The Star Knight

Opal opened the star map and read the notes on the Nanmen Double Star.

[Beautiful twin stars, golden stellar wind, all things are thriving in the eternal day, the star of eternal day, a place of luxury and luxury. 】The voyage from Rembrandt to South Gate 43 is [-] hours. Mrs. Anta returned to the bedroom to rest after briefly speaking about the commission. Opal and Raymond sat in front of the console. Opal asked in a low voice: "Have you been to Charity fundraiser? What did she mean?"

Raymond: "No."

Opal: "What is divorce?"

Lei Meng looked at Opal, and said after a while: "Ask her yourself."

Opal waved his hand and said, "Forget it."

Raymond squinted and slept on the swivel chair. The maid came out with a metal wire and said, "Gentlemen, Mrs. Anta would like to have a cup of afternoon tea in the living room."

Lei Meng closed his eyes and said, "Let her do whatever she wants."

The maid turned on a device, and the metal wire unfolded into a disc, which floated off the ground, and she shook off the tablecloth to spread it on.He took out a hanging lamp from the tool basket on his arm and hung it on a hook in the cabin. The light shone warmly on the cabin.Opal has been watching her actions curiously, and asked: "The light of this lamp is good."

"This is my hometown, the sunshine of Andromeda's star." Mrs. Anta came out of the bedroom, sat down at the round table, and said, "When I get old, I often miss my hometown. In a few years, I'd better go home and live comfortably. .”

Mrs. Anta has changed her attire, and the maid poured boiling hot water into her cup, and the petals were floating in the cup.

"Drink something?" Mrs. Anta asked.

Lei Meng moved his left hand to signal him not to go. Opal went over by himself and asked, "What is divorce?"

Mrs. Anta opened a notebook in her hand, and replied slowly: "Divorce is the end of a normal marriage. Marriage is the grave of love, and divorce is rebirth."

Opal nodded half-understood, Anta sighed, and said, "Not many people in the Republic are getting married now, and even fewer and fewer people are in love."

Opal asked, "Why?"

Anta said regretfully: "The cost is too high. Marriage is a lifetime thing. In the Silver Age before Guang Era, the average human life expectancy was only 80 years. Starting from adolescence, marriage only needs to stay together for 60 years."

Opal thought of his own lifespan, maybe only this short 80 years, not only him, but most of the mercenaries.

"It's the Black Iron Age after the Era of Light." Anta said: "After the development of genetic technology, 200 years, 300 years, or even longer life spans, the long years make people no longer want to maintain a strong marriage. There are more things to do, the price of marriage is too high, once you find a spouse, it is difficult to be together forever for the next two or three hundred years."

She smiled at Opal, and Opal suddenly found that she was still very beautiful, with a certain sense of beauty that belonged to her age.

"You know a lot," Opal said.

"I'm a historian." Mrs. Anta said, "I can be your old grandmother."

Opal thought for a while and said, "Do you know Azeroth?"

Anta thoughtfully, nodded, and said: "I met him when I was a girl, Azeroth is a person with great taste, he made your home planet..."

Opal said: "I'm not from the God of War galaxy."

Anta nodded, and said seriously: "He likes the retro cultural style, selectively introduces science and technology, and maintains a certain characteristic of the mercenary country, which has been eaten away by science in many galaxies. It is a kind of... It is called a product of planetary culture."

Opal understood a little bit, Rector also mentioned this before, he took a sip of scented tea and asked, "What is this in your hand?"

"The earliest book." Anta handed the book to him, and said, "Before the Guang Era, it was written by a poet in the golden age on Earth. This is an inscribed version."

Like a child, Opal flicked through a few pages. Like his reports, they were all written on paper.

Anta looked at Opal flipping through the book: "Now the carrier of information in the universe has changed, and people have also changed. Not many people are willing to patiently experience love, and they all take sex as the starting point, buy a dream machine and fantasy music , to fulfill all the desires of human beings. To reproduce offspring, you only need to submit a few cells to the life gene company, take a few chromosomes, find the mother, match them, and then pay a small fee. Sometimes the government will give you in order to increase the birth rate. Allowance to help you raise your offspring."

Opal said: "I know this. It is a good thing that females no longer have to go through the pain of childbirth."

Anta nodded and said regretfully: "This structure has resulted in the equality of men and women in the Cosmos Alliance, and the recognition of same-sex unions has promoted the development of the entire era. It has also caused the love of common people to gradually die out among the stars. Love and marriage have become luxuries linked to politics, money, etc... Only Lejason is still singing about love in the ancient times, and these verses are handed down from the golden age... It has existed for a long, long time..."

