Chapter 8: To: The Bleak Star (Part I)

The cosmic solar wind is smooth, the gravitational force is normal, and the weather is good.

"Ha-yawn"

Yaoluo sat on the hospital bed and stretched a big waist, the sound of crackling came from the spine, after a night's rest, Yaoluo has recovered his health.

Boredom, he planned to walk around the space station, and with the help of his nurse sister, he changed into a hospital gown.

A set of dry and comfortable staff uniforms was put on Yaoluo's body, plus a little "small transformation" of ability.

The tall collar, deep black, double-breasted buttons, dark blue lining, black and white belt, and the hem of the garment, which symbolizes strength in the universe of miho, resembles a certain Pawa.

After putting on the well-fitting clothes, Yaoluo's temperament also changed suddenly, and he looked like a ...... Stranger.

Because of the different clothes from most of the staff members of the space station, Yaoluo can attract the attention of many staff members wherever he goes.

"He's the one who saved the space station, he looks good, and his temperament is quite outstanding.

"There was a lot of movement on the platform at that time, and I heard it next door."

After filtering out some unnamed remarks, it can also be seen that the actions of the Star Dome Train and his party have been circulated in the space station, and the friendliness is at least a good level.

But from the faces of some of the old staff members, Yao Luo could not see any nervousness and fear, the space station has experienced countless dangers here, perhaps for the old staff members, this is only a part of the countless dangers.

And the person who brought them confidence and hope was the titular owner of the space station, the Black Tower.

Judging from the information found in the leisure time information terminal yesterday, the eighty-third seat of the so-called genius club, Ms. Herita's achievements are too numerous to count.

Such a talent is ranked eighty-third, and Yao Luo can't imagine what kind of monster he is in front of. Although I know that ranking is not the size of my achievement, it must not be ordinary to join the genius club before such a character who is not necessarily easy to win in science fiction.

Along the way, thirty percent of people are talking about post-disaster reconstruction, and fifty percent of people are discussing scientific research topics that Yaoluo doesn't understand.

As for the remaining two percent, it is too abstract to be translated.

A familiar gray-haired figure flashed in his eyes, hurried steps, aggressive eyes looking around for something.

"Star, long time no see." Yao Luo waved his hand, and seeing Xing's energetic appearance, he could see that she was in good shape.

"Yaoluo!"

A hint of surprise flashed in the star's golden eyes, he didn't expect Yao Luo to recover so quickly.

As if looking at some rare treasure, Xing walked quickly to Yao Luo's side and looked at him in a circle.

"Okay, okay, very healthy." Yao Luo patted Xing's shoulder, "We're both recovering from a serious illness, walking around the space station?" ”

Xing is also very happy to walk with Yaoluo.

"Good idea, let me tell you about the strange thing I saw yesterday......"

Xing turned on his phone and brought up a communication screen that Yao Luo didn't recognize.

Yaoluo leaned his head over and read the message.

Rocky:

Lily, are you okay? Why haven't you replied to my messages?

Star:

Who is Lily?

Rocky:

I'm sorry - but whoever you are, remember to tell her for me when you meet Lily, and Rocky will be waiting for you in the Black Tower.

Star:

So who's Lily?

Star:

???

"Strange ......" Yao Luo frowned, holding his chin in thought.

"Judging by the avatar and background, he should be a staff member of the space station."

"I was going to find him, together?" Xing, as a fun person, naturally wants to see what kind of door this Rocky has.

"Let's go." Yaoluo had no reason to refuse.

After going around and asking a few staff members, the two came to an inconspicuous corner of the space station, looked at the signs, and belonged to the five major departments of the space station, [Heita Huanyu Geo Branch], referred to as:

Engage in geography.

Of course, people are engaged in interstellar geography.

"Corrupt customs! Bad academics! ”

The old-fashioned reprimand came from afar.

An old man with gray hair was yelling at a gray-purple haired young man who looked to be in his mid-twenties. The young man held a piece of tissue paper in his hand, raised his arms, and turned a deaf ear.

Seeing someone coming, the old man snorted coldly, turned around, and didn't speak.

Yaoluo looked at the situation in front of him and discussed with Xing in a whisper: "You go and talk to that old gentleman." ”

Xing Na elbowed Yaoluo and put his hand to his mouth: "I'm not going, why don't you go, I'm afraid?" ”

Yao Luo's eyes were horizontal, and he couldn't lose the battle, "Go and go, and invite me to dinner when you turn around." ”

Xingba blinked his eyes, did not promise or deny.

Yao Luo took a deep breath and planned to communicate politely with the old man, after all, he had always respected the old man.

Coming to the old man's side, Yao Luo bowed lightly and asked politely, "Hello, you should be the famous Mr. Bernard." Yao Luo glanced at the old man's chest document without a trace.

Bernard squinted at Yaoluo, after all, he didn't stretch out his hand to hit the smiling man, even if he was angry, he was still patient and communicated with Yaoluo.

