The homeland ship "Song of Dawn" ushered in the dawn from the endless darkness for the first time in a long time.

A construction resolution issued by the leaders and adopted by the Council of Science gave them new expectations.

Their daily life is like a black hole in a galaxy, where there is no new stuff to fill it with a never-ending darkness that has been going on for a long, long time until now.

Their leader announced that they would be able to get out of the present predicament when this resolution was completed, whether it was merely an inspiring lie, and that the dark people would rather believe it to be true.

Construction began on a large black cube-shaped building.

The space reserved for expansion on the Homeship was used, and the garbage that had been piled up in these places due to management problems was sent to the universe, and a huge building was uprooted here, which was exactly the appearance of the "dimensional machine" provided by Li Wenyuan.

Although the construction process of the "Dimension Machine" is a secret, and the radius of dozens of miles has also been designated as a no-man's land, there are still some people with strong hands-on ability who use homemade binoculars to find that the mysterious building looks like a large black square from the outside.

However, the grapevine did not spread, in the battle royale of civilization, the privacy of individuals is not needed, and everything is done by everyone to serve the survival of civilization.

Less than 10 minutes after the hands-on citizen pointed his homemade telescope at the "dimensional machine" under construction, law enforcement officers came to his door to educate him deeply and confiscated his telescope.

The appearance of the "mysterious building" has thus become a mystery, and although everyone is looking forward to the day when the secret will be revealed, they tacitly do not talk about it.

Even if it is occasionally mentioned after dinner, it will be quickly revealed, although life is still dark, but there is always a little hope.

One month after the construction of the "Dimensional Manufacturing Machine" began, the people gradually returned to their daily lives from their expectations for a new life.

Although there is hope, life still has to go on, and with the continuous entry of little by little "credit scores", the darkness seems to have returned to the sky here again.

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The "Solar Engineer" dragged his tired body back home, but he was greeted only by a moment of silence.

He didn't seem to be surprised by this situation, but after warming up his own dinner, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He is one of the first class engineers on the "Song of the Dawn" homeship, and is one of the few people directly responsible for the maintenance of the ship's "artificial sun".

They were born from the light and heat of the stars, and naturally they could not survive without the stars, and when they embarked on a journey inward and all the stars were transformed into black holes, the artificial sun became an indispensable facility here.

All ships away from home must have an artificial sun, and its primary function is to provide a glow that simulates sunrise and sunset as a soothing "spiritual symbol", with heat being only its secondary function.

The fact that an entire civilized race has to leave their home planet, where they have settled for countless generations, and go to the unknown realm of deep space, is nothing less than a serious blow to the spirit of civilization.

Mild may only cause minor problems such as depressed mood and reduced work efficiency; In severe cases, it may even drive people crazy or cause a riot.

Spiritual needs that used to be ignored under strong thought suppression and a high concentration of chicken soup indoctrination, but this time it is not feasible.

The journey to deep space is a long process in 10,000 years, and when the span is stretched to such a point, spiritual activity is the most important thing linked to survival.

The artificial sun is designed to create the illusion that "we are still living on our home planet", even if everyone knows that it is just an illusion, it is enough to become a rivet to anchor the spirit under self-hypnosis.

The "solar engineer" has gradually diverged from the engineer profession and has become an independent profession, responsible for maintaining the artificial sun every day, and the day and night alternation is controlled by the ship's system.

The former solar engineer was also very beautiful, and as a senior staff member on the ship, he was treated better than ordinary people.

It's a pity that with the change of the times, his treatment has gradually become ordinary, even if he is a first-class engineer.

Or rather, everyone is not treated well, even the chief scientist.

It has nothing to do with corruption, just poverty.

The battle royale lasted for a long, long time, and although they destroyed a lot of civilizations, they didn't get much nourishment from the "corpses", so they had to flee in a hurry.

Resources are being consumed, but the total amount is not increasing.

And this contradiction reached its peak after the collapse of the production fleet, and even the planned society had to repeatedly cut the quota for all.

Of course, this will cause a lot of complaints, but everyone knows the reason, so after putting up with it, most people will see it, as long as they don't starve to death.

But the family of the "solar engineer" is different, and his wife, who is matched by the government, cannot bear the lower and lower quality of life, and chooses to cut herself off.

It is hard for anyone to imagine that the reduced quality of life could lead to suicide, which led him to face the charge of "spouse killing".

Even though he was exonerated by the pervasive surveillance, he was convicted of negligence for "failing to pay attention to his spouse's emotional well-being and failing to prevent his spouse's suicide in time", for which he was deducted a large amount of credit.

- In this dark age of great escape, every human power is precious, and he is responsible for the fact that the death of his wife will reduce the pressure on resources, but it will also reduce the available labor force.

However, he really didn't have any feelings for this wife, which the government assigned to each other, just so that they could give birth to offspring at the right time and form a family unit that was easy to manage.

The act of procreation also needs to be done at the time specified by the government, because the extra life will take up resources, and the newborn born that is not recognized by the government will end up being "destroyed".

Cruel as it is, this is the reality here, and the shrinking world has forced them down this path, and only the strongest of regulations can make it to the end in the battle royale of civilization.

"Engineer Sun" silently eats his dinner, an unpalatable solid energy bar that turns gelatinous when heated, making it easier to swallow.

In the past, when his wife was still alive, at least at this time, they could still make small talk for a while, which was considered to suppress the relaxation in life, but now he could only mechanically swallow the energy gel into his stomach and plan in his mind how to use the few credits he had left.

Here, all daily necessities are designated by the government, and they do not need to use electronic money - that is, credits to buy.

And the only function of credit points is to fill the empty spiritual world.

He thought about it for a while, called up the credit purchase interface on the electronic bracelet he carried, bought an electronic book called "Once Glory", and then read it directly.

"Once upon a time, we were a paradise here, where all planets were suitable for life, and all life was suitable for any life, and all living things were 100 percent habitable on these planets."

"Every planet here is a 'Gaia Planet', and this is the glory of the 'Cradle'."