wandering planet

After returning to the correct course, Faust began to try to contact Marseilles, but failed.

"It has been 30 years, and the channel of communication may have changed." The deputy captain reminded Bering, "I think we should return to Marseilles and not go any further."

Bering knew that he couldn't count on Linney, but this was a traveling civilian ship. Currently, Faust's hull was in good condition, except that it was slightly short of fuel, but even so, it would definitely be able to support them to reach the transfer station.

The next day, the passengers on the Faust discovered that they had received a voting coupon, and there were only two options on the coupon: to go to Earth, and to return to Marseilles.

"I can't make a decision. Since there are no problems in both directions, let's adopt the method of the minority obeying the majority." Bering said.

Lin Ni was both surprised and disgusted: "You are not a qualified captain."

Bering: "Linney, remember, I'm no longer the captain of Faust. I won't do it, and you won't do it. I can only accept it. But you can't just take a person who is related to so many lives. After throwing the responsibility on other people's shoulders, I am free and easy, and in turn accuse others of not being perfect. Since I am unqualified, then you or Leather Mi can do it. I hope you can find a qualified, perfect, and in line with passenger Hope for a plan that will not be criticized by Marseille at the same time."

Linney coughed lightly and lowered his head to drink his coffee.

Jiang Che, who was cleaning the window at the side, watched the angry Bering leave, and when he turned his head, he met Lin Ni's eyes.

After a moment of silence, Linney asked him, "Want to sign?"

Jiang Che: "I don't want to at all."

Lin Ni didn't insist either, and turned his head to continue to stare at the cosmic scenery outside Faust.

After returning to the correct route, passengers can finally see the most famous emperor galaxy "Haidee" on the Swan-Orion arm.The purple "Haidee" is slowly spinning in the distance, and the lavender gas is illuminated by the burning stars, becoming a dazzling bright color in the dark starry sky.

The ship's radio resumed its work, constantly pointing passengers to watch "starfish", "sea rose" and "dolphin".

[The shape of the Dolphin Galaxy is very similar to the Faust we are riding on.Faust is a rare dolphin-shaped ship, and the shape of the hull is based on dolphins.Dolphins are a very precious animal on earth. Although they failed to breed successfully in Marseille, we can still see this extinct creature again through albums or videos...]

Jiang Che packed his tools and left this floor.Passengers who regained their calm were discussing how to choose voting tickets in twos and threes, and children were running and playing in the corridor, repeating the words of the radio loudly.He looked back at Linney, and found that he was still standing upright, not knowing where to look.

Jiang Che went to the kitchen to ask for some seasonings, and the chefs were talking about the girl who sang very well in the bar on the ship.

He listened for a while, thinking that Ovid was stuck in his tool room every day and didn't go anywhere, or maybe he would be interested in these things.

There were some shelled peanuts left in the kitchen. Jiang Che peeled a few and found that the peanut kernels were small, shriveled and wrinkled, and the appearance was very bad.

"Some have not grown well, and some may have been left for too long." The chef asked him, "Do you want more, Jiang?"

Jiang Che put all these peanuts into his bag: "Yes."

The chef was very sympathetic: "Poor Jiang, do you really want to eat this kind of thing? Tell me, what else do you want, I can give it to you. Lemon, do you eat lemon?"

Jiang Che happily went back with two lemons and a bag of shriveled peanuts in his hand.

Shrunken peanuts are not as crispy as ripe, full-bodied peanuts, but they are sweet.It's like the nutrition that was originally used to support the growth of peanut kernels has been converted into sugar. The deflated peanuts have a natural rich sweetness, and they don't feel full after eating too much.When Jiang Che was a child, he often sat in front of the house with his younger sister, peeling and eating peanuts by the handful. It was a great snack.

When he went down to the storage compartment, he suddenly heard a strange popping sound.

Ovid was sitting in the kitchenette like a gentleman, playing darts.

There are no portable weapons on Faust, and the darts are made of iron scraps when Ovid made the roof of the small kitchen.

The front end of the small prism-shaped iron piece is very sharp, and Jiang Che was pricked once when he touched it, and a little blood came out.

Ovid folded his unwearable coats into a square, hung them on the wall of the ship, and used them as targets.

Jiang Che stood quietly aside, Ovid did not notice him.

The target is set far away, and Ovid is very focused.This was also the first time Jiang Che saw a solemn expression that was almost cautious on the face of this food thief.

The storage compartment on the first floor had recently cooled down, and Ovid put on Jiang Che's hat, which tightly covered all his curly hair.Ovid's features were handsome, but at this moment, he showed a little gloomyness.The corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, his eyes fixed on the target on the wall, and he threw another iron piece.

Under the light of the small lamp on the top, the iron piece looks like a fast-moving light spot.

It landed precisely on the ball of clothing with a pop.

At this moment, Jiang Che finally remembered that Ovid was a killer.

His target is Linney.He's practicing how to kill.

