Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Aliens, Cyborgs and Ancients

With a sound of "poof", the entire dark space was suddenly illuminated. Xi Zhengming looked in the direction pointed by Gu Shucheng's light stick, and saw that on the wall of the soil layer, there were colorful floating patterns of various sizes. All kinds of weird things. These objects are quite different from the vessels seen before. Some are scattered on the ground, and some are embedded in the soil layer, like pillars, or like large and small building stones, each part is quite huge. nothing wrong... The only thing that is wrong may be that the size and shape of these things are incompatible with other ancient relics.

Under Xi Zhengming's suspicious eyes, Gu Shucheng walked up to a pillar and patted the dust lightly. Just when Xi Zhengming felt that his attack was a bit heavy, he saw Gu Shucheng make a frightening move. Actions. I saw him take out a thing, opened it with a "gram", and it actually flashed a scorching red light. Xi Zhengming's eyes were wide open, and he had already expected what he was going to do, so he couldn't help crying out. "Don't destroy it!" But it was too late for such a roar, Gu Shucheng's subordinates moved extremely fast, and with a flash of red light, they had already made a gap the size of a palm on the pillar.

There was a weird "ding" sound, like gold but not gold, like soil but not soil. The part that was drawn fell on the ground, but people couldn't tell what material it was. As for the cut part, Gu Shucheng moved the luminous stick closer, and Xi Zhengming also looked curiously, but saw something strange that puzzled him. In the part of the gap, what is exposed is actually an extremely complicated circuit! The inner layer of this pillar is actually a weird circuit that even modern mechanical experts can't understand! "These things, in my opinion, are all remnants of large robots, some are legs, some are bodies," Gu Shucheng said in a deep voice, "Some robots have the function of flying machines, and some can do things, but they can't even see them." come out.

You said that this relic belongs to the Chu State in ancient China, and it was a thing three thousand years ago, so I asked you whether there were flying machines three thousand years ago. " The question is, who should know the answer?Xi Zhengming returned to the ground with a little dizziness, and reported the matter to the immediate superior. However, it is an unacceptable fact that the remains of a huge robot were found in the ruins of the ancient Chu State.After discovering the remains of the big robot, several dating teams made careful measurements many times, and determined that these robots were genuine relics of the ancient Jingchu era, not uninvited guests inserted from other age layers by the extrusion of the earth's crust.

No one can accept the discovery of super-era robots in the ruins of ancient China 3,000 years ago.Although hardware and technology have advanced thousands of times, the actions of archaeologists in the 24th century and the 21st century are no different. It only took a few minutes for the highest authorities to decide to keep this amazing discovery secret. Otherwise, the entire archaeological world may be turned upside down, and I don't know how many people's research and papers will become waste paper. Therefore, the remains of these huge robots disappeared without a sound. According to records, they have never appeared, and "no one has ever seen them."

Of course, this is just a superficial article in the records. In fact, Xi Zhengming is well aware of the whereabouts of these ancient mechanical relics. I don't know what kind of relationship was used, but these robots were later transported to his home by Gu Shucheng.Xi Zhengming didn't know much about machinery, but in the official secret documents, he knew that because of the age of these machines, the control circuits inside had completely oxidized and failed, and they were no different from a pile of scrap iron. But, why did Gu Shucheng transport such a pile of waste back like a treasure?

In fact, this question has never been answered, because Gu Shucheng has never appeared in the archaeological site since then. In fact, almost no one has seen him since then. Only gradually, there are more and more rumors about him, and most of these rumors come from the vast mechanical field where he lives. In the 24th century AD, after several cataclysms on the earth, the population of the earth, which used to be as high as tens of billions, dropped to 90 million. Because the population was extremely withered and the land was sparsely populated, people lived in Thirteen Shelter The people in the curtain all own quite large living lands.

