Chapter 228 Angel Vision
Wang Teng, who calls himself the King of Mercenaries, also claims to be the man who crawled out of hell.
In the eyes of players, he is one of the top BOSSes in the middle and late stages. He has his own fortress and map in the wilderness, and the map around his fortress is full of high-level monsters.
He traveled all the way from Starfish City to Coral City in order to get rid of Su Xia and use Su Xia's name to take his own reputation to a new height.
Now he is in a mercenary town outside Coral City, and he has people use the radio to make announcements to the outside world every day.
But Su Xia ignored him.
Su Xia would not take the risk unless he had an absolute chance of winning.
"The Hell Battlefield is a simulated combat platform?"
"Yes, your guess is correct." Hal replied, "You can choose individual arena battles, group battles, mecha battles, battles in battleships, etc. You can also freely choose the environment. Many classic battles are saved in the system."
"I understand. Take me around here first."
Su Xia realized that he needed to start learning. He also had a book called "Spaceship Operation: From Beginner to Ascension in 21 Days".
If we can defeat the mechanical race in the future, establish a stable human regime on this planet, and find a way to go to space, it would be nice to travel for a while.
Anyway, the body on Earth is safe and you can do whatever you want in the game.
Before it crashed, this spaceship was much better than the one Dr. Agar saw in Suxia's hallucination.
The doctor's ship hasn't even solved the basic gravity problem, so it has to land on a civilized planet to recuperate every once in a while.
When Su Xia thought of Dr. Aigar, she couldn't help but recall the headache she had, so she said to Hal, "Tell me more about the hallucination. "
"Okay, please follow me." Hal led the way and said as he walked, "There is a limit to what living things can endure. Living in a narrow and enclosed environment for a long time is very likely to cause psychological problems. Hallucinations are one of them and the most common one."
As he spoke, Hal led Su Xia to the door of this cabin and opened the door connecting to another cabin.
As the hatch opened, a gas with a strange smell leaked out from the gap of the hatch, which made Su Xia frown and take two steps back.
Hal continued, “According to records, some of the hallucinations were related to loved ones.”
Su Xia asked: "Is it because you miss your relatives?"
"Yes, you should also know that time is only defined by humans. On this planet, a sunset and sunrise takes 24 hours, while on other planets, it may be 23 hours or 25 hours."
"During the long journey, the crew's previous living habits and daily cognition will be changed. It is normal to miss their loved ones. Many people have seen their loved ones in hallucinations or heard their loved ones calling them. Some people even took dangerous actions, such as forcing the spacecraft to return."
"After all, the starry sky is too vast. The spacecraft is like a lonely boat drifting on the vast ocean, and relatives are the only anchor for the crew..."
Hal's red dot flashed. He was very intelligent and a good tour guide.
As the hatch opened, he slowly floated forward into the second cabin.
Su Xia followed closely behind and stepped into the door.
The lights in the cabin lit up one by one, and this time they were not dark red, but blue-purple.
Su Xia asked again: "Besides relatives?"
Hal replied, "Besides that, many of the remaining hallucinations are related to some horror images or religious images."
Su Xia was more energetic: "Tell me in detail."
"An engineer in charge of cooling on this exploration ship once had a hallucination," Hal said. "He was standing by the porthole of the living cabin and saw an angel that he often dreamed of in his childhood smiling at him outside the window."
"Does that angel have a prototype?"
"Yes, in his hometown community, there are many elderly people who believe in angels. There is an angel sculpture in the community center."
"oh……"
Hearing this description, Su Xia's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of an incident on Earth.
The former Soviet Union’s “Salyut 7” incident is particularly famous. Basically, anyone who likes aerospace or interstellar science fiction has heard of this name.
At that time, the main radio transmitter of the Salyut 7 space station suddenly shut down, and the restart command issued by the ground control center was still of no avail. The entire space station became a kite with a broken string, and the ground knew nothing about it.
