Chapter 26: Causes of Suicide
"Okay, hurry up and act, we'll talk about it on the road. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info You don't have much time, so it is really safe to follow the probe back to the location of the rescue spacecraft. Without waiting for him to speak, Zhou Xin commanded directly.
At his command, the eight people who survived immediately went into action, following the probe towards the place where the rescue spacecraft landed.
In fact, the resting place of Guresta and his group was only fifty meters away from the location of the eighth body found by the probe. However, because of the dense woods between them, it was impossible to see them from the location of the corpses. However, as the probe led the way in front of them, Zhou Xin noticed that everyone, including Gracesta, had a complicated look on their faces, which contained a hint of sadness and a hint of regret. Following the probe, it didn't take long for them to encounter the first, the last corpse the probe had ever found.
It seemed that they already knew about the existence of the corpse, because when they saw the corpse for the first time, no one was surprised, they just walked quickly to the corpse, and then quietly surrounded the corpse. In silence, the two men lifted the body up, and Guresta motioned for the probe to move on.
And just like that, in an atmosphere of silence, the whole team moved on. It wasn't until they encountered the fourth corpse that Zhou Xin finally couldn't help it, and he asked, "How did these people die?" ”
"Suicide." From Guresta's mouth came a result that would not come as a surprise.
"Why did they kill themselves?" Dart asked, saying that it was obviously unacceptable for him to have just one word, especially since most of the dead were Atlanteans.
In a sad tone, Guresta told the whole story:
"In the beginning, a dozen of us just wanted to walk around the ship. However, we soon received a message from the Voyager that a spherical battleship had appeared, telling us to stay away from the ship and find cover. Actually, we don't need to be informed, we also know that the spherical battleship is coming, because everyone can look up and see a spherical object suddenly appear in the sky. ”
"Immediately, all of us panicked, after all, we had never made contact with a spherical battleship at such a close distance. Although I was a little flustered at the time, as the leader of this group, I could only force my composure and start comforting the others. At first, my reassurance worked, and everyone agreed to follow the Voyager's prompts and seek concealment away from the ship's landing site. ”
"However, as spherical battleships appear in the sky from time to time like surveillance, and communication with you begins to become intermittent. Some people are starting to change their minds, believing that you are trying to get everyone off the ship at the expense of everyone on the Green Star to ensure that the Voyager hiding near another planet will not be discovered by the spherical battleship. Soon, those who had this idea wanted to convince the others to get back on the ship, and then start the ship, not to mention escape back to the Voyager, at least the planet. Only I and others understand that if we do, we will not be able to escape the planet's atmosphere, and we may even be exposed to the existence of Voyager, thus depriving us of the last chance of life. Also, I had to find a way to prevent everyone from returning to the ship. ”
"Fortunately, there were still more people who supported me in the end, and with the help of these people, the few who opposed it were finally forcibly taken away from the direction of the spaceship. At first, the mood of those people was quite stable, and they just kept complaining along the way. But—" his voice suddenly became heavy at this point, "it wasn't that long ago that everything changed. ”
After a pause, Guresta continued: "As we continued to move forward, a violent white light suddenly lit up behind us, so bright that even the 'sun' in the sky could not match it. Everyone's attention was quickly attracted by the white light on the horizon, and after the white light, we saw that a huge amount of smoke and dust slowly rose from the white light. It was only a few minutes before a deafening explosion was heard from afar. After a while, the ground began to shake violently, so violently that no one could stand on the ground at all, and I was even worried that the trees around me would fall because of this. ”
"Fortunately, the violent earthquake lasted for a few minutes and then gradually subsided. But after seeing this scene, most of us can't calm down. It was clear that the spherical battleship was bombing the Green Star. Many began to express desperation, even attacking those who had forcibly taken them away from the ship. Thankfully, they still had their basic sanity, knowing that it would be too late to return to the ship, so after their violence was stopped, everyone continued to move away from the ship and away from the explosion. ”
"But because we lost contact with the Voyager after the explosion, we didn't go very far, and those who didn't have much sanity left in the first place began to think that we had been abandoned. Soon we will die in the next bombardment of the spherical battleship, and despite all my best efforts to tell them that you will come to our rescue, there are still some people who do not believe it. At this point, Guresta paused for a long time before continuing, "Then the sound of explosions from farther away finally became the straw that broke the camel's back. ”
With the second explosion, Fistia immediately went crazy. He shouted frantically, 'I don't want to see them, I don't want to die like that.' Then I quickly untied the hose that was connected to the pressurizer, and by the time I found out it was too late. At this, his expression suddenly became extremely gloomy.
"At that time, in everyone's panic, I simply couldn't handle Fistia's body. And I'm afraid that the others will have the same emotions as Fistia after seeing her body for a long time, so I can only force everyone to leave here. At this time, the group happened to walk to the place where the probe found the first body, that is, the first Festia who committed suicide in the mouth of Guresta.
"But by this time it was too late, and it didn't take long for a second suicide to appear in our ranks. After a few things in a row, I had to decide to have everyone act in pairs and watch each other, but it didn't work. Sighing, Guresta continued, "You've also seen that the two people walking together actually committed suicide at the same time. Later, there was really no way out, so I could only order the advance to be stopped, and everyone was not allowed to move without permission. And then the next thing you will do, and here you are. ”
After listening to what Guresta had to say, a wave of sadness gradually began to spread in the command module. However, at this time, Zhou Xin still had a question, "Why are most of the suicides among them Atlanteans ......?" ”