In terms of overall distribution, Excavation Sites 1-7 are spread out in a circle around Fengying 1 Main Base. They vary in size, with Excavation Site 4 being the largest, covering almost 175 square kilometers.
So big, excavation site No. 6 is the smallest, only less than 4 square kilometers.
But it does not mean that the value of exploration and investigation is high.
Take Excavation Site No. 4, 700 kilometers due east of the main base, and Excavation Site No. 6 in the canyon, 350 kilometers southeast of the main base.
The underground ruins found at Excavation Site No. 4 are truly brilliant. The buildings here are like the Amazon jungle, not only dense but also showing a three-dimensional connected structure, which is very complex.
It was Chu Xiaoming who first found this ruins group. At that time, he thought he had accidentally broken into the Martian civilized city and opened Pandora's box unintentionally. What he didn't expect was that although this place was huge, it was empty inside. It was like
A tall man stands there. Looking at his back, you think he is majestic and unmatched. But as soon as he turns his head, you realize that he is just a silly son of a landlord who is having fun picking his nose at the entrance of the village.
Therefore, Chu Xiaoming, who thought he had found a treasure, regretted it soon after naming the ruins "Xiaoming City" after himself, because he soon discovered that the ruins were like a huge residential area. Looking at the scale,
It's not small, but there really isn't much to explore or discover.
As a result, the glorious "Xiaoming City" in the end became a laughing stock, and Chu Xiaoming felt helpless about this.
In comparison, although the No. 6 ruins found deep in the Hanyun Great Fissure are small, they are small and precious. Thirty years ago, Shen Yinuo and I, Su Wanxia, drove to this place. When they were about to drive through the Grand Canyon,
There was something wrong with Su Wanxia's rover. The power suddenly weakened and it plummeted to the bottom of the valley, smashing out Ruin No. 6.
Under the pit, the actual construction scale of the No. 6 ruins covers an area of less than 1.5 square kilometers. It is like the jewelry box that was given away by the bride's family when the ladies got married in ancient times. When you open it, you will see that it is full of treasures.
Weapons blueprints of the ancestors, various precious documents, a large number of sculptures of the ancestors, and many artifacts that we still don’t understand what they were used for. In short, although Su Wanxia fell half to death at that time, she almost didn’t jump with excitement.
Later, Shen Yinuo and others established Outpost No. 3 here and stayed there for seven years.
A total of 1,955 precious drawings of various types, more than 6,000 sets of books and documents, and more than 20,000 various relics of the Martian ancestors were collected from the No. 6 ruins, as well as piles of other things whose purpose they were unclear about.
into a hill.
If not for the important clues later found in Ruin No. 7 that could prove the existence of the Martian ancestors, Shen Yinuo and the others would have felt that it would take at least fifty years to get a rough idea of Ruin No. 6 alone. As for research,
Well... Then I don’t know that it will be the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
Therefore, sometimes it is true to the old saying, it is not about more, but about essence.
Now that the mechanical excavation puppet is responsible for the work of Excavation Site No. 7, Xian Qianhua and Yan Sichen often go back and forth between Excavation Site No. 1 and Excavation Site No. 6.
Today I was "tired" of playing in Excavation Site No. 1, and tomorrow I will go to Excavation Site No. 6 to "dig through the trash". In short, I just do whatever makes me happy.
However, the arrival of Masato Qingshui still caused a grudge between the two men and women who had been working together for half a century. At least in Yan Sichen's opinion, Xian Qianhua had indeed become much colder to him recently.
You know, after Xian Qianhua and others discovered that the reason why they were trapped on Mars was all because of Xian Qianhua's dream, Xian Qianhua's mental state became very unstable. Not to mention the frequent insomnia, even when she was awake, She would suffer a sudden mental breakdown, and sometimes she would not even be able to recognize herself, and she would try to constantly deny herself and face others with a completely new personality.
