The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 164 163. Gold Mine? Weaponry!

The eleven members of the Engineering Support Department who volunteered to stay did not just sit there and wait.

The night on the planet Astronomy 18A lasts for Earth hours.

They chose to stay, not just to sleep outside this "scientific research gold mine".

"This alien's body frame is much larger than that of a human. He is about 2.5 to 2.8 meters tall?"

"Given the proportion of oxygen on this planet, it makes sense that indigenous species would be larger than us."

“This may not be some Aboriginal people.

I used radiocarbon dating and found that the body is at least 2000 years old.

Judging from the appearance of the clothing and protective gear on the bodies, plus the structure of this ring-shaped building, it is difficult to prove that they are the natives of this planet."

"Perhaps only by deciphering their writing can we know the truth."

"Wait, there is some dried dark mucus on the gate controller console.

This may be the trace left by them entering the control password."

The eleven members of the Engineering Support Department were excited about their discovery.

"Judging from the depth of the slime marks left behind, these aliens must have been in a hurry the last time they operated this console.

Through the marks of varying weights left on several 'hieroglyphic keys' on the control panel.

Maybe we can deconstruct their control code!"

After expressing their conjectures, the members of the Engineering Support Department quickly uploaded the simple mathematical model they had set up to the tablets they carried with them for artificial intelligence analysis.

“The 8 most likely permutations!
Perfect! We just need to try them one by one!"

Without any hesitation, everyone started trying.

When the third password "combination" was tried, the operating console produced an unprecedented slight vibration feedback.

"Success?!"

Everyone looked at each other excitedly, just as they were wondering whether this antique building, which was at least 2000 years old, would have problems such as energy depletion.

The door that originally looked like a stone wall finally opened slowly, revealing a huge space inside.

"Human Exploration received, please reply. We have successfully opened the door of the alien civilization's building.

Now we are ready to go in and explore..."

Upon receiving this news, the "Human Exploration" in the outer space orbit of the planet Tianyuan 4A was shocked.

"How did you open that door?
Violent destruction."

"Violence? No, no, no. We just need to use some engineering and trace reasoning.

Commander-in-Chief, you should know that the average IQ of our Engineering Support Department members is 140!

It’s so easy to crack the control code of this alien gate…”

Two members of the Engineering Support Department from the US branch of the Source Plane couldn't help but brag about their intelligence and abilities.

They do have reason to be proud.

But as the commander-in-chief of this scientific expedition, Ma Zhao is not as optimistic as they are.

“Stay where you are and wait for the arrival of the security forces on the airship before exploring the building.

You have to ensure your own safety.”

"But, Commander-in-Chief, the gate has been opened..."

"This is an order! I'm not asking for your opinion!"

The conversation ended with a stern warning from the commander-in-chief Ma Zhao.

For Ma Zhao, the first issue he considered was to ensure the success of the "space bridge jump" operation.

The second is the safety of the 1086 scientific researchers and security team members on the "Human Exploration".

Finally, there are the possible remains of alien civilization on the planet Tianyuan 4A.

But for the eleven scientific expedition team members of the Engineering Support Department, what makes them excited is the unprecedentedly mysterious remains of an alien intelligent race's civilization that are so close at hand.

Those who are able to stay voluntarily are adventurers with adventurous genes running in their blood and genes.

These members of the Engineering Support Department of the US and UK branches can trace their history back hundreds and thousands of years. Their ancestors relied on repeated adventures and eventually stood tall among the nations of the world.

After entering the era of plane wars, this adventurous factor engraved in the blood and genes will certainly not fade.

“Damn it, I’ve had enough of these Coalition bureaucrats!
Safety, safety, and safety!

Don’t these guys from the CN branch know that the greater the risk, the higher the return?”

"Anyway, we risked staying here and cracked the gate code.

It's not to wait another 18 hours and let those guys in the airship take the credit.

What do you think, guys?"

The eleven members of the Engineering Support Department turned off their communication equipment and started communicating with each other.

Those who can be selected by various branches from among the billions of citizens of the United Government to join this scientific expedition team.

Each of them is an absolutely elite force, one in millions or tens of millions.

They clearly know what they are doing, as well as the consequences and possible value. After the United Government unified the four planes and included 180 billion humans in the "Community of Shared Future for Mankind", it became even more inward-looking.

In order to obtain citizenship of the United Government, those indigenous people changed the citizenship that could be obtained by serving in the army for a certain number of years to a requirement of military merit in order to obtain citizenship.

