wandering planet

The rocket is racing forward, faster and faster.

Ovid, who was in charge of monitoring the tower situation, also became more and more nervous.He wiped the sweat from his palms on his trousers, and counted in a calm voice.

From the surveillance screen in front of Pierre, they could already clearly see the front end of the rocket.

"Ten seconds until the tower is separated... 9, 8, 7..." Ovid's counting sound echoed in the cockpit.

"It's 30 seconds until the rocket makes contact," Linney said.

Just before Ovid announced the number "1", Bering spoke.

"implement!"

At the moment when the counting ended, Ovid entered the password for the tower to exit the program.

At this time, there are still 20 seconds before the rocket touches Faust.

The mechanical claws that fixed the tower retracted back and forth inside Faust.The silver tower was originally just a sightseeing spot on Faust, and it was also one of Faust's several lifeboats. Its departure had no effect on Faust at all.

"The disengagement procedure is complete," Ovid said. "The tower disengaged from the Faust hull."

When the silver cylindrical tower left Faust, due to inertia, it still maintained the same speed as Faust.But Faust kept accelerating, and it couldn't keep up.

Jiang Che, like everyone else, was staring at the screen tightly.

Just before the rocket hit the control tower, Ovid suddenly reached out and grabbed Jiang Che's palm.

The rocket hit the tower.

The impacted tower retreated violently, half of its hull collided with Faust.

All the powerful impact is transmitted to the Faust hull through the tower.

The ship, which was not big enough, wobbled and was finally knocked out of its original orbit!

"The speed is at its highest!" Linney yelled amidst the clattering of the sound source, "Faust is getting rid of the gravitational circle of the nuclear ball!"

The rocket is still drawing an arc, passing Faust together with the tower, and going to the depths of the universe.

Jiang Che held Ovid's hand tightly.At this time, he suddenly had an inappropriate idea: Ovid would faint during the leap, so what now?

The young and unproven killer clenched his hands tightly, but kept his eyes fixed on the angle displayed on the screen.

Faust was advancing at full speed, breaking free little by little from the gravitational force that would pull it back into the abyss, and flew outward.

"The hull is out of balance..." Ovid yelled, "There is a danger of capsizing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp siren sounded from the system: [Warning!The angle of inclination of the hull is close to the critical value——Warning!The inclination angle of the hull...]

It's about to turn over—Jiang Che had only one thought in his mind, he didn't even know he was afraid, he just watched Bering unbuckle his seat belt in the severely tilted cockpit, and staggered towards Ovid. on the console.

She was operating on the console quickly, Jiang Che couldn't see what she was doing, he could only hear another steady mechanical voice amidst the sharp siren: [Lifeboat B01, start the escape procedure. 】

There were a total of 40 lifeboats on Faust's ship. In addition to the one released by Ovid, Bering released three ships from B01 to B03 this time.

The three lifeboats broke away from Faust, and Faust, which was about to turn over, was finally stabilized dangerously.

Linney filled the turntable to the full and held it tightly, otherwise it would turn back.Faust was still advancing at a high speed, and finally got balanced little by little.

Bering returned to her seat again, she was already drenched in sweat.

"Throw away the two lifeboats on the left side." Bering said hoarsely, "Pierre..."

"Faust needs to turn left by 3°, otherwise it will hit the third satellite of Planet Miranda." Pierre's face was pale, but his voice was still calm.

Jiang Che found that Ovid's palms were full of sweat, and his complexion was not much better than Pierre's.

Under Linney's control, Faust resisted the gravitational pull from the right side, turned left 3° with great difficulty, and passed the huge satellite.Their distance is so close, Jiang Che saw a large cloud of smoke and dust rising from the No. [-] satellite, and he could even clearly see the craters on the star.

As if breaking free from some kind of heavy gravitational pull behind, Faust suddenly accelerated when he crossed the Miranda planet.

"...Okay." Linney sat upright, his white shirt drenched with sweat, winding down his neck, "We escaped."

Everyone in the cockpit didn't seem to understand Lin Ni's words at once.

Pierre was the first to run.He unbuckled his seat belt, and just as he stood up, his knees gave way and he almost knelt down.Jiang Che also got up from his seat and helped him up.

Pierre couldn't even speak, seeing Jiang Che in front of him, he hugged him tightly.He was a head shorter than Jiang Che, so Jiang Che took advantage of the situation and scratched his head. "Thank you." He said to Pierre in a hoarse voice.

Linney slumped on the chair, pointed at the top of the cockpit, and said viciously: "I will never drive a ship again. Bering, I will never drive a ship again!"

Bering strode over, opened his arms and held Jiang Che and Pierre in his arms, ignoring Lin Ni.

In front of Faust, there are countless shining scattered stars, and behind it, the star wall of the galactic bulge is emitting intense light and heat.

"As long as we do three more jumps, we will be back on the correct path." Bering kissed each of Jiangche's Pierre hard on the cheeks, "I love you all."

Linney: "Did you hear what I said?"

