Chapter 458 Everything Is Under Control
Regarding this suspended ventilation pipe outlet, the way we finally chose to leave was a little different. Because when we arrived here, we found that there were actually many people below who were busy carrying supplies, so we couldn't get down to the ground and had to walk from the ceiling. However, although the crowd below prevented us from landing directly, it was not completely without benefits. At least the busy crowd produced a very loud noise, and this noise just covered up our voices. In this way, one by one, we hung upside down along the ceiling and climbed to the wall on the other side of the warehouse.
There is a metal corridor suspended on the wall on this side. Because this corridor is still four or five meters high from the ground, the probability of us being discovered here is very low, and because of the noise below, even we were originally The most difficult-to-muffle sounds no longer pose a threat.
After landing in the corridor smoothly, we followed the metal escalator to a small door with an electronic lock at the end. We were about to open the door, but unexpectedly, the door opened suddenly. Inside the door were two workers in work clothes. They were obviously stunned when they saw us, but before they could react, Ling and I stretched out our hands. He pointed his finger between the eyebrows of one person, and the two people who were touched immediately softened. Ling and I quickly jumped into the door, each caught one and slowly put it on the ground, then stretched our heads to look inside. Fortunately, there was no one else behind.
Invite others to enter, let Lingling take over from Ling, and search forward together with me. This place is different from down there. There are only narrow passages here and the business is not wide. This kind of place is the most beneficial to us, because our senses are much stronger than ordinary people, so we can detect enemies in advance, while ordinary humans are The sensing range is not as large as ours. Therefore, as long as we are in such a place with many obstacles, we can hide the evil person at will without worrying about being discovered.
The two workers' brains had been burned off by the electric current when Ling and I put our fingers between their eyebrows. Although they looked like they were asleep now, their brains would be found if a craniotomy was performed. Already fully cooked. After stuffing the bodies of the two people behind a pile of pipes next to them and making sure they were not easily discovered, we continued to move forward.
Because of the map, we don’t have to explore those passages bit by bit. Instead, we just need to follow the lines on the map and move directly towards the target. But according to the map. We still have to walk a long way to enter the interior of the spacecraft, but surprisingly, the journey is extremely simple. Apart from the two workers we met before, we only met a lone technician. We managed to hide the body as easily as before, and then we arrived at the connection channel of the spacecraft unobstructed.
From here, the situation becomes complicated, because the spacecraft is standing in an empty launch silo, and the surrounding sight range is too large. Although we used electronic centipedes to hack into the security system, we had no way to control the eyes of the guards. And in such an open place, everyone's visual range is extremely large, which is really not a good thing for us.
Although it is very difficult to sneak in quietly, we must do it. Of course, it is obviously inappropriate to break in forcefully. We still need to think of something else.
After carefully checking and searching on the electronic map in our minds, we actually found a safe passage. This so-called safe passage is actually not safe, because it is not a passage for people to walk, but a coolant delivery pipe. The coolant used in this pipe will absorb heat in the pipe and cause the pressure to rise, so it is for safety. There is a larger casing on the outside of this pipeline. The diameter of this casing is enough for us to squeeze in, but the problem is that the casing is sealed. The temperature of the coolant delivery pipe is extremely low, which causes the temperature inside the casing to drop to a very extreme state. This extreme cold is enough to kill most of the known creatures on Earth, including penguins and polar bears. But if you want to go in, there seems to be no good place to choose except this road.
Quickly return to the passage inside the base, and then circle around to reach the location of the coolant delivery pipe. The place is manned by two staff. And there is surveillance. Of course, surveillance is useless now, because the invasion of the electronic centipede will automatically remove our image from the screen, so the only problem we need to solve is those two staff members.
Because the coolant delivery pipe has been connected a long time ago, the two people have nothing to do now. They are just sitting there chatting without paying attention to the door. Of course, with our ability, we can deal with these two people without any effort, but the key issue is not to control them, but to prevent others from discovering the problem. We don't have much to do about this. We can only hope that no one will look for these two guys. After all, the only thing we can do is to hide the bodies, but if someone looks for them, they will definitely find out that these two guys are not at their posts soon. , problems will inevitably be discovered later, and this is basically unsolvable for us and can only rely on luck. Fortunately, usually no one comes to this location.
After hiding the body, we quickly arrived near the conveyor pipe. There are two coolant delivery pipes in the center, which are about the same thickness as fire hoses. The material is completely invisible because the outside is covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost. In fact, not only the coolant delivery pipe, but also the huge casing outside is covered with a thick layer of white frost, and white mist is sprayed out from the entrance and exit. You can feel the cold air blowing against your face without getting close. .
"Damn it, is this temperature okay?" asked Scot, looking at the frost in the pipe.
Shuangxue immediately stood up and said, "I'll go ahead and you just follow me. I have a way to protect everyone from frostbite."
"Then it's up to you."