Fortunately, during those days, Shen Yinuo, Yan Sichen, Chu Xiaoming and Su Wanxia provided meticulous care and care. In addition, Xian Qianhua still had a special feeling in her heart for Yan Sichen who was trapped in the escape cabin together, so Xian Qianhua Finally got through it.
Those days also became the most painful and unforgettable time for Yan Sichen and Xian Qianhua.
Sometimes people are really weird.
You will feel bored when you are dependent, and you will long for dependence when you are rejected.
Yan Sichen feels this way now.
There are also a lot of mechanical puppets working in Ruin No. 6. These mechanical puppets controlled and run by the most basic deep source code architecture were developed by Yan Sichen twenty-five years ago. After enough time, these five people have mastered many additional skills. Little new skills.
Yan Sichen threw a long, obscene-looking thing into the trash can, then patted the head of the mechanical puppet who was staring blankly at a piece of gravel on the ground and asked: "Hey, 7113, do you think... can she?" Do you really hate me?"
The "idiot" numbered kp7113 stared blankly at Yan Sichen, then looked at Xian Qianhua who was standing in front of a huge galaxy map in the distance and said: "No, she still loves you very much."
Yan Sichen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then laughed: "You guy, do you know what love is?"
Of course, kp7113 has never had a mind as delicate as a human being. He has never been truly loved, and he has never loved anyone else, but he just feels that this answer is very appropriate and is in line with the current situation.
"I don't understand." kp7113 shook his head, and then said: "But I analyzed the tone and demeanor of your recent conversations, and integrated them into the system's intelligence samples and the intelligence stored at the base.
I compared it, and then I found that there was no difference, so I came to this answer, she still loves you very much."
After saying that, kp7113 stood up and crushed the strange-looking stone with one foot. There was something like a golden bean hidden in the stone.
After listening to "idiot" 7113's analysis, Yan Sichen was in a daze, so he didn't notice that when 7113 leaned over to pick up the golden bean, its vision module showed an unusual brilliance of humanity.
…
"Hey, give me the sampler." Xian Qianhua did exactly what kp7113 said. She was still the same when she ordered Yan Sichen.
Even though the two of them were separated by more than ten meters and the sampler was less than 20 centimeters away from Xian Qianhua, Yan Sichen rushed over immediately and brought the stuff to Xian Qianhua.
Xian Qianhua didn't look back, took the sampler and started working.
Analyzing star charts was the main content of Xian Qianhua's work during this period.
Yan Sichen knew that the reason why Xian Qianhua worked harder than others all these years was because she was grateful that everyone was not guilty and did not abandon her. However, by dedicating herself to work so focused, Xian Qianhua also became a little unhuman. Many times, she could see in the restaurant When Yan Sichen was singing, Shen Yinuo could be seen dancing, but Xian Qianhua could not be seen appearing at the seat prepared for her at the dinner party.
Especially in the past few years, everyone celebrates several important festivals every year. On the one hand, the purpose of doing so is to add some spice to ordinary life, and on the other hand, it is also to keep everyone looking forward to going home.
But Xian Qianhua has been absent from these activities for three years.
In the past three years, whenever important holidays came, Xian Qianhua would lock herself up alone, as if she was consciously resisting to miss the earth and her family with everyone.
At the beginning, Yan Sichen was very worried that Xian Qianhua was suffering from a recurrence of an old disease. After all, there are medicines that can treat physical diseases, but the psychological shortcomings are not so easy to fill. But later, Yan Sichen discovered through communication with Xian Qianhua that the reason why Xian Qianhua was not
She is willing to face everyone because she feels that she will feel guilty before that time comes.
So it might be better to just let yourself be more willful and hide.
This is a normal method of self-healing. Yan Sichen is not a holy mother who insists on force-feeding chicken soup to Xian Qianhua to turn her into a saint who is too perfect to be human, so he explained to everyone on behalf of Xian Qianhua.
The response from others was that although Xian Qianhua never participated in festivals such as New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival, Xian Qianhua’s share of the delicacies in these festivals was never missing. This also made Xian Qianhua feel a lot of guilt.
warmth.
