Finally, Zhou Xin and the others completed their preparations for departure, and this day was the day they left this frozen planet. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the command cabin, Zhou Xin stood quietly in front of the command platform, and what appeared on the screen was Pryter, and behind him stood another young man, who seemed to take Dart's place.

"Looks like you're ready." Prit spoke first.

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, "Everything is ready, before leaving, I want to contact you and ask Christy to say goodbye to you." ”

"What is there to say goodbye." Prit waved his hand, "I watched these children grow up one by one, they have been naughty since they were children, and I can't ask for them to leave now." As he spoke, his tone tinged with a hint of sadness.

"Grandpa Dean." Christy couldn't help but shout.

"Alright, alright." Prit was a little sad for a while before recovering his emotions, "The little bird has grown up, it's time to leave Mother, in fact, I also understand that this planet has trapped us here for a long time, but there has been no chance for you to leave before, and now I finally have this opportunity." As he spoke, he looked at Dart next to Christy, "You're the oldest here, and you've been the captain of the base guard, so you'll need to protect the others." ”

Dart, who had been expressionless, also showed a sad look, "Grandpa-" He shouted and couldn't go on.

"Well, there's nothing to be sad about." "I won't say goodbye to the other naughty ghosts one by one, and I'm crying and crying one by one." Then he turned his perspective to Zhou Xin, "Boy, I'll leave them to you, remember your promise." ”

"Don't worry." Zhou Xin promised, "I will take good care of them." ”

"Hmm." Prit nodded, and then his expression became serious, "Okay, don't say more about the pleasantries, you better leave quickly." ”

Seeing that Prit was reluctant to continue chatting, Zhou Xin had no choice but to end the communication, so he gave the order to prepare to go, and the command cabin was instantly busy.

At this time, Zhou Xin finally had time to rest in his busy schedule, so he chatted with Dart beside him.

"I'm sorry, but I was busy preparing for the departure of the Voyager, and I didn't even have time to receive you on the day you boarded the ship." At the beginning, Zhou Xin apologized to Dart first.

"It doesn't matter, I understand."

"But I really didn't expect you to be one of them." Zhou Xin's tone was a hint of surprise, "You told him all the news that Rust got before, I can't think of anyone else who can get such accurate information so quickly." ”

Dart nodded, "Looks like you already know, yes, I did tell them the news." ”

After receiving Dart's confirmation, Zhou Xin then asked curiously, "But why did Rust act so anxious when communicating with us?" You know, if you had come forward to communicate with me, maybe I would have agreed to your request the first time. But you let such a reckless man come forward, and I still wonder if you came to the Voyager for any other purpose. As he spoke, he stared intently at Dart in front of him.

Dart suddenly showed an embarrassed expression, "This--in fact, his character is not like this, his urgent attitude is what I let him show." ”

"Huh?" After listening to Rust's words, Zhou Xin suddenly felt very surprised, "Why do you want him to put on such an attitude, isn't this obviously arousing the suspicion of others?" ”

"That's actually a temptation for you." Dart explained, "After listening to you on the planet, I actually believed you a little, and realized that this might be my only chance to leave this planet, after all, it should be impossible for me to encounter aliens in my lifetime. However, I'm not sure what you're trying to do, so I'm deliberately making Rust look impatient to see how you react. ”

"Does it make a difference?" Zhou Xin was a little puzzled, "What would you have done if I had agreed to Rust's request in the first contact." ”

"Then I might have to consider whether or not to go with you." Dart's expression was a little serious, "After all, we have a request for you, and it's normal to be a little impatient, but if you agree immediately, it means that you have other purposes for us." Whether this is benign or malicious, for security reasons, I will definitely rethink my attitude towards you. ”

"But what I didn't expect was that it was because of Rust's attitude at the beginning that you began to doubt us, so you couldn't make a decision for a long time. While this reassures me that you are really considering our ideas, you have been delaying for so long that in the end I was really in a hurry. Dart honestly admitted.

"What if we don't reply to you before we leave?" Zhou Xin asked curiously.

"That's the way it was before." Dart replied with a nonchalant look on his face.

"What's the answer?" Zhou Xin felt inexplicable, but after thinking for a while, he seemed to understand, and then Zhou Xin showed a shocked expression, "Could it be that you say-?" You deliberately let Dean Prit find out about our secret contact?! ”

"I really didn't mean it." But Dart's next words shocked everyone in the command module, "That's what I told him." ”

The command cabin was suddenly silent, and their attention was focused on him because of Dart's words, and after a while, Zhou Xin asked in surprise, "Why did you do this?" Do you think you'll be able to go with us if you tell Dean Prytt? ”

"Isn't that so?" Dart spread his hands, "Aren't I coming up now?" Then he finally told the inside story, "Because of the limitations of technology, there is no way for us to leave this planet, but every generation of leaders will find ways to achieve this goal." Then Dart showed a look of reminiscence, "According to the records handed down between each generation of deans, the original leader of the first generation tried to re-research the hyperspace jumping technology, but his research was discovered by the artificial intelligence Atlas who was left behind, and it seems that Captain Gurans gave Atlas a special order before leaving, and the moment his research activities were discovered by Atlas, any technology related to the restoration of hyperspace jumping was deleted in an instant, At the same time, other basic technologies related to this technology have been removed, which makes it even worse for us to lack key technologies. Since then, there has been no way to revert this technology. ”

