The answer was obviously hidden in the room in front of him. Without hesitation, Lucius unlocked the door with his authority.
Unlike the other rooms in Area B, no one has tidied it up. There are personal belongings on the open folding table, and the bed next to it has not been made. It is worth noting that a blue coat and trousers are lying on the floor of the room, the sleeves and trouser legs are stretched out, like a person lying on his stomach.
And at the cuff on the right, there is a "Retro style" revolver.
Just like…… Restoring the scene of a murder?
However, probably for the sake of harmony or other factors, the most important corpse is gone, so it looks a little funny.
"...Is this also the bad taste of the first generation of managers?"
Lucius subconsciously looked at the wall on the left side of the room, but he didn't see any bullet holes there. Then he went forward to pick up the revolver, fumbled to open the magazine inside, and found that there were only 5 bullets.
"No blood, no bullet holes, no shell casings... Only the weapons and clothing remained."
Walking to the open folding table, Lucius noticed that there was a diary and a pen as thick as an index finger. There is a button on the tip of the pen.
Lucius pressed it curiously, but unexpectedly the pen made a sound.
"...( Noisy electric sound )..."
"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
"There is none left."
This thing is a voice recorder? Listening to the content of the recording, it seems to be an interrogation.
Lucius was a little curious and continued to listen. The voice of the person in charge of the interrogation sounded a little younger, while the person being interrogated seemed a little decadent, or tired.
He doesn't seem to care much about his own ending, he just wants this to end as soon as possible.
Guard: "...So, what are you going to do? Punish me for dereliction of duty?"
Interrogator: "I don't plan to do anything."
Guard: "...What do you mean by not planning to do anything?"
Interrogator: "When I reported it to the professor, the professor only said that he knew it, and then stopped asking. I asked him how to deal with you, and he said that there was no need for that. Anything you can do in any situation.”
Guard (Excited): "I'm not begging for your forgiveness! Listen, I made a serious mistake, I... I shouldn't be self righteous and think that I can be the savior, my arrogance and stupidity have killed everyone. If I hadn't done anything in the first place...maybe it would have turned out so badly."
The man's voice was hysterical and crazy at first, then concealed his face and confessed, and finally choked up sobbing. However, the interrogator's voice didn't have too many ups and downs from the beginning to the end, and it was always that calm tone.
Interrogator: "This is an interesting hypothesis. But since the professor says you are not guilty, I don't think you need to blame yourself so much. If this doesn't convince you, then please think about a question now. You feel that you are more smart than the professor?"
Guard: "...How dare I compare with him."
Interrogator: "It seems that you are sober, so let me ask you another question. Since you are sober and think that your intelligence cannot be compared with the professor, why do you naively think that all this can be hidden from his eyes? "
Guard: "...What do you mean?"
Interrogator: "What is the subject of our research called?"
Guard: "... Morphing field? I don't really understand. Wait, you mean, the professor knew from the very beginning that I was using that radio station to communicate with the outside world? The survivors of the tire factory, including that Alvie—"
Interrogator: "When we study the laws of motion of macroscopic objects under the framework of classical mechanics, we will selectively ignore the fundamental particles that make up the object. This is not because we don't know that matter is composed of smaller particles, but because there is no need to think about it on this occasion."
Interrogator: "In the same way, it is impossible to predict the different choices a certain person will make at different stages of life. However, there are traces to follow for the collection of people and the development of macro events. If you are interested, you can ponder this question, anyway, from now on, you have a lot of time to squander."
Guard: "Is this part of an interrogation?"
Interrogator: "That's right, but the main purpose is to give you psychological counseling. The professor told you not to blame yourself too much. Everything that happened here is a part of tens of thousands of experiments, and we will usher in the final victory. By the way, the person you have been communicating with is probably dead. We have another message collected from the same terminal, but it is obviously not from her."
