wandering planet

According to the materials left by the Flying Scene, "Spider" is a planet without spiders.

After reading all the messages, Fei Lian was full of confusion: "Since there is no spider, why is it called a spider?"

Jiang Che also read all the messages, and sighed: "It wasn't written by Jiang Mu."

Fei Lian: "...Of course not. She is just an ordinary passenger on the Feijing Ship, and it is impossible to write such an important message."

Jiang Che put down the reader in his hand, turned his head and began to look at the books piled up in a hill beside him.Those were all brought up by Song Junxing for Fei Lian. Jiang Che gradually became interested in reading, and Lin Ni said it several times.

Fei Lian was very curious about Jiang Che's changes.

Ever since he knew that Jiang Mu was safe and sound on board the Feijing ship, the name "Jiang Mu" was no longer taboo for Jiang Che, and he often mentioned it happily, just like talking about his own family.

But the Flying Scene and the Ekaterina have disappeared into the universe, and they may never meet again.

Jiang Che didn't care about it.As long as Jiang Mu is alive - he told Fei Lian that as long as she is alive, then the act of letting her board the "Great Evacuation" ship is meaningful.

People wandering in the universe, as long as they are alive, they still have the chance to meet each other.

Fei Lian is not as emotional as Jiang Che.As long as Jiang Che is willing to listen, he can list more than a dozen reasons for Jiang Che at any time that he and Jiang Mu will not be able to meet again until death.

But the part of his system responsible for the processing of human emotions stops him.

Like stopping him from exposing an obvious lie.

"They say that spiders are the planet of spore plants." Fei Lian returned his attention to the current message, and continued to discuss with Jiang Che, who was the only one who could read these messages, "Spore plants... this planet should be very humid."

Jiang Che thought of going elsewhere.

"Are these spores the same as the spores on Lao Huang?" He snorted, "That's not a good spore."

Fei Lian: "Old Huang's spores helped you and Ovid complete a very high-quality—"

"How do you know?" Jiang Che sat up straight at once, "I'll go, Fei Lian, you can't do this. You are the AI ​​of the Phoenix, you can't pry into other people's privacy, especially this kind of thing."

Once again, strange data fluctuations appeared in Fei Lian's emotional system.The system told him that this was called "grievance".

"I didn't mean to snoop. But the entire ship was operating under my monitoring. At that time, your room was very hot, and you and Ovid sweated more, your body temperature increased, and your heartbeat increased..."

Jiang Che raised his hand to stop it.

"Okay, let's talk about spores."

After completing the second jump, the Phoenix successfully arrived at the star field where the spider was.

Since they are still in the largely starless galactic wilderness, Spiders is a very conspicuous planet.

It seems to be surrounded by solid rock, and the whole planet is a cold and disturbing dark gray.

After getting close to the spider, the system of the Phoenix made a simple analysis of its situation.

The atmosphere is thin, the gravitational force is three times that of Marseille, and the surface is mostly hard rock formations, which are very humid.

Spore plants such as ferns, fungi, moss, etc. are used to growing in a dark and humid environment. There are no stars near the spider that can give it warm light, but because the surrounding area is very empty, the light of distant stars Still covered the entire asteroid, although the light was icy cold.

When making preparations, Fei Lian ran to Jiang Che's side and reminded him solemnly: "Be careful, don't get spores."

"Contamination doesn't give you a chance to peep."

Fei Lian: "Mr. Jiang, I don't want to peep. My biological age is only 17 years old. I'm still underage. It's inconvenient for me to understand you guys..."

"What's inconvenient to understand?" Song Junxing leaned over with his trousers in hand, "What's inconvenient to understand? Is it because I can't understand my books? Ask me, and I'll explain to you."

Fei Lian: "I'm just reminding Mr. Jiang to pay attention to safety. He had some special reactions under the influence of spores on Lao Huang before, and he must pay more attention this time."

Lin Ni also came over: "What special reaction?"

He even seriously recalls.

"Isn't it just an allergy? Is there any special reaction that I don't know about?"

Fei Lian coughed lightly: "This has nothing to do with you."

Looking at the back of Fei Lian leaving, Lin Ni and Song Junxing looked at each other, and it was Song Junxing who spoke first: "I seem to know what it is, but I don't seem to know."

Jiang Che: "All right, all right, all right, get dressed and start working."

Not long after, Lin Ni, Song Junxing and Jiang Che left the Phoenix in the small ship presented by the Egret Space Station, and flew straight to the ground of the spider.

The protective clothing on the Phoenix was too worn out, and no one wanted to use it. They found that there happened to be three excellent quality protective clothing on the small ship, and they quickly put them on.

