recorded in it. It says that the Martian civilization has survived on the Blue Night Star for more than three hundred years. During this period, they used inexhaustible solar energy as their energy source. A large number of living areas were built with materials from the rich mineral resources here. During this period, although their technological level deteriorated for fifty years, the total population soared from less than 200,000 to nearly 30 million. .”

"Oh..." Wei Feng said lightly, "This was a great thing for the original Martian civilization... As long as the population base recovers, the degradation of technology can be contained, and thanks to the interstellar voyage, With those key data accumulated, it is entirely possible for Mars civilization to break through the limitations of the deadlock in one fell swoop and truly enter the interstellar era."

"But...Mars civilization eventually perished." Ye Luo said.

"Why? Is it because of the war?"

"Yes, because of the war." Ye Luo said.

"Where do the enemies come from?" Wei Feng asked again.

"Coming from within the Martian civilization." Ye Luo said, "About this, they describe it like this: In order to survive better and develop technology, we opened this box, and when we released "it", we did gain There were many benefits, but as time progressed, we found that "it" was somewhat out of our control. As the situation worsened, we had to launch a large-scale campaign to eliminate "it" war, in the end, "it" was completely wiped out by us, and our civilization also completely declined, and the population dropped from more than 30 million at its peak to less than 10,000."

"What is left to us is devastation, our home is destroyed...the technological heritage will also be destroyed. But fortunately, because of the highest level of protection, the most critical scientific data are still well preserved. It's just... if... What use is this scientific data if our civilization is going to perish?”

"We originally thought "it" was an angel, but... "it" is actually a devil. From the moment it was released, the final demise of our civilization was doomed." (To be continued ~^~)