Chapter 7: Scenes from the Shelter
Stepping through the door of the Vault, Andy looked back and saw that the large, heavy geared door was controlled by a mechanical arm, which seemed to insert the socket into the center of the back of the door when the Vault opened, and then pulled the door out onto a grooved "track" in the rear.
Under the action of the robotic arm, this large gear constantly rotates on the track, and finally reaches the side, revealing the entrance.
A metal telescopic bridge with handrails protruded from the opposite side, and the two stepped on this telescopic bridge into the reception area at the entrance of the shelter.
Two rows of white strands of metal were lined up, making a thumping sound as they passed.
"No radiation contamination detected."
A dull electronic sound came out, and the metal fence that had stopped the two of them slowly opened.
Andy looked at everything in front of him, and it seemed to be made of some kind of modular building material, similar to building blocks, tightly put together one by one.
It is conceivable that the construction of the Vault in this way would greatly speed up the speed and reliability, and it is a mature standardized building.
This is supposed to be the first floor of the shelter, but it is really small, with an elevator hall on the left and a separate room on the right, and the door on the door says Medical Room.
Chrissy walked over to the door and pushed it, and found that it seemed to be an electronic door moving up and down, tightly closed with nothing to interfere with.
"Leave that Chrissy alone, it won't be opened anyway, just take the elevator and go."
Andy didn't care about the room where there might be medical supplies, anyway, he had already received enough medical supplies at Tibbetts Prison, and now that he had sold some of them and used some of them, there was still a lot left.
Chrissy gave up regretfully, still muttering in her mouth.
"If you can get a batch of drugs, you'll be rich."
The two entered the elevator of the shelter and found that there were only three buttons, with the number 123 written on them, and 1 was at the top and 3 at the bottom.
"It looks like this vault has only three floors, and the bottom two are underground."
Andy wanted to press the button on the 3rd floor directly, but Chrissy stopped him.
"It's hard to make a trip, how can you not explore it? Let's go to the 2nd floor first. ”
So she pressed the button on the second floor, and the elevator closed and slowly descended, quickly reaching the second floor of Vault 29.
The two of them stepped out of the elevator, and the two floors of the shelter looked like they were all separate occupants in one another, all compact.
Andy walks down the neat hallway as a robot slowly passes by, sweeping the dust from the metal floor.
Chrissy walked to the electronic door of a room and pressed the button, but the door was not locked, and it opened straight up.
The two of them walked into the room and found that the small room was actually filled with bunk beds.
"Isn't that too crowded?"
Chrissy looked around, feeling that the room, which was barely suitable for two people, had been forced into eight people.
"It's fine."
Andy picks up a rag doll from the ground with the name written on it.
"Huh... Gauze... What? ”
The handwriting on the rag doll has been blurred by the years, and after a while, Andy still can't see clearly, and can only guess that this doll once belonged to a person named Harrosson or.... Harold's Minor Shelter Resident.
Andy tossed the rag doll aside and looked around at the beds.
"Obviously it's all small beds, and it's not intended for adults at all, and if I sleep in this kind of bed, I'd have to hold my legs up to lie down."
Andy looked around and found something resembling dinosaur dolls and fairy tale books, which was a children's room.
Chrissy looked at the marks suspiciously, confirming Andy's speculation, but felt incomprehensible.
"Why is this happening? Did they gather all the kids? It's so crowded and not kid-friendly at all. ”
Andy touched his chin and walked out the door to the next room, opening it to find that the situation inside was basically the same as the first room.
This was followed by the second, third... All six rooms here are of this style.
Andy walked out of the last room and was sure of one thing.
"Chrissy, this shelter is not deliberately crowded with children, but there are only children in the residents."
The two stood in the hallway silent.
"How is this possible? In such a remote place, it is impossible for children to reach here without adults to lead the way, which means that at least a few adults must exist? ”
Andy glanced around and suddenly noticed a notebook under a bed.
[On October 23, 2077, Mom and Dad said that they were not on the assignee for the shelter, and they put me in the car and left, and I cried so sadly, and I wanted them to stay with me. 】
[On October 24, 2077, the adults in the blue tights who had sent us here were all gone, leaving us here, surrounded by children I didn't know, and I hated them. 】
[October 25, 2077, very hungry, those robots sent us not enough food at all, and it was still crowded, why are there so many people here, I hate it. 】
[October 26, 2077, I don't know what happened, the robots were all turned off today, and then they started again, it's weird, there is an aunt who looks like a magical inspector appears, she tells us a lot of things, so that we can't make trouble, and we can't waste food when we eat... She also gave us toys, and the ass kid who always likes to beat people up was locked up, haha, everybody loves Aunt Diana. 】
[20....(smeared marks), I'm already a big child, I don't do such childish things as writing a diary anymore, Diana's mother will tell us stories every day in the conference room on the third floor, and everyone is not as chaotic as before... But I still feel bored, and I think... Leave. 】
Andy flipped through the notebook, a thin little notebook full of stick figures except for the words on it, one of which appeared to be a group of children surrounding an amiable-looking woman.
Although the painting is very simple, combined with the notes, Andy thinks it is Diana.
What the hell is all this going on?
Chrissy pulled the notebook over and squatted on the ground to look at it for a moment.
"It turns out that only the children here are deliberately arranged... What exactly are they going to do? ”
"Who knows. There's nothing else here, let's go Chrissy. ”
Andy stopped looking at the empty houses, and before leaving, he glanced at the rag doll he had picked up, the only name he knew of who had lived here, and the children were probably the first members of the two-mother tribe in the end....
The two of them stepped into the elevator, which headed to the third floor underground.
All the answers, probably there.
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