Chapter 30: The Truth of the Matter
Entering the infirmary, Su Marie, who was lying on the hospital bed, had already woken up, although her face was still not very good-looking. Su Jin stepped forward in two steps and whispered in her ear, "They're here." ”
Looking at the "traitors" standing at the door, Su Marie shook her head helplessly, and said to them weakly: "The matter has come to this, and I will not hide it from you, I am afraid that I am the only one who knows the truth of this matter." ”
"What truth?" Li Xianglan took two steps out, stood beside Peng Lao and continued: "If you had let them return to Earth back then, would there still be these today? ”
"Hehehe, you really don't know anything", Su Marie asked her daughter to help her sit up, and then slowly told the truth of the matter.
When Sumarie first entered the downstream camp, her teacher told her that some things are not as simple as we see them.
As the Earth faces the arrival of an ice age, some experts have made assessments in different directions. One of them is that after the end of the Ice Age, the Earth will complete its self-repair and enter a new state of prosperity and continue to nurture life.
The second is that the ice age will last for hundreds of millions of years, and it is impossible to predict whether the Earth will be suitable for human life after that. In response, the coalition government has introduced a plan to build several ships for those who choose to leave.
Those who choose to stay will have access to all available resources in preparation for the ice age. However, there are also a lot of local safety regulations in this package.
"If the Earth really repairs itself, and after determining the identity of the human beings who choose to take a space odyssey, they must be unconditionally returned to Earth." After Su Marie finished speaking, she sighed.
Peng Lao glanced at Li Xianglan, and then blurted out: "But have you already determined their identities a few years ago?" ”
"Hahaha", Su Marie burst into a creepy laugh, and the frightened Li You took a few steps back, and then Su Marie moved her gaze to Peng Lao and continued: "Old Peng, Lao Peng, you are also like your family Lanlan, you are innocent and home." ”
Seeing the eyes of Peng Lao and Li Xianglan, Su Marie said: "That's right, I already knew that you two were tired, and the reason why I didn't debunk your undercover identity was just that I thought you could understand what I did, but, hey." ”
While Su Marie sighed, two people rushed in from outside the door, who were Su Jin's assistants.
"The radar shows that a spacecraft is approaching the Earth and will soon reach the top of the atmosphere!"
After hearing this, Su Marie sighed again and again, waved her hand at them, motioned for them to go out, and then said, "It's too late to do anything now, let's all go home and die." ”
Time passed quietly in her sigh province minute by minute, and Li You finally couldn't stand Su Marie's way of speaking, and shouted loudly: "Can you stop being so inkblotted, and quickly tell us what we are wrong, and we have to die to understand, right?" ”
After Li You's words, Su Marie finally put away her frustrated expression and said flatly: "Your mistake is that you didn't listen to my explanation and sent the coordinates." ”
"If we don't send out the coordinates, they will directly attack us." Li Xianglan said seriously at her.
Su Marie pouted and said, "After sending the coordinates, after they get to Earth, we will still die." ”
After listening to Su Marie's words, Li Xianglan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”
"After my teacher passed away, he left me a letter that was a secret order left by the captain of the fleet after the departure of the spaceship. It is encrypted with Caesar cipher, although this method has fallen behind, but it has become useful for people in the high-tech era. ”
Speaking of this, Su Marie asked her daughter to help her out of bed, but she didn't stop talking, looked at Peng Lao and said: "And the content of the letter is that if one day, they have the opportunity to return to Earth, they will definitely quote a sentence written in Latin before sending the first message." 'We're finally going home'. ”
Hearing this, most of the people present understood what was going on, and Li You was slightly skeptical: "You mean, there is no such sentence in the first message you received?" ”
"That's right, it's not in the message." After Li Xianglan finished speaking, she looked at Li You, frowned, and said thoughtfully: "Maybe I really got into trouble." ”
Sumarie staggered up to them and said, "You have indeed caused great trouble, and if I hadn't seen you as unpleasant, I might have told you these things." The monsters that appeared in front of us were not bred by the earth, and you should know this as an expert in this area. ”
Li Xianglan, who had a little doubt in her eyes, trembled and said, "You mean, those creatures are not what they use to scare us, but ...... Me, what have I done? ”
Su Marie walked to the door of the other ward on the left, turned around and said, "I'm afraid they have been polluted by space creatures, but don't blame yourself, there is also my responsibility here, if I had spoken out earlier, things might have gone in a better direction." Loosen your bonds, and I'll show them something." ”
After the tie was loosened, Li Xianglan was still stunned, and Li You saw that she didn't say a word, and hurriedly asked, "Aunt Li, are you okay?" ”
"It seems that I really thought wrong this time", she looked up at Li You and said, "If it is really like what Su Marie said, then the chance of us surviving is almost zero." ”
As soon as the door opened, Sister Hua saw the people inside, and interrupted the conversation between Li You and them with wide eyes and said, "Look, my brother is still alive!" ”
Several people hurriedly walked in, and Su Marie looked at them and said, "When our search team found them, they were already dying, and now the situation is just about to stabilize, and they are about to face death again. ”
"Needless to say, we've dealt with monsters before, and we're not invincible." Sister Hua said while touching her brother's forehead.
Su Marie looked at the people in the other beds and said seriously: "Li Xianglan, you should know the reproduction speed of that kind of monster, do you think we can confront them with our current conditions?" ”
In the face of Su Marie's question, Li Xianglan was silent, but Sister Hua became energetic and asked her rhetorically: "If they attack us in space, are we helpless?" ”
The two began to argue, and Li You was thinking about whether there was a way to save it from just now, after all, he had to bear some responsibility for the upcoming war. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration came to him, and he looked at the two of them and said loudly:
"Don't argue yet, I want to ask, if there is really no room for counterattack, would you like to go to space for a walk?"