Chapter 18: The Tree of Pathos

The child finally landed, although it was born prematurely, but the mother and child were safe. Samantha's face, which had been tense, also showed a smile at this moment.

"Thank you, Professor Xu!" She walked up to Xu Yunzhi, who was washing her hands, to express her gratitude.

"Excuse me!" Xu Yunzhi didn't reply, and said, "It's a pity that this kid won't live long!" ”

Xu Yunzhi's meaning is very clear, the earthlings have already entered, and the fate of the Jones people is in jeopardy. How can there be eggs under the nest, the Jones people are going to be finished, how can a Jones child live alone.

Samantha's face turned blue all of a sudden.

For the Jones, this is a very dangerous situation. So far, the losses of Jones and Earthlings are actually not far apart. The earthlings captured every passage, which can be said to be exchanged for human lives, and the Jones people's insistence every minute was also won with their lives. Brutal street fighting, it was a fight between life and life.

If the Jones people are all good, even without the fire support of the Jones mothership, it is really uncertain who will kill the deer. But without the serum, those Jones people who were already in danger had lost the possibility of recovery. This means that the Joneses' successors are seriously understaffed.

More than half of the Jones people died not in battle, but in their own fate.

It was night, and the earthlings who had attacked for a day, after capturing the Academy of Sciences, did not continue the attack. After a continuous battle, they were also tired and needed to rest, and the Jones people were given a brief respite.

Dinner was served, but Samantha didn't have an appetite for it. She asked someone to bring a few bottles of wine, and asked someone to call Xu Yunzhi over.

"Let's have a few drinks together, Professor Xu!"

Samantha personally filled Xu Yunzhi's wine glass, and Xu Yunzhi was not polite, and drank it all with a tilt of his neck.

"Good wine!" After drinking, Xu Yunzhi smiled slightly and said, "It's a pity that you and I drink together, probably for the last time!" Maybe after dawn, you and I will materialize and return to nature! ”

"Are you scared?" Samantha asked, and poured Xu Yunzhi's wine glass full of wine.

"Sort of! But it's only a little ...... People always have to die, don't they! ”

"The big truth!" Samantha smiled melancholy: "Professor Xu is such a rare real person, it's a pity that we can't be friends." ”

"That's your choice, isn't it?" Xu Yunzhi said: "You have chosen confrontation, with your own technological superiority, you want to send us earthlings into hell!" You didn't mean to, but the result was the same. It's a pity that the way of heaven is good, but as a result, you think that the God complex that is high above has sent you to the point of no return! ”

"You're wrong about that!" Samantha shook her head and said, "What sent us to the point of no return is not our concept, nor you earthlings, but the universe!" ”

"You mean, the unconscious universe is clearing the portal?" Xu Yunzhi said with a smile: "The Jones people, who are based on science and technology, actually play fantasy, which surprises me." ”

"The universe is clearing the portal? Professor Xu, you said this sentence so well! Samantha praised, "That's right, the universe is cleaning the portal, as you say!" ”

Xu Yunzhi was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Samantha to actually recognize one of her jokes: "I want to hear it!" ”

"It's a long story...... Samantha muttered for a while, and said, "Well, don't talk about it today, I hope I'll never have a chance again!" The night is long, and I'm bored, so I'll talk about it......"

The light in the room was not strong, and it shone on Samantha's face, leaving a shadow. Xu Yunzhi saw that Samantha's eyes showed a very helpless look. That kind of look, Xu Yunzhi has never seen it in Samantha.

"We're collapsing...... An irreversible collapse! Samantha said: "The helplessness of life, the final tragic ending of the tree of life, the experience of our Joneses, just confirms the cruel iron law of the universe......"

Samantha slowly began her narrative, telling Xu Yunzhi that the Jones people had indeed reached the point of no return. When their home planet could no longer shelter their Jones race, they chose to flee because it was truly the only way out.

They were well prepared, and worked with all the wisdom of the entire Jones race. In their opinion, they can run anywhere in the universe and colonize any habitable planet they may encounter, and there will be no problem.

But obviously, they still underestimate the monster of the universe too much. Intelligent life, such as the Jones Man, is nothing more than a derivative of the unconscious natural development of the universe, or a parasite naturally produced by the universe in the process of development. Isn't it too big for a parasite to want to understand the mystery of the subject?

On that dead planet, the Jones encountered the first severe punishment of the universe. A few microbes and beetles wiped out the vast majority of Jones. In the face of such a low-level alien creature that was unintentionally created in the universe, the Jones people, who have a highly developed level of science and technology, are so helpless and vulnerable!

But that kind of danger is still the shallow danger that the universe shows. They had no idea that they would encounter a deeper danger on the seemingly gentle planet of Earth!

"Wait! You are saying that our planet is destroying you, how is that possible? Xu Yunzhi asked in surprise.

