Chapter 302 Revisiting the Mother's Nest Tragedy Repeats
Mars.
After receiving the order from the Earth Company headquarters, the Space Exploration Technology Company's TT7 spacecraft sent two more astronauts to leave the spacecraft and rush towards the direction of the alien spacecraft Mother Nest 1005.
Before setting off, the captain warned them: "David, Davis, when you get to the brood nest, only one of you can go in, and the other person stays outside the brood nest. Keep in touch with the people who enter the brood nest at any time.
Wei! You go into the brood! Davis, keep in touch with David outside. David, you must inform Davis of everything you see and hear in the brood. If there is any important situation, Davis, you must
Tell us immediately!"
The captain was obviously worried that the two colleagues would both disappear like last time. The reason why he asked Davis to stay outside the nest and keep in touch with David who entered the nest at any time was probably because he was afraid that if David entered the nest,
, the signals from the communication equipment cannot be transmitted to the TT7 spacecraft.
Although this possibility is unlikely, after all, their company has sent spaceships many times before to explore Brood 1005.
But this time there is something different after all.
Because this time we want to explore a new area of Brood 1005 - Area 16.
Maybe, area 16 can isolate signal transmission?
In short, although the order from the company headquarters told him to send another astronaut to Brood 1005 to investigate the situation, as the captain of the TT7 spacecraft, he still sent one more person to be on the safe side.
After receiving the mission, David and Davis got on the Mars rover with anxiety and approached the Brood 1005 little by little.
If the two colleagues who went to the brood before had not lost contact, then they probably wouldn't be upset if they were allowed to go to the brood.
You might even be looking forward to it and excited.
But now, both of them are beating drums in their hearts.
Up and down.
Because no one knows what is going on with the two colleagues who have lost contact now?
Is the communicator broken? No signal? Or...dead?
no one knows.
The fear in the hearts of the two people sitting on the rover became more and more intense as time passed and as the rover they were sitting on got closer and closer to the canyon where Mother Nest 1005 was located.
They want to get back to the TT7 spacecraft immediately. It is best to start the spacecraft immediately and return to Earth.
At this moment, they felt homesick and even began to miss their mother.
But reason tells them - they cannot go back!
At this time, if they return to the TT7 spacecraft and refuse to carry out the orders of the head office and the captain, their future will be completely ruined.
It would cost the company a lot to send them on a trip to Mars.
Every spacecraft sent to Mars costs an astronomical amount of money.
If they refuse to carry out the orders of the head office and the captain at this time, even if they can return to Earth alive, what future will they have?
The boss of the company is currently the richest man in the world.
Do you really think that the world's richest man is a great philanthropist?
With great trepidation, the two of them came to the canyon where the Brood 1005 was located, and came close to the wreckage of the Brood 1005 spacecraft. They looked at the door that was located between the belly of the huge spacecraft and the ground. They both said in unison.
Stop and look at each other.
Both of them saw fear in each other's eyes.
The open door in the belly of Brood 1005 now looked to them like a demon's big mouth.
After entering, can you still come out alive?
Neither of them was sure.
In contrast, Davis, who was ordered by the captain to stay outside the nest to respond, had much less fear in his heart.
Because he stays outside and doesn't enter the nest, he should be much safer.
So, when he saw the fear in David's eyes, Davis thought for a moment, raised his hand to turn on the speaker of his space suit, and said: "David, execute the order! I am here to support you, my spirit and
You’re with me, come on man!”
David: "???"
Spirit with me?
Are you God? Can you still be with me in spirit?
At this moment, David wanted to curse.
But reason told him that he had to enter the mother nest. Maybe the two colleagues who entered earlier were just because the signal of the communicator was blocked by the mother nest? Maybe those two guys are still alive, and they should be still alive.
"Come on in, man! Show your courage as a man!"
Davis urged again.
David turned his eyes and looked at the open door in the belly of the nest, took a deep breath, and then another, comforting and encouraging himself in his heart again and again. After more than ten seconds, he finally gritted his teeth and walked towards the nest step by step.
