Chapter 1 Tinder
The world is always full of countless unknowns and mysteries, and in 200,000 AD, mankind began to explore the universe. At this time www.biquge.info Shirea (an ordinary boy of only 10 years old) did not understand what kind of world he was going to lead to, and he was staying in the lounge of a frigate under the Werther fleet, concentrating on painting, painting blue skies and earths, forests and lakes on his scrolls, during which he and a middle-aged uncle walked side by side......
Speaking of the uncle in the painting, his name is Bonte, and he is his only relative. It is said that his parents died on an interstellar expedition shortly after he was born, so he was cared for by Uncle Bont from an early age.
This is a gray-haired middle-aged man with a big beard, bright eyes, bronzed skin, powerful muscles, and a rough appearance, but in fact he is careful and kind. He often depicted the beautiful scenery of the earth, the wonderful food, and sometimes even a few yellow pieces to Shirea when he was lonely...... Although Uncle Bont himself has never lived on Earth, he still talks with relish, so that Shirea does not feel lonely and lonely after losing his parents.
Now his greatest hope is to end this long, death-filled journey that has never ended, and to rediscover a new world with Uncle Bont that is said to have a blue sea and blue sky.
Just as Shirea was immersed in his reverie, a shrill siren interrupted his thoughts.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”
There was already chaos outside, and Shirea hurriedly grabbed the laser gun next to him and broke out of the lounge. The reality is so cruel that even children and women in the fleet undergo rigorous military training every day, because danger is always coming.
Everyone gathered in the ship's cabin and stood in line, and Uncle Bont pulled Shireya tightly to his side. Later, with a burst of heavy footsteps, the captain walked up to the stage with a nervous and serious face and said: "Everyone, just now I received a report from the reconnaissance ship ahead, we may be surrounded by a large group of gold-eating spiders, everyone is ready for battle, only by uniting as one can we break out!" ”
Then he formed the crew and assigned the specific area of responsibility, and finally the captain hesitated, and privately said to the lieutenant colonel in charge of science and technology next to him: "The threat we encountered this time is unprecedented, and our energy is no longer enough to supply the battleship for the next long-distance jump, I now order you to prepare a small escape ship, gather the children there, we must prepare for the worst......"
The lieutenant colonel was taken aback: "Captain, are we really going to be able to escape this time?" ”
The captain answered the lieutenant colonel's question with silence.
Shirea was lucky, it was his Uncle Bont who was in charge of the children's squad, looking at Uncle Bont who was busy reorganizing the squad, he held the gun in his hand tightly, compared to the other children, he did not seem afraid, perhaps influenced by the uncle, he looked forward to fighting side by side with the uncle.
Whenever he is alone in the empty room, he will always silently touch the photos of his parents, trying his best to imagine what kind of people his parents are, although everyone here treats himself like relatives, but except for Uncle Bonthe, he has not found the feeling of parents, maybe in his heart, Uncle Bont has been his biological father, this world is more terrible than death is loneliness.
"Number 17, number 17!"
A little boy next to him touched Shirea to bring him back to his senses, and hurriedly shouted, "Here!" ”
Uncle Bont looked at him reproachfully, and Shirea hurriedly bowed her head in shame.
The uncle then looked away from him and continued the roll call, and finally he shouted to everyone: "Young men, you will all be strong warriors in the future!" What is needed at critical moments is composure and calmness! There are only superiors and subordinates here, only orders and obedience, and if you hesitate or get distracted in battle, then you are likely to face death! Shirea you are a man, look up! ”
Shirea hurriedly raised his head and looked at Uncle Bonte, although the uncle's face was stern, but there was a hint of softness, encouragement, and even expectation in his eyes, anyway, Shirea felt a lot, maybe there were some things he couldn't read. Maybe it's just that you have a heart. Thinking of this, Shireya shook the laser gun in his hand again and encouraged himself, yes, he is a man, he must protect it with his own hands......
