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"Drip, beep, beep..." The rapid beeping sound of the machine rang in the ear, Qi Nanjun opened his eyes from the dizziness, and the Ghost retreated crazily, because of the speed, the naked eye could no longer see the scene outside the cabin clearly.

"Tatu," Qi Nanjun resisted the discomfort during the transition, and said with difficulty, "Check the hull data..."

Tatu quickly operates on the console. As a robot, it has no transition reaction, so the tower body uses a special mechanical arm, and it is a pity that Qi Nanjun thinks that the shape of a dozen fingers is too real. It's too disgusting, so it only installed ten aluminum alloys in each of its robotic arms, that is to say, Tatu is now equivalent to the working speed of hundreds of humans.

The spaceship is moving forward at a super speed, the faster it goes, the faster it goes, an invisible magnetic field gradually changes the surrounding environment, Qi Nanjun can no longer think, his brain seems to be bent by torsion, and the feeling of dizziness makes him feel uncomfortable. Vomiting, the nostrils are already filled with the smell of rust.

He thought that his physique was beyond ordinary, but this unusual magnetic field and the pressure that even the cabin could not adjust made his body rise to an abnormal state until he could not see anything and felt top-heavy.

Human beings have struggled to survive in space so far. Although many difficulties have been overcome, many natural phenomena in space still kill people. Abnormal pressure, cosmic rays, particle storms, temperature imbalances, etc. may cause people to fall into Danger.

Qi Nanjun once felt that he could no longer hold on. His tenacious consciousness kept him awake. Under the extreme imbalance of his body, he seemed to see a dark phantom. In the phantom, there were wreckage of fighter planes, staggered flying Channels and broken pixels.

Qi Nanjun felt that this scene was very familiar.

Like... the scene before he entered the virtual game.

Yes, in the previous life, he encountered rebels in Fortress B612 and was forced to self-destruct his fighter plane. Later, Professor Connor loaded his spiritual power into the virtual world in the retrospective plan, and sent his consciousness back from the year 209 of the new era. 202 years.

Before entering the virtual world, he also saw such a phantom.

No, this shattered chaotic area seemed to have an extra layer of light curtain. This blue light curtain tightly surrounded him, and fragments of broken pixels floated from all around.

Qi Nanjun felt that everything in front of him was not so real... Maybe he had hallucinations, maybe he had fainted a long time ago, but his consciousness still didn't stop - because he couldn't touch the console, and he couldn't see Tatu who was working fast .

His consciousness came to another place.

An entrance like entering a virtual world.

Qi Nanjun struggled to look at those pixels, but unfortunately, he couldn’t see anything clearly. He tried to touch the pixels, but these pixels were as insubstantial as clouds. Of course, Qi Nanjun couldn’t tell whether it was an optical illusion caused by his own lack of entity .

Just when he was confused, he seemed to see a clear pixel fragment!

Because that piece of debris seems to be a "wormhole"!

He can recognize it at a glance because during this year, he has studied the wormhole he traversed countless times. Although there is no more information, he relied on the supercomputer Tatu to build a wormhole model, which is A spider web-shaped bottleneck model, and Qi Nanjun clearly saw that this fragment was the original model of Tatu!

Before Qi Nanjun caught the fragment, time seemed to be stuck, and Qi Nanjun's movement of reaching out was infinitely slowed down, frame by frame, and the entire phantom world seemed to be divided into countless changing geometric figures.

Space-time seems to be frozen.

— Or, he has entered the time capsule.

Natural wormholes are different from transition points. In the wormhole area, the higher the energy of the magnetic field, the less stable the flow rate of time and space—the reason why the survivors in the restricted area thought they had spent many, many years was that Because he strayed into the time capsule of a natural wormhole, in the time capsule, he thought that more than ten years or even a hundred years had passed, but in fact, only a few months had passed since the New Era.

Fortunately, Qi Nanjun's luck has never been so bad.

After the slow tape, there was an orderly and slow sound of "di, di" again, which seemed to be the sound of a machine warning. Qi Nanjun felt that everything in front of him was traced back, and then he was pulled away and missed.

