XIV. Footprints of the Past
The robot's words made both Spock and Natasha feel the urge to lay down their weapons, but the professionalism of the soldiers made them resist this urge. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I saw that the robot said while leading the way in front: "Since the humans and the Hatu people left this planet, only Xiaoshu has accompanied me for so many years, and he was originally the one who controlled the machine, but I think that if a human actually returns to this planet, then it is not suitable for Xiaoshu to negotiate, after all, he was originally a combat robot of the Hatu people." ”
"Little tree? Do you mean your current body? Spock said.
"That's right, his real name only has a model number, I can't remember it at all, so I call him Xiaoshu, don't you think this robot is very similar to a tree? Oh yes, you don't necessarily have trees where you live now, do you? ”
"Not necessarily, but it's not the same as the trees on Earth." Spock, who had already stepped into the room first, replied, and began to scan everything in his room.
The robot suddenly stopped and said, "By the way, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you, how did you find out here?" ”
"Is it hard? You're underestimating the technology that humans use today. Spock said perfunctorily, his eyes still constantly watching for danger in the dimly lit room.
"No, that's not what I meant. I mean, it's so small that it's almost worthless, so why would you go out of your way to find such a worthless target? ”
This time, it was Natasha who spoke: "Our aircraft was shot down, and we hid here to avoid being chased by the Daohatu people." ”
"So you knew about this place from the beginning?"
Spock heard the doubts in the other party's tone, and immediately adjusted his posture and said, "So what? Can you find here, and we can't find here? ”
The robot said, "Maybe you have your own technology to find such a small shelter, but I am not here because of technology, but because I am the owner of this shelter." ”
"You talk nonsense! The owner of this refuge is my great-grandfather! He's long gone! Maybe you're the murderer of him! Spock said angrily.
"Your great-grandfather?"
"Yes!" Spock pointed to the mottled writing on the wall and said, "That's my great-grandfather!" When humanity was facing extinction, he still wanted to keep human civilization on these stones as much as possible! In order to preserve the spark of human civilization! These words are proof of this! For the sake of the flame of civilization that may be discovered by a new race in an unknown number of thousands of years, I endure silently under the ground alone! All humans won't remember his name, but I do! His name is Simon! Simon. Doyle! ”
"Really?" The robot said, "Then you should call me grandfather, my name is Rick. Doyle, kid. ”
Spock's face suddenly froze: "Rick? Rick? It can't be, it can't be. My grandmother said that my grandfather was seriously injured at that time, and in order to protect their mother and son, he went to divert the pursuers of the Hattu?????? So ??????"
"That's right, the little tree saved me, he betrayed his master and saved me, although only my whole memory. Child, your grandmother's name is Shen Xiaoxi, right? Your father is Hupp. Doyle. He had just been born when I left him, and I didn't even have time to hug the boy properly, so I just named him. ”
"What a wonderful family reunion, sir." Natasha spoke.
Unfortunately, her words didn't reach Spock's cranial circuitry, and his mind was now filled with stories told by his grandmother, and he was trying to find some clues to refute the six-legged tree-like robot in front of him. Unfortunately, the story that came out of the robot's mouth was exactly what he had heard from his grandmother, and he had to admit that it was all true, and by this time his tears were already all over his face.
Rick said, "Okay, okay, don't cry, kid. To be honest, I knew almost nothing about the outside world for so many years. Tell me what happened after that. Why are you back again? ”
Spock wiped his face and said, "Later, Grandma and her father met some people who were hiding underground, and later she learned that the remaining people already knew that they could avoid the search of the Hatu people in the cave or underground. It is said that a child named Pol first discovered it, and there is also a credit to your grandfather.
By this time, the Lieutenant Hudson you had met had become the leader of a large group of people who had obtained the information that Tamm had stolen from his grandmother and began to analyze and sort it out, from which he learned the secrets of his voyage in the universe. So humans opened factories underground and built spaceships to escape from the solar system. We've been doing this for twenty years, and my father spent his teenage years underground.
After that, humans escaped from Earth and successfully escaped from the solar system under the siege and interception of the Hatu people. After that, we managed to get in touch with the Galactic Alliance, and although the communication system we used to use was a crisis for humanity, the Galactic Alliance accepted us, and they sent troops to drive the Hattu out of the solar system. After this catastrophe, the population of mankind plummeted to less than a million, and although we tried to increase the population as much as possible, the population is still only 7 million, and most of them are children. A considerable part of humanity has joined the Galactic Alliance army to fight against the Hattus, after decades of war we are finally going to win, the remnants of the Hatuls have been forced into the solar system, before we won the Battle of Saturn, the fleet of the Hattu Planets has been destroyed, if there is no miscalculation, they have only these forces left on Earth. ”
After listening to Spock's brief description, Rick said slowly, "You've experienced a lot of hardships in this. I had a much easier time in comparison, I hid in a cave for more than twenty years, and we didn't dare to come out of there until the little tree turned on again and found that the reaction of all the Hatu people on the planet was gone. Then we came to this refuge, but unfortunately, your great-grandfather had long since died. Judging from the food remaining, it is clear that he died of fatigue or illness, and that his work of describing civilization was not fully completed, poor father. After that, we lived a rather relaxed and lonely life, and there was probably no other higher life left on Earth except us. But not long ago, the little tree detected the communication of the Hatu people again, so we had to hide in this shelter again. We didn't know when they were leaving, so we were anxious. ”
"Anxious? Why? Natasha, who had been listening to the story all the time, asked.
"Because we didn't expect the Hatu people to go and return, the little tree's energy is about to run out, if it can't be recharged in the short term, the little tree doesn't matter, once my memory runs out of energy, it will be erased."