Ji Renrui was quite embarrassed, "Don't listen to her nonsense." This fish president is crazy, how can I kill myself? Do I look like someone who will commit suicide? ”

Miao Qi's expression remained unchanged, "That's better, but I'll follow you anyway." ”

"Where's Yule Water?"

"I don't know. Don't look at me like that, she really didn't tell me. ”

Miao Qi really didn't leave, followed her husband home, and asked her husband to stay in her field of vision when cooking and going to the toilet. Ji Renrui said aggrievedly: "Okay, okay, I really planned to commit suicide, if you stir up the peace like this, you will also vent the murderous spirit, and you will definitely not act again." So stop staring at me and get down to business. ”

"What's the matter?"

"If the next action is implemented, Changchang will definitely go, you have to be mentally prepared."

Miao Qi's eyes turned red, "I know, and I am prepared, I have been prepared since I left the willow leaves." I won't stop Changchang. Although life and death are uncertain, after all, it is to escape, at least there is some hope. I can think of it. ”

"And the object of Changchang."

"Yes, Emma is also the backbone of the Noah's Covenant faction, and she will definitely go on the ship with him."

"I want them to leave their blood on Earth – this is also inspired by the willow leaves. Let them get married quickly and have a child before leaving. It's too late, just leave a few fertilized eggs, and you find someone to surrogate. ”

Miao Ji thought about it and said resolutely: "If you take the second path, then I will be a surrogate mother myself." Women can still be surrogate mothers after menopause, I know. ”

Ji Renrui looked at his wife, "You can decide for yourself." This matter will be handled by you from now on, and I will not bother with it anymore. ”

A few days later, Ji Jichang suddenly took Emma home. Ji Renrui knew that his wife had already talked to his son thoroughly, so he asked his son:

"Changchang, I know that the number of six ships cannot be less, and that is the minimum number necessary to excite a complete sphere. As for the number of crew members, is it possible not to be full this time? ”

Ji Jichang immediately replied: "Dad, I know what you mean. If it was a general experiment, I would definitely be cautious, step by step, and let the crew as few as possible in the first experiment. But—you know, whether the separation of the baby universe is successful or not, the parent universe is unknowable, and it is not possible to improve the next experiment based on the situation of the previous experiment, as is normal program. So, it's just a gamble. If we can triumphantly reach the other side, then the greater the number of people, the easier it will be for this population to survive. ”

Emma continued, "Besides, there are so many people who want to go to the New World! 6,000 places is far from enough. ”

Ji Renrui stopped persuading and changed the subject, "My mother has already told you about that plan, right?" ”

"Yes. We were too busy to think about these things before departure, so we decided to leave at least two fertilized eggs for each couple and asked the Friends of Joy Foundation to find a surrogate mother. Oh, by the way, because this time it's 6,000 people, and the population size is large enough that there is no need for a monogamous marriage structure. After careful discussion and voting by Noah members, it was decided to amend the relevant provisions of the Noah Convention and restore the traditional monogamy. We believe that since nature has created monogamous species, it proves that such structures have their advantages. What's more, the environment of the new universe is bound to be very difficult, and more men need to work hard. Ji Jichang said with a smile.

When the father smiled and said, "Good." Although there is no moral aspect to the two marriage structures, I still like the new law. ”

A week later, Yu Leshui came back in the dust, and she did not go back to her home in the mountains first, but to Ji's house first. "Sister Miao, hurry up and make a bowl of porridge from my hometown to catch the wind for me, I'm really tired of eating foreign food this week." She said, "I ran no less than 50,000 kilometers on this trip, and I still hung zero around the earth. I didn't run in vain. ”

Miao Ji was very happy and agreed to go to the kitchen. Yu Leshui smiled and took out a stack of hard certificates from his shoulder bag and handed them to Ji Renrui. When the latter was opened, it turned out that they were all waivers of creditor's rights, a total of thirty-two copies. The creditor column has personal signatures and various languages: Chinese, English, French, Arabic, etc.; There are also ** official seals, including China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, etc. Miao Ji heard it in the kitchen, and happily ran out to hug Yu Leshui, and said with a smile:

"With these things, I don't have to guard him anymore, do I?"

"No, you're liberated."

Ji Ren choked with a sharp throat, shook his head and said, "You are really crazy." How can I commit suicide, is my old Ji like a suicide person? ”

Yu Leshui looked at him steadily, "You won't. But if you can't get the next six boats, you'll not feel guilty, but you think it will move potential donors. ”

Ji Renrui's throat was completely choked, and he only shook his head at this time. Yu Leshui continued: "The funds for the six ships in the back have also been basically implemented, this is the list, and there may be two more work to be done." It has been explained to the donors in advance that these new ships will disappear with the new universe, so they are gifts rather than leases, and naturally they do not need to be returned. Ren Rui, this time you can rest assured, the old debt does not have to be repaid, and the new debt is not owed. ”

She joked lightly. Ji Renrui had calmed down at this moment, and said with a smile: "Don't thank you for your great kindness." ”

"Of course I don't have to thank you. In fact, this is the responsibility of the Foundation, and it is my job, but you, the dean of the Academy of Engineering, are acting on my behalf. ”

They finished the meal with ease and called in a helicopter to take Yu Leshui home. Miao Ji's several matters were satisfactorily resolved—her husband's debts, the young couple's fertilized eggs, and her son's career—so she slept very deeply at night. Ji Renrui couldn't sleep. He didn't dare to alarm his wife, and silently thought about his thoughts with his arms pillowed. He believed his son's words - humanity had the ability to send a fleet to the new universe, but he didn't dare to ensure that the crew would arrive alive, let alone that they would survive in that universe that they knew nothing about. Therefore, the son's departure must be a farewell, a physical farewell plus a psychological farewell. But it can't be helped. It is the absolutely hopeless situation that forces humanity to take such a crazy, almost suicidal act. Only in this way will the people not go mad in a long period of despair. I also hope that in these crazy actions, I am lucky to run into a Strait of Magellan that connects to hope.

Ji Renrui remembered that he had read a document that said that when Magellan began his round-the-world expedition, he actually relied on a wrong map, and the so-called strait to the east marked on the map was actually only the mouth of the people of the Río de la Plata. But Magellan, who was in a frenzy for spices and geographical discoveries, went without hesitation. History has shown that it was his fanatical and imprudent actions that led to a great discovery.

"I hope Changchang, my son, is as lucky as Magellan." He prayed.

[Note 1] is a regular triangular laser interferometer located in space, with a side length of 5 million kilometers, to measure gravitational waves.