dark moon

Chapter 38 The First Diary

"We are sinners of the human race." This is the first sentence in the record.

With Sav helping to cut open the metal door, several people broke into the director's room, one of the most important departments of the institute.

Unlike other rooms, the director's room does not have so many machines or research equipment. Instead, it is filled with a bookish atmosphere.The inner side of the circular wall is covered with bookshelves, and the bookshelves are filled to the brim with all kinds of books. Many of them are even stacked on top of other books, which shows how many there are.

In the middle of the room, surrounded by bookshelves, is a large desk. It is completely conceivable that many years ago, the director, who seemed to be quite fond of books, sat here with black-rimmed glasses, enjoying the view surrounded by countless books. Happiness is such a pleasant thing. I'm afraid it will be so pleasant that I don't want to leave here easily.

In fact, that's exactly what the director of the Institute does, and he sits behind his desk now, as he did every day, all those years ago.

To be precise, his body.

Yes, the director of the institute died in front of his desk, with his favorite books.

Half of the director's skull was blown away, and a small firearm was held in his mouth. His withered finger was still on the trigger, maintaining the last posture before death.

Death is terrifying, but the expression is quite peaceful, well, at least for the frog's appearance, it is quite peaceful, with a sense of relief that he can finally escape the nightmare, and he can even feel the joy of his last moments.

On the desk in front of him, a hard-cover diary was spread out on the table. A strange-shaped pen was pressed against the diary, and an open ink bottle was placed next to it.

"Huh." Shuer sighed softly, took off the hood of the priest's robe, put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply to the corpse.Such a person who actively chooses to die in the position he loves, no matter whether he is of the same species or not, is always worthy of respect. What's more, he also left a message for those who come after him.

"I'm afraid he was in quite a panic before he died." Shuer looked down at the corpse and said, "But it was probably not death that made him panic. He died decisively without any hesitation."

"Ink bottle and pen?" The indifferent Mia was actually the most attentive person besides Shuer. "He was indeed in a panic. Judging from the way his desk was tidied, he should have been a very organized person, but before he died, , the ink bottle was not capped, and the pen was not covered with a pen cover, which is obviously not in line with his habits."

"When he sat down at the table, he should have remained calm. Here, the pencil case on the table was covered, and the glass cover storing the ink bottle was also closed, indicating that when he took out the stationery, he remained the same as before. habits, that is to say..."

Several people's eyes fell on the diary at the same time. Although they didn't say it out loud, everyone already understood that this person started to become more and more panicked and desperate as he wrote. Why was this?What exactly did he write?
"Tsk, handwriting, why don't you write in print?" Xiuer sighed in confusion as he picked up the diary.The frogman's alphabet is weird and complicated, and reading handwritten text is like a nightmare for Shuuer, who has just learned how to use this kind of writing.

"Let me see what the diary says. What happened to you?" Looking back to the front, he found the beginning of the last record. The first thing Xiure saw was that line of text.

"We are human sinners, everyone here is."

"The word human is what they call themselves." Shuuer suddenly stopped reading and explained, "I am used to translating it like this, you other races can adjust it in your own minds."

"We committed an irreparable crime because we opened the box of croaks with our own hands and released the most horrific evil."

"What's guaguagua?" Mia's mouth twitched and she glared at Xiure sideways.

"I don't understand, it should be a name."

"Similar to the Box of Despair?" Shuuer poked half of his face from behind, and Sapp carefully guessed, "A source of disaster where only hope is enclosed in the end?"

"The biggest point in deciphering text is to rely on your imagination when encountering something you can't understand." He said seriously that he wanted to apologize to text decipherers around the world, and continued reading.

"Initially, when we built this scientific research station, we only wanted to study the xx of local organisms. This is a very common research field that has been done countless times by our predecessors. We never thought that this would bring destruction. A catastrophe for the world.”

"Why is this happening? Could it be that this is a punishment from God for us to believe that gods are illusions?"

"It's more serious than imagined. It seems that the scope of the disaster is not limited to this island." Shuer sighed, "The whole world has been destroyed, at least he thinks so."

"Well, I don't quite understand the next few articles. They are probably just words of confession and self-pity, without any actual content."

