wandering planet

After the subspace transition, Faust officially bid farewell to Marseille, and also left the Alpha galaxy centered on the star Alpha, and began to enter the real interstellar travel.

After this transition is over, Marseille will no longer be able to specifically command Faust's transition time. Faust will advance and transition step by step according to the route and transition time set by the ship's internal system.

In the early morning of the second day after the jump was completed, Jiang Che, who was cleaning the chewing gum on the ground with a small scraper, heard a broadcast.

[... Passengers, we are crossing the Swan-Orion arm, please turn your gaze to the right side of the ship.There, you will see the most famous imperial galaxy 'Haidee' on the Swan-Orion Arm...]

Jiang Che got up immediately, threw the small scraper and the scraped chewing gum into the trash can, and searched for usable binoculars layer by layer.

Dozens of telescopes were installed in the circular corridors on each floor of Faust, but they were all surrounded by people at this time.Jiang Che could only stand by the window, squinting at the galaxy outside.

Between the first jump and the second jump of the Star 18 route, the most ornamental scenery is the emperor galaxy "Haidee".Because there is a huge black hole in the middle of the galaxy that is constantly attracting and devouring the surrounding stars, the "Haidee" galaxy has been surrounded by a halo of stars and gas for many years.This halo, which is a mixture of solid and gas, presents an extremely beautiful purple color, and with the operation of "Haidee", the color changes constantly, just like a ball of crayon powder smeared on black drawing paper.

Jiang Che once observed "Haidei" in the clear sky in summer.It was a cluster of stars in the east, separated by the atmosphere and barriers of Marseilles, whose purple light was constantly weakened, and reflected by the dust particles in richer colors.In the land of Marseille, if people see "Haidee" in the starry sky, it means that summer is coming.

【…The Imperial Galaxy is also called the Giant Elliptical Galaxy, and it is the gravitational center of the galaxy.They have a big appetite and grow bigger by devouring the surrounding small galaxies, just like a fat man who is constantly eating. 'Haidee' is the closest imperial galaxy to Marseille that we can observe, and it is also the clearest galaxy that we can observe in the clear night sky in summer...]

Jiang Che listened absently, he could smell a slight smell of smoke.Excited that he could steal the fine, he began to look around, ready to arrest someone.

"Haidee is missing?"

The one who made the sound was a woman standing beside Jiang Che.She was about thirty, with long curly hair that fell to her shoulders, blue eyes with a hint of green, and a small orange badge pinned to her neckline.Realizing that Jiang Che was looking at her, she turned her head and glanced at Jiang Che: "Are you a staff member on the ship? Is your broadcast script wrong? You can't see 'Hai Dai' here."

"I'm just a cleaner." Jiang Che tugged on his clothes.He felt that he saw a familiar person again.

"Your captain is an alcoholic. He may not even know what the ship's radio is saying." The woman said, "According to the Interstellar Navigation Act, if he drinks alcohol during the voyage, his ship pilot license will be revoked."

Jiang Che: "Well, I know. But what's the use of telling me this?"

The woman glanced at him, full of resentment and heartbreak: "Since you are staff members, keep an eye on your captain! Don't let him drink anymore!"

Jiang Che nodded earnestly, with an open-minded appearance.

He remembered who this woman was.

After getting Faust's job, he searched Faust's information online.The blue-eyed woman in front of her was Bering, the previous captain of Faust, and the only woman who had been given the opportunity to pilot a ship independently since the entire fleet system of Marseille was established 500 years ago.But just before Faust set sail, due to some reasons that Jiang Che could not find out, Bering was dismissed from his post.

"Why don't you expect leather rice to drink?" Jiang Che suddenly asked, "If he is revoked his ship piloting license, you can take back Faust, Captain Bering."

Bai Ling was slightly taken aback, then grabbed Jiang Che by the collar, and said in a fierce tone, "Didn't you take the Bigger personality test (*) before you boarded the ship?"

Jiang Che thought for a while, then nodded.

"If you take the Beagle personality test, it is impossible for someone like you to board the ship! The test is to ensure that there is no one like you in the ship team." Bering stared at him, with suppressed anger in his eyes, " Actually instigate a dismissed captain to curse the current captain? You are terrible! How much manpower and material resources will be spent on a ship, how many passengers will be on board, and what tasks it will complete, you think these are all games No! Anyone can be a captain!"

Jiang Che was not frightened by her.Bering is a better captain than Leathermi, he thought.

Before boarding the ship, he offered to take a Beagle personality test, but Pimi refused.A personality test costs 500 yuan, and there are nearly a hundred staff members on the ship. The cost of the test is all in the pocket of Leather Rice.

Jiang Che was about to explain clearly to Bai Ling, but Bai Ling had lost interest in talking to Jiang Che.She pushed Jiang Che to the window, turned around and left.

Before leaving the circular corridor, Jiang Che found that the soles of his shoes were a bit sticky, as if he had stepped on something sticky.There was an ominous premonition in his heart.

Turning his head to look, he saw several fresh chewing gum stains on the ground.

That night, a strange accident happened in the catering department of Faust: due to the water leak in the sink, the chewing gum that was supposed to be distributed to passengers three times a day for free was soaked overnight.

The tragedy that happened to the chewing gum did not attract anyone's attention. All the cleaners on the ship thought that giving out free chewing gum was a boring and disgusting measure. "Children throw up!" said Heaney. "We have a broken sink to thank."

Jiang Che: "You are quite right."

