Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

"Um???"

A hint of confusion flashed in Bai Yixuan's eyes as he subconsciously looked down at himself. "Professor? What does that mean?"

Lü Yongchang smiled and explained the matter of nanorobots.

Bai Yixuan remained silent for a moment.

"As the captain, this is what I should do."

……

The Proxima Centauri system, Proxima Centauri b.

Incubation center.

A small, thin Proxima Centauri struggled to move his somewhat frail lower limbs back into a cramped room.

That was the "dormitory" for the Marus who worked at the incubation center.

"call……"

With the door closed and the dim light inside, he slightly opened his breathing hole and exhaled a breath of stale air.

"Number 12".

A listless voice came from the side: "Why are you so late today?"

Upon hearing his code name, he turned his head to look in the direction from which the sound came.

A similarly thin Proxima Centauri lay on the messy bed, gazing at him with a detached expression.

That is the 2nd.

He was the most senior member of their group of Marus.

"Number 12?" came the urging voice of Marus, Number 2.

"I... I had a lot of work to do today, so..." he explained softly.

Upon hearing this, fine wrinkles immediately appeared on the top of Marus's thought organ #2: "The task has become more demanding again?"

"Huff!" A heavy sigh came from the other end. "Yeah, the tasks at the incubation center have been getting heavier every day lately. I don't know why."

He turned his head and glanced at it.

That is the 7nd.

As the three began to talk, figures hidden in the darkness gradually emerged.

All 11 Marus were crammed into this small, dimly lit room.

As the last of the 11, number 12 Marus did not speak, but quietly retreated to his bedside.

But clearly, his wish to hide himself was not fulfilled.

"Hey, Number 12, you came back the latest today. Did you hear what those adults were saying?" Number 7 asked him in a deep voice.

The moment he heard those words, he felt his mind jolt violently!

Involuntarily, he recalled the conversation he had overheard at the incubation center.

"No, no!" he said in a rapid and high-pitched voice.

Number 7 was startled by his words, and then said in a dissatisfied tone, "If there's no problem, there's no problem. Why are you so agitated..."

He didn't speak, but simply curled up further into his bed: "I... I'm a little tired, I'm going to rest now."

The other 10 Marus ignored him and started chatting again.

"By the way, do you guys remember Atocha?"

"Atocha? The Atocha who was executed a few years ago?"

"Ugh, why bring up that unfortunate guy? Didn't we say he made a huge mistake at work? I heard it greatly affected our detector; he deserved to die!"

"Shh, keep your voice down! I've heard another story recently..."

"Hmm? Tell me about it!"

"I heard that Atocha liked to observe the stars with a telescope. While observing the principal star, he discovered something, reported it, and then a Lyle stole his findings!"

"How is this possible?! How could Lyle steal Atocha's things?! At least make your story believable!"

Marus, number 12, lay on his bed, silently listening to the discussions of the crowd.

When he heard the words "Main Star," his mind involuntarily recalled the conversation he had overheard.

The main star is about to go out...

"We need to build a large number of starships; they are the best labor force..."

"Hey! Number 12!" A voice interrupted his thoughts, "What do you think about Atoka's situation?"

It was still Marus, number 7, who was questioning him.

His three pairs of narrow visual organs trembled slightly: "I, I think, is that possible."

"I... I overheard a conversation today." Before anyone could speak, he continued, "It was Lord Rex who spoke."

The small room was completely silent.

The other 10 Marus all widened their eyes and looked at him.

"Number 12, stop beating around the bush, just say what you want to say!" Number 2, Marus, said somewhat impatiently.

He glanced at the people in front of him, opened his breathing hole, took a deep breath, and then began to explain.

……

A dead silence.

A deathly silence that lasted for several minutes.

The only sound in the room was the breathing of the 11 Marus.

After a long silence, Number 7's deep voice rang out: "Number 12, you mean... Lord Rex said our main star is about to go out?"

"And they're planning to build starships to escape themselves?"

Faced with the questioning, Marus, number 12, trembled slightly and said in an extremely weak voice, "This, this is all I heard."

"And I just heard you say that Atocha, who was executed, discovered something on the main star. Could it be...?"

He stopped talking abruptly at this point.

Another deathly silence descended.

Although no sound was heard, he could sense from the gradually changing atmosphere that everyone present believed his words.

"Bang!"

A dull thud came from the direction of number 2, Marus.

"We...we've just been abandoned like this?!"

He lowered his gaze, silently looking at the ground.

"I'm afraid it's not just us." Number 7's deep voice rang out again. "According to Number 12, they should have abandoned the vast majority of Proxima Centauri, not just us Marus."

"Then, what do we do?"

"Am I just going to wait to die? No, I don't want to die!"

"What else can we do but wait to die? We're just Marus! Look at your arm, it's only half the thickness of a normal Proxima Centauri. We're just a bunch of inferior beings!"

"..."

A cacophony of noise erupted instantly.

"Alright! Quiet down!" Number 2, Marus, squinted his narrow eyes and hissed in a low voice.

Silence returned to the room.

"Number 12, I'm asking you, are you sure these things are true?"

When questioned by Marus No. 2, a hint of unease and panic was revealed in his three pairs of visual organs.

"Yes, it's true..."

Marus, number 2, did not speak, but silently closed his visual organs.

for a long time.

"Perhaps, there is a way to gain some chance of survival..." Marus, number 2, murmured to himself.

The impatient Number 7 quickly turned his head and asked, "What method?!"

"If we spread this news, what do you think will happen?"