Back to business.
Star maps, as one of the few traces of ancestors found in the ruins on Mars, have always been the main focus of Xian Qianhua and others. They believe that there must be important clues hidden behind these star maps, which may reveal the past and future of the ancestors of Mars.
Their future, and the fate of hundreds of millions of fellow humans on earth.
However, although the initial research was enough to prove that the ancestors had planned to fly out of the Milky Way and go to a distant star cluster called "Seretura", subsequent research has yielded no results.
They couldn't figure out why the ancestors chose a star cluster that was almost at the edge of the known universe. They didn't even know if they had actually gone there. They couldn't figure out why they chose to escape. In short, the knowledge they gained was just
An introduction, the mystery opened up by the introduction only made everyone more distressed.
At the same time, "Seretura" is a transliterated word, and there are two other names that are closer to the original meaning in the machine-translated version of the Central Base Calculation Core.
One is "The Kingdom of the Past" and the other is "Twilight of the Monarch".
While Su Wanxia was studying occultism, she found content in an unnamed Latin fragment that might be related to the "Kingdom of the Past".
It was mentioned in that ancient scroll that the "land of the past" was the tomb of wisdom.
The literal translation of the original text is "Countless pioneers are looking for the final form of wisdom on the glorious road of exploration, but without exception they are lost in the past country. The ladder they set foot on may have gone awry, causing this glorious journey to eventually turn into annihilation."
Journey to rest.”
It is difficult to understand the concept when listening to this text directly.
Su Wanxia found other reference materials, such as the "Old Testament" compiled in Hebrew and "Heaven and Land" recorded in ancient seal script inscriptions. The "Old Testament" mentioned here is not a Christian holy book, but a collection of
Ancient occult books understood by Western thinking, which involve a large number of puzzling contents related to forerunners, bunkers and ladders of civilization.
In Chapter 275 of the Old Testament, the Lord of the Earth, who was given the glorious surname of "God", heard the murmur from the void at the moment of death. He realized that the glory he was proud of
It is nothing more than a child's graffiti in the sand. The reproduction and change of civilization is a failure that repeats the same mistakes again and again. If the curse of wisdom cannot be broken, it will eventually become an echo and die.
The clues mentioned in this paragraph are very similar to the tomb of wisdom mentioned in "The Kingdom of the Past". They both refer to the fact that the wisdom carrying capacity of civilization itself is extremely limited, so no matter what form its civilization develops, it will eventually be annihilated.
and nothingness, so there is no need to travel far to explore deeper wisdom.
Similarly, the ancient seal inscription "Heavenly Kingdom" excavated near the source of the Yellow River also has similar records. From the name, it seems that the Kingdom of Heaven is a bit Westernized, but it is not...
The kingdom of heaven refers to the mysterious in ancient contexts.
, the place where the great "god" lives...
Different from the fairy tale system that later became known to Eastern people, the older Eastern "gods" have many similarities with the Western "gods", but their expressive power is relatively closer to humans.
"Heaven and Land" is divided into two volumes, and the main content is similar to what was mentioned before.
In the early days of human civilization, that is, around 1,000 BC, the ancients realized the involution of wisdom itself by experiencing the mysteries of heaven and earth.
What is involution?
That is, after a variable appears, it will merge with the previous variable to form a cyclic state, some are malignant and some are benign. Undoubtedly, wisdom itself does not distinguish between good and evil, or the existence of good and evil.
This is the same concept as the "cognitive barrier" that Su Wanxia later discovered when studying the concepts of upper, middle and lower levels.
Based on the above, perhaps Xian Qianhua has not given up studying these star maps yet, but Yan Sichen has already felt Xian Qianhua's despair and annoyance. What makes people deeply uneasy is not only the unknown danger, but also the hopelessness for the future.
Perhaps the future was far away at that time, but Xian Qianhua still felt deeply restless and uneasy.
