Chapter 16: Postscript to the Shelter

On December 8, "Wake up from the pain of ending the lives of the fourth layer with your own hands, there are still many people left here who need my salvation, and quickly pick yourself up." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

On December 13, "As a result of a mistake in the work, someone saw the situation on the planet's surface through the probe, and people began to riot, and I began to try to calm them. ”

On December 17, "the riots got worse and worse, and today there was even a brawl in the cafeteria, killing and injuring a dozen people, and I had to tell them to dispose of the bodies and then lock up the people involved in the brawl." ”

On December 23, "I have begun to lose control of the development of the situation, the brawls are becoming more frequent, the number of deaths is gradually increasing, and often just after dealing with one brawl, there is another brawl on the other side. ”

On December 26th, "What's going on, there was a probe on the fourth floor that was activated, and the fact that I closed the fourth floor was exposed, although I explained it to them, but it was obvious that they didn't fully believe me, and the people on the fifth floor actually removed the elevator doors in order not to be abandoned by me, and they could only rely on simple ladders to go up and down in the future." ”

On January 1st, "I held a celebration to boost morale for the first New Year in the shelter, but there was apparently little interest and despair began to spread in the shelter. ”

On January 8, "In the past few days, I have increased the punishment of those involved in the brawls, relying on high pressure, people have calmed down a little, and there have been a lot fewer brawls, and after this half month of riots, we have lost at least half of the population, and I am saddened." But the good news, at least, is that the pressure on ecosystems has decreased, albeit at a terrible cost. ”

On January 15, "there was a very serious brawl today, and the air purifier on the fifth floor was destroyed in this brawl. I'm trying to fix the purifier, but the main cores are all broken and we don't have a spare core. We were forced to retreat all to the sixth floor. ”

On January 20, "the brawls were still happening from time to time, and then a new rumor appeared that the air purifiers on this floor would not last long, and although I explained to them that the air purifiers would not be a problem, it was clear that some people did not believe me, and some began to break down and commit suicide. ”

On January 27, "desperation began to spread through the shelters, and even the fighting stopped, and people stayed in their rooms waiting for death except for the cafeteria, and some began to go mad in this constant fear." ”

On Feb. 2, "I secretly counted that there were 51 people left in the shelter. At least half of them have mental problems to some degree. ”

On Feb. 9, "The air purifier was broken by a madman, and although it was repaired and barely operational, it didn't last long. ”

On February 15, "people began to feel the thinness of oxygen, and many committed suicide in order not to die painfully, leaving 13 people in the shelter." ”

On February 21, "the oxygen became thinner, and there were only three people left in the shelter, and those two men told me they couldn't take it anymore, and that they were gone while I wrote this journal, and that I was left alone." ”

On February 22, "I finally felt the feelings of those who committed suicide, and this should be my last diary, hell, here I am." ”

The diary ended here, and Zhou Xin saw that the last few words of the diary were getting more and more scribbled, showing the fluctuations in the diary's owner's heart.

After listening to these contents, Zhou Xin was silent, and after a while, he said slowly: "For the survival of the group...... It's about choosing...... Ditch some people...... Is it? I don't agree with what he did, but if I were to do this, what would I do? Can I be the captain of this ship? Zhou Xin was confused.

"According to the calculations of this ship, in the circumstances of the time, this was the best option, otherwise, they would have survived for a shorter time. Keep your heart, Captain, and as a commander, you will continue to do so even if you make an inappropriate choice. Although the owner of the diary was tormented by the decision, he did not regret his choice until the end of the diary. Indecision can only keep you stuck on a road full of thorns. Voyager said.

After listening to this passage, Zhou Xin suddenly realized, "Since I have made a choice, I will go on according to my choice." If the person in charge of this vault hesitates, the entire vault will be buried with him. Although the people of this shelter did not survive, at least he tried for hundreds of lives. I'm starting to admire him a little bit now. Chang'e, is his name written in the diary? ”

Chang'e flipped through the diary again, pointing to a few words in the corner of the cover, "This should be the name of the owner of the diary, and the translation should be Guretana." ”

"Guretana...... Is it? Zhou Xin said, "Voyager, record his deeds in the database." I can't agree with his approach, but his efforts to protect the Vault are commended, and I can't afford to let his spirit fade with this dwarf planet, at least let him leave something behind. ”

"In addition." Zhou Xin turned his head to look at the screen, "Clean up the corpses on this floor, together with the corpses of the previous layers, let them rest in peace on this planet, since we are here, let's do something for them." ”

"And." Zhou Xin continued, "The funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, traveler, help me prepare, tomorrow I will go down to attend their funeral......"

The next day, Zhou Xin was standing at the door of the shelter, and the robot next to him was busy back and forth. After thinking about it, Zhou Xin decided to make this refuge their resting place. So now the robots are making their final preparations.

"The transfer of the shelter materials has been completed, the internal cleaning has been completed, and the removal of the remains has been completed." At 10 a.m., Chang'e reported.

"Well, now that you're ready, it's time for them to rest in peace." Zhou Xin said calmly.

At this time, all the robots stood behind Zhou Xin. Looking at the entrance of the refuge, Zhou Xin was silent for a while, and then began to speak: "Although most of you don't know what happened on this planet, as a group of people who have survived the end times, you are still respectable. This is the last thing I can do for you, and now you don't have to struggle in this last day anymore, just sleep in this sanctuary. After speaking, Zhou Xin lowered his head.

