Hao Ren looked up at the gigantic machine in front of him—in fact, he didn't know whether to call it a machine or a building, or more exaggeratedly, a man-made mountain, because it was really big. The warped ground of the city inside the ship closed an ellipsoidal shell-like space, and this machine was placed at the end of this ellipsoidal space, perpendicular to all the buildings in the city. Its main body is a huge column, several kilometers high, cast from black steel. On the surface, you can see a huge heat dissipation grid and various windows that emit light, and around this main body, you can see a series of small For some cylindrical structures, whether it is the main body or the auxiliary facilities, a circle of openings like exhaust ducts can be seen on the top of each cylindrical structure. There is a faint red light in the openings, and there seems to be a trace of energy remaining. As Lily said, the entire facility has obviously shut down, because most of its exterior lights have been extinguished, and several surrounding outbuildings are also completely dark, but there is still some energy radiating from the interior of this behemoth, and it seems that there is still possibility to start.
"The energy flow of this device is separated from the propulsion power of the spaceship. It should be dedicated to supplying energy to the city inside the ship—in short, it is the generator of the life support system," the data terminal briefly sensed the energy around the huge building. Flow, "very smart design, this ship has multiple sets of power and control centers that are isolated from each other, the life support system and the engine group do not affect each other, no wonder the city inside is dead, but the navigation and propulsion systems of the spacecraft are still in operation .”
"Unmanned driving..." Hao Ren muttered, and then connected to the communication with the Giant Turtle Rock, "Nolan, how is your inspection going?"
"The shell inspection of the target spacecraft has been completed, and no fatal leaks have been found. In fact, except for some scratches on the shell, its structure is very good, and the buffer layer has not been damaged. In addition, its engine is in good working condition, at least For a spaceship of this technological level, it is quite powerful."
"But the people inside are still dead. The energy of the engine group and the energy of the life support system are separated," Hao Ren replied. "You put some detectors out to see how the other ships are doing. Be careful, these antiques are very fragile, and I hope they are all intact."
After hanging up the communication, Hao Ren spread his hands to the others: "The spaceship is not damaged."
"Where did the atmosphere in the city go?" Lily stared, "If there is no hole, could it be that it has been leaking out for too long?"
"It seems that the temperature was too low and turned into ice cubes. After the life support system shut down, the temperature dropped first, and then the air condensed..." Hao Ren rubbed his chin and guessed. However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Nangong Wuyue. The sea demon girl bent down and picked up a piece of ice crystal and put it in her mouth to taste: "No, these are all water ice. From just now, all the ice crystals I met here More than 99.99 percent of ice crystals are water, and the remaining traces of other ingredients are not enough to fill an entire city."
"Then it seems that the atmosphere inside is really missing." Hao Ren smacked his lips and walked forward, "Let's look for the entrance of this thing. If the data terminal senses correctly, this thing is life support the heart of the system."
It was not easy to find a small door on such a huge facility, but fortunately with the help of the data terminal, they quickly found the entrance at the place where this huge facility was connected to the city base. At the foot of this huge mountain of steel. Where it connects with the spaceship's inner bladder, there are a series of large pipes extending out like roots. And between the intertwined nodes of the pipeline, some small buildings like airlocks or staff preparation rooms can be seen, and there are passages leading to the depths of the facility.
Hao Ren opened the passage leading to the interior of the facility without much effort, and was surprised to find that the lights inside were all normal.
The bright yellow warm light illuminates the metal corridor inside the facility. Although the surrounding area is still as cold as space, the light makes people feel a bit of psychological warmth. A lot of stalled equipment can be seen in the corridor, but there are also some small devices - such as some lights and small displays mounted on the wall - still functioning, these devices are all alarming, but there is no operator to correct What's wrong.
"It seems that even if the main system is shut down, the backup power here has persisted until today." Nangong Sanba casually stroked a small monitor embedded in the wall, and wiped off the thin layer of frost on it. "It says the reactor is down, the 'Guardian' mainframe is dormant."
Hao Ren's heart skipped a beat: Is it a shutdown, not a malfunction? Or is there something wrong with the self-test system here
He looked up into the hallway and, guided by a series of glowing orange signs, he found a sign that read "To the Control Room."
The control room is not in the depths of the "Mountain of Steel". In fact, it is not too far away from where everyone is. It seems that the mountain of steel is full of energy, and it is not suitable for people to be placed in it. Hao Ren and his party followed the signs and quickly found the control center of the facility. An alloy gate stood in front of them. This time without Hao Ren's orders, Lily swung her claws up and down and cut open the gate.
The interior of the control room is much simpler and narrower than Hao Ren expected. In fact, it is just an ordinary computer room with many machines. It even occupies two-thirds of the space inside, leaving only a few seats for the staff. As the life support system control center of the entire ship city, this place is very cramped. Hao Ren guessed that this must be because the system here is highly automated, and there are only so few parts that require human participation.
Hao Ren's eyes quickly landed on the center of several machines, where there was a special high-back chair, which was obviously the position of the chief executive. According to the little knowledge Hao Ren read in the examiner's public database, in this type of doomsday shelter facility, the chief officer is often the chief operator, at least the one who is responsible for starting and stopping the highest system.
He stepped forward and turned the seat that had been frozen on the ground with a slight push, but he couldn't help breathing: a majestic old man in his sixties who was covered in frost was sitting there, he was wearing The uniform of the commander still sat upright at the moment of his death, and many medals representing honor and strange emblems hung on his chest, showing his extraordinary status. Even though the old man is dead, the expression on his face is still calm and majestic, his eyes are still open, and there seems to be a flame hidden in the depths of the eyeballs that have been cloudy and frozen with many cracks. The cold ice did not make the old man lose his momentum, but it seemed to seal up an old and strong sword together with its steel breath until today.
"What an imposing commander..." Hao Ren muttered in a low voice, gently pushed the chair to the side, and then he came to the last pile of control equipment that the old man was watching when he was dying. Can you activate this old antique... "
The ultra-low temperature has already caused some parts of the console to become fragile. Its plastic cover and instrument cover shattered into pieces at the slightest touch, but the most critical buttons and internal wiring seem to be made of special materials. After thousands of years of space environment, they still intact. Nangong Wuyue carefully controlled the power of the water to naturally sublimate the condensed frost inside and outside the console, and the machine was as clean as new: at least it seemed so.
"Core communication group... Generator indicator... Shelter atmosphere monitoring... Artificial gravity..." Hao Ren's eyes flicked through a string of alien texts, and finally saw a special slot in the corner of the console, "Core reactor, That's it."
"It looks like you need a key... or something like an identification card," Nangong Sanba checked the slot, "someone pulled out the key after the system shut down."
"Here is the key!" Lily suddenly raised a shiny silver-white metal plate and arched it over. She pointed her tail in the direction of the old man, "It's in the hands of this old man!"
What else can Hao Ren say, dogs are quick to find things...
He scratched the back of Lily's ear, took the metal plate, and carefully inserted it into the slot on the console.
Several lights came on, and the entire facility began to vibrate. (to be continued~^~)