wandering planet

At the meeting of the permanent members of the United Nations, the issue of "whether to conduct a large retreat" has been discussed for a long time.The time was tight, and the meeting was held almost non-stop around the clock. Everyone listened to countless reports and feasibility analyses, and faced extreme anxiety and fatigue. Five days later, the "White Paper on the Human Preservation Plan" was released.

The white paper contains two parts. The first part is the "Great Retreat" plan from the earth to Marseilles, and the second part is the extremely important "gene continuation" plan.

That is, the plan that Jiang Che and Ovid—or the gene preservers of Ovid 500 years ago participated in.

Ovid was not familiar with the situation of the ships in the "Great Retreat" operation, but Jiang Che was different. He had experienced the early training and preparation of the Great Retreat.

中国在大撤退中派出了36艘舰艇,除了极其重要的先锋舰凤凰号之外,另外还有3艘运输舰、3艘科学舰、10艘军事舰和19艘民用舰。

These 36 ships are already the best and most advanced deep space exploration force in this country.

In the "Great Retreat" operation, almost all the permanent members of the Security Council gave their money and made great efforts and sacrifices to preserve human beings and existing civilizations.With the leadership of these countries, the rest of the developed countries in the world have also contributed all their domestic ships that can perform deep space exploration missions.

At the beginning of the retreat, countless ships left the ground at different times and flew towards space.The most advanced and magnificent technology of mankind is far away from the hometown where it was created.

"Changyang" is China's first carrier ship launched into the sky. It is responsible for carrying not only some genetically modified animals, but also civilization records that are half full of the ship: including some important cultural relics, and Historical data converted to electronic records.

There has been great controversy over whether these artifacts and historical materials should be brought to Marseille as part of a human preservation program.

Tens of thousands of historians and anthropologists around the world have continuously signed letters, asking decision makers: "What is civilization? Only science is qualified to be preserved as a record of civilization? The reason why human beings have the current civilization, how did human beings come from? The African continent stepped out and became the most important creature on this planet. What kind of setbacks and achievements did human beings go through to create and mobilize such a large fleet across the universe? Shouldn’t we leave a record of all this for our future generations? ?”

"But we have to look at human beings as a huge memory. What is the carrier of civilization? Not cultural relics, not ancient books, the carrier of civilization is people. In fact, most of our history is passed on orally, from stories, nursery rhymes, Legend has it that we have seen the rudiments of history from our parents." The spokesperson refuted these remarks, "In the new habitat, human beings must also inherit memory and civilization in this way."

"If human beings are a huge memory, what if the cells in the memory die? We created words, we learned to paint, this is the way of expression, and the way of recording. Instead of relying on the possibility of death or The disappearing cells, why not use a more reliable carrier to preserve the history of mankind from zero to the present?"

In the ongoing dispute, Russia suddenly vacated three transport ships to load cultural relics and electronic historical materials.This move put an end to the dispute and was echoed by many countries.

"When I entered school, when I became a soldier, the first lesson I learned was not how to use guns or ships, but history," the young Russian man with pale blue eyes said at the press conference. "The Human Preservation Project is not simply To preserve the life or number of human beings as much as possible, but to continue the tradition of human beings to challenge the universe and the unknown. If our children don't understand history, how can he have awe and love for everything we have now?"

"'Chang Yang' is the name of an ancient Chinese sword." Jiang Che told the story to Ovid and Linney, "This ship didn't appear during the great retreat, it has performed many extraterrestrial explorations It’s active, mainly to transport materials to the Mercury Research Station and the Neptune Deep Well Exploration Center. At least in China, it is already a very famous ship. When it first launched into space, many newborn children around me were named Chang Yang. Later, when you call 'Chang Yang' on the street, many children will turn their heads to look at you."

Ovid: "What's the matter? Many kids in my hometown are named Ovid."

Linney; "I have an uncle and cousin also named Linney."

Jiang Che: "...Okay. Eat, you guys, there's so much nonsense."

