The author of this article is Zhao Zichu

Light from the stars of Andromeda silently travels through the lonely and empty universe. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info at the cosmic coordinates x3458.9870, y0985.4934, z1118.3692, forced by the effect of general relativity, a small deflection suddenly occurred.

The light continued on its way until it was caught by an astronomical telescope that had been pointed at the field. After the information is used as a beam of current, and after it is rotated many times in the circuit, a red warning message suddenly pops up on the dark computer screen.

"They're coming!"

"How much time do we have?"

After a frantic hard drive ring, 08:30:00 appeared on the screen

At 08:30:00, the numbers on the electronic alarm clock were reflected in the misty eyes of Wang Na, who had just woken up from sleep.

She turned over and remembered, but she didn't expect to use too much force, and her floating body almost hit the bulkhead. Fortunately, the protective rope held her tightly, preventing the host who had been promoted from Star City TV to the "live" program host of the national TV station from leaving a "story that has to be told" again.

Although it was the third day of arriving at the orbital space station, Wang Na still could not get used to living in a state of no gravity, no day and night. Even the alarm clock assigned to her has been stubbornly set at the time of half past eight on Earth, which she is accustomed to.

"This universe is really beautiful!"

Walking slowly down the aisle, looking at the beautiful scenery of the universe outside the observation window, Wang Na sighed sincerely. The National Orbital Space Station uses the forgiveness of centrifugal force to simulate a certain amount of gravity, on which people can walk slowly instead of floating around completely.

The plan to fly to Mars this time concentrated the strength of the whole country, and as the leader of the national television station, Wang Na had the luxury of getting a position worth tens of millions on the spacecraft, in order to bring back first-hand precious pictures to the people of the whole country at the "scene".

And inside the door of the command center of the space station she had just passed, Wu Xiaoyu spit out the four words that decided her fate without emotion: "It's too late!"

The supreme commander on the space station exchanged glances with the colonel and his deputy, Lieutenant Colonel Li Jia, and then looked around at Nie Liang, Brother Yang, Brother Huang and a group of people sitting on the side, nodded and said, "Then what are we going to do?" ”

"The Celser Alliance's Triple Independent Fleet entered the Milky Way from the constellation Andromeda through a space jump, and the space rift should be near the asteroid belt of the solar system, which is here." Wu Xiaoyu pointed to the position on the star map, "They came too fast. And the ignition of my ship's first stage ion thruster is still on the next ship on the surface. "Damn the monkeys, 1A7489 thought fiercely, after all this time, there is still no way to send something heavier into far-earth orbit in one go." All I have to do now is park the ship at this point. He pointed to a point on the extension line between the Earth and the Sun, "When the next solar flare erupts, the solar wind will be blocked by the Earth and the intensity at this point will be just enough to ignite the ion engine of my spacecraft." It's just that the next eruption is still seven hours and forty-two minutes......"

"We have eight hours and eight minutes left." Fang Tong glanced at the time on the screen.

"Twenty-six minutes is not enough time for my ship to escape from the range of this ant nest." Wu Xiaoyu raised his eyelids to show that he had looked at Fang Tong, but in fact, his eyes didn't really leave the star map, "Although for the Serre Alliance, I am an abominable rat." Earth is nothing more than an ant nest for them, and destroying this nest could slow down the rat's ship in order to avoid debris, although this is only a 49% chance, and they must not mind doing so. Li Jia's face turned a little pale, Fang Tong's expression remained unchanged, he just picked up the water on the table, and the other seven people were also breathing a little faster, "Of course, if this mouse is far enough away, they will leave this ant nest behind and chase me with all their might." So, for my sake and for your sake, you need to buy me an extra 131.2316 seconds. The two spacecraft connected to the space station will be used for this interception plan. ”

"Interception? You mean us? The first to jump out and ask questions was Dongzi, his suspicious gaze swept over his accomplice, "Our ship is like two fleas when it meets the fleet of the Serre Alliance......

"It's not an elephant, it's a ......" Wu Xiaoyu still didn't look up, "If two fleas jump around on your eyes, or jump around in your nostrils, or ......" The trio of Drag Corpse Lane and the Pinghui trio suddenly shivered together, and they all looked down at their lower bodies, as if an unbearable past was recorded there, "It won't take too long, 131.2316 seconds, you can jump away, and they will definitely ignore you, and then, you can go home." Wu Xiaoyu said lightly, as if this was just an outing, "Okay, you can go and prepare, set off in 15 minutes, and the specific plan will be uploaded directly to your spaceship's system through the computer system." Six hours before you arrive in the asteroid belt, you have plenty of time to discuss and ask me questions. The two trios got up and went out silently, and before taking the door, Lao Hu saw Wu Xiaoyu beckoning Nie Liang and Fang Tong and Li Jia to look at a position on the star map. The six of them did not talk, and as soon as they went out, they hurried away in two directions.

