Chapter 1,453 Message

"This is a blank spaceship." Sandora looked at the dim and slanted abandoned corridor and said in a low voice that was almost talking to herself. "There is no place of belonging, no number, and even no military emblem... Who is it?" Made this thing?”

After Sandora's reminder, I also noticed the weird details of this spaceship: we have been advancing in its outer corridor for more than ten minutes, and we did not see any information along the way that could explain the origin of this spaceship. , didn't even see anything with the device model and device code on it. .The lack of ownership information can explain one or two things. Maybe this spacecraft is jointly manufactured by multiple sky regions, or its ownership is marked elsewhere, but there is no model information even on the equipment embedded in the corridor, which is not very good. It's normal. "Don't think so much, just move on." Sandora shook her head and put this issue aside for the time being. After all, we have only explored a small corridor of this ghost ship now, and it is difficult to draw any conclusions. too early.

The group of people continued to move along the corridor leading to the inner area of ​​​​the spacecraft. There was still no gravity and no air around them, and no lights could be seen. The alloy walls that should have been shining now looked lifeless, and the ghosts that once roamed above them The devices that could stream light and flicker endlessly have gone completely silent. Because of the age, there is a layer of light dust suspended in the corridor. This should be the result of something weathered and crushed. It is not known how long the dust has been floating in the weightless environment. Alaya released a soft halo with himself as the center. The dust floating in the vacuum looked more conspicuous under the light. Lilina looked at the dust thoughtfully. She floated to the wall next to her and smeared it on it. He took a handful, then rubbed his fingers gently: "Organic matter, but it has been completely denatured."

I didn’t understand it all at once: “What do you mean?”

"Nothing, maybe these 'ashes' are produced by the weathering of the corpses of carbon-based organisms." Lilina replied nonchalantly, "There is nothing that can be weathered on the imperial spaceship. The shelf life of those equipment is based on one hundred thousand years, so the weathered They can only be the crew of the spaceship. The bodies of the Xiling Apostles are as immortal as the spaceship. After elimination, the only ones left are the servants. The 'ash' in the corridor should come from the corpses. There should still be air here when they weather. But now the gas has run out.”

I quickly opened the shield to isolate the dust from the outside. Lilina saw me and shrugged like this: "Boss, don't worry so much. The dust has been completely weathered and denatured, and now it's basically just a bunch of large molecules."

I thought about it, but I still felt uncomfortable: "Why does it still make me feel uncomfortable just thinking about this?"

"Boss, you are just hypocritical."

I:"……"

This corridor is longer than the one just now, and maybe because it is located right at the damaged part of the spacecraft, it looks a little skewed, and even has an abnormal bend in the middle section, but it is still intact, with no cracks or cracks. Broken, this finally did not cause us more trouble. The group of people moved quickly along the passage, and this time they were all paying attention to any signs that might be useful, but it was just like Sandora said, nothing could be seen that could indicate the information about the spacecraft, and it was installed in the corridor. There are no signs on the equipment.

We stopped in front of the second fork in the road. This fork in the road was in the shape of a T. On the alloy wall facing the direction where everyone came from, there was an obviously openable embedded device cover, about half a meter square. Based on my experience, It is judged that it should be the prosecution point of these corridors. Lilina stepped forward and knocked on the silver-gray metal plate. Of course, the embedded device that had lost its energy supply could no longer respond to this external stimulus, so Sandora stepped forward and directly inserted her fingers into the upper edge of the metal plate, pulling hard on the ground. Removed it.

After removing the cover, what is revealed is a dull crystallized grid and two hexagonal crystal panels that look no different from black quartz. Of course, the interactive holographic image will be automatically displayed after the outer cover is opened. There is no way to talk about it: this thing has completely lost its energy supply.

Sandora pressed her hand on one of the crystal panels. After she input energy from the outside, the panel finally released a faint blue light. Then we saw that there were faint lights flashing in the three surrounding corridors, like flowing fireflies. Blue light points quickly flowed into the distance in the dark passage, followed by the second and third waves of light points: Sandora was using the most primitive but most effective method to detect the route of this corridor.

"The line is complete, but the energy supply is interrupted." Sandora took her hand back, and the blue light spots swimming in the corridor quickly disappeared. "I can't find the response of the backup energy source. That part may have followed the missing section of the spacecraft. Lost together in the void.”

I looked at this lifeless place. The biggest difference between it and the imperial relics we had seen before was that it was completely "dead" with no signs of functioning at all. The imperial relics we found in the past were often limited in operation with residual energy, but there is no sign of such "limited operation" in this place. This made me couldn't help but sigh in the spiritual connection: "What a place." This 'ghost' ship is completely dead."

