Chapter 754 Server

A huge tentacle passed through the rock formations around the cave and lay in a deep ravine. It was almost two meters in diameter. Its black skin was covered with dry and cracked lines. Its appearance was like a weird train. Hao Ren could tell at a glance that the tentacle was part of the eldest son: he was very familiar with this thing.

"Sure enough... the worldview of the virtual world is based on reality. Traces of the goddess's creations are sleeping on the real planet Zhumu." Hao Ren jumped down into the ditch and carefully touched the tentacles of the eldest son that looked completely dead, "...this One tentacle should be dead, but I don’t know if there are still living tissues deep underground.”

Vivian looked around with an uneasy look on her face: "This is the refuge of the Zhumu people, and the tentacles of the eldest son have invaded this place..."

"Anyway, it seems that the Drom people have survived: at least in the virtual world." Hao Ren said as he clapped his hands and stood up. After jumping to the ground, he carefully observed the huge cave again. This cave is connected to the previous man-made super alloy corridors. It looks like an original underground cavity structure. The ceiling of the cave is reinforced with huge alloy grids and beams, and synthetic materials can also be seen poured into the surrounding rock formations. Traces of materials, it is these strengthening measures that allow these caves to persist to this day, and to persist until their final collapse even as the planet slowly disintegrates.

As they went deeper along the underground tunnel, they saw more than one such cave, some of which were natural and some of which were man-made. Some of these caves have been transformed into settlement-like styles, and some have been used to store a large amount of materials and equipment. Just like the one in front of you, you can see many empty platforms and metal frames in it. It seems that it was once a warehouse, but the storage is in The things here have long since rotted away, and no trace can be found now.

I don’t know how long it took the Drom people to build such a large-scale shelter, but judging from the form of the shelter, it seems that they did not intend to sneak into the virtual world to spend the rest of their lives - a large number of underground settlements. It shows that there were once many living people living here. It should be something that happened afterwards that made them collectively dive into a deeper and safer place: the virtual space.

Hao Ren made his own speculation based on these facts: "It was probably the invasion of the eldest son that led them to finally completely abandon the physical body in the real world."

Lily didn't say anything after hearing it, but curiously came to the eldest son's tentacle to observe its appearance. She saw that this tentacle seemed to have invaded the cave through a deliberately left opening: there was a large gate made of metal on the cave wall, like a sewer pipe, from which the tentacle got in, and the tentacle It is also lying in a ravine that seems to have been specially dug. She scratched her chin: "Why do I feel that this tentacle was deliberately put in by the Drom people?"

"Why did they put the eldest son's tentacles in?" Hao Ren also discovered the settings around the tentacles at this time, "Do they want to study it?"

Several other people looked at each other in confusion, and at this time, a shaking came from deep underground again. The vibrations and loud noises reminded everyone of the critical situation of the planet. They could only put aside the matter of their eldest son for the time being and continue to move deeper according to the navigation map sent by the data terminal.

In the following corridors, halls, and caves, they saw more eldest son tentacles, and the state of these tentacles was becoming increasingly difficult to understand.

When entering a huge man-made cavity, Hao Ren couldn't help but be surprised: "This is..."

This is a regular-shaped underground bunker, the size of which is equivalent to several football fields. Its dome is a hundred meters high and the interior is unusually wide. A large number of luminous minerals inlaid on the top of the bunker brought weak light here, and everyone could barely see what was going on inside. Hao Ren saw that this wide space was dotted with metal columns that looked like buildings. They were neatly arranged and dark in color. The metal lines on their surfaces and what might be access hatches could be vaguely seen. A large number of cables and pipes can be seen around these giant columns. These cables and pipes are extremely thick and strong, criss-crossing in the air like spider webs, and people can't help but think of the cable layout of some kind of computer room.

With the huge and complex cable network and the neatly arranged cylinders, Hao Ren and the others felt that they had found the location of the "server".