"Boy, I've been discussing it for so long, and I've seen it, and you're here to find my student Rocky."

was recognized all of a sudden, Yao Luo was also a little overwhelmed, and gave a look to the star who was smiling and watching the play on the side, and asked her to hurry up to find the main master.

Xing smiled and seemed to hide a little farther.

"Where is it, I'm new here, I want to know about the various departments, I guess your local department must be an important department of the space station." Yao Luo returned to normal and asked tentatively.

"Hey, you kid, new here, aren't you? This kind of question, you actually asked me Bernard, I really don't know if you are deliberately looking for scolding, or if you are too stupid and naïve! Bernard didn't know that nerve had been touched, and reprimanded in a slightly heavier tone.

"Ahh Yaoluo was also confused, and didn't know that he had said the wrong sentence.

"Hey—"

Seeing Yaoluo's unerring appearance, Bernard sighed helplessly, his tone softened a lot, and said in a tone peculiar to the elderly:

"One of the stupidest rules of this space station is to divide talents and knowledge according to rigid departments."

"The second stupid rule is a hidden rule: that is, between different departments, there will be a high and low, three, six, nine, etc.!"

Yao Luo raised his eyebrows, in Yao Luo's heart, the Black Tower Space Station has always been a place full of reason and wisdom, and the staff members are dedicated to the department and work together to study scientific theories, but they didn't expect that there are such hidden rules under the surface.

Bernard's voice gradually raised, "In the space station, many people in other departments look down on the general department at all, in the space station, the people who can speak well are glamorous and admired, and the silent and in-depth research is called old-fashioned and useless." This is the most important place for this space station to change! ”

The old man's impassioned words made Yao Luo fall into deep thought, the law of the jungle, the idea of utilitarianism did not expect to be eradicated in the space age.

"Ahem... But I'm also an old bone, and I don't have the ability to make any changes. If you really want to say, it's up to young people to work their own. Bernard was a little out of breath, coughed twice, and admonished Yaoluo in a serious tone.

"Old man, taught." Yao Luo replied politely.

"You're also a young man, and you're more contagious than an old man like me. If you have time, go and persuade my stupid apprentice. ”

"Hey! The love between men and women, the beauty of the snow and the moon, is simply an obstacle on the road to scientific research! ”

Bernard's tone was full of loneliness, and he also seemed to be a man with a story.

"Definitely, definitely." Yaoluo arched his hand, quickly retreated, and continued to chat, it is estimated that it will not be over in half a day.

Wiping a handful of sweat, Yao Luo ran to Xing's side with a smoke, although he respected the old man, but he still couldn't cope with this.

Star had been with Rocky for a while, holding a piece of paper in his hand, as if admiring something.

Yao Luo picked up another one, which turned out to be a love letter written by Rocky to that "Lily", and was asking Xing how he felt.

Black Tower Love Poems Part III:

In addition to the giant rings and stars, there is also a woman in the galaxy, and she takes me to ask questions. The deadline for follow-up is my whole life

The answer falls on the edge of the black hole's weakness.

Her eyes were the inhalation of clouds, and the blue was written by loneliness into my name.

Rocky Martinez

Yaoluo has read very few love poems, and he can't tell the difference between good and bad, but Yaoluo's standards are ......

"Not bad." Yaoluo gave affirmation.

"It's interesting to write." Xing gave a similar answer as Yaoluo.

"Yes! Right! Rocky's gray-purple hair swayed slightly as he spoke, and he was satisfied with Yaoluo and Xing's answers. They all think I'm not doing my job, only the two of you know what's going on inside. Let's talk about it! Which version do you prefer? ”

Yaoluo looked at the other versions, most of them were either too straightforward or too sensual, and I felt that the first version was a little better.

"But like I said, it doesn't matter how well the poem is written, it's important to have the opportunity to send it away." Rocky solemnly said to Xing, "So, I'll leave it to you to fix the repeater." ”

Xing nodded, took Yao Luo's hand and walked out.

As he walked, Yao Luo gradually learned about Rocky's story.

Rocky is an ordinary staff member of the space station's terrestrial department, and he was once the top genius on the planet in Rocky's own hometown, but in the Black Tower, every staff member was once called a "genius".

He falls in love with another woman, a genius who is known as a rare one in a century, Leslie.

Leslie is a star member of the Dense Scroll Section, and is the only visiting scholar in the Amber Chronicle to send a mission to the Rich Star Field.

That is, "Lily" in Rocky's mouth.

According to Rocky, Rocky and Leslie have nothing to say, talking about the stars, the universe, mineral veins, and even any small topic that seems boring to others.

Soon, Rocky falls, and he plans a confession with Leslie, just as he prepares to confess.

Communication was lost.

That's right, it's very bloody, and when Rocky has written love poems and everything is ready, all he needs is the east wind, the contact between the two is broken at a wonderful point in time.

