The world in front of me was gray, as if shrouded in a layer of fog, and I couldn't see the direction clearly, and I didn't know where I was going.
Zhou Jinru walked forward step by step, his steps non-stop, with the essence of evolution, aimlessly, and he didn't know where to throw this thing.
"...shashasha..."
There was an electric sound coming from nowhere, and invisible waves spread out, as if they were looking for something.
"Didi didi..."
The communicator on his right hand rang, as if a signal was coming in.
Ming Yuexin asked: "Do you answer the call?"
"Take it."
"...This is the base. Operators who have received the signal please respond. This is the base. Operators who have received the signal please respond..."
base?
What base?
Zhou Jinru hesitated again and again, not sure whether to respond. After thinking for a moment, he made a bold decision: "Forge an address and ask where the other party is."
When he tried to respond, the other party fell into silence and never responded.
He couldn't take this gain or loss seriously, but he didn't know how long it had been. He had no sense of hunger, thirst, or other physiological needs. His body seemed to be entering history, and time was frozen at that moment.
Maybe there will be another signal after a while.
With this idea in mind, Zhou Jinru stopped and waited for a long time. His right hand once again received the mysterious signal. This time he chose to remain silent and did not respond.
There were two more intervals. When the signal sounded for the fifth time, he was convinced that it was a signal transmitted in a timed cycle. Regardless of whether there was a response or not, it would spread to the outside world at a fixed time.
Just being able to spread signals in the past history, what kind of person can do that?
"Ming Yuexin, try to respond to it, use my code name."
This is Wanderer Aguang, the signal has been received, repeat it...
After five consecutive cycles, Zhou Jinru began to think that there was no response from the side transmitting the signal, and Ming Yuexin received a call request.
"Call request?"
"Yes."
"Can you confirm the other party's identity?"
"No, the identity information given by the other party is blank and cannot be compared in the database."
Zhou Jinru frowned, pondered for a few seconds, then nodded and said: "Connected."
…swiss, swiss, swish…
There was another burst of electric sound, and finally a person's voice came from the other side. Ming Yuexin reminded that it was an electronic synthesized voice.
"Hello, Wanderer Aguang, this is the survivor base. Where are you? I can't find your location on the map."
"What is the survivor base?"
"It's a base built by survivors. If you want to find a temporary place to park, maybe I can do something for you. If you just want to say hello, then thank you very much."
Zhou Jinru asked curiously: "What kind of organization are you?"
"A long, long time ago, we were a pharmaceutical company. A lot of things happened and many people died. The surviving operators built this base to help everyone in need."
The more Zhou Jinru listened, the more he felt something was wrong. His heart skipped a beat and he blurted out: "Your name is Rhode Island Pharmaceutical Company?"
The person on the other side was silent, and after a long time he replied: "That was a long time ago. It turns out that there are still people who know this name."
Zhou Jinru couldn't wait to ask: "Who are you and what is your code name?"
"I am a modified Lancet-2."
"What about the rest?"
"There is no one else now, I am the only member of the survivor base."
Buzz.
Zhou Jinru's mind was confused. He had heard that terrible future from Zhou Fu, but the future had not yet arrived. There was still room for maneuver, but what he heard now was an unacceptable fact.
"Medical car, how can I confirm your location?"
"you……"
"answer me."
"Who are you……"
Zhou Jinru whispered: "Mingyue Xin, track the source of the signal and give me a roughly vague direction."
Two seconds later, he turned into a golden light and disappeared with the essence of evolution.
In a dark area, golden light suddenly appeared, and a man and a metal sphere that was about to collapse fell to the ground.
Zhou Jinru took a breath of cold air, which was relatively clean and had no unpleasant smell.
He looked around, and all he could see was the shimmering light, which were all unnamed instruments. A faint light shone from behind him, and when he turned around, he saw an old screen, and the character display system was starting up.
"What is this place?"
A dialog box popped up on the screen: "This is the survivor base. Welcome here, Wanderer Aguang."
Zhou Jinru asked, "You don't know me?"
He was still wearing Dr. Rhode Island's uniform.
"Judging from your appearance, you are 99% similar to Dr. Rhode Island in the database, but this cannot reveal your true identity."
"Okay," Zhou Jinru didn't intend to argue, "if this is your idea, I respect you."
The man was silent and walked a few steps alone, slowly adapting to the dark environment.
At this time, the dialog characters on the screen changed: "Sorry, due to insufficient energy, I cannot provide more lights, which may make you feel uncomfortable. I am really sorry."
"Ha, it seems that you are still the same as the medical car I know. You care about other people's opinions. To be precise, I am not your doctor, at least not yet."
Zhou Jinru pretended to laugh lightly and popped out a pen in his right hand: "If you know this, you should know that I come from history. In my world, I have not reached this stage yet."
"Really?"
"real."
The light spots on the screen condensed into a smiling face, showing: "Great."
Zhou Jinru asked again: "How is it outside now?"
"Cold, silent, the surface temperature is extremely low, the ice is hundreds of meters thick, there is no sign of life, everything here is dead."
"Why is this happening?"
"Because the sun went out."
"What?"
It was repeated on the screen. Zhou Jinru looked at the characters and took a long time to accept this fact.
He sighed: "I really didn't expect this."
"In fact, before the sun was completely extinguished, there were no human beings on the earth, only those twisted lives were left. And the extinguishing of the sun only made all life fall into silence."
"But I don't feel cold. The temperature here is okay. Is it based on geothermal energy?"
"Yes, the survivor base is deep underground and can still be maintained by geothermal energy, but some lines and equipment are seriously aged, and energy is also scarce."
Without maintenance personnel, no productivity, and no raw materials, even machinery will slowly die from wear and tear.
This is the future, the future is not yet here.
