Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Proxima Centauri is actually not the only star in the Centauri star system where it is located.

As a triple star system, there are two other stars in the Proxima Centauri galaxy, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B.

Normally, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B orbit each other in a binary motion, and Proxima Centauri orbits these two stars.

However, the instability of triple star systems is well known, and from time to time there will be some changes in the trajectory that are not in line with normal conditions.

A long time ago, there was a famous science fiction writer who created a famous science fiction work based on the triple star system of the Proxima Centauri galaxy.

And in this era,

In other words, in the era when the voyage ship Quest set sail towards the Proxima Galaxy,

Human civilization and researchers have gained a more detailed understanding of this old neighbor in the solar system.

Influenced by Mo Dao and Qiusuo Research Institute,

Proxima Centauri, a star that is not so special in itself, and the galaxy in which it is located, are of some special significance to human civilization.

From the era of controllable nuclear fusion, to the era of intelligence, to the beginning of the era of voyages,

People have never given up long-term observations and research on neighboring galaxies.

It can be said that apart from the solar system where humans live, the most understood planetary system in this era, from academic circles to the general public, is the Proxima Centauri star system.

Along with the rapid advancement of observation methods in the process of the advancement of the times,

Eventually, people determined that there were a total of five planets around Proxima Centauri.

They are Proxima Centauri d, Proxima Centauri b, and Proxima Centauri c, f, and e.

Among them, the first two are solid terrestrial planets, and the last three are all gaseous planets.

Among them, Proxima Centauri b and Proxima Centauri c are located in the habitable zone of the Proxima Centauri galaxy.

Proxima Centauri c is a gaseous planet, so I don’t think much about it.

As for Proxima Centauri b, it was once suspected in the early years that there might be some relatively primitive single-cell life forms or bacteria on its surface.

But as human civilization continues to observe Proxima Centauri,

This conjecture was finally overturned.

Before the Discovery set sail, people were already certain that there was no life in the Proxima Centauri galaxy.

That is to say,

In this starry sky where the triple star system composed of Proxima Centauri and two other stars is located,

Since ancient times, it has maintained the same dead silence and tranquility as most places in the starry sky.

No life in this planetary system itself has ever been active under this starry sky.

But, on this day,

The visit from the Proxima neighbor has finally arrived.

A long-distance spacecraft belonging to human civilization has arrived in this strange star field for the first time.

Under this starry sky, it seems that for the first time, there are traces of the existence of intelligent civilization.

Starting from the solar system, after decades, it crossed the galaxy and arrived at the Proxima star system.

It was like a hand extended by human civilization in the solar system towards this old leader,

Two neighboring galaxies were connected together for the first time, and their fates were actually connected.

It was a great moment in the stillness of the starry sky.

…

"Chief Master Mo, this is the fifty-fourth year since you started hibernating. This hibernation time has exceeded the limit. Your body may become seriously uncomfortable in a short period of time. You don't need to say anything. We will send you to the rest room for hibernation. Rest after waking up.”

"It may take some time for your body to recover this time."

Mo Dao opened his eyes again and saw that the scene in front of him was not the classroom when he was eighteen years old, and his body had not regained the lightness of youth.

There was already a smile on his face and he smiled.

In front of him, what greeted Modao's awakening from hibernation were several core researchers who had awakened earlier, as well as the intelligent robot that performed the hibernation awakening program for Modao.

After seeing Mo Dao wake up from hibernation as scheduled, all the core researchers breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he woke up from hibernation at this moment, he followed Mo Dao's instructions before entering hibernation, and he must arrive at Proxima Centauri before waking him up.

But after all, at this moment, the hibernation time has exceeded the limit. Whether Chief Master Mo's body will have some bad or even the most pessimistic results is still unknown until Mo Dao wakes up from hibernation.

But, in the end, it was okay.

Next to it, the intelligent robot, under the control of Suigu Intelligence, helped Mo Dao leave the hibernation cabin and prepared to send him to the rest room. At the same time, he followed the hibernation and awakening process and introduced Mo Dao to the basic situation at the moment.

"The expedition spacecraft Qiu Suo is currently staying in the orbit of Proxima Centauri b according to its voyage plan. Currently, all systems of the expedition spacecraft Qiu Suo are operating basically normally."

"Um."

Mo Dao just responded, then turned his head and looked to the side.

Miss Qin Huaishi's hibernation cabin is not far from his hibernation cabin.

At this moment, Qin Huaishi has also woken up from hibernation.

When Mo Dao looked over, Miss Qin Huaishi seemed to have expected it and smiled at Mo Dao.

After that, Mo Dao stopped talking.

With the assistance of the intelligent robot, he was transferred from the hibernation area to the rest room.

When I woke up from hibernation this time,

The level of physical discomfort is indeed much higher than at the end of the last hibernation.

This kind of discomfort is not just pain in any part of the body or the whole body.

But a kind of discomfort that is difficult to describe,

Just like before the end of Mo Dao I, his whole body seemed to have lost control.

The consciousness seems to be separated from the body, and the weight of the body can be felt.

Even if the consciousness is still clear in the mind, the body cannot support too much thinking.

His chest was rising and falling violently with his breathing, but he didn't seem to notice it until he lowered his head and saw it.

During the time when I just woke up here,

It was difficult for Mo Dao to move his body and limbs, the blood flow in his body seemed to be extremely slow, and his lungs seemed to be unable to draw air.

but,

Although these physical pains were uncomfortable, to Mo Dao, they were nothing.

In his long life, he has inevitably felt a lot of physical pain.

now,

Being able to reawaken from human hibernation for fifty-four years is actually a blessing from luck.

Lying on the bed in the training room, Mo Dao turned his head and looked at the wall of the cabin in front of the training room.

The core researchers who woke up early obviously also knew what the people who woke up at this time wanted to see first.

In front of the rest room, with virtual projection equipment,

The scene in the Proxima Centauri star system where the Voyage ship is located at this moment is projected.

This is a picture of Proxima Centauri that has never been seen from a perspective even though human observation methods have advanced before.

This is a picture of the Proxima Centauri star directly captured by the detection equipment of the Inquiry spacecraft at this moment.

It was a starry sky scene that I had never seen before.

The same is true for Mo Dao,

This is a world that has never been seen before.

It was like another wall had been smashed, and now I saw a scenery I had never seen before.

Looking at this scene, Mo Dao also paused for a long time.

Facing the scene in Proxima Centauri, it was hard for Mo Dao not to be in a trance and a little emotional.

This means,

Mo Dao's pursuit in this life is no longer in vain.

All he can take away with him in this life is his memory.

And in this life, there will be more scenes in his mind that he has never seen before, Proxima Centauri.

Arrival, Proxima Centauri.