After a few minutes, Zhou Xin raised his head and said, "Close this entrance and let them rest in peace." ”

Behind him came several engineering robots, who walked up to the entrance to the shelter, pushed a large stone that had been prepared for the doorway, sealed the entrance to the shelter, and then scooped up the surrounding dust and covered it until a small dirt bag was slightly piled up. Another robot moved a stone tablet and stood in front of the earthen bag.

"What words should be engraved on the stele?" Chang'e asked.

"Just engrave, 'a group of people who have struggled for survival'." Zhou Xin lowered his head, thought for a while and replied.

After completing the funeral at the Vault, Zhou Xin returned to a newly built temporary base next to the Vault. Here, Chang'e is making a final report to Zhou Xin about this refuge.

"Analysis of the information obtained shows that this underground facility is just one of the shelters that were built long ago to escape the war. The information shows that the opening of this shelter was very hasty, and many of the facilities are actually in the process of aging, and it is really a miracle that the people inside have been able to hold out for so long. Since this is not a research setting, it is just a shelter, so we only found a small amount of valuable information here. Chang'e said.

"One?" Zhou Xin asked, "So there are other shelters?" Can you find their location? Will there be more survivors? ”

"It's difficult, according to the data, these shelters have been built far away, and most of them have even been completely abandoned. This vault is the best-preserved of them all, and according to local calculations, the remaining vaults, if any, are unlikely to survive this global crustal movement. ”

Then Chang'e began to report some more detailed data.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to explain these details to me." Zhou Xin interrupted, "Now that the exploration of this shelter has been completed, you can just sort out the rest of the information." What I'm concerned about now is, after so many days, how is the investigation of another suspected location, has there been any entrances or something. Speaking of this, Zhou Xin sighed slightly, "Actually, I want to know more...... Is there any living person in it? ”

"Regarding this matter, this machine has mainly dealt with the problem of the shelter in the past few days, and the detection of another point has only read a small number of reports, and you should ask the mothership for more details."

"Voyager." Zhou Xin shouted into the communicator.

"Your Excellency, is there anything you need?"

"Report on the investigation at another point."

"Three days after the last report, the probe robot reported finding the entrance to the underground facility, but since the shelter was being explored at the time, the ship did not report it directly to you, only wrote a written report. Didn't you see that written report? ”

"Well, maybe there are too many reports missing." Zhou Xin scratched his head in embarrassment, "Then talk about the condition of the underground facility, has the entrance been opened?" ”

"Since most of the construction robots are investigating the situation in the shelter, the ship did not rush to open the entrance. Over the next few days, the ship attempted to communicate with the interior of the underground facility, but received no response. ”

"Didn't get a response?" Zhou Xin was slightly disappointed, after the incident at the Vault, his mentality had also changed a little, and he was not very susceptible to these things. "Is there no one in this vault either?" He muttered to himself.

"Please don't give up hope." The Voyager comforted, "Since we have not been able to communicate with this civilization, our ship is still using human means of communication, and it is normal to receive no response." ”

"......" Zhou Xin was a little speechless, "Are you sure it is useful to use human means of communication?" ”

"Maybe it doesn't work." The Voyager replied solemnly, "But it's always good to try." ”

"Okay." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "In addition to contact, what else do you do?" ”

"The probe conducted a detailed scan of the underground facility and basically determined the extent and depth of the underground structure. The underground structure was built at a depth of 20 meters, a little deeper than the previous Vault, but estimated to be smaller than the Vault. As for the rest, due to the depth of the subterranean structure, the probe was unable to detect more detail. ”

"Ordinary shelters don't hide so deep underground, I don't think this underground structure is ordinary." Zhou Xin touched his chin and speculated.

"This kind of structure is generally built as a highly classified facility on Earth." The Voyager replied, "Normally, it would be difficult to open such a facility violently, and the entrance to this underground structure may be thicker than the Vault, so it will take more time to use violent methods, which is one of the reasons why the ship is trying to communicate with the interior." ”

"Is there any other way to get in touch, if we can't get in touch, we can only use violent means to get in." Zhou Xin was a little helpless.

"Not yet, Captain, do you have any good ideas?" The Voyager began to consult Zhou Xin.

"You don't have any good ideas for me, I don't have a huge database like yours." After a pause, Zhou Xin continued, "No matter what, we always have to go in anyway, let's build a temporary base first." ”

"As soon as you've finished your investigation of the Vault, I'll move the robots over and start building the Vault, which is expected to be completed tomorrow."

"Okay, then I'll go over there tomorrow, it's too boring to watch Chang'e investigate on the ship, I'm going to go with me tomorrow."

"But there's no certainty that there's no life in there." The Voyager stopped.

"No problem."

"You can't be allowed to take that risk, Captain."

"When the time comes, I won't be the first to go in." Zhou Xin insisted.

"If you continue to insist, the ship will take coercive measures and prohibit you from leaving the ship." The Voyager warned.

"You won......" Zhou Xin was helpless, "Then it's okay for me to stay at the temporary base......

The next day, the temporary base was built, and Zhou Xin came to this new temporary base.

"Captain, have you decided whether you want to open the entrance?" The Voyager asked.

"Still no response from inside?"

"Didn't get any contact from inside."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Xin still made a decision: "Continue to try to contact, if there is still no response today, I will forcibly enter tomorrow......"