Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Barnard System
When people look up at the starry sky, those stars that are seen may have already fallen, and the bright and dazzling light may only be the afterimage of them that has been transmitted for thousands of light years.
Maybe one day, our home will be destroyed, but at least before it is destroyed, we should shine like those stars and tell this lonely universe that we have been here.
In the Barnard system, where our ancestors dreamed of setting foot, a special group of visitors has finally arrived, perhaps not very quickly, but they come from another galaxy far away, and they have used all the technology they have to get here for hundreds of years.
On May 5, interstellar 336, this is a special day, Tiangong represents the first time that the Earth civilization visited the Barnard system, and on this day, Tiangong officially entered the traction gravitational range of Barnard Star.
Barnard is a very small red dwarf located near β Ophiuchus, northwest of 66 Ophiuchus, just about 6 light-years away from Earth.
Over the past few hundred years, the scientists on board Tiangong have made continuous breakthroughs in energy conversion and power engines, which have enabled Tiangong's speed to reach new heights.
The original plan was to arrive in the Barnard system in Interstellar 810, but the Tiangong arrived in Interstellar 336, which undoubtedly injected a boost to the military and civilians on the Tiangong, and made them full of more confidence in this migration.
Barnard is a fairly old star, with a mass of about 17% of the Sun, about 1/6 the diameter of the Sun, and a diameter equivalent to 20 times the size of the Earth.
Barnard Star has two planets; One of the planets, called Kula, has an orbital period of 11.7 years, an orbital semi-major axis of about 2.7 AU, and a mass of about 0.8 times that of Jupiter;
The other planet, Magatama, is 20 years, 3.8 AU and about 0.4 times.
There is a light white ring around the star ring, and the ring is filled with a large number of ice meteorites, which will provide Tiangong with abundant water resources.
Tiangong needs to use the gravitational pull of Magatama and its own reverse thrust to reduce its speed to one-eighth of its speed of light.
The slowdown process of Tiangong will attract a large number of ice meteorites to approach, which will be an opportunity for Tiangong to collect water resources.
Looking at the Tiangong from the sea of stars, you can see the sparse light emitted by the Tiangong.
Area A7 of the Tiangong living area.
There was a whistle of a mag-suspended car, and the people nearby raised their heads in confusion and looked at the car that suddenly appeared, after all, cars here are not common.
The mag-suspension car opened the door, and several ragged figures were pushed down.
"You pariahs! Die here! After a fierce-faced man left these words, the magnetic suspension car drove away quickly.
Next to the passing line
People looked coldly at everything that was happening in front of them, they had long been accustomed to such things, and many people tried to smuggle themselves into the A1 area every day, and were found and sent back.
Most of the ragged men were wounded, and when they had recovered their strength, they got up and left.
Only a little girl of seven or eight years old did not get up, but threw herself on the ground and cried, she looked curiously and confused at the strange environment around her, with novelty and fear.
After all, the whole narrow street was full of idle and ragged people, who looked at the girl with a look of indifference, greed, but more of a concern for themselves, and their eyes seemed to have lost their light.
Just as several emaciated men stretched out their dirty hands to the girls, a huge force knocked the men to the ground, and the capes swept away and quickly picked up the girls on the ground.
"Fangweis, it's you again!"
The man ignored the roar from behind him, and carried the girl to a street corner.
"Where's your family?" The man's clear voice said softly.
"My mother was taken away...... as if seeing the handsome face of the big brother in front of her, the little girl stopped crying and replied in a milky voice.
Fang Weisi scratched his head, he thought he could send the little girl back to her parents safely, but he didn't want to pick up a drag oil bottle himself.
"Do you have a place you want to go? I can send you over," Fang Weis said with a kind and awkward smile.
Girl:(?_?)
"emmmm, there's no way I'm going to take you home," Fang Weis said helplessly.
Girl:(?_?)
Fang Weisi looked at the frail old men next to him, and there were some messy debris in front of him, and flies and mosquitoes were flying around on the debris.
Some people lay motionless on the ground, and they don't know whether they are weak or hungry, and no one will come forward to care, most of them walk by, and they don't even have the interest to take a second look, and they have long been accustomed to it.
A few of the storefronts scattered along the street have only a small window, and occasionally a few cleanly dressed people go to buy some necessities.
Francis Vis: .. (?? ˇ?ˇ??) …
"What's your name?" Fang Weisi pinched the little girl's pink face and asked, he couldn't bear to leave the little girl here.
"Zinuo," the girl whispered.
Fang Weisi led Zinuo towards the grocery store in the distance, and just as they left the corner just now, there was a commotion not far ahead.
Seven robocops were on the side of the street screening passers-by, and two men were pushed to the ground by two robocops.
"Please follow
Orderly queue up and be screened for identity" Mechanical police patrol back and forth around the crowd with standard weapons.
"Don't touch me! You ugly things! A middle-aged man in ragged clothes was grabbed by the arm by a mechanical police officer and struggled to shout.
Fang Weisi looked sideways at the scene in front of him and frowned, "Zinuo, do you have an identity bracelet?" ”
Zinuo shook her head as if she didn't understand, obviously she didn't have anything on her.
