Chapter 756 The End of the Nightmare

Hao Ren didn't know if the owner of this tentacle could hear his voice, but now he really hoped that the eldest son could hold on for a little longer - the planet was getting closer and closer to the critical point, and the gravity of the sun and the inconsistency of the The uniform heating process was tearing off its crust bit by bit, and even the physical strength of the eldest son was unable to resist this force. Neither the Giant Turtle Rock Platform nor the teammates brought by Hao Ren can reverse the fate of this planet. Time in the virtual world is running out. The only thing that can extend the life of the virtual world now is the persistence of the eldest son himself.

Since an hour ago, the vibrations in the underground world have not stopped for a moment. The large and small shaking almost makes people feel like they are standing on a giant drum. The explosions of rock collapse coming from a certain direction from time to time are even more disturbing. People are frightened. There are various signs that this planet is making great strides towards disintegration, and everyone is constantly reminded that they are following a fifty-trillion-ton boulder falling towards the sun. But the busy people in the underground bunker have no time to care about this at the moment. They are nervously tracking the nerve signals coming from the tentacles, and heading to the possible location of the brain core based on the analysis results from the shipboard computer.

Now the team has left the previous hall where a large number of alloy columns were stored, and is moving quickly through a complex underground structure that looks like a spider web. There are criss-crossing corridors and large and small caves and underground palaces everywhere here. The entire underground world is as complex as an endless maze. If it were not for the navigation of the shipboard computer, it would be difficult to move forward in those passages full of forks. get lost. Hao Ren was surprised at the complexity of this place at first. He felt that this structure was not suitable for people to live in, but soon he understood why the underground shelter was designed like this: because all the tunnels and caves here follow the eldest son's path. built with tentacles.

Huge eldest tentacles can be seen in all the main channels. These tentacles are like the skeleton of the channel extending along the grooves on the ground or the grooves on the walls. Specially designed brackets and protections can be seen around them. Measures, and you can see some cables and pipes connected to the tentacles at regular intervals. These things were obviously installed with the permission of the eldest son.

The entire underground shelter is a cave system built along the eldest son. In this way, the previous huge caves seem to have an explanation:

They may have been built with the help of the eldest son. After all, the geological characteristics of this planet do not seem suitable for generating so many natural caves.

As he went deeper into the shelter, Hao Ren's heart kept pouring out various emotions. The Firstborn has always been associated in his mind with absolute destruction and ecocide, and all he has ever seen is scenes of destruction caused by the Firstborn's tentacles, even though he knows that this powerful creature is the shaper and creator of ecosystems. The original gardener, but the image of the destruction of the eldest son remains ingrained in his memory.

However, here, Hao Ren saw a completely different situation: the eldest son coexisted harmoniously with mortal creations, and various signs indicated that the Droamu people should have lived with the eldest son from the beginning. They designed this shelter in an ingenious and appropriate way, and were able to create a complete set of equipment that perfectly matched the eldest son. This must have taken many years of tacit understanding and communication.

Hao Ren thought of what he learned in Yzaks' hometown: the eldest son can get along well with mortal races, and its nature is actually quite gentle.

At that time, he was still surprised by this information, but now a real example is finally before his eyes.

After passing through a corridor containing four large tentacles, an almost perfect circular cave appeared in front of everyone. The structure of this cave is very similar to the original "Holy Cave" of Horleta. There is a sunken ground in the center of the regular cave. A large group of indescribable biological tissue lies quietly in the pit, and around the cave You can see a large number of neatly arranged caves, with tentacles extending from the rock wall and connecting to the biological tissue in the center. At this time, the vibrations in the underground world had slowed down slightly, and Hao Ren heard the sound echoing in the cave: a powerful "pop" sound like a heartbeat.

"This is a large ganglion, and there is also a set of pump structures that maintain body fluid circulation." Hao Ren understood the functions of the biological tissues in front of him based on the research reports he had collected previously. "We are very close to the brain nucleus. In Set up some sensors here, and you should be able to detect signals from the virtual world."

