Chapter 838 Ancient Wreck
Artificial gravity is currently divided into two categories, one is the spin of colonial satellites, and the other is a magical effect called 'gravity reversal'.
To put it simply, gravity will turn into gravitylessness, and weightlessness will turn into gravity.
Both methods of artificial gravity have applications. There is no better or worse method. It mainly depends on the usage scenario.
Gravity reversal is only used in places such as space stations and void fortresses that are larger than ships but far smaller than colonial satellites. For example, the Gemini space station where Alyssa went to at the beginning.
This is because the range of influence of gravity reversal has a limit. If it exceeds a certain threshold, the energy consumption will be ridiculously high, so the colonial satellite chooses to spin to provide gravity.
And the ship is too small, and the ship's power is not enough to support the long-term use of gravity reversal, so most ships other than starships have magnetic shoes or simply float like this.
The ancient elf ruins that came this time were similar in size to the space station and did not spin, so they also used gravity reversal. The gravity reversal spell itself is the legacy of the ancient elf and has been optimized by future generations.
Although this seems normal, it is not normal for the ruins of ancient elves.
The most important point is where the energy comes from.
If a space station is in low-energy mode and closes almost all functions, even if no one maintains it, the reactor can still provide enough energy to support for thousands of years, so some areas in many ancient ruins still have artificial gravity, such as Ali Sarah found the remains of the boot disk.
It is undeniable that a space station that can operate automatically for 10,000 years is indeed possible, but the ancient elves are not among them.
Don’t forget, the ancient elves experienced great disasters at that time.
During the ancient elves, their floating cities were much larger than the largest starships today, and even two or three times larger than colonial satellites. Moreover, their floating cities did not need to spin to provide artificial gravity. With today's technology, It's almost impossible to say.
The most basic technology that realizes all of this is the power source of the ancient elves that no one can understand.
It is said that this is a special mechanism that can release endless energy. It is placed at a higher latitude to draw endless power. Therefore, these floating cities built by the ancient elves do not consider energy consumption at all.
But when the disaster came, magic became unreliable. Almost all of these miraculous energy sources exploded under the influence of the disaster, causing the floating city to fall like raindrops.
And this unreliable time lasted for thousands of years, during which everything that relied on magic to operate would have problems.
There is artificial gravity, indicating that the energy source itself is intact and has successfully survived the impact of the disaster. Ancient elven relics in this situation are extremely rare.
Normally, Alyssa would be very happy to encounter this ancient elf relic.
Although it is impossible to move or use the energy source for my use, the fact that the ruins are intact means that they contain a large amount of magic technology and precious antiques and even documents left over from the ancient elves. The thorough excavation of an ancient elves ruins is a huge sum of money. The reason why Alyssa's grandfather could afford a starship was because he monopolized the funds provided by an ancient elf ruins when he was young.
But then again.
Alyssa looked at Shanna who was riding on the golem. This time it might not be as simple as simply finding something to sell for money.
Behind the membrane airlock is a spacious room, with faintly visible benches and other arrangements for people to rest, and there is a heavy gate directly in front.
The three-stage gate arrangement is a feature shared by almost all space stations and starships today. This is something that was learned from ancient elves.
"The gate here is sealed and dated. It seems to be more than 800 years ago."
The light yellow seal was spot welded on it. It should only be called a metal strip. The person who left the seal was not mentioned. It only stated the year 539 of the Star Cluster Era.
At least this means that no one has entered it in eight hundred years. Sophia went over and pulled the seal off hard, and Alyssa repeated her trick to find the panel that opened the door and linked it to the personal terminal.
The huge gate cracked from the middle, rotating and retracting into the wall like the lens aperture of a camera. At that moment, a strong wind blew out from inside, and the air pressure on both sides quickly balanced.
An Yun held on to the wall and walked over to check. Her shocked voice sounded from the team communicator:
"There is actually a city here!"
Buildings of different heights line up in rows, and the road draws an arc beneath the buildings, as if it were a beautiful painting in itself. The ancient stones glow with a dark golden shimmer under the dim light, trying to prove their former greatness.
Everyone stood beside the airlock door, and it was hard to imagine that this was a civilization that existed more than 10,000 years ago.
To be precise, this is not a city, but an urban area, and it is also dilapidated. Many buildings have collapsed, broken walls are everywhere, and large boulders are scattered everywhere like building blocks discarded by naughty children. All.
The buildings of the ancient elves are all very classically built of stone, and the high-end ones use crystal. They have concrete technology, but they don't like to use it.
Of course, it is not possible to build super tall and super large buildings with stone bricks. During the ancient elves, these buildings were locked with magic. But over this long period of time, the magic gradually disappeared, and the buildings naturally collapsed due to their own weight, leaving only Under the ruins, you can barely see how majestic it was back then.
Alyssa took out a pen-like instrument from the jacket pocket of the protective suit, connected it to the cable of the personal terminal, and waved it around.
"Oxygen can be breathed, but there are a lot of components in the air that are different from normal air. Don't take off the mask casually."
The ancient elves were too rational. When their civilization developed to a later stage, they often spread large amounts of stimulants in the city to obtain emotional fluctuations.
These stimulants may not degrade and disappear for tens of thousands of years. For ancient elves, they only make them feel emotional, but for ordinary mortals, they are completely lethal.
"Boss, where are we going now? Do we have a goal?"
Alyssa shrugged and turned to look at Shanna, and everyone also turned back.
Zannah lay on the back of the golem and looked at the city. The excitement and happiness on her face just now disappeared, and was replaced by a frown in thought.
"I, I seem to have been here. But I shouldn't have been here. When did I come?"
Shanna has no memory of being here, but she has a feeling that she has been here before, just like you can walk to the toilet at home even without turning on the lights. It is a strong sense of familiarity.
Alyssa comforted softly:
"Don't think too much, where do you think we should go first? Feeling, just rely on feeling."
Shanna still looked confused, but after hearing this, she pointed straight ahead:
"That tower, I feel like that tower is calling me."
The tower Zannah mentioned is located at the end of the city. It has now been split into two sections, like a dead tree that has expired, waiting for people to visit.
(End of chapter)