In the year 2112 of Gaia, 96 astronomical units away from the Earth, near the Kuiper Belt in the solar system, the Longyan Federation "Zhiyuan" interstellar space cruiser, mission: go to the edge of the solar system and collect extraterrestrial civilization beacons.

"Here's the ship-wide broadcast! Comrades, there is good news from the Earth Joint Command Center, the "Ark" of the Phoenix Emperor Federation has been the first to reach one of the coordinates, and has received reliable news from the alien civilization, and is now actively in contact, and the ship-wide broadcast has ended. It was Luo Yi, the captain of the "Zhiyuan" interstellar space cruiser, who spoke. Luo Yi, 31 years old, 1.85 meters tall, flat head and square face, a pair of resolute Danfeng eyes with two straight eyebrows, straight nose bridge, thick lips, full of heroism, wearing a dark blue close-fitting interstellar uniform, the joint armband of Long Yan and Fenghuang on his right arm is particularly eye-catching, at this time he is sitting on the captain's command chair to broadcast to the whole ship.

Hearing the news announced by the captain, the "Zhiyuan" cheered up and down, it seems that these beacons are as people guess, human beings are indeed not alone in the universe, not to mention that there is not much time left for the earth, every second must count, the news from the "Ark" is undoubtedly exciting! But on this voyage, they have another mission - to explore Proxima Centauri up close. After all, if it comes to the last moment, human beings can only abandon the earth.

"How far are we from our goal?" Luo Yi turned his head and asked the chief engineer beside him.

"Report to the captain, with the current speed of the Zhiyuan, after calculation, it will take at least half a month to reach the next beacon."

"Half a month? That's fast. Luo Yi leaned on the back of the captain's seat, his right hand rubbing his head unconsciously. After more than four years of high-intensity interstellar voyages, he was slightly tired.

Luo Yi recalled that when he was ordered to come to a secret military base, Archon Liu personally received him, and then arranged for him to immediately take over the "Zhiyuan" to prepare for an interstellar mission. During this period, Luo Yi cut off all contact with the outside world, and he didn't see his wife and children again until Qihang, and now Luo Sheng has grown taller, right? Luo Yi shook his head helplessly.

Not long after, when Luo Yi came back to his senses and found that the hull was shaking slightly, he asked, "Report the situation, why is there a vibration?" ”

"Report to the captain, there is an unknown light wave in front of the starship, the signal is interfered with, and no threat has been found, so there should be no major problem." Nuwa, the shipborne artificial intelligence, replied in a flat voice.

"Pay close attention to the surrounding space environment! Be vigilant! Strengthens shield defense levels. Luo Yi was a little uneasy, from now on, a voyage related to the fate of mankind cannot afford any mistakes.

"Yes!"

At this time, the unknown light wave quickly approached, covering and entangling the "Zhiyuan" in an instant, and the whole ship instantly felt some strange existence, and the entire starship began to continue to vibrate violently.

"What is this?!" Luo Yi shouted loudly.

"Huh!?"

The starship's wall bay was wrapped in bright light, so that everyone's vision was restricted, and they couldn't open their eyes at all, and soon after, everyone only felt a "buzz" in their heads, and they all lost consciousness. The "Zhiyuan" also instantly lost fire, hovering in the dark cosmic space, and the strong light disappeared again.

"Call Zhiyuan! Call Zhiyuan! Hear it, please answer! "In the command module, the quantum emergency communicator kept flashing a red light.

At this time, a phantom appeared in the command cabin out of thin air, the phantom was extremely fast, and the afterimage flew back and forth inside the starship, finding eight people in a row, and after tapping them on their foreheads, they disappeared out of thin air.

I don't know how long it took, Luo Yi touched his head and woke up first. Looking up at the command module, the number one hundred and ten people were lying unconscious on their respective consoles.

"Call Zhiyuan, call Zhiyuan! Hear it, please answer! "The Quantum Emergency Communicator is still broadcasting calls.

Luo Yi hurriedly struggled to get up and came to the quantum emergency communicator, pressed the control button, and responded: "I am Luo Yi, the captain of the Zhiyuan, call the command center." ”

"Captain Luo, what's going on? Why is it missing? The figure of Archon Liu appeared on the communication station.

