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

Chapter 468: Secret Room (Two in One)

Chen Fan's words were like a flash of lightning that instantly dispelled the fog in Ophelia's mind.

In the holographic communication interface, the confusion on Ophelia's face became more and more intense.

Obviously, Chen Fan's words had a great impact on her.

[How, how could it be…]

Ophelia shook her head repeatedly, and the fluorescence on her body began to flicker: [I... I have never heard of such a thing. ]

[Not only me, but even former royal family members have never mentioned the existence of this secret room! ]

Chen Fan's eyes flashed and his thoughts raced through his mind.

In the era of Xinalo's home planet, Ophelia, as a candidate for queen, must have come into contact with quite a lot of royal members.

Not only that, the various information she obtained was definitely something that ordinary people could not know.

But even so, Ophelia had never heard of the existence of this secret room, and even after becoming the real queen, she did not receive any information about it.

The answer is already obvious.

"If I'm not mistaken, this was probably the work of the previous queen."

Chen Fan stared at Ophelia on the screen and continued, "Only in this way can you be completely unaware of this."

When Ophelia heard Chen Fan's words, her frightened expression froze completely.

[In those master brain arrays...]

Ophelia murmured in a low voice: [What exactly is stored there? ]

There was a faint expectation in her eyes: […Could it be the many technologies lost by the Xinalo civilization? ]

"I don't know either, but since this thing is stored in the Xinaluo home planet and is related to the previous queen..." Chen Fan raised his hand calmly and operated the holographic interface beside him. "You don't need to tell me, I must investigate it."

【investigation?】

Ophelia looked at the area where Chen Fan was with some surprise, and then glanced at the underground structure map in the holographic interface.

The closest point to the secret room is undoubtedly the base area of ​​the incubation tower, with a straight-line distance of nearly 20 kilometers. As for the other side, the surface of the Xinalo mother planet is more than 30 kilometers away from it.

what?
The original entrance?
Needless to say, with such a huge change in Xinalo's home planet, the entrance must have collapsed. Even if it still exists, it can no longer lead to the secret room.

Ophelia thought about it briefly, then her eyes widened:

[Are you going to blow up the base of the hatch tower? ]

[Or... did you blow up the other half of Xinaluo's home planet? ]

The former is fine, but if it's the latter...

As the current queen of Xinalo, Ophelia naturally does not want to see such a scene, even though Xinalo's home planet has now become an insect nest.

"of course not."

Chen Fan glanced at Ophelia in surprise: "Why is it so troublesome?"

Ophelia was stunned.

【and you……】

Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief and stopped operating the holographic interface.

"It's very simple, just a high-dimensional jump will do."

"one!"

Under Ophelia's shocked gaze, Chen Fan's expression became serious:
"Start the individual high-dimensional jump."

The lively electronic synthesized sound instantly rang out in the dim space of the incubation tower, seeming extremely ethereal.

"The jump coordinates have been successfully locked."

"Total number of people in this jump: four."

"The high-dimensional coordinate conversion has been completed."

"Conducting a risk assessment of the jump end area..."

"warn!!"

Suddenly, as if discovering something unusual, Yi's voice suddenly became sharp: "The target area is narrow and there may be a lot of unknown situations inside!"

"After evaluation, the risk of this individual jump is extremely high!"

"Do you want to continue the jump?"

As Yi's warning sounded, a blood-red, constantly flashing warning pop-up window popped up on the holographic interface in front of Chen Fan.

Beside him, Hongshi looked at Chen Fan uneasily.

As a Level III investigator, she was naturally very familiar with individual jumps - this short-distance high-dimensional jump, which was carried out with the help of the investigator's starship and individual exoskeleton armor, had considerable safety risks.

The conversion of high-dimensional and low-dimensional coordinates, the real-time changes in the terrain of the target area of ​​the jump...

Almost every factor will have a complex impact on the transition process and results.