After the three of them came out of the Winged Snake's lair, because the eggs were heavy and the Winged Snake's body was too big to take away, they simply told Pierre to clean up and bring the ship over.

When they returned to the ground, they found that the two small winged snakes had disappeared.Two holes were eaten out of the body of the dead winged snake, and there were traces of the little winged snake crawling on the ground.

The little winged snake can't fly yet, and they speculated that they left the canyon temporarily.

While waiting for the lifeboat to come, Jiang Che picked up a pile of firewood, cut off some skin and flesh of the winged snake with a knife, and started to barbecue.

Winged snakes are very large, with very thick flesh and a lot of subcutaneous fat.The tongue of fire licked its bast, the fat melted, and dropped into the fire drop by drop, so the flame burned higher and redder.

Ovid and Jiang Che grilled snake meat together.What Jiang Che roasted was lumpy meat, while he carefully sliced ​​the snake meat into slices, put it on a knife and roasted it, and put it into his mouth when it was cooked.

There is no seasoning here, and the snake meat has a fishy smell, but after it is roasted, the fishy smell goes away a lot, and the aroma of the meat is roasted hotly.

Ovid ate well.

Linney had no interest in snake meat, and he wasn't hungry.He was thinking about the ships inside.

Judging from the circumstances of the crash, the ships in the lair were part of the 17 transport ships.Jiang Che said that the "Changyang" ship carried some important cultural relics, such as the skulls of two primitive people.Under such a violent impact, Linney didn't think these things could survive.

Song Junxing persuaded them to come here, and also designated a safe landing place for them, and told them the habits of the winged snakes, obviously to let them come to fight the snakes.

But what about after hitting the snake?Linney looked up at the dark crack.

The purpose of Song Junxing should be the ships in the lair.But what did he want in the ship?They have been completely destroyed.Taking a ten thousand step back, even if there are still things preserved, what is the use of Song Junxing taking them?

If it is an ancient cultural relic, he can't save it, because after returning to Marseille, the ships coming back from outside will be thoroughly scanned and inspected.Song Junxing wants to steal cultural relics and sell them, but the chance of success is very, very small.

He is so cautious, Lin Ni can be sure: it is Song Junxing's personal behavior to encourage them to explore Nini.

Just thinking about what the Black Sea garbage was looking for, their portable communicators rang.

"Song Junxing has something to tell you." Pierre's voice came out, "I will activate the lifeboat after I finish speaking, otherwise the signal will be interrupted."

"Thank you." Song Junxing's voice sounded from the communicator.

Jiang Che, Ovid, and Lin Ni looked at each other for a few moments, and the three of them had surprised expressions on their faces: Song Junxing's voice and attitude were unprecedentedly calm and serious.

"Have you seen the Changyang ship?" Song Junxing cut to the chase.

No one wasted time asking him why he was looking for the Changyang ship.The next step is to go to the Black Sea, where they can talk face to face.

"You brought us here, what do you want?" Linney asked.

Song Junxing apologized first, and immediately made a simple and concise request: "I want Changyang's flight recorder."

He paused for a moment, then spoke again: "If the voice recorder in the cockpit is damaged or cannot be taken out, you don't have to. But the data records of the voyage, please help me get it back. I will definitely do my best to meet all your requests, and I will also Help you get back to Marseille smoothly."

All three of them fell silent.

In other words, what Song Junxing wanted was the black box of the Changyang ship—the two sets of equipment that recorded the cockpit conversation records and navigation data when the ship was sailing.

"Why?" Linney asked, "That's something from the Great Retreat 500 years ago. Did you want it, or did the Marseille fleet want it?"

"I want it." Song Junxing pondered for a moment, then raised the end of the sentence, "Lin Ni, your brother Cicero also wants it."

Linney grabbed the communicator tightly: "What?!"

"Give it to me, give me the black box." Song Junxing's voice returned to its original seriousness, "I'm serious, if you can't get the black box, Black Sea refuses to accept your lifeboat. Just fend for yourself in the universe .”

Lin Ni couldn't control Song Junxing's threat anymore: "Cicero is still alive?!"

