Chapter 20. The future is not yet here
The world in front of me was gray, like a layer of fog, and I couldn't see the direction or where I was going.
Zhou Jinru walked forward step by step, his steps did not stop, with the essence of evolution, aimless, and he didn't know where to throw this thing.
“…… Rustle rustle ......"
I don't know where I heard the sound of an electric current, and an invisible wave spread, as if looking for something.
"Didi ......"
The communicator in the right hand rang, and it seemed that a signal had come in.
Mingyuexin asked, "Do you answer?" ”
"Let's take it."
“…… This is the base, please respond to the operator who received the signal, here is the base, please respond to the operator who received the signal......"
Base?
What base?
Zhou Jinru hesitated, unsure whether to respond, and after thinking for a while, he made a bold decision: "Forge an address and ask where the other party is." ”
By the time he tried to respond, the other party had fallen silent and never responded.
This gain and loss can't be taken to his heart, but he doesn't know how long it has been, there is no hunger and thirst, and there are no other physiological needs, his body seems to be in history, and time is frozen in that moment.
Maybe there will be another signal later.
With this thought, Zhou Jinru stopped in place and waited for a long time, and once again received that mysterious signal in his right hand, this time he chose to remain silent and did not respond.
There were two more intervals in between, and when the signal sounded for the fifth time, he was convinced that it was a timed cyclic signal that would spread out at a fixed time, regardless of whether there was a response or not.
It's just that they can spread the signal in the past history, what kind of person can do it?
"Mingyue Xin, try to respond to it, use my code name."
This is the wanderer Ah Guang, who has received the signal, repeat it......
After five consecutive cycles, Zhou Jinru began to think that there was no response from the transmitting signal, and Ming Yuexin received a call request.
"Call request?"
"Yes."
"Can you confirm the identity of the other party?"
"No, the identity information given by the other party is blank and cannot be compared in the database."
Zhou Jinru frowned, and after a few seconds of silence, he nodded and said, "Connect." ”
…… Rustle rustle......
There was another burst of electric sound, and finally there was a voice of a person talking on the other side, and Mingyuexin reminded that it was an electronic synthesis sound.
"Hello, Wanderer Aguang, this is the survivor base, where are you, I can't find your location on the map."
"What is the Survivor Base?"
"It's a base built by survivors, if you're looking for a temporary place to stop, maybe I can help you with something, and if you just want to say hello, then thank you very much."
Zhou Jinru was curious: "What kind of organization are you?" ”
"Once upon a time, we were a pharmaceutical company, and then a lot of things happened, a lot of people died, and the surviving operatives built this base to help everyone who needed help."
The more Zhou Jinru listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, his heart jumped, and he blurted out: "Your name is Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Company?" ”
The other side was silent for a long time before replying, "That was a long time ago, and it turns out that someone still knows this name." ”
Zhou Jinru couldn't wait to ask: "Who are you, and what is your code name?" ”
"I'm a Lancet-2 modification."
"What about the others?"
"There is no one else now, and I am the only member of the survivor base."
Airplanes.
Zhou Jinru's mind was confused, he had heard the terrible future from Zhou Fu's mouth, but the future had not yet come, everything still had room for maneuver, but what he heard now was an unacceptable fact.
"Medical trolley, how do I confirm your location?"
"You ......"
"Answer me."
"You ......"
Zhou Jinru said in a low voice: "Mingyue Heart, trace the source of the signal and give me a rough vague direction." ”
Two seconds later, he turned into a golden light and vanished with an evolutionary essence.
In a dark area, a golden light flashed as a man and a metal orb about to collapse fell to the ground.
Zhou Jinru took a breath of cold air, which was quite clean and did not have any unpleasant smell.
He looked around, and all he saw was a glimmer of fluorescent light, all of which were instruments with unknown names, and a faint light shone behind him, and when he turned around, he saw an old screen, and the character display system was activating.
"What is this place?"
A dialog pops up on the screen: "This is the Survivor Base, welcome here, Wanderer Hikari." ”
Zhou Jinru asked rhetorically: "You don't know me?" ”
He's wearing Dr. Rhode Island's uniform.
"Judging by your appearance, you are 99% similar to Dr. Rhode Island in the database, but that doesn't indicate your true identity."
"Okay," Zhou Jinru didn't intend to argue, "If this is your idea, I respect you." ”
The man fell silent and walked a few steps alone, slowly adjusting to the dark environment.
At this time, the character of the dialog box on the screen changes: "I'm sorry, I can't provide more light due to lack of energy, it may make you feel uncomfortable, I'm really sorry." ”
"Ha, looking at you like the medical car I know, you care a lot about other people's opinions, to be precise, I'm not your doctor, at least not yet."
Zhou Jinru pretended to laugh easily, and a pen popped out in his right hand: "If you know this, you should know that I came out of history, and in my world, I haven't come to this point." ”
"Really?"
"Really."
The dots of light on the screen condensed into a smiling face and said, "Great. ”
Zhou Jinru asked again: "How is it outside now?" ”
"It's cold, it's silent, the surface temperature is extremely low, the ice is hundreds of meters thick, there's no sign of life, everything here is dead."
"Why is this happening?"
"Because the sun is extinguished."
"What?"
Repeated on the screen, Zhou Jinru looked at the characters and accepted this fact for a long time.
He sighed, "I really didn't expect that. ”
"In fact, before the sun is completely extinguished, there are no human beings on the earth, only those twisted life, and the extinguishment of the sun only makes all life silent."
"But I didn't feel cold, the temperature here is okay, is it geothermal energy?"
"Yes, the survivor base is deep underground and can still be sustained by geothermal energy, but some of the lines and equipment are seriously aging and the energy is also scarce."
Without maintenance personnel, without productivity, and without raw materials, even machinery will slowly die in wear and tear.
This is the future, and the future is yet to come.