Volume 3 Chapter 148 Intercepting the Cleansers
Library is one of the symbols of the development of civilization.
Maybe the names are different in each civilization, but the functions are the same.
Soon Lin Xu found the library in the current city, and Bai Xing copied all the information in it.
At the same time, Bai Xing also connected to the global Internet on this planet and retrieved all public information.
and the location of the national database was determined.
Although the database is physically isolated from the outside world.
But this doesn't bother Bai Xing.
By using nanorobots to establish a connection channel, it is easy to get all the data in the database.
The database's defense mechanism wasn't even triggered.
The gap in civilization is really too huge. In Bai Xing's view, Gu Mogang's database defense mechanism is like a child's building blocks and can be easily bypassed.
"Did you find anything useful?" Lin Xu, who was standing on the side of the road and watching another grand parade celebrating the coming of the Son of God, asked Bai Xing.
At the same time, Nanzhu beside Lin Xu was already jumping around and perfectly blending into the carnival atmosphere, the only thing missing was her tail and fox ears showing.
Even Lu Yao was infected by the atmosphere and cheered from time to time.
In other words, Miss Qiu and Mu Xiyue were, as always, not disturbed by the external atmosphere.
"The data and information related to the Holy Father have been searched, and no specific records of contact between the native civilization and humans have been found, nor is there any relevant evidence that the Cleansers look at the native civilization differently because of this." Bai Xing replied.
"What else?" Lin Xu continued to ask calmly as he looked at the parade passing by.
"We found video footage of the Blessing Festival and the Advent of the Son of God over the past two thousand years. According to the records, when the Son of God came, the local civilization sent out spacecraft to try to contact the Cleansers, but in fact there was no record of any contact. It was as if the Cleansers just came to take a look and left without saying a word. They also treated the spacecraft sent by the local civilization as nothing."
"Two thousand years?" Lin Xu noticed something.
"Yes, two thousand years ago, the local civilization had already entered the digital age where digital video data could be left behind, so the database contains video data of the Son of God's coming two thousand years ago. However, at that time, the local civilization could only send out a small spaceship to try to contact the Cleansing Fleet, but the Cleansing Fleet left before it flew far from the planet."
"Then one thousand years ago, the Son of God descended again. At that time, the local civilization was able to send out a fleet to engage in close contact with the Cleansing Fleet, but there was no response either."
"The last one was the one a few days ago. The Cleaner also didn't respond."
"They have entered the space age for two thousand years and have developed controlled nuclear fusion technology. So how is the research on the curvature engine going?" Lin Xu asked.
"According to the records in the database, the local civilization does not have the relevant technology for curvature engines." Shirahoshi replied.
"This is normal, right? Isn't it said that the curvature engine technology itself is a big filter? I remember that in the Milky Way, only those who have mastered the curvature engine technology can be considered advanced civilizations and have the ability to navigate the Milky Way at will. Many civilizations have not developed the curvature engine technology even after tens of thousands of years in the nuclear age." Lu Yao next to him interrupted.
"No, Miss Lu Yao, the local civilization not only does not have the curvature engine technology, but also has not conducted any research related to the curvature engine technology." Unexpectedly, Bai Xing was the first to refute.
"No relevant research has been conducted?" Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
Given the difficulty of the curvature engine, many civilizations have not been able to develop it for tens of thousands of years, or even until their demise, so it is normal that they have not been able to develop it.
But it would be abnormal without research.
This shows that this civilization has not invested any research resources in the curvature engine at all.
Just like the Earth in the 21st century, everyone is researching controlled nuclear fusion. Even though it has never been successful, the research is still ongoing.
However, this civilization has not even conducted research on curvature engines.
It seems as if research in this direction has been completely abolished.
In other words, relevant research in this direction is prohibited.
"Can you find the ban? The ban on research related to the curvature engine?" Lin Xu asked.
"There is no clear ban, but all cutting-edge research projects related to the curvature engine cannot be approved, and the research can only be stagnant." Bai Xing searched again at the fastest speed and replied.
"So, although there is no relevant ban on research related to the curvature engine, it is actually banned." Lin Xu nodded slowly.
“So, this civilization is destroying its own martial arts just to let the Cleansers let them go?” Lu Yao on the side also suddenly realized.
Then he asked doubtfully, "So if the Cleansers let this place go, it has nothing to do with the local civilization's worship of humans?"