"Fei Lian, can you hear me?"

"I can hear it." Fei Lian and other people who couldn't land were observing the data of the small ship in the cockpit of the Phoenix, "Linney, you can open the landing gear."

After a while, the three landed smoothly.

The three people who got out of the small ship not only wore dense protective clothing, but also pushed the protection level of the protective mask to the highest level, which caused them a little difficulty in breathing during the operation.

Jiang Che was still carrying his small laser gun, picked it up immediately after landing, and looked around.

The first impression of the spider is not particularly good.This seems to be a cold and not very prosperous planet.

As they had seen before, the spider was indeed covered with a huge amount of dark gray rock.These rocks are stacked together in various strange shapes, and they seem to be crumbling, but they remain motionless in the mist.

At the junction of rocks and rocks, rocks and ground, there are many rust-colored plants swaying in the tiny raindrops.

That's a fern that lacks chlorophyll.

They moved forward in the thin mist.

Although the fog is thin, visibility is very low.The spore dust sprayed by the spore plants mixed with the water vapor, making the fog near the ground appear cloudy and heavy. After walking forward for more than ten minutes, the three people's gas masks were covered with dirty water droplets.

The ground under their feet was also hard rock, with very little soil.In the crevices of the rocks, there are fine gravel chips that have weathered into sand, and moss and lichens grow and climb in the rock chips, and the color is also an unpleasant-looking rust color.

Song Junxing squatted down and looked at it for a while, then asked Jiang Che, "Can this be eaten?"

"I don't know." Jiang Che said, "Even if it can be eaten, it's so small, it's not enough to fit between your teeth."

"You're right." Song Junxing agreed with Jiang Che's words, but still squatted on the ground and poked the moss that was almost attached to the ground.

This clump of moss grows strangely. The fronds are like fine fibers, which look very soft, but Song Junxing pokes them and finds that these fibers grow from countless round granular objects close to the ground.His hand strength was too strong, and he directly pierced the round grains below.

A puff of black dust came out and sprayed onto Song Junxing's gas mask.

Lin Ni and Jiang Che: "..."

Fei Lian: "What's wrong? Why is Song Junxing's lens suddenly dirty?"

Song Junxing wiped it clean quickly, and under the psychological influence, he made two peeps before he remembered to check carefully whether the protective clothing and mask were damaged.

Fortunately everything is safe.

Song Junxing didn't dare to touch the things here anymore, and walked timidly along the way.

After walking forward for about half an hour, the three finally passed through the hard rock and saw the lake.

The lake on the spider is very shallow and small in size, but it is surrounded by various mushrooms. The water is deep and shallow, and there are all kinds of algae floating in it.

Tiny aquatic creatures swim in the lake, occasionally jumping up, breaking the calm lake surface.

Only then did they realize that the hazy light rain had stopped, and a wind was blowing from a distance, gradually blowing away the mist.

"Lin Ni, Song Junxing, turn off the headlights and searchlights." Jiang Che said suddenly.

The two turned off the light sources on their bodies, and they all stood in the darkness without light.

But soon, this darkness faded away.Starlight hung over the planet called Spider, and fell softly on all the rocks and lakes and creatures that struggled to breathe.

And under their feet, beside them, all the plants that had just appeared dim under the strong light seemed to be connected by countless silver threads, and shone slightly in the light of the stars.

Spore plants such as mosses or lichens have no root system, but there are apparently countless tiny biological channels between them.

They are not spiders, but they left traces of their own crawling on the dark gray rocks: countless tiny slime stuck to the rock formations like silk threads, illuminated by the stars, like thousands of slender spider silks, fused into a The hidden root system of all spore plants on the planet.

The three uninvited guests are standing among these "spider threads", standing inside the intricate "root system".

The mist and light rain left water droplets on the silver thread, and even the water droplets are reflecting light at this moment.

They had an illusion in an instant: they were not standing on a spider, or on a certain planet.They are placed in the vast universe, sinking into the abyss of the birth and death of stars.

There was a sound in the shallow lake, and an invisible fish-shaped creature crossed the thin water surface and burrowed into the dense layers of algae.

On the other side of the lake, they finally saw the purpose of their trip: a large area of ​​shimmering fungi.

"Mushrooms that grow too beautifully can't be eaten, what about glowing mushrooms?" Song Junxing broke the silence, "Glowing is also beautiful, can I eat it?"

Before Jiang Che and Lin Ni answered him, he heard Tang Mo's voice.

"Eat." Tang Mo, who loves mushrooms, ordered firmly, "Hurry up and pick them."