"Brother Yang, I'm really worried, this is a life to death." Just past a corner, Lao Hu strode forward and complained in a low voice, "It's simple, maybe we haven't gotten close yet, so we'll fall off and go home......"

"I understand what you want to say, but," Brother Yang said calmly, his footsteps did not stop at all, "we don't have a choice." When that animal trained us, he thought of today. Only our bodies can withstand the perverted overweight, otherwise how could it be possible to reach the asteroid belt in six hours. If we do what he says, we may be sent to death, if we don't do what he says, if the earth is really destroyed by the miscellaneous parts of the Scel Alliance, then we just want to die and have no place to die. He turned his head, looked at Xiao Luo and said, "Isn't it?" Xiao Luo smiled reluctantly, but a little tear rolled down the corner of his eye, I don't know who he remembered.

Fifteen minutes later, standing in front of one of the few large portholes of the space station, Wang Na excitedly said to the camera: "Dear viewers and friends, due to the sudden improvement in conditions, China's exploration spacecraft to Mars will be launched ahead of schedule, and what you see now is our No. 1 spacecraft......"

On the spaceship she fingered on, Pumpkin had just fixed herself to her seat with a trembling hand, Dongzi looked at the earth outside the window without saying a word, and Huang Ge Guangqiang clicked on the screen above his head.

"Let's take a look." There was a little sadness in Dongzi's voice, if he wasn't fixed to his seat, he would definitely float over and pat Pumpkin on the shoulder, and as the short-range space jump power take-off controller, Pumpkin's position was at the back of the spacecraft, closest to the reactor, and it was the most dangerous place. "Maybe it's the last time." Before the words fell, he had already been hit on the head, for Brother Huang, who was born on the street, even if he felt that he would die on this trip, he still had to take care of Caitou. After knocking on Dongzi, Brother Huang suddenly felt sad, touched the peace charm placed close to him, blinked, removed the fog in front of him, and stared at the tactical demonstration on the computer screen.

Wu Xiaoyu's tactics are simple and clear, that is, the opportunity to interfere with the mothership of the special three independent fleets of the Serge Alliance to come out of the space crack in the asteroid belt, and only this mothership can suo the spirit body of 1A7489 from a long distance, and can send out an energy beam that can destroy the entire planet. Because when jumping in long-distance space, the greater the mass, the higher the requirements for the stability of the wormhole, and the two flea spaceships are to use short-range space jumps under the siege of thousands of auxiliary ships, and at a specific time, jump to the exit of the wormhole in the space crack of the mothership to interfere with the stability of the wormhole, and in order to delay the time of 131.2316 seconds, the two fleas need to jump to the mouth of the wormhole......

"12 times?!" Xiao Luo's screaming voice, even in the headphones, was still full of anger. 12 times, in the eyes of Brother Yang and Lao Hu, they were unwilling and helpless.

In the space station, the monotonous voice of the computer continued to sound: "...... Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Ignition. Spaceship One, everything is fine, Spaceship Two, everything is normal......"

Slowly, Nie Liang's eyes moved away from the display on the wall, and the two spaceships on the screen had turned into two points of light. And Wu Xiaoyu, who was on the side, had already taken out a slender object from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.

"Don't use it until you have to."

Nie Liang held it up in front of his eyes, and looking at the strange silver light of the object, he sighed and said, "I hope I will never use it." ”

After waiting for a few seconds, he couldn't help but say, "Wang Na......"

"She's useless." Wu Xiaoyu said without hesitation, "It's just an accident." ”

Yes, what good can a show host be in the coming escape?

Even the 27 people who would pilot nine small spacecraft as decoys after a long-range space jump were far more useful than Wang Na, even if they had to be abandoned in the 1A7489 program.

Furthermore, with Wang Na's weight, the spacecraft will pay an extra 0.*****% of energy while traveling. This will add 0.*****% uncertainty to 1A7489's escape process.

"Actually, if she stays here, she will have a better chance of surviving." As if to comfort Nie Liang, Wu Xiaoyu said again, "After all, the situation I said was just in case. ”

"What if, what ......if" Nie Liang looked at those eyes that didn't have much life, and muttered, "Actually, I'm a fool13, right......"

