Chapter 331 The Neglected Files (Part Two)
[Accident Report]
Appendix 002 - Candidates
[Recorded on January 27, 1981]
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——Dr.NNa——
(Gray path)
More than a month has passed.
"Eoubs has completely lost control of the forbidden items, regardless of which branch it is."
"We've fallen."
"Those infected, they just sat there, calling out and begging us to go outside. The noise attracted more people, probably monsters from the fluctuation layer... I guess there were a few hundred, who knows? There were also a lot of animal screams, human complaints, roars and howls mixed in. The noise was so loud and constant, it felt like being in hell."
This is hell.
"Do you know what's most disgusting? Those extremely pleasurable moans, as if they're enjoying themselves in some kind of paradise."
Sobbing, choking back tears.
“They know very well…as long as we stay here, they won’t leave easily.”
"Two days passed like this, and we managed to persuade one of the researchers to go out and take a look—he was the lowest-ranking one, and he said he would try to lure them away, and the plan was surprisingly rudimentary—he only asked for a special pistol and 27 bullets."
"Then, the man walked into the outer passage, and something grabbed him and tried to lift the protective mask—the researcher immediately pressed the muzzle of a gun to his chin and pulled the trigger. We all thought he was lucky, then he stumbled and fell to the ground, and the forbidden object slid through the gap into his protective suit, pried open the mask, and began to infect him from the inside."
"He returned 27 minutes later."
"He lay outside, banging on the alloy door with all his might, saying... he knew everything, and our struggles were futile."
“These taboos are inhuman.”
Scream! Scream! Scream!
"They don't even let us commit suicide."
[Appendix 003-01]
“Earlier has a plan. There’s an escape tunnel in his office, and the tram below the base can take us to a safe house—which also has a lot of supplies and communication equipment. We should be able to start over from there and contact the surviving operatives on other continents.”
[Command in effect]
[Open file: Eoubs-027 revised version]
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The attachment has been hidden.
This is the first time you've seen her face. Dr. NNa is sitting right where you are now, looking extremely pained, with bloodshot eyes and a large, damp, dark red stain on her chest.
[Video log updated]
She breathed rapidly, her lips moving as if she wanted to say something, but the sound died in her throat. Then she lowered her head and began to sob helplessly, unable to control her grief.
“I, we… the ‘scholar’ appeared in the passageway, he flowed down from the ceiling like a liquid, then dragged them in, peeled off their skin, and… God.”
[She cried as she reached into her breast pocket and pulled something out—a small fragment of a severed finger, the faded luster of her wedding ring clearly visible. She clutched it tightly, as if it were a priceless treasure, holding it in her hands, feeling the dulled metal.]
(silence)
She sat there, almost in a daze, then began to repeatedly apologize in a low voice, begging for someone's forgiveness. After a moment, Dr. NNa looked up again and found that the recording equipment was still working. At that moment, she seemed to regain her sense of self; she put her severed finger back in her pocket, leaned forward as if to turn off the camera, but just then, a sound came from the communication channel again.
"NNa? Are you still there?"
It was almost Earlier's voice, yet the details were rushed, as if it had been affected by something, like the mournful cry of an animal before its death. Dr. NNa opened his mouth in bewilderment, his face drained of all color.
"I can't find you. Where did everyone else go? Where are you? Why can't I see anything?"
Are you there? I just heard your voice.
"Hurry back into the passage, our mission isn't over yet."
"Human beings are suffering so much, and you are still clinging to life. That's wrong!"
Dr. NNa found the handheld radio, her movements as trembling as her voice. Earlier was dead, right in front of her—yet the thing continued to berate her.
"You must come and keep me company, darling."
"I have seen all the knowledge in this world! It is all just an illusion! Come back! Come back soon!"
Dr. NNa was in tears.
Her fingers hovered over the call button. She lit a cigarette with her free hand, took a deep drag, but still didn't answer.
It began to speak once again.
"That scene... was absolutely stunning."
"What a beautiful scene! Do you remember the promise the founder made to us when we joined Eoubs? I see it now, that azure sky, exactly like the one we dreamed of."
“Your plan is perfect. I’ve never felt so loved before.”
Dr. NNa let out an unbearable cry.
She threw the radio away; the screen shattered somewhere, but even though it was broken, it still worked, and you could still hear its incessant chatter.
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