For this reason, in order to avoid the technology from getting stuck in some strange areas after the jump, the end point of the high-dimensional jump is usually chosen in some sufficiently flat and open areas.

An operation like Chen Fan's, setting the end point of the jump in a closed secret room tightly wrapped by a thick earth crust, has never been seen, let alone even heard of, by Redstone!

of course.

Even so, Hongshi still chose to believe Chen Fan.

The reason is simple. Compared with other investigators, Chen Fan has a unique advantage - he has a high-dimensional perspective and can easily see the internal structure of the secret room.

Therefore, what was a suicidal act for other investigators was actually a fairly normal operation for Chen Fan.

the other side.

Chen Fan looked at the warning issued by Yi, his expression becoming a little more serious.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked back at the secret room covered by countless rocks.

After confirming again and again, he nodded: "Continue the jump."

"Just jump to the coordinates I just entered. Nothing will go wrong."

"…The order has been confirmed."

The electronic synthesized voice continued: "The individual soldier jump is about to begin, countdown 10, 9..."

The moment the countdown reached zero, a faint space-time fluctuation came from the investigator starship not far behind.

As a miniature wormhole appeared in front of Chen Fan and the other three, the surrounding dim light stones emitted a dazzling pale yellow light at the same time!
Swish!
The moment the pale yellow light disappeared, the micro wormhole suddenly dissipated, and the figures of Chen Fan and the other three also disappeared into the internal space of the incubation tower.

……

The entire process of high-dimensional transition is very short.

In just a moment of distraction, Redstone and the other two felt that the world before their eyes had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Of course, Chen Fan, who has a high-dimensional perspective and can see the entire transition process clearly, naturally does not have this abrupt feeling.

As the four-dimensional channel gradually dissipated, the scene in front of him gradually became clear.

In stark contrast to the cold and dark space inside the incubation tower, the interior of the secret room is filled with soft, white light. This light comes from the many light stones inlaid on the surrounding spherical inner walls, or from the lamps that are still working.

This is a circular platform that is not very spacious and can even be described as cramped.

There are a large number of sophisticated circuits and equipment around the platform, and in the center of the platform is a small antimatter reactor with a flashing working signal light.

The spherical outer wall wraps the entire annular platform.

A metal structure resembling a gate stands alone on the eastern edge of the platform, while the corresponding passage is located crookedly on the spherical outer wall above the side of the circular platform.

There is no physical structure connecting the two, only some metal debris and broken wires scattered on the circular platform.

As soon as the high-dimensional transition ended, Chen Fan noticed this abnormal phenomenon.

"This secret room should have a self-stabilizing structure." Hongshi took a deep breath and looked around following Chen Fan's gaze. "Simply put, no matter how much the outer wall moves, it will not cause fatal damage to the circular platform inside."

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully, staring at the severely deformed outer wall: "From this point of view, this spherical chamber must have traveled a long distance in the underground rock fault."

After saying this, he retracted his gaze and looked towards the many main brain arrays located at the edge of the circular platform.

These triangular prisms made of special alloys are only two meters high. Under the reflection of the bright white light, they emit a faint metallic luster.

Chen Fan took a quick glance and found that the total number of prisms on the circular platform was about fifty, but the signal lights on the surfaces of most of the prisms had been turned off.

It is not difficult to imagine that even though this secret room has a fairly complete self-stabilizing structure, planetary-level geological changes still have a considerable impact on these triangular prism-shaped main brain arrays.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Fan's face darkened - the main brain array had malfunctioned, which was obviously not a good thing for the subsequent investigation.

【You can’t be wrong.】

The communication link with Ophelia was not interrupted. In the communication interface, she stood up with some excitement and trepidation, looking straight at this narrow and cramped space: [This is the main brain array during the time of Xinaluo's home planet. ]

[It is exactly the same as the main brain array of the Xinaluo Palace, but... the scale is slightly smaller. ]

[Master Star Envoy, do you see the many devices surrounded by light stones on the north side of the circular platform? The control center of the entire main brain array is there.]

