“…… This is the Twins, and we have been ordered by Command to assist you in carrying out the 'Endgame' plan. Please open the deflection shield, guide our landing ship to land, and carry out the handover of work with our personnel. ”

"This is the Orion...... We have received your request and are in the process of confirming the ...... to Command."

“…… The Twins received ...... (murmur) ...... Please reply to ...... as soon as possible"

"Orion received ...... We were unable to confirm the legality of the order and applied for arbitration by the Military Commission......"

“…… The request is dismissed, it is a time of war, our enemies are slaughtering our people, we do not have time to wait for the arbitration of the commission, please carry out the order immediately! ”

“…… (cacophony) ......"

“…… Call Orion, what are you doing? Our ship has detected unstable gravitational field fluctuations, please turn off the warp engine and deflector shield immediately! Repeat, turn off the warp engine and deflector shield and get checked! ”

“…… (cacophony) ......"

“…… Good night. ”

Zhao Tianhe didn't have much choice.

He was almost certain that from the moment he disobeyed orders, the neutron torpedoes on the Twins were aimed at him and his men, and would definitely do it before he entered the hyperspace channel.

If he chooses to resign himself to fate, he will commit suicide with the entire crew of the Orion, and give up the tens of thousands of neutron torpedoes on board to the red-eyed madmen.

For the sake of the Constitution to which he was loyal, and for the sake of the survivors on the surface, he had no choice but to fire the neutron torpedoes from the launcher at friendly forces while starting the warp engine.

It was his own decision.

However, it did get the tacit approval of all the officers and soldiers of the department.

They and Zhao Tianhe are the same kind of people, both of them are not so conservative traditional soldiers among conservatives.

They would rather point their guns at themselves than at their unarmed compatriots.

Under the cover of gravitational field disturbances, that torpedo managed to hit the Twins.

The continuously accelerating torpedo resists the repulsion of the deflection shield and releases a beam of high-energy neutrons after the warhead penetrates the hull armor.

The crew of the Three Thousand will die in an instant, they will not even realize their death, and the process will be painless.

At the same time, the cruiser Orion also jumped into the hyperspace channel at the same time.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, so the vast majority of the ship's crew had little to no knowledge of it, except for a few crew members who were involved in the "rebellion".

It's actually for their good, too.

After all, whatever the reason, it is a fact that the Orion sank friendly forces.

That's also 3,000 lives, and it's not a sentence that can be easily revealed.

Both those who give the order and those who carry it out will eventually be judged by the law, and Zhao Tianhe has never thought of exculpating his crimes.

He only hopes to put more responsibility on his own as much as possible, and let his subordinates bear as little as possible, so that the punishment can be reduced or exempted.

As for now, what he has to do is to bring the truth back to the solar system as soon as possible and stop the conspiracy of the so-called "end-of-life war" of the Aerospace Forces' top brass.

It was not a war for the future of civilization at all, it was purely a copy of the "Torch Project"!

That's what happened to the cruiser Orion before it entered the hyperspace channel.

And what happened after this was a strange situation that all the crew members on the ship witnessed with their own eyes.

They got stuck in the hyperspace lane......

Zhao Tianhe told Luo Yi and Wu Xinghuan frankly about the whole incident.

Whether or not the two are emotionally acceptable, they have no other choice now.

“…… I do not expect your forgiveness or understanding of my confession, my transgressions will naturally be judged by law, and I have no intention of running away from it. But now, this is not the time to do this, and we must come together to get through the difficult times ahead. ”

"One of you is a known survivor, the other is the most knowledgeable scholar on board, and you are the ones with the best hope of breaking the game."

When he said this, Zhao Tianhe looked at Dr. Wu and said seriously.

"Especially you, I'd like to hear your advice...... Is that the method I'm talking about? ”

"Deceive the observer who uncovers the box...... There is no precedent for this kind of thing, and there can be no 'success stories' left. ”

Wu Xinghuan touched his nose and felt the trembling of his index fingertips.

It would be a big gamble.

