24 It was like a world away

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“какаятемпература？” (What is the body temperature?) ）

“100℉，He’s all right！” (37.8 degrees, he's normal.) ）

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The vague voice came into Wang Chen's ears, and for a while he didn't know whether it was a dream or reality, mixed with the communication of two different languages, which made him have an extremely contradictory feeling - even if it was a dream, it was an abnormal nightmare. He tried to open his eyes and get up, but his body resisted in every way, his consciousness gradually became irritable, and his breathing began to rapid, but his body was still uncontrollable and did not react in the slightest.

"Easy, buddy, easy......" (Relax, Friend, Relax)

Wang Chen understood this sentence of American English and realized that he was not in a dream, so he relaxed his body as instructed, and slowly, his breathing stabilized. I don't know how long it took, but he fell asleep again.

When Wang Chen woke up again, he opened his eyes with difficulty - his eyelids were heavy, his body was heavier, and his consciousness and memory began to slowly return......

Still unable to get up, he barely looked around, his vision gradually becoming clearer, but the question also followed: "Why am I not in the hibernation pod?" ”

The sound of the hatch sliding, a person walked in, but Wang Chen couldn't see his face clearly. Thinking back to his previous American English, he opened his trembling mouth, twisted his stiff tongue, and asked, "Am I dead?" (Am I dead?) ）

The voice in response was deep and powerful: "Far from it." (It's still early.) ）

Yes, God is not an American.

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It took Wang Chen five hours to lie on the hospital bed until his body returned to normal, "I didn't work so hard last time...... he couldn't help but complain when he thought of the uncomfortable state of his body not long ago.

"You're recovering well, you're much luckier than others, you pay attention to it, and report it in time if you're feeling unwell." Minerva Station Commander Miller Batalov responded to him, then turned and walked out of the cabin, whispering, "It's good to be young." ”

Wang Chen was glad that he put on the translation headphones in time, and finally didn't have to endure the accented and broken Russian. Moving the limbs, feeling the indescribable pleasure, although the hibernation period is only a sleep in the senses, but there is also a subtle feeling as if the world is away. However, Miller did not answer the puzzle in his mind: Why was it so uncomfortable to wake up from hibernation this time?

Looking around, Wang Chen found himself in the medical disinfection room of the space station, when the hatch opened again, and the American Mike Carmack walked in, "The commander said that you still have to recover here for two hours before leaving, let me accompany you." How does it feel? Friend. ”

"The body is fine. Thank you before, Mike. Wang Chen politely thanked him, "What time is it?" How many years? ”

Mike pointed to the table next to him: Wang Chen's PDA was there. When the PDA is turned on, the time displayed on the screen is 13:01 on April 10, 2103, almost exactly three years after they began hibernation.

"Thank you...... Welcome to the future......" Wang Chen recalled the time schedule of the "Stars Project", if everything went well, the "Watchman" small space station should have been built, maybe still on the way here, maybe already here. "Mike, the commander said I was luckier than the others...... I do not quite understand. ”

"Okay, sit down, I'll talk to you." Mike readily agreed, then rubbed his hands together, as if wondering where to start, "About two months ago, Miller said he wanted to revive you, but something happened: someone died in the process of waking up......"

"Who is it?" Wang Chen interrupted him in a panic, he was worried that the person who had happened was ......

"That Italian (astronomer), Anzio or Ezio? The other two also reacted strongly, fever, convulsions, and terrible......" Mike said with a serious face, this answer made Wang Chen breathe a sigh of relief, but he still felt regret because someone had died. Mike continued: "The plan to wake up hibernators has been suspended, and one person at a time has been awakened, and there is a problem with centralized treatment. But it's not good, everyone, including you, has a high fever, convulsions, and convulsions during your awakening...... Someone lasts a few days, you are the last to be awakened, the luckiest, a day is fine. ”

"I see...... Is that any way to figure out why this is happening? ”

"Some people speculate that this has something to do with the fact that we are too close to the wormhole, and others think that the space station sometimes turns off centrifugal gravity and causes your blood flow to be out of balance...... All kinds of speculation, not sure what the exact reason is, but luckily you're all okay at the moment...... Oh, and if you want to know what's been going on in the last few years, just look at your PDA, the data has been updated. ”

Wang Chen put the PDA aside: "Come and tell me, I feel like I haven't spoken to anyone for a long time." ”

"I'm not good at storytelling." Mike said rigidly. Wang Chen shrugged his shoulders and smiled to show that he didn't care.

"Okay. Once you were in the hibernation pod, we were going to work mechanically every day as originally planned. You know, the commander is right, the third batch of supplies was also scrapped, I heard that it was a solar storm that burned out the circuit boards, and it was not until the fourth batch that it was successfully unloaded. And then...... It's business as usual. There was some new equipment in last year's supply, and you'll see it soon. There's also Project Stars 4.0 launched last year, and the Warden arrives next month, let's assemble it, and its members won't arrive until June. ”

"That's it?" Wang Chen asked in surprise, he didn't expect Mike to introduce it so "generally".

"I don't know how to tell stories." Mike frowned and said with some embarrassment, "You can ask, I'll answer." ”

"How well are the N particle control directives developed? I remember you were one of the developers. "Wang Chen got straight to the point, he really cares about the matter of N particles.

Mike scratched his sideburns, apparently having unpleasant memories of the incident: "Repeat the boring reading, test the reaction of the N-particles." In three years, it succeeded only twice, one by commanding the N particles to make air flow (smaller than a breeze) and the other by condensing water droplets in the air. Compared to the effect of the command, Lucien is better than me, and Silka says it is a concentration problem...... In short, I was eliminated. Mike looked frustrated, and he also wanted to do something for Earth's civilization.

"Don't worry too much." Wang Chen comforted.

"I don't care." Mike replied stubbornly.

"You just said 'Project Stars 4.0'? What does 4.0 mean? Wang Chen asked.

Mike pointed to the PDA again—it's all in there.

"Did everything else go well? Let's say the Earth Defense Project. ”

"Smooth. Three lines of defense have already been set up, and the first interception (the Nt fleet) will be carried out next month. Mike replied, with no expression on his face to see if he was expecting it. As follows from his answers, the invasion of the Nt fleet did not stop and was not unexpected.

"Is there any news from Earth? How is your family? Wang Chen continued to ask.

"It's business as usual. Only my family died. ”

"What? Which one? ”

"My parents. I'm alone now. ”

"I'm sorry......" Wang Chen was deeply sorry.

"Don't care." Mike still responded rigidly, but the atmosphere in the room made Wang Chen very embarrassed, so he had to honestly pick up the PDA and open the information to inquire about the specific implementation plan of the "Star Project 4.0".