Become a legend in the interstellar

Chapter 228 Deep Space Accident
[Mechanical core: the start key of the deep-dive exploration spacecraft numbered EX-00121245, after activation, the highest authority of the spacecraft can be obtained]

[The spaceship was attacked by unknown forces while the fleet was exploring the Verne star field and crashed to Blue Star]

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[This mechanical core is glowing, take it out and you will get unexpected rewards]

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Perhaps because of the proximity to the spacecraft, the description of the core changed.

Before Su Xia could take out the mechanical core, the nano-robot in the depths suddenly sent him a special picture.

【Special energy fluctuation detected】

In the darkness deep in the fissure, a red dot slowly lit up.

It was like an eye and like a lamp, slowly turning from light red to dark red, and began to move, like a ghost floating in the abyss.

Xiong Wei and Zhang Fang, who were on the ground, also noticed something was wrong.

"What is that?" Xiong Wei was alarmed. "Mr. Zhang, you have been here for the past two days. Has there been any such thing?"

"No."

Zhang Fang was vigilant, looked at Su Xia, and said, "Commander, we should step back a little and leave a few robots here to shoot."

"it is good!"

In the face of unknown external civilization, no amount of caution can be overly cautious.

Su Xia got up from the edge of the crack, patted the dust on her body, and glanced down by the way.

Just like the feedback from the nano-robot, the red dot that suddenly appeared was very conspicuous in the abyss below, and it was gradually moving upwards, as if it was about to fly out of the fissure range.

"That thing is here!" Xiong Wei's expression changed suddenly, he took out his weapon, and prepared to face the enemy.

The rest of the researchers at the scene had already retreated dozens of meters away, all looking nervous, holding firearms, watching the situation here.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the crack.

"Is it the maintenance personnel of the Orok Company?" It was a gentle male voice, "We crashed on an unknown planet, the captain died, the dormancy cabin and the escape cabin were destroyed, and rescue is urgently needed."

"O'Rourke Company?"

Su Xia's heart moved, and she thought of her own nano-robot.

These little robots are products of O'Rourke.

This company also seems to be well-known in the starry sky. As mentioned in the description of the nanorobot, this robot with functions such as attack, defense, and reconnaissance has been widely praised in major star fields once it was launched.

Is the red dot in the fissure because of your own nano-robot?

Thinking of this, Su Xia stretched out her hand to signal Zhang Fang and Xiong Wei to remain calm, and tentatively replied: "No, I'm just a product user of O'Rourke Company."

Hearing these words, Zhang Fang and Xiong Wei looked at each other and were a little confused.

None of them had heard of O'Rourke Company, and they were puzzled, guessing that Su Xia was talking in a cliché.

After a while, the red dot in the crack said again: "Hello, can you send a distress signal for us? The Imperial Patrol should be on the edge of this star field."

Su Xia did not answer directly, but asked, "Are you the intelligent system of this spacecraft?"

"Yes."

The other party replied: "My name is Hal."

"Hal, can I trust you?"

"of course can."

"Open the restrictions below, I want to come in and talk to you."

"I'm really sorry, my permission doesn't allow me to do this." Hal's voice was a little more apologetic, "Before the spaceship crashed, my permission was locked at the 'daily level', and the captain didn't unlock it for me He died because of the explosion of the living pod."

"Is there any other way?"

"Yes, the mechanical core of the spacecraft should also fall on this planet. If you are willing, you may be able to find that core."

"OK……"

After a short chat, Su Xia came to a conclusion.

He has activated the mechanical core, passed the certification, and is now the new captain of this exploration ship.

"Mr. Xiong and Mr. Zhang are waiting for me here for a while, I need to go down." Su Xia turned her head and said to the two of them.

"Commander, be careful."

"rest assured."

Su Xia nodded, turned and jumped down, taking out the mechanical core in the storage bar.

He fell rapidly, and the mechanical core in his hand was full of light, like Prometheus making fire, drawing a burning light in the dark crack.

The countless nano-robots in the deepest changed rapidly, turning into slender and translucent strips, and then intertwined to form a large soft net, which accurately caught Su Xia who fell.

"commander!"

When Xiong Wei and Zhang Fang ran to the edge of the fissure in surprise and looked down, Su Xia had reached the deepest part of the fissure.

