dark moon

Chapter 444 People on the Ship
"This is tea grown from the seeds we brought from our home planet. Everyone said it has the taste of hometown. Please taste it." In the captain's room, several automatic machines served the black tea to the shadow chasers. It was fragrant and fragrant. The fragrance of tea floats in the air, making those who smell it feel calm for no reason.The two old men sat side by side opposite the shadow chasers. Ryan still had an awkward expression on his face and turned his head away from looking at the shadow chasers. But Nina smiled kindly and raised her tea cup to the shadow chasers. They said, "In this universe far away from our homeland, only this taste from our hometown can allow us, the fugitives who have lost our home, to enjoy a moment of peace of mind."

Delia was sitting between the two old people, holding their arms on the left and right. The old woman seemed to enjoy her daughter's company, and patted her daughter's hand holding hers from time to time, but Ryan sat upright. Stiff, it's obvious that this man hasn't gotten used to the little guy's enthusiasm yet.

"Sure enough, it's a good black tea." Shuer took a sip. To be honest, this cup is far from the black tea in his hometown or Pavadiga, but it is as light and as watery as the black tea in the floating city below. In comparison, this cup is now considered to be the best. After closing his eyes and reflecting on it for a moment, Shuer put down the tea cup and said softly, "Actually, I should have given you a few days to let your family enjoy the joy of reunited after a long separation, and then we can talk about it later." It’s down to business, and I have enough time, but, hey, sometimes curiosity is a very scary emotion. Once it cannot be satisfied, it will make people sleepless and sleepless. So, I hope to take some of your time first and put the current situation into consideration. The situation has been clearly explained, and as for future cooperation issues, we can wait a few days to discuss them.”

"Oh, of course it's no problem. It's better to say that Mr. Seure has been able to endure it until now, which is beyond our expectations." The old woman replied on behalf of her husband, "Since we have invited all the guests to the top floor, we are preparing to satisfy the guests' curiosity. Sincerely, if there is anything you want to know, please feel free to ask, we will not hide anything, after all, hiding it has no meaning for us."

"Thank you very much." Xiuer picked up the black tea and stared at the tea in the cup with his eyelids lowered. "Why don't you two introduce your situation first?"

"Us? Or our race?"

"It's not much of a difference, right?" Shuer said with a smile, "If it's convenient, we can introduce them together."

"We are a group of exiles." Ryan finally recovered from the awkwardness. Although his tone was still a bit stiff, his demeanor was much normal and his limbs were less stiff. "We have been wandering in the universe for thousands of years."

"Ok?"

"When the Brown Star was destroyed, we fled our hometown together and started a wandering life with the spaceship as our home."

The Shadow Chasers did not speak, but quietly looked at the three people sitting side by side. They knew that after countless years of silence, the two old men were looking forward to talking to others and recalling the history of their race.

"At the beginning, scholars had known about the demise of the Brown Star in advance, so the whole world joined forces to build thousands of giant spaceships. Well, the Jackdaw was one of them. Before the day of destruction came, all those who were willing to leave They all boarded the spaceship and started heading towards the endless universe, while the remaining members of the race who were attached to their homeland and did not want to leave stayed on the brown star and slept together with their homeland forever."

"After leaving the Brown Star, we encountered various difficulties along the way, but everyone worked together and persevered. Although losing the home star is a pain for civilization, for individuals in the race, in addition to changing Apart from living in this place, everything else is normal. Just like in the past, we repeat a life similar to the brown star day after day. The spaceship becomes our new city and the fleet becomes our new planet. Of course, there is no way Let’s travel between cities again. After all, if you want to travel between various spaceships, you must use a shuttle, which is dangerous and troublesome. Therefore, it is required to minimize the physical interaction between spaceships, but this is not a big deal. The problem can be easily overcome."

"The problem that is difficult to overcome lies in the aspect of materials. Although there are some production facilities in the fleet that can manufacture products sufficient to meet the necessities of everyone's life, the consumption of basic materials is inevitable, and people always have desires. When you get older, you can’t get through life on just the necessities.”

"However, there are solutions to these. The most basic materials, such as minerals and wood, can be supplied along the way while wandering. The scale of production can also be expanded using the space reserved on the spacecraft. Even if the population continues to increase over the decades, You can also maintain a good life. As long as you pay attention to controlling the speed of population growth and not letting the population growth become unbalanced, it is not a delusion to continue like this. Well, this is consistent with the assumptions of the scholars who made the escape plan."

