Su Ruyu left the cockpit of the core of the spaceship and went to the power compartment where the engine was located behind.

Lu An stood in front of the command hatch again, inhaled deeply, and slowly exhaled before gently pushing the hatch open.

The hatch slid to the side, and the scene in the command cabin suddenly appeared in front of Lu An's eyes, and the first thing that came into his eyes made Lu An's hands tremble uncontrollably.

A palm-sized photograph, black and white, stands silently on the empty table in the command room.

Yes, photographs are not holographic projections that people are accustomed to, but photographs that stayed quietly on paper prints, as in the ancient art of painting a long, long time ago, with no zoom in or out, and no sound movement.

It is as old as eternal death, and what has long since disappeared has long been obsolete.

The monotonous black and white grayscale, the still image, the art of annihilation and disappearance, this is a kind of thing called a posthumous image.

It is not the hologram that people commonly use today to preserve people's voices and smiles, and it is not the kind of illusory afterimage that is falsely used to deceive oneself, as if the dead can still exist.

"Ahh This is a symbol of death! ”

A sigh suddenly sounded in Lu An's ears, and he suddenly turned his head back, empty.

Who is it?!

A symbol of death? Yes, what once existed, eternally still, but only represents traces of the past, no sound, no movement, no thought.

"But who was talking just now?"

Lu An muttered to himself, looking at the portrait of his father in front of him, his eyes were a little dazed.

Ah, that's the symbol of death.

Oh, by the way, my brother once said it, and I said it to the same photo.

So, have you ever seen this kind of photo before? Where have you seen it? Where is it?

Lu An looked at his black and white father, his eyes became foggy, and he returned to the depths of his dim memory.

It's just that the memory is vaguely intertwined with the fragments of the past, Lu An looked at the black and white portrait of his father, and seemed to see his brother's face active on it, and the familiar face with his lips moving was eager to try in the black and white photo in front of him, as if he wanted to jump off it.

"Well, didn't you have a break before you came?"

Lu An shook his head vigorously, and then looked ahead, but his father's indifferent face was on top of the black and white statue.

Why did you suddenly hallucinate?

It is not strange that I saw my father's photo and remembered my brother's words, the bits and pieces of the past have been churning countless times in my heart, and have become an indelible part of my body.

But why did his brother's face suddenly appear? Moreover, there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity?

Lu Anxin was puzzled, this sense of déjà vu came inexplicably, but it lingered for a long time, as if something in the depths of his heart was tempting him, and he was looking inward regardless of all dangers.

"I'm sure I've forgotten something! When you think about it, you must remember it! Come to remember! ”

Lu Anxin shouted, staring at his father's photo without blinking.

However, blinking is like the instinct of a person's heartbeat to eat, drink, breathe, and drink, and no matter how long a person's eyes are stared at, no matter how persistent, it is difficult not to blink for a long time.

Lu An stared at the photo for a long time, and the similar faces of his father and brother suddenly overlapped again, jumping together in the black and white two-color world. And at the moment when he subconsciously blinked, his brother's face suddenly jumped, and the black and white photos shifted into two worlds, and the faces of the two stood side by side, like the door of a door.

"It's the door! It's the door, the oak door! ”

Lu Anzhong seemed to be suddenly pierced, and the sunlight outside the spaceship seemed to shine through the thick bulkhead.

It turned out to be that strange and wet dream, the invitation of my father and brother to me that inexplicably appeared under the castle in the dream, and in that door.

"After all, it is my father and brother, it is their gift to themselves, it is their thoughts that they leave in this world, and it is their love for themselves, so I will never forget it?!"

The gates of memory are opened, and time rushes in.

Lu An finally remembered when he had seen such a photo, and where he had heard his brother's whispered sigh in his ear.

"Ahh This is a symbol of death! ”

It's in one's own home, or the home that used to be, the home in the zero zone of the earth.

The place where the old man and his grandmother lived has been kept in the room where my father used to live, and there is also a picture of the same. It's just that Lu An hasn't seen that photo for ten years. Since Lu Yingbang's death, he has never set foot in his father's room again, and his memory has naturally become indifferent.

"It seems to be like this place, empty, but spotless."

After standing at the entrance for a long time, Lu An finally stepped into the command cabin and approached the black and white photo.

Lowering his head and reaching out, he picked up his father's photo, and rubbed it for a while, before Lu An reluctantly put it down and looked around at the empty surroundings.

