Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

The strange phenomenon on Ross 154 left everyone stunned.

"What...what's going on?"

Fang Xu muttered to himself, "Is this the death process of a two-dimensional being?"

I can't understand it.

Lu Yongchang frowned and flicked his hand twice in the air.

The holographic projection image is instantly magnified.

The camera focuses on the edge of the gray "scroll".

The fine, dense folds kept increasing.

It looks like... a smooth "painting" is being constantly squeezed by the outside world.

"Zero, retrieve the detector's real-time data," Lü Yongchang suddenly said, as if he had just thought of something. "Can you detect the thickness?"

"Data anomaly".

Zero's response made Lü Yongchang frown even more.

Human civilization, have you thought this through?!

My time is running out!!

The information about the painting reappeared before everyone.

You can clearly feel the other person's anxiety and unease between the lines.

but……

He still couldn't believe the other person.

"Yongchang?"

Hearing Fang Xu's questioning call, he slowly shook his head: "No rush, let's wait a little longer!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a piercing alarm blared in the quiet command center!

"Warning! Warning!"

"Signal from Detector 1 has disappeared!"

The flashing red warning lights constantly jolted the fragile nerves of all the researchers.

The atmosphere in the ground command center became increasingly tense!

In the Earth, far away in geosynchronous orbit, Zhao Zijie stared at the several holographic projections in front of him with a grim expression.

"Professor, should we issue an evacuation order?"

Zhao Zijie's voice also rang out on the communication channel of the ground command center.

"Wait a little longer!"

Lu Yongchang's expression changed slightly, and he stopped Zhao Zijie's actions: "We can't act rashly!"

"If we are perceived as provoking or resisting... death will be our only fate!"

As he spoke, his mind raced.

"Zero, retrieve the records from the other two detectors and see if they captured anything!"

"Also, use the fleet's optical telescopes to review all the records!"

"I need to know what just happened!"

……

The moment the words fell.

The giant holographic image directly in front of the ground command center suddenly split into countless tiny interfaces.

Upon closer inspection, each of the tiny interfaces reveals a separate holographic image.

These images come from individual optical telescopes that operate around Ross 154.

These tiny interfaces are rapidly diminishing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Soon, only four holographic images remained in front of everyone.

The four images quickly zoomed in, taking up the entire space.

Lu Yongchang glanced at it and immediately frowned.

"Is that all the footage you have?"

"Professor, at that time, the trajectory of probe number one was exactly different from that of the other two probes," Zero explained. "These few images were found from the observation records of the optical telescope."

Lü Yongchang raised an eyebrow.

Perfect?

coincidence?

I'm afraid there can't be that many coincidences, right?

He neither confirmed nor denied it, saying, "Play the recorded footage first."

Four holographic images were played simultaneously.

The holographic video is very short, only about thirty seconds long.

But those thirty seconds brought Lü Yongchang, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and humanity unparalleled shock and panic!

……

The holographic images from four different angles clearly reproduced the "horrific events" experienced by the probe!

At first, on the surface of Ross 154, a small "fragment" quietly appeared at the edge of that thin gray "scroll".

Like the original painting, this "fragment" is entirely gray.

The only difference is that the fragment that broke off from the painting has a much denser surface wrinkle!

For example, if the wrinkle density on the main body of the painting is 1, then the wrinkle density on this fragment reaches 10!

After separating from the main body, the "fragment" flew straight toward the No. 1 probe next to it!

More than ten seconds later.

The gray "fragment" slammed hard into probe number 1.

In an instant!

The first detector has undergone an inexplicable change!

Its surface emitted a dazzling burst of light!

The moment the fragments collided with it, its height seemed to be erased into thin air!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the three-dimensional detector quickly turned into a sheet of paper!

It successfully transformed into two-dimensional matter!

The two-dimensional detector surface is extremely smooth and flat.

Just like the painting itself.

With the help of a high-precision optical telescope, Lü Yongchang can even see the internal structure of the detector directly!

"Zero, do you have any detection data?"

Lu Yongchang suddenly asked.

Zero didn't speak, but silently unfolded a brand new holographic projection around him.

The projection displays some basic detection data.

When Lü Yongchang saw the instantaneous temperature data on the surface of the detector, he gasped sharply!

10 million degrees Celsius!

What does this mean?

The temperature at the core of the sun is only 1500 million degrees Celsius!

The temperature that triggers nuclear fusion is only a few hundred million degrees Celsius!

It's hard to imagine that such extreme high temperatures could occur near the detector in just a short moment!

But the changes are not over yet!

Approximately 0.5 seconds later, endless wrinkles appeared on the smooth, two-dimensional surface of the detector!

These folds are exactly the same as the folds on the painting!

The two-dimensional detector existed for less than a second before silently disappearing into the endless universe.

By slowing down the motion, it can be clearly seen that the probe seems to have regained the attribute of "altitude" before disappearing.

Lü Yongchang glanced at the temperature data on the side.

-269.3 degrees Celsius.

It's close to absolute zero.

It is only 0.85 degrees Celsius different from the cosmic microwave background radiation of -270.15 degrees Celsius.

In just a few seconds, the temperature near the No. 1 detector fluctuated wildly!

A sudden realization flashed through Lü Yongchang's mind.

The wrinkles appearing on the body of the painting may be a sign that it is about to become three-dimensional.

As for why the death of a two-dimensional organism would become three-dimensional... Lü Yongchang had no clue whatsoever.

The only thing that can be confirmed.

When three-dimensional matter is reduced to two dimensions, it releases a large amount of energy.

When ascending to a higher dimension, a large amount of energy is absorbed!

……

Inside the ground command center, there was utter silence.

The scene before us is far too shocking for current human civilization!

Sorry, kids, I think I accidentally broke one of your detectors.

I'm sorry, but I've lost control of my body.

Please give me a reply as soon as possible.

A line of information from [Painting] flashed in the holographic projection to the side.

"This is a threat!"

From the command center's communication channel came Zhao Zijie's voice slamming on the table: "Damn it!"