Oh My God! Earthlings are Insane!

"It disappeared?"

Meng Chao was stunned for a long time before he said, "It was blown to pieces?"

"Not exactly."

Wu Haibo shook his head slowly. "Although the explosion was very violent, it was not violent to the point that it could vaporize all Project 109 items. In fact, we found the remains of three researchers hundreds of meters away from the origin of the explosion. Although they were all carbonized, fingernail-sized fragments were left. At the very least, that meant even human flesh and blood couldn't be completely destroyed by the explosion.

"With the strength of the crystal corpse and the metal panel, even if they were completely melted, they should at least be left with scrap metal.

"However, the rescuers could not find these two items. There were a lot of research facilities and information, including the remains of the other four researchers. However, not even a fingernail or a single hair was found.

"It was as if after the explosion, the crystal corpse, metal panel, and perhaps a few other researchers had all teleported to a new space-time."

Meng Chao was deep in thought.

According to the conservation laws of mass and energy, nothing would appear or disappear out of thin air.

If his rebirth had been from the end of the world to the eve of the college entrance exam, he would have transmitted something, whether it was memories, energy, or information.

Then, he would have to transmit something from the time before the college entrance exam to the end of the world in order to reach a balance.

Was this the reason for the explosion?

"Did Project 109 leave anything else behind? Remains, photos, data, and copies..." Meng Chao continued to ask.

"Yes, but there weren't many. Moreover, they were all sealed."

Wu Haibo said, "The more mysterious an ancient relic is, the more irreproducible and unique it is. For example, the three-dimensional rune engraved on the metal panel. No matter how we photograph and copy it, even if we reforge it, we still can't replicate 100% of the information it contains. Perhaps we can't even replicate 10% of it.

"Besides, the research projects of the ancient ruins are highly independent and confidential. Under normal circumstances, the Outer World rarely gets copies and replicas."

"Why?"

Meng Chao asked, "Isn't it safer to make more copies and send them to the universities for research?"

"You're wrong. It's not safer. It's more dangerous."

Wu Haibo explained, "You should always be intimidated by the ancient ruins. It's not something that can be studied thoroughly by 'working together'. It's the same as how even ten thousand ants can't defeat an anteater.

"The ancient ruins will unknowingly corrode the flesh and minds of human beings, making people listen to its summon in a trance. They will step into the abyss involuntarily or be possessed by the demonic dwellers and transform into weird-looking monsters.

"Therefore, when we conduct research, we adhere to the principle of watertight cabins.

"Do you know about watertight cabins? These large ships from the Earth era would divide their cabins into separate and sealed small compartments. That way, even if a certain part of the hull was damaged and seawater poured into the cabin, only one or a few cabins would be affected. Hence, the entire ship would not be destroyed.

"When we study the ancient ruins, we try our best to separate the projects that are more dangerous. If it's not necessary, we won't cross-examine any technical details. By doing this, even if the researchers of a certain project are 'infected' and 'summoned', only one project will be sacrificed at most. It won't affect the entire ancient ruins research center.

"After the explosion of Project 109, the research on the crystal corpses and metal panels completely ended. Fortunately, the other projects weren't affected. We could still continue to explore the ancient mysteries.

"You don't have to be too discouraged. Perhaps one day, we will be able to excavate more crystal corpses and solve the mystery of Earth's transmigration?"

Meng Chao nodded and firmly said, "Definitely. This crystal-clear ancient lifeform cannot be the sole seedling of the entire ancient civilization. There must be more of its kind buried deep within the ancient ruins.

"Also, you said that it left these messages and pictures in a hurry before it died. This means that it only 'foresaw' our transmigration, but it is not the reason for our transmigration.

"I think that as long as we find the unknown force that caused our transmigration, we will be able to solve the mystery of transmigration. We will also be able to figure out the crystal corpse's unfinished circles, especially the giant circle that looks like a star. What exactly does it mean?"

"That's right."

Wu Haibo laughed. "Since even the crystal corpse from hundreds of thousands of years ago can accurately depict Earth's appearance in the middle and late period of the 21st century, perhaps we Earthlings are really destined to be the chosen ones. We are destined to conquer other worlds and even the vast sea of stars. Don't be impatient. One day, we will solve all mysteries.

"For now, come and take a look at Project 101's latest progress and research results!"

As they spoke, Wu Haibo had already brought Meng Chao to the front of a huge silver inflatable tent.

There was also a team of soldiers in dynamic armor, armed to the teeth, stationed there.

Seeing that Dragon City was still alive and the youngest blood medal holder had arrived, all of them held their heads high and puffed out their chests. With a "pa" sound, they stood at attention and knocked their armor with a "clang clang", saluting Meng Chao.