"Maybe it really has nothing to do with worshipping humans, but we still can't explain how the native civilization here knows about the existence of humans? We also don't know why the native civilization knows that as long as they don't develop curvature navigation technology, the Cleansers will let them go." Lin Xu shook his head and said.
"Could it be that the Cleaner told them?" Lu Yao guessed.
"But during the several advents over the past two thousand years, the Cleansers did not pass on any information to them, unless this civilization hid the information they received and did not store it in the national database." Lin Xu was thinking about various possibilities.
Nanzhu, who had been immersed in the carnival atmosphere, looked at Lin Xu's frowning face, then looked at the laughing crowd in the parade in front of him, as well as the colorful ribbons that were sprayed from time to time around and hung on the people in the parade, and everyone looked laughing.
Nanzhu rolled his eyes and winked at Mu Xiyue. Mu Xiyue hesitated for a moment but still nodded.
Then Nanzhu pounced directly on Lin Xu, pulled Lin Xu and rushed into the crowd. Mu Xiyue took the opportunity to push Lin Xu from behind.
The two of them worked together and brought Lin Xu into the revelry crowd.
"Lord Lin Xu, it's a rare opportunity, so let's have fun together. Let's worry about those troubles later." Nanzhu's fox ears hidden under her hair would occasionally point out a little, but she would quickly hide them again.
The blonde girl smiled as brightly as a flower, her face full of youthfulness. She hugged Lin Xu's arm tightly and took him into the revelry crowd.
On the other side was Mu Xiyue, who was usually very reserved, but in the warm atmosphere, she rarely smiled.
Lin Xu also laughed.
Well, now it's time to party, so let's not think about those annoying things for now.
In this way, Lin Xu also began to enjoy the festive atmosphere.
As the crowd moved and cheered, a holographic projection appeared in the sky, showing the journey of this civilization and this nation from ancient times.
Lin Xu was also filled with emotion as he watched. He could only say that it is not easy for any civilization to develop.
And at this moment, the explanation in the sky moved on to myths and legends.
According to legend, the Son of God came in ancient times and left behind a stone tablet with three rules, which was an agreement with the ancient ancestors.
Looking at the ancient Mogang people who seemed to be still in the Stone Age appearing in the sky , wearing animal skins, kneeling on the mountains, meeting the Son of God who descended from the sky and drove a huge sky boat, and taking the stone slab in the Son of God's hand.
Lin Xu suddenly thought of something.
"Bai Xing, have you ever investigated myths and legends?" Lin Xu asked.
"There are too many stories in mythology that are imagined and woven out of thin air." Shirahoshi replied.
"But could there be a truth hidden in the myth? For example, could the stone slab with the three rules really exist?" Lin Xu asked.
"I will investigate all the museums and everything related to the ancient stone slabs." Bai Xing replied.
Lin Xu also wanted to go to the museum in person, but when he saw Nanzhu still jumping for joy, he hesitated.
At this time, Nanzhu pounced on him again, hugged him and spoke directly.
"Master Lin Xu, let's go to the museum!"
"Aren't you going to play anymore?" Lin Xu asked puzzledly.
"Well, we've almost had enough fun. It will be the same if we continue playing. Besides, business is more important. I can still tell the priorities." Nanzhu looked at Lin Xu with an expression that said, "Am I great?"
"Okay, let's go." Lin Xu reached out and rubbed her head.
Just like that, the group quietly disappeared among the revelry crowd.
Covered in optical camouflage, they soon arrived at the largest national museum in the capital of the Republic of Gumogang.
It is said that the most precious cultural relics in the entire Gumogang are collected here, and many unique pieces can only be found here.
When Lin Xu and his party arrived, Bai Xing had already obtained the database information in the museum, from which he had found the record of the stone tablet that the Son of God made an agreement with mortals in ancient times.
It is collected in this national museum.
It was never exhibited, but was always treated as a treasure and kept in the museum's safe.
"I never thought that things in mythology actually exist." Lu Yao said in a strange tone.
"The so-called myths do not come out of thin air. Even if there are fabricated parts, at least some of them are true. Of course, the premise is that the civilization is ancient enough and pragmatic enough, and it does not take dreams as facts." Nanzhu explained while shaking his head.
"For example?" Lu Yao asked.
"For example, the largest country in the universe." Nanzhu replied .
"Cough cough." Lin Xu on the side almost choked.