After a distorted blur, his eyes returned to normal.

Tatu was tapping the console quickly, and everything in the cabin was in place.

The data from the light screen also indicated that the Ghost had passed through the area where the magnetic field fluctuations were the most turbulent.

"Tatu..."

"Dear master, the energy response of the channel is higher than expected, but the hull data of the Ghost has returned to stability, the power system is damaged by 23%, and the energy consumption has increased by 580% compared to the original plan. The current coordinates are unknown, and the distance from the Apocalypse Fortress is unknown. The core source The remaining energy is 9%... It is now September 204, 9 in the new era, and it is only 1 seconds before we cross the transition point. In the energy-saving mode, the ghost can still run for four years and five months, and the countdown has started. Master, Tatu has already We worked very hard, but we paid a huge price for this leap..."

Qi Nanjun stared at the data on the light screen. He thought it had been a long time, but in fact it was only 62 seconds... He already understood the time and space that the survivor spent in the time capsule.

His inner world has long changed, but the starry sky remains unchanged.

It took a long time before he said, "It's okay, Tatu."

It doesn't matter, this world is always more difficult for pioneers, and the unknown journey is always rough.

When he was determined to cross the transition point of qualitative change, the danger had already accompanied them, but if he didn't try, everything would go on as usual. After 23 years, the Ghost would stop running due to exhaustion of energy, and finally perish in the universe.

Well, now he is just destroyed ahead of time.

Same way.

This night, Tatu seemed unusually silent. Although Tatu, an artificial intelligence, sometimes seemed a little artificially retarded, during this year, Tatu tried to simulate the human thinking mode as much as possible, and often chatted with Qi Nanjun, although he started talking Very embarrassing, for example, Tato would say every morning, "The temperature in the cabin is very suitable today."

At this time, Qi Nanjun would always look at it speechlessly, "Isn't the constant temperature system under your control?"

For another example, when it’s lunch time, Tato will joke, “I wish I could have such delicious beans every day.”

Qi Nanjun couldn't bear it anymore, "Recognize the reality, you are just a robot, and you don't need to eat beans."

In the embarrassing conversations again and again, the purpose is to make Qi Nanjun feel that he is not alone in this accident, so that his drifting in time and space becomes more humane, so that he will not fall into "spiritual loneliness".

Of course, all of this is a summary of experience obtained from Tatu's knowledge base.

But tonight's Tatu seems to be a bit of a departure from that experience.

"Tatu?" Qi Nanjun took the initiative to talk to it, "Four years and five months are actually a long time, just enough for me to finish studying quantum engineering. Maybe by that time, we can find a way to create a space-time wormhole by ourselves." Coincidentally, the day after four years and five months happened to be the day when Qi Nanjun died in his previous life, and fate had already been arranged somewhere.

Qi Nanjun knew that his words were just to comfort it, but he never expected that a robot also needs comfort.

Fortunately, Tatu quickly exposed his lie: "Master, the creation of wormholes requires extremely strong spiral magnetic fields and gravitational forces. This is not your family's agricultural product. It can produce milk if it says it wants to produce milk."

Qi Nanjun smiled, "Save the modeling of the wormhole passage this time."

Day after day, with a knowledge base like Tatu and artificial intelligence to accompany it, it is not difficult to pass the time in space.

Since the last encounter with the transition point, the Ghost has never encountered any transition point, but encountered a large-scale ray burst. Since Tatu maintained the Ghost properly, there was almost no damage to the defense system. The accident was carried over without any risk.

The only thing I don’t know is whether it’s bad or lucky, this storm brought them to a star-dense area. There are many stars in this area, and there is even a tidal-shaped star group similar to a stellar halo.

"Tatu... maybe one day, the Ghost will be recorded in history."

"Master, you have already been recorded in history—the exploration spaceship in the Emerald Galaxy that dared to enter the natural wormhole, and even brought a warship into the restricted area. I am afraid there is no one else but you." Tatu's cold humor continued. here we go.

