atlantis

"Father?" The sky was full of stars outside the window, and the soft moonlight streamed down on the weeping crabapple like mercury, dyeing it a faint pink and a faint purple; the lights in the room were very warm, and there was a childish voice, with a hint of natural coquettishness.

"That's the legendary Altair?" Catherine was lying on the side of the bed, hugging a corner of the quilt, and pointed to the vast starry sky with her other hand.Her eyes were very pure, as if she was facing the bright and clear moon, and there was a faint amount of broken gold in her eyes.

Putting down the storybook in his hand and following the direction of his daughter's finger, Morris was taken aback and found that the star Catherine was pointing at was extremely accurate.You know, the night sky tonight is full of stars, even ordinary adults, if they don't have a special hobby for the starry sky, it is difficult to accurately locate so many stars in an instant!

"This one is the Vega star who is facing each other from afar?"

"Isn't it?" Catherine was full of interest, unaware of Morris's moment of silence, and continued to point to another star, which was also extremely accurate.

"How do you know? So confident?" Looking at his daughter's face, Morris smiled lightly.

"Daddy told me." Like an ordinary child, after knowing that she was right, facing the person closest to her, Catherine smiled happily, turned her face sideways, turned over, and put her head on Morris's chest. arms.

"Daddy?" Morris hugged his daughter, and slowly stroked the long gray hair, which was very soft, but the softness of his fingertips did not reach the deepest part of his heart.

Han Jing is deeply influenced by oriental culture, so it can be said that he is a bit old-fashioned. Although the home is in a western style that he is familiar with, but the books are full, and the plain landscape paintings all exude an oriental atmosphere. Catherine also has a subtle influence on this deep.

However, with Catherine's IQ and past habits, how could she listen to the same story repeatedly?

In her own memory, Catherine's memory is different from that of ordinary people, and she almost has a photographic memory.She doesn't like hearing the same story that has been told, and she doesn't like the familiar repetition of learning.

Learning, repeating, and memorizing and understanding, this conventional model has no effect on Catherine.

But today, why would a daughter ask to hear a story she already knew?

Is it because I am too busy and neglected her?

Realizing the subtle changes in his daughter, Morris was very sensitive, and suddenly felt a little bit of self-blame.For more than a year, I have been busy with the horns of power, and I don't have much time to accompany my daughter and talk about some fairy tales she likes like tonight.Han Jing, on the other hand, takes care of her more carefully than herself. No wonder her daughter prefers Eastern culture.

"Father?" Seeing that Morris did not answer for a long time, Catherine moved her body and raised her small face in doubt.

"Should I lie down?"

"What?" Morris froze for a moment, not understanding the meaning.

"Daddy said that I will have a younger sister or younger brother soon, right here..." Catherine sat up abruptly, and looked curiously at Morris's belly, "Is it true? When will I have a younger sister?" Brother and sister? Also, how will he come out?"

"I'm here like him?"

"Here? How was it born?"

Like all children, Catherine, who had never been exposed to this knowledge, was innocent and curious. Looking at her innocent daughter, Morris would not know how to explain it for a while.With Catherine's IQ, as long as she explained a little, she would definitely get to the bottom of it and find out some things she shouldn't know at her age.

Catherine is not as easy to perfunctory as she was when she was a child.

Morris thought for a while and said, "It was because of my love with your father that I conceived you in my womb, and he is now. At that time, you stayed in my womb for nine months, and he would do the same, and then You'll see him this Christmas, your sister or your brother."

"Christmas?" Obviously, Catherine was not satisfied with Morris' vague answer, but when her hand was held by Morris and placed on a place that was still flat but bred with life, she seemed to feel something, slowly lowered his head.

"When the time comes, you won't be alone." Holding his daughter back into his arms, he knew her daughter's loneliness very well.Due to amber eyes, gray hair, and the monitoring of the federal government, Catherine has almost no intimate playmates, and has never enjoyed a real childlike fun.

"Then...it's better to have a younger brother." Catherine raised her head.

"Why?" Morris noticed the seriousness in his daughter's eyes.

"Because the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the story have two children, a boy and a girl."

"And they're in love..."

"But they didn't get together in the end. According to legend, they can only see each other once a year." Morris interrupted his daughter, wanting to change the topic. He didn't like this rather sad oriental myth, but Catherine still revolved around this topic. .