"More than that, during the exile, everyone was still working hard to continuously develop new technologies, and then applied them to the spacecraft, making the facilities in the spacecraft more and more advanced, faster, more powerful, and even more powerful. A good life. Oh, it is said that during that time, every day was developing for the better, and life was full of hope."

"No wonder." Xiure sighed inaudibly. This was enough to explain the problem that Wei discovered at the beginning. The extremely uneven development of science and technology was caused by this special environment. All unimportant technologies were completely abandoned. Or postpone research, the most practical and urgent aspects are constantly strengthening, and the technology tree of civilization is becoming more and more deformed, but it is also becoming more and more suitable for alternative lives.

Just like Wei once pointed out, their planet livable transformation technology can only be described as primitive compared to deep space navigation technology, and they were puzzled by it. Now they finally figured out that they live on a spaceship. , there is no need to transform the planet to make it livable. To mine resources on the passing planet, you only need to dispatch autonomous machinery, without the need for life forms. Therefore, the relevant technology in this area has completely stagnated, and the gap is not large. Big is a strange thing.However, there is a fundamental problem that cannot be explained. "I don't quite understand." Shuer frowned and asked doubtfully, "You have been wandering for these thousands of years. It is impossible that you have not encountered habitable planets along the way. Although you can also do it on a spaceship. Living a normal life is not good for living beings. It is better to spread out on a suitable planet. So, why did you not stay when you passed by a habitable planet, but chose to continue sailing? I I want to let everyone board the spaceship when leaving the Brown Star, just to migrate to other planets and rebuild the civilization of the Brown Star."

"Oh, on the contrary." Ryan's smile was full of sarcasm and self-mockery, "From the time the exile plan was formulated, there was no intention to stop. All spaceships are designed to allow humans to live for a long time, so , we never planned to stop from the beginning, and we cannot stop."

"why?"

"It's hard to explain this issue now. I'll explain it to you at the end." The two old men hesitated for a while, trying to explain clearly, but finally gave up. "Don't worry, we won't hide any questions you have." , as long as the two of us know."

"Okay." Shuer nodded, "Sorry to interrupt you two, please continue."

"In this way, we fugitives from brown stars have been sailing in the universe for more than 160 years, but real problems have arisen, and they are quite serious and cannot be overcome at all."

"Sorry, I want to ask a digression." Shuer's eyes flickered, and he was already aware of the real problem. "How long is the lifespan of you brown star people?"

"The average age is around 120 years old." The two old men were stunned, obviously surprised by Xiure's reaction, but they still replied normally, "[-] years old is basically the limit. According to historical records, there are no humans who have exceeded this age. "

"It's similar to Parvatiga." The Shadow Chasers looked at each other. With a lifespan of 100 years, it's no wonder that something went wrong at this point in time.

"The generation that came out of the Brown Star has long passed away, and very few of their next generation are still alive. Even the third generation has begun to get older. The more active ones are basically the fourth or even the third generation. Five generations of exiles." Ryan explained softly, "It was only then that everyone discovered the key problem. We... actually gradually began to forget who we were."

"We are the successors of the Brown Star Civilization. The purpose of our exile is to pass on the Brown Star Civilization as much as possible. Once we forget our homeland and who we are, our existence will completely lose its meaning. This is for For us, this is the most terrifying thing and we must not let it happen.”

"However, the problem is before us, but no one can solve it. With the passage of generations, this has become an inevitable trend. Only then did we know that the makers of the exile plan still took the problem too seriously. It’s simple, after all, they are just relying on building models to make dreams, and only when they are implemented will the difficulties really emerge.”

"Moreover, we have seen another, more terrifying problem that is enough to shake the foundation of the exile plan."

"When we left our hometown, everyone shared the same hatred and worked hard for the same goal. Whether it was crime or other unstable behaviors, they rarely appeared. By our generation, most people still maintain a similar attitude, but there are already some People have other ideas, and they begin to put them into action. There are more and more oppression and resistance between classes, disputes and calculations between people, and disputes between different spaceships over resource allocation. The more out of control it becomes.”

"Thus, the first war among the exiles broke out. Although the scale was small, the results were very cruel. A dozen spaceships were destroyed in the war, and millions of people turned into dust in the universe. We exiles As a result, the survivors were hit hard, mainly mentally. However, it also made us see the reality clearly, and we must make changes. Otherwise, the exile plan will fail completely, and the ending of the brown star civilization's demise is only a matter of time. .”

(End of this chapter)