"The survivors of those tire factories hoped that we could take them in, but we could see that they lied at least three times in a sentence. We will continue to track and record the surrounding radio signals and changes in the strength of the shielding field, but we will not do it again. Now that the job is done by AI, we're going into a true silence. You can rest assured that no one will make a mistake again."
Then came the sound of the door closing.
There was a long wait..Just when Lucius was wondering if it was over, a gunshot suddenly came from the recorder, which startled him who was listening intently.
"Damn! So Courageous!"
"...So what is a 'morphoforming field'?"
Lucius vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard this word somewhere. But not in this world, but before he traveled to this wasteland.
Around the 1980s, Dr. Rupert Sedorek of the Royal Society proposed a controversial theory of "Resonance".
According to Dr. Rupert Sheldrake's theory, not only the elementary particles that make up matter resonate, but abstract events can also resonate.
Based on this conjecture, he called the place where the same kind of things happened continuously "morphogenesis field", and called the same type of events "morphological resonance".
However, it is conceivable how unreliable the conjectures based on conjectures are. Just like many conjectures about the multiverse and aliens, you have neither reliable means to prove it is true, nor reliable means to prove it. Even if it seems "Obvious".
"...Does this recording mean that the technology used to project the consciousness of the players in the parallel world into this world is related to some guess made by the morphogenetic field theory?"
"For example, with the help of some unknown field, across the dimension of space, to trigger resonance between conscious bodies."
"Hiss...he has a big head."
What are you thinking about these things? It doesn't matter if you can use it or not! There is no point in investing time and energy into something that has no results. When more clues are available, the final truth will naturally be revealed.
The information that Lucius concluded from this recording is that the study of the morphogenetic field is the main subject of Shelter No.404.
Combined with the information obtained when I first came here, this project was probably completed more than a century ago..But then again, is this first-generation manager called a professor?
This guy is simply a dog than himself. Aside from the horrifying details in the recorder, Lucius has been able to confirm the identity of the guard, who is The Bitter Master mentioned in the "Diary of Bloody Hands".
And the utopia that the first "leader" of the Bloody Hand clan was looking for until the end is also the Shelter No. 404 under his feet.
Lucius picked up the unnamed diary on the table. The timeline in the diary is basically consistent with the "Blood Hand Diary" he had read before.
It has been this guy who has been guiding remotely by radio, advising the original leader of the "Blood Hand Clan" and helping survivors who were abandoned in the wasteland.
It's a pity that his good intentions seem to have gone wrong. And the mess left behind has tormented the survivors in the northern suburbs for hundreds of years, and it was not brought to an end until nearly two centuries later.
Unexpectedly, Shelter No 404 and the Bloody Hand clan still have such a relationship, and the cause of everything is just a broadcast.
Tsk-tsk twice, Lucius shook his head, and decided to file this diary together with the diary with the bloody fingerprints on it.
In addition to a silver revolver, Lucius found a lot of good things here, such as a box of 10mm revolver ammunition. There are more than 30 bullets in the ammunition box, and each bullet is as long as an index finger. There is no trace of oxidation on the surface, and it looks like a brand new one.
The bullet looks quite big, and it feels more powerful than a rifle ammunition, but I don't know if one shot can kill a crawler. Anyway, the nibblers must be shot one by one and there is nothing wrong with it.
Lucius noticed that there was a silver python printed on the package of the ammunition box, and there was the same one on the brown handle of the silver revolver.
Looking at the revolver in his hand, Lucius thought for a moment and said to himself.
"Just call you 'Silver Snake'."
In addition to the "Silver Snake" revolver, Lucius also found a baton under the folding table, and then searched in the storage compartment under the bed, only to find a new surprise.
"Red dot sight?"
The width of the buckle is stretchable, and it can be installed on the raised guide rail of the barrel of the "Silver Snake". To Lucius's surprise, this little thing still has electricity!
"2X magnification, adjustable density... Good stuff."
Of course, Lucius didn't intend to use it on the revolver. It would be a waste to equip such a short-rifled melee weapon with a sight.
