Ressen happily walked into the activity room of the Express, a small self-service bar, which is usually the busiest place on the ship, but now there are not many people here, only a few officers and soldiers are drinking and chatting quietly, and even the music playing in the bar seems to be infected with the feeling of being lazy and a little tired. [No pop-ups. 】

Risen knew why, he knew why it was so depressed, he knew what everyone else was up to, his eyes rolled around, and he immediately found Schneier, who was sitting at a table, sipping a bottle of wine in small sips, but he had already drunk a lot, and there were three or four empty bottles on the table.

"Hey, so free, actually drinking here alone, the most excessive thing is that he didn't even call me." Risen also got a bottle of wine and sat down next to his friend.

"How about seeing you on the bridge following the latest developments and not wanting to disturb you?"

"Knowingly, if you look at me now, I'm so idle that I ran here to drink with you, you should know that it's still the same." Risen shook his head.

"Well, I know," sighed his friend, "it seems that we have been trapped here for five days, and we cannot move forward or go back." ”

"That's not like it's impossible to go to the Federation or go back now, damn eyes......" Risen also showed a sad face.

They were all silent, just drinking and thinking about their own thoughts......

They have been in this star field for five days, since the jump point of the fast number, they have seen that the gravitational field of the black hole has undergone unexpected changes, after three consecutive failed calculations, in order to avoid the engine in a high-intensity working state for a long time can not be loaded, they have to reluctantly give up the accurate calculation for the time being. Makes the Express temporarily move away from the space jump point that is within the range of the black hole's gravitational field.

They had thought that maybe after a while, the cycle of change in the gravitational field might change, at least that's what Risen and Captain Kirk thought. But it backfired, after a few hours of necessary overhaul and maintenance of the Express's engine, and when they ventured back into the gravitational range of the black hole and back to the vicinity of the space jump point, they were disappointed that the change cycle of the gravitational field had not changed much, and it still maintained a frequency of about every twenty minutes, so they had to leave the gravitational field of the black hole again. And pray that the next time they return to the gravitational field, things have changed in the direction they hoped.

But the result of the exhibition is that they return to the gravitational field again and again with great expectations, but they leave again and again with disappointment, and the change cycle of the gravitational field is really hard with them, that is, it has always remained at about twenty minutes. Risen and Captain Kirk were a little glad that they hadn't been brutal and hadn't stayed in the gravitational field all the time waiting for the results of the calculations, and the Express's engines would never have been able to withstand such a long period of high-intensity work.

But rejoicing is rejoicing. Although they may have been lucky enough to escape a danger, a new question arises: how can they get out of this star field? Don't use space jump points by the thrust of the ion engine? The officers on board the ship solemnly announced that it would take at least fifty or sixty years for the fastest express to reach the star field where the nearest known space jump point was located.

This result is really laughable, and I have to say whether it can be maintained at the highest level for such a long time. How to solve the fuel supply of the main power reactor? And what about the supplies of the crew? The Matter Duplicator is still a science fantasy that is so far away that the little food and fresh water supplies carried on the ship will not last more than a year, even if it is the most economical, and even the above problems can be solved. In fifty or sixty years, they will all become old men and old ladies.

Risen self-deprecating has really become like that, maybe there will be a lot more families on the ship, a lot more hairy boys, little girls, and baby babies.

"What now?" After a long day of silence, his friend finally asked.

"What else can I do? Wait. Risen said depressedly: "If you don't wait until the gravitational field changes cycles, it changes; Or wait for help. Sooner or later, the Confederation and the Confederation will appear the disappearance of the Express and. This route, though secret, served as the only shipping route between the League and the Federation. I'm sure there will be boats passing by here. ”

"What if the ships that came to the rescue or the ships that passed by were also trapped like us?" Schneier asked hesitantly.

"It's possible." "Luckily for the Express, the communication system is working properly, and we can use subspace communications to alert them, although the communication range is limited and cannot be transmitted to the Alliance's High Command or received by the Federation, but for ships approaching this star field and preparing to pass through, they can still receive our warnings, as long as their communication system is okay and they haven't forgotten to pay attention to their communication system before jumping." Optimistically, we probably won't spend more than a month here, so let's think it's a vacation, even though there is no sun, sand and no beauty. ”

"That's just as well." His friend seemed amused by his words, he picked up the glass, looked up, drank the wine in the bottle, and said in a daze, "But speaking of beautiful women, do you think we can meet them again this time in the Federation?" ”

"Who are they?" As soon as Risen spoke, he immediately understood, and met again? Aside from the Blue Angels girls, do they know any other girls in the Federation?

