Infinite Horror: The Strongest Zhongzhou Team

"Look down below."

"so big."

"A pressurization device, this must be a pressurization device, but this is the first time I've ever seen one this big."

"So, if it's all empty, then why is it still stuck at number 400-something?"

Why not number one?

Ripley, standing behind the four, patted Wells on the shoulder:

"That's a good question. You can ask him yourself later."

With Li Xiao's confirmation, the Betty's engine was completely shut off, and it came to a steady stop at the mechanical port.

"External environment confirmed, opening the hatch."

As Moss's voice prompted, the exit of the Betty slowly opened.

Ripley's expression was unusually strange at that moment.

Cole and his men were all on high alert, and they had all become fully armed at some point.

"Ahem, aren't you two going to make some preparations?"

Li Xiao looked at Reeves, who had reminded them, and said with a smile:

"Believe me, it's them who should be preparing."

As the sealed doors were opened one after another.

The group finally stepped out and onto this strange space station.

Wells looked at what was in front of him:

"Oh, it doesn't look any different?"

"No, wait!"

Wells and his companions jumped off the Betty warship.

He immediately jogged around the space station's interstellar port to begin reconnaissance.

They soon made a new discovery.

Lying on the ground, Reeves exclaimed in shock, "This is the Moqi Quinn docking module device?"

How did this space station come to be?

"What???"

Christie, who was behind, walked over curiously and asked:
Is there anything strange about this?

Reeves nodded:
"Of course it's strange, very strange, because this device is a special feature of the new type of spacecraft."

"Leaving Earth aside, I wouldn't be surprised if any interstellar port had this thing, but don't forget where we are."

Why would a 300-year-old space station have a modular docking device that has only been in use for the last ten years or so?

Reeves stood up, his solemn expression followed by a look of confusion.

"But if this exists, why are there antiques all around?"

It's important to understand that any interstellar port serves many purposes beyond simply docking spaceships.

It also provides services such as energy replacement and replenishment, and equipment hardware repair and replacement.

Of course, mercenaries all charge a fee.

The six-person team dispersed.

It's not just Revis that has been discovered.

Wells, John, Cole, and Ripley all sensed that something was amiss.

However, they couldn't pinpoint exactly where the problem lay.

An out-of-place modular device?
Empty?
But is the space station still operational?
There are problems anyway.

Compared to the mercenaries who were on guard around.

Step off the spaceship.

As Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong stepped onto the metal floor of the space station, their eyes were drawn to a certain scene.

Because this seemed to be their first time in such a place.

Previously, I had an unreal feeling in the confined space of a spaceship.

Now, walking on the space station, one can see at a glance...

The lower half of my vision is filled with various flashing lights and mechanical devices with display screens, while the upper half is an endless starry sky.

All I can say is that this feeling is very strange.

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong stood on the side of the transparent glass at the edge of the space station.

This perspective allows you to take in the entire Earth beneath your feet.

Compared to the vibrant colors and boundless darkness of the previous voyage.

At this time, space was filled with the sun's light, perhaps because of the presence of stars.

And within that radiant light lies the Earth.

A grayish-white object, looking at the lifeless Earth.

They both knew with their own eyes that something must have happened on Earth.

"Sakura, do you think it might be a world like The Matrix?"

"If such an existence had actually succeeded, would it have become the Earth we know today?"

Li Xiao asked the girl beside him in a soft voice.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Yingkong said calmly:
"possible."

"The digital life that Ripley just mentioned, the Matrix consciousness in The Matrix, and Skynet in the Terminator series all belong to the same kind of existence."

Li Xiao nodded and said:
"I remember Chu Xuan once commented that pure technological development is an inevitable outcome with a probability of over 90%."

“Weak AI, strong AI, and AI that truly possesses self-awareness are equivalent to digital life.”

"This is an unavoidable path of technological development."

