Chapter 454: The Ferryman in the Sea of Stars
The underground research base of the Void Research Institute is a very large space, and Shi Chen and the others have been exploring for a long time, but they still haven't reached the bottom.
Unlike the outside world, the inner world has not been weathered and eroded, and it is very different from the old and dilapidated outside world.
In many sealed and transparent laboratories, there are still many dusty large biochemical experimental instruments, and on the rows of shelves along the walls, all the experimental materials are neatly arranged in categories, not like they have been damaged too much.
Just after stepping into the forty-third floor underground, the situation changed drastically, and the inside was like a battlefield that had been sealed for many years, with corpses lying everywhere.
Most of the corpses were broken limbs, without any flesh and bones, as if they had been eaten clean by something, and if it weren't for Liya's identification, I am afraid that I really didn't know that those were human bones.
The corpses seemed to stretch along another passage, which also confirmed Shi Chen's previous idea that there was indeed another entrance to this research institute.
In addition, they also found many humanoid corpses, like bacon that had been dried for decades, already covered with skin and bones, although they were similar to humans, Shi Chen could confirm that this was definitely not human.
It wasn't until Shi Chen came to a huge corpse more than four meters tall that Shi Chen's pupils shrank suddenly.
Because if the inside of this corpse is hollowed out and covered with external armor, then it is a biological mecha.
"Sure enough, it's a biological weapon." Shi Chen muttered.
Until this moment, Shi Chen thought of the biological mecha that had been re-provisioned by himself, and when he thought of the dense biological mecha on the battlefield, a strong sense of unease suddenly appeared in his heart.
As if sensing Shi Chen's thoughts, a robotic arm slapped him on the shoulder, "We have to hurry." ”
The two Rock Mechs continued their way inside, and finally, led by Ria, they came to an open hall.
The hall is filled with all kinds of old equipment. It looks like this is the central hall of this underground base.
"That's where your father found those things." Leah said, "I'll go down and have a look." ”
With a burst of jets, Liya, dressed in a white protective suit, jumped out of the cockpit, came to the central control platform, linked an optical brain to the central control platform and operated it, and then remained motionless.
"What's wrong?" Shi Chen also got down from the cockpit of the mecha, his eyes swept over the group of freezers that were missing one in a corner, and then walked to Liya's side.
Liya looked at the long reading time on her optical brain interface, and said with a wry smile: "The motherboard chip of the central control system has been dismantled, this system is not the same system as I am familiar with at all, if you want to interpret it and reconstruct a system that deliberately runs the entire platform to read the database." I need at least two days, but we don't seem to have that much time, is that providence? ”
Shi Chen's index finger touched the complex mechanical socket that had been opened in the hole, and after confirming its size and model, his face suddenly became complicated, and he muttered, "Maybe this is really providence." ”
As he spoke, he took off the protective clothing on his upper body under Leah's puzzled gaze, and then inserted the two data cables into his palm together, and inserted a silver USB flash drive into it, and asked in his mind: "Xiao Chu, is this where you originally were?" ”
However, it did not receive the response it deserved.
Shi Chen's brows suddenly frowned slightly. The extreme cold made his face a little blue, but he didn't give up, but waited quietly, and Liya on the side also looked at him thoughtfully.
I don't know how long it took. Just when Shi Chen was irritable and thought that he had made something wrong, a slight vibration suddenly sounded from the entire ground.
Then the center of the whole system suddenly started to operate, making some old current running sounds, and then the indicators on the central control platform also lit up in turn. And the lights of the entire underground research institute base, which had long since ceased to function, were also lit up one after another, illuminating the originally dark world.
The entire horizon was suddenly filled with light.
"The central control system of the Genome 713 Division of the Void Research Institute has been restarted. Welcome, Administrator. I'm the number 713 central control artificial intelligence, the adjutant of combat readiness of the Coast Guard Reserve. A standard cold mechanical female voice filled the entire center hall.
