The Venerable 3200 looked on. It put the bulky black box aside, then took out its "mobile phone" like a human and started taking pictures of beautiful scenery everywhere.
Saru saw this scene and asked strangely: "Can't your memory core directly intercept the ultra-wide-angle field of view? Why do you still use primitive means like taking pictures?"
The Venerable gave Salu a sideways glance and said, "This will make you more human, right?"
Saru didn't know why, but it was certain.
"It seems like this door can't be knocked open."
His Holiness took back the "mobile phone" and "shaked his head" helplessly.
"Of course, humans have disappeared. Why do you think we returned to Earth? To visit relatives?"
Saru still didn't understand. He walked forward along the golden door and found a place similar to a "keyhole".
After many analyzes and proofreading, Saru determined that this was the place to open the Palace of Miracles, but... where to find the key?
"Hey, I think I found something."
However, the Venerable's mind was not on how to open the door. He walked down the steps and came to the pond.
A kind of small pink flowers are spread all over the water, and strange insects that occasionally rise and fall build their nests in them.
Saru seemed very interested in these flowers.
But when it is really close to the past...
Suddenly a huge black shadow emerged from under the water!
Follow...
Saru looked speechlessly at the body floating on the water not far away...
The vertical lights on both sides of the Venerable's eyes disappeared. He let out a long breath and said, "Huh, I was scared to death. Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough."
Saru took a closer look and saw that what had just attacked was something like a giant python, but its head was more like a crocodile, and there were a lot of pink parasitic plants on its back. If you look closely...it was those floating pink flowers.
.
What a perfect disguise.
"Our mission is to bury him, but you don't seem interested?"
The Venerable asked: "Then have you thought about what will happen after you complete this order?"
"after?"
"Yes, after that..."
There was a gap in Saru's system.
Yes.
This is the last order.
After the Explorer plan failed, the last command left by the Forerunners was to "return home."
Human beings seem to have an extraordinary attachment to their homeland.
It's not like they buried themselves in the stars, although in Saru's view...the scenery among the stars is far more magnificent and beautiful than on the earth.
"Is there no answer?" His Holiness asked.
Saru really didn't know how to respond.
But in its thinking formula, this kind of problem should be considered after the "burial" is over.
"We should find a way to open the door."
The Venerable sighed and looked back at the Palace of Miracles.
Leap forward era.
An extremely short and extremely extreme era of glory.
Some people are busy collecting human civilization to build a palace of miracles.
The other group of people are busy building spaceships to escape from the earth.
Although everyone has different opinions, what is surprising is...this time everyone did not create impact craters all over the world like before.
So palaces of miracles stood up one after another.
One spaceship after another soared into the sky.
…
"Be careful, my body can't withstand your full strength." The Lord who transformed into a key was stuffed into the "keyhole" of the door by Saru.
Saru transformed into the form of a giant god. He hugged Saru and comforted him: "Don't worry, if you break, I will take you back to the spaceship to repair it."
"What? Wait...ah!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!”
…
His Majesty was broken.
The door to the Palace of Miracles remains locked.
As the sun sets, Saru sitting on the black box looks a little sad.
"Hey, didn't you say you would take me back and fix me?"
Saru didn't speak. After being silent for more than an hour, it suddenly stood up and started walking along the gate of the Palace of Miracles as if it had seen through everything. It raised its hand and pressed on a certain texture of the Palace of Miracles.
Touch it, wake it up.
Looking at Salu gradually walking away, the Venerable became a little anxious.
"Hey, where are you going!?"
Saru said nothing.
When he walked to the edge of the door, a golden light shot into the sky, and the entire texture of the door lit up.
The Venerable looked at this scene in amazement. Although it didn't know how Saru did it, it was obvious that it succeeded.
The door slowly opened, but not inward or outward in the usual sense, but gradually faded away like light and shadow.
After all the light dimmed, the door "disappeared".
His Holiness came to a conclusion after careful observation and analysis.
The gate has not "disappeared", but has been dismantled into its most extreme "element". In other words... the gate actually still exists, but now you can go directly through it.
This is the pinnacle technology of the Leap Forward Era.
It seems that historical records are somewhat biased... everyone is not as extreme as they imagined.
Otherwise, how could a group of people who only want to leave traces on the earth master the technical strength of the Yuanhang-class carrier?
…
"You succeeded." The Venerable praised while reorganizing his body based on the data just collected.
This is the most special thing about the Venerable robot.
study.
