31 For there it is

"Cause of the explosion...... I don't know ......," the AI's electronic voice said intermittently.

"Can you restore the last message they sent?" Miller struggled to suppress his voice, trying to hide his panic, but the sound of his teeth tapping was already protesting to his eardrums that it was useless. The next second, he pushed aside the others in the communication room and stayed there alone, talking to the AI.

"'The flight is in good condition, there is no abnormality'...... 'The course remains unchanged, and regular contact is completed'...... None of this is a problem. "The AI faithfully recreates the content of the communication sent before the ship's explosion.

"Then let's see if you can parse the information you received before the ship exploded?" Miller transforms the question, but he knows the answer to the question.

"Can't do it. It can only be viewed by parsing the ship's black box. ”

"Can we find the location of the black box, we have two shuttles, the 'Owl' and the 'Chariot', that can be used to salvage."

"Feasibility analysis......" The AI finished, followed by a long silence, just as Miller's patience and sanity were about to crumble, "Analysis completed—"

"How? Shall we salvage? ”

"According to the last received signal, the only black box is well preserved, it is moving away from us at high speed, and it is analyzed that it is caused by the force of the explosion. 'Owl' and 'Chariot' will not be able to complete the salvage mission. It has been calculated that the black box will pass near the Mir-2 Mars orbital space station and can be salvaged by them. Want to message them? The AI said as it displayed an intuitive trajectory guess on the screen.

Miller's brow furrowed again: "Then Mir-2 should also be able to analyze these results...... But...... Well, let's inform them. ”

"Message ...... being sent"

There was a sharp knock at the hatch, and Miller saw through the glass that the person outside was Gao Jie—she was clearly panicked.

"Let her in." Miller said to the AI.

After Gao Jie came in, she quickly looked around, her eyes also scanned the communication content on the screen, and only when the hatch closed again did she dare to speak: "Really?" ”

"Really."

"What does the other side of the Earth say?"

"I'm still waiting for news from them."

Gao Jie asked with some hesitation: "Are you going to ...... Do you want to make this public? ”

"I decided...... Announced," Miller said hesitantly, "we have to figure it out together, and according to your plan, we can't afford to wait for another half or a half." ”

"I support your idea." Gao Jie saw that Miller had no confidence and said so. In fact, she herself has no confidence.

"Thank you...... Well? A reply from the Earth side has arrived. Miller said, staring at the screen.

"Then I'll avoid it."

"No...... Let's take a look at ......"

——

The explosion of the manned spacecraft was conveyed to everyone on the Minerva through the AI, without too much detail, because Miller ...... No specific information is known, including on the Earth side.

The expected panic and emotional breakdown soon followed, and everyone understood what the clones in the ship meant to the Overwatch space station, which was about to officially enter the wormhole, and what this step meant for the entire "Star Project 4.0".

Wang Chen's mood fluctuated little, after all, he didn't have many concerns, even if he really had to usher in the final escape, he would be able to follow the rest of the humans to the wormhole together, not to mention that he had no relatives. Of course, he was in the same situation as Mike, who was one of the few calm people on the space station at this time.

In order to avoid overwhelming himself with negative emotions, Wang Chen had to lock himself in the cabin, even if he wanted to calm everyone's panic, he knew that he didn't have Gao Jie's ability to perceive people's hearts, so he didn't go out to make trouble.

Wang Chen opened the PDA and flipped through the document of "Stars Project 4.0" again, "Is there any solution...... It would take half a year to transfer another batch of clones, not to mention that it would take even longer to train the clones...... There is only one year left, how can it be used......" He thought of a solution, but he was at a loss.

"There should be a solution, it's just ......"

……

"Sending people from the space station is the only solution at the moment." Miller said to Wang Chen and Mike in front of him.

It was 9 a.m. on June 10, and a few minutes ago, Wang Chen and Mike were notified to the commander's office to discuss the current difficult countermeasures. Miller got straight to the point, explaining the situation directly to the two and introducing the "solution".

"The advice given by the UN Space Command is not so much a recommendation as it is not to do it." Miller stood up as he spoke, motioning for the two to continue sitting, and then pacing beside them, "And letting the two of you board the Watcher and enter the wormhole is mainly for you...... Considering ......," Miller wanted to say and stopped.

"Considering that we all have no relatives anymore, we don't have any worries, right?" Wang Chen simply helped the commander to say it.

"Hmm...... Yes. Miller reluctantly squeezed out the word.

"Just the two of us? So how do you operate the space station? We are not clones, and we can't rejuvenate ourselves by soaking in nutrient solution, how can we survive thousands of years or tens of thousands of years? If it weren't for Wang Chen's calm tone, such continuous questions would make people think that he was angry at this time.

Instead of answering, Miller pressed twice on the PDA, and then the AI voice rang out: "I can answer your question." First, it's not just the two of you, the clone Sevia will be with you. Second, the Oversee space station is equipped with the most advanced AI equipment available, which has a high degree of autonomy and convenient human-computer interaction functions, and can be controlled only by request. Third, the Watchman is equipped with two state-of-the-art human hibernation pods, which improve the use method and shorten the use process, completely solving the previous age limit, hibernation time, health effects and other problems, and there is no need to worry about the service life. Are these answers satisfying to you? ”

Without waiting for Wang Chen to answer, Miller continued: "You can always ask the AI if you have any questions, but you don't need to rush to make a decision. It will take another half a month for the modules of the 'capsule system' to arrive here - God forbid they will not encounter accidents, in the meantime please think again, do not reply too soon. There is still time to pass through the wormhole, and I will negotiate with the Earth side, and try to arrange it after August, when we will receive the results of the previous interception operation, and we can start the next phase of the operation according to the situation. If the candidate is confirmed, there will be ample time to enter the Watcher for operational training. I'm going to talk to the other candidates. ”

"Are there any other candidates?" Wang Chen was a little surprised.

"Of course, but given the conditions mentioned earlier, the two of you should have fewer concerns. You have the right to refuse, and we have considered the outcome, including the rejection of all candidates, in which case I will operate the Overwatch through the wormhole. ”

"Are you a candidate too?"

"Somebody has to pass." Miller smiled calmly and said, "For the sake of the planet and for the people." ”

Miller's words turned into soreness and hit Wang Chen's heart, he thought that the commander would use the highest authority to put pressure on him, but he didn't expect him to be able to make such a decision with righteousness and awe, but what happened next also surprised him-

"I'm joining." Mike on the side said coldly, but there was decisiveness and firmness in his tone.

The corners of Miller's mouth lifted slightly, but he still said in a persuasive tone: "You can think about it a little longer, my friend." ”

Mike shook his head and repeated, "I'm joining." The tone did not rise, but it gave the impression of a more determined attitude.

Miller spread his hands noncommittally, signaling for the two to leave. "Don't be in such a hurry to make a decision." He said another word as he closed the hatch, but in fact his heart was desperate to determine the candidate, and the reason why he acted so calmly was because it was the advice that Gao Jie had given him.

After Mike left the commander's room, he went straight to his room, and Wang Chen stopped him: "Why? ”

"What?" Mike asked expressionlessly.

"Why do you want to go through the wormhole to the place you can never return?" Wang Chen asked in detail.

After more than ten seconds of silence, Mike replied with the classic words that were incomparably light, but incomparably thick:

"Because it's right there." （“Because it’s there.” ）