Reactor failure!
Simply because of a reactor failure!
A glorious civilization, an exile of no return, a final struggle, who would have thought that all of this would be ruined by a machine failure in the end?
The dormant facility was supposed to continue operating as planned for many more years, but due to the sudden breakdown of the Ark's fusion furnace, the dormancy facility's main engine was affected, activating all of the hibernation pods prematurely.Hao Ren didn't know what logic the vault host had based on to make this decision, but he knew that it must have exceeded the designer's expectations.Rao is a person like Vivian who is used to seeing the rise and fall of life and death, and at this moment she can only sigh faintly: "It's really fate." ”At this time, the data terminal suddenly seemed to have discovered something: "Wait a minute, there seems to be a room in front of here." ”As it spoke, it flew quickly towards the other end of the long bridge, Hao Ren didn't know why, but he still followed closely.The group ran across the 100-meter-long bridge and came to the opposite side of the cylindrical space.There is a small door with no signs on it.The data terminal invaded the access control system and quickly opened the small door.Behind the door was a smaller room, and at first glance, Hao Ren saw that it was clearly not as tidy as the rest of the vault.Countless debris can be seen on the floor of this room, empty cans and cardboard boxes fill almost half of the space, and the rest of the room is occupied by various cables and equipment.The moment he saw the scene inside the room, he realized one thing: there were people living here!"
There's a hibernation pod here, too!"
Lily's eyes were sharp, she was the first to find something behind the clutter.The others looked over and saw a silver-white metal box in the corner.But unlike the small sleeping pods outside, the metal box in front of me was significantly larger.It is intended for adults.The data terminal floated over to check it, and suddenly let out a surprised voice: "There is still a life reaction inside!"
”Hao Ren was taken aback when he heard the news, but at this time, he didn't care about any details: "Hurry up and activate this thing!"
”The data terminal has just figured out how this low-tech hibernation chamber works, it connects itself to the control circuit of the hibernation chamber, determines the vital characteristics of the insiders and the biomass in the chamber, and then starts the activation process.A few small lights lit up on the outer shell of the sleeping pod, and then a burst of cold air came out from both sides of the container, and with a slight mechanical friction sound, the lid of the hibernation pod slowly slid upward, revealing the true face of the sleeper inside.An old, thin, bearded old man.Hao Ren was a little stunned, he didn't expect the people inside to be like this.The old man lying in the sleep pod looked like he was dying, wrinkles crawling every inch of his skin, dark age spots and a withered head that made him look like a horrible dried corpse, and the long, messy hair and beard seemed to have never been tidied up, clinging to the old man's chest in a mess and dirt, like a nest of birds and beasts.After the hibernation pod was activated, the viscous liquid filled the pod slowly faded to the sides under the action of a certain magnetic field, and the old man lying there twitched all over, and then slowly opened his eyes.He looked at Hao Ren with empty eyes, and there was no movement for two whole minutes, until Lily on the side accidentally touched something and made a sound, the old man's eyes suddenly froze, and a strong look of shock and excitement appeared on his face, and the excessive emotional fluctuations even made his expression look a little hideous.This thin old man like a dried corpse grabbed Hao Ren's sleeve at once, his hand was incredibly strong, and he made an unclear "frightened" sound in his throat, as if he couldn't speak."
Calm down, calm down," Hao Ren struggled to break free of the other man's wrist and then grabbed his arm with his backhand, "Take a deep breath, take a deep breath first - okay, don't get excited, it's safe here now, you have time to explain the situation to us slowly." ”The old man trembled, he slowly swept over the strangers in front of him with a suspicious gaze, and then struggled to climb out of the sleeping pod.And the old man had been muttering something as if he was delirious in the process, and after he sat down, Hao Ren barely understood what the other party was saying, and he kept repeating a few words: "You are here, you are finally here, I have been waiting for hundreds of years......
I almost thought you were all dead......"
"Wait for us?
”Hao Ren's first reaction was to be stunned for a moment, but he quickly woke up: the other party didn't know where he came from, and the old man was actually waiting for those people in the shelter city."
I'm afraid you're mistaken," Vivien also heard the old man's muttering, and she subconsciously explained, "We're not from the Ark, we're passing by, and our ship is parked outside your ship." ”"You ......
No?
”The old man's mind was a little sluggish after waking up from hibernation, and he reacted for a moment to understand what Vivien meant, and looked at the strangers in front of him in disbelief, "But you ......"
His words stopped abruptly in the middle of his words, because he finally noticed Nangong May in a large mass not far away, a half-snake, half-human creature - he realized that these people really came from outside the ark."
I ......," the old man opened his mouth, not knowing how to organize the language in the great confusion, and finally he sighed, "Is there anyone alive in the boat?"
”"There are a lot of survivors, and although they are not in good condition, we came in time," Hao Ren grabbed the other man's thin hand to keep him calm, "Can you tell us about the ship?"
Who are you?
Why are you frozen alone in this room?
”"My ......," the old man shook his head up and down, trying to remember something, "I......
I forgot what my name was, I should have a name, but I forgot ......"
Vivian pressed the other party's shoulder: "It may be a short-term memory impairment caused by too long hibernation, don't worry, maybe it will recover later."
What about the name other than that?
What else do you remember?
”The old man frowned and said slowly, "I remember that I was going to ......
Oh, by the way, I'm a 'father' and I'm going to teach the kids.Oh yes, yes!
I remembered that I was going to lead those children to rebuild society, and I was the last adult who didn't get sick!
”"You're not sick?"
Hao Ren suddenly became serious, "Terminal, check it." ”The data terminal used to fly around the old man's body: "Aging, but healthy, incredible." ”"What the hell is going on in the spaceship?
Where are you from?
Why does the plague happen?
Does this disease only infect adults?
”Hao Ren's questions jumped out one after another, "And that golden disc in the spaceship......
Tell us about it from the beginning. ”"Our hometown......
Destroyed," the old man grabbed Hao Ren's hand, and he just kept repeating the words for the first minute, and then organized more words, "It is said that the same thing happened on other planets, terrible ecological disasters.Before the end of the world, we received a warning from a higher civilization, and we built the ark to escape from our homeland at the cost of most of the population......
Did you know?
Did you know?
You must have experienced what happened in this universe, but you are certainly more advanced than us, and you even have the leeway to investigate other people's ships......
But we have to do our best to survive. ”The old man's mind was sometimes confused and sometimes sober, and his speech was excited and confused, but Hao Ren did not interrupt the other party, because he knew that once he did, he was afraid that this old man would not know how to speak.“…… I was born on a spaceship, I grew up on a spaceship, my father, my grandfather, my grandparents have been like that for generations.We have fewer ships and fewer people, but we keep trying to stay alive because we don't want to cut off our bloodline......
There's an artifact protecting us, oh, you mentioned it just now, that golden disc was brought by the same high civilization that warned us in the first place, and they also taught us how to use the power of the artifact to evade pursuit......
But it doesn't always work, it only slows down the pace of the pursuers......
"The old man gasped heavily, he needed to rest before he could continue, and taking advantage of this opportunity, Hao Ren immediately asked the data terminal to call up the image of the "People of the Starry Sky".He pointed to the amorphous clusters of light for the old man to see: "Do they look like this?"
”“…… That's right, that's it. ”(To be continued.) )