Since they had already explored the central control station in the Ark of the Mountains, Hao Ren and the others didn't have much effort to find the location of the control center here. At least in the outer area, the structure of the central control station of the two Arks is much the same.

The control center is in a dilapidated state, with old machines and equipment covered in dust, and trivial objects scattered all over the place: this is supposed to be the result of every artificial gravity failure. Next to the main console of the control center, Hao Ren found a corpse, which, unlike the Qunluan, still maintained a normal temperature and atmosphere in the shelter, so the body he found was decomposed and only a skeleton remained.

The deceased was dressed in the same costume as the old man on the Mountains, and due to multiple gravitational disturbances, it was no longer possible to judge the position and state of the captain at the time of his death. Hao Ren carefully pushed the skeleton to the side, and then restarted the main console in front of him (the console key was inserted into the machine panel) according to experience, as expected, there was also backup power here, and the old control terminal was barely functional, with a buzzing sound of the machine, the main console lit up with lights, and other nearby equipment began to operate.

Considering that the ecosystem of the ark has been in operation for the past few hundred years, there should have been some servo terminals here that were unmanned before the reactor exploded, and now Hao Ren wants to check the machines to find the reactor damage report and emergency response plan. He opened the database and quickly pulled up a diagram of the entire central control station, clearly marked with the various areas of the megastructure.

According to the structural diagram, the entire central control station consists of four parts: in the center of it is a huge fusion reactor. The fusion furnace is buried in the deepest part of the facility, and its structure is not visible from the city inside the ship. This reactor provides a powerful source of raw energy for the Vault City, but it is not a direct source of energy. Instead, the energy is transferred to the second part of the facility, a series of giant generators, which are just below the outer shell of the Ancestral Furnace that can be seen from the city inside the ship, and the third part of the central control station is the smaller cylindrical metal columns around the Ancestral Furnace, which are some of the components associated with the life-sustaining system.

Needless to say, the fourth part is the control area of the entire facility, which is where Hao Ren and the others are now, at the very edge of the Ancestral Flood Furnace.

After carefully analyzing the functional zoning on the structural diagram, Hao Ren was relieved: the main shell of the front of the ancestral furnace that had exploded before, and there was the location of the main generator set. Although the scrapping of the main generator is a huge trouble, it is a great blessing in misfortune compared to the explosion of the fusion furnace in the depths.

"Here," Hao Ren stretched out his hand to point to the enclosure of the facility on the screen, "below this is the coil of the main generator, and if this place is repaired, the shelter will be able to hold on for a while longer." I've brought a lot of auto machines with me, and they shouldn't have a problem fixing something as simple as that. ”

"What about after it's fixed?" Nangong Sanba asked casually, "The most important thing is how to solve the problems here for a long time." ”

Hao Ren nodded slightly: "That's right, you can't let these spaceships drift in space all the time." So in the end, you have to find a place for them to stay. I've ordered Nolan to carry out a massive dismantling of the Ark of the Mountains, and I'm trying to crack the navigation systems of several other scrapped arks, and if all goes well, she'll gain control of them. And then...... Drive them to a more suitable planet. ”

"Io or Tanagus?" Lily answered.

"The atmosphere of Tanagus is poisonous to the humans in the Ark, and not only the atmosphere, but the ecological environment of the planet is completely unsuitable for the people on this ship. Io doesn't have a land......" Hao Ren scratched his hair, "Let's put this aside for now." I think it's important to fix the reactor first. ”

He said as he looked out through the thick glass window in the control room. From here, you can see much of the inner workings of the central control station, with ancient pipes and machinery reflecting a faint glow in the dim light. The dust in the air makes everything seem like it's shrouded in a dirty mist. He opened his personal space and released several round, tentacled autonomic machines. After handing the generator set structure diagram to the little guys, the autonomic machines let out a series of cheerful gurgling noises and scrambled out, rushing down the dirty old pipes in the direction of the generator set.

Then he looked at Vivien, "Can you still sense the location of the 'artifact'?" ”

"There has been no response since just now," Vivien frowned slightly, "I can only judge from the previous feeling, that artifact is probably the deepest layer of this facility, that is...... This location. ”

As she spoke, she reached out to the screen of the main console, which showed a diagram of the structure of the central control station, and where she pointed was the junction of the generator and the fusion furnace, the very heart of the facility.

Hao Ren looked for the facility structure diagram, and finally determined a feasible route: "Then let's go over there and have a look...... What are you doing at the end? ”

He asked curiously when he saw that the data terminal had flown to the side at some point, floating around the bones of the dead captain, and constantly scanning the skull of the other party with a blue beam.

The data terminal said while inspecting: "Oh, it's nothing, by the way, I checked the cause of this person's death." The man was supposed to have died of illness, and his skull showed signs of chronic corrosion, probably caused by some chronic disease before his death. ”

"Chronic disease?" Hao Ren glanced at the skeleton that had fallen to the ground, and there was a vague concern in his heart: the last commander of the ark had died of a chronic illness, not an accident or some other accident as he had guessed, and there seemed to be some kind of message hidden in it.

But there is only such a skeleton here, and the information he can get is really insufficient, even if he cares, he can't think of any clue.

"Let's leave him here for now," Hao Ren nodded slightly at the skeleton, and then walked towards the exit of the control room, "The Autonomic Machine is repairing the generator, let's take advantage of this time to see what kind of artifact Vivien sensed." ”

The group left the control room and continued in the direction of the reactor, while at the same time, in the space outside the ark, large-scale engineering work was also being carried out in an intense and orderly manner.

After receiving Hao Ren's orders, Nolan took over some engineering drones from the group, and now she is sending these extremely efficient "workers" to those arks. Silver-white drones emerged from the dark space, like ant colonies pounced on their prey, and turned into streams of light to those huge ark ships, and the drones began to cut the shells of those old spaceships, and the latter's dark and heavy armor plates continued to burst out bright light like starlight, looking like a strange fireworks show in space.

At present, the ships that have been cut are confirmed to be lifeless, and because there is no need to worry about casualties, Nolan can confidently and boldly figure out the structure of these arks through brute force. As the first of all the Arks to be explored, the Qunluan was the fastest and most thoroughly dismantled.

Now the 130-kilometer-long interstellar giant has changed its appearance, with hundreds of mining drones cutting off a third of the Qunluan's outer shell, revealing some complex mechanical structures at the front end, and a series of neat chambers that are connected by corridors that appear to be intended for human use. Judging from these structures, the "bridge" of the Ark was also manned during the voyage, but perhaps it was the long journey that finally eroded the confidence of the navigators, and finally all the crew of the Ark took refuge in the shelter, and handed over all the upper systems to the intelligent host.

The Giant Turtle Rock Terrace curiously circled around the bow of the Mountains, taking pictures as it circled around it. And on the bridge of the Giant Turtle Rock, the little demon Elizabeth was dragging her rolling tail in boredom, muttering while ignoring the cat girl's weak counterattack: "Sister Nolan, what are you doing?" ”

"Remember," replied Nolan casually, "as a ship, I have dismantled all the same kind that are so many circles larger than myself, don't you think it's memorable?" ”

Elizabeth thought for a moment; “…… But you don't feel like you're a guy who strips people naked and shoots them naked. Illuminated change. Status? ”

Nolan: "......"

In this way, whether it is inside or outside the ark, Hao Ren's team is in action. (To be continued.) )