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

Chapter 158 Crash
"..."

Looking at the diary that stopped suddenly in front of him, Chen Fan fell into silence completely.

Although it was just a simple text description, he could still see the despair of the diary owner from a few lines of text——

He just wants to see the world outside his home planet!

Under normal circumstances, for a civilization that has mastered nuclear fusion technology, this should be a trivial matter that can be accomplished with just a few clicks!

But humans in the prosperous era spent thirty-nine years and countless resources on this.

What these time and resources bring in exchange is not a bright starry sky, but a seemingly insurmountable barrier! !
"I don't understand something..."

Isa's murmur came from beside her.

She raised her head slightly, frowning, and the scarlet light in the machine's left eye flashed slightly: "Why do you insist on leaving the ground?"

Isa, who grew up in Varela City and had never really looked up at the stars, asked: "Is there anything special about the world beyond the planet?"

After hearing Isha's question, Chen Fan looked slightly complicated.

"There are a lot of reasons for that."

Before Chen Fan could speak, Yi's electronic synthesized voice sounded: "On the one hand, it's a resource issue."

"The resources on a planet are quite limited. Theoretically, most planets cannot meet the normal development needs of a civilization, even if this civilization has just mastered controllable nuclear fusion, which is the first level in the Human League classification. civilization."

"on the other hand."

"This can be said to be the spiritual pursuit of highly intelligent life forms."

“Curiosity about the unknown and truth are necessary conditions for the development of civilization.”

"Therefore, among the evaluation criteria of the People's Federation, the yearning for the starry sky is an important criterion for judging the development potential of civilization."

"Once individuals within a civilization lose the urge to look up at the stars, the civilization will inevitably decline."

Listening to Yi's long speech, Isha and Gao Yuan suddenly showed a bit of confusion on their faces.

"Don't think too much now." Chen Fan happily patted Isa's thin shoulder, "When the investigator's starship arrives, I'll take you for a ride in the universe and you'll find out."

Having said that, there was a bit of uneasiness and expectation deep in Chen Fan's eyes - to a certain extent, he was the same as Isha and Gao Yuan. He had also never witnessed the world beyond the planet with his own eyes.

The only difference is that until now, he still retains a little yearning for the endless starry sky deep in his heart.

Recalling the scene when he was a child, sitting in a rural courtyard and looking up at the stars, Chen Fan looked at the holographic projection in front of him with a sigh on his face.

The last line of bright white text in the blue holographic projection is particularly dazzling - it is obvious that the owner of the diary has failed.

He frowned subconsciously, thinking of the history of Varela City in his mind.

The 40,000-kilometer Demonic Barrier seems to have the same purpose as the Wall of Sighs in Varela City.

"The means of alien civilization..."

Chen Fan raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, muttering to himself in a low voice.

"There is a certain possibility." The electronic synthesizer sounded, "But considering that there are relics left by advanced civilization on this planet, this unit believes that the problem is more likely to lie with that unknown advanced civilization."

Chen Fan's eyes moved and he quickly remembered what [Yuan] had said to Yi: "If I remember correctly, that advanced civilization seems to be called..."

"Lorka Civilization." Yi added loudly, "At least that's what [Source] calls it."

Chen Fan nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

The birth time of [Source], the reason why it launched the rebellion, the demonic barrier that exists at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers on the planet Varela...

A large number of confusing clues formed a confusing ball of yarn in his mind.

"Go to the second underground floor first to see if there is any other information."

Chen Fan made a decision: "First, find the specific location of the independent room."

"in addition……"

"I would like to ask, is there any limit to the detection range of the detection drone?"

An electronic synthesized voice quickly sounded: "Currently, the detection drone authority has been fully unlocked, and there is no clear range limit."

A hint of joy suddenly flashed across Chen Fan's face: "Then..."

"Can the detection drone leave the surface of the planet autonomously? I remember that it seems to be equipped with an anti-gravity engine?"

"This machine needs to be corrected. The so-called anti-gravity engine should be, strictly speaking, an anti-gravity engine." Yi corrected Chen Fan's point of view, "Gravity will continue to decay as the distance increases. The drive of the anti-gravity engine The effect will also be weakened.”

"You can think of it as two magnets that repel each other. The repulsive force is greatest when they are close to each other. The farther away they are, the smaller the repulsive force is until it almost dissipates."

"Therefore, although the ideal area for use of a manned exploration drone is the near surface of the planet, this does not mean that it cannot leave the surface of the planet."

"At least, it can reach geostationary orbit."

……

The morning sun has already risen from the surface, and the warm sunshine quickly dispels the darkness that enveloped the land.

The originally silent forest also showed some life again.

