Chapter 164 Interstellar Orphan (23)
When the unmanned detector captured the moving shadow, the temperature sensing also showed slight fluctuations.
...Looks like there's a living creature!!
No matter what it was, even if it was just a mouse, it was worth celebrating... At least it proved that there was still life in this environment of excessive radiation!
Shi Sui immediately decided to go down and investigate in person.
She was already very skilled, and the armor she wore was specially designed for exploration. Without much effort, she slid down the elevator cable about 100 meters.
All light and sound disappeared overhead.
There was bottomless darkness and infinite silence under my feet, as if I was in nothingness.
The crisscrossing, dark and narrow underground tunnels seemed to be about to collapse at any time, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of mold.
Vincent once said that the dungeon was very simple.
But Shisui felt that the word "simple" was already quite complimentary.
Judging from the scene before us, even without the huge explosion, it can be seen that this place has not been planned at all.
The underground was built layer upon layer, in all directions, and you could dig wherever you wanted, like a maze.
Coupled with the debris and steel bars scattered everywhere, Shi Sui, who had stayed in the most advanced base in the entire galaxy for several months, felt like she had traveled back to primitive society.
From time to time, half of a human body would emerge from the soil, looking as if it were struggling to escape after the explosion.
Despite the permafrost environment of dozens of degrees below zero, the body was still well preserved.
Whenever Shisui saw it passing by, she would go over and flip through it to see if it was the brother Duen in the girl's memory.
“…You’re trembling.”
Perhaps stimulated by the surrounding environment, from the moment she set foot on the WT27 asteroid, Tokiho felt that the girl's soul, which had not yet fully recovered, began to become restless.
Every time she came across a corpse, her soul would skip a beat.
"In the worst-case scenario, your brother died instantly twelve years ago. If we could find his body and bury him properly, it would be a relief... If he survived, that would be a pleasant surprise."
Tokiho's comfort was quite effective, and her sister's soul instantly calmed down a lot.
Woo woo woo——
The unmanned probe was still following Shisui about two or three meters below and continuing to carry out its mission.
The sound it makes when flying is very small, but in this almost closed environment, it seems particularly loud.
Accompanied by regular sounds, Shisui walked down in an orderly manner, looking for traces of living things.
But when they went down to 200 meters underground, without any warning, Tokiho's headphones suddenly made a sharp humming sound, which almost blew her eardrums.
Immediately afterwards, the unmanned probe lost signal contact...!
"Restart the detector immediately."
Shisui stood firm, gave orders calmly, and turned on the high-intensity light to explore around.
Didn't find anything unusual around.
However, the unmanned probe was too small, and in the messy cave, it was impossible to find where it fell with the naked eye.
A cold announcement came from the system: "Restart failed. Unable to locate the detector."
Shisui frowned, feeling that things were not simple.
If an unmanned detector is attacked by a wild animal, it will first intelligently evade and sound an alarm. In any case, it will not suddenly disappear without a sound.
There is only one possibility for the current situation... someone has used technical means to stop the detector from working!
Thinking of this, Shisui's mouth curled up.
There are still people living in the dungeon!
"I don't have any ill intentions. Twelve years ago, I was taken away by the Space Peacekeeping Force as a war refugee. Today, I'm back to look for my family."
Tokiho turned on the external voice broadcast and spoke to the person who was hiding in the dark and watching her.
The equipment she wore was emblazoned with the insignia of the Space Peacekeeping Force, which certainly aroused suspicion.
In order to clear up the misunderstanding, Shisui tried her best to show the greatest kindness.
"My brother's name is Duen. Is he still alive?"
The loud voice echoed in the dungeon.
But no one responded for a long time.
Shisui had no choice but to follow the elevator cable and descend to the height where the unmanned probe last disappeared.
"I repeat, I have no companions. I came here alone, just to find my brother."
Bang——
As soon as Shisui finished speaking, she sensed a bullet coming from behind through the armor's sensing system!
She dodged to the side, perfectly avoiding the attack, then turned and ran in the direction the bullet came from.
The person is there!
It was a deep underground tunnel.
Bang bang bang——
Gunshots rang out continuously, but Shisui dodged them all nimbly.
Judging from the density of the bullets, there should be more than one enemy.
Shi Sui's feet were like the wind, and she reached the end of the underground in just three to five seconds.
But when she turned on the flashlight and saw the sniper's true appearance, she was surprised...
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