According to the arrangement, the second subspace jump will be carried out on the third day of the voyage, and the radio once again reminds passengers to hurry up and watch "Haidee".After Jiang Che finished his work, he ran to the fourth floor to use the telescope, but he still didn't find any trace of "Haidei".

A strange feeling arose in him.

The scenery that must exist on Route 18, why did it disappear out of thin air? A huge galaxy like "Haidee" has no black holes with higher mass around it, so it cannot be swallowed immediately, and Marseilles has not observed anything wrong, and even the broadcast script on the ship has not been changed.

He went to Heaney, but Heaney obviously didn't think that a cleaner had the right to question the direction of the ship. He even doubted whether Jiang Che really knew what "Haidee" looked like.

"There is a purple nebula over there." Heaney pointed to Jiang Che, "Did you see it? Everyone is taking photos with it, it is Hai Dai."

"It's not purple, it's red." Jiang Che suspected that Heaney's eyes were broken, "That's the Rose Nebula in the constellation Monoceros!"

"Oh." Heaney looked at Jiang Che with a smile, "What is the Unicorn?"

Jiang Che gave up.

The second jump is about to start, Jiang Che, who finished his work, plans to go back to his tool room and lie down.

When he was about to go down the steps, he saw the paper and pens on the side of the passage.The interior of Faust completely simulates the gravity environment of Marseille, and in order to allow passengers to "experience the past life" as much as possible, even opinion books, pens and ink are prepared.This place is specially set up for passengers to leave comments on the journey, but Jiang Che has never seen anyone write down any comments.

He really wants to write, and he has thought about the content—please stop giving out free chewing gum!

Jiang Che passed the opinion book, and suddenly found that someone had left handwriting on the first page.

"Haidee is not on this route".

Jiang Che was taken aback, and quickly picked up the piece of paper.

The handwriting of the person who wrote it was very free and easy, but for some reason, some brown powder was left on the paper.

The powder also has a faint special fragrance.Jiang Che couldn't help leaning forward and sucking his nose.

He recognized it immediately, it was the minced tangerine peel that he sprinkled on the shredded beef.

Jiang Che: "...a thief with beautiful handwriting?"

He felt as if he was getting closer and closer to the eccentric food thief.

Back in his tool room, Jiang Che decided to lure the snake out of the hole.

In addition to tangerine peel, there was also a jar of drunken eggs in the big suitcase that Jiang Che brought with Faust.

Drunken Eggs is Jiang Che's proud work. Because the materials are cheap, easy to make and delicious, he often buys eggs that have been discounted in the market, and makes a can full of them, which can last for more than ten days.

Jiang Che found the drunken egg in a glass jar. After opening the lid, the aroma of wine and egg came out immediately.Boiled and peeled eggs are soaked in the liquid mixed with seasoning and wine for about ten days, and the drunk eggs are ready. Jiang Che likes to add some spices to it, which will make the taste much more interesting.

He fished out a drunken egg, put it in a small dish, and carefully cut it open.The complex aroma tightly sealed by egg white and egg yolk came out, and Jiang Che took a few strong sniffs.He likes to eat soft-boiled eggs, so he will carefully control the heat when cooking the eggs, so the egg liquid in the center of the egg yolk is still viscous, awkwardly swaying slightly with his gestures, but it will not flow out.

The taste of the wine and seasoning penetrated deeply into the egg, and even the runny heart seemed to be soaked in wine, it was a mellow snack nestled in the center of the egg white.The egg white was a little yellow, but the heart of the egg was a bright golden red color. Jiang Che swallowed half of it slowly, leaned on the stool, and let out a very pleasant haha.

He put the remaining half on the radiator to dry.Not long after, the plate became hot, the half of the egg became hot, and the aroma seemed to expand with heat and contract with cold, filling his small habitat.

Jiang Che didn't know if he could lure out that weird thief. After waiting for half an hour, he didn't hear any movement, and finally couldn't hold back, and ate the remaining half.

The egg had just entered the stomach, when there was a loud bang from outside the tool room, as if something had fallen down.

Jiang Che immediately picked up the hammer and rushed out the door, but he couldn't see anyone on the left or right.Walking a few steps forward, I saw a dark man lying on the side of the road.

Jiang Che kicked him.

The man's hand moved, he didn't struggle, he just raised his head with difficulty, and said two words to Jiang Che: Wrong.

Jiang Che: "What?"

The man has passed out.Jiang Che took a closer look and found that although this person was lying on his stomach, a stream of blood was slowly flowing from his abdomen.

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*Big Personality Test: A set of personality test scales specially designed by the Marseille Academy of Sciences for the selection of talents for the Marseille Fleet. It was published and officially used in the 101st year of the Marseille calendar.In the 224th year of the Marseille calendar, the Academy of Sciences of Marseille revised the Beagle test, adding key content such as cosmic ethics and cosmic biological relationship, and strengthened the test of fleet members' outlook on life and death and cosmic ethics, emphasizing the importance of fleet members' personality stability.The scale has a total of 499 questions, covering a wide range, and is currently the most frequently used scale for the Marseille fleet.

The author has something to say: the science popularization of giant elliptical galaxies is true. There is a huge black hole in the center of the galaxy, which continuously devours the surrounding small galaxies or the galaxies that have passed by it, and its energy will become stronger and stronger.

The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is real and very, very beautiful.

Haidee is fake, there is no galaxy called Kelp yet.

Drunken eggs are very easy to make, and the method is actually similar to stewed eggs, so you can eat them when you are free~