So far, the Republic's development and exploration of the adjacent star system has actually lasted for a short period of time;

But at the moment, except for the Pro-1 exploration ship, which has really reached its goal today, the rest of the ships are still in their own journeys.

Among them, the ship that went to Proxima 3 has entered the boundary of the target star system for a while, and it is expected that it will be the second to reach the predetermined position in about a year and a half;

The Proxima 4 exploration ship will also reach the marginal material belt, and it will take about three years to finally complete the entire voyage;

Proxima 5 Discovery is still a long way from the material cloud belt, and it is estimated that it will take at least five years or so to complete this final journey;

As for Black Hole Explorer, if there are no accidents, there will be no need to think about when it will arrive for hundreds of years

In addition to the five ships that departed at the same time, the Republic sent new manned fortresses to more targets in the next three years, especially as a fortress that was tasked with exploring and developing the Proxima 2 star system, which belonged to the same distance as the previous batch, and embarked on its own journey in the third month after the departure of the first five ships;

And due to the influence of distance and time, this spacecraft is expected to complete its own journey shortly after Proxima 3 arrives at its destination and become the third quasar to reach its target.

In addition, in the deep space a little farther away from the Sun within 40 light years, there are actually more than 1,000 large and small stars, which maintain a relatively stable position relationship with the Sun with their respective gravitational relationships.

This connection is the structure of the inland river system, which the Republic calls the 'sub-cluster', and on top of it, there is a non-strict progressive relationship between the inner major star cluster (chain)-the inner total star cluster (chain)-the inner total star cluster, and finally the large river system is built around the central black hole.

The secondary star cluster where the parent star is located is at a certain distance from the surrounding siblings, which is not too far when measured by the river system, but it is not a narrow chasm for the Republic;

Therefore, the distance of 40 light years was determined as a phased goal, and after analyzing and judging the criteria of the state of the stars in it and the presence or absence of rock-based stars, the Republic of China identified more than a dozen star systems with relatively close distances, scientific research or development value, and whose shipping channels were not suitable for using Proxima Centauri 1-5 as a springboard, as the target of direct departure from the parent star;

Subsequently, corresponding fortresses were dispatched to these targets to carry out related investigation and development tasks;

However, due to the longer distance and later departure time, the forts had to wait longer to see the day when they actually reached their destination.

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After reading the news and going through the general progress of the development plan, Giant Fang, who still remembered the previous request, flipped through the database again, trying to help the old elk confirm his son's condition;

No matter good or bad, there must always be a result, after all, that little guy has entered his old age, and he can't let him usher in the end of his life with incomprehension and regret, right?

And for Giant Fang, this is not a difficult matter, he does not need to ask about any unwarranted divine domains for this, nor does he need to communicate with the sect's higher-ups in particular;

Because the detailed information of tens of billions of races is stored in the republic's database, and it is corrected in real time and almost automatically according to the situation.

Therefore, when the Great Fang injected the information of the old elk into the mind panel and passed the corresponding permission test, a complex network of relationships was immediately presented in the light curtain in front of his eyes.

The information of the old elk is located in the center of the grid, and the surrounding areas radiate out with its core nodes composed of avatars, names, and numbers, and some of these nodes are directly related to the old elk, and some are indirectly connected with it by up to three nodes.

And that's not all, of course...

After all, in the legend, it only takes 7 individuals to intersect with all intelligent beings in the same system, and the old elk, as a merchant, can not only know 7 individuals?

Even counting the children he gave birth to, in fact, there is more than that

Therefore, at present, there are more and more indirect connections that are converged in each node, and only when they are specially expanded, or reshaped with the node as the core, will they be displayed in detail like the old elk's relationship network.

But this didn't have much to do with the fangs, so he didn't pay attention to the interesting form of connection of the cascading cobwebs, but after skimming over a few elk icons that could not be opened due to information locking, and which were directly and only directly related to the old elk, including himself, he saw the target he was looking for at one of the closest nodes to the center.

