Chapter 117: Data
At this moment, there are about 5 hours left until the final arrival of the apocalypse.
Calculated by the minibus’s forward speed, this time is completely sufficient, with quite a lot of margin.
But whether they can ultimately reach that floating city and detonate the hydrogen bomb, no one can be sure.
Now, Jiang Yang can only wait for the result together with everyone.
The control hall was silent.
Moments later, Gu Changshan hurried in from outside the hall.
He went straight to Sun Changhe’s side and said in a deep voice: “Report, the supercomputer decryption has results.”
Jiang Yang’s spirits lifted, and he immediately stood up.
It actually completed the decryption? He had originally thought people couldn’t complete it at the apocalypse node. In that case, he would have to first remember this life’s decryption experience, then remember that image, and prepare to take it to the next life.
Now that the decryption is complete, naturally there’s no need to consider those things anymore.
At this moment, countless gazes converged on the document Gu Changshan was holding.
Sun Changhe didn’t take the document directly, but gestured. Gu Changshan immediately placed the document under the projector, and the next moment, the full text of the document appeared on a large screen in the control hall.
Jiang Yang’s heart pounded uncontrollably.
After dozens of reincarnations, one civilization extinction after another, at this moment, could they finally know the truth of the apocalypse?
But somewhat beyond Jiang Yang’s expectations, the first line of text he saw was “Planting Log” four words.
Hmm?
His gaze moved up, and he saw the note from the decryption experts.
“After comprehensive evaluation, the accuracy rate of this decrypted file is about 75%. And some text cannot determine specific meaning.”
75% accuracy rate…
Jiang Yang’s gaze moved down and began to carefully read the document.
“Time XXX year (after research, this seems to be a timing method based on the galactic center black hole, calculated on this basis, about 300,000 years ago), during patrol of Ship XXX6, discovered a fertile land suitable for farming (its meaning seems to be suitable for some activity following a sowing, growth, harvest mechanism, comprehensively judged, decided to translate as ‘land’).
Planting base built at XXX (300,000 years ago), sowing begins.
Ship XXX6 completes sowing mission, completes automatic planting system setup, leaves this place, continues searching for next suitable land.
XXX (about 220,000 years ago), automatic planting and detection system detects threat (pests? harmful beasts? seems to refer to some existence that threatens crop growth) approaching, automatic disposal.
XXX (about 150,000 years ago), crop growth threatened, automatic disposal.
XXX (about 10,000 years ago), crop growth below expectations, automatic intervention.
XXX (about 3,500 years ago), crop growth shows explosive trend, good growth, estimated harvestable within XXX (about 3,500 years).
XXX (about 1,500 years ago), received main fleet communication, urgently needs supplies. After judging crop growth, decided to harvest at XXX (about AD 2036).
XXX (AD 2036), decision to start harvest.
Harvest method is neutrino, transportation method is ‘super particle’ (refers to some unknown special particle or wave, translated here as super particle) transmission.”
……
Taking this paragraph of text content fully into his eyes, Jiang Yang’s body was slightly stiff.
Planting log? Crops?
The truth of the apocalypse is actually that some alien civilization sowed crops on Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago, and now starts the harvest?
What kind of crops?!
Damn it, you harvest if you want to harvest, why exterminate human civilization?
Hmm? …No.
After multiple cycle verifications, Jiang Yang has completely confirmed that this neutrino only affects humans, other species, whether animals or plants, bacteria or viruses, all unaffected.
Then… this crop is humans?
Jiang Yang’s heart jumped fiercely.
He clearly remembers that modern humans in the anatomical sense were born about 300,000 years ago.
From that time on, humans could truly be called humans.
And the construction time of that underground passage and floating city was also 300,000 years ago, and the decryption result of this text also points to 300,000 years ago, so…
Jiang Yang was horrified.
Could it be that the so-called sowing of the alien civilization actually means they modified humans, prompting the birth of modern humans?
Humans are the crops they sowed?
Just like human farmers sow crops on land in spring and start harvest in autumn, some alien civilization sowed humans 300,000 years ago, and now 300,000 years later, the crops are mature, and harvest begins?!
At the same time, this decrypted document also involves several other key nodes.
Jiang Yang doesn’t know much about this, so he subconsciously looked at Professor Lu Zhaoming beside him.
Lu Zhaoming’s voice was somewhat dry: “According to modern astronomical research, about 150,000 years ago, an asteroid named Richter had the possibility of impacting Earth.
Its radius is about 4 kilometers, if it hit, it would inevitably cause global catastrophe.
But affected by other asteroid impacts, it ultimately shattered and its orbit changed, forming the current Richter family of asteroids in astronomy…”
Jiang Yang said tremulously: “What about 10,000 years ago?”
“10,000 years ago, humans entered the Neolithic Age, with a significant development in productivity.”
“What about 3,500 years ago?”
“Humans entered the Bronze Age, the first true nation appeared…”
Jiang Yang was silent for a long time before murmuring: “What exactly did they harvest?”
People were silent.
After a long time, a young physicist said in a low voice: “I think, alien civilizations, especially super alien civilizations, may have resource demands different from ours.
The resources they need may not be elements like gold, silver, copper, iron, or compounds and such physical existences, but… data.
I noticed that the material transportation method mentioned in this document seems to be transmitted through some communication method, without involving physical transfer, which also supports my idea.
So, my idea is that what they harvest is the culture and art created by our human civilization, our love, hate, joys and sorrows, our thoughts, our cognition, our bravery, resilience and unyielding, also our cunning, cruelty and brutality, our moral views and values, worldviews, etc., etc., everything created by our brains… data.
Yes, data.”
People fell silent again.
Although no one knows what this data means to that alien civilization, aside from this possibility, there seems to be no other possibility.
Jiang Yang murmured: “The document says, this base received fleet communication, urgently needs supplies.
Our ‘data’ may be very important to them.
Then…”
A shadow quietly crept into people’s hearts.