It just so happens that he has a newly repaired assault rifle that can be used for this thing. With the red dot sight installed, it can be regarded as half a full match.
...
After leaving the room, Lucius crossed the end of the circular corridor in Area B to connect Area A.
This is the functional area on the second basement floor, with separate toilets and public bathrooms for men and women, and a public canteen that can accommodate up to 100 people at the same time.
It can be seen that the living space here is still very compact. Not only do you have to go to the bathroom and take a bath at the wrong peak, but you even have to queue up for meals..But one thing to say, the quality of life here is not bad.
The shower room is a 360° panoramic water mist mixed self-cleaning system, and you don’t even need to move it when taking a shower. The same goes for the toilet, just pull it. Washing with water and ultrasonic vibration can remove nano-scale dirt, saving even paper.
Don't worry about the little cute newbies catching strange things in the forest anymore.
Lucius tried the faucet here, and was surprised to find that the water was flowing, and he could even switch to hot water.
"I thought this shelter was just an empty shelf..."
It seems that only the B1 floor is empty.
Popo interjected from the side: "How could it be empty air? You saw it just now. Someone actually lived here, right?"
Lucius: "Then where are they?"
Popo: "Well, I don't know."
The expected answer. But Lucius didn't care, anyway, one day, he would figure out all the secrets of this shelter.
After inspecting these facilities, Lucius's initial idea was to move all the 100 training cabins on the B1 floor to the B2 floor. Anyway, the training cabin is equipped with a wireless power supply, which can be connected to any corner of the shelter.
There are 200 vacant rooms available in Area B on the B2 floor. Although the area is a bit narrow, players should be very happy to be able to change from a quadruple room to an independent standard room..After all, for them, this is just a save point.
As for the extruded beds and quilts, they can be stored in the empty rooms on the B1 floor, and they will always be useful in the future.
No need to worry about commuting. There is only one elevator outside the shelter to access the surface, but there are 8 elevators inside.
These include two freight elevators for transporting supplies, and six elevators for people to commute, which is more than enough for players to commute between floors in the shelter.
As for the elevator outside the shelter, it can be modified in the future. The big deal is to demolish the sanatorium in the future, dig a bigger hole, and let the players build a spacious house for themselves by the way.
Lucius turned on and off the faucet, and suddenly asked.
"By the way, is there a limit to the amount of water here?"
Lucius has had enough of using activated carbon to filter lake water and rainwater. No matter how filtered, the water tastes a bit abnormal.
Popo tilted the camera.
"No? According to the data, the water resources in the shelter seem to be supplemented by rainwater. In theory, as long as there is electricity, it will be supplied all the time, but it is better not to transfer the water as much as possible. It doesn't matter if it is used normally in the shelter. Domestic sewage will enter the internal circulation system of the shelter and be reused after being completely filtered. A small loss is fine, but if a large amount of water is transferred out, it may cause a certain load on the water circulation system of the shelter.”
Lucius nodded.
"Where does the filtered dirt go?"
Popo: "Maybe it will be sent to the fermentation room for processing? The final fertilizer may be sent to the planting greenhouse on a certain floor? Or it will be vaporized and then discharged through the vent? Anyway, if there is only electricity, this shelter can It will continue to run forever, Popo is also looking forward to the situation on other floors."
Lucius: "..."
There is no difference between saying and not saying.
F*ck!
After inspecting the sanitation facilities and canteens in Area A, Lucius followed Popo's roller through the longitudinal corridor, and soon came to the deepest part of Area A.
This appears to be a warehouse. The space is quite large, there are two basketball courts. More than 30 plastic boxes are stacked in the corner of the warehouse, labeled with medical supplies.
Lucius stepped forward and opened one of the boxes, only to find that what was inside was not medicine, but watches with display screens.
Roughly estimated, there are at least a thousand of them piled up here.
Slightly stunned, Luciuschi questioned.
"These are……"
Popo, who was next to his calf, came over and gave the answer in good time.
"It's VM."