Although he thought it was inconceivable to kill people with such a small piece of iron, Jiang Che still decided to quietly put away his tools first.

He walked down the stairs, stomping on purposely with a loud bang.

Surprised, Ovid immediately put away the small iron piece, turned to greet Jiang Che with a smile: "What's delicious today?"

Just as Jiang Che was about to speak, his eyes suddenly went dark—the lights on the first floor were all extinguished.

He panicked, he had already reached the last level but he missed the step, and fell heavily to the ground.

Although his elbows and knees hurt, Jiang Che couldn't speak a word.He panicked the moment it turned dark here, his hands trembled, and he couldn't even try to support himself to sit up.

In the darkness, someone ran over, grabbed his shoulders, and pulled him up.

Aware that Jiang Che was trembling, Ovid grabbed his palm and pulled him to his side.

"Can you see the way?" Ovid asked. "It's just a power outage. Don't be afraid. It happens a lot these days. But you weren't here when the power went out, so you're not used to it."

He kept talking, which calmed Jiang Che down a bit.

"Peanuts and lemon... for you to eat." Jiang Che said, "It fell."

Ovid quickly squatted on the ground, groped around, and finally found a bag containing peanuts and two lemons whose juice had been thrown out.

When he led Jiang Che back to the tool room, the electricity was restored.

Under the bright light, Ovid found that Jiang Che was pale and his neck was covered with cold sweat.

He found a towel to wipe Jiang Che's sweat. Jiang Che was not used to being touched so intimately, so he took the towel and wiped it himself.Ovid stared at Jiang Che with a worried expression: "Jiang, what's wrong with you?"

Jiang Che didn't know whether he should tell Ovid the truth.He still had the chill brought by the fear just now in his heart, and waved his hands: "Sorry, I'm more afraid of the dark."

Ovid nodded: "I've already found out. You didn't allow me to turn off the lights during the break. I thought you were afraid that I would attack you."

Jiang Che: "Attack me?"

Ovid: "I'm a killer."

"...It's not for this reason." Jiang Che breathed a sigh of relief, leaning on the back of the chair, "I told you that I arrived in Marseille in the freezer, do you remember?"

"remember."

"All the people who were put in the freezer arrived in Marseille at the same time as the fleet more than 500 years ago." Jiang Che said, "But I am not."

The "Great Retreat" fleet encountered many things on the way to Marseilles, and many ships lost contact with the main force.

Among them was Jiang Che's ship.

The ship was attacked, and a big mouth was opened, and nearly a hundred freezers slid into the universe through the crack.

Nearly 400 years have passed since the fleet of the "Great Retreat" arrived in Marseilles. When everything gradually stabilized, they remembered those freezers that left the ships in the disaster and wandered in the universe.

It took a certain amount of time to find these freezers, and only half of the people in the freezers were still alive.

Jiang Che was within that half.

"I just woke up a year ago." Jiang Che whispered, "Before this time, I actually woke up. When I woke up, I found that I was lying in that coffin-like thing, surrounded by darkness , only the observation window in front of me allows me to see the scenery outside. But... But the outside is also pitch black. I don't know where I am, and I can't make a sound. In the coffin... there is only myself!"

In the fear of almost collapsing, he activated the re-sleep procedure in the freezer.

Since the dormancy program in the cabin can only be set for a maximum of 100 years, Jiang Che woke up four times before and after, and each time he found that he was still in the dark, still drifting in the universe with nothing to rely on.

"If I hadn't thought of my sister, I would have gone mad, I would have gone mad in the coffin!" Jiang Che clutched the towel tightly, "I can't stand the dark, I'm afraid, I'm timid...but when I wake up, they Tell me, Jiang Mu is long gone."

Ovid took his hand and patted the back of it very tenderly.

"...Actually, my persistence is meaningless." Jiang Che said, "during the time I was drifting in the universe, I was affected by cosmic rays. Even if I recover, it is impossible to become a 'gene survival' plan materials. They don’t need my irradiated genes, it’s not safe.”

He had nowhere to go and nothing to do.Marseille is not hometown, the earth is.Marseille is not his home, but neither is the earth.

"There were more than 50 frozen chambers found at that time. I don't know how many have been recovered now..." He was exhausted, and let Ovid take the towel and put it on his head, "I'm sorry, I made you laugh. I I am very afraid of the dark, very afraid, there must be light in my life, otherwise I will definitely go crazy."

Ovid rubbed Jiang Che's hair through the towel.

"...Okay, stop rubbing. My hair is not wet."

"Jiang, do you know that there is a country called Miservia in Marseille?" Ovid asked suddenly.

Jiang Che didn't know why he suddenly changed the subject: "I know. Miservia is a mountainous country, and the mushrooms there are especially delicious."

"I was born in Misservia, and the research center of life is there." Ovid looked at him.

Jiang Che was at a loss: "Hmm...have you ever eaten the mushrooms there?"

Ovid stared at him and smiled.

"What a coincidence," he said, "in Misserbian, Ovid means fire and light."