Qi Nanjun didn't bother to quarrel with it, his attention was all attracted by this star field, it's a pity that the energy of Ghost was almost exhausted, otherwise he would really enter this star field to explore.

But he endured it, and just wrote down the coordinates of this star field in the voyage record. For him, going home is more important.

Another half a year later, one morning, while Qi Nanjun was taking care of the delicate rose, Tatu's voice suddenly sounded in the cabin, "Master, do you still remember the abandoned artificial transition point last time?"

"Yeah." Of course Qi Nan will not forget.

"Tatu detected this transition point nearby - the last failure was because the gravitational force of the wormhole had too much influence on it, but this time the abandoned transition point was not affected by the natural wormhole. And 45 hours later , affected by the ray burst, the β star in this star field turns to the vicinity of the star, and the particle flow will cause large-scale disturbances, including this transition point."

While Tatu was speaking, Qi Nanjun had already opened the simulation scene of this transition point, "This particle storm will change the gravitational force of the abandoned transition point."

Tatu said, "Yes, according to calculations, the impact of this particle storm happens to be similar to the gravitational force produced by natural wormholes, which is equivalent to the temporary core source of the jump point. If we can enter the coordinates of the restricted area under the influence of the storm Entering the transition point, there may be a 50.00% probability of returning to the restricted area."

"What happens if the gravity of the storm is too large or too small?"

"Too much gravity will consume all the remaining energy of the Ghost, and too little gravity will take the Ghost out of this star field and into another unknown area."

"That is to say, we only have this chance?" The energy of the Ghost is no longer enough for the next jump. If they choose to cross the abandoned jump point during this storm, if they fail, they will face the dilemma of being unable to continue.

"Yes, master. According to calculations based on observational data, this abandoned transition point is the only chance for the Ghost to leave this star field. If you miss this opportunity, you may only be able to meet another large-scale battle in the next 208 days. A storm strong enough to change the gravity of the jump point, provided that the abandoned point is still within a reasonable range of the storm."

Qi Nanjun thought for a while, but did not make a decision. Instead, he teased Tatu, "It's rare, you have become less conservative." Even though Tatu didn't say anything, before Lord Qi Nan made his decision, Tatu warned him.

"Master, I am very sorry to tell you one thing. I have read your voyage diary—although you have not restricted my authority, Tatu knows that it is impolite to peek at other people's diaries. I am really sorry, Tatu cherishes every minute and every second with you... But Tatu hopes that the master can get or get close to his ideal life in his lifetime..."

Qi Nanjun smiled softly, "I didn't write down my ideal life in the voyage diary."

Tatu paused, and finally couldn't help but said, "Master, didn't you find out? You even have to write down your dreams in the voyage diary." Tatu read it out in order to prove that he did not remember wrongly or nonsense. , "On January 205, 1 of the new era, I had a dream. With the help of Professor Connor three years ago, I woke up from the game on this day. I met an old friend—"

"Stop." Qi Nanjun felt a subtle sense of shame when his diary was read out.

"Well, anyway, you really want to go back." Tatu came to a conclusion.

Qi Nanjun did not deny it.

On February 205, 2, the new era, the Apocalypse Fortress.

After that failed experiment, Zhou Lengbai was in a coma for quite a long time. When he woke up, he continued to search. After more than half a year of hard work, the seven combinations that Professor Connor found at the beginning have all been tried. complete.

"The last channel test report did not find any traces of the Ghost." Professor Connor said wearily, "We can only find a new way..."

For more than 200 days, the entire search team accompanied Zhou Lengbai to conduct navigation experiments to open the restricted area time and time again, and they were exhausted.

Not only the search team, but even the military academy trade union spontaneously organized the restricted area research and search work, led by Rhine, Roy, and Quinn. Rhine graduated a few months ago, and then the entire team was led by Roy Yi and Quinn, but still nothing.

"Professor Connor, we can wait, but he can't wait any longer." Zhou Lengbai said calmly.

