At the end of this corridor, waiting for Lin Xi and others was a metal door.
This door was thicker than the metal door at the entrance, and it should have been locked - Lin Xi saw a disabled access control system next to the metal door.
But now, the door in front of Lin Xi has been severely damaged - God knows what this door has been through. In short, what Lin Xi saw was just a completely deformed metal plate.
There was a wide gap between the metal door, which was supposed to be sealed, and the door frame.
Xavier put her front legs into the gap. Lin Xi didn't know what she did. Anyway, the next second, he heard a harsh sound of metal friction, and then the door slammed heavily to the ground in front of him, stirring up a thin layer of dust.
“Ahem—”
Lin Xi coughed a few times.
"Thanks… "
He said to Xavier, who nodded slightly at him.
"It's not a big deal."
It said, its forefoot rubbing lightly and unconsciously.
Lin Xi waited for a moment outside the open metal door, and only walked in with caution after making sure that he sensed no danger inside.
The air here is as dull and cold as ever, and a faint smell of decay can be smelled.
What surprised Lin Xi a little was that the lighting facilities in this area were still barely functioning.
After Lin Xi, Xavier and Arthur walked into the large metal room, the white light tube on the ceiling lit up with difficulty.
Lin Xi narrowed his eyes and looked around.
Compared to the metal secret room they stayed in before, the area here was much larger. The whole room was a soft circle, and there were two doors on the other two sides of the room, each leading to an unknown place.
In the center of the room was a curved console, and a row of neatly arranged lockers were located in the corners of the room, taking up a lot of space. However, whether it was the walls, the floor, or the lockers, the smooth and shiny metal panels were covered with a lot of splashed black marks.
Lin Xi glanced at the marks and could easily tell that they were the marks left after the blood dried up.
It's not surprising that these bloodstains appear here...
Under the cold light emitted by the extremely dim lighting, the most eye-catching thing is the skeletons scattered around the room.
The moment he saw these skeletons, Lin Xi clearly noticed the nervousness of Xavier beside him.
Only after discovering that these skeletons were already dead beyond death did Xavier seem a little relieved.
But even so, it did not take it lightly. Xavier forced Lin Xi to stand there for a while, and after checking the gray bodies first, he returned to Lin Xi and nodded at him.
"They are all dead... they have been dead for a long time."
Xavier said to Lin Xi.
Although Xavier's emotions could not be seen from that cold face, through the spiritual connection between Lin Xi and him, Lin Xi knew very well that it was not until this time that Xavier's tense heart relaxed a little.
Lin Xi gave Xavier a soothing smile before walking forward to observe the corpses.
These corpses were of various shapes, and most of them looked like humans... But after a quick look, Lin Xi discovered that they all had some abnormalities, such as the lower jaw had been transformed into a bony straw, or the vertebrae had become thin and long and finally formed a thin bone plate on the back.
Of course, there were also some corpses, just like what Lin Xi had seen in the ruins of the Apollo, which had been completely transformed into another kind of creature. They lay quietly on the metal ground, and the wreckage had turned into a dull grayish white.
This made the corpses of these alien species look like some kind of plaster works. Lin Xi held his breath and approached the corpse of an alien species hesitantly.
This thing looked like a combination of a dragonfly and a centipede. It seemed to have died from a gunshot. It was curled up in the corner of the room, with a few broken bones under its broken abdomen.
Lin Xi took a look and confirmed that it was human remains.
It can be imagined that when this alien died, there should be some food in its stomach, and the food of aliens... can only be humans.
At this point, the humans and alien species have completely turned into bones and empty shells, but when Lin Xi looked around, he could still feel how tragic the struggle that took place here was.
They devoured each other, killed each other, and finally died here together.
Thinking of this, Lin Xi couldn't help but turn around and look at the severely deformed door behind him.
Next to the gate, he saw a human corpse with a heavy machine gun hanging on his arm. He was in a half-sitting position, his head tilted on his shoulders, his sternum had been shattered, and two or three corpses of alien species were lying in front of him, with their deformed arms stretched straight towards the gate.
It can be seen that it was this guy who risked everything to block this door.
"It looks like things weren't peaceful here at first."
Lin Xi muttered, he reached out and gently touched the alien's corpse.
As a result, before he could even use any strength, the alien corpse that touched his fingers instantly turned into gray-white fragile fragments and collapsed directly.
