Fu Tianhe and his team members are studying the many devices here, and many signs indicate that there are human activities in them.

It may not be human, but the equipment shows signs of having been recently operated.

"There should still be people alive inside the Moonlight," said the special forces captain. "The collapse caused serious damage to the parts above the ground, but the parts below are very well preserved. If it weren't for the hole opened by the sea king, we probably wouldn't have been able to get in quickly."

Fu Tianhe: "Why don't we look for survivors first? As eyewitnesses, they may be able to provide more information."

The special forces captain nodded in agreement.

At this moment, an anxious voice came from the headset: "Captain, Davis's condition seems to be a little bad."

Davis was one of the three team members injured earlier, his arm was cut by the amethyst creature.

Upon hearing this, Fu Tianhe immediately went over. He came to the strong Alpha and asked, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"

Davis answered honestly: "My arm is a little itchy."

As soon as Fu Tianhe heard it, he knew something was wrong.

The first symptom he experienced was itchy skin, which quickly spread to the body, turning into pain and then a high fever.

Davis' wound was bandaged and his entire body was wrapped in protective clothing, so the specific condition of his wound could not be seen.

According to him, there was an itching sensation around the scratch, similar to healing.

It has been so long that Fu Tianhe can't remember the specific feeling of slight itching at the beginning.

But then it was mixed with pain, and he would never forget the itching feeling of wanting to grab it with his hands and take out all the dirt.

He swam in seawater containing Ashes powder, which caused an infection. When Davis was stabbed, Ashes entered his body directly, causing the infection to develop much faster than his.

"Rest here for now and don't move around anymore." Fu Tianhe said, "Exercise speeds up blood circulation and will also deliver Ashes to the whole body faster."

Davis agreed, and Chen Ci came to the side silently. He took off the gloves of his protective suit and was about to cut his palm to provide some blood.

Davis noticed his intention and said quickly, "No, you just used up a lot of blood when you opened the door. I don't know if you will need more blood later. Don't worry about me for now."

Chen Ci frowned. Judging from Davis's appearance, it was basically certain that he had been infected.

It took only two or three hours from the time of injury to the initial onset of symptoms. Chen Ci was unsure whether the condition would deteriorate quickly if left unchecked.

"Sister, how do you feel?" Chen Nian asked Xu Fengyi.

"It's okay. But after Davis said that, I kept feeling like I was going to itch. It must be a psychological factor."

"Where's Lumbo?"

"I'm fine too."

"The three of you should stay where you are and rest for now," said the special forces captain. "Reduce your activities as much as possible. I will leave some people here to help."

"No need." Xu Fengyi said, "Just leave the three of us here."

"That won't work. The communication channel hasn't been repaired yet. If something happens to the three of you, there won't be anyone to take care of you."

Shafley immediately assigned a team to take care of the three injured and let them rest where they were.

Davis scratched his helmet sheepishly. "No need to crowd around us anymore. Just keep moving. Don't delay."

Chen Nian looked at the three of them worriedly, then turned his gaze to the Poseidon not far away.

If only you could tell us something else. Chen Nian thought silently in his heart, you have been here for such a long time, you must know a lot of things, right? Can you tell us how to find the antidote?

And Chen Ci once again walked to Maxine's side.

It's hard to say whether it was the brothers' telepathy that came into play again, or whether they just happened to think of each other. Chen Ci put his hand on Poseidon again, trying to use his mental power to hear some other movements.

But no.

Poseidon seemed to be completely disappointed. He no longer made any sound, not even the cry of pain. All that echoed in his mind were his long breaths.

Chen Ci withdrew his hand, and he simply squatted down to look at the place where Poseidon's body touched the ground.

Although the gap is small, there is a certain connection between this place and the outside world. According to the crazy growth trend of Amethyst, there is no reason not to invade it.

But it is really clean here.

