Chapter Twenty-Five: The Dead Crew
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After making their decision, Zhou Xin turned their attention to the search for Guresta and his party that had just begun.
According to the vague communication just now, Atlas has locked the area of Guresta and their activities into a circular area of about fifteen square kilometers. This is not a big range, but it is not too small, so Atlas sent five probes to the area to carry out the search mission.
Of the five probes, four of them successfully entered the intended area and quickly launched a search for Guresta and his party. Another probe spotted an Atlantean on the periphery before it could enter the area.
Originally, finding survivors should have been a cause for joy. Sadly, this time, the probe found the body of an Atlantean.
After reporting the discovery of the deceased, Atlas added in a strange tone, "It stands to reason that there is nothing dangerous in this area, and the protective suit on her body is enough to protect her from the radiation around her for the time being." β
"And how did she die?"
"There were no signs of radiation exposure on the body, and no toxic substances were found in the blood." While the detector was examining, Atlas said to Zhou Xin, "Judging from the various states on his face, this person should have died because of the instant decrease in air pressure around him and the lack of oxygen." Then, he quickly discovered the abnormality on the deceased's body, "Brother Captain, look here, the pipeline connecting the pressurization device and the protective suit is broken." With that, the probe picked up the severed hose that hung at the deceased's side. After just one glance, the little girl said suspiciously, "It's strange, there is no sign of damage on this tube, and the broken end is also intact, it looks like-" Before the sentence was finished, the camera of the detector turned to the pressurized device hanging on the waist of the deceased, and suddenly Atlas exclaimed, "Brother Captain, look! Both safety locks on the pressurization device are open! The two safety locks mentioned by Atlas are designed to prevent the hose connected to the pressurized device from falling off automatically. At this time, although the safety lock was opened, the pressurized device was still faithfully performing its duties and still did not stop working.
"How is that possible?!" Zhou Xin was very surprised, "How did the two safety locks open at the same time?" β
"There are no signs of the safety lock itself being broken." After observing for a moment, Atlas replied, "The lock itself is designed to make it almost impossible for it to fall off on its own, so the most likely thing is toβ"
"Could it be that she opened the two safety locks and pulled the tube out?!" Zhou Xin was shocked and continued, "Why did she do this? Didn't she know that she would die if she did this? β
"No, before I set out, I taught everyone who knew and didn't know. In particular, some important switches and devices on protective clothing, as well as emergency treatment methods after they have problems. There's no way she's unaware of the dangers of doing so. Dart said quickly, then emphatically, "Besides, this pressurization system is new to the suit, and I have highlighted everything about it to everyone." β
"In other words, did she pull out the tube on her own initiative knowing the danger of doing so?" Zhou Xin's brows furrowed, "Why did she do this?" β
"If that's the case, there's only one possibility." Spred's face instantly became ugly, "It's very likely that this person committed suicide?" β
"Suicide? Why did she kill herself? Dart asked, slightly surprised.
"I can't see that right now." Judging from the tone, Zhou Xin obviously agreed with Spred's inference, "If we can't find more evidence, I'm afraid her death can only be a mystery." After a moment of silence, Zhou Xin continued to command, "Even if it's just a corpse, we can't just leave her on this planet. Atlas, let the probe make a mark here before moving on, and when they find Somesta, they'll come back and deal with her. β
So, after leaving a transmitter at the location of the corpse, the probe began to continue its journey deeper into the area marked by Atlas.
However, to everyone's surprise, six more bodies were found in the short distance of the probe in the next few hundred meters. All of the five corpses found at the beginning belonged to Atlanteans, with only the last corpse being a Thunderstar. All of them were like the first Atlanteans who had just died, dying of depressurization and hypoxia caused by the detachment of the breathing tube. And there are no signs of struggle on all of them, so the possibility of suicide is extremely high. Upon learning of this result, everyone in the command module was extremely shocked. They really couldn't figure out why so many people had all made the decision to commit suicide.
For all the bodies, the detectors all left a mark for disposal when they returned. When the probe dropped the transmitter on the last Thunderman, Spred seemed to have noticed something.
"Have you noticed that these seven corpses, basically arranged in a straight line, and then pointed all the way to the center of the area that Atlas demarcated?"
"How so?" After Spred's reminder, Zhou Xin also discovered this, and soon he thought, "Could it be that these dead people have some connection with Guresta?" β
"If that's the case, doesn't that mean that the cause of their death can be figured out after finding Guresta?" Dart continued.
"I hope so." Zhou Xin replied casually worriedly, and at the same time, at this time, the probe had already left the dead thunderstar and continued to move forward. Soon, on the ground, which was only a dozen meters away from the body of the Thunderstar, they found an eighth corpse.
However, the rest of the crowd didn't pay attention to the newly discovered corpse. Because, the detectors in the other four directions all sent back signals, and they spotted Guresta and his group almost at the same time, and the camera also switched to their direction in an instant.
When they found Guresta, there were eight of them sitting in a circle on the ground. Upon seeing the probe appear, everyone quickly stood up. After glancing at everyone, Zhou Xin found that the situation of Guresta and them was not very bad. Aside from the obvious exhaustion on his face, no one was injured.
At this time, everyone standing in front of the probe was very excited, and many even cried with joy, only Guresta could still maintain some composure.
"Okay, hurry up and act, we'll talk about it on the road. You don't have much time, so it's really safe to follow the probe back to the location of the rescue spacecraft. Without waiting for him to speak, Zhou Xin directly commanded......