The answer was obviously hidden in the room in front of him. Without hesitation, Lucius unlocked the door with his authority.
Unlike the other rooms in Area B, no one has tidied it up. There are personal belongings on the open folding table, and the bed next to it has not been made. It is worth noting that a blue coat and trousers are lying on the floor of the room, the sleeves and trouser legs are stretched out, like a person lying on his stomach.
And at the cuff on the right, there is a "Retro style" revolver.
Just like…… Restoring the scene of a murder?
However, probably for the sake of harmony or other factors, the most important corpse is gone, so it looks a little funny.
"...Is this also the bad taste of the first generation of managers?"
Lucius subconsciously looked at the wall on the left side of the room, but he didn't see any bullet holes there. Then he went forward to pick up the revolver, fumbled to open the magazine inside, and found that there were only 5 bullets.
"No blood, no bullet holes, no shell casings... Only the weapons and clothing remained."
Walking to the open folding table, Lucius noticed that there was a diary and a pen as thick as an index finger. There is a button on the tip of the pen.
Lucius pressed it curiously, but unexpectedly the pen made a sound.
"...( Noisy electric sound )..."
"Is there anything else you want to explain?"
"There is none left."
This thing is a voice recorder? Listening to the content of the recording, it seems to be an interrogation.
Lucius was a little curious and continued to listen. The voice of the person in charge of the interrogation sounded a little younger, while the person being interrogated seemed a little decadent, or tired.
He doesn't seem to care much about his own ending, he just wants this to end as soon as possible.
Guard: "...So, what are you going to do? Punish me for dereliction of duty?"
Interrogator: "I don't plan to do anything."
Guard: "...What do you mean by not planning to do anything?"
Interrogator: "When I reported it to the professor, the professor only said that he knew it, and then stopped asking. I asked him how to deal with you, and he said that there was no need for that. Anything you can do in any situation.”
Guard (Excited): "I'm not begging for your forgiveness! Listen, I made a serious mistake, I... I shouldn't be self righteous and think that I can be the savior, my arrogance and stupidity have killed everyone. If I hadn't done anything in the first place...maybe it would have turned out so badly."
The man's voice was hysterical and crazy at first, then concealed his face and confessed, and finally choked up sobbing. However, the interrogator's voice didn't have too many ups and downs from the beginning to the end, and it was always that calm tone.
Interrogator: "This is an interesting hypothesis. But since the professor says you are not guilty, I don't think you need to blame yourself so much. If this doesn't convince you, then please think about a question now. You feel that you are more smart than the professor?"
Guard: "...How dare I compare with him."
Interrogator: "It seems that you are sober, so let me ask you another question. Since you are sober and think that your intelligence cannot be compared with the professor, why do you naively think that all this can be hidden from his eyes? "
Guard: "...What do you mean?"
Interrogator: "What is the subject of our research called?"
Guard: "... Morphing field? I don't really understand. Wait, you mean, the professor knew from the very beginning that I was using that radio station to communicate with the outside world? The survivors of the tire factory, including that Alvie—"
Interrogator: "When we study the laws of motion of macroscopic objects under the framework of classical mechanics, we will selectively ignore the fundamental particles that make up the object. This is not because we don't know that matter is composed of smaller particles, but because there is no need to think about it on this occasion."
Interrogator: "In the same way, it is impossible to predict the different choices a certain person will make at different stages of life. However, there are traces to follow for the collection of people and the development of macro events. If you are interested, you can ponder this question, anyway, from now on, you have a lot of time to squander."
Guard: "Is this part of an interrogation?"
Interrogator: "That's right, but the main purpose is to give you psychological counseling. The professor told you not to blame yourself too much. Everything that happened here is a part of tens of thousands of experiments, and we will usher in the final victory. By the way, the person you have been communicating with is probably dead. We have another message collected from the same terminal, but it is obviously not from her."