Meng Chao hurriedly returned their salute.

He felt that these soldiers, who were stationed in the ancient ruins, did not have any outstanding merits. Yet, they could face an ancient monster head-on at any time and were more worthy of a medal than he was.

Project 101 was inextricably linked to Blue Home, and a large part of the funding had to be raised through Blue Home.

It also provided technical support for Blue Home's highest aim, "Return to Earth", which was at least a glimmer of hope.

They also needed to rely on Blue Home committee members to obtain more research and development funds from the Survival Committee.

Meng Chao was the director of Blue Home. During the attack on Noble Descent Hotel, he had also saved a large number of Project 101 researchers, including Dragon City's leading authority in transmigration technology, Dr. Lu Tianxing.

Naturally, the process was smooth and unimpeded, and he was warmly welcomed by the transmigration experts.

The space inside the inflatable tent was also huge like that of a closed basketball stadium.

Hundreds of researchers were nervously occupied with their work.

Half of the space was filled with piles of various engraved runes. The ancient and complicated machines, driven by the crystals embedded in them, would occasionally emit magnificent or dim lights.

The other half of the space was still in its original state. It had been excavated to the point that it looked like a large archaeological site.

At the center of the archaeological site was a similar device to an armillary sphere, but it was bulkier and much more precise.

It was made of several dozen arcs that were crisscrossed and weaved together. At first glance, it looked like a giant hollow metal egg.

Upon closer inspection, one would discover that hundreds of glittering crystals and crystallized neurospheres of monsters were still floating inside the metal egg.

As the dozens of orbits slowly rotated, the spirit energy inside the crystals and crystallized neurospheres was released. The spirit energy split into thousands of threads that entangled all the orbits, and the dim metal orbits gradually became crystal clear.

Meng Chao did not know anything about ancient relics.

Nevertheless, he could tell at a glance how precious the floating crystals and crystallized neurospheres inside the metal sphere were.

They were both priceless items that could not even be bought with money.

While the spirit energy was released, both the crystals and crystallized neurospheres gradually shrank in size, as though they were ice cubes that had been thrown into warm water.

It seemed that the number of cultivation resources consumed every minute and second to maintain the device's normal operation was astronomical.

"Come on, I'll let you enjoy the most incredible beauty in the ancient ruins."

With Dr. Lu Tianxing's consent, Wu Haibo brought Meng Chao directly below the giant metal sphere.

He then gestured at the researchers outside the slowly rotating giant metal sphere.

A few of the researchers blinked quickly, their eyes shining with spirit light. Spirit tattoos climbed up their temples and glabella along their eye sockets, before being released from their temples and glabella. After that, the spirit tattoos drilled into the metal sphere's orbit.

Accompanied by a deep melody that resembled an organ's music and a whale song, the crystals and crystallized neurospheres inside the metal egg lit up above Meng Chao's head.

They were like dazzling fireworks that released all their spirit energy in an instant.

Spirit energy flowed into the dozens of metal orbits like trickling streams and surging rivers, making them increasingly transparent and glittering.

When all of the metal orbits became crystal clear, they suddenly changed from cold, dead objects to pure energy bodies that had life and more.

They were akin to a colorful, burning flower bud that had been formed with more than ten thousand colors.

Countless firefly-like light spots and tentacle-like spirit threads exploded from the depths of the flower bud, resembling fairies scattering flowers. It made everything around them pale in comparison.

It was a beautiful sea of stars.

It was as if the most dazzling light and flame of the entire universe were being displayed in front of Meng Chao's eyes.

Countless stars, galaxies, and nebulae were reminiscent of glittering plankton, their aggregation, as well as the predators that devoured them. They swam around Meng Chao.

They exploded and expanded, attracting and devouring each other. Then, they collided and tore each other apart. They released exuberant vitality unscrupulously, just like a myriad of strange fungi and plants. However, everything was sped up by ten thousand times. They nurtured, grew, bloomed, withered, and decayed.

"What is this?"

Meng Chao asked in an infatuated manner.

"A star map," Wu Haibo answered.

"I never knew that there were so many magnificent star clusters in our universe," Meng Chao said.

"Indeed, there aren't. This isn't our universe, at least not the universe that we observed on Earth."

Wu Haibo said, "From Earth's perspective, the universe is actually vast, suffocating darkness. The so-called bright stars are just insignificant specks of light in the dark mud.

"But the universe observed by the ancient civilization was clearly not like that.

"The universe they saw was much more interesting than the universe we saw. Perhaps, this is the universe's original appearance."