[248] The origin of the virus
When they really came to the bottom of the sinkhole and set up lights to illuminate everywhere, the soldiers of the Flying Locust Army had a clear understanding of the environment here.
A huge cylindrical space, with the spaceship Nanru mentioned in the center.
Scattered around were some huge ship parts, various thrusters, huge metal cabins, antenna assemblies, etc., all covered in a layer of ice shell.
Between these objects were huge trajectories, with massive pieces of ice and snow shattered in between, and hundreds of corpses in between.
At the edge of the sinkhole, there is a cavity made of ice, and the body of an alloy warrior is twisted and planted, but it is separated from the outside by a transparent ice wall, and there is a black-clad mutant on top of him, whose skull is punctured by the crampons on the feet of the alloy warrior, and he dies on the spot.
It seems that this is the warrior who first fell from the trap of the traffic trench.
However, underneath them, there are two mutant corpses, which seem to have fallen by accident at the beginning.
Nantes looked around, the sinkhole was supposed to have been previously sealed by a layer of ice shell, and the snow had covered it over the years, forming a snow nest.
Originally, the ice layer that was one or two meters thick would not break easily, but it must have been the red eye that discovered the mystery below, chiseled through the ice and went down here, and set up an explosion point on the ice shell, trying to kill the pursuers in one fell swoop.
It's just that I didn't expect Nantes to divide the troops into three parts, and discovered the cats in advance and retained a little vitality.
Now, the icicles that originally supported the ice shell and the caverns like cavities have collapsed, exposing the entire sinkhole.
The greatest interest and core target of each of them in Nantes is naturally the central alien spacecraft.
This goose-egg-like spaceship should be just a return capsule of the original alien spaceship, which belongs to a combined part of the huge spaceship, and the wreckage scattered around it is the orbital module, the propulsion module and the like.
After he came down, he searched around, but he never found the location of the red eye, but he couldn't find it inside the spaceship, and nine times out of ten, he was hiding there.
Nantes called the "Steward" and asked him to take half of his men to scout the surroundings to see if there were any mutants who had slipped through the net, and by the way, to find survivors of human warriors.
As for the remaining half of the people, including Zhang Yang, Zhang San, and the other members of the pest team, as well as Ma Xiaoxuan and Liu Feifei, they all went with him to surround the alien spaceship in the center, preparing to have a final understanding with Red Eye.
The task of the "manager" is not difficult, the mechanical insects he is accustomed to are experts in the search of ruins, those "cowards" hiding under the snow and in the ice caves will be searched out, and one by one they will be "judged" by gathering fire, as for the survivors of human warriors, there is really not a single one.
It's not surprising at all, after all, it fell directly from a height of hundreds of meters, and there was nothing to buffer at all, where would anyone survive?
Nantes was more awkward, and a group of people slowly walked up to surround the goose-egg-like spaceship, only to find that the door could not be opened.
The shell was as smooth as an eggshell, shining silver in the firelight, and the portholes of two black holes hung from the height of the two-story building, not knowing what was inside.
A few warriors had the courage to go up and grope for it, but there was nothing unusual at all, as if it were just a dead thing.
More than ten minutes passed, and everyone went from cautiously reaching out and touching at the beginning to smashing with the butt of a gun, scribbling on it with a dagger, and then discussing whether to try to blow it up with explosives, and it was obvious that they had lost their patience at all.
Nantes stood behind, looked at the time, and looked up at the sky.
Above the patio-like opening, the sky has become a little dark, and the carrier plane should have come, why hasn't it arrived yet?
Many people's oxygen cylinders have been alarmed for another ten minutes at most, by which time they will have to face the catastrophic consequences of thin air.
The soldiers who were on guard outside the sinkhole reported that the wind was blowing, the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and what should they do if a blizzard came?
"You first retreat to the safety of the ridge and guide the carrier aircraft to land in time. Even mutants can't survive in a blizzard, so they don't have to protect these ropes. ”
Nantes' order also had an additional meaning: they retreated to safety, so they could detect and direct the carrier plane to land and drop supplies under the sinkhole.
In addition, the signal in this pothole is relatively poor, and it is all up to them to make signal relay antennas on it, and if something really happens, it is also necessary to rely on them to keep in touch with the outside world and dispatch rescue in time.
One of the warriors ran out of oxygen cylinders, his face turned red and then pale, and he gasped for breath, as if he was about to hold his breath.
Thanks to the "manager" who handed over an oxygen mask in time, he was able to recover in time.
This oxygen cylinder was taken from the corpses on the ground, especially the nether troops in black clothes, the mutants were physically strong, and the consumption of oxygen cylinders was very small.
Others followed suit, and they could finally take a breath with peace of mind, and couldn't help but sigh at the fragility and preciousness of life.
Nantes couldn't wait for the plane, and she couldn't see through the spaceship from a distance, so she had to walk over to study it.
After the "Chief" finished his mission, he did a comprehensive reconnaissance of the ship, especially the infrared rays from the sky, which made him find that there was an extremely small round hole at the top of the ship, and he didn't know what it did.
