I started to push the door of the building, but it opened easily. You don't have to push a knife into the hinges, revealing what is hidden on the other side. I turned on flashlights and with it, he began to show the whole place scattered with fragments and strange marks. In every corner of the floor that I approached, there were signs of wrestling: scratches on the walls, a broken floor, and a large hole stood on the other side. The place looked like a storm had passed through but even with that, there didn't seem to be any equipment that could have broken.

I continued to move forward in the building and I soon find a corridor that led me to a broken wall. I peeked into it while projecting the light. Stairs were waiting for me and on them lay a skeleton broke so that it was impossible to recognize them. I panicked for a moment before advancing into the stairwell and taking a closer look at the broken skeleton.

"According to a scan of the bones in front of you, this is an unknown woman who has been dead for more than two weeks" Rosalina responded.

"Two weeks ago?" I moved closer to the shattered bones and broken skeleton. From a closer look, its don't look human.

"this have genetic markers of humans" she replied

"Wait! It's no human?!" I jumped back after putting in what she said.

"Negative" she answered: "They have signs or genetic copies of humans, but it's not human. Unfortunately, it requires in-depth equipment that I don't have at my disposal to check it in depth, but it's possible that humans were here, or something else."

"Something else?" A thought gave me chills for a moment thinking that if, like the creatures we met there, there might be someone unlucky enough to be a human being who became part of these creatures. I tried to forget that thought before I decided to try to jump over those broken bones and skeletons. I didn't try to focus on it too much. If it was between humans, he might have met a very bad fate. what am I doing? I have to focus on what is now.

And from this point of view, I began to climb the stairs that rose upwards, how it is difficult for me to see how far one should go up them, even after I turned my flashlight upwards. I continued to climb higher and higher, but even though I walked slowly and carefully, I already felt that I had already reached my limit. I stopped by a large space and entered it. There in front of me was nothing unusual and I was looking for a place to put my words and rest. It didn't take long until I found a quiet room and of course, I decided to close my eyes due to fatigue and the revealer that was wrapping around me, but tweets started popping up in every corner. At first, I tried to ignore them, but they only got stronger over time until I had to get up and try to get to the source of the tweets. I moved with the light shining from my clothes around the floor but found nothing and the chirps just continued. It started to drive me crazy to the point where I went back to take my words and continue up the stairs. The chirps continued to envelop my surroundings up the stairs and as much as I wanted them to stop when I moved away from this floor, I can't escape these repeating noises.

"Is there a way to stop these noises?!" I started to get angry

"Negative. This suit doesn't have anything that can block outside sounds"

"Excellent, I will have to endure all these noises for no reason"

"There is a reason - communication between one creature and another"

"No, that's obvious. I guess I won't sleep tonight"

Rosalina didn't respond, as if she knew my answer before I continued to focus on going up the stairs. I didn't count my time until my whole body started to hurt but in the end, I reached the end of the stairs. There in front of me stood a large and wide door with the words 'exit' above it. I knew I had arrived at the place. I started trying to open the door by giving it a slight push, and with it, the door opened easily. By the time I left, I saw that the sun had already risen. I don't know how long I was on the stairs, but the noises of them somehow succeeded in their mission of keeping me awake and up all the stairs.

I moved forward outside the stairwell straight to a large and wide view of skyscrapers that look from a distance like old columns with vegetation rising on them, and on the other hand, the entire ramp is spread out covered with vegetation and grass, like a calm green sea waving in the wind. A few small dots were moving there that from a distance it is difficult to understand who they are, but as I continued to move forward, I noticed that behind me stood the large device - a column with many black and red dots scattered along its entire length. I put down my gear and moved toward him.

"I have analyzed the device. They have the part we need to replace"

"That's great. Could you direct me to where the part is?"

She aimed a laser at one of the higher points on the rig, which meant I had to climb up there. I kind of expected this to happen, so I mentally prepared myself for a few moments before Rosalina started displaying a model of the facility on the helmet, showing me the route to climb it. Just like in the building type, I had to be like a gecko again. I started to grab one of the sides of the facility and immediately felt the attraction to it. I already remember what I did there, so it didn't take long before I started climbing there. In slow motion I moved gently on the thin beams of the facility, trying to avoid circles while still climbing.

Unlike the last time I did this, not only did it feel easier, but it also didn't take me too long to get to the location Rosalina was aiming for. I pulled out the mechanical tool and put it on opening mode. Quickly it changed shape and I started trying to crack the red circle in front of me. Gently the lid came loose and inside he showed several cards, cables, and small wires scattered all over the circle.

"Now you need to gently disconnect the communication device from the reinforcement column at this location"

She pointed to a certain point where there was a tangle of wires and cables. I began to gently dig into them with my hands until I found a connection area and began to gently try to pull it out. A wind began to blow and since I was working with one hand holding the fixture column eld, it was not easy to both try to keep the tangle of wires away from the connection area and disconnect it. I took a deep breath and began to concentrate and relax. In a short time, I heard a disconnection and the circle began to disconnect and fall.

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My legs managed to hold the circle just in time and I tried to hold it close to my body while I gently felt my body begin to slide toward the base. I almost lost my balance but I firmly held myself in front of the device and began to gently move downwards, while the circle was firmly attached to the suit.

