[Shield capacitor energy remaining 0% ......]

"Boom ——!"

With an earth-shattering roar, Ye Ten felt like his consciousness had been blown out by a truck, and he was in a trance like reading a slideshow through frosted glass.

The research ship seemed to have crashed into something, and then he saw boiling flames and an anxious face.

And then—

The cockpit suddenly went dark.

The darkness that could not be seen enveloped everything, engulfing all the light like a black hole.

With that, his consciousness also fell into an abyss with no bottom in sight.

It's impossible to say which happened first, or maybe both happened at the same time.

Instead of dropping the connection, he fell into a coma in the game, and it was probably the first time that Night Ten had encountered such a strange situation after playing the game for so long.

And this feeling of coma is also very strange, his consciousness is not cut off, but it is not connected to the five senses.

Could it be that the function of coma has not yet been made?

Yashi tried to analyze it in his mind, but with what he knew about Ah Guang, this possibility was very small.

So there's only one possibility—

Trigger the plot yourself!

Thinking of this, Ye Shi, who was facing the "black hole", had no fear in his heart, but a faint expectation.

However, it didn't take long for that glimmer of anticipation to turn into apprehension in the long wait.

Even panicked.

He thought he wasn't alone in that research ship.

And that guy......

A trace of throbbing welled up in his heart, and Ye Shi couldn't help but scold.

"...... What's going on? ”

Of course, he couldn't make a sound.

Pure consciousness echoed in the nothingness that was more empty than the vacuum, and all he could hear was the silent silence.

I don't know how long it took, but finally a faint sound came into his "ears".

"Pounding ......"

That seemed to be his heartbeat.

The faint sound was like rain after a long drought, and a trace of ecstasy welled up in the restless Night Ten's heart.

With all his strength, he stretched out his non-existent hand, grabbed the straw that was floating on the water, and chased after the trance voice with all his might.

To Lao Tzu –

Wake up!

He shouted silently in his heart.

Even if he wasn't sure if there was any point in him doing it.

Maybe I'm just struggling against a wall—

Maybe he's dead.

The perseverance seemed to have finally paid off, and the darkness that could not be seen seemed to be so dark, replaced by a vague gray.

The lost senses seemed to be returning, and more and more sounds were piercing through the invisible fog.

First, hearing.

Then there's the sense of touch.

However, to his surprise, a bone-chilling cold enveloped his whole body the moment he regained his sense of touch, making him shiver all over.

It's cold......

It feels like falling into an ice cave.

At this moment, Ye Shi only had one thought in his heart, and just wanted to blurt out a sentence "Frozen to death", when he heard an intermittent sound blowing on the gray mist.

The voice came from close at hand.

He involuntarily held his breath in order to hear more clearly, but he still heard only a few words.

"Ten ...... Night"

"It's so cold in here."

"Ahh

"I ......"

I...... What?

Before Ye Shi could hear what the voice was saying, the blinding white light shone on his retina for a moment.

The shining light almost blinded him, making him subconsciously raise his arm to block it.

And as he raised his hand, the fine pieces of ice were carried out by his sleeve and poured on his face, causing him to let out a low moan.

"Ah......h

The cold touch was cold and he was a spirit, and the noisy sound was amplified and made incomparably clear in an instant, and poured into his ears.

"He's awake."

"What kind of clothes is this guy wearing......"

"I haven't seen it."

"How can you lie in a sleep pod like this...... What nonsense. ”

There was a whisper all around.

They all speak the language of the People, but the pronunciation is slightly different from that of the Wastelanders, and it seems more round.

Yashi slowly removed the arm that was blocking him and looked around.

He was lying in a sleeping pod with the hatch wide open and a large hall around him.

Soft incandescent light casts on the silver-gray alloy tiles, and the walls and ceiling on all sides appear to be made of alloy, but they don't seem cold or unemotional.

With no direct view of the window outside, Yashi couldn't confirm where he was.

But there's no need to confirm......

There is no doubt that this is the missile cruiser Orion.

It's just that what puzzled him was the group of people standing in front of him.

The crowd blocked the door of the room, and there were at least fifty or sixty people.

The eyes stared at him intently, some full of worry, some curious, some out of sympathy or other inexplicable emotions.

At this moment, a man wearing a military exoskeleton walked in front of him through the crowd, a pair of sharp eyes staring straight into his eyes.

"Who are you?"

Ye Shi didn't answer, just silently glanced down at his chest.

He was wearing only a blue coat, and the "glow" power armor was gone.

Then he looked up at the people in front of him, and saw that they were wearing silver-gray clothes, similar to those of the academy, but not exactly the same, and on their arms were the armbands of the Aerospace Forces of the People's Union.

