The Record of Unusual Creatures

Hao Ren didn't know if the owner of the tentacles could hear his voice, but now he really hopes that this eldest son can hold on for a while. The time of this planet is getting closer and closer to the critical point, the sun's gravity and unevenness. The heating process is tearing down its crust, even with the strength of the eldest son. The teammates brought by Giant Turtle Rock and Hao Ren are unable to reverse the fate of this planet. There is not much time in the virtual world. Now, it is possible to extend the life of the virtual world. I am afraid that only the eldest son’s own persistence.

From an hour ago, the vibrations of the underground world did not stop for a while. The shaking of large and small almost made people feel that they were standing on a giant drum. The sound of rock crashing from a certain direction from time to time made it even more People are scared. There are indications that the planet is striding to disintegrate, and it is always reminding everyone that they are following a 50 trillion tons of boulders to the sun. But the busy people in the underground bunkers have no time to take care of this. They are nervously tracking the nerve signals from the tentacles and going to the possible location of the brain based on the analysis from the shipborne computer.

Now that the team has left the previous hall where a large number of alloy cylinders are stored, it is rapidly moving through a subterranean structure that is as complex as a cobweb. There are corridors and large and small caves and palaces everywhere. The entire underground world is as complex as an infinite maze. If there is no onboard computer navigation, it will happen immediately in those passages full of crossroads. get lost. Hao Ren was initially amazed at the complexity of this place. He felt that this structure was not suitable for people to live in, but he soon realized why underground refuge would be designed like this: because all the tunnels and caves here are along the eldest son. The tentacles were built.

Large elbow tentacles can be seen in all trunk channels. These tentacles extend along the grooves of the ground or the grooves on the walls as if they were skeletons. Around them, specially designed brackets and protection can be seen. Measures, and at some distance you can see some cables and pipes connected to the tentacles, which are obviously installed under the permission of the eldest son.

The entire underground sanctuary is a cave system built along the eldest son, so the huge crypts seem to have been explained before:

They may also be built with the help of the eldest son. After all, the geological features of this planet do not seem to be suitable for generating so many natural caves.

With the deep refuge in the road, Hao Ren’s heart is constantly pouring out all kinds of emotions. All the time. The eldest son is associated with absolute destruction and ecological extinction in his mind. All he sees is the scene of the destruction of the eldest son's tentacles. Although he knew that this powerful creature was the shaper of the ecosystem and the original gardener, the image of the eldest son’s destruction was still deeply rooted in his impression.

Here, however, Hao Ren saw a completely different situation: the eldest son and the mortal creation coexisted harmoniously, and there were indications that the Zhuomen should have lived with the eldest son from the beginning. They designed the shelter in a clever and just-practical way, and were able to create a complete set of equipment that matched the eldest son, which must be tacit and communicated for many years.

Hao Ren remembered what he had learned at his home in Izak: the eldest son was able to get along with the mortal race, and its nature was actually quite mild.

At that time, he was still amazed at this information. And now the real example is finally in sight.

After passing through a corridor containing four large tentacles, a nearly circular cave appeared in front of everyone. The structure of this cave is very similar to the "sacred cave" of Holleta. There is a sunken ground in the center of the regular cave. A large group of unnamed creatures are quietly lying in the pits, and around the cave. You can see a large number of caves arranged neatly, with a strip of tentacles extending from the rock wall and connected to the central biological tissue. At this time, the vibration of the underground world just eased down a little. Hao Ren heard the sound echoing in the cave: it was like a strong heartbeat.

“This is a large ganglion, and there is also a pump structure that maintains the body fluid circulation,” Hao Ren learned from the previous research reports to understand the function of these biological tissues. "We are very close to the brain. Here are some sensors that should be able to detect signals from the virtual world."

Lily immediately led a large group of self-disciplined machinery and placed the sensor on the huge, indescribable meat mass. She was a little nervous when she just did the job. But now it is fully familiar.

Hao Ren observed other things in the cave: it not only contains the organs and organs of the eldest son, but also has a lot of artificial equipment like other places. He saw some black machines around the large ganglion. The cables on those machines are also attached to the elbow's tentacles, just like the artificially made small tentacles.

These machines are the first to see that they don't seem to be the same as those used to maintain the eldest son's survival. Hao Ren curiously went forward to check the state of the machine, but was surprised to find that the display of one of the devices actually gave off a shimmer.

There is still a miracle that can be operated here.

"It seems to be a computer-like thing... at least you can check the information," Hao Ren said a few times, and found that the operation mode and system architecture of this thing is similar to that of Nolan's computer. "Well?"

Vivienne came over: "What did you find?"

"It is the construction record of the refuge, as well as the sporadic data of the virtual world plan. The database is seriously damaged. There are not many things that can be read out," Hao Ren retrieved the remaining logs. "...This record says that the construction of the refuge is to avoid a disaster. The Zum people and the "root of origin" jointly built a strong fortress in the ground to fight against the end of the world. The 'root of origin' here should be eldest son……"

Hao Ren said while pointing the key points in the information to Vivian. This ancient equipment is not very stable, and there are strange garbled characters on the screen from time to time, but it can still be used reluctantly: "These are virtual worlds." Coding records, it seems that a large number of scientists and eldest sons have designed a simulation mechanism that guarantees that all human beings will survive for a long time in a common dream and survive until..."

“When is it going to survive?” Vivienne asked.

"Survival to return to the real world," Hao Ren's voice suddenly became serious. "There is a plan to return to the real world! They seem to be ready to return to the real world after the end of the disaster. They also mentioned the ecosystem restoration plan. And the body weight plan..."

Vivien breathed a sigh of relief: "The plan seems to be a problem. The situation of this planet is not like rebuilding the ecological circle anyway. Does it refer to the specific situation of the disaster? It refers to the planet. Going into the sun?"

"Of course not. If you know that the planets will fall into the sun, then they don't have to expect to return to reality." Hao Ren shook his head. "The planet's derailment was two or three thousand years ago, and the establishment of the refuge was 10,000 years ago. It should be an accident to enter the sun. Perhaps this accident completely destroyed the entire plan."

As he said, he looked up at the large ganglion in the center of the cave: "Probably also this accident led to the virtual world beginning to appear to the end of the script, so that it can be roughly aligned with the timeline in Nolan's memory: her memory The trend of the end of the world to the end of the world is also about two or three thousand years ago."

Vivian showed a little doubt, and then reacted at once: "You mean..."

"It's a nightmare," Hao Ren raised his finger to the unnamed creature. "The whole world was swallowed up by nightmares."

Vivienne opened her eyes in surprise, and at this moment, Nolan’s anxious voice suddenly came from the communicator: “Hao Ren! Hao Ren! I have a situation here!”

Hao Ren immediately connected: "How? Fire has burned again?"

"No, I just seemed to 'listen' to the fabricator's voice!"

"Crafter", this is the name used by Nolan to call the controller behind the scenes. Now Hao Ren knows that the so-called "fabricator" should be the consciousness of the eldest son. Nolan seems to have special talents. She is in the virtual world. Occasionally you can hear one or two nightmare of the eldest son. Human beings can't understand the thinking mode of the eldest son, so the nightmare she hears is usually ambiguous.

But this time the situation seems to be different.

"What have you heard?" Hao Ren asked in a hurry, he heard the unknown meaning from Nolan's voice.

"I don't know if my understanding is a problem, but I heard that the world is going to perform 'euthanasia'..." Nolan's voice was full of fear. "The voice said that it would stop all suffering, in some sort of Let the world die without pain before the collapse."

Hao Ren took a deep breath.

The eldest son could not hold on. (To be continued.)