Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

"14 years ago... 14 years ago..." Magellan held his chin and thought seriously, "14 years ago was 1080, and nothing else seemed to happen... Wait!"

Magellan suddenly remembered that nothing major happened in 1080, but in the second year not long after, a major event that shocked both the military and political circles did happen in Ursus.

"Grand Duke Vanya died of illness..."

Almost without any warning, Grand Duke Vanya, who was still healthy back then, suddenly died of illness in a remote sanatorium.

As the most powerful person in Ursas after the emperor, the death of Grand Duke Vanya directly led to the reshuffle of Ursas's top forces, and countless people died in the subsequent open and secret fights.

There were even rumors that Grand Duke Vanya did not simply die of illness, but someone murdered him, but Magellan didn't know the details, she had only heard rumors in this regard.

The Grand Duke of Vanya is said to be the master behind the Fourth Army of Ursus, and the base of the Fourth Army happens to be the most desolate area of ​​the Ursus Empire - the Arctic Ice Field.

The invasion of Sami was launched by the Fourth Army, and the location of this military fortress is also within the control range of the Fourth Army. If it is said that Grand Duke Vanya did not know that someone built a fort here, it is still there. There are a large number of munitions stored here, and Magellan somewhat does not believe it.

If there is some relationship between this place and Grand Duke Vanya, or even ordered by the Grand Duke himself, then everything makes sense.

With the death of Grand Duke Vanya, the fortress lost the last person who could prove their identity. In addition to the accident inside the fortress, all the insiders were buried in the ice and snow.

"I always feel as if I know something... and I don't seem to have discovered anything..."

Magellan's mood seemed a little delicate, but if her inference just now was correct, even if she left here in the future, she would have to keep the affairs of this fort in her stomach, so she wouldn't try to use the news here to get promoted and make a fortune.

If the matter is brought to light, it may attract the attention of Ursas senior management.

She is just a small Rheinland employee, how can she have the courage to confront a country head-on?So Magellan made up his mind that he must never tell anyone about this.

And Li Ang and Adele, she also needs to find a suitable opportunity to tell them this guess.

"However, since this may be the secret base built by Grand Duke Vanya, then I can always find one or two things that I can use?" Magellan murmured softly.

If it really doesn't work, you can find one or two valuable things from here and take them away. This can be regarded as an extra income, but these arms do not meet Magellan's requirements.

Although the value of ammunition is high, it is inconvenient to carry, even if it is taken out, it is difficult to get rid of it. Once it enters the market, it will attract the search of the picket team. It can be said that it is a hot potato. Magellan is not so stupid.

"In short, let's look deeper, and hope to gain something."

Magellan took a deep breath, and left the warehouse with a suitcase full of various parts.

What surprises are waiting for her in the depths of the fortress?

As the greatest explorer of the future, Magellan never thought that he would miss the possibility.

It's just... she obviously forgot a word.

People who can't swim usually run away from the water when they see the water, and those who are drowned are often people who can swim and are full of confidence in themselves.

Chapter 35 The Chamber of Secrets

"What is she doing now?" Adele asked with some doubts.

In order to avoid being discovered by Magellan, Li Ang and Adele did not follow Magellan too closely, but hung far behind her 100 meters away, relying on Li Ang's perception to monitor each other's actions.

Now that Magellan suddenly stayed in one place for a long time, Adele felt a little nervous when she was a little confused.

"Don't be nervous, she's just looking for something that can be used to repair her drones." Li Ang replied.

Although Magellan ran out to die, she would not do such a thing if she was not sure. When she was alone, she showed the powerful action ability of an explorer.

"She's ready, let's hurry up and follow."

In Li Ang's perception, Magellan had stuffed the parts all over the floor into the box, and continued to move deeper into the fortress, and Li Ang and Adele followed immediately.

But this time, Magellan changed his previous practice of wandering around, as if he had found a very clear target, ignoring most of the rooms he passed along the way, and walked straight to the lowest level of the fortress.

Finally, when he reached the lowest level of the fortress, Magellan stopped.

She took out the drone and controlled the drone to fly around in the room full of all kinds of sundries on this floor, as if she was looking for something in this way.

"She actually found it..."

After noticing Magellan's actions, Li Ang said in surprise.

