Chapter 208: The Underground Base Seen Again
Sirin and Shadow followed the gray cat into the building. ***
There are lights inside, and the lights will be automatically turned on in the area they pass through, and they will be turned off in turn after Xilin and they have completely passed.
It can be seen that the original owner here is more energy-saving.
Not long after they walked in, they saw an elevator, and when they approached, the elevator door opened automatically, and the gray cat was the first to walk in.
The doors of the elevator close, and then the descent begins.
After they descended in the elevator, all the lighting in the building that emerged from the ground was extinguished, leaving only the light of a small hill protruding from the area outside. Except for the sound of the aircraft and warplanes of the Sixth Fleet, there was only the faint rustle of the wind.
Shotton and the others were very strange, if they hadn't seen those monsters before, they would have suspected that there were no high-level life forms here. After looking for so many places, I didn't even see the shadows of those monsters, as if they had evaporated.
"Could it be that they burrowed into the ground?" A technician said.
"It's very likely, but the detector can't detect the situation under the ground, and no matter how it detects, it doesn't match the reality." Another technician looked at the scan of the detector and was a little distressed.
"These instruments can't be used, so we can only rely on the people who are dispatched to find them."
Shawton didn't let the team go down for the time being, after all, there is an unknown danger below, and the environment of this planet is very harmful to the human body, and people wearing protective clothing have a lot of inconvenience in moving, if those monsters come out to attack all at once, it will be miserable, so Shawton can't afford to take this risk, and can only hope that Xilin can pass the news as soon as possible.
Cillin followed the gray cat out of the elevator, and there were passages in several directions in front of him, and the elevator was in the intersection area of these passages.
The gray cat's goal was very clear, and he didn't hesitate after getting out of the elevator, and he didn't explain too much to Xilin, but just walked in one direction.
Looking at the construction of these passages, Xilin does not feel that these are super-civilized buildings. In fact, although these passages can be regarded as solid and reliable, they are not more advanced than some bases in the Star Alliance in terms of technology alone.
Bend left and wind. Xilin has seen some individual rooms, meeting rooms, large dining rooms, and large auditoriums. But it didn't stop, the gray cat was running faster and faster, and it seemed that the mood would get better and better, and he was screaming as he ran.
"Sigma! I'm coming! Come out and greet you! ”
Sigma?
Who is Sigma?
Sirin looked ahead. There are no people, and there are no animals.
"Say goodbye. It's a pleasure to meet you. ”
As a voice sounded with excitement, an opening suddenly opened in the wall of a passage in front of it, and a robot came out of it.
If you see this robot outside the Z Star Zone, on the streets of those bustling star zones in the 10th Trade Zone, you will definitely be teased for being antique, old, ugly, and outdated. But. This robot that appears here. But it made Xilin feel special.
Looking at the appearance alone, this robot is more retro, not like a robot like Xiying that is biased towards human appearance and smooth movements, this robot doesn't even have legs, and under the cylindrical torso is a hemispherical thing that can roll in any direction. The head is also a hemisphere connected to the torso. A blue bar of light swept around, and this blue bar was probably its "eye".
This one's name is Sigma. The head and feet look almost like a tumbler, so what's so special about it?
Tone, action. There is also the change of the blue bar when speaking.
The tone is very natural, exactly the same as the tone of human speech, it says that it is happy to meet the gray cat, the light of the blue stripe turns into a wavy shape, the meaning should be similar to the human laughter, and ...... This guy from the pit dad was still dancing up and down with his hands when he came over, just like a flapping of wings when a flapping bird runs!
The gray cat happily circled around Sigma, and Sigma spun around in place, making Sirin a little dizzy.
"I say, don't you two take a break?" Cillin said.
Sigma raised her eyes to look at Xilin and the West Shadow behind Xi Lin, and then waved her arms with a "wow" and turned around for Xi Lin and Xi Ying several times. (_)
"The breath of the same kind!" Sigma was so happy that the blue stripes on his face turned into a lot of big wavy lines.
The corners of Xilin's mouth twitched, this robot seemed to ...... The personality is similar to that of a child.
Apparently, the gray cat had been communicating with the robot before.
After circling around Sirin and Shadow a few times, Sigma stopped in front of Sirin, and the blue striped light turned into a question mark.
"You're human? But why do I feel like I'm in the same spirit? Sigma said.
The gray cat jumped onto Sigma's hemispherical head and stood firmly, briefly introduced Xilin and Xiying, and said, "Xilin is an alternative, but you just need to classify him as your own, don't worry too much." ”
"Okay." Sigma classifies Gray Cat, Sillin, and Sylvestre as her own, and then says to Sillin, "The composition of the air and the environment here have changed, so Sillin can take off the protective clothing outside." ”
Hearing Sigma say this, Xiying did not object, she had already measured the current temperature, air pressure, humidity and air composition, etc., which were indeed very in line with the living standards of human beings, and there was no need to wear protective clothing.
