mother of all races

"These people have lived here...for a long time."

Lin Xi chose her words carefully.

"These humans are very old, they are much older than the corpses out there."

Xavier walked up to Lin Xi, followed his gaze to look at the corpses, and said casually.

Whether it's corpses, domestic garbage, or even those living spaces that have no way to operate, Xavier feels a little boring.

After all, the corpses looked like they were about to become mummies, and Xavier really couldn't arouse his enthusiasm for them.

Then it turned back to Noah and Arthur and let out a low hiss that humans couldn't hear, which was a warning—warning Arthur and Noah not to kill each other.

Xavier could see that Lin Xi was thinking seriously, and the too bloody fight between Noah and Arthur was likely to disturb Lin Xi.

Yes, Xavier is not interested in the people who died here and what happened before them, but it knows that Lin Xi cares.

Just as Xavier thought, Lin Xi really focused all his attention on the bodies of those people.

He even went to look at the domestic garbage emitting a faint stench for a long time.Then he simply started ordering the living supplies that those people left here.

The more you count, the deeper the doubts in Lin Xi's heart.

"The amount of living supplies is not right. Just such a few things can't turn a researcher from a young man into an old man who can't take care of himself. Before they move here, they must..."

Lin Xi said to himself, his brows gradually wrinkled.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he quickly led the other Xavier, Noah and Arthur away from here.

He completely ignored the experimental subjects still in the biological test field and some of their remaining scientific research equipment, but wandered aimlessly around the interior of the cabin on this floor.

The more "hanging out" like this, Lin Xi's face became more and more dignified little by little.

Lin Xi still clearly remembered that he had seen the structure diagram of the entire spaceship through the authority at that hub.

Well, for ordinary human beings, the complex structure is like a picture made up of black and white lines, but for Lin Xi, those seemingly incomparably complicated structures are clear and vivid. It's the same in his head.

And now every area he passes through is completely inconsistent with the structure diagram.

Lin Xi saw completely enclosed metal walls in some places that should have been corridors, and the large hall that was supposed to be a rest area now looks like a utility room made of metal plates.

A large number of passages are completely enclosed, forming uninteresting dead ends.

"Those people have remodeled the space here, and they built a quarantine area to isolate the outside from the inside."

In a certain remodeled narrow room, Lin Xi stroked the seemingly solid core wall with his hands, and then said.

If you don't look carefully, ordinary people probably won't notice that all the metal walls in this part of the area are newly built.

They were rough and thick, nothing like the delicate metalwork of the Providence's outer cabins.

Obviously, the people who rebuilt here were probably in short supply of materials and manpower.

Lin Xi followed the direction in memory and walked slowly along the wall.

Then he came to a closed door.

The gate with double electronic fence and alloy door leaf looks extraordinarily strong.And, just like before, the door here is still locked.Lin Xi turned his head thoughtfully, and then he looked at the inconspicuous monitors on the ceiling. He could feel that the monitors were not working, and Scripps was not here at this time.

After thinking of this, Lin Xi shrugged his shoulders, then turned his head.

He paid too little attention to the completely closed door.

after all……

Lin Xi gave Xavier a look, and the young king worm immediately started to move. According to the previous series of operations, Xavier violently dismantled the metal door.

Then, Lin Xi took Xavier and Noah, and Arthur walked in.

Although he had a vague idea long ago, Lin Xi was still taken aback by what was revealed behind the door.

Indeed, everything behind the gate seemed to prove his point.

How should I say it?Lin Xi thought he saw a miniature steel Eden behind that door.

The isolation door, the laser fence, and some sloppy walls made of metal and polymer isolation glass blocked the miserable alien infected outside.

In this way, some people maintain the precarious space where normal human beings can live in an almost decisive way.

It's just that it can be seen that when those people were huddled here, their living conditions were probably not very good.

Lin Xi looked around and thought in his heart.

Lin Xi still remembers the equipment seen in the outer cabin, which is almost synonymous with high-end and comfort.

