On the dark side of the earth, a Chang'an-class starship slowly entered the middle and low orbit of the earth, and the night was descending with it. At the same time, a new century will usher in the day when the starship orbits the Earth. The year 2200 A.D. is just around the corner.

It's 12 noon, and although it's only 12 hours, the crew doesn't dare to slack off. They are working and waiting for the new century to come, and this exciting new century is like a year-end bonus.

In the quiet office, Rhodes was making a choice. Perhaps out of anticipation for the new century, he did not pick up the multi-function pen for a long time. He looked at the earth squarely, and under the packaging of the lights, the dark night of the earth seemed particularly weak, but the paper documents in front of him were something he could not ignore. Regarding the question of resigning from the "Century", he was given only two options: A. resigned as captain and went to live on Mars with his family. B. resigned from the position of captain and went to work on the starship Atlantis. There is nothing else.

Rhodes was the temporary captain of the starship, and although it was only temporary, he was involved in the construction of the Century, and he contributed a lot. But now the situation is very difficult for him. The construction of this starship began five years ago, and the Chang'an-class is his classification, which refers to the category of transporting supplies and medical treatment of the wounded, and in the future he will participate in a secret program.

"Alas!" Rod let out a helpless whisper, his brows furrowed, his expression helpless and painful, but it was time to write.

He is very loyal to his personal dreams, but in the face of his family, he has to choose item A. As he was about to sign his name, a D-class communication came from the screen of the AR cloud display computer, which was a connection from the bridge. Rod put down his pen and clicked on it without hesitation.

"Report to the captain, at a distance of 320,000 kilometers in the direction of our ship at 9 o'clock, an unknown object has been detected, and it is attacking our ship at high speed, please give instructions." This is the radarman's connection.

Knowing that the other party was a radar officer, this made Rod breathe a sigh of relief. In accordance with the previous approach to such incidents, he immediately gave the order.

"Check if there is a threat, destroy it immediately if it is, and carry out drone arrest if it doesn't."

"Yes." In accordance with the order, the radarman immediately let the detector operate.

In the five years that Cengi was built, Rhodes had also experienced such incidents, but mostly small meteorites and space junk, and nothing hazardous. The disposal method is simple, recycling and reuse. But there are also some ancient war air mines, which are generally safely detonated.

Rhodes held a multi-function pen and kept clicking on the documents in front of him. Returning to the subject, he had no choice but to put his left hand on his forehead, he really wanted to complete this last task, even if it was as simple as a D-class.

Within ten minutes, a connection came from the bridge, and the detective told him that there was a faint health index in it. It can be said that it is not something that a living person can show.

"This? How could it be ......" Rod touched his chin and thought to himself: this is not a time of war, and the person who set off did not set off, so ...... What could it be?

"Immediately carry out drone arrest." He suddenly thought of something, and then admonished: "Remember to be careful! I don't want any problems. ”

"Yes! Captain. The probe immediately opened the hatch of the No. 1 drone and carefully maneuvered it.

He pressed the touch button, the fusion core turned on, and the engine started. A blue light erupts from the tail of the drone and heads towards an unknown object. The drone's control range is limited, so it is mainly used for synchronous capture, but if the captured object is too fast, it will automatically AI pilot.

Rod's display was synchronized with the drone, and he was very nervous, although there was still a long time, but no one dared to relax.

Time flies, and even faster is the change in distance. Combined with the deceleration, it is getting closer and closer to the unknown. After a few more minutes, the two were only fifty kilometers away, and from the lens of the drone, the object was like a speck of dust, and when you zoomed in, the surface reflected a silvery white dark light, looming. At this time, the drone slowed down in reverse, and Rod gritted his teeth and waited silently.

"Sync successfully, wait for instructions." The drone's AI said slowly.

"The command is successfully accepted, and the robotic arm deploys." This was undoubtedly an order from the detective, and Rhodes zoomed the camera to the right arm to observe its movements, and from this angle, the object looked a lot like a storage pod, but appeared to be man-made. Rhodes was intrigued.

When the arms were about to hold it, there was a fatal mistake, and the storage compartment slipped out of the arms due to the force of the right arm.

Rod's eyes widened, and he asked calmly, "What's the matter?" How does it fall off? ”

"I'm sorry, the AI operation error, I've switched to human control." The detectives were puzzled as to how such a problem could have occurred, which had not occurred before.

Because of the previous mistake, which made it difficult to capture, the storage chamber began to rotate. He stretches his right arm forward and can hold on to it as long as he takes the opportunity.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, which meant that he had caught it, and Rod was overjoyed in his heart, but the next "squeak" sound made him panic, and sweat flowed from his face.

The drone is a classic "eagle" type, usually used to collect small meteorites, so the manipulator has a snap tooth, and in order to be more robust, it is also equipped with retractable nail teeth.

Will there be any damage? Rod watched the drone accelerate back, with infinite anticipation in his heart. Even the paper documents in front of me don't feel important. He stood up, straightened his clothes, put on his hat, smiled and opened the door towards Central Deck 2. Calculate the time, and when you get there, the drone also returns.

Along the way, the crew greeted him, which made him even happier, but the difference was that the crew was almost surprised, how could they laugh when they were about to resign?