The place where Gu Shucheng lives is located on the outskirts of Tiexiancao City. It occupies a huge area. Because of his mechanical expertise, the entire area has been reclaimed into a huge machine dump. Since the death of Gu Shucheng's wife and children, he has surrounded the entire mechanical field with heavy protective equipment, making it impossible for people to step over the barrier easily, and it is also difficult to see inside. After discovering the huge Jingchu machinery, Gu Shucheng hid in the machinery field all day long, never went to work again, and even went out very rarely.

But even so, there will still be some people who deliver food and letters pass by the machinery yard, and sometimes take advantage of Gu Shucheng to open the door to peek at the scene inside. Those rumors were spread in this way. It is widely circulated that in Gu Shucheng's mechanical field, there are ghosts! To paraphrase the famous saying of the twenty-fourth century: "Even the superman war has been fought, so what the hell is going on?" Logic, but like any period in ancient times, the so-called "supernatural phenomena" are still in the believer's place for people in the twenty-fourth century?Believers, unbelievers scoff at the funny situation.

The rumors of Gu Shucheng's mechanical field being haunted are so rampant because people have seen Mrs. Gu's figure floating by more than once by chance. Anyone who is familiar with the Gu family knows that Gu Shucheng's wife and two young sons died in a tragic car accident, and there was no body left, but the people who saw it swore that they really saw Mrs. Gu, and they were floating in the air. Mrs. Valley. It’s just that this rumor was true or false, and there was no way to prove it, because shortly afterwards, for some unknown reason, a strange large-scale magnetic explosion suddenly occurred in Gu Shucheng’s mechanical field, which flattened the entire vast No metal remained.