"Not sure yet." Sandora shook her head slightly. "Its core area should still be running. The part that provides power to the engine module and the automatic navigation system are probably working as usual. Otherwise, how could this thing jump around in various worlds? ? I just don’t know how long we have to advance before we can find a section with energy supply. This spacecraft adopts a very unusual design, and I still haven’t seen what structure it is built on. "

"I still can't feel any life." Lilina stared at the dark corridor next to her and muttered in her spiritual connection. "My intuition is getting stronger and stronger. There must be some source of interference deep in the ship. That thing always There should be energy supply."

I was busy scanning the entire spacecraft with my concentration at this time, but I didn't have the knack of distinguishing life like Lilina and Ding Dong, so what I was looking for was the energy focus. After some scanning, I found that there were weak psionic reactions more than ten kilometers away, but the reactions were vague and weak, and I almost ignored them at first.

Everyone accelerated their advance with the core area of ​​​​the spacecraft as the target. These lifeless cabins on the periphery really had no exploration value, so they should be left to the subsequent scouts and scientific researchers to study. We passed through long and deep alloy passages, crossed twisted and flipped connecting sections, and sometimes even had to use violent means to cut holes in those passage control gates: the ship automatically closed the large internal gates in an emergency. Some of the gates, and now these gates are stuck without exception. Even if Shandora provides them with external power, these gates are difficult to activate due to component failure and deformation, so we can only move forward while drilling holes: Shandora's Her claws are so useful, she scratches and scratches like a mole, but it's a pity that I didn't dare to say it in front of her.

We marched like this for a long time, passing through countless dark and silent functional cabins, and even passed a large group of buildings - this kind of spaceship that is dozens of kilometers long has some very large spaces inside that are designed in the style of a town. It's a building, but those buildings now look like ghost towns - I finally slowly approached the core area of ​​the spacecraft, and I could feel a faint flow of energy starting to flow in the surrounding facilities. This good phenomenon made me feel happy. Get up: Having energy means that some equipment is still running normally, and Imperial equipment basically has a self-recording function. An ancient equipment that has been operating since the old Empire can often reveal many secrets, so discovering such old antiques is always surprising. People are in a happy mood.

The little crow seemed to have sensed my good mood, or maybe she just found this novel "adventure game" fun. She happily flew in front of the team and floated very fast. I kept telling the girl to slow down through my mental connection. The effect was limited, but after passing through a gate, Little Crow finally suffered a tragedy: her body floating in the air suddenly sank, and then fell solidly to the ground, sliding forward for six or seven meters in the posture of a dog chewing mud. …

I saw this scene from behind, and of course I quickly flew over to rescue me. As a result, I felt my body sink as I crossed the "Little Crow Landing Point". The long-lost gravity suddenly hit me. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and felt my body sinking. The moment she sank, she adjusted her posture and stood firmly on the ground. Then Sandora also landed next to her. The two of us watched Lilina lying on the ground side by side and gliding out in the same posture as the silly bird just now. …

Lilina was so busy looking for life reactions just now that she didn't even notice that the artificial gravity in front of her had been restored. Otherwise, with the flexibility of this girl, how could she have made the same mistake as that stupid bird? Of course, it is not ruled out that she was malicious. Acting cute.

I stepped forward and picked up the duo of girls who had finished gliding, patted them clean one by one, and said to Sandora in the spiritual connection: "This place has artificial gravity. It seems that the energy supply will be restored here."

"Stop using your mental connection," Sandora suddenly said, "Didn't you notice there is air here?"

I was stunned, and then I noticed that not only could we walk upright in this place, but we could also breathe through our mouths, and the surrounding temperature had also risen: it should still be around zero, which is very cold for people on earth, but it is obviously a place that can supply carbon. The temperature at which basic organisms can survive. Aside from still being dark, the life-sustaining environment here seems to be completely normal.

I looked at the last door I just passed through. It was open without any obstruction, but the air pressure and temperature were maintained on one side of the door, while the space environment was on the other side. This was obviously using invisible environmental circle technology. This technology is very common in imperial facilities, but in most cases it is used on open platforms exposed outside the facility. This is the first time I have seen it used in a spacecraft: Could it be that this ship From the beginning, the designer considered that the spacecraft would one day be broken into pieces, so he designed the subdivision section to create a life-support zone for it?

"The layout of this place doesn't look like a warship, but more like a voyage of immigration." Shandora didn't pay attention to the problem of the living area. She just observed the layout here through the holy light released by Alaya. Everyone is now It is a large hall with no visible function, but it is certainly not a place like a strategic center or command post. There are not so many terminals here, nor are there large holographic equipment. All the seats in the hall are spaced far apart. Far away and dispersedly distributed, this is obviously not the layout of a military command office, but more like...

