wandering planet

There was no three-dimensional star map device on the pioneer ship 500 years ago.Countless planetesimals densely cover the universe, and a huge spiral galaxy slowly appeared in Song Junxing's field of vision.

This is the Milky Way they live in, and both Earth and Marseilles occupy only a small place in the spiral arms of the galaxy.

Behind them, Marseilles, is the distant galactic bulge with its walls of stars guarding it.

And in front of them is the "Great Retreat" route.

Song Junxing seems to be flying into the universe, looking down at the vast and complicated starry sky.A ray of light shoots out from somewhere, twists and turns, passes through the dense stars and darkness, passes through the Swan-Orion arm, and reaches a small galaxy.

This is the route record left by the Changyang ship: from the planet Nini where it crashed, to its home planet Earth.

A long journey is condensed in this short light.It contains all the joy, but also contains countless sorrows.The dead, the hopeful, did not leave any traces that could be salvaged during this short and long journey.

Song Junxing's heart was beating rapidly in the cage made of ribs.

What he saw was not a star map or a flight route, but a strong desire 500 years ago: Human beings must stay away from their homeland and travel through the vast universe alone if they want to survive.

They also have the same desire now, to survive, to give everyone in Marseille a chance to survive.

Fei Lian turned around and pointed to the flight path, and said something that Song Junxing didn't understand.Song Junxing listened blankly, and could only try to distinguish the expression on Fei Lian's face.

The young man's face was calm, as if he would never change due to emotional ups and downs.Song Junxing couldn't understand his language, so he couldn't help being distracted: Who created Feilian?He was so real.This has nothing to do with the technology of holographic projection. There are many unnecessary small movements in Fei Lian's behavior, such as rubbing his nose and scratching his chin, and slightly frowning when he doesn't get a response, and unconsciously tilting his head slightly—these small movements Totally unnecessary for an AI.

But if he has a reference prototype, it's a whole different story.The creators are not creating an AI image, but copying someone.

Song Junxing knew that there was no point in asking the question, because Fei Lian couldn't understand.He pulled out a chair and sat down, continuing to stare at the flickering lights on the screen.

After a while, his expression changed.

"This is……?"

After Fei Lian talked to him for a long time, this person finally found out the problem by himself, which made him greatly relieved.

"Yes, that's what I want to tell you." He moved his finger, and the route that was originally displayed on the screen as about one meter in length suddenly enlarged.The light of the surrounding stars disappeared, and an uneven path ran across the three large walls of the cockpit from left to right.

There are two missing segments in the middle of this route.

Although the data of the Changyang ship's black box was successfully read, two sections of it were completely damaged and could not be recovered.

Fei Lian was chatting on the sidelines, but Song Junxing was staring at the two unrecorded passages.

The first section appears about eight or nine light-years away from the Black Sea, and the second section is about a dozen light-years away from the end.

This is not good.If the Phoenix had gone off course during the first unrecorded passage, they would never have been able to return to Earth.

And even if the first paragraph is successfully passed, the second paragraph will be even more difficult: they have at least heard of the star field near the Black Sea. Linney's ability to draw the Sirius planetary belt by hand is enough to show that he is very familiar with the star field around Marseille. familiar.But the second section was quite different: it was very, very far away from Marseille, and Song Junxing didn't think that any of them would be able to successfully lead the Phoenix through that section of the channel without any guidance.

As if seeing his worry, Fei Lian said a word.

"You can revive the Phoenix, then find the Homer and revive it," he said.

But Song Junxing didn't understand.

After tossing and tossing on the Phoenix for a long time, the other end of building zero is almost finished.

Lin Ni and others carried all the supplies to the lifeboat, where Pierre and Tang Mo were already waiting for them.Engines rumbled, waiting to set sail for where the Phoenix was.

Ovid stood among the ruins, looking left and right.

"Let's go." Jiang Che greeted him.

"I'm a bit reluctant." Ovid turned back and said, "How long have we only stayed here?"

Lin Ni and Tang Mo squatted at the hatch of the lifeboat, silently looking at the two people on the ground, as well as the ruins, Building Zero and the forest behind them.

The situation forced them to stay no longer.As the first transit station established by Marseilles outside the Alpha galaxy, the Black Sea is of great significance. After so many years of construction, the natural environment of the Black Sea has been greatly changed.But they were leaving before they even had a look around.

"We will come back." Linney said, "We have reached the earth and opened up this route, and we will definitely come back in the future."

"What if it is taken over by marauders?"

Linney looked down at Ovid, and calmly answered his question: "Then take it back. Ovid, are you afraid of the raiders, or the leader of the raiders?"