“Hiss…”
Seeing this scene, Arthur, who was following closely behind Lin Xi, instantly let out a somewhat panicked cry, until Xavier gave him a cold glance.
Arthur shook his wings and slowly retreated to the corner.
At this time, Lin Xi's attention was completely focused on the shattered bones. He looked at the collapsed gray-white fragments, was slightly stunned, and then withdrew his hand.
"Sorry, man, I didn't mean to do that."
Lin Xi said.
It seemed that he couldn't find many clues from the skeletons of these creatures.
He didn't waste time on the corpses, but instead focused his attention on the lockers.
According to Lin Xi's guess, the wide space they are entering now should be the equipment room used by the crew of the Providence when they initially explored the outside world after getting off the ship.
Assuming that the customs of humans three hundred years ago were not much different from those of today, the cabinets standing at the edge of the preparation room were usually where the crew members placed their personal belongings.
Lin Xi felt that he should be able to find some useful clues.
At this time, Lin Xi couldn't care less about respecting other people's privacy, he just walked to the metal cabinets. Xavier's extremely sharp forelimbs played a great role at this time, and Lin Xi took down the doors of the metal cabinets without much effort.
And the things left in the lockers by those people who had died long ago were displayed intact in front of Lin Xi.
The going-out clothes hanging inside the metal cabinet even looked brand new. Only when Lin Xi inspected and touched those going-out clothes did he discover that the insulating materials on the surface of these going-out clothes were covered with tiny cracks.
Fortunately, the identity plate and work ID card on the chest of the going-out suit have not faded after 300 years.
Lin Xi even saw the person who was blocking the door and blocking the escape route of all aliens on the identity plate of a certain going-out suit.
Andre Quinn.
This name was engraved on the heavy machine gun in the skeleton's hand.
Lin Xi immediately focused his inspection on him. He carefully looked at the name tag on his travel clothes, which showed that Andre Quinn's identity was the captain of the senior security team of the seventh division of the Providence.
Lin Xi took a quick look at the nameplates of the others and was sure that Quinn was the highest-ranking staff member in the room.
Compared with other well-behaved crew members, Andre's cupboard is filled with all kinds of personal items.
Lin Xi saw the picture of him taped to his locker door.
The photo has long faded, but one can still vaguely see that Andre was a very handsome man, with a beautiful woman nestled in his arms.
That kind of happiness and warmth can be seen even through the faded photos
In the corner of the photo, there is a line of fancy handwriting…
(Happy anniversary, I will love you forever)
Signed by Anna Talley
"Happy anniversary."
At this moment, Lin Xi suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder. He turned his head and saw Xavier's face.
This ferocious alien species was staring blankly at the photo in Lin Xi's hand with a very focused look.
"I will love you forever… "
Xavier continued.
Although he knew that the other party was only reading that line of words, Lin Xi still felt his ears slightly warm when he heard the last sentence.
"Do you recognize this line of words?!"
Lin Xi suppressed the strange thought that suddenly popped up in his mind and quickly changed the subject.
Xavier shook his tentacles at him with some pride. He would never tell Lin Xi that he had indeed worked hard to learn human language in order to watch TV dramas.
"This man looks very much in love with his wife..."
Xavier said this in a calm manner, pretending that he didn't care about Lin Xi's surprise at all.
"Yes, I can see that."
When Lin Xi said this, he couldn't help but look back at the corpse lying near the metal door.
His mood was a little subtle.
The deep love between Andre and his wife, viewed three hundred years later, is somewhat tinged with tragedy.
After Lin Xi came back to his senses, he could not help but sigh. Perhaps even Andre himself had not thought that when he stepped on the Providence, he had already set foot on a road leading to darkness...
Just like himself back then, you know, until the Apollo took off from Sunu, he thought he would be able to return to normal life soon.
After sighing, Lin Xi forced himself to calm down.
Lin Xi didn't want to focus too much on the past of a dead person. He quickly pasted the photo back on the door of the locker and then went back to Andre's locker.
If the other party is indeed the captain in charge of the ship's security, there should be identification cards leading to other locations of this underground facility in his locker.
With this thought in mind, Lin Xi's search did bear fruit.
But what he got was not an identification card, but a diary.
When Lin Xi took out the notebook that had become extremely fragile from the depths of the cupboard, he was stunned.
Even if writing a diary three hundred years ago, this behavior was a bit too old-fashioned, but now Lin Xi should be grateful to Andre Quinn for his conservatism in this regard.