This change only began when Sigma classified Sillin in the category of "his own people", and the composition of the environment changed quickly, completely changing in a matter of seconds.
Xilin took off his protective clothing and took a breath of air, and the content of oxygen and carbon dioxide was good, a very standard ratio.
"Come here, I'll take you on a tour of this base!" Sigma waved her hand and walked forward, no, it was to get out.
Sirin was curious about how it rolled, but when he watched it climb a flight of stairs, the exposed hemisphere representing the foot became similar to the tooth shape of the staircase, and then went up one step at a time, and understood that the hemisphere representing the foot could change states.
The underground base is very large, this Xilin has heard the gray cat say it before, but unlike other bases, the equipment here is very complete, like a perfect underground world, and there is even a large artificial lake.
"Sigma, have you always been here alone?" Cillin asked.
Sigma's voice was suddenly filled with sadness, "yes, it's boring. I can only go into hibernation, and I won't wake up until someone else comes here. ”
"Those weird ...... out there What about non-human guys? We saw them before we came."
"Oh, you said Lovag them. They are guardian beasts, guarding the base, and when there are no outsiders on the planet, they go into hibernation, and they wake up when outsiders invade. to attack outsiders. ”
"Lowag?" Cillin was a little puzzled, he had never heard of this word, and he didn't know what it meant.
"Lowag means 'knights,' and the master created them to guard the base like knights."
"What is the language of the sector?" Cillin asked.
"It's not here, it's the language of my hometown." Sigma's tone was even more sad.
"You're not from the Covenant...... Robot? ”
"It's not."
"What about your master? Nor is it? ”
"The host was. The master brought me here, and then the master and they all left, so I stayed here to guard," the blue stripe of light on Sigma's face directly turned into two rows of water droplets, and said with a crying voice: "I was left by the little miss and them, in fact, I was also very reluctant to miss them, the master said that I could leave the base to find them unless one day the 'shortcut' was opened......"
"Shortcuts"!
Orilo's cage, a "shortcut" to new life! It's the type of the two star map fragments in Xilin's hand.
Sure enough, Sigmar's master was the one who left Orilo behind.
Sigma is like an unguarded child. Cillin asked what. It replied to whatever it wanted, mainly because of cats, and then it classified Xilin and them as "its own people", so that after that, it almost had to answer all questions.
It didn't take long for Xilin to know almost everything he wanted to know.
"Silin, Sigma said we could use this base!" The gray cat jumped onto Cillin's shoulder and said.
"Really?" Cillin looked at Sigma.
"Yes, the master said. As long as I approve of it, you can use this base, I approve of you! ”
Listen to Sigma's tone. It's more like the excitement of finding a playmate later.
"Won't they come, your master?"
"I'm not coming back, and I won't use this again. This was originally the owner's old base, which was later relocated. ”
According to Sigma, the base of its owner's relocation is the one that the army is now guarding the planet.
"Do you want a base? Do you want it? ”
Sigma's blue stripes of light turned directly into two large circles, and he looked at Sigma expectantly.
Definitely! How much energy and money will the Sixth Squadron have to save on this abandoned base! And according to Sigmar now, the base has been in a stagnant ownerless state.
"One thing is not good, the environment of this planet is not good, it is impossible to stay underground all the time, right?" Xilin thought about it and said with some regret.
"It's fine!" Sigma circled around Sirin and stretched out a finger, "First, this base was originally on the ground, but then I was going to sleep, so I let the base sink under the ground." ”
"So, when your master built the base in the past, it was on the ground, and then you 'sank' the base down one by one? How do you do such a big project? ”
"Because it's boring, I'm idle anyway." Sigma said.
These words sound really full of vicissitudes. The robot left alone, an old base, is really a story full of inspirational style.
The blue stripe of light on Sigma's face turned into waves again, his voice was full of pleasure, and he stretched out a finger again: "The second question, this planet has been transformed for a long time, and the environment can be adjusted, and one of the reasons why the base is built so wide is that it can affect the environment and air composition of the entire planet." ”
"Can you change it?" Cillin was surprised.
"Of course, within an hour, you can modify the atmosphere, the composition of the air and the air pressure, as it used to be. Before the owner left, everyone was running around outside. The blue streaks of light on Sigma's face drifted upwards as if in memory.
Sirin touched his chin and hooked his finger at Sigma.
"What? What do you think about? Sigma leaned in immediately.
Xilin discussed some things with Sigma, and asked Sigma not to talk about the "shortcut" for the time being, and only after making a good confession and everything was ready, Xilin asked Sigma to start adjusting the base.
Beyond the ground.
Inside the vehicle, Shorten stared at the scene on the planet's surface displayed on the screen.
Desolate, without a hint of popularity. There is water on the planet. There are lower animals and plants, and these lower plants and animals really don't add much vitality, and they are still very small. It makes people look lonely and miserable.
Just as Shotton was thinking about something, the communication with Sirin was connected.
