Hearing Lin Cheng's words, Bai Ling couldn't help but frown slightly. Indeed, ever since they arrived at this underground base, they had been guessing what it was used for, and what they saw and heard along the way made them
Gradually, I realized that this place was probably an underground mine that was abandoned at an unknown time, but until now, I still haven't found where to enter the abandoned mine.
"Since entering here, I have always had an inexplicable feeling. What we saw about this underground base is incomplete. It seems that some important parts have been deliberately hidden. In addition, it seems that this place has been there for a long time.
We had experienced an earthquake before, so the details that might have given us clues disappeared along with the earthquake. If it weren't for the cracks on the wall outside, it might not be easy for us to enter this office, let alone
We’re studying the location of the mine here.”
Shaking his head, this feeling of being kept in the dark was uncomfortable, but Lin Cheng and the others were outsiders after all, and it was not them that the owner of this underground base wanted to guard against. It was just that after so long, except for those giant
Apart from rats, they became the first humans to visit here.
"Crack-pop!"
He raised the Soul-Destroying Sword in his hand and waved it lightly. The wire stretched between the wall and the iron table was cut off instantly. With the sound of the iron table falling to the ground, Lin Cheng casually waved it to his nose.
After removing the dust in the room, he walked to the wall, picked up the wire hanging to the ground and looked at it carefully.
After a few glances, Lin Cheng suddenly frowned. In order to confirm his suspicion, he sheathed the Soul-Destroying Sword. At the same time, he pulled out the black jade dagger from his waist and slashed hard between the wires, and saw two wires.
The lines, one red and one black, spread out directly.
Squatting on the ground, he picked up the two wires and observed them carefully for a moment. He saw the corners of Lin Cheng's mouth suddenly raised, shaking his head and muttering in a low voice: "I see, I didn't expect that there is something inside such a wire..."
"What's wrong?"
Bai Ling had been standing next to Lin Cheng. When he heard his words, his heart moved and he quickly knelt down and asked.
"Here——"
Seeing Bai Ling's curiosity, Lin Cheng didn't hide it from her. He directly raised the red thread in front of her eyes and said, "I originally thought that this black wire was all used for electricity, but look at this red wire. Although I
I don’t know much about circuits, but I also know that this red wire is enough for powering up, and the other black wire—"
Having said this, Lin Cheng picked up the black thread hanging from the ground again, pointed at the white patch inside the rubber and said, "Look at this, you may not have seen this thing before, but as long as in peaceful times
Anyone who has ever lived should know something about it, this is a network cable!"
"Network cable? What is it for?"
Hearing this, Bai Ling's eyes flashed with confusion. After all, for her who woke up in the apocalypse, things like the Internet were already legendary. Let alone seeing them, she probably hadn't even heard of them.
Pass.
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Lin Cheng tried to explain to her: "Network cables are a type of communication lines that are extremely popular in peaceful times. Generally speaking, their uses are similar to wires, except that wires are used for electricity.
As the name suggests, the network cable is used to connect to the Internet! It is difficult for me to explain this thing to you clearly for a while. In short, you only need to understand that the appearance of this network cable basically tells us clearly that it is simply impossible here.
What kind of ore base is this!”
Seeing Lin Cheng's confident expression, Bai Ling looked stunned and asked in confusion: "Why...why?"
At this moment, Peter, who had been listening for a long time, took over the conversation, "Although the emergence of the Internet can be traced back to the 1960s, its commercial use and large-scale popularization did not occur until the 1990s.
Although we cannot determine the specific age of this underground base, judging from the cement passage outside and the dormitory structures on both sides, it is definitely not built after the 1990s..."
"Haha? I didn't expect that even though you are so young, you know so much about new things like the Internet?"
Hearing Peter's explanation, Lin Cheng glanced at him in surprise. After all, according to the year when Peter retired to hermitage, he came to this city to retire in the late 1990s, and the Internet at that time was not as popular as it is now.
It seemed that the Internet was not very developed, and few middle-aged people like Peter knew much about the Internet at that time.
Listening to Lin Cheng's teasing, Peter shook his head helplessly and said: "You have to understand that although I am not young, I stayed in the army for more than 20 years before going into seclusion, and I was still a communications corps!
So the Internet is not unfamiliar to me. When most people didn’t even know the existence of the Internet, I had already started using the military’s local area network to convey information. Do you understand, young man?”
"Alright alright."
After hearing Peter's explanation, and especially seeing the unpleasant look on his face, Lin Cheng smiled and waved his hand and said, "Uncle Peter, don't be angry. I just said it casually. Why are you still angry?"
"Humph! It's true that young people nowadays don't even know how to respect the elderly..."
Seeing that Lin Cheng had given in, Peter snorted proudly, and then picked up the previous topic and continued: "I just said, since this underground base was built before the 1990s, then if it is really an ore
As for the base, is it necessary to build a local area network, which was extremely luxurious in that era but was of little use to their work? So Lin Cheng is right. The emergence of this network cable has fully demonstrated one thing. This underground base
It can’t be an ore base at all, but it should be used for something else!”
Nodding, Lin Cheng stood up and lit a cigarette. After taking two puffs, he said slowly: "Speaking of which, Uncle Peter, what kind of organization do you think in that era would spend a lot of money to build a local area network in such an underground base?
In my opinion, except for state-level secret agencies, ordinary organizations and companies have no use for this thing."
Hearing Lin Cheng's words, Peter couldn't help but light a cigarette. As he puffed away, his brows were already furrowed. The appearance of this network cable made him realize that his previous idea was completely wrong.
"It's hard to say, but no matter what, this underground base is definitely more mysterious than we imagined. No matter what we do next, we must be very alert..."
Seeing that Peter was also helpless about the current situation, Lin Cheng couldn't help but frowned. As the investigation deepened, he felt more and more strange about this underground base. He really didn't know if he would encounter anything if he continued to investigate like this.
Even more dangerous than those giant rats... (To be continued)