Chapter 277: Brain-Eating Insect Mother Nest (3/3, w word updated!)
"Mr. Guide? Are you okay?"
At this moment, Andor's voice sounded.
When the pirate captain saw that Yin En dared to directly connect to the data cable of the ruins, what flashed through his mind was 'How dare he be so bold?!' and 'Hey, didn't you capture me for experiments?' Such complex thoughts
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Although Andor is a pirate, he is actually very concerned about the information about the labyrinth. After all, in the continent of Terra, there are too many news about people who became rich and powerful overnight because of the labyrinth, and has become the sublimation of all informal inheritances.
Opportunity to fight.
In the legends circulated among adventurers, there are many cases where ascendants thought they could master the maze, but were killed by the self-discipline facilities inside the maze.
There are even legends that some powerful adventurers defeated the monsters and guardian puppets along the way, and finally reached the center of the maze. When they tried to communicate with the center to control them, they were brainwashed by the maze control, completely forgetting their identity as adventurers, and became a new one.
The master of the labyrinth, guarding the labyrinth from life to life.
Of course, this legend is too exaggerated. If nothing else, it is obviously impossible for every lifetime.
Andor thought that Yin En brought him here just to test how to connect this kind of ruin interactive system!
In fact, Yin En has indeed done it, but it was in predicting the future.
Precisely because there is no danger and there are many benefits, he will go there by himself.
——The prophet can conduct reverse-chronological experiments and trial and error without actual operation!
All in all, Andor had been staring at the young man's expression anxiously.
But then, he saw that Yin En's expression gradually changed from excitement and expectation to the expression as cold as ice now.
This difference frightened him - what indescribable things did he see that could make this overly strong genius of the White People show such an expression, even a hint of despair?
Could it be that... they can no longer leave this ruins and go to the surface?!
Andor's voice woke Yin En out of his thoughts.
He reacted, knowing that his previous expression revealed his true emotions, and he could understand Andor's worry, so the young man sighed and replied: "It's nothing, don't worry."
"I just... feel that this ruins is too depressing and too dark."
Putting behind his previous despair, Yin En decided not to think about this issue anymore.
Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, whether the destruction in the starry sky is about to come to Terra - no matter whether his guess is right or wrong, it all means nothing to him now.
All one can do is to have firm confidence and then face it all head on.
And, to be honest, whether it is interstellar dust or cosmic natural disasters, there is actually one doubt...that is, according to them, Terra should be the center of this dust area and destruction area.
Otherwise, the spherical star map of the entire star field would not gradually dim at the same rhythm... But why is Terra the center?
The most taboo thing for human beings is unwarranted arrogance. The destruction in the universe has nothing to do with who is who. There must be a reason behind it.
This is also the reason why Yin En did not deny that there might be some kind of barrier sealing off the entire star field until the end.
It's like a prison for heaven.
But there are loopholes in this conjecture, because if something really enveloped the entire star field from the Oort cloud, then the disappearance of the starry sky should be very regular and orderly, but this is not the case.
The stars disappeared one after another, obviously the stars in the distance disappeared first, and then the light could not shine on Terra.
Of course, it is also possible that two events happened at the same time... The entire Terra star field was being enveloped, and at the same time, the stars in the distance were also imprisoned by the Star Prison, which is why the current situation was caused.
only……
"If this is really the case, then how can any person or civilization be able to resist an existence that has the ability to create such a wonder of the universe?"
Shaking his head slightly, after satisfying his curiosity, Yin En should face the real problem head on.
"Check the heat dissipation of the base's power source and cooling system."
Giving instructions to the central control room, Yin En quickly got the answer he needed.
[The heat dissipation situation of the base power source: extremely dangerous! The furnace cores No. 1~7 cannot dissipate heat normally, the furnace cores No. 11~15 are on the verge of melting, and the fuel rods have come into contact with the cooling water! Please immediately clear all people and creatures in the surrounding sea area and activate emergency natural heat dissipation.
process, and dispatch maintenance engineering equipment for emergency repairs!]