Even at the most outrageous stage, only those who had made significant contributions on the battlefield could be granted citizenship by the coalition government.

This is true in military warfare, and it is no less true in scientific research.

With the continuous advancement of the "Community of Shared Future for Mankind", those scientific research leaders who founded their own schools in other dimensions have begun to be absorbed into the United Government one after another.

Although the wandering people from the source plane can still hold many important power positions within the coalition government.

But in the foreseeable future, as more and more talents from other planes are absorbed, the power held by the wandering people of the source plane will gradually be diluted.

In this kind of internal circulation situation, the more wandering people come from the source plane, the more they want to prove that they are stronger than those who are the natives of other planes.

But scientific research is not as intuitive as military warfare, which relies on military achievements.

For the eleven members of the Engineering Support Department, the appearance of this alien civilization on the planet Tianyuan 4A is a very important "meritorious performance".

Whoever discovers this alien civilization first will naturally have his or her contribution recorded.

With an average IQ of 140, they would never miss such an important "meritorious performance".

For safety reasons, one hundred clone tools who also stayed behind, at the call of the members of the Engineering Support Department, were the first to enter the opened "cabin" to explore.

The eleven members of the Engineering Support Department also put on aerospace-grade protective clothing.

The huge cabin is tens or even hundreds of meters high.

The dome is also decorated with various murals and hieroglyphics originating from alien civilizations.

In the huge cabin, countless stacked, slightly curved cylindrical metal cans caught everyone's attention.

"Is this a cargo hold, perhaps? A storage room?
Could this jar contain food from an alien civilization?"

The members of the Engineering Support Department recorded everything they saw on electronic devices and expressed their guesses.

"Please note that the temperature and pressure inside and outside the cabin have changed.

After the door was opened, the temperature inside the cabin began to rise..."

White smoke began to emanate from the dark metal cans that were stacked one on top of the other.

The members of the Engineering Support Department instinctively began to feel that something was wrong.

Wearing full protective clothing, they were unable to immediately notice the temperature change.

As time goes by, perhaps the temperature rises to a certain level.

Black liquid began to secrete continuously from the metal tank placed on the ground.

Out of curiosity, or perhaps to verify their own guesses, members of the Engineering Support Department began to order the cloned tools to get close to the liquid, and even reached out to grab it and observe it closely.

Soon, the overflowing black liquid flooded the cabin floor, and some flesh-colored loach-like creatures suddenly appeared in the "black mud", wriggling continuously.

"It should be some kind of microbial cluster. I don't think it looks like food..."

The cloned tool who was used as a test subject suddenly fell to the ground shortly after close contact and even swallowed the black liquid.

This further aroused the fear of the members of the Engineering Support Department.

"Gather those loach-like things that appeared on the ground and evacuate quickly!"

The leader of the engineering support department shouted hurriedly.

However, when they were collecting the alien creatures crawling on the ground, an accident happened.

These guys look a bit like loaches. They may look inconspicuous on the outside, but they are actually extremely ferocious.

The sharp mouthparts hidden in the body instantly pierced through the protective clothing of the engineering support department members.

A black liquid of unknown composition began to flow into the protective suit of a member of the expedition team who fell to the ground in panic.

On the other hand, the situation of the cloned tool man is even more dangerous.

Without protective clothing, they could not resist the erosion of the "black water" at all.

First, his eye sockets turned red and bled, then his entire eyeballs turned dark, and he fell to the ground and began to twitch.

The "loaches" wriggling in the black water on the ground seemed to sense the presence of "food" or a "parasitic host" and they drilled into the body of the cloned tool man and began to enter a parasitic state.

"Fuck! Evacuate now!

We're screwed!"

Even if the leading member of the Engineering Support Department was slow, he realized that the problem was far beyond his control.

After restoring the communication link with the "Human Exploration" spacecraft, all videos, images and audio of what everyone encountered were immediately uploaded.

Before the commander-in-chief on the "Human Exploration" could react, the artificial intelligence took the lead in analyzing more information about the cabin through more murals and hieroglyphs in the cabin.

[Biological weapons reserve]

When the members of the Engineering Support Department saw the true purpose and name of this cabin, their hearts sank instantly.

What made them even more horrified was that the clone tools that had fallen to the ground now stood up one after another.

Those loach-like alien chordates have completely parasitized and controlled the clones.

(End of this chapter)