"Pretend to be garlic, don't think I don't know." Schneier said disdainfully: "Needless to say, you have something to do with that Feilun sister, is there anyone on the space station who doesn't know that someone runs on the Archangel every day?" It's the kind of lace news they love to hear, and you've heard you mention it countless times when we've been drinking together. But let's not talk about her, let's say the other one, don't think I'm stupid, I can see that serious beauty, our Major Yang...... Hmph, I'm afraid there is a big problem between you too. Say it quickly, isn't it? ”

"Who did you listen to?" Risen blushed slightly, he neither admitted nor denied it, but asked rhetorically with a weak heart.

"Hahaha, as expected." His friend swept away his previous dullness and smirked, "I know you, if you don't have anything to do with each other, you will definitely be in a hurry to deny it." You're a flowery guy, but you're very tight-lipped, and I haven't heard you mention it, and I'm almost deceived by your appearance, and I can't see it, but the guy who looks honest on the outside actually plays with two boats. ”

", we're just ......"

"Come on, don't explain it, the explanation doesn't work, although I wasn't on the space station during that time. But some people see that you often drink in bars, the night is dark, the wind is high, the lonely man and widow have been working together for a long time, I don't believe that you will not have some feelings, and besides, without feelings, you can sit and drink together so often? In addition, with the help of alcohol, I think that even if there is no problem between you, it will become a problem. ”

"Hmph. You're just guessing. Risen breathed a sigh of relief, he had thought that the incident between Sonia and him had been known on the eve of the separation, although the kid had guessed about the same as he had been.

But even so, there was some joy in his heart for some reason, contrary to what he said. Deep down, he actually wants to hear about himself and Sonya, be known by everyone, and be talked about by others, and he feels inexplicably warm to hear others say that he and Sonia are.

"Guess? Hehe, I'm guessing with facts, it's a good thing, it's a lot of grinding, when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are about to meet. It was cruelly blocked by the heavenly river of the eyes of death. Well, if someone is holding a pair of babies at hand, they are almost inseparable from the modern version of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl. Schneier's voice was a strange joke of a friend.

The more you talk about it, the more unpleasant it becomes. Risen looked helplessly at his friend with a playful face. Determined to fight back, he couldn't let his friend go on any further, and he asked rhetorically, "What about you?" Don't you want to see Annie? I'm not stupid, I'm not stupid, it's you who can meet them in the Federation first, who is more anxious? I'm not even a blind man, who didn't even take off the combat flight suit when the Archangel left, and rushed back to the space station to see him off? When I didn't see it? Both of them had gloomy faces. ”

His friend was obviously stunned for a moment, and said a little frustratedly, "What do you want?" Anyway, we're stuck here, it's really unlucky, it's almost there, and there will be this kind of accident. ”

"Don't worry, we'll meet them sooner or later, it's just a temporary stay here." Risen patted his friend on the shoulder.

"I know, thank you, friend, alas, this damn change cycle, it can't be changed every twenty-six minutes? But it takes 20 minutes, and the so-called, specially modified, high-performance navigation computer bullshit, isn't it just a calculation, and it takes 25 minutes, can't they design a better and more powerful computer? Schneier muttered to him, looked at the empty bottles, stood up helplessly, walked to the bar, asked for a few bottles, he gathered the bottles together, held a few bottles of wine together, and walked back.

Risen had been looking at his friend for a long time, but suddenly his expression froze.

"What's wrong? Buddy. Schneier, who returned to the table, looked at Risen strangely, as if he was in a daze, not knowing what was going on.

"No, Schneier, how can you come back with so many bottles of wine at once? Why don't you separate the bottles and bring them over? Risen asked absentmindedly.

"You're dizzy, asking such an idiotic question," his friend looked at him in surprise, not understanding what the use of him asking this question, but he replied anyway, "efficiency, how troublesome it is to separate and get it again and again, although I only have two hands, but I can bring three or four bottles at a time when I put the bottles together?" You won't forget even the basic mechanics. ”

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw his friend flick the bottle and rush out of the bar like a 100-meter race, saying loudly as he ran, "Thank you, Schneier." ”

"What's wrong with me? Why thank me? I didn't do anything. What happened to his friend in a daze?