"No, they will be together eventually!" Catherine frowned thoughtfully, "It's nothing to be together for a year, as long as they don't die, they can see each other forever. Besides, the stars in the sky change all the time, Their strength will grow stronger and the distance will be shorter and shorter, time after time, and one day they will never be separated again."

"Their stories are not bad. Immortality is infinite hope, infinite opportunity, and only death is the final end. The end of all good things."

Catherine's words surprised Morris, holding his daughter who was more important than his own life, but Morris felt inexplicably that he didn't know Catherine, as if he had given birth to her and inherited all of himself. Genes are even flawless, but her eyes and hair are still lingering clouds that are hard to get rid of.Where is what she said now that a four-year-old child should have?Her eyes are very simple, showing 100% intimacy and trust, but there is firmness in the depths of her eyes, is it firmness in life and death?

It's not the first time I heard Catherine mention immortality and death...

Morris slowly frowned, and unknowingly stretched his arms slightly, hugging his daughter tightly.

Feeling the strength, Catherine had to lean into Morris' arms.

"It hurts..." she finally said.

Morris suddenly realized, and quickly let go of his arms.

Catherine rubbed her shoulders and asked her most concerned question: "If father is like in the story, will you leave daddy?"

"Of course not, no matter what happens, I will never leave your father and my Catherine."

"Really not?"

"Of course, I swear to you." Not understanding the reason for Catherine's questioning, Morris raised his left hand and swore to his daughter seriously, and then Catherine smiled happily: "Daddy said the same thing! He said he would protect us, No matter what happens, he will be in front of us and protect us."

"Really?" The corners of Morris' lips raised slightly, and there was a gentle smile in Sapphire's eyes.

After knowing that Morris was pregnant, the worry, nervousness, and even joy of the past revived in Han Jing's heart.While Morris was coaxing his daughter to sleep, he cooked himself and made oriental soup. He even called Marco specifically to ask about Morris's situation.When he asked repeatedly until Marco on the other end showed helplessness, he was relieved, and his heart that had been hanging high was finally relieved.

Just like back then, Morris' body was very healthy, and he didn't show any signs of aging because of the past four years. At least in human medical technology, he was still legendary and flawless.

After cooking the soup and finishing the work in the kitchen, when Han Jing came up with the soup bowl, the lights in the daughter's room had already been turned off, so she must have fallen asleep.

When he opened the door, he found that Morris was sitting at the corner of the desk, with his chin resting on his left hand, staring at the optical computer screen with deep eyes, completely ignoring his body, still busy with work as before.

Han Jing couldn't help being angry, especially when he saw that the French windows on the terrace were still open, and the cold wind of late spring was blowing towards Morris without any scruples, his heart twitched slightly.

"Why don't you rest? You are not alone now."

"Work like before, I'm worried that your body won't be able to take it anymore." Han Jing walked over gently, put the red bean and red date soup by Morris's hand, turned and closed the floor-to-ceiling windows.

After a while, there was warmth in the room.

"What are you busy with?" Seeing that Morris didn't speak, with a rare serious expression, and the soup he made was still put aside, Han Jing was secretly surprised.Having been with each other for many years, Morris is a very strict and restrained person. No matter how much pressure there is outside, he rarely brings his emotions home.

It was fine just now, why did it turn into this after cooking the soup?

Was it Catherine who annoyed Maurice?

Will not.Although Morris is very strict with his daughter, but under the strict appearance, the deep love is not inferior to himself.

With doubts, Han Jing returned to Morris' side.

"Jupiter?"

"The Great Red Spot?"

Seeing Morris looking up information on Jupiter, Han Jing was a little confused. Will these make Morris unexpectedly serious?

"Don't be busy."

"Have you talked to Catherine?" Han Jing leaned his head over, frowned, bent over and put his arms around Morris's shoulders, "We must visit Charon at this time? Can't it be postponed until next year?"

"This plan has been prepared for half a year. The federal government has invested a lot of manpower and financial resources. I can't raise objections temporarily because of personal circumstances. Besides, we have finally explored the stargate of Charon. Like the world of Ido, it is suspended in the universe. stargate."

"I have to go and check for myself." Morris said firmly, but suddenly felt his tone was tough, he turned quickly and reached out to hold Han Jing, "I'm sorry, I know your worries."

"I'll take good care of myself. Don't you still accompany me?" Morris's lips slightly raised, his faint smile was very warm, his eyes were no longer sharp, and he greeted Han Jing gently.

