Lo E

Chapter 1: The Virgin's Chapter

Chapter 2: The Scythe and the Ears of Wheat

Verse 0: End, Being, and Nothingness (Medium)

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For a long time, Orff and Gross never communicated with each other outside of business.

After thinking about the fact that the Earth is now in 2040, Orff finally did not tell his team members except for his wife. Without the disturbances in the throat, the lives of others in Virgo 70b are as beautiful and peaceful as expected.

One of the buildings with the best views on the lake was reserved for the office of the Alien Research Project Team. Although the members have different responsibilities for each other, and no one is required to commute to work at a certain time, everyone is still willing to maintain a regular schedule and devote most of their energy to their profession. The reason for such a tacit understanding is mainly because after two months, there is no new curiosity to explore, and the monotony of life day after day makes people in the middle of it only regard the boring work as a rare pastime, at least they will not feel that they are wasting their time.

Outside of work, Goth continued to teach Branagh violin, and Garcia learned to swim and dive with Coleinmileia. Half a year later, the potatoes planted by Doppler in the local soil test field matured, but because the metal content was seriously excessive and the skin structure was outrageously hard so that it was inedible at all, everyone used it as a baseball to beat, and even the battering stick was discounted several times...... [Eliah] controlled the robot to smash the potatoes on the ground with a punch of 300 kilograms, but the inconspicuous little thing was still unharmed, and finally Gort's test concluded that even if you ignore the harmful substances to the human body, it is impossible to eat them raw. This thing, which is harder than grade 6 quartz, is estimated to have to be thrown into an electric arc furnace for steelmaking to be "cooked".

In another experimental field modeled on the earth's soil, the same soil bacteria that have been cultivated in advance and are beneficial to agricultural production were added, but the results were completely different, and most of the crops harvested met the food standards, but unfortunately the field area was limited and the yield was not large. It seems that in order to achieve self-sufficiency on the blonde girl, it will first take time to carry out a large-scale geomorphosis of the soil under your feet......

On the other hand, Gort's discovery of a large number of ferrophiles in the native environment of Virgo 70b indicates that the planet has also been collided with and swallowed by alien objects more than once, eventually forming the current giant planet. However, according to the research and estimation of the project team, the volume and mass of the blonde girl star are close to the critical point, and if it is increased by about 5/10,000, it may break away from the eccentric orbit around the star of 70 Virgo and become a wandering planet in the universe. If this is the case, without a direct energy supply, if the "radioactive heat loss" effect, which presupposes the presence of hydrogen in a dense atmosphere and sufficient internal heat, does not work before the next capture by the star, the temperature on the planet will continue to drop until it is infinitely close to absolute zero......

In this regard, even if the blonde girl star can be modified to fully suit human immigration, it is actually risky and unstable, perhaps just an asteroid impact that has not been intercepted, or some major movement made by humans themselves, which may lead to the end of the world.

On issues related to the continuation of the human race and the opening up of the frontier of future existence, people generally agree with what Schweder said: the more people who solve difficulties, the better they are at solving them. This is also the original intention of the E-Liande Brigade to send the alien scientific research project team instead of ordinary people to take the lead in ascending to Virgo 70b, hoping that they will accumulate valuable experience in practice, combine the three-year immigration adaptability test with the alien scientific expedition, and lay a solid foundation for mankind to expand its own cosmic territory in the future. In this process, another statement, which also belongs to Shi Weide, is completely unacceptable - there are difficulties to be raised, and there are no difficulties to create difficulties.

Orff now finally understands why the E-United German Brigade has never been able to open the "wheat ear" stargate on the blonde girl star, the reason is very simple, that is, while creating a nascent stargate, it will also create an instant gravitational force proportional to the mass of all celestial bodies within the range of hundreds of astronomical units around it[1], although it will not last long, but the planet Virgo 70b, which is so huge in size and mass, may not have the extra capacity to withstand it. The result is very likely to be a drastic change in its own orbit, and the final gain outweighs the loss......

However, humans are born with a double-edged sword-like adventurous spirit.

If one day, the E-Liande Brigade is determined to develop a blonde girl star, the long star voyage will definitely be the first obstacle to eliminate, and at that time, the fate of the distant Virgo 70b will be just a bet that will not affect the overall situation of mankind. In the vast majority of cases, human beings do not deliberately create difficulties for themselves, on the contrary, gambling is often an easy way to solve the difficulties in front of them.

For the past six months, Sebastian has fulfilled his promise to visit Garcia every other month, and as the first non-human animal to appear on the blonde girl's star, Laika will be a year old at this time, and she will already look like a full-grown rooster...... Branah doesn't grow as fast as his own pet, but he's about to celebrate his first birthday on the blonde girl, of course, based on the date from the time he set off on Earth to the present.