However, these "servers" are entangled with a huge number of tentacles...it can even be said to be symbiotic.

A large number of pitch-black tentacles of the eldest son hang down from the ceiling of the cave, hanging straight to a height of more than ten meters above the ground. They are neatly arranged and uniform in scale, almost like standard products coming out of the factory, and a large number of cables can be seen around each such tentacle connected to it. That standard and unified connection method is by no means accidental. Hao Ren threw a light source generator into the air. The diffuse light allowed people to clearly see the interception status of the tentacles and cables. He saw that the cables and tentacles were connected by a metal joint. One part of the connector is fixed to the cable, while the other part is embedded in the tentacles.

"It's not like... an intruder..." Lily raised her head and muttered to herself.

She saw neatly arranged metal hoops on the ceiling of the cave, with a tentacle hanging down from each metal hoop. Even with the Husky’s IQ, it can be seen that this is the result of human planning.

Elizabeth ran to a metal column in the distance. The column seemed to have been damaged in the earthquake, and part of its shell had cracked. The little devil glanced into the crack curiously and immediately shouted: "There is something in these 'servers'!"

After Hao Ren and the others went over, they discovered that the metal cylinder was not the server component that he had imagined before. There was no hard disk set or CPU inside, but only a large, broken glass container. The container seemed to have been filled with liquid, but now it has dried up. A withered eldest son tentacle poked out from inside.

Lily ran to an intact metal cylinder and carefully cut a hole in the shell with a claw blade. As expected, the inside was also a glass container, and the container was still intact. It was filled with a light red liquid and a black streak inside. Huge tentacles were soaked in it, life and death unknown.

Hao Ren was stunned and murmured to himself: "Is this the fusion of artificial machines and the eldest son..."

"What is this place used for?" Vivian frowned, "Isn't it a biochemical base for researching the eldest son?"

"It's impossible for these things to trap the eldest son," Hao Ren said while studying the ancient equipment. Although he couldn't understand the principle and structure of these gadgets, he could at least roughly judge their technical level, "... This was transformed into this with the active cooperation of the eldest son’s tentacles.”

Then he pointed to the tentacles hanging from above: "Look at those tentacles. Have you ever seen such a growth structure on the 'natural' firstborn? They are obviously actively adjusted to be like this. At the same time, the surrounding equipment is also It is specially made according to the morphology and physiological characteristics of the eldest son. This is the result of close cooperation between the two parties, with no hostility and tacit understanding - although it is incredible, this is the only way to explain these things."

Lily walked out from behind a metal column with a serious look on her face: "And these facilities are still running, at least some of them are still running."

Hao Ren raised his eyebrows: "How did you tell?"

Lily turned around, revealing her smoked black tail: "There is electricity!"

Everyone: "..."

Vivian narrowed her eyes and carefully felt the life force around her: "Not only is the equipment running, but there is also weak life activity in those tentacles. Everything here is still alive."

Hao Ren couldn't help but have a thought in his mind: "Is this what we are looking for?"

At this time, the vibrations in the underground were heard again, and dust fell from the cave. The data terminal contacted everyone again: "Partner! There is still half an hour for sunrise! The sun has already appeared on the horizon. How are you doing there? ?!”

"I...found something here," Hao Ren accepted the communication with some hesitation, and then placed a series of sensing devices on nearby cables and metal cylinders. He didn't know what these cables and cylinders were used for, but they were intelligent. The sensing equipment should be able to analyze useful things from it, "I will pass the signals here to you now. They come from the cable system of the shelter. You analyze it."

After a while, a happy voice came from the data terminal: "Oh, it seems to be the data flow of the server. You should be at a key node. You should be able to find the storage by walking along the main cable..."

"There is a problem," Hao Ren interrupted the terminal. "The storage is not a bunch of hard drives, but an eldest son - or strictly speaking, the server itself is an eldest son. The Drom people live in the dream of the eldest son."