[Cooling system condition: running well, vacancy rate 73%]
【——Warning, warning!——】
[It is detected that the heat dissipation data and the cooling system operation data cannot match, and the system self-test is performed...the test is successful!]
【No abnormality】
"?"
Yin En blinked. He was sure that what he saw was nothing unusual and not a warning of danger. He was immediately surprised: "Can this be nothing unusual? Are you kidding me? What's the truth?"
"The cooling system with a vacancy rate of 73% and abnormal heat dissipation is normal. What is this normal? And this base full of parasites is basically a chassis crawled with cockroaches. There is a dragon and a big one in your cooling warehouse.
The corpse of a moth is nothing unusual?!"
"Not to mention that the furnace core is on the verge of dissolution and the fuel rods are in contact with the cooling water. Isn't this the spread of polluting radioactive materials?! Why is this not abnormal?!"
"Detailed self-examination!"
Yin En gave the order sternly. He was so angry at the words "no abnormalities" - the most annoying thing about being a maintenance engineer is knowing that there are a lot of problems in the project itself, and then the system self-check tells you that there are no abnormalities... This is somewhat of a stain.
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But this happens often!
However, Yin En also knew very well that this must have been what the Great Elder did at the beginning... He must have made some tampering and damage in the system, otherwise, there would be no such abnormal conclusion.
Soon, the results of the detailed self-examination came out.
[The cooling system cannot communicate with the furnace core for heat dissipation - Warning - the cooling system cannot communicate with the furnace core for heat dissipation]
[Please grant forced connection permission]
Such a huge red letter warning flashed in front of Yin En's eyes three times, but it made the young man breathe a sigh of relief: "As expected, I said there was a problem."
"Grant forced connection permission and start the cooling process of the core energy furnace."
After giving this order, Yin En waited for a while.
Then, as expected.
[Connection abnormality - the water-cooled cladding interaction port of the second and third circuits of power groups 11~15 is blocked by an unknown structure! Forced connection cannot be made!]
"As expected." The young man sighed: "I knew it wasn't that simple - if it were that simple, the base's automatic control system would have already processed it."
"The interaction port of the water-cooling layer is blocked, so the solid cladding, liquid cladding and other proliferating structures cannot be cooled. Emergency forced heat dissipation can only be initiated. The heat is not used to generate electricity without the heat exchange process, but the heat is directly exposed to the
In the sea...this is the truth about the big storm in the South China Sea."
"In addition, part of the furnace core has dissolved, the cooling water is contaminated, but no one is repairing it, and the system is stuck. It cannot be turned on or off, or even cooled!"
"Actually, for this kind of super-large unmanned base, the dissolution of several furnace cores does not affect the continued operation of other power units. The contaminated cooling water can still be cooled, and there are no people anyway... But the process is stuck, so that
The heat continues to accumulate and even spreads to other power groups, causing abnormalities."
"This is the origin of the great storm and the anomaly in the ruins!"
Yin En used the highest administrative authority to check the work log of the base's cooling system. He indeed saw that the Sequoia Base had been activated several times for emergency response, but it had never been able to operate successfully - the interaction interface
The facilities and lenses have been completely destroyed, and the situation cannot be seen at all, and it is completely impossible to deal with it.
It is possible that the automatic repair processing tool has also been damaged, so that it cannot perform self-repair at all.
As a maintenance engineer in his previous life, Yin En knew that this was why even though there were numerous auxiliary maintenance AIs on the colonial rockets back then, engineers like him, who were not very important at all, were still needed.
Because, some problems can only be solved by people.
However, what exactly blocks the water-cooling interface?
Slowly thinking about the next action plan, Yin En couldn't help but have a question in his mind: "Generally speaking, the water in the water cooling layer needs to be recycled. After all, seawater has too many impurities and cannot be used to directly generate electricity. To truly use seawater, it must still be possible."
There is a distillation and purification process..."
"etc……"
Yin En suddenly thought of the artificial river surrounding the sacrificial site... and the river of parasites he saw when he entered the cave area.
