wandering planet

Jiang Che didn't take Fei Lian's "gift" to heart.

After returning to the Phoenix, they first dragged the Bone Snake to the kitchen, and then came to the cockpit.

The Phoenix has left the ground and is returning to its original route through the atmosphere full of dust and gravel.

On the huge screen, the path they are about to pass is flashing golden light in the sandbox of stars.

"In an hour, we will enter the first section of unrecorded road." Fei Lian said, "but I think Lin Ni's star map is completely correct. Before that, I have a gift I want to give Jiang Che .”

Tang Mo and Pierre stayed on both sides of Song Junxing, sitting on the floor like Song Junxing, leaning against the wall of the cockpit, and listening to Song Junxing talking about what happened between him and the giant scorpion on Lao Huang.Lin Ni sat on his favorite captain's seat, touched his chin, and looked at Ovid and Jiang Che with interest.He also discovered the slightly changed little action between Ovid and Jiang Che.

Only Jiang Che was surprised: "What the hell is it?"

The lights in the cockpit dimmed.

"This is a voice, from 500 years ago." Fei Lian said, "It's a bit long, do you want to listen to it alone, or with everyone?"

"The voice from 500 years ago?" Song Junxing interrupted, "Then we can't understand it."

Jiang Che said to Fei Lian, "Then let it go."

Fei Lian hesitated.

In a system he hadn't used in a long time, the part that processed and simulated human emotions was now working.

But the young AI doesn't know that at this moment, in front of this gift, it's better for Jiang Che to listen alone, or to share it with everyone.

He moved his fingers, and a slight rustling sound began.

"Tang Mo told me that your sister's name is Jiang Mu, isn't it?" Fei Lian asked.

Jiang Che was taken aback: "Yes."

"Jiang Mu..." Fei Lian chewed these two words in a low voice, "Whether in Chinese or Maasai, the pronunciation is very similar. So I immediately remembered that when I searched for the voice data of Changyang Ship, I heard The navigator who went to Changyang mentioned this name."

The rustle grew louder, and time and calamity had slightly altered the tone of these past audios.

After a while, a strange voice appeared.

"...I don't eat...I'm already full."

It was a very young voice.

"I ordered you to eat." The stern middle-aged man retorted the young man's words, "Because you were too nervous, you hardly ate any food since yesterday, right?"

The young man hesitated for a moment, not daring to lie: "How do you know?"

"Not only you, but also many other people." The voice of the middle-aged man moved away a little, and then there was the sound of a chair sliding across the ground, "Isn't it just interstellar travel? After a few more times, you will get used to it. Your Where are the parents?"

"Also." The young man replied while chewing food, "They are on the medical ship, far away from Chang Yang."

"Ah."

"Vice Liu, have we left the solar system?"

"...You are the navigator, you ask me?"

The young man laughed nervously: "Then you are the deputy captain, you must know. I...I just don't feel it. We really left the solar system...I, this is the first time I really entered space."

"It's the first time for many people, they are as young as you." The middle-aged man called the deputy captain paused, "My son is also here, on the Phoenix."

The young man was both surprised and envious: "Wow!"

The middle-aged man laughed, a little smugly.

"I only know that he is on the vanguard ship, so it is the Phoenix!" The young man was very excited, "I heard that there is a particularly powerful AI on the Phoenix, isn't it?"

"Much better than Changyang's AI. Our AI doesn't even have a body, and the Phoenix's AI is a very beautiful child." The middle-aged man sighed, "Oh, if I can go to the Phoenix to see, Chatting with that AI, this life is worth it."

The young man swallowed the food in his mouth with difficulty, and said: "It is definitely possible. When we arrived in Marseilles, the three vanguard ships must be heroes, and we are also heroes. Then it must be possible to visit the vanguard ships."

After a moment of silence, the middle-aged man asked him, "Are we sure we will be able to reach Marseille?"

"Sure." The young navigator quickly replied, "With the Phoenix leading us, our Changyang ship is not a vegetarian. Although it is a transport ship, it is also equipped with powerful weapons. You and the captain We are all experienced, we must..."