Such a good talent, why didn't he pass through the Drag Alley that day, 1A7489 sighed again in his mental fluctuations, and then relaxed his control over Wu Xiaoyu's facial muscles a little.

Two crystal tears immediately poured out from the corners of Wu Xiaoyu's eyes, sobering up Nie Liang, who was a little confused.

"Let's go."

"Gone."

The effect is quite good, and the depth of the fluctuations of 1A7489 is recorded again.

Farewell, brother, Wu Xiaoyu, who turned around, the corners of his eyes were clean.

The hatch rises, separating the two men into two worlds.

Seen from the distant starry sky, the spokes-like mechanical arms and channels of the National Space Station began to retract into the tires, and the electromagnetic levitation isolation layer of the second-stage positive and antimatter engine began to start as the main spacecraft part of the axle part, and the third-stage cosmic chord engine began to compress energy. With the help of several external thrusters, the main ship began to slowly move towards the predetermined position.

"Yes, it's the same as archery." Brother Yang said to the old Hu next to him, 6 hours of space travel, the time is not short, cranky thinking is harmful to the next moment of life and death battle, and as the most outstanding person in the teaching limit test, Brother Yang has some vague concepts about the escape method of 1A7489, "Plasma engine, positive and antimatter thrusters, compress the energy of the cosmic string near the earth, and then ..... swish, enter this point, because it has enough energy when entering, unlike our broken ship that can only jump short distances, All of a sudden, it may have jumped out of the galaxy. ”

"Energy, the key point is energy." As if he was interested, Brother Yang began to gush, "Jumping in space is like going from one side of a piece of paper to the other, and the shortest distance is not a straight line, but folding it up and piercing it at once." The more spaces stacked on top of each other, the more energy is required to pierce......"

From the sound of the word "paper", Xiao Luo never heard a word clearly from the headset, and his whole body and mind were concentrated on a small piece of colored paper that his right hand took out from the most intimate clothing on his left chest.

Child, this is my child.

As a first-class thug who has been on the front line of the street all year round, even if he is closest to his parents, he doesn't know that there is a grandson of their relatives in the Star City Welfare Institute where Xiao Luo often goes.

When the ** with his hair dyed like a chicken coop brought the child, Xiao Luo just threw a few handfuls of red pieces of paper to this tired woman and asked her to dispose of the child.

And when the ** ruthlessly left from Liuyang crying, a hand that was used to holding a machete was quietly picking up the child.

When Xiao Luo knocked on the door of the Star City Welfare Institute, the number on the DNA paternity test in his arms was 99.7%.

Later, every time he came to the welfare home, when the children said "Thank you Uncle Luo" in unison, looking at the faces among them, although they were still very small, they had begun to become angular, and he would always silently say in his heart, when I washed my white and retired from the rivers and lakes to change my face and become a new person and no longer have to worry about the pursuit of the enemy, child, I will tell you, I am not Uncle Luo, I am my father.

At this moment, Xiao Luo's fingers touched the top of the child's head in the photo again, and he suddenly thought of the thought that made a little tear roll out of the corner of his eyes: maybe, there will be no more chance.

Brother Yang's words continued in the headset: "...... Our communication must also be using the effect of space folding, and we went to a specific place to drop the relay......"

Yes, the relay, Xiao Luo immediately looked up, so dangerous, there were only three seconds left for the next relay. His fingers immediately darted across the keyboard, a series of rattles, a slight pause, and one last crunch, as the ship's rear compartment opened, a round object ejected, and a hedgehog-like antenna emerged from the smooth surface in an instant.

Nie Liang's voice, which had been silent for a while, sounded in the ears of the six people again, "According to the observations of the space station, your next jump point will enter the asteroid belt, good luck." ”

"Brother Huang, why does he wish us good luck?" In order to save energy, the telecommunication was turned off immediately after a brief call, and the first time it was connected to the internal communication, the pumpkin sitting at the tail of the spacecraft immediately asked questions.

"You're stupid." Dongzi replied angrily, "Although to the fleet of the Searle Alliance, those things in the asteroid belt are like small stones thrown at the fully armored warriors, but they mean different things to us. ”

"Why?"

"Because we're just fleas."

Li Jia's eyes moved away from the observation instrument and used the internal channel to inform the space station and the main spacecraft of what she had just observed.