"No. 1 'Eagle' drone, please dock at the No. 3 apron, repeat, No. 1 ......" At this time, the AI turned on the broadcast to inform the No. 1 drone that had just passed through the inner layer, and Rhodes stood next to the No. 3 apron, waiting for it to park safely. It flew slowly toward it, like an eagle, its talons outstretched and its wings outstretched. Rhodes crossed his hands on his hips and looked up.

"Buzz ......" Listening to the low voice from the fuel engine, Rod couldn't help but get excited, and the maintenance workers around him leaned over, ready to refuel the drone overhaul. But everything didn't go so well, and when there was still a meter or so away, the drone let go of its hand, and at the same time the engine turned off, and it fell hard, with the storage compartment.

The maintenance staff discussed it all around: "How can this be? ”

"yes...... Shouldn't a landing be a soft landing? ”

"Maybe there's something wrong with parallax analysis......"

After the engine was completely turned off, they went up to inspect it. A gravitational car drove over on the side, attracting the storage pod, and Rod hurriedly commanded: "This is not a material, please transport it to the weapons research department." ”

As he spoke, he jumped into the car and watched the drone leave with trepidation.

Coming to the weapons research department and placing the storage compartment on the hanging table, a young man came with large and small documents, he pushed his glasses and looked at the storage compartment with interest.

Rhodes turned around and bumped into him, and said with a smile: "Hello, I'm the captain, please arrange someone to open it, it's better to hurry." ”

"Okay, but I'd like to ask the Captain, is this a new weapon? Our Division...... Is there a corresponding directive? "The young man was wearing yellow overalls, which were very different from the white overalls outside.

There are many types of starship overalls, which are the division of each person's work unit and level. White is the general crew, mostly the base. Yellow is for management and has a lot of work experience. Red is the minister, who manages a single department. Black is the captain, the most powerful of all the crew, and the general orders are recorded in the logbook, and the other has the right to enter anywhere.

"I don't know, but you don't have to worry. This is what just happened, because the investigators detected a faint health index inside, so they arranged for you to check it. This is a Class A order, and you can execute it safely. Rod picked up his pad (tablet) and pressed his thumb lightly, and the A-class instructions were displayed on it.

The young man nodded, and immediately instructed the other staff to move the storage chamber to the experimental platform, and then everyone hurriedly operated. Rhodes followed, found a chair and sat down, he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, and somehow found a lighter, and lit a cigarette comfortably. He didn't have to worry about breaking the ban, and although it wasn't a regular smoking room, the weapons research department had plenty of air conversion windows.

"Whew......" He skillfully flicked away the ashes, and suddenly felt comfortable. Five minutes later, the young man came over with a couple of papers.

The young man coughed a few times, and he was desperately repelled by the smoke, and if it weren't for Rhodes' imminent resignation, he would definitely remind the captain in front of him.

"Captain, preliminary inspection, this is an escape pod, the type is unknown. Other than that...... Detects a faint vital index. ”

Rod touched his chin, frowned, and was silent for a moment and asked, "Is that all?" Can't you open the hatch? We must not slack off in the face of any life. You go get busy, and let me know when there is progress. ”

He flicked the butt of his cigarette and took one last deep breath.

"Yes." The young man walked away in disgrace, and after a while summoned a molecular cutting machine, which seemed to be ready to crack it strongly.

The molecular cutting machine is different from the macroscopic cutting machine, which uses molecular resonance to cut off the interaction force between the target molecule and the surrounding molecules, so as to achieve perfect separation.

"Buzz ......" The huge energy core spun at high speed, and they pressed the knife edge against the hatch.

"Click." Rod thought it would take a long time, but in less than a minute, he saw the hatch open, and it was opened like this!

He couldn't wait to step forward and wait for the hatch to be taken out, and everything inside shocked them!

"Captain, is this our technology?" The young man asked Rhodes cautiously, his eyes fixed on the encased mixture of solids and liquids.

Rod squinted his eyes and spoke cautiously: "Don't be afraid, it should be a dormant body, and then it depends on your performance." ”

In the cold winter months, in a simple cabin, the fireplace is blazing. The seemingly elderly man picked up a pot of hot milk tea with iron tongs, skillfully placed it on the small wooden table, wrapped it in cotton cloth and lifted it, and made half a cup of milk tea for the person in front of him.

"Tell me, what are you doing this time? Do you miss me? The old man asked him with a smile. Take out the pipe that you have placed beside you, take a pinch of tobacco from the cigarette pouch on the table, put it in and light it with the fire. It's nice to put it in your mouth and smoke it.

"Father, are you really going to stay here for the rest of your life? I still want to take you out. I think you also know that the changes outside are really big, and if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Xiaozhi. He misses you so much. He clutched his teacup in both hands, soaking up the heat he cherished in the cold winter. After taking a sip, the taste is still so authentic.

"Heh, I'm not going out, don't think about it, then Noxi is really so godly? Also change the world...... Alas, I also want to be cured, but ......" The old man spat out a puff of white smoke, paused, stuffed his pipe into his mouth again, and continued thoughtfully: "This world has become really fast, has the name of the Divine Domain also been changed?" Has the system changed? ”

He banged on his pipe and looked at his son suspiciously.

The man took a sip of milk tea and replied slowly: "The system has changed a lot, but the Divine Domain is still the Divine Domain." ”