The entire building is a grand hall, all the way to the high platform at the end. There are tombs neatly arranged in the hall, and each tomb has a stone tablet with the name and brief life of the deceased engraved on it. Except for a few tombs that are empty, most of the cemeteries have owners.
At a cursory glance, one can estimate that at least hundreds of people are buried here. Chu Jungui knew at a glance that there were 152 dead people buried and 48 tombs were empty.
Why was such a cemetery built in the camp? Why did so many people die?
Everyone's eyes fell on the high platform, where a stone tablet several meters high stood with dense inscriptions carved on it. Because it was carved from the rock of Planet 1 itself and protected by the building itself, this stone tablet has been preserved to this day, and most of the inscriptions are still clearly legible.
The personal terminal automatically translated the inscription into content that everyone can understand.
"December 15th, 2612, the year of the home planet. This is a shameful and sad day that will be remembered in the hearts of each of us, if we can still live. I, Oberan, the 151st deep space exploration spacecraft Captain, here to faithfully record everything that happened."
"Between Planets One and Two, we finally chose Planet One after using up the last remaining fuel. The final decision was made jointly by me, the expedition leader, and the immigration director for the following reasons: Planet One. There is a lot of helium and we can refuel here. Planets 2 and 2 are further away, landing is risky, and the environment is not suitable for survival."
"When we entered Planet 1, we discovered that we had made a fatal mistake. There was no water here. Although there was a large amount of helium, it was not something we could extract with our current technology. Planet 2 confirmed that there was not only water, but also a certain amount of helium. Proportional oxygen. We can get enough oxygen without having to use the most crude and primitive methods to extract a little bit of water and oxygen like here. The reason for making wrong judgments lies in a small error in the sensor and a Careless analyst.”
"I executed that analyst."
"On the first day of landing, we had a fierce argument. Everyone understood that we could only survive on the water and oxygen stored in the immigration spacecraft. To get new water, more energy was needed. Unfortunately, Yes, we are running out of fuel too.”
"The only option is to transform the rescue capsule into a manned spacecraft and go to Planet 2. This is a one-way ticket, and it can only be enjoyed by a few people."
"It took us half a year to finally select the candidate to go to Planet 2. In these short 180 days, all the conspiracy, deception, betrayal and violence in human history were staged in turn, just to get a ticket. . As a captain, I only washed my face once during these 180 days, using half a glass of water."
"As captain, I decided to stay and make the final journey with most of my crew."
"However, the biggest betrayal came from the day the rescue capsule was launched. The rescue capsule was suddenly launched while most people were sleeping. There were some people on board who shouldn't be there, and some people who should have been on it were thrown away. The most important thing is The thing is, they took away the rest of the water, leaving us with only a month."
"We spent the last time building this cemetery to bury the souls who rested in this sad journey. And I, as the last person to die, was responsible for burying them and recording everything."
"Finally, please forgive me, a captain who failed to bring his crew to their new home, Oberan."
After reading the inscription and then looking at the rows of cemeteries, everyone felt heavy. Needless to say, you can understand the despair and helplessness of these explorers at that time.
Li Ruobai let out a heavy breath and said, "At least the modified body is right about one thing. Planet 2 is full of descendants of sinners."
Chu Jungui said: "But there is good news. There is a lot of helium here. Maybe we have to stay a few more days."
Li Ruobai nodded, "They can all find helium, and we can find it even more. As long as we extract enough helium, we will have fusion fuel, which should be able to support us until we fly back, or at least fly to an inhabited star field."
Chu Jungui opened his personal terminal, scanned the tombstones and cemeteries, and recorded the whole scene.
This is just a microcosm of mankind's early exploration of deep space. Over the past millennium, countless immigrant exploration spacecraft have quietly disappeared into the depths of the starry sky, and there has never been any news from them again. The history of human interstellar pioneering is written with the bones of countless adventurers. Only with such heavy sacrifices could we achieve the glory of the interstellar age of navigation.
"Let's go take a look at the spaceship. It's almost here." Li Ruobai said.
The four people left the camp and drove the off-road vehicle to the spacecraft.
Looking up close, this huge spaceship, which is hundreds of meters long and nearly a hundred meters high, is still majestic, like a flying fortress.
The explorers built several ramps leading directly to the hatches of the spacecraft to facilitate entry and exit.
Everything was silent at this moment, even the hatch was covered by a layer of sand and gravel.
Chu Jungui nodded to Li Ruobai, carried a cleaning machine to the cabin door, and began to clean the sand and gravel attached to the door. The surface is cleaned and the hatch appears intact. Chu Jungui tested the internal pressure again and found that everything was normal, so he switched to a high-power laser cutting machine and started cutting the hatch.
A few minutes later, a large hole was cut into the hatch, and a stream of foul air spewed out. Chu Jungui analyzed the air composition inside the spacecraft and said: "Everything is normal, there are no unknown bacteria or viruses, but the oxygen content is very low."
"Normally, if those people lying in the cemetery did not die of thirst, they would also die of lack of oxygen."
The two turned on the lighting system on the armor, walked inside the spacecraft, and began to search area by area.
This spacecraft is a typical interstellar immigration spacecraft. It has a huge cryo-sleep cabin area inside that can accommodate hundreds of immigrants. There is also a huge cargo area to transport the supplies needed during the long journey, as well as the initial materials for building a new base after arriving at the destination.
According to the scale of carrying immigrants, this is a pioneering spacecraft with more exploration than immigration functions. It is responsible for establishing the initial advance base in a newly explored star field. Once it is discovered that there is a possibility and need for further immigration to the planet, a larger immigration fleet will set off from the home planet and embark on the journey.
Li Ruobai had flown over many advanced warships and was not very interested in this antique-like immigrant ship. What's more, the cargo area was empty, indicating that most of the supplies were used to build the spacecraft to Planet 2. Even if the cargo hold is full, Li Ruobai has no interest in technology from hundreds of years ago.
Looking at each cabin, Li Ruobai suddenly stopped in front of a cabin door, thoughtfully, and turned around and said: "It seems that the people on this ship are not simple!"
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