The author has something to say: To be revised... I am too sleepy to write today... The preface does not match the postscript...
"These people have been living here... for a long time."
Lin Xi chose her words carefully.
"These humans are very old. They are much older than the corpses out there."
Xavier walked next to Lin Xi, followed his gaze at the corpses, and then said casually.
Xavier felt a little bored by corpses, domestic garbage, and even living spaces that were completely inoperable.
After all, the corpses looked like they were about to become mummies, and Xavier really couldn't bring himself to be enthusiastic about them.
Then it turned back towards Noah and Arthur and let out a low neigh that humans couldn't hear. It was a warning - warning Arthur and Noah not to kill each other.
Xavier could see that Lin Xi was thinking seriously, and the too bloody and terrible fight between Noah and Arthur might disturb Lin Xi.
Yes, Xavier is completely uninterested in the people who died here and what they did before them, but it knows that Lin Xi cares about it.
Just as Xavier thought, Lin Xi indeed focused all his attention on the bodies of those people.
He even walked to the domestic garbage that exuded a faint stench and looked at it for a long time. Then he simply started to count the living supplies those people left here.
The more he took stock, the deeper the doubts in Lin Xi's heart became.
"The amount of daily necessities is not right. Just such a small amount of things cannot transform a researcher from a young adult into an old man who cannot take care of himself. They must be... before they are transferred here..."
Lin Xi said to herself, her brows gradually frowning.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, he quickly led the other Xavier, Noah and Arthur away from here.
He completely ignored the experimental subjects still in the biological testing ground and some of their remaining scientific research equipment, and instead wandered aimlessly around the cabin on this level.
The more he "wandered" like this, the more serious Lin Xi's face became.
Lin Xi still clearly remembered that he had seen the structural diagram of the entire spacecraft through authority at that hub.
Well, for ordinary humans, the structural diagram is as complicated as a picture directly pieced together with black and white lines, but for Lin Xi, those seemingly extremely complicated structures are clear and clear. It's the same as in his mind.
And now every area he passes through is completely inconsistent with the structural map.
Lin Xi saw completely enclosed metal walls in some places that were supposed to be corridors. The wide halls that were supposed to be rest areas now looked like utility rooms made of metal plates.
A large number of passages are completely blocked, forming uninteresting dead ends.
"Those people renovated the space here. They built an isolation area to isolate the outside from the inside."
In a certain renovated narrow room, Lin Xi touched the core wall that looked extremely solid, and then said.
If you don't look carefully, ordinary people may not notice that all the metal walls in this area are newly built.
They appear rough and thick, completely different from the delicate and exquisite metal structure of the Providence's outer cabin.
Obviously, the people who rebuilt this place were probably very short of materials and manpower.
Lin Xi followed the direction in memory and slowly walked forward along the wall.
Then he came to a closed door.
The gate equipped with double-layer electronic fence and alloy door leaves looks particularly strong. And, just like before, the door here is still locked. Lin Xi turned back thoughtfully, and then he looked at the inconspicuous monitors on the ceiling. He could feel that the monitors were not working, and Scripps was not here at this time.
After thinking of this, Lin Xi shrugged his shoulders and turned back.
He paid too little attention to the completely closed door.
after all…
Lin Xi gave Xavier a look, and the young king insect immediately took action. Following the previous series of operations, Xavier violently dismantled the metal door.
Then, Lin Xi took Xavier, Noah, and Arthur in.
Although she had a vague idea before, Lin Xi was still shocked by what was revealed behind the door.
Indeed, what happened behind the gate seemed to prove his idea.
What should I say? Lin Xi felt like she saw a miniature steel Eden behind that door.
Isolation doors, laser fences, and some hastily made walls made of metal and polymer isolation glass blocked out the extremely miserable alien-infected people outside.
In this way, some people maintain the precarious space where normal humans can live in an almost decisive way.
But it can be seen that the living conditions of those people were probably not very good when they were huddled here.
Lin Xi looked around and thought in his heart.
Lin Xi still remembered the various equipment he saw in the outer cabin, which was almost synonymous with high-end and comfort.