Because this strange magnetic explosion is too strong, the destructive power produced is similar to that of a small nuclear explosion, almost every molecule is destroyed, and it is impossible for anything to remain. Therefore, Gu Shucheng and all the strange things that happened to him during his lifetime naturally became an unsolvable mystery. At least in front of the small people of Shengdou, it is like this. However, in the extremely secret file of the highest government of the Earth Federation, there was such a conversation record. The identity of the person who spoke cannot be tested, because the content of the dialogue has been reproduced with digital voiceprint, and the voice is completely different. I only know that there are not many people participating in the dialogue, and there are only two people from the beginning to the end. However, from the confidentiality level of the dialogue files, it can be known that the identities of the two interlocutors must be extremely high, and they may be people at the federal commander level. The content of the conversation is roughly like this. "Hmm! I think you should have read the investigation report, right?" "seen it already." "Do you know what kind of serious consequences this incident has?" "Hmm... I read the relevant information, and the person involved is a first-level mechanical expert, but in terms of status, it's nothing special, is it? Even though the accident that happened was so serious, is there any other inside story? " "Yes, of course." The first speaker pondered for a while, as if he had made a very important decision. "This is the information collected by using 'generalized information translation', but this matter is of great importance. I hope you will never disclose it until you get the answer." "Okay, I promise." Afterwards, the conversation is silent, interrupted only by the occasional long, surprised deep inhalation of the second speaker. "This..." He exclaimed in shock, "Could it be..." The first speaker let out a long sigh. "That's why I told you that this matter is of great importance. If the truth is not found out, wouldn't it be a big trouble if it leaked out?" "If the information is correct, this Gu Shucheng has committed a very serious felony. Copying human beings without permission, even if the copy is one's own close relatives, is also a very serious crime." "It's just that his method is different from the general gene replication. He is a replicator made by comparing organic tissues and fine parts. In fact, it is not right to say that he is a replicator. The wife he copied is not It is an organic creature, it should be said that it is more like a robot." "But I don't understand this. Do we have such technology? As far as I know, although our biochemical technology has improved, our mechanical research has stayed at the level before Star Wars. As far as I know, the current technology It shouldn’t be possible to make such a mechanical clone?” "That's right, it couldn't be done originally. But this Gu Shucheng found a huge machine three thousand years ago in an ancient ruin in Tiexiancao City. The investigators believe that he got inspiration from these machines to make such a thing happen." work." "This is even more strange, three thousand years ago," the second speaker seemed to flip through the information again. "That's the ruins of Chu State in ancient China, right? How could technology that doesn't exist in modern times appear three thousand years ago?" "You have the same question, right?" The first speaker said with a smile: "It's not just us, the group of people who appeared in Gu Shucheng's mechanical field on the day of the magnetic explosion also had the same idea and wanted to get this question s answer." "The group of people? There is no record in this information, what group of people?" "It's a group of weird human figures that appeared out of nowhere, ethereal, like ghosts and ghosts," the first speaker sighed, "If our 'generalized information translation' equipment is not powerful enough, we really can't catch them What a shape! However, their appearance is just a delusion. The identities of this group of people are actually the space wanderers of the Orion galaxy. Because they learned about this incident by chance, they planned to ask Gu Shucheng about the origin of the robot wreckage, and wanted to find out the low cost. Manufacturing method of combat equipment. Gu Shucheng also found out about their origins later on, so of course he refused to exchange terms with them, because this group of Orion rogues had a very bad reputation, and most importantly, Gu Shucheng actually didn't know the origins of these big robots. " "So they started fighting?" "Let's talk about fighting! It doesn't look like it, because the difference between Gu Shucheng's strength and theirs is too great. It's not so much about fighting, it's better to say it's just a word of disagreement, and they start to kidnap people!" "Hmm! That's right. Gu Shucheng is just an ordinary earthling. Compared with these war-tested space wanderers, of course it's not enough." "However, Gu Shucheng was not taken away, because according to the virtual replay of the scene, when the situation was quite urgent, fire, thunder, water vapor and breeze suddenly appeared at the scene." "Fire, thunder, water vapor, and breeze?" The second speaker laughed, "What's the mess?" "It's not a mess," said the first speaker mysteriously. "That's a group of policemen, perhaps the most powerful group of policemen on the surface." "Police?" The second speaker broke his voice. "Firelight, thunder, water vapor, and breeze... Could it be them? Do people like this really exist?" "Of course," the first speaker said in a deep voice: "Wind, thunder, water, fire, the greatest crystallization of human technology, the most powerful race on the surface of the earth. You guessed it right, those who appeared on the scene at that time were the 16 transformed cyborgs belonging to the Federation! " "Is there really such a wonderful race in this world?" The second speaker asked blankly: "It is said that they are artificial races bred by biochemical methods, and their genes have been specially irradiated to be able to reproduce in humans. Type and basic configurations such as wind, thunder, water, fire, etc. can