The temporary base that Tavel built in two days was designed according to the classic structure of a pioneer research station: this kind of station uses a relatively dense asteroid as the vertex, uses super alloy to build a skeleton, and has a large number of take-off and landing platforms on the edge of the skeleton.
A small port is used for engineering drones and various types of ships to dock, while the inner ring of the skeleton is distributed with first-level engineering nodes and second-level engineering nodes. These facilities are responsible for preliminary cutting, scanning, and eliminating worthless samples collected.
ore debris, and send valuable, roughly processed mineral samples to the material transfer station. The material transfer station sends the mineral samples directly to the large laboratory in the center of the base through hyperspace equipment. [This article comes from] This set of concise and efficient
The system can ensure that the entire site is always operating at the highest efficiency, and as the scale of its supporting drone fleet and engineering ships expands, it continues to extend to the surrounding space. When developed to a certain level, the pioneer research station can be upgraded into a space bunker
Or military nodes, modular imperial equipment only needs slight modifications to build a space city on those criss-crossed super alloy frames. In fact, this is how the Kuiper Belt base of the current capital world originally came from: its predecessor
It's nothing more than a pioneering research station.
Based on the basic pioneering site, the structure is continuously upgraded, and eventually evolves into advanced facilities such as military depots/space fortresses/colonial cities/military nodes. This is one of the common upgrade processes for imperial space facilities.
Of course, our current pioneering research station has no plans to upgrade in this way. Although Sandora has considered bringing this remote world into the empire's territory and building it into a military-industrial core universe, the asteroid belt itself as a mining ground is nothing.
It's worth building a base. The only things it's useful to us are the stones from our home world.
The large laboratory in the center of the workstation has a honeycomb structure inside, housing a large number of modular sample analysis rooms. Meteorite collected by engineering drones are sent here in categories for various tests to determine the time it takes for them to cross the world barrier, and try
Judging the current situation of the home world from the clues on these stones - of course it would be better if the coordinates of the home world can be found, but this seems to be a slim hope. The sudden space flash here has ended for tens of thousands of years. Even if
This universe once passed by the home world, and now they have been far away from each other for a long time.
Tavel took us to her current studio - strictly speaking, it is the current quality projection studio, because we know that the quantity unit of Tavel's person is now calculated using the basketball court...
This is a vast hexagonal hall. Space expansion equipment may have been used, making it very wide. Dozens of gravity-free platforms are neatly arranged in the hall, half of which have unattractive meteorite fragments suspended on them. Each gravity-free platform is suspended in a hexagonal shape.
The distance between the gravity platforms is about ten meters. The scientific research autonomous machinery responsible for handling laboratory chores flies swiftly between these gaps to check the working condition of each gravity-free platform. Or assist the cutting beam on the platform to align.
Meteorite samples were dissected. Assistant technicians in white uniforms gathered in small groups next to certain platforms, analyzing data, having heated discussions, or acting as expressive emperors: They must have made some important discoveries. In the past two days
Here, every scientist in this site has experienced countless major discoveries: discovering a new hometown substance, verifying a footnote in the memory of their ancestors, and knowing a little new information about the hometown world. It is enough to make them excited.
Endless.
Imperial scientists have never been a reserved and steady group, each of them has a fiery heart...
"This is the largest sample analysis room. One copy of each type of meteorite must be kept here," Tavel led us to the nearest gravity-free platform. "We have discovered thirty-seven kinds of materials from our home world.
, both metallic and non-metallic. They are completely consistent with the hometown information recorded in the memory core. Look at these things——"
Tavel said, looking around the entire hall: "These ancient things come from our hometown... Our creator used these things to build the Ark, and even used these things to create the first original body in the fifth generation.
I can't imagine that we will have the opportunity to see these primitive minerals with our own eyes. The entire research team is in a state of excitement now. This is the second time since the discovery of the original body that we have been so excited about our ancestors."