The dark gate of the nest.
Ten minutes later, he successfully walked into the nest gate.
Davis stood still and did not move. He just opened the communication channel with David and kept in touch with David at all times.
When David entered the nest, he took every step carefully and slowly because he was nervous.
From time to time, he responded to Davis's inquiries on the communication channel.
As time passed, he passed through each area in the nest.
District 1, District 3, District 6...
One hour passed, two hours passed, and he never encountered any danger. Gradually, the tension in his heart gradually eased.
Along the way, he occasionally shouted at the top of his voice to the two colleagues who had entered the nest before.
Although the air on Mars is thin, which makes it difficult for sound to travel, he shouted at the top of his lungs and his sound could still travel some distance.
only……
Quietly.
Everything inside Brood 1005 was quiet. Except for the sound of his own footsteps walking and the sound of his shouting, there was only a little echo inside the spacecraft.
All the sounds were made by himself.
Other than that, the area he passed through was always quiet.
The dust on the floor was very thick, and he saw clear footprints left on the thick dust. He knew that these footprints were left by the two colleagues who had lost contact, and also by colleagues from the company who had come to explore Mars before.
Down.
Following the clear footprints on the floor, he was getting closer to Area 16.
"David, where are you now?"
Davis' inquiry came again over the communicator.
David's footsteps suddenly stopped at this moment.
"Outside the gate of District 16..."
He responded softly, but his eyes were fixed on the few Pami characters above the door of Area 16. Those words, which he had been specially trained to signify before coming to Mars, meant "Area 16".
At this moment, what he saw was the open door of District 16.
This made his heart beat faster and faster, and the nervousness in his heart was continuously amplified.
Because their purpose of coming to Mars this time was to enter Area 16 in the Brood 1005 spacecraft. In other words, the door to Area 16 was closed before they came to Mars this time.
But the door to District 16 in front of us is open.
What does this mean?
David judged that the two colleagues who had lost contact had successfully entered Area 16 before they lost contact. The open door should have been opened by those two colleagues.
At this time, he was standing outside the gate of Area 16 and could still contact Davis outside the Brood. This showed that... the two colleagues who lost contact probably lost contact after entering Area 16.
David couldn't help but swallow nervously as these things flashed through his mind. At this moment, in his eyes, Area 16, with its open door, was very dangerous.
Like the entrance to hell.
At this moment, he needs to make a difficult choice - enter Area 16, or turn around and leave immediately.
We often face similar choices in life.
For example, when you were young and met a girl you had a crush on, you had to choose whether to walk up to her and reveal your feelings to her?
If the confession is successful, all your wishes will come true. You can hold her delicate body and kiss her red lips.
But if the confession fails, it will be very embarrassing and become a joke in the eyes of many people.
David bravely confessed his love to the girl he had a crush on.
As we all know, American girls are very open-minded.
The night after he successfully confessed his love, he had sex with her.
For many years after that, this incident made David feel proud and had endless aftertaste.
From then on, when faced with various choices, he always seemed braver than others.
Because from that incident, he realized a truth: don't be afraid of failure. Only brave men can taste many beautiful fruits.
However, at this moment, he was standing outside the gate of District 16. He was so nervous that he swallowed several times in succession, and it was difficult for him to make up his mind to walk through the gate in front of him.
Because he knew very well that if he made the wrong choice this time, the number of missing people on their trip to Mars would change from 2 to 3.
He David would be one of them.
"David, have you entered Area 16? Is the gate to Area 16 open?"
Davis' inquiry came again over the communicator.
David hesitated for a moment and had an impulse in his heart. He wanted to say that the door to Area 16 was closed. He did not have an ultrasound machine and could not open the door to Area 16, so he had no choice but to go back.
The words came to his lips, but were stopped by his reason.
Because he knew that the spacesuit he was wearing had a built-in recording function, which could not only record everything he saw in front of him, but also record everything he said.
If he said that the door to Area 16 was closed, once he returned and the captain and others checked the images recorded by his spacesuit, he would be finished.
