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Hobert looked around, suddenly realizing that it was normal for there to be nothing here.
After all, so much time had passed, and judging from the changes in the terrain of the Northern and Southern continents, the several wars between gods in history had a huge impact on the entire world's landmass.
This vast continent in the south most point of Earth should have also experienced disasters such as earthquakes. The research station might have been buried underground long ago, or it might have suffered severe damage in natural disasters and been blown away by the strong winds.
Besides, some gods should have come to explore this place before. Other gods might not be interested in this place, but the Evernight Goddess or Roselle would probably take a look after becoming a High-Sequence, right?
I haven't heard of Roselle finding a research station here in his diary.
"Huh!" Just as Hobert was about to use his spirituality to sense whether there was any buried space underground, he suddenly saw a corner of a man-made object in the ice and snow.
The next second, He had already used the method of "distorting" space to come to the front of the ice and snow. It was indeed a corner of an iron building.
Hobert used his spirituality to sense it. There were no signs of life inside, but there was a considerable space.
Similarly, not sensing any danger, Hobert took out the "Sun Scepter" and used the method of "tampering" with position to enter the space inside.
Under the light emitted by the "Sun Scepter," Hobert saw that this was a slightly inclined rectangular space. As far as the eye could see, there was a thick layer of dust, but there were no "ice sculptures" or any humanoid creatures here.
Regardless of the howling sea breeze outside, the enclosed space inside was very quiet.
Taking a closer look at the furnishings here, Hobert found that they were very well preserved, greatly exceeding His expectations. If it had experienced several major earthquakes, these buildings should have collapsed long ago.
After simply glancing around, Hobert noticed that there seemed to be some dirt-like things on the largest white wall. They seemed to be some words, but they were too old to see clearly.
Hobert pondered for a moment and increased the refractive index of these "dirt," and they became clearly visible.
Those were two lines of bright red characters: "The crying of children has attracted some terrifying things…"
"But, there are no children in the research station…"
Hobert scratched his head. These words should have been written in blood. He felt that the more he investigated this matter, the more terrifying it became.
But He knew that this was also very likely some illusory sounds or hallucinations that the researchers heard after the "Original Creator" began to exert influence on the entire real world.
It looked quite terrifying, but the matter did not seem to exceed Hobert's previous guess.
Continuing to search inside, Hobert found a few scattered documents on a table in an archive room.
These documents seemed to have been repeatedly reviewed by the researchers.
Hobert first "tampered" with the toughness of these documents to prevent them from turning into paper scraps with a slight touch.
He waved his hand gently, and after the dust on them floated away, only a piece of paper that was almost blank was left.
Hobert looked at it carefully. It should have been printed text, but after a long time, the ink had almost disappeared.
This was not difficult for Hobert. He "tampered" with the brightness of the dye in the ink, and soon the contents of these documents reappeared.
Hobert picked up the documents and quickly glanced at them.
These documents were divided into two parts. One part was the paper archives of the Great Wall Station's contact with the outside world, and the other folder was the archives of communication between the Great Wall Station and the Kunlun Station.
The contact between the research station and the outside world was normal at first, but about "a month ago," there seemed to be some huge changes in the outside world.
First of all, oil resources dried up in a matter of days, and the whole world was plunged into panic. Oil was already an indispensable thing in that world, and it was hard to imagine how the human world would regress without oil.
Then, the research station received a retreat order, but the icebreaker that was supposed to pick them up never appeared.
Finally, the outside world began to send a lot of messy things here, including mythological stories, some unintelligible descriptions, and some incomprehensible but terrifying descriptions.
For example: "The sun suddenly fell to the ground…"
"A group of elaborately dressed rats invited me to be their food…"
"A strange smiling face appeared in the air…"
"The seawater did not freeze, but it suddenly turned into a solid, ah… that doesn't seem to be a solid, but a huge monster…"
The last message from the outside world was: "The monsters want to rush in here very much, but they are not monsters. Just now they were all human beings. Many of us have heard some strange murmurs and turned into monsters. Hehe, actually, I am also a monster… Hello, I will find you…"
There was also a line of pen writing: What exactly happened outside? Who made that huge roar? Why are sunrise and sunset no longer regular? Why is there no response from the outside world?
Based on some information previously released by Klein, Hobert roughly sorted out this catastrophe.
First of all, some anomalies occurred in Chernobyl. To be precise, the only "Chaos Sea" with an entrance in the real world created some supernatural phenomena. These anomalies lasted for a period of time, at least enough time to build a research institute there.
