Hao Ren asked the others, including Vivian, to wait at the back. Then, he walked towards the Gilded Disc with the MDT in his hand. He knew that the Gilded Disc was one of the strangest creations in the Plane of Dreams, so it was never wrong to be cautious.
He came before the divine artifact without any incident.
The Gilded Disc was embedded in a huge metal pedestal, and around the metal pedestal were many pipes, cables, steel columns, and other things. These things extended all the way to the floor, making the whole device look like a weird altar with a scientific style. Around the Gilded Disc, there was a faintly glowing metal band. When Hao Ren approached, the metal band seemed to flash, but there was no further reaction.
"It seems to be broken." The MDT examined the energy flow in the pipes and cables around the metal pedestal. "This thing was supposed to be something like an amplifier. It could broadcast the information of the Gilded Disc to the entire fleet. But now, the entire device is silent."
Hao Ren nodded gently. He carefully placed his hand on the surface of the Gilded Disc.
But, nothing happened.
A warm, non-metallic feeling came from his fingertips. But, like the last time, he did not read any information from the divine artifact. It seemed that this time, the Gilded Disc was just an ordinary creation of the goddess. It did not carry any extra information.
The MDT flew around the Gilded Disc a few more times. After confirming that there was no danger, it declared that everything was safe. The Nangong siblings and Lily came over curiously. Lily tugged at Hao Ren's sleeve happily. "Is everything okay? Did we pick up a treasure again? "
Vivian called from afar. "Can I go over now?"
Hao Ren looked back, not sure whether to laugh or cry. He saw Vivian standing at the entrance of the hall. She looked like she wanted to join in the fun but was afraid of getting into trouble. He waved at the door. "Come on, come on. It's best not to touch this thing. It's better to be safe than sorry."
Vivian jogged over happily. She crossed her arms and muttered, "So this is the thing that protected the ark fleet from being hunted down? In that case, the aura of the Gilded Disc can disperse those crazy guardians? "
"Hmm …" Hao Ren answered casually and began to check the metal pedestal under the disc curiously. He wanted to know what other functions this device had besides using the disc as a signal source. But before he could find anything, the MDT suddenly found something. "Wait a minute, buddy. There's something down there."
"Below?" Hao Ren was stunned.
The MDT flew to the corner of the platform and hit a protruding metal pole with its body. At first, everyone thought it was just an ornament, but the MDT knocked it down. Then, a slight mechanical sound came from below the platform.
"Creak —" Accompanied by a series of grinding sounds of gears and motors, the Gilded Disc slowly stood upright. The black metal pedestal below it cracked open from the middle and slowly opened to both sides. Hao Ren stared at it all in awe. When the ancient device finally calmed down, a five to six-meter-wide, sloping tunnel appeared before his eyes.
There was a whole new world down there!
Vivian habitually threw a little bat down the tunnel to scout the way. After a while, she nodded. "It's safe. It's a corridor. No traps."
"Everyone, be careful." Hao Ren said as he activated his Steel Membrane Shield and walked forward. Before entering the tunnel, he looked at the Gilded Disc and hesitated. But as he was not sure if it could affect the ark's other sensitive systems, he did not rashly retrieve it. Instead, he left an autonomous robot to protect the scene.
The group followed the ancient staircase down and walked for a long time before they reached the end. In front of them was a wide and dimly lit corridor. But as Hao Ren stepped into the corridor, the lights beside him suddenly lit up, and the entire corridor was as bright as day.
Compared to the sanctuary city on the surface that was about to become a garbage dump, the corridor in front of them looked brand new. There was no trash, no damage, no scars. Aside from the thick layer of dust, everything was in good condition. Without a doubt, the people on the surface did not know about this place. No one had visited this place for at least a few hundred years.
"The other arks probably don't have this facility." Hao Ren mumbled to himself. Because the creator of this place used the Gilded Disc as the entrance to the entire facility, there must be a special meaning to this place. He walked along the long corridor and suddenly felt something under his feet. He looked down and saw that it was a palm-sized plastic card.
He picked up the card and saw the words "Final Vault" written on it, as well as the name and position. It turned out to be a staff member's identity card.
"'Final Vault'?" Vivian came over to take a look. "What's it like to keep?"
Hao Ren shook his head. "God knows."
At that moment, Lily, who was running in front, suddenly called out from afar. "Hey hey! Everyone, look at this! "
Hao Ren quickly ran over and saw what Lily had found. It was a small skeleton, lying face down in the corner. The clothes that the owner of the skeleton had been wearing had been torn to shreds, and he could only vaguely tell that it was once a white costume.
This was the second "prehistoric skeleton" he had seen in the ark, and it was obviously a child.
"A child?" Vivian frowned. "How could a child die in such a secret facility?"
The MDT floated over to examine the condition of the skeleton and quickly analyzed a lot of information. "According to the standards of the humans on the ark, the age of death should be around 12 to 13 years old. The cause of death was exposure to a large amount of radiation in a short period of time."
"Radiation to death?" The first thing that came to Hao Ren's mind was the adult skeleton found in the control room. He remembered that the captain of the ark had died of a chronic disease that would slowly corrode the skull. "Not a disease?"
"You mean the person in the control room had a strange disease?" The MDT knew what Hao Ren was referring to. "No. This child died about 800 years ago, and the 'captain' in the control room died about 900 years ago. There's a difference of 100 years between the two. Hmm … the person in the control room did not die from radiation, but this one did. I'm guessing that the radiation leak happened between 800 and 900 years ago. " Hmm … the person in the control room did not die from radiation, but this one did. I'm guessing that the radiation leak happened between 800 and 900 years ago. "
"The one in the control room should be the last captain of the ark." Hao Ren frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that he had grasped something. "After his death, no one else entered the control room. But a hundred years after his death, a child died in this place … "
After examining the small body, the group continued to walk deeper into the corridor. They passed through a few doors, passing through some structures that looked like disinfection rooms, inspection corridors, isolation rooms, and finally, they came to a special gate. This door was wider than the previous doors, and it had an intricate locking mechanism. There was no doubt that this was the deepest part of the entire facility.
Hao Ren vaguely estimated the distance that they had walked. He believed that this location was far beyond the outer shell of the sanctuary city, or even the part of the ark where the giant fusion reactor was located (the proof was that there was no radiation here). This should be an empty cabin hidden between the inner city and the ark's outer shell. Judging from the degree of new facilities here, it was built many years after the ark set sail. It was probably built no more than a thousand years ago.
The locking mechanism of the door was still functional, so with the help of the MDT, Hao Ren opened the door in front of him. As the two thick metal plates slowly moved to the sides, a large silver-white space appeared before everyone's eyes.
It was a large cylindrical cabin, probably a hundred meters in diameter, and the height was difficult to tell with the naked eye. In this cylindrical cabin, a large number of silver-white metal boxes no more than 1.5 meters in length were neatly arranged with brackets. All these metal boxes and brackets were firmly held by a set of complex mechanical arms, suspended in the middle of the cylindrical cabin. A wide floating bridge ran through this cabin, and Hao Ren and the rest were now standing at the starting point of this long bridge.
"Holy sh * t …" Lily looked up at the countless neatly arranged metal boxes, and her voice dragged. "Woof …"
Hao Ren looked around. He believed that the metal boxes hanging in the air were not fixed in place, and sure enough, he soon found a device that looked like a control panel not far away.
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