Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 185 - 186 η High-Dimensional Prison
Chapter 185: Chapter 186 η High-Dimensional Prison
Chapter 185: Chapter 186 η High-Dimensional Prison
“A day’s time, the three explorers who repeatedly entered exploration also came out one by one, just as exhausted as Li Zhendong, practically paralyzed.
Unfortunately and fortunately, they didn’t discover any extra information.
One of the young scientists softly said, “After these repeated experiments, once one comes out, everything left behind inside disappears. It must have entered a different space.”
Li Zhendong couldn’t help but say, “Maybe we can try again. Who knows, maybe after a hundred or a thousand attempts, we could find traces left before.”
One of the Deputy Captains shook his head, “Let it go. The passage of time is almost the same on both sides. By that calculation… it’s just futile. With our current experimental conditions, trying to fathom this high-dimensional fragment is too strenuous, not unless we reach the new Mother Star…”
Once it was confirmed that the oxygen Zhang Yuan carried had been depleted and there was no possibility of self-rescue, the conference room fell completely silent.
Captain Zhao couldn’t help but wipe his eyes, and his Adam’s apple bobbed.
He still found it somewhat unbelievable, his genius junior brother… just died like this?
But the facts were right in front of them, and there was nothing more to say.
The lights were very bright, no one made a sound… and everyone mourned silently for five minutes.
Then, the meeting passed a few resolutions and confirmed the next steps, including comforting the relatives and the decision to seal the high-dimensional fragment.
With humanity’s current capabilities, having only one spaceship and insufficient operational equipment, there was no capacity or enough fault tolerance to study it further.
No matter how curious or excited they were, it couldn’t be done, for the appearance of some bizarre life form would be too dangerous.
“Ladies and gentlemen, any further research should wait until we reach the new Mother Star… we are still far too weak.”
“As for the Hero Memorial Hall, preparations can start. Our civilization isn’t lacking heroes, only those who cherish them…”
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After the memorial service concluded, Zhang Yuan had been honored as a “Civilization Hero,” the highest distinction in the Hero Memorial Hall.
A Civilization Hero is only someone who alone saves civilization or makes a monumental contribution to an era, and might even be included in textbooks for future generations to learn and admire.
Several journalists snapped many photos and pondered over how to draft their articles.
The whole affair still sounded a bit terrifying, with many things lacking evidence, purely speculative; writing the article would be quite challenging…
“Mr. Li Zhendong, could you tell us what the High-dimensional World is actually like?”
“Any clues about special alien life forms? How do you determine that there really was alien life? It’s all just conjectures, conjectures can’t be treated as fact, can they?”
Li Zhendong, now something of a hero, was surrounded by various journalists, feeling quite unsettled.
He just wanted to go home and sleep, sleep for days and nights without waking but couldn’t refuse the interviews, so he had to endure and said briefly, “High-dimensional World? I’m sorry, I can’t describe it, you might look at the video… but there indeed are some clues left by alien life.”
“…We found some abnormal code in a great number of computers. The way these codes are written is very strange, not human made… perhaps because they were suddenly pulled into the high-dimensional world, there was no time to revert. These abnormal codes suffice as evidence, I believe.”
“Can you imagine… a scenario where all computers are monitored by alien life?”
A few journalists shuddered involuntarily.
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Looking at the bustling crowd inside the Hero Memorial Hall, Lin Xuanyuan’s mind was blank, her entire being numb, and all sounds seemed surreal.
As Zhang Yuan’s life partner, she would enjoy significant welfare benefits in the days ahead. But what was the point of inheriting so-called legacies?
A female doctor sat quietly in a nearby chair; this psychologist was also her good friend, but in such a situation, she didn’t know what to say. The pain of losing a loved one could only be endured through one’s own strength; there was no other way.
“Xuanxuan, should I prescribe you some antidepressants… not sleeping or eating isn’t good either…”
“No need.”
Lin Xuanyuan forced a smile, “Rather, arrange for me to enter hibernation. Let me wake up after reaching the new Mother Star, can it be done…”
Her only thought now was to hibernate sooner, to hibernate quickly, perhaps waking up to a better world?
She still remembered that year, only after awakening from hibernation had she met Zhang Yuan… perhaps the next awakening from hibernation might also bring some good things.
The doctor became silent upon hearing this, well aware that it was an act of evasion. Even if someone woke up long after, they couldn’t come back to life, so why not accept this fact?
However, seeing his good friend in such a despondent state, he agreed to the request after a moment. “Alright, once we reach the Mother Star, as the population of those awake increases, the atmosphere will be livelier… and perhaps a bit happier too.”
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Marx had a famous proposition: Humans are the sum of social relations. Humanity’s civilization would continue to function normally without anyone, and the absence of Zhang Yuan was no exception.
Half a year later, the whole incident had calmed down, and Captain Zhao and others had once again entered into hibernation.
In the following period, batches of people took turns waking from hibernation, learning about the entire storyline. While they sighed, they could not help feeling a bit frightened.
In the dim universe, where bizarre life forms abounded, one could never know what they might encounter next. In contrast, humans were exceedingly frail. The solemn, oppressive atmosphere of the Hero Memorial Hall, on the other hand, offered a faint sense of safety.
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[Warning: Near the high-dimensional prison D3M4N6 area, a dying life form detected!]
[First scan results as follows: Oxygen-affinitive, carbon-based.
Mass: 65 kilograms. Volume: 0.064 cubic meters.
Genetic material: DNA double helix structure.
Danger level: 5.
Place of birth: Unknown.
Age: Unknown.]
[Warning: This life form will lose self-awareness in 10 seconds.]
[Cause: Asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen.]
[Countdown: 10…9…8…]
[Blue Alert: This unidentified biological entity is suspected of illegal entry into the high-dimensional prison, danger level raised to C-class!]
[Red Alert: Presence of an escaped four-dimensional life form detected in this area, codename ZERO-XZ, danger level raised to A-class!]
[Error codes as follows: QAZXWX￥…;]
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Zhang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, finding himself in a very strange place, surrounded by various blue luminescent dots, and he felt as if he were floating in midair.
His mind was still in a haze.
It took quite a while before he began to regain clarity.
“What’s going on? Am I not dead?”
“Where is this…”
“Have I… been captured by aliens?”
Zhang Yuan looked around cautiously. However, he couldn’t even perform the simple act of “looking around.” He couldn’t sense his own body’s presence, as if he had turned into a formless entity.
He considered his visible surroundings; besides the blue luminescent dots, there was nothing else.
[Intruder, please identify yourself.]
A neutral voice, devoid of emotion or gender distinction, suddenly resounded in his mind, startling Zhang Yuan.
What’s going on? An intruder?
Zhang Yuan thought for a second and quickly betrayed his homeland.
“Hello… My name is Zhang Yuan, from the Solar System, Earth. I love peace and cherish the purity of white… May I ask your name?”