"Report to the consul, I don't know very well, just now the hull was suddenly wrapped in a bright light, and all of us lost consciousness in an instant, and now the entire crew is still unconscious." Luo Yili reported.

"How's the Zhiyuan doing?" Archon Liu said worriedly.

"Everything is fine with the Zhiyuan, there is no mechanical failure alarm, and I am now trying to wake up the crew."

"Okay, if there is any abnormality, report it in time." Archon Liu ordered.

"Yes! Luo Yi's call ended. Luo Yi raised his hand to turn off the communicator, and at this time, everyone in the command cabin began to gradually wake up.

"All over the ship, the crew members who have woken up immediately wake up the people who are still in a coma, Nuwa, start the vital signs scanning, start the starship self-inspection loss, and then report back!" After Luo Yi conveyed the notice of the complete ship, he began to check the physical condition of the crew members in the command cabin one by one.

"Report to the captain, all crew members have all woken up, vital signs scan shows that everyone has no adverse reactions, everything is normal, and the hull self-test shows that everything is normal on the starship." Shipborne artificial intelligence Nuwa reported.

Just as Luo Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Nuwa's" voice sounded again: "Report to the captain, there is a distress signal from the Phoenix Emperor Federation's "Ark" interstellar space cruiser!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"What! Open it up! Luo Yi hurriedly shouted.

"Yes!"

There was no call, only a video was projected onto the big screen of the command module, only to see that in the picture, the unknown alien fleet frantically surrounded and suppressed the "Ark", and the starships of the Phoenix Emperor Federation did not have time to resist and react before they turned into cosmic dust in the miserable cries of the crew. Immediately after that, the alien fleet was mighty and rushed straight to the direction of the earth.

The command module of the "Zhiyuan" immediately sounded the cry for help from the earth: "Alien civilization invasion warning, alien civilization invasion warning!" I ask for support, I ask for support! ”

"All of them, return to the sea now, support the earth, damn it! Contact the Earth Joint Command Center! Luo Yi sat back in the command chair and ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

"Captain Luo, I order you, speed back, alien civilization invasion, alien civilization invasion!" Archon Liu's anxious voice came immediately, and he left after speaking.

"Cut the globe!" Luo Yi ordered.

"Yes!" At this moment, only the voice of "Nuwa" is still calm.

Soon the video image was connected to the whole ship, but the picture was not clear, the earth was in chaos at this time, and everyone was running to prepare for the war. All the fleets on Earth, whether they are in formation or not, are scrambling to set sail to meet the alien invasion fleet.

At this time, the pilot crew member Kishi Benzhen also quickly operated the ship to re-ignite, and then turned the bow of the ship, only to see the tail flame of the "Zhiyuan" engine sprayed out, disappeared in place in an instant, and swept away at full speed in the direction of the earth, the three nuclear reactors were operating at full power, and the acceleration soon exceeded the third cosmic speed, and was still accelerating, the situation was urgent at the moment, regardless of fuel consumption, Luo Yi frowned, and was anxious!

A month later, just as the whole ship was speeding up and returning to Earth with high tension, the calm voice of the artificial intelligence "Nuwa" sounded again: "Report to the captain, there is a call request from the earth." ”

"Get on!" Luo Yi immediately replied.

The holographic video was quickly connected, and the picture was still a little trembling and unclear, it was the consul Liu Pei, and his face was full of exhaustion at the moment.

"Salute!" Luo Yi stood up solemnly and saluted. Under Luo Yi's order, the whole ship immediately got up and saluted Archon Liu in the video.

"Captain Luo, comrades, the alien civilization received by the "Ark" of the Phoenix Emperor Federation is a group of interstellar bandits, and those cosmic coordinates are simply a trap, allowing us to throw ourselves into the net and expose our exact position in the universe. ”

"And they didn't want to have any dealings with us at all, and directly launched an attack on our homeland, although we resisted desperately, but the other party's scientific and technological strength far exceeded that of the earth's civilization, and our global military defense was completely vulnerable in front of them." Archon Liu said sadly.

