"These people have lived here...for a long time."
Lin Xi carefully chose her words.
“These humans are very old; they are much older than the corpses outside.”
Xavier walked over to Lin Xi, followed his gaze to the corpses, and then said somewhat casually.
The corpses, the garbage, and even the living spaces that were no longer functional all made Xavier feel somewhat bored.
After all, the corpses looked like they were almost mummies, and Xavier simply couldn't muster any enthusiasm for them.
Then it turned back and let out a low hiss that no human could hear, a warning—a warning to Arthur and Noah not to kill each other.
Xavier could tell that Lin Xi was thinking seriously, and the excessively bloody and terrible struggle between Noah and Arthur was likely to disturb Lin Xi.
Yes, Xavier had absolutely no interest in the people who died here or what they had done before they died, but it knew that Lin Xi cared a lot.
Just as Xavier thought, Lin Xi did indeed focus all his attention on the corpses.
He even walked over to the garbage that emitted a faint stench and stared at it for a long time. Then he simply started counting the supplies that people had left there.
The more Lin Xi pondered, the deeper her doubts became.
"The amount of supplies is wrong. This little bit of stuff can't possibly turn a researcher from a young adult into an elderly person who can't even take care of himself. They must have..."
Lin Xi muttered to himself, his brows gradually furrowing.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he quickly led the other Xaviers, Noah, and Arthur away from there.
He completely ignored the experimental subjects still in the biological testing ground and the research equipment they left behind, and instead wandered aimlessly around the cabin on this floor.
The more Lin Xi "strolled around" like this, the more serious her expression became.
Lin Xi still clearly remembers that he once saw the structural diagram of the entire spaceship through his access at that hub.
Well, to ordinary humans, the structural diagrams were as complex as pictures pieced together with black and white lines, but to Lin Xi, those seemingly incomprehensible structures were as clearly imprinted in his mind.
Now, every area he passes through is completely different from the structural diagram.
Lin Xi saw completely enclosed metal walls in some places that should have been corridors, and the spacious hall that should have been a rest area now looked like a storage room pieced together with metal plates.
Many passageways were completely blocked off, creating uninteresting dead ends.
“Those people have made secondary modifications to this space. They built an isolation zone to separate the outside world from the inside.”
In a narrow, renovated room, Lin Xi stroked the seemingly solid core wall with his hand and then spoke.
If you don't look closely, an average person probably wouldn't notice that all the metal walls in this area are newly built.
They appeared rough and thick, quite unlike the delicate and exquisite metal structure of the Providence's external cabins.
It's clear that the people who rebuilt this place were facing a severe shortage of materials and manpower.
Following the direction in her memory, Lin Xi slowly walked forward along the wall.
He then arrived at a tightly closed door.
The gate, equipped with double electronic fences and alloy doors, looked exceptionally sturdy. And, just like before, it remained locked. Lin Xi turned around thoughtfully, then glanced at the inconspicuous monitors on the ceiling. He could tell they weren't working; Scripps wasn't here at this moment.
After thinking about this, Lin Xi shrugged and turned around.
He paid no attention to the completely closed door.
after all……
Lin Xi gave Xavier a look, and the young King Worm immediately took action. Following the previous series of actions, Xavier violently dismantled the metal door.
Then, Lin Xi led Xavier, Noah, and Arthur inside.
Although she had a vague idea before, what she saw behind the door still startled Lin Xi.
Indeed, everything behind the gate seemed to confirm his idea.
How should I put it? Lin Xi felt that behind that door she saw a miniature steel Eden.
Isolation doors, laser fences, and walls hastily constructed from metal and polymer glass kept the incredibly miserable infected outside at bay.
In this way, some people have maintained the precarious space in which normal human beings can live in an almost decisive manner.
However, it's also clear that those people probably didn't have very good living conditions when they were holed up here.
Lin Xi looked around and thought to himself.
Lin Xi still remembers the various facilities she saw in the outer cabin; they were practically synonymous with high-end and comfortable.
Before the tragedy of alien infection occurred, people could even enjoy a hot spring with its own holographic projection for a very small amount of contribution points—only a miraculous ship like the Providence would equip its crew with such comprehensive facilities.