Nantes remembered one thing, Nanliu once said that after wearing the bracelet and starting the spaceship, the bracelet may be the control device of the spaceship. "If I activate the bracelet, will I be able to open the hatch of the ship?"
While thinking, he called Sister Hua to help turn on the function of the bracelet.
As the blue glow gradually bloomed on his wrist, everyone looked at it in surprise.
At this time, they had forgotten that the primary purpose of their trip was to kill the red eye.
Even the soldiers who were on guard around were also paying attention to the side of the ship, and unaware that on the ice wall, two dark red points of light suddenly lit up and went out.
In Nantes's mind, he was having a heated exchange with Sister Hua, and he needed Sister Hua to tell her something about the spaceship, which was related to the safety of everyone present and the next plan of action.
However, to Nantes's disappointment, Sister Hua had no idea about the relationship between the spaceship and the bracelet, and she didn't know anything about everything inside the spaceship, and her eyes were full of confusion at the moment.
Nantes was very angry, when has this been, and is still spitting and hiding?
His words are very difficult to hear, and words like "what do you want you to do" are particularly hurtful, but at this moment, he already sees Sister Hua as an artificial intelligence product in the bracelet, an AI with no soul and no joy and sorrow.
Sister Hua spread her hands helplessly, and just disappeared from his mind.
No matter how much Nantes called and cursed, there was no response.
Nantes gave up, and at this time it was still up to them to complete the task.
He lifted his bracelet-wearing left hand and pressed it lightly against the ship's shell, recalling the contents of Nanru's letter.
It seems that only one sentence has been brought about when it comes to opening the hatch, but he can't remember exactly what he said.
At this time, he was angry and full of resentment towards the "burning after reading" set up by Nanliu.
With his left hand pressed against the outer wall of the spaceship, he seemed to feel a slight change, and involuntarily closed his eyes.
A pale blue stream of information suddenly came in from the spaceship, down his palm to the bracelet, and then through the bracelet into his brain.
It was a video of three aliens standing outside the spaceship, dancing and not knowing what they were doing.
"This thing? Boot animation? ”
He was a little confused, and looked at the others suspiciously, and found that everyone was looking up at the sky.
Following everyone's gaze, he found that at this moment, the round sky above the sinkhole was completely covered by wind, snow and clouds.
Strangely, a white mist emanated from the round hole at the top of the spaceship, and Tingting floated into the air.
So the sinkhole was as if it was supported by a film, and not a single snowflake fell into it.
As the ice and snow covered him, the sky gradually turned into a curtain made of snow sheds, and the images that came to his mind were being presented on the sinkhole.
This is an extraterrestrial planet, and the aliens on it are tall and look like humans, but each has 4 arms, and they don't speak to each other, but they dance as if they are doing all kinds of communication.
The buildings in the distance are all hemispherical on the ground, covered with silver metal, densely packed, like hand-steamed steamed buns.
The launch site was extremely empty like a huge stage, and the bright lights illuminated the spacecraft and the three aliens outside, and in the distance you could see a small human head, arms raised high like tree branches, which were aliens watching the ceremony, as if they were cheering for something.
As the three aliens finished communicating, they pressed their hands together on a dot on the outer wall of the spaceship, and in an instant, their wrists bloomed with blue light, dazzling and dazzling.
The picture then changes, and the alien spacecraft has entered a state of space travel.
The three aliens sat in a tall seat and went into hibernation, and in the middle of them was a cylindrical instrument, and in the middle of the glass tube, a cube that also glowed blue was suspended, like a Rubik's Cube.
I don't know how many years have passed, but anyway, the spaceship has flown over countless galaxies and suddenly broke into an asteroid belt. Three aliens wake up, and after a hand-to-hand exchange, one of them presses his hands on the cylindrical console.
The screen cuts to the outside of the ship, where the massive shuttle-shaped ship shoots out a blue glow, burning all the obstacles in front of it to dust.
Watching the ship get out of trouble, the warriors who watched with their necks tilted under the sinkhole involuntarily let out a sigh, as if they were in this spaceship, breathing and sharing its fate.
After the danger was eliminated, the alien returned to hibernation, but the one who had attacked before was languishing, his chest heaving, and something seemed to be wrong.
It seems that its instability has also affected the flight of the spaceship, and the light of the blue Rubik's Cube in the middle rises and falls, causing a wave of turmoil in the spacecraft.
Two other aliens wake up and rescue the companion.
The next moment of the screen turns, the spacecraft deviates from its orbit and crashes into a blue planet, the orbital module and propulsion module outside it burn and fire under the friction of the atmosphere, and some antennas and solar sails in the module disintegrate and fall before they have time to retract the module.
The entire ship slammed straight into the snow-covered mountain, creating a huge crater.
The pods disintegrated and scattered in the impact crater, revealing the goose-egg-like giant re-entry capsule.
The re-entry capsule flashed with light, a bracket lifted the shell from below, and the hatch of the re-entry capsule opened, and three aliens stepped out of it.