So after today's sampling was only half completed, Xian Qianhua threw away the sampler, frowned and looked at Yan Sichen and said, "Why are you staring at me? Are there any clues on my face?"
Yan Sichen was stunned for a moment, then said: "Qian Hua, do you know what day it is today?"
Xian Qianhua snorted impatiently and said: "Whatever day it is, I don't care and I don't want to know. If you have nothing to do, go back to the base to find Xiaoming to study the recipe. Don't bother me here."
Yan Sichen had long been accustomed to Xian Qianhua's incomprehension. He laughed and said nonchalantly: "Today is the first day we meet on the Shanhai."
Hearing this, Xian Qianhua finally felt a little better, but more importantly, she felt incredible.
"You are really weird..."
Yan Sichen asked inexplicably: "Weird? What kind of strange method?"
Xian Qianhua sighed, sat down and said, "It's already so far away, how do you remember it so clearly? You're not lying to me, are you?"
Yan Sichen shook his head innocently: "Of course I won't lie to you, and... in fact, you can easily remember it by using a small program."
While saying this, Yan Sichen also showed Xian Qianhua what he had recorded.
Xian Qianhua took one look and closed it.
"You actually remember the first time I attacked you?! You must be crazy!" Xian Qianhua was really speechless.
Yan Sichen felt embarrassed when he heard this and touched his nose.
In fact, not only Xian Qianhua once said that Yan Sichen was a little too meticulous. Many times he didn't look like a boy at all, especially in terms of sensibility. Yan Sichen's performance was obviously better than Xian Qianhua. The two of them just said "Tonight's performance"
"The moonlight is so beautiful" all have completely different experiences.
Xian Qianhua thinks that is the pretentiousness of Eastern people.
But Yan Sichen said: "If you really fall in love with someone, you will find that these words have nothing to do with pretentiousness and are very direct love words."
And Yan Sichen still remembers Xian Qianhua's disgusted expression at that time.
"Uh... I just thought it was fun, so I just jotted it down."
Xian Qianhua rolled her eyes, sat down, looked at Yan Sichen and said, "Hey."
"Um?"
"You have been acting abnormally these past few days...is it related to the second lady of the Qingshui family?" Xian Qianhua is still so direct, or in other words, not only has she not become more feminine over the years, but she has become more direct.
Yan Sichen was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hands uneasily and said, "Uh... Qian Hua, you can tell..."
Seeing Yan Sichen's appearance, Xian Qianhua curled her lips in disgust and said, "Hey, I've been sleeping with you for decades, and I can already count how many hairs you have on your body. Do you think I can't see it?
?”
Yan Sichen was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice.
Xian Qianhua casually picked up a pamphlet next to her and flipped through two pages before impatiently clicking her tongue and saying, "Say it!"
Yan Sichen looked at Xian Qianhua blankly: "What did you say?"
"Oops!" Xian Qianhua was so angry that she picked up the pamphlet and hit Yan Sichen's helmet several times. At the same time, she said angrily: "You guy! You guy! What do I value about your excellence? Why?
Why did I become an illegitimate couple with you because I was obsessed with you? And you were actually attracted by the second young lady of the Qingshui family! You are like a piece of cake!"
Yan Sichen was taught a lesson by Xian Qianhua not once or twice. He begged for mercy while parrying, and then grinned and said: "I'm not handsome and handsome, but there are still some advantages, otherwise wouldn't it seem that you are too tasteless?
"
It would have been better not to say this. After saying it, Xian Qianhua’s expression immediately changed: “You?! You!!!! You guys are actually using you!!!! You really don’t know how to live or die, let me see you!”
As he spoke, the strength in his hands increased a lot.
Yan Sichen was beaten to the point of losing his temper, and he knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly begged for mercy: "Oh, no, no, no! It's you! It's you! Only you! Only you!"
Xian Qianhua stopped moving her hands. She looked at Yan Sichen silently and said, "What about Yaren? That girl's feelings are worthless to you?"