"I understand. You are talking about a country on Earth in the past. I understand." Lu Yao looked enlightened.
"Huh? You know all this? I thought you didn't know." Nanzhu looked surprised.
"You forgot that I have played many games from that era. Of course I know this meme. But how did you know it?" Lu Yao was puzzled.
"That was the era when Lord Lin Xu lived. I must learn more about it." Nanzhu said as a matter of course.
As the two were chatting, the group had successfully invaded the museum and found the location of the safe.
It was an easy task for Lin Xu and his team .
Until now, the staff on duty in the monitoring room are still watching the normal interior scenes of the museum.
But in fact, Lin Xu and his companions had already walked in swaggeringly without being noticed by anyone.
As for the safe with a physical lock, it was also easily pried open.
Lin Xu and his companions walked around the precious cultural relics preserved in the museum and came to the stone slab.
I could clearly see the words engraved on the stone slab.
It is Chinese characters.
But it's just a few simple phrases.
There is no real meaning.
At the same time, just by getting close to the stone slab, Lin Xu felt the same material used on the stone slab as the Cleaner Armor.
Bai Xing then conducted a test and also confirmed that the material of the stone slab was a simplified version of nanorobots.
At the same time, Bai Xing also read the data from the stone tablet.
That’s right, this stone slab is more like a hard drive, and the words engraved on its surface are more like a ritual.
The data recorded inside the slate is the most important.
"What does the data record?" Lin Xu asked.
"It records the agreement between the Cleanser, who calls himself the Second Son of Humanity, and the native civilization."
"This data lists all the future research directions of civilization, and the prohibited parts are all related to curvature navigation."
"At that time, this civilization was still in the Stone Age, right? To put it bluntly, it was just a group of primitive people, right? To agree with primitive people on the future direction of scientific and technological research?" Nanzhu widened his eyes, looking incredulous.
"But that's what the Cleansers did. As early as four thousand years ago, they agreed with the local civilization on the future research direction, and at the same time informed the local civilization that if it violated the agreement, it would be cleansed. At the same time, the Cleansers would patrol every thousand years to determine whether the local civilization had abided by the agreement." Shirahoshi explained.
"But why did the Cleansers have to make such an agreement with this native civilization? The Cleansers didn't make such an agreement with the previous exile fleet, nor with the destroyed civilization we encountered?" Nanzhu asked in confusion.
"Is there really something special about this civilization?" Lu Yao brought up the matter again.
"I think that the destroyed civilization and exile fleet we encountered before may have made similar agreements with the Cleansers in ancient times." Lin Xu thought about it and spoke.
"That can't be possible. The database clearly states that the destroyed civilization encountered other advanced civilizations after they developed the curvature engine and started long-distance voyages. Only then did they learn about the Cleansers. They had no idea about it before that." Nanzhu raised the question.
"Yes, they don't know, but is it possible that they have forgotten it long ago?" Lin Xu nodded, then shook his head.
"Forgot?" Nanzhu was stunned.
"How many civilizations on Earth still have memories of ancient times? Most civilizations have already lost themselves in the long time. Some were ruled by religion and shattered the legends left by their ancestors. Even if some still remember the ancient legends, the colonists had already smashed the stone slabs of civilization, and only a few legends are left." Lin Xu sighed.
“So, the Exile Fleet and the destroyed civilization may have made an agreement with the Cleansers in ancient times, but they had already smashed their own stone slabs in the development of civilization. Even if there is still some memory of the legend, without the data in the stone slabs to support it, after they developed, they would probably just regard it as an ordinary myth.” Nanzhu said in a daze.
"Yes, it is extremely difficult to preserve the stone slabs throughout the development of civilization. They had to go through a long period of time until computers were available to read the data on the stone slabs, so that they could understand the warning from the Cleansers. Otherwise, it would only be passed down by word of mouth, and without the stone slabs to support it, I'm afraid the myth would have been distorted in the process of transmission." Lin Xu nodded.
"What about the Holy Father of mankind?" Nanzhu asked again.
"There are some records about humans in the stone slab's database. Plus, the Cleanser calls himself the second son of humans, so it's not surprising that humans and the Cleanser are respectively honored as the Holy Father and the Holy Son. The origin of everything comes from this stone slab." Lin Xu reached out and stroked the stone slab that had gone through the years, feeling a little emotional.