Metal-based life requires high heat... Brain-eating worms need flowing water to reproduce in large numbers... Sequoia Base is originally a research base for alien ecosystems dominated by metal-based life... The original body of Brain-eating worms is a symbiotic brain slug.
The psychic life artificially transformed by the Great Elder Sequoia can communicate with and corrode most living things through neural electrical signals and psychic energy...
The use of minehunting jellyfish with the strongest neural electrical signals is also one of the research results of the Sequoia Base...
If we say that the Great Elder of Sequoia back then, in order to allow the brain-eating worms to survive independently and maintain their immortality as low as possible, he used the technology of the Sequoia Base to transform the brain-eating worms into relevant life forms...
"yes……"
All the information was being summarized, and Yin En murmured to himself: "I know what's blocking the water change port..."
He raised his head and his eyes flashed: "It's an insect nest!"
"It's the mother nest of the brain-eating insects!"
"Base map!" Without any hesitation, Yin En immediately called up the base map from the base system.
Sixteen hundred years have passed, and many passages and areas have changed, but as long as the original map exists, Yin En can compare it with some of the ruins maps that he has recorded to determine where he can go and where he cannot go.
Soon, Yin En, who used a silver chip to record all the maps, found the 'Central Control Room' where he was now and the 'Quick Transfer Channel' where Ethan and Master Gosei were before.
The original name of the sacrificial place, 'Temporary Transit Center', also appeared in Yin En's eyes.
Basically, the main control center of Sequoia Base also controls the system of the entire ruins group. Yin En even saw that some sensing devices still existed, but the areas that had been invaded by monsters were marked as 'third-level biochemical pollution'.
but……
Yin En also saw a special red logo.
[Unknown intruder detected]
Yin En concentrated his energy, mobilized information, observed the situation, and then understood: "It's the exploratory team from the Flying Flame Land."
The exploration team from the Flying Flame Land had been retreating all the way since their attempt to pursue Yin En and others failed in the Giant Fungus Cave - they lost several soldiers and a monk from the Spiritual Equipment Church, and the situation now looks quite miserable.
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But in general, the Ascendants as the main body did not suffer much losses, so the core combat effectiveness was still maintained.
At this moment, this group of people is moving forward little by little towards the Central District Square, where the lower two floors are one of the main roads leading directly to the sacrificial site.
Yin En thought for a while and decided to show them a way.
"Seal the B-32 channel, open the H-17 entrance and exit, clear the water in the H-55 underwater channel, and float the pipeline."
With such an order, Yin En felt no pity in his heart: "Prepare a passage for them directly to the water-cooling intersection area - since they are here to investigate the ruins, and they promised to destroy it if they can't get it... I will give you a chance to destroy the ruins insect nest.
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"I hope you don't die too soon and have the strength to realize your bold words."
It's rare for Yin En to have such great malice towards a group of people, which is also a novel experience.
At the gate of the Crystal Road, Andor waited patiently for a long time.
Until Yin En stood up and unplugged the data cable from the back of his neck.
In the young man's eyes, a huge amount of data flow floated. Yin En, who used a silver chip to record most of the valuable information in the Sequoia Base, closed his eyes and was silent for a while, seeming to be experiencing the summary of a large amount of information.
Feel.
Then, he opened his eyes and said calmly: "Let's go to find Shark. My purpose has been completed."
"It's time to go back and solve all the problems completely."
The pirate captain naturally nodded in agreement, and Yin En was about to leave the main control room.
Before leaving, the young man turned back and looked at the five bones of the elders behind him.
Thousands of years have passed. No matter how big the turmoil was here in the past, and how many people sacrificed their lives passionately to fight against an unprecedented enemy, this ruins will eventually return to silence, just like the ups and downs of the tide.
But now, it's just a cog in the wheel of time, and it happened to happen to him.
"I'll wrap things up."
Yin En spoke calmly, facing the phantom from a thousand years ago and also to himself: "It's not for you, and it's not for myself."
"Just because I also believe in the future."
After finishing speaking, the young man turned his head, his body disappeared in the light of the crystal channel, and the door of the main control room behind him slowly closed.
He embarks on a new journey.
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