But it also seems to be the only chance to win.

They must voluntarily give up everything that is destined to be given up, most likely not just life, but other things, including glory and faith......

And the only result in exchange is to let the "part that can survive" live.

In other words, the part that has not been observed, or the part where life and death are uncertain.

It was the first time he had felt such a heavy pressure after serving on this starship for so long.

Facing a pair of eyes, he took a deep breath and continued calmly.

"First of all, we had to change the layout of the ship, including the coating on the outside of the ship, the markings...... As well as sending away the people who opened the box before leaving the hyperspace passage. ”

"But these are actually small things, and we are sister ships with the Twins, so it's not difficult to disguise ourselves as each other...... The really hard things are the other two things. ”

Looking at the three people who were listening carefully, Wu Xinghuan raised two fingers and continued calmly.

"First of all, we have to understand the celestials, and at the moment we only know from the words of the 'box openers' that they are a collection of digital life, and they have bad intentions towards the survivors on Earth."

Zhao Tianhe frowned.

"Isn't that enough?"

Wu Xinghuan shook his head.

"Of course, it is not enough, first of all, the 'opener' is only one of the 'observers', and the information he learns is neither the same as the information that the observer as a whole knows, nor the information that is absolutely accurate."

"In order for two pieces to fit together seamlessly, every edge and corner must match...... Otherwise, we will be in trouble at the causal level. ”

Wu Mengke asked contemplatively.

"What's the causal problem?"

"This is unknown, anything is possible, after all, it is impossible for the people we meet to tell us," Wu Xinghuan shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Maybe we fell into a black hole, maybe we were hit by a meteorite...... Of course, these are too pediatric, and I am more inclined to think that we will be locked up in hyperspace tunnels and completely lost in the gaps of time, or become ghosts of quantum states, some of whom can see us, and some of whom cannot of it. ”

The three of them looked at each other.

It's so weird that they can't imagine what it would be like.

In fact, don't say it's them, Wu Xinghuan can't imagine it himself.

Everything he says is theoretical speculation, and what he describes with theory happens to be theoretically invisible.

Zhao Tianhe was silent for a while and continued.

"It's not that hard that we can simulate a digital life and hide behind it...... And then what? ”

Wu Xinghuan nodded and continued.

"And then there's the key, we have to get the observer away, and as soon as possible...... Only by getting him back to his timeline as soon as possible, and reducing his observations of us, will we have enough time to prepare to deceive the observer and change our future in the box with little to no change to the observer's future. ”

"The more he learns about us in the process, the less room we have to maneuver. Of course...... In turn we have to take advantage of him, and the more we know through him, the higher our odds of winning. ”

Wu Mengke asked seriously.

"So the question is, how can we get him away safely?"

Wu Xinghuan said in an uncertain tone.

"If our assumptions are correct, just let him go back to that research ship and lie back in the hibernation pod...... Then we close the door and leave the area again. The next time he wakes up, he should be back in his own timeline. ”

After a pause, he looked at Captain Zhao.

"This is the point of divergence, and what we brought into the hyperspace passage should be something else, such as a landing craft sent by the Twins? Didn't you say that they sent a landing craft to take over our starship, and that landing craft should have set off? ”

Zhao Tianhe nodded thoughtfully.

"I see...... Close the overturned box and reopen it, and we'll be back in each other's timelines. ”

Wu Xinghuan snapped his fingers.

"That's right."

Hearing his words, Zhao Tianhe and Wu Mengke's expressions eased a little, as if they were relieved, and their moods were not as heavy as before.

Especially the latter.

Her index finger pressed her eyebrows, and she said with a wry smile.

"It's a bit difficult to understand, but the situation doesn't seem to be as pessimistic as we thought."

Zhao Tianhe also nodded.

"Instead, we get a glimpse of the future from the observers of the future......"

But at this moment, Luo Yi, who had not spoken, raised his hand.

Seeing the three pairs of eyes looking at him, he hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

"I don't really understand...... But I probably understood a little. In other words, if we want to live, we must become the 'celestials' in that child's mouth? ”

The air in front of the bar fell silent.