Opal said: "Ma'am, but there is still love in Liexing, for example, a guy named Wrench I know, and his girlfriend..."

Anta smiled slightly and said, "And my husband, he used to have it."

Opal said: "Well, I don't mean to offend, but it's true."

Anta said: "I have a book, you can read it if you like."

The maid went in and took out a book. It was a theory of interstellar love written by a scholar of the Republic. Opal turned a few pages, and the writing was a bit obscure.Anta said: "I like reading this kind of paper book, and I am not used to the electronic holographic medium used by your young people."

Opal: "What is this mainly about?"

Anta said: "Explains the polarization of love and marriage in the interstellar civilization. In some uncivilized primitive places, it may give birth to mutual attraction between the sexes or the same sex. Until the middle class of society, love gradually dies out, and then to the pyramids. At the top, rich people treat it as a game for entertainment."

Opal nodded slowly, remembering that on planet B-11, the miners were a group of people who broke away from the interstellar civilization, and there were many loves among them, like One-Eyed Ugo and his wife.

"My genes are not perfect." Opal said: "My mother gave birth to me, just like people on the original planet."

Anta comforted: "That's a good thing, my child, the mother's body is a person's final spiritual destination."

"Thank you." Opal said emotionally, "You are very wise."

Anta smiled and stopped talking. Opal took the book with him, sat down in front of the console, and read it carefully.The author of this book, Hirokos, mentioned that love is affected by hormones, and then proposed the uniqueness of love to the individual.

Through multi-ethnic observation and analysis, Hirokos believes that the original code of "sex-love" for the purpose of reproduction has gradually faded in human genes.Instead, it is a higher level of love - the emotional support of mutual attraction between individuals regardless of gender, looking for the same kind, and completing the transformation from lonely individuals to companionship.

This kind of love tends to admire and resonate deep in the soul, and aims to accompany each other. In the process, it will also be expressed through the direct means of sex to show that each other is honest and surrendered their last reservations.

The impact of science and technology on the original emotions of intelligent life individuals has reached a higher level. The indifference of love and friendship may lead human beings to the destruction of the group, or they may establish a new emotional relationship...

Opal glanced at Raymond.

He felt that the book made sense. Looking back on his previous life, he didn't know what Anta missed about her home planet. At least Opal himself didn't have any special dependence on the Chiyan galaxy.Perhaps it was because she had never been a miner.

In those days, he had almost no real friends, only some coworkers, and their goal was to save their own money to buy a boat ticket and go to a new life separately.It wasn't until he arrived at the God of War that he felt the friendship between the mercenaries. No matter how long they dug or chatted for many days, they couldn't get it back. It was a relationship of mutual trust between life and death.

The hotel owner said that he would fall in love with this place one day, and perhaps he would never forget the feeling of living and dying together.

Raymond is a good comrade in arms, they are together, fighting for the task...

Opal's mind was filled with random thoughts, and he flipped through page after page. The book was very thin. He read it all afternoon, and finally covered his face with the book and fell asleep.

Six hours later, Opal woke up again, and heard the sound of the maid frying eggs in the warehouse, and even brought up many daily necessities.Mrs. Anta was spreading the table and said, "Children, let's eat."

Raymond yawned, put his foot down on the console, and came over to eat.

"Ma'am, do you know Star Knight?" Opal suddenly thought of this, Madam Anta lowered her head and cut a piece of steak, and said casually: "Yes. The epic heroes in the dark age have become legends, but many stories point to a fact , they do exist.”

she knows!Opal was shocked, he tried his best not to show it, and asked, "What kind of person is Star Knight?"

"Rather than talking about people." Mrs. Anta said: "It's better to ask, what kind of organization are they?"

"The 1th year of the Era of Light is the Bronze Age in history. The legend about the Temple of the Stars exists in the dark period after the end of the Bronze Age." Mrs. Anta took a sip of the iris wine and said in a daze: "This period in history is caused by the fact that technology has reached the peak since human beings explored the universe, and robots have become new productive forces..."

Raymond stopped his movements and narrowed his eyes, as if he was very interested in this.

"Do you know about humanoid life forms?" Raymond asked.

Anta nodded and said: "Some artificial life that uses human cells to clone and install control chips, although the Star Alliance Ethics Association expressed strong protests, but the Star Community insists on adopting this method. After all, robots There is no intellectual curiosity, no emotional thinking, and the human brain can learn a lot.”

Opal recalled that Rector also mentioned this period of history, and he asked, "Is it called the Wisdom Revolution?"

