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There are too many mysteries hidden in the depths of the starry sky, even the entire history of human origin, in the face of the vast, eternal and solemn universe, is just an insignificant speck of dust, too small and insignificant.

In 2135 A.D., the footsteps of human beings have initially stepped into the depths of the starry sky, and the solar system has been full of human footprints, but limited to the development of science and technology, the pace of human progress has been temporarily put on hold.

However, no one believes that the solar system can stop humanity from moving forward, it is only a temporary obstacle in the history of mankind, and everyone is convinced of this.

At the edge of the solar system, in a dead starry sky, a tiny one-man spaceship is silently resting here.

"It's beautiful. ”

Inside the spaceship, a young man of about twenty-six or seventeen years old looked at the beautiful starlight refracted through the window wall in amazement, and muttered to himself in intoxication.

"I'd love to see what's in the depths of that starry field, but it's a pity. ”

Reaching out and touching the bulkhead of the spaceship, looking at the dots of stars in the deep starry sky, the young man's tone was a little regretful and lonely.

Night dust is the name of this young man.

Since both parents are engaged in work related to aerospace and are influenced by the family, Yechen has had the greatest enthusiasm and yearning for the starry sky above his head since he was a child.

Due to some reasons at work, Yechen's parents are considered to be old, and when they were in their forties, Yechen came to the world, and they consumed too much energy at work, so even with the current developed medical conditions, the two old people left Yechen in his early twenties.

For the two old men, I am afraid that there are two last obsessions before leaving, one is that they can't see Yechen marry a wife and have children, and the other is that they can't continue their work and research to explore the mysteries of this starry sky.

It is precisely because of this that the regret of his parents, coupled with his own love, Yechen is even more obsessed with this starry sky.

A few years after the second elder left, Yechen had gradually become accustomed to this kind of solitary life, and with the nature of his work, cumin alone was the best choice, because his work cycle was often recorded in years, and during this period of time, he could not have contact with human society, and in addition to this small spaceship, there was only this eternal and solemn starry sky that accompanied him.

Night Dust is an interstellar pioneer who travels through some inaccessible parts of the solar system in a spaceship to record the situation in this area, and feed it back to record it on the interstellar map.

Although human footprints have reached the edge of the solar system, they have not completely conquered the solar system, and in addition to the proven safe locations, there are many unexplored foggy areas on the star map of the entire solar system.

And these fogs need to be detected by satellites and 'pioneers' such as night dust.

Although the use of satellite exploration is safer and safer, the dull satellite record is certainly not as good as manned detection, and the scope of the solar system is too vast, relying only on satellites, to detect the entire solar system does not know how long it takes, because of this, the pioneer industry has become one of the official jobs of human society.

However, although the industry of wasteland pioneers is very well paid, due to the nature of their work, most of the people involved are old and have no relatives and friends.

"I've fully explored this area, and then I'll move to Supply Depot 2 to resupply for a while before continuing my exploration. ”

Touching the pale cyan stubble on his chin, Yechen planned his next trip.

"Set the return route, target lock, Jupiter ......"

His fingers tapped flexibly on the operation screen in front of him, and Yechen was still muttering in his mouth.

The reason why he keeps talking is not because of Yechen's chatter, but in this kind of solo journey that often takes years, it is really maddening to have no object to communicate with, and over time, Yechen has become accustomed to using this way of talking to himself to relieve loneliness.

The return is much simpler than the exploration process, the night dust only needs to set the coordinates on the interstellar map, and the spacecraft will return on its own according to a safe route, of course, this return journey also consumes a lot of time, most of the pioneers choose to spend this boring journey time in the nutrition warehouse, which can not only greatly reduce the journey time in terms of perception, but also effectively delay the aging speed, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

However, Ye Chen really didn't like the feeling of being soaked in the nutrient solution in the liquid warehouse, and this boring journey for other pioneers was actually not so unbearable for him, so in the years he had been working as a wastelander, Night Dust had not used the nutrient warehouse.

"Well, I brought a lot of original paper books with me this time, and I will use them to kill time on my return trip, but I have to say that this kind of paper books do look more comfortable than the current pure electronic books. ”

Pulling out a few tomes of books from the bookcase, Yechen adjusted his seat to a comfortable lying position, ready to spend the long return period by reading a book.

