Yue Xingwen simply pressed the course selection button, and the familiar course prompt popped up in front of him——
[Compulsory Course: Depth in the Starry Sky]
[Faculty: Faculty of Physics]
[Credit: 7]
[Examination Room Rules: The maximum number of people in the examination room is 12 (excluding X-team members)]
[Course Description: Human exploration of the universe is endless, what lies beyond the starry sky? Is there a home in the entire universe, other than Earth, suitable for human survival? This course will lead you to explore the starry sky of the universe]
[Exam Requirements: Survive for 30 days]
[Note: It’s recommended to include a teammate from the Physics-Department related majors]
Zhuo Feng smiled bitterly. “It seems that Xiao Ke guessed correctly, this time it’s really a space adventure.”
Liu Zhaoqing’s gaze was fixed on the line of ‘30 days’, and he frowned. “No wonder it’s 7 credits. The survival time is 30 days, which is longer than the survival classes we encountered before!”
Lin Manluo said helplessly. “The previous <Environmental Pollution’ of the Faculty of Environment was also a survival class, 3 credits, requiring 14 days of survival, but this time since it’s 7 credits, it’s normal to double the survival time.”
Ke Shaobin said, “The problem is that the living conditions of the Faculty of Environment are relatively poor and there are no monster raids, so it’s not difficult for us to dig a basement and find some supplies to survive for 14 days. The Faculty of Physics is a space expedition, who knows what planet the library will throw us on, what alien creatures we will encounter…”
Yue Xingwen immediately gestured. “Stop, stop, stop, don’t you learn my crow’s mouth.”
Ke Shaobin didn’t speak again, and made a zipper movement on his mouth.
But everyone knew that Ke Shaobin’s guess was actually very reasonable—— Unknown universe, unknown dangers. What could be on the other side of the starry sky? No one could predict that! But it certainly wouldn’t be simple.
Yue Xingwen took a deep breath and said, “There are still 5 minutes before we start, it’s still the old rule. If you can’t see your teammates after entering the examination room, and everyone’s spawn positions are not together, don’t act rashly first, try to communicate with the chat channel. If the chat channel is blocked, ensure your safety first and wait for Ke Shaobin to release Xiao Tu to find someone.”
Everyone nodded in understanding.
Silence fell around them, and the sound of the clock ticking and swinging on the wall reached their ears clearly, making everyone’s mood a little tense for no reason. The atmosphere was not quite right, Liu Zhaoqing coughed and broke the silence. “Why did you suddenly stop talking? Don’t be too nervous ah!”
Xu Yishen smiled and said, “I’ve watched a lot of science fiction movies, we have so many abilities in our hands, can’t we kill a few alien creatures? If you really can’t beat it, you can still survive if you run.”
Yue Xingwen said, “That’s right, everyone be optimistic!”
When everyone heard this, their mood was much more relaxed. Anyway, there were so many students around, and the soldiers would block the water and cover the earth, when had their Research Group 183 ever been timid?
The clock soon came to 8 o’clock, and a familiar mechanical voice sounded in their ears: “The exam room of the Faculty of Physics <Depth in the Starry Sky> is about to open, please prepare——”
As soon as the words fell, everyone’s eyes darkened at the same time.
When he opened his eyes again, Yue Xingwen found himself in a room with a very sense of science and technology——
The room was about 60 square meters, with one bedroom and one living room, and the walls and floors made of silver metal were like mirrors, which could clearly reflect his figure. There was a blue crystal sphere in the center of the room, and above the sphere was an LCD screen about one meter wide, on which some information was scrolled, a bit like ‘Today’s News’.
Yue Xingwen looked around quickly, but saw no trace of his teammates. Instead, he found a full-length mirror in the room, and he was surprised to find that he was actually wearing a navy blue military uniform.
The fabric of this military uniform was very good, the ironing was neat, the size was like a tailor-made cut, the black belt tightly tightened his waist, and there was a pair of leather boots on the feet, and the whole person looked much more energetic.
Could it be that the identity assigned by the library to everyone this time was a soldier?
Yue Xingwen tried to open the chat channel, but found a familiar red cross in the input box—— The group chat was disabled, and he couldn’t get in touch with his teammates.
Where was Pingce? As soon as Yue Xingwen thought of this, he heard a soft mechanical voice in his ears: “Please gather the members of the Action Team 183 in conference room 7 on the -74th floor immediately.”
As if afraid that he wouldn’t hear it, the announcement was repeated three times.
Yue Xingwen thought he had misheard.
-74th floor? Could it be that they were in an underground base?
According to the floor height of 2,5 meters, this -74th floor was 185 meters underground!
With the human technology he knew, it was not possible to build a suitable habitat for humans at a depth of 185 meters underground, and the supply of oxygen alone was a big problem, not to mention electricity, water supply and other equipment…
It seemed that the course of the Faculty of Physics was more advanced than their knowledge by hundreds of years.
Yue Xingwen calmed down quickly and turned around.
When he went out, he saw an elevator not far ahead, and Yue Xingwen pressed the downward button, intending to go to the -74th floor to meet. As a result, when he walked into the elevator, he was surprised to find—— The location he was on was -108th floor, and going to the -74th floor was not going down, but going up.