"But despite this, the successive generations of deans have not given up this idea, and even Dean Pratt has tried, but due to the lack of basic technology, and the core technology is researched by the ancestors and artificial intelligence together, so each generation of deans has failed." Speaking of this, Dart showed a hint of sadness, "So the first thing that each generation of deans confesses when they pass on this position to the next generation of deans is to restore the hyperspace jumping technology. ”

"Isn't that supposed to be word of mouth among your deans? How would you know? Spred asked suspiciously, "Is it-?" ”

"If I hadn't met you, I'd be the next dean." Dart's words were still surprising, "Before taking over as Dean, Dean Prit told me these things in advance. Of course, there is also the hope of studying hyperspace jumps. After a pause, he continued, "But now that I've met you, I don't want to go in that hopeless direction, so I came up with the idea of going with you, and that's what happened next. ”

"And then Pryt wants you to tell him about the idea when we leave?" Zhou Xin asked.

Dart nodded, "Originally, I wanted to talk to you before telling him, but seeing that you didn't give a reply and were leaving in a few days, I had to tell him this idea." But what I didn't expect was that he actually discovered my actions early in the morning under the alert of the artificial intelligence, but he didn't know the purpose of my actions. So he was a little surprised when I told him what I really thought, but after weighing it up, he agreed to my request. Eventually, he added, "I know you're suspicious of Rust's actions, but I can swear I'm telling the truth, so please believe me." ”

"To be honest, I didn't believe you until now." Before Zhou Xin could speak, Spred said beside him, "But since you are so open and honest, I will tell you honestly." I was the one who strongly objected to your boarding at first, but since you've said so, and the captain has agreed, I'll tentatively agree to let you stay on board. But you have to pay attention to the fact that what you just said is one-sided, and we cannot find any evidence to prove that what you said is true. So whether what you say is credible or not, I still have to put a question mark in my heart, and whether I can change my mind next, it depends on your performance. ”

"There's no problem with that." Dart nodded, "I also understand your attitude, there is no way to explain it by words at this time, let's see our next performance." ”

Not long after Dart finished speaking, the Voyager completed all the checks before starting, so Zhou Xin sat down solemnly in front of the command podium and began to give orders, "The jump engine starts, we are ready to go-"

"Warning, warning, a space anomaly has been detected in the outer space of the star, which may affect the flight of the jump engine, and it is recommended to wait for the end of the space anomaly before performing the jump mission." Before Zhou Xin's order could be finished, he was interrupted by a Thunderstar researcher.

"Spatial anomalies?" Zhou Xin asked suspiciously, "How can there be a spatial anomaly?" What kind of anomaly is it? How long will it last? ”

At this point, the Thunderman went on to report, "The telescope has detected a distortion in space on the periphery of this star, which happens to be in the direction we are heading, and the cause and duration of the anomaly are unknown. ”

"What about a different direction for the jump?" Zhou Xin proposed.

"The risk is unknown." Spred replied, "It's the first time we've encountered this situation, and my advice is to wait and see what happens, after all, we don't know anything about this anomaly, and if it's large enough to interfere with us, then I don't know what kind of impact it will have on the space created by the jump engine." ”

"Okay then." Zhou Xin looked at the distorted space on the screen with a worried face and said helplessly, "Then we can only wait and see." He turned his head and saw Dart staring thoughtfully at the screen, with a worried look in his eyes, and he said to him, "Don't worry, it's okay, maybe it won't be long before the space is restored." ”

"Let's hope so." At this time, Dart seemed to have something in mind, and he replied casually.

So, Zhou Xin ordered the prepared Voyager to temporarily turn off its engines and continue to orbit the frozen planet to wait for the space warp to disappear. While waiting, Zhou Xin couldn't help but contact Prit again.

Seeing Zhou Xin on the screen, Prit was very surprised, "Aren't you ready to go?" Why did you contact me all of a sudden, and what else was going on? ”

"I'm afraid we won't be able to leave for a while." Zhou Xin said helplessly, and then he told Pratt what the Voyager had observed, but when he heard that there was an abnormality in the space, he suddenly became excited, and he loudly interrupted Zhou Xin's words.

"What that spatial anomaly looks like, let me see."

Zhou Xin was very surprised by Prit's attitude, but he did not refuse Prit's request. Seconds later, Prit saw what the Voyager had observed.

When he saw the anomaly, Zhou Xin saw a nervous look on Prit's face, and then he asked Zhou Xin for some details about the anomaly, and although Zhou Xin was puzzled by his behavior, he still asked the Voyager to tell Prit the details of the anomaly.

After learning the details of this anomaly, an inexplicable sentence came out of Prit's mouth, "It's okay not to." Then he finally relaxed.

Zhou Xin finally couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter, have you seen similar spatial anomalies before?" ”

"I've seen it." Pratt smiled wryly, "If we hadn't seen the same anomaly, then how did we get to this planet?" ”

After listening to Prit's words, Zhou Xin and the others were immediately shocked......