When the two astronauts responsible for repairing the space station were sent into space, they discovered that the space station had not only deviated from its orbit, but was also rotating at high speed. Astronaut Dzhanibekov then manually controlled the spacecraft and achieved a miraculous docking while the space station was rotating and moving at high speed.
However, what made Salyut 7 famous was not only this docking, but also the strange and mysterious sightings.
Aboard Salyut 7, Soviet astronauts witnessed a giant angel.
According to the astronauts' later recollections, not only was the angel smiling at them, the whole scene also gave them a feeling of comfort and peace. Moreover, there was more than one angel at the time, but at least seven.
Not long after that, the angel vision appeared again.
Many people believe that it is an illusion caused by astronauts in a tense and high-pressure environment, or a strange light produced when some cosmic rays hit the human retina.
A few years ago, the Russian film "Space Rescue", which was adapted from the Salyut 7 incident, used an obscure approach to express this strange sighting.
Su Xia shook her head, put the matter behind her, and asked Hal again: "Will these hallucinations be accompanied by headaches or discomfort in other parts of the body?"
"Yes, headaches, tinnitus, nausea, etc. Many members have experienced similar conditions."
Hearing this answer, Su Xia nodded slightly, and her mind gradually became clearer.
In Dr. Aigar's notes, he often saw descriptions of the "Creator".
The doctor believed that he had received the will of the Creator, which is why he later became obsessed with researching various banned creatures, trying to create creatures that were close to gods.
However, it is estimated that there is no so-called creator at all, and everything is just the doctor's illusion.
"Captain, the cabin you are in now was once part of the breeding cabin, where a large number of plant seeds are stored." Seeing that Su Xia did not continue to ask questions, Hal began to introduce the situation of their location.
This cabin was much larger than the previous one. Broken cultivation equipment was everywhere on the ground, as well as a large number of seeds that had long been deformed and shriveled.
Fortunately, the shelves, cabinets, etc. in the cabin were all fixed, and were relatively less affected by the tumbling and impact during the crash. Some cabinets still contained things from more than 20 years ago that were intact.
When Su Xia opened a cabinet, she actually found several bags of intact plant nutrient solution.
This thing currently has no strategic value. It can only be used to cultivate some flowers and plants at your doorstep. It will be of great use in the future when growing crops in space or on other planets.
Hal slowly floated to the front door and said, "Captain, the next cabin is the same as the previous one. It is also a living area, but it is not a training area. It is where the members eat their daily meals."
"Why is there a culture cabin between the two living quarters?"
"To allow members to see a little green in their daily lives," Hal explained, "flowers, plants and small animals are all helpful in helping members relax."
"Yeah, that makes sense."
Su Xia thought for a moment and asked, "So are there animals on the ship?"
"Yes, the former captain raised a caracal, which was very popular among the crew, but it choked to death while eating chicken."
As he spoke, Hal opened the door to the next cabin.
Likewise, a foul smell leaked out from the crack in the door.
Inside is one of the spacecraft's restaurants. It doesn't look very big. The dining tables, chairs and stools are fixed and can only be moved by turning the switches below. The ground below is silver-gray, and above the head are countless complex wires and pipes, with broken wires hanging in the cabin.
There are many portholes around, perhaps to allow the crew to enjoy the beautiful view of the universe outside while dining. However, in reality, the deep space outside the portholes is pitch black most of the time.
Hal floated to the right side of the restaurant, floated to a silver fixed rectangular machine , and activated it. The machine trembled, and a gray-white object was discharged from the outlet below.
"Captain, this is an energy bar. Although it doesn't look very good, the other crew members said that it tastes like apple and tastes very good."
"Indeed... not very good."
Su Xia's nose twitched. Although more than 20 years had passed, he actually smelled the fragrance of apple.
This is something that crew members often eat during long space journeys, and it contains most of the nutrients needed by the human body.
But eating this often is a torture, so there are also various delicious soft-serve canned foods and rehydrating drinks on board.
