Chapter 426: The Ghost Maze
In his eyes, Su Yichen saw a pair of eye-catching white eyebrows, he was stunned, he never thought that this battleship was actually the flagship of white eyebrows, in order to confirm that he was not mistaken, Su Yichen carefully distinguished it again. Indeed, this corpse with white eyebrows is the face he saw through the communication before, and Su Yichen can confirm this 100% of the time.
But the strange thing is, how could Bai Mei die like this? This made Su Yichen puzzled, you must know that this is the flagship of the unknown fleet! It stands to reason that in the flagship, especially on the bridge where he is located, Bai Mei can't be the only one, but now there is only one corpse in front of him, so what about his subordinates? Where have all these people gone?
Su Yichen couldn't understand the situation in front of him, he looked around the bridge again, but after ten minutes, the reality was in front of him, there was indeed only one corpse here, and the other people who should have been on the bridge, or other corpses, disappeared inexplicably.
Such a strange scene made people's hearts a little hairy, even if he was wearing a spacesuit, Su Yichen seemed to feel a gust of cold wind blowing behind his head.
"Maybe someone else is in another cabin." Luo Yan, who saw the scene through the video synchronization, said, Su Yichen shook his head: "Even if there are other corpses in other cabins, don't you think it's strange?" This is the bridge, and judging by the original situation, there should be a lot of people on the bridge. ”
Su Yichen's words made Luo Yan speechless, he was right, this is a battleship, and it is the bridge of the flagship, if this battleship is a disaster caused by forcibly entering a state of jumping, then there must be other operators in the bridge at that time, otherwise this will definitely not be the case.
Of course, there is also the possibility that the ship is fully automated, just like their Vanguard. With the help of a powerful brain, it can be completely operated by one person. But this may not exist, because they remember very well that when Bai Mei contacted them through communication before, there were still shadows of other people busy in the picture, as the commander of the fleet, Bai Mei could not have no subordinates, so this assumption is not valid at all.
That's what causes this phenomenon. Su Yichen was puzzled by this question, and he also found a key problem, that is, the position where Bai Mei was sitting. According to the arrangement of the bridge of this battleship, it is impossible for Bai Mei, as the commander, to sit in the current position, because this position is not the control position in the front center of the main console, nor is it the commander's position later. Both of these positions were empty, and the position of Bai Mei's corpse was just an inconsequential corner, how could he sit there?
These bizarre situations include unsolvable mysteries inside the battleship. Neither Su Yichen nor Luo Yan could use common sense to judge, let alone deduce how this battleship suffered a disaster.
It seems that the only way to figure out this reason is to continue to search the rest of the battleship, or find the location of the brain control and extract the stored data. Thinking of this, Su Yichen left the location of Bai Mei's corpse and searched inside the bridge.
But after such a search, an even more surprising situation happened. How could it be that he didn't find the brain control inside the bridge? How did such an advanced warship not possess a brain? This is an absolutely impossible situation. Maneuvering a spaceship in space is extremely complex and would never have been possible with the individual abilities of intelligent beings alone. Not to mention that this is a warship with leap technology, and it is impossible to pilot it on its own ability.
Su Yichen, who did not believe in evil, continued to search, he judged that it should be the difference in civilization technology that caused the position of the brain control to deviate, and when he searched carefully again for about half an hour. Sure enough, I found a very strange situation in one part of the bridge, just at the end of the front of the bridge, there was an inconspicuous place, which was recessed inward, and it looked like there was a cabinet here.
Don't. This is where the battleship stores its brains? Su Yichen thought so, but when he carefully confirmed it again, he immediately overturned his previous judgment, this is definitely not where the brain is stored, because the brain of such a huge warship cannot be so large, just like the brain on the Vanguard, the brain they use, including the core equipment and peripherals, is the size of several cabins, even if this unknown civilization is more developed, it is impossible to set up the brain so small, because the reason is very simple, the brain is the most important component of the spaceship, Its protection is extremely critical, and it is impossible to judge the volume and thickness of the outer shield alone.
In addition to this reason, then there is only one possibility, that is, this location is the core part of the stored data, if you guess by this judgment, then everything is clear. The volume of the core part of the data storage is not too large, according to the shape and volume of this recessed cabinet-like size, plus the protective cover on the outside of the data storage, it should be just right.
In addition, data storage is not only responsible for data storage and exchange and transmission functions, it must also be easy to replace and maintain, etc., and it is also a suitable choice to place the data storage core in this position.
As expected, when Su Yichen searched inward along the sunken area, he quickly found the data cable, and then followed the vine, and it took some time to finally find the location of the brain. The location of the central brain is under the bridge, which consists of a large cabin, but when Su Yichen walked into the cabin where the brain was stored, there was a surprise at first, but soon the surprise turned into bitterness.
The bitter reason is that the brain is damaged, and it is not ordinary damage, it is an irreparable physical damage, the core components of the brain in the entire cabin, including the perimeter protection, have become a pile of garbage, and signs of strong destruction can be seen everywhere, if it weren't for Su Yichen's determination that this is an important brain storage compartment, then he would definitely think that it was just a place to store garbage inside the battleship.
"It doesn't seem to be caused by a natural collision, it seems to be a ...... It seems to be ....... Luo Yan couldn't help but say in the communication, she hesitated and finally put forward a hypothesis: "It seems to have been deliberately sabotaged." ”
Su Yichen nodded slightly, in fact, the same was true of the first thought that flashed through his mind after he entered the inside and saw the situation inside, including those irreparable physical damages. The reason is simple, the damage to the periphery of the central brain capsule is not serious, but the damage here is unimaginably serious, and in many places there are obvious signs of laser and high-energy weapon cutting. It's exactly like a mob rushing in and smashing everything inside.
