Everyone gathered in a sleeping pod, waiting for an old man to wake up. Words

He had been asleep for more than a hundred years since the beginning of the Voyage Era, and it had been more than a thousand years since the Blue Star was timed.

The process of awakening was smooth.

A slightly old face appeared in front of everyone, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes were as calm as the deep sea, without any fluctuations.

The captain on duty stepped forward and gave a brief introduction to the situation.

Luden's gaze swept over everyone present.

"Luden, you know me."

Sabbath said indifferently, resignation

"I've never bothered to do such a thing as blowing up stars."

Death licked his paws,

"Luden, you know me. Although I am a dog, I am not licking a dog, and I will not blow up other people's love tokens."

The magician explained,

"Luden, you know the Sabbath, and I've been dead and alive all this time..."

The Prophet nodded slightly, and said,

"Luden, the star didn't blow up." Words

All:???

What they said before, it's all nonsense?

The prophet ignored the crowd, took out a photograph, and handed it to Lutden.

This is the power of prophecy.

After everyone leaves the virtual world, they rarely use this ability.

The source of this ability is, of course, Luden.

Their consideration is also very simple, if they are not clear about the cost of ability, it is always not a good thing to use ability too many times... Words

For this purpose, the prophet used prophecy.

The photograph is pitch black, with only a jumping number in the lower left corner of the photo, constantly changing.

"Here are the coordinates."

The Prophet explained,

"This star... Ran away."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions tightened again.

In the course of sailing in the past, they used stars for scientific research when they had something to do, and they blew up stars when they had nothing to do. Words

Dyson spheres and stuff like that, they've built one too.

But!

Running away with stars?

It's beyond their imagination.

The one who did this, most likely, was the Empress.

But they didn't expect that the scientific research ability of the Empress Fleet would improve so quickly, even stronger than the home planet!

Everyone immediately had a different opinion, resigned

"It could be another civilization!"

"Seconded, the conditions for the explosive development of science and technology are not valid, and there is no reason for the empress's fleet to reach such heights."

"Is this a trap?"

"It may be, it may not."

"Whatever the case may be, we're going to catch up..."

When everyone said it, there was only one sentence that was right.

They're definitely going to move on to this coordinate. Words

The vast universe, the infinite space, if there is no goal, no direction, is a very terrifying thing.

The fleet has sailed to this day, far less breezy than the captain's diary.

They will have a lot of problems, both external and internal.

Fortunately, they are naturally good at dealing with problems, and their means are also different, some people take retreat as advance, some people rush to kill, and some people use both grace and power...

Whatever one may say, everything they do is to move in one direction.

The end of the journey has nothing to do with them.

But the process of the journey, they are enjoying it. Words

Luden nodded slightly and agreed,

"Change direction."

The fleet, once again, set sail.

....

Another few more years passed.

「... Here is the 1567th broadcast... Please answer if you receive it..."

「... Zizizi... Zizizi...."

After the noisy sound of electricity, a clear message was sent back,

「... Qiyunyu, where did you learn this kind of prophecy..."

When the magician received this message, he did not choose to answer.

Because, there is no need.

The other side's fleet came with this message.

The way they deliver information is advanced, ancient, and most importantly, fast!

In short – light. Words

The other party's reply is also a reply with a light letter.

The fact that the fleet arrived at the same time as the reply only says one thing .... They have mastered the secret of traveling at the speed of light!

The magician perked up, and a new question came to his mind:

How many stars did they blow up?

Of course, this question will soon become irrelevant.

After a brief communication between the two parties, the identity of the other party was determined.

The magician breathed a sigh of relief, it was the Empress. Words

Danger lifted.

Of course, they are not afraid of death, after all, the home planet millions of miles away, and their backup, can be resurrected at any time.

If Ludon in the fleet is dead, he is really dead!

The Empress decided to board the ship, and the magician immediately organized people to welcome the Empress as soon as possible.

The procession to greet the empress was very mixed.

The captains on duty were crammed into one room, as crowded as the conversation back then.

Some of them were standing, some were sitting, and the dog was even lying on the shoulder of one ... Words

Not only that, but they even made two dummies to simulate One and the principal.

They were very tacit, and neither of them spoke.

Ludon may have wanted to speak, but with his physical condition, it was difficult to say anything.

Long years of dormancy and deep sleep, several awakenings, all brought a great burden to his body.

It is no small miracle that he has survived to this day.

Seeing the different-looking people standing in front of her, the Empress walked straight to one of them.

The man was in a wheelchair, very old, with a head full of silver threads, and the wrinkles between his eyebrows and eyes were like ravines. Words

It's just that there are too many things in this world that can deceive people, and it's too difficult to judge a person's inner self based on their appearance.

Knowing people, knowing faces, but not hearts.

The six-eared macaque and the Monkey King have to go to the Buddha to distinguish the authenticity.

Not to mention that these rotating captains have an unusual relationship with Luden, and several of them are intelligent beings born after AI fitting using Luden as a template.

With the naked eye, it's really hard to find the real Ludon here.

They don't speak, they just want to test the empress.

It's the end of this long voyage, the last bit of bad taste. Words

To thank everyone for their help during this time, Luton acquiesced to the prank.

More crucially, he has faith in the Empress.

He believed that the Empress had her own way of distinguishing the real from the fake.

The empress looked at the old man in front of her, with a smile in the corner of her eyes, and there was a bit of banter in her smile.

The red lips are lightly opened, and the mouth is fragrant,

"You've been beaten by monkeys."

With five simple words, everyone present was stunned. Words

Only the old man in the wheelchair smiled, and the smile spread, making his whole face as bright as a flower.

This smile seemed to be contagious, and the people around him understood it and smiled one after another.

If Number One was here, he would have laughed with everyone, but Number One had a hard time understanding what the others were laughing at.

In a person's life, there will be countless small things and some big things.

The bits and pieces make up life, but it's hard to remember.

What can be remembered is often not a trivial matter.

Since the empress said that Ludon had been beaten by a monkey, it meant that there was only one possibility. Words

Being beaten by a monkey is very important.

But looking through the history of Qiyun, Shenbang, and Wudu, there is no record of this incident, and there is no information related to monkeys.

That only says one thing... This monkey, before Qiyun.

It hit Luden.

No, more precisely, it killed Luden.

Thereupon... It was immortalized, on another planet.

During her voyage, the Empress found this monkey, an immortal monkey! Words

What it means, needless to say.

The smile on Luden's face grew stronger and stronger, and it turned into a cough, and the old man's shoulders trembled, his neck shrunk slightly, his back arched, and he coughed hard.

The Empress gently patted Ludon on the back and let him breathe.

The cough subsided, and the calm, mysterious smile returned to Luden's face.

He smiled and nodded,

"Yes, I've been beaten by monkeys."