This underground base was much deeper than he had just calculated.
Yue Xingwen immediately pressed [-74] on the elevator floor, and the sound of ‘ding’ sounded in his ears. The elevator door closed, and then, the entire elevator flew upwards in an instant like a rocket taking off, and Yue Xingwen even felt like weightless—— this elevator was running too fast!
Within 5 seconds, the elevator flew up more than 20 floors to the -74th floor.
At the moment he walked out of the door, the elevator next to him also happened to open, and Yue Xingwen looked at a pair of familiar eyes.
It was Jiang Pingce.
The other party was also wearing a military uniform, and Jiang Pingce was handsome and extraordinary in a neat and straight military uniform. Especially the indifferent and serious face, which had the aura of an ascetic officer, making people dare not look at him.
Yue Xingwen’s heart jumped and he quickly looked away.
However, Jiang Pingce strode towards Yue Xingwen and his originally cold expression immediately softened a lot after seeing Xingwen. He stood still in front of Yue Xingwen and looked at the other party carefully, such a handsome Xingwen made him unable to take his eyes off for a while.
Yue Xingwen was so hot that his ears turned red, and he hurriedly found a topic and said, “Did you get the notification of the meeting too?”
Jiang Pingce nodded and said in a low voice, “Action Team 183 should be our code name in the new world.”
Yue Xingwen guessed. “Calling us to a meeting, is it to release a mission?”
Jiang Pingce frowned. “This place is located more than one hundred and eighty meters underground. It stands to reason that human beings are animals that need sunlight, and they should not succumb to the underground, unless the environment in which human beings originally lived has been seriously damaged and has to hide underground.”
“It seems that the course of <Depth in the Starry Sky> is a setting for ‘The Wasteland Doomsday’,” said Yue Xingwen.
“Wasteland?” Jiang Pingce looked at him suspiciously.
“It’s a common theme in novels and movies.” Yue Xingwen explained, “The environment in which human beings live has been seriously damaged, and for the continuation of the race and civilization, human beings can only rely on the power of high technology to building underground bases, shelters, cities in the air, etc, which is the wasteland doomsday setting.”
“Physics-related doomsday, probably nuclear war, nuclear contamination.” Jiang Pingce said.
“Or maybe a meteorite hit the Earth, or an alien invasion?” Yue Xingwen smiled and shrugged helplessly, “Anyway, the library has the final say, we can only accept the settings.”
“Maybe even the Earth will be destroyed!” As the two were chatting, a voice suddenly sounded behind them, it was Ke Shaobin and Xin Yan who were walking side by side.
“The course requires us to explore the universe, and what our Action team 183 needs to do is to go outside to find a suitable place for human survival, or to collect resources.” Ke Shaobin said seriously, “Similarly—— Death squads.”
“It seems that the meeting later is a farewell to us before we leave?” Xin Yan said lightly.
“Can you say something nice!” Yue Xingwen looked at Ke Shaobin helplessly.
“I just say it's a reasonable speculation.” Ke Shaobin coughed and didn’t continue to guess.
After a few seconds, other students also came here one after another, and at this moment, a mechanical voice sounded in their ears again: “Please come to Conference Room 7 immediately for a meeting.”
There was a room not far ahead, which was marked with ‘Conference Room 7’.
Yue Xingwen looked around and saw that all his teammates had arrived, and they were all wearing military uniforms. He had a bad premonition in his heart, but he still simply walked forward. “Let’s go, go to the meeting.”
After pushing the door open, he saw that the conference room was empty, and there were no ‘NPCs’ who issued missions to everyone.
Yue Xingwen was puzzled, and suddenly, the wall in front of him instantly turned into a huge LCD projection screen, and two generals in dark blue military uniforms appeared on the screen. One of the male officers was more than 1,8 meters tall, with a stern look; another one was a slender female officer, standing to his right, was in a heroic posture.
The holographic projection was very realistic, as if the two of them were right in front of everyone’s eyes.
The female officer smiled slightly at Yue Xingwen, and said, “Captain Yue Xingwen, have all the 12 members of the Action Team 183 arrived?”
Yue Xingwen said, “All have arrived.”
The female officer introduced. “This is Major General Karen, today, he personally called you all to a meeting because he has an important mission to give you.”
Major General Karen looked serious and said in a deep voice, “Our unmanned reconnaissance aircraft has discovered a very precious metal element in the Beta-71 nebula, which can be used to make the most advanced battle armor.”
He paused and continued, “The drone has not detected the presence of alien creatures on that planet, and in order to ensure the safety of resource collection, an elite special operations force needs to be sent to the Beta-71 nebula to do more detailed reconnaissance and survey. After discussion, the higher authorities decided to assign this glorious task to the Special Operations Team 183, which had made outstanding achievements in battle. Are you willing to accept this mission?”
Yue Xingwen: “...”
What else could he do? If he didn’t accept it, he would fail.
Ke Shaobin guessed right again, they really became the ‘wasteland death squad’!
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