"Just go for three months. When he came back, he just showed his pregnancy. There will be no problem."

"I know, I won't let you have trouble." Knowing Morris' temperament, no one can persuade anyone who has decided, Han Jing no longer persuades, but sighs deeply in his heart, why does Morris's most vulnerable Sometimes, unexpected things happen.The last time it was SG-I exploration, this time it is Charon again.

Fortunately, Charon is already a base for human exploration, and what Morris has to overcome is the weightlessness of outer space and various air turbulence.

"Why do you still want to see the Great Red Spot phenomenon? What's there to see?"

"If you want to see it, you have to drink this bowl of red bean and red date soup first. I cooked it myself." Han Jing coaxed and persuaded, picked up the bowl, and took a spoon to feed Morris.

Morris had no choice but to pick it up, and said with a smile, "Who wants you to feed me?"

"I like it." Han Jing smiled back, his eyes stopped on the optical brain screen, and he briefly glanced at what Morris was concerned about.

While watching, Han Jing asked, "Have you talked to Catherine? We are going to leave her for a while, is she unhappy?"

"It's sad for sure, but it's better than the last time." Morris frowned slightly, remembering that he and Han Jing had visited Charon Star two years ago. At that time, Catherine was only two years old, but she was very clingy and cried in a mess .Tonight, although she was very sad, after coaxing herself for a long time, she gradually accepted it.

"Catherine is more sensible than we imagined." As if thinking of something, Morris stopped drinking the soup, his brows still frowning.

"Do you have something on your mind?" Han Jing noticed instantly.

"How much of the Great Red Spot phenomenon do you know?" Morris pointed to the optical brain screen, deliberately covering up the text information.

The picture on the screen, Jupiter, the most famous phenomenon of the Great Red Spot, it is like a huge vortex rotating counterclockwise, its vastness and width are enough to accommodate several earths.Humans know that Jupiter is a burning gaseous planet similar to the sun. It has been more than 400 years since astronomical telescopes discovered the mysterious Great Red Spot and White Oval.But really getting close to it, exploring it, is only a few decades old.

"In the past hundred years, mankind has ushered in the unprecedented and most brilliant technological explosion." Han Jing thought for a while, "200 years ago, we could only land on the moon, and the exploration of Mars was only in the scientific research stage. Later we explored Lux theory was discovered, neutrons were discovered, along with the revolution of the solar system, long-powered rockets, sub-light speed engines, and directional high-energy beams were developed... From then on, we have the ability to fly to the outermost edge of the solar system and study for thousands of years, from ancient times Today, the stars of the universe that make human beings curious and obsessed."

"But the closer to the truth, the more cruel and shocking the reality." Recalling that since he entered the No. 9 base, he has come into contact with the top secret of mankind, his parents, and billions of human beings. Zhu Xin felt emotional, "Charon Star, the planet that human beings used to be very sure of, believed that it originated from a big impact in ancient times. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a man-made space fortress."

"As for Jupiter, we have always believed that it is a gaseous planet, which is very similar to the sun. However, when the Aurora spacecraft approached for the first time and explored, it discovered that there were signs of several planets the size of the moon in its core. The erythema phenomenon rotates counterclockwise according to a certain rule, and there is a vast strong radiation belt in the Great Red Spot, which is roughly equivalent to six hundred times the intensity of the ionospheric radiation belt. Ten times the intensity predicted by humans 200 years ago , a full sixty times higher!"

"Its strong radiation belt can almost destroy the earth hundreds of times in an instant! However, what puzzles the scientific community most is that no high-energy helium ions have been found in the white egg area adjacent to the Great Red Spot, that is, Said that there is no sign of strong radiation in the White Egg area, so the federal government has explored a meteorite fragment there, covering about 40 square kilometers, and established a scientific base."

"Facing the world, the official media called it Jupiter's first immigration base." Han Jing said everything he knew, and looked at Morris in confusion, "Why did you suddenly ask this?"

"Because the power of nature is really unpredictable, the Great Red Spot and the White Egg, two completely opposite spectacle, like positive and negative poles, coexist in Jupiter at the same time!?" Morris thoughtfully, with sharp eyes, stopped at On the computer screen.

Han Jing sighed: "Yes, the power of the universe is really mysterious. It overthrows human cognition time and time again, and there is no end to it."

"No." Morris interrupted suddenly, with a serious face, "The phenomenon of the Great Red Spot may not exist due to the natural forces of the universe..."

