Chapter 983: A Door
Shen Changqing finished speaking, Chu Jiaojiao rubbed her chin, pondering, "Could it be that the person’s Light Computer broke at the time, making rescue contact impossible, which is why they got trapped here and smoked so much?"
Shen Changqing and Ji You shook their heads.
Ji You thought for a moment and said, "Why do you all assume it’s one person? So many cigarette butts, isn’t it a group of people smoking? And — if trapped in this underground cave for a long time, why are there only cigarette remains, no other consumables, like nutrient solution packaging, mineral water bottles... and such?"
Thousands of meters deep underground, and in such a closed small pit, there’s no installation of a self-service garbage recycling system, so residues of these consumables should still be here.
Unless—
Unless this group only stayed for a brief moment, not eating, drinking, or anything here, which would explain the absence of these residue wastes.
As Ji You’s words fell, a light flashed in Shen Changqing and Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes. Shen Changqing squatted beside the cigarette butts without hesitation, starting to take fingerprints off them, while Chu Jiaojiao placed both hands against the metal wall, knocking and then leaning her ear to listen. She wasn’t sure, then took out a metal detection device, inspected it carefully, and finally realized.
A while later.
Shen Changqing and Chu Jiaojiao stopped working, exchanged glances, and Chu Jiaojiao said, "You go first."
Shen Changqing nodded and said, "After careful inspection, there are no fingerprints left on these cigarette butts, nor any personal traces. This must have been deliberately erased."
Chu Jiaojiao said, "I’ve checked the metal wall of this pit. It indeed blocks Star Network signals. Also, it was supposed to be soundproof; something went wrong, causing part of the pit to collapse and damaged its soundproof materials. That’s why we could hear Ji You’s voice after she fell."
After such a discussion, everyone unanimously agreed — this pit is very peculiar; it shouldn’t be here.