Chapter 190: Collapse
In order to be able to communicate directly with the old man, the other four people in the house all floated to Cheng Shi's side. Everyone saw that the old man had a slight smile on his face, and he was reluctant to leave the good memories for a long time, so they didn't want to break the silence anymore.
"Yes, fate seems to favor us, we have gone through all the hardships from the surface of the planet to hide under a neighboring planet, our race does not worship space civilization, so we just pray for a stable place to live. When we found out that the sun in our galaxy was about to undergo a qualitative change, we were almost hopeless. For the sake of social stability, we even blocked the news at first, and some old people who had experienced a catastrophe took the initiative to come forward and apply to modify their bodies to act as truck engines," the old man said with a twitch at the corner of his mouth and paused, "It is the most tragic body modification, once they get in the seat of the truck, it is impossible to get down." We eventually restarted the giant thrusters on the planet's surface, but even if we could push the planet, where would we end up? ”
The five of them looked at the old man's desperate eyes, and they didn't know what to say for a while, so they all lowered their heads.
"The ultimate despair soon spread through the crowd, and at last we split into two factions," the old man continued, "one group advocates pushing the planet out of this galaxy and embarking on a wandering journey, although it is slow, but at least it can be comfortably lived in the short term, but this plan is opposed by many people, and anyone who knows a little about the universe can easily calculate that even if the whole planet is burned as fuel, it is impossible for us to reach the adjacent star system, so they think that this plan is just waiting for death." ”
"And what does the other faction stand for?" Yang Yang saw the old man pause again and asked curiously.
The old man glanced at Yang Yang with a bright eye: "The other faction advocates building large magic ships, and they want to explore the adjacent star systems at a faster speed. Most of the young elves supported this plan, but our Elven Elder Council didn't think that we would be able to build larger, more advanced magical ships at that time, and the subsequent existential crisis stimulated more creativity than anyone could have imagined, and they did design more advanced ships. ”
"Did they end up?" Cheng Shi couldn't wait to ask, he knew that if an elf left in a spaceship, maybe it might leave a seed for this civilization.
The old man nodded: "After the magic spaceship was built, we made a big adjustment to the self-rescue plan. In fact, at that time, we only knew that the sun was gradually expanding, but we were not sure when it would be completely out of control, we calculated that the sun would be completely destroyed in 500 years based on the data of continuous observation of the sun's expansion for decades, and roughly calculated the range that the sun could affect when it was destroyed, and then we pushed the planet beyond this range and stopped, and after the orbit stabilized, we adjusted the direction of the thrusters to aim it at the sun, so that there was an emergency situation to urgently push the planet to flee again. Once everything was ready, we modified the thrusters to become giant magic signal receiving antennas, and finally we sent some elves to pilot a new magic ship in search of a new home. ”
After hearing the old man say this, the five of them were all amazed by the powerful survival wisdom of the elves on this planet, but it was obvious that the result was not as they expected.
"Didn't the elves who left in their ships find the right planet? Or ......" Oldman stopped halfway through, actually
He wanted to ask if the elves who flew away on the spaceship had abandoned their people, but he stopped talking about it when he felt that it was inappropriate.
"They didn't abandon us!" The old man obviously understood what Oldman didn't ask, "There was a fleet that discovered a planet with lower plants on the surface, and we received a lot of detailed information about that planet, but the water resources on that planet are not abundant, and after we have lived on this planet for hundreds of years, the transformation of the body has long been irreversible, so we need a planet rich in water." Although the planet was not suitable for us to live in, it was the only good news and gave us hope, so we took off all our ships to explore our new home in all directions. However, not long after the take-off of these follow-up ships, our sun suddenly went out of control without warning, and the scope of the sun's explosion was far beyond our initial calculations, it not only destroyed our ships that had just taken off, but also destroyed all the thrusters on our planet, and although this underground shelter was lucky to remain, we have been completely in despair ever since. ”
When the old man finished telling the story, he froze there, as if he had left his soul. Perhaps these stories can be regarded as ancient memories for the five of Cheng Shi, but the old man told them as if they happened yesterday.
"Is there any data from those ships that are still kept?" Barbara, who had not spoken, asked the question that Cheng Shigang wanted to ask.
The old man was taken aback: "Of course there are reservations, I am a member of the Elven Elder Council, mainly responsible for analyzing the evolution of stars and the ecology of planets, and the data sent back by those spaceships must pass through me every time." The old man said that some complex lights and shadows appeared above his head, looking like some surveying and mapping data, and Cheng Shi asked the information bridge to analyze it in time.