Song Junxing laughed, and his tone was cold: "What do you think? Do you think there are still people alive in that kind of explosion that can burn bones?"

Linney's hand holding the communicator was trembling: "Then what do you mean?"

"Give me the black box." Song Junxing whispered, "I will tell you the secret of Cicero, and I will tell all of you, the secret of the Marseille fleet and the 'Great Retreat'."

"...You know my brother?" Lin Ni closed his eyes and calmed down, "Impossible! At your age, he was already dead before you were born."

"I don't know him, but I know him very, very well." Song Junxing said calmly, "Linnie, don't you want to know why Cicero chose to commit suicide? And your father, why was he so angry and even wanted to have sex with him?" Cut off ties? Why is he not even willing to go to a court-martial? Why is he still in charge of the Marseille fleet at such an advanced age? Have you never wondered?"

He cut off the call.

This conversation, including Pierre and Tang Mo on the lifeboat, could also be heard.Everyone was full of suspicion, towards Hei Hai, towards Song Junxing, and the secret he said.

Linney stood up, turned and ran to the wall, and began to climb.

Jiang Che and Ovid ate the snake meat from the knife and followed him.

For that curious secret and to reach the Black Sea smoothly, they must find Chang Yang's black box.

"Is this the black box?" Tang Mo looked at the instrument on the table, "It's not black, nor is it a box."

In fact, the instrument in front of me was even painted a very bright orange.

It was buried deep under the winged snake's lair, and the three of them dug for a long time before finally seeing a bright color that did not belong to this place.

"It used to be black, a black box." Lin Ni washed his hands and face, and did not continue to discuss the black box with Tang Mo, but walked to the cab.

What Song Junxing said confused him.

He lingered at the door of the cab, but never dared to go in.

The thick darkness in my heart, which had been suppressed by this trip, flooded up again at some point.

"Is the route all right?" he asked.

Sitting in the cab are Pierre and Ovid.

"Very accurate." Pierre replied, "After knowing that we found the black box, Song Junxing immediately sent an accurate navigation route. We can not only avoid possible predators, but also safely bypass the black hole."

Ovid glanced at the communicator.The communicator was turned off, and Song Junxing couldn't hear them.

"Song Junxing must have been to Ni Ni." He turned to Lin Ni and said, "So he found the Winged Serpent and the wreck of the Changyang Ship. But with his own strength alone, he couldn't kill the Winged Serpent. Chang Yang's black box."

Linney nodded.

That's why Song Junxing urged them to come to Nini.

It can even be said that it was the reason why Song Junxing guided them to explore several planets along the way: they also found the wreckage of the ship in Greia F, but more importantly, they got a lot of them in the canyon that Cicero mentioned. arms.And on Virgil there is a downed vanguard ship, the Clara Lessing.Song Junxing told them that Virgil had fish and they would touch the sea, and the Fran Strait happened to be what Cicero had told Linney—that's why they found the Clara Lessing near the Fran Strait.

They are almost sure of one thing now: the Clara Lessing is also Song Junxing's target.But they couldn't get into the Clara Lessing, so they couldn't get the black box of the Clara Lessing.

Ovid: "Clara Lessing is the vanguard ship, and its black box must be more important than the Changyang ship."

The black boxes of the Clara Lessing and the Changyang ship have one very outstanding thing in common: they all recorded in detail the entire voyage route from the earth to the Sirius planetary belt.

Linney had a guess in his mind, but he thought it was too incredible.

"...Song Junxing is going to Earth?" Ovid had the same thought as he did, and he said it outright, "but how will he go? Even if he has a record of the voyage route, he does not have a ship that can support interstellar travel. Just use the administrator's small ship? Smaller than a lifeboat!"

Near the rear cabin, Jiang Che set up a small stove and began to cook snake meat.

Neither he nor Tang Mo could hear the conversation in the cab, they only knew that they were discussing something.

The winged snakes are too big, even if Pierre is the only driver on the lifeboat, they can't transport all the winged snakes to the Black Sea.Finally, with great effort, they took a large piece of meat enough for five people to eat several meals, as well as snake gall and some snake bones, and left Nini.

