Zhen Cheng rubbed his temples and said with a tangled look on his face: "I originally thought that these natives were locked up in the room due to the sudden security alarm. In the end, they were trapped and died because no one controlled the rescue from the outside.
But in fact... they are probably all fools who died because they didn't have the concept of pulling the door inwards to open the exit."
"Huh?" Ai Luogensi dropped the building blocks she dug out of the soil in her hands, which had been severely corroded to the point of deformation and were about to break into sawdust, and turned to look at Zhen Cheng.
She had originally had a similar absurd idea, but it was just a random thought. If the natives of this world were all fools, how could such a material design that was obviously more advanced than that of her home earth be possible?
Zhen Cheng pointed to the building blocks that Sister A had just thrown away: "If computers and books are still normal objects in a researcher's dormitory, then what are these toys?
Including what you dug out just now, this is definitely a complete set, right? There are also the cracked surface of the spherical screen, and the dense scratches on the desk, chair and bed frame.
It is absolutely obvious that after being trapped, these 'people' had irrationally attacked everything in the room. It's just that the glass wall was too strong and they couldn't leave scratches on it."
"Despair and falling into madness is a normal manifestation of most weak-willed creatures," Sister A seemed unconvinced by Zhen Cheng's judgment:
"And if everyone in this world is a fool, how can this complicated underground project itself be considered?"
"When did I say that all the natives in this world are fools?" Zhen Cheng smiled and sighed: "These skeletons you sorted out have no fontanelles on the skulls. They are integrated and as hard as a diamond.
But their pelvis is not particularly expanded, and is no different from the ordinary humans we are familiar with. Coupled with the sharp external bones on the ulna, do you know what this means?"
"It means..." For this reason, Sister A certainly understood what Zhen Cheng meant: "People in this world can't have children at all?"
"How is it possible?" Zhen Cheng shook his head: "The human skull is not completely closed during infancy, just to facilitate the squeeze out of the birth canal. And the shape of these natives from the outer universe is basically equivalent to giving birth to a child and dying of a mother.
Perhaps they can find safe methods of childbirth such as caesarean section with the help of high technology, but from an evolutionary perspective, it is obviously impossible for such a creature to continue to develop civilization.
Only for a new species, and people don’t know what form it will develop into, what kind of potential and learning ability it has, can it be possible to prepare a complete set of building block toys for adults, right?
In other words, I am 80% sure that what we are seeing are not natives of this planet, but artificial humans."
Hearing this conclusion, Ai Luogensi opened her mouth slightly, but after being stunned for less than two seconds, she quickly accepted Zhen Cheng's reasoning. In the final analysis, she herself can be regarded as half a man-made monster.
There was just one thing she still couldn't figure out: "So this is the origin of the underground facility?
But if the natives of this world had already begun to study artificial humans deep underground before the disaster occurred, and finally happened to leave such an 'ultimate refuge' when the Paradox apocalypse came, why on earth would they conduct similar research?
Woolen cloth?
Judging from the skeletal shape, this kind of artificial human seems to be very suitable for warfare. But for them who have mastered such advanced materials science, biological weapons of this level are simply useless, right?"
Zhen Cheng's face became increasingly ugly. After hesitating to speak, he finally spoke: "Sister, don't you feel that the situation in front of you seems familiar?"
"It's really a bit..." Ai Luogensi nodded, and then suddenly realized: "You mean, this is not Thetis' underground research area, but the same research is being done... [Water of Eternal Life]?
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"I'm not sure yet, but I have similar conjectures," Zhen Cheng said cautiously. He glanced at Ai Luogensi and saw that she had no special reaction before continuing:
"The breakthrough in the research on [Eternal Water] was made after Anbis moved the entire research team deep underground. The research institution with walls made entirely of glass may also be the reason why he was able to make a breakthrough.
‘Deep underground’ and ‘glass structure’ may not be a coincidence, but are necessary requirements for certain research methods that we outsiders don’t understand after science combines occultism!
We were too eager to escape the doomsday home, but we didn't have time to get a lot of information from Anbis who had been rescued by accident, which seemed to have nothing to do with us at the time, but seems to be crucial now...
By the way, there is the last and most critical thing in common. That is the completion of the semi-finished product [Water of Eternal Life] at the same time as Anbis started acquiring [Antique Zero].
And our current job is to search for [World Fragments] in this underground facility."
"[Antique Zero] is the name given to [World Fragments] by Scarry and the others in our world... I understand that the indigenous people here are also pursuing eternal life..." Ai Luogansi suddenly realized.
"Of course, what I just said is not a rigorous reasoning, but a guess full of loopholes. But even though Cai Pixiu mentioned the existence of a 'genius deduction method', I think maybe I can believe the confirmed hunch in my heart.
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Zhen Cheng said, and suddenly walked out firmly, as if he had a very clear direction: "There is a reason why this is the venue for our first extracurricular internship.
I think all this should be within the teacher's expectation. She wants us to learn something through the situation here..."
Ai Luogensi followed closely. There seemed to be no clues worthy of study in the room where the experimental subjects were kept.
The text on the paper pages is basically still there, but they don't really know this kind of alphabetical text. Now that they are separated from their senior sister, and the paint on the surface of the ground is not sure when it will penetrate, there is no time for them to slowly
Decoding research.
What's more, most of the pages have been corroded to the point that they will shatter at a touch, and the machine that looks like a computer has long lost the energy to start.
If they had the same teleportation skills as their seniors, they could try to get some first-hand cultural relics and study them slowly. Unfortunately, they can't even do this now. Their lives are at stake, so they can only give up the credits they obtained.
She followed Zhen Cheng through the glass corridors, and finally saw normal human corpses that were similar to what she had remembered.
There are not many such things, and Zhen Cheng has no intention of stopping to study again, but is just persistently looking for a direction.
Finally, they passed through a heavily guarded electromagnetic door that could be easily opened because it had lost its energy, and came to... an experimental rotunda that was more than 70% similar.
What surprised them even more was that they spent dozens of minutes investigating on the road, and finally met Cai Pixiu here, whose life was hanging by a thread.