Volume 16 Tower of Babel Chapter 949: Ze Luo Awakens
"How to transfer? Move it to Yagunakotor like moving things?" Ke Lan pulled the corner of his mouth and put on a helpless smile.
The Ark has analyzed less than one percent of the technologies left behind by the Alpha civilization. Perhaps the undead crew members know more secrets, but this does not mean that they can digest all of the technological heritage of the Alpha civilization.
Especially the space-time technology, which is at the top of the Alpha civilization's technology tree... If the immortal crew members could really master this technology, they would have stuffed the folded space into the Ark long ago.
At least, the area where they live will definitely be independent... But Ze Luo told Ke Lan a long time ago that there are no abnormal space areas on the Ark.
Apart from the Tower of Babel, the only culmination of the Alpha civilization's space technology is Yagunakotor. However, the progress of the survey of Yagunakotor can be described as snail's pace. In a few months, the joint exploration team could only barely establish three outposts in the ecological zone named "Block No. 1".
After the battle of the Ancient Bronze City Ruins, the survey of Yaguna Tor almost came to a standstill - on the one hand, it was because materials and manpower had to be supplied first to the reconstruction of the Ark; on the other hand, all the parties involved in the exploration, especially the Ye family consortium, almost all family members were killed and their foundation was severely damaged. Ye Yan, who suffered a heavy blow, became directly autistic and had no intention of exploring.
According to estimates by professionals, based on the progress of exploration before the Battle of the Ancient Bronze City Ruins, it would take at least fifteen to twenty years to complete the survey of the entire Yaguna Tor... As for absorbing the technology on the ship for one's own use, that would not be something that could be accomplished in one or two generations.
"Those original energies are sealed in independent small spaces. Of course, these small spaces are absolutely forbidden areas for humans. If you enter these small spaces directly, even with your current physical strength, you will be crushed directly... Not only your body, but also your consciousness will be erased. From the body to the soul, the whole person will be completely wiped out." said the owner of the hive.
"I roughly understand what's going on." Ke Lan nodded, "These energies are like high voltage electricity. The human body that needs to be transformed is equivalent to a household appliance that can only withstand a voltage of 220 volts, and the God's Coffin acts as a transformer..."
If the violent high voltage electricity is directly transmitted to household appliances, there is no doubt that the appliances will burn directly. If you want to use this electricity, you must use a transformer to reduce the voltage before charging the appliances...
The God's Coffin even uses a "trickle charging" mode to infuse these original energies little by little into the individual undergoing transformation. If the output power exceeds the standard slightly, it will lead to failure.
As for this safety threshold, it was discovered bit by bit through countless failures... The birth of the "Seed of Corrosion" was preceded by 49,665 failed experiments, and Ke Lan couldn't even imagine how many failed experiments there were in the Coffin of God.
Fortunately, by the time the undead crew obtained the Coffin of God, all the data had been debugged by the Alpha Civilization, and they successfully concocted the "body" with terrifying powers... But even so, there seemed to be some deviations in the experimental results.
"No... there is no safety threshold at all." A voice in Ke Lan's head said, "If the output power is really kept below the safety threshold, then human civilization will never be able to reach a new height... Every experiment is challenging a new limit, and the value that symbolizes the output power of the God's Coffin must be constantly rising... Learning lessons and gaining experience from failure is the way for civilization to survive... Even if every failure may lead to the destruction of the entire civilization."
"During the existence of Alpha civilization, they collected a total of forty-five units of 'original energy'. Among them, about twenty units of original energy were consumed in experiments, and the remaining twenty-five units were all sealed at the top of the Tower of Babel. If these original energies were fired as cannonballs, they would be enough to destroy a low-level clan civilization." said the owner of the nest city.
"My goodness, the Alpha civilization is making a fortune in silence... They haven't even reached the qualifications to become a clan, but they have already obtained weapons that can destroy a clan civilization." Ke Lan couldn't help but complain.
"When humans had not yet mastered the art of obtaining energy through nuclear fusion, hadn't they already developed hydrogen bombs based on the principle of nuclear fusion? Weapons are part of a civilization's strength, but they do not fully represent the technological level of that civilization. Moreover, these source energies come from beings of that level. For the Alpha civilization to obtain these source energies is like a barbarian picking up a Tsar bomb on the side of the road."
"But the 'enemy' targeted by these barbarians is the one who used the Tsar Bomb as a firecracker..." Ke Lan shrugged with a wry smile, "Although I have said it many times, I still have to sigh that the gap between humans and Him is really too big, so big that I don't know what words or metaphors to use to describe it appropriately."
"Are you desperate?"
"It would be a lie to say I'm not desperate." Ke Lan said truthfully, "In my opinion, the feasibility of the plan designated by the Night Watch is infinitely close to zero..."
"In fact, there are many people in the Night Watch who believe that human civilization will never see the dawn... Many people have gone mad, and some have even chosen to commit suicide. But no matter whether they are mad or dead, they did not tell these secrets until the last moment, because there are still people who insist on persisting. Even if they see a glimmer of hope, they still struggle in the darkness."
" There's a saying that the night before dawn is the most difficult to endure. But now it's still a long way from dawn, and it's even just nightfall, and the Alpha civilization has already been outlasted... To be honest, I don't think we can hold on for much longer." Ke Lan shook his head.
"So do you want to give up?" asked the nest master. His tone was calm, with neither anger nor ridicule, as if he was really seeking Ke Lan's opinion.