"The survivors of those tire factories hoped that we could take them in, but we could see that they lied at least three times in a sentence. We will continue to track and record the surrounding radio signals and changes in the strength of the shielding field, but we will not do it again. Now that the job is done by AI, we're going into a true silence. You can rest assured that no one will make a mistake again."
Then came the sound of the door closing.
There was a long wait..Just when Lucius was wondering if it was over, a gunshot suddenly came from the recorder, which startled him who was listening intently.
"Damn! So Courageous!"
"...So what is a 'morphoforming field'?"
Lucius vaguely remembered that he seemed to have heard this word somewhere. But not in this world, but before he traveled to this wasteland.
Around the 1980s, Dr. Rupert Sedorek of the Royal Society proposed a controversial theory of "Resonance".
According to Dr. Rupert Sheldrake's theory, not only the elementary particles that make up matter resonate, but abstract events can also resonate.
Based on this conjecture, he called the place where the same kind of things happened continuously "morphogenesis field", and called the same type of events "morphological resonance".
However, it is conceivable how unreliable the conjectures based on conjectures are. Just like many conjectures about the multiverse and aliens, you have neither reliable means to prove it is true, nor reliable means to prove it. Even if it seems "Obvious".
"...Does this recording mean that the technology used to project the consciousness of the players in the parallel world into this world is related to some guess made by the morphogenetic field theory?"
"For example, with the help of some unknown field, across the dimension of space, to trigger resonance between conscious bodies."
"Hiss...he has a big head."
What are you thinking about these things? It doesn't matter if you can use it or not! There is no point in investing time and energy into something that has no results. When more clues are available, the final truth will naturally be revealed.
The information that Lucius concluded from this recording is that the study of the morphogenetic field is the main subject of Shelter No.404.
Combined with the information obtained when I first came here, this project was probably completed more than a century ago..But then again, is this first-generation manager called a professor?
This guy is simply a dog than himself. Aside from the horrifying details in the recorder, Lucius has been able to confirm the identity of the guard, who is The Bitter Master mentioned in the "Diary of Bloody Hands".
And the utopia that the first "leader" of the Bloody Hand clan was looking for until the end is also the Shelter No. 404 under his feet.
Lucius picked up the unnamed diary on the table. The timeline in the diary is basically consistent with the "Blood Hand Diary" he had read before.
It has been this guy who has been guiding remotely by radio, advising the original leader of the "Blood Hand Clan" and helping survivors who were abandoned in the wasteland.
It's a pity that his good intentions seem to have gone wrong. And the mess left behind has tormented the survivors in the northern suburbs for hundreds of years, and it was not brought to an end until nearly two centuries later.
Unexpectedly, Shelter No 404 and the Bloody Hand clan still have such a relationship, and the cause of everything is just a broadcast.
Tsk-tsk twice, Lucius shook his head, and decided to file this diary together with the diary with the bloody fingerprints on it.
In addition to a silver revolver, Lucius found a lot of good things here, such as a box of 10mm revolver ammunition. There are more than 30 bullets in the ammunition box, and each bullet is as long as an index finger. There is no trace of oxidation on the surface, and it looks like a brand new one.
The bullet looks quite big, and it feels more powerful than a rifle ammunition, but I don't know if one shot can kill a crawler. Anyway, the nibblers must be shot one by one and there is nothing wrong with it.
Lucius noticed that there was a silver python printed on the package of the ammunition box, and there was the same one on the brown handle of the silver revolver.
Looking at the revolver in his hand, Lucius thought for a moment and said to himself.
"Just call you 'Silver Snake'."
In addition to the "Silver Snake" revolver, Lucius also found a baton under the folding table, and then searched in the storage compartment under the bed, only to find a new surprise.
"Red dot sight?"
The width of the buckle is stretchable, and it can be installed on the raised guide rail of the barrel of the "Silver Snake". To Lucius's surprise, this little thing still has electricity!
"2X magnification, adjustable density... Good stuff."
Of course, Lucius didn't intend to use it on the revolver. It would be a waste to equip such a short-rifled melee weapon with a sight.
