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

Chapter 235 Monument of Dangerous Technology

Hazardous Technology Administration Headquarters.

An earth-colored investigator starship slowly sailed out of the port, and then headed towards the center of the giant Möbius strip - the location of the Dangerous Technology Monument is located in the very center of the Authority's headquarters.

As the Varela continues to approach its destination, the true appearance of the dangerous technological monument is gradually revealed.

It is said to be a monument, but in fact, it should be a huge exhibition hall.

A huge black stone monument with a scale of more than thousands of kilometers stands quietly in the dark and cold universe. The surface of the rectangular stone monument is extremely smooth, and the mirror-like surface reflects every starlight from the universe.

Around this huge stone monument with a height of 5000 kilometers, a ring-shaped megastructure comparable to a gas planet is quietly running.

Dots of light flickered in each exhibition window.

Of course, more of the exhibition windows are bleak - which means there's quite a bit of space left in the display cases for monuments to dangerous technology.

Whether it is the stone monument or the surrounding ring-shaped mega-structures, the earthy yellow [Varilla] is as inconspicuous as a small sesame in front of the two.

"Are you new to the Bureau?"

In fact, before the other party spoke, Chen Fan once doubted the other party's true identity - if it had not moved, Chen Fan even thought it might be a sculpture.

[Identity information has been submitted. 】

Presumably it was the manager of the Dangerous Technology Monument who was contacted by Academician Wang Jing.

Come on, save me!

Chen Fan's eyes widened slightly, and he cast his surprised gaze on the tubular tentacle monster in the holographic projection.

A buzzing sound with some echo sounded in the cockpit, and the other party also raised a tentacle of appropriate length and waved it in the air, as if to say hello to Chen Fan.

A thought quickly flashed through Chen Fan's mind.

And it’s a relatively strange silicon-based life!
"Just call me Croren."

A crisp electronic synthesized sound sounded in the cockpit, and several prompt messages appeared on the holographic panel in front of the main console.

Looking at the slightly swaying tentacles in the holographic projection, Chen Fan tried his best to overcome his psychological barriers and nodded stiffly: "Yes... it's me. What do you call me?"

[The main means of communication among civilized individuals is electromagnetic waves. The sounds you hear now are actually converted through specialized electronic equipment. 】

A thick, echoing hum sounded in the cockpit again.

Who is this guy across from me?
[The tenth civilization, authentic silicon-based life. 】

Hearing the ridiculing words of the cylindrical tentacle monster, Chen Fan's face suddenly showed a bit of embarrassment, and then he cast a look at the smart terminal on his right hand for help.

"hiss……"

After all, he has not escaped the fate of every investigator - to deal with all kinds of strange creatures.

The cylindrical tentacle monster let out a series of thick laughter: "You haven't seen many races, right?"

[It currently belongs to the eighth-level peak civilization, which is only half a step away from the true ninth-level civilization. 】

Like a stone!
Is this a silicon-based organism?

He saw the Denar, covered in scales and armor.

Thinking this, Chen Fan raised his eyebrows and responded casually: "Let's put it through."

Just looking at it with the naked eye, it looks like...

"drop!"

The holographic image above the main console spread instantly and formed a huge communication interface directly in front of the driver's seat.

then……

Just when he thought the Dana people were a strange race, a tubular tentacle monster appeared in front of him again!
Chen Fan looked at the tubular tentacle monster in the holographic interface. Soon, he realized a problem: unlike the Lotta and Dana civilizations, the body texture of the creature in front of him was completely different. It was not made of flesh and blood!

Before meeting the Dena Civilization, he once thought that the Lota Pandaren were already considered strange.

Sensing Chen Fan's sudden look of surprise, the other party let out a series of heavy laughs again: "Has the smart terminal told you my identity?"

The other party did not answer his question, but instead asked him a question.

Realizing what Chen Fan was thinking, an electronic synthesized voice quickly sounded in his mind: [Originally known as the Tenth Empire, it was renamed the Tenth Civilization after joining the People's Federation. 】

Chen Fan was stunned.

Under the long cylindrical dark gray body, dozens of tentacles of different lengths trembled slightly.

Although he didn't know why the other party asked this, he still nodded and gave an affirmative answer.

"Almost every newcomer will have the same expression as you when they see me."

[Unknown communication request detected, communication note: Monument of Dangerous Technology, is it connected? 】

"That's no wonder."

[Identity information has been confirmed: Official investigator Chen Fan, welcome. 】

Inside the communication interface, a strange "creature" stared at him silently.

"Chen Fan?"

