Chapter 1468 Scepter and Incense Burner
Although the recyclers are complex in composition, they are all a group of guys with a very adventurous spirit. They believe that the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.
Ordinary civilian ships would not dare to casually explore the ghost ship. The most they can do is mark the location and report back.
But exploring ghost ships is almost standard practice for recyclers, and Alyssa won't pass up the chance to solve the mystery that's about to happen.
Everyone pointed their guns at every corpse floating by, fearing that he would suddenly turn into an undead creature and move, but this did not happen.
It stands to reason that with such high negative energy, undead creatures will definitely be born. Alyssa even thinks that it is normal for one or two ghost zombies to appear.
But there was nothing, it was abnormal.
With doubts and confusion, everyone finally floated to the location where the blue light was emitted.
It was a small open space in the container. At least dozens of people gathered there, and the surrounding containers seemed to open their arms and embrace them.
Of course, these people are also corpses, without any life response.
It felt like they knew they wouldn't survive, so they all gathered here and turned off their life support systems to avoid suffering a slow death.
The blue light I saw before was on the floor among these people. There was a group of things that glowed with a faint blue light, like a flame.
"The Eternal Flame, I should have thought of it earlier."
The Eternal Flame is a spell. It is not as hot as a flame, and the light it emits is also very bright. The only advantage of dimming is that it lasts extremely long. Once used, it can continue to glow for several years.
Judging from the situation at the scene, when the ship was in trouble, all the crew members ran into the cargo hold. Later, due to the failure of the reactor and the exhaustion of the magic power of the energy storage pool, the airlock door of the cargo hold could not be opened. , and since there was no light, they illuminated it with the everlasting flame.
But...
This is not suicide, right?
There is obviously not only a huge airlock door to enter the cargo warehouse. Usually the cargo warehouse will have at least two large doors to facilitate the transportation of goods, and at least four small doors to facilitate the entry and exit of the crew.
The large airlock door cannot be opened without energy, but the small door is a purely mechanical structure and can be opened by twisting the door handle.
The equipment on this ship is almost all in good condition, even new. Even if an emergency occurs, they should not wait for death without trying to save themselves.
Originally, Alyssa thought she would have answers when she came here, but now it seems that there are more questions.
Take out the scanner and scan the corpses. After confirming that they are just corpses and not undead, Alyssa asked everyone to walk through the corpses.
This poses a new test to the psychological endurance of the soldiers. We all work on battleships. No matter how fierce the war is in peacetime, it is generally unlikely that we will see a large number of corpses.
Especially the people of the Glow Ion Monastery are no longer human beings due to the high rate of mechanization. Walking among such a group of corpses, there are corpses floating everywhere, which is exciting to think about. .
The calmest one is Alyssa. It is too common for recyclers to rummage through piles of corpses for valuables. Alyssa has also experienced digging out dentures hidden in corpses’ mouths if necessary. information.
So rest assured, they are no threat.
Everyone floated among the corpses, and Alyssa noticed at a glance that one of these corpses was very special.
He was holding the incense burner in one hand and the golden scepter in the other. Even death did not let him let go. This operation looked like a ceremony to appease the machine soul before death, but Alyssa remembered that Li Chengqi once said that the Glow Ion Hermitage was his people, but they worshiped the wrong holy symbol, so Li Chengqi Cheng Qicai had no way to contact them directly.
If what Li Chengqi said is true, then these people did not perform rituals to appease machine spirits before they died to save themselves, but prayed to the Holy Emblem, hoping for a true god can help them.
With the level of piety shown by the Glow Ion Monastery in Diving Devils, they will definitely not trouble the gods they worship as long as they can solve the problem themselves.
They must have encountered something beyond their capabilities.
Thinking about this, Alyssa gestured to the people around her to alert everyone. She floated forward a short distance and grabbed the body holding the incense burner and scepter.
A feeling of extreme coldness ran down his fingers, but it seemed to be just an illusion. After all, heavy protective clothing could block the cold.
Alyssa looked at the man carefully, but did not find any more clues. She had to reach out and pull out the implant on the back of the man's head from the slot, maybe wait until he returned to the Swan. , some useful information can be extracted from it.
At this point, Alyssa should actually be satisfied. Not to mention how these people died, at least it is all over. Alyssa now returns to the Swan and organizes the mechanics to adjust the reactor. And organize people to clean up the bodies and open the containers to see what they are.
But Alyssa accidentally looked at the scepter and incense burner in this man's hand.
The scepter is golden, but it is not gold, but a brass alloy. The texture is very hard. The shape of the staff head is like a gear. The bottom of the staff head is inlaid with translucent emeralds. It feels like this staff It can also be used as a melee weapon.
As for the incense burner, it is made of copper. Of course it no longer emits smoke. The hollow pattern and gold chain make it look valuable.
Perhaps there are some secrets hidden in these things?
Don’t forget, I mentioned before when I was diving into the devil that Alyssa’s hobby is collecting sacred relics. She has a special room on the starship to stack these collections, and the room is filled to the brim.
So when she saw this, Alyssa was moved. She reached out and opened the mechanical fingers of the corpse, and snatched the scepter away.
But before she could see what was wrong with this scepter, suddenly, a strong buzzing appeared in everyone's ears.
It did not come from the communication channel, nor did it come from the speaker in the protective suit. It was like reverberating in everyone's head, making people slightly dazed.
Along with the buzzing sound, there was also a faint film.
Since the lighting was not very good, Alyssa couldn't see clearly, but she could indeed see a thin film like a transparent plastic sheet appearing. Looking around, the thin film was like a cover, covering everyone and everything. The corpse was covered in it.
Alyssa thought for a moment that she had triggered some magic trap, but she immediately saw that the film began to break rapidly from the top.
It was then that she realized that she had not triggered a trap, but had lifted some spell effect that was previously invisible to the naked eye.
“Let’s go, get out quickly.”
Snatching the incense burner again, Alyssa signaled everyone to retreat immediately.
Of course, the soldiers had wanted to leave for a long time, and they were quite happy when they heard the order. However, before they could completely leave the corpses around them, Alyssa saw that the rupturing film had been completely destroyed at a speed visible to the naked eye. disappear.
At this moment, a shrill roar pierced the auditory nerve, and everything in front of him began to blur, as if it was some kind of terrifying monster, waking up...
(End of this chapter)