Chen Fan's heart moved and he took a step forward. Following Ophelia's guidance, he quickly bypassed several almost scrapped prisms and countless metal debris that fell from the inner walls of the secret room and came to the so-called control center.

Pure light stones are inlaid on each control console, constantly releasing faint fluorescence and imperceptible information disturbances.

Looking at the still working control console in front of him and the screen with the words Xinalo flashing on it, Chen Fan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

It turns out... he's going back to his old ways.

"One, try to read the main brain array."

Chen Fan stretched out his hand with ease and gently placed the smart terminal in his right hand on a flat data interface.

Zizi...an electric arc flashed and penetrated into the data interface of the console.

"drop!"

Along with a crisp sound, the light of the light stone on the console began to flicker.

At the same time, a line of information popped up on the screen.

Yi translated it into the common language of the people as soon as possible.

【You need to verify your identity information to read the information. 】

Chen Fan exclaimed softly, and said to himself: "I didn't expect the information to be encrypted..."

"This thing is buried thirty kilometers underground. Are you afraid that people will discover the secrets inside?"

In the holographic communication interface, Ophelia, who also saw this scene, said hurriedly: [Master Star Envoy, I will send you my ID code right away. Queen Xinaluo’s ID code should have sufficient authority...]

Before he finished speaking, the text on the console screen changed again.

【Authentication passed. 】

【Welcome, Majesty Violet. 】

In the communication interface, Ophelia's eyes twitched slightly, and she fell silent.

Behind them, watching the changing words on the screen, Redstone and the other two also fell into silence.

"cough……"

Facing Ophelia's strange look, Chen Fan raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose with a guilty conscience: "Well, your ID code should not be needed..."

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the smart terminal on his right hand.

After all, this is in someone else's home.

The owner is still watching, and you go up and crack the password of the safe in seconds. What does that mean?
At least you have to pretend!!

"…" After a moment of silence, Yi responded to Chen Fan's complaints in a low voice in his mind: "I will pay attention next time."

next time?

Is there going to be a next time?!
"By the way, Queen Ophelia."

Hongshi's voice came from behind Chen Fan, temporarily easing the awkward atmosphere for him: "That Violet..."

【She is the previous queen. 】

Ophelia let out a long sigh, a hint of frustration flashing deep in her eyes.

This is also normal.

The encrypted information from the peak of civilization was cracked in the blink of an eye. Anyone would have similar thoughts.

[Her Majesty Violet has been in power for three hundred years. 】

Ophelia lowered her eyes and whispered: [Perhaps... this secret room was built in the early years of her reign.]

Chen Fan did not say anything, but silently glanced at the holographic interface beside him.

During the conversation, Yi had already fully read and analyzed the remaining information in the main brain array.

After filtering out some useless information, it automatically presents some record documents to everyone.

……

Violet is in the 1th year of the calendar.

Today, I officially became the queen of the Xinalo civilization.

Today, I learned about the existence of this secret room.

——It was not until the coronation ceremony was over that Her Majesty Raitya told me of its existence.

It is today that I need to write the archives of the Xinalo civilization in this secret room, just like every previous queen.

According to Her Majesty Raitya, the history of this secret room is more than hundreds of thousands of years.

It has existed since the Xinalo civilization entered the starry sky.

Of course, hundreds of thousands of years ago, this secret room did not look like this. It has been repaired and maintained countless times. During these processes, the archives recorded in the secret room have never been lost.

Her Majesty Reitia said that the purpose of this secret room is to record the many exploration missions of the Xinalo Royal Exploration Fleet.

To be precise, it was an "inner mission" secretly carried out by the exploration fleet.

At first, I didn’t quite understand what Her Majesty Ratiya said, until I entered the secret room, I completely understood the deep meaning of her words.

