There is only the wreckage of Explorer 1. To paraphrase the view of the earth, it is actually a big garbage heap.

However, garbage also has its own meaning. At the very least, these wrecks are by far Nightshade's most reliable and stable source of food. The ship's explosion threw a lot of things flying, forming a vast debris around it. Fragments of corpses move through the air at all times, and Nightshade creates small jets to get more flesh from the wreckage. Although corpse eating may sound disgusting, it is a necessary means of sustaining life when forced to do so.

There used to be a well-told story on Earth that two poor people were neighbors, each cultivating a barren piece of land. With little output, both suffer from hunger and poverty. One of the poor people decided to change their situation and abandon the qiē to earn a living elsewhere, while the other decided to stay and continue to live a fixed life. A few years later, the poor who went out to earn a living became rich, and the poor who stayed behind still did not improve.

Everyone who hears the story feels that the poor people who leave are smart and their best motivational goals. But few people think that leaving means change, and when the future direction is unclear, such change can often mean disaster. You may starve to death on the way to find an opportunity, or you may die due to some kind of accident. Of course, everyone aspires to success and is willing to put in labor and sweat. However, opportunities have always been scarce in number, even more precious than giant pandas. The poor man who stays where he is is is not stupid, but he sees the hidden danger and feels the balance between gain and loss. He was not a fool, but he was unwilling to step into danger, and although he was still poor and hungry, it was much better than dying on the spot.

Nightshade's current situation is similar to that of the two poor people in the story.

Leaving the wreckage of the spaceship, you may be able to get a better basis for survival.

At the same time, it also means that there is a possibility of complete death.

Black particles can never give a real answer to this question. They are not omniscient, they are just intelligent cells. Of course, the Black Particles don't want Nightshade to die, but they are also taking risks, hoping for a better living environment. They weren't sure what they could find on that asteroid, and at most they had a special understanding of food that surpassed Nightshade's.

They point out the way, but they don't know if there are any traps on the road. Is there a cliff at the end? Or is it the Kingdom of Happiness?

Nightshade didn't ask any more questions. There is no point in doing so, and it is even more boring than arguing between two mutes. However, the biological perception of black particles is indeed much sharper than its own.

Can I trust you?

What are the odds of success?

Countless questions popped through Nightshade's mind, and she thought for a long time, not noticing that the clock on her arm had spun hundreds of times. It wasn't until the clockwork was finished, with a soft "kata" sound, that Nightshadow was awakened from his chaotic and vague thoughts.

The meaning of the clock is only to mark the time. Nightshade didn't think it was worth the energy expended in this area, so he used the most primitive clockwork as a drive.

She sent an inquiring thought to the black particles: "That star is too far away from me. Sue me, how do I get there? ”

The black particles did not answer.

A nut floated slowly from the side of Nightshade's left shoulder, slowly, and the distant sunlight illuminated the side of the nut, reflecting a faint metallic sheen.

The distance is close, less than five meters.

Without any sign of this, Nightshade suddenly saw his hair shoot out like this, firmly grasping the nut that was floating in the air.

"Hair" is just a common term used by humans on Earth. They sprawl out of the head of the Nightshade and store the body in the form of threads. It's like an octopus's tentacles, but it's finer than that thing. The ejection of this hair is not the original intention of Night Shadow, but the most direct way of expressing the body under the consciousness of black particles.

Why did it grab this nut?

This is a new problem.

Nightshade unbuttoned the nut from her hair and grabbed it with her fingers, leaning closer to her own eye to take a closer look.

The nut itself is nothing special. It has a hexagonal exterior with shallow marks in a sequential circular hole that winds around the interior in a row. It was originally part of the ship, and it was unremarkable, and the same model could be found anywhere on the hull.

Why this?

What exactly do black particles want to sue me?

Many questions were asked, but none of them were answered.

Nightshade felt an indescribable surge in the black particles in her body. Of course, they know the answer, but they can't communicate with themselves through guò consciousness to understand what they want to say. It doesn't get much more irritating than that. It's like when you see someone in the abyss under your feet, and you hurriedly try to tell him to stay away from danger, but the other party doesn't understand your intentions at all, and still scolds you for being an idiot, a fool, and a madman.

What exactly are you trying to say?

What does this nut mean?

Nightshade's mind was filled with confusion, and she fell into a long contemplation again.

……

Wang Qinian is changing.

For Tong Yanfeng, who is far away on the Red Dragon Six immigration planet, regularly observing the terrifying Dean every day has become a fixed job.

