Chapter 5: The Birth of Nanjia

The doctoral campus of China Southern Airlines is located on the central axis of Zhongshan East Road in Nanjing. Although the tall plane trees on both sides of Zhongshan East Road and the endless flow of maglev cars seem out of place, they have a different flavor in this era of highly developed science and technology.

From Xinjiekou, walk east along Zhongshan East Road and enter the Nanjing Historical Nature Reserve, where there is the great Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Yin Forbidden City, which has been passed down through the ages, and the Natural History Museum of Nanjing. China Southern Airlines is located opposite the Yin Forbidden City. In this treasure land where humanities, nature, and science and technology are combined, the great heroes of human Wenyin aviation are being bred.

"I'm finally going to be the one to conquer the sea of stars!"

"Brother, don't bother me. I'm analyzing this data! ”

"Wakaya, look at this news. I decided, I wanted to conquer the sea of stars. No one can stop me! I'm going to go far, and I'm going to be the first human to set foot in the Pillars of Creation system!! ”

"Wait." Wakaya stopped what he was doing and turned his head to face Qi Yin. Qi Yin looks like a propaganda poster painted on the wall when New China was first founded, pointing to the ceiling, and on the ceiling is the picture that has been passed down for thousands of years: the Pillar of Creation.

"What are you talking about, let's talk about it carefully."

"The Earth and Space Agency's Millennium Mission: Project Liyin."

"Is that what you're talking about, that plan?"

"Yes, that's the plan. Remember the intel we gathered for them? We're about to take the first step in interstellar travel! ”

"Really? Why isn't the news reported? ”

"I'm one of the members of the layout plan, of course I know, but I haven't announced it to the public yet."

"In other words, the big guy above our space head is all ready?"

"That's right, what a big guy, didn't he already collect a name, his name is Explorer!"

"Yes, the Explorer, the culmination of human scientific and technological prowess." Wakaya got up and walked to the balcony and looked up at the starry sky. There was something in the sky that was different from the stars, and that thing was the Explorer, humanity's first interstellar spacecraft.

Qi Yin walked over, fiddled with the scientific telescope placed on the balcony a few times, and focused his eyes on the Explorer. The Explorer was completed by many countries under the community of human destiny for a long time, through a huge spiral structure to generate centrifugal force so that the crew on the spacecraft will not float to live, different rings have different functions, and after demonstrating, the different ecological cabins on the spacecraft can produce a steady stream of oxygen and fresh food for the crew.

"Wow, that's beautiful."

"Yes, Qi Yin, isn't this the purpose of our research?"

"Wakaya, do you want to sign up for the Liyin Project?"

"I, of course I want to. But what about Chun-hee? Of course, I want to work with him on this human first feat. ”

"So what are you waiting for? Look at the banner hanging at the head of your bed: 'Morning Hear, Death is OK.' For the sake of the future of humanity, we must leave behind all emotional bonds. ”

"I think Chun-hee will fully support me. I also want to have both fish and bear's paws. Qi Yin, can you do me a favor? Go test Chun-hee's tone and see how she reacts. I think she'll support it, after all, it's all our common ideal. ”

"Leave it to me, brother."

The two buildings of the doctoral dormitory are located at the west gate of the university, and between the two buildings is the center of the daily activities of doctoral students. Qi Ming made an appointment to meet Chun-hee here.

It was an afternoon, and the dazzling sunlight shone through the swaying sycamore leaves, sprinkled on the corridor of the activity center, and shone on Qi Yin's face, and not far away, Chunxi jumped over from the end of the corridor.

"Lao Qi, what the hell is going on, it's so mysterious, just send a WeChat."

"Let's go, let's go in and talk, I'll order you a taro bobo, do you want to eat a lava cake."

"Hahaha, then I'm welcome, Lao Qi."

There were a few people gathered in the social hall, and Qi Yin and Chunxi found a corner near the window and sat down.

"Let's talk about Lao Qi, what the hell is going on, it's so mysterious and secretive, and it's not called my family Ruogu."

"Did you know that the Earth Space Agency's Liyin program has been launched?"

"When did it happen, why didn't there be any news at all?"

"Shh......h Be quiet, this hasn't been made public yet. I only found out this morning. ”

"What's worth keeping secret, shouldn't this be a big deal for the entire human race."

"It's just that this plan is good for humanity as a whole, but it can be cruel for individuals and families. You know, I've decided that I'm going to participate, after all, it's a wonderful thing to be able to observe cosmic objects up close, don't you say that if I get there, I'll be the top physicist on that planet, hahahaha. ”

"Of course you can think like this for a single dog, I want to go too, but I'm a family, if my family Ruogu doesn't want to, then maybe I can't do it, but I can choose to sleep, wait for you to triumph, let's invite you to a whole duck banquet in Nanjing!"

"That's why I'm looking for you today, and the one in your family also wants to sign up."

"Isn't that okay? I also agree, the three of us can go on a mission together, we are the iron triangle to conquer the universe! ”

"It's just Qi Yin, he is the only son in the family. Unlike me, I am the third in my family, my brother and sister can inherit our family business and accompany my parents, but what should Ruogu's old mother do, Ruogu has a thought about being alone for decades, this task will be carried out for hundreds of years, and there are many dangers, sister, I hope you will persuade him, you don't sign up for this task, just make contributions to human culture and culture on the earth. ”

"But, at this time, his dream, this is also my dream. What is the motivation for people not to dream? We are also adults, we are also physicists, how can individual emotions prevail over truth? ”

"But, you're a human being after all. How is it possible to abandon all the worries on earth and go far away? How can loyalty and filial piety be both? And it's not an existential crisis that we have to do. ”

"I am a member of the Communist Party of China, and I am also an expert in the study of aerospace materials. There should be no one in this field who can surpass me. Besides, Wakaya has been studying the cosmic star map, and there is no such outstanding talent as Wakaya on this earth when it comes to navigation. ”

"I understand everything you say, and you're right. But I beg you to think about it, and I don't think your mother or father wants to go without seeing you for the rest of your life, and you can't bear to let them hibernate for hundreds of years while waiting for you to come back. ”

"You go back and bring a message to Wakaya, I want to see his parents."

The most unfettered of the trio is Jun-hee, who has no worries until she meets Wakaya. And after meeting him, there was one more person in her life, a person who could share her troubles when she was sad, and a person who could be doubly happy when she was happy.

For Qi Yin, he is the same. Qi Yin is not like other rich second generations, when he saw the first time human beings looked up at the starry sky from the history books, the idea of exploring the universe germinated in Qi Yin's heart. What made Qi Yin make up his mind was when he saw the photo that has been passed down through the ages: the Pillar of Creation, the famous painting that uses the universe as a canvas, the stars as paint, and the physical movement as a paintbrush, makes him unforgettable for a lifetime. But his brother and sister, as well as his parents, thought he had gone astray, because he was an outlier to the family's huge business, and the outlier ended up with no good end in history. But what they don't know is that such an outlier is a hero to the entire human race, while the rest of the other families are outliers to human society. So Qi Yin didn't have any worries and fetters, and the only thing he cared about was his good buddy Nan Ruogu, who studied the universe with him.

As for Minami Wakaya, perhaps fate has made a choice for him.