Because there are lights in the laboratory, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao did not need to use flashlights, and they could see the corresponding scene from a distance:
There were three grey-white metal beds side by side, inside the same-colored arched instrument, above them were wires with circular sheets hanging down.
At this moment, there was a white corpse on each of the two metal beds. They were wearing tattered blue and white clothes, and they were lying very standard, except for their heads that were tilted to the side.
The other one was empty, clean, not even dusty.
"Is the air purification system on here all the time?" Shang Jianyao looked up at the ceiling without a focus.
Otherwise, after so many years, not even a bit of dust will fall.
Jiang Baimian ignored his words, walked to a metal bed with human bones, and observed it carefully for a few seconds.
She organized the following language:
"There are many traces left on the metal surface, indicating that the corpse is rotting here..."
While speaking, she looked sideways at the metal bed without bones:
"And it's very clean up there.
"Preliminary judgment, after the destruction of the old world, there should be no people or corpses lying here."
What she meant was that Long Yuehong might have had a hallucination just now.
The honest Shang Jianyao immediately retorted:
"Maybe the corpse above woke up on its own, staggered away, and then the cleaning robot in the laboratory came to deal with it?"
Judging from the current situation, this laboratory has widely used robots due to its high level of confidentiality. Jiang Baimian cannot deny that there is no cleaning type.
She even suspected that the robots here entered the "sleep" state after the "source brain" arrived, and no longer fulfilled their duties.
And the former emperor of "First City", Olei, the father of "Origin Brain", has a high probability of mastering the identity of this laboratory, and has been directly recognized by the robots.
This is what Jiang Baimian speculated from the fact that there was no obvious damage in the laboratory.
Stop telling ghost stories... Long Yuehong is not grateful to Shang Jianyao for helping him speak.
At this time, Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao communicated verbally and carefully checked the empty metal bed.
They didn't find any clues worth paying attention to.
Jiang Baimian immediately came to the operating area of this instrument.
There was a stack of stapled papers there.
Jiang Baimian is quite familiar with this:
Experiment Notebook!
Looking closely, Jiang Baimian found that the experimental record book remained open, and many items were listed on it:
"serial number" "heartbeat" "blood pressure" "frequency" "intensity"...
Perhaps when the old world was destroyed, this experiment had just begun, so, except for the numbers under the serial number column, everything else was blank.
In the serial number column, three sets of numbers are written in turn:
"14 (left bed);
"27 (middle bed);
"32 (right bed)."
Jiang Baimian turned his head to the side, and once again turned his attention to the three metal beds in the arched instrument.
According to her experience, the empty one is the left bed, with the serial number "14".
She quickly communicated the information to the team members.
"This should be the number of the subject..." Bai Chen said to himself while observing his "defense zone", "What is the basis for the number?"
Long Yuehong suddenly had a flash of inspiration:
"Could it be the ward number
"14 refers to the experimental subject living in Ward 14?"
When the "Old Tune Team" entered this hall along the corridor just now, they noticed that the doors of the wards were marked with numbers.
Pong pong pong, Shang Jianyao applauded Long Yuehong by slapping the side of the Berserker assault rifle.
"It's very possible." Jiang Baimian also agreed.
She was silent for a while, and her tone became solemn:
"Since this is written in the experimental record book, it means that there were indeed three people lying here at that time.
"And now there are only two skeletons left."
Hearing the team leader's words, although Long Yuehong was mentally prepared, she was still startled and blurted out:
"Just 'run' and lost one?"
"It's also possible that he ran away when the old world was destroyed. He went out to fool around during the day and came back to sleep at night. Just lying down today, he found that an outsider came in, so he had to sneak away." process".
It's pretty, quite human... Jiang Baimian doesn't know how to evaluate it.
Long Yuehong glanced at Bai Chen and subconsciously retorted:
"When the old world was just destroyed, these experiments, uh, the volunteers should not have died.
"If what we guessed just now was correct, then they were still in a vegetative state."
Shang Jianyao smiled and said:
"So do you think a dead person sneaks away from reality, or a vegetative person sneaks away from reality?"
Not realistic, okay? Long Yuehong roared in his heart.
Jiang Baimian's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"At least Jiang Xiaoyue, the vegetative person before the destruction of the old world, still has a corresponding spiritual corridor room to this day.
"When the old world was destroyed, it is not impossible that a certain vegetative person was stimulated and woke up suddenly..."
Pong! Shang Jianyao took a picture of the side of the "Berzy Warrior" assault rifle, and suddenly realized:
"I understand!
"The Northern Company and this secret laboratory are all researching how to inherit the power of 'darkness' and allow humans to acquire special abilities, and there is no more suitable experimental subject than a vegetative person who has lost his own consciousness.
"Without self-consciousness, there is no conflict with the erosion of 'darkness'!
"The destruction of the old world is because of problems with this type of experiment. The 'darkness' broke through the barrier and completed a large-scale erosion, which led to the dissolution of the corresponding human consciousness and became the 'mindless'.
"A small number of representatives of these vegetative people have no self-awareness, but they are lucky in disguise and become 'dark' lackeys and come to their senses.
"Jiang Xiaoyue is, so is the one on this bed, so is the 'Doctor' 'Charlie' 'Vice President'!"
