Chapter 165: The Unnatural Compared
In the past, Lu An had also complained about the desolation and remoteness of the asteroid number 265, but he didn't think about the simplicity of the 9786 base at all.
After all, he had never been to outer space before.
That is, more than half a year ago, he never even left the Earth's atmosphere. On the way from Earth to the Moon Recruit Training Base, he also fainted and went into shock due to seasickness, which is really humiliating to think about now.
Therefore, although Lu An knows that the footprints of human beings have now spread all over the solar system, the artificially established bases are scattered in all corners of this space. However, Lu An had no idea what these bases should look like.
After all, these human bases throughout the solar system are definitely inferior to the five planets of Earth, the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus, but to what extent, he doesn't know.
Should there be an atmosphere or not? Has gravity ever been modified? What is the level of development of facilities such as life support, protection, and transportation?
These are these questions that even Lu An has never thought about.
For Lu An, these things did not exist in his past life at all, even if the colonization of human beings in outer space flourished, and the level of luxury and comfort of each outer space base was as if it was on the five planets, so what? Could it be that my sister Anna's fake death disease would be cured immediately, and she would never have to endure the pain again?
No, it won't.
Therefore, Lu An never considers these issues.
The reason why he left the earth's atmosphere and was trained like a dead dog every day in the moon recruit training base, the reason why he obediently followed Uncle Liu out of the moon and came to this unknown asteroid belt, and came to this desolate and remote planet where there are only two people in Lu'an, is only because his sister Anna's fake death disease can be cured.
He promised the old man, fulfilled his promise, "all actions are under command", then the old man should cure Anna's fake death.
Besides, why should he care about the extent to which the human colonizers of outer space are thriving? Why did he think about the reason why the 9786 base on this asteroid was so rudimentary?
What does all this have to do with yourself?
Lu An would not be foolish to waste time thinking about this question, as if he never spent his time complaining, why fate had allowed his sister Anna to endure such pain, why he had to struggle so hard to wait for that desperate moment, etc.
None of this has anything to do with his current situation, even if he knew the answer?
Over time, Lu An subconsciously ignored such questions, what about this asteroid being desolate and remote? What if the base doesn't have an internet connection?
Lu An has been here for more than two months, and his only complaint is that why can't he become a spaceship?
His biggest undertaking on this asteroid now is nothing more than to transform the old capsule brain so that it can normally connect to the interstellar quantum synchronization network, take him back to the "human world", and let him see his sister Anna after she recovers.
Now, Su Ruyu's complaint made him wake up suddenly.
Oh, yes, why? It seems that there are some places that are indeed abnormal!
"You're a bit of a loner." Su Ruyu shook her head and sighed, judging the young man in front of her.
"Just think about the moon, think about Mars, think about Europa, even think about Venus, and you should understand why I'm complaining."
"The moon? Mars? Europa? Venus? Lu An was a little confused again, "What's wrong with these planets?" Aren't these planets normal either? β
Su Ruyu said quietly: "Those of us who live in the era of the galaxy have long forgotten that the world is not naturally like this, and the solar system has not always been like this. We are already familiar with the juxtaposition of the five planets Earth, the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus, and we don't feel anything abnormal about it. β
"Huh?" Lu An frowned, he seemed to be able to understand what Su Ruyu was saying, but he couldn't grasp the little aura wandering in his mind.
"You know, human beings have not used the galactic calendar from the beginning, but the galactic calendar is only 400 years old. And 400 years ago, at that time, where could the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus be alongside the Earth? How are they different from here? β
Su Ruyu said it leisurely, and Lu An suddenly realized.
Yes, people living in the interstellar era have long been familiar with the five planets, the five coalition governments, the five joint commands, the five fleets, the earth, the moon, Mars, Europa or Europa, and Venus.
However, if 400 years ago, there were five planets and there was only one planet for mankind, and that was the earth.
At that time, some people said that human beings were born on the earth, grew up on the earth, and the earth is our womb, our cradle, our grave, and our only home.
Praise Mother Earth!
Long live the great Blue Star!
A lonely home lives forever!
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However, this is only the idea of the dazed people.
Anyone who has ever been into space and seen the magnificence of space knows that the solitude and vastness of this dark starry sky is far beyond the limits of human imagination, the so-called planet is just a speck of dust, and even the star on which all mankind depends, Mother Sun, is just an inconspicuous point of light.
At that time, some people sarcastically said that there are really many human mothers, and when human beings rush out of the galaxy in the future, maybe the hundreds of millions of stars in the entire galaxy should become human mothers, and those words can be copied directly without feeling disobedient at all.