With a thought, he opened it, and skimmed the 'Network Display' selection to go directly to the 'Individual Information' column, and then a detailed file was presented in the light curtain in front of him.

"Let me see, what's going on with his son," he muttered to himself, quickly going through the file and quickly learning the exact situation.

[Name: Gelman Ihab]

[Age: 32 years old]

[Faith: Nature's Wrath Sect Level 5 Mid-Level Charismatic Priest]

[Status: Deep Sleep, Starry Sky Voyage]

[Location: Next to the 3rd Exploration Ship]

【Position: Branch Pioneer Leader】

【··· 】

"Hu Yuan is on the Neighbor 3 exploration ship, and the various sects have no means to directly contact the fortress, so it's no wonder that there has been no news for so many years."

To be honest, Giant Fang was relieved when he saw this kind of information, although interstellar colonization also has this or that uncertainty, but in fact, this is the best and relatively most guaranteed result.

'As long as you don't go to some inexplicable experiment'

Quite happily, he thought in his heart.

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After completing his friend's request, Giant Fang flipped through the general information of many distant fortresses and walked in the direction of his meeting room, and not long after, he met two familiar and unfamiliar visitors again.

Secretary Fawn seemed to have adjusted his mentality, and was secretly looking at the huge houseowner with curious eyes at this time, and Giant Fang nodded to him kindly, sat down casually, and then said to the old elk,

"I just asked a friend to help me ask about the situation, and your son's state is already clear."

He's a good size anywhere, but it's a little inconvenient to come into contact with these foreigners, and Giant Fang has never liked to receive his friends in a projection body, so there will always be some extra arrangements.

At this time, while he sat down cross-legged, the ground was sunken down about 40 meters, so that his gaze could be kept at the same level as the guest, which was convenient for him and could effectively relieve the pressure felt by the other party.

"Really, sir? So what's going on with him now? ”

The old elk was obviously very concerned about his son, and he didn't have time to be polite and simply asked.

"After all, I went to the interstellar colony, so I first conducted about two years of closed training for the situations that I might encounter, and then after a year of gradual adaptation and adjustment, I am still on the road, but I am in a deep dormant state of unconsciousness;"

didn't do much to hide, Jufang directly informed the general situation that he could say, so that the old father, who had been anxious for many years, could understand

"It will take about two years for your son to arrive at his destination and wake up from his deep sleep, and there should be a regular means of contact at that time, maybe not too often, but at least the communication should still be guaranteed."

"Deep hibernation?"

The old elk seemed a little puzzled, but he finally learned the news that he was indeed alive, and felt relieved by his trust in Giant Fang, and the tangled expression on his face covered in fur was mostly relieved by this.

"Well, he's too far away. Well, even the light takes years to get there, so if you don't go through this journey in complete hibernation, your son will be wasting more than ten years in vain. ”

Tusk then explained to him,

"After all, the body of the deer genus is still a little too weak, so it should take a while to de-dormant after arriving, and you shouldn't be too anxious at that time."

"Light? De-sleep? Never mind. As long as you're alive, you're alive."

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Although the elk species is a relatively long-lived category among different races, the lifespan of more than 130 years is already where their limit is, so after having a 'relieved' mentality, the vitality of the old elk shows a sudden downward trend in the perception of giant teeth;

Although this downward trend only picked up a little again in an instant, he still faintly felt that the old elk's lifespan had indeed been reduced by a few points.

As one of the many elves who can treat other races more equally, Giant Tooth actually has a lot of friends of different races, which means that he has a wealth of experience with 'white hair and black hair';

But no matter how rich this experience is, at this time there is still a little helplessness in his heart, and in the end, he can only remind him in a tone that seems to be a joke,

"Hey, don't you just die, doesn't this make me do a bad thing with good intentions? And when Gelman wakes up, he will give you peace. ”

"That guy doesn't care about that, otherwise he can go to sleep when my father doesn't have long to live? What new earthly kingdom of God is to be developed? He's just a religious fool who doesn't even know his family. ”

Looking at the old elk's slightly lonely expression, the giant tooth who understood who was responsible for this situation was a little uncomfortable in his heart.

