Falling into the Abyss

The Faun star is about [-] light-years away from the earth, at the edge of the jurisdiction of the Earth Alliance.It revolves around a red dwarf star called the cauldron, and its temperature and illumination are much lower than that of the earth, so some people also call it the eternal night planet.

Originally, the name of this planet was not Faun, but a very academic standard astronomical name, but it has been forgotten now.The reason why people began to use "Pan" to describe it is because the high-level wisdom living on it has a curved ram-like horn on its head, which is somewhat similar to Pan, the god of shepherd in Greek mythology, so it is derived. name.Those natives are called "horn people" by the people on earth.

The technological development of the horned people is far behind that of the earth people, and they have been conquered by the earth army's steel warships that can travel through the endless star sea a long time ago.However, they are a primitive and warlike nation after all. They have their own cultural customs and religious beliefs, and their living habits are far from those of the people on Earth.

In the past, when the relationship between the Earth Alliance and the star countries around him—such as the Third Reich—was tense, they would often send nonhumans to the front line to do some logistical support work, and sent them out as death squads when necessary.After all, the lives of soldiers who are law-abiding citizens are obviously much more precious than the worthless lives of non-human beings, so in the event of a war, it is not surprising that non-human beings will be sent to the front line first.

Ethan's reaction this time was even a little numb and calm, probably because he had gotten used to it after experiencing so much horror.He still saw many panic-stricken non-humans crying, some with pale and trembling faces, and many with numb expressions like his.

But there are also some few who will show excited expressions.

It's like a strange non-human who is tied up like an animal and even wears a mask that prohibits talking. He is closely guarded by a guard, and he has never seen it much.But his expectant and excited eyes left a deep impression on Ethan.

In addition to Samuel with the same number as him, many other non-humans he was familiar with, such as Jiawen, Chen Zeng and Derek, were among the [-] people selected this time.Even Taifeng, who had just been assigned to the Eastern District, was drawn.They were picked up in batches to the spaceship launch base, and driven into a huge dish-shaped carrier spaceship.This journey will last for more than half a month, and two-thirds of the time will be spent in curvature flight.

Ethan didn't know whether his spiritual connection with Tanithel would be affected by the distance, so he tried his best to send the image of the spaceship to Tanithel before boarding the ship, but he didn't know if the other party received it.He was suddenly worried, if he was unlucky and couldn't come back this time, would the last meeting with Tanisel in the medical room be the last?

He regretted not having a French kiss with Tanithel in the end.

Due to the large number of people led this time, in order to control them easily, the guard chief Schneider and Gray Mao will lead several other experienced guards to accompany them all the way.The non-people were driven to the sleeping hall by the guards, stripped naked and lying down in the sleeping cabin with only their underwear left.

The warp speed engine propelled the huge carrier spacecraft through the vast sea of ​​stars, and arrived at the Fire Pot Galaxy three weeks later.All the people on board were awakened by the mastermind.

This time non-humans were allowed to live in the staterooms as there were no ordinary citizens on board other than the basic crew and guards.Two people grouped into a room, but Ethan was assigned to a room with Chen Zeng.

At this moment, Ethan didn't think that Chen Zeng's ordinary and kind-looking face was "not aggressive".What kind of charm does such a person have that can make so many desperadoes obey him?

When Ethan entered the room, Chen Zeng nodded to him, and Ethan also silently returned the gift, and then began to organize the package of daily necessities distributed to him.He could feel Chen Zeng's gaze on his back, which made him a little apprehensive.

Chen Zeng said abruptly, "I heard what happened in the tunnel last time, and I apologize to you on behalf of Jin Junji and the others."

Ethan didn't know what to say, it was an understatement to say that it didn't matter, but he was almost mutated by fright... So he just nodded again and didn't answer.

After a while, a pamphlet was handed to him.Ethan was taken aback, and followed that hand to look at Chen Zeng's face.

The booklet was crudely made, with uneven lengths of paper, and the words "the meaning of benevolence" were written on the cover.