Lin Xi could hardly wait to open the diary.
Andre's diary is filled with notes about what he saw and heard on the Providence and his gradual collapse.
Lin Xi quickly flipped through the first part, which mostly described the events from takeoff from Earth to the warp gate. From Andre's calm diary, it can be seen that this journey was as smooth and smooth as human scientists initially thought.
However, after the Providence spacecraft began the famous "disappearing jump", some things began to appear in Andre's diary.
November 12, 2711
weather…
Well, there’s probably no weather here.
After all, we have to stay in this damn cabin all the time. And the weather created by artificial projection is always very sunny.
Today is the 15th day since we successfully completed the jump and landing.
Fortunately, I always have to force myself to tell myself this.
After all, before this, there has never been such a large-scale artificial object in human history passing through the warp gate and reaching the outside universe.
The fact that we were not shattered into pieces by the space fault in that place is enough to prove that we are lucky.
However, communication with the Earth has not been restored yet. I asked Chris once today. This is probably the 2000th time I have asked in the past 15 days, but their answer to me is still as boring as before.
The Providence was too massive, causing particle oscillations inside the jump fault when it passed through the jump gate. Well, this means that we have completely lost contact with the Earth, and if we want to reconnect with the Earth, we have to wait until the jump gate stabilizes.
Chris said it would take months to years, and God, I hoped it was the former. I couldn't believe what Anna would think of me if I really lost contact with Earth for several years.
I can sense that the other people on the ship share my concerns, and the mood here is a little low right now. The same goes for the people in my team, and oh god, I really hope this can be over soon.
November 29, 2711
We still haven't made any contact with Earth today. I don't know what that damn navigator is doing. Anyway, the jump gate is still in chaos today.
This is not good news.
I have to say this.
The warp gate is a problem, and disconnection is also a problem.
Worse still, there may be something wrong with the vaccines we brought over from Earth.
My teammates and I went through the latest batch of vaccines yesterday and it was awful.
The idiots in the infirmary said the vaccine was to help me adjust to alien life faster, but in reality, it just made me allergic to everything.
I had a headache, was sneezing and coughing, and it was like I was having a bad cold.
The only thing we could be thankful for was that the other people on the boat were just like us. Everyone was very weak, so no one had the energy to cause trouble.
Otherwise, I don't have the confidence to control the situation with just those sickly young men in this team.
After all, we are now cut off from the Earth, and there will always be some people who will feel extremely panicked about this.
Thank God, at least we still have intelligent computers... Hal is indeed a caring butler.
It takes good care of us all.
For three days, we have been relying on this guy to arrange our lives. I admit that before doing this mission, I have always been prejudiced against artificial intelligence. Now I am afraid I have to take back my thoughts. Hal did a good job.
January 12, 2712
The weather was a bit bad, we just had an alien storm, it was a nightmare experience for God's sake.
Now I understand why those guys in the engineering department were so eager to dig underground shelters. Without underground shelters, even the Providence would not be able to survive for long in such a storm.
I admit that I am now doubting myself as to why I chose to settle in such a hellhole.
Those people in the government are a bunch of damn liars.
January 15, 2712
The subsequent allergic reaction caused by the vaccine has not subsided.
The progress of the underground bunker is much faster than expected. I have to say that the guys from Dell are really amazing. Although the batch of robots they brought on board always gave me a creepy feeling.
January 22, 2712
Still having cough and cold.
I don't know what went wrong, at least for the other people on the boat...
The vast majority of those people have recovered from the reactions caused by the vaccine.
On earth I was strong as a bull, but now I feel as fragile as a bird.
I'm getting more and more fed up with this damn planet.
And I am sure that Anna will not like it here. There are too many bugs here. She will definitely be scared crazy by the bugs here.
Damn, I miss him so much. I really hope I can get in touch with Earth as soon as possible.
January 28, 2712
The situation is very bad. I don’t know how to write it. I’ll talk about it tomorrow.
January 29, 2712
Thanks to sleep and alcohol, at least I feel better now.
The situation on the ship is not good now. Just yesterday, a monster appeared inside the cabin.
Well, if I hadn't met that monster, I probably would never have known that I was actually an insectophobe.
That guy was beyond my imagination. I had no idea that a bug magnified thousands of times and larger than a horse would be so terrifying.
