Chapter 10: Reunion after the Apocalypse
Kwafu represents a spirit of three fleets of nine ships, and only one can receive this name.
Team A (code name rebirth): Kuafu (spirit), Pangu (creation), Nuwa (life).
Team B (codenamed Earthlight): Daylight (Struggle), Moonlight (Unyielding), Starlight (Hope).
Team C (codenamed Huaxia Soul): Yellow River (Source), Nanhai (Endeavor), Everest (Strength).
The three fleets flew in three carefully planned directions in space, each with three ships in the same equipment, and one of them serving as the command flagship.
Although it has been more than a thousand years of sailing, experiencing all kinds of unimaginable difficulties, and even losing the Pangu and Nuwa, as long as there is a ship, the inheritance of the fleet will not be interrupted, and the spirit of Kuafu will continue to exist with the successor.
These spaceships are the first station for human contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, and only with its success can mankind have hope of continuing to multiply and grow and pursue the mysteries of the universe. In a way, being a member of the Kwafu crew should be the highest honor for life on Earth, because everyone here has the potential to open a new chapter in human history, and everyone has the opportunity to leave a deep mark on human history.
As a member of Kuafu, carrying the spirit and luck given by the name of "Kuafu", I will also have the honor to be a direct witness to such a moment.
What a glory this is, the development of all mankind will break through because of their existence, they will lead mankind to completely get rid of the shackles of the solar system, and coexist with the entire galaxy, and even the entire universe, and as long as human civilization exists, Kua Fu will always be remembered.
Since the implementation of the Kwafu Project, more and more pioneers have been left on the waterway, they have completed their mission, although they are not lucky enough to reach the end of their lives and are forced to sleep, but they will have the opportunity to wait for the successful generation of the Kwafu Project to wake them up one by one, when they will share the joy of success, and return to their homeland as heroes, where they will spend the rest of their glorious lives. Their dedication is valuable and rewarded.
From every ship leaving the earth and sailing into the unknown deep space, every wanderer who is heading back, who does not know what awaits him, the barren starry sky, the endless sleep, the human civilization waiting to be saved, the hope is so slim, every pioneer faces it with a smile.
Because they interpret the philosophical meaning of human existence in their own way, each step represents a new breakthrough for humanity in the galaxy.
Mengxian saw a person sitting in the transparent hall of the hut from a distance, the strange thing was that this person was not his mentor, although his back was facing the direction that Mengxian came from, so that Mengxian could not recognize it at the first time, but whether it was his back, or the position where he was sitting, Mengxian felt very familiar. That position is next to Mengxian's position in front of the mentor because that position belongs to ...... Yao.
Mengxian's pupils contracted slightly, and his movements slowed down slightly, he didn't stop, but continued to move forward, while carefully identifying the other party's figure, his movements became cautious, not daring to make a sound, as if he was afraid of disturbing the scene that made him unbelievable.
It's really Yao! As the distance shortened, Mengxian clearly recognized the owner of this back, even if he was prepared, the situation in front of him still shocked him, and he recalled in his ears what Yao had said last time......
“…… I'm not going to face a few lines of foolish computer programs! ”
This sentence was so ruthless that it made Mengxian a little annoyed, but when he forced himself to calm down, he couldn't think of any words to refute it. The intelligent program can very well simulate a person who has passed away, it retains everything from this person's previous life, and it will pass it on unchanged, which is something that people looked forward to a long time ago.
But logically speaking, it does not become a real person, but has the core part, the soul, which inherits only an empty shell, and from the perspective of traditional human feelings, it may not be as good as a tombstone. Because a tombstone brings the best emotions and memories in the hearts of the missing, rather than simply repeating them.
"Yao?" Mengxian walked to his place and did not sit down, he looked at the side face of the person in front of him, and tried to call out, as soon as the voice came out, he found that his voice seemed to be choked by something, and the sound came directly from his throat to his ears, and the huge muffled sound vibrated his eardrums, and even brought out the echo.
