Merit Book·Xinghai

This is a very quiet city.

Perhaps, it was too quiet.

One by one, the white hemispherical buildings are scattered irregularly on both sides of the road, like a chess piece thrown by someone, which looks very cute.

On the scattered buildings, even the windows are irregular, round, square, heart-shaped, fan-shaped, diamond-shaped, polygonal, and many of them are like urchins scribbling, forming a crooked square, with wonderful graphics matching it The crystal surfaces of different colors construct a world like a fairy tale.

Behind those windows full of childishness, they are still decorated with various things like ordinary people's houses - some are colorful flower pots, some are large and small pots, some are placed with books, some are soft pillows, There are also meals on display, as if someone is sitting by the window eating.

But at this time, everything is placed quietly and as usual, the branches and leaves are swaying, a wind chime is hanging on the door and making a pleasant ringing, and the pages of an open book on the bench by the street are rattling in the wind The sound of "la" was heard, but there was no one in sight.

Everything seemed to be terminated in an instant.

On the road, in the square, and even on the roof, you can see hovering cars everywhere. They lose power and fall from the air. The final safety braking system barely makes them land on a solid surface, but it is no longer possible. Arrived at the destination again.

The cleaning robots that were originally in charge of urban sanitation are here and there, and some of them are tilted on the garbage dump, and a broken bottle is still grabbed by the small mechanical claws, giving people a feeling that it is still persisting at the last moment of its life. The feeling of completing the mission is inexplicably tragic.

Rong Yuan walked on this quiet and desolate street, making a detour from time to time so as not to disturb those people lying on the ground.

Even though they are now, they will never wake up again because of being disturbed.

Men, women, old people, children, some have strange appearances, while others are not much different from humans on earth.In the past, they may have been mayors, drivers, students, doctors, race car drivers, musicians, fathers and mothers, children waiting to be fed... But now, all of them have become lying on the ground. A mummified corpse with curled hands and feet, a bent body, and a face like a dead branch that has been drained of water. This dark brown, tree-root-like body is covered in bright and beautiful clothes, which looks so weird and terrifying.

Some important departments in the city—such as the power supply station, the suspension vehicle control center, the airport, etc., have all turned into black pits. In some places, the fire is still flickering, and the molten iron has condensed into groups of black stains on the ground , as if this is the last tear that the city sheds for itself.

Suddenly, Rong Yuan stopped in his tracks, and his eyes fell on a ball in front of him that was composed of countless polygonal facets and full of mechanical texture.

This metal ball is only as tall as two people, so it is not very impressive in terms of volume. It can be loaded into a slightly larger vehicle, but it is one of the most precious treasures on this planet. An important symbol of members.

This is a quantum communication base station.

It is also the only quantum communication base station operating in the synchronous orbit of this small habitable star.

With the existence of this base station, people on this planet can log on to the star network, communicate with people on other planets without barriers, and let their voices be heard by the entire Star Alliance.

It also needs this base station, so that the spacecraft can accurately locate the position of the planet, and go to the planet under the guidance of navigation for repairs, transportation, commerce, tourism, replenishment of supplies, etc.

If the base station is destroyed, people on the entire planet will not be able to communicate with the outside world; at the same time, various spaceships will not pass by here, they may leave a flight trace from a few light-years away, but they will not glance here Take a look; and because all kinds of machinery have lost power, it is impossible for people here to escape to the dark space.

They can only be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered, waiting helplessly for the long-planned massacre to arrive.

The Star Alliance is so big, there will always be some planets that will accidentally damage the precious communication base stations. There is a special early warning mechanism in the star network. Once a base station is found to be out of contact, the nearest planet or the spacecraft of the government department will send People went to check.If it is found that the base station is too damaged to be repaired, there will also be a special person to recycle the damaged base station and replace it with a new one.Of course, a lot of money.

But this planet has no such opportunity.

Because in the star network, the information on this planet has all turned into gray representing death, and the top of the information page is marked with a line of black fonts—[The planet was destroyed by space turbulence, and none of its inhabitants Spare, condolences. 】

Afterwards, a series of speeches and activities such as condolences, memorials, and blessings were spontaneously organized by netizens on Xingwang.com.But except for those who have relatives and friends on this planet who will be immersed in grief for a period of time, most netizens quickly downplayed their impression of this matter after being sad and touched for a short time, and started Focus on things that are more important to you - such as getting fat recently, taking an exam, scratching a piece of skin on your finger, I like him but he doesn't seem to like me, etc.

After the official certification that this planet has disappeared, all the star route charts have deleted the routes leading to this planet, and this star field has become an empty darkness, and it is marked with [Suspected There is space turbulence, danger, and a dark star field where entry is prohibited.

So even if relatives and friends are on this planet, no one thinks about crossing the space distance in units of light years. Privately hired spacecraft to go to this star field with nothing but danger to investigate and confirm.After all, it is impossible for the dead to come back, but life must go on.People can indulge their sorrows to flow wantonly, but real life is more about trivial matters like oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, not as much romance and no turning back as in the story.

The statement on the destruction of the planet was released seven days ago.

Three days ago, Rong Yuan's merit search locator suddenly frantically popped up countless prompts without starting it, and the instrument buzzed uninterruptedly while trembling, as if infinitely many people were screaming in despair, That invisible force gushed out like a tide, and even shook the locator far away!

However, when Rong Yuan was on his way to this planet, all the reminders and buzzing stopped abruptly, and the locator changed back to that quiet compass like a pocket watch.

A day ago, Rong Yuan came to this planet.

This planet has become extremely quiet, like a completely dead planet.