"The gate to Area 16 is... open."
A smile uglier than crying appeared on his face and he answered softly.
"Then did you go in?"
Davis asked.
David remained silent.
He wanted to curse again.
"David, haven't you gone in yet? Go in quickly! I support you mentally and show your courage as a man! Think about it! As long as you go in to find out the reason why James and the others lost contact, we will wait until we return
When you get to Earth, the company will definitely reward you heavily. This is a great achievement! Come in quickly!"
Davis is trying to do David's ideological work.
David remained silent.
Credits and rewards are indeed very tempting.
But he only has one life.
Can you get in or not?
He hesitated for a long time, and Davis continued to persuade him through the communicator.
Finally, David gritted his teeth and finally walked into the gate of District 16 step by step.
The moment he walked in the door, he felt a chill seep from his scalp and quickly spread throughout his body.
He knew he was afraid.
But reason kept telling him in his heart - you can't retreat! You can't retreat! Once you retreat, your life will be over. As long as you find out the reason why James and the others lost contact, you just need to find out the reason...
Soon after entering Area 16, he noticed that the footprints on the ground became very messy. Some footprints went to the left and some to the right.
The question comes again - which way do I go?
David frowned and thought for a moment, then subconsciously looked around the large, empty and majestic space in Area 16. He saw instruments that he didn't recognize, covered in dust, all over Area 16.
But they didn't see James and the others who entered here before.
"James??"
He tried to raise his voice and shout.
There was no response from all around.
"James???"
He increased his volume and shouted loudly.
This time he heard the echo of his loud call.
Apart from that, there was no sound at all.
"James????"
He called again unwillingly, this time using his maximum volume. Under the amplification of the loudspeaker, the call became much louder.
The echoes around him became clearer.
The next moment, Davis' question came from the communicator of the spacesuit: "David, have you entered Area 16? Have you seen James and the others?"
"No!"
David suppressed the nervousness in his heart and responded in a low voice.
The next moment, his eyes widened.
He saw a huge screen not far away light up. In the white light on the screen, golden ripples seemed to be gathering. Dots of golden light were in the middle of the big screen, gathering together to look like a Pami star.
The golden Pami star pattern is not tall, and is about the same size as the company prisoner Ian that David has seen.
David was surprised when he saw this scene.
Is this big screen on?
Could it be that James and the others have put the energy ball into the energy tank in area 16?
So...what about James and the others?
Are they hiding in a corner studying a certain instrument?
Such thoughts flashed through David's mind.
The next moment, the golden pattern on the big screen walked out of the big screen step by step and came to the dusty floor.
Its dark golden eyes stared at David.
"Hello! I am David, David Giles. Are you the artificial intelligence here?"
Seeing this golden man of light coming out of the big screen, David was surprised, but he did not panic. The technology of holographic projection has long been developed on earth.
Like James and others who came here before, he tried to communicate with this golden light man when he saw it.
The golden light man spoke and said something, but he used Pami Star language that David could not understand.
"Another one is here? Fortunately, I have enough energy now. To keep it secret and to ensure my own safety, let's kill him!"
As it spoke, it opened its mouth and made a sharp sound.
And David asked: "Hey, have you met my colleagues? Do you speak English? English? English, do you speak it? Do you know where my two colleagues are now?"
The golden light man didn't mean to answer him.
The sharp screams coming out of Cherry's little mouth became sharper and louder.
When David saw it, his expression changed slightly.
Subconsciously he took two steps back.
His face turned pale and he hurriedly persuaded: "Calm down! Calm down! I have no malice, I really don't have any malice. Don't be angry. I'm leaving. I can leave..."
At the same time, Davis's voice came out from the communicator on his body again: "David, who are you talking to? What did you see? Is it James and the others?"
Before he finished speaking, and before David had time to reply, there was a sudden explosion in the air.
The shaken dust nearby suddenly exploded into a hazy dust mist.
And David, whose expression suddenly became frightened, also suddenly exploded into a ball of blood mist at this moment...