"Commander, are you okay?" Xiong Wei asked loudly.

"fine!"

Su Xia raised her head and waved to the two of them, the core in her hand gradually darkening.

Neither of them could see exactly what was in his hand, and they thought it was just an ordinary luminous object used to illuminate the darkness below.

At the bottom of the crack is a long alloy corridor.

This corridor is not flat, but arc-shaped, with a deep center, curved upwards and backwards, like a missing disc. Induction, projection and other equipment.

At this time, you can see that the floating red dot that you see is exactly what was projected.

"Hello."

The red dot hovered in front of Su Xia, flickering, like blinking eyes.

Red always represents danger, and as the entity of the spaceship system, it looks a bit like a sci-fi horror movie.

"It seems that you have found the mechanical core and activated it." Hal said calmly, "Next, you are the temporary captain of this exploration ship."

"Where is the entrance?"

"Just in front of you, please come with me."

Hal slowly drifted forward, and with his actions, the emergency lights on both sides of the arc-shaped corridor also turned on, flickering on and off, all dark red.

The surrounding icy metal walls reflected the blurred lights, causing the entire corridor to turn dark red. Coupled with the broken lines and equipment around, it looked depressing.

Su Xia followed Hal and came to a small heavy alloy door.

The door has a dark red manual valve, but it appears to be damaged and cannot be opened again.

"Please put the mechanical core or ID card you have on the induction device. After verification, you can enter the spaceship."

Hal hovered in front of the door, and beside him was a long dark black oval metal column with a smooth surface and a sensing device above.

Su Xia took a careful look, and then placed the mechanical core on it.

There is only a "hum" sound, but there is no other prompt, but the indicator light has changed color, indicating that the verification has passed.

The mechanical lock turned, the lock cylinder was withdrawn, and the heavy alloy door slowly opened a gap, and a gas with a peculiar smell was ejected from the gap.

"Please be prepared that the bodies of a cleric and a writer who died in the crash are behind the door and are completely boned," Hal said.

Su Xia asked, "Why are there clerics on the spacecraft?"

"Because most of the crew members have religious beliefs, many ships will carry a cleric when they set off." Hal explained in detail, "The long exploration of the stars is very boring, and most of the time is spent in the dark and deep unknown. , members need spiritual help."

He went on to say, "The same is true of bringing writers. Books, music, games, paintings, etc., can help the members relieve their boredom."

"Without these things, over time, some members' psychological conditions may become worse and worse, with symptoms such as irritability, irritability, depression, and even visual and auditory hallucinations..."

"Many disasters in the starry sky are caused by internal reasons. Among them, personal factors account for most of the members. Someone once went crazy in hallucinations and slaughtered the entire ship's members..."

"..."

In Hal's explanation, Su Xia slowly opened the door, and the emergency lights in the cabin behind the door turned on one by one, illuminating the surrounding area.

Behind the door, there were indeed two corpses.

The skulls, sternums, leg bones, ribs and other bones of the two corpses were fractured to varying degrees, and there was a high probability that they were hit like this during the rapid crash.

Hal explained: "This is the cabin of the living area. It used to be a rest area for various training equipment. The curved corridor outside is one of the passages leading to the cooling cabin. You can see the top of the crack. , was originally enclosed, but was later damaged in the crash."

This cabin is not large, and through the flashing dark red emergency lights, it can be seen that there are indeed many scattered exercise equipment on the ground.

The appearance of this exploration ship seems to be a ring, which can simulate partial gravity by rotating to slow down the crew's symptoms such as bone loss and muscle atrophy, so the metal corridor outside is arc-shaped, and it is only part of this huge ring.

But this exploration ship is not large enough, and the simulation effect is not good, so it is necessary for the crew to maintain long-term training.

"You seem to be a native of this planet?" Hal asked.

"Correct."

Su Xia did not deny it.

Hal was not disappointed by this answer. As an AI, his priority now is to ensure the survival of the remaining crew members, and then to get in touch with the outside world.

"This planet is backward and primitive. At the beginning of the spacecraft's fall, the humans here did not have the ability to explore extraterrestrial planets."

Hal said: "If it is discovered by a malicious extraterrestrial civilization, this planet is likely to be occupied and colonized and become a resource star... For the sake of the human beings on this planet, you don't want to get in touch with the outside world, I can understand."