At the same time, the two personalities, Celestial Worthy and God, created by the tendency of the "Original Creator" to split during sleep, further affected the real world. Especially Celestial Worthy, who began to "recruit people."
As the connection between the "Chaos Sea" and the real world became deeper and deeper, oil was quickly assimilated by the expanding "Chaos Sea."
The manifestation of the Sephirot and the power of Celestial Worthy and God turned many people into monsters and caused huge changes in this world.
Finally, the "Original Creator" woke up. The moment He woke up, this world was destroyed. Just the awakening of His consciousness was enough to turn all the creatures on this planet into monsters.
Thinking of these things, Hobert looked at the line of pen writing again: The destruction here… seems to be a beat slower?
At least when the people outside were all crazy, unable to get any replies, and the laws of nature became chaotic, there were still people here who maintained their sanity.
Hobert guessed that when sunrise and sunset were disrupted, it should have been very close to the time when the "Original Creator" woke up. At that time, no one in the whole world should have been able to leave a few lines of pen writing.
After thinking for a while, Hobert felt that he could not grasp the key points, so he took a deep breath and went to look at the communication archives with the Kunlun Station.
There was only one folder for the communication with the Kunlun Station, because the Kunlun Station was in another direction of Antarctica, deep inside the Antarctic continent. That research station basically obtained supplies from the Zhongshan Station, so there was not much contact with the Great Wall Station.
Most of the time, the contact between the two research stations was for joint observation of the climate or the cosmos.
After seeing some of their observations of the cosmos, Hobert instinctively felt a little resistance, but then he thought that the cosmos at that time seemed to be safe, so he continued to look down.
The anomaly of the Kunlun Station appeared "two months ago." At that time, the two research stations had a text message conversation. The content in the archive is as follows:
Great Wall Station: Why not use video calls or voice calls?
Kunlun Station: Can't use them?
Great Wall Station: Is there a fault in the communication system?
Kunlun Station: No, a strange thing happened here. When we were about to report the recent findings to the superiors, the outside world couldn't hear or see anything.
Great Wall Station: Sorry, this… this is a bit difficult to understand.
Kunlun Station: For example, when I have a video call with Beijing, it is clear that the video has been connected, and we confirm that there is no problem with the communication when we greet each other, but when it comes to work content, Beijing cannot hear my voice or see the samples I am showing.
Great Wall Station: There must be a problem with the communication system.
Kunlun Station: We have checked it many times. This time we are contacting you for an experiment. We found that describing it in words can convey some information to the outside, but it is incomplete. So, we want to try in the Antarctic continent, in the form of text, whether you can receive the content we need to report.
Great Wall Station: Suggest checking the communication system again.
Kunlun Station: We found a biological-like tissue structure in the ice layer of Area 3. Two biologists who observed it through a microscope suddenly had serious mental problems. They kept saying: "He has lived for a long, long time, he is still alive… he is still alive…"
Kunlun Station: Please forward the information I sent you earlier.
Great Wall Station: Brother, how long have you been in Antarctica? Isn't it time to go back to your country for a rest?
Kunlun Station: Send it to me quickly, this is very important to me!
Great Wall Station: Okay, since you insist. We are in Area 3…
This was the first abnormal message sent by the Kunlun Station, but unfortunately, there was no description of the investigation results of this matter.
Hobert pinched his chin. He guessed: Could it be that at the same time as the anomaly appeared in Chernobyl, an anomaly was also discovered in Antarctica?
The "biological tissue structure" they discovered was obviously corrupted with a high level corruption, and the scientists who directly observed it with a microscope were corrupted.
But it is not known whether the words they kept repeating were some kind of illusion or some murmurs.
If it is the former, it is just nonsense after the spirit body basically collapses.
If it is the latter, in essence, that extraordinary corruption have established some kind of connection between the two scientists and the source of corruption, and the scientists' spirit bodies have obtained some information from the source of corruption.
If it is the latter, these words can be used as a reference to a certain extent.
Hobert reread the words that the two scientists were constantly repeating: Could the "biological tissue structure" they discovered be the body of the original Creator? Or was it the Celestial Worthy or God Almighty? Or was it their shared body?
They have always been on Earth, but it is difficult to determine what state they exist in.
Hobert and Klein had once speculated whether the original Creator might have been sleeping in the "Chaos Sea" at the Earth's core? But whether He had His own body was unknown.
