Chapter 1,345 Return of the Ancestors

"How long does it take for the ancestor's soul to completely dissipate?" Seeing that the resurrection process was about to begin, I asked this key question.

"Not sure," Tavel replied calmly, "Because no soul reaction has been detected so far, so even if the ancestor's soul is still there, it is in an immeasurable state - my subordinates cannot make any inferences about an unmeasurable thing. . But if according to the most ideal situation, the soul of the ancestors is at an unpredictable critical point, we have at most twenty-four hours."

Twenty-four hours... In this short day, all feasible resurrection methods must be tried. If it fails, then even resurrecting the ancestor's body will be meaningless: this is really an urgent matter. thing.

Shandora and Tavel have already told me all the problems they have encountered and may encounter in the resurrection plan. Seeing that they are ready to start, I can't help but ask: "What, how can I help?" busy?"

I think it must be meaningful for Sandora to call her over in such a hurry. As a result, Sandora thought for a while: "No - I just want you to come over and watch. Regardless of whether the first experiment is successful or not, this is This is a historic scene, you have to be a witness..."

I:"……"

"Of course there is one more thing. If you are by my side, I will feel more at ease."

Only then did I exhale.

Of course, it is impossible to take out all the ancestors' remains in the first test. Only one of them will be used for resurrection. This way, even if it fails, we will have a chance to try next time. Of course, if possible, everyone hopes to succeed the first time. After all, after knowing all the troubles that may be encountered in the resurrection process, I feel that if the first attempt fails, no matter how many times in the future, there is not much chance of finding another feasible solution. .

"The equipment team is ready. Each team will check the project sections they are responsible for in sequence," Tavel quickly operated on the crystal panel next to the test bench while giving instructions to her peripheral assistants. At the same time, one of her A large group of mass projections also began to activate the pile of equipment in the laboratory that I could not see any use for. “We are pressed for time and I demand that every step be seamless.”

Shandora pulled me back a few steps: This is now the domain of experts, and laymen cannot interfere with the work of experts.

From this position, I happened to be able to see the situation in the entire laboratory. I could see that a large number of nearby recording and analysis equipment had come online, and complex holographic images shimmered and appeared above those equipment one by one. The status of the device used for resurrection and the monitoring of the ancestor's remains are displayed respectively. An image suspended in mid-air also appeared above the platform where the ancestor's remains were parked. It was a body scan image of the ancestor's remains, as well as tissue activity and soul monitoring: the latter was now a straight line with no ups and downs.

Tavel's calm, almost mechanical voice was the only human voice in the busy laboratory: "The material recombination equipment is online, the disaster response team is on standby, and the body reconstruction is ready...the laboratory host. How is the energy system?"

"The host reports... The energy system has been tested. Twelve sets of backup energy sources are available. Seamless switching simulations of all redundant systems have been successful. This laboratory can guarantee to provide energy to core equipment or switch to backup systems under any circumstances."

I felt Sandora squeeze my hand, and then heard her whisper from the spiritual connection: "The normal resurrection process is to first locate the target's soul, and then start to reconstruct the body. If necessary, the body You can even throw away and replace things with new ones. But this time, we can only follow the opposite process: resurrect the body first, and then we can only leave it to fate whether the body has a soul..."

I also squeezed Sandora's hand to reassure her: "I don't know much about these things, but I think it will be successful."

At this time, Tavel had completed all the preparatory work. She finally checked the working condition of the test platform, and then ordered to activate the ring light tube above the room... Well, the scientific name is "Information Evolution Restart Device". This device will pass the range All the information in it must be restarted to break the material stagnation in the hometown - we still don’t know how this stagnation came about, but Tavel already knows how it disappeared. that's enough.

I didn't feel anything when the device was activated. I just heard a very low hum echoing in the laboratory. Maybe I felt something? It seems as if there is some kind of interruption in the time you experience or a second is lost? Anyway, it only happened for a moment, and then the resurrection process began, and everyone in the laboratory seemed to start from a still picture. It started running quickly in an instant.

A vertical light curtain rose from under the test platform, slowly sweeping over the ancestor's remains from head to toe, and then sweeping in the opposite direction. The monitoring image above the platform showed the damage to the body. The body of the ancestor's remains was intact and there were no fatal injuries. What caused his death was the ultra-low temperature and huge amounts of radiation caused by the malfunction of the dormant cabin. Therefore, most of the cells in the remains had "internal injuries." Those cells are different from any living thing on earth. They look a bit like crystals, and the genetic material inside them is a bright line running through the crystals: normal cells are like this, but those killed by ultra-low temperatures and huge amounts of radiation The cells show signs of rupture or deterioration. Eighty percent of the cells in the body died at the same time, causing the ancestor to die instantly, but the body was preserved lifelike.

