Volume 14: Devastation Chapter 674: Canned Inscription
Apply sodium chloride, then use bandages to tie up the body's cut chest and abdomen and stuff it into a body bag. The entire autopsy process is basically completed.
The person responsible for carrying the body bag was Collins. As soon as he threw the body bag onto his back, Ke Lan discovered that the body of this humanoid monster was really light - although a large amount of blood was lost during the autopsy process, including the weight of the body bag, it was less than 20 kilograms... You know, the height of this humanoid monster was nearly 160 centimeters.
One hundred and sixty centimeters tall, weighing twenty to thirty kilograms... Ke Lan couldn't help but think of the photos of anorexic patients she had seen on the Internet.
But the problem is... there are a lot of undigested food residues in the digestive system of this humanoid monster. From a certain perspective, "it" is not short of food, so why has it turned into this skeleton-like appearance?
But to get the answer, a detailed examination of the body must be carried out... Only the research or medical institutions on the Ark have such conditions, but Ke Lan also knows that the 776 Special Forces Team has bought a one-way ticket for this mission.
They can't come back, and this corpse sample can never be brought back to the Ark.
The 776th Special Forces Team began to move forward.
The circular hall connects three narrow corridors, and at the other end of the corridor is a similar circular hall. Many circular halls are connected together, and one hexagonal "grid" after another forms a honeycomb network... This structure can't help but remind people of the structural diagram of graphene.
(Note: Graphene is an "extremely thin" graphite sheet with only one layer of carbon atoms, and the structure of carbon atoms is arranged in a honeycomb shape on the horizontal plane.)
Martin held a tablet in his hand, and every time he discovered a new rotunda, he would draw it using mapping software. Soon, a map like a honeycomb appeared on the screen.
"It's a bit strange..." Jino looked at the "map" that Martin shared in the team channel and said, "These halls arranged in a honeycomb structure are very empty. Apart from the humanoid monster we encountered earlier, there are no living things or even dead things. The walls, floors and ceilings are all very flat and smooth, with no additional devices, equipment or mechanisms. Don't you find it strange?"
"Yes, it's too empty. There's not even any garbage on the ground." Connelly continued, "In this case, we can't even judge the purpose of these halls..."
"I have a rough guess about the function of these halls," Jino continued. "If this relic is really an 'engine', then the 'crater' on the top of the cone should be the engine's nozzle, and these honeycomb halls we are in now are located just outside the nozzle... In addition, the metal walls of these halls are tightly fitted without any gaps or holes. I suspect that the function of these halls is to cool the coolant... just like the heat dissipation copper pipes exposed on the engine of an off-road vehicle."
"According to what you said...it seems like we have been stuck in the cooling tank forever?" Cornelius said helplessly.
"Even if it's a cooling trough, there must be a diversion port and an inspection port." Jinuo said, "The crack we just came in from should be an inspection port."
"If your guess is correct," Sergeant Ken said, "the inspection port will only be set on the outer edge of the cooling tank. We just need to move along the edge."
"Um."
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After circling the outer edge of the entire ruins for a short while, the members of Special Forces Team 776 finally found the second exit.
This exit was blocked by a heavy airtight door. After opening the airtight door, a downward staircase appeared in front of the 776 Special Forces Team.
The people walking in front looked at each other, and a hint of excitement appeared in each other's eyes - although there was a high probability of unknown dangers below, it was better than walking through the unchanging cooling trough network.
"Be careful, the stairs are very steep, go down one by one." Sergeant Ken said, patting Martin on the shoulder, "You go first."
"Oh..." Martin nodded reluctantly, picked up his gun, and walked down slowly step by step, relying on the tactical flashlight on the leather rail and the searchlight on the shoulder of Samuel's Fearless Warrior armor behind him.
The width of the stairs was about 1.5 meters, with hard and cold iron walls on both sides. In order to have enough reaction space in case of emergencies, the entire team was stretched into a long snake formation, walking down the stairs one after another.
"Martin, can you see the end of the stairs?" Sergeant Ken asked on the communication channel.
"I can't see it... the visibility is very poor. Even Samuel's searchlight can only find a distance of about 100 meters ahead... but there seems to be something on the steps about 30 meters away from me." Martin replied.
"What is it?"
"I can't see clearly...it looks a bit like...a landmine?" Martin said uncertainly.
"Landmines?" Sergeant Ken was stunned for a moment, "Everyone, stop moving forward."
"Kino, send a drone over to check out the situation." Sergeant Ken ordered again.
Although the word "landmine" is a word invented by humans, similar weapons also exist in the Alpha civilization. The landmines of the Alpha civilization are not only more powerful and have a wider killing range, but their concealment and sensitivity are also unmatched by landmines made by humans.
There was once an incident where a mobile force of about 200 people was wiped out because they accidentally touched a mine buried in a valley. The power of that "mine" was no less than the tactical nuclear warhead equipped by the Ark Army.
The drone was released, and with a slight "buzzing" sound, it flew right above the "mine" that Martin had mentioned.
Jinuo stared at the screen of the operator for a long time, and then said in a somewhat strange tone: "Boss...that thing doesn't seem to be a mine."
"What is that..."
"I feel like... a can," Kino replied.
"Canned food?" Everyone, including Ke Lan, instantly recalled the food residues they found in the stomach of the humanoid monster...
"Bring this thing back." Sergeant Ken ordered.
A robotic arm stretched out from the bottom of the drone, grabbed the thing that looked like a "can", and flew back.
This is indeed a can, and the material should be some kind of alloy with aluminum as the main component. The easy-open lid on the top is gone, and there is still some grease and finely chopped meat inside the can.
But what everyone cares most about is the bottom of the can.
There was a line of inscription there, stamped with a steel stamp.
It was not those Alpha foreign words that looked like ghostly scribbles, but a string of...
Arabic numerals.
