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The projection displayed on the screen was information from Amy's repository... A line of base personnel approached a figure, their faces marked by sadness, despair, and dejection, each standing in a daze as they received something from the person whose back Lin Yu could only see.
Lin Yu zoomed in for a closer look. The person sitting with their back to her had a shiny bald head, except for a ring of hair at the back, resembling a light bulb. However, she felt an uncanny familiarity with that silhouette.
As she focused again on what the individuals were receiving, she realized it was a small cup of pale yellow liquid. This suddenly reminded her of the solutions used to soak biological embryos in Cultivation Room A1.
What were they doing? Committing collective suicide? Lin Yu felt a chill creeping up her neck... Just then, the screen was filled with electromagnetic interference snowflakes. She quickly turned around; the four screens displayed nothing but snowflakes, similar to what she had seen before, likely erased by someone.
Amy remained still, like a child who had made a mistake—docile and guilt-ridden.
“Amy?” Lin Yu knew that perhaps long ago, Amy had been deliberately damaged. The purpose was to prevent Amy from leaking the truth it knew. “It's okay, Amy, I will keep your secret.”
Amy seemed to understand Lin Yu's words and suddenly perked up, spinning its round head and extending its metal arm to take her hand... starting to dance jazz.
Then an upbeat music began to play, led by the chubby Amy, who flailed about out of rhythm. Lin Yu found herself both amused and exasperated—jazz dance is primarily about joy, liveliness, and energy. It must have been brought into the base by the Foreign Scientist, perhaps their only way to relieve stress after long hours of work.
“Amy, stop for a moment; listen to me. This isn’t the time for playing; they are still missing…”
Amy’s expression turned somber as it halted its dance. With a soft whirring sound, it rolled over beside the platform monitor, no longer playful. The flickering arc light emanated a sense of melancholy; Lin Yu glanced back inadvertently... Its silence and sadness deeply touched her heart.
Amy wasn’t just fooling around; it wanted to help relieve her stress—
Lin Yu’s eyes moved seriously as she focused on Amy: “Amy, I know your intentions. You’re not just a mischievous child; you’re a handsome young fellow…” The arc light flashed again as Amy raised its metal arm in a Y gesture.
After settling Amy, Lin Yu anxiously stared at the platform Monitor. The intricate lines on the monitor connected to invisible information links. If Xiao Qiang appeared on any of those lines, a red dot would pulse from the heat emitted by their bodies.
For some reason, she suddenly thought of someone: Eye Patch Man...
“Amy, were there others here before we arrived?”
Amy seemed to be processing Lin Yu's question. Its claw-like arm moved unconsciously, and with another flash of light, a blurry image of a person appeared on the Monitor.
"Yes, that's him. Can you track his current location?"
"Radar scanning." Amy turned her head, her mechanical voice whirring. "Identification error."
"Identification error?" Lin Yu pondered... Could it be that he is still alive?
Beep—beep—Monitor chimed. With a sudden turn of her head, she anxiously looked at the platform's monitoring device. Three moving red dots appeared, a thrilling sign that Xiao Qiang and the others were still alive...
Lin Yu stood rigidly, staring at the moving red dots, not daring to blink for several seconds. She feared that if she blinked, the dots would vanish among the lines on the screen. Once she confirmed that the dots had not disappeared, she instinctively covered her mouth, trying to balance her previously tense emotions.
The heat from Xiao Qiang and his companions triggered the energy sensing lights, unexpectedly exposing them to intense illumination. If there were any foreign objects, intruders, or mutated creatures, they could all be wiped out here. However, the nano detector on her wrist showed no anomalies; they were standing in a corridor of a spaceship. Five hundred meters away from them lay a curled-up object that was difficult to see with the naked eye. Instinctively, all three felt that it should belong to a human.
Is that person dead? Xiao Qiang and his team prepared to approach step by step... one moved forward while two stepped back, their arms poised for action at any moment.
"Xiao Qiang, respond."
A call came from the base, and Xiao Qiang and the others breathed a sigh of relief; at least they were still within communication range of the base. Whatever happened, they could still contact each other.
Xiao Qiang briefly described their surroundings and everything they saw to Lin Yu and informed her that he would continue to investigate.
Lin Yu was certainly worried but felt helpless about his decision. She could only remind him to be careful.
The sound of their mechanical footsteps echoed softly as they cautiously advanced.
Lin Yu's voice came through the earpiece again, indicating that there were currently no anomalies in the vicinity.
With no anomalies detected, Xiao Qiang and his team quickened their pace, swiftly approaching the person lying on the ground. As they got closer, a faint metallic scent of blood lingered in the air...
Wu Yi and Li Hang remained highly vigilant; this was a habit they had developed during their week of training after signing the Life-and-Death Contract.
Without needing to look, Xiao Qiang had already drawn a conclusion in his mind. At such a close distance, he felt no warmth from the other person. To confirm the reality of the situation, he crouched down and first pulled out his defensive gloves from his pocket. Only then did he extend a finger to probe the person's neck, checking if the carotid artery was still beating... Beneath the corpse, a pool of dark blood lay frozen.
Wu Yi and Li Hang turned to look at him simultaneously. Seeing his face darken, they shook their heads, indicating that the person was dead.
When Xiao Qiang turned the deceased's head, he nearly cried out—was it Wen Kai? Was it really Wen Kai? Wu Yi and Li Hang came closer to take a look, and indeed, aside from the different clothing, the other physical features were almost identical.
Wen Kai had died violently; there was a deep wound on his neck that did not appear to be caused by human hands. It was a fatal injury that had directly severed the carotid artery, causing blood to drain away and resulting in death.
"Call the base."
"Base received."
"Wen Kai is in trouble..." Xiao Qiang's voice was filled with sorrow as he lowered his head, fixing his gaze on Wen Kai's face, which was contorted in pain.
Upon witnessing Wen Kai's tragic death, Wu Yi and Li Hang felt nothing but sadness. They exchanged anxious glances and nervously looked around, whispering, "Xiao Qiang, we should leave here quickly!"
Lin Yu received this terrible news with shock. His previous speculation had been wrong; he had once theorized that Wen Kai might become a victim of the Living Dead upgrade but never expected him to die aboard an unknown ship beneath the Stratum.
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