Shuangxue itself is good at controlling temperature, so it is more reliable for her to say that there is a way. Originally, everyone was guessing what method Shuangxue would use to prevent freezing, but Shuangxue used a method that no one expected at all. She actually used the freezing method. Many people may wonder that the pipeline itself is in an extremely low temperature state. Wouldn't freezing make the temperature even lower?
In fact, this is just a wrong imagination caused by the inertia of thinking. As long as you use your brain carefully, you can understand that even ice can be insulated. The method used by frost and snow is to use freezing method to lay two layers of ice on the pipe. There is a small gap between the two layers of ice, and there are supporting ice picks in the gap to bear the weight. This forms a hollow isolation zone. The thermal conductivity of ice itself is actually not very good, so when the upper and lower layers of ice are separated, a thermal insulation layer is formed. The small ice pick connected in the middle has a small cross-sectional area and the ice layer itself has poor thermal conductivity, so it will not The heat is quickly transferred between us and the pipe, so our temperature loss will not be too fast. It also plays the role of anti-freeze.
Although it feels a bit magical at first, once you think about it, you will find that the principle is actually very simple. Of course, making this kind of ice layer with hollow interlayers is not a simple task, and it cannot be done without precise control. Besides, humans themselves don’t have nearly super powers like ours.
Although the frost and snow method is very effective, the temperature inside the pipe itself is not very high, so we were still freezing all the way up. The ice layer only protects us from frostbite. The low temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero inside the casing still makes us feel very cold. After all, we only have one layer of composite armor on our bodies, and its ability to insulate and retain heat is definitely not very good. The temperature in this place was already very high, and we didn’t expect to need to climb the cooling pipe!
Through the twenty-meter-long pipe, we successfully entered the docking port on the spacecraft. When I came out of the pipe, I saw two ice sculptures standing on both sides of the pipe mouth. These should be the staff here. Of course, Shuangxue couldn't keep them if he came out from here, so he directly controlled the low temperature to freeze the two of them.
It's much easier to deal with these two unlucky guys. Just plug it into the casing we just came out of. The low temperature of minus 20 degrees will definitely ensure that it is impossible for them to break free from the ice on their bodies.
After entering this work cabin, we quickly took out our weapons and started setting up defenses. Then we checked the map again to confirm the relative position of the target and us. After that, Scott and Yeyue were responsible for opening the way. After pushing open the pressurized door of the studio, I immediately saw a vertical shaft. This vertical shaft is actually a main channel extending from the bow to the stern of the ship. However, because the spacecraft is now erected on the launch pad, this passage has become a vertical shaft. However, there are escalators in all four directions of the passage. Even standing upright allows people to move through these vertical escalators, it just takes a little more effort. Of course, with our physical strength this is not a problem at all.
By directly grabbing the two spiral staircases on both sides of the gate, we didn't climb up step by step at all. Instead, it jumps up layer by layer like a monkey. By grabbing the hands and feet of the spiral ladder and using a slight jump, you can jump up to seven or eight meters high. This is not our limit, but the result of lowering the range of motion in order to make as little noise as possible. Otherwise, given our physical abilities, it would be no problem to fly more than 20 meters in one step. Of course, although the distance we jumped each time was not large, our speed was very fast. We almost took off again as soon as we touched the escalator. From the side, it looked like we were flying upwards, rising dozens of meters in the blink of an eye.
I gestured downwards and stuck directly at the entrance of a hatch. This door is different from ordinary doors. There is a password input device on the side, and there is also a device for detecting palm prints and iris. It can be said that the inspection is strict. Of course, we didn't intend to compete with this identification device.
"Xiao Chun."
"coming."
Xiao Chun jumped up from below with a vertical leap, then hung one hand on the door, and then used the other hand to stick to the palm print reader on the door. The surface of the recognition device immediately lit up with a green light, as if it was checking the palm print. But as soon as the light came on, it suddenly flickered, and then suddenly the entire identifier lit up red. We even heard a warning sound of "beep", and then the door suddenly opened with a "chi" sound.
The moment the door opened, Xiaochun said to us: "Quick, I can only control this thing for a few minutes."
In fact, there is no need for Xiaochun to remind us that we are already taking action. I stretched out my hand and Scott threw a big black bag up from below. After catching the bag, I immediately got inside the door, and then I saw a large criss-crossing metal frame, which was densely filled with circuit boards and disk arrays. In addition, I could see several robotic arms hanging from it. Parked against the wall to my left. That should be the ceiling, but because the spacecraft is now vertical, it becomes the wall on the left.
These directly exposed circuit boards and disk arrays are not the central processor, but the management circuits used in the separate cabin. After the spacecraft takes off, these things will be transferred to the material warehouse and stored as spare parts for the main computer. However, during takeoff, because The calculation amount is large. Therefore, these things need to participate in the work and cooperate with the main computer to complete flight control.
