Chapter 121 Chapter 121
Chapter 121
Ollie swallowed as he looked at the radar display on the exploration vehicle.
Although he just spoke arrogantly, he was actually still a little nervous about this mission.
Apart from anything else, Oli himself is just a private, the most ordinary kind, and the team members who came down with him this time basically have the same background.
Only Captain Frank has some connections, but they were only acquired when he was a member of the adventure team. They are basically worthless in the military.
If there were a few second-generations in his team, Ollie could still feel at ease, but now all ten of them are just ordinary soldiers...
——I’m afraid there really is something wrong this time.
Oli was feeling very nervous. This strong man who was over two meters tall had his heart beating faster and cold sweat started to appear on his back.
The two people who suddenly stopped talking attracted the attention of others who were still chatting behind them. The captain Frank was a big man with muscles all over his body. He had a scar on his nose due to his career in the adventure team.
He looked up at the two people who were staring at the radar, stood up and walked over to ask, "What happened?"
Ollie said quickly as if he had found a life-saving straw.
"Captain, there seems to be something wrong with the radar!"
Ollie's words made Frank frown and look at the radar, then he realized that something was wrong.
"It is probably due to the magnetic field that caused the error during landing."
Frank opened the communication channel and reported the matter to his superiors.
After hearing Frank's report, the starship soon told them to continue moving in the direction detected by the radar.
"It's just a magnetic field problem. It's nothing."
After listening to the words of the liaison officer on the other end of the phone, the soldiers present immediately started driving in the direction just detected by the radar.
By the time they arrived at the location just detected by the radar, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.
——In the desert with yellow sand flying all over the sky, dozens of drones half buried by the wind and sand lay there quietly.
Frank and his team have seen these drones. If there hadn't been any problems with the drones, they wouldn't have come here.
But as much as I hated these useless drones before, I feel more at ease now.
"Ollie, you are really good at scaring people. What you said just now almost scared us to death. It turned out to be a problem with the magnetic field. I almost thought something happened."
After seeing the drone, the team members patted Oli's shoulders heavily. Oli also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was hurt, he was glad that he was okay.
Fortunately, he was wrong.
Ollie thought as he looked at the drone ahead.
At the same time, on the starship that had just hung up the phone, the people sitting in the conference room were staring at the holographic screen above.
Only when the soldiers took pictures of the drone did everyone in the conference room breathe a sigh of relief.
Time goes back ten minutes.
Theodore was a little surprised when he received the communication on the starship. Something went wrong during landing. In this situation, not to mention the main brain, even an ordinary smart computer would not have this problem.
Could it be that there is really something wrong with this planet?
Theodore looked thoughtfully at everyone sitting in the conference room, when a member of the technical team spoke.
"It may be related to the magnetic field. The energy mines on this planet may interfere with the magnetic field. The drones were probably affected by the magnetic field before, so they all lost contact. Now the communication signals are all protected by anti-magnetic field channels, so the starship can receive the signals."
After saying this, Professor Bill smiled with satisfaction.
Theodore frowned and asked, "Then why didn't you use it for drones before?"
The head of the logistics department heard what Theodore said and said, "Report to the Marshal, the anti-magnetic field channel protection requires mental power to activate."
Theodore frowned when he heard the answer. Protection that can only be activated by mental power sounds a bit unreliable. Fortunately, judging from the quality of the picture on the opposite side, it can still be used.
Theodore thought about it and ordered them to go to the location of the temple detected by the radar first.
Looking at the images on the holographic screen, people in the conference room were actually a little worried. After all, there were too many problems with this relic before.
Fortunately, these people on the holographic screen still found the location of the temple normally.
Everyone became curious when they saw these team members digging the passage, putting on their equipment and going down to the temple.
What did the real temple look like?
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"This temple is exactly the same as in the video. Look, the footprints are the same, and the dust hasn't changed at all."
Several other team members were talking in the team channel, and several technically trained team members immediately turned on the energy detection equipment and began to check the energy situation here in Sen*Wan*Zheng*Richard.
They didn't come here just for archaeology this time.
But it’s better not to test it…
"Boss, the energy value here is about to explode. No wonder the two adventurers who were wearing exoskeletons were irradiated. Without our professional radiation protection suits, they have stayed here for so long and are still alive to go back for treatment!"
A team member holding the detector said with emotion.