Lily immediately led a large group of autonomous machines forward and placed sensors on the huge, indescribable mass of flesh. She was a little nervous when she first did this job, but now she is completely familiar with it.

Hao Ren, on the other hand, observed other things in the cave: not only did it contain the eldest son's tissues and organs, it also contained a large number of artificial equipment like other places. He saw some black machines set up around the large ganglia, and the cables on those machines were also connected to the eldest son's tentacles, just like the small artificial tentacles.

This was the first time I saw these machines, and they seemed different from those used to maintain the survival of the eldest son. Hao Ren stepped forward curiously to check the status of the machine, but was surprised to find that the display of one of the devices was emitting a faint light.

It's a miracle that there's even one operational here.

"It seems to be something like a computer...at least you can look up information," Hao Ren stepped forward and fiddled with it a few times, and found that the operating mode and system architecture of this thing were similar to Nolan's computer, "Huh?"

Vivian came over: "What did you find?"

"It is the construction record of the shelter, as well as sporadic information about the virtual world project. The database is seriously damaged and not much can be read." Hao Ren searched for the remaining logs, "...it is recorded that the shelter was built for To avoid a disaster, Drom and the 'Root of Origin' jointly built a strong fortress underground to fight against the end of the world. The 'Root of Origin' here should refer to the eldest son..."

As Hao Ren spoke, he pointed out the key points in the information to Vivian. This ancient device was not very stable, and weird garbled characters appeared on the screen from time to time, but it could still be used reluctantly: "These are from the virtual world. The encoded record seems to be a simulation mechanism designed by a large number of scientists and the eldest son. This simulation mechanism can ensure that all human beings can survive in a common dream for a long time until..."

"How long will you survive?" Vivian asked.

"Survive until you return to the real world," Hao Ren's voice suddenly became serious. "There is a plan to return to the real world! They seem to be preparing to return to the real world after the disaster outside is over. They also mentioned the ecosystem restoration plan. and the Body Reconstruction Project..."

Vivian breathed out: "It seems there is something wrong with the plan. The condition of this planet does not look like it can rebuild the ecosystem. By the way, is the specific situation of the disaster mentioned above? It refers to the planet falling. Into the sun?"

"Of course not. If they had known that the planet would fall into the sun, they wouldn't have expected to return to reality." Hao Ren shook his head. "The planet fell into orbit two or three thousand years ago, and the shelter was established ten thousand years ago, so the fall Entering the sun must have been an accident—probably it was this accident that completely ruined the entire plan."

As he spoke, he looked up at the large ganglion located in the center of the cave: "It was probably this accident that caused the virtual world to begin to have doomsday scripts. In this way, it would roughly match the timeline in Nolan's memory: Her memory It was almost two to three thousand years ago that the middle world began to trend towards its end."

Vivian showed a slightly doubtful expression, and then reacted suddenly: "You mean..."

"It was having a nightmare," Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed at the indescribable mass of biological tissue, "so the whole world was swallowed up by the nightmare."

Vivian opened her eyes in surprise, and at this moment, Nolan's anxious voice suddenly came from the communicator: "Hao Ren! Hao Ren! There is a situation here!"

Hao Ren immediately answered the call: "What? The fire started again?"

"No - I seemed to 'hear' the fabricator's voice just now!"

"The Fabricator" is the name Nolan uses to call the controller behind the scenes of this world. Now Hao Ren knows that the so-called "Fabricator" should be the consciousness of the eldest son. Nolan seems to have a special talent. She is in the virtual world. Occasionally, you can hear the eldest son murmuring in his sleep. Human beings cannot understand the eldest son's thinking patterns, so the dreams she hears are usually vague.

But this time the situation seems to be different.

"What did you hear?" Hao Ren asked hurriedly, and he heard an ominous meaning in Nolan's voice.

"I don't know if there is something wrong with my understanding, but I heard that the world is going to perform 'euthanasia'..." Nolan's voice was full of fear, "That voice said that it would block all pain, and in a certain way Let the world die painlessly before the collapse comes."

Hao Ren took a deep breath.

The eldest son couldn't hold on any longer.