His previous guess was confirmed. Amethyst would be extremely scarce where the corpses of large primitive creatures were, and there was none at all around Poseidon.

Chen Ci took out the small knife from his waist and scraped it on the scales of the Poseidon. The friction between the metals made a teeth-grinding sound, and fine rust powder fell into the container in his hand.

Chen Ci took off his mask and lowered his head to smell it. The fishy stench that came to his face was mixed with a faint smell of rust.

He hesitated, then squatted down again. The sticky liquid that had flowed out of a dozen eyes had already flowed down Maxine's face to the ground, forming a pool of murky stains.

Chen Nian put the mucus into a container and allowed the rust to mix thoroughly with it.

Then he returned to the three injured.

"Apply this stuff to the wound." Chen Ci said, "If you don't mind, you can drink it and try it."

"What is this?" Davis asked.

Chen Ci: "The secretion of the sea emperor."

Davis: “Uh…”

Everyone was silent.

Davis' hand, which was about to take the container, stopped in mid-air, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should take it or not.

"No crystals grow near Poseidon, and we have rarely heard of primitive organisms infecting Ashes in such a long time. It may have a way to suppress Ashes."

There is one thing Chen Ci didn't say: his and Chen Nian's talents are very likely related to these sea kings.

"Okay, since Master Chen has said so, I'll give it a try."

Davis thought that since he was already infected and showing symptoms, instead of waiting to die here, he might as well give it a try. If it really works, it would be a contribution to the world.

"Tsk——"

He took the small cup and just as he took off his mask, he was choked by the fishy smell that hit his face.

Davis's whole face wrinkled. He prepared himself mentally for half a minute, and finally pinched his nose and drank the "antidote" prepared by Chen Ci.

Even if he held his breath, he couldn't block out the rich smell that filled his digestive tract. Davis swore that he would never eat seafood again in his life.

He quickly opened the kettle, tilted his head back and drank half of it, only then was he able to wash away the sticky feeling in his mouth.

Davis was in a trance. The sticky liquid fell into his stomach and must have been marinated from the inside out!

Xu Fengyi's eyes were filled with admiration: "...Are you okay?"

Davis didn't say anything. After a few seconds, he suddenly kicked his legs, stuck out his tongue, and pinched his neck as if he had died of poisoning.

"…Looks fine."

Seeing this, Xu Fengyi and Lun Bo shared what Davis had left.

So half a minute later, I saw three people gathered together and making noises.

"It would be best if it works," Chen Ci said. "We will try to find other treatments as quickly as possible."

"I...I believe...you...tsk——"

On the other hand, the search continues.

"Captain, there is a door this way."

Upon hearing the sound, the special forces captain went over with Shaflay. The card reading area set up next to the electronic door required an authorization card to enter.

"It looks like the power is out."

Fu Tianhe took out the tools and began to check the specific condition of the entire door.

Hmm... there was a problem somewhere along the way and there happened to be exposed wires somewhere else.

Fu Tianhe was sure that the wire did not support any important function, so he cut it off completely and connected the electronic door's circuit to the place where the leakage occurred before.

Fu Tianhe is quite adept at his job.

He has not obtained any certification or received any systematic training, but he has already accumulated considerable experience in his years of work. He is not only an engineer, but also an expert plumber.

Fu Tianhe: "The voltage may not be stable, let's try it first."

Shafla attached his terminal to the card reader. As the eldest prince, the identity card inside his terminal can be used in major beacons.

But the card reader lights up red, indicating lack of authorization.

"no."

"What should we do?" Fu Tianhe looked at the door, "Should we tear it down?"

"Let me see if I can crack it from the inside."

Shafley took out a neural adapter from his backpack. The silver neural adapter was different from any other one sold on the market. It was a machine that embodied the hard work of countless experts, and there were only seven of them in the world.

"Do you want to connect to the moonlight?" Chen Nian asked softly, "Isn't this an adapter for cinnabar?"