"Master, the old man mainly shows the position coordinates of some planets and the ecological data on their surfaces, in addition, there are some spaceship design drawings and star evolution data, etc., but these are all thousands of years ago, and they are of little significance. Their method of recording the coordinates of the planets' positions is too primitive, and if we want to find the descendants of those elves, the most valuable thing is those astrological charts, after all, the positions of the stars are relatively stable, but you don't want to report too much hope to find them. Information Bridge said truthfully in the spiritual connection with Cheng Shi.
Cheng Shi sighed: "The data you just showed us, we have done a preliminary analysis, some of the information is still very valuable, we will find a way to contact the descendants of your race, of course, if they are still alive." In addition, we will not casually interfere with the normal development of a planet's civilization, but if they encounter an existential crisis of force majeure, we will try to help them. You don't have to worry that they will forget their ancestors, and we will tell them everything we see with you today at the right time, at least let them know where they came from. ”
After listening to Cheng Shi's words, the old man first had a hint of comfort on his face, then his eyes were full of respect, and then his barely maintained light and shadow avatar began to dim rapidly, and finally his brows were completely relaxed, and he smiled reassuringly: "Stranger, thank you for your thoughtful consideration, if those children are still alive, please fulfill your promise, the old man can finally rest." ”
After the old man finished speaking, the light of the magic circle in front of everyone's eyes quickly disappeared.
Seeing the old man leave calmly, the five people subconsciously stretched out their hands to stay, but in front of them were only the empty bottles floating up one by one on the ground.
"Yes
So gone? Cheng Shi said stunned.
"What else do you want? A soul obsession more than 5,000 years ago, it is already a miracle to be able to say so much, at least he finished the story. Unlike in your human TV series, the actor always dies at the beginning of the conversation. "The information bridge is as unpumped as ever.
"Don't you think it's a little strange that the bottles that set up the circle are floating?" Barbara asked, a little puzzled.
Cheng Shi glanced at the bottles, and then spread his hands: "Is it that the magic binding has weakened?" ”
"It's not good, everyone get out quickly." The information bridge flashed with hurried lights, as if to alarm the people.
The crowd didn't know why, but they didn't hesitate to drift out, and just as they flew into the hallway of the door, they saw that the lights of the entire shelter were flickering, as if they could go out at any moment.
The car model slammed into the Kate Eagle spaceship, and opened the hatches on both sides, and the five people immediately rushed onto the spaceship when they saw the drastic changes around them. Immediately afterward, they saw from the front windshield of the spaceship that the huge space in front of them began to shrink rapidly, and countless house debris was coming towards them at high speed.
The information bridge urgently activated the sub-light speed of the spacecraft to move instantaneously, and everyone came to the space around the planet as soon as it was dark.
"Damn, that old man is cheating us?" Cheng Shi saw that the surface of the planet in front of him was collapsing rapidly, and at this pace, it would soon disintegrate, and he couldn't help but exclaim with a stunned face.
"I can't say that, in fact, he has no malicious intent, it's just that the magic circle consumed too much energy in a short period of time, breaking the balance of magical energy that has lasted for thousands of years in the entire shelter. The magic energy center in the shelter detected by the ship before is actually a magic energy storage controller with a simple structure, and it is precisely because of its simplicity that it has been able to operate stably for so many years. The sound of the information bridge sounded in the wheelhouse of the spacecraft.
The planet that is the sanctuary of the elven race is crumbling and disintegrating at an accelerated pace, and in a short time it will appear as a pile of wreckage scattered and floating in space.
Everyone looked at it in amazement for a long time, and after a long time, Yang Yang muttered to himself: "It's better to take out those bottles, don't you have nothing now?" ”
"What the hell is your brain? Don't you think those elves are pitiful? Barbara crossed her waist and asked Yang Yang angrily.
Yang Yang pouted very naturally: "The era they live in is far before we were born, how can we manage this," she said, her eyes rolled, "No, among our people, you are the oldest, maybe you are their peer, they are all so old, why do you still look so indifferent to life and death?" Monkey, you don't have Alzheimer's, do you? ”
Barbara glared: "Birdman, what nonsense are you talking about?" You don't even know who your mother is, why do you say you're younger than me? ”
Yang Yang stretched out his hands: "I'm a minor sealed by the goddess, have you forgotten?" ”
Barbara was speechless, she seemed to be a little confused by the big bird's clever words, and it took a long time to think that she also had an electric bird skill, but as soon as she summoned a lightning ball in the palm of her hand, she saw Cheng Shi waving at her, so the monkey girl snorted and reluctantly withdrew the lightning magic, and Yang Yang, who was hiding behind Oldman, stuck out his tongue at her proudly.
"Master, the goddess is calling." The voice of the information bridge suddenly sounded.