"I know you're impatient, but you also have to consider the reality. Not to mention exploring the restricted area, even an expedition to no-man's land requires sufficient preparation. Our experiment failed and we couldn't get any useful data. Maybe the direction wrong……"

"I know, professor. But I think our direction is right, many times... I mean, every time I enter the forbidden area and jump, I feel that I am very close to him." Zhou Lengbai's voice was a little illusory, and Kang Na Wudu heard some frightening emotions here, "I think I've found it soon."

"...you need to rest. Your body can no longer handle high-intensity jumps."

Under normal circumstances, an astronaut would be overloaded if he performed more than two consecutive jumps. Even an astronaut with the best physical fitness would not be able to jump continuously within a year and a half. Zhou Lengbai's workload had already reached its limit.

"If this goes on, you'll fall down before anyone is found," Connor said.

Zhou Lengbai looked at him with light glass-colored eyes, "Professor, I trust my intuition."

Connor sighed, he had seen too many determinations in these eyes, and this failure also created some negative emotions for himself-no one is strong enough to fully absorb failure, unless he There is an obsession in your heart that you must complete something.

This kind of obsession seems to be attached to his will, becoming his thoughts and reasons for living.

"Okay." In the end, Connor didn't know whether it was a compromise or he was infected by Zhou Lengbai. "The union sent me a document. They found some precious video data in the memory sponge left by the survivors..."

"Zhou Lengbai, have the research team received the interview data this time? We have captured some pictures in the memory of the survivors," Quinn sent the information to Zhou Lengbai's terminal, "This scene is the impression of the survivors. One of the most poignant images, and we suspect that this survivor is very similar to the scene during the jump of the Haloxy!"

Zhou Lengbai received the report, "You mean, after the survivors entered the restricted area, they had crossed the transition point?"

"Very likely! In the past few days we have been analyzing the seven transitions day and night, and we found that there was an article in the area of ​​the natural wormhole belt that the planetary belt was very unstable, and the asteroids inside would collide with each other. The gravitational force generated by these planetary movements is enough to form a wormhole again!" Quinn's voice was full of hidden excitement, and he felt as if he had peeped into the secret of the restricted area.

"Not only that, we also detected the magnetic field of the transition point in that area! Maybe our direction is right, but after the Ghost entered that star field, it was sent to other places by the transition point!"

Zhou Lengbai stabilized his mind, "Which time was it?"

Quinn quickly understood what he was referring to, "The first group! That's when you made the first leap! The star field you arrived at that time was extremely unstable because of the magnetic field, and there were only the wreckage of the Lin family's warship. We all I thought that there was no trace of the Ghost, and finally decided to continue the experiment. In fact, the Ghost was very likely to be taken to another star field at that time, and the unstable magnetic field is the evidence!"

Zhou Lengbai quickly came to his senses, "Then just need to arrive again..." As long as they go again, they can prove whether their assumption is correct.

"It's only 10 minutes before Star Beta turns to the stellar region." Tatu was making a broadcast, "Master, are you ready?"

Qi Nanjun lazily put on the equipment. In case of an accident during the transition, if something happens to the Ghost, he can still enter the deep sleep through the rescue cabin.

When the last moment came, Qi Nanjun put the temporary mask on the roses, "Remember to take it with you."

"Yes, Master."

The huge vortex reappeared, and Qi Nanjun took a deep breath. Although every adventure was a life-and-death struggle for him, this time, he had a premonition that the road home would start soon.

Because he already had the experience of jumping for the first time, this time the process was very short, almost as soon as a dazzling white light came on, Zhou Lengbai immediately calibrated the course.

Compared with the hallucinations that appeared due to the influence of gravity and so on during the transition before, there were no surprises this time.The curly space is presented in a very incredible way.

Zhou Lengbai is different from other astronauts. He likes to stare at the scene during the transition. When the spaceship enters a boundless sea of ​​stars, it often brings people a sense of boundless fear—whether this fear is No matter how many times you experience it, it will leave a horrible impression in the minds of astronauts.

Most people will be tortured by this fear, but Zhou Lengbai can only find a trace of truth in this fear.

"Keep this route in mind, and remember to wait for our confirmation after arriving at the coordinate point. Once the Sosuo loses contact, we may not be able to help you."