Su Xia asked, "When did this exploration ship crash?"

“9885天12小时44分钟56秒前。”哈尔如实回答，“现在是58秒了。”

"Over 20 years."

Su Xia made a simple calculation, and then asked, "Are there still crew members alive?"

"There are also two engineers, they are sleeping in the dormancy cabin, and they can sleep for about 12 years."

"Can this exploration ship still fly?"

"not much hope."

After Hal replied, a three-dimensional overall structure of the spaceship slowly emerged in front of him.

Similar to what Su Xia imagined, the outer side of the spaceship is indeed a ring, with a circular passage in the middle of a criss-cross shape, and a sphere in the center.

The entire structure map is blue, with only one-sixth of the area below the outer ring being marked in red.

Hal explained: "This red part is the wreckage of the spaceship that fell in this area. It has some of the spaceship's cultivation cabin, living cabin, dormancy cabin, escape cabin and other cabins, and you are in it."

Su Xia asked: "Did the spaceship disintegrate in the air?"

"Yes, the rest fell into different locations on this planet, and maybe some of them have already been discovered." Hal calmly recounted, "If those wreckages are preserved intact, humans on this planet should be able to reverse-engineer them. Get the ability to explore extraterrestrial planets, do you have this ability now?"

"No."

"It seems that you are a very lucky person. You were able to obtain the products of Orok Company on a closed planet. You must have a high status among the humans on this planet."

"Okay."

Su Xia thought about his status, he didn't care much about this thing, he always only valued ability.

In the oasis camp, he never wanted to fight for power and profit. It was only because of his outstanding ability that the camp members depended on him more and more.

Even if he wanted control of the camp now, Xiong Wei would give it to him without hesitation.

"Although this exploration ship can't start again, if you want to explore the extraterrestrial world, it is not impossible." Hal said to Su Xia, "Now you are the captain, and I have stored a lot of related information about the spaceship here. The information is enough to allow the rapid evolution of human technology on this planet."

"This matter is not urgent for the time being, and now the situation of humans outside is very bad."

"Is there a civil war between the human races?"

As an artificial intelligence, Howl thought of civil war in the first place.

This word seems to have been deeply imprinted in every human being and even the intelligent products created by human beings.

Su Xia asked, "Why do you think so?"

"Because a planet's resources are limited."

Hal replied: "If the development of science and technology is in a bottleneck, it cannot solve the problem of non-renewable existing resources, the demand and supply cannot be balanced, the contradictions between countries are deepening day by day, and war is only a matter of time. This kind of thing happens on many planets. Happened ... many civilizations, before they were fully grown, destroyed themselves by civil war."

"Can it be avoided?"

"Of course, the most realistic way is to explore the stars and colonize the stars."

Hal has a lot of data here to prove that the starry sky is always the best channel for venting contradictions to the outside world.

If this step is not taken, internal conflicts will become more and more agitated, and war will break out sooner or later.

The existing peace is just a bright and short-lived dream in the long war years of mankind.

Su Xia pondered for a moment, and found that Hal's theory was very similar to the theory of many science fiction works of the last century on Earth.

however……

On the other side of the earth, landing on the moon is now an extravagant hope.

Hal looked at Su Xia and said, "Of course, in addition to the information I have here, there is another possible method that allows you to explore deep space."

"what way?"

"Inside this spaceship, there are twelve small planetary survey ships. If any of them have not been destroyed, you can drive them to leave this planet."

"Is there anything in this wreckage?"

"No, the survey ships are all in the cabin in the central area of ​​the spacecraft." Hal said in a regretful tone, "Maybe you need to continue searching on this planet, and one day you will find it."

"Um……"

Su Xia nodded slightly, he was not in a hurry to fly out now, he was just curious about the world outside the planet.

The most urgent task is to strengthen one's own strength, stabilize the planet as soon as possible, and then give a few roommates a city master to stabilize the channel for long-term money.

"I need to get stronger quickly, do you have a way here?"

"some."

Howl's red light flickered, as if nodding.

"Master Captain, you can go to the battlefield of hell to practice."

"Hell Battlefield?"

Su Xia's heart moved, this name was too familiar to him.

That guy Wang Teng also fought in a virtual space called Hell Battlefield.

(End of this chapter)