Shafley said nothing, but showed him the rear structure of the adapter.

Chen Nian recognized the difference at first sight.

"There are six beacons, but there are seven types of specially made neural adapters," Shafley explained softly. "One of them can be connected to all beacons in case of emergency. It is kept by the royal family. Before I came, my father asked me to bring it with me."

Chen Nian understood and nodded.

He was still worried. After all, Moonlight had been out of contact for nine years and no one knew what the kernel of its program was like.

"What if something happens to you? Will you become a fool?"

"Then I'll have to ask you to take me back." Shafulai pinched Chen Nian's face, "Don't worry, I will try my best to be careful."

Even though Chen Nian had a lot of concerns, he couldn't persuade Shafley to give up, after all, they still needed to go deeper.

He could only watch as Shafley connected the neural adapter to the card reader with a data cable, sat down against the wall, and put on the equipment.

Chen Nian simply sat cross-legged next to Alpha. He stared closely at the half of Shafulai's chin that was exposed from the helmet, and watched the situation nervously.

The fusion of mental power and data flow made the entry process smoother than Shaflay had imagined.

In the rapidly expanding pure white space, Shaflay concentrated his mental strength, prepared to deal with any unexpected situations, and entered the key.

The code for this electronic door appeared before my eyes, flashing upwards line by line.

Shafley quickly browsed and changed the status of several parameters.

A mouth suddenly appeared in the air.

The dry lips shrank, unable to cover the gums, revealing the burnt, sharp teeth and the forked black tongue inside, which was spitting out like a snake.

It seemed to come from deeper in space, noticed Shaflay's intrusion, and tried to drive the uninvited guest away.

Shafley pressed his fingertips to confirm the code change of the electronic door, and at the same time entered the command. An air wall appeared out of thin air around him, firmly protecting Alpha.

Another mouth appeared. The Tsavorite Water Core had seen severe contamination before, but this was the first time it was attacked from the periphery.

It seems that Moonlight's situation is really serious.

Shaffley was not panicked. As his index finger tapped, lines of code turned into an invisible barrier to block the attack. At the same time, he traced back from the electronic door, trying to find the location of the control room.

Sizzle, sizzle—

More and more ferocious monster mouths appeared, large and small, filling every inch of white space, surrounding Shaflay and gnawing at the air wall he had built.

With every bite, countless data will fall apart and be destroyed into scattered fragments.

And those fragments re-condensed in the air, becoming huge spikes strong enough to pierce a person, and threw towards Shafulai!

A second before his body was pierced, Shafulai disappeared into the white space.

“…”

After taking off the neural adapter, Shafulai breathed a sigh of relief. His eyeballs were swollen and painful, which was caused by excessive use of mental power.

"How is it?" Chen Nian's worried face appeared in front of him. The boy waved his hand, attracting Shafley's gaze, and asked, "I saw your heartbeat was very fast on the terminal."

"Moonlight's program was contaminated. Fortunately, I hid in time." Shafulai raised his hand. The terminal screen showed that his heart rate was 153, which was indeed very fast.

"I'm glad you're okay." Chen Nian stretched out his hand and pulled him up.

Schafflet put the neural adapter back into its bag, and the electronic door opened under his program control.

Two teams went in to check the situation.

After a temporary exploration to confirm that there was no danger, the majority of the troops went deep into it, and the three injured team members also went there to rest. After all, this place was too close to the Poseidon.

Although Maxine appears to have been rotting in the same place for more than a decade and is in a dying state, it is better to stay away from it for safety reasons.

The three wounded men sat down near the corner, their bodies filled with a foul odor.

The structure here is more like a laboratory, with rows of culture media placed in the room, all of which have suffered horrific damage.

There were broken glass all over the floor, and dark marks where the solution had spilled and dried up, covering the ground and walls.

Chen Nian frowned. He couldn't help but think of the scene he saw in his dream, but there should only be two training bases in that room, where he and Chen Ci were.