be converted... I originally thought it was a fantasy legend, but I didn't expect such a race to exist. " "Of course there was, so we were able to piece together a more complete picture of what happened. At that time, the reason why these biochemical men appeared on the scene was because the authorities had already grasped Gu Shucheng's illegal behavior, but before they were fully sure, they temporarily refrained from making mistakes and allowed Gu Shucheng to cultivate a clone of his wife. This is the usual method used by the biochemical police force. They also used this method to hunt down the famous time criminals "Tai Dapeng the Escaper" and "Grey Xin the Time Hero". This time, they waited until the Orion Star Rangers appeared, and found that Gu Shucheng would be taken away by them if they didn't make a move, so they showed up one after another to stop him. You must know that the fighting ability of these biochemical police is not only on the earth, but even in the entire interstellar alliance, it is rare to meet opponents. Although the space rogues from the Orion galaxy are fierce, they are no match for these extremely powerful biochemical warfare. ..." When the first speaker said this, his voice hesitated, as if there was something that puzzled him. The next person to speak was the second speaker. "Yes, I think it's incredible that it's recorded here. Fortunately, although the magnetic explosion came so suddenly, the leader of the biochemical man was extremely vigilant, and led the other 15 team members to escape from the scene in the nick of time. This is written in your records, isn’t it wrong? " "That's right," said the first speaker, taking a deep breath that was crystal clear and loud. "In fact, we only learned about the occurrence of the magnetic explosion from the report they handed over." "But..." The second speaker was puzzled: "I still don't understand what is so serious about this matter, and why are you so cautious?" "As we said just now, Gu Shucheng's research on the robot with genome comparison was inspired by those robots from the ancient state of Chu, right?" "That's right," said the second speaker, "but with the magnetic explosion, the entire machine field, Gu Shucheng, and those ancient machines have been blown up to nothing, just want to know the whole story of the Central Plains , it’s impossible, isn’t it?” The first speaker was silent, probably because his expression was different!The second speaker thought for a while and couldn't help asking. "Could it be, is there any inside story in this?" The first speaker let out a long sigh, and then spoke slowly. "Of course you know that 'generalized information translation' is a very high-level information collection method, another extremely high-tech of our era, right?" "Of course, I am a student of this kind of knowledge, you are really asking the right person to ask me. In our world, there are many different kinds of information. Most of the information recognized by ordinary people is written on paper or stored in computers. But in fact, as long as it exists, it can become an interface for expressing or storing information.A piece of paper can record information, a grain of sand can also record information, a blade of grass, or even an atom can also record information. Usually, in a specific space, there are many substances that can store information, even molecules and dust in the air, because they have all witnessed the occurrence of events, even if the information is extremely weak, as long as the method is correct and the tools are strong enough, it is still possible Re-edit the original appearance of the event. I think, the "generalized information translation" you used this time is to reconstruct the situation of the incident based on the weak information from the scene? " "That's right," the first speaker said, "It's just that when reorganizing the scene, our technical personnel once captured a piece of noise that was not too conspicuous. At first, no one paid special attention to it, but then there was a perfect The analysts of the Communist Party thought it was an eyesore, so they translated it casually, but the results were shocking." "Oh?" the second speaker asked with interest, "What kind of shocking result?" "Actually, after the noise was analyzed, it was just a few simple conversations. The first sentence is to say: 'Oh!It turned out that they also went. ’ The second sentence replied: ‘Then we have to stop them, otherwise this water blue star will be finished. ’ The third sentence goes on: '...we have created three...' This sentence is rendered nonsensical by being badly interrupted. The last sentence is to say: "If he comes, there is nothing we can do..." These are the four sentences. " "What's the mess?" The second speaker laughed and said, "I don't know what they are talking about." "The analysts thought the same way at first, but after carefully comparing the origins of the people who said these words, everyone started to lose their laughter..." "Origin?" The second speaker wondered: "Have you found out their origin? Where are they sacred?" "The people who spoke to these people, according to the cross-comparison of various galaxies and the comparison of the first-class information experts in the universe, the people who discovered these conversations are probably the most mysterious Ophiuchus Shiheke in interstellar history '!" "Shiheke Ophiuchus?" The second speaker was also shocked when he heard this. "'Genesis Transformer' Shiheke star?" According to the information provided by the civilization of the Auriga constellation, the Shiheke people in the Ophiuchus constellation are a naturally shy but extremely mysterious race. In the records of interstellar communication, no one has ever seen the real Shiheke people, and even their way of existence is full of speculation.It is believed that the only person who has had direct contact with the Shiheke people is a time traveler from the earth. This traveler who called himself "Greixin" once left many traces in the vast universe, and he also described The mysterious Shiheke people said that they are "the light, the endless, the beginning and the end". There are even many people who believe that the Shiheke people are the "creators" in the ancient history of many