Due to the large size of the metal armor, Andy changed into the heavy lizard leather armor he had received from Podunk and managed to squeeze in through the crack in the door.

The two of them rubbed against the slippery metal and stepped into the darkness, with the sound of running water and intermittent cries for help.

Turn on the Pip-Boy's lighting, and the green light illuminates the surroundings, which has clearly been soaked for years, and all the metal parts of the Vault-Tec module building materials are growing layers of rust.

"What the hell is being studied here... If they were ready to build this place in the first place, why are they throwing nuclear waste outside? ”

Andy took a few tablets of anti-radiation, and the radiation did not become strong after the water receded, but there was still a residue.

"Maybe that's what they want."

Frank picks up some tattered debris, which is similar to that of a standard Vault, with decaying radiation detection devices and radiation-canceling doors near the entrance, which means that the radiation environment here was originally expected, but what is unique about this place that is worth the pain?

After walking a short way, the two of them came to a hallway, one side of which was all a strange metal warehouse, which appeared to be completely sealed, with some pipes connected to it.

A rough count of the dozens there were, and there could be more in the dark.

"What's in here..."

Frank walked over and tried to break it open, but it didn't make sense, even though they were old and soaked, the silos were still sturdy and shiny.

Andy circled around a metal silo twice, the shape of the machine reminded him of the things that had been set up in the robot base near Vault 29 in the Mesa Verde Mountains, and then he suddenly noticed a sign that he had seen in Argos before, if memory serves, the logo of the Acme Company, like the tip of a small mountain, which means....

"I think it's some kind of robot, and this is their maintenance compartment, which is used for charging and overhauling and stuff."

He knocked on the metal compartment, where there was no control terminal in sight, and there was no way to see the specific information.

Frank immediately moved away from these metal silos, this is the instinctive reaction of the wasteland scavengers, encountering intact pre-war automation devices in the field, don't think about disassembling the components and selling them to make a fortune in the first place, in that case, there is a greater probability that some of its programs will be chased by terrifying beings in the future, automatic laser turrets, robots damaged by combat suppressors, and some other ancient equipment that explode at the touch of a touch have brought unforgettable lessons to the scavengers.

"What the hell... Why are they setting up security robots here? There's no need for that. ”

Andy glanced at the location of these metal silos, this part is very close to the gate, which means that the robot may need to enter and exit frequently, and the security robot only needs to standby to execute the attack command to turn off the combat suppressor biubiubiu, and there is basically no need for patrolling in the environment outside.

"Maybe it's not for security purposes... Let's move on inside. ”

After walking some distance inside, the two of them saw a large metal door, where a familiar figure lay moaning.

Andy walked over and dragged Dante, who was lying in the mud with his eyes closed and muttering to his mouth, and his eyes immediately widened in horror, and when he saw that the two were familiar people, he looked happy again.

"Oh! It's you, I don't know why I suddenly fell asleep, I had so many terrible dreams, I can barely tell the difference between reality and dreams! I saw... I saw... I see that there are..."

Frank walked over and interrupted his stammering speech.

"Okay, okay, it's good that you're not dead, boy, this... Maybe you're scared, but since you happen to be here, let's see what is hidden here. ”

Andy walked over to the massive isolation door, which had almost split the vault in two, unprecedented, and the stagnant water should have stopped on the outside, as the back must have been sealed so far.

There was a terminal on the door that was almost up to the wall, and Andy opened the terminal and saw that there were a lot of garbled characters, and I wonder if it was damaged due to long-term immersion.

"This thing..."

Andy took a step back and gave up, and the Pip-Boy's terminal cracking function told Andy that the terminal was damaged, so there was no way to crack it.

He was about to turn around and tell Frank that he probably couldn't get in ahead when he saw that the gibberish on the terminal seemed to suddenly piece together something similar to a 'face' after a fluctuation, and these broken characters and mosaics were flowing wildly, like some living thing.

Frank leaned over to take a look, and at this moment, the terminal suddenly turned black, and then, the metal isolation door in front of him actually cracked through the middle, breaking into several pieces and shrinking into the surrounding passage.

