Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 53 330 years

Chen Jian finally understood why the world had become so abstract.

It’s not that they are too weak, but because the enemies they face are indeed far beyond their cognition and completely impossible to fight against.

If death occurred within two hours, then it is very likely that the longest reaction time left for them would not exceed five hours.

And within these five hours, the team had quickly ascertained the situation.

After suffering irresistible and continuous huge casualties, they made an almost crazy decision.

They gave up trying to save themselves.

Obviously, even medical treatment has been abandoned.

They don't want to save the present, they want to do their best to support the future.

At the last moment of their lives, these people burned everything and buried their hope in fortifications more than ten meters underground.

Just as it was written on the note, they didn't know if anyone would survive, nor did they know what those who survived would face.

But they knew that every box of supplies they moved in would be a precious source of fire for those who came later.

very lucky.

Chen Jian took over the fire.

He let out a long sigh, stood at attention and saluted towards the dark passage.

After a moment, he put down his hand and whispered:

"The ceremony is over!"

The martyrs must not be forgotten, but he must focus on the future.

After calming down for a while, Chen Jian gave the order:

"Shen Yue, He Shuo, bring someone in."

"receive."

"clear."

The two men's voices were a little hoarse, and then a line of words popped up on Chen Jian's smart eyepiece.

"Will the Holy Blood ones go in too?"

"Bring it in."

Chen Jian typed a reply without hesitation, and then he and Lei Jie immediately began to check the facilities and supplies in the fortifications.

The scale of the fortification is not large, with only three floors in total, and each floor has about 1200 cubic meters of space.

The bottom floor is the machine room and maintenance facilities. Chen Jian found the location of the generator. He thought that this thing should have rusted away long ago, but after testing it, he found that in a semi-vacuum environment, the aging speed of the equipment was quite slow. After filling it with diesel that was fully sealed and stored nearby, it could actually be started.

Along with the rumbling sound of the generator, the lights inside the fortification gradually lit up.

The two took off their night vision goggles, and Lei Jie sighed:

"Weichai is getting better. After so many years, this thing still works well."

"Isn't this pure advertising? If only it weren't the end of the world."

"You wouldn't be able to see this if it wasn't the end of the world."

Chen Jian shook his head slightly, looked around, and found that there were quite a few equipment in the computer room on the ground floor.

There are not only diesel generators, but also several large sealed boxes. From the icons on the outside of the boxes, it can be seen at a glance that they should contain spare parts for various mechanical equipment.

In addition, Chen Jian also saw various cables, electronic devices and portable energy devices that were also packaged.

Basically all the equipment used for self-sustaining fortifications were placed on this floor. It was so packed that even two people wearing exoskeletons had great difficulty moving through it.

"Lei Jie, try to install the computer in the fortification and start the smart terminal."

"If the password we found is not used to open the door, then it must be used to activate the smart terminal."

"The terminal's server and storage are temporarily sealed. There should be something inside."

"Perhaps we can get more information about the Cataclysm from this terminal."

"clear."

Lei Jie immediately started to take off his exoskeleton, while Chen Jian turned and walked towards the second floor.

Most of the things on this floor are also stored in packaging boxes, but the most conspicuous one is a CNC machine tool.

This is a medium-sized CNC machine tool with a length of about 8 meters. It was moved in in a modular state and had been partially assembled, but due to lack of time, it was not fully formed.

This is good stuff.

Theoretically, as long as there is an industrial mother machine and the corresponding knowledge, humans can re-manufacture all industrial products within a certain period of time.
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But that's the problem, knowledge is the scarcest thing.

Chen Jian's team of four is not enough. Without them, even if the smart terminal of this fortification stores relevant information, it will be a long process for the natives here to learn it.

Perhaps, I can only put it aside for the time being.

Once the team is formed and more manpower is available, we can consider the issue of "restoring civilization".

Chen Jian walked towards the depths of the second floor space, and at this time, Shen Yue's voice came from the door.

"team leader!"

"Here, come in."

Chen Jian answered casually. Shen Yue followed the sound and came over. After seeing Chen Jian's figure among the piles of equipment, he reported:

"He Shao is on guard at the first floor with three Saint Bloods. They are behaving normally, and there are no signs of rebellion so far."