At night eleven, I felt that my brain hole was a little insufficient, and I was stunned on the spot.

Soon, however, the man standing in front of him woke him up and repeated it in a serious tone.

"Tell me your name, who you are, and what you want to do."

As if they felt that his tone was too harsh, the other crew members standing next to him in turn blamed the guy.

"Hey, don't scare the kids."

"I look at him like that, obviously I don't know why I'm here."

At this time, a beautiful big sister squatted in front of him, looked at him with concern and asked.

"Are you okay?"

The jet-black hair swayed not far in front of him, and under the thin bangs was a face with soft lines and heroic posture.

Night Ten was a little confused.

Although he is indeed quite young, he is not called a child.

The Adam's apple moved, he said.

"I ...... Up in the air. ”

It's the truth.

He really couldn't figure out what was going on.

The older lady was not discouraged, her bright eyes looked into his eyes, and she said patiently.

"My name is Lin Youyou, and I am the seventh part of this starship...... That is, the doctor on duty in the Department of Medical and Life Support. We have no ill intentions, can you tell me your name? ”

"Ten ...... Night"

Hearing the name, the man who stood by with his arms crossed whistled and teased.

"Sounds like a code name."

Another crew member also said with a smile.

"Hey, I don't think this kid is a civilian, do you think it's a spy for the slime protection organization?"

"It sounds a bit, but it can't be ruled out."

The man in the exoskeleton apparently felt the same way, his eyes fixed intently on Ye Ten, and although he didn't hold the gun, his hand was not far from the weapon.

"Shut up."

Lin Youyou glared back at the two of them, warned them to shut up, and then looked back at Ye Shi.

"Tell my sister, is that your name?"

Ye Shi's face flushed, but he still stubbornly emphasized it.

"That's my name...... Of course, the name my parents gave me was Ye Wei. ”

It's not necessary to say the full nickname, and no one usually shouts such a long list of names, which will only increase unnecessary misunderstandings and the cost of communication.

He's funny enough.

Even his real name in reality was confessed.

What Ye Shi didn't expect was that when he said that he had two names, the people around him relaxed their guard a little.

Only then did he suddenly remember that the background introduction of "Wasteland Online" had mentioned a sentence in the inconspicuous chapter-

It was popular in the era of the People's Union to give yourself a new name when you became an adult.

This is a bit like the circle name of those niche cultural circles in reality, many people use their screen names to communicate every day, and they basically don't use their real names a few times throughout the year except for sending and receiving express delivery, so that they feel strange when they read their own names.

As if believing what he said, Lin Youyou looked into his eyes and continued.

"Are you hurt?"

"Probably...... I'm not sure either," Yashi vaguely underestimated and sat up straight from the hibernation pod, "my mind is messed up...... Not in great shape...... It's weird cold here, can you let me come out first, I don't want to lie down and talk. ”

"We're going to do that, but I'm going to make sure you're not hurt...... Come on, I'll help you. ”

Looking at Ye Shi, who was straightening up, Lin Youyou stood up from the ground and reached out to help him out of the sleeping cabin.

"Thank you."

Yeju, who got out of the trivial ice slag and stood on the ground with his feet on his feet, politely thanked him, then looked at his feet and looked around again, his expression gradually becoming stunned.

"We ...... Is this on Earth? ”

Hearing this, the surrounding crew exchanged glances, including Lin Youyou's eyes, which became a little strange.

However, the gentle voice did not change, she still looked at Ye Ten with that sincere gaze, and asked softly.

"Why do you think we're here on Earth?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Yashi stomped the ice ballast from his shoes and replied without thinking, "There's gravity here...... And it's no different from when you're on the ground, isn't it? ”

Lin Youyou was stunned.

A few people next to him were also stunned.

As if hearing something funny, there was a loud laugh from the crowd.

"I guess this kid is going out for the first time, and I've never heard of artificial gravity."

Seeing Ye Ten looking at him, the man with short yellow hair and a long face smiled and said hello.

"Koala, the head of engineering in the fourth department...... Ahem, I mean Engineering & Maintenance. ”

That hearty smile didn't show any malice.

These guys seem to like jokes more than the players, and Night Ten suddenly feels that it's himself who seems a little restrained.

"Koala...... Is it that animal? ”

The man said with a smile.

"Haha, that's right! That guy was my mascot and saved my life as a kid. ”

Ye Shi suddenly wondered how this guy was rescued by Koala when he was a child.

But before he could ask, the man in the exoskeleton interrupted their gag with a cough.

"It's a military stronghold here, and there's an unrelated person whose identity is unknown, so I think it's better for us to be serious."

As he said this, the man stared at Ye Ten with a serious expression and continued.

