With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 154 Rocket Launcher

The next day, it was just dawn.

Under the dim morning light, a gray-white concrete vault building with weather-marked surfaces looked like a lonely tomb, lying quietly in the lush forest.

Suddenly, a faint rumble came from afar, and the ground began to shake.

After a short wait, a "giant beast" made of steel broke into the forest, startling countless birds and beasts.

I have to admit that the efficiency of the Hercules bulldozer in this forest is indeed quite high, especially when the bucket is raised.

It was evening when Chen Fan left Varela City. In just a few hours, under the control of Yi, the bulldozer had already crossed nearly 200 kilometers of rugged forest roads and successfully delivered them to their destination. nearby.

In the control room at the top of the "Behemoth", Chen Fan was standing in front of the porthole that was smashed by the detection drone, silently staring at the relics of the prosperous era ahead.

It was the tomb of an era.

A big tomb where countless histories are buried!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a faint chill rising from his body.

A crisp sound like metal knocking came from beside him.

Chen Fan's heart moved and he quickly recognized the sound of Isa's mechanical prosthetic leg stepping on the deck of the bulldozer control room.

"Your Excellency Chen Fan."

Sure enough, the next second, Isa's soft voice came from beside her.

She bent down slightly, leaned her head forward, and leaned her delicate body in front of the porthole of the control room. Her large black robe drooped slightly, reflecting the soft curves hidden under it: "Is there something wrong?"

"It's not a big problem..." Chen Fan stared at the concrete vault with several bone cracks visible on the surface, "Why do you ask?"

"Maybe it's because you've been standing in front of this broken porthole for a full hour and a half."

A familiar honest voice came from behind.

Gao Yuan walked to Chen Fan with slightly heavy steps and gently put his hand on his shoulder: "By the way, are you really not cold?"

Feeling the heat coming from his shoulders, Chen Fan shuddered after realizing it.

"Don't tell me, the temperature has indeed dropped a bit fast recently..."

"Was the world like this before?"

"No." Isa shook her head and denied Chen Fan's inquiry, "It was actually quite warm at this time last year... Oh, I was referring to the old calendar."

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully - although he didn't know the reason, this obviously abnormal temperature change deserved his attention.

If he remembered correctly, in the case of the Bureau, an investigator found a key clue from the sudden change in temperature - there was a cunning civilization next door that put a stellar interference experiment on that civilization's main star.

I heard that the thoughtless civilization lost a lot of credit points for this, and even found a star with similar parameters for the unlucky low-level civilization as an apology under the supervision of the administration.

"One, what do you think?"

Chen Fan lowered his head and asked the smart terminal on his right hand.

"This machine doesn't see much."

An electronic synthesized voice sounded: "The observation data is seriously insufficient, and this machine is unable to make any judgment."

"Also, this unit recommends that you adjust your position."

"According to the comprehensive assessment of this machine, you will catch a cold if you stay in this position for another half an hour!"

"Looking at the way you were standing in front of the porthole, meditating, we didn't dare to disturb you." Before Chen Fan could react, Gao Yuan beside him happily patted his slightly cold shoulder, "It's definitely not because you happen to be right. It blocks the cold wind outside the window.”

Chen Fan silently lowered his head and glanced at the gap in the porthole that had been hit by the detection drone and was aimed at his chest - Damn, no wonder he felt a shudder all over his body from just now.

The corners of his eyes twitched and he said nothing. He took a half step back and turned his body behind Gao Yuan.

"So, what problem did you find?" Gao Yuan didn't pay attention to Chen Fan's actions. Instead, he took a step forward and blocked the gap where the cold wind was blowing with his generous body.

"Omnics." Chen Fan cast his gaze towards the slowly rising sun in the distance, "We are so far away from Varela City, but we haven't found any omnics around!"

"Do you think this is possible?"

Gao Yuan was stunned, and his simple mind couldn't turn around: "Didn't you say before that... [Yuan] might be shocked by that anti-matter bomb?"

"cough!"

Chen Fan coughed hard and looked embarrassed: "That's just what I said casually. You don't really believe it, do you?"

Isa shook her head: "Of course not. I have always felt that the other possibility you mentioned is more likely. [Source] has a tight military strength and cannot deploy more omnics in a short period of time."

Gao Yuan said nothing: "..."

Damn it, he was the only one who was kept in the dark?

