Forests swallowed up cities, plants replaced buildings, and the "spirit of all things" built a splendid civilization with flames and steel. However, it only takes some time for nature to erase all these traces and even devour and assimilate it all into
part of nature.
The civilization on this planet has faded for many years. This can be seen from the ancient and desolate ruins. Many ruins have not only fallen into decay, but have also become nests and territories of wild animals. Their builders carefully designed
These things demonstrate human wisdom and strength, but now these achievements can only benefit the birds and beasts in the forest, and these later "tenants" obviously don't care what their nests were originally used for.
Several alien beasts with short, stiff hair that looked like wild boars ran into the distance in panic and disappeared deep into the jungle in the blink of an eye. Lily only released her pressure slightly, and then these alien beasts were not much.
The intelligent animals were scared to death. It seemed that Nolan's previous judgment was correct: there is nothing threatening on this planet, and the beasts in the forest are not much more powerful than the tigers and wolves on the earth.
"The level of development of this civilization seems to be quite high. These ruins have a history of thousands of years, but they are still not completely weathered. Their materials and technology are on par with Tanagus, or even higher," he said after the expulsion.
After the beast, Hao Ren and the data terminal came forward to inspect an ancient heritage site that was once occupied by those animals as a nest. It was a hemispherical metal shell that once seemed to be some kind of large pressure vessel used to store dangerous liquids. It is now
It is twisted and deformed and only one-half is left, but its strength has not changed much. Except for the rust stains on the surface, it is still hard and stable. It is an alloy with a complex structure, resistant to high temperatures and corrosion, and its strength is also very good.
"
Vivian rubbed the rough rust marks on the surface of the metal container with her fingers: "Then how did they perish?"
"Maybe he is the eldest son. Even if he is not the eldest son, there are countless reasons that can lead to the demise of this level of civilization," the data terminal said in a tone that lacked emotion. "Civilization is very fragile, even if it can go to space, it is not much better.
When faced with diseases, wars, and natural disasters, the resistance of most civilizations is actually not as strong as they imagine. It is still not possible to analyze how the native civilization of this planet became extinct, but we believe that in the ruins of the city
We will definitely be able to get more information over there."
Lily raised her head and looked into the distance. Due to the obstruction of the jungle and the height difference of the terrain, she could not directly see the ruins of the city from here, but her special vision could still capture some things: occasionally visible among the trees.
Steel, or cement fragments lifted into the air by giant trees, these things are becoming more and more dense, which shows that they have actually reached the edge of the city ruins, but due to forest erosion, this part of the ruins has almost been completely obliterated
.
"I didn't expect that there is such a place in the Dream Plane," Hao Ren couldn't help but sigh, "The mysterious star area blocked by the space rupture, the ecological planet hidden in the corners, and the ancient civilization that has perished... life...
Things are so wonderful, they always feel rare and precious, but they can always appear in various places."
"Rather than lamenting these things, I am more concerned about the issue of us being attacked in space," Vivian frowned, "The attack was obviously aimed at us... but the drone had already attacked us before.
Our jump point has been scanned back and forth countless times. We only lighted the route after making sure it was absolutely safe, right?"
When mentioning this matter, Hao Ren's expression became serious: "Yes, the drone has scanned the jumping point countless times, and until we jumped over, there were still probes dropped by the drone active in that area:
The signals emitted by the probes are very strong, but they have never been attacked."
If the safety of the route had not been confirmed in advance, Hao Ren would never have risked his life by jumping to an unknown galaxy with a crew of people in the spaceship. But this time, the situation was embarrassing because the safety of the destination had been confirmed, and the safety of the destination was even confirmed.
The probe and drone were tested using various methods for a long time, but something went wrong in the end.
Hao Ren couldn't help but think that this was really a trap, and it was a very clever trap, and it was very likely that someone was behind the trap.
Or at least there is a complex and clever decision-making mechanism controlling this trap.
He touched his chin: "The storm in space later showed obvious characteristics of divine power, so it was driven by the power of gods. There are not many beings who can mobilize this power. There are only three parties in the dream plane: Creation
The goddess and her guardian race are born with such abilities. The God-killing clan can also achieve similar effects through rune technology. There is another one...the 'Goddess of Destruction' who has been corrupted by pollution. As for Crazy Roar
Lord, it doesn’t have the intelligence to lay such a trap.”
"The Goddess of Destruction is more likely," Lily thought. "The Goddess of Creation is considered to be in the righteous camp, so she shouldn't do harm to others. The God-killing Clan is actually being used as a weapon by both sides, and they have never taken the initiative themselves.
Quan, the Goddess of Destruction, she has the ability and motivation. And landlord, think about it, haven’t we always doubted the star map in Vivian’s head? In my opinion, that is the pit left by the Goddess of Destruction, we
Come here and fall into the trap on your own initiative..."