"How did you break into here?"

"How do I know?" Ye Shi patted his head and couldn't help but complain, "Damn...... Is there a bug? ”

Mistakenly entered a map that Ah Guang hasn't finished yet?

Or—

It's just that you're stuck?

He slapped his head hard again, trying to wake himself up from the strange dream.

The doctor named Lin Youyou looked at him worriedly, trying to stop his movements, but the latter stretched out his hand and pushed him away.

The man in the exoskeleton frowned, staring at the guy who was pretending to be crazy and stupid.

"You don't know? Don't know how you got here? ”

Night Ten grumbled.

"That's right! I don't know anything, I was on a research ship...... It's the kind of spaceship that can barely fit into thirty people, only to open up and find yourself in a hibernation pod, and then there are you standing around, looking at me like a koala in a zoo! ”

The koala's name touched the bridge of his nose embarrassedly, and said as if he was self-reflective, "Is there one?" Then he scratched his head and muttered "I'm sorry".

The others also exchanged glances with different looks, whispering something to each other.

Only the man in the exoskeleton was still staring at him with piercing eyes.

The sight was like a sharp knife, peeking out of its restrained scabbard.

"You'd better tell the truth."

Ye Shi was not frightened, where would this guy go back unceremoniously.

"Lao Tzu is telling the truth! You are the ones who refuse to tell the truth! What seven, four...... I'm confused when I hear it! Hurry up, are you Celestial or Enlightenment people! ”

The guy was still on that research ship.

He could be sure that it was her voice that he had heard!

He had to go back and save her!

The man in the exoskeleton was stunned, and he narrowed the edge of his gaze for a moment.

"Celestial? Enlightenment? What's that......"

He had never heard those two words at all.

The only mortal enemy of the Human Federation is Gaia.

And then there are the radical groups that have betrayed humanity and tried to surrender the prosperous world to Gaia.

Night Ten's chest heaved violently, panting and staring at the exoskeleton-clad guy.

He suddenly felt that this person was somewhat familiar, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Lin Youyou looked at the young man in front of him who suddenly became manic in a daze, and then glared at the man wearing the exoskeleton with a stern gaze.

"Enough, he's my patient, I know you have your problems, but at least let me cure him first-"

"Lao Tzu is not a patient! I'm not sick! ”

“…… Not crazy either! ”

Interrupting her half-talk, Ye Ten stared at the man in the exoskeleton and continued word by word.

"I'm Night Ten! Night Ten of the Alliance! Night Ten of the Burning Corps! Stop playing dumb riddles with me, my identity has been told to you, now, immediately, tell me! Who the hell are you! ”

The air around them fell silent.

And it's completely quiet.

The silence didn't last long, though, and the whispers soon began to be heard again.

“…… Coalition? ”

"The Burning Corps?"

"What's that?"

"Does the People's Federation have this organization?"

"What a joke, how can there be."

"This kid shouldn't have broken his brain by playing games?"

"Wait, he's got this dress...... It's kind of like the one in the Vault brochure. ”

"Really?"

"Even if it's true, it's not surprising, it's just a blue variable-temperature jacket, and I might be able to turn two sets out of my closet."

The whispering voice made Yashi stunned in place, and his brain felt like it had been struck by lightning.

Coalition......

Haven't heard of it?

A terrible brain hole suddenly came to his mind.

Does he ...... Crossed?!

Nope-

That sounds too bullshitty.

He would rather believe that he was being locked up in some virtual space similar to the Matrix, and the purpose was to squeeze his memories.

If this inference is correct, at least it means that Jiang Xuezhou is still alive.

In the crowd, a tall, thin man with flat glasses on the bridge of his nose rubbed his chin with his index finger, staring at the young man standing in the middle of the crowd with a hellish expression.

His name is Wu Xinghuan, and he is the head of the space science group of the fifth department of the USS Orion missile cruiser, that is, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and he is also a doctor of physics.

In order to cope with the treacherous and changeable cosmic environment, each starship of the Federation will be equipped with at least one theoretical physicist to be responsible for scientific risk assessment of some potentially risky strategic deployments and navigation actions.

To put it simply, it is similar to the ship-accompanying priests of the early Age of Discovery.

After all, if something really happens beyond the scope of human cognition, it is difficult for a theoretical physicist to do something, at most to comfort everyone,

He hadn't said a word since just now, but now he was muttering something to himself.

"This guy...... Could it be ......?"

Nope-

It's also unbelievable.

At this moment, the impact on his brain was no less than that of the young man in front of him, who did not understand the situation, so that his cognition, knowledge, and even faith were shaken......

A "time traveler" stands right in front of him and swaggers to tell him what the future holds.