Fang Tong, who was standing behind her, immediately turned to Nie Liang, who was holding his trouser pockets with his hands in his hands, leaning on the hatch, as if to seduce his sisters who didn't exist, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that it's our turn." ”

Xiao Luo's action of detonating the engine and detonating the remaining three antimatter annihilation bombs on Spacecraft 2 was not enough to fully compensate for the time lost in the dispersion of Spacecraft 1.

"So, you've decided?" Nie Liang asked.

"You've decided, haven't you?" Fang Tong smiled rarely, "What's more, sacrificing for the country is the duty of a soldier." ”

He patted Li Jia on the shoulder and said, "Go and see Wang Na, she has the right to know the truth, and I will give the order." ”

When Li Jia passed by Nie Liang and was about to walk out of the cabin door, Nie Liang suddenly stretched out his right hand.

"It's my pleasure to be with you!"

His palms were a little wet.

The long strip of object lay in his right trouser pocket, and the moisture on it gradually dissipated.

Cute carbon-based creatures, on the main ship, 1A7489's mental fluctuations, recorded like this.

In the previous dozens of deductions, the probability of this happening has always been above 50%.

The way to make up for this is to block it by the National Space Station halfway through the Searle Alliance's mothership jumping to the last space rift in the attack range.

Compared to the two ships that attacked, the National Space Station was more like a mosquito.

It hurts more, but it's easier to get killed.

This is the real life of death.

In order to make this death operation more worthwhile, the space station will detonate immediately after the jump, which will give 1A7489 more time to escape.

The slender object is a small mental controller.

When Wu Xiaoyu handed it to Nie Liang, he told him that if Fang Tong and Li Jia refused to carry out the backup plan, they could use this instrument to temporarily control their spirits and let them issue orders that they were unwilling to give.

It's just that what Nie Liang doesn't know is that the controller that is now lying in Wu Xiaoyu's hand can use the objects in his trouser pocket to transfer through the connection of mental fluctuations, and control the three of them at the same time.

It's just that control, and willingly, the effect is very different.

“…… Now, as an ordinary human being, I solemnly request you to let us fight for the sake of all mankind until the death!"

Fang Tong's speech floated back and forth between the space station and the main spacecraft through the internal channel.

On the screen, which was still scattered all over the spaceship, Fang Tong's old subordinates, the 27 soldiers who were about to carry out the bait mission of sending them to death after the long-range jump, had a more resolute and radiant look on their faces.

In the foreseeable future, they will definitely do their best to complete this mission with all their hearts and minds.

The effect is quite good, and the depth of the fluctuations of 1A7489 is recorded again.

The cosmic string energy was compressed to full, and the ball with its back to the sun was illuminated like day by countless levels of light.

The compression is over, the third-stage engine starts, the main ship flashes away, and the world returns to darkness.

The escape, (again) began, Wu Xiaoyu (1A7489) thought.

"There are no escape pods!" In the face of Wang Na's question, Li Jia gave an affirmative answer, "The plane does not have a parachute, and the space station does not have an escape capsule. Before the next ship lifts off, the people in the escape pod are already ......" She didn't continue, just shook her head gently.

Wang Na's knuckles turned blue because of the exertion, and she said bitterly, "This means ......"

Li Jia reached over and patted the back of her hand comfortingly, "Yes." The Mothership of the Serge Alliance is coming, stay in the command center, and before the space jump, we will have one last connection with the ground, and the ground will record our last words and give them to our families at the right time. Time for each of us...... There will only be ten seconds. ”

"Ten seconds?" Wang Na seemed to be in a trance for a moment, and she suddenly held Li Jia's hand, "Can you let me be the last?" ”

"Absolutely." Li Jia's eyes clearly asked "why".

Wang Na suddenly felt a little shy, "I need a little time to touch up my makeup." ”

Li Jia smiled, and held Wang Na's hand with a little force, "No problem!"

In the command center, people quietly said the last words to the camera one by one, and Wang Na looked at the bright bulkhead again, looked at her hair again, pouted, and checked her lipstick.

"It's your turn." It was Li Jia who came, and her eyebrows were also particularly drawn compared to when they met just now.

Standing in front of the familiar camera, Wang Na took a deep breath.

The time indicator on the camera has changed from 00:00:10 to 00:00:09.

In the ground command center, on the large screen in the middle, the picture is somewhat distorted and distorted due to the space station is about to start jumping.

"What a wonderful world, what a wonderful people, national television, Wang Na, is reporting for you on the "spot"!"

The screen goes dark, and the space station begins to leap into space.

The author of this article is Zhao Zichu