Wang Qinian is indeed terrifying. So it was on Earth, and it still is. No one thought that this old guy would turn into a planet. Of course, this statement is not accurate. It should have been that he devoured all the minerals of the planet itself, and recreated a huge steel body with mechanical production methods.

Since two years ago, Tong Yanfeng has discovered that the planet named "Lord Dean" has been continuously launching spaceships.

Yes, you read that right, it was indeed a spaceship.

This kind of thing is not difficult for Wang Qinian. He is free to produce any kind of mechanism he wants. Whether it's a multi-billion-ton press or a fully insulated vacuum-operated chamber. His body was unbelievably large, filled with countless metals and refined substances, and too many spare materials to count. Speaking of which, Wang Qinian still got inspiration from Haig. He had always felt that the machine form was not safe, and that there were too many things that could pose a threat to him. In order to ensure that he was not harmed, the old fat man who was afraid of death used a very perverted method, and firmly wrapped himself in a large pile of metal materials.

Meng Qi once discussed this issue with Wang Qinian. The old fat man's point of view is very straightforward: to be huge means to be strong. Only something huge can talk about an almost eternal existence in the universe. For example, carnivores, which are huge, must have been in storage for longer than vegetarian populations. The reason why the lions of the steppe have a deterrent effect on hyenas is the same reason. If the concept of enormity continues to expand, the planet will be stronger than the species that are attached to it. They have existed for more time than you can imagine, but there are even bigger than that, such as stars, such as black holes, and many other objects that have not yet been observed by humans, but do exist in zài.

Wang Qinian's huge process has attracted the attention of many people, and there has been a strong vigilance.

He was originally just a human being, but he annexed the entire Shi Yàn Room, and then the entire Imperial Academy. The old fat man was not satisfied, and simply annexed the entire planet...... This process is even more exciting than the game of snakes, and it also makes the imperial scholars aware of some kind of potential, possible crisis.

When François walked into the minister's office, Tong Yanfeng was looking at the message that had just been transmitted on the holographic screen, his expression full of confusion.

"Your Excellency!"

With a light call, Tong Yanfeng's gaze shifted from the front of the screen and focused on François.

He was a tall and thin middle-aged man, dressed in the blue uniform of a high-ranking imperial administrator, with a pair of crystal eyes on the bridge of his nose, too thin, so that the sides of his cheeks were deeply sunken, and his eye sockets were deep, and the whole person looked imposing, full of cold and fierce momentum that people must look up to.

Tong Yanfeng slowly moved his arm and commanded lightly: "Say it!" I'm listening! ”

"We must put an end to the energy delivery of Red Dragon III, the planet of the Dean. ”

François pushed his glasses, clicked on the laptop on his wrist, and said seriously, "I'm building yì...... No, I must tell you that the energy delivery must be terminated. Otherwise, the situation will get worse and worse. ”

The so-called energy transfer is the agreement between Wang Qinian and Tong Yanfeng and others when he first annexed the entire Imperial Research Institute and gradually became the master of the Red Dragon 3 planet. At that time, Wang Qinian could not rely on his own strength to rationalize the energy of the planet where he was located. He asked Tong Yanfeng to set up tidal devices on several nearby immigrant planets to effectively supplement himself through the channeling of the planet's air currents and the energy flow generated between the terrain.

This continues to this day. Of course, now Wang Qinian no longer needs energy from other planets, and has formed a large-scale energy perpetual motion device within himself. Although the situation of energy transmission has always existed, whether it is François, the current vice president of the Empire's research institute, or Tong Yanfeng, it is very clear that the alien planetary energy has become dispensable to Wang Qinian.

"It's not a good idea."

Tong Yanfeng slowly frowned, leaning back in his chair: "I know that you proposed such a proposal out of consideration for the use of the empire's energy. But you have to understand that the dean is in a transcendent position, and there were special instructions regarding his current situation, when the emperor left. His Majesty asks us to obey the dean's every order he makes. Have you forgotten all these things? ”

Although Tong Yanfeng's tone and voice were ordinary, to François's ears, it was tantamount to the harshest accusation. His white cheeks quickly turned red, and his expression was full of anger.

"You even doubt my loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor?"