"Look at this." a team member shouted.

When everyone walked over, they saw a robot lying in the corner. It was only about one meter tall, with parts scattered all over the place. Its body was barely intact, and its square head was resting weakly on its chest.

Fu Tianhe inspected the robot, picked up some necessary parts, polished and oiled them, adjusted the position and tightness, and spent more than ten minutes to put it together in a similar shape to the original one.

Many parts of the robot are corroded and aged. Even if it is reassembled, it is unknown how long it will last.

Fu Tianhe asked the special forces members for the energy blocks they carried with them, took out the round energy storage on the robot's chest and replaced them.

However, they discovered purple crystals in the palm-sized cabin.

Special Forces: "Ah, why is Ashes in there?"

Fu Tianhe was equally surprised. This was the first cluster of Ashes crystals he had seen after entering the core area. He looked at them over and over again to confirm that the crystals were indeed grown from inside the robot.

strangeness.

Fu Tianhe could only clean up the crystals by hand. He carefully put them in a plastic bag to prevent them from leaking and contaminating the entire space.

Only when the energy warehouse finally vacated some space did Fu Tianhe put the new energy blocks in.

He pushed the energy capsule back to its original position and waited patiently.

Didi——

Half a minute later, the little robot's eyes flashed a few times, and everyone stepped back to give it room to move.

The robot's head rotated 360 degrees, making a squeaking sound of mechanical operation. This was the result of Fu Tianhe applying lubricating oil.

Finally, its head turned toward the center of the room, and the visual sensors on its head continued to glow red.

The wheels at the bottom turned, and the robot ignored the people around it and moved straight towards the culture medium.

It stopped at a place where some mechanical debris was left, and its arms clicked a few times in the air. Then it turned around and came to the side of the culture medium. It paused for more than ten seconds facing the culture medium, and then operated the button at the bottom.

It's taking care of what's in the culture medium.

However, many glass containers had already been broken and the contents inside were missing.

The little robot was completely unaware of this. The visual sensor on its head kept flashing a malfunctioning light, but it continued in the complete darkness, completing the task it had performed tens of thousands of times according to its programming.

Its mechanical arm pressed against the damaged base, and its wheels pressed over the traces of liquid on the ground, starting from the first row of culture medium, zigzagging through row after row, and finally reaching the end.

Everyone watched in silence as it performed its meaningless work. The robot stopped in front of the last culture base.

It seemed to finally realize something was wrong and tilted its head.

However, the system, which had not been inspected and maintained for a long time, could no longer perform precise calculations and could not infer what had happened from the detected anomalies.

The robot's head turned around again, and the cover in the center of its head opened, revealing the detector underneath.

Scanning starts.

No one knows what is happening in the programmed world of robots.

But when the two-minute scan was completed, it moved straight toward the nearest special forces member.

The rest of the special forces members gripped their guns tightly, ready to defend at any time. The selected special forces members stood still, patiently waiting for what would happen next.

The robot came to the special forces soldier, turned directly behind him, raised its arm, and touched the sealed box on the special forces soldier's back.

The sealed box contained the corpse of the amethyst creature that had been decomposed before.

Before the robot took the box down, Fu Tianhe rushed to the special forces member and signaled with his eyes to give him the box.

The special forces member transferred the box to Fu Tianhe and quickly left the area. Others also retreated one after another to clear the area around Fu Tianhe.

Fu Tianhe stopped moving and let the robot take the box.

The robot opened the sealed box, revealing the body of a creature covered in purple crystals. It held the body in its arms, moved to the nearest culture medium, and placed the body in it.

It pressed the button, and the pipe that was supposed to be injected with culture medium had already dried up, not even a drop could be squeezed out, and the temperature module also lost control, causing the temperature here to be below zero.

But the robot was oblivious.

It finished caring for the biological corpse, moved back to the corner where it was found, and began to sleep, waiting for the next maintenance time.