Li Xiao took a deep breath, chuckled, and beckoned the scattered crowd over.

"Any discoveries, everyone?"

Everyone shook their heads, including Cole.

"Yes. There's no one on the entire space station. I already guessed it."

"Let's go, take a space elevator back to Earth, and then we'll know what's going to happen."

"Perhaps this is the future of humanity in the real world."

After Li Xiao finished speaking, he prepared to walk forward.

And it was at this time.

Zhao Yingkong looked at Ripley and asked him directly:
"Since entering the space station, what have you found that you've discovered?"

Li Xiao looked over.

Ripley crossed his arms and looked at them, asking again:

Is this really more than two hundred years later?

Cole answered accurately:

"It is now the year 2382 in the Federal Calendar, which is 260 years from now compared to the 2122 you mentioned."

Ripley shook his head:
"If what you're saying is true, then why hasn't the space station changed at all?"

"Not only the space station, but also the space elevator, and everything I can see is exactly the same as I remember."

"If I remember correctly, the Tianji space station had a service life of seventy years, and it should have been dismantled or rebuilt long ago."

"But right now, all the machines are running normally."

Faced with Ripley's doubts, Cole could only shake his head.

Li laughed and said, "Perhaps after we enter the interstellar era, Earth will be abandoned for some reason."

"Given the level of automation at the time, the entire space station should have been able to operate stably even without humans."

That's the time.

The cheers of Wells and his companions came from ahead.

This interrupted Ripley's thoughts.

The group gathered again.

Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong looked at a special metal cube in the square.

Of course, it can also be called a sedan chair.

"Ripley, is this the space elevator you remember?"

Before Li Xiao's eyes, the size of the sedan chair was like that of a luxury tour bus.

The interior has hundreds of spacious metal seats, and the bottom of the car is a transparent layer.

Looking down, the ground was completely invisible. And yet, there was something familiar.

Ripley became agitated. She instinctively stepped forward, stood under an alloy door frame, straightened up, and pressed her right hand against the side.

A red light curtain swept down from top to bottom.

Wells and his men moved with fluid grace, rolling backward in unison and raising their guns to take aim.

But they were stunned the next moment.

"Welcome home, Lieutenant Ripley. Cabin four is performing a self-check. Please wait."

A few seconds later, the elevator car opened directly.

Wells and the others looked at each other in bewilderment upon witnessing this scene.

The captain stood up and crossed his arms:

"Everyone, I have a feeling that we're luring you into a trap."

Li Xiao said sincerely, "Actually, you don't have to go to Earth later. You can just wait here. It's up to you."

Reeves and the others exchanged a glance.

"Ahem, well, we're also curious about what Earth looks like now."

"We'd like to see the human homeland too."

They weren't stupid; following the two men meant they might survive, while not following them meant certain death.

Even though there's no one on the space station right now, and even the intelligent programs are just rigid, low-level intelligence.

But who can say for sure what the situation is?

Wells, being a bachelor himself, walked straight over and imitated Ripley's actions.

I just walked past.

The metal door frame, which had been motionless, suddenly stood up.

Only then did everyone realize.

The metal door frame connected to this car was actually a robot.

At that moment, the door frame-shaped robot flashed red light after scanning Wells.

"Alarm, alarm, identity not recognized. Unknown person, please remain where you are."

Startled, the group was about to raise their weapons when Ripley quickly said:

"Do as he says, put down your weapons, and whatever you do, don't attack!"

Just like in the warship fortress, the group trusted each other completely.

After Ripley finished speaking, Wells and the others dropped their weapons.

They even raised their hands.

Compared to their nervousness, Li Xiao and Zhao Yingkong looked each other over with a hint of inquiry.

After all, they hadn't realized that the seemingly probing door frame was actually a movable machine.

The door-frame-shaped machine scanned Wells back and forth inside.

The person who remained motionless as instructed turned into green light three seconds later.

"Temporary civilian, assigned number 794342."

