1916 Time is merciless
The big waves are coming!
Cooper, standing on the Ranger, keeps beckoning Doyle and Brand to return to the ship, but Brand still hopes to find the signal box so they can understand the data collected by Miller and further contribute to the plan to save the planet.
She found it.
However, this delay put Cooper and Doyle in danger of being destroyed by the waves, and Brand tried to remove the signal box from the wreckage, but not only did he succeed, but instead he fell into the water, and under the pull of strong gravity, it was difficult to even stand up.
Brand knew that she couldn't go back, so she shouted for Doyle and Cooper to leave first, ignore her, and just give her up.
Doyle can't help it, and Cooper can't help it. In desperation, Doyle sent Case to run quickly to save Brand, and he himself ran quickly towards the hatch, and Case had already run as hard as he could, but the waves were still sweeping at an even more terrifying speed, and it was too late to close the door automatically, forcing Cooper to choose to close the door manually.
Case took Bland and entered the Ranger first, and Doyle had already come to the hatch, Brand tried to reach out and grab Doyle's right hand and pull Doyle in, but the small waves set off by the huge wave had already taken the lead in swarming and swept Doyle away in an instant, and disappeared before Cooper could blink, and then Cooper had already closed the hatch.
Brand tried to shout loudly for Cooper to open the door again, but they had no chance before the waves were fully on the scene, and the Ranger looked like a dead leaf in the middle of the stormy sea, with no ability to resist, and the engine was flooded, which forced them to turn off the engine first to avoid damage to the engine and not be able to start again.
Rough!
A real storm!
It was as if you were actually in the middle of a tsunami whirlpool, with no resistance at all, and a huge wave crashing and then another crashing through, as if it could be broken into countless pieces at any moment, and the entire theater followed the Ranger through the bumps of a pirate ship.
The wave finally passed, but Cooper couldn't start the engine because there was so much water in the engine that it had to drain slowly and then wait for it to start, which took forty minutes to an hour, which made Cooper lose control, and also made Brand lose control.
"I told you to leave me alone, why didn't you listen?" said Brand, who roared angrily like a trapped beast, guilt tormenting her fiercely.
Cooper knelt down in front of Brand and roared with red eyes, "I'll tell you to come back quickly, what about you?" the difference is that only one of the two of us is focused on the mission!" Cooper angrily slammed his fist on the ground, venting all his emotions.
"You're all thinking about going home!" Brand slammed back without flinching, but they were both invaders trapped on an unknown planet, and neither of them knew what to do, "I just want to do the right thing!"
Cooper shook his head slowly, avoiding Brand's gaze, "Go tell Doyle these things." The rage caused him to plunge his dagger into Brand's chest, and the two of them only then remembered to take off their helmets, sweating profusely but looking like chickens in the soup.
Knowing that they would have to wait more than three quarters of an hour, Cooper's emotions spiraled out of control, "Water of Life, huh?" He spun around like a trapped beast, "How much does this cost us, ah? Brand!"
Brand seemed to have lost all his spiritual energy, and sat down on the ground, his eyes red and his head lowered, "A lot." Probably decades. ”
Cooper was panting like a cow, constantly controlling his emotions, he knew that anger would not solve the problem at all, but it was really a very difficult thing to do, and he had to divert his attention, "What about Miller?"
Judging by the pile of wreckage, she must have been smashed by the waves shortly after the ship landed. Brand was a little out of breath, but she tried to answer.
"Why is the wreckage still there after all this time?" Cooper didn't understand.
Brand closed her eyes tightly, and she was also aware of their negligence, a huge oversight, "because time passes very slowly here." On this planet, she may have just landed a few hours ago, and she may have died a few minutes ago. ”
One hour is equal to seven years.
And Miller and Mann set off ten years ago, plus Cooper and the others spent two years on interstellar travel, that is, Miller arrived here on this planet twelve years ago, that is, less than two years ago.
Case explains that "the signal Doyle receives is just the initial data, and it is sent over and over again. ”
"None of us expected this. Cooper shook his head repeatedly, he couldn't believe that all their judgments were wrong, and they weren't prepared in the slightest, so they crashed into it, "You only have a brain, and you only have the level of a Boy Scout when it matters!"
