Living body

There was only a light sound from the frozen iron door, and it slowly opened upwards.

The biologist stood up abruptly, dropping his down blanket to the floor. 27 immediately stood in front of him.

However, the six people did not expect that what greeted them was darkness.

"How is this going?"

The biologist standing in the shadow walked in first, and 27 bent down to pick up the equipment on the ground, and strode to follow.

Huang Ji patted Song Liao who had just recovered from the freezing: "The circuit is frozen, didn't the door card not open just now." He said and walked in.

Lu Mi packed her backpack and wanted to go in, but suddenly found Shen Li standing in front of the door looking up at the sky.

"Shen Li, what's wrong?"

"I can't see it." Shen Li looked at the chaotic night sky above his head, with a puzzled look on his face, "I shouldn't be able to see the starry sky here, why does it look like... is there something blocking it?"

Lu Mi was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head: "It's probably because the wind and snow are too heavy, let's go, go in, people are freezing to death outside, go settle accounts with them—"

Seeing this, Shen Li pursed his lips and smiled, and also stepped up to follow.

As the six people walked completely into the darkness, the iron door behind them also slowly fell and was locked again.

"anyone there--"

The voice of Lu Mi shouting echoed in the dark base, which seemed empty and too quiet.

Song Liao couldn't help but frowned: "Is there something wrong? Since it is an important research base, why is there no one there?"

Shen Li took out a flashlight from his backpack and distributed it to everyone: "If the circuit is broken, the heating system will not work, and the surface temperature will drop to minus ten degrees. They may be sheltering from the cold below."

"That's not right." Huang Ji frowned and asked back, "Such a large base can't just say that there is a power outage, right? Hasn't anyone repaired it after we've been outside for so long?"

Lu Mi turned on the light to shine on his chin, and made a grimace: "Maybe we'll get the electricity after a while."

"The elevator can't be used." Song Liao stood in front of the elevator and pressed the down button several times without any response.

"Let's take the stairs." Shen Li opened the side door on one side, "This door is unlocked, and they probably went down here before. Running can also warm you up."

The metal door between the corridors was half open, and the combination lock stuck in the middle lost its function due to the interrupted power supply.

After Shen Li finished speaking, he was about to lead the way, but was stopped by a young officer.

"what happened?"

27 looked down at the pitch-black corridor below, with a strange expression on his fair face: "Go behind me."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Li and others to speak again, he carried the equipment and burden with one hand and walked down with a lighting flashlight.

The corridor covered with ice and snow was very narrow, and only one person could pass through at a time. Seeing that 27 had gone down, Shen Li immediately followed behind him.The taciturn biologist followed, followed by Lu Mi and Song Liao.

Huang Ji, who was walking at the end, glanced at the elevator a little uneasy, and then quickly followed Song Liao.

The temperature in the corridor is not high, and there are white icicles hanging on the iron handrails, but it seems a bit crowded because of the heat exhaled by everyone, and the heavy sound of boots stepping on the metal steps is transmitted directly to the ground.

"The road is quite deep..." Lu Mi started to hold on to the handrail after walking for a while, panting, "...causing us to walk so much, I will definitely eat them up later!"

"You can save a little effort to climb down..."

Not only Lu Mi, Song Liao and the others, but even Shen Li, after a long period of exercising, it was very uncomfortable for the underwear inside to stick to his body after sweating, and he wished to enter the living area of ​​this scientific research station to wash Take a hot bath and something to eat.

"Come on, we've all come here, we can take a shower and eat when we get down..." He could only comfort everyone with these words.

The more you go down, the more you feel the heat on your body. The stairs are twisting and turning around. Everyone walked down for about ten meters before seeing a door, and there are more steps down that can't see the end.

"It's finally here, go in and find something to eat..."

Standing at the back, Lu Mi moved quickly, pushed the door and walked in, but Shen Li couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.

"Sir, why don't we go in and have a look first?"

Shen Li looked at the biologist standing on the edge of the stairs, but the latter nodded but did not move, his lowered eyes seemed to be looking at the depths of the dark corridor below.

Huang Xie and Song Liao followed Lu Mi and entered the door. Seeing that 27 was with the biologist, Shen Li also pushed the door and walked in, feeling hungry and tired.

I don't know whether to say that Lu Mi's luck is too good or the bird's beak is too effective. This is actually the living area of ​​the scientific research station, the outer area is the rest area, and the inner part is the restaurant.At this moment, because there is no electricity, there are only a few dim fluorescent lights for lighting, and many pots, pans, and packaging bags can be seen thrown on the dining table.

"It seems that there is a lack of a woman who can do housework in this base." Lu Mi picked up an open food packaging bag, glanced at it, and threw it out casually.

"It seems that the internal emergency circuit should still be available. Check to see if there is a communication device?"

"I'll look for it in the kitchen!" Lu Mi rushed out after finishing speaking.

Song Liao's face twitched: "This foodie..."

Huang Xie smiled: "After driving for a day, I should really feel hungry. Since Lu Mi is looking for food, let's look for their communication equipment nearby."

"You guys look for it." Song Liao lay down on the sofa behind her while supporting her waist, "I have a bad backache and lie down for a while..." He covered his face and ignored Huang Xie and Shen Li.

"There's no heating in here, don't lie down for too long."

Lying on the sofa, Song Liao didn't move at all, making it clear that she didn't want to talk to Shen Li.

Seeing this, Shen Li stopped making fun of himself, and turned around to search for the calling device with Huang Ji.

The entire living area was only illuminated by a few spare fluorescent lamps. The light was dim, and many corners could not be seen clearly. Shen Li and Huang Ji searched for a long time before finding the pager hanging in the corner of the restaurant.

However, as soon as Shen Li mentioned Huang Xie, he said that it couldn't be used.

"Strange..." Huang Ji frowned under the fluorescent light and said, "Communication lines are usually arranged separately to prevent people from being confused when the power is cut off. Since the emergency lighting lines can be used here, why is the caller cut off instead... ..."

Shen Li hung the handset back to its original position, and picked up the tablet left behind by someone on the dining table beside him—although it has been criticized for its appearance as a copycat fruit company, its self-developed closed control system has excellent safety performance .

Shen Li turned on the screen, and found that the battery symbol on it was flashing red. When he opened it, the original owner seemed to be editing a document written in R language.

Shen Li is not proficient in the R language, just because he can talk and listen briefly when dealing with people from R country. After reading this document, he can barely recognize the words "human", "cold" and "animal". Look, the battery board is completely exhausted, and it automatically shuts down.

"Shen Li, where are the people here..."

Before Huang Xi finished speaking, a loud noise was heard suddenly, and a flame exploded in the darkness——