Ethan straightened up, his mind was spinning quickly, deciding whether he should politely refuse or accept it first.While he was hesitating for a moment, Chen Zeng said with a smile, "There is no pressure, I just guess that you have never received this book, so I will give you a copy. It is your freedom to read it or not."

Ethan cleared his throat and reached out to take it, "Sorry, I'm not actually your believer or anything..."

"I get it. Sometimes when a lot of people around you start to believe the same thing, you can get into trouble if you don't pretend. Many of them see me as a teacher, but even if I don't let them believe it or not It is difficult for them to control themselves even if they are angry in life. After all, it is human nature to want to eliminate all aliens that are different from themselves."

Ethan had imagined what it would be like to have a conversation with Chen Zeng, and he had already planned to be preached for a week.But I didn't expect the other party to have such a reasonable attitude.

He looked down at the notebook in his hand, and asked tentatively, "I also know some of your remarks before you were arrested, but many of your statements now are completely different from the past. Since the red earth."

"That's right. That mission really opened my eyes." Chen Zeng sighed, his eyes drifted to the corner of the room, looking at the red memory, "You know that there was a religion that originated in Lumbini a long time ago I believe that people will have a moment of 'enlightenment', that is, at a certain time, they suddenly find the truth. I think that trip to the red earth was my epiphany."

Ethan has naturally read about the very important "Buddhist culture" in ancient cultures, but he still doesn't understand the meaning of epiphany.But it doesn't matter.As he put the pamphlet in his luggage, he asked, "I feel that you have also been influenced by the Eve Cult a lot, right? Has Tanithel talked to you?"

Chen Zeng was a little surprised, and looked at him approvingly, "You are very observant. Yes, when we escaped on the Magic Flute, he showed me Eve's classics. Of course, it was automatically translated. At that time, you It looks like he's still in a coma."

Ethan's heart trembled slightly, and his brows frowned.

Tanithel showed Chen Zeng the classics taught by Eve...was it intentional or unintentional?

And Chen Zeng was still sighing, "The Eve people are really a very intelligent race. Their prologue god is actually the Lord! It's just that they confused some powerful angels and Lords, and thought they were They are all gods of the same level. It’s a pity that I didn’t see their scriptures earlier. However, I’m also a little surprised, you and Samuel have also seen things on the red earth, why don’t you believe it?”

"Don't believe what?"

"The existence of the Lord and the Great Evil God."

"I believe that this universe is beyond our human understanding, but it doesn't mean that those things are gods... maybe some kind of super intelligence that can control the laws of the universe, but I don't think that believing in them can change anything." Ethan said in a deep voice , "I think they don't care whether we believe or not..."

Saying this made him feel goosebumps all over his body.

Yes... Even though he was infected by the god of entropy, even though he had seen weird and weird pictures many times, even if he was stared at by that terrifying green eye, he still felt that those things didn't care about his thoughts, the thoughts of the entire human race, Don't care what any creature thinks.Perhaps he was pegged because he was useful in some ways.Like Tanithel said.

Perhaps all the gods believed in since the birth of this world—if they exist—are like this, and they don’t care whether people believe or not.Just like people don't care whether ants believe in the existence of people.

He thought that Chen Zeng would refute and tell him that the Lord cared about his creation.But he didn't expect Chen Zeng to pat him on the shoulder, "You may be right, but why should we care if they care whether we believe it or not?"

Ethan couldn't answer the words, the words took too many detours, it was a bit advanced.

They didn't say much, and it didn't take long before believers who were too afraid of going to the battlefield began to come to ask for the blessing of the "Great Teacher".Ethan didn't even have a place to sit, so he had to slip out of the room.The cabin has been completely sealed, and he has nowhere to go, so he entered the room of Samuel and Taifeng.Taifeng's complexion has returned to the rosy complexion he used to have when he was in the Energy Bureau, but there is something missing between his brows and eyes, and he looks a little tired and pale.Ethan thought that after all the torment he had experienced, it was inevitable that he would become like this.This is a society full of malice towards Omega, and it is even more sinister in an extreme place like the Forbidden City.