They don't seem to feel the cold, and still maintain their previous slick image.
They pulled out of the orbital module a small vehicle, a bit like dragonfly wings, but all metal structures that could be folded into a large bag and carried on their backs.
The two aliens took off in a pilot, flying separately in two directions, east and west.
The frail alien stayed where he was, took off the bracelet and went to the orbital module himself, seemingly doing repairs.
Later, some human figures suddenly appeared around the spaceship, and it seemed that there was more than one group, and they had a fierce gun battle.
People seem to be watching a silent movie, the picture is full of suspense and war, and the scene of bullets flying has an immersive danger.
Everyone watched as many people were injured and killed, and the violent explosion shook the ship, and the snow overhead suddenly lost its support and smashed its head.
The snow was so heavy that many people were buried underneath the spot.
But a few minutes later, two human faces suddenly appeared in the spaceship.
"Mandrill" slapped his thigh: "Oops, this is not the commander of Nanliu?" ”
The "manager" covered his mouth through the helmet: "Yes, it's him!" I was pretty young back then......"
Nantes already knew this scene in advance, and he also knew that the thin man next to him was Xiao Yang.
However, Xiao Yang who everyone saw later was burned on his face, and he couldn't tell it for a while, except for Zhang San, he couldn't speak, and he didn't want to speak at the moment.
The spaceship flew up, and for some reason, it flew into the air but lost its balance and fell outside the sinkhole.
If it weren't for looking down to see that the spaceship was still in front of him, the warriors in the sinkhole would almost have moved their feet to catch up.
Nantes opened her eyes wide and saw a human figure clinging to the ship's landing gear and escaping the sinkhole.
This was not mentioned in Nanliu's letters, and it seems that even he didn't know that there was such a thing back then.
After a long time, the two aliens who had gone out returned, and when they saw that the spaceship was gone, they were extremely angry and anxious, and the weak alien crawled out of the ruins of the orbital module, and the three aliens simply exchanged something.
Judging by their gestures and their targeting, it must be two aliens questioning the one left behind.
The people left behind were speechless, just comparing the situation outside.
The three of them flew out together in a vehicle, and sure enough, they found the spaceship that had rolled to the ground not far away.
When they realized that the bracelet and the hovercube were missing, they immediately took off and searched around, but found nothing due to the avalanche caused by the ship's fall.
The three aliens somehow managed to move the ship back to the sinkhole, but it was clear that they couldn't start the ship without the bracelet and the hovering cube.
The frail alien's expression showed a hint of remorse and determination, and it somehow turned out a ball of shimmering red light.
After pressing the switch, the orb suddenly began to glow brightly, and the other two aliens tried to stop it when they discovered it, but they couldn't get anywhere within 5 meters of it.
There was no violent explosion, no scorching flames, and the alien's orb-hugging body began to dissolve.
Starting from the fingers, the sleek body began to uncover layers of flesh and skin, turning into red silk threads visible to the naked eye, which were quickly absorbed by the ball.
The process was slow at first, and the alien's expression was painful, but then it got faster and faster, and it became more and more peaceful.
After a few minutes, the ball swelled and flashed red.
At an altitude of more than nine thousand meters in the air, the ball suddenly exploded, and it exploded cleanly, not even fragments, and all turned into foggy powder.
The powder was carried by the atmosphere to various parts of the world, and the rain fell on the earth, and some people began to get sick, and there was a concentrated outbreak of necrosis reaction.
So the mutants who swept the planet appeared, their intellectually retarded walking corpses, and they pounced on every human to bite and nibble at each human they saw, bringing great disasters to the world.
Where the picture freezes, it is the sound of "Ulu Ulu" coming from their mouths, reaching out as if asking for something.
"They're looking for bracelets? Mutants are actually dominated by the will of that alien? ”
Nantes's eyes widened, and her mouth opened Boss.
Behind him, the "manager" and the mandrill and others were discussing:
"I'm going to go, the origin of the mutant is that alien?"
"Isn't it, the control of someone's spaceship has been stolen! If you need to find out, you will break yourself down into cells and control billions of humans! ”
The words of the "second master" sounded: "I can see that the goal of these aliens themselves is not the earth, and they are forced to land after that and leave to find some material, and they may have to leave, but they were cut off by the two of them." ”
Lao Ma echoed: "At that time, there were nearly 10 billion people in the world, and finding the bracelet that controlled the spaceship from them was like looking for a needle in a haystack, so this alien disintegrated himself and used the method of infecting all mankind to find this bracelet." ”
In the end, everyone came to a conclusion, but looking at Nantes's back, no one dared to say it.
Nantes is also suspicious that the cause of this apocalyptic crisis that caused the catastrophe of mankind has a huge relationship with his father Nanliu, and even said unceremoniously that it was he who stole the bracelet that caused the death of seven or eight billion people in the world?
There is also his master Xiao Yang, the Rubik's Cube he broke is clearly the source of the spaceship's energy......