Gott's birthday gift to his female disciple was a violin score composed by himself, which was called "Blonde girl"; Eliah made a motorized boat out of the parts on hand, so that the two little girls could play remotely by the lake in the future; And Dopp, who has no longevity and a skill and seems quite embarrassed, blackmailed the local materials, drew all the quartz potatoes that did not know how to dispose of them, and turned them into strange smiling dolls and gave them to Brana, and hundreds of potatoes that were not like people and ghosts were densely packed in the house, and Orff and Coleinmireya committed intensive phobia on the spot...... With the gifts from Mom and Dad and others, Branagh excitedly counted twelve portions! It was the first time she had received such an abundance on her birthday, and her favorite was a golden stone that her sister Garcia had fished up from the lake, which looked crystal clear, stuck to the bow red ribbon and sparkled in the sun, like a gem!

Sebastian also specially adjusted the date of this month's trip to the blonde girl, deliberately choosing Branagh's birthday to bring the blessings of all the crew members of the "Planck" and a large Black Forest cake on the upper and lower six floors, which was the icing on the cake for this special dinner.

After dinner, Garcia took her grandfather to dance with everyone, and with the accompaniment of the white violin in Gort's hand, the first thing the old captain invited was naturally the dazzling protagonist of the day - the little princess Branagh, although she didn't know how to dance at all, but as long as she followed her own pace, it was just that.

With the old captain and the little girl leading the dance, everyone quickly put down the wine or drink in their hands and joined the "war group". Colein Mireya recalled that the last time she danced with her husband was when the two first met, after so many years, and now that their daughters are six years old, time has really flown by, but each other's hearts and love remain the same.

Watching Doppler's parents, Josephie and her husband indulge in the most beautiful blend of music and posture, Eliah took advantage of the alcohol to strengthen his courage and plucked up the courage to come to Dietlind and bow down and invite the goddess in his heart to dance, even if he was chased by Dietma again! Dietlinde, however, took her hand very cheerfully, and her father only smiled and nodded, not displeased.

At the end of the song, everyone changed their dance partners, but I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, no one came to disturb Dietlinde, so that [Eliah], who was still unsatisfied at the moment, could invite the goddess to dance again, and thank the group of righteous guys around him from the bottom of their hearts.

It was Gross who sent Sebastian today, and Martha, who was not on good terms with her colleagues without Noah, was always alone. Seeing this, Orff took the initiative to invite Martha after asking his wife's consent, Martha was overjoyed for a while, and her attention was on the person in front of her, completely unaware that Branah took advantage of the person's inattention to smear a large piece of cream on her carefully selected red dress......

On this particular night, in the courtyard of the mansion where Orff lived, Dietlinde finally accepted the confession of Eliah, and the owner of the mansion also broke up with his assistant at the ball. All good things have not been lost due to the change of space in which they live, but with the passage of time, many things have quietly changed, especially for those who have no way of knowing the current situation of the earth and the current state of the world...... Garcia wanted to keep her grandfather on the blonde girl star for one night, but Sebastian had just received a report from Hewitt that an encrypted message from the distant "Right Law Enforcement" base might need to use the captain's authority, so in case there was anything urgent, the old captain had to rush back to the starship overnight.

Back on the Planck, Sebastian found that even he couldn't decipher the contents, but Gross recognized at a glance that the encryption mode was exclusive to the internal use of the Holy GSG, and it seemed that this message was sent to him by his superiors, and it was inconvenient for others to know. After transmitting the message to the mobile device in the palm of his hand, Gross returned to the room alone to interpret it, ignoring the slightly strange eyes of the people around him.

At breakfast the next day, when the crew talked about it, Gross hesitated, saying that the E-United German Brigade had asked the relevant personnel to terminate the immigration fitness test conducted by the blonde girl star ahead of schedule, and that the "Planck" had to pick up the members of the scientific research team within a month of receiving the order, and make adjustments to the return orbit.

"Why?"

Sebastian's doubts are exactly what everyone is puzzled in their hearts at this moment. I finally came here, except for the unfortunate wreck of the No. 1 star boat, everything else was going well, why suddenly terminate the plan? Regarding this, Gross didn't know the specific reason, and he could only guess: "Perhaps, in the past few years since we left, the personnel in charge of this project within the base have changed." ”

"That's not what I'm referring to." Sebastian paused, put down the knife and fork in his hand, and looked up at Gross and Noah who were sitting opposite, "Since this order concerns all the personnel of this Star Voyage, why don't you directly inform me of this captain, but your Holy GSG is responsible for conveying it?" Gross did not avoid the old captain's questioning eyes, but he did not directly answer his question: "As a soldier, I only obey orders, and as for why the above has arranged this way, it is not for me to worry about it as a subordinate." ”

In any case, it is not a good thing for the crew members and the scientific research project team to return to Earth early. Sebastian no longer delved into the reason, and now that he had received the order, the starship could only make all preparations for the return voyage within the specified time: "In two days, you go and pick up the project team members to come back......

That night, Gross was drinking alone in his room, and soon after, Noah knocked on the door and walked in.

"You never drink when you have a mission the next day."

"You never bother me when I'm drinking."

