A spaceship floated silently, shuttling and shuttling.

At this moment, the dark cosmic space, the boundless pure black curtain, seemed to become a little brighter than before.

That's because there's a dazzling star 0.131 light-years away from this current location.

Of course, after all, it is a distance of 0.131 light years, and the so-called dazzling, falling in the sight of human beings, is only a bright spot of light.

You have to use at least a reliable astronomical telescope to feel what she really looks like.

……

Another 10,000-year-long dormant period.

This is the 80,002nd year since the Forsaken spacecraft left the solar system.

On this day,

The Forgotten Spacecraft's lighting, temperature control, air convection and other systems are functioning normally.

The physical health indicators of Huake Microscope have also basically returned to normal levels.

It's just that unlike the smooth recovery of the Forsaken, his dormancy adjustment period this time took a total of 36 Earth days, which is 2 days longer than the last time.

Unsurprisingly, the process continues to get longer.

This is not good news.

At a speed of one-tenth of a light, the Forsaken is still 17,343.2 light-years away from the core of the Milky Way.

Therefore, conservative estimates suggest that this long interstellar voyage will last at least nearly 180,000 years.

Toss seventeen or eighteen dormant cycles, and God knows what will happen next.

Hua Kejing didn't really want to see the decay of his basic ability stats.

……

In the interior of the Forsaken spaceship.

A bald-headed human man who had just been manipulated by an artificial intelligence shaver was lying flat on the deck of the artificial gravity zone in the back half of the spaceship.

His eyes were hollow and glazed.

His limbs were spread out, and he didn't move for a long time.

It has been said that life can be boiled down to two simple choices,

Either busy surviving, or rushing to die.

And for Hua Kejing at this moment, whether it is life or death, it seems that it has become very ethereal.

When it comes to survival, such a long interstellar journey is more and more desperate.

If you want to say death, the core of the galaxy has not yet arrived, and your mission has not been completed, so how can you talk about death lightly.

Besides, I can't bear this pressure, so how can I be worthy of my tenacity value close to 100 points.

Lao Tzu is a human-shaped steel plate!

But in any case,

He was definitely the one who spent the longest time alone in human history,

He is definitely the loneliest in the history of mankind,

He is definitely the longest-lived dog in human history.

Oh, maybe you have to count Luban, who is imprisoned alone in the black hole of the silver heart.

I don't know what the situation of his old man is now.

If the time dilation effect caused by the gravitational distortion of the black hole is included, Luban's actual age should be less than 100 years old.

Therefore, the age of the male loser is still far less than that of himself, a 10,000-year-old monster.

But he also lived all the way to the present day by dormant in the cover of Wang Ba, how should this be calculated?

Banana you Barra,

It's really hard to say that life is such an unfathomable thing.

……

"Don't you want to check it out?"

A bright girl suddenly sounded in her head.

But Hua Kejing was still lying down, and he didn't blink his eyes and said, "Look at what, look at that star?" ”

"yes, look at the star."

"Why are you looking?"

"Idle is idle anyway."

"Xiaole, this is not in line with your usual style."

So, Xiaole was silent.

Hua Kejing also slowly closed his eyes.

He didn't hang up, he thought.

The AI has always been cold, and there is only one reason why she would say such things, because she thinks she is sick, or because she thinks it is good for her physical and mental health.

After a long time, Hua Kejing finally took a long breath, propped up his upper body with his hands, and slowly sat up.

"Tell me, what's so special about this star?"

"In fact, she is no different from the vast majority of stars in the Milky Way."

"Oh, then you still let me see it."

"This is the closest you've ever gotten to a star system outside of our solar system on your long journey to the core of the Milky Way."

"How close has it been?"

"0.13 light years."

"The Forsaken will be there in just over a year."

"Yes, one Earth year, another 83 Earth days will arrive."

"Hey, you're not trying to persuade me to change my course, are you?"

"I didn't mean that, in fact, you've missed out on the best opportunity to change routes."

"And what's going on with this star system?"

Suddenly...... Suddenly......

A screen is quietly displayed in front of the Hua Ke Mirror, on which is a three-dimensional structure of the star system.

Xiaole told Hua Kejing that about seven years ago, while he was still asleep, the Forsaken passed through an area where large interstellar matter was relatively dense.

This region can be understood as a place similar to the Oort cloud of the solar system.

The Oort Cloud of the Solar System, a spherical cloud surrounding the Solar System, is located at a maximum radius of almost 1 light-year from the Sun, and is filled with many inactive comets, a large number of wandering small objects, and interstellar dust.

Astronomers generally agree that the Oort cloud is a remnant of the nebula that formed the Sun and its planets 5 billion years ago and has always surrounded the solar system.

Therefore, the relatively dense layer of interstellar matter that the Forsaken passed through before should be the remnant of the formation of the star.

Of course, the so-called relative density is only relative, and the Forsaken did not encounter any of the unlucky ones.

Even the most dangerous one was only close to a large meteorite, which was at least 30,000 kilometers away from the spacecraft.

"It was a large meteorite with a diameter of about twenty kilometers, composed mainly of dry ice, aluminium and iron ore." Xiaole briefly summarized.

Hua Kejing smiled after a long absence: "It's a pity that it's a good material." ”

"Don't be delusional, at your current speed, such a thin spaceship is not capable of capturing a single meteorite."

"yes, this is not the solar system, we don't have help, we have entered the territory of other stars."

"Even if you succeed in capturing an asteroid, it's useless."

Xiao Le added as he drew a bright line in the three-dimensional structure of the star system.

The screen shows that the Forsaken's course has crossed the boundary of the star system and is close to the star's gravitational celestial sphere.

According to calculations, with 3 more Earth days, they will be able to reach the nearest straight-line distance of light-years.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time that Huake and even all mankind have set foot in the sphere of influence of other star systems.

Thinking of this, Hua Kejing, who was a little decadent, suddenly became interested.

He rose from the ground, left the artificial gravity area, and floated to the front of the Forsaken's observation telescope.

With Xiaole's help, after a bit of manipulation, the telescope and the monitoring system focused on the target.

She is indeed a star.

Although it is a little smaller than the Sun, it also has and rules a large amount of interstellar matter, and emits light and heat all the time, bringing light and warmth to the entire galaxy.

At the same time, it also brings a little warmth to the cold universe and a little warmth to the lonely interstellar journey of Huakejing.

……

I salute every friend who has been with me all the way, thank you for your support!

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