Earth Era

With an average lifespan of only two hundred years, it took nearly a thousand years to send an astronaut to Nanmen 2 and then return from Nanmen 2... Does this really make any sense?

If it wasn't for the head of state who has been firmly promoting this plan and constantly running around to appeal for support, the isolated island plan would have been stranded long ago. ￡∝, to this day, Wei Feng still clearly remembers the sonorous words of the head of state in a speech: "Just like hundreds of years ago, when the fossil energy was not exhausted, we started to seek new energy to Just like seeking a replacement, although we have not yet felt the urgency of interstellar voyage, we must start to seek breakthroughs in this regard. Because the time required for interstellar voyage is too long, until we feel the urgency It will be too late to start related research.”

"The Academy of Social Sciences has concluded through comprehensive research that the total population that the entire solar system can carry is 500 billion. If the population exceeds 500 billion, the comfort of living will be reduced. The limit carrying capacity is about 800 billion, exceeding At 800 billion, some people will freeze to death or starve to death because of insufficient resources. According to the current population growth rate, our population will reach 800 billion in at most 700 years. At that time ... Where is our human civilization going to go? A war that swept the entire solar system to reduce the total population? No, I believe no one would like to see this result. Then there is only one way out for us... That is, developing the outer solar system, seeking more resources and planets to carry the population of our human civilization."

"The universe provides us with an endless supply of stars and resources, but if our civilization is in trouble just because of complacence and comfort... my fellow citizens, wouldn't you be ashamed?"

The will of the Führer finally triumphed. The siloed plan finally came to fruition. Although this time it's just a spaceship. one person. But... as long as one person can be sent to the outer star system and then returned smoothly, this means that one day in the future, human civilization can completely send 100 million people, or even 10 billion people, to the outer star system.

Let human civilization spread its branches and leaves in countless star systems, let the footprints of human civilization travel across the entire third spiral arm and even the entire Milky Way... This is the real era of interstellar development, and such an interstellar giant Compared with the development, what is the development of only a few small planets in one solar system?

Wei Feng is proud of being on the cutting edge of the times, because Wei Feng knows. No matter whether his trip is successful or not, his name will be remembered by history, but at the same time, Wei Feng feels a little lonely and fearful. Because Wei Feng knows that he will be greeted by a lonely journey of nearly a thousand years. Even if he can finally return from the Nanmen two galaxies, because of the age gap of a thousand years, everything he knows will disappear. clothing. Favorite food will disappear and evolve into something that you can't understand, your own aesthetic. The concept of life, the view of things, etc. will all be outdated. I have left this era, but my thinking will always stay in this era, which is doomed that Wei Feng will never be accepted by the new era after a thousand years. Oneself...will become a person abandoned by the times.

This is the price that must be paid to keep the name in the history. But Wei Feng was ready to pay the price. Because of Wei Feng's life, all the education Wei Feng received was prepared for this mission. If this mission cannot be carried out, Wei Feng's life will lose all meaning.

Wei Feng and Chu Hai have been training in the Pluto base for thirteen years. During this period of time, Wei Feng, Chu Hai and others learned about 37 categories including spacecraft maintenance, emergency rescue, related knowledge of South Gate II, and how to deal with various dangerous situations. Thousands of subcategories of knowledge. Not as Wei Feng expected, Wei Feng's performance has been far ahead of his classmates in the assessments again and again.

Wei Feng knew that every "excellent" on his transcript means that he is one step closer to the interstellar voyage, and it also means that he is a little closer to the thousand-year loneliness. But Wei Feng had no other choice. Wei Feng's life trajectory was doomed as early as the rainy afternoon when he was taken out of the orphanage as a child. Instead of staying on the earth to overthrow all his previous life experiences of more than 30 years and then start all over again, Wei Feng would rather be a person abandoned by the times after enduring this thousand years of loneliness.

After 13 years of intensive training, the "Xinghai" spacecraft used to implement the isolated island plan has completed the construction of the overall structure. So the training base of Wei Feng and others moved from Pluto to the Jupiter dock. Wei Feng and others will live on the semi-finished Xinghai spacecraft for the remaining seven years, and personally participate in the construction of the Xinghai spacecraft, so as to become familiar with all aspects of the Xinghai spacecraft and learn how to operate it. ship.