Although this stone slab is made of simplified nanorobots, the nanorobots are not tightly aggregated together, forming a structure that is very similar to rock.
Natural weathering over time will not affect the data storage inside unless the slate is completely destroyed.
In fact, it is very easy to destroy the stone slab because the strength of this stone slab is not much stronger than real stone.
"Why did the cleansers back then leave behind such a stone slab that can be easily destroyed? If the stone slab could not be destroyed, wouldn't it be able to be preserved forever as a warning to future generations?" Nanzhu asked puzzled.
"Maybe this is also a test!" Lin Xu thought about it and could only come to this conclusion.
"But what exactly are the Cleansers testing? What is their purpose?" Lu Yao asked puzzled.
"We may have to find out the purpose of the Cleanser ourselves." Lin Xu withdrew his hand from the stone slab.
"Lord Lin Xu, aren't we going to take this stone slab away?" Nanzhu asked with his ears shaking.
Since leaving the street and sneaking into the museum, Nanzhu's ears and tail are finally free again and no longer have to be hidden.
"No, let's leave it to them! The data has been read, and this thing is of no use to us, but for them it is proof of the existence of civilization and a precious historical relic." Lin Xu shook his head and said.
"Are we leaving then?" Nanzhu nodded and asked.
"We have almost finished investigating everything. Let's take a look at the feedback from the other two planets. If there is no new information, it's time for us to leave." Lin Xu nodded.
Soon, Lin Xu and his team, who had completed the preliminary investigation, returned to the Skylark.
At this time, the autonomous mechanical aggregate sent by White Star had already infiltrated the other two planets and obtained a lot of intelligence.
However, this information is nothing new and is already known.
There is no new thing like slate in existence.
Four thousand years ago, only the fourth planet in this galaxy had civilization. The civilizations on the other two planets were developed after the people on the fourth planet immigrated there after developing aerospace technology.
Apparently, the only people the Cleansers had contact with four thousand years ago were the ancestors of the Gumogang Republic.
Four thousand years have passed, and the descendants of the ancient Mogang people still stand at the pinnacle of civilization on this planet. This is the luck of this civilization.
Otherwise, the slab would have been smashed by the conquerors long ago.
Just like everything the Spanish did in America.
Intelligent beings brainwashed by religion have always been so stupid.
"Have you determined the direction and coordinates of the cleaner when he left?" Lin Xu asked on the Skylark.
"The jump information of the Cleaner when he left has been scanned, and the next jump direction and coordinates of the Cleaner can be determined." Bai Xing replied.
"Open the space channel and continue chasing to see what the Cleaner will do next." Lin Xu said.
"Lord Lin Xu, should we get ahead of the Cleaners?" Nanzhu on the side suggested after thinking for a moment.
"Go to the front? You mean to block the cleaners in the front? But we don't know their subsequent route." Lin Xu shook his head and said.
"Shirahoshi, where is the target of the cleaner this time?" Nanzhu asked.
"The Cleaner's target is a galaxy fifty light years away." Bai Xing replied.
"Is that the closest galaxy to here?" Nanzhu continued to ask.
"Yes, it is the closest galaxy to here." Bai Xing replied.
Lin Xu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what Nanzhu meant.
So without waiting for Nanzhu to continue asking, he spoke directly.
"Where is the nearest galaxy to the galaxy fifty light years away?" Lin Xu asked.
It is obvious that the Cleansers are cleansing one galaxy after another, so it is not impossible to get ahead of the Cleansers.
"A galaxy eighty light years away." Bai Xing replied.
"Then the coordinates of this jump are determined to be a galaxy eighty light years away. Let's go there and see if we can stop the Cleansers." Lin Xu decided.
"Your will, human Lin Xu." Bai Xing replied.
As Shirahoshi answered, the space jump channel in front of the Skylark opened.
At the same time, space folding continued in the channel.
Two and a half days passed quickly.
The space folding in the space jump channel has reached eighty light years away.
So the Skylark drove straight into the space jump channel.
In the blink of an eye, it crossed a distance of eighty light years and arrived at the outskirts of a galaxy eighty light years away.
"How is it? Has the cleaner arrived?" Lin Xu asked a little nervously at this time.
Soon, feedback from hyperspace radar and quantum radar arrived.
"There is no sign of the Cleansers arriving in the galaxy ahead. The Cleansers have not arrived yet." Bai Xing replied.
