20. Once Upon a Time on Earth

Data from the spacecraft showed no signs of life in the vicinity. This means that there is only life on the 5 vehicles.

The coarse loose soil is dark yellow and reddish, and there is no vegetation in sight. It's more like Mars than the name Earth.

The foggy dusk environment makes visibility less than a few tens of meters. Radiation is 32 microsieverts per second, and the air is mixed with hydrogen, formaldehyde and other gases that should not be there.

The address of the Montenegro Science and Technology Base is 1.3 kilometers away from here, in the direction of the west.

Joyce's voice rang out from the vehicle communicator, asking for a queue to enter town.

At this moment, the communicator light turned on, and Mu Su's arrogant shouts came out of it.

"That's my escape route, Jojo! Hey......? How the car doesn't move. Bang bang - don't come here! Aha, I'm joking with your chief, don't you ask...... Sand Falls Funeral! Oops, the sand wood has a belt, and the gas is silver...... Hahaha, I was joking with you just now, I don't believe you ask Jojo."

The shouts of arrogance did not last long before they were replaced by sounds of panic.

"Jojo, say good things for me! They've started to take off their pants!"

The other seven members of the car with Mu Su looked at each other.

Joyce said to the communicator, "It was Mr. Musu who was joking with me just now."

The seven members looked at each other, and a woman stood up and explained to the communicator, "Uh...... Yes, the chief. And we didn't do anything just now."

"I know."

The all-terrain vehicle vehicle is activated. Five cars lined up from the plains along the crack-filled road into the dilapidated town.

On both sides are familiar and unfamiliar, the silhouettes of buildings looming in the yellow mist.

The window panes were scattered and covered with a thick layer of dust. The inside of the cavern is exposed to the field of vision, and it is lifeless.

The convoy stopped in the center of the town, and Joyce ordered the crew of Chen Yue's vehicle to change into protection and go outside to search for clues. The town is very close to the Black Mountain Science and Technology Base, and there are always some clues.

Hopefully, those clues are still there.

The rear hatch of the vehicle car opened, and several protective suits were worn, not bloated, but fat figures descended one after another.

After getting out of the car, Chen Yue's black eyes condensed slightly.

She thought it was a fog formed by toxic substances, but now she looked closely...... They are fine planktonic particles that are visible to the naked eye.

Reaching out for the claw, particles leak through between your fingers.

Here the air is dead and completely devoid of circulation. As the body walked by, the floating particles were stirred behind him and turned into tiny whirlpools.

The other members of the vehicle witnessed this on footage, but it was not as real as it was to the naked eye.

"I feel like I'm returning to my roots...... Over."

The communicator heard the sound of outside members talking.

"It's as done as you do."

"I want to take off my mask right now and take a deep breath of the air from home...... Oh, over."

"You're going to die, man, over."

Joyce didn't ban small talk inside the communicator. He's looking at the picture.

Eight figures walked to the nearest house on the side of the road. It used to be a clothing store, with a large window without glass, and a few heads and bodies scattered in the corners of the platform—dummies.

A figure was the first to step through the window, and the overhead searchlight turned on, illuminating the dimly lit room. He turned back to his companion and said, "You don't want to go through the door."

The woman was standing in front of the door, her hand outstretched as if she was about to open the door. When he heard the teasing, he walked straight through the door of the room, which was only the frame of the door.

"That's right, it's over."

Three other members remained outside on guard.

Chen Yue and the other four people entered the store to check.

Except for the four walls, only rusty metal hangers stood in place. The wooden platform at the front desk is still intact, but it is not strong at all when touched, as if it is dented on the cream.

There are no clues at all, and you can't even see the words. The only thing that meant the magazine was covered with a layer of dull yellow dust, which turned to fly ash as soon as it was touched.

No one came back in vain.

"It's so quiet here, over."

One member complained that he could only hear his own breathing.

Chen Yue looked at him, "Okay, I'll talk about it later. The spaceship, with a map of the town from the 21st century."

Ten seconds later, eight people and the vehicle received the map at the same time.

Chen Yue set up a sign in the mayor's office on the map. The office is on the same street, 150 meters ahead.

There was no need to return to the vehicle, and the eight people went directly with the vehicle.

The tracks leave visible marks behind them.

The mayor's office, a three-story red brick building.

Leaving the two to guard the door, Chen Yue led the team into the building one after another.

On the first floor of the two, the members entered the room in an orderly manner to search and photographed all the words that were still legible or unrecognizable.

On the third floor, walking up the cement steps, Chen Yue saw the notches on the iron plate on the broken door at a glance.

【Mayor's Office】

Letting the members who followed guard the corridor, Chen Yue gently pushed the door open.

After 400 years, the wooden door has long been corroded, and after a gentle push, it falls inward. Chen Yue subconsciously wanted to cover her mouth and nose, and then reacted that she was wearing a protective shield.

Poof-

In the whisper, a large cloud of dust was raised.

Chen Yue frowned, turned up the power of the searchlight, and stepped into the room that was as muddy as the mud and sand under the water.

Her eyes were drawn to the monitor on the wooden table by the wall. She walked over and carefully wiped the dust off the screen, thought about it, took out a small portable energy source from the waist of the suit, connected the connector to the computer case, and pressed the button.

Buzz –

As the fan struggled to turn, the screen suddenly lit up.

Very good!

Chen Yue gritted her silver teeth.

An unrecognizable logo appeared, and after a long time, the screen suddenly turned blue, and text appeared.

Chen Yue couldn't see clearly, so she wiped the screen again. Finding that it was still a little blurry, he turned to rub the mask.

This time it's clear.

Read the text, which is to the effect of memory corruption.

"Take out the hard drive."

Joyce, who observes everything, reminds.

Chen Yue understood, unplugged the portable power supply, and then picked up the monitor and the chassis together, and rushed out of the muddy room after confirming that there were no clues missing in the room.

She didn't know which one was the hard drive, so she took it all away.

Just as she was going downstairs, an exclamation came from the communicator, "What the hell is that!"

"What do you see?"

The communicator hears the shouts of the crew members of the vehicle: "The screen shows that nothing was captured"

The member who had screamed earlier stumbled and said, "I know...... It was seen by the afterglow, and there was a dark shadow...... It's my delusion...... Over."

Chen Yue walked downstairs quickly, frowned and said, "Your eyes are fine, there is no illusion. The vehicle cart turns on the life detector and scans the office."

[Number of lifeforms found: 6]

"Looks like you're dazzled." One member interjected.

"Don't take it lightly." Chen Yue said, going down to the first floor and walking onto the street.

"Come back. Let's go straight to the Montenegro tech base."

Joyce gave them orders, and the members who received the orders withdrew one after another.

"The group returned to the vehicle and gradually drove away from the dead town. However, none of them knew that in a corner of the wall, a malicious gaze suddenly flashed away......

"Mr. Masu, please respect yourself." Joyce replied to the troublemaker in the communicator.