Strictly speaking, apart from the main civilization of the People's Alliance, the tentacle monster in front of him should be the strongest civilized individual he has ever seen.

Chen Fan nodded repeatedly and greeted the other party respectfully.

"That little girl Wang Jing has already said hello to me."

"It's to store an exhibit, right?" Croren waved his tentacles and said cheerfully, "Come in, just in time, I will take you to briefly visit this monument."

Chen Fan's eyes twitched slightly.

Wang Jing... little girl? How long has this guy lived?

A guiding beam came from the ring-shaped building in front, shining on the starship while pulling the starship towards an open port.

……

Unlike the headquarters of the Hazardous Technology Administration, investigator starships are allowed to pass inside the Hazardous Technology Monument.

Of course, in addition to the investigator starship, it is also equipped with the same small shuttle ship of the Administration.

After following the tractor beam through a metal corridor, Chen Fan finally saw the interior space of the Dangerous Technology Monument.

It was an extremely wide corridor—enough to hold an entire row of Varela stars in the corridor.

On the side of the corridor, different objects are stored in grids of different sizes.

The interior of the corridor was empty, with almost no other starships visible.

"These are exhibits."

Just as Chen Fan was looking at the scene inside the monument through the porthole, "a" cylindrical object more than 20 meters long slowly floated past the porthole, and a familiar deep voice also sounded in the cockpit.

Chen Fan's focus was instantly attracted.

When he saw the tubular object clearly, Chen Fan couldn't help but exclaimed: "Cloren?!"

The cylindrical object floating on the side of the starship is the individual of the tenth civilization, the silicon-based creature Krolon!
Different from the scene he saw just now, Croren was carrying a set of equipment that looked like an exoskeleton armor.

Driven by that set of equipment, Croren gently waved the dozen tentacles under his body, wandering around in the vacuum with ease.

Yes, vacuum!
Chen Fan rubbed his eyes and checked the environment outside the Varela again.

High vacuum.

Except for the absence of all kinds of deadly radiation, it is no different from the outer space.

And Croren...except for the exoskeleton device used to drive himself, there is no life support equipment.

No spacesuits, no ventilators…

Wait, do silicon-based organisms need to breathe?

An incredible thought suddenly flashed through Chen Fan's mind: It seems... I didn't see any nostril-like organ just now?
Perhaps because he saw Chen Fan's surprised expression through the projection equipment, the tentacles under Krolon's body trembled slightly, and he laughed again.

"Individuals of the Tenth Civilization can survive in a vacuum."

Croren explained: "Of course, we still have to rely on the help of mechanical equipment for movement."

Looking at Krolon moving freely outside the porthole, Chen Fan finally couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Guigui..."

"This should be considered as physically crossing the void, right?!"

……

After some surprise, Chen Fan controlled the Varela and quietly followed Croren, and began to visit this dangerous technological monument.

"The exhibits you see are actually relics left by civilization."

Croren's tentacles gently brushed against a grid comparable in size to the [Varilla] and murmured softly.

Within the grid, an old cannonball was quietly stored.

Surrounding the shell was a huge crater and radiation warning signs.

"This is a weak civilization that has not yet entered the first-level civilization."

There was a hint of sadness in Croren's voice: "By the time the investigators found them, they had acquired nuclear weapons too early."

"Then……"

"Due to the inability to control nuclear power, the entire civilization was destroyed by a super-large-scale nuclear war."

Croren quickly "floated" to another larger grid.

It contains a large number of corpses of carbon-based life.

Every corpse has a pale white color.

Through the porthole, Chen Fan quickly noticed the problem with these corpses.

Every corpse has exactly the same appearance!
Not only the appearance, but also the gender and body shape are completely the same...

"Clone."

Croren's voice sounded again: "This is a second-level civilization."

"You may not believe it. When the investigators discovered this civilization, there was almost only one person left in the civilization!"

"In such a large civilization, all the intelligent creatures inside are cloned from the same person!"

"Although civilization is still developing normally, its essence has died."

"In order to avoid a worse situation, the investigator requested a star strike after collecting some exhibits."

The earth-yellow starship moved slowly forward inside the huge monument, and Croren's voice continued to be heard.

The atmosphere in the cockpit also gradually became solemn.

"What kind of monument to dangerous technology is this?"

Chen Fan looked at the seemingly endless corridor outside the porthole and murmured in a low voice:

"This is simply the cemetery of civilization!"

"We're here." Croren stopped walking and raised a tentacle to point at an empty grid. "That's the exhibition cabinet that Wang Jing applied for."

(End of this chapter)