"Anything is possible!" Samantha smiled wryly.

Samantha told Xu Yunzhi that since the ancestors of their advance team, they have conducted countless scientific investigations into the habitability of the earth. In the end, it was determined that the earth was suitable for the Jones people. Everything about it, including the mass of the planet, the gravitational field, the magnetic field, and so on, is similar to that of Jones's home star. Its air, water, plants, microorganisms, etc., do not seem to be much different from Jones's home planet. Especially in the area of microorganisms, after careful research, they all feel that they are quite gentle, and they are not as cool and exclusive as the dead planet.

"But obviously, we were wrong!" Samantha said: "The seemingly gentle natural environment still carries with it an unavoidable, hidden exclusivity, and even more like a boiled frog in warm water!" ”

Xu Yunzhi was speechless when he heard this.

"When you earthlings discussed the origin of life, there was a saying called 'cosmic life theory'. In other words, the origin of life on Earth is likely to come from outer space. Asteroids, meteorites, comets, and all the cosmic dust that falls on Earth bring the first organic matter to Earth. Life on Earth, most likely, came from the universe. ”

"This argument has been rejected by us!" Xu Yunzhi said.

"This negation is a kind of progress!" Samantha said: "We know, and you earthlings know, that when we first started exploring the universe, we all knew how terrible the universe was. Our astronauts, after a long period of life in space, have irreversible changes in their genes, and there are many physiological discomforts. ”

"That's right," Xu Yunzhi agreed: "So we used to not allow women who had not given birth to children to go to space, until the Y system collapsed and there were no men!" ”

"Actually, you haven't understood that men are more susceptible to cosmic rays. The first collapse of the Y system is the result of this damage! ”

At this point, Samantha paused, as if to gather her thoughts. Then, she smiled melancholy: "We have only recently discovered that deep in our genes, there is no important part of adapting to the cosmic environment. Taking us Jones people as an example, perhaps, when we evolved step by step from the primitive obscurantism on the home planet of Jones, the environment of the home planet has already created everything for us, and we can only adapt to the natural environment of the mother planet of Jones, and cannot change it! ”

"I have a question about this!" Xu Yunzhi said: "You have been running for 500 light years, and for tens of millions of years, you have been living in the universe, why haven't you collapsed?" ”

"We don't have time to study this question, we can only guess......" Samantha smiled wryly: "When our mothership is sailing in space, our surroundings are always fixed and constantly changing. And our mothership, its internal environment, is a simulation of our home planet. I suspect that the unstable external environment and the simulated internal environment of the home planet are the two major factors that have not collapsed in these tens of millions of years. ”

"You mean, when you arrive on Earth, the external environment is fixed, and you leave the internal environment of the simulated home planet," Xu Yunzhi frowned, trying to be as accurate as possible: "So the collapse began?" ”

"That's right!" Samantha nodded and said, "The Earth's gravity, climate, air composition, soil and water composition are just approximate to the Jones home planet. No two planets in the universe are identical, so if we find a planet that approximates the parent planet, we will judge that planet as a habitable planet, which is probably not the case. Maybe the problem lies in the seemingly inconsequential differences! The life form of the Jones people had to passively accept some kind of change, but the adaptation and change of the life form was extremely slow, and it could not adapt to the earth's environment in the short term, so it could only collapse! ”

Xu Yunzhi had a bitter face and said nothing. The scene of Jones Lulu tearing down the building made of metal blocks, and her words: "The simpler the more stable", once again came to Xu Yunzhi's mind.

"What's wrong, Professor Xu?" Samantha stared at Xu Yunzhi's bitter face, smiled slightly, and said, "We Jones people struggled hard and struggled, and finally lost to the universe. Aren't you happy that the fate of the Jones people's final demise declares that the earth is the earth of the earthlings, and we can't touch it? ”

"Unhappy, really unhappy!" Xu Yunzhi's tone was heavy: "What you said today is actually telling me that one day the earthlings will be developed and have the ability to colonize alien planets with interstellar navigation capabilities, and the result will probably be everything that you Jones people have encountered." The current fate of the Jones people is the future fate of the earthlings! ”

"It's interesting to talk to Professor Xu!" Samantha said, "It's a shame we can't be friends! ”

"As a result, you can only save your race by using the bodies of our Earth girls to refine the serum! But alas, the Academy of Sciences has been destroyed, and you can't get new serums! ”

"Yes, we have done evil, but it turned out to be like this!" Samantha shook her head and laughed miserably.

"If the Academy of Sciences is not destroyed and the serum is not enough, you will still kill those Earth boys and continue to cause evil?"

"Quite possibly......," Samantha admitted, "you have prevented us from continuing to do evil." ”

"What are you going to do next?" After being silent for a long time, Xu Yunzhi asked.