The Celestial Worthy and God Almighty should have structures similar to bodies. God Almighty's body even formed the first "Blasphemy Slate." So, the question is, did the Celestial Worthy or God Almighty sleep in Antarctica back then?
This thought made Hobert smile and think: This is indeed a good place for "hibernation."
Another place worth noting is that any information sent by Kunlun Station outside of Antarctica is blocked by a strange force.
This kind of thing happening in the extraordinary world wouldn't feel like much.
But if it happens in the real world, it's quite terrifying. For example, during work communication, no matter how you describe a certain task, others can't understand or hear it.
Hobert realized that this seemed a bit like the authority of "Concealment"!
Then Hobert thought: If it's not God Almighty or the Celestial Worthy, could there be another being on Earth before the Original Creator awoke?
Combining the information previously discovered in the cave, Hobert felt that it was not impossible: He has been sleeping in Antarctica, and influenced by the awakening of the original Creator, He is also preparing to revive, or rather, awaken?
With this question, Hobert continued to read on. More than a month later, the two research stations had another contact. This time, the content was very short:
Kunlun Station: We must stop him! We must stop him! If we don't succeed, you must take over our mission!
Changcheng Station: Stop who? What mission?
Kunlun Station: We must stop him! We must stop him!
Hobert withdrew his gaze. Obviously, during this communication, Kunlun Station's abnormality was already very obvious.
He boldly guessed: Could it be that there is a being who has been sleeping in Antarctica, and when the "Original Creator" is about to awaken, He regained a part of his consciousness, affecting the scientists at Kunlun Station?
And after the researchers at Kunlun Station were corrupted by Him, they understood that if He continued to be active, it would definitely be a disaster!
So the scientists want to stop him! Or rather, Him.
Then, Hobert thought of another possibility: Maybe there were some high-level Beyonder characteristics near Kunlun Station at that time. With the gradual awakening of the "Original Creator", those Beyonder characteristics began to become active, ready to gather with the "Original Creator", thus affecting the researchers at Kunlun Station?
Hobert continued to read on. The following was the last contact between the two sides:
Kunlun Station: We shouldn't have dug that place open!
Changcheng Station: Where?
Kunlun Station: Area 3! Antarctica is different from other continents… different…
Changcheng Station: How is it different?
Kunlun Station: A week later, if we don't contact you, please come immediately. We have organized all the information. To prevent electronic equipment from malfunctioning, we have made paper backups, all in folder number 155. Goodbye everyone, now that we know the truth, we cannot sit idly by… cannot sit idly by…
The other party's last message suddenly made Hobert feel a bit tragic.
How could the power of ordinary people stop the awakening of the "Original Creator"?
But… Hobert re-examined this space buried under the ice and snow. Except for the blood writing on the wall, this place is basically neat, which means that after some strange things started happening here, the researchers most likely left in an orderly manner.
If the people here had all turned into monsters, this place couldn't be so neat, and it couldn't be as simple as leaving two lines of blood writing.
Since the ship that was supposed to pick them up never came, they should have gone to Kunlun Station.
"Cannot sit idly by…"
Hobert glanced at this sentence again. He felt it was necessary to take a look at Kunlun Station.
He knew that in the end, the "Original Creator" still awakened, and the scientists at Changcheng Station of course also failed, but if their bodies were still exposed in the wilderness, Hobert felt that he should bury them.
There is a detailed map of Antarctica in Changcheng Station. After identifying the direction and calculating the distance, Hobert directly entered the "Spirit World" to go to Kunlun Station.
Just after entering the Spirit World, Hobert realized that the Spirit World corresponding to Antarctica seemed a bit deserted.
Generally, after entering the Spirit World, there would be many Spirit World creatures wandering around, but in the Spirit World here, there were no signs of any Spirit World creature activity as far as the eye could see.
This made Hobert more cautious, but he didn't retreat. After all, he was already Sequence 1, so there was no need to be as timid as before.
A dozen seconds later, Hobert arrived at the location of Kunlun Station. In the Spirit World, he seemed to see several blurry giant figures around, but no matter how carefully he looked, he couldn't see them clearly.
Because his spirituality did not sense danger, he entered the real world.
But to Hobert's surprise, Kunlun Station in the darkness actually looked quite complete!
Some cuboid-like buildings, like containers, still stood there! On the left were some structures like large oil pipes, and on the right were some large snowmobiles.
Some of these large snowmobiles had nameplates with the words "Changcheng Station", "Zhongshan Station", etc.
