Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

"001, what do you think that is?"

There was a small thing following behind Li Meng.

That's 001, a servo skull.

Compared with the previous 001, 001 at this moment has also undergone some changes.

Before leaving the maintenance room, Donald performed some operations on 001.

Equip it with more equipment and more advanced anti-gravity devices.

The mechanical arms also became four, and they were still made of pure gold.

Everything on 001's body was changed except for the skull.

The appearance became more bloated, and the skull was almost covered with various equipment.

They are laser scanning arrays, holographic cameras, and more powerful computing capabilities.

If the previous 001 was just an ordinary servo skull.

Then the current 001 is his dedicated intelligent AI.

Of course, there will never be intelligent AI in the empire, there is no doubt about it.

Before the bottom step, Li Meng stopped.

Looking up at the stone statue on the stone pedestal in front of him, Li Meng only had inconceivable eyes.

When you get close enough, you can really feel their hugeness.

001 moved and it flew.

Follow the stone seat, the stone statue, and fly upwards.

The laser scanning array on his body even shot out a white light curtain, scanning on the stone statue.

From feet to head, and then from head to toe.

In the end, 001 returned to Li Meng's side and answered Li Meng's question.

"Paleontological remains, fossils formed after a long period of weathering, according to scans, they died under high temperature, and there were traces of burning on the body surface. The moment before death was about 300 million years ago."

Paleontological remains?
Twenty thousand years?

What 001 said made Li Meng frowned slightly, and his face revealed a look of deep thought.

Obviously, these giants are an intelligent and civilized race.

They lived on this planet 300 million years ago.

Why was their civilization destroyed?
Looking across the fossil remains, a trace of confusion flashed in Li Meng's eyes.

What killed them?

Also, why is their sitting posture so natural?

It was as if he was willing to be killed so that he could sit on the stone seat in the most perfect posture.

Is this a ritual of self-destruction?

Or in the face of powerful foreign enemies, retain the last dignity?

The pain of being burned is unimaginable.

But on them, Li Meng didn't see the slightest sign of struggle.

Each one is like this, each one sits very naturally.

[Mission completion progress: 10%]

Suddenly, a golden subtitle slowly drifted past Li Meng's eyes.

task progress?

The appearance of golden subtitles made Li Meng frown slightly.

Li Meng doubted the purpose of "Zero" asking him to explore here.

Even more suspicious of the requirement of "seeing is believing, hearing is believing".

Could it be that all human beings on earth have "zero" eyes?

Are all "zero" tools to achieve a certain purpose?

Li Meng wondered if his body had been tampered with by "Zero" before he woke up.

For example, adding some biochips to the brain or something.

Otherwise, unexplainable golden subtitles would appear in his eyes.

You can see it even with your eyes closed.

"Prince Regent, we found something, you should come and have a look..."

The communication from the second boat suddenly rang in the helmet.

This interrupted Li Meng's thoughts.

"What did you find?"

Li Meng who came back to his senses asked.

"A building, a large-scale building, can be seen along the canyon. It's best to look at the ground from a high place, and maybe you can find something."

Obviously, the number two boat found something.

"Let's go, let's go back..."

There is nothing worth noting nearby.

The bottom of the valley is very flat, and there is no end in sight.

Except for steps, stone seats, and fossil remains, there is nothing else.

"Everyone returns to the transport boat..."

Following Li Meng's order, the soldiers of the Star Guard who were on guard outside hurriedly returned to the transport boat.

Striding into the cockpit, Li Meng issued new instructions to the pilot.

"Take off immediately, let's go to the sky..."

"Yes!"

At this time, all the soldiers of the Star Border Army outside had returned.

Engine roaring, air waves billowing...

Amidst the rolling yellow sand, the transport boat rose into the sky.

At a height of about tens of meters from the ground, the tail engine spewed out white flames.

Under the powerful thrust, the transport boat soared into the sky, straight into the sky...

Boat No. [-] rushed out of the canyon and flew towards the sky at an eighty-degree angle.

Like a sharp arrow, it seems that it will rush out of the atmosphere in the next moment.

However, when approaching the altitude of [-] meters, the speed of the transport boat slowed down again.

Another eighty-degree U-turn, rushed to the ground...

Standing tall and seeing far away, Li Meng in the cockpit of the transport boat finally understood why No. 2 boat asked him to look from a high place.

There is not only one canyon in the wasteland, but three.

The three canyons also do not intersect each other, but connect at a central point.

The central point is a circular space, very large, no less than two kilometers in diameter.

The depth is the same as the canyon, about one mile.

Looking from the sky to the ground, the circular space and the three canyons form a peculiar pattern.

There is also a huge building at the center point of the circular space.

A bit like a pyramid, but with irregular sides.

The sides are the same size and the back is smaller, forming a longer pyramid.

[Mission completion progress: 20%]

Another golden subtitle slowly drifted past his eyes.

The task progress has increased again...

"Regent, have you landed?"

In the sky, the No. [-] boat that swooped down to the ground was already very close to the canyon.

The pilot of No. 1 boat asked Li Meng.

Looking around the pyramid, Li Meng said, "Land down on the flat ground on the left side of the pyramid..."

At this moment, from a canyon, No. 2 boat rushed out.

Two transport boats flew into the circular space from two different directions.

On the flat ground north of the pyramid, two transport boats landed one after another.

For a moment, the roar of the rumbling engine resounded through the sky and the earth.

The billowing yellow sand was rolled up by the wind and waves, almost covering the landing transport boat.

Walking out of the yellow sand, Li Meng looked at the pyramid building close at hand while walking.

Behind him is 001, and two small groups of Astra Militarum soldiers.

The pyramid is very large, about 200 meters high, like a big mountain.

In front of the pyramids, human physiques appear very small.

This pyramid seems to have experienced war.

It shows that there are many large and small holes.

The diameter of the small one will not exceed one meter, and the diameter of the large one will be tens of meters.

Because it shows that it is covered with a thick layer of yellow sand.

It is impossible to tell whether it is made of rock or metal.

But soon he will know.

"Regent, shall we go in?"

A soldier quickened his pace, caught up with Li Meng, and asked.

Glancing at him sideways, his profile suddenly appeared on the display in the helmet.