Cataclysmic Era: I can unlock the tech tree

A few hours later.

The hour hand of the holographic clock on the wall points to the number 3.

As night deepened, fewer and fewer researchers remained in the laboratory.

Lu Yongchang stood motionless in front of the giant holographic projection, his eyes fixed on the black mass in the center of the image.

It remains unmoved in the face of all kinds of ever-evolving observation and detection methods used by humankind.

During the past few hours of testing, it simply hovered quietly in the core area of ​​the restraint device, silently "watching" the pointless actions of the "ants" around it.

"How arrogant..."

Lu Yongchang's lips moved slightly as he murmured to himself.

Yes, that is arrogance.

This arrogant statement refers not only to the black substance located in the core area, but also to the seventh-dimensional being who calls himself "Painting"!

It makes no attempt to conceal its core area within the restraints, openly exposing it to humans.

It's as if it's convinced that humans cannot and dare not disassemble this device!

In fact,

It was indeed correct.

As it predicted, human civilization is indeed unable, and even less willing, to dismantle this unknown constraint.

Even the surrounding gravity shields couldn't be broken!

Lu Yongchang clenched his back teeth hard, a sense of frustration slowly welling up from the depths of his heart.

Human civilization is still too weak.

"Yongchang, let's rest first."

Fang Xu's voice rang out in the quiet laboratory: "The test results for the gravity shield will take quite some time to come out."

Lü Yongchang nodded and stared at the holographic projection for a while longer.

Then, he sighed softly and turned to walk towards the laboratory door.

With the departure of Lü Yongchang and Fang Xu, the already empty laboratory became even more deserted.

Gradually, the lights in the laboratory went out one by one, leaving only the giant holographic projection and a few lights from some experimental equipment.

……

Near the ice giant.

Inside the small starship surrounded by a dozen or so planetary-level [Golden Crow] battleships, robots under Zero's control diligently continued their various tasks.

suddenly.

A sudden change occurred.

Within the core area of ​​the restraint device, the previously calm black matter began to churn.

This scene quickly caught Zero's attention.

Almost at the same moment, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the Academy of Sciences.

Lu Yongchang lay on the bed and slowly closed his eyes.

He was preparing to go to the Tech Tree space again.

Perhaps, with the "overclocking" ability brought by the tech tree space, he will be able to capture some inspiration about gravity and dark matter.

A slight movement of consciousness.

When he came to his senses again, he was already in the familiar fluorescent green space.

As always, the fluorescent green space was incredibly tranquil, and a technology tree outlined in bright white lines slowly appeared before his eyes.

The tree of the science tree had sparse leaves, and a thick fog shrouded its top, obscuring Lü Yongchang's view.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

A piercing alarm sounded from infinity, growing louder and louder, abruptly pulling him out of the tech tree space.

Lü Yongchang suddenly opened his eyes.

The once dark room was now as bright as day, with a holographic projection flashing red light appearing above the bed.

"Professor, the restraints are malfunctioning."

Accompanied by the electronically synthesized sound of zero, real-time observation images quickly appeared in the holographic projection.

Upon seeing the black substance whose surface was constantly fluctuating and exuding a dangerous aura, Lü Yongchang's somewhat bewildered expression instantly vanished.

He rolled out of bed and hastily put on the clothes hanging at the head of the bed.

"Zero, notify everyone to assemble immediately at Laboratory One!"

……

First Laboratory.

Before Lü Yongchang even entered the laboratory, he heard Fang Xu's stern questioning voice.

"Is there a problem with the restraints?" Fang Xu asked with a grim face. "Who was the last person to leave the lab?"

"Academician Fang, it's me," a researcher said anxiously. "When I left, the restraint device showed no abnormalities!"

"You can check the operation log; we followed all the procedures."

Fang Xu's voice did not continue; clearly, he was checking the operation log.

Lü Yongchang stepped forward, and the slightly ajar laboratory door quickly opened.

"Yongchang?"

Hearing the strange noise from the door, Fang Xu, who was checking the operation records, quickly turned around, greeted Lü Yongchang, and then reported urgently to his supervisor: "According to the operation records, the abnormality should not be caused by human factors."

Lu Yongchang nodded slightly, quickly went to the holographic projection, and looked up to check the various real-time parameters on the screen.

"The gravity shield shows no abnormalities."

"The fusion reactor's output power is also not abnormal."

With just one glance, Lü Yongchang's brows furrowed deeply: "Even the strong magnetic field didn't cause any problems..."

Based on various data, the current restraint devices are no different from those used a few hours ago.

But to the naked eye, it is clearly not that simple.

suddenly.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the black substance returned to calm once more.

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, another strange phenomenon occurred.

A thin gray line slowly emerged from the black substance.

Calling it a thin thread wouldn't be accurate.

To the naked eye, it looks more like a very narrow strip of paper.

It is long and wide, but not tall.

Looking at this "familiar" scene, Lü Yongchang felt a chill run down his spine.

A chill ran down his spine, and he blurted out instinctively, "[A painting]?!"

"Isn't it dead?!" Fang Xu's terrified voice rang out at the same time!

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the gray stripe extended rapidly.

"Anomaly detected in the gravity shield."

As the electronic synthesized sound rang out, the gray "paper strip" easily "passed" through the extremely strong gravity shield, like a drop of water quietly dripping onto the deck of the small starship!

The moment the "note" fell, it covered the white deck!

The gray area is spreading rapidly!

In just a moment, the interior of the originally white starship was covered in gray!

Through the camera, it can be clearly seen that this gray color, using the starship deck as a springboard, quickly spreads to the robot's body.

The entire process was completed almost instantly.

Let alone Lü Yongchang, even Ling didn't react in time!

"warn!"

"Control of Experimental Robot Type II has been lost!"

"warn!"

"Starship control has been lost!"

"warn……"

A series of bright red warnings popped up on the holographic screen.

The bright red light shone directly on everyone's faces, making their expressions appear even more ashen.

Lu Yongchang's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and he opened his mouth, but no words came out.

problem occurs!

Only these three words came to mind.

"Attempting to disconnect the connection..."

A slightly stiff, synthesized electronic voice rang out in the laboratory, waking everyone present.

"Warning! Cut-off failed!"

The cold, electronic synthesized voice struck everyone's hearts like a sledgehammer.