"Everything here should be at home, ...... old man's house."

If this command module really remained the same as when his father was killed, it should not be so empty, and the command module of a fleet commander should not be like this in any way.

Presumably, in the father's room in the zero area of the earth, those things should have come from here, such as the space gyroscope in the room where Lu An still has some impressions, it should be the mascot of the captain of 32703. The space gyroscope is the "mascot" that the commander of every spacecraft must have.

However, mascots may not bring good luck, just as peace charms may not be able to bless peace.

Lu An thought, shook his head, and touched the traces under the photo again.

If an object is left in one place for a long time, it will inevitably leave traces, not only for creatures like people, but also for those stubborn stones and flowing water that are silent. Although the photograph is thin and weightless, it is still enough to carve deep marks on this smooth desktop ten years later.

"It's just that things must be reversed, if time passes, no matter how stubborn the object is, it will eventually decay, those traces will eventually be erased, people will die, bamboo slips will be forgotten, and all evidence of existence will disappear—"

At this moment, Lu An's mood was a little discouraged, and in the face of his father's portrait, his mood also became like black and white.

"Father, I have not forgotten, I have not forgotten, not for a moment. Alas, probably the old man has not forgotten it. ”

Lu An was keenly aware of this when he picked up his father's photo just now, his father's photo had been touched not long ago, and the shallow indentation had a slight discord with the placement of the photo.

However, considering how clean and tidy this ship was when it first came in, and the empty and spotless appearance of this command room, then it must have been cleaned by people all the time.

Who could it be?

Naturally, it wouldn't be just someone who could come in, and as soon as Lu Anxin thought of this thought, he couldn't help but feel disgusted.

That's probably what the old man thinks.

Otherwise, outside the 273 asteroid, the warship of the anti-smuggling team patrolled far away, and it was obvious that it would be easy to wipe themselves out, but they didn't dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step, why?

In Lu An's mind, the old man was hard-hearted, and he would inevitably kill him for the sake of a thought in his heart, which shocked people by his ruthless methods and was afraid of the terrible consequences, so there was such a deterrent power.

So, after ten years of distant time, not only did I receive a gift from my father, but also was sheltered by my father's warm wings?

But who is here?

Lu An smiled bitterly, he didn't even have the slightest thought in his heart, and he definitely remembered Uncle Liu's face in his mind.

Thinking about it this way, it is no wonder that Uncle Liu will take himself to the asteroid belt hundreds of millions of miles away. It is true that the old man asked Uncle Liu to take him away from the moon because he didn't want to disturb him, but Uncle Liu did not simply carry out the old man's orders.

"Did he want to let himself meet his father? I want to tell my father in person that I received ......, heh, I'm confused! Confused, hehe. ”

Lu An smiled bitterly twice.

Uncle Liu didn't know that he had received a gift from his father, how could he think so, he was really naïve.

"And, in the end, how can there be a father here, after all, there is only a black and white portrait. If there is any spirit in heaven, doesn't it mean that the dead cannot rest in peace, and have to wander alone outside this world? What a blasphemy and hypothesis of the deceased! Is it just for the sake of the peace of mind of the living that they rely on such lies? ”

Lu An pursed his lips tightly, and pressed down the trace of unwillingness that appeared in his heart, and then pressed it down again, all the way to the deepest part.

Father is so young, so ......, why......

This kind of curse, which has been asked thousands of times without an answer, is fiercely suppressed every time it rises in Lu Anxin.

"However, Uncle Liu should still have such thoughts, he still wants to bring himself over and come over to see the place where his father died."

Lu An picked up his father's photo again, rubbed it for a moment, and put it back on the table again, placing it tightly with the shallow indentation.

"So not long ago, Uncle Liu should have been here, and he should have been here more than once, it was spotless here, and no one bothered him, so it must be Uncle Liu's credit."

Thinking of Uncle Liu, who has cared for him since he ran away from home, Lu An's gloom has finally subsided a little, and this is the only man of his father's generation that Lu An has come into contact with in the past ten years. Others, even if they are the same age as their father, are not of the same generation as their father, and in Lu An's opinion, those who can be compared can be regarded as peers.

"I just don't know, where Uncle Liu is now. Looks like he's been out of here for a month or two......"

Lu An's fingers slid lightly on the table, thinking in his heart.

At this moment, Su Ruyu's voice came from outside the door.

"Me, can I come in?"