32 Weak but strong

"Dreams?"

Wang Chen entered a pure white world, and a hazy feeling came to his face, but he was not depressed.

"It's a dream,...... his senses," his senses confirmed his doubts, "if I could see her......"

She didn't appear, but a melodious singing voice came from afar—

"Coming from a strange country, drifting across the ocean, a gentle breeze blows in my ears......" It turned out to be this song, Wang Chen felt hope, he jogged in the direction of the song, eager to see her.

As the song gets closer and closer, the surrounding white gradually fades, and the scenery gradually becomes clear...... Wang Chen finally found himself on a boat, an ancient wooden sailing ship, sailing quietly under the starry night. The high mast was erected, and the song seemed to come from the top of the mast, but there was no shadow of anyone there. I looked around, but I didn't see the starlight on the sea...... Because, at all, there is no sea at all:

This ancient sailing ship sails through the universe, and the direction facing the bow is the blue celestial body, the Earth.

Seeing the gem-like blue and the crystal and lovely sphere, Wang Chen couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know if I can go back......

At that moment, a red ray of light swept over the mast of the sailboat, and quickly hit the earth, turning into a small red dot. After a while, the red dot became bigger and bigger, flickering and expanding—only then did Wang Chen see clearly that the red color was actually a burning flame! Like a volcano with its mouth open, it is constantly burning around, and even the blue sea cannot escape the fate of being burned out. Soon, the flames engulfed the green of the land, obscured the ice of Antarctica, and vaporized the white clouds...... Until the flames covered the entire surface of the earth, if he didn't know its original appearance, Wang Chen even thought it was the sun.

He then looked back in the direction where the red light was flying: three pitch-black cigar-shaped spaceships were approaching his sailboat, sailing side by side in a majestic manner, their massive hulls obscuring the stars as they approached the mast and floated above. Then, the tail flame from the spaceship ignited the mast of the sailboat, and the blue flames began to pour down on the deck of the sailboat from top to bottom, Wang Chen had no place to stand before he could react, the flames quickly surrounded him, and the dancing flames were already smiling and approaching him-

- Dream, woke up.

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"AI, if you use the hibernation pod...... The latest, then we ...... So how long can humans survive? Say...... Is 100,000 years OK? ”

"It depends on how long you set to hibernate once and how long you live after waking up. Information received from the Watcher revealed that they planned to arrange for the crew to hibernate once for 1,000 years, wake up for 100 days, and then go into hibernation again, and the cycle repeats. Even if it spans 100,000 years, (for) the staff is just about 27 years of time. ”

"Twenty-seven years...... I see, then we can wait until the humans who fled to the past. So AI, if this side of the Earth finally finds a way to fight the Nt fleet, does it mean that the people on the Overwatch will ...... Will you live alone in the space station forever, and you can't go to another planet? ”

"Nope. The Overwatch and the 'capsule systems' are designed to be the same, and each 'capsule' is a small spacecraft in its own right, capable of manned missions. However, it needs to be towed by a cruising ship to take off and land on different planets, as the Overwatch will not approach any of them. ”

"In other words...... Capsule cannot depart from the Overwatch to other planets alone, and must be towed closer to the planet by a cruising spacecraft. On the other hand, after the Capsule takes off from the planet, it will need a cruising ship to return to the Watchman. Is that so? ”

"Yes. So the crew can take the 'capsule' to the planet he wants to go to, or he can take the 'capsule' to return to the ship when the next cruise ship arrives, and finally return to the Watcher. ”

"I see...... It's good to see how the new humans created civilization......"

"Any more questions?"

"Oh, and one last question: how do the crew solve the supply problem while sailing in the 'capsule'? After all, a voyage takes years, right? ”

"The cruising ship is equipped with four hibernation pods......"

"Huh? Yes! ”

"There will be a need for new humans to be tested in vivo, so this design is used."

"It's so well thought out...... Humans are cruel creatures...... Oh, thanks AI, I don't have a problem anymore. ”

"You're welcome, Wang Chen. Have a great day. ”

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“…… Someone has to come by...... Maybe it's not that bad......"