Of course what we are looking for is not these things, but the main computer at the core. Carrying the big bag on my back, I jumped on the steel frame like Tarzan and ran to the center of the room. There is a huge device here with a very cool shape. If you rotate it ninety degrees and place it on the ground, you will find that it looks like a gear lying on the ground. In its center is a cylinder with a base diameter of more than three meters and a height of about five meters. Around this cylinder are eight objects as big as erected containers arranged in a radial pattern. certainly. This thing is not as crude as a container, but a pretty cool thing. Its surface is a black matte material that feels extremely smooth, almost like it's been oiled. There is a circle of blue light-guiding lines at the top of each of these eight gadgets. At this time, the lines are constantly flashing, and it looks like there is blue luminous liquid flowing inside.
Of course, the above is the appearance of this thing on the ground. But now it is nailed vertically to the wall beside me. In fact, that wall should be the floor of the spacecraft, but for the same reason, because the spacecraft is upright, the floor also becomes a wall.
This huge black device is the core of the immigrant ship - the quantum computing center. The eight things as big as containers outside are actually eight quantum computers, and the huge cylinder in the center is the artificial intelligence core and data exchanger. Those blue light guide strips are not decorative lights. Not an indicator either, but a quantum communicator. These eight big machines and the central artificial intelligence core are all quantum computers. Their calculation speed is too fast, and traditional optical fibers and cables cannot meet their data communication needs. Therefore, it is necessary to install a dedicated optical quantum communicator to use quantum beams for direct communication. This can minimize transmission delays.
After seeing this thing, I immediately jumped over excitedly. When I jumped on it, I found that the outside of the thing was too smooth and it was completely unbearable. I just landed on the side of the central cylinder and slid down. Fortunately, Ye Yue, who was following me, reacted quickly and threw a rope to me and swung me to the steel frame here.
Having learned my lesson, this time I first used the rope hook gun to fix it on the upper steel frame, and then used the rope hook gun to place myself little by little on the top of the central cylinder. Of course, this is actually its side now, but according to the direction of the spacecraft, this should be the top.
The top of this cylinder is not flat, but there are many external devices, and there is an octagonal protrusion in the center, and there is a triangular slot in the center of the protrusion. I quickly pulled out the universal interface from the back of my neck and inserted it directly into the slot. I felt a numbness all over my body, and the electronic brain automatically connected to the signal, and then the octagonal protrusion in front of me suddenly stretched out slowly with an exhaust sound of "chi".
This raised device has eight sides, with a large number of indicator lights flashing endlessly. In addition, you can see many data interfaces, which are connection ports specially used for maintenance. As long as you connect this port with a physical direct connection, you can obtain junior administrator rights. After all, this is a maintenance access port, and it needs to be opened with a dedicated electronic key, so normally it does not require special protection.
Of course, this is not normal.
After seeing this thing sticking out, I immediately took the backpack to the front, and then pulled out a silver-white thing from the backpack that looked like an unsealed nuclear bomb at first glance. Aim this thing directly at one of the sides of the protruding device and insert it hard. The device locks automatically with a click. Then I throw away the backpack and pick up the second backpack from Scott's side and continue to insert the protruding part. side.
Soon, one such device was inserted into each of the eight sides of the thing. After all eight devices were installed in place, the cover at the rear was suddenly neatly opened and an antenna protruded from it. The tip of the antenna was still There is a small red light. After the eight antennas were stretched out, they immediately began to flash alternately, and all the computers in the room suddenly made an increasingly clear roar.
In fact, the computer itself does not make any sound. The sound we hear is actually the noise caused by the accelerated operation of the cooling device. The reason why the cooling device accelerates is because the power consumption of the computer itself is increasing. In other words, the computer is currently In a busy state. Only when all components are at full capacity will the computer's cooling device run so crazy, because otherwise it cannot control the computer's temperature.
This sudden noise lasted for thirty seconds, and then the room we were in suddenly plunged into darkness with a click, and all the indicators and lighting went out. However, two seconds later, there was a slowly increasing mechanical sound, All the surrounding computers suddenly restarted, then the lighting equipment turned on one after another, and a mechanical electronic synthesized sound suddenly sounded around. "The data clone is loaded and the replacement of the original operating system begins. ...The replacement is completed." The voice suddenly paused, and then the electronic sound suddenly turned into Nuwa's voice. "The main engine is locked and the fuel pipeline is disconnected. External ventilation is cut off, the oxygen generator is shut down, the carbon dioxide alarm is turned off, the main channel of the spacecraft is closed, and all cabins are isolated. The lighting system is turned off, the operation control system is turned off, the monitoring system is turned off, and the air conditioning system is turned off. "After reading a series of orders, Nuwa suddenly said to us: "Okay, I have taken over this place. You can start cleaning up those disobedient guys. Oh, by the way, pay attention to the amount of oxygen outside will gradually decrease. If you If you feel uncomfortable, just switch to the internal circulatory system.”
"Won't those people outside know that we have come in if you do this?"
"So what if I know? They are all locked in sealed cabins now. I have turned off the ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The temperature here will get higher and higher, and the oxygen content will gradually decrease. How long do you think they can hold on? But I suggest that you better control the engine room first. There is a manual device over there that can release my control, but it requires permission. They won't be able to get there quickly, so you just need to act quickly." (Unfinished) To be continued~^~)