"It's not like we should give up yet. We have to try... No matter how bad the situation is, or how dark the expected outcome is, we have to try if there's a chance... There's another saying I like, 'try everything possible'... What if, by some chance, it really does come back to life? Just because the feasibility is infinitely close to zero doesn't mean it's zero. I think that's why the Night's Watch persisted, right?"
"...Your character is quite suitable for becoming a night watchman."
"You've told me so much, are you testing me?" Ke Lan scratched his head and asked.
"No, I'm just stating the facts. There's no need for me to hide anything from you. If you really choose to give up on this plan because it's too difficult and the success rate is too low, then I won't force you to carry it out." said the hive master.
"Then I was almost scared off." Ke Lan grinned, rubbed his numb legs, and stood up. "By the way, let me ask you an irrelevant question - you said that when the Alpha civilization used the God's Coffin for experiments, it consumed 20 units of original energy. How much did my body consume?"
"About 0.0002 units." The hive master replied immediately.
"Zero point zero zero two?" Ke Lan was stunned for half a second, "Aren't these zeros a bit too many?"
"This is an amazing transformation speed. After all, this body has only been in the God's Coffin for a few decades. This speed would have been unimaginable tens of thousands of years ago. The actions of the undead crew were nothing short of risky... but they made the right bet. The body successfully absorbed the original energy and merged with you."
"No... Actually, I think that body should have been prepared for them, but I just happened to get it." Ke Lan said, "This is not the result they expected."
"You may have overlooked one thing... The leader of this plan is not a member of the Undead Crew, but The Fool." The Hive Master spoke a little slower. "The Fool realized long ago that the corruption of some members of the Undead Crew has exceeded the safety threshold, so he will not reveal his plan to others... He will not believe anyone except himself. The other members of the Undead Crew are all pawns used by him... Perhaps, from the perspective of the Undead Crew, the plan seems to have deviated, but from the perspective of the Fool, everything is still moving according to the original track."
"So in the Fool's plan, this body was originally prepared for me to absorb?" Ke Lan narrowed his eyes and rubbed his hands together for a few times... He could feel that this body was strange but with a hint of familiarity, as if this power had belonged to him a long time ago.
Was it the consciousness hidden in the body that influenced his thinking? Or was it that the thought originally belonged to him?
"Okay, after talking so much, let's get back to the point. How can I transfer the original energy equivalent to 125,000 times my own energy to Yaguna Kator? Without the God's Coffin as a 'transformer', if I even touch it slightly, it will be reduced to ashes in an instant, right?"
"That's not necessary. The spaces used to store the original energy are equipped with safety devices, so the internal energy will not leak out easily. You just need to move the entire space fragment to the interior of Yaguna Kator." The host of the nest said, "This process requires the use of space ability-"
"But I can't use my ability casually. If I attract the attention of that existence, everything will be over." Ke Lan frowned.
"Zeluo's ability will not attract His attention. It is most appropriate to let her complete this task." The owner of the hive city gave a solution.
"I know Ze Luo is the best candidate, so do you have a way to wake her up?" Ke Lan took out a black sphere from his pocket - his body was almost completely destroyed before. In order to prevent Ze Luo from getting hurt, Ke Lan took off the "armor" that Ze Luo transformed into from his body and rolled it into a sphere the size of an egg.
Ze Luo's consciousness seemed to have fallen into a complete sleep, even the communication between her and Ke Lan was completely cut off, and her body became like a piece of clay... To be precise, it was in the "black asphalt" state like when Ke Lan first saw her.
"Zero was created by the Alpha Civilization as a 'secret weapon'. In order to ensure that these secret weapons are not discovered by that existence, the preset self-protection mechanism will make them enter a dormant or even suspended animation state when they sense the power left by that existence. As long as she stays away from this place, she will be able to recover as before."
"The top of the Tower of Babel...?"
"If the power of that existence is considered pollution, then the top of the Tower of Babel should be the cleanest place on the planet." said the master of the hive.
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Just as the master of the nest city said, not long after Ke Lan entered the top of the Tower of Babel, the black ball automatically came out of his pocket, hovered in the air, slowly expanded, and then condensed into a human shape... Within a few breaths, the familiar three-no girl stood in front of Ke Lan again.
"Put on your clothes." Ke Lan avoided her gaze at the flawless white body and said expressionlessly.
"There's no one else here." Ze Luo said naturally.
The girl stretched her body, and the beautiful scenery kept leaking in from the corner of Ke Lan's eyes... He couldn't help but feel a slight itch in his nose, and reached out to touch it quickly - fortunately, this body would not easily bleed from the nose, and the itch should be the remnant of an illusion produced in the subconscious.
"Even if there are no other people around, you still have to wear clothes." Ke Lan said in a stern tone, "Even primitive people knew to use leaves and animal skins to cover their bodies. Since you want to integrate into human civilization, you must accept the ethical and moral concepts of human society... I say it again, put on your clothes."
"But, when you and Zofia were together, you were often naked. Doesn't this go against the ethical and moral concepts of human society?" Although Ze Luo refuted, she still obediently conjured up a black dress to cover that perfect body .
"That is... the most normal reproductive behavior between biological individuals..." Ke Lan wanted to explain, but she found that although Ze Luo's face was still cold, there was a sly smile in her eyes. She immediately knew that she was being teased by her and could only glare at her fiercely.
"Although I think human civilization is very interesting, sometimes you are really a bit hypocritical." Ze Luo said, "Obviously this skirt is also a part of my body..."
"Shut up, I beg you." Ke Lan sighed, "Why do you seem to talk more after a nap?"
