Chapter 358: Escape
The sun still rises and sets every day, still selflessly spreading its light and heat to this small corner of the dark universe, the sun and the moon are reincarnated, the stars are moving, and nothing changes.
The sun has not changed, the earth has not changed, the moon has not changed, it is only people who have changed.
These three days can be said to be the busiest three days - of course, this busyness did not involve Xiao Yun, and the busy and anxious atmosphere did not affect Xiao Yun, Xiao Yun just locked himself in his home, and then it was as if he had left this world, and did not intersect with anyone in this world.
Compared with Xiao Yun, General Emmerk is much busier. General Emak will be the head of the autonomous government, and there will be many things that he will need to deal with. With the help of the fugitive fleet government, many of the remaining personnel with certain skills have been selected to enrich the self-government, and the departments of health, education, industry, commerce, finance, and military have been formed one after another and have begun to play their roles.
During these last three days, the fugitive government once again launched a massive propaganda campaign to try to make the more than three million people who had decided to stay behind change their minds and choose to leave the Earth with the fugitive fleet. Under this propaganda offensive, more than 500,000 people finally changed their minds and entered the fugitive fleet. As a result, the population under the jurisdiction of the self-government was reduced from more than 3 million to more than 2.5 million.
The earth is getting emptier and emptyer. The once bustling city is no longer crowded, and the bustling city of the past has become crowded. Towns have been abandoned, factories have been abandoned, scenic spots, playgrounds have been abandoned, and the night of the earth is no longer brightly lit, but has been restored to pitch black as it was in ancient times.
Although it is still summer, the air is already full of autumn and winter.
The only place on the planet that is now buzzing is the center of the capital. Most of the more than 2.5 million people who remained on the planet have moved here - the capital city is a huge city with a population of more than 300 million, and with a population of just over 2.5 million, it is not even a single city center.
Of course, not all of them have moved here. The self-government also took a resigned attitude to those who did not want to move here, but for security reasons, the self-government built fortified houses for those who lived, and left them weapons for self-defense, as well as communication equipment that could communicate directly with the staff of the self-government, so that those who lived in the barren mountains or deserted cities could receive support in the shortest possible time in case of danger.
Xiao Yun did not move to live in the center of the capital city, and now Xiao Yun still lives on the outskirts of the city, but Xiao Yun has booked a house in a beautiful mountainous area, and that house will be built soon, and when it is built, Xiao Yun will move there to live.
The self-government regularly replenishes supplies for people living outside the capital city, so they don't have to worry about living no matter where they live. The vast engineering capacity of human civilization can also ensure that everyone can build a suitable dwelling.
The fugitive government left behind the self-government a huge amount of material and a sufficiently adequate industrial system. This leaves the self-government without the pressure of material support. According to the existing material reserves, the 2.5 million people under the jurisdiction of the autonomous government can live comfortably for at least 100 years, even if all of them do not work. Not to mention the various production plants that are highly sophisticated.
Such an arrangement would not require any additional effort from the fugitive government. Because human civilization has created so much wealth that the fugitive government simply cannot take it all away. Even if so much material is left to the self-government, it accounts for less than one percent of the wealth that cannot be taken away. As for what remains, it was destroyed by the fugitive government.
The fugitive government will not destroy the ecology of the earth, it will not destroy the huge buildings, but there are some things that must be destroyed. For example, precision equipment factories, such as scientific research instruments that cannot be taken away. If these things fall into the hands of the robot group, it will make the technology of the robot group take a big leap forward, and human civilization naturally does not want to see this situation.
Three days passed quietly, and the finishing touches of the fugitive government were completely over. Now it's time to leave.
It's night time in the capital city. As if it had been agreed in advance, the people left their homes and gathered on the ground. Once again, the heart of the city has regained its former bustle, but now it is a little different from what it used to be. At this moment, no one is making any noise, no one is talking. People just stood there quietly, looking up at the sky.