Oh, Noah and Gross are old partners, they have worked together for more than ten years, and they naturally know that there is no malice in his words. Noah took the wine glass from the upside-down shelf and sat down in front of the captain, while Gross didn't say much, only adding an amber liquid to the wine vessel in his hand to relieve his worries.

"Tell me, what is the real order of the United German Brigade E?" Noah was not in a hurry to taste the good wine that Gross had treasured for a long time in the glass, but was only interested in the secret hidden in his heart, "Anyway, sooner or later, you will have to let us carry it out." ”

The words were true, but when it came time to say them, Gross still seemed embarrassed, and stopped talking several times. Seeing this, Noah didn't rush him, and tasted the wine by himself, until they added a few more times, and the whiskey in front of him was only an empty bottle.

"E Liande Brigade...... We were asked to bring the Planck and its crew back, but Dr. Orff and the Xenomorph Research Project team had to stay on Blonde Girl until the next time the starship came to pick them up. ”

When he first heard the news, Noah, who had a premonition in advance, did not show surprise and surprise on his face, but slowly put down the cup in silence, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't talk about why this was the case, but only asked the final result: "So, how did you decide?" Gross let out a self-deprecating sneer, as a soldier, it is your duty to obey orders, regardless of this order...... Is it right or wrong, or maybe there is something else hidden in it.

In fact, Noah also knew in his heart that Gross was famous for his dedication to the Holy GSG, and he would definitely not violate any orders of the E-United German Brigade, but this time, the price paid for this was too great, and he might not even be able to forgive himself in his life. After all, the food reserves of the scientific research project team are still a year and a half, and even if all the rich supplies on the "Planck" are left, they can only last for seven or eight years at most, and they may not be able to last until the starship comes back next time...... That interstellar voyage of at least twelve months, for those on the Blonde Maiden Star, could have waited more than ten years. And the behavior of the E United German Brigade this time seems to be not as simple as simply changing the original plan, but more like deliberately finding an excuse to abandon it in order to achieve a certain goal.

Gross picked up the empty bottle and slammed it into the wine cabinet, the splashing glass fragments mixed with the flowing liquor as if he were in a mood at the moment, shattered and gradually turned gray.

"Sebastian asked us to pick up the scientific research project team, and you agreed...... Noah got up to sort out the mess on the ground for a while, and after Gross calmed down, he also regained his sense when he made this decision: "Garcia is a family member of the crew and is not included in the relevant orders. Without her, with Sebastian and Dr. Orff's family, it would be impossible to agree to leave the scientific research team and return to Earth, although the Saint GSG soldiers know how to operate the starship, but they have some necessary permissions, and only the captain is qualified to call it. As for the rest of the project team, I'll explain it to Sebastian when the time comes......"

"That is, we only pick up the granddaughter of the old captain?"

In fact, Gross has not yet made up his mind, and in addition to feeling unbearable about what Dr. Orff is about to face, there is one more thing that has to be considered: "You...... Can you let Martha go? Why don't we take her and Orff's family of three? ”

"In this world, no one is destined to die, and no one has to live. If, as you say, it is better to disobey the order outright, at least for the eight months of the return trip, you will not feel any guilt. Noah's words made Gross speechless, but he immediately changed his words again, "Don't worry, I am your deputy, and I am also a soldier who absolutely obeys my superiors, as long as you give an order, I will carry it out without hesitation." Martha always loved another person in her heart, and between me and her - there was nothing that I couldn't let go. ”

"Besides, next time, it's better for me to take someone to the blonde girl, no matter what your decision is in the end, we always need to leave someone on the 'Planck' starship to control the overall situation, I believe you don't want to face Dr. Orff's family at this time, right?"

Noah's suggestion before leaving invisibly relieved the pressure on Gross's heart. On the day of the so-called trip to Virgo 70b to pick up the research project team, Gross's final decision was no longer clear, and the St. GSG soldiers, without the knowledge of the crew members, carried all the supplies stored by the starship to the starship, except for the part needed for the return trip, which was the last thing they did to the project team members.

At this time, Gross was still convinced that the E-United German Brigade would eventually send the "Planck" to the blonde girl star again, and Dr. Orff and his family would also survive this difficult time with their excellent wisdom in the field of alien survival and the joint efforts of his crew.

Before leaving, Gross specially told Noah to leave a letter written by himself in a place where Dr. Orff could find it in the future, not only to express his apologies, but also to let them know the truth as soon as possible, so as to allocate the resources at hand reasonably, and save what they could...... Until he goes back to figure out the situation and then comes with the starship to pick up everyone, he will definitely apologize in person.

This day is undoubtedly the most torturous twenty-four hours of Gross's life, but for another person, he has been waiting for this for a long time......

Let each other, then, carry out the orders they have received with different feelings.

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[1] Astronomical unit: The "astronomical unit", one of the astronomical constants, is a unit used in astronomy to measure the distance between celestial bodies. The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 149.6 million kilometers.