planetary civilizations. Interstellar civilization researchers believe that the Shiheke people have a very high level of civilization, and they are quite naive. In the recorded history of interstellar civilization, at least more than a thousand planets have passed through the most famous strange behavior of the Shiheke people: " Genesis Retrofit". "Genesis transformation", as the name suggests, is a process of making earth-shattering changes from the very foundation of the species. When the Shiheke people choose a planet to carry out the "Genesis Transformation", they will choose the most outstanding creatures on the planet and the most civilized creatures on the planet, and take the advantages of both sides to transform and create a new biological form.The motives and intentions of the Shiheke people's behavior are completely unknown, and they have never made any demands on the objects undergoing transformation.There are also planets in the records that resist this kind of transformation process, and the Shiheke people never force it. If they miss a hit, they will drift away, and people on this planet will never hear from them again. Generally speaking, the planets that have undergone such transformation have benefited a lot, and civilizations have often improved. Such mysterious aliens once visited the earth in 1999 AD, and also tried to launch a "Genesis Transformation" on the earth, but by accident, the United States of America, the most powerful country on the earth at that time, misinterpreted the message of the Shiheke aliens as An ultimatum to declare war, destroying the "Genesis Transformation Instrument" of the Shiheke Stars on a small island in the South Pacific with a neutron bomb. Therefore, the "Genesis Transformation" operation did not succeed, but after the destruction of the Shiheke Star Transformation Instrument, some of the material was scattered to the nearby small islands, which led to the famous "Insect Century" incident that year. , Created more than 3,000 strange new species out of thin air: "Insect Man". Because that "Genesis Transformation" was originally intended to combine the genes of the two most dominant creatures on earth: humans and insects. Although in the records of interstellar civilization, it is generally believed that the actions of the Shiheke people are out of goodwill, but this kind of goodwill is also extremely unbearable. Just imagine, if the "Genesis Transformation" in 1999 AD was really successful, and all human beings became insect people, how embarrassing and unpleasant it would be? Now, after four centuries, such a Shiheke star has reappeared. Wouldn't it make people feel cold sweat again? "That's right," the first speaker sighed, "It's the Shiheke people who make people sweat. It turned out that they were also on the scene at the time, and they might have seen what Gu Shucheng did, the space rogues' plan to abduct him, and the appearance of the Biomen. Even, the sudden magnetic explosion might have something to do with them. " "Well... it's not impossible given their behavior patterns." "Because it was the words spoken by the Shiheke star, although these four sentences are plain, in the eyes of everyone, they are still a bit scary... 'So they went too...', who are they?Friend or foe?Where did you go again? 'Then we have to stop them, or the Aquastar will be finished. ', this sentence is more obvious and more terrifying. '...we created three...', create three of what?Why did the Shiheke people create 'three'? "If he comes, there is nothing we can do..." This sentence is even more frightening. With the ability of Shi Heke, he is still very afraid of this "him". If it is us, how should we face it?" What about he..." "I still can't see where the seriousness is," said the second speaker stubbornly: "Even though these doubts have disturbing doubts, they are all circumstantial evidence after all, and you have not directly and urgently threat." The first speaker pondered for a long time before speaking slowly. "Actually, there's something we haven't told you." "Is there only one thing?" The second speaker said sharply: "From the beginning, you didn't make things clear, but just let me make wild guesses here. I know, you'll say 'because it's important', but it's up to you to say what you want. " Hearing his somewhat unpleasant words, the first speaker was not angry, but just sighed leisurely. "One day, you will know that this seat is not easy to sit in... All in all, we used the most advanced instruments to detect the mechanical field that disappeared in the magnetic explosion, and found that it did not disappear, but just disappeared. This means that it was not wiped out in the magnetic explosion, but was suddenly transferred into another space. We invited people from the Time Bureau to do the most precise test. Their technology can even calculate the time point of the disappearing matter. People from the Time Bureau believe that the people, things, and things that disappeared in this magnetic explosion have all returned to the past. " "Didn't Rong Jieyong, the father of time and optics, say 'time is like a river, never turning back'?" The second speaker forced a smile: "It's just a mechanical field going back to the past era, it should be fine ?” "I hope so too, but you should also know Lu Yipu's 'Network Time Theory'! Time is like a net, with branches and leaves scattered, independent of each other and influencing each other..." The first speaker said The voice gradually became lower and lower, as if full of incomparable fatigue. "If something had happened at an ancient point in time, it would have been like crashing a truck full of chemical toxins at the common source of many tributaries and dumping the whole load into the upstream river. By then, the downstream We can't even imagine what it will be like..." The conversation between the two fell silent at this point, leaving only the sound of the machine idling. It seems vaguely that in some distant place, the flow of time flows slowly, as if never looking back. However, the space suddenly condensed, and the air, temperature, and sound all condensed like ice. Then, disturbingly, the flow of light actually stopped slowly, and when it passed the moment of stillness, it began to flow backwards. Time has finally turned back...