The two communicate with the Galactic radio repeater, spanning tens of thousands of light years, and carrying out a veritable "galactic love".

Before Rocky confessed, Leslie also told Rocky about a cosmic spectacle with a happy attitude:

【Starquake】

The line of sight is surrounded by cosmic flashes and gamma rays, and the gravitational collapse caused by the star can illuminate a starry sky.

Rocky could sense Leslie's joy and excitement in it.

But at this critical moment, Leslie was never heard from again.

Rocky believes that the loss of communication must have been caused by a broken repeater, and entrusts the star with repairing the repeater.

Yaoluo said he knew it completely, but he quickly raised a question:

"Then why didn't he go on his own?"

Star shrugged and replied, "His teacher, Bernard, has rejected the request for repairs for various reasons, and the reasons for refusal are reasonable. ”

"First, the space station has just received an attack, and the revival work is imminent, and the repair of a repeater can only be in the back."

"Second, since Rocky couldn't contact Leslie, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and delayed his research in the field of geography, so Bernard didn't let him go."

"Third, the repair should be handled by the engineering department, and Rocky should not overstep its bounds."

"Uh......" Yaoluo thought to himself, sounding like Bernard was not at fault, but his intuition told him that Bernard might be hiding something.

"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, let's go see the repeater first." Yaoluo decided to do it first.

Xing agreed with Yaoluo's idea. After some twists and turns, the two came to the control room where the repeater was located.

After gathering all the parts they needed, Yao Luo and Xing finally saw the information they wanted to see.

Rocky & Leslie Call Logs:

Receiver: [Black Tower] Rocky Martinez

Leslie:

Hello Rocky!

Leslie:

The interstellar expedition has landed on the inner planets of the nearby galaxies in the Rich Star Field. The atmosphere here is so fresh!

Leslie:

Even if it is not the territory of the star gods, the proximity of the location alone makes this planet contain extremely high oxygen content.

Leslie:

This is the first time I've seen God descend... I used to be bored in the space station, but I didn't know that it was shallow on paper.

Leslie:

The repeater's signal is almost over... I always feel like I'm talking a lot of nonsense, I'm embarrassed.

Leslie:

If you stay in the Black Tower, you must also work hard to try to come out and see the stars as soon as possible, just like the Jose veteran you admire.

From: "Black Tower" Rocky Martinez

Rocky:

Leslie, congratulations on your safe arrival!

Rocky:

Leslie, what you're saying is interesting, not nonsense! Tell me whatever you see, and I'll hear from you.

…………………

Rocky:

Leslie, you still have that Kanxing Zhu that I gave you, right?

…………………

Leslie:

Oops, silly Rocky, the Prospect is already an antique! Isn't that one in your department always kept in the collection cabinet?

Leslie:

However, since you gave me the Prospecting Star Drill, I'll study it and use it. I don't think it should be a problem to dig up a few rare earth treasures.

…………………

Leslie:

Rocky! Do you know what I'm going through right now?!

Leslie:

The main star of the Rich field experienced a gravitational collapse under an unknown force, which subsequently triggered a starquake!

Leslie:

As far as my eyes could see, there were brilliant cosmic flashes and gamma afterglows.

Leslie:

It's such a rare sight, but the team member who said he was going to come with me was scared away early... Hey, if only you were here.

Leslie:

So don't be angry, okay?

…………………

Rocky:

I'm not angry... I even regret having trouble with you. When you say starquake, it scares me to death, thinking you're going to have an accident...

Rocky:

But now I know that the beauty of starquakes also comes from its danger.

Rocky:

Next time, let's go and see it together, and I'll be there for you even if it's dangerous.

Rocky:

Can you see what I mean?

……………………

Galactic radio repeater

There is no radio signal translation record during this time period.

There were ripples in Yaoluo's heart, before participating in this incident, he only regarded it as an ordinary love event, and a love event that happened around him was more exciting than watching a hundred love movies.

The gossip soul was burning, and Yao Luo couldn't wait to see Leslie's answer.

…………………

Leslie

Silly Rocky, of course I see what you mean. As for my answer.. ……

(The record has been corrupted.) )

"The record is broken at this point?"

The voice of the star was also full of resentment.

"Damn!" Yao Luo was anxious, "Dog blood, too much dog blood!" ”

"I'm going to read the next chapter now!"

Galactic radio repeater

Unrecognizable, unrecognizable, biological mood swings detected.

Galactic radio repeater

Warn! You have entered the "Black Tower" panoramic monitoring area, please do not behave inappropriately with the repeater.

Galactic radio repeater

~Electricity~Wave~Already~Down~Line~

"Let's go! Go to the monitoring room! Yaoluo's heart was full of anticipation, and he pulled the star to look for clues.

In the surveillance room, a surprising discovery made the two look at each other.

A familiar figure appears in the surveillance:

Bernard!