He lives on another planet and is majoring in Earth Science.

Chapter 281 Sighting the Opportunity

The statue has a huge, elongated head, like a skull.

His mouth was wide open, like a black hole, staring blankly into space.

He showed no sign of divine majesty, and looked more like a simpleton from the village entrance.

"This thing is still quite different from the Golden Man, isn't it? The Golden Man's legs are much longer. By Earthling standards of beauty, Nini is a great beauty, but this thing looks dull."

"But these big toes side by side are exactly the same as Nini's, meow."

"I haven't had the chance to see that."

Dailu insisted confidently, "This is definitely the Golden-bodied Cat. It's just a Golden-bodied Cat with shorter legs."

Li Ji glanced at the picture of the statue again, and when he thought that it might be a member of Nini's clan, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The two laughed for a while inside the safe.

Suddenly, Delulu suggested, "We need to think of a way to let Nini see this, meow."

"You're so naughty. But I like it. What's the plan?"

"We'll present this as a secret research finding in class, meow. We might even go to Mexico next time, meow, to dig up more evidence for Nini to see, meow."

"You're so evil."

"You don't like cats?"

"I love this kind of evil plan."

The two continued to open cabinet number four.

Safe number four looks much larger than the previous safes.

The cabinet doors are nearly ten meters wide.

Even the door locks have been upgraded to 24-letter locks.

"Looks like there's a big treasure in this cabinet."

Li Ji eagerly placed his hand on the lock, but Dai Lulu grabbed his hand and pressed it down.

"what?"

"Don't open it, meow. This cabinet is so big, it could fit Hong Xiuquan's whole family inside, meow. It's definitely not a cabinet for storing files. Let's open the smaller cabinets first, meow."

Dailulu pointed to a row of small safes in the distance, four safes in a row, much smaller than the ones in front.

Li Ji looked at cabinet number 4 with lingering reluctance.

This safe is the largest one in sight, and it has a 24-digit combination, so it obviously contains some incredible treasure.

The previous ones were all so exciting, Li Ji didn't want to miss this one either.

But as soon as he turned his head, Delulu was already 20 meters away, waving at him.

“I think we should open this one first. This cabinet is high-end, and it must contain valuable information, perhaps even more valuable research material. We should aim to get as much information as possible this time. We still have plenty of time; we can find Hong Xiuquan's materials slowly.”

Delulu sighed, "Alright, meow. I'll listen to you this once, since you helped me find the Nini statue."

Li Ji excitedly opened the door of safe number 4.

A soft spotlight enveloped a huge white clock, as big as a wall.

The clock is disc-shaped, supported by seven twisted silver metal legs that look like strange mechanical octopus legs.

Instead of a huge pendulum in the center of the disc, there was a colorless glass panel, blank and reflecting the faces of the two people like a mirror.

Dials of various sizes extend haphazardly from the edge of the disc.

It looks like 12 eyes of different sizes.

Li Ji didn't understand why he had this strange feeling.

Each dial is edged with gold.

Li Ji leaned closer to examine the markings on the dials; almost every dial had different markings.

Dial 1 has only two markings: a "+" sign in the upper half and a "-" sign in the lower half.

Dials 2 through 5 all range from 0 to 9.

Dial number 6 is like a normal clock with 12 markings.

The number 7 dial has an odd 31 markings, and Lee Ki's first thought was the month.

Dial number 8 has 24 markings.

Both dials 9 and 10 have 60 markings.

"6 to 10 seem to represent month, day, hour, minute, and second."

"What about the first few dials, meow?"

"I do not understand."

They continued their examination. The number 11 dial was unusual; it was very large, about the size of a window, and the upper and lower semicircles of the dial were clearly distinguished by black and white.

There are ninety graduations at the top and bottom.

However, the numbers do not increase in a clockwise or counterclockwise order.

The black and white dividing line in the middle is 0. It increases by one grid for each segment towards both ends, and becomes 90 when it reaches both ends of the circle.

It looks a lot like the latitude of a globe.

12、13、15、16号表盘都一样，都是顺时针从0到99。

Dial number 14 is also quite special.

Similar to dial number 11, the scale increments from the center outwards.

However, the scale lines on the 14 dial are vertical, with each scale marking 180 degrees on both sides.

Similar to longitude on a globe.

Li Ji squatted on the ground, lost in deep thought, his hands constantly scribbling and drawing on the marble floor.

"What exactly does this mean?"

"Numbers 11 and 14 seem to be latitude and longitude, while the first few dials look like time."

"Does this mean we need to use time and location to determine dual coordinates? But what is the purpose of establishing those coordinates?"

"What is the purpose of this mirror in the middle?"

Suddenly, a blue light flashed from the mirror, startling Li Ji so much that he jumped up from the ground.

"What happened? Why is this thing lit up?"

"I started it up according to the instructions, meow."

"Instruction manual? Where did you get that?"

Delulu was leaning against the machine, shaking a small black booklet in her hand.

"It's right under the machine, meow. Were you so distracted by the dial that you didn't even notice it, meow."

"I was too focused."

"Shameless cat."

A faint blue light shimmered on the surface of the mirror.

"Take a look at how this machine works."

Li Ji quickly moved closer to Dai Lulu to read the instructions in the booklet.

A Chronovisor, also known as a time machine or time-seeing machine, is a machine that can see into the past.

"I never expected to actually see machines from the past. The Vatican's collection is truly beyond imagination."

[It was secretly developed and manufactured by a Vatican research team in 1950.]

The list of inventors was subsequently attached.

Li Ji saw the only name he recognized inside.

"Enric Fermi?"

"What's wrong, meow? Your friend, meow."

"What the hell? Enrico Fermi, Nobel laureate, renowned physicist. He invented the first nuclear reactor on Earth."

Delulu suddenly realized: "I see, meow."

"Isn't it awesome?"

"Amazing, the first cat to start a boiler."

"What the hell is this boiler? A nuclear reactor!"

"Almost there, meow."

"There's a huge difference!"

Dailu waved her hand: "It's not a dark matter reactor or an antimatter reactor. That kind of outdated technology is more like a boiler, meow."

Li Ji was too lazy to argue with her.

He looked at the year in the book and realized something was wrong.

"1950 was the year Fermi proposed the Fermi Paradox."

What is the Fermi Paradox, meow?

Fermi believed that there were countless stars in the universe, and if Earth could support intelligent life, other planets could too. But why have humans never discovered extraterrestrial life throughout history? Where have they gone?

"We're here, meow."

(End of this chapter)