Jiang Che: "No, I didn't do anything..."

Pierre started to hug Bering, crying loudly.

On the other side of the deserted cockpit, Ovid watched Jiang Che, who was hugged with Pierre and Bering, gritted his teeth and struggled with the seat belt.

"How to untie this thing? Which key to press?" He yelled, "Who can untie it for me!"

After the most tense moment was over, Ovid did vomit from seasickness—seasickness.

Jiang Che was waiting for him in the corridor.There was no place to rest in the corridor on the sixth floor, so he simply sat on the ground with his back against the huge transparent porthole.

Ovid washed his face, opened the bathroom door and walked out slowly.Faust's concussion just now made him dizzy, seeing Jiang Che in front of him, he immediately leaned over and sat beside him.

Jiang Che was turning his head to look at the space curtain surrounding Faust.

From this angle, he can clearly see the star wall like a raised hill in the extreme distance.Hundreds of millions of stars stared at him in silence, and in this brief silence, Jiang Che even had the illusion that someone was staring at him.

Bering said this is route 118, but they didn't see any scientific ships.

Everyone knew what was going on in their hearts, but no one said it.

They were trapped in the gravity of the nuclear sphere for only ten hours, but 30 years had passed in Marseilles.

Does the exploration project for nuclear spheres still exist? Is route 118 still in use?Does the science ship have a new goal?

In the records of Marseilles, does Faust still exist?The "homecoming trip" that was originally scheduled to go back and forth for half a year has not been heard from for 30 years. Is Faust also marked as "missing" like Copernicus?

No one can answer this question.And Faust can only continue to move towards Marseille with uncertainty and tiny hopes.

That's everyone's home, they have nowhere else to go.

But not my home.Jiang Che thought to himself, he tried every means to get to Faust, and he really didn't want to go back to Marseille.

Ovid sat next to him, tilting his head, resting directly on his shoulder.

Jiang Che: "?"

Ovid thought for a moment, and made a request to him: "You need to reward me."

Jiang Che: "Okay, what do you want to eat?"

Ovid wasn't surprised that Jiang Che said exactly what he thought: "Black jelly with coconut milk."

Jiang Che: "...No."

Ovid: "I want to eat black jelly with coconut milk."

Jiang Che: "Don't think about it, no."

"I am Faust's hero, and I am also the benefactor of all the passengers and crew on Faust." Ovid vomited for a long time, his stomach was empty, and he felt more hungry every time he said a word, "So I am also your benefactor , you cannot refuse the benefactor's reasonable request, Jiang."

Jiang Che stretched out his fingers, pushing Ovid away from him little by little.He thought of some things he had hidden in the freezer: "Is there anything else? It's also sweet."

Ovid sat up straight: "Okay. What is it?"

What Jiang Che hid in the freezer was taro balls.

This thing is also very rare in Marseille.After Jiang Che found out that the land in Marseille could grow good-tasting taro, he made a bunch of taro and ate it slowly.This time he went to Faust, he also brought up the only remaining bag, and secretly hid it in the freezer while others were not looking.

Ovid also had never eaten this stuff, he was a little curious and a little nervous: "Delicious?"

"I don't like it." Jiang Che said, "but my sister likes it."

He told Ovid how to eat taro balls.

Since he didn't have too many things with him for Faust, he thought about it for a long time, and what he could match was sweet-scented osmanthus honey.The soil of Marseille is very strange, some things don't grow well, and some things grow very well.There is a huge sweet-scented osmanthus tree near where Jiang Che lives, which can bloom six months a year.He collected sweet-scented osmanthus flowers with a clean broom and took them home to make sweet-scented osmanthus honey.

"It's very simple to make." Jiang Che yawned. Only then did he realize that he hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time. "Boil the taro balls in water, add sugar, and let it boil. Put it in a bowl and put it on the top Pour some sweet-scented osmanthus honey. You can see small pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus petals floating in the sugar water, taro balls one by one, sweet and delicious."

Speaking of osmanthus honey, he couldn't help sniffling.

"Osmanthus honey is very fragrant, and taro balls are very soft and Q." Jiang Che rolled his hands into a bowl shape, "Just such a small bowl, I can eat four bowls at a time."

Ovid: "What does Q mean?"

Jiang Che found that this word was not easy to explain.

"It means bouncy," he said, "like the feeling of the tongue moving in the mouth."

Ovid nodded thoughtfully, frowned and stared at Jiang Che while licking his teeth with his tongue.

"This is considered a reward, great hero." Jiang Che stood up and pulled Ovid up.

Ovid walked slowly behind him: "Jiang, why don't you hug me? I think that is also a reward."

Jiang Che was extremely sleepy, remembering where he stuffed the small bag of taro balls, and answered him in a weak spirit: "No, lest you say that I molested you again."

"What's the matter?" Ovid expressed dissatisfaction, "Please insult me, I welcome it."

Jiang Che was speechless, and began to suspect the real reason why Ovid dropped out of Marseille Aerospace Academy.