Faced with this question, the three of them fell silent in unison.

Become a celestial ......

In other words, to destroy the world in 200 years.

But it wasn't long ago that they sank the Twins in order to stop the destruction of the world.

If they're going to do the same thing as the Twins, then why bother sinking the latter and waiting until 200 years from now?

Zhao Tianhe couldn't answer this question, so he could only put it aside for the time being, and said after a moment of silence.

"Two hundred years from now, things are too far away, and I still prefer to think that we are in a different parallel world from them, and our destinies are not necessarily completely linked."

After a pause, he made a decision.

"Let's verify Dr. Wu's conclusion first, and ask about the Celestial Organization."

"Then, send the kid home."

……

I don't know if it's because the people of the Prosperous Era live in a pampered environment, but Night Ten always feels that these guys are a little too nervous.

A guy who drove a "civilian spaceship" into a military stronghold and almost injured an active-duty soldier with a combat prosthetic body doesn't have to squat in a small dark room, and can swagger around on the spaceship.

In fact, it's not right to say that he is running around, and there are places he can't go.

For example, other decks and the scene of the crash.

On the other hand, he was free to move around the various areas of the lower deck, except for those places where he could not go, and almost no one followed him.

In addition to the guarantee of personal freedom, his other basic rights are also guaranteed to the greatest extent, almost the same as the crew living on this starship.

Before figuring out his background and background, they first recognized him as a human and treated him as if he were human.

The management department on this starship also took into account the peculiarity of his situation, arranged a separate one-room dormitory for him, and even gave him a book-keeping meal card.

For the person who gave him the meal card, if he really came back from the future, the debt would probably be eaten up by inflation in the distant future, that is, he would not have to pay it back.

If he didn't come from the future, they would give him a bill after he got off the ship, and he could wait to find a job when he returned to Earth.

Although academic qualifications are an issue, there should be many research institutes that are interested in him.

Every time I think of the staff who thinks about myself everywhere, I can't help but sigh when I hold the meal card.

Where is this called a conservative.

It's even better than the ideal city!

He couldn't help but wonder what the rebels in the colonies had to be radical to make the good old people he saw as conservatives.

On the other hand, the attitude of the crew of this ship towards him is also quite interesting.

Some people thought he was talking nonsense, and some people believed what he said, but whether they believed it or not, they showed great enthusiasm for him, and they all wished that he would say a few more words about the future.

Bar on the lower deck.

Sitting in front of the bar, there was a circle of people around him, and both the number of people and the noisy environment here were incomparable to the elegant bar on the middle deck.

Listening to the self-proclaimed time traveler from the future talk about the future, the crew members around him all widened their eyes and their faces were full of incredulity.

"The Province of the Clouds has actually become the most prosperous region?! Just that old industrial area?! This...... It's unbelievable! ”

Drinking the wine invited by others, Ye Shi said casually.

"After all, the Zhiyuan landed there, and they opened it at the beginning, and I can get on it."

A woman with big breasts crossed her arms and shook her head.

"The Willant...... It seems that the War Construction Committee is not a good thing, and even slavery has been moved out. ”

Night Ten replied.

"You have to look at the problem in the context of the times...... Forget it, I don't know them, and I'm too lazy to wash them. ”

There was also a young man who was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted as if he came back to his senses.

"Wait, I was just going to ask...... You mean Borneo province is inhabited again?! Where did the animals go? ”

Yaju shrugged his shoulders.

"Hell, people can't live anymore and care about them. But thanks to your colleague, a guy named Lowell, he's a true conservationist, and thanks to him it's still a zoo, it's the same as it used to be. ”

"Great."

The young man was visibly relieved, but Ye Shi couldn't help but roll his eyes.

What the hell is so good about this!

In a sense, he has become a celebrity in this "town of 3,000 people".

Ye Shi also enjoyed their pursuit, and knew everything about their problems, chatting from the east of the Middle-earth Continent to the west, and even talking about the Antarctic, the North Pole and the New World that he had never been to.