The researchers from Changcheng Station did come here. Not only did they come, but people from other research stations also came.
In front of these buildings, there was a dark stone engraved with the words "Chinese Antarctic Kunlun Station"!
This is indeed Kunlun Station, but the fact that the buildings here are so well preserved made Hobert realize that something was wrong here.
Since this place is so well preserved, why didn't any gods discover it before? Or did some gods discover this place, but didn't announce the relevant information?
Hobert's spirituality still didn't detect any danger, nor did he detect any signs of living beings in the research station.
This time, Hobert didn't use extraordinary powers to enter the research station, but went to open the door to check the situation inside first.
Everything inside seemed like a long-sealed history. So many years have passed, but everything inside is still undamaged.
Hobert cautiously entered the house. First, in a room that was similar to a combination of an activity room and a conference room, he saw a circle of teacups placed around the table.
This should have been left by the people from Changcheng Station. He didn't know if they had a short meeting here, or just rested here.
Towards the inside, the door of the archive room was open.
Hobert cautiously went in. First, he saw a thick folder on the table, and the walls of the archive room were covered with dirt.
Hobert was very familiar with these "dirt." After he "tampered" with it, he saw some incoherent words written on it:
"He said he was a god, hehe, I told him I was an atheist…"
"Strange, how do their voices reach our ears? Why is there still that terrifying effect? Are they directly talking to our brains?"
"The things underground are unsettling…"
"I seem to have seen a rainbow…"
"Their bodies are too big, too big…"
Hobert took a deep breath. These words were obviously also written in blood. The handwriting was full of frenzy, but there also seemed to be some rationality in the frenzy.
Such messy words basically wouldn't yield much useful information, so Hobert simply went to look at the thick folder.
At this moment, Hobert seemed to understand: Even if some gods discovered this place, they wouldn't think it was a prehistoric ruin, but would think it was the residence of some ancient god. Unless They knew Chinese characters.
In that case, only "Roselle" would understand what this place was if he discovered it.
But thinking about it carefully, if that guy had time, he would go find noble ladies and witches to play with. Would he go deep into the interior of Antarctica to explore?
If it weren't for accidentally finding relevant clues, it would actually be difficult to discover this place.
Thinking of this, Hobert looked at the furnishings outside again. The biggest question appeared in his mind again: This place is preserved too well.
With questions, Hobert also "tampered" with the brightness of the dye. He saw that the folder's number was indeed 155.
The first page of the document only had one sentence: After you finish reading the following content, your mind will irreversibly have problems. Be sure to be prepared to fight against that voice!
Hobert slowly nodded. Just knowing some indescribable existences would also be corrupted.
The second page of the document began to describe the entire process in detail. Initially, Kunlun Station discovered a strange ice layer in Area 3. There seemed to be an invisible barrier there. No matter how big the wind and snow were, they would be blocked by the barrier, forming a spectacle of ice and snow colliding with air.
After peeling off the snow layer, the researchers found a black, very regular square under the ice layer, and began to drill down to extract ice.
But what they didn't expect was that they drilled hundreds of meters down before obtaining the black sample that made up the square.
All the abnormalities started with this sample. Initially, people thought they were minerals, but after cutting them, they found that they seemed to be the tissue structure of some living organisms.
Then the incident happened where the two biologists had mental problems. After such an accident, Kunlun Station immediately stopped the research and waited for further orders from above.
During this stage, they made many guesses, one of which was very close to the truth: Could the black substance be a virus that spreads through sight? A virus frozen under the Antarctic ice?
Using the term 'virus' to describe the Beyonder characteristic's corruption was actually quite fitting.
It was at this moment that the two biologists rushed towards Area 3 without wearing sufficient equipment. Only then did people discover that a descending ice staircase had appeared at the location of the black cube!
And the black cube was now gone.
Because they were unable to report everything here to the outside world in a timely manner, Kunlun Station had no choice but to organize an expedition to explore down the staircase.
Below was a huge underground structure. Here are some photos; it was so vast that the boundaries couldn't be seen!
After several explorations, they roughly determined the general structure of the entire underground space.
During the last exploration, people saw six huge, blurry shadows in the ice layer further down.
It was unknown what those things were. Strangely, all the cameras were unable to photograph them; only human vision could see them.
Following this are six hand-drawn sketches. Some of those blurry shadows seemed to have human-like shapes, some were like regular geometric figures, and some were strangely shaped.
Another strange thing was that everyone who saw these shadows went mad after returning to the research station!
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