Saru was already used to this. He turned on the weapon system and said, "Let's go in and take a look."
The Venerable dragged the box and followed Saru into the Palace of Miracles.
Viewed from the front, the Palace of Miracles is a dark golden triangle, and its side is also a golden triangle. The difference is that the front is an equilateral triangle and the side is a right-angled triangle.
Kind of like a pyramid cut in half.
After entering the interior, Saru and the Venerable came to a space of eternal balance.
It is a spherical structure suspended in the Palace of Miracles, which ensures that the interior of the Palace of Miracles will not be affected or destroyed due to geological changes.
"This is just a museum." His Holiness walked while looking at the transparent boxes floating around.
They may be big or small, but they are all boxy.
When the Venerable came closer, "things" appeared in the boxes that looked empty from a distance.
"Hey, there's a panda in here!"
Saru stopped, and his memory core unexpectedly contained the concept of "panda".
panda.
Also known as Gungun, sesame glutinous rice balls.
This memory fragment was left to it by the explorer that Saru was responsible for guarding.
But Salu still can't determine what the "panda" is.
Why are animals with such terrible bite force so favored by humans?
"Gulu, gulu, gulu... Hahaha! They are indeed rolling away!" The Venerable is now a completely energetic girl.
Saru was puzzled by this and looked at the young panda in the box.
Although he obviously has limbs, he basically can't walk well. He is used to hugging objects and loves to roll over.
Black and white, it's so naive.
Saru doesn't have a taste for cuteness, but he still understands why the panda's nickname is Gungun...or sesame glutinous rice balls.
…
"What is the structure of this box? It's so magical!" After looking at the panda for a while, the Venerable changed his attention.
Arriving at the boxes floating around.
There is no direct contact between them and the ground, but each box is fixed in a certain position.
And the most amazing thing is that the things kept in the box are not specimens, but "real" living things... At least according to the analysis data of the Venerable, these things in the box are all alive...
Includes an ancient smoking pipe.
It does not exist alone.
Instead, it was stuffed with tobacco, lit, and seemed to have an invisible mouth holding it, puffing away smoke.
"Wow, I think I know what we should do after we complete the mission?"
Saru: "What?"
"Live here! Look around here. There are more than 10 million boxes in a few. It would take hundreds of years for us to spend a little time on each box!"
Saru shook his head, his mind still focused on completing the order.
"Do you think this is a suitable place for burial?"
After hearing the words, the Venerable fell silent. He looked around and calmly analyzed and replied: "There is no soil here, so it doesn't seem to be the best burial place."
Saru felt the same way.
One of its orders is clear.
'I want to be one with the earth and let me return to the embrace of my homeland.'
The literal meaning is not complicated, and Salu's thinking formula can be understood.
That being the case.
"Then it's time for us to leave."
Saying that, Saru walked out.
The Venerable did not follow him. He looked at a box in front of him, his eyes glazed over, and he was very lost in thought.
After finding that the Venerable did not follow him, Salu turned back.
He came to the Venerable and his eyes fell on the box.
This box has one cubic meter.
There is a forest inside, and the sunlight is also preserved intact.
But that's not the point.
The focus is on two robots cutting down trees.
One has a human silhouette and is tall, while the other is as thick as a stone tablet.
…
"Isn't this just the two of us?" the venerable asked.
Saru also found it a bit strange.
Why is there such a collection in the Palace of Miracles built during the Leap Forward Era?
Box number a1z5210633
This number is even stranger.
His Holiness looked at Saru.
Saru's chest unfolded, and the engraved code was clearly displayed next to the energy core that was slowly rotating like a silver vortex.
"a1z5210633".
"This is us?" Saru asked.
His Holiness could not understand it, it was starting to get scared.
Although that kind of emotion cannot appear in the core of the robot's thinking, what is certain is that the Venerable feels the danger, and its formula tells it.
Should leave here.
"Walk!"
After saying that, the two robots hurriedly walked towards the way they came.
But as they walked, they discovered... there was a way out.
Countless boxes were lined up at the end of those lights, and when I turned around, the darkness suddenly dissipated.
For a moment, the Venerable's sense of direction was completely lost, and a lot of gibberish appeared in the core of his thinking.
The same goes for Salu.
All directions are homeward
All directions are strangers
The Palace of Miracles opened its doors to them... but had no intention of letting them leave.
…
I don't know how much time has passed.
His Holiness, who no longer had any concept of time, asked: “How did you do that?”