There were other players who had been there, but it didn't make any big waves.

Those experiences were written into travel notes-style guides, which were updated on the official website forum.

If he survives this crisis, he will probably write about his experience on the forum.

He had sat in the bar of the starship of the Human Union era 200 years ago, chatting with a group of ancient people.

But how to say it?

His mentality is probably like chatting with a dead person to relieve boredom, pointing out the country and getting some information by the way, and there is nothing else, let alone taking the situation of these people too seriously.

After all, from his standpoint, aren't these people who lived more than 200 years ago dead people?

Even if you don't have an accident, you'll die of old age!

"The so-called alliance...... It's an alliance of survivors united, in fact, there is nothing mysterious in the beginning, we are not as great as you think, we are not doing anything with the idea of saving the world, we just don't want to be eaten by marauders. ”

The big-breasted girl blinked curiously.

"Eat?"

The young man with his not quite normal mind also said in an uncertain tone.

"Is it the kind I understand to eat? Still is...... Territorial annexation in a broad sense? ”

Night Ten smiled.

"Annexation? Do you mean the kind that you swallow in your stomach? ”

After hearing his words, there was a sound of exclamation around him, and many people showed surprised expressions on their faces.

Some guys with poor psychological tolerance even have white faces, which makes people wonder how this kind of cowardice got into the army.

"Marauders also eat people......"

"These guys...... Didn't you think you were a human being too? ”

Listening to the idiot-like question, Night Ten replied casually.

"You expect the marauders to understand this, rather than the slime molds to think of themselves as human beings...... Ahem, but then again, we did encounter that slime mold, which by the end of the mimicry had completely changed into our shape, even more like a human than a human. ”

The surrounding crew members looked at each other, and a burly-looking man shook his head and said.

"I still can't believe that our children ...... People in the future will be so savage. ”

Yashi took a sip of his cocktail and said with a leisurely sigh.

"People...... The concept is too broad. People are different, and the definition of people changes with the times. That's why I say that the league isn't really great, it's just relatively normal. You may be more suitable for the life of the Ideal City, but there are also many people in the Ideal City who join us because they can't stand the Ideal City. ”

The big-breasted sister whistled and quipped.

"So you won."

Night Ten shook his head.

"I don't dare to do it, but we did get through the current crisis, and it can be regarded as the result of several forces compromising with each other."

Humans and Gaia can't fight anymore.

The same goes for the survivors and the Willantes.

The same is true of the survivors' interiors.

These three contradictions exist in a progressive order, and together they form the main line of the Wasteland Era.

And when they're all settled, the Wasteland Era will naturally be over.

Ye Shi always had the feeling that he was actually superfluous, that the history he had personally promoted might be far inferior to that of Elder Brother Fang, and that the combined role they played was actually more akin to a catalyst than to the fuel itself.

But on second thought, this is actually normal.

Everyone plays a different role in the tide of the times, there are always people who will take a little more responsibility, and some people who take less, but there is no such thing as saying that someone is dispensable.

This scene can't be sung by Fang Chang alone, including the administrator who is worshiped as a god by countless wasteland guests.

Together with the survivors of the wasteland, they have completed this epic that can be sung for posterity.

Honor belongs to every survivor.

Just when everyone was still about to ask something, Luo Yi walked in through the crowd.

"I'm sorry guys, but I had to borrow your star for it."

Some burly man looked at him and whistled.

"You haven't had enough?"

Luo Yi shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Our misunderstanding has long been resolved, but there are some things that need to be talked to him about, which are important to him."

The man put his hand on Yeten's shoulder and patted it, grinning.

"If this guy is embarrassed, tell me."

Ye Shi didn't know the name of the "fan", but he still said "thank you" to him, then jumped off the bar stool and followed Luo Yi out of the crowd to the room on the other side of the hallway.

After closing the door, he looked at Ye Ten and said.

"I have good news here, we have found a way to help you get home."