They also inquired about some inside information before coming here. They also knew that there might be energy mines in the place they were exploring this time, and it was normal for energy mines to carry radiation.
This can be seen from the professional-grade radiation-proof exoskeleton mecha that was sent by the higher-ups this time.
But those few people were only wearing simple anti-radiation exoskeletons, and they were able to survive this concentration of radiation for so long. They are really lucky.
Frank also lamented that these adventurers were still alive, it was really a blessing from God.
While Frank was talking to several other team members, Ollie was alone, staring at the footprints on the ground.
The other team members were recording everything in the temple, including those strange plants. They carefully picked some and put them in boxes that were isolated from radiation.
But because of Ollie's behavior just now, everyone unanimously decided to let Ollie calm down first. However, everyone knew that this was stealing the credit, but Ollie didn't care.
In fact, from the moment he entered the temple, he felt as if a fear was strangling his throat. However, when he wanted to find out where the fear came from, he couldn't find it.
Ollie would rather stay behind everyone and not deal with those weird things.
Ollie had a feeling that the more he knew about these things, the worse it would be.
So he lowered his head and counted the footprints on the ground. Things like these made by them were generally quite safe.
As for whether I would be scolded when I returned to the starship...
"Why would I want to live like this with only 3,000 yuan salary a month..." Oli closed the communication and opened it again after finishing speaking.
The footprints on the ground were quite messy, and became even messier after their group of ten people stepped on them. But Oli was really bored, so he just stood there and counted the footprints on the ground one by one.
"The three footprints with different patterns on the soles of our shoes should be those of the three people before. This one is the captain's, and this one is the fourth one..."
Oli counted the footprints one by one. He had not gone forward since entering the temple, so it was convenient to count the footprints going in.
"… Exactly thirteen pairs of footprints. It seems that they were really frightened by the importance and weirdness of this operation, and they associated everything with weird things."
Oli complained about his cowardice, but then timidly used the built-in detection system on his exoskeleton to give himself a physical examination. After confirming that he was healthy, he saved the report in his intelligent brain.
"By the way, isn't the detection system on this exoskeleton a bit outdated? The last detection system could tell you the length of all the bones in your body, but this one only has height and weight. If the other test results were normal, I would really have to apply for a replacement."
After Oli finished checking, he saw that his companion needed help, so he stepped forward and said.
"Come on, it's good enough that we can measure your height and weight. The previous set was so expensive. The price of that set is enough to cover half of our radiation-proof exoskeleton."
The companions unceremoniously criticized the military for corruption, and their time passed in the process of collecting data, and they soon collected the data.
Captain Frank then stood in front of the temple gate, and all the others aimed their smart computers and dozens of drones they had just picked up at the captain to ensure all-round recording without blind spots.
Captain Frank almost laughed out loud when he saw this situation.
Fortunately, Captain Frank quickly calmed down. After all, the starship's communication was on, and he was able to keep calm in such a serious moment.
“Boom—”
Captain Frank held the wet door and slowly pushed open the temple door. It seemed as if the long-sealed air inside was blending with the outside world.
However, although the ten people present could not smell this scent, they inexplicably felt the damp and salty smell.
"Why are you still in a daze? Come quickly and push the temple door to the side, so that we don't have to close it and destroy the cultural relics."
Captain Frank looked at the other team members and quickly asked them to go forward and push the door.
The other people present woke up as if from a dream, held the door shut, and then started their work.
They had seen the temple in the video before, so they collected information very quickly. Of course, this was also related to the fact that they didn't dare to stare at the words on the wall.
However, they heard from Jiang Qi that these words might contain spiritual power, which could easily affect those with A-level spiritual power.
Those professors are feeling dizzy every day now.
So, with the attitude of preferring to believe it, all the team members did not even look at the text and murals on it, and did not even take a closer look at the altar. At most, they sent a drone over.
However, after the drone lost its signal halfway through its flight, no one present was willing to get close to the altar. They just took a few photos and recorded a video from a distance before starting to explore the back half of the temple.
It was then that Oli discovered the difference between this temple and other temples.
——There is no statue in this temple?
Or is this just the front hall and the real statue is placed somewhere else.
Thinking of this, Ollie walked around the altar and began searching, taking pictures of the murals and texts that had not been there before on the temple.
But maybe it was because Oli was too unlucky before, and he soon found a new entrance.
"Captain, captain! Here!" Oli quickly waved his hand with the exoskeleton, and the filming props flying above his head shook because of this.
