The moment he heard the footsteps, Shen Feng narrowed his eyes and was about to find a place to hide, but the footsteps gradually faded away.

It seemed like I was just passing by from a distance.

It's not even clear whether it's on this level or not.

After discovering a living person, he calmed down and was no longer eager to communicate with others.

After relaxing a little, Shen Feng put on his tactical helmet and night vision goggles, picked up the automatic rifle hanging in front of him, and began to explore the warehouse structure.

When you encounter a living person, bullets are naturally more useful.

Walking all the way, Shen Feng discovered that the structure of these "glass coffins" was not glass, but some kind of transparent metal.

Judging from the gray appearance and overall structure, these things seem to be the masterpieces of nano-mechanical insects...

But if it was the result of being devoured by nanoworms, why were all these humans not devoured into metal statues, but still retaining flesh and blood and life?

What exactly is this place?

Hospital? Nursing home?

Suddenly, a line of small English characters on the side of a glass coffin caught his attention:

Bernard Bent, male, number ny-4819, 7 years old. There is a photo at the back.

Then, he suddenly discovered that there was a line of writing on the side of all the glass coffins, which was the name, gender, number, and age of the person lying inside.

Plus a one-inch ID photo.

Judging from the names and appearances of these people, they are all Westerners.

ny,newyork,New York.

He is still in New York in this world!

Just what does this number and year mean?

Shen Feng continued to move forward with confusion in his heart. As he gradually penetrated into this huge warehouse structure, he gradually discovered that there were an astonishing number of glass coffins here.

Just as far as you can see, there are at least tens of thousands of glass coffins, and there seem to be more further away.

Or should I say, this thing is more similar to a biological cabin or a cryogenic sleep cabin.

Moreover, the hatch covers of some of the dormant cabins were broken, and there was nothing inside except brown blood stains left on the ground and evaporated liquid.

It seems to have been damaged by external forces.

At this moment, a dormant cabin without nutrient solution appeared in front of Shen Feng.

Inside was a struggling and twisted mummy.

This dormant cabin was intact, but it seemed that the nutrient solution had been drained due to a malfunction. The people inside should have woken up directly, but were unable to break the hatch cover and escape, and eventually died of suffocation due to depletion of oxygen.

His fingernails had fallen off, and the inner wall of the transparent hatch cover was covered with scratches. It was obvious that he had tried various methods to break free before his death, but to no avail, and eventually suffocated to death.

Because of the sterile environment inside and constant temperature and humidity, his body did not rot, but turned into a mummy.

"Jingwei, analyze the condition and preservation time of the corpse." Shen Feng observed the mummy carefully and said.

Before setting off this time, he had asked Jingwei to collect a lot of data and materials in a very targeted manner, and directly formed several inspection models, including inferences on the inspection of corpses.

After all, it is really difficult to judge time in the apocalypse, and sometimes the changes in the corpse become a yardstick.

"Okay, let me wake up a few subroutines." Jingwei said and began to analyze.

After the human body dies, the cells in the body will begin the autolysis process. The lysosomes in the cells will release various proteolytic enzymes to gradually degrade biological macromolecules into small molecules.

In addition to the autolysis process, it will also be corrupted and decomposed by various bacteria and other external substances. This is a natural process.

The existence of mummies goes against this natural process.

The main reason is that the small environment in which the corpse is located is highly sealed and does not allow gas exchange with the outside world. The early decay and oxidation processes in the coffin consume the remaining oxygen, forming an anoxic environment, which is not conducive to the growth of putrefactive bacteria. Reproduction and decay of the body will cease.

The water in the corpse is also absorbed or evacuated by the surrounding environment after seeping out, completely avoiding further decomposition, thus forming a mummy.

"Judging from various indicators such as the degree of decomposition, water loss, and skin changes of this corpse, it should have been about thirty years since death."

Jingwei's voice sounded.

Shen Feng nodded.

Thirty years?...

In other words, at least thirty years have passed since the Gray Tide Apocalypse broke out.

And it should be longer.

After all, no one knows when this mummy suddenly woke up.

Combined with the time mark seen on the metal wall before, the current time of the Gray Tide End is at least after 2059...

Who are these people?

What is this place again?

refuge?

It's just that this place can be entered and exited at will, and it doesn't look like a refuge at all.

And if it's a shelter, this area is relatively safe now. Why don't these people wake up from hibernation?

No, these dormant cabins are obviously made of the material formed after the Ash Eater...

At this time, he also discovered that the last number of years in the dormant chamber where the mummy was located was different from before.

13 years.

Looking at the surrounding dormant cabins, the years marked in this area are all 13 years.

What exactly does this number of years mean?

Shen Feng took a deep breath and continued to move forward. There were still sleeping cabins and people in them one by one.

The number of years marked on these dormant cabins is also gradually getting larger.

20 years.

25 years.

50 years.

80 years.

100 years……

At the same time, as he continued to penetrate deeper into the storage structure, more and more damaged sleeping cabins appeared.

Many of these dormant chambers are stained with brown blood.

There are even some yellow-white dry bones on the ground.

Shen Feng knelt down, picked up a bone, and examined it. Various information about the human skeleton quickly flashed through his mind for matching.

This is a tibia from a human leg.

There are also several tooth marks in the middle of the tibia.

Human tooth marks.

Soon, he had reached the deepest part of the storage structure, and the number of years marked on the sleeping cabin became larger.

The labels on the surrounding biological chambers are basically over 300 years old.

All the hundreds of sleeping pods in this area were opened.

Although there were some blood stains, there were not many corpses.

Shen Feng walked to a sleeping cabin and looked at the complete hatch cover that was obviously opened from the inside, with a look of deep thought on his face.

The number of years marked on this dormant cabin is the largest.

Mike, male, number ny-83587, 1762.

Behind is a photo of a strong black man.

And unlike other dormant cabins, the hatch cover of this dormant cabin is not damaged at all, and there are traces left after the nutrient solution evaporated on the bulkhead.

People in this dormant cabin wake up naturally.

At this time, Shen Feng looked at the years on the sleeping cabins around him, and Shen Feng vaguely understood something.

At this moment, there was a burst of rapid footsteps, and there were screams and wild laughter!

Shen Feng frowned and rushed towards the direction of the sound.

The sound is not far from here, it should be behind a separate metal wall!

Quickly switching to combat mode, Shen Feng saw a pillar in front of him covered with bumpy metal floating points. Shen Feng used his hands and feet to climb to the top of the pillar.

Then he grabbed some weird metal pillars and handles hanging from the ceiling, dropped to the top of the independent metal wall, and quickly moved towards the direction of the sound like a leopard.

Soon, he had arrived at the place where the sound came from.

There were dozens of men in ragged clothes or even no clothes at all. They were holding some metal components or daggers modified from fragments of the dormant hatch cover. They had evil smiles on their faces and surrounded a man wearing a white loose patient gown.
To be continued...