Shi Chen looked at Liya's eyes full of shock, sighed at his hands, and said with a shuddering smile: "It seems that the motherboard chip was really taken away by my father." ”
Liya Shichen's various unbelievable experiences seemed to finally have some explanations, and he shook his head and smiled: "Sure enough, it is the will of heaven." ”
Who would have thought that the motherboard chip of the base would be directly packed and taken away, and has been installed by someone's son in the body of an ordinary housekeeping self-discipline artificial intelligence, and maintains some kind of mysterious connection with her owner.
After a pause, Leah suddenly asked, "Then can you help me get the highest authority of this institute, I need to search its core database." ”
"I'll try." Shi Chen nodded and began to call Xiao Chu again in his mind.
But there was still no response, just when Shi Chen was puzzled, the projector above his head suddenly cast a green light, and then a young woman with a beautiful face and dressed in an OL costume walked out of the light, and then looked at Shi Chen in front of him stunned.
"I really didn't expect us to meet like this one day." Shi Chen looked at the holographic projection woman with a complicated face and asked, "Is this what you originally looked like?" Xiao Chu? ”
Under the bright light, Xiao Chu's body composed of light was a little blurry, after all, it was holographic technology thousands of years ago, and it couldn't be as vivid as today's technology, but it could still show her intellectual beauty, which was a completely different feeling from usual.
If the previous Xiaochu was like a young girl who had just gone to school and was still ignorant, then the Xiaochu in front of him at this moment seemed to have grown up completely.
"I didn't expect to be back here, thank you, master." Xiao Chu replied expressionlessly, but Shi Chen heard a feeling that was almost vicissitudes.
And what made Shi Chen a little relieved was that after Xiao Chu connected with the central control system, there was no situation where the information was confused and completely denied his existence.
In other words, the Xiao Chu in front of her is still the Xiao Chu that Shi Chen knows, but at this moment, she suddenly got a big gift package, and she still needs time to interpret it.
Shi Chen also knew that now was not the time for a long time, and any bit of time was precious, so he asked bluntly: "I need the highest authority of this research institute. And a portion of the data needs to be transferred. ”
Xiao Chu's eyes seemed to burst out with thousands of stars, and countless information streams flowed like a river, "Permissions are being opened, please enter the required data directory." ”
Shi Chen glanced at Liya, who was looking at Xiao Chu with a bright brilliance in his eyes full of fascination, and knew that the eldest princess had infinite curiosity about Xiao Chu's strange existence and Shi Chen's alternative parasitic way, and coughed lightly.
Liya finally came back to her senses and began to continuously enter Shi Chen's familiar or unfamiliar entries on the central control platform, among which human genetic optimization was the highest priority, but Liya obviously would not easily let go of this treasure trove-like database.
As she once said, knowledge is power. It is wealth, and any wasteful behavior is shameful and a blasphemy against the efforts of our ancestors.
After Liya entered all the directories she needed into the central control system in one go, Xiao Chu also listed the corresponding time that needed to be transferred.
It's a shame that the database here is so vast, and it's a bit foolish to move mountains in this primitive and inefficient way.
It would take more than a month to remove all the data in the database, and nearly half an hour to transfer the R&D data of human genetic optimization.
After Leah finished the work at hand. Curious and instinctively interested, he began to rummage through the database to read the information he was interested in.
However, at this moment, an audio file stored in the relay station of the system caught her attention.
Because almost all of the documents here are more than a thousand years old, and this audio file is thirty-seven years old!
Leah knew vaguely that she had found something. I opened the audio file.
At first it was the sound of heavy breathing, accompanied by painful coughing, and in the distance there seemed to be the sound of gunfire and the constant screams of people.
These voices also attracted Shi Chen's attention.