"Checked, can pass" The cold voice of the mechanical policeman said, and let go of the middle-aged man.
Fang Weisi picked up Zinuo and covered Zinuo with his cloak, his eyes quickly looked for the location of the 7 mechanical policemen, there were three mechanical policemen in the side and behind, two policemen controlled the four people with no identity bracelets squatting on the ground, and the other maintained order in the rear.
Of the remaining four policemen, two blocked the intersection at 11 o'clock and two screened back and forth at 2 o'clock.
He turned sideways and walked towards the front of the crowd, the staggering crowd was already crowded together, and Fang Weisi was not so abrupt when he interspersed like this.
When Fang Weis came three meters away from the mechanical policeman in front of the right, he glanced behind the left, and the mechanical policeman behind him was already about to turn around and walk towards the back.
He looked to the left again, but the sight of the mechanical police at the front of the line was mechanically patrolling back and forth.
It wasn't time yet, Fang Weis saw the two mechanical policemen in front of him on the right getting closer and closer, and he could only hope that the mechanical policeman in front of him on the left would look away within 10 seconds.
"Please show me your identity bracelet," said the Robocop as he approached Francis.
"Okay, I'll find it later" Fang Weis didn't move, his eyes kept looking at the mechanical police in front of him on the left, and he hadn't turned yet.
"Please show me your identity bracelet," the robocop reached out to capture him.
That is, right now, after Fang Mobei saw the mechanical policeman in front of him on the left turn his gaze, he immediately lifted his cloak, and the huge cloak immediately covered the sight of the two mechanical policemen beside him.
He quickly pushed Zinuo out with his left hand, and Zinuo's thin figure followed the force to the left and right in the queue, and soon disappeared into the crowd in front of him.
"Misdemeanor, Citizen Anti-Police" The mechanical police pulled out the baton on his waist and prepared to hit Fang Weis.
"I'm just going home, I don't need to do this," Fonvis panicked, ready to dodge the baton that fell on his head.
After the powerful mechanical arm of the mechanical police clamped down on Fang Weis, several batons hit Fang Weis.
"Ahh
"The zero-tolerance policy applies to all citizens below Class B," the mechanical cop saw the identity bracelet on Fonves' left wrist
said later.
"Checked," said the mechanical policeman, checking Fonvis' bracelet, "thank you, citizen".
"No, thank you" Fang Weisi struggled to get up from the ground, covered his arms and walked forward, he saw Zinuo waiting for him not far ahead.
Fang Weisi returned home with Zinuo, he lived in a small house, only about 20 square meters, except for a bed, there was only one workbench.
Fang Weisi fell on the bed, took off his cloak and underwear with difficulty, revealing his solid muscles, he was just about to spray himself with a little spray for bruises, but found Zinuo staring at him in a daze.
Fang Weisi was a little embarrassed after reacting, he took out a canned fruit from the bedside table, opened it and handed it to Zinuo, "You eat some first, I'll get you something to eat later."
After saying that, Fang Weisi endured the pain and sprayed his left arm with medicine.
"That's the condition for me here, if you don't dislike it, you can stay here" Fang Weisi changed into a T-shirt again, took out a sheet and spread it on the bed and patted it.
Fang Weisi looked at Zi Nuo, who was holding the canned fruit and gobbling it up, and shook his head, "I have to get you an identity bracelet, otherwise you won't be able to stay here."
He took out a can of milk and a piece of croissant from the cabinet and handed them to Zinuo, and then used the bracelet to record a three-dimensional image of Zinuo before walking out of the house.
After leaving the house, Fang Wei turned left and right and came to a narrow alley, which was full of unpleasant smells.
A few scrawny beggars rummage through a fly-infested, foul-smelling garbage, looking for scraps.
Fonvis has no mercy for these people, because he is not a savior, and he is struggling in this chaotic time.
He soon came to a black iron door, apparently modified and welded very strongly.
"Knock knock," Fang Wei knocked twice with his hand.
A circular monitor on the black iron door rotated the camera and pointed it at Fang Weis.
The iron door opened in response, Fang Weisi looked left and right, and saw that no one saw this, so he gently pushed the door in.
After entering the door, two rugged men felt the weapons at their waists and looked at him cautiously.
Fang Weisi walked directly into the inner room without squinting, the room was not big, there was only a desk in it, and behind the desk, an Asian man in a fancy suit was playing with the lizard in his hand, and a bodyguard stood next to him like an iron tower.
"Brother Chicken! I'll buy you something," Fontes smiled and greeted the Asian man behind the table.
"Xiao Fang! I haven't seen you for a long time," the man in the suit immediately said happily when he saw that it was Fang Weisi, "Not to mention, the mechanics in the entire A7 area count your skills as the best!" ”
As he spoke, the man in the suit leaned back in his chair and reached out to lift his right leg up and place it on the table, revealing a finely crafted mechanical leg.
Fang Weisi looked at Brother Ji's right leg, and his eyelids jumped unconsciously.
(End of chapter)