Murky air poured out of it, forcing Andy to wear a gas mask, and it was a cold stench.

"Why did you open it yourself?"

Frank spreads his hands.

"I thought you did it, didn't you?"

Andy doesn't know what to say, and it doesn't make sense to say the scene just now that I don't know if it's dazzling, and the symbols on the terminal are pieced together into a face? It's just a fool's dream.

Anyway, the few people continued to move forward, and saw that in front of them was a place similar to a laboratory, the area was not large, there were three rooms in total, one large and two small. They first walked into the large room in the middle, and saw that it was full of jumble terminals and a large number of devices connected to each other, and it was here that Andy noticed the goal of his trip, a data tank.

He walked over and picked up the data canister, it was a heavy, sealed metal canister that was cold to the touch, with some slots on top that could be inserted, and it looked like it had been placed in the cabinet, but I don't know why it was the only one left alone.

Frank walked to a terminal and banged for a while, but Dante actually had some experience in cracking the terminal, and after a while of busy work, they concentrated in front of the terminal and watched it endlessly, until Andy unplugged all the cables on the data tank and put them into the beep boy to find out that the two were strange.

"What did you find?"

Frank watched almost obsessively ignoring Andy, but Dante shuddered suddenly, and then ran away from the terminal.

"Oh... It's really indescribable in words. ”

Andy leans over and sees a document in the terminal describing an item that appears to have been accidentally dug into part of the underground river by people before the war during underground construction, where the remains of some ancient buildings and a strange obelisk were found.

Attached to it is a picture, this obelisk exudes an emerald-like texture under the light, and there were originally different sculptures on all four sides, but the other three sides have been completely damaged, and only one side can still be seen.

It was a humanoid being, wearing some quirky style trinkets, his hands held high and his head held high and vanishing without a trace.

Subsequent research showed that this strange ancient artifact, which could not be accurately dated, was emitting a strong electromagnetic field in all directions, and observed the 'Hutchison effect' of the surrounding objects, although he did not understand what this scientific term meant, but Andy saw that the detailed description of the subsequent experiment recorded the strange loss of the quality of the experimental object and the abnormal change of physical properties.

Since then, the SA government seems to have conducted a series of studies into this particular area, and eventually closed the entrances and exits, leaving only some testing equipment and this small laboratory to keep watch.

Seeing this, Andy thought to himself, could it be that the strange picture of the terminal and the door that suddenly started automatically were related to the special electromagnetic field in the vicinity?

Frank looked at it for a moment, straightened up thoughtfully.

"Have you heard of the Philadelphia Experiment?"

Andy, of course, looked puzzled, he didn't know what Philadelphia was.

"What's that?"

Frank scratched his arm a few times, looking a little anxious.

"Many, many years ago, the SA government tried to develop large-scale stealth technology, and they used a warship as an experiment in a place called Philadelphia, and it failed. The failed experiment had a terrible result, as the warship was rumored to have been rediscovered in New York after its mysterious disappearance, but the soldiers on board were embedded in the ship in an indescribable state. ”

"It was also because of that failure that the development of SA's stealth technology was discontinued, until it was later caught up by bA, and when they were already able to achieve the desired effect, we were still relying on the copycats of some defense contractors to fight the enemy in this area, which is inseparable from the results of that experiment."

Andy was amazed.

"It's the first time I've heard about it, but what does it have to do with strange rocks dug up in the ground?"

Frank pointed to the terminal.

"Rumor has it that the SA government found a lot of oddities in dealing with the follow-up, and that experiment seems to have led to some anomalies that gradually spread around the world... After the inventory, it was confirmed that the number of crew members did not match, and some people disappeared completely. But in some subsequent investigation reports, these disappeared people did not really disappear, they just changed into a different state, still wandering on that ship. ”

"The study of these existences leads to something that was overlooked in the past..."

Frank's earthy gray skin trembled slightly.

"Maybe we can meet here..."

Before he finished speaking, the surrounding terminals flashed one after another, and even those that were not turned on were turned on instantly, and the screen was tumbling with patches of green snowflakes and still making strange noises.

None of the three dared to say anything, because no one could understand what was going on.