It just so happens that he has a newly repaired assault rifle that can be used for this thing. With the red dot sight installed, it can be regarded as half a full match.
...
After leaving the room, Lucius crossed the end of the circular corridor in Area B to connect Area A.
This is the functional area on the second basement floor, with separate toilets and public bathrooms for men and women, and a public canteen that can accommodate up to 100 people at the same time.
It can be seen that the living space here is still very compact. Not only do you have to go to the bathroom and take a bath at the wrong peak, but you even have to queue up for meals..But one thing to say, the quality of life here is not bad.
The shower room is a 360° panoramic water mist mixed self-cleaning system, and you don’t even need to move it when taking a shower. The same goes for the toilet, just pull it. Washing with water and ultrasonic vibration can remove nano-scale dirt, saving even paper.
Don't worry about the little cute newbies catching strange things in the forest anymore.
Lucius tried the faucet here, and was surprised to find that the water was flowing, and he could even switch to hot water.
"I thought this shelter was just an empty shelf..."
It seems that only the B1 floor is empty.
Popo interjected from the side: "How could it be empty air? You saw it just now. Someone actually lived here, right?"
Lucius: "Then where are they?"
Popo: "Well, I don't know."
The expected answer. But Lucius didn't care, anyway, one day, he would figure out all the secrets of this shelter.
After inspecting these facilities, Lucius's initial idea was to move all the 100 training cabins on the B1 floor to the B2 floor. Anyway, the training cabin is equipped with a wireless power supply, which can be connected to any corner of the shelter.
There are 200 vacant rooms available in Area B on the B2 floor. Although the area is a bit narrow, players should be very happy to be able to change from a quadruple room to an independent standard room..After all, for them, this is just a save point.
As for the extruded beds and quilts, they can be stored in the empty rooms on the B1 floor, and they will always be useful in the future.
No need to worry about commuting. There is only one elevator outside the shelter to access the surface, but there are 8 elevators inside.
These include two freight elevators for transporting supplies, and six elevators for people to commute, which is more than enough for players to commute between floors in the shelter.
As for the elevator outside the shelter, it can be modified in the future. The big deal is to demolish the sanatorium in the future, dig a bigger hole, and let the players build a spacious house for themselves by the way.
Lucius turned on and off the faucet, and suddenly asked.
"By the way, is there a limit to the amount of water here?"
Lucius has had enough of using activated carbon to filter lake water and rainwater. No matter how filtered, the water tastes a bit abnormal.
Popo tilted the camera.
"No? According to the data, the water resources in the shelter seem to be supplemented by rainwater. In theory, as long as there is electricity, it will be supplied all the time, but it is better not to transfer the water as much as possible. It doesn't matter if it is used normally in the shelter. Domestic sewage will enter the internal circulation system of the shelter and be reused after being completely filtered. A small loss is fine, but if a large amount of water is transferred out, it may cause a certain load on the water circulation system of the shelter.”
Lucius nodded.
"Where does the filtered dirt go?"
Popo: "Maybe it will be sent to the fermentation room for processing? The final fertilizer may be sent to the planting greenhouse on a certain floor? Or it will be vaporized and then discharged through the vent? Anyway, if there is only electricity, this shelter can It will continue to run forever, Popo is also looking forward to the situation on other floors."
Lucius: "..."
There is no difference between saying and not saying.
F*ck!
After inspecting the sanitation facilities and canteens in Area A, Lucius followed Popo's roller through the longitudinal corridor, and soon came to the deepest part of Area A.
This appears to be a warehouse. The space is quite large, there are two basketball courts. More than 30 plastic boxes are stacked in the corner of the warehouse, labeled with medical supplies.
Lucius stepped forward and opened one of the boxes, only to find that what was inside was not medicine, but watches with display screens.
Roughly estimated, there are at least a thousand of them piled up here.
Slightly stunned, Luciuschi questioned.
"These are……"
Popo, who was next to his calf, came over and gave the answer in good time.
"It's VM."