Seeing Gao Yuan's "resentful" look towards him, Chen Fan silently changed the subject: "So far, the search range of the detection drone has reached a radius of three hundred kilometers."

"There are no traces of any omnic activity in such a large area..." Under the gaze of Gao Yuan and Isha, Chen Fan thoughtfully raised his hand and touched his chin: "I estimate that the other party should What big move are you holding back?"

Gao Yuan, Isha: "...?"

I really listen to your words, but I still listen to them!
……

Due to a serious lack of information, Chen Fan, who was forced to give up thinking, could only focus on the concrete vault building in front of him.

Although the detection drone had already carried out a blanket search of the area, with a sound mind, after leaving the Hercules bulldozer, Chen Fan carefully propped up a personal protective force field that was enough to cover all three people. .

As soon as he set foot on the ground, Chen Fan quickly realized a problem that could only be noticed through personal experience - the fallen leaves on this land were much thicker than those in other areas.

This means an extremely simple fact:

This area is truly no man's land.

Not to mention the survivors living in the dungeon, this place is not even in the common activity areas of omnics!

After thinking for a moment, Chen Fan realized the reason behind it.

According to one's guess, the concrete vault building in front of us probably has a considerable volume hidden underground.

This means that survivors cannot build dungeons and underground passages in this area.

Without survivors, there is naturally no need for omnics to patrol - controlling the number of survivors and thus keeping the survivors firmly in the palm of their hands is the goal of those omnics.

Thinking like this, Chen Fan's vigilance became slightly lessened.

He took steps toward the tall tower next to the concrete vaulted building.

He planned to start with the supporting facilities next to the vault building, at least to find out the true identity of the vault building.

This is a concrete tower with a completely hollow interior.

At the bottom of the tower, a huge, downward-dented circular platform was poured out of concrete made of a special material.

The hollow in the center of the circular platform is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.

After the three people briefly cleaned it up, the pit revealed its true appearance - unlike the gray-white concrete in other areas, the concrete inside the pit had a deep dark brown color, and there was a layer on the surface that looked like it had been burned by high temperature. The amber coating that remains.

Not only that, there are also a large number of ditches with unknown functions at the bottom of the circular pit.

Chen Fan's heart moved slightly as a white light flashed from his right hand.

"Basic scan completed."

An electronic synthesized voice came from my ears: "It can be determined to be fire-resistant, high-temperature-resistant, and high-pressure-resistant special concrete."

"Typically, this kind of concrete is used on some outdated aerospace equipment launch pads that use chemical fuels."

"Comprehensive analysis results show that the groove at the bottom of the circular crater is most likely a guide groove, which can lead the tail flame when the aerospace equipment is launched out of the tower to avoid causing huge damage to the launch tower."

Aerospace equipment launch pad?
Chen Fan raised his head and once again looked at the strange-shaped tower with a hollow center above his head.

"You mean...this thing is a fixed rocket launcher?"

"Based on the information currently available, the possibility exceeds 70%."

As Yi's voice continued to be heard, a holographic image appeared in front of Chen Fan.

The projection clearly shows the overall structure of the tower: "This machine has just carried out a comprehensive model of the tower, and at the same time used a drone to do a simple scan of various parts of the tower."

"This machine found traces of high-temperature burns at the base of the tower."

"In addition, although the tower is severely corroded, there are still a large number of parts that can move freely."

"The deduction results show that the hollow steel frame inside the tower can be freely expanded and contracted, and at the same time, the entire tower can also split and unfold like petals."

Looking at the demonstration animation in the holographic projection, Chen Fan's eyes suddenly showed excitement.

He originally thought that this concrete vault building was at best a relic of an underground air defense structure left over from the prosperous era.

Now it seems……

They might have found the big one!

The concrete vaulted building next to it that looks like a tomb is probably a satellite launch center in the prosperous era!
When it comes to collecting information, where else could the information be more reliable than the databases of such cutting-edge technology venues? !
only……

"Is this launcher... a bit smaller?"

Chen Fan looked up and down at the launcher, which was no more than ten meters high, and the launch base, which was no more than one person tall. There was a bit of confusion in his eyes.

Compared with some rocket launchers he had seen before, the one in front of him was like a little baby who was not yet a full moon!
"The size of the launcher mainly depends on the performance of the aerospace equipment."

Yi quickly answered Chen Fan's confusion: "If the performance of aerospace equipment is powerful enough, it can completely get rid of the limitations of the launcher and directly enter space from the earth's surface."

(End of this chapter)