Chapter 583: 427 Chapter 583: 427 “Probably.
Not long after, the sound of knocking came again, and then the captain came in, respectfully handed over a dossier to Duanmu Huai. The latter took it and began to look through it rapidly.
According to the report, the operations of this Planet Dissolution Ship were quite regular. Every three months, a transport team would come here to deliver supplies and take away the refined minerals and raw materials. At other times, the ship would operate according to the company’s instructions. In general, there was nothing particularly unusual about these records…
Duanmu Huai’s eyes moved to the line below, he furrowed his brows.
“Fifteen miners died accidentally three days ago? What’s the reason?”
“Those idiots messed up the procedure.”
The captain was also at a loss for words when it came to this topic.
“They were supposed to replace the previous shift and maintain the gravity rope. However, some of them opened the cabin door without pressurizing, causing an unimaginable leakage and explosion in the entire chamber——Thanks to them, I had to stop working and repair until everything was back to normal. Luckily, I asked a lawyer and this situation was not categorized as an industrial injury, so I don’t have to pay compensation.”
“In theory, the cabin door cannot be opened without pressure.”
“I’m not sure either, maybe there was a malfunction somewhere.”
“Is there a video of it?”
“This will be the evidence the company uses for their compensation claims.”
As he spoke, the captain walked over to the terminal and turned it on. Soon, an image appeared in front of Duanmu Huai. In the dress changing room, a group of miners were changing their maintenance suits. Then, a miner, after changing his suit, walked slowly towards the cabin door with a sleepwalking demeanor and pressed a button. Accompanied by a sharp alarm, other workers who were changing their suits noticed this as well. They tried to stop him by shouting, or hurriedly put on their suits.
Unfortunately, it was too late. At that moment, the entire cabin door burst open, and those workers were sucked out instantly, disappearing from sight.
Duanmu Huai reached out, pointing to a foot in the chaotic debris on screen.
“Yes, he is the supervisor of the shift, Keller. But he’s lost his mind.”
“He was luckily in his maintenance suit, so he survived, but when we saved him, he kept talking nonsense. The doctor thinks he has become mentally unstable from the traumatic shock. We tried sedatives, but they didn’t work…”
Duanmu Huai put down the report.
“In the recovery room of the medical zone… I will arrange someone to take you there.”
Soon, a man who looked like the Captain’s assistant appeared in front of Duanmu Huai. He kept his head down, not daring to meet Duanmu Huai’s eyes, and led them deep into the warship. After they took an elevator and passed several zones, they arrived at the medical area.
Here, Duanmu Huai finally met the man the Captain had mentioned as crazy.
At the moment, he was confined in a room, completely restrained, even his mouth was gagged.
Duanmu Huai looked at the doctor beside him, who just shrugged helplessly.
“It wasn’t my idea, but he’s gone too crazy. Since he woke up, he’s been frantic, trying to kill himself. I tried using high doses of sedatives and medicine, but they were largely ineffectual. Finally, we had to bind him , waiting for the transport ship coming in a few days to take him back.”
“I want to talk to him.”
As Duanmu Huai was saying, he pushed the door open and walked in. He went towards the man and unlocked his restraints. No sooner had he freed the man when the latter lunged forward, gripping Duanmu Huai’s arm fiercely. This caught Ann and Greiya off guard, causing them to step back. Duanmu Huai just fixed his gaze, though, staring into the man’s eyes.
They were cloudy, bloodshot, and disjointed eyes.
“Tell me, what did you encounter?”
Duanmu Huai glared at the man and coldly asked. Then he removed the gag from the man’s mouth. At the same time, a scream of terror resounded throughout the room, making everyone shudder. However, the cold, destructive, and fearful aura that erupted from Duanmu Huai instantly silenced the man’s wail.
“Answer my question, what did you encounter!”
Duanmu Huai glared at the man fiercely, and the man’s previously cloudy eyes seemed to gradually clear up.
“No, no, it’s not my fault! Not my fault! I don’t know why it happened ! Kyle was abnormal, he had been abnormal since we started work in the morning. He seemed like he had a nightmare, was all dazed. I originally wanted him to rest, not to work in the shift! But he refused, he said he wanted to go out, he said there was someone calling him outside………I didn’t know what he was talking about! I didn’t expect him to do such a thing! And, and…”
At this point, the man’s expression became more and more twisted and frightened. He knotted his hands into his hair, even scratching out a few bloody stripes.
“After that, I heard it too, I heard it too! It was inviting me outside as well! No, I don’t want to go out! I don’t want to………!”
The man’s face, bloody and distorted, showed a horrifying sight, while Duanmu Huai continued to stare at him.
“Who wants you to go out, what did you hear?”
This time, the man did not respond. His eyes, which had gradually become clear, seemed to start clouding again.
Then, the man opened his mouth.
But, what came out was not the man’s hysterical voice, but a crisp, tender voice of a young girl.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are …”
The song reverberated throughout the room, sending a chill down everyone’s spine. Then, the man looked at Duanmu Huai, an eerie smile spreading across his face, before his neck abruptly twisted——he had stopped breathing.
Duanmu Huai silently dropped the corpse in his hand, staring at the endless starry sky outside the window.
“It seems, we’ve run into trouble.”
Then, he broke the silence.