Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

In a cave a few kilometers down, there was a bright light.

Dragging the dormant compartment with a rope, a figure took a heavy step forward step by step.

This dormant compartment mounted on a spacecraft has escape properties and has a stand-alone power module that does not require an external power supply. Fortunately, General Reinhardt did not carry any food or supplies on board, but fortunately did not dismantle the facilities that belonged to the ship.

Otherwise, there's no way out.

“It should be far enough… here it is. ”

Speaking to himself, the ship removed the locator from its suit and placed it under this dormant compartment.

Man can only survive in a vacuum for thirty seconds.

Mild, reversible, pain-free swelling of the skin and subcutaneous tissue began in the tenth second until unconsciousness began in the fifteenth second. Considering that Mars was not an absolute vacuum, and that concentrations of carbon dioxide still existed underground, he should be able to persist for a longer time.

But for caution, it's better to complete all the steps in as little as 10 seconds as possible...

To facilitate rapid access, the Ark injected itself with a spare X-0172 bacterial culture in advance before removing the suit.

Each astronaut will be equipped with one that can enter a state of false death in extreme environments to reduce oxygen and energy consumption and buy time for rescue.

Waiting quietly for the effect, the ark lined up its lower mouth and sat beside it holding the dormant compartment that had been opened.

“Actually, there's one thing I've been meaning to ask you. ”

“Ask. ”

“So I just asked, what the hell are you now? ”

After hearing this, the communication channel was quiet for a while.

Seems to be thinking seriously about this question, and it took about half a minute for Reinhardt to answer.

“Probably a memory. ”

“… a memory? ”

“It is said that by copying all the memories of a person, one can theoretically create another. ”

A slight surprise appeared on the face of the ark.

“Can such a thing really be done? ”

“Those people can. ”

The Ark knows who he's talking about.

The civilizations that sent strange drops to warn the whole universe, and then, at the time of the "natural disaster”, took in all the refugees fleeing to the heart of the galaxy and brought them together into the void.

Thinking of this, the ark was silent for a while and asked.

“Do you know what a natural disaster is? ”

“I don't know. Not even the observers are as obscene about that crisis. Perhaps they think this is the most likely way to survive a natural disaster after calculation. But I suggest you don't think too much, you better think about how to live first. ”

There was a hint of pity in that voice.

But more, still indifferent.

He heard it sharply and the ark grinned.

“You seem, don't you want me to get out alive? ”

“No,” Reinhardt replied faintly, "in fact, neither you nor the human civilization behind you have anything to do with me. And I'm only here to fulfill what's in the contract. ”

“From the moment I arrived in the heart of the galaxy, my destiny no longer belonged to me, and everything I had was firmly bound to the void. I am willing to keep my promises, but that does not mean that I am happy with what has been laid out. ”

Ark: “So it doesn't matter to you at all? ”

“I guess so, anyway, my civilization has been destroyed. ”

The communication channel was quiet for a while.

After a long silence, the ark took a deep breath and closed its eyes.

“… I'm sorry for what happened to you, but I don't want to give up. ”

His throat moved and he continued.

“There are people on Earth waiting for me. ”

There was a gentle sigh in the ear.

“Then why did you choose this path? I gave you the opportunity to choose from the beginning. ”

“Because my civilization has not yet been destroyed," he opened his eyes and looked into the dormant compartment next to him, and the ark was silent for a while, continuing, "What do I want to do before the natural disaster strikes? ”

“Is that a good reason? ”

The sound was silent for a while.

“Okay.”

“I accept your bets. ”

“Anyway, I have nothing else to do. If you succeed, I will walk you through the rest of your journey until the end of your life...”

……

Twenty-four hours have passed since the collapse of the gates of Hell.

The last development on the official website of the Office of the Attacker remains the photograph of the Mars vehicle taken yesterday as the diplomatic corps of human civilization departed from its base on Mars.

In more than twenty hours, there has been such a catastrophe, and yet there has been no news.

Even people with nerve bars feel a little unusual.

The office of manned fire was silent and the Jinling Space Launch Center declined the interview. The collective silence of the relevant units allowed various rumours to fly through the sky at one time.

Some say that the talks broke down, causing the aliens to fire their weapons and to blow up the gates of Hell on Mars in order to warn human civilization.

It was also said that there was no extraterrestrial civilization at all, but that the diplomatic corps triggered the organ left over from the Mars civilization as it went deeper into the ruins.

That was when the world's major astronomical observatories, successively, published suspected seismic phenomena observed on the surface of Mars. This information was subsequently confirmed by the NASA Mars probe Curiosity through seismic wave sensors.

Once the news was published, the world was raging.

Forced by outside pressure and knowing that it was no longer possible to hide what had happened on Mars, the Manned Fire Office had finally been late in convening a press conference to disclose the current situation.

The ruins of Mars civilization confirm the discovery.

No clues on extraterrestrial civilizations have yet been found.

And, near the Gate of Hell Mountains, there was an earthquake of more than 9.5 magnitude.

During the earthquake, two members of the diplomatic corps disappeared.

And the list of missing persons...

Heran wrote about the ark!

……

Across the Pacific.

NASA headquarters.

Sitting in his office all night watching the news conference live, Director Carson suddenly burst out laughing when he saw the list of missing persons.

“Ha-ha-ha! God bless America! ”

However, at this moment, he was laughing wildly, suddenly he didn't catch a breath, the whole person's eyes popped out, and the laughter became a dry whimper.

Noting the change in his body, the staff and assistants beside him immediately stood up from the desk in panic and surrounded him.

“Quick, call an ambulance! ”

“Fak! He's not breathing! ”

“Give him artificial breathing! ”

“Stretcher! Drag the stretcher in! ”

The scene was filmed by reporters lurking in the doorway of NASA headquarters, when Chief Carson, who was lying on a stretcher, was finally taken to an ambulance after a busy torment.

Early the next morning, Director Carson was sent to ICU and placed on the headlines of the Wall Street Journal.

According to an assistant in the same office, after hearing about the loss of the Ark, Director Carson was saddened and fainted on the spot.

At the same time, intelligent sources revealed that during Director Carson's visit to China, the two men had once met in Jinling and, as they had done at that time, had entered into a year-long relationship.

Anyway, now that Carson is lying in the ICU, there's no proof of death, and he's just a short notice of illness. He could not be interviewed and provided with any clarification, even if it was consumed wildly by North American media and NASA colleagues.

But then again, even if he was awake, I'm afraid he wouldn't give any explanation, let alone let the reporters know that he was unconscious because he was happy to faint.

Knowledge does not exist as a nationality.

Even though he hated the man who had brought his Chinese academia to the forefront of the world, after learning of his death, Governments sent condolences to China and to Jinling.

On that day, human civilization lost a great scholar.

The whole world is in deep sorrow...