Three members of the expedition team headed for the fungus colony, while the rest of the Phoenix watched the spider scene through the lenses on their helmets.

Since the spiders are too small, and the members of the biosphere are mainly spore plants, Fei Lian deduces that there are no more deterrent animals on the planet, and their exploration is safe.

Ovid was very dissatisfied because of this: "Since it's safe, why can't I go? It's the three of them every time, and I also want to go on missions with Jiang Che."

He thought for a while, and added: "And my profession is very demanding. I am very professional, much better than Song Junxing."

Both Tang Mo and Pierre now know that his profession is a killer, and they are completely brainwashed by Ovid's saying that "professions do not distinguish between high and low". He, what does it feel like to be a killer.

It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day, and the two moved their chairs and leaned in front of Ovid, with an open-minded expression on their faces.

"Have you ever killed someone?" Tang Mo asked.

"What was the first person you killed?" Pierre asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Ovid decided to confide in his companions, revealing his heart in exchange for respect.

"I should have killed someone." He was very serious. "If the predator is also considered a human... The first person I killed was the leader of the predator, the one on the Black Sea."

Tang Mo and Pierre: "...Oh."

The two young people who were open-minded and educated instantly lost their fans.

Fei Lian's system in charge of human emotions experienced strange data fluctuations again.He discovered that the emotion was called "distressed."

"There are other things, there must be other things." He smoothed things over for Ovid, "In addition to killing people, the profession of killer can also show its talents in other fields. Ovid's business skills must be very good."

Tang Mo understood Fei Lian's intentions, and decided to give Ovid another chance: "Your business skills are very good? Are you as good at cooking as Jiang Che?"

"Almost." Ovid smiled in a killer way.

He was handsome, and a handsome man could easily convince Tang Mo.

Tang Mo immediately believed him again: "Then what have you done with your business skills?"

Ovid thought for a moment, and answered seriously: "Shoot the Griya worker bee, and kill the deathwing snake. My marksmanship is very accurate, and the gun is very steady...Tang Mo?"

Tang Mo, who was completely powdered, had already slid out of the cockpit sitting on the chair, and continued to touch the small tomatoes and peppers she planted.

Song Junxing, who had been listening to the conversation in the cockpit of the Phoenix, turned his head and asked Lin Ni: "You paid a lot of money for such a killer to kill yourself? You have been tricked."

Lin Ni remained silent, and stood at the edge of the fungus community, and decided not to answer Song Junxing's question.

"Can I eat it?" He also turned his head and asked again.

Jiang Che walked the slowest, and was out of breath when he arrived here.The protective suit was very heavy, and the oxygen tank made his back hurt even more. The gravitational pull on the spider was too great.He even regretted that he was obsessed with cooking and playing with Ovid on the Phoenix, instead of exercising well.

The fungi are all huge in size, each tree is almost one meter high, and each one is like a giant umbrella, and more mushroom umbrellas grow on the thick umbrella handles, making the whole community look very large.

Jiang Che carefully observed the places where the fungi grew, and confirmed that these should be edible.

"The ground and soil are very clean." Jiang Che said to the two. "More importantly, the information left by the Flying Scene and the Ekaterina shows that they once ate fungi from spiders."

"Just eat it like this?" Lin Ni was taken aback, "Is there nothing wrong?"

"The Feijing ship is a transport ship, and there are other animals and plants on it besides people." Jiang Che said, "So the ship is also equipped with some basic scientific research equipment. They have decomposed the components of fungi and confirmed that they should be harmless to the human body." Harmful."

Linney thought maybe they also used animals to try it.This is impossible. The two ships were separated from the main force, and the food on the ships might be eaten up at any time. They had to find new sources of food.

"Then take it off!" Song Junxing said, "This protective suit is too heavy, take it off quickly, and go back quickly."

Jiang Che was very pleased that he finally found someone with the same thoughts as himself: "Hurry up, pick it up..."

The only one who felt cheated was Linney.

"So you can understand those messages...so there's no meat on the spider?"

Jiang Che: "I can understand the message from the Flying Scene, they wrote it in Chinese. I can't understand the message from the Ekaterina, and I don't understand Russian."

Linney: "So there's no meat on the spider?"

Jiang Che: "...No, only these dishes."

Lin Ni was silent for a moment, sighed sadly, and sneaked into the fungus community to pick vegetables.

The small ship returned with a full load, and its flight speed was much slower than when it landed.

Jiang Che entered the clean cabin first, immediately took off his heavy protective clothing, knelt on the ground and panted.Although the fungus looks light and fluffy, it absorbs water from the spider and carries a large bag on its back, which is actually very heavy.

And he carried four bags.