Standing in front of this pile of ruins, Su Yichen couldn't help frowning, he couldn't understand why this was the case. If this is not the case with the central brain, then he may be able to guess another scenario. That is, when the battleship caused serious damage to the battleship's hull after the forced jump, Bai Mei decisively asked people to remove the data storage core. Then let the surviving crew flee with it in a lifeboat. As the commander, Bai Mei did not follow his subordinates to leave, but found a place to quietly wait for the final moments of the battleship to fulfill his last duties as a soldier and commander.......
This speculation is somewhat chivalric, but at least in some aspects of the Western culture of the earth's civilization, it is barely plausible, and even in the current space fleet, some commanders also adhere to the ancient view that the ship is in the people, and the ship is dead. But now there are very different things that are represented in other aspects, especially the physical forced damage of the central brain. It's like a bunch of pirates boarding the ship, killing everyone, throwing corpses into space, then taking the storage core, and destroying the central brain.
But in this way, there is another question that can't be explained, that is, why is Bai Mei's body still on the bridge? What's going on here? Su Yichen was puzzled by this, and he left this place in order to find an answer. The rest of the battleship's position, including other compartments, was searched everywhere. Trying to figure out what's going on here.
After more than two hours, Su Yichen still didn't find much, he searched all the way and only saw obvious signs of firefighting in some areas, that is, it could be judged that the battleship had been landed, and then the two sides had a fierce exchange of fire. As for who wins and who loses, the answer is extremely obvious. This has been proven by the corpse of the white browed in the bridge.
A long time has passed, and it has been almost six hours since Su Yichen entered this battleship, and the long-term search is not only physically exhausting, but also energy-consuming. Seeing that the time was about the same, Su Yichen planned to go back first. After collecting your thoughts, you can get some sleep, and when you wake up, come back and continue the search.
Just when he walked back, he passed by a branch passage, this passage was not long, only a short distance of more than 30 meters, looking inward from the main passage, Su Yichen saw two cabin doors, he walked over with a move in his heart, anyway, it was all by the way, he was going to go along to the past to take a look.
One of the hatches opened with a push of the force, and inside the hatch was a mess that seemed to have been struggling, with the remains of electronic parts and weapons floating in the air, as well as furniture and other things fixed to the ground. It seems that this is just an ordinary cabin, no different from what has been found all the way before, and there are no corpses.
Su Yichen shook his head, exited this cabin, and then walked towards another cabin, and when he walked to the other cabin and was about to push the door, his eyes suddenly froze, and the raised hand stopped.
"...... this?" Su Yichen found a sign, there is a very regular burn mark outside the hatch, of course, this cannot be the trace left by the flame, as a physicist, Su Yichen immediately associated with a phenomenon, this trace is very similar to the oscillation caused by the emission of powerful cosmic particles, cosmic particles are extremely destructive and penetrating, in the absence of good protection, penetrated by cosmic particles will die in a short time. In other words, if there are people in this cabin, the locked hatch should be closed as soon as possible, and the attacker cannot open the hatch for a while, and it is necessary to ensure that the people inside completely lose the ability to resist, so it is easy to solve the problem by taking such a penetrating sabotage attack.
Does that mean there are still human bodies here? Or is there anyone still alive? When Su Yichen thought of this, he suddenly became excited, no matter what the result was, it was better than not having the slightest gain.
Immediately, Su Yichen tried to push the hatch, but indeed the hatch was locked, and because of the destruction of the central brain, all the electronic systems in the battleship had completely failed, and even if the people inside survived, it was impossible for him to open the hatch and come out by himself.
The locked hatch is difficult to open with ordinary lasers and high-energy weapons, but this is not too difficult for Su Yichen, you must know that his special spacesuit is the crystallization of the highest technology of the Rand civilization, and some of the equipment equipped with the spacesuit is fully capable of opening this hatch.
Su Yichen stepped back slightly, he raised his left hand, and a white light on his arm gradually lit up, and soon this white light was as bright as a small sun, but its volume was not large, about a little larger than a fist, and it was not attached to the arm, it floated a little bit across the arm, when the light cluster was bright to a certain extent, Su Yichen's left hand flung forward, and the light cluster floated towards the hatch in the direction he guided, when it touched the hatch, The whole hatch seemed to be melted by something at once, and it was like a candle touching a flame, and in a blink of an eye, a huge hole appeared in the hatch, and as the hole spread to a certain extent, the light disappeared, and a passage appeared on the hatch that was large enough for a person to pass through.
Seeing this result, Su Yichen nodded with satisfaction, this white light is not fire, nor is it the fusion or fission of atoms, this is a unique atomic and molecular decomposition technology of the Rand civilization, which can decompose almost all objects in a small area, thereby destroying its structure. Just like now, in the scope of white light, the material of the hatch was broken down into the most basic atoms and molecules in an instant, and the structure was destroyed, and the hatch was naturally opened.
Walking into the hatch, except for the part where the gap was opened, the rest of the place was intact. And going inside, this is a cabin about the same size as just now, when Su Yichen's eyes glanced inside, and soon stopped at the two corpses floating in the air, he suddenly felt happy in his heart, it seems that his guess is correct, there are indeed other corpses here, maybe the source of all the answers can be deciphered from them. (To be continued......)