After the monotonous, mechanical voice finished speaking, it miraculously returned to its previous state, accompanied by the clanging of metal.

Saw this scene.

Ripley then breathed a sigh of relief and explained to the others who were still puzzled:

"This is a hidden plan in the emergency procedures. When an unknown human without weapons or the will to resist is detected, civilian status will be assigned."

"This is because many minors, who were not authorized or qualified, used the space elevator to sneak onto the space station to see space."

"That's why the federal government developed this emergency response procedure."

"I never expected that after so many years, the space station would remain completely unchanged."

"This program has not been cancelled either."

Li Xiao rubbed his chin, because for some reason he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

"Minors secretly logging onto the space station?"

How do I log in?

Ripley laughed and recalled:

"It's very simple. Just use your parents' ID cards and put on some makeup to get away with it."

"After all, the space elevator was a groundbreaking invention at the time, even rarer than a spaceship."

"The space elevator at that time was similar to those superstars in previous Earth civilizations. Such things happened from the time it was built until I left."

The more Li Xiao heard this plot, the more familiar it sounded, but he just couldn't remember it.

Then Christie, John, and Reeves each went through the process and received a temporary civilian number.

But an unexpected incident occurred just as Li Xiao stepped forward to get verified.

When Li Xiao stood in the designated scanning area, he was supposed to wait for the red light.

So does everyone else.

But just a second later.

The warning red light did not appear; instead, a green light appeared.

As the green light appeared in front of the robot's display, a mechanical sound began to rang out.

"Special privilege user Li Xiao has been detected logging in. Rank: General. Tianji Space Station has entered Level 1 Liberation Mode. Permissions are being changed."

"Change of leadership complete, message sent. Welcome home, General Li Xiao!"

After saying the last four words.

Everywhere they could see on the entire space station was lit up with green lights, representing unobstructed access.

All the doors that had just been tightly closed were now wide open.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone looked around and then fell into a state of bewilderment.

The entire space station fell silent.

After a while.

"General? What general?"

"Or a general?"

"Who?"

"you?"

"Rank: General, that sounds familiar. Right, wasn't Zheng Zha also addressed as such?"

"Moreover, I remember that it was after this that the battleship fortresses began to set sail for Earth!"

The performance of Cole, Ripley, and the four mercenaries speaks for itself.

As for Li Xiao, his mind was in turmoil.

At this moment, Li Xiao felt even more absurd and incredulous than they did.

He subconsciously recalled a moment from a year ago.

real world.

Film City No. 6.

"How should we set the stage this time? Mr. Li, what role would you like to play? A creator god or a savior?"

Li Xiao, shirtless and fresh from weightlifting training, glanced at Zheng Zha lying beside him and said with a smile:

"Let's make both of us generals, top generals."

"By the way, it would be best to prepare one for us who has a legendary story and then mysteriously disappears in the end."

Upon hearing this answer, the smiling man, who resembled a secretary, began to write with great enthusiasm, quickly producing a long paragraph.

"No problem, Mr. Li. Do you have any other requests?"

"Just write whatever you want, it's pretty much the same routine as before."

"By the way, what is the important prop that Chu Xuan arranged this time?"

The man with the Mediterranean hairstyle pushed up his glasses:
"It's a prototype, designed to be the first robot to integrate human consciousness, and its related science and technology draws upon..."

Sensing something, Li Xiao interrupted:

"Stop, stop, stop talking."

Mediterranean nodded, his hands flew across the paper again as he wrote a long passage, then he looked up and asked:
"By the way, Mr. Li Xiao, do you have any ideas for the title of this movie?"

Li Xiao smacked his lips as he downed a mouthful of rich Chinese herbal essence:
"Isn't it supposed to be a prequel to the Alien series?"

Li Xiao put down the Chinese medicine and looked thoughtful.

Surprisingly, he started using his brain. (End of Chapter)