eurekapd Chapter 182 Flowers for the Wandering Earth Civilization
Chapter 182 Flowers for the Wandering Earth Civilization
Artyom was a little confused, but after thinking it over, he gripped his gun tightly and looked at the Vanguard-class Mecha No. 1.
"Upload the coordinates, we'll go take a look."
"Understood!" Pioneer-class Mecha No. 1 nodded, then looked straight ahead.
From here, the planetary engines are arranged quite densely. Just by looking around, you can find 3 to 4 huge mountain-like objects in your field of vision, their shapes hidden by the darkness.
That is the planetary engine that is illuminated by the thin starlight from the stars and is forced to reveal its shape.
Pioneer-class Mech No. 1 picked up the plasma rifle, broke through the ice, and headed towards where the drone was discovered.
The Spartan Rangers and others also quickly boarded the snow armored vehicles and advanced with the rumbling of engines and the squeaking sound of rolling over ice and snow.
......
On a cold white field representing death, a black semicircular stone tablet stands quietly. It is unknown how many years it has been here.
From the time those people built the planetary engine, or embarked on the millennium journey, in short... it witnessed everything.
Although the black stone tablet was covered with a little frost, the carvings on it were extremely clear.
The first side is engraved with the solar system, followed by the braking era, the escape era, the wandering era, and the new solar era...
This seems to be engraved with the journey that this civilization foresaw.
But there were some unexpected scars on its body.
The shells that shattered a corner of the stone tablet left behind bullet marks that seemed to form a meteorite shower targeting the Earth in different eras, and also foreshadowed the difficulty of the journey.
Just like the thousands of ice sculptures standing in front of the stone tablet, they stood in a row on the cold snowfield, all looking in the same direction, the same direction the stone tablet faced.
"Crack!" The sound of the thin ice on the surface breaking broke the century-long silence!
Two bright rays of light suddenly hit the snowy field, illuminating the sculptures and stretching their shadows very long.
The source of light.
A ten-meter-high mecha with a shell covered with frost stared blankly at the scene in front of it, as if it was in disbelief at what it saw, just like the driver.
The interior of Pioneer-class mecha No. 1.
The driver couldn't help rubbing his eyes.
A voice from the snow armored vehicle behind them came over the comms, "Calling Pioneer One! What's the situation?"
The driver swallowed hard, turned around, and responded to the four searchlights coming from behind.
"Um...Captain Artyom, I think you should come and see for yourself."
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Artyom left the snow armored vehicle and crushed the thin ice on the square layer by layer in the heavy cavalry armor weighing one ton.
He glanced down.
A long time ago, there seemed to be a solid reinforced concrete ground underneath. Through the translucent ice layer, one could see the cracks in the concrete and the exposed steel bars between the cracks.
As soon as he raised his head, Artyom was stunned.
Thousands of sculptures stand in the snowfield, and the breeze carrying frost passes through them, as if sealing them.
The sculptures all look in one direction, some of them are kneeling on the ground, while others are looking upwards, with inexplicable smiles on their faces, which makes people feel cold to the core.
But Aljob, who lives in North Asia, knows that these people were frozen to death!
When a person suffers from hypothermia syndrome, the body's functions will automatically adjust to concentrate blood supply to the brain, resulting in sufficient blood flow to the head and a red face as if drunk.
The instinctive exhalation will cause the facial muscles to freeze, making it look like a smile.
He took a deep breath of the warm air circulating inside the armor.
These people were frozen to death, and someone drove them out.
Judging by the way some of the men were looking around and opening their mouths to curse, they had been standing nearby before these men froze to death.
Artyom's heart was already shrouded in a layer of haze, and he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the gatekeeper wearing a heavy cavalry exoskeleton.
He still remembered what the president said, that the Wandering Earth world is a tenacious world, and they have the courage of more than 2000 generations in 100 to implement the Wandering Earth plan.
If they join the mutual aid association, it will bring great improvements to the mutual aid association in terms of technology and industry.
But...what is going on now?
At this time, the gatekeeper's solemn voice sounded.
"Looks like we're late."
After saying that, the gatekeeper drove the exoskeleton and walked towards the black stone tablet standing in the square.
Standing in front of the stone tablet, the gatekeeper quietly stroked the carvings on the stone tablet, speechless for a long time.
He and his original body had always believed that the timeline of the known world was at the point where the plot took place, but now it seems that this is not the case.
For example, the Doom world seems to be located at the point between Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal.
At this point in time, the Earth was invaded by demons, and the Slayer, also known as DOOM, was randomly teleported to other dimensions after obtaining the magic cauldron and clearing out the Martian base.
Now it seems that the world of The Wandering Earth is heading towards destruction. Just like in the original novel, the top leaders of the United Government were exiled to the ice field.
Although it is not known whether the rebels finally witnessed the destruction of the sun, according to observations of the starry sky, neither the sun nor the familiar solar system objects can be seen here.
The Sun may have experienced a helium flash, but what happened to these engines shutting down? Did the Wandering Earth project fail? Or did everyone die?
The gatekeeper was also a little puzzled.
However, he learned from the main body that the mission issued by the system was to save the Wandering Earth world from destruction. Hopefully, this dead planet can still be saved.
Thinking of this, the gatekeeper raised his head and suddenly noticed an ice sculpture next to the stone tablet.
Seeing the gatekeeper's reaction, Artyom quickly glanced over, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
Under the round black stone tablet, a bunch of white roses is quietly placed. After being frozen, it even reflects a crystal glow when exposed to light.
A trace of doubt flashed through Artyom's mind.
Why are these white roses placed here? If it is just a tribute to the dead in the square, only one bouquet should be placed in front of the tombstone.
It feels like... as if I am treating the black stone tablet that records the journey of this planet and this civilization as a tombstone.
Tombstone of civilization!
He raised his doubts.
The gatekeeper nodded in agreement and made a point.
"There's something wrong with this flower. It's no more than three months old. Let's do an appraisal."