Different from the royal exploration fleet that all Xinalo people know.

Since the establishment of the Royal Exploration Fleet, the fleet has been secretly carrying out a mission - searching for extraterrestrial life.

This is actually a problem that has troubled the Xinalo civilization for countless years.

Does the starry sky where we live exist other life? Will we, the Xinaluo civilization, be the only lucky ones in this starry sky?
Historically, when the Xinaluo civilization had just left its home planet, there was a wave of searching for extraterrestrial life within the civilization. Every Xinaluo person wanted to find an alien with whom they could communicate, but...

None were successful.

By the way, those historians call this period of history the Lost Age.

As the name suggests, after various attempts failed, every Xinalo person fell into confusion.

The reason for the confusion is naturally the simple problem I mentioned earlier.

Everyone is thinking about this question which is destined to have no answer, and disputes break out within civilization again and again.

The 3500-year-long Age of Lost Age caused a significant setback in the technological level of the Xinalo civilization.

Time is the best antidote.

As time went by, the Xinalo civilization gradually forgot these questions and no longer pursued the meaning of alien civilizations.

Of course, this was also due to the contribution of the Xinaluo royal family. In order to prevent the Xinaluo civilization from falling into this terrifying era of confusion, the queen at the time strictly prohibited any discussion of alien civilizations...

Well, that seems to have gone a bit off topic.

In short, although the public no longer pays attention to alien civilizations, the Xinalo royal family has not given up - it is difficult to act alone. In such a vast universe, if there is only one civilization, it would be too lonely.

Like humans, a civilization cannot withstand loneliness for too long.

Therefore, from that time on, every queen carried the same secret.

The royal exploration fleet is constantly dispatched to secretly explore every star system to find possible alien life! !
……

Violet is in the 3th year of the calendar.

The development of Xinalo civilization gradually fell into stagnation.

I tried to seek help from the Star God, but the Star God was powerless to help.

He doesn't understand my pursuit of technology. In His opinion, the current life of the Xinalo civilization is already very rich.

The Star God is right.

With almost unlimited territory and almost unlimited resources, the Xinalo civilization should be able to be content with the status quo and reproduce quietly in this starry sky.

But... Star God is also wrong.

In the three years since I ascended the throne, I have gradually seen the distress and confusion in Her Majesty Raitya's eyes.

hopeless.

It's not just me, the same situation is also happening within the Xinalo civilization.

The entire Xinalo civilization is like a huge machine, repeating the life of the past hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years day after day, year after year!
Pray, mine, manufacture, expand...

To be precise, since leaving its mother planet, the Xinalo civilization has embarked on a repetitive dead end.

Previously, the constantly breaking new technologies could serve as the scenery on this "dead end" and bring some freshness to the Xinalo people.

But as technological development stagnated, the "dead end" really became a dead end.

It is true that civilization can still develop in a fixed pattern, but such an empty shell of a civilization will sooner or later collapse due to the various crises arising from within!
Freshness, freshness...

The Xinalo civilization needs something new to attract everyone's attention!
Technological breakthroughs have become a mirage.

So……

There is only one option left now.

Alien civilization.

Just yesterday, when I mentioned this idea, there was a serious disagreement within the royal family - the confused era of the early Xinalo civilization is still vivid in our minds. If we are not careful, the current Xinalo civilization will go back to the old path and fall into the abyss.

This is not what I want to see.

Therefore, I still put the task of searching for extraterrestrial civilization in the dark.

of course.

Compared to Her Majesty Raetia, I have embezzled more funds for this purpose - the royal exploration fleet has never set sail so frequently in tens of thousands of years.

Anyway.

Apart from the Star God, the Xinalo civilization has never encountered any other civilization since its development.

In such a vast starry sky, we cannot find any life.

Even the most basic single-celled organisms.

This is really scary.

ps: This part of the plot is quite important, but I had a little writer's block, so it was posted late, sorry.

(End of this chapter)