Tavel mentioned the fifth generation - I know this. Sandora also introduced the history of the Xiling apostles to herself at the beginning. They divided the entire Xiling civilization into "generations", starting from the first Xiling.
Spiritual people walked upright, and until the founding of the New Empire, they were calculated in terms of "generations." The most respectable thing about this chronology is that it is not from the perspective of a certain race, but from the perspective of the entire civilization.
Recording history. The first to fourth generations are the history of the Xiling people and the childhood years of the Xiling civilization. They record the years from the formation of the tribe to the exploration of the entire universe and awareness of the edge of the world - today's
The history of that period has long been incomplete, and only a few fragments in the core memory of the Xiling Apostle can describe it.
The fifth generation is the turning point of this civilization: in this generation, the Xiling civilization encountered the abyss and jumped out of the world. The old Xiling people became extinct, new Xiling apostles were born, and a new race replaced the creator, "human"
Replaced by "Apostle", the home world became a historical term, and "Xiling Civilization" was taken over by a young ethnic group, who stepped into the endless void without hesitation - this is also the meaning of the number "five" in Xiling Civilization
Big reasons.
In the last pages of the fifth generation, the history of the Xiling Empire begins.
The history of a civilization is rarely like this: it is a general history of civilization, but the "protagonist" was changed in the middle of the history. The race in the first half of the history was completely replaced, but the history of this civilization did not change its name and still continued.
Pass it on. The Xiling people handed over their civilization to the race they created, and disappeared into the depths of the void with a breeze. The Xiling apostles took over the civilization from their ancestors, vowing to pass it on to the death, and even used almost any means to make it become
To become an unprecedentedly powerful empire. Absolute dedication, absolute loyalty, moving forward towards the goal, regardless of the consequences - this is the factor engraved deep in the soul of every individual named "Xiling", paranoid and terrifying.
It is precisely because of this chronology that the Xiling apostles also directly called the Xiling people's home star era as "our home star era". Although the apostles had not been born at that time, and there was not even a drawing, they
Still think that was the beginning of their own history.
It was only when I heard Tavel suddenly mention the fifth generation that I suddenly thought of these things, and Sandora was thinking of obviously more things and more specific things. She frowned and looked at the weightless platform floating on the platform.
of meteorite samples, then turned to Tavel: "Are all the materials found natural minerals?"
"Yes, natural minerals," Tavel's expression seemed a little regretful. "These materials should come from a broken rocky planet in the home universe. The composition analysis shows that they were formed at a similar age, so the probability of coming from the same celestial body is very high. In
No man-made objects have been found in the material samples that have been discovered. Perhaps the place where the leak occurred in the home world is far away from where the ancestors were active. Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that we have not found those man-made objects. After all, the engineering team has not yet classified this area.
All searches have been completed, and some of the hometown matter may have been pulled into an orbit close to the sun by the gravitational perturbation in the galaxy. This is the theory."
"Try your best," Sandora nodded, "but don't have too much hope. The universe is vast, and the creators are unable to leave their traces on all celestial bodies. It is normal that their relics cannot be found."
We have seen various forms of mineral samples under Tavel's guidance, and during this period, two newly discovered valuable samples were sent in. After cutting, Tavel obtained two compounds with complex compositions, but the
Unfortunately, this compound is still not a man-made product. I know that both she and Sandora hope to find the "relics" left by the creator in these hometown substances. However, the possibility of this situation is too low. From the perspective of probability,
It is estimated that it is no more than winning the jackpot for 20 consecutive draws by buying Shuangseqiu and not being killed in the end...
But the information she has in front of her is satisfactory enough: Tavel is now basically certain that her home world is still alive, and that it was still extremely active at least 20,000 years ago. According to the data she collected from the samples.
All parameters of matter in my hometown can be accurately measured, which is of great significance: if a matter can be accurately measured, that is, it has the only measurable physical properties on a macro scale, then it must come from a stable universe. Because in the universe
On the verge of "mathematical doomsday", that is, when the chaos of laws leads to the collapse of the universe, everything in the world will fall into a state of "uncertainty." This uncertainty is different from the uncertainty in quantum science. It refers to the uncertainty of everything in the universe.