"How's it going?" Shotton asked.
"You'll know later, Captain, now let's all ascend to the high altitudes. Don't keep people in the immediate area. I'll show you what you got from this trip in two minutes. ”
Cillin said with certainty, although Shorten was puzzled, but he also suppressed these doubts for the time being, and let everyone rise to the sky. When you're ready, everyone is staring down there. The people on the starship outside also looked at the screen without blinking.
The protruding glowing hills on the planet's ground grew brighter and brighter, and then the ground began to tremble again, shaking even more violently than before, and the rocks and sand on the surface were lifted.
Then, the base, which had been left behind for more than a thousand years and had been hidden deep underground for hundreds of years, finally came to light.
Looking at the magnificent buildings that could not be seen as far as the eye could see, each of the Sixth Squadron was in a state of stupor.
The base that emerged gradually rose up. The near-Earth area is covered in sand. But above the sand, the base's high-rise buildings have become like a leader, leading the parts of the ground upwards.
An hour later, as the sand layer gradually dissipated, and under the light of the hill-like protrusion, everyone finally saw the underground giant. It's like an earth dragon that breaks through the ground, a fortress as solemn as a military base.
"West...... Cillin ...... "Shotton's voice was a little harsh. He seemed to understand what was going to happen next, and his heart rate unconsciously increased. I haven't regained my form for a while.
"Wait Captain, we'll talk about it later."
What else?!
Shotton and the others were almost holding their breath. Staring straight at the ground.
For a minute, nothing.
Five minutes passed, and there was still nothing.
Ten minutes, twenty minutes......
"Cillin, what the hell is going on? No movement, huh? Shotton finally couldn't help but ask, it was rare for the captain of the Sixth Squadron to be so breathless.
Before Sillin could answer, some technicians on the starship told Shotton excitedly: "Captain, the atmosphere of this planet is thick!" According to the monitoring data sent back by the probe, the planet is changing from C-level habitability to B-level habitability! ”
In other words, this behemoth that has emerged can make the planet a B-level habitable state, and it can also become a C-level livable state.
Who has such a big hand?
Pounding, pounding......
Shoton heard his own heartbeat, hot blood.
Finally, Shoton waited for Cillin's voice.
"Captain, the transformation is complete, and now you don't need to wear protective clothing." With Xilin's voice, a flat landing field appeared at the base, which was simply a temporary port.
"Good...... Good! ”
Shorten landed the craft and stepped out of it first, not wearing a protective suit.
The purification of the base had calmed down the sand and dust, and now the proportions of each component in the air were standard, and the temperature was only slightly colder, which was uncommon for a hunter like Shotton.
Sirin was already standing at one of the entrances to the landing field, and after meeting Shoton, he gave a brief account of the base, and then gave Sigma a grand introduction.
After listening to Cillin's explanation, Shotton's first words to Sigma were, "Would you like to join our Sixth Fleet?" ”
Then there was a flurry of abduction of children, and the blue stripes of light on Sigma's face turned into dizzy circles.
Sigma didn't know what the decision was the right one, so he asked the gray cat he trusted the most, "Farewell, are you also a member of the Sixth Squadron of the Vanguard?" ”
"Of course, I'm still the core combat power!" The gray cat stood on Cillin's shoulder and tilted his head and said.
The combat power of the core fart! Kari pouted not far away.
However, the reaction of Kari and others is obviously not within the scope of Sigma's consideration, and it only adopts the opinions of "its own people". As everyone knows, the gray cat was also abducted by Xilin.
Looking at this fortress, which covered one-fifth of the entire planet, everyone in the Sixth Detachment went crazy.
What a blessing!
The home team allows each detachment to move freely and make free choices, and builds a temporary base that belongs to the construction of the detachment itself, which is also a test of the ability of each detachment, and every once in a while, people from the home team will go to the temporary base of each detachment to check.
Shortton is already looking forward to the arrival of the home team, I wonder what the home team's faces will look like when they see this magnificent sight?
Sigmana was very happy to see the people of the Sixth Squadron move over, but the first thing to solve was the compatibility issue.
Lovag is a group of guardian beasts with chips installed in their bodies, so Sigma needs to rectify the information of these chips in order to make it easier for both sides to live in harmony.
In the past, when the base was still underground, their food was the storage nutrient solution provided by the underground base, and the storage solution was limited, so as long as there was no one around, they would burrow into the ground and go into a dormant state. Now that there are people, in order to get along better, the people of the Sixth Detachment do not hesitate to take out a lot of food to get along with these guardian beasts.
Since the decision was made to set up a temporary base on this planet, the first thing to do was to build a satellite array defense network.
But those things have nothing to do with the gray cat, the gray cat is very entangled now, it notices one thing: Xilin, Xiying, Sigma, all start with "West", so isn't it excluded? No, it can't be too different, but should it be changed to Xihu Beilu? It's ugly!! To be continued.