We were almost out of ammunition.
But to that guy, our attack was like a tickle.
Fortunately, at the last minute, the ghost of Dell appeared.
Thanks to those jellyfish, we survived in the end, and I will never say those guys look creepy again.
February 3, 2712
A bad day
The news of a monster breaking into the cabin was suppressed.
But even so, I could still feel that everyone was in a bad mood.
The captain gave us a direct order to carefully check the containment systems of all cabins. This was a huge project, and God knows how we finally completed it.
I feel like I almost died here, but you know what is most frustrating is not the heavy workload, but the fact that after going through such an inhumane abnormal inspection, you still don’t know where the problem lies.
Such a huge monster couldn't have appeared out of nowhere.
But we have checked all the containment systems back and forth, and we have not found any loopholes in the system.
That monster really looks like it was brought here by a magician.
February 9, 2712
I did something that might have offended Angel.
This is unwise, I know, but I really have no other choice.
I don't think the monster entered the ship from the outside.
Why has no one ever questioned those biological laboratories
That group of so-called scientists have been studying those nasty little bugs ever since they landed on this planet.
Who knows what those mad scientists did to the bugs, maybe they gave those bugs some potion and they turned into the monsters we saw before.
God, I really don't understand why anyone would want to set up such a dangerous biological laboratory inside a spaceship with 250,000 people. They should be quarantined far away on the moon.
I really wish Anna was here with me.
February 13, 2712
It took me three days to write my report, but looking at their reply, it only took me three seconds.
They hadn't even thought to investigate that lab, damn it.
March 15, 2712
I don't know how to write any more, I feel like I'm going crazy.
Yes, that's right, the damn monster appeared again, but this time there was finally a victim in the incident.
A medical officer named Johnson Lane disappeared, and his wife and children all became food for the monster.
Anyone who has seen that scene would want to find out the truth of the matter.
I don't know what's wrong with HAL. Why would it exclude humans from investigating an accident? It doesn't make sense. It just activated the first permission of the security robot.
We barely got to the scene when those damn robots had already dealt with the monsters.
This is completely against the rules. The robots were supposed to be auxiliary, but now they have become the main characters on the spacecraft.
March 20, 2712
I suspect that there was a logical error in the intelligence of the Providence.
April 1, 2712
Yes, I think Hal might actually be crazy.
He seemed to be treating the humans on the ship as lesser animals, while he himself was completely in control.
I suspect it may have departed from the logical norms of Rule 1, in which case we are in trouble.
April 6, 2712
I couldn't take it anymore, I had to go see Scripps.
I had a very scary thought in my mind, and of course no one would believe my guess, but my intuition told me that something was going in a very bad direction.
Well, maybe my idea won't look so ridiculous if I write it down in my diary.
I suspect that HAL has developed a consciousness of its own, and that it has imprisoned Captain Scripps.
April 11, 2712
I finally met Captain Scripps, and, well, he did look pretty bad, so maybe Hal wasn't kidding me about that.
Scripps was very sick, and seeing him, I was even a little relieved that I was not the only one on the ship who had such a violent reaction to those vaccines.
Scripps assured me that Hal would be fine, and I wanted to believe him, and I hoped he was right.
April 28, 2712
Anna, I really wish you were here with me.
If that were the case, maybe I could have held out a little longer. The atmosphere on the boat was becoming increasingly strange.
The monsters became more and more numerous.
If it weren't for those robot jellyfish helping to deal with the monsters on the ship, I doubt most of the colonists on the Providence would have become bait for those bugs.
May 2, 2712
am I crazy
May 16, 2712
I heard it today too.
The bugs were speaking with human voices.
And... they have human faces?
I suspect I've really gone crazy, otherwise why did I see Johnson's face on the bodies dragged away by the mechanical warriors? Shouldn't that guy be dead
May 19, 2712
Consider me truly crazy, I suspect the humans on this ship are turning into monsters.
The artificial intelligence of our spacecraft has gone crazy. I have to find Scripps. He is the only one who has the authority to stop this.
And I wasn't surprised that Hal would try to prevent me from seeing Scripps.
…
Lin Xi's hands trembled slightly.
After writing in the diary that he was going to meet Scripps... the rest of the diary was blank.
In other words, from that day on, the man named Andre Quinn never wrote a diary again.
Lin Xi turned around and looked at the skeleton at the door, his face gradually becoming gloomy.