Chapter 169 "You are finally back"
The entire underground space instantly became as bright as day, which made the three people who had adapted to the darkness couldn't help but squint their eyes.
"More than a hundred years have passed, and there is still power supply here?" Yano was also confused. "Has someone been doing maintenance, or have the Ansa hunters repaired the power supply equipment?"
But soon, Yano rejected his conjecture: "No, it can't be those Angsa hunters. If they want to light up such a large block, it would take more than ten hours just to repair the circuit. They don't have time at all." Go and finish the job! Then there is only..."
Yano's eyes widened slightly: "Are there survivors on the island...descendants of survivors? But, since there are survivors, why don't they ever contact the Federation? This doesn't make sense!"
"Those who can maintain circuits and lighting equipment are not necessarily survivors. Tricks can also do it." Sun Hang shook his head, "Or, the lighting equipment itself has been tricked, so there is no need for maintenance."
"But...but the device did not detect any strange memetic fluctuations!"
"Stop tinkering with your broken machine!" the fisherman complained, "There is an old saying in Xiazhou that it is better to have no machine than to believe in the machine?"
"It's better to trust all the books than to have no books at all." Sun Hang corrected, "But according to what you said now, it is correct. The equipment is not 100% reliable. In this case, I still believe in my own judgment more."
As they spoke, all the lights in the entire exercise venue turned on. Only then did the three of them see that a large number of steel beams and slide rails were fixed on the dome of the rock wall, and a machine like a camera was fixed along the slide. The rail moved directly above them, and the grenade-like lens turned a few times symbolically, and finally aimed at the three of them.
"Multifunctional centrally controlled dome..." Yano murmured, "I remember that this thing was indeed mentioned in the design drawings of the research institute, but due to the technical level at that time, this thing was not built..."
"You mean the iron frame above your head?" the fisherman asked curiously, "Is this thing very technical?"
"You have to know, that was an era when computers hadn't even been invented yet." Yano whispered.
"Then what is this thing? Is it surveillance?" The fisherman pointed at the lens and said, "We don't even have a computer, so where can we see the captured images?"
"No, this is an old-fashioned camera with film inside, used to take photos of the experimental process. It uses thin steel cables and pulleys to control the position and lens orientation... I have seen the drawings of this thing, the motion system The level of precision is even higher than that of the difference engine," Yano said.
"Is it manually operated?" the fisherman asked again, "There should be no automated equipment at that time, right?"
"No, it is automatic... Its lens can track the living creatures in the exercise field throughout the entire process, whether you are moving or stationary."
"How did you do it?" the fisherman asked in surprise.
"There are very sophisticated mechanical sensing devices underneath each of the floors under our feet. When the weight they bear is different from the preset data, the mechanism will be activated to 'guide' the camera lens installed on the dome. ." Yano explained.
"Relying on a purely mechanical structure?"
"Purely mechanical structure."
"Here I go, I suddenly understand the technical content of this thing." The fisherman's eyes also showed a hint of awe, "Such a huge system, trying to run smoothly, it makes people's scalp numb just thinking about it."
"So, this thing only exists on the design drawings." Yano took two steps back and moved from one floor to another. The camera lens immediately followed. Not only that, they also heard the sound coming from inside the machine. A slight shutter sound.
"In fact, even the design drawings are imperfect..." Before Yano finished speaking, a silver light flashed, and the part where the camera and the slide rail were engaged had been separated. The entire heavy camera was directly lifted from above. fell down. Sun Hang rushed forward and caught the camera falling from mid-air.
"Hiss..." Yano took a breath.
He didn't know why he felt a little distressed - every part of this set of equipment is the crystallization of human industrial art. It is enough to damage any part. This camera seems to be simply installed on the slide rail. , but on the ground that cannot be seen from the outside, there are hundreds of steel wires used to control the camera. With Sun Hang's knife, the possibility of complete repair is extremely slim.
"How long has it been? Why am I still thinking about this kind of thing." Yano smiled self-deprecatingly and walked forward, "Are you planning to see what photos this camera has taken? Wait a minute. Don’t pry the cover off directly! The film will be overexposed!”
But Sun Hang did not listen to his dissuasion, but directly used a knife made of liquid metal to pry open the back cover of the camera.
There was no film inside at all, just a small curl of yellow and brittle paper.
"Eh?" Yano looked over and was stunned. "It's not a film? Is it...a note?"
"What's going on?" The fisherman was confused, "Can paper also be used as a negative?"
"Of course... we can't." Yano shook his head, "Look, what's on the paper?"
Sun Hang carefully took out the note and unfolded it gently.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
There is a line of text written on the note. Due to the age, the ink has become somewhat scattered, but it can still be barely discerned that it is the official text of the Siberian Federation: Russian.
"Do you know Russian?" Sun Hang looked at the fisherman.
"I only speak Russian, but not Russian." The fisherman looked a little embarrassed. "In the eyes of those old guys, I am just an illiterate who cannot read."
After the Siberian Autonomous State became part of the Xiazhou Federation, the official language became Chinese and the written language became Chinese characters. New generations like fishermen grew up in a Chinese-speaking environment almost from childhood. The mother tongue of the Siberians at that time became more and more popular. As the older generation continues to pass away, it is gradually becoming a niche language.
"I understand Russian." Yano said, but Sun Hang noticed that his expression seemed a little strange.
"What does it say here?"
"...'You are finally back'."
Are you finally back?
Sun Hang was slightly startled.
Are you saying this to yourself?
This note is many years old. Could it be that the person who wrote this note and put it into this camera had already calculated that he would enter the ruins of the institute at this time and put this camera into the ruins? Did you take the camera apart?
How is this possible? !
(End of chapter)