"We didn't catch cattle, sheep and pigs." Tang Mo looked regretful, "Are these better than snake meat?"

"Since Song Junxing has been to Nini, I think he may have caught some animals and sent them to the Black Sea." Jiang Che comforted Tang Mo by stirring the snake meat in the pot with a spoon, "It's okay, snake meat is also delicious. .”

After the snake meat was cooked, Jiang Che took them out of the pot and cut them into shreds.This is boneless snake meat with uniform fat and tender meat.There were still some fungus and enoki mushrooms that he had taken in Greia F before, and he washed them and cut them into shreds, then put the snake meat in, poured the snake soup, added ginger, onion, salt, ground pepper and bring to a slow simmer.

Linney didn't dare to enter the cab, and leaned against the door, chatting with Pierre and Ovid one after another.After a while, the scent from the back cabin got his full attention.

"...You all left?!" Pierre yelled, "What did Jiang Che cook! I want to eat too!"

Linney and Ovid didn't have the word loyalty in their hearts at this moment.The snake soup was cooked, and it was so thick that it was so fresh that it made people drool.

Jiang Che was worried that they might not be used to it, so he didn't cook a lot. Tang Mo divided it carefully, exactly one bowl for each person.

Ovid had never eaten a snake before, and when he took a mouthful of snake soup, he thought it was ten thousand times more delicious than the one he had roasted without seasoning.

The snake meat is tender and smooth. The fungus and enoki mushrooms are shredded and boiled. They are slender black and beautiful gold, interspersed with white and tender snake meat. It looks good and tastes very delicious.

He snorted and drank one bowl, which was not enough, and stared at the two bowls in front of Tang Mo.

"This is mine and Pierre's!" Tang Mo quickly picked it up and went to the cab to find Pierre.

Lin Ni ate very carefully, but it was indeed delicious, too fragrant, so fragrant for no reason, very overbearing.He didn't have any feelings for snakes, but today he knew it was over: eating such a delicious thing just once is not enough.

"There are still many more." Jiang Che pointed to the room where Ovid lived, "enough to eat several meals. Next time, I will give you the grilled snake steak. There is also a snake egg. How to make the snake egg? Do you have any ideas?"

Linney shook his head: "I have no idea, we will eat whatever you do."

Jiang Che saw that his mood seemed to have recovered a lot, and he was also happy: "Then make an egg steamed meat pie first, and then try the snake steak. If there are any snake eggs left, I will dip in the egg liquid and fry some snake meat for you." Make meat sticks and eat."

As he spoke, he pushed the snake soup in front of him to Ovid: "Eat it."

"What about you?" Ovid asked.

"I'll fry fish for a while." Jiang Che said, "Snake meat is too nourishing. I've already eaten some grilled ones, so I can't eat too much."

Ovid was very happy when he said he would not eat, and quickly picked up the bowl: "What does it mean to be too tonic?"

During the rest of the day, Ovid experienced first-hand what it meant to be too full.

Both he and Jiang Che were tired all day, and Pierre and Tang Mo, who hadn't run much, were on duty. They returned to the room, washed up briefly, fell on the bed, and fell asleep before finishing a sentence.

After resting for an unknown amount of time, Jiang Che was awakened in a daze by Ovid beside him.

He opened his eyes and found that he had been pushed to the edge of the bed by Ovid.

"Ovid?" He pushed Ovid, and found that the man was sweating, his face was flushed, he was in a drowsy sleep, and he was rolling left and right under the quilt.

Jiang Che quickly sat up, patting him awake desperately: "Are you sick?"

Ovid woke up, seeing the lights in the room and Jiang Che with an anxious face, he felt dry mouth and fever all over his body.

"It's hot," Ovid replied softly, "I want water..."

Jiang Che brought a towel soaked in cold water and put it on him, and brought him a bowl of warm water.

Now that Ovid is awake, he doesn't feel bad, but the hotness persists for no reason, making him feel uncomfortable all over.

