Chapter 933: Restart

Chapter 933: Restart

Hao Ren looked up at the huge machine in front of him - in fact, he did not know whether it was a machine or a building, or more exaggerated to say that it was a man-made mountain, because it is really a big guy. The warped earth of the ship's city is closed into an ellipsoidal shell-like space, and this machine is placed at the end of this ellipsoidal space, perpendicular to all buildings in the city. Its main part is a huge cylinder, up to several kilometers, cast from black steel, the surface can see a huge heat-dissipating grid and various windows that give off a shimmer, while a small series can be seen around this body. Some of the cylindrical structures, whether the main body or the ancillary facilities, can see a circle of openings like the venting holes at the top of each cylindrical structure. The faint red light in the opening seems to have a trace of energy remaining. As Lily said, the entire facility has apparently been shut down because most of its external lights have been extinguished, and several surrounding buildings are also dark, but there is still some energy radiating inside the behemoth. The possibility of starting.

“The energy flow of this device is separate from the propulsion power of the spacecraft. It should be dedicated to powering the ship's city – simply the generator of the living system,” the data terminal simply sensed around the giant building. Energy flow, "very clever design, this ship has multiple sets of isolated power and control centers, the living system and the engine group do not affect each other, no wonder the city inside has died, and the spacecraft navigation and propulsion system is still Operation."

"No one is driving..." Hao Ren sighed, and connected with the communication of the giant turtle Yantai. "Nolan, how is your inspection?"

"The target spacecraft has been tested for shell damage and no fatal leaks have been found. In fact, except for some scratches on the outer casing, its structure is very good, and even the buffer layer is not damaged. In addition, its engine works well, at least For this technical class of spacecraft, it is considered to be full of power."

"But the people inside are still dead. The energy of the engine group and the energy of the living system are separated," Hao Ren replied. "You put some detectors out and see how the other ships are." Be careful. These old antiques are very fragile and I hope they will all be intact."

After hanging up the communication, Hao Ren spread his hand to others: "The spacecraft is not damaged."

"Where is the atmosphere in the city going?" Lily squinted. "Is it a long time to leak out without a hole?"

"It seems that the temperature is too low to become ice cubes. After the maintenance system stops, the temperature drops first, then the air condenses..." Hao Ren touched his chin and guessed. However, after he had not finished speaking, he was interrupted by Nangong in May. The Kraken girl bent over and picked up an ice crystal and put it in his mouth. He tasted: "No, these are water ice. From the beginning, all the encounters here. More than 99.99 percent of the ice crystals are water, and the remaining traces of other ingredients are simply not enough to fill the city."

"That seems that the atmosphere inside is really missing," Hao Ren said, stepping forward, "still looking for the entrance to this thing. If the data terminal is correct, this thing is living. The backbone of the system."

It is not easy to find a small door on such a huge facility. But fortunately, there are data terminals to help, they quickly found an entrance in this huge facility and the city base connection. At the foot of this huge steel mountain, where there is a connection to the inner shell of the spacecraft, there are a series of large pipes that extend like roots, and some nodes like the airlocks can be seen between the nodes where the pipes are tangled or A small building in the staff preparation room with access to the depths of the facility.

Hao Ren did not have any effort to open the passage to the inside of the facility, and then was surprised to find that the lights inside were all normal.

The bright yellow warm light illuminates the metal corridor inside the facility, although it is still cold as space, but the light makes people feel a little psychological warmth. There are a lot of equipment that can be seen in the hallway, but there are also some small devices - such as some lights and small displays on the wall - still in operation. These devices are alarming without exception, but there is no operator to correct any errors.

"It seems that even if the main system is down, the backup power here is still up to today," Nangong Sanba slid a small display mounted on the wall. Wipe off the thin layer of frost above. "This says that the reactor is shut down and the 'Guardian' host is dormant."

Hao Ren’s heart move: Is it a shutdown, not a malfunction? Or is there a problem with the self-test system here?

He looked up into the depths of the hallway and, under the direction of a series of orange-red illuminated signs, he found the sign labeled "To the Control Room."

The control room is not in the depths of the "Mount of Steel". In fact, it is not too far from where everyone is. It seems that the energy inside the steel mountain is not suitable for people to be placed inside. Hao Ren and his entourage followed the road sign and quickly found the control center of the facility. An alloy door was blocked in front of them. This time, without Hao Ren’s instructions, Lily had already waved her claws and went up three times and five to remove the door.

The interior of the control room is simpler and narrower than Hao Ren expected. In fact, this is just a common machine room with many machines. The area does not seem to be larger than a home office. A large number of silver-gray and light-blue cabinet-shaped machines. It occupies two-thirds of the space inside, leaving only a few seats for the staff. As a control center for the entire life of the ship's city, it seems to be very cramped. Hao Ren guessed that this must be because the system here is highly automated, and only the part that needs human participation is left.

Hao Ren’s gaze quickly fell to the center of several machines, where there was a special high back chair, which was clearly the position of the chief executive. According to Hao Ren's small knowledge read in the public database of the examiner, in this type of doomsday-type facility, the chief executive is often the chief operator, at least the person responsible for the start and stop instructions for the highest system.

He stepped forward and gently pushed the seat that had been frozen on the ground, and he couldn’t help but breathe a stagnation: a majestic old man who was covered in frost and looked like he was 60 years old, sitting there, he was wearing The commander's uniform, still sitting straight at the end of his life, his chest with many medals representing honor and strange emblems, showing his extraordinary identity. Although the old man has died, his expression on his face is still not angry. His eyes are even rounded, and the eyes that are already muddy and frozen are cracked. There seems to be a trace of flame in the depths of the millennium. The ice did not let the old man lose his momentum. Instead, he sealed an old and strong sword together with its steel smell.

"It’s an imposing commander..." Hao Ren snorted and gently pushed the chair to the side of the air. Then he came to the pile of control equipment that the old man finally watched at the end of his life. "Let's see now. Can you still start this old antique..."

Ultra-low temperature has caused some parts of the console to become fragile, and its plastic envelope and instrument cover are turned into pieces by a single touch, but the most critical buttons and internal lines seem to be made of special materials, still undergoing thousands of years of space environment. In good condition. In May, Nangong carefully controlled the power of the water to naturally sublimate the frost inside and outside the console. This machine is as clean as new: at least it looks like this.

"Core communication group... Generator indicator... Shelter's atmosphere monitoring... Artificial gravity..." Hao Ren's line of sight circulated on a string of extraterrestrial characters, finally saw a special slot in the console corner, " The core reactor is this."

“It looks like you need a key... or an identification card,” Nangong said. He checked the slot. “After the system was shut down, someone pulled the key off.”

"The key is here!" Lily suddenly arched with a sparkling silver-white metal plate. She pointed her tail at the old man's direction. "Just in the hands of this old man!"

Hao Ren can still say that, the dog is looking for something is fast...

He scratched the back of Lily's ear, took the piece of metal and carefully inserted it into the card slot of the console.

Several indicators light up and the entire facility begins to vibrate. (To be continued.)

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