"What!?" This will overturn all human beings' inferences and cognitions about Jupiter for hundreds of years. Han Jing was stunned for a while, and after a while, Fang was shocked, "Is it true? Who told you!? "

"Cliff?"

"Or Veblen?"

"Neither, it's our daughter, Catherine said." Morris interrupted lightly, with a solemn tone.

"Catherine?" Han Jing was taken aback again, knowing what Morris was nervous about, and he quickly relieved, "What can she understand at the age of four? Children, we all like to be imaginative, didn't we do the same when we were young?"

"It's not the same..." Morris shook his head, remembering the conversation he had just had when putting his daughter to sleep.

"I will listen to Grandpa."

"When you arrive in Eusasco, you must take a look at the most beautiful Great Red Spot Bubble!"

"It is a miracle of unnatural force!"

"Eusasco?"

"It's Jupiter where father is going."

"Why is it called Eusasco?"

"I don't know, it's like a feeling, a feeling that's been talking to me, and I just know it's Eusasco."

"Speak!? Feel!?"

"Yeah, didn't father? I don't know how to describe it..."

The innocent smile and immature voice echoed in his ears, as if invisible hands were tightening Morris's heart.

At this moment, Morris could still clearly feel the uneasiness at that time. Looking at his daughter's dependence, Tong Yanwuji's answer was another surprise and apprehension.

"She can accurately locate the positions of Altair and Vega, and told me that Altair is 18.9 light-years away from the earth, not 16.7 light-years as believed by humans. Catherine believes that the diameter of Altair is 1.6 times that of the sun, and its surface temperature exceeds 7000°C. According to the laws of human space, the time for Altair to rotate once is 7.34 hours."

"These data are almost completely consistent with human speculation!"

"And Catherine also accurately described Eusasco, the Jupiter she mentioned! If you told her about Altair and Vega, or she learned it from books, then the secret of the Great Red Spot! Jupiter is not what humans think, similar to The planet of the sun, there are three planets the size of the moon inside, and Catherine actually knows!?"

"Three! This is a federal government secret and has not been disclosed to the world, but Catherine said it accurately! At that time, she smiled innocently, and her tone was extremely affirmative!"

"She said it was a feeling, and that feeling told her! Do you believe it?"

"Do you believe what our daughter said? Do you know what that means!?"

"I know, I know what this means..." Han Jing's heart ached a long time ago, but he didn't dare to reveal too much, especially in front of Morris, who was concerned and chaotic.Morris is famous for being tough with an iron fist in front of outsiders. However, no matter how tough a person is, there will always be a vulnerable place, and this place can only be touched by himself.

"I know that Catherine is a bit strange. Her hair and her eyes are not what humans should be. But don't put too much pressure on yourself, she is just a child, our child, she has our pure blood, Our pure genes, this is the final conclusion of the federal government."

"Don't be nervous. With us here, our daughter will be fine. She will grow up safely and become a smart and beautiful girl. There will definitely be many boys chasing her." Hug no longer calm down Maurice, Han Jing kissed his handsome face, and spoke softly to comfort him.

"Don't think too much, Atlantis has disappeared tens of thousands of years ago, leaving only the vast super civilization and unlimited technology."

"But... Catherine was probably influenced by Atlantis. It was Atlantis that made us meet and fall in love forcibly, like the illusion of Atlantis for a lifetime..." Morris frowned. Supporting Shen Shen's forehead, unconsciously, he remembered the little things between himself and Han Jing.From resistance, refusal, to heartbeat and passion, objectively speaking, it was my complete surrender to Atlantis, and I was completely defeated.

"Then you regret it?"

"Of course not." Morris interrupted anxiously, looking up to explain, but bumped into a gentle smile, warming his heart instantly like a hot spring.

"In this case, why do you need to think too much?" Knowing that the curse of Atlantis has always been a knot in Morris' heart, Han Jing can only help him untie it slowly.

"Atlantis brought us together and gave us Catherine, you see she is so cute and smart, I think... Atlantis doesn't have any malice toward us?"

"They just want to continue the glory of the past. Civilization is another continuation of life."

"Our daughter, perhaps inherited some kind of knowledge inheritance from Atlantis? Passed it to Catherine in a way we can't understand? But there will be no problem, as long as we always care about her and guide her, Catherine is so She is attached to us, her future will only get better and better than ours now."