Suddenly, everyone felt that the ship began to tremble, and suddenly there was a panic, and Uncle Bont hurriedly ordered: "Don't panic! Stand up for me! ”
Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, but what they couldn't suppress was the growing panic in their hearts. The vibration became more and more intense, and Bonte's expression became more and more severe, and suddenly the headset in his ear began to vibrate, and Uncle Bont connected the signal and listened to the order silently, before hesitantly answering: "Yes!" ”
He was silent for a moment before shouting, "All the people listen to the order and gather to the escape ship!" ”
"What? Escape the ship's cabin? The team immediately began to stir, although everyone is not very old, but they have all experienced the baptism of war and life and death, and they know what it means!
One of the older boys in the group stepped forward and said firmly, "Captain, where are we going to flee?" Without the main ship, we simply cannot survive! And here are our parents and brothers, we will fight to the end, and swear to live and die with the main ship! ”
"That's right! Swear to live and die with the main ship! There was another bustling shout from the team, and although the others didn't say it, everyone had the same idea, that is, to stay.
Uncle Bont silently looked at the group of children in front of him, they were all good, but in order to preserve these "sparks" of human hope as much as possible, all sacrifices were necessary, and it was very difficult for him to give this order, but he vaguely guessed that this time it was really a catastrophe. Otherwise, the captain would not have given such an order, giving hope to the lifeless escape ship. Although the escape ship has a hundred times the jump range compared to the main ship due to its size, in the vast universe, this is no different from suicide!
Uncle Bont slowly pulled the last of his treasured cigarettes from his pocket (which is now almost extinct) lit it, inhaled deeply, and watched silently as the cacophony of the group fell silent.
Suddenly, he made an astonishing move, only to see him bend his knees and kneel down in front of everyone.
Everyone exclaimed, "Captain, what are you doing here?" Get up! ”
Bont choked up, "Children, I know that you are all warriors of the earth, but at the same time you are the hope of the earth!" It's not about running away, it's about finding hope! Maybe some of you have to face death, but I hope that those who live can pass on the fire! ”
Listening to Uncle Bonthe's slightly trembling voice, everyone fell silent, and finally moved towards the escape ship under the leadership of Uncle Bonthe......
Shirea almost fell into a state of stupor, too many thoughts and feelings stirred together, so that he could not clear his mind, until the moment Uncle Bont pushed him into the rescue cabin, he seemed to wake up, took the uncle's hand, choked up: "Uncle, let's go together!" ”
A hint of hesitation flashed in Uncle Bonte's eyes, but then he immediately became firm, he tried to make himself look relaxed and natural, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, an escape ship can only seat one person, and besides, I may not necessarily die, maybe there will be a moment when we meet again......"
He was about to say something more, but a shrill siren interrupted their conversation, and Uncle Bont slammed the door of the escape ship shut. At this moment, it was warm in the escape ship, but Shirea's hands and feet were cold, full of fear and loneliness of the unknown, and with a roar, one by one the escape ships were activated and rose to the splint. Shirea saw a terrifying scene through the window, as dense gold-eating spiders swarmed and pounced on the frigate to devour the metal on the surface. Many of the fighters were shooting wildly at the beasts with laser guns in hand or with naval guns, but to no avail, and even to force them to take a step back.
Seeing all this, Shirea shuddered unconsciously, and information about the gold-eating spider flooded into his heart, one of the most terrifying races that humans have encountered since entering the Andromeda Galaxy. It has the shape of a spider, the size of an elephant, and wings, and its flight speed is not inferior to that of a space battleship, and it usually lives on metal from meteorites, and this creature lives in groups! In all the battles that humans have encountered, only once have three ships managed to escape.
Therefore, if the fleet finds the gold-eating spider swarm early, it will directly choose to jump to avoid these terrible cosmic killers, but this is impossible for the Werther fleet, which has just performed a cosmic jump, and this gap has become a veritable time of death!
Shirea couldn't help but feel hopeless, the fleet was using all the only energy resources for their jumps! But Shirea soon stopped thinking and gradually lost consciousness under a great propulsion......
On the main ship of the Witte fleet, the chief captain looked for a long time in the direction of the departure of the escape fleet, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief, he turned his head to look at an officer behind him and asked, "All set?" ”
The officer in the back calmly replied: "Captain, don't worry! Each escape ship is launched at the location where there is the most likely planet of life. ”
The captain nodded, then turned his head and looked out the window, as if to see through the end of this vast universe, and said to himself, "God willing!" My children. ”