However, after the disaster...
Within the isolation zone, forcibly constructed with a large amount of materials, everything looked so rudimentary. Those cold, hard metal beds made it resemble a level-three mercenary camp.
Although the number of people who first lived here was not large, it was certainly not small either. The numerous traces of life here make everything look exceptionally old.
Lin Xi stared at the scene before him. Some broken sleep pods had been overturned on the ground, and there were signs of a struggle, such as laser burn marks on the walls and torn walls... But most of the supplies remained in their original state, just like...
Just like the people who once lived here, they've only left temporarily. Maybe in the next hour, maybe in a few days, they'll return and continue their daily lives.
Lin Xi involuntarily shivered. His senses then began to spread outwards, and he quickly and roughly located the entire area before finding his destination.
Compared to the incredibly simple living area, the research labs here appear exceptionally advanced and well-equipped.
Lin Xi quickly located the research lab and then walked over.
Part of the research lab was also damaged, but not very seriously. Some corpses were lying in the corner, and most of them were badly mutilated because they had been chewed by the alien species. Lin Xi unconsciously slowed down and stared at everything in front of him.
Perhaps because he was a different species, he found that all his senses had become incredibly sharp. Even with just a fleeting glance, he felt as if he could witness the entire series of events that had occurred before his own eyes...
A disaster.
Of course, compared to the disaster that befell the entire Providence ship, this disaster was merely a trivial epilogue...
After issuing orders via computer to eliminate all potentially infected ordinary crew members, the high-level personnel took refuge in a pre-prepared shelter.
The shelter may have been built when people realized something was wrong, but at that time, no one thought that it would become the crew's last ark.
Life has been compressed to a minimalist level, but it's still possible to survive.
Importantly, the laboratory was still able to continue its research.
If they persevered, they would surely find a way to defeat the aliens or master their technology... That must have been what those people thought back then.
Lin Xi slowly strolled among the long-abandoned equipment. The despair and desperate gamble left behind by people many years ago seemed to travel through time and space and reach his heart.
“But they still failed, and they eventually died…” Lin Xi muttered to himself.
The mutants' powerful and bizarre abilities exhausted the remaining researchers, and they stayed in the shelter for much longer than expected.
Maybe it starts with a month, then two months... and finally, half a year, or even longer...
Everything outside became unusually quiet, and the computer was still running, indicating that the "disinfection" had already been completed.
When people started going out, it's clear he wasn't intentionally attacked and parasitized by the alien species. He was just going out to retrieve some supplies, or perhaps he left behind research materials in the chaos...
When he returned to the shelter, a small oversight allowed him to escape a thorough inspection, and ultimately...
The misfortune that once befell ordinary sailors has finally returned to this place.
Lin Xi slowly stopped walking.
He found traces of explosions and bullets on the wall. Some fragments felt as fragile as dried flower petals when stepped on, belonging to the outer shell of an alien species. There were also some white bone fragments that came from humans. There must have been a fierce battle here... Lin Xi thought.
In the end, humanity should have won, but at a very high price.
Only a very small number of researchers managed to escape, taking with them their last remaining supplies and fleeing to the room they had seen earlier.
They lived there, conducted research, and died there...
"That was such a long time..."
Lin Xi asked the air, as if there were ghosts in the air who could answer his question.
The one that didn't answer him wasn't a ghost, but something else entirely.
Those were research equipment left behind by the researchers back then...
Most of the fighting took place in the living quarters, while the research labs were carefully preserved.
Lin Xi sat down in front of a computer and looked at the dusty computer.
“Scripps…I need to turn on this computer.”
He said.
...
For a moment, Scripps seemed offline, ignoring him.
But Lin Xi was very patient; he waited there quietly.
A few seconds later, the computer screen in front of him began to flicker, and then struggled to start working again...
Everything that the people who had stayed here had experienced over the years—their lives, their research—was revealed to Lin Xi without reservation.
As a large amount of data flashed through Lin Xi's eyes, his expression became increasingly frozen and strange...
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