Next to the gray-white concrete vault building, a huge heavy-duty bulldozer is lying quietly on the ground.

Suddenly, an inconspicuous spherical detector sprang out from the small door on the side of the concrete vault building.

Facing the rising sun, the spherical detector rushed straight towards the sky filled with fish-scale clouds!

at the same time.

The underground floor of Haian Deep Space Observatory. Chen Fan turned his attention to the holographic projection in front of him - the projection clearly showed the aerial view from the spherical detection drone rising into the sky!
"What kind of demonic obstacle at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers..."

"I don't believe that some unknown attack can destroy this detection drone!"

He looked at the shrinking pictures in the projection, his eyes flashing with excitement.

After all, he has wanted to do this for a long time!
The trainee investigator's authority is really too weak.

Not to mention the initial Level I trainee investigators, even the Level III trainee investigators have a detection range of only two hundred kilometers in radius!

Two hundred kilometers is enough for what? !
In contrast, the authority of formal investigators has obviously been greatly improved!

As the height of the detection drone continued to rise, Chen Fan gradually came into view of rich topography: rivers, oceans, deserts, glaciers, mountains...

As well as hundreds of cities standing on the ground and surrounded by huge walls - just like Varela City, they are all "cages" made by [Source]!
As the perspective continued to increase, Chen Fan gradually realized the distribution patterns of these cities.

They are distributed in a ring across the vast land, like stars surrounding the moon, surrounding a large, ring-shaped mountain range that shines with metallic luster!
As Chen Fan thought, the picture in the holographic projection quickly zoomed in, and the details of the giant mountain range appeared in front of his eyes.

That's a mountain made of metal and machinery!
Various heavy machinery of unknown purpose are connected to each other to form this ring-shaped mountain range purely made of machinery!

In the center of the ring-shaped mechanical mountain range, a pyramid-shaped building with dazzling light reflecting on its surface stood quietly on the ground!
The next second, the scene in front of me quickly disappeared - thick clouds and fog blocked the lens of the detection drone.

After entering the clouds, the surrounding scenery becomes monotonous.

But Chen Fan's mood was not at all calm:
What is the purpose of the ring-shaped mountain range built by heavy machinery?

What secrets does the pyramid located in the center of the Ring Mechanical Mountains hide?
What is the connection between the two? !

Countless questions arose in his mind.

"Current altitude: 30000 kilometers."

The sound of electronic synthesis sounded, pulling Chen Fan back from his thoughts.

As Yi said, the best use range of detection drones is the near-surface area of ​​the planet: as the altitude continues to increase, the flight speed of detection drones significantly decreases.

……

"Ding!"

A crisp sound sounded in the empty control room on the underground floor.

In front of Chen Fan, the sound of the hydraulic system and slide rail movement came from inside the metal wall.

After a short wait, the originally tight metal wall slowly unfolded, revealing a small space.

It was an elevator large enough to accommodate dozens of people riding at the same time.

Powered by one of the detection drones, the elevator, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, began to operate again.

Chen Fan did not hesitate and stepped directly into the elevator, which had a musty smell due to being dusty for a long time.

He raised his right hand and gently pressed the elevator button beside him.

After a slight vibration, the elevator door disguised as a metal wall slowly closed, and the elevator box began to descend rapidly.

"Current altitude: 39000 kilometers."

Next to my ears, the electronic synthesized sound came again.

Feeling the slight weightlessness as the elevator descended, Chen Fan couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

After more than three hundred years, will the demonic obstacle at an altitude of 40,000 kilometers appear again?

Can the People's Federation's detection drone pass through this so-called magic barrier?
The height figures in the holographic projection change rapidly.

at last!

"Current altitude: 40000 kilometers."

The camera of the detection drone slowly turned.

Chen Fan's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the strange planet in the picture, whose surface was covered with thick clouds and whose overall tones were green and blue.

This is their planet!

Isa and Gao Yuan beside them couldn't help but let out a heartfelt admiration.

next second.

"Ding!"

As the elevator arrived at the floor, the sound sounded, and the picture in the holographic projection also became violently distorted!

Almost at the same time, the projected image completely dissipated.

"Warning! The detection drone is under unknown attack!"

A red warning message popped up in the blue holographic projection: "The detection drone signal has been lost!"

"The drone has been confirmed to have crashed!"

"The final data returned by the drone is being analyzed..."

"Warning! The attack method has been determined to be a space weapon!"

Chen Fan and his two assistants stood blankly in the middle of the elevator, looking at the holographic projection with red light.

In front of them, the elevator door slowly opened, revealing the second underground floor of the Haian Deep Space Observatory.

(End of this chapter)