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The depression on the Minerva space station gradually calmed down over time, and Miller accepted Gao Jie's proposal to "rule by doing nothing" and not interfere with the emotional venting of the space station members, although there were several disputes between the members, but the overall operation of the space station was not disturbed in any way, and no personnel were harmed. In less than two weeks, the space station was back to its original order.

On June 27, the Capsule System, the last component of Project Stellar 4.0, arrived adjacent to Minerva and docked with the Watcher, traveling in the same direction as Minerva in the orbit of Jupiter. With the help of the PDA, the space station crew has taken pictures of the capsule system taken by the space station: from the outside, the "capsule system" is much larger and more complex than the watcher. The cruising spacecraft resembles a space shuttle, with a slightly shortened fuselage, no tail, and cockpit glass at the nose meaning it contains manually operated functions, where the four hibernation capsules the AI says are located.

The towing frame behind the cruising spacecraft was much larger than expected, and everyone thought it was just an ordinary steel shelf, but judging from the thick skeleton shape, it should include a transportation pipe, which is enough for humans to climb inside, so that the staff can move back and forth between the cruising spacecraft and the "capsule" through the pipes in these towing frames.

The most amazing thing is the "capsule" itself, there are three columns of "capsules" arranged at the back of the cruising spacecraft, each with three columns. The shape of the "capsule" is similar to that of a tanker truck commonly found on the highway, with a thick cylinder and no features. But nine such huge cylinders are arranged in the form of a nine-square grid, and they are still floating in the universe, and the visual effect is still quite shocking.

The entire "capsule system" is also silvery-white, which is particularly shiny against the background of the universe dominated by black.

"I really want to go in and have a look," Wang Chen said with the PDA, "Gao Jie, are you going to go and have a look?" ”

"I'll be exempt, but ......" Gao Jie sat opposite Wang Chen, she didn't concentrate on looking at the photos on the PDA, but stared at Wang Chen, and asked slowly: "I heard that you agreed to Miller's plan to go to the wormhole?" ”

"Ah, yes." Wang Chen replied casually, as if it was just an innocuous matter, "I once promised Ryan that guy: I will fully support your plan, I think this form should satisfy both him and you." ”

"Yes, I'm quite satisfied." Gao Jie said, "If you have any instructions for me to help you bring them back to Earth......

"Nope. So do what you have to do, know that the fate of the earth is in your hands, and don't live up to our expectations! Wang Chen said half-jokingly.

Gao Jie didn't smile, but said cautiously: "We have to wait for the results of the interception to come out before we can make a conclusion." ”

"You and I both know that the chances of success are slim to none." Wang Chen's face gradually became sad, "To be honest, I'm scared ......"

Gao Jie said thoughtfully: "Actually, a few years ago, before going into space, I was quite scared in my heart. ”

"Really? I don't see it. Wang Chen was slightly surprised.

"Well, after I told my husband about my fear of the universe and aliens, he took me to the Military Museum, where there is a replica of the German 'Tiger' tank (Tiger 1), which is said to be the finest weapon of the Second World War era. The two of us went in together to manipulate it, felt its power, and it turned out to be ......"

"The result?" Wang Chen suddenly became curious.

"At that moment, I was no longer afraid." Gao Jie said loudly, "I personally feel such a powerful weapon, and the thought that it was made by humans makes me feel a kind of bravery and confidence...... And this feeling, I just experienced it again. ”

"Because of what?"

"Because I saw it—" Gao Jie pointed to the photos on the PDA: the Watcher and the "Capsule System", "and I was encouraged to hear that you were willing to manipulate it through the wormhole." ”

"Well, where am I so great?" Wang Chen sighed and said.

"There are always infinite possibilities for human beings."

"Don't keep saying such childish things. But......" Wang Chen said with a smile, "Thank you, I'm not so scared......"

At this time, the voice of the commander came from behind the two:

"King, do you want to go to the Watcher?"