Chapter 331: "Black Square" Dialogue Request_1

Two days later, the preliminary research findings of the "No. 1 Cube" were delivered to Jiang Yu.

It could be confirmed that it was an object with an internal structure and not solid.

But when it was stimulated with electrical energy, only a weak response could be elicited, and it could not be fully activated.

It was possible that the "No. 1 Cube" did not use electrical energy as its power source, and how to activate it required further research.

Another possibility was that the "No. 1 Cube" had been damaged and could no longer be used, hence only a weak response was observed.

Jiang Yu suddenly thought of a very important question and immediately called Wu Zheng and others for a meeting, "Right now we don't know why the 'Dark Forest' is 'paralyzed' here, but we cannot rule out that it is due to a lack of energy."

Everyone was clever and understood the key point immediately.

Wu Zheng said, "In that case, we can't introduce high-energy materials into the 'Dark Forest,' nor can we feed it a large amount of energy."

Jiang Yu nodded, "That's right. It's best if it stays 'paralyzed' here for us to study!"

Following this, the second round of exploration of the "Dark Forest" began. The research team used the largest entrance on the "Dark Forest" to send in a neutrino signal emitter.

After starting the device, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The neutrino signal flowed unimpeded within the "Dark Forest"; however, the signal still could not break through the outer shell of the "Dark Forest."

Yet this had laid the foundation for subsequent exploration. Simply placing one neutrino signal emitter inside and another outside of the "Dark Forest," and linking the two with a special optical cable, would enable real-time communication between the inside and the outside of the "Dark Forest."

As long as there was a wireless signal inside the "Dark Forest," a map of its interior could be created by placing a large number of miniature detectors.

This mapping process would take two days. Jiang Yu watched for half a day, and just when he was about to go back to rest, a major discovery was made.

One of the detectors had found two skeletons in a corridor.

These skeletons were clearly human remains, like mummies from the desert, and they looked somewhat shriveled.

But their muscles and skin were relatively well-preserved, with not too many signs of decay.

Why were there human skeletons inside the "Dark Forest"?

Moreover, that detector then found another pile of remains in the corridor ahead, and from their dried faces, one could discern the hopeless expressions of their violent struggles before death.

People in the command room were somewhat baffled—how could so many people have died here?

After some discussion, they concluded that these must be the more than one hundred tribespeople mentioned in the "Heifang Cloth Manuscript" who had disappeared.

Feeling a chill down their spines, according to the "Manuscript," not only more than one hundred tribespeople were missing, but also a "Creator"!

This meant that a Black Cuboid Person had successfully returned to the "Dark Forest"!

Where was he?

Was he still alive?

Suddenly, everyone felt that the "Dark Forest" didn't seem so inactive after all; its interior seemed to contain immense danger.

Immediately Jiang Yu ordered that only robots be sent into the "Dark Forest" for the time being.

Following that, Wu Zheng organized over two hundred robots to enter the "Dark Forest" and retrieve all the remains.

Since a large amount of oxygen had poured into the "Dark Forest" after it was opened, the bodies turned black upon being taken out.

After a simple DNA comparison, it was confirmed that these people had a high genetic match with the bodies found at the Heifang Relic Site, and it was almost certain that these were the missing tribespeople mentioned in the "Manuscript."

Why had they ventured so deeply into the Black Side and then died there?

Was the "Creator" among these bodies?

If one of the bodies belonged to the "Creator," there should be traces to follow, for he was a being with a lifespan of thousands or even tens of thousands of years; a carbon-14 test should reveal him.

But with so many bodies, it would take some time to identify them.

Assuming for the moment that he was not among these bodies, the perimeter around the Black Side must maintain level-one alert! Security measures must be strengthened inside Black Side City!

It took two days for the sixteen detectors to finish scanning all the internal passages.

When the three-dimensional model of the inside of the "Dark Forest" was presented to people, it could be described as intricate and complicated; every layer was interconnected, and the paths twisted and turned. If there was no navigation in subsequent explorations, it would be very easy to get lost.

At the same time, everyone noticed that several main passages all led to a small rectangular area in the very center of the "Dark Forest."

However, this rectangular area could not be opened, as if the passage abruptly ended there.

Everyone speculated that this area might be the core area of the "Dark Forest," and if the intelligence system of the "Dark Forest" was still "alive," it would definitely be inside!

Since no danger had been encountered so far, the third round of searching commenced, aiming to open all the rooms to see what was inside.

At the start of this search, the staff immediately found that some rooms could be opened, but most of them could not be opened at all!

Jiang Yu guessed that either the "doors" were broken, or the doors of the "Dark Forest" had access permissions, meaning these exploration robots, as "outsiders," could open some insignificant rooms, but some important rooms were inaccessible.

The third round of exploration was even slower; it would not be possible to finish without at least ten days.

Jiang Yu watched for two days and became somewhat restless. He noticed a phenomenon: up to this point, no skeletons of the Black Cuboid People had been found in the "Dark Forest!"

Moreover, the Power System of the "Dark Forest" was clearly no longer operational, so where was the power to open these doors coming from?

And what about those variously sized cubes and rectangles, how were they supposed to be used?

After opening the rooms one by one, they found a massive amount of cubes and rectangles. Some were piled up together, while others were scattered in rooms or corridors.

Could it be that all the Black Cuboid People's tools were these cubes and rectangles?

The more they explored, the more questions arose.

On the eighth day of the third round of exploration, fearing his anxiety might affect everyone, Jiang Yu was pacing alone in his room.

After just a couple of rounds, Number Three opened the door and said, "There's a major discovery!"

Jiang Yu stopped in his tracks and looked at Number Three, waiting for him to continue.

Number Three let the strong man behind him enter. His name was Peter, Wu Zheng's assistant.

At this moment, Peter looked extremely tense, "It's open!"

It was clear that he had experienced a severe shock. Jiang Yu hurriedly asked, "What is open?"

"The core area is open!"

Jiang Yu took a step forward eagerly, "What's inside?"

Peter swallowed, "He has requested a face-to-face conversation with the Wallfacer!"

Jiang Yu's hair stood on end, "How does he know about the Wallfacer?"

Then he asked again, "Is he a Black Cuboid Person?"

Peter said, "It's a Cyborg!"