Because of his excitement, François's voice trembled faintly: "I have also injected the blood of His Majesty the Emperor, and my belief in His Majesty is even deeper than anyone else's. Do you think I'm saying this for myself? Your Excellency Regent, you have been in the office for too long, you should go outside and see what has happened and listen to everyone's opinions. ”

Tong Yanfeng was a little puzzled: "Everyone's opinion? What do you mean? ”

"We are all "worker bees", and we are all absolutely loyal supporters of His Majesty. ”

François's feelings gradually calmed down, and he stated the facts in a calm tone: "Each of us has the same blood flowing in our bodies as His Majesty the Emperor. That is the gift of our greatest leaders, and it is fundamental to sustaining this community. I admit that the Dean does possess a lot of knowledge that we have never imagined, and that his wisdom is unmatched in this world. He created a lot of unthinkable things and put forward a lot of advanced theories. To be honest, the appearance of Dean Wang has advanced the overall scientific and technological level of the Red Dragon Empire for several centuries. In this regard, his achievements are truly unparalleled and worthy of admiration. ”

"But on the other hand, Dean Wang did have a lot of negative effects."

François changed his words: "He is not a human in the true sense of the word, but a super-life form that combines human and machine." While worshipping him, I also developed a deep fear. It was one day more than a decade ago when I came home from work and saw my four-year-old son playing games in his room. He took the blocks apart and reassembled them into objects of different shapes. Airplanes, tanks, houses, boats...... Your Excellency, it was at that time that it occurred to me that this was exactly what Dean Wang was doing at the moment. He is an alternative building block that can freely transform its form, and it is constantly producing more building block materials. We all know what the Dean was like when he first came into this world. Now, he is no longer a human, but a planet. ”

Tong Yanfeng hadn't thought of these things before. It's just the first time that it's been said from another person's mouth like this. Tong Yanfeng couldn't help but take a deep breath and lowered his volume: "Go on, I'll listen!" ”

"When humans die, they decay, and it's not surprising that they want to live forever. It's not that I disagree with half-biochemical and half-mechanical technology, I just think that the Dean has gone a little too far in this regard. Even if he really wanted to, he should have done it more secretively, or asked us to keep it secret and give us more help and support. ”

François paused for a moment and said sternly: "The reason why secrets exist is to prevent them from spreading among the people. Most of the members of the empire are "worker bees", but not everyone has the qualifications to know the secrets. Dean Wang has done too much in this regard. Now that we all know that he is the planet above his head, he has thought about how this will affect other people. ”

Tong Yanfeng narrowed his eyes: "Impact? ”

"He's right above our heads."

François's next words, which obviously have nothing to do with this sentiment, are clearly intended to convey the meaning: "Ants are despised because they are too small to pose a threat to us." We value a cat, or a dog. Because they are fun and obedient, they can be used as toys or as faithful and cute pets. When it comes to lions and other beasts, everyone feels instinctive fear when they see them for the first time, because we all know that lions eat meat and especially like to eat people. But if it is a lion with a friendly attitude, showing that he has no interest in meat and only prefers cabbage and radish tofu, many people will like such a friend who is not a threat to them. However, tolerance and patience end at best. If this non-human creature continues to increase in size, surpassing elephants, even reaching a height of hundreds of meters, like several skyscrapers stacked on top of each other, then even if it is extremely kind by nature, so cautious that it cannot bear to step on an ant, we will still not see it as a friend, but only as a potential enemy. ”

These words of François are not difficult to understand. For human beings, size is inherently the most obvious difference between friend and foe. Taking the elephant as a vegetarian animal as an example, although it is known that it has a gentle temperament and has a low chance of actively hurting people, humans are wary of elephants, whether active or passive. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that this huge creature can easily trample someone to death by lifting its feet casually. This kind of power cannot be resolved by any kind of kindness. Unless you can control it, lock it firmly with an iron chain, and put the knife on it at any time and place, the slightest change in the opponent's movement can kill it with a single knife before it can cause damage.

Human beings have always been truly at ease only when they can grasp things that can be mastered by themselves. This instinct can never be erased. Because of this, the human community has produced professional animal trainers. With the existence of this special profession, when approaching a beast or a giant elephant, our psychological fear is not so strong, but becomes relatively calm. However, no animal trainer can guarantee absolute safety, and if the beast goes berserk, or the elephant doesn't buy your account at all, the animal trainer will die on the spot. As long as this happens, there will be no chance of reconciliation between the two biological populations.

François's idea was based on this consideration. Elephants are elephants after all, and among those who like to keep pets, domesticated cats and dogs are the most numerous, as they pose little threat to humans. There are also people who like special pets like pythons, lizards, etc. They all have one thing in common: they don't surpass the size of adults, and we can kill them whenever we want.

There have also been beautiful stories in history between humans and whales. But that's a minority. This requires a premise that can never be reversed -- that to be a friend of an alternative species, the wisdom of which must be lower than that of humans. They can have simple mental awareness, but they can never produce more evolutionary intelligence.