Tavel began to repair the damaged biological tissues. From a microscopic level, she rebuilt the body molecule by molecule. She completely used the body's original materials to complete the repair process to prevent any foreign substances from affecting the process. destabilizing effects. At the same time, a ring of light appeared above the platform, and I felt that some kind of energy field enveloped the remains of my ancestors.

"That's what prevents the soul from escaping," Sandora explained. "Even though the ancestor's soul cannot be detected, this device can still take effect. If the ancestor's soul is really still there, this device can reach the target body When you can 'run' the soul, recode it and suppress it to the target. You know, to the body, the soul is something like executable code. Software cannot exist without hardware. The function of this halo is to disguise it. into a body so that the soul cannot escape its sphere of action.”

"But it doesn't stop the soul from decaying, does it?" I asked curiously.

Sandora nodded with a regretful expression: "That's true. You can use a fence to prevent the sheep from running out of the sheepfold, but you can't stop them from aging and dying slowly in the fence..."

Sandora can already use such vivid metaphors.

There is a tense atmosphere in the laboratory. Repairing the remains of ancestors is actually the lowest technical link. With Xiling technology, the difficulty of repairing anything on the material level is almost negligible. The real difficulty is to make this body "alive" again. Life is a wonderful thing. Scientists on earth have been arguing about "what is life" for many years, and there is no conclusion yet. From a purely "scientific" perspective, the so-called life is nothing more than the transformation process of a bunch of organic matter, after being separated without emotion. Life ultimately belongs to physics and chemistry, and can be regarded as a bunch of macromolecules that are constantly transforming. By extension, this concept extends the category of life to inorganic matter and psychic creatures, which is nothing more than more complex chemistry or physics. Just changes.

If we only follow this standard, then if we let the ancestor's body restart the series of physical and chemical reactions, it can be regarded as the latter "coming back to life". However, what Sandora wants is not such a simple result.

To resurrect the ancestors. What we want is more than just causing that body to begin an orderly series of physical changes, more than just having it open its eyes under the stimulation of hormones and bioelectric currents—that would be nothing short of Frankenstein.

After the ancestor's remains were restored, the project entered the next stage, and Tavel began to try to restore "vitality" to the body.

On various surveillance screens, I could see that the body was already functioning: he was breathing, body fluids began to flow, and the internal organs that had just been repaired a minute ago were pulsing vigorously. That body, which was different from human beings and had a somewhat strange internal structure, seemed to me to be "alive". I even saw the fingers of the "remains" on the test platform twitching slightly a few meters away.

However, he never opened his eyes and had no response to the various external stimuli exerted by Tavel, or even to direct mental stimulation. He was like a blank machine, roaring but lifeless.

"Which step went wrong?" Sandora took two steps forward and asked in a low voice. Tavel frowned: "The repair on the material level has been completed, but the ancestor's body refused to 'come alive'. I can't detect it. No vitality. No mental fluctuations. That’s the theory.”

I looked at the ancestor in the crystal coffin. This body was breathing steadily, and every cell in it was working, but it had no vitality - this was different from a vegetative person, who still had spiritual power. And this body...

If anything, it is now a group of silicon-sulfur compounds (the main component of the ancestors' bodies) weighing tens of kilograms and undergoing orderly chemical reactions. It is no different in essence from the reactants in any chemical tank.

It's like a computer that doesn't even have an os system installed. The hard drive is buzzing, the processor is steaming, the chassis is busy, but the screen is only pitch black, without even a cursor.

Sandora put her hand on the crystal coffin, and her power spread carefully. I knew that she was using the powerful power of the Soul Reaver to call out the souls of her ancestors. After a moment, Sandora's expression changed slightly, and she seemed to have With a little joy, but more of confusion: "I can feel that something like a soul is slowly reviving. The soul of the ancestors seems to be in this body, preserved along with the stagnant state, but this soul cannot To 'activate' the body, there must be something missing..."

"It lacks the key elements of life force, activating the body, coupling the soul, and distinguishing living things from the reactants in chemical tanks. Dingdang calls it life force - although no one has actually touched that kind of power except Dingdang. ," I felt like my brain had an idea like never before. Of course, this had something to do with me playing around with Ding Dong all day long. "What do you think, Tavel?"

"It shouldn't be," Tavel shook his head in confusion, "Under normal circumstances, after the body is repaired, it will naturally produce vitality..." She was interrupted by Sandora in the middle of her words: "This is not a normal situation. The ancient substances that make up the remains of our ancestors have been stagnant for trillions of years, and these substances may have undergone changes that we are not aware of. Jun, is Dingdang in your pocket?"

I reached into my pocket and remembered that my little one was busy watching TV when I went out today, so I didn't take her with me. At this time, she should be playing with or being played by Qian Qian at home.