Before the tragedy of the heterogeneous infection happened, people could even spend a few contribution points to enjoy the hot spring with its own holographic projection—that is, the unprecedented miracle ship Providence, That's why the crew is equipped with such perfect facilities.

However, after disaster strikes...

In the isolated area that was forcibly built with a lot of materials, everything looked so crude.Those cold metal beds made this place look like a barracks for third-level mercenaries.

Although the number of people who lived here at the beginning was not too many, it was definitely not too small. The traces of a large number of lives made everything here look very old.

Lin Xi stared at the scene in front of him. Some broken sleeping cabins were overturned on the ground, and there were some traces of fighting, such as laser burn marks on the walls and torn walls... But most of the supplies It still maintains the original appearance, just like...

It's like the people who used to live here, just left temporarily.Maybe in the next hour, maybe in a few days, the people who lived here will come back and go about their daily lives.

Lin Xi couldn't help shivering, and his perception began to spread around. Lin Xi quickly locked the entire area roughly, and then found his destination.

Compared with the extremely simple living area, the research room here is extremely advanced and complete.

Lin Xi quickly locked the location of the laboratory, and then he walked over.

Some areas of the research room were also damaged, but it was not serious. Some corpses were lying in the corner. Because they were chewed by different species, most of the corpses were already damaged. Lin Xi involuntarily slowed down. Quietly staring at all this.

Perhaps because of being a different species, he found that all his perception abilities had become extremely sharp. Even if it was just a quick glance, he seemed to be able to witness a series of things that happened in the first place...

a disaster.

Of course, compared to the disaster on the entire Providence ship, the disaster here is just an insignificant epilogue...

After the computer ordered the disposal of all ordinary crew members who might be infected, the high-level personnel hid in the shelter prepared in advance.

And the shelter may have started to be built when people realized that something was wrong, but at that time, no one thought that this shelter would become the last ark of the crew.

Life is compressed to a minimum, but it can be lived.

The important thing is that the laboratory can still persist in research.

As long as they persevere, they will definitely be able to find the way to defeat the alien species or control the alien species technology... Those people must have thought so at the time.

Lin Xi paced slowly among those long-abandoned equipment. The despair and desperateness of people who stayed here many years ago seemed to be transmitted to his heart through time and space.

"However, they still failed, and they died in the end..." Lin Xi said to himself.

The powerful and weird abilities of the xenomorph exhausted the remaining researchers, and they stayed in the shelter for much longer than expected.

Maybe it was a month at first, then two months... and finally, half a year, or a little longer...

But everything in the outside world has become extremely quiet, and the computer is still running, which indicates that the "disinfection" has already been completed.

Some people went out at the beginning, he must not have been invaded and parasitized by aliens on purpose, he just went out to get some living supplies, or maybe it was the research materials left outside because of panic at that time...

And when he returned to the refuge, a small mistake allowed him to escape detailed inspection, and finally...

The bad luck that once fell on the ordinary crew members has returned here after all.

Lin Xi stopped slowly.

He found traces of explosions and bullets on the wall. Some fragments were as fragile as dry petals when stepped on. They belonged to the shell of a different species. There were also some white bone fragments from humans. There must have been an explosion here. Quite a fierce battle... Lin Xi thought.

In the end, mankind should still win, but the price paid is still very tragic.

Only a very small number of researchers managed to escape, and they fled to the room they had seen before with some of their remaining living supplies.

There they lived, studied, and died...

"What a long time that was..."

Lin Xi asked into the air, as if there was a ghost in the air who could answer his question.

It was not the ghost that did not answer him, but something else.

That is the researcher, the research equipment left over from that year...

Most of the battles were concentrated in the living area, while the research room was carefully preserved.

Lin Xi sat down in front of a computer, and he looked at the dusty computer.

"Scripps...I need to turn on this computer."

He said.

……

For a moment, Scripps seemed to be offline and ignored 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 began to work with difficulty...

Everything that the people who have stayed here have experienced over the years, their lives, and their research, are unreservedly displayed in front of Lin Xi.

Along with a large amount of data, Lin Xi's expression became more and more stagnant and weird...