Only members of the Immortal Crew Association have the power to transfer information in the general archives. However, in New Era 499, the Immortal Crew Association and the technology named "Coffin of Immortality" had not yet appeared. That year's "Ten

It is absolutely impossible for the members of the "ten-man decision-making seat" to survive until now... All the members of the current Immortal Crew Club were born after the 499th year of the New Era. Without exception, there are no members of the "ten-man decision-making seat" at that time.

Even if there was some "black history" in that year, it probably wouldn't have much to do with the current members of the Immortal Crew.

Could it be that these files had been transferred before the establishment of the Immortal Crew Association...or were they destroyed?

Ke Lan squatted down and carefully checked the oxidation of the metal in the bolt holes, only to find that there were even new scratches left in the bolt holes. That is, the cabinet frame that was originally placed here had been recently demolished.

It is difficult to judge the specific time, but it is basically certain that the files of the 499th year of the New Era were transferred or destroyed within a year.

A year ago, those files were most likely stored in this location, and any member of the Undead Crew could access them at will.

Ke Lan couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

It was obvious that he was being targeted.

The members of the Undead Crew Club deliberately concealed what happened in the 499th year of the New Era from him... Ke Lan was not allowed to know these secrets even after he joined the Undead Crew Club.

So what is the significance of the previous vote of the members of the Undead Crew Association? If it weren't for "The Fool" suddenly pretending to be dead, all the secrets of the Crew Association would have been shared long ago, including what happened in the 499th year of the New Era and the relevant files.

Reasons for transfer and destruction.

If these secrets cannot be kept to oneself, then wouldn’t the purpose of this vote be contrary to that?

If I asked those in the "yes" camp about this, would they tell me the truth?

Ke Lan was unsure, but he decided to give it a try.

Year 499 of the New Era, natural wormholes, time and space jumps... Just mentioning any of these keywords makes Ke Lan a little nervous. The appeal of these disappeared files to him is almost more than that of the last member of the 776 Special Forces Team.

Mission accomplished.

According to the "official files" that can be easily found on the Internet, that year was the largest population decline in the history of the Ark's interstellar voyage. Even the "Alexander" incident that just happened can only be ranked second. Although the Ark successfully traveled through

into the natural wormhole, but the ship

It took more than a hundred years for the damage to the body to be completely repaired. This was a serious injury to the vitality in the true sense. If the survivors on the Ark hadn't been lucky enough to discover several resource asteroids in the nearby star field,

The Ark may not even be able to reach the galaxy where Alpha is located.

No one knows how the people on the Ark survived that period of time... Nearly 200 of the 260 grain warehouses on the Ark were destroyed, except in the year 499 of the New Era, and in the decades after that

, the population of Ark is constantly declining. Hunger, disease, armed conflicts and repression have taken countless lives. The population of Ark once dropped to about one-tenth of what it was before the time and space jump. The human race has been on the verge of complete extinction several times.

struggle.

The damaged parts of the Ark were only repaired more than 600 years ago in the New Era, and the population level did not barely recover to the level before the time and space jump until the 700 or 800 years in the New Era.

The Prophet also told Ke Lan, "Beta-type clones had been successfully developed in 750 of the New Era, but at that time it was a period of high incidence of shipboard riots. People in the Undead Crew Association were worried that the announcement of this technology would stimulate more people."

emotions, which had the effect of adding fuel to the fire. As a result, this technology was sealed as a taboo, and the scientists involved in the project also signed the strictest gag orders."

Population growth is slow, so it is necessary to develop technologies such as asexual reproduction, cloning and human duplication; food shortages, resource scarcity and management chaos lead to increasing public dissatisfaction, which in turn triggers protests and riots... All of these clues are correct.

The above number, that is, at least most of the words of the prophet are true.

Others in the Immortal Crew Association did not deny the existence of β-type clones. However, when Ke Lan asked him about it, they all remained silent.

Although Ke Lan has become a member of the Immortal Crew Association, he cannot force other members to reveal this information to him unless the previous resolution can be voted on.

If you want to know the truth, you can only investigate on your own.

However, before the investigation even really started, the clues had been dropped.

Ke Lan could only put aside what happened in the 499th year of the New Era and continue to move forward.

The 776 Special Forces Team lost contact with Ark during its last mission 49 years ago, in the 902nd year of the New Era. Also missing with the entire team was the former SDU member who joined the 776 Special Forces Team in the same year, Liao Zilang’s grandfather,

Liao Xing.

The outcome of the 776 Special Forces Team was to be completely wiped out. At this time, everyone except Liao Xing was verified by Ke Lan.

He still vividly remembers that scene: when he was leaning over to observe the abyss where the prehistoric species had been imprisoned, a black figure quietly appeared behind him. He...or "it" had a face

The face was so similar to Liao Zilang that he did not pull the trigger at the first time. Then, the black shadow suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed himself into the abyss.

Through the information gathered by the hound, it can be confirmed that the dark figure should be Liao Zilang's grandfather, Liao Xing. At least, the face should belong to Liao Xing.

Liao Zilang looks very much like his grandfather, which can be seen from the column of photos in the file.

But why did everyone else in the 776 Special Forces Team die, but Liao Xing survived?

Did he...really survive?

One question after another flashed through Ke Lan's head.

The flow of time on that unnamed island is different from that in the outside world. Ke Lan once stayed on the island for at least one day and one night, but from the perspective of everyone on the "Pioneer" icebreaker, he was only "missing" four

Just hours.

Let's not consider this for the moment. Although the flow rate of time is different, the effect of time on things in the same space will not be much different. On that unknown island, the plastic gun butt will

Aged and brittle, the fiber fabrics on the body will decompose, and the small iron parts on the equipment will also rust... If you ignore the phenomenon that there is no alternation of day and night, and there is no comparison with the outside time, Ke Lan is

It's completely impossible to notice the time anomaly.

