To my frozen hometown

Chapter 92 Please tell people that we have a future

At the dining table, listening to the old man's words, Liu Yuan and Al showed different expressions.

Al's face was filled with joy accompanied by a bit of confusion. She was happy for the progress the old man had made, but she couldn't fully understand the meaning of it.

As for Liu Yuan's face, there was a kind of incomprehensible surprise.

To be honest, it was hard for her to believe that the kind of research done by the old man could achieve any major results overnight.

After all, astronomical observation requires long-term tracking and comparison. To confirm whether a planet meets the expected conditions, it needs to collect a large amount of data for reference and judgment.What's more, what the old man is looking for is still a planetary belt. In this case, the variables will undoubtedly be even greater, and the method of confirmation will undoubtedly be more cumbersome.

If a breakthrough could be achieved so simply, people in the past would not have given up early.

But seeing the calm look of the old man, Liu Yuan couldn't conclude that he was lying.

After all, this lie seemed meaningless at all, and there were only three people present, so there was absolutely no need for the old man to hide the truth in order to lie to her and Al.

So what is going on here?

Liu Yuan frowned in puzzlement, and after a while, looked at the old man and asked.

"Didn't you say that the recent snowstorm is too heavy for observation?"

As if he had expected Liu Yuan to ask such a question, the old man smiled lightly and replied calmly.

"That's right, so last night I just re-examined the previous data, but inadvertently made a major discovery."

"Have you confirmed the location of that planetary belt?" Liu Yuan asked, still not loosening his brows.

"Yes, basically."

The old man took a deep breath, as if he had finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish, smiled softly, put a document on the table, and continued to speak.

"This is all the data I have so far. Although it is not perfect, it has a clear direction. In the future, I will try to write it in more detail. When the supply team comes , I should be able to go back to the greenhouse with you. At that time, this article will be published in the Greenhouse Daily, and everyone will know that we have a new goal and journey."

Saying so, the old man's eyes seemed to reveal a little expectation and yearning.

Everything fits so well, like a happy ending to a bedtime story.

Unfortunately, Liu Yuan has already passed the age of listening to stories.

She gestured to the old man, and after getting permission, she picked up the documents on the table and started to read them.

It must be admitted that she cannot see any flaws and loopholes, and the complex data and analogies make this report seem quite rigorous.At the same time, the professional threshold also made it impossible for her to see whether there were problems in the details.

But Liu Yuan always had a strange feeling, which made her feel that this report was not true.

It was in such an indescribable atmosphere that the dinner was spent.

When Al finished eating and went back to his room to rest, Liu Yuan was still sitting in the dining room, looking at the report after the experiment file.

The old man was not in a hurry to leave either, he made himself another cup of coffee, and then sat opposite Liu Yuan, drinking it quietly.

It wasn't until Liu Yuan put down the report that he smiled lightly and asked aloud.

"how do you feel?"

"I don't know what to say." Liu Yuan rubbed his brows and replied slowly.

The old man looked at Liu Yuan, was silent for a while, and then said suddenly.

"You think this report is fake?"

This undisguised way of communication made Liu Yuan pause for a moment.

But then, Liu Yuan also nodded and admitted.

"That's right, it looks a bit too perfect."

Even a little unreal.

"Really?" The old man said, and his eyes fell on the documents on the table. After a while, he should have smiled helplessly, shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Well, it is indeed fake."

He no longer concealed the truth from Liu Yuan, but revealed his own lies in an almost plain way.

Liu Yuan's expression became weird, and she looked at the old man suspiciously.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want to change the status quo." The old man said word by word, reached for the documents on the table, and opened them in front of him.

"Have you calculated how long it has been since humans have explored the unknown?" In the dim light of the restaurant, the old man asked Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan didn't answer, so the old man gave himself an answer.

"Oh, it should have been too long. It seems that from the day we entered the greenhouse, we never had the courage to leave."

"The exploration team will only move within a safe range of activities, and the research station will always be observing."

"However, if you just curl up in a corner forever, how can you change the status quo?"

"Facts have proved that survival is never what we want. In the face of natural choices, if a race does not progress, it will only decline and eventually perish."

At the silent dining table, the old man took a sip of coffee slowly, his expression at this moment was silent and a little gloomy.

"I don't want my race to stand still, so I understand that we need a direction, even if it's just a false direction, but it will bring some new hope."

"Oh, you know, a poet once told me that human beings are romantic because we're good at deceiving ourselves and others."

"I am 63 years old this year, and my years are numbered. Therefore, in the last period of my life, I want to complete a romantic enough lie, and this lie will come from the one I have looked up to all my life. starry sky."

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The restaurant was quiet for a long time.

In the silent silence, Liu Yuan looked at the old man silently, and finally, probably at a moment when the wind blew, she said aloud.

"Then you are not afraid that when this lie is exposed, people's hopes will be completely shattered?"

Hearing this question, the old man smiled, and pushed the document in front of Liu Yuan again.

"Try to extract the names of all the planets in it, and read their first and last letters together."

Liu Yuan followed the old man's request, and then she got this sentence.

“Please tell people we have a future.”

Yes, the old man has left the heaviest entrustment of his life in the planetary belt he "found", in that starry sky.

"I believe it." Under the light, the old man said.

"I have always believed that we are a great race, so there must be someone who will go on instead of me."

"So there must be someone who will find the right direction."

(End of this chapter)