This is ridiculous!

The education he has been receiving and the research he has been engaged in have repeatedly warned him of an iron law, and this iron law has never been falsified.

The passage of time may be uneven in different spaces, but it must be irreversible!

There's no reason for that.

Because time is not an objective thing in the universe, but a scalar defined by man, a scale used to record the movement of matter and the order of change.

If time is reversible, and the "what happened later" happens before the "what happened first", then the concept of first and second loses its meaning in itself.

In other words, if time is reversible, then time itself does not exist......

Stretching out his trembling index finger, Wu Xinghuan took off the flat glasses he wore on the bridge of his nose, took out the glasses cloth and wiped them vigorously before putting them back on, so that he could see more clearly.

He couldn't wait to return to Earth and announce this astonishing discovery to everyone!

At this moment, Dr. Wu is the only one who thinks of the possibility of "time travel".

The vast majority of those present, including the "time traveler" himself, probably didn't realize what was happening.

Looking at the guy who was pretending to be crazy and stupid, the man in the exoskeleton decided to end the dumb riddle and stared intently into his eyes and said.

"This is the USS Orion missile cruiser, my name is Luo Yi, and I am a non-commissioned officer and sergeant of the Space Combat Group under the Department of Weapons and Defense."

"You say I didn't tell you anything, and now I'm telling you who we are and where we are. I urge you to be honest about your own problems, tell me how you ended up here, and now frankly you may be able to get leniency. ”

Luo Yi......

Hearing this name, Ye Shi felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and the killing intent in his body was released in an instant.

He said how he thought he had seen this guy.

I did it for a long time in the memory fragment of the disciple of the Enlightenment named Flynn.

The Enlightenment disciple who hijacked the research ship.

And at the same time the guy who fired neutron torpedoes at them!

Obviously sensing the killing intent, Luo Yi's expression was stunned, and his right hand had already landed on the stun gun.

However, before he could touch the stun gun, a whistling fist flew towards him.

"I'm !! Nyima"

The speed was so fast that people didn't have time to react, but Luo Yi was an active soldier after all, and he was also a soldier who had received genetic and prosthetic modifications, and he was wearing a military exoskeleton, so it was naturally impossible to be knocked down with a punch.

The fist slammed into his exoskeleton, and the incredible force of the impact made him subconsciously take half a step back.

Luo Yi's eyes emitted a gleam.

"You're not a civilian—"

"I'm your father!"

Night Ten roared, and a flickering arc of lightning pierced the air and whipped towards him like a whip.

Exclamations rang out all around, and everyone stepped back.

"Nope! Calm down! Lin Youyou exclaimed in surprise and wanted to go up and pull the two apart, but was stopped by a colleague on the side.

Night Ten didn't pay any attention to the shouts from the sidelines.

He's avoided irrelevant people, and the only thing he's going to kill is this guy in front of him!

What he didn't expect, however, was that the other party seemed to anticipate his attack, and just raised his hand easily to block the flickering arc.

The exoskeleton seemed to have the function of absorbing static electricity, and Ye Shi's heart sank slightly.

Blocking this ferocious fatal blow, Luo Yi, who had his arm in front of him, slammed his knee forward without hesitation, attacking his chest with lightning speed.

Although he predicted the attack from the opposite side, Ye Shi had just woken up from a coma after all, and his body did not keep up with the reaction of his brain, and his chest was firmly hit by this blow.

The force of the impact sent him flying backwards, slamming sideways into the open hibernation pod, nearly knocking him off the line.

However, to his surprise, it was here—

He didn't drop.

Wait a minute.

Don't......

Yaju's face changed sharply when he realized something, and at this time, the muzzle of a gun was already aimed at the top of his head.

"Prosthetic modifications, biomimetic models, and aggressive plug-ins installed. I'll admit it's cool, you can discharge with a snap of your fingers, but you're breaking the law teenager. Luo Yi held the pistol and looked down at him, "I would have liked to have a good chat with you, or do you prefer this way of talking?" ”

“@#%#！”

Ye Shi scolded and exploded a foul language in reality, and then closed his eyes and silently recited offline.

Actually, there is no need to meditate at all.

After playing "Wasteland Online" for so long, he has already mastered the knack of getting online and offline, and he only needs a thought to return to the real world.

However, something unexpected happened.

And that's what worries him the most.

The heavy touch did not appear on the top of his head, but poured out of his eyebrows and spread throughout his body.

He was still on the line, but his body was sinking like lead, like before waking up from the hibernation pod.

Yeshi, who had never experienced this before, was completely panicked and almost knelt down without planning for the dog.

"! Brother Guang, don't me! ”

It's not funny at all.

He can't get down!