Before the tragedy of heterogeneous infection occurred, people could even spend a few contribution points to enjoy a hot spring with its own holographic projection—that is, an unprecedented miracle ship like the Providence. The crew will be equipped with such complete facilities.
However, after disaster strikes...
Everything in the isolated area that was forcibly built with a large amount of materials looked so crude. Those cold metal beds made this place look like a barracks for third-level mercenaries.
Although the number of people who first lived here was not large, it was certainly not small. The large number of traces of life made everything here look particularly old.
Lin Xi stared at the scene in front of him. Some broken sleeping cabins were overturned on the ground, and there were some signs of fighting, such as laser burn marks on the walls and torn walls... But most of the supplies were still there. Maintaining the original appearance, just like...
It's like the people who once lived here have just left temporarily. Maybe in the next hour, maybe in a few days, the people who once lived here will come back and continue their daily lives.
Lin Xi couldn't help but shudder, and his perception began to spread around. Lin Xi quickly roughly locked onto the entire area, and then found his destination.
Compared with the extremely simple living area, the research room here appears to be extremely advanced and complete.
Lin Xi quickly locked the location of the research room, and then walked over.
Part of the research room was also damaged, but it was not serious. Some corpses were lying in the corner. Most of the corpses were in dilapidated form because they had been chewed by alien species. Lin Xi involuntarily slowed down. Quietly stare at everything in front of you.
Perhaps because of being a heterogeneous species, he found that all his sensory abilities had become extremely sharp. Even if it was just a quick glance, he seemed to be able to see with his own eyes a series of things that happened...
A disaster.
Of course, compared with the disaster of the entire Providence ship, the disaster here is just an insignificant coda...
After the high-level personnel ordered the computer to deal with all ordinary crew members who might be infected, they hid in the shelter prepared in advance. .
The shelter may have been built when people realized something was wrong, but at that time, no one thought that this shelter would become the crew's last ark.
Life has been compressed to the utmost simplicity, but it is still possible to survive.
Importantly, the lab can still carry out research.
As long as they persist, they will definitely find someone who can defeat the alien species or master its technology... That must be what those people thought at the time.
Lin Xi slowly walked among the long-abandoned equipment. The despair and desperation that people left here many years ago seemed to be transmitted to his heart through time and space.
"However, they still failed, and they died in the end..." Lin Xi said to himself. .
The powerful and strange abilities of the alien species exhausted the remaining researchers, and they stayed in the shelter much longer than expected.
Maybe it was a month at first, then two months... and finally, half a year, or a little longer...
Everything outside has become extremely quiet, and the computer is still running, indicating that the "disinfection" has long been completed.
Someone began to go out. He must not have been invaded and parasitized by alien species on purpose. He just went out to get some daily necessities. It is also possible that he left research materials outside because of panic...
And when he returned to the shelter, a small mistake allowed him to escape detailed inspection, and finally...
The bad luck that once befell ordinary crew members finally returned here.
Lin Xi slowly stopped.
He found traces of explosions and bullets on the wall. Some fragments were as fragile as dry petals when stepped on. They were the shells of alien species, and some white bones came from humans. There must have been an explosion here at that time. It was quite a fierce battle... Lin Xi thought.
In the end, mankind should have won, but the price paid was still very tragic.
Only a very small number of researchers were able to escape. They took their remaining supplies and fled to the room they had seen before.
There they lived, studied, and died...
"That was such a long period of time..."
Lin Xi asked into the air, as if there were ghosts in the air who could answer his question. .
It wasn't the ghost that didn't answer him, but something else.
That's the research equipment left behind by researchers...
Most of the battles were concentrated in the living area, while the research room was carefully preserved. .
Lin Xi sat down in front of a computer and looked at the dusty computer.
"Scripps... I need to turn on this computer."
He said.
… …
For a moment, Scripps seemed offline and ignored him.
But Lin Xi was very patient and waited there quietly.
After a few seconds, the computer screen in front of him began to flicker, and then began to operate with difficulty...
Everything that the people who had stayed here had experienced over the years, their lives, and their research, were displayed in front of Lin Xi without reservation.
As a large amount of data passed through Lin Xi's eyes, his expression became more and more stagnant and weird...
The author has something to say: To be revised... I am too sleepy to write today... The preface does not match the postscript...