I always feel that this copy is not so simple.

However, in order to advance the plot, Ye Shi, who leaned against the table with his arms folded, still followed his words.

"Let's talk about it."

Luo Yi repeated the method that Dr. Wu had come up with, and the young man sitting at the table had a subtle expression after listening to it.

Guessing what he was thinking, Luo Yi coughed lightly and said.

"I know you want to say it sounds stupid."

Yashi shrugged his shoulders and said.

"You've already said it for me...... But I'm going to give it a try with you, and it's not a loss for me anyway. ”

I didn't expect him to be so cooperative, Luo Yi glanced at this guy in surprise, paused and continued.

"I'm glad you cooperated, and ...... We want to work with you. ”

Yashi raised his eyebrows.

"Cooperate with what?"

Luo Yi made his debut with the content and information that he had previously discussed with the captain and the executive officer.

"The scientists of our five departments believe that there must be a reason why you came to our timeline, and that Celestial Organization may be an important clue. Therefore, I want you to tell us as much information as you can about the Celestial Organization that you know. ”

After a pause, he continued.

"It's important, maybe we can help you guys face that together...... Heaven. ”

Night Ten Fox stared at him suspiciously, always feeling that this guy didn't tell him everything, and there might be a secret behind it that he didn't know.

But that doesn't matter right now.

The important thing is that he does not feel that these people have the means to reverse their already predestined fate.

"You're dead, I should have made it clear enough, unless you can change what has happened."

Luo Yi didn't argue, just stared into his eyes and said.

"Have you heard of the Twins?"

Yashi frowned.

“…… What is that? ”

Luo Yi said patiently.

"It was another cruiser, and its design drawings were the same as ours, and we were even working on the same production sequence."

"Wait...... My mind is a little confused," Yajuchi raised his hand to stop him and looked at him in astonishment, "What do you mean...... And an Orion?! ”

Luo Yi said seriously.

"To be precise, you think you're landing on the Orion, but it's actually the Twins."

Ye Shi interrupted him without hesitation.

"It can't be, I saw with my own eyes the name of the Orion written on their hull."

Luo Yi continued.

"A few lines of paint on the hull don't say much, they can pretend to be us and do the dirty work we don't want to do."

Yashi asked with a frown.

"Dirty work you don't want to do?"

Luo Yi didn't hide it, nodded and said.

"We rejected LagrangePoint's order for the 'War of the End,' and I wanted to ...... The celestials in your mouth should have something to do with the 'War of the End' plan. ”

Yashi looked at him stunned.

"What is the War of the End......

He had never heard of that word.

But it's actually normal, even if he comes from the future, it is impossible to know everything that happened in the past.

Looking at Ye Shi, who didn't know anything about it, Luo Yi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Maybe the drunkard's plan will work.

There is room for manipulation of history beyond the "horizon", and the space left for them seems to be not small.

"Command at Lagrange Point does have plans for a complete cleansing of the surface, which in their opinion will help the Vault to quickly rebuild after the war...... And we rejected them and fired neutron torpedoes at the Twins. ”

"So others don't believe that you are from the future, but we do...... And according to you, the war did not end and lasted until two hundred years later. ”

Walking in front of the stunned Ye Shi, Luo Yi stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder, and continued in a serious tone.

"This is our war, we will not leave you alone, we will continue on our timeline while you return to yours."

"We will converge in 200 years."

"For that I need you to tell me unreservedly everything you know about the celestials."

Looking at those determined eyes, Ye Shi finally swallowed back the words on his lips and nodded slowly.

No matter how whimsical this plan sounds, no matter how slim the possibilities are -

In response to their determination, he also planned to gamble with them.

And what if it succeeds?

Not to mention that Jiang Xuezhou was saved, the alliance will also get an incomparably powerful helper!

"I promise you."

This part is actually written about the "form formation field" mentioned a long time ago, about how the players came to this world, and the foreshadowing before the recovery, the beginning and turn should be less than 100,000 words, and there are still two or three chapters (depending on the length).