The vibration lasted for ten minutes before stopping. When Soshiyang walked out of the tomb gate carefully, he found that they were already in some strange underground space.
“The depth here is…6200 meters!”
Looking at the depth display, Loken showed a very shocked expression.
"We drilled more than two thousand meters underground."
Soshiyang frowned slightly. This was outside the plan. If they were trapped underground for a long time, the battle situation on the ground would not be intervened.
You should know that one of the two important tasks they are to launch a surprise attack on the Green Skin who besieged Hades's Nest from underground to lift the siege of Hades. If they cannot return in time, the situation of the war may worsen.
"The first company commander divided the scouts into two groups and asked them to investigate the sides of the valley separately."
When you come to a strange area, the first thing you need to do is to investigate.
Mark nodded, then stepped down the ladder to summon the scouts of temporary veterans, leaving Soshyan and Talos in the hall.
"By the way, do you remember what Angelica said, the evidence about the ancient history of Ulano?"
"Of course I remember, but there are actually more interesting things that I can't tell you before."
Soshi raised his eyebrows.
"What did you find?"
Talos also looked back and was sure no one was eavesdropping. Since Angelica was confirmed to be an agent of Alpha, he seemed a little suspicious.
"One night I went to the local mechanical sect's grand temple and found a lot of interesting information in their underground archives room... Don't ask me how I went, I also have my secrets, I promise that it has nothing to do with sub-space."
Soshiyan, who was about to open his mouth, heard Talos blocking all his words, and could only shake his head helplessly and said:
"I hope you can tell me what you do next time. No matter what, we have been together for so long. Maybe I was a little nervous in the past, but now I can't look at your past with tinted glasses, as long as you don't do anything in the future."
Talos grinned.
"You really make me feel a little embarrassed...Soshyan, I am always a midnight son. You have to remember that maybe my goal of action will change, but my method of acting can no longer be changed. This is something deeply engraved in my genes."
Then he took out a folded data panel.
"Back to the point, according to some records, it seems that the human colonies on Ulano were established as early as the 20th millennium, but this record was erased from the catalog... So, whenever they were involved, those indexes point to a non-existent location - an empty storage area"
"I guess you've tracked down the lost documents?"
"Of course, but you have to understand that I am not a technical expert. I can only use some waste code to forcefully decipher some encrypted files... In fact, what I found is related to your pendant."
Hearing this, Soshiyang took out the pendant on his chest.
"I heard Sevita say that your family escaped from the Ulano human colony."
Soshiyang nodded.
"In fact, the Mechanical Cult has been searching for traces of this human colony. I found an encrypted communication record from 8,000 years ago. According to the statement, there may be a complete set of STC templates in this colony. This is why they are so crazy and useless measures!"
Hearing this, a glimmer flashed in Soshiyang's eyes. If this is the case, then the mechanical teaching behavior can be explained.
The STC system, also known as a standard construction template, can be understood as a complex analysis and processing program, including fool-style scientific and technological research and development and industrial construction processes.
The time of invention of this system is no longer verified, but it is speculated that it should be in the early golden age of mankind.
With the emergence of subspace engines and human mutant "Navigator", humans were able to expand out of the solar system and conquer various planets, and the STC system was one of the main factors for humans to achieve this goal.
STC can keep different human colonists at a relatively standard level of technology. This high-tech can provide colonists with various civilization details, allowing them to use all available local materials to build efficient shelters, generators, transportation tools and other infrastructure and equipment without any relevant knowledge.
For example, the user simply asks about the construction method of the house and tractor, and STC will give all necessary plans and analyze the appropriate materials according to the planet's situation.
After entering the age of disputes, a large number of STC systems gradually became invalid, damaged, and became unreliable and incomprehensible over time.
In some worlds, although they are maintained, due to certain program failures, some wrong technological creations have been created and many disasters have been created.
However, hard copy files of information in STC can be stored for longer than the body, so although the body is damaged, the technological products that have been manufactured or studied in it can be copied and passed on from generation to generation, and these are called STC fragments.
The Mechanical Society, which worships machinery, naturally regards STC as the highest level of creation of the mechanical god. The focus of their path to knowledge is the restoration of STC fragments, the use of templates, and even the ancient copies restored from STC are regarded as holy texts. The highest goal of the Mechanical Education, the Ten Thousand Machine Book, is known as the prototype of all STCs.
A complete STC system is not much worse than a prototype, and it is enough for mechanical teaching to take all the actions for it.
Soshiyang was silent for a long time and then asked:
"What about green skin? The green skin on the ground suddenly appeared underground, obviously for something."
"There are a small number of legends in the information, such as the Green Skin Empire in the past. It seems that the human colonies of that year were destroyed by Green Skin. Then according to logic, if there is really a complete STC template, then it is very likely to be in Green Skin's hands. It seems that this can explain why the Green Skin Empire was so terrible back then, but these statements have not been verified."
"Is there anything else, Talos?"
Soshyan noticed the prophet's tone and seemed to be reserved.
"I'm not sure... However, I found a mechanical sect excavation record report. The report showed that an expedition team went deeper than 5,000 meters underground and found a ruin suspected to be a space undead. However, the ruin has been transformed on a large scale, and more records have been deleted from the information. It seems that someone wants to eliminate all information about the Green-skinned Empire of the Great Crusade - but this person did not do well in hiding methods."
"They certainly didn't expect to encounter a midnight son's investigation."
Soshiyan said with a smile.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Because you'll definitely tell others."
Talos shook his head slowly.
"I'm not sure if I can trust him, don't blame me for being suspicious. If you are used to the intrigue and betrayal in the eyes of fear, you will no longer easily believe anyone and any so-called brotherhood."
Soshiyan looked at him and naturally knew who the prophet was talking about.
If he gets this news, he will indeed find Randall to study it as soon as possible.
He had not experienced what Talos had experienced, and might not be able to feel it, but he was willing to understand.
"What about me? Have I gained your trust now?"
Talos glanced at him.
"No, you should ask the other way around, do you trust me?"
The two looked at each other and smiled, and did not continue the topic.