"Call her here. I'm really confused. Her power will definitely be used for this kind of project." Sandora patted her forehead and said. In fact, it's not her fault that she didn't think of it before. It was mainly because Dingdang was working as a rice bug at home. It's too long. Not many people remember what little things are capable of...

"Oh, this is... wait, Tavel, try this first." I was about to lift my legs and go back, but suddenly I remembered that I still had some "weird" things on me, so I quickly started to feel them. Dora looked at me quizzically. Until I took out a flat metal box from my pocket. The metal box was as big as a cigarette box. After opening it, there was three-quarters of green powder inside. The powder was faintly fluorescent, and the texture seemed to be somewhere between virtual and real. The space is normal, and it changes slightly with a charming luster.

"This is..." Sandora carefully took the metal box. She dipped her fingers into some green fluorescent powder and put it in her mouth to taste it - she would definitely try it when she encountered a rare thing. "It has a little sweetness, but it's not like any substance I've ever seen. What is this?" ?”

"When Dingdang flies around, don't his wings occasionally shed some small green light particles?" I pointed to the small box of powder. "This is what fell from Dingdang's body. I call it Dingdang slag..."

Shandora was stunned for a moment. After a long time, she silently looked at the green light powder that almost filled the box, and then looked up at me: "Ajun, how free do you usually have to be?"

Me: "...I was curious from the beginning, wanting to see what the thing that was sprinkled on Dingdang's body was. At first, those light powders would not last long before disappearing, but then I found that a container made of astrology stone could put them away. It’s been kept for a long time, so I collected it…”

I couldn't continue in the middle of the explanation, because it didn't solve the problem of how free I was - I just was free!

But there is another important reason why I collect these light powders, and that is that I accidentally discovered that these light particles falling from Dingdang’s wings can be cured by soaking in water and drinking them...

"Well, at least they are really useful now." Sandora handed the box of green powder to Tavel with a strange expression, "Put this thing into the crystal container. According to Ding Dong's power, they should It can automatically activate living beings in a state of decline."

I reminded from the side: "Use it sparingly, Dingdang's production is limited. You can't get much out of it even if you throw her in a centrifuge for a day."

Tavel's expression is very strange, Sandora's expression is very strange, I think my expression should be very strange, but after all, the resurrection process can continue - after all, we only have twenty-four hours at most, if this attempt fails, then we We also need to quickly think of ways to try other methods. But I don’t know if it’s intuition or something else, but I think there should be no problem this time.

Shandora just felt the weak reaction of the ancestor's soul. The latter has recovered to the extent that it can be sensed. This shows that the ancestor's "spirit" is fine, and Tavel has repaired the ancestor's body before that, and the "spirit" and "spirit" Both "flesh" are there, they just lack enough life force to "activate" them. I believe there is nothing more vital than what Dingdang has on him. These powders will definitely work. Anyway, if it doesn’t work, I will catch Dingdang. The little thing has been a rice bug for long enough. .

An almost imperceptible green fluorescence appeared in the crystal coffin. Tavel blew a tiny amount of life dust into the container. She used a small amount and was very careful in her operation - not entirely because she followed my advice and "spared." "Use", mainly because they are worried that too strong life force will destroy the mortal body of the ancestors. Ding Dong's power is not something that is easy for mortals to tolerate. If it comes into direct contact without dilution, anything dropped on the little thing can be enough to burn a mortal to ashes.

Tavel tried to control the dosage within what a mortal body could bear, and then we anxiously awaited the results.

The little bit of green powder began to slowly dissipate after leaving the special astrology stone box, and the green light in the crystal coffin dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Those dusts are not physical matter, but the product of the energy escaping from Dingdang's body mixed with some "extraordinary concept". I have calculated that if they are not stored in an astrology stone container, they will take about thirty years to leave Dingdang's body. It will take minutes to evaporate to nothing - the powder in the crystal coffin dissipates significantly faster.

This shows that they are acting on the remains of ancestors, thus accelerating their own consumption.

"There is a reaction!" The first person to notice the situation was Shandora. She had been paying attention to the "start-up process" of the ancestors' spirits and bodies. Now she felt that this body was gradually changing from a bunch of silently reacting chemicals. Becoming real life, "The soul of the ancestors is awakening, and I can feel it gradually taking shape from a vague state..."

I also feel that the body in front of me has changed. Although I don't have Shandora's perception, but... just like you have a different feeling when looking at a chemical tank and looking at a person, when the dozens of kilograms of matter in front of you change from one When a pile of inanimate reactants becomes a living entity, you will also feel subtle changes——

This should be the "life force" that Ding Dong often talks about, I thought so.

The body in the crystal coffin twitched, and then opened its eyes. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it.)