"Not afraid." Ovid smiled, "I have killed the leader, and there is nothing to be afraid of."

Jiang Che pulled him up the gangway and into the lifeboat.

The gangway was slowly inserted into the lifeboat, and the hatch was closed.

The lifeboat left the take-off and landing field where it had been docked, and flew towards the location of the Phoenix.

Since the lifeboat was made in Marseille, it cannot communicate with the pioneer ship 500 years ago.Hovering above the Phoenix, Lin Ni opened the hatch and shouted downwards: "Song Junxing! Fei Lian!"

Song Junxing jumped off the Phoenix: "Fei Lian! Open the hatch on the top floor!"

Fei Lian stood in the corridor and opened his mouth.Although he couldn't understand Song Junxing's words, the monitoring system had already told him that the lifeboat was above the Phoenix.Fei Lian originally wanted to say, you are not the captain, you have no right to order me, but thinking that this person could not understand the ancient and beautiful language he spoke, he pursed his lips and opened the hatch on the top floor of the Phoenix .

A gap opened in the smooth body, and a huge entrance that could fully accommodate a lifeboat appeared on the top of the Phoenix.

Pierre carefully operated the lifeboat, slowly landed, and finally landed firmly on the plane with a bang.

The entrance is closed.The light outside completely disappeared, and the energy provided by the Biroger ring lit up all the light sources, illuminating the lifeboat and the space around it.

All of them, together with supplies, finally arrived at the Phoenix.

Jiang Che asked Lin Ni: "Set sail?"

Linney nodded: "Set sail."

The young researcher was waiting for them in the hallway.He leaned against the clean wall, opened and closed his lips, humming a song.

This is quite different from Fei Lian's previous image, Jiang Che wondered, "Why are you singing?"

"Happy." Fei Lian said, "Sing when you're happy, why not?"

He thought for a while, looked at Jiang Che and said, "Mr. Jiang Che, I am very happy to meet you. I need someone to teach me Maasai, and I need someone to communicate with me."

"Are you singing for this?" Jiang Che couldn't understand, "Would artificial intelligence be excited about this kind of thing?"

"I don't know." Fei Lian tilted his head, "What really makes me unable to keep calm is the current state. The Phoenix is ​​about to take off, isn't it?"

Jiang Che nodded.

Fei Lian looked at him, his dark red eyes narrowed, his eyebrows raised slightly.he laughed.When he smiles, his eyes curl up, like an innocent child.

"Yes, that's it. I lost my cool because of this incident, Mr. Jiang Che." He said softly, "I am the soul of the Phoenix, and I am the soul of a vanguard ship. I can't bear the dormant state, A vanguard ship is built, it is to lead the way, to advance."

Fei Lian's expression was soft and serious.

"The Phoenix was awakened by you, but it has not yet come alive."

Walking into the cockpit, Linney and Pierre gasped at the same time, and stood at the hatch together.

Song Junxing and Ovid, who was following behind, did not expect the two to stop so suddenly, and collided together.

"Isn't this the cockpit of a military ship!" Pierre shouted tremblingly, "Linney! This is..."

"I know." Linney murmured.His eyes widened, as if he saw something incredible. The vanguard ship 500 years ago had almost the same driving system as the military ship he was familiar with.

But after seeing the star map, Lin Ni immediately calmed down.

"What's this?" He asked Fei Lian.

Jiang Che hurried forward to act as an interpreter.Fei Lian briefly explained to him the meaning of the star map and the problems existing in the star map.

Hearing that the two missing paragraphs on the star map could not be read from the black box of the Changyang ship, everyone's expressions changed.

But Linney remained calm.

"The first section..." He pointed to the section closest to the Black Sea, "There is no problem with this section, I am familiar with this area. This is the patrolling position of the military ship driven by my brother Cicero, and I am very familiar with his route. "

Fei Lian nodded: "What about the second paragraph?"

Jiang Che turned his head to look at Fei Lian.He translated Fei Lian's words to Lin Ni, but he couldn't accurately express the subtle contemplation in Fei Lian's words.

What is Fei Lian thinking about?

As soon as this question passed Jiang Che's mind, Lin Ni beside him had already spoken.

"Let's go find the Homer." Linney said, "If we find the Homer, maybe we can find this missing route."

Fei Lian listened carefully to Jiang Che's report.He didn't laugh or refute, but just looked at Lin Ni seriously.

There was a moment of silence in the cockpit.

Then Fei Lian took a step back and lowered his head slightly.

"Please order the captain." He said, "Phoenix and I are ready to sail at any time."

Without Jiang Che's translation, Lin Ni understood his words from his body language.

"Set sail." The young captain issued his first order.