Praise to Mother Galaxy!
Long live the great galaxy!
The lonely galactic home lives on forever!
But where is there anything that lasts forever? This universe has a beginningβthe starting point of the Big Bang, and then there will inevitably be a day when it will perish; The sun was born five billion years ago, and naturally it will die in a dimmed manner after billions of years; The earth was born after the sun, and naturally it will perish before the sun. In this universe, it is natural that the husband dies later, and the latter dies first.
What about humans? Is it true that humanity, born millions of years ago, is going to perish with this great Blue Star Mother? No, even with the state of the earth's resources at that time, we still have to follow the principle of life before death, and perish in internal friction as soon as possible.
To be born in the cradle and die in the cradle, what a sad thing for a man! And what a sad thing for all mankind!
"We're going to immigrate to planets other than Earth, and we're even going to have to break out of the solar system, out of the Milky Way, out of this doomed universe."
Just more than 400 years ago, during the "Great Union Wave" movement, the slogans derived from this idea surged throughout the human world, and after the struggle of blood and fire, mankind finally truly united, chanting these slogans on the United Peak, and entered the interstellar era together.
Now, only 400 years have passed, and there is no trace of the aftermath of the surging tide of the Great Alliance.
People who were born, grew up, and died in the interstellar age rarely wonder about the juxtaposition of Earth, the Moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus. What they don't know is that just 400 years ago, how many people fought to the death in despair for this seemingly ethereal and empty goal.
The Moon, Mars, Europa, and Venus are not naturally on a par with the Earth, they are all the ones that our ancestors of mankind have gradually transformed to the status that can be compared with the Earth today.
"Indeed, these four planets are all colonized planets established by mankind and are the cornerstone of the entire interstellar era of mankind, but what do you want to explain?"
Su Ruyu shook her head and sighed, "Don't you understand? Then let me ask you, is it easier to transform a planet with a diameter of thousands of kilometers, or is it easier to transform a planet with a diameter of tens of kilometers? β
Lu An suddenly grabbed the spiritual light that was wandering in his mind just now, and he sat up suddenly.
"Yes, human beings can now build Lord God-class warships dozens of kilometers long, and each one is a habitable fortress comparable to the five planets,......"
At this time, the scene that came to Lu An's mind for a moment was the magnificent scenery that he saw in front of him when he got off the spaceship that day and stood on the dock of the silver-white "future" giant city airport.
"Not even those main god-class battleships, hundreds of millions of spaceships flying in the solar system can actually illustrate this problem. This base is only the size of a spaceship, is it difficult to build a human habitability? β
Lu An didn't answer Su Ruyu's self-questioning question, he was holding his left wrist and gasping for air.
Hiss, hiss-
"What did I just say?" Su Ruyu coiled the long hair scattered on his chest around his neck, came to Lu An and squatted down, pulled the wrist of his left hand and looked at it, frowned and said, "It's easy to get swollen, but all of a sudden, it's starting to swell again." Are you sure you'll be able to recover if you return to the outpost? β
Lu An said embarrassedly: "I didn't say that I had to go back to recuperate......
"And it's not necessarily safe out there right now." Su Ruyu put Lu An's left hand back, helped him lie down, and pulled up the blanket for him to cover the parts that sneaked out quietly to let out the wind.
Lu An lay down, looked at the ends of Su Ruyu's hair hanging from his neck, and asked, "Then how can this base be like this?" Could it be that the silverfish in the logistics command have done such stupid things again? β
"Who knows, maybe they are really corrupt, that's why this base is built like this." Su Ruyu shook her head, stood up and said, "But according to my understanding, this base may not have thought of letting people stay here at all. β
"Huh? What do you mean? β
Su Ruyu untied her hair and walked back to her chair to lie down before she said, "What do you mean?" It's very simple, this is probably an unmanned base, and everything here doesn't need human intervention......"
Su Ruyu said this, naturally she was very sure, because after she mixed in with the Martian 2nd Fleet stationed here, she specially applied to come to this unmanned base to garrison.
"In other words, even if this base doesn't have us, it will still operate normally......" Lu An was a little dumbfounded.
"Of course." Su Ruyu spread her untied hair on her chest again, "Didn't you already notice it before?" The reason why the power supply in the monitoring post is tight is not because of your presence, there is enough power ......"
Su Ruyu pursed her lips, looked at Lu An, who was a little surprised, and said no more.
Uh, is it true that all my dedication over this period of time is a complete joke? Am I the most superfluous presence at that outpost?
Lu An couldn't accept it for a while.