In the distance, a few flickering sparks slowly rose into the sky, dragging their long tails, which were extremely bright at first, but then dimmed after a few moments as they faded away. Xiao Yun knew that they were the last people to evacuate the earth.
Screens everywhere in the city are showing the evacuation of the fugitive fleet in real time. From that picture, Xiao Yun saw one bright star after another in the starry sky of the universe - but Xiao Yun knew that it was not actually a star, and each star was a giant space island carrying hundreds of millions of people. Because they're so far away, they look like just a point of light.
The number of these stars is so large that it even fills every picture on the screen. Originally, the image was static, like a photograph hanging above a tall building, but after a moment it changed. Xiao Yun saw that a few of the stars suddenly became brighter, and along with these stars, the remaining stars also seemed to be inspired and increased their brightness.
Xiao Yun knew that it was the giant engine installed on the space island that had started. An almost endless amount of power will act on the huge space island with a length of more than ten kilometers, pushing it to break free from its existing orbit and step into the vast space of the universe.
The voice of the fugitive head of government was also transmitted back from space to the capital city at this moment.
"Goodbye, goodbye, my fellow citizens." The Führer's voice seemed to be a little choked, "Good luck to you, and good luck to our civilization." ”
The Führer did not say much at this time. That's all there is to it. Xiao Yun knew that the Führer must have a lot of things to say, and those words could not be said for three or five days, not only the Führer, but the human civilization at this moment, whether it was in space or on the earth, anyone had a lot to say, but no one said anything.
The head of the fugitive government did not say anything, nor did the head of the autonomous government, General Emek. There was silence.
There were some suppressed cries in the crowd, but Xiao Yun's expression was still indifferent. Xiao Yun was not used to showing his feelings, so the more agitated Xiao Yun's heart was, the more indifferent the expression on his face.
Xiao Yun turned his head and slowly looked at the group of people standing behind him. Most of these people were old men, all of them with old faces and gray hair. There are also middle-aged people, but there are not many, and as for Xiao Yun, who is only a hundred years old, there are even fewer young adults, and they are almost invisible. Teenagers and children simply don't.
Xiao Yun knew that if there was no accident, he might be buried on the earth with these old men in just a few years.
Teenagers are the most hopeful because they have unlimited possibilities in life, while older people are the least hopeful because time is running out. So now, Xiao Yun is also old. Because there is no hope for Xiao Yun's life, or rather...... There is only a very small hope, so small that it is negligible.
Xiao Yun felt a little sad in his heart. After sighing softly, Xiao Yun retracted his gaze and put his gaze on the screen again.
The live broadcast has been going on silently, like a silent pantomime. Xiao Yun saw that the stars were already a little dim, and the dimness meant that they were getting farther and farther away from the camera.
Xiao Yun raised his head and looked at the sky - Xiao Yun knew that according to the route planned by the fugitive fleet, the fugitive fleet would pass only a few million kilometers from the earth, and then enter the inner solar system, and then move away from the other side of the solar system, and finally embark on the journey. So, even on Earth, you can actually see a fugitive fleet.
I don't know how long I waited, but when the sky seemed to be about to dawn, Xiao Yun saw some dim points of light from the side of the sky, those points of light were very dark and dark, and you had to squint your eyes to see them, but as time passed, they gradually brightened, even if the sun had risen, they couldn't hide their light.
The point of light gradually moved from the edge of the sky to the middle of the sky, and then from the middle to the other side. By this time, the sun was about to set, and the point of light came to the eastern horizon later.
It was getting dark, and the point of light finally fell below the horizon, never to be seen again. The sky was quiet again, the moon was still the moon, the stars were still stars, eternally unmoving, eternal.
"Goodbye, goodbye." Xiao Yun looked at the place where the light disappeared stupidly, and kept silently reciting in his heart, "Good luck to you, and good luck to our civilization." (To be continued.) )