"What did you find?"

Li Ang paused, and then replied, "This is not the lowest floor of this fortress, there are several hidden structures below."

According to the results detected by Li Ang's perception, there is still a large space hidden under the original structure of the entire fortress.

But if it is on a mobile city, it is difficult to do this kind of thing.

Underneath the layer of soil that moves the urban plot is the mechanical structure that supports the entire plot, as well as power supply lines, sewage channels, and the like. It is a matter of trying to squeeze some space out of these structures to build a basement. very difficult task.

"I don't know how Magellan did it..."

Li Ang couldn't help being amazed. After all, according to the general logic, Magellan didn't know the reason for the existence of this hidden space at all, and he didn't know where Magellan found some clues to let her go straight to the bottom of the fortress.

"The secret room?"

Hearing what Li Ang said, Adele also seemed interested, "Is there a lot of treasure hidden there?"

"No, it would be great if the treasure is hidden there." Li Ang shook his head, "Do you still remember the rancid smell when you first entered the fortress? There are a lot of corpses piled up in the space below, and the stench comes from there It came out."

"Are there still some soldiers trapped in there?"

"...Adele, you guessed wrong, those corpses are not Ursus."

Li Ang's voice suddenly became low, "Those... are all Elafian corpses."

"Elaphia?" Adele was stunned for a moment and asked, "But isn't this the fortress of Ursus?"

Why did Elafia's body appear?

Adele originally wanted to ask this question, but Leon had already guessed what she wanted to say, waved his hand and said, "30 years ago, the Ursas had launched a full-scale invasion of Sami, and Sami, the main ethnic group in this country, , that is Elafia."

That's all for this.

Even if Li Ang didn't say anything about the rest, Adele should be able to guess what he meant.

Why are there Elafian corpses here?The answer to this question is very simple, because these people are all prisoners of war captured by the Ursus Army from Sami, and of course it is more likely that they are civilians captured from Sami.

If Magellan wanted to look for treasure here, then she might have made a mistake. There is no treasure hidden in the secret room of this fortress, only the bones left by the Elafians thousands of meters away.

This is also the reason why although Li Ang detected the existence of this secret room, he didn't go to find out.

Li Ang has no hobby of digging graves yet.

And... If there is any problem with this fortress, it is probably hidden in that 'mass grave'.

In this world, the soul is a real thing, so many people died in the same place, no one is sure what will happen.

"Just let her suffer a little bit."

In fact, the truth about why Magellan discovered the secret room hidden in the fortress was far less complicated than Li Ang thought.

Magellan just ran to the place where the treasure was most likely to be hidden according to his previous experience to check the situation. Unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped into the stairwell, she found a very important clue.

stink.

When she first opened the gate of the fortress, Magellan was choked by the stench coming out of it, but when she entered the interior of the fortress, the stench disappeared miraculously.

The corpses in front of the door of the control room were all frozen to death without any sign of decay, and all the food in the warehouse was sealed in tin cans intact.

So the question is, where did the stench come from?

When the smell was caught again in the stairwell, the adventurer's perception told Magellan that this matter must not be simple.

So Magellan followed the smell all the way to the bottom of the fortress, and finally discovered the hidden underground space.

But looking at the flat ground with no gaps in front of him, Magellan was a little bit in trouble.

Although Magellan had identified the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by smell, she did not know how to open it.

Magellan looked at the room where the entrance was located. On the surface, it looked like an ordinary utility room with many messy things piled up. It was not an easy task to find the mechanism to open the secret room from these things. matter.

And Magellan's time is limited, she must return to the camp before dawn, otherwise the fact that she sneaked out will be exposed, and she doesn't want to be exposed for the time being, otherwise it will not be so easy to escape next time.

The entrance to the Chamber of Secrets must be opened as soon as possible.

But what if you can't find the switch?

Magellan's brain was running fast, and soon she came up with a method that was worth a try.

So Magellan smiled, and took out one of the few origin stone ice crystals she had left.

Chapter 36 Snow Sacrifice

Any instrument and equipment can only work in a suitable temperature environment. Depending on the equipment, there will be considerable differences in the temperature range.