After Jiang Che left the cleaning cabin, it was Lin Ni who entered the cabin.

Lin Ni was busy for most of the day, but he didn't catch any meat, so he was very discouraged, and decided to threaten Jiang Che or Song Junxing to make him steak.

After cleaning the cabin for a long time, when he was about to leave, the door behind him opened.

Song Junxing got in wearing protective clothing.

Linney: "Wait, wait! You violated the cleanliness... how did you get in here!"

Song Junxing was also confused, pointing to the small green light above his head: "The warning light said that it is possible to pass, so I came in."

He took off his helmet, smiled at Lin Ni showing a row of white teeth: "It's okay, let's wash together. Wait for me, I'll take off my clothes now."

"Don't take off the helmet!" Lin Ni was furious, "The outer layer of the protective clothing has not been washed, so you will be polluted if you take off the helmet!"

"Anyway, there are no harmful substances on that planet." Song Junxing put his helmet aside and began to take off his protective clothing. "If there is something wrong, those mushrooms must not be eaten, right?"

Linney thought there was some truth to what he said, but the spore dust on the protective clothing was so uncomfortable that he even sneezed.

Song Junxing also sneezed, looked at his hands, and smiled at Lin Ni after a while: "It's okay, I don't have any allergies."

At this time, on the other side of the Phoenix, Fei Lian was taking out a fragment of fungus from the analyzer.

"Is it normal?" Jiang Che asked.

"It's quite normal, it's just that the outer layer of the bacteria is stained with some special spores." Fei Lian stared at the data of the analyzer, "It's a bit like the one you got on Laohuang last time."

"But the two planets are so far away, how can they be similar?"

"Although the distance is far, there are predators and all kinds of cosmic biological travelers. Sometimes it is inevitable to take things from a certain planet to other places, and those things may take root and grow up. Fei Lian signaled him to step aside, "I will clean these fungi thoroughly, so don't touch them yet."

Jiang Che was a little worried: "Remember not to let other people touch it."

"Allergic reactions are related to each person's constitution, even if other people touch them, they may not necessarily react." Fei Lian explained to him, "I suspected before that the reason why your allergic reaction is particularly strong may be because you are Earthling."

Jiang Che accepted his statement, handed him all the fungi brought back, and told him that Lin Ni and Song Junxing still had five big bags each, and they had to be washed again.

During the day's rest time, Fei Lian was still on duty alone in the cockpit.

When Jiang Che came to tell him that the thermostat in Ovid's room was broken, Fei Lian was circling in the cockpit.

"What happened?" Jiang Che suddenly became nervous, "Is there a predator?"

"...No, no." Fei Lian stood still.He touched his nose and then his chin, with a very complicated expression on his face.

Jiang Che was puzzled: "What's wrong with you?"

"Some unusual data was detected..." Fei Lian coughed lightly, "The spore dust on those fungi is too weird, I'd better wash it twice more."

Jiang Che: "???"

Fei Lian suppressed his urgent desire to talk.

He decided not to tell anyone that he had detected abnormal temperature and heartbeat reactions in Linney's room.These reactions were very similar to those of Jiang Che and Ovid that day. After Fei Lian expressed his interest in the data, Fei Lian's system faithfully and rigorously showed him the waveform and histogram of the data.

Similarly, the abnormal reaction that occurred today also came from two people in the same room, Lin Ni and Song Junxing.

This is so weird!Fei Lian thought, Song Junxing had his own room, why did he go to Lin Ni's room?

And more importantly - why this type of spore again?

He thought that the Creator of the spore must have not perfected its function when creating the spore.

Or because the creator is too lazy to endow these spores with more other functions.

Fei Lian silently observed the ever-changing data—sometimes the data would suddenly show some kind of peak value—while thinking about how to name this spore.

It has brought... new developments that many people hadn't thought of.

"What are you looking at?" Before leaving the cockpit, Jiang Che suddenly turned around and asked, "What are you studying? You are so addicted."

"No research." Fei Lian spoke calmly. Where Jiang Che couldn't see, his system was frantically analyzing the changing data. "I was just thinking about how to give a certain spore a more appropriate name."

Jiang Che: "...Are you such a research-minded AI?"

Fei Lian: "It's always been."

He showed a rigorous and sacred smile like a scientific researcher.

After Jiang Che left, Fei Lian began to call up certain passages in the popular literature that Song Junxing had given him in the system.

With these paragraphs, the AI, whose biological age is only 17 years old, feels that he has a deeper understanding of the constantly beating data in Linney's room.

The author has something to say: Some parts that are missing will have the opportunity to fill in the entity in the future. www