Losing "properties" on a macro scale, an object will have no mass or infinite weight. It may be solid but may also flow suddenly. It may become anything in your sight or may disappear suddenly. This is the universe that is seriously infected by the abyss.
The state of its internal materials before destruction - the meteorite samples we collected in the asteroid belt are not like this, they look normal.
"Even in the worst case scenario, 20,000 years is not enough time to destroy a universe with such a high degree of stability."
Tavel finally concluded by pointing to a light gray ore sample.
"Wait, I thought of a question," Sandora thought for a moment, then suddenly raised her eyes, "How old are these ores? I'm not talking about the age when they came to this universe, but when they were in their hometown.
History after the formation of the world.”
"Your Majesty, this is the most confusing part," Tavel immediately understood Shandora's thoughts, "We have conducted a chronological analysis on all the samples we found and determined that the oldest element among them was also in the 120th century.
Formed a billion years ago.”
I thought about it and found that I still didn't understand, so I tugged on Sandora's sleeve: "What do you mean?"
"I don't think there is anything wrong with the memory of our ancestors," Sandora immediately shook her head, "and the second conjecture cannot explain the lifespan of the home universe. I personally lean towards your first hypothesis. No matter what, we all have to
Try to find a way to find your hometown. Only by going there to see the situation in person can you explain everything."
This goal proposed by Shandora is definitely not easy to achieve. Without knowing the coordinates of the world, to accurately find a specific universe in the vast void, this task will give them a headache even if it is thrown to the Gods. Admittedly,
The empire has super void radars like the Garden of Death, but the search range of that thing is still a drop in the ocean compared to the entire void. In the past, when we searched for new worlds, we had at least a rough range: either we knew which quadrant the target world was in, or we could determine the target.
The world is not too far from the capital universe, but the "home world" of the Xiling Apostle does not belong to any of the above situations. Although we have material samples from our hometown in our hands, these samples have been away from their world of origin for more than 20,000 years
, the information it carries that can be used to locate your hometown is no longer accurate and readable.
This feels to me like asking an eighty-year-old blind man to search among 1.4 billion people for his biological father who was separated when he was two years old, and he is not allowed to inquire...
"Arjun, what are you thinking about again?"
Shandora's voice suddenly sounded in my ears, pulling my thoughts that had drifted to the horizon back. I scratched my head in embarrassment, not embarrassed to communicate with her about my long-lost biological father. I know this seriousness
The occasion is not suitable for wandering around, but the topic of Sandora and Tavel is really a bit too high-end. When encountering such high-end topics, my ability to wander is almost exponentially strengthened as time goes by - you see, the two of them are
I lost my mind again within the span of a sentence.
"What do you think we can do now?" I thought for a while and asked a very practical question, "The coordinates of my home world will not be found for a while, and the analysis of the armor fragment will also take time. How about we send
How many times should people check the world barrier? Since there has been a sudden space flash, it means that the two worlds have been quite close in history, and perhaps there have been collision marks left on the world barrier."
This is the only plan I can come up with based on my little knowledge. I know this is still equivalent to asking the old blind man to find his father. The only difference is that I help him eliminate women...
"This is the only way," Sandora nodded helplessly, "but after 20,000 years, with the self-recovery ability of the world barrier, even if there are traces of collision, there may not be much left."
No matter how effective this plan is, a team of engineers set off to the world barrier and scanned it like looking for a needle in a haystack. The next thing we can do seems to be over - at least the things I can help with are over - okay from now on
There is nothing I can do to help you at the beginning, so you are satisfied!
In short, the professionals have begun to work on their professional fields. Like most of the past, I have nothing to do at this time. After wandering around the base for a long time, I suddenly remembered that Qianqian seemed to be accompanying the little guy outside.
They were wandering around, so I decided to go over and see what they were busy with.