Anta said approvingly: "Smart revolution, at that time science and technology almost replaced everyone's life, human beings only need to use a spine chip to control artificial life, artificial life controls machinery, and even robots will not be needed in the future, repair and maintenance The cost is too high. Artificial life is based on genetics and biological cell cultivation technology. They can be self-sufficient and create wealth until these humanoid life forms set off a revolution that intends to replace human beings and become the ruler of the universe food chain. "

"This revolution lasted for nearly 100 years and plunged human society into a long darkness."

"They all ended up being destroyed," Opal said.

Anta said: "Yes, the consequences of the revolution are very serious. The interstellar community is divided into an empire and a republic. At this time, a certain monitoring center sent their envoys."

"They ended the revolution, destroyed all artificial life, and restored the cosmic order to a state of balance between chaos and order."

"Next, human beings fell into reflection. The entire universe was still a mess, and then for nearly a thousand years, many precious historical materials were lost, and there was a fault in the era. Then, the interstellar civilization gradually recovered with the help of the star knights order, the remaining clone research labs have been eradicated."

"Since then, intelligent robots have been no longer developed, and many galaxies have begun to pursue a return to nature, retro and the coexistence of humanity and technology, which has become what we see now. The Cosmic Joint Scientific Research Organization advocates the coexistence of human nature and progress, and no longer Over-reliance on technology."

"There is another point about the legend of the Star Knights. The founder of the empire, the first Leo Emperor, mentioned that they came from a place called the Temple of the Stars. It is said that there is the central axis of the entire universe, but because of the expansion coefficient of the universe Limits, close to the center point, the space will show some strange characteristics, after leaving the starry sky gate, it is almost impossible to reach the place relying on the power system of the spacecraft."

Lei Meng, who had been listening quietly all this time, suddenly said, "Now there are spaceships with built-in transition functions."

"Yes, some people have been trying to find it in recent years. Although the Republic did not say so publicly, I believe there must be an exploration plan linked to it. The biggest problem is that there is no star map." Anta said: "No one knows its location. Many people still stubbornly believe that the Star Knight really exists, and it is not just a legend."

"Is Star Knight strong?" Opal asked.

"It's hard to define." Anta said: "Their purpose is to maintain the order of the stars, and they may have some special abilities. The legend is invincible, of course, it is only in the legend."

Opal asked, "Compared to Azeroth?"

Anta laughed, shook his head slowly, and finally said: "Maybe he is a little better than uncle. I always think he is a very ordinary person."

"Do you think what she said is true?"

After dinner, Opal and Raymond lay down on the swivel chair and took a nap. Raymond kept thinking about something and was a little distracted. Opal patted him on the shoulder, and Raymond turned around and said, "What?"

Opal said: "Dark Age, star knights..."

Lei Meng said casually: "Maybe, do you want to lie down and sleep? Cover with a quilt."

Opal shook his head and said, "She knows a lot."

"Historian." Raymond said: "It's normal to live for hundreds of thousands of years."

Opal said: "She also makes people feel... I like her very much, and I am very interested in chatting with her..."

"The temperament is very good." Raymond said.

Opal said: "Why doesn't her husband like her?"

Lei Meng said: "How do I know? I don't love you anymore. I never understand you... I don't understand these things. Are you going to marry her?"

"Of course not." Opal couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, love and marriage seemed to be something far away from him.He asked again, "Do you have someone you like?"

"I already told you, no." Raymond replied without thinking.

Opal asked again: "Do you have any thoughts of marriage?"

Raymond said, "Not much more."

Opal shrugged, didn't mention this matter anymore, took a quilt and went to sleep, he closed his eyes, felt Raymond watching him while meditating, opened his eyes and asked in bewilderment: "What?"

Raymond didn't answer, and seemed to be asleep.

Arrived at the Maruka planet, which is the fashion capital of the third spiral arm of the Milky Way. The eyes behind the opal sunglasses were dumbfounded. Mrs. Anta was familiar with the road, and took them to the clothing city of the Maruka star after leaving the tarmac. .

There are handsome men and beautiful women in luxurious costumes and jewels everywhere. Mrs. Anta stood in a clothing store and said, "I want to wear the best clothes and meet my new rival in love."

"Oh dear." A male designer said softly, "I think you look good. There are really not many women who can wear the long dress designed by Mr. Maha Viper."

Opal and Raymond stood on the other side, picked up a long dress from the hanger, and the holographic price tag floated out - 30 credits.

Raymond: "..."

Opal: "..."

"She can actually buy a general-purpose long memory cloth." Opal said casually: "Buy another electronic fashion magazine, let the tailor robot enter the interstellar Internet password according to the style on it, and you can directly make a ready-made garment. Next time To change the style and let the robot remove the original clothes..."

