After returning to the expedition, they fell silent for a while. At this moment, what they need most is a biologist, so that at least they can speculate on the structure of this creature.
The reports from every ground team show that the surface of this planet is simply a monolith. If the spectral analysis had not shown that this planet has a complex elemental composition and geological structure, they would have thought that the entire planet was made of this hateful purple color. Composition of things—Mr. Colonel said that he was annoyed by the sight of purple now.
Without intellectual support, Lucia was responsible for all scientific research, and she gave the analysis results of the air composition—except that it was suitable for human survival everywhere, there was nothing special about it.
"We must at least be able to take the sample, so that we can bring back the Voyager, and we must be able to research a way to analyze it." Someone analyzed.
This is also the most difficult problem - sampling must be done violently, and once the plants are damaged by violence, they will melt into a strong corrosive liquid, which cannot be resisted by any known material.
Sampling has to be taken, animals, plants, and even the surface of the entire planet are covered with this stuff, and this is a danger that must be overcome if they are to settle in this wonderful environment.
Lucia is running, analyzing possible countermeasures, but something strange appears on the screen, like a bunch of illogical gibberish.
The colonel was very dissatisfied with this: "In this kind of thing, artificial intelligence is still inferior to real people."
After a brief discussion, they decided to land again tomorrow, bombard the surface with thermal weapons, and then go to the river to catch some animals and bring them back to the Voyager.
In any case, although the situation is not optimistic, it is already a great thing to find a planet that is so suitable for human survival. Even if they have nothing to gain tomorrow, they can still return to the voyagers and carry out the mission of exploration. Handed over to a professional team of scientists.
The atmosphere became active again. They talked eloquently and enthusiastically, and mentioned a series of beautiful images on the earth, such as forests, larks, and roses, and felt that these things would reproduce on this planetary environment tailored for carbon-based life.
The rotation period of this planet is about 30 hours. When night falls, the orange-red sunset glow interweaves and renders on the deep purple sky. Finally, when it falls, the sky turns dark and the stars twinkle, which is very beautiful.
Ling Yi is writing a diary. Over the years, he has maintained this habit. Even if the sailing days are lacklustre, he will write down how today's training is going, or copy down a beautiful poem. Unknowingly, It is almost as thick as the ship's logbook.
When closing the diary, he looked at the starry sky outside the porthole.
— can go back to see Linsi soon.
Was Lin Si angry with himself when he left so suddenly? However, I have done so many things over the years and become a very good person. Even if Lin Si is angry, he will forgive him in the end, right
He opened a silver-white box on the table. The box contained a lot of stuff—mostly small pieces of ore.
Most of them are big and small diamonds, which shine brightly. They were picked when passing by a diamond planet. The colonel said that although these things can be seen everywhere in the universe, they are extremely valuable on earth.
He said: "If you grow up on the earth, when you propose to a girl, you have to take out a diamond ring to prove your sincerity. The bigger the diamond on the ring, the better, otherwise the girl will take the rose. in your face."
Well, this kind of thing represents sincerity, probably because it is very hard—then Ling Yi took some more.
Among the rest, his favorite was a translucent blue opal that refracted colorful halos in the light.
In addition, there are many kinds of beautiful stones - all of which he planned to give to Lin Si after returning to the Voyager. There is really no good thing in the universe, only these small stones are pretty. He shook the box, and the brilliance flowed in an instant, just like a treasure chest in a deep sea sunken ship in a fairy tale on earth.
Ling Yi closed it with satisfaction, and found that he didn't know when he started smiling. He patted his face and found that it was a little hot - not only that, but when he thought of Lin Si, his heartbeat would also speed up, which seemed to have become a physiological instinct.
After thinking about it for a while, he got into the quilt, closed his eyes, and thought that he would have some good dreams, such as dreaming of the Voyager and Lin Si.
But the reality is not as good as imagined, this dream is dark, damp and cold.
There is no specific thing, he seems to be walking in darkness, and his feet are sticky, just like the purple planet. Countless cries came from his ears, and he started to run, but the continuous cries followed like a shadow, as if they were coming from inside his body.
At a certain moment, his heart suddenly exploded, and he felt that he was being watched.
Ling Yi's heart was beating wildly because of anxiety, and then he opened his eyes suddenly.
—He saw Lucia standing beside his bed, watching him.
Not only watching, she was still crying. Tears kept rolling down the blue eyes on that expressionless face, making her look very, very sad.
"Lucia?" Ling Yi sat up from the bed and asked her, "Are you okay?"
Lucia still looked at him, then shook her head slowly.
"Did something go wrong with your program?"
Lucia looked at him without saying a word.
"It's okay, don't cry..." Ling Yi carefully touched her tear-stained cheek: "Do you need me to restart you?"
Lucia took a few steps back, and suddenly said, "I'm sorry."
The tone of voice was still flat without any ups and downs. Then, her projection twisted and fluctuated a few times before disappearing into the air.
"Lucia?" Ling got out of bed, put on a coat indiscriminately, and ran to the main control room of the spaceship.
There are still a bunch of unorganized garbled codes scrolling on the running window, mixed with shocking red error reports.
