Chapter 843 Weird Man-Made Objects

A certain theologian once thought about this: if a person picked up a watch in the wilderness, he would conclude that it was a man-made object, and someone other than him had been to this place. He wanted to figure out why this was the case, and to use this to clarify the proposition that "logically, 'nature is a creation' is true."

Compared with non-man-made objects, man-made objects have many obvious characteristics.

Xiangshan is now very sure that the thing in his hand is a man-made object.

This is a very obvious man-made object, pure black, uniform texture, and full of design sense, with many designs that "reduce the difficulty of processing."

But strangely, this thing seems to be a little too light.

Like most plastic products, the density of this polymer material is less than that of water. This thing should appear on the water surface, not at a depth of about 300 meters underwater.

Yuan Wenren said: "There was a counterweight hanging under this thing. The drone is not equipped with a special working arm, and two small drones clamped this thing and brought it back. The counterweight came loose and fell into the depths of the sea."

"Hmm... This sounds more like a design product. Of course, it is not ruled out that there are already organisms that can produce natural plastics..." Xiangshan received the video records sent by Yuan Wenren while placing the thing on the instrument for scanning.

"Hmm? There are traces of 3D printing... or is it a more traditional technology?" Xiangshan put his hand on his chin and pondered: "So what is this thing?"

Liuri guessed: "Could it be that the one that fell down is the main body, and this is the counterweight to ensure that this thing can float at a certain height..."

"If I made such a design, then the 'counterweight' that provides buoyancy should be a solid polymer material sphere, not this hollow and unsealed complex geometric body." Xiangshan shook his head: "This thing is too easy to go wrong."

-And the key is, who put it here and for what purpose?

Xiangshan fell into deep thought.

First of all, there is no doubt that this was placed here by someone for some purpose, and this thing was made with some purpose. The shape of this object is very complex, and it must be the product of careful design. In addition, since most of the culture of this era has been destroyed, it should not be a product of human activities based on culture such as the "wishing boat".

So, what else could it be?

Some kind of weapon? Or part of some monitoring system?

None of them. The "counterweight" that fell from under this thing is very light. It is used to ensure that this thing is suspended at a certain height. In other words, at a certain depth, the buoyancy of the counterweight is basically the same as that of this strange object.

A thing weighing a few grams...even the most powerful explosives now can't hurt people.

Similarly, such a light thing can't be used to forward any signals.

Is it used by the Scientific Knights to release biological larvae or eggs? In that case, more regular geometric bodies can be used to reduce the difficulty of processing. This complex shape and complex internal structure are completely unnecessary.

Xiangshan pondered for a moment: "Some kind of resonance chamber? Used to amplify specific acoustic signals? Have you detected any signs of sonar?"

Yuan Wenren shook his head: "Except for our own, there is nothing."

Xiangshan pondered for a moment: "Xiaoyuan, what do you think? Is it necessary to investigate this sea area?"

Yuan Wenren thought for a moment: "This..."

"Say whatever you want."

Yuan Wenren said: "Senior, our most important task at this stage should be to recover the Ninth Martial God's prosthetic body. So... and, if, as you speculated, this thing is a prop used to amplify sonar signals, it must be a cheap new one. It is floating here alone, which means that the incident has ended long ago."

Xiangshan nodded: "That makes sense. Send out a small drone, search casually and then withdraw. We can also slow down a little. The 'shooter' is somewhere, and it is impossible for him to run away by himself."

The three vehicles sprinkled more drones to search around. Xiangshan also slowed down a little to prevent the drones from catching up with the vehicles.

A few juniors were discussing some martial arts matters there. Most of the time, Yuan Wenren talked about his own experience, while Yuki and Liuri had some discussions. Xiangshan did not interfere. This kind of self-exploration of martial arts is also a part of progress. It helps Yuki and Liuri to more clearly understand the context of their own progress.

This kind of discussion is as important as the training of "taking a high-level beating".

Xiangshan leaned against the inner wall of the cabin, holding the thing in one hand, and looked at it over and over again.

Suddenly, Xiangshan was a little dazed.

This experience of "seeing an unknown man-made object and guessing its purpose"...

A long time ago...

A long, long time ago...

It also happened...

Xiangshan's consciousness seemed to have returned to the more distant past, back to when he was still very poor and had no power. At that time, he was just an ordinary researcher, facing a pile of garbage from outer space, and inferring the situation of aliens...

At that time, Kanhara was still there. David's workstation was not far from him. Yawgmoth was still a good person...

Xiangshan sighed in his heart, threw the things in his hand aside, and waited patiently.

More than two hours later, a group of drones came back. They brought back another strange plastic product.

It was almost exactly the same as the first one. And there was indeed a counterweight underneath.

It was a transparent silk thread, which also looked like a polymer plastic, but the material was completely different from that strange product. One end of the transparent silk thread was attached to the second strange product, and the other end was attached to... uh, a small stone.

Xiangshan looked at the small stone that still had seawater on it. How should I put it? He was almost certain that this was a natural thing.

"It looks a bit like... a fragment of submarine volcanic rock?" Xiangshan said uncertainly, "Uh... it seems to have been smashed?"

It's like a... a modern product with a Stone Age product attached as a part. No matter how you look at it, it's very strange.

Xiangshan crushed half of the small stone with his fingers, and then confirmed that this was pure submarine volcanic rock without any complex processing.

Although in a sense it fits the cheap idea of ​​"disposable props"...

But if we really want to talk about "cheap", collecting a large number of small stones of similar size and weight would cost more than "making a bunch of artificial counterweights", right?

Strange.