Raymond said: "I want one, but I can't afford it. There are only two types of people in this world who can wear handmade clothes. The rich play retro, and the poor have no money and can't afford memory cloth, so they have to buy ordinary clothes. Cloth ready to wear..."

Opal shrugged and said, "So we belong to the category of the poor."

"What about this one?" Mrs. Anta was wearing a light blue gauze dress, and the pleats on the skirt were gently undulating like sea tides.

"Baby." The male designer tsk-tsk said: "I'm so fascinated, I really want to pursue you now."

Mrs. Anta smiled, turned around and said, "What do you think?"

Opal: "Looks good."

Raymond nodded without expressing any opinion.

Mrs. Anta said: "You two also need a dress."

Raymond immediately said: "No, I don't need it."

Opal also said: "It's too expensive, I can't afford it."

Mrs. Anta said: "Count it into the allowance, choose."

Raymond was really speechless about this task, and he was a little impatient. Opal took a few glances and decided not to. The designer came over and said, "Oh, you two have very good figures. If you don't know How to match, let me help you choose..."

Unprepared, Opal blocked his face and touched his hands on his chest, and said, "I'm not used to wearing a dress... I haven't worn it at all! Stay away from me! Thank you for your kindness!"

"What do you do?" The male designer said, "Let me measure your waist..."

As he said that and hugged him, Opal said awkwardly: "Let it go... let it go!"

"Hmm..." the male designer said, "Don't be so shy..." He turned to Raymond.

Raymond said: "What do you want to do, don't touch me, I will do it myself!"

Mrs. Anta said: "Honey, please don't bully my guests."

"Okay." The male designer winked at Opal, turned around and fetched a scanner, and scanned their whole body measurements with a few beeps.

Opal said: "I'm just a mercenary."

"You all need a decent dress." Mrs. Anta said indifferently: "Just treat it as going to play with an old lady."

Both Opal and Raymond were changed into dresses. Opal wore a gray-blue dress vest with a double-breasted collar, a white shirt, and a neatly tied tie. He lowered his head and fastened the platinum cuff buttons on the cuffs. Looking at himself with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the mirror, he felt uncomfortable.

Lei Meng wore a dark red suit jacket with a narrow waist, broad shoulders and long hands, and two shirt collar buttons were unbuttoned, revealing a strong bronze complexion, very sexy.

Mrs. Anta signed the bill without even looking at it, and got into the car to go to the Jewelry City. Opal was still thinking about the price of the clothes, and whispered from behind: "Can this dress be refunded? There are tens of thousands of credits..."

Raymond was wearing a shirt, with his suit jacket on his arm. He glanced at Opal and said, "You can try wearing this suit when you go home. There must be many people chasing you."

Opal made a "fuck you" gesture, and this time they didn't follow them into the store, so as not to be forced to add any decorations.The two sat side by side on the chairs by the side of the road and watched the scenery. People were coming and going, and they were all wearing the most high-end clothes.

Three green long-necked men with a head propped on their long necks, wearing dark red suits similar to Raymond's style, passed by and gave them a gloomy look.

Opal squirted the drink out.

Raymond was expressionless.

"What kind of alien is this?" Opal put his arm around Raymond's shoulder and teased.

"I haven't seen it before." Raymond said coldly.

"What about that?" Opal held the hand holding the canned drink, and pointed towards the opposite side.

Raymond stared sideways at Opal.

"Madam asked." The maid came out and asked, "Are you two lovers?"

Opal immediately said: "No, it's just a comrade-in-arms, what's wrong?"

At that moment, both of them were a little embarrassed, and the maid said, "Your earrings are the same style, do you need to change a pair of gemstones? Madam will pay for it."

Opal turned his head to let her see, and said, "This is just a long-distance communicator, you can't change it casually."

Feeling very uncomfortable, Raymond took off the ear buttons and put them in his shirt pocket.

Neither of them spoke, Opal's claws moved away from Raymond's shoulders consciously, and after waiting for a long time, Mrs. Anta came out wearing a blue necklace, and on her wrist was a golden arrow inlaid with broken gemstones. white bracelet.

The entire ring-shaped band bracelet presents a rainbow-like dreamy color, changing gradually from red to blue, as if shrouded in a layer of light brilliance.

The necklace pendant is a small swimming fish, as if there is an ocean flowing in it.

Even her maid also put on a luxurious, princess-like attire, with a light green hair clip on her hair. The green light in the hair clip is like an ancient tree, sticking to her long brown hair, flowing With the light of life.

"Now go to the charity fundraiser." Mrs. Anta held her handbag and said gracefully: "You can treat it as if you are here to make trouble, please don't restrain yourself."

Raymond and Opal finally breathed a sigh of relief.