At that time, Samuel was playing cards with Tai Feng, and a certain stunned young man who could only talk with his fists was obviously not Tai Feng's opponent, and complained that the other party was too rogue.Although Taifeng won three rounds in a row, he still had a calm expression on his face, just a little smile on his lips, showing that he was obviously much more relaxed at this time.Ethan looked at it and felt relieved. He tried to talk to Taifeng about the past of the Energy Bureau several times, but the other party always talked about him, and even yelled at him nervously to stop talking about the past. He was worried about the other party's mental state for a while.

Their ship landed on Faun a week later.Everyone wrapped up in thick winter clothes and lined up in thirty queues to disembark gradually.It was midday on Faun when they arrived, but even now the sun hung far away in the mid-heaven like a limp red ball, rendering the nearby sky a century of crimson and violet.But the corners of the sky are still the dark blue of twilight, just like the afterglow of the setting sun on the earth.

Since the hot pot star surrounded by the Faun star is a red dwarf star, its density and heat are much smaller than that of the sun, and the Faun star is located at the outer edge of the cauldron galaxy, receiving only one-third of the light from the star as the earth. Two-thirds of the time is night.The photosynthesis efficiency of plants evolved on this planet is several times stronger than that of plants on earth.Also due to the lack of light, the reproductive organs of many plants have evolved luciferase, which can emit a faint light to attract flying insects that can pollinate it. Therefore, there is no lack of light on this dark night planet, but the light from creatures is better than sunlight. Much colder.

The military base they had landed on sat on the edge of a woodland of thin but gigantic tree-like plants and more shrub-like plants, strange trees twisted like coral with thick emerald-green leaves.The clusters of wisteria-like flowers among the leaves exude a faint cold light, like strings of exquisite small crystal chandeliers.And those dense shrubs are also lush, dark green or blue-green, and some stick-shaped or sheet-shaped fleshy leaves will meander with blue fluorescent veins.At noon, the fluorescence is not very clear, and the leaves are dyed colorful by the clouds, stretching to absorb the precious sunlight.When the short day passes, those bioluminescence lights up like small lamps, undulating among the mountains and rivers along with the vast jungle.

The area they were in was obviously summer, but it was still so cold that one could see a cloud of rising water vapor with a breath.They were driven to the edge of the camp and began to divide the labor to build makeshift tents.Ethan was not very familiar with this, and he almost nailed the rivet on the ground, so angry that Samuel scolded him and then helped him with the rest of the work.Before the tent was completely set up, a few soldiers strode towards the non-people. The leader was a red-haired sergeant with a bitter face and deep hatred.

"Listen to me, you bastards. I am your Chief Nelson. During this time, I am your God. You have to do whatever I tell you to do. Anyone who dares to use their brains, I will directly Send you to see your grandfather, understand!"

All the non-people stared at him, silent.

Sergeant Wilson spat on the ground, cursed something, and then ordered each number to choose a captain to report to him.Ethan's team obviously picked Samuel.

Ethan looked around at the soldiers who were too quiet, and felt a strange atmosphere.

The atmosphere was indescribable, a little depressed, a little uneasy.But he didn't see anyone hurt.

Later, when the chief of the guard passed by, he took the opportunity to ask. Schneider saw that no one nearby paid attention to their conversation, so he said, "They just destroyed a local rebel stronghold, and it seems that they saw those barbarians making human sacrifices." .”

Human sacrifice... Isn't that something that only appears in the most ancient legends and some vulgar horror movies with prehistoric themes?Blood is rarely seen even in wars in the interstellar era, so how could there be such a thing?

The author has something to say:

The original shape of the Faun star is Kepler 186f, and then when describing the scene of the eternal night planet, the reference pictures in the brain include the scenery of Pandora in Avatar and the main city of the night elves in Warcraft.