If that was really Liao Xing, and the bodies of his teammates had turned into bones, why didn't his appearance age at all?

Time seemed to have stopped flowing in his body, sealing him in the year when he lost contact with the outside world.

Ke Lan tried hard to recall those memory fragments... In his impression, the black figure was not wearing the combat uniform and equipment of the 776 Special Forces Team, nor was he wearing a diving suit, but was wrapped in a somewhat tattered black robe...

...Except for the head, almost all parts of the body are completely covered by this robe.

Is that dark figure...really Liao Xing? Ke Lan couldn't help but have such doubts.

Could it be something else, just occupying Liao Xing's "body", or simulating Liao Xing's appearance?

There is a piece of meat in the glacier ruins that can perfectly replicate a human being. Therefore, there is a "thing" on the nameless island that can replicate the real "Liao Xing" and keep his original appearance for dozens or even hundreds of years.

, Ke Lan thinks it is entirely possible.

First eliminate the seeds of erosion.

The physical quality of the container parasitized by the Seed of Corrosion will become extremely strong, and Ke Lan clearly remembers that he pulled the trigger of the shotgun the moment he fell. Because his body lost balance, most of the shots were fired.

All the projectiles hit the empty space, and only a few hit the black shadow, but even so, the black shadow staggered back a few steps...

"Its" defense is not strong, at least much weaker than the Seed of Corrosion.

What puzzled Ke Lan the most was why "it" appeared at that time and pushed him into the abyss?

He didn't know whether it was because Ke Lan was too tired at the time, which affected his condition, or whether the other party's movements were really silent. It wasn't until the black shadow was less than twenty centimeters away from Ke Lan's back that Ke Lan noticed something strange.

, in that case, if the other party wanted to kill Ke Lan, Ke Lan would have died countless times.

Even if the opponent is not strong, it is too easy to sneak attack a person who has his back turned. However, the opponent did not do that and just watched him silently from behind Ke Lan.

It wasn't until Ke Lan turned around and saw "it"'s face clearly that "it" stretched out its hand and pushed Ke Lan off the cliff.

Moreover, judging from the final result, "it" seemed to have saved Ke Lan and allowed Ke Lan to escape from the strange unknown island. If the only way to leave that place was to jump off the cliff, Ke Lan might

Trapped in that place for life.

But if the other person pushed me down to save myself, then why didn't "it" jump into the abyss on its own?

Is it because "it" can't leave that place, or... "it" can't return to human society again?

There were so many doubts that Ke Lan didn't know where to start for analysis.

Ke Lan's footsteps stopped, and the chaotic thoughts in his head also stopped. The inscription "New Era Nine Hundred and Two" on the ground told him: We have arrived.

With a trace of expectation and a trace of nervousness, Ke Lan's vision slowly came onto the stage, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. The files of New Era 902 had not been moved, and every cabinet shelf was fully placed.

The name of the commander of the 776 Special Forces Team is Ken. He once left an incomplete voice record in the "black box". The earliest voice record was on July 11, 902, New Era. At that time, 776

The special team has been on that weird unnamed island for four days. With the Ark's transport capacity of that era, it was fully capable of launching a small-scale special force to any corner on the surface of Alpha Planet within fifteen days.

In other words, their departure time should be between the end of June and the beginning of July.

Ke Lan walked into the cabinet shelves, and soon he found the rows of cabinet shelves where the June files of New Era 902 were stored.

His eyes swept across the rows on the cabinet shelves, and soon his attention was locked on an anti-magnetic box labeled "Military Special Forces Mobilization File."

In 902 of the New Era, Ark's army had not yet been divided into three major armies: field force, garrison force and air force fleet. The numbers and affiliations of each force were relatively complicated and confusing. In addition, it was an era of frequent wars.

In order for Ark to gain a firm foothold on Alpha Planet, the soldiers are fighting countless indigenous creatures almost every day. Every day, troops are eliminated in organized formations, and new numbers and new soldiers are added every day.

battle front.

Just the anti-magnetic box that stores the special forces mobilization files contains twenty-one hard drives.

This is only the mobilization record of special forces. If regular troops were included, the number would probably be more than ten times higher.

"Fortunately, I was prepared in advance." Ke Lan sighed, sat down cross-legged on the cold metal floor, moved the bucket backpack behind him to the front of him, and opened the lid.

What was in the backpack was a high-performance computer host. Ke Lan used his laptop to connect to the host, and then spread out a one-meter-square folding metal plate on the side.

These metal plates are covered with hard drive interfaces, which can connect thirty mechanical hard drives of this size at the same time.

Ke Lan inserted twenty-one hard drives into the interface and turned on the power.

The disks in the hard drive began to rotate and made a slight buzzing sound.

Although there are only twenty-one hard drives, the files stored in it are still an astronomical number compared to the processing efficiency of the human brain. It is naturally impossible for Ke Lan to read every file. He can only enter "776" into the computer.

Use the two keywords "Special Team" and "Liao Xing" to search for files containing these two words.

Even so, the number of documents found still reached four hundred.

As one of the most elite special forces on the Ark at that time, in the month of June alone, the "776 Special Forces Team" was dispatched seventeen times and participated in many battles with indigenous creatures. As for since

Liao Xing, who was transferred to the 776 Special Forces Team from SDU, has made outstanding achievements. If he had not died during the last mission, he would have been transferred to the Special Operations Command the next year.

"Sort by time - reverse order." Ke Lan moved the cursor and clicked on this option.

Immediately, the last mission received by the 776 Special Forces Team was moved to the front position.
Chapter completed!