Time slipped away bit by bit, and the Xinghai spacecraft became complete day by day. Finally, after nine years—two years longer than scheduled—the Xinghai spacecraft was built and approved. Twenty-two years have passed in a blink of an eye. The head of state who decided to implement the Gudao plan has long since resigned, and his successor also stepped down five years ago. The current head of state is the third since the implementation of the Gudao plan. Head of state.

The babbling children at the time of the meeting were almost finishing their studies now, and the students at that time should have worked and married and had children by now. During these twenty years, many people died and many people were born. During this period of time, I don't know how many joys and sorrows happened, but all of this has nothing to do with Wei Feng, Chu Hai and others. For many years, the candidate executors of the isolated island plan such as Wei Fengchuhai have been living under the strict surveillance of the government. The government strictly prohibits them from having any contact with the outside world, especially with the same age and the opposite sex. For the candidates, family or love is a complete poison.

Because things like family affection or love will affect the minds of the candidates, which will shake their firmness in carrying out the mission, which is very likely to lead to the failure of the mission. Although this approach is inhumane, it must be done in reality.

That's why the candidates are all selected from the orphanage. Because a "normal person" with a healthy family, complete social network, friends, relatives, and lovers probably cannot accept the consequences of being abandoned by the times.

The Xinghai spacecraft has finally been completed, and the supporting facilities have also been completed, so the day of departure is not far away. Although Wei Feng was still strictly limited in his scope of action, his treatment in the Jupiter Dock Base was much better. Wei Feng can finally sleep in comfortably, and then enjoy the life of eating and eating. This obviously means some guilt on the part of the government to some extent. Wei Feng knows that the government probably intends to use this method to compensate himself.

When the final list was finalized, Wei Feng saw his name without any surprise. Wei Feng had been waiting for this moment for many years, but when it really came, Wei Feng couldn't tell what it was like.

On the day of departure, a lot of people came to the launch base. Not only all the influential media reporters in the whole civilization, but even the head of state himself came here in person. Wei Feng was put on a military uniform like a puppet, and then the head of state put an epaulette symbolizing the title of "general" on Wei Feng's shoulder. Many people were talking, many flashing lights were flashing, and many recording devices were stretched out in front of Wei Feng, but Wei Feng's expression remained stiff and he didn't say a word.

Wei Feng knew that among the more than 200 billion people in the entire civilization at this moment, at least 100 billion people were watching the broadcast at the moment and looking at their faces. Wei Feng tried hard to soften his expression, but Wei Feng's face was already stiff, and he couldn't do it anyway. After working hard for a while, Wei Feng simply gave up on this plan.

"Anyway, after I came back, everyone at the moment was already dead... It doesn't matter if I left a good impression on them." Wei Feng thought.

There are still five hours before the final departure time. At this time, Wei Feng was allowed to spend half an hour alone with a person he wanted to see. Wei Feng thought about it for a long time and couldn't remember who he should be alone with~www.readwn.com~ so he simply said Chu Hai's name. Chu Hai was quickly brought into the room, but Wei Feng didn't know what to say.

In the end, it was Chu Hai who spoke first: "Wei Feng, I just received a notice that after you set off for Nanmen 2, the support work in the solar system will be taken care of by the unsuccessful candidates."

Wei Feng smiled stiffly, still not knowing what to say. Chu Hai then continued: "Those of us will adopt the same dormancy arrangement as you. After you "hibernate", we will also enter "hibernation". You are awakened every ten years, and we are also every ten years. Wake up once a year."

Chu Hai sighed, "That is to say, when you come back in a thousand years... we are all still alive. At that time... the people who have been abandoned by the times are not only you, but also us."

Chu Hai stopped talking, and Wei Feng kept silent. It wasn't until half an hour passed that Wei Feng stood up, then hugged Chu Hai before turning around and leaving.

Wei Feng knew that the next time he saw Chu Hai would probably be almost a thousand years later. To be continued. .

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