"Mengxian." I could see that Yao was in a daze just now, looking ahead and not knowing what he was thinking, but his reply did not make Mengxian wait too long, his voice was very clear, and changed the slightly indifferent tone before, hearing this voice made Mengxian seem to go back to the time when the mentor was still many years ago.
Yao turned his head to look at Mengxian, there was a sense of relief in his tired expression, two completely different feelings appeared on Yao's face at the same time, but it was natural, his eyes did not stay long, and soon turned back to the position where the tutor often sat cross-legged, and this familiar way of communication was the same as a long time ago.
"Where's the mentor?" Mengxian didn't know what to say for a while, he had too many questions, but he couldn't ask them at this time, so he could only ask as if he was talking, there were only Yao and him in the empty room in front of him, and there was only a straw mat woven from straw in the position of the mentor.
Generally speaking, the programmed mentor will not leave this price, because one of the core settings of most intelligent programs is to reduce the excessive use of the computing power of the spaceship equipment as much as possible, especially for programs that consume a lot of computing power such as the Kuafu world, one of the necessary optimization means is to reduce the movement range of the intelligent character.
"The tutor is gone," Yao said softly, as if answering a very ordinary question, telling Mengxian that the tutor is now the same as before, after assigning homework, go back to rest for a while, maybe taking care of some routine work, or he may quit the Kuafu system and take a break for a while, and soon after, he will come back to check if the students have completed their homework in time.
Well......
Mengxian was a little puzzled, did the program change?
"Left? Where did it go? ”
"Fallen leaves return to their roots." Yao said a word softly, the meaning of this word made Mengxian's heart throb a little, he was a little unsure of what Yao wanted to express, and he didn't know how to ask, for a while the two of them were silent, Mengxian felt that the atmosphere around him froze, and the passage of time became so slow.
This idiom represents the desire of many people to return to their homeland in ancient Chinese traditional concepts, and it is also the wish of Kuafu's sailors for generations. Mengxian thought in his heart that almost every generation of Kuafu longed for him to complete the task and return to the hometown of that dream.
Fortunately, Yao just sighed and didn't pause for long.
"The mentor has been here for too long, he needs to go back and rest." Yao's voice broke the frozen space, but the words that came out made Mengxian even more confused.
"Could it be that you ......" Mengxian wanted to ask if Yao had changed the established program of the system without authorization and let the tutor leave here, because Yao had this ability, and he had also said that he didn't want to face such an intelligent program.
Yao suddenly got up and adjusted his stiff limbs, this action interrupted what Mengxian was about to say next, and when Yao sat down again, he nodded sideways, not knowing if he answered the question that Mengxian was about to ask, and then he turned his head and continued to look at the position of the mentor.
Today, Yao is in an unusual state everywhere, Mengxian decided not to continue to dwell on this issue, the change of the mentor program should not be a few days, and it will be reset by the system, so that Mengxian can still return here as before, when needed, and seek a moment of peace.
"What about the hills and the snow?" Maybe he didn't have anything to say, but Mengxian mentioned these two people again.
This problem is also like a common problem between their student days, the intelligent program is always around to assist and supervise everyone's learning, and the tutor can directly get the most realistic efficiency evaluation of everyone, and how to avoid this monitoring has become one of the few games. The instructor will even let this behavior go, because in the process, the trainee's mastery of program logic knowledge will be exercised more.
"Xiaoshan still has important things," this question made Yao change a little bigger, he paused for a long time before turning his head, but deliberately avoided Mengxian's gaze, and looked at the "oasis" in the distance of the clearing, his eyes were a little empty, but then he returned to his usual expression, and suppressed a lot of emotions in his tone.
"However, I left Xiaoxue by his side, they are both afraid of loneliness, and it is better to be together."
Isn't the gravitational wind already in the past? What else? Mengxian didn't understand what Yao meant, but hearing Yao's words, made him think that Yao in front of him was not the same as he said, and he was also afraid of loneliness, Xiaoshan and Xiaoxue had accompanied Yao for so many years, and even the characters of the system simulation had become so similar.