Drip! Drip!

However, just as Ye Chen was half lying down, picking up the book at hand and preparing to start reading, the spaceship let out a piercing siren!

"What's going on?!"

Yechen got up suddenly, and the book in his hand had already been thrown aside by him. Rushing to the operation screen, Ye Chen stared at the various instruments above, trying to find out the root cause of the spaceship's alarm.

"All the indicators of the spacecraft are normal, and there is no damage, which is strange...... Huh?!"

At first, Night Dust didn't find the source of the alarm, but when he moved his eyes to the 'interstellar radar', he finally discovered the cause of the alarm!

Above the radar, a small red dot is flying towards the direction of the Night Dust Ship at a very fast speed, and according to the time display, in about ten seconds, the red dot represents something that will collide with the Night Dust spaceship!

"What is a meteorite? How is it possible?! I have already fully explored this area, and it is impossible for a small meteorite to suddenly appear!"

Night Dust's face was solemn, and his ten fingers danced rapidly, manually adjusting the course of the spaceship.

Now the top priority is to quickly avoid this sudden attack, more than ten seconds should be enough, right?

Night Dust was very fast, and it only took a moment to change the course of the spaceship, and after doing all this, Night Dust looked nervously through the window in the direction of the red dot, but there was only a dead starry sky as far as his eyes could see, and he couldn't see anything at all.

This is because the red dot is flying too fast, although it only takes ten seconds to reach the current location of the night dust, but in fact, the distance between the night dust and the red dot is not known, and the night dust naturally can't see anything with the naked eye.

Nothing will happen, right?

Although before engaging in the work of the wasteland, Night Dust was prepared to encounter misfortune one day, after all, the current development of human science and technology is not too mature, even in the proven safe location, starship accidents are still common, not to mention these dangerous locations that have never been discovered?

However, although he had already prepared for the worst, in the past few years of land reclamation, it was the first time that Yechen really faced this danger.

The heart was pounding, and the feeling of imminent death stimulated every pore of Night Dust's body to tremble, a natural reaction of the human body when faced with a sudden dangerous environment.

Drip! Drip!

The cacophony of sirens continued, as if what Nightdust had done had made no difference, and the red dot on the interstellar radar was still flying at a constant speed towards the location of the Nightdust ship, even though Nightdust had changed the ship's course.

"Am I going to die?"

Strange to say, at this last moment, Yechen actually calmed down, although his body was still trembling uncontrollably, but it was much better than at the beginning.

Looking down at the interstellar radar again, Nightdust knew that he had no chance of avoiding the red dot.

His eyes were locked in the direction of the red dot, and Yechen's eyes didn't blink, he just wanted to know what it was that suddenly appeared and was about to take his life.

Nightdust didn't think that this thing was a meteorite fragment that flew from another place, and that it was impossible for a meteorite fragment to have such an amazing flying speed, and second, that the red dot seemed to be coming towards him, because even if he changed the direction of the spaceship, he still did not avoid the red dot's attack.

Could it be that it is an alien civilization?

Nightdust turned on the recording system, and at this last moment, the desire for the unknown finally triumphed over the fear of death, and Nightdust felt as if he was about to see something amazing......

Earth, Pacific Ocean, interstellar command center.

"Pioneer No. 37, please answer when you hear it. Pioneer No. 37, please answer when you hear it. ”

The staff in dark blue interstellar uniforms looked at a bright spot that had disappeared from the screen and remained silent.

"What's wrong?"

The staff member sitting on the other side heard his companion's voice and turned his head to ask.

"Wasteland Pioneer No. 37, something may have happened...... His ship had been out of contact with HQ for thirteen hours, and judging by the location, it should have been three days ago. ”

The staff member replied.

Due to the limited communication signals, it is normal for the exchange of information to be delayed when it is too far apart, and it is normal for the other party to receive the message after several days.

"Looks like something happened...... another staff member was silent for a while, "He should have turned on the recording system, right? Wait until we can decipher the signal left behind by No. 37 and see what happened to him at the last moment." ”

"Well, the relevant signal has been transmitted, and the relevant personnel are dealing with it, and I believe that after the meeting, the relevant video materials will be released. ”