"All right, all right, what's the point of flattering?" The middle-aged man laughed, "If I can reach Marseille safely, I'll ask my son to take me aboard the Phoenix, and let me chat with that AI kid. You What about if you come to Marseilles, what do you want to do in particular?"

The young man laughed a few times, followed by the sound of the chair sliding. He seemed to be slightly away from the sound recording equipment, and approached the deputy captain.

"I want to confess to someone. She is my middle school classmate, and she is also in the 'Great Retreat' team." The young man lowered his voice, but still couldn't hide his excitement and joy, "Her name is Jiang Mu. Very beautiful flying scene on board."

Hearing Jiang Mu's name suddenly, Jiang Che froze.

He seemed to be unable to tell where he was for a moment, whether it was the dark and closed cryogenic compartment, or the cockpit of the Phoenix.

In the huge cockpit, only his Fei Lian could understand the meaning of these words.

But although the other people didn't understand, they were all impressed by the word "Jiang Mu".

Ovid is by Jiang Che's side, he knows Jiang Che's emotional changes.When he squeezed Jiang Che's hand tightly, he even found that Jiang Che was trembling.

"My...my sister?" Jiang Che raised his hand and pointed at the dimly lit place a few times as if he couldn't believe it.But now he can't tell where the sound came from, and he doesn't know where he should point.

"Your sister." Fei Lian spoke to him in Chinese, "The navigator of the Changyang Ship saved an audio file related to your sister. This is my gift to you."

The voice continued, and the young man whispered to his deputy captain about the girl he liked.

"She's in poor health...but she's actually in the team!" He smiled shyly and happily, "I saw the list, the list of everyone, it's amazing, I was among so many people at once Saw her name."

"Are you sure it's her?"

"Of course! There are photos in the file." The young man quickly said, "She is very beautiful and has a very gentle personality. Ah...she sings very well. I keep it. I will let you listen to it."

The deputy captain was obviously surprised: "You even brought this?!"

"Didn't you tell us to bring the most important things on board?" After the rustling sound, the navigator seemed to pull out something, "She sang it at our middle school graduation party."

He lowered his voice, as if sharing an extremely important secret with his deputy captain: "I was the person in charge of logistics at the party, in fact, I should call her senior sister... I was just assigned to adjust the stage at that time The voice, I quietly recorded it."

He's playing with some kind of machinery.

"Why didn't you confess your love before?" The middle-aged man asked gently, "Such a good girl, many people like it. Your qualifications are not bad, so why hesitate?"

"The timing is not right, and the place is not right." The young man replied, "I hope the moment of confession can be more formal and solemn."

"Hi..." The middle-aged man patted him heavily on the shoulder, "The timing and location are not important, you are the most important."

The young man was very stubborn: "No, I have to make her a good memory. ——It's okay, it's okay! Listen!"

"My god, the tape???" The middle-aged man laughed loudly, even covering the faint singing voice, "Xiao Zhang, you still have the tape?! My God, you are so in love ... If I were that girl, I would definitely agree to you. You have to keep your word, you must confess, and confess as soon as you land..."

"Don't, don't laugh!" The navigator was anxious, "Listen! It's very short, only 32 minute and [-] seconds!"

The vice-captain stifled a laugh.

As if slowly emerging from the dark universe and galaxy, the girl's gentle singing gradually became clearer.

"……wrong."

Amid the girl's deep and gentle singing, Jiang Che suddenly spoke.

"The sound is wrong." He said, "Why is it distorted?"

As soon as he said those words, he knew he couldn't do it.Tears welled up in his eyes, he covered his eyes in Jiang Mu's happy and lively voice, and knelt down on the ground.

Jiang Che once thought that he could calmly face the fact that Jiang Mu disappeared. After all, in the Black Sea, when Song Junxing told the truth about "purification" and the disappearance of the Feijing Ship, he also cried like this - but he couldn't.He suddenly found himself weak, powerless against real cruelty.

Jiang Mu disappeared—even the fact that he was dead was so clearly revealed in front of him that he couldn't avoid it.

【The bright star is you

Bai Yueguang is you

Walk hand in hand on the bumpy long road

This dream is awakened

You are still in spring]

Jiang Che also really remembered that Jiang Mu often sang this song for a while, that was when she graduated from high school.