Under the repulsion of a strong magnetic field, the Sosuo came to a desert star belt with a huge traction force. This star belt hardly appeared on the existing map. The only thing that is certain is that this is the bottom of the Emerald Galaxy. The edge of the farthest galaxy.

"Communication is being established...connecting...97%...connected successfully!" Zhou Lengbai looked at the information uploaded from the light screen, and the project team activated the most advanced detection equipment to analyze the artificial transition point that was once stationed here complete.

"It was an artificial jump point 120 years ago. The largest carrying capacity could pass through a warship. This is the edge star of the Emerald Galaxy. Due to multiple stellar storms, its gravitational force has been distorted. And it just so happened! According to the simulation, this place should be A natural wormhole has appeared, that is to say, the natural wormhole here may take the jump point away!"

Although it sounds absurd, it is precisely this absurdity that may explain why there is no shadow of the Ghost in the seven sets of channels.

"When will the next time... the next magnetic field change?" Zhou Lengbai's voice was trembling.

"The next change in the magnetic field should be when the wormhole reappears! But we need to grab... wait...unstable..." The communication over there seemed to be disturbed by something, mixed with the sound of noisy electric current, Quinn The voice gradually disappeared from the communication.

Zhou Lengbai frowned. He could not see the sun for a long time in space travel, and his complexion became paler. Coupled with his deep facial features, he could almost be said to have a vampire-like complexion in ancient times.But if it is not necessary, he insists not to leave the Apocalypse Fortress, at most he will go back to overhaul the Hock Soo, and immediately start a new search.

Zhou Lengbai turned on the external monitoring screen, and the swaying meteors streaked across the space, and the stars were scattered everywhere. It originally belonged to a romantic sky, but at this moment, in Zhou Lengbai's eyes, there is only a cold night sky here.

Suddenly, an inexplicable storm formed right in front of him, and within a few seconds, a vortex center of the storm was folded——

A look of astonishment appeared on Zhou Lengbai's handsome pale face. Even though the Susuo had been equipped with stabilization equipment, it was almost in an extremely unstable state due to the strong gravitational attraction.

Zhou Lengbai almost gritted his teeth and drove the Sosuo to escape from the center of the storm vortex. However, before he was completely away from the center of the storm, he saw a stacked spaceship that he had been thinking about day and night coming out of the vortex. Like a clumsy baby elephant in the strong gravity, trying to break free from the erosion of the flood.

At that moment, Zhou Lengbai almost became a stiff watcher's stone.

Two years... more than 600 days and nights, in his dreams, in his imagination, in the crevices where all his blank moments would be occupied, this spaceship will always quietly occupy all his mind.

Almost all the ecstasy, shock, and joy can't describe his mood at the moment, his spine is pierced by a cold chill, the string in his mind is tighter than ever, and the appearance of the Ghost will snap this string It broke instantly.

Zhou Lengbai stared at the spaceship without moving. He didn't dare to blink, move, or even breathe. He was afraid that all this was an illusion created by the huge gravitational force - he had already ascended in the last leap. After being fooled once, he couldn't bear the second shock.

Maybe it was a few seconds, maybe a few minutes, Zhou Lengbai felt that he was holding his breath, and his lungs were about to explode under the strong gravitational force, so he let out a breath, gradually recovering from the temporary imbalance, put aside the messy thoughts, and let the Keep yourself awake.

While driving the Sosuo, he turned on all the radars and skillfully entered the communication string number of the Ghost. If the Sosuo was about to escape from the center of the storm just now, the current Sosuo is fighting against gravity and is heading towards The Ghost moves.

Soon, a figure appeared on the communication screen—a young man whose face was still gentle and delicate. He was wearing the combat uniform of the Union Military Academy. The silver-white top fit his upper body, and the gray zipper directly stretched his neck into a nice line. The straight line made his gentleness a little tougher.

"Senior..." Zhou Lengbai opened his lips slightly, his eyes seemed to be scalded, and hot tears filled their sockets.

"Xiaobai, why are you crying?"

Returning from the distant galaxy, he finally heard it.