Rosalina began aiming the lasers at the location to step on, like the first time. I gently followed her instructions and while dodging the other circles, I manage to get off. A noise began to be heard in the distance that seemed to be a large exhalation and was accompanied by more exhalations in the distance. I don't understand what's going on there from afar and Rosalina didn't respond while they're exhalations were still heard in the distance. In a short time, I already touched the bottom, and my whole body disconnected from the device. While the circle was next to me, I lay on the floor, satisfied. In a short moment, I got up and went to the equipment. Among the storage compartments that were there, I took out the communication device and began to gently open the device and try to replace the broken card. She guided me through every action I did and I finally completed it!

I replaced the device's batteries with new ones I found and turned them on. Now is the moment of truth! Within seconds, the device successfully ignited and with it began to project a presentation of links. I immediately started trying to find and route different connection points. And I turned on the device.

All that came out of it was white noise static. I played it again and tried to target another site. White noise again.

"Try to reach a higher place" Rosalina suggested to me

I started to stretch and move back to the facility and started trying to grab onto it again. With every step I took, I hoped that this device would be able to receive some kind of signal, but the white noise remained the same. I kept grabbing more and more until I reached the top of the device, holding the device as high as I could and I waited.

Again no answer. I was already starting to worry. I meant another communication station over and over again. The sun is already high in the sky and I still haven't been able to get any response or message.

"This is the last communication station" I said in desperation and started to point to the device for the last time and lifted it. Suddenly the white noise disappeared and with it, an indistinct noise began to emanate from it. I lowered my hand to listen closely and turn it up out of excitement, but nothing changed in him:

"Can you understand what's coming out of there?"

"Decoder... Positive. It's a form of mechanical communication between robots."

"Can you translate what they're trying to say?"

"Positive. Translating..."

While the wind started to get stronger, I tried to attach myself close to the column together with the communication device. Rosalina was able to translate the text and displayed it on my helmet screen

"This is repeating itself" she responded to the message projected in front of me and I begin to read them:

"Organon 452-HR reports to the Luna colony in case the message manages to reach - the plan has failed. There is no biological signature of survivors in Sectors 56 and 57. All means of communication outside the Earth are blocked and unavailable. The chances of finding and saving the Earth are reduced to zero following this. Anyone who receives This message knows that either they survive or have managed to find a way to contact extraterrestrial colonies. In that case, I was instructed to deliver the pre-prepared message from the leader of the Terra Federation Rescue and Rescue 'Bay-Mulg Leesburg' this message: 'Greetings who was able to translate this message, the unexpected volcanic eruption of Siberian traps forced us to do all our efforts to prevent and deteriorate into a more significant mountain disaster, something we were unable to prevent. The world was like this and we managed to rescue many but then we lost contact with the entire planet at once.

We sent hundreds of robots to investigate the situation, but we couldn't get a single one back. I guess if you or you received this message, I guess he managed to get before the star, but couldn't get back. If so, I ask you, all the survivors who received the message, please try to reach the waypoints by the letter that we coded in this message together with the information on this map. I wish everyone who survived this disaster to try to hold on a little longer. We are trying to make all these efforts to solve the heaviest disaster that humanity has ever had to face.

There is one more little thing that I received just now: it was decided to call the Earth from today "T.H.E" for a reason that was not made clear to me. I think it signifies that this is no longer the Earth we already know. I hope you can hold on.'

This message will contain all the necessary information for further briefing. I'll put myself in savings mode and run message again."

I sat down in front of the translation of these inscriptions, surprised and withered while the wind just blows it. I don't understand what I read in it now. What is it and why? How did it happen and what are they talking about? I don't know what to do anymore.

"Colin, data successfully decoded, uploading fastest route to next waypoint"

A map began to run in front of me and showed the route on a new visual map inserted in the message. The track just got longer and I looked at him with a disappointed face until it marked the goal:

"The closest landmark to you, by comparison, is this target, also known by your memory..."

"The seaport of the metropolis" I interrupted her knowing that I do know this place. That's where most of my training for interstellar cruisers took place. The distance to it is as long as who knows what.

"Approximate route length on foot - 31 days, 4 hours on average"

"It's even further than the old communications station! This distance is significant if you live between life and death! What do they expect me to go through this journey again if I haven't seen even a piece of a spaceship or any single transport, I don't know - a bicycle!" I lost my temper a bit before I started and the wind started blowing hard and I almost dropped the communication device, it means it was time to go down and I gently started to go down.

"I don't have an answer" Rosalina answered.

"I don't expect an answer from you" I began to relax on my every move down, going through the circles: "This whole thing, the fact that all this, everything I see now, just raises more questions: What is T.H.E? What does it translate to? Why They can't land on the planet? How did the little volcanic eruption lead to such a thing? I have more questions than answers in the message."

After a short time, my foot touched the floor again. And I proceeded to pile up my equipment and turned off the communication device. The sun was already starting to set so I decided to sit on the edge of the roof feeding on a cube of printed food, looking at the horizon while the distant puffs could still be heard. After thinking to myself, I came to my senses, knowing that if I did nothing, I would only be sacrificing my death.

"Rosalina, show the route you put together"