"I don't know if I can successfully pass through the barrier of the charged particle stream to reach you, if you hear it, take everyone out of here immediately! Don't come to me! ”
"Ahem! There is a monster buried at the bottom of the research base. It seemed to have some kind of infection implanted in my body, and I could even feel its presence, and it was wriggling in my veins in my stomach. But it seems that it is precisely because of its existence that those monsters have no intention of attacking me. ”
"I see what that monster means, it's a seed! She wants to take it out through me, away from this lifeless planet, it needs nutrients, it needs food, so I can't go! Otherwise, once you have this opportunity, this damn monster will crawl all over the world! I can't be this sinner! Even if it's death! ”
"Prince Heijing Hongyong, the commander of the imperial guards, and Su Yehongtu obey the order, I order you to eliminate the study of the war apostles in the empire, but anyone who violates the rules will be beheaded! I command you to ensure that this technology is completely blocked and eliminated in your lifetime! Don't show up in the world! I order you, don't come back until you find a way to kill all the monsters here! Didn't you always want to be an emperor? If you can promise to do this, you will be the next emperor of the empire. With this decree as proof, remember that you have worked hard and your merits, and they will not turn against you."
"I, Suyeses, abdicate today, cough cough, ah, Suyes, Hongtu, everything is handed over to you, don't let me down"
The audio is followed by a long silence and the sound of electronic streams, occasionally heard of a woman coughing and vomiting in pain, one can imagine the despair and pain Suyesis was facing.
Hearing this, Shi Chen closed his eyes in some pain, took a deep breath, and looked at Liya, only to find that the other party had the same expression.
Neither of them spoke, except for the sound of heavy breathing in the quiet central control hall.
But the previous passage through Suyesis caused a storm in Shi Chen's heart.
There are countless versions circulating about the death of the Sith Great, both in the Federation and in the Empire.
One of the most widely circulated versions is that he was assassinated by his most trusted imperial guard commander Su Ye Hongtu, and the most direct evidence is that the entire empire was wanted by Su Ye Hongtu at that time, and all the high-level officials of the empire included Su Ye Hongtu as a must-kill target, and in the end, Su Ye Hongtu was defeated by the incident, in order to survive, he resolutely led a third of the Imperial Forest Army and his direct legion to defect from the empire, and invested in the Silver Cross rebel army, which was at a disadvantage at that time. In the subsequent war, it was more like killing red-eyed, killing countless enemies, and brutally slaughtering his imperial compatriots.
Because of this, Su Yehongtu has become the military god of the Federation, and the traitor who the Imperial people are eager to eat his flesh and burn his bones, has become one of the most criticized figures under the entire starry sky.
Undoubtedly, he is a living legend, but his status as the former prince of the empire and the commander of the imperial guards makes him no matter what kind of merits he gets, he will only be covered up and erased by the aura of the military god, and he is destined not to be truly recognized by the Federation.
And in the same way, in the Empire, because of his resolute betrayal of his kingdom and the massacre of his own people, he can never find his place again.
He is like a ferryman caught in the sea of stars, destined to struggle and survive in the gap between light and darkness, morality and sin, loyalty and betrayal, endure in silence, explode in silence, and go crazy in silence!
But the reality is so dramatic, the biggest betrayer in the universe turned out to be a loyal servant who did his duty? And according to Suyeses's will, Suyes Hongtu should have been the current emperor of the empire?
But why did things turn out like that? With such an edict, why did Suyahuntu commit acts of betrayal of the Empire? This is completely unreasonable and undesirable, what is going on in the middle?
Shi Chen couldn't think of the key to this for a while, because Su Ye Hongtu, whether he was the military god of the Federation, a traitor to the empire, or Su Yeses' most trusted loyal minister, could not change the fact that he was his enemy.
If you have a chance, kill him, it's as simple as that.
And what really made Shi Chen uneasy and concerned was what Suyesis said earlier, what is buried at the bottom of the research institute? And what kind of infection she is parasitized has to do with the constantly changing chromosomes and gene chains in his body?
PS: It's not easy to finally catch up, ask for some recommendation votes for comfort
PS2: Yesterday's chapter 452 somewhere the names of Lia and Suje Cangna were confused again, thanks to the reminder of the [Geothermal Power Station] classmates! It has been corrected, and it still has to be proofread after it is written (to be continued......