He took a deep breath and entered the reboot command.
no response.
Lucia died.
He thought for a while, and was about to cut off the power, when he suddenly heard a loud noise in the depths of the corridor, a person opened his door, fell down, and was vomiting now.
He went in that direction, wanting to ask the companion if he needed help.
"Don't come over!" Halfway through the walk, the man noticed him and shouted loudly.
His voice was hoarse and cloudy.
"Don't come near me, go back to your room and close the door." After the man finished speaking, he coughed heart-piercingly again. There was a big pool of blood around him, which was shocking.
There was such a big commotion in the corridor that everyone who was still asleep woke up, and someone already asked through a door, "What happened?"
Ling Yi's pupils suddenly dilated.
"Don't even open the door," he said. Afterwards, he took out his wristband and ran back to the main control room while dialing the colonel's emergency communication.
The colonel didn't live in this corridor, so he slept well, and after being woken up, he said lazily, "What's wrong?"
"Lucia is dead, I'm restarting it," Ling Yi said quickly, "Dempsey vomited blood, the condition is very serious, like a viral infection."
— Dempsey was the one who had the sleeve of his protective suit melted off by the unknown creature. After the protective suit was no longer complete, he immediately returned to the small spaceship and underwent strict whole-body disinfection.
The colonel trembled, and his voice suddenly became sober: "You stay in the main control room and don't get close to Dempsey."
The communication was cut off, and the colonel turned on the whole cabin broadcast: "Attention all members, turn on the orange alert, and all members are forbidden to go out. If you find any abnormal physical condition, report to me immediately."
The broadcast was played a total of three times and everyone heard it.
Ling turned off Lucia's power without expression, and then turned it on again. Everything was normal, and Lucia's system started to read messages. The reading interface was still the image of a blond female knight in white armor, holding a torch in one hand and a long sword in the other.
He has never seen such a ferocious disease. Dempsey must have contracted something on this planet. When Ling Yi saw him just now, his face was pale beyond imagination, and the pool of blood was not bright red. , but a very deep dark color.
After going through the strictest full-body disinfection that can be done on the spaceship, Dempsey, he, the colonel, and the entire team have all been together on the small spaceship. If only the arms are exposed to the air, they can be infected. Then you are not necessarily safe.
Taking a step back, the interior of the spacecraft is indeed completely enclosed, but when they landed and opened the hatch, part of the air on this planet must have flowed in. If the virus is in the air, no one can escape.
But things have come to this point, and there is no point in panic. We can only hope that the virus is not so contagious, or the toxicity is not so strong.
After a while, the colonel sent him a message.
"How are you? The situation is not optimistic. Eight people have a low-grade fever and three people have a headache."
"I'm fine." Ling Yi replied him.
"I also feel a little uncomfortable. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, fuck." The colonel said.
Before he could reply, the colonel sent another message: "Dempsey told me that he felt his internal organs were melting and he would die soon."
Melted internal organs, dark blood, just like the animal after it was killed.
Ling Yi replied: "Lance said that the most virulent virus is like this, it can directly destroy the human body."
"It's the same way as the Berlin virus," said the colonel. "It was hell on earth back then. I hope we don't."
While talking, Lucia restarted successfully, and she seemed to be normal.
"Hello, Lucia."
"Hello, Ling Yi." She replied.
"Can you assess the current situation?"
"Please wait."
Lucia started to operate normally, grabbed the surveillance screen, and evaluated the current situation.
"The evaluation is over. It is confirmed that there is an S-level abnormality. The medical robot is controlling Mr. Dempsey to take samples and analyze them. We will conduct a full-body examination on all the staff. Please wait a moment."
The progress bar moved slowly, and after more than an hour, the result finally appeared: "The analysis is over, an unknown virus has appeared, the danger level: extremely dangerous. The treatment plan: none. The safe crowd: cannot be determined. The only suggestion: all personnel are frozen, and I will lead the expedition Those who travel through the subspace, return to the original planet, and wait for the assistance of the voyagers."
Ling Yi asked, "Can freezing ensure virus dormancy?"
Lucia: "Unknown."
"Thank you." Ling sent all the results to the colonel.
What Lucia means is that everyone is likely to be infected, and the level of danger of this virus is very high. Freezing is the only way, but it is not sure whether it can prevent death. If the cold temperatures of human freezing do not make the virus dormant, the situation is still extremely pessimistic.
After all, the Berlin virus cannot use freezing to delay the death of patients, and this unknown virus looks no less than the Berlin virus.
Ling Yi looked at Lucia's surveillance screen.
He saw Dempsey vomit more and more blood, the whole person fell into a pool of blood, his body became flat, his breathing was difficult and weak, and he also saw someone began to cough up blood in small mouthfuls, with a painful expression on his face.
In the colonel's room, he looked at his high body temperature data with a solemn expression.
Hell is about to repeat itself, escaped the Berlin virus, can not escape the distant star virus.
"Lucia..." Ling Yi's voice trembled a little, "Is there any equipment here? I want to take a temperature test."
The author has something to say: I was too sleepy yesterday qwq
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