Chapter 7 The road extends forward
"Click!"
Qin Ling opened the metal box. The metal box made no sound because it was a vacuum.
The voice is matched by 8 numbers.
Inside the box is a photo. I don’t know what material it is made of, but the colors are very bright.
A group of cute furry creatures stand together with big bags on their backs, just like a scene in a cartoon.
"What's going on?"
Qin Ling looked at the photos over and over, unable to connect these cute creatures with their silent brethren.
"Are they wearing plush doll costumes?" Xiaoxiao asked.
"How is it possible? Who would do this on such an important occasion."
The humanoid creatures in the photos look all kinds of weird, but they are all furry and have their own characteristics.
Some have long flowing purple hair, some seem to have planets hidden in their eyes, and some have strange markings on their bodies.
"There is another piece of paper here."
Tang Guo turned the metal box over, and a small piece of paper fell from the edge of the box.
"We used the Seed of Desire, which brought disaster, but allowed us to continue downward."
It’s still that Juanxiu handwriting, this is the text left by Xingying.
"The seed of desire...what is this?"
Qin Ling frowned slightly, the name of this thing revealed an ominous atmosphere.
"It should be something that brings pollution and at the same time gives those people a certain ability to resist pollution." Xiaoxiao analyzed seriously.
Qin Ling felt like hearing Xiaoxiao's words.
This metal box gave Qin Ling a key clue. Something called the Seed of Desire spread the pollution. Then, as long as he found the Seed of Desire, he could trace the source of the pollution in reverse.
The abacus was very good, but unfortunately, after walking for two whole days, Qinling failed to find anything remotely related to seeds.
I don’t know if hundreds of years have passed and all the life that the scientific expedition team saw has died, or if they have gone astray.
At first, Qinling firmly believed that he had not taken the wrong path. After all, there was only one way up and down here. If he took the wrong path, pigs would be able to climb trees.
But as it continued downward, Qinling finally wavered.
This journey was too mundane, as if we were really exploring a cave.
Just when Qin Ling almost doubted whether he was really going the wrong way, No. 8 suddenly issued a warning.
"A large number of metal items were scanned."
Number 8 shines light on the rock wall while sending the message to everyone.
Under the guidance of the light, Qin Ling saw the pile of metal equipment discarded in the corner of the rock wall.
Mo Mo immediately recognized what these things were. They were all research equipment.
Base No. 1 and Base No. 2 were both empty, with only the heavy equipment left in place. Now, Qinling has found the medium and light equipment.
"Is this stuff stuffed in those people's big backpacks?" Tang Guo said he couldn't understand.
Qin Ling could understand the enthusiasm of scientific researchers for exploring the unknown, but he could not empathize with it either.
Xiaoxiao has already begun to pick up this pile of seriously expired equipment.
Only silently, she sighed silently, and no one heard her.
Xiaoxiao dug around in the garbage pile for a while, and finally lost interest. This pile of equipment has now been completely scrapped, and its only use value is waste recycling.
Moving forward, more equipment appeared, and without exception, these equipments were seriously damaged.
Tang Guo saw a lot of discarded equipment like this, and Tang Guo gradually discovered an anomaly: "These things don't seem to be discarded randomly? Their storage locations seem to have been specially selected."
Momo finally spoke: "These... are treasures. Even if I can't take them away, I can't bear to just throw them away."
A faint light appeared in front of him again. Qin Ling thought it was some kind of luminous plant, but when he walked in, he realized that it was actually an ever-burning lamp.
This lamp must have been improvised by the scientific expedition team. You can see the traces of handwork on it. Its workmanship is very rough, but it is surprisingly durable. After other carefully preserved equipment has been damaged and malfunctioned, only
It is still faithfully traveling its responsibilities.
There was a metal box under the ever-burning lantern. Qin Ling picked up the metal box, opened it, and took out a letter from it.
"We can't hold on anymore.
"Everyone has become extremely weak. The seed of desire only suppressed our perception of the disaster and then overdrafted our bodies.
"Those things are still there, and during this period of time, it has deeply eroded our bodies, and now it is beginning to erode our spirits.
"Even the interconnected network of minds cannot resist this erosion.
"Our journey will be difficult to continue unless we break through the lower limit.
"We did, we broke through the bottom line of being human.
"There are three seeds of desire left, and we used one of them to give us the ability to continue descending.
"Our wish came true, March 3rd became our vehicle.
"We can finally continue downward with the remaining things, but is it all worth it?"
This letter was also left by Xingying, and it is also the longest letter Qinling has ever seen.
But the handwriting of the letter was a little messy. It was obvious that she was very excited when she wrote this letter.
Qin Ling looked at the letter and pondered its content.
Breaking through the bottom line of human beings? March 3 became a vehicle?
What is March 3rd?
"He is a team member." Momo said.
Mo Mo didn't have much impression of the member of the scientific expedition team named March 3. She only remembered that he was a young and lively guy. Every time he saw him, he was always cheerful.
A team member used the Seed of Desire and turned into a vehicle.
It was difficult for Qin Ling to imagine the scene at that time. He could only try to construct that scene through his limited knowledge about pollution.
A young man swallowed a seed, and then he began to transform. After some details that were difficult to figure out, he turned into the front of a large truck with a cool red and blue paint.
Wait, this scene doesn't feel right.
Qin Ling gave up Lenovo, and even the person who wrote the letter said that they had broken through the bottom line of human beings, so he had better not think about it too much.
"Let's go and see what else we can find ahead."
Qin Ling believed that he would also find letters left by Xingying on the road ahead.
These letters are like a bridge across time and space, allowing him to get a glimpse of the experience of the scientific expedition team, and at the same time connecting two people who have not seen each other again for hundreds of years.
Continuing down, for a long time, Qinling did not find any similar structural devices. At the same time, there was a fork in the road that diagonally connected to the road they were taking from the back. Qinling didn't know where to go for a while.
Chapter completed!