But the interests of the race as a whole determine his innate position, and it is also destined that Giant Fang cannot, will not, and does not want to seek to make some altruistic changes because of this 'not taste' and cheap sympathy, so he only maintains a listening silence at the moment.

The old elk didn't know what Giant Fang was thinking, so it was natural to think that it was a sign of sympathy when he saw his silence, so he waved his hand lightly and continued in a tone that didn't care much,

"Sir, I heard that two or three hundred years ago, elk that lived to be 50 years old were rare?"

"Yes, the oldest elk I've ever seen at that time was less than seventy years old."

Recalling the general situation of the Northern Continent during the slavery era, Giant Fang gave a clear answer with a certain certainty in a moment, and thus eliminated a lot of the 'not taste' that had arisen before.

"Haha, then my 127-year-old is long enough;"

The old elk shook his head with a smile and continued, as if he had thought of something,

"If you live any longer, you will have to endure the pain of illness. Why don't you just die while you've had enough of this enjoyment now, and you haven't suffered much of it, maybe the wrath of nature will take pity on my contributions over the years, and send me to reincarnation one day sooner? ”

"If you're lucky, you might be reincarnated as an elf in your next life."

At this point, the old elk's tone was already marked with longing, and unconsciously revealed some real thoughts;

But then, as if he had woken up from a dream, he hurriedly said to the fangs,

"I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to offend you."

"What's offensive about this, because you think it's good to be an elf and like to be an elf, that's why you have such an idea, isn't it?"

"Yes, yes, that's what I think, and it would be nice if you could understand."

"Hah! Ihab, your courage has become smaller, and you dared to climb on my lap to play when you were a child. ”

"Hey, I scared my father out of the way, and he beat me up when I went back."

Recalling the bits and pieces of the past, the old elk couldn't help but sigh,

"But now, the old man thinks about many more things than before, and it's too complicated, but I can't help but think about it."

"What's the matter? Isn't it good to live happily? ”

"Of course you can just keep yourself happy, sir, after all, it's a bit ugly. But I said, don't you be angry? ”

"Anyway, you don't know what kind of temper I have?"

"Well, if it's a little more ugly. This is the world of you and your people, and the elves who are the mortal descendants of angels can naturally live happily for themselves, but we are different; ”

The old elk glanced up at the expression of the giant fang, and only after making sure that he did not show any anger did he continue reassuringly,

"After living for so many years, I have seen one thing clearly, the top of the sect actually seems to be more afraid of you than the other side of the God Domain, and any change from you will make them feel terrified;"

"Then, this tremor will act vertically and magnified on us small people, so that 1 becomes 1000, modification becomes rework, and review becomes ban"

"Alas, the reason why I want to be an elf in my next life is not all because of my high lifespan, strong strength, or other trivial places, but because you live freely enough."

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Tusk didn't really know what reincarnation and souls were all about, but he knew that even if this concept did exist in this world, it had nothing to do with the Nature's Wrath belief created by the elves.

At least for the present time, when both concepts are unresolved for the Republic, the beliefs of those sects are not capable of doing so.

And even if you take 10,000 steps back, only by the level of piety of the old elk to the faith

If the wrath of nature has a spirit in the sky, then I guess I won't be willing to give him too much preferential treatment, and it would be very good to be able to continue to be an intelligent life in the next life, even if it becomes a flower or something, maybe it's not too strange?

Of course, there is no need to say more about this kind of remark here, after all, Giant Fang still wants the old elk to spend the rest of his life in peace, and for Giant Fang, who understands what faith is all about, the unpiety of his friends is really not a big deal.

(End of chapter)