"Then let's talk about the useful ones." Everyone's curiosity can no longer be restrained. "Well, that's it." Shuer turned over several pages in succession, then pointed at the diary and read, "Who would have thought that they are smarter than we thought."

"They are more patient than humans. They can endure for several years or more than ten years. Until they are sure to destroy everything, they launch the final attack simultaneously around the world."

"They will parasitize in the human body and control the human body by affecting the nerve center. It doesn't matter whether the target is dead or alive. Only by destroying the nerve center can relief be possible."

"It's so terrifying. You can't imagine that the friends and lovers you were joking with yesterday suddenly turned into the most ferocious demons, tearing your body apart and kicking your neck without hesitation."

"xxx is too concealed and cannot be defended in advance. No matter how solid the barrier is, it will be easily broken through from the inside. The research station can only get a little respite by sealing all entrances and exits and completely cutting off contact with the outside. room."

"The last news we received from the outside is that xx and xxxx have been destroyed. Only x and xxx are still resisting tenaciously. But without the support of other cities, it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed."

"However, we don't need to worry about them anymore, because our own destruction is imminent. Their hosts have spread all over the city, and the scope of control is rapidly expanding."

"On the radio, the station commander ordered that all personnel, whether civilian or military, gather at the lowest level to carry out the final resistance. But I won't go. I'm old. Going there is just a drag, and this is the place. My battlefield, this is my research institute, and I want to live and die with the institute."

"Besides, even if you resist, it actually means nothing. Humanity is completely finished. It is destroyed in our own hands. Hope will no longer exist after all."

"Finally finished reading." With a long breath, Xiu Er took his fingers away from the diary and said sullenly, "Although the details are not known yet, I probably already know what happened."

"It's a group of people who, through unremitting efforts, finally killed their entire family and all the animals." Mia said with a cold face, "And they didn't know that the disaster had happened until they were dying."

"Well, that's basically what it means. Although it won't help solve our current predicament, it can at least confirm my previous guesses."

"There are actually plants that can parasitize the human body, and can in turn control the human body's actions." Militty felt that the knowledge she had learned in the past was greatly challenged. "Theoretically, parasitic organisms cannot control the host. It's just that It just depends on the host to survive.”

"Actually, it should be considered a warning." Shuer shook his head and said, "When we first came in, they had already tried to control our behavior by controlling our emotions, but they were not completely successful."

"I'm curious about something." Moria flipped through the unreadable diary curiously, "It says that the disaster broke out suddenly, right?"

"Ah."

"It also said that the entrances and exits were completely sealed and the connection between the inside and outside was cut off to prevent outside plants from penetrating in, although it ultimately failed."

"I understand what you mean. You are wondering about the traps at the entrance that are obviously set up for people to enter and exit." Shuer sighed, "I can't give you this answer. Maybe it was designed before the disaster broke out. Bar."

"Impossible." Mia interrupted Shuuer's explanation, "The tree is right. The traps at the door are obviously aimed at the plants outside. The diary also said that originally this was just a very ordinary research station. It is normal to have guards, but they are limited to regular guards. Those fire-breathing and water-sprinkling things should not appear here at all, especially the reception room. We have all seen that there are also automatic weapons in the reception room, which is beyond the normal security After the disaster breaks out and access is cut off, there is no need to set up these anymore.”

"I also know that this is not normal. The question is, apart from the fact that it was planned before the disaster broke out, is there any reasonable explanation?" Shuer said helplessly, "You never want to say that it was those plants controlling With the corpse of the frog man, you can build it yourself to defend yourself if you have nothing to do, hahahaha, this is too exaggerated."

Xiure was laughing, but everyone could tell that he wasn't smiling at all.Although this statement is ridiculous, if you think about it deeply, it makes people shudder.

"Let's not consider this issue for now. It's not an important point. Let's study it slowly when we get back." Shuer tapped his fingers lightly on the table. This was his habitual action when thinking. But this time, tapping The rhythm of the attack is slightly special.

Hearing this strange rhythmic sound, everyone's heart tightened.

This is the code that represents the most serious situation in the agreement. The meaning is that no matter what Shuer says or does, all team members must cooperate unconditionally.Since Shuer uses secret codes to convey information, it probably means...

Everyone suppressed the desire to observe their surroundings and tried to adjust their mentality.

(End of this chapter)