Hao Ren frowned. Although Lily's ideas sounded reasonable, he always felt a sense of violation. However, he couldn't explain where this sense of violation came from, so in the end he just
Neng shook his head: "Don't rush to conclusions yet, let's wait until we understand the nature of the divine storm."
In order to collect data on the local natural environment along the way, Hao Ren and his party did not move very fast. After collecting enough data, they walked out of the forest. When the first ray of sunlight pierced the clouds and sprinkled on the earth, they stood
On the edge of the ruined city in the middle of the forest.
It was larger than expected. When Nolan passed by in the air, he only had time to take a few silhouettes from less than ideal angles. The scale of the ruins that could be seen was limited to the part visible from the air, but from a high place on the edge of the forest
As he continued to look at it, the part of the ruins hidden by the forest became clear. It should have been a highly developed big city in the past. Even after years of vicissitudes and disasters, traces of its glory can still be seen. Hao Ren saw the center of the city.
There are many neatly arranged tall buildings, and some hollow structures are intertwined between these buildings. In the center of the city is a huge building in the shape of a square pyramid, which is magnificent and has an unknown purpose.
All the buildings have been severely damaged, and traces of collapse and destruction can be seen everywhere in the city. Although the neatly arranged high-rise buildings can still be seen, Hao Ren can also find that there are far more collapsed buildings than those that are still standing.
Many. This civilization has superb material technology, and the high-rise buildings they built are many times stronger than those built by people on Earth. Just like the golden capital of Tanagus, a small part of these buildings will still remain after the end of the world.
It can stand for thousands or even ten thousand years, but even so, the power of nature has severely ravaged these strong man-made materials: the spreading forest has caused these solid steel to twist, deform, bend and collapse, and giant trees have fallen from the building.
It grows from the inside, piercing the walls of the building with its branches, making the entire building seem to be a coat on the outside of the tree trunk, and the dense crown of the tree expands and grows directly on the upper part of the building.
The bridges turned into skeletons of vines, and the roads were broken and twisted together. This is the end of nature's counterattack after the end of civilization.
Hao Ren also saw two huge lakes in the ruins of the city. They should have been caused by the collapse of the city's underground structure. The subway system or something else could not bear the weight of the superstructure first, causing various parts of the city to collapse and subside.
These depressions became good places to store water. After the forest spread, the largest depression area also turned into a lake, becoming a drinking water source for animals.
Morning has arrived, and the world is getting brighter. The sounds of birds and animals are making the ruins and forests gradually lively, and a burst of "plop" sounds have also joined the dawn sonata: Vivian's little bat group
Fly out of the dense forest and fly to all directions in the city to find things that may be valuable.
The data terminal rose into the air, preparing to scan the energy response of the entire ruins from the air: Judging from experience, as long as this kind of civilization has a glimmer of reaction time when it becomes extinct, it will definitely try to leave some traces of information, even if it is not intentional.
It is very likely that there are prehistoric relics such as databases buried deep in the ruins of cities of this size. Perhaps such databases can withstand the erosion of time and continue to operate even after thousands of years. This is what the data terminal is looking for.
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While waiting for more information, Hao Ren climbed up a nearby boulder and looked at the entire city and the scenery around the city from a high place. Suddenly, a sense of dissonance caused his gaze to stop in a certain direction.
"Landlord" Nangong Wuyue's shout came from below, "What are you looking at up there?"
"Come up and take a look. I always feel like there's something wrong over there."
Wuyue swung her tail and climbed onto the big rock in a few seconds. Then she raised her upper body and followed Hao Ren to build an awning and looked into the distance: "What's wrong?"
With the added height of her tail, she can seize the commanding heights much better than Hao Ren...
"The plants over there are very sparse. The forest seems to have been cleared away by something, and you can't see any intact ruins... You can't even see a bunch of high ruins," Hao Ren pointed into the distance.
, "It always feels like it's been bombed..."
"It looks like it," May said, wagging the tip of her tail, "So this civilization was destroyed by war?"
"No, it's not just that," Hao Ren frowned, "Even if the city was destroyed by bombing, after so many years, the forest should have filled in the bombed areas long ago..."
Just as he was halfway through his words, he heard the voice of the data terminal suddenly ringing in his mind: "Partner! I saw something here!"
Hao Ren led May May back to the ground and joined Lily and Vivian. A moment later, the data terminal also fell from the sky. The latter did not say a word and directly projected an image taken at high altitude in front of the four of them.
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To the northwest of the city, an abrupt mountain range rises from the end of the forest and spreads out along the edge of the forest. The mountain range is dark brown with a slight green tint, and its lines are not as sharp and angular as ordinary mountains.
It goes up quite mellow and smooth...
line?
Hao Ren finally suddenly realized what was on the screen:
It was a tentacle, a tentacle as huge as a mountain that spread out from deep underground.