Wedel continued: "I confess that from the moment I read that miraculous forbidden book, I have developed a keen interest in the ocean, which is mainly composed of water, but you would be mistaken to think that my original intention in building the yacht of the Fire Men was based on my fascination with the sea. ”

Haige does think so. After all, in the land of flames, where not a drop of water can be found, the fantastical beauty of the ocean is likely to attract people's attention, and they will have all kinds of fantasies about that beauty, and even yearn to be there one day.

But before he could say this, Wedel had already denied it, and it seemed that the mystery related to his experience was really about to be revealed. Haige couldn't wait, and in order to get to the point as soon as possible, he tried to ask, "Then why did you build a ship on Earth?" ”

The corners of Wedel's mouth sank, and his eyes deepened, or rather hollowed. His rosy cheeks were pale, like a man who had experienced setbacks, recalling the unbearable past.

"My wandering, it's a wandering in the real sense of the word, not what you see on Kanter Street, that's what it's pretending to be."

"Wandering in the truest sense of the word? But aren't you good? Haige was confused. After Wedell took off his wig and beard and changed his appearance to become a normal person, where else did he look like a down-and-out homeless man?

"A rigorous scientist who never jokes about serious things, especially a scientist who has become a cosmic wanderer." Wedel emphasized the word "universe".

"It turns out that the cosmic wanderer ......" Haige understood.

"My hometown, Wedel-U, perished hundreds of millions of years ago. Selfish, I left behind the U-star people who were still struggling for their lives, and hid myself in the hibernation module of the low-speed spacecraft of the well-fueled Variable Star 1 spacecraft, and remained floating in the universe to avoid the pursuit of death. Before entering the hibernation module, I did not set the destination coordinates of the spacecraft in the galaxy far away from the river according to the requirements of the U-star escape plan, but just drifted away from the U-star aimlessly. Later, I woke up from hibernation three times, and while awake, I did a lot of scientific experiments intermittently, including studying the limits of supermetals, hoping to figure out how many objects can be dragged when plant metals absorb the maximum amount of cosmic background radiation energy. Of course, improving the biological species carried by the spacecraft and making them hydrophilic is also one of the important projects I am working on. But I always despised myself and considered myself a coward. Every time I wanted to go back to the hibernation pod and start hibernation again, I mustered up the courage to enter that coordinate into the system, but each time I hesitated to give up. That decision, I feel like a poison, swallow it and never wake up from hibernation again. ”

"You've been in a spaceship, floating in the universe for hundreds of millions of years, hibernation most of the time?" Hai Ge's head was dizzy, unable to believe it, but he knew that it was impossible for Wedel to lie. No wonder he always calls himself an "old man", and if what he says is true, then why is he just old? It's a living specimen of prehistoric humans in the universe!

"Yes, hibernation is exactly why I've survived until now. But even the hibernation technology developed through U-star technology cannot guarantee that a person will sleep for that long, and I must thank Marry for helping me. My hibernation is almost indistinguishable from death, and all functions of my body cease to move, including my brain. Only the cryopreserved shell was left in the hibernation pod, and I didn't really wake up until the pre-set hibernation time was over, the brain was revived and the other organs were brought back to normal work. ”

"But why are you so afraid of the coordinates of your destination, thinking that it is a poison?"

"This ...... Although I am the backbone of the AI intelligence R&D team, I can't put the fate of the entire spaceship in the hands of robots. Maybe it's because I know them too well, so I'm wary. In addition, the journey to the extragalactic galaxy is full of dangers, and there is no mature orbital route, so it is tantamount to suicide to venture out. Looking back now, I was right, but at that time, I was accused of being a traitor for persuading the government to abandon goal setting, and I also dragged down Marie and Elle......"

Wedel is on the U planet, and he also angered the government authorities and caused public outrage? Hai Ge felt a strange feeling in his heart, and he also guessed why in the end, he became the only survivor of the U star. But if he can't sway the minds of others and change their decisions, what reason is there to blame himself?

Wedel was still murmuring bitterly: "I didn't persevere, and in the end all the variable star ships that escaped fell into the vast sea of stars, it's all my fault!" This extreme mental torture is like a noose, tightly wrapped around my neck, and sooner or later I will be hoisted to the gallows of morality. ”

Hai Ge shuddered fiercely.

"For a long time, I didn't know where I had been, but I certainly never stepped out of the galaxy. Variable One's automated defense system is very powerful, dodging all kinds of threats hidden behind the background of the dark universe. When I woke up for the last time, I found myself back in the region where U-star once existed, and I saw the full solar system. On that day, I witnessed how my planet had descended from the scorching land of fire to a black hole hell that was about to devour its own children and destroy the entire solar system. From then on, I began to believe in the gods worshipped by the U-star people, and saw the emblem symbolizing the gods as a holy object that would bring good luck. After all, in the badge, there is the pride of the purple apricot tree and the U star, the incarnation of the Wing Clan. ”

"Those two beautiful color-winged birds are the incarnation of the Wing Clan? No wonder the location is at the top of the purple apricot tree! Hearing this, Hai Ge also faintly felt how powerful the spiritual power of that badge was.

Wedell continued: "Variable-1 has been drifting through the vast universe for hundreds of millions of years, the nuclear fuel it carries has finally run out, and the ecological circulation system that supports the survival of the Fire Clan has stopped working. If I don't find a place to land as soon as possible, the ship will turn into a meteor and annihilate, and even the hibernation pod will not be able to save me. ”

"You've chosen Earth as your landing site. Is it because you see the vast oceans of the earth? Haige asked softly.

"No, it's not."

"And why?"

"U-star people don't need to breathe oxygen to stay alive, our lungs can accept any gas, and even poison gas can't kill us. The atmosphere of U Star is very similar to that of the Sun, and I may be healthier if I could breathe fresh hydrogen constantly, but unfortunately the amount of hydrogen in the Earth's atmosphere is too small. ”

"What? Sir, you breathe ...... Hydrogen? Hai Ge was shocked again, he didn't think that the alien in front of him was so different from himself!

Wedell muttered: "In this way, you should understand, hydrogen is different from oxygen, it is everywhere in the universe, and the eight planets of the solar system, no matter which one I crash land on, I can survive." But when I saw that the U-star, which was once as beautiful as the fire fairy, had become a star-eater, and that there were organic life on the earth that was as kind and valuable as the U-stars, I did not hesitate to land the spaceship in the desert of the earth. ”