Liu Pei paused, adjusted his mood and continued: "It's a pity that the earth has fallen! Captain Luo, all the comrades of the "Zhiyuan", run! Don't come back! You are humanity's last hope! Hurry up and turn around, don't come back! ”

Hearing the news, Luo Yi's heart sank to the bottom, this was the situation he was most afraid of hearing in the past month, so he said sadly: "Report to Archon Liu, the "Zhiyuan" is unwilling to be a deserter!" May we live and die with the earth! ”

The entire crew of the starship also cried: "May we live and die with the earth!" "The shouts echoed inside the starship!

Hearing this, Liu Pei's shoulders twitched violently, and he immediately said with a straight face: "Do you want to see the entire human race annihilated!" ”

"But......" Luo Yi was speechless for a while, but he still wanted to persevere, and his mood was extremely agitated.

"Okay, don't say it, I order, the "Zhiyuan" interstellar space cruiser, turn around on the spot and continue the mission, the mission - to live! Don't go back to Earth! Liu Pei ordered loudly.

Luo Yi held back tears, his vision was blurred at this time, and when he heard the archon's death order, as a soldier, he must not disobey.

So Luo Yi saluted solemnly: "Yes!" Luo Yi resolutely completed the task! I ordered the "Zhiyuan" to stop sailing immediately, reverse course, and carry out the mission - to live! All of them, salute! Farewell to Earth! Farewell to the Motherland! Farewell to the Chief! Farewell to loved ones! ”

"Yes!" The sound was deafening, echoing through the universe.

Hearing the captain's order, the entire crew was in unison, and once again made a military salute to Liu Pei and the direction of the earth, and then collectively shouted loudly: "All the crew of the Zhiyuan, guarantee to complete the task!" Please rest assured! Goodbye, Chief! Goodbye to the Motherland! Goodbye Earth! Goodbye, fellow relatives! After saying that, the shoulders of the entire crew trembled violently, and they endured the incomparable grief in their hearts, but their waists were still straight, and their eyes were blurred by tears.

At this time, Liu Pei slowly stood upright, saluted and said, "Everyone, take care ......"

“……”

Immediately after that, the image trembled, and Liu Pei's figure disappeared immediately, and the "Zhiyuan" completely lost contact with the earth. All this came too fast for them, and they couldn't accept it in their hearts at all, and they didn't want to accept it.

At this time, the entire crew was staring in the direction of the earth, and although they could not see anything, they were still staring blankly at the most standard military salute.

Until Luo Yi shouted: "Finish the ceremony!" ”

The whole ship was crying silently in an instant, and more than 4,000 iron-blooded soldiers were crying at this moment! I saw Luo Yi sitting on the command chair, his cheeks were full of tears, thinking that he would say goodbye to the earth, his homeland, and his wife and children, and he didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. The whole ship was filled with sadness and despair of farewell, and even the starship seemed to be trembling and crying.

I don't know how long it took, Che Yunzheng of the Ministry of Information sobbed and said, "Report to the captain, we have the last picture of the earth, do you want to see it?" ”

Luo Yi replied weakly: "Take a look." ”

The projected picture was soon opened, and at this time the earth had turned into a sea of fire, high-rise buildings collapsed, ruins filled every corner of the world, and the civilization that the earth's human beings were once proud of collapsed in an instant, and people's cries were everywhere.

Invaders are everywhere, swarthy and tall, demon-like alien creatures, wielding unknown weapons in their hands and slaughtering every earthling they see......

"Enough! Turn it off. Luo Yi roared angrily, then waved his hand weakly and said, "Let's go." ”

"Yes! Captain. ”

The piloting team received the order, turned the bow of the ship again, and set off in despair towards the boundless darkness of the universe, this is the first voyage in human history, but it is a desperate voyage without destination and direction! As long as it's not the Earth, it's fine.

The most terrible thing in the world is not the mighty enemy, the most terrible thing is the loss of all hope of fighting in the heart, and the most terrible thing is not death, but living without faith. Their task is to survive, but how can they survive in this vast and boundless universe? No retreat, no support, no supplies, no goal, no direction, like the walking dead!

Now the whole ship is in such a state, it seems that everything is still in order, but their eyes are extremely empty. It's like the vast cosmic starry sky outside the wall cabin, boundless and empty......

At this time, Luo Yi returned to his bedroom, trembling his hands, opened the video request to the earth's home, looked at the information prompt that could not be reached in the screen, hugged his head and cried......