An activity center for civilians to rest and relax.

Shandora obviously had the same view. She wandered around the hall, looking for any signs that could explain the origin and function of this strange spaceship. Lilina put Ding Dong on top of her head, and the two formed a combination and began to search. The nearby life reacted, Alaya continued to act as a lighting device dutifully, and I adjusted the brightness of Alaya.

At this moment, a deep sound of "bang bang bang" suddenly sounded from all directions. Before I could react, the hall suddenly became brightly lit: Is the lighting in this place restored? !

As the lighting was restored and the energy supply naturally returned to normal, the equipment and facilities throughout the hall were started one after another like waking up from hibernation. Amidst the low humming sound, flickering holographic images appeared next to the seats, and the startup images appeared in mid-air. On the virtual information screen, the data terminal in the center of the hall also lit up and began to play the standby screen. A low and soft sound came from all directions. This sound did not sound like the sound of the device starting up, but simply played. I don’t know what the audio that comes out means.

We were startled by the sudden activation of equipment here. Lilina quickly looked around: "Where are the ghosts on the ghost ship?"

I pressed the head of this gibbering little girl, but I was also confused in my heart. I was wondering if there was some dormant device in this hall that sensed our arrival and activated it. As a result, just as I was thinking this, I heard something in the distance. There was a cry of "Gah!" and it turned out that Medivh ran to a gate at the end of the hall at some point. The little girl was waving her hands in this direction happily while shouting: "Master!" As expected, everything lights up as soon as I press this!"

I quickly ran over and saw one of Little Crow's hands pressing on a crystal panel next to the gate. A large amount of data was quickly swimming on the wall next to the panel. After a cursory scan, I found that they all displayed various sections of the spacecraft. The status report is just like the self-inspection report of the ship that is automatically made after the spacecraft host is restarted. After working on it for a long time, Little Crow activated this place.

Shandora also heard the sound and rushed over. When she saw the situation here, she suddenly looked confused: "Little bird, how did you activate these things?"

"Just put the claw...and press it with your hand!" Little Crow knew that she had made a contribution, and seemed particularly happy. She pointed at the crystal panel with gestures, "I saw many such things in the city. It's not just a claw." ...It can be used just by pressing your hands on it?”

It turns out that the little crow confused this spaceship with the civilian facilities she saw in the Shadow City. This bird doesn't quite understand what the permission system is, but I can see that something is wrong: Made by the Empire Starships are controlled by a strict authority system. The person who can activate this hall must be the original owner of the spacecraft. Why did the little crow put his hand on the identifier and this place was activated like this?

You must know that this crystal panel is not a simple light switch. It has just fully activated the energy supply to all the equipment here, and it is now displaying the self-inspection report of the spacecraft! This thing is obviously connected to the shipboard host!

Just when Sandora and I were looking at each other, thinking that the permission system here had malfunctioned, Lilina suddenly pointed to the side and shouted: "Boss, there are words here!"

I looked in the direction of Lilina's finger and discovered that there was a sign hanging on the gate next to it. The sign said in Xiling script: "Last reminder: You have arrived at the activity hall. You can Rest and relax here and follow the light instructions to find your workspace. Now press your hand on the fluorescent panel next to the door. The system is unlocked and anyone who wakes up can start the equipment here. Don't worry about the confusion in your head, That is a normal after-effect and will dissipate quickly after the audio broadcast."

This sign emits a constant light. It seems that it was on even when it was dark just now, but our attention was elsewhere, so no one saw it. Only the little crow noticed and was attracted by the light of this sign. Attracted: Crows always like shiny things.

"Does anyone know that we are coming?" Little Crow shook my arm, "And did you leave us a message?"

"No, it's not written to us." Sandora could see what these handwritings meant at a glance. "It's written to some people on this ship, 'anyone who wakes up.' This is reserved for these people who wake up." Tips from people. Think about it, we entered this spacecraft from the outside, so these messages we saw should be the last ones for people walking out from inside the spacecraft... According to what is written on it, it should be There should be another message."

"It's simple." I had some vague ideas in my mind, "Just work backwards and look for it."

Based on a little reverse reasoning based on the content of the sign, if someone comes out from somewhere and sees the words on the sign, and then activates the equipment in the hall, then this person may only have entered the hall through the gate in front of us.

Shandora stretched out her hand and pressed on the alloy door, and the alloy door immediately slid open silently: this thing can indeed be used, and there are no restrictions.

Behind the alloy door is a bright corridor, but I don’t know whether the light in this corridor has been on before or was just activated by the little crow. Lilina saw another sign on the wall of the corridor next to it, which looked like this It reads: "New reminder: You have passed through the second corridor. In front of you is the event hall. Press your hand on the automatic door."

it is as expected.