"No," Yao smiled, "There is a saying in my hometown that there will always be a rainbow after life goes through wind and rain, and the universe is like this, in balance, constantly advancing." ”
"Do you believe in souls?" Yao suddenly asked a very strange question, this question has been debated since the beginning of human civilization, but people who believe in the existence of souls have always been unable to provide conclusive evidence, resulting in a religious culture limited to spiritual sustenance.
"I ...... Believe. ”
Mengxian felt that Yao's knot about the mentor's forced return had not been completely untied, and he didn't want Yao to live with guilt in the future, so he answered this strange question somewhat against his will.
"Before, I didn't believe it." Yao's answer was strange, he looked up in a certain direction and said, Mengxian knew that that direction was the direction of the return warehouse on the ship.
"Assuming that the universe exists with some purpose and meaning, will it pursue development like human beings?"
Mengxian was not too surprised when he heard this question, Yao had always been like this in the past, and he would suddenly say bizarre opinions without any basis, while Mengxian would not refute like ordinary people, but would follow Yao's train of thought and continue to think.
Yao didn't wait for Mengxian's answer, but continued to talk to himself.
"The universe began with a singularity, because of a unique opportunity, and went on the path of evolution. It swelled, quickly at first, then grew larger and larger, expanding into a huge space that was constantly expanding, to an unimaginably large point and almost boundless. ”
"But these are still far from enough for the universe, the void outside still has no end, and he will never reach the end, but he continues to grow bigger, trying to break through the nothingness."
"In this purposeless expansion, there was a gradual change in its body, perhaps because of its volume, the density of its center increased, and the universe began to produce some small dots without volume from space, and these dots were like children of the universe, very similar to those before he was born."
"These dots don't become an expanding space like their parent body, maybe some internal rule doesn't allow the dots to expand, or maybe the dots on the edge also expand into space and merge into the matrix universe."
"There are more and more small dots, and gradually different groups are formed."
"These groups gather, devour each other, and destroy each other, forming various bodies of matter and energy in the process, some of which are very large and some of which are very small."
"There are more and more types and types of matter, but they are not eternal, they are also dying, producing, changing......"
"In such a movement, there is relative time, and matter dies, arises, and changes in time and space......"
"After too much time, the matter in the universe has undergone more peculiar changes, giving rise to individuals with a purpose of existence, which is an evolution of matter, and it is called ......
…… Creature. ”
After saying this headless and brainless sentence, Yao seemed to think of something, shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, stood up, looked at Mengxian deeply face to face, and quickly turned his head and walked slowly towards the door, as if his movements would stop at any time.
"Creatures?"
Mengxian's thoughts were interrupted by Yao's movements, and he looked at Yao in confusion, not knowing whether the other party was leaving, or if he wanted to look around at this place where there were too many memories, and could only follow Yao's moving figure with his own eyes.
"Are you leaving?" When Yao was about to walk to the door, Mengxian finally determined his purpose and couldn't help but ask.
"Well," Yao's footsteps didn't stop, but the voice continued, "I'm not going to leave here, there's still a lot to deal with......"
Yao didn't turn around or say a word, but as he passed by the front of the steps, he spotted the snail still hovering over the edge of the shadows. The snail didn't know how long it had been there, and in this world where there was no alternation of night and day, the lonely snail had no chance to reach the paradise of life in front of the clearing, and the intelligence relied on a procedure simpler than that of the lower creatures, and continued the journey that seemed to have no end.
Yao barely hesitated or paused, he gently picked up the snail and put it back into the moist and shady corner below the steps, where a few tufts of dark green grass, although a little sparse and desolate, were full of a kind of vitality of life, this is the snail's final home. Yao watched the snail probe in the grass for a while, the new environment made the program change slightly, the snail slowly retracted into its hard shell, and did not poke out its tentacles for a long time, as if it was sleeping with satisfaction. Yao closed his eyes, his chest heaved several times, and finally left along the path where Mengxian came.
Mengxian looked at Yao's back, and felt that the distance between him and Yao seemed to be far and close, and it was even more difficult to figure out.
Will Yao ever come back to this place? Will this be a new beginning?
Somehow, Mengxian felt that after the gravitational wind passed, everything seemed to have become completely different from before, and the strangeness made him afraid.