However, generally speaking, these instruments can work normally at high temperatures above [-] degrees, but cannot withstand low temperatures below minus [-] degrees, because they are limited by the characteristics of the materials themselves.

Magellan stuffed the origin stone ice crystal into the Longteng drone, and catalyzed the origin stone ice crystal through the drone, releasing a large amount of cold air.

The ground was covered with a layer of frost at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the cold air also seeped into the interior of the passage along the gap that Magellan could not observe.

And Magellan herself had already hid far away, and the protective clothing on her body could not resist the low temperature of this level.

If the mechanism at the entrance used a purely mechanical structure, then the method Magellan came up with would be useless.

Although the low temperature will cause deformation and even embrittlement of most materials, it may be difficult to forcibly destroy this barrier with the equipment Magellan is currently wearing.

But...if the mechanism here uses electronic components, the situation will be different.

The low temperature will force these components to stop working. When the temperature returns to normal, the entire system will restart by itself. During this process, the system has a great probability of failure. Magellan is waiting for this opportunity.

Obviously, Magellan made the right bet this time.

When the energy of the second origin stone ice crystal was about to be exhausted, a new change finally appeared on the ground. There was a crisp click, and there was a sound of mechanical friction from below, and an arm split suddenly on the flat ground. thick gaps.

"Cough cough cough..."

Sure enough, the moment the passage opened, a stench that was countless times stronger than before gushed out from it.

Fortunately, Magellan was prepared for this, and after being choked a few times, he has already adapted to the unpleasant smell.

"Okay! Sure enough!" Magellan clenched his fists, feeling a little proud of his wit.

A gap had been opened in the passage, and the next thing was much easier. She found some tools that were still usable, and quickly expanded the gap to the extent that Magellan could pass through.

In this regard, Magellan's thin body took a lot of advantage.

Looking at the dark hole, Magellan naturally would not risk his life, but sent a drone down to observe the situation below through the drone's camera.

But when Magellan saw the situation below, she was a little taken aback by the footage captured by the drone.

"What the hell is this place..." Magellan murmured.

The space below was much larger than she expected. Magellan thought that the Ursas had just built a secret room here to keep some more precious things.

But Magellan guessed wrong. The Ursas seemed to have built a new layer at the bottom on the basis of the original fortress.

Of course, what shocked Magellan the most was the things stored in this layer.

Magellan felt as if he had entered a slaughterhouse. The footage captured by the drone was full of corpses, like freshly slaughtered livestock, hanging from the ceiling with iron hooks to drain the blood.

It is unknown how long these corpses have been hanging here. Even the severe cold in the north cannot prevent microorganisms from growing on these corpses. The strong stench is coming from these corpses.

If there were only these corpses, Magellan might think that she accidentally broke into some perverted 'exhibition hall', but when she saw some other things, Magellan quickly changed her guess.

On the side cabinet, Magellan saw countless large and small glass bottles filled with pale yellow liquid.

Eyeballs, heart, lungs... Each glass bottle contains a complete human organ. Under the immersion in the light yellow liquid, some of the organs in the bottle even remain active, moving slowly according to a certain rhythm.

Even Magellan couldn't stand this bloody scene, so he quickly pointed the drone's perspective at the ground, and it took a while to suppress the desire to vomit in his heart.

After making sufficient psychological preparations, Magellan finally regained his composure and controlled the drone to search this hidden area again.

But when she found an Elafian corpse lying on the operating table, disemboweled and all internal organs missing, Magellan finally understood what these corpses represented.

"Ursus...is using these Sami people for human experiments?"

This kind of thing is actually not uncommon in Colombia. There will always be some scientists who are not clear-headed, secretly doing some experiments that violate human ethics. There are not a few illegal laboratories that are wiped out by various human rights organizations every year.

Those mad scientists are also very thoughtful. In order to avoid being searched, they will even dig a hole in the wild and build the laboratory directly underground.

Magellan had also heard that someone dug this kind of laboratory out of the ground as a relic, and she didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to her now.

Now Magellan is a little hesitant whether to go deep into this laboratory to find out.

The area she is exploring now should be less than one-third of the hidden area below, but apart from the bodies of the Elafians who died tragically in various postures, Magellan did not find anything of value. The sight was disgusting enough.

Even if she searches all the places, she may not gain anything.