Frank heard someone in the team voice calling him to turn over quickly, and just in time saw his teammates waving at him.
Frank walked over and took a look. The doorway that was originally blocked by shadows suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Good boy, you found something new. I'll give you a reward when I get back."
Frank said excitedly that he had just checked and found that the energy inside the temple was the same as outside, which just proved that there might be energy mines in the building materials of the temple.
Naturally, Frank wanted the temple to be as big as possible.
Thinking that he would most likely get a promotion and a raise in the future, Frank made the promise generously.
However, he was not carried away. After hearing that the communication channel on the starship was opened, he immediately reported the situation to his superiors.
On the starship, Theodore was almost having a big argument with Professor Bill and others because of this doorway.
He didn't even care about Jiang Qi and Ethan who were watching in the conference room, and just started scolding Professor Bill.
"...You don't feel bad for your soldiers, do you? No one has investigated the situation behind this. Drones can't get in because of the magnetic field. In this case, are you going to let these soldiers risk their lives to investigate for you?"
Theodore was really angry. Although he did not have much love and affection for his soldiers, he was still quite protective of them, especially since these soldiers came from his command.
If it was a serious war with the Zerg, Theodore wouldn't even say he would help them write the application.
However, they are now on an exploration mission, and Theodore feels that the current progress is enough. After all, it is not a serious battle. However, these people headed by Professor Bill are particularly opposed.
"There are no problems at the moment, and there are no other organisms. In this case, isn't it normal to let these exploration team members conduct exploration?"
Professor Bill also spoke with reason.
"And this is also for the good of the Federation. This marginal planet is very close to the front line, and the number of energy mines on it determines the mining time."
Professor Bill's words finally silenced Theodore.
The exploration team, which had not received any objections, is now inside the passage.
However, as soon as they entered the door and aimed the drone's lighting system into the cave, the team members present exclaimed in amazement.
——The entire passage is covered with murals and texts.
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The entire passage is one and a half meters wide and more than four meters high. Such a high ceiling and such a narrow width are quite strange, and one feels depressed all over.
When looking forward, I even have an illusion.
——The illusion that the wall in front is constantly shrinking.
Except for the floor, all other parts of the passage are covered with murals. The brightly colored murals combined with the khaki walls have a kind of ancient beauty.
While Ollie was looking at the mural, Captain Frank had already flown the drone he had prepared forward.
He wanted the drone to explore on their behalf, but the drone lost contact immediately after exploring a certain distance.
Captain Frank understood that the magnetic field might be causing trouble again.
Sure enough, they found the drone soon after they walked into the passage in a line.
After that, they just launched the drone tediously, and then they waited until he explored a safe location before taking action.
And judging from the fact that the communications on the starship were not forcibly connected, the higher-ups still agreed with their statement.
Ollie walked behind Frank. He looked at the murals. They were just simple sketches at the beginning, but the brushstrokes became more and more refined, and the colors became more and more beautiful. The characters in the paintings also changed from simple sketches to carefully carved human figures. It was as if he was seeing the history of art from ancient times to the Middle Ages.
There are some paintings where even Oli, who doesn't have much artistic talent, can feel the shocking beauty that strikes the soul.
"It's a pity that if an energy mine is discovered here, or even if the energy mine is in the mural, all these things will disappear."
Ollie thought as he filmed.
But as Ollie walked longer and longer, he began to feel a little strange.
The entire passage seemed to have no end.
The team members were still joking around in the team communication, but they had not walked out of the corridor for half an hour and they were a little exhausted.
——Especially the painting style on the murals is becoming more and more exquisite.
It is so exquisite that it looks like a living person is locked in the mural.
Ollie even saw a middle-aged man in medieval clothing, pretending to be locked in the mural.
The wrinkles on his face, the saliva and sweat when he was crazy, and even the tears in his eyes were all depicted in detail.
If Ollie had not been forced to look closely at the ink on the mural because of the close distance, he would really have thought that this was a person trapped in the mural.
Soon after passing this man, however, things got even stranger.
——The murals that seemed to be depicted like real people began to be covered with large black lines.
Ollie broke out in a cold sweat.
At this time, the other team members present began to clench their teeth to avoid being scared and screaming.
And that's not all. Oli discovered that the black line was indeed a bit too delicate and too regular. It seemed messy, but the black lines on the mural appeared more and more as time went by, and the center part was exactly the same as the black line ball on the previous mural.