Brand finally raised his head, and his eyes slammed into Cooper with a sharp and tough look, "But just rely on this brain to go further than anyone else!"
"But it's not enough!" Cooper didn't buy it at all, his eyes burst out with unimaginable power, and he slammed down on Brand with a bang, "Now we're trapped here, and by the time we leave, probably everyone on Earth will be dead!"
Brand was hit by Cooper again before he could heal the "wound", she gritted her teeth, but she still couldn't control her breakdown, "I'm racing against time just like you, Cooper." "They should stop hurting each other, but they can't control it.
Cooper's brain finally calmed down a little, his eyes fell on Brand, he didn't say anything, turned around and walked to the driver's seat, "Is there any way we can jump into the black hole and then find the time that has passed?"
Brand also gritted his teeth, "Time is relative, okay? It can be stretched, it can be contracted, but ...... The only thing that can be unaffected by dimensions like time is gravity. ”
"Okay. Cooper also began to spin his brain, "The ...... 'creatures' that led us here, they communicate through gravity, right? Could they come from the future? If they can ...... with the past" then isn't it......
"They are creatures in five dimensions. Brand interrupted Cooper's whimsy, "In their eyes, time may be just another dimension of space, and in their eyes, the past may be just a canyon that they can jump into at any time, but what about the future? It may be a mountain range, they can climb it at any time, but we? we can't!"
Time is so unforgiving.
It was once said that it was impossible to live in heaven for one day and one year on earth, but now, they need to face the reality that one hour here and seven years on earth and every minute and second of delay here, earth time is moving fast, and the age gap between Cooper and Murphy and Tom will be rapidly narrowing.
Humanity has no means to change this fact.
The light in Cooper's eyes gradually dimmed, and his tone became softer, "Brand, my daughter was only eight years old at the time, and I didn't have time to teach her Einstein's theory of relativity before I left, and my son was only twelve years old. ”
The corners of Brand's mouth tugged slightly, "Can't you just tell her that you're going to save the world?"
"No, you can't. Cooper's tone was still gentle, but his eyes gradually became resolute, bursting out with a sonorous force, "When you have children, one thing becomes very clear, and that is to make your children feel secure, so you can't tell an eight-year-old that the end of the world is coming." ”
Brand didn't know how to respond.
"Cooper. The voice of CASE calling was heard again, and Cooper quickly stood up to take a look, and then saw another huge wave coming.
There is no time, although the engines have not yet been fully drained, they must leave now, otherwise they may be shot to pieces right here, just like Miller.
Forced drainage!Forced ignition!Forced take-off!Cooper brushed the edge of the wave away from the planet, while Doyle's body slowly surfaced, lifeless, waiting for the next wave.
By the time the Ranger returned to the mothership, Romilly was waiting for them, but he was much older, and the power of time had taken on a different effect between Romilly and Cooper and Brand.
Twenty-three years, four months and eight days.
Many of the audience in the screening room couldn't help but gasp, the low breathing did not fully sound, and then it was cut off one after another, which showed the ruthlessness of time more and more, for Cooper, for Brand, and for Romilli.
It's only been more than three hours on the planet, but beyond the planet is already a sea of vicissitudes.
Cooper returned to the cabin and began to look at the images that had been coming from Earth for the past twenty-three years, and he sat quietly, watching Tom's graduation, growth, family, and childbirth, and he became a grandfather, with a gentle smile in his eyes, but tears gradually appeared, hanging on his eyelashes, not falling off for a long time, only blurring his vision.
Father-in-law Donald died, Tom's son died, and Murphy never left any images, even Tom was ready to give up, because he never received any response, "It was as if they had drifted into space, disappeared into endless darkness." Perhaps, I should learn to let go. ”
Cooper sat motionless like this, his translucent eyes hidden in vague tears, he didn't cry, he didn't grieve, the smile on the corner of his mouth still rose slightly, but the desperate powerlessness slowly seeped out, and fiercely grabbed the heart of every audience in the screening room, tightened, tightened and tightened again.
In addition to powerlessness, it is still ...... Impotence.