Scholar's Advanced Technological System - Chapter 1410
Chapter 1410: The End of the World
Won’t start?!
What the hell?!
When Lu Zhou heard the words of General Reinhardt, he suddenly became anxious.
“What do you mean? You dragged me all the way here to show me a pile of broken metal?!”
It seemed that Reinhardt was irritated by the word broken metal. His voice suddenly became defensive as he said angrily, “Broken metal? What do you think this is? Think about the parts you picked up from my body. Without those parts, you think you can fly here with your clumsy brain?!”
Lu Zhou wanted to refute. After all, he only received electric propulsion technology and lithium battery technology from the system. He created controllable fusion himself. Also, the two pieces of debris that he received could not be reverse-engineered. At most, they pointed out a seemingly feasible technical route. He designed most of the experiments, including ion thrusters and lithium batteries himself.
However, when he was about to refute, he was quickly attracted by something more noteworthy.
“What do you mean your body? It was removed from you? So…”
“I am the spacecraft.”
The voice revealed the truth.
Although Lu Zhou couldn’t see the expression on General Reinhardt’s face, he felt like Reinhardt spoke with a look of confusion.
He nearly laughed out loud.
“Why are you smiling?”
“Nothing, just surprised…” After a cough, Lu Zhou put on a serious expression and said, “Can you take me to see the inside of your stomach?”
“Of course.”
Lu Zhou could clearly feel that Reinhardt was restraining his anger.
Lu Zhou didn’t dare to piss this guy off. Through the opened gangway, he walked into the spacecraft without saying a word.
In general, the interior space of this “Reinhardt” spacecraft was very spacious. In Lu Zhou’s opinion, it was even a bit extravagant.
“The facilities here are quite new. Did someone clean it?”
“No, it’s just thanks to that piece of four-dimensional space fragment that it is completely preserved for billions of years.”
“But why did the plasma engines and lithium-air batteries that I received seem to have been weathered for years?”
“Because those things were removed from me a long time ago.” General Reinhardt continued on the communication channel, “Just like the main engine.”
Lu Zhou: “The main engine? May I ask, is it warp drive technology?”
Reinhardt: “Yes.”
I see!
Lu Zhou’s heart suddenly became excited.
“Where is it? Where is the warp drive engine now?”
There was a brief silence in the communication channel.
After a long time, there was a sigh.
“It’s a long story…”
General Reinhardt took about five minutes and briefly told Lu Zhou what had happened here. Lu Zhou finally understood his situation.
About three billion years ago, the core of Mars was rapidly cooled due to some external factors, which eventually led to the cessation of the crust’s movement.
Volcanoes no longer erupted, earthquakes no longer existed. At first glance, it seemed like a good thing.
However, as the core of Mars cooled, the magnetic field of Mars also disappeared!
At first, most Martians didn’t feel anything wrong. That wasn’t until radiation began, electronic equipment malfunctioned, the rate of cancer increased exponentially, and the thickness of the atmosphere decayed. Finally, the Martians realized the seriousness of the problem.
But by the time they realized these problems, it was too late.
Without the protection of the magnetic field, Mars’ atmosphere, which was exposed to the solar wind, was blown away. The original lush ecosystem was dying out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cities on the surface were going extinct. They had to retreat underground, hide in shelters, and linger in almost closed-off underground cities.
However, everyone knew that staying underground forever would not work.
At this juncture of life and death, in order to save itself, the Martian civilization made a difficult decision. They dismantled Reinhardt, which was the core energy of the Holy Relic, to reignite the cooling down Mars core.
The Reinhardt engine was more powerful than fusion energy.
Although it was impossible to rely on it alone to replace the Mars core, it should still be feasible in theory to “ignite” the cooling core with its energy.
After listening to Reinhardt’s explanation, Lu Zhou fell into deep thought and spoke after a while.
“I do not quite understand…”
“Don’t understand what?”
“Under the protection of the four-dimensional space fragment, theoretically, those Martians should not be able to reach you, could it be…”
“No need to guess,” the voice from the communication channel interrupted Lu Zhou. After a while, he continued, “I gave it to them.”
“Why?”
“You won’t understand. I have been sent here since the birth of the solar system. I watched life evolve here, watched it go from chaos to prosperity and order. I watched the first little fellow poking his head in front of me. I watched them learn how to make fire, hunt, make tools, even their language was taught to them by me…”
When saying this, his voice was full of complex emotions.
Although Lu Zhou had never had a similar experience, he probably understood the complicated feelings in Reinhardt’s heart.
He was a Calanian, an elite from a higher civilization, and he instinctively looked down on those lower creatures.
However, his longing for the Empire made him want to find sustenance in this new universe; even if it was to pass on the language of the Calan Empire so that one day they could step out of their home planet and walk toward the Milky Way.
If someone told him that the final outcome of these lives was destined, and the probability of survival was less than one in ten thousand, he would still ignore the warnings and try to save the Martians.
These well-meaning actions led to the rise and fall of the Martian civilization and completely changed the destiny of a planet…
“If we have time, I don’t mind talking about the past with you. For now, it is better for you to find a way to solve the current problem.”
“I know, in your opinion, I am no different from the dead…”
The engine was dismantled. This spacecraft was no different from scrap metal. It was obviously impossible to drive the spacecraft back to Earth.
However, Lu Zhou did not completely give up hope.
He looked inside the spacecraft as he tried to keep himself calm. He said, “So far, you’ve only told me the bad news. I want to know if there’s any good news?”
Lu Zhou originally thought that this guy would take the opportunity and sarcastically say something, so he didn’t expect Reinhardt to respond earnestly.
“Of course there is good news.”
Lu Zhou was about to ask what the good news was, but the next sentence immediately after made his heart sink to the bottom of his stomach.
“It’s just that it wouldn’t improve your current situation.”