In the cabinet under the machine, Su Xia found two complete cans of medium-strength wine. Each bottle was only 500 ml and was packed in special metal containers, so they survived the crash.
This is alien wine.
Su Xia put it away without thinking and planned to take it out when there were important guests.
"By the way, what happened exactly?" he asked Hal, "Besides this spaceship, are there any other spaceships that could have crashed on this planet?"
"Probably not. This galaxy is very remote. Perhaps no one has ever visited it before."
Hal's red dot flickered, as if recalling the past.
He talked about what happened before the crash: "This exploration ship once belonged to a star field ruled by mechanical creatures, so the activation key looked like a mechanical core. Later, it came to the Empire through trade and was bought by a private research institute funded by the Hastings family. It became a member of the institute's huge exploration fleet..."
"What is the Empire?"
"It's very complicated. If you want to know about the division of forces in the starry sky, I have a documentary here. You can watch it carefully when you have time. It will take about 120 hours to watch it. After watching it, you will have a basic understanding of the situation outside."
"good."
Su Xia didn't ask any more questions. He didn't have 120 hours to waste.
Hal said: "After being modified, this exploration ship set out with the fleet and was later attacked by the enemy."
"The enemy is strong?"
"Yeah, we didn't even see where the enemy was."
"Why?"
"Because we couldn't even put up the most basic resistance."
Hal described the situation to Su Xia.
This exploration ship was inconspicuous in the entire fleet and was on the edge of the fleet, so it escaped the initial attack.
"At that time, we entered the Verne star field through the jump point, intending to first investigate some star systems on the edge of the star field. However, before we reached our destination, a huge particle stream suddenly shot over, and nine-tenths of the warships in the fleet disappeared in the particle stream."
"Hasn't this particle stream been observed beforehand?"
"That's the problem," Hal replied. "Nothing was observed beforehand. Everything was normal... at least that's what the member in charge of the mission said."
"And then you ran away?"
"Yes, because the enemy is too strong. It is very likely one of the deep space destructive forces. They attacked the fleet not for resources, but only for destruction."
"Just for destruction?" Su Xia's heart was slightly moved, "Is there such a force?"
"Yes, there are many strange people and forces in deep space."
Since Su Xia hadn't watched the 120-hour documentary yet, Hal couldn't explain it to him clearly.
He simply said: "Some people firmly believe that the world was created by the Creator, and they frantically carry out the Creator's will every day... Others are even more extreme, believing that everything is nothingness, false, and a game or paradise created by a higher civilization. As long as everything is destroyed, they can return to reality."
“Are there many people like this?”
"A lot. The number is shocking. Even many researchers and scientists in the empire who once believed in the reality of the world later became members of the forces of destruction. I don't know why they made such a change."
Hearing this, Su Xia thought of Dr. Aigar again.
What would a Creator, if he really existed, look like?
This is a gaming world, the creator can’t be a gaming chip, right?
However, many things in this world cannot seem to be explained by games.
Su Xia’s bracelet is a super bug that cannot be explained.
"Captain, the next cabin is still part of the living area, it's the browsing room." Hal opened the next door, "There are many books here, as well as novels and autobiographies written for them by the author that the crew members asked."
"A personal autobiography?"
"Yes, many of the crew members have rich experiences, and children in the Empire often browse these autobiographies."
"Your children actually like reading instead of playing games?"
"Captain, for children, the unknown and the mysterious are always their favorite. The starry sky is such a thing. As long as we guide them, we can completely free them from their addiction to games."
Hal seems to be able to see through Su Xia's thoughts, or maybe children in every world are the same.
Su Xia asked, "Does anyone in your area use electric shock to treat gaming addiction?"
"Electric shock? Isn't that how criminals are treated?"
Hal was stunned for a moment, and even the red light stopped flashing. He asked back, "What kind of devil would treat a child like this? This is really terrible... No, some low-level civilization seems to have such records."