In the next second, faces made of those green snowflakes appeared on all the terminals, all of which seemed to have different genders, ages, body types, and races.

The noise changed, becoming an almost vague whisper.

Out of nowhere, the light suddenly flickered, the three of them subconsciously closed their eyes, and when they opened it again, they saw that the scene in front of them had become new and bright, two people in white coats were sitting in front of the terminal, while knocking and discussing something, and then I don't know what was going on, a loud noise sounded from above, and the two people stood up from the terminal in surprise.

There was another burst of intense light, and the scene in front of them returned to its original state in the eyes of the three of them.

Dante looked around in amazement, then at the two of them.

"I... My God. ”

It's not the first time Andy has encountered this kind of change, so he is not so surprised, this situation is similar to the inexplicable group hallucinations, and there is no actual effect.

"This..."

Frank clenched his fists, and somehow became agitated.

"What is this... Did you see that? ”

Andy waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to be so alarmed.

"Yes, yes, I saw Frank, two scientists from the past, most likely they stayed here until the outbreak of the Great War, and it was really unlucky, let's go, go and see somewhere else."

Frank stopped talking, but didn't say anything.

They seemed to have left the room full of terminals and went to a room next to it, which seemed to be a storage room, and the shelves in it used to be full of canned food, and the reason why they were so sure was that some of the shelves still had some uneaten remains, and most of the shelves were empty.

After picking up a jar, you can see that it is marked as some kind of powdered emergency food, but it is estimated that it can no longer be eaten, and there are many packaged foods left over from the pre-war period in circulation in the wasteland, some people buy it and say that it is a value-for-money food, it is a non-renewable delicacy, and some people end up with food poisoning, if there is a choice, it is best not to bet on this probability.

Frank picks and chooses some cans to take with him, but Dante and Andy don't move.

Then they came to a third room, the smallest of which looked like a double bedroom, with a folding bed and cupboards, a personal terminal, and even a bathroom with a shower, and a corner with a long time since completely dried up planters; Beyond that were two corpses, both in white coats, one lying on the bed, the other leaning against the wall, and a rusty knife thrown not far from his feet.

Andy walked over to one of the personal terminals and opened it, there was no lock, it was all personal logs.

At the beginning, it was a simple experimental record and some daily complaints, such as complaining that colleagues like to grind their teeth and fart and not pay attention to hygiene, until the end of 2077, everything has changed dramatically.

In the midst of these chatters, Andy still found some details, such as the scientist's mention that the Eagle Rock mine was first developed in 2039, when Prometheus Mining, a subsidiary of Poseidon Energy, bought the land from the local government to serve as a site for its new-age coal mining technology experiments, and the project lasted until 2066, and Poseidon executives finally decided that it was pointless to continue wasting time and money here.

In order to stop the loss in time, the Eagle Rock mine was stopped from mining, and Poseidon Energy made a ppt of the situation here, and publicized it to the SA government with the gimmick of 'low-key nuclear pollutant disposal site', and in this regard, a large amount of nuclear waste was transported by the SA government from all over SA, and Poseidon Energy and Prometheus Mining were responsible for the simple packaging and then directly thrown into the natural cave near the mine.

A few years later, the original cave was almost filled with a mountain of nuclear waste, and in 2074, Poseidon executives and the SA government proposed to lease the abandoned cave that was already filled with nuclear waste as a 'test site for special-purpose experimental robots', and this attempt was also successful.

It turned out that the SA government cooperated with a robot company at that time to develop a special mining robot, which has a variety of functions, including automatic mining, automatic fire extinguishing, automatic construction of underground facilities, etc., according to the plan, once this robot achieves mass production, it can continue to mine underground ore veins, and ensure safe and thorough unmanned operation in the process.

In order to test its ability to work in extreme environments, especially for the efficiency of robots under the influence of high radiation environments, a place full of radiation is needed as a testing ground. The two sides hit it off, and it was shocking that a small tattered place could be so used by Poseidon Energy.

Shortly after this robotic experiment began, in 2077, a robot operating autonomously underground reported a special case to an operator on the surface.