"I gave my gun to He Shuo. If there is any problem, he should be able to handle it." "Okay, no problem."

Chen Jian nodded slightly.

In fact, he was not worried that the Holy Blood People would turn against him at this time. After all, even if they were tempted by the money, they would have to figure out its purpose first.

There was nothing wrong with Shen Yue's arrangement. Now he really needed more manpower to identify the various equipment on the second floor of the fortifications.

The two of them checked separately. After a few minutes, Shen Yue said:
"The equipment here is mainly various tools and mechanical equipment, with a small amount of sealed seeds."

"There are a lot of good stuff - Captain, here are two disassembled cat cars."

"Cat car?"

Chen Jian quickly walked towards where Shen Yue was. Looking at the boxes placed in a pile separately, he couldn't help but smile.

"It's really a cat car! And it's tracked!"

"Okay, the mobility problem has been solved - it's just that there's not enough fuel."

"There is a lot of fuel on the third floor, but most of it is used to sustain the fortifications. Unless we abandon this underground fortification, it is best not to use the fuel."

Shen Yue shook his head and said after thinking for a moment:
"In fact, it is possible to abandon the underground fortifications. Our main activity area is still on the ground."

"And it's obvious that we can't enter the stage of farming development in the short term. We still focus on fighting for control and destroying monsters."

“Things you don’t need can be resealed and retrieved when needed.”

"Okay, the idea is fine."

Chen Jian nodded slightly, then pointed to the two plastic-wrapped pictures on the box beside him and asked:

"what is this?"

Shen Yue looked in the direction of his finger, frowned and thought for a moment before speaking tentatively:

"The first one is obviously a 3D topographic map of this place, but I can't understand the markings on it."

"There are so many densely packed coordinates, there must be dozens of them. What about the numbers? What do the numbers in the brackets mean?"

"It can't be some other equipment burial site, right? Or a distribution map of some underground power or water system?"

"do not know."

Chen Jian looked at the second picture, which was a star map with the same parameters marked on it. However, Chen Jian himself was not majoring in this, so he took a picture with the smart eyepiece and passed it to He Shuo.

"He Shuo, don't you know astronomy? Look at what this is?"

After a moment, He Shuo's reply came from the headset.

"I'm an amateur too. This is the star map. Look at the label, it's the star coordinate map for October 2045."

"This thing is sealed so well, it must have a special function."

"Are they still suspecting that the catastrophe is related to celestial phenomena? That's not right. There's nothing unusual about the celestial phenomena in this picture."

"Look at the celestial coordinates of the vernal equinox, and so on."

As soon as the word "vernal equinox" was uttered, not only He Shuo, but also Chen Jian immediately realized the purpose of this picture.

Yes, this is a star map, but its function is not to "determine the position" but to "determine the time"!
"Do we have the ability to observe today's celestial phenomena? Can we work backwards from the coordinates of the vernal equinox?"

Chen Jian asked quickly.

"No, there is a lack of high-precision astronomical telescopes, and I don't have the ability to calculate."

He Shuo's tone was a little disappointed, but Chen Jian picked up another picture beside him, his eyes becoming brighter.

"Biological chronometry."

"I know what these coordinates are."

“This thing is indeed a 3D topographic map, but the coordinates marked on it are not man-made.”

"The coordinates are marked with trees! The numbers behind are the age of each tree!"

"Both of these pictures are timers."

"They want us to know what time it is!"

“He Shuo, take Li Shi and Zeng Yi to the designated location to cut down trees outside and bring back the stumps!”

"We need to count the tree rings. The number of tree rings is the number of years that have passed since the catastrophe!"

"understand!"

A few minutes later, after roughly checking the equipment on the second floor, Chen Jian and Shen Yue returned to the first floor.

At this time, Li Shi and Zeng Yi had also walked in carrying several tree stumps.

They placed the wooden stakes neatly at the entrance of the first-floor hall, as if they were afraid of disrupting the clean environment inside.

Chen Jian stepped forward and asked:
"Did you cut it according to the position He Shuo told you?"

"Yes, the Chosen One He Shuo checked it and found nothing wrong."

"That's good."

Chen Jian squatted down and carefully counted the growth rings on the tree stump.

After a few minutes, he raised his head and said:
"330."

"It has been 330 years since the Great Cataclysm."

(End of this chapter)