He looked a little dazed and ignorant. Jiang Che knew that he was not sick, so he relaxed, sat on the bed and looked at him, and poked his face by the way: "What's wrong with you?"

When Ovid was touched by Jiang Che, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

He quickly grabbed the quilt tightly, covered himself up and down, turned his legs and turned his back to Jiang Che.

Jiang Che: "???"

Ovid: "Sleepy, sleep."

Jiang Che lay down for a while, and suddenly remembered the two bowls of snake soup that Ovid drank.

"Ovid." He rolled over and poked Ovid's back, "Have you ever eaten a snake before?"

This question temporarily distracted Ovid, and he recalled for a moment: "Probably not."

"So love it." Jiang Che said with a smile.

"What exactly does it mean?" Ovid was at a loss.

"That's what it means." Jiang Che stuck to his back, got his hand into his quilt, and stretched it between his legs.Sure enough, it was already hard and hot there, and Ovid was nervously covering it with a quilt.

Ovid: "!"

Jiang Che thought it was very interesting that he was so nervous.Ovid didn't dare to move, his red ears were right next to Jiang Che's mouth.

Although he often talked about "indecent" on his lips, Jiang Che had long seen that this food thief who always yelled "indecent" was a person with a wicked heart and no guts.

Ovid closed his eyes and gasped heavily.

The earlobe was licked, moist and warm.Pierre's announcement sounded in the rescue cabin: "Everyone pay attention, don't sleep too hard, we are now preparing to enter the black hole belt, there may be some bumps."

It was indeed bumpy, too bumpy... Ovid raised his hands to support the wall, panting with his mouth open.Jiang Che can be said to be too much...very too much!These words kept coming back and forth in his mind, as if he had no time or space to think carefully, only this useless thought kept repeating.

Jiang Che didn't feel embarrassed.Ovid's temperature was a little high, but not offensive.He likes the warmth of young people.

Sniffing the smell of Ovid, Jiang Che suddenly whispered something.

"You smell good."

Ovid closed his eyes tightly, his face was red and hot, and as his body trembled, he answered a word in a word that Jiang Che couldn't understand.

Jiang Che guessed that it was his native dialect, and guessed that this person was scolding himself.What are you scolding?He didn't know, but at this moment, cursing words were like love words, soft and gentle, without any deterrent effect.

He smiled, and slowly closed his hands.

Ovid was biting his finger.There was something behind him against him, he moved his lower back, and moved a little away from Jiang Che.

"Oh." Jiang Che said, "Sorry, it's my laser gun."

Ovid grabbed his hair, embarrassed and annoyed.

Your ray gun hangs on the wall with my little fox!He wanted to remind Jiang Che, but he couldn't say it.

"Go wash your hands!" he yelled, "It's so dirty, go wash your hands!"

After three days and three nights of flying, the Black Sea transfer station finally appeared in front of the lifeboat.

It was a very beautiful planet, covered with a nearly transparent atmosphere, the closer you got, the more people on the lifeboat could see its colors: green, blue, red, yellow...

It is very similar to the earth, but it is too small.

Everyone anchored themselves in their seats as they passed through the atmosphere.

Jiang Che habitually opened his hand to Ovid.Ovid was sitting next to him, looking at his palm, he didn't know what to think of, his face was a little red, and he held Jiang Che's palm tightly angrily.

Song Junxing was waiting for them at the takeoff and landing ground of the ship.

The air billowed, lifting his unbuttoned shirt.It was a young man, holding a communicator in his hand, smiling at the slowly descending lifeboat.

Linney looked at him through the porthole and thought for no reason: It doesn't look bad, so you can't tell garbage by appearance alone.

"Welcome to the Black Sea Transit Station." Song Junxing said to the communicator.

His voice was twisted and twisted, and it was not clear in the violent air current.

After a pause, he smiled again.

"Welcome to the secret base of Cicero Minda Leesright."

(End of Volume [-] "Constellation Core")

Volume [-] Eternal Abyss · Wedge