It is so exquisite that it seems as if those black lines were designed from the beginning.
The players present were really a little scared now. Compared to Oli who felt something was wrong from the beginning, they didn't feel that there was anything strange here from the beginning, except that it was a bit humid and dusty.
I feel more depressed because the environment here is too empty.
But now…
"Captain...how long have we been walking? I feel like something is a little off here. Why don't we take this information and go back first?"
One of the team members said this, and voices of agreement were heard in the team channel. Frank looked at the drone that had already flown out, hesitated for a moment and said.
"If the drone doesn't reach the destination this time, we'll go back."
As soon as Frank said this, the team members present breathed a sigh of relief, and naturally there was no objection on the starship, as they were also quite scared.
Those members of the mural painting team could just take a look and leave, but they had to stare closely!
Now some of the 'weak' technicians in the starship have received psychological counseling.
Professor Ethan, who looked the most fragile, was the calmest. While the others were still feeling uncomfortable, he had already started assigning homework to his assistants.
"Sort out all this information, and report any dizziness in a timely manner. This information will be enough for you to publish several papers, and it will also be a good help in your professional title evaluation."
Although these words caused the assistants to wail, the others present felt somewhat relieved.
After all, after seeing weird things for so long, such normal conversations made them feel like they had returned to the civilized world.
At this time, something went wrong with the image of the drone on the holographic screen.
——On the drone’s screen, the long mural finally ended at the end in front.
There was darkness ahead.
"Captain's drone seems to have found the exit!"
Ollie shouted in the team channel.
They formed a straight line, and other team members could not see the results in front of them, so they could only communicate through the team channel.
This also resulted in Oli not knowing whether the other players were happy or not at this time.
Anyway, Oli is happy. It's good to be able to go out and move around for a while. If it's not suitable for exploring, he can come back.
As Ollie thought this, he saw the drone in the captain's hand finally rush out of the passage, illuminating the front with the light of the drone...
Gate machine?
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Everyone present looked at the prop in front of them, which had appeared frequently in the medieval escape room recently, with a look of confusion on their faces.
At this time, the drone was approaching the range where the signal was cut off. Frank quickly hovered the drone and called on his team members to follow.
The other team members didn't know what was going on. They only heard an exclamation, and then they were told to speed up.
The soldiers obeyed the order subconsciously, not even noticing that the murals around them were becoming increasingly chaotic, and followed the captain to the exit.
Before they could even stretch their limbs.
He just stared at the four medieval turnstiles in front of him with a confused look on his face.
"So... this so-called temple is actually a prop for an escape room?" One of the team members said with a twitch of his mouth. Above them, a drone was illuminating the place as bright as day.
Frank shook his head. He had seen such situations when he was an adventurer.
"This is not an escape room. If I'm not mistaken, this is not a relic from the ancient times, but a relic from the medieval times. The ancient temple was a tourist attraction developed by people in the medieval times."
Frank's words immediately made everyone else breathe a sigh of relief.
Most of the relics from the Middle Ages pose no threat. At most, the backward nuclear energy poses a certain threat, but the energy that is now almost returning to zero obviously proves that there is nothing like that here.
Although they still wondered why the ancient people who developed the temple were not irradiated in the temple, these were the archaeologists' business, and they only needed to report these situations to their superiors.
The people on the starship were quite relieved to receive the news. The technological level in the Middle Ages was much higher than that in ancient times, but it was not high enough to allow for genetic modification, so it was probably still radiation.
After confirming this, the people on the starship felt relieved, thinking that it was not a big problem after all.
"No wonder I felt that the passage was so crowded before. It turns out that it was designed for those people who work in the Middle Ages. Most of them seem to be only about 1.6 to 1.8 meters tall. In this case, the passage is quite spacious for them."
Oli also relaxed. He stood there waiting for the drone to collect gate information. He even complained about the passage just now in the team channel.
By the time he finally got the drone back, his teammates had already climbed over the gate and were waiting for him in the distance.
Ollie was about to go over, but when he passed the gate, his eyes dropped to the ground...
He froze in place.
When he counted footprints before, he stood in place and counted the footprints in front of him.
There were no traces of his footprints ahead, so...
There should be twelve pairs of footprints.
So there was a thirteenth pair of footprints with exactly the same soles as theirs.
——Where did it come from?
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