The bodies of the crystal creatures were placed in the damaged culture medium, and everyone had the same guess: perhaps the various amethyst creatures they saw along the way were cultivated here.

This explains why there are so many of these things even though there is a shortage of food.

"I want to see its program."

Shafley said, he came to the robot, squatted on one knee, put one hand on the robot's chest, and moved the energy capsule out.

The robot lost its energy and immediately turned into a pile of cold metal. Fu Tianhe helped Shafulai disassemble it and took out the chip inside.

Schafflet inserted the chip into his terminal and browsed through the database and program center.

Chen Nian stood in front of the culture medium, observing the exposed pipes. This thing should be used to provide nutrients and oxygen, but it had been cut off long ago.

He rubbed the inner wall of the pipe with his fingers and put it under his nose to smell it. It was a smell that was hard to describe.

The special forces were using instruments for analysis. Chen Nian whispered to Chen Ci, "What do you think? Was it Moonlight that was originally cultivating the creatures infected with Ashes, or were these things infected after they broke free from the culture medium?"

Chen Ci shook his head: "I don't know."

He paused, and then said, "If it is the former, the robot should have reacted to Fu Tianhe, but it only recognized the body of the crystal creature."

"There should be more than one similar room." Chen Nian looked at the doors on the four walls, "Let's go to a few more places to check."

Meanwhile, Shafley successfully cracked the robot's program.

The code was very similar to what he had seen in the backstage of the Electric Fantasy Kingdom, filled with strange computer languages ​​that were beyond all rules.

Fortunately, after receiving the final news about Moonlight, Shaflay had been studying it and had discussed it with his father, and had understood a lot.

If I hadn't had the previous experience in the fantasy kingdom of God, I would be groping in the dark now.

Although the beacons appear to be mystery tellers, they actually provide the most important assistance.

Shafley transplanted the robot's program to his own terminal, and he came to the closed door and tried to identify it.

This time there was no need to hack with the neural adapter; the door opened automatically.

The system identified Shaflay as a small robot, and he guessed correctly that the robot was also responsible for the maintenance of other areas.

Shafley breathed a sigh of relief. This would save a lot of trouble and avoid the risk of being attacked in the program space.

After a brief discussion, the special forces decided to leave the robot where it was for the time being. Although it was small in size, it was still quite heavy and would slow down their movement at critical moments.

Everyone entered the next room, and the already weak signal was completely cut off at this time, and there was no way to get in touch with the outside world.

The situation in the room was similar to before. All the culture columns were broken and the control console was violently pulled out, leaving only mechanical debris on the ground.

Nutrient tubes hung from the ceiling, curling up and withering like some lifeless plant.

Chen Ci checked the map. According to the depth they were currently traveling, they should still be at the edge of the lower layer of the CPU.

At the very center of the beacon, surrounded by the CPU, is a huge pipeline that extracts energy from the seabed.

We should be still quite far from the pipeline area now.

Search, move forward, enter a new area, search again, and continue moving forward.

The team advanced with great efficiency, passing through more than twenty similar incubation rooms. They found other robots responsible for maintenance work, all of which were severely damaged.

Feeling that he would not be able to obtain any additional clues, Fu Tianhe stopped repairing it.

Soon, they entered a corridor, and the moment they stepped out of the door, everyone raised their heads and stared at the dimly lit emergency light on the ceiling.

There were only four or five lights on in the entire corridor, but the light was enough for people to see the way ahead clearly.

Why are the lights on? Does it mean... for whom?

There was a crackling sound in my ears, and the communication channel that had been silent for several hours suddenly began to sound like an electric current, and the electromagnetic interference disappeared.

They successfully passed through numerous obstacles and began to enter the core area.

Chen Nian took a deep breath. He was now basically certain that there must be survivors inside the Moonlight.

The blueprint he found was named Shelter 41, meaning there were at least 41 identical structures.