He asked her what she was singing, and Jiang Mu rapped about you, brother.

Jiang Che later read the lyrics and thought, is this about me?This seems to be sung by a helpless and overly strong person, and someone comforts him with singing: everything will be fine, you will enjoy the spring, you will always be in the spring.

One minute and 32 seconds passed quickly.

Jiang Che suddenly raised his head: "Again...again...I want to listen..."

But apart from Ovid beside him, there was no one in the cockpit at some point.

The "gift" Fei Lian gave him has also finished playing.The vice-captain and young navigator of the Changyang ship, as well as his son who worked on the Phoenix, had all disappeared into the stars hundreds of years ago.

Ovid knelt in front of Jiang Che, without saying a word, and wiped away his tears with his fingers.

Jiang Che grabbed Ovid's hand.He cried so much that his vision was blurred by tears, and with the dim light in the cockpit, he could hardly see Ovid clearly.

Ovid's hand turned around, taking his trembling hand in his own.

Jiang Che suddenly had a strong desire to confide.

Jiang Mu was actually unwilling to board the evacuation ship.

Although her congenital heart disease was not fatal, it also affected her study and life. "I'm not outstanding at all." Jiang Mu once said to him, "Give up this spot to others."

Jiang Che admits that he is selfish.After he learned that if he participated in the gene continuation plan, his requirements could be satisfied to the maximum extent, he was determined to take Jiang Mu to Marseilles on the "Great Retreat" ship.

"It is impossible for me to leave you. My brother will never run to Marseille alone and let you stay on Earth." Jiang Che kept persuading her, "There is a very good medical team on the 'Great Evacuation' fleet. After arriving in Marseille , you will definitely get the best treatment. Jiang Mu, you can get better, and you can definitely live a healthy life. "

Then, continue to study, fall in love, start a family with the boy you love, and give birth to a new life.

This is Jiang Che's dream.He just wanted to see Jiang Mu's life like this.

If Jiang Mu just wants to sing and study all his life, that's okay.Jiang Che thought to himself, she will definitely be able to do it, she just lacks the opportunity and the disease limits her.

The dream that Jiang Mu could not achieve on earth may be realized if he arrives in Marseille.

This small spark supported Jiang Che to participate in the harsh training and selection, and finally got the opportunity to enter the "gene survival" project.

Jiang Mu finally agreed.

Jiang Che didn't have much to bring, so he stuffed Jiang Mu's treasured posters into his suitcase.

In the process of preparing to leave, Jiang Mu gradually became happy, and was full of expectations for the new life in Marseille every day.

"After I get better, brother, let's go climbing." She held a bowl of rice, her mouth was full, and she still pointed to the TV and talked to Jiang Che, "It's the mountain that was just broadcast! It's Masai The highest peak in the world, but still not as high as the highest peak on our planet."

Once she has something happy, her whole body is refreshed.

"I also want to keep fit...and diving and surfing." She smiled slyly, "Brother, last time we went to the beach, you kept staring at the boys surfing. Do you want to learn too?"

Ovid stroked Jiang Che's face.This indifferent face that didn't fluctuate when we met at the beginning showed more and more expressions in the subsequent relationship.

Jiang Che cried several times in front of him.He knew that Jiang Che was afraid of the dark, and he also knew the origin of Jiang Che's guilt.He kissed Jiang Che's forehead, held him in his arms, stroked his hair, and listened carefully to what he said.

In fact, Jiang Che did not speak Maasai.He completely forgot where he was and what he was talking about, subconsciously speaking in the language he was most familiar with.

"I'm too selfish." Jiang Che grabbed Ovid's clothes, his voice was vague, "...I killed her...I killed her..."

A terrible sense of guilt made him ashamed of enjoying the present moment, of all the luxuries of pleasure.

Ovid didn't understand every single sentence, but he understood Jiang Che now.He lowered his head, kissed Jiang Che's ear, and whispered into his ear.

"You love her." He had never said such words to anyone so gently and affectionately in his life, "You know, she does too."

Jiang Che made a vague sound in his throat, shook his head repeatedly in pain, and then hugged Ovid tightly, with great strength, like a person lost in the dark who found a pillar of fire.