Long Yuehong originally wanted to say that Shang Jianyao was opening his mind again and taking advantage of special mental patients, but the more he listened, the more surprised he became, but in the end he felt that the other party's speculation was somewhat reasonable.
In any case, at least the logic is self-consistent, and it can explain some phenomena!
Jiang Baimian fell into contemplation and asked carefully:
"Then why is there still 'no heart disease'?"
"The erosion of 'darkness' is still continuing, but it has been resisted and weakened a lot. For example, Zhisui 'Dawn' has been fighting against 'Nightmare', so now there will be occasional 'innocence' and occasional awakenings ." Shang Jianyao replied confidently.
Jiang Baimian did not comment on whether his guess was right or not, and said "Ha":
"According to your logic, you and I are now 'dark' lackeys?"
Awakening can only be completed by being eroded by the power of "darkness".
Shang Jianyao replied sincerely:
"We are not qualified enough, we are too weak."
"Entering the so-called 'new world' counts?" Bai Chen joined the discussion.
Jiang Baimian moved in his heart and muttered to himself:
"Returning from the 'New World', will it carry the power of 'darkness', causing the outbreak of 'heartless disease' in the surrounding area?"
The "Old Tune Group" previously guessed that the source of "Innocent Disease" was the "New World", and if the strong people who entered the "New World" did not destroy their bodies, it would be equivalent to establishing a connection between the dust and the "New World", " Innocent disease" then spread.
This can effectively explain why there were cases of "unconscious disease" in the "Pangu creatures" during the turmoil in the "first city", and why "wuxin disease" occurred after staying in the area around Yanhu for a long time.
Now, it seems that this guess can be combined with Shang Jianyao's "imagination" just now.
Before waiting for Shang Jianyao and others to respond, Jiang Baimian looked around and said:
"What is the relationship between 'New World' and 'Darkness'
"Well, let's communicate after leaving the ruins. Remember to remind me when you return, and search Ward 14."
"Okay." Long Yuehong quickly swept his eyes to other places, focusing on the "sleeping" robots.
Fortunately, none of these guards were "woke up" by the voice of the "old-tone group" talking.
For some reason, Long Yuehong always had a chilly feeling on the back of her neck, but it wasn't to the extent of being blown by someone or being blown by the wind.
Based on the tactical manual, he did not conceal this matter, turned around, and said to Jiang Baimian and others:
"Do you think it's gloomy here, especially the back of your neck?"
"No." Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen shook their heads at the same time.
At this moment, Long Yuehong swept the corner of his eyes and found that there was a figure on the empty metal bed!
"There!" He moved the muzzle of his Berserker assault rifle in horror.
Only then did he see clearly that Shang Jianyao was lying there.
The guy slipped into the metal bed at some point.
"..." Jiang Baimian squeezed out a smile and asked Shang Jianyao, "What are you doing?"
"I was thinking, what did the vegetative man see when he woke up." Shang Jianyao replied calmly, "Then try to restore the scene."
Jiang Baimian's eyes moved slightly, and he asked in a serious tone:
"Then what do you see now?"
"The ceiling is quite clean." Shang Jianyao replied with regret or emotion.
Jiang Baimian was stunned for a moment, and his heart moved:
"Try on the 'Angel of Life' necklace."
She remembered that when she used the "Angel of Life" necklace, with the help of the breath contained in it, she sensed the darkness that was suspected to originate from "Doctor".
Shang Jianyao's eyes lit up, he picked up the tactical backpack placed beside him, and took out the "Angel of Life" necklace inside.
He does not appear to be paralyzed in any part because he is always lying down.
The silver pendant held by Shang Jian Yao Zuo then lit up a little, like the moon reflecting the sunlight.
After a few seconds, Shang Jianyao smiled and said:
"There are some dark shadows on the ceiling, they stick out a little from time to time, and then quickly shrink back."
Long Yuehong subconsciously looked at the ceiling and found that it was silver and white, and there was no black shadow.
Jiang Baimian thoughtfully said:
"You, try to get in touch with them and use your own consciousness."
"I tried it, but it didn't respond." Shang Jianyao has always been proactive in this regard.
"Take a look?" Bai Chen suggested.
"Okay." Shang Jianyao raised his Berserker assault rifle.
Jiang Baimian immediately watched the guard robots, fearing that the sound of gunfire would wake them up.
when!
A bullet hit the metal ceiling.
No exception occurs.
The guard robots didn't wake up either.
Jiang Baimian pondered for a while, then sighed and said:
"There is a chance to try again later, and now I will find Lao Ge first."
Shang Jianyao, who attaches great importance to feelings, quickly put away the "Angel of Life" necklace, and got out of bed.
Several members of the "Old Tune Group" formed a battle formation and walked towards the metal door on the side of the semicircular hall.
After passing through two wide-open doors in a row, they saw a giant computer.
The computer was not running, it seemed to be damaged, and in front of it stood a tall figure.
The figure, which was 1.9 meters tall, was suspected to be Genava.
He was wrapped in a strange white garment all over his body, and he stood there as if there was no electricity.
Sensing that someone was coming in, the figure turned around suddenly.
There was a little red light in the position of his eyes, and a cold voice followed from his mouth:
"Nothing at all!"