Earth Era

Wei Feng doesn't know whether the decision to carry out large-scale exploration of the outer solar system at this stage is right or wrong. Wei Feng only knows that this is the only available way for human civilization to break the deadlock. Perhaps, as Chu Hai said, we can only pray that human civilization can obtain enough technology before it finally collapses.

The long journey continued, Wei Feng fell into a deep sleep again, and then woke up again.

There is always an unchanging starry sky outside the window, and the Xinghai spacecraft has not changed much except that it is a little more shabby. Wei Feng's labor tasks have become more arduous. At the same time, in addition to performing these regular tasks after awakening this time, Wei Feng also received many experimental tasks sent by the earth.

The Xinghai spacecraft naturally carries many scientific detection instruments. These instruments are used to prepare for the observation and research of the Nanmen II galaxy after the satellite wind finally reaches the Nanmen II galaxy. These instruments are not suitable for conducting research in the open space between stars, but they may still be able to play a role.

So, according to the instructions in the scientific research manual, Wei Feng, with the help of Ye Luo, took out the instruments that had been sealed for more than a hundred years from the warehouse and began to operate them. This has been a busy period of more than five months. After sending all the experimental data back to Earth, Wei Feng fell into a deep sleep again.

Wei Feng knew that there must be a steady stream of information sent from the earth. Now that human civilization has realized the crisis it is currently facing, it will certainly not ignore the role that the Island Project can play at this moment. This time he will sleep for another ten years, and during these ten years, many signals will reach him across the communication delay of more than a year.

But it was completely beyond Wei Feng's expectation. After Wei Feng woke up again this time, Wei Feng did not receive any information from the earth. Not only are there no government messages, but there are also no letters sent by the time traveler team that were there every time before.

This is the first time Wei Feng has encountered such a situation since leaving the solar system. Wei Feng didn't know what happened in the solar system, but Wei Feng knew that something must have happened.

Wei Feng had some faint worries in his heart, but this worry was meaningless - at this moment, Wei Feng was a full 1.6 light-years away from the sun. The communication delay alone is as high as 1.6 years, which is why Wei Feng is worried. What can be done?

Wei Feng could only suppress the worries in his heart, still only made some repairs to the Xinghai spacecraft, and conducted some restorative training, and fell into deep sleep again after two months.

Another ten years passed, Wei Feng woke up again, fell asleep again, and woke up again. This time. Wei Feng finally received a letter from the earth. Yes, just one.

The letter was written by Chu Hai. In the letter, Chu Hai wrote: "Wei Feng, my friend, I'm sorry, this is the last time we talk to you."

"In the past few decades, many things have happened in our solar system. Human governments have led large-scale exploration programs in the outer solar system. As we think, these exploration programs have occupied a huge amount of social wealth. . It even affected the vital interests of everyone in the civilization. There were widespread complaints in the civilization, and even the head of state who led the matter was assassinated several times. Fortunately, the head of state was not harmed. But this policy was implemented. Can’t go down anymore.”

"The head of state was forced to step down. The new head of state abolished all the previous head of state's policies related to the exploration of the outer solar system. He claimed that he would pursue scientific and technological changes with a "moderate and acceptable" plan. But this was of no use. The population was still It continues to increase and social conflicts are still becoming increasingly fierce.”

"In the end, the Jupiter system, the largest production capacity area in human civilization, announced that it would break away from the leadership of the human civilization government, establish an independent Jupiter Republic, and announced that it would stop all external energy supply unless other planets can provide sufficient resources in exchange. Accepted This influence. The Saturn system also declared independence and established the Republic of Saturn. The Neptune system was weaker. They did not declare independence, but were still on the sidelines, but they also quietly stopped the energy supply to the inner solar system. Uranus due to At this moment, it has moved to the other side of the sun, far away from the Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune systems, so it is still within the control of human civilization."

"So... the current situation is that the Earth, Mars, Venus, the space island living circle, the Mercury heavy industry base, and the Uranus system, which are still under the leadership of human civilization, have united together to form the Inner Solar System Alliance. They have human beings The largest elite population among civilizations has the most powerful armed strength and the largest heavy industry base, but they do not have a stable and sufficient source of energy. Although Uranus can also provide a large amount of energy support, it is too far away from the solar system. It is far away, and the energy quality is low. The output of Uranus alone is not enough to support the energy needs of the entire Inner Solar System Alliance."

"The Jupiter system, the Saturn system, and the Neptune system form the Outer Solar System Alliance. They have sufficient energy supplies and more people at the bottom of society. Although the people at the bottom of society are less educated, they have stronger attacks. sex. They claim that the Outer Solar System Alliance and the Inner Solar System Alliance are equal in status. The Outer Solar System Alliance does not have the responsibility to provide energy to the Inner Solar System Alliance. They will give priority to using their energy output to improve the living conditions of the people within the alliance. After meeting their own needs, they will export energy to the Inner Solar System Alliance in exchange for the industrial, agricultural and other products they need."

"Wei Feng, my friend, do you know what this means? Yes, it means war. As human orthodoxy, the Inner Solar System Alliance naturally cannot tolerate the energy supply being restricted by others, and the lack of energy output determines The Outer Solar System Alliance must seek its own interests. Regarding the struggle for interests, neither side has any way to retreat. No matter which party retreats, their people will overthrow the government of that party and then seek a government that can effectively represent their own interests. Since neither side can retreat...then there is only war."

"The asteroid belt has become the dividing point between the Inner Solar System Alliance and the Outer Solar System Alliance. This large-scale open area has assumed the responsibility of buffering conflicts between the two sides. Due to military needs, both sides have deployed a large number of troops on the asteroid belt. and weapons. But... the eight large antennas of our Solitary Island Project are also arranged here. They are located closer to the inner solar system, so they are under the jurisdiction of the Inner Solar System Alliance. In order to prevent someone from using these eight antennas to leak secrets to the Outer Solar System Alliance Information, the Inner Solar System Alliance government has decided to dismantle these eight antennas. Our time traveler team has spent a lot of effort to get this last chance to contact you. After this time, we will never be able to get in touch again."

"Yes, we will never be able to contact each other again in the future, because the island project will be terminated, and we can no longer hibernate in the future. We will be forcibly integrated into this era, and then we will not be able to communicate for more than a hundred years at most. We will live out the rest of our lives. When you read this letter, you have probably sailed a distance of 1.6 light-years, and there are still more than 600 years before you return to Earth. Waiting for you to return By the time we arrived on Earth, we had been dead for more than five hundred years.”

"My friend, I feel very sad and sad at this moment. We have noticed the deterioration trend of our human civilization many years ago, but we have never been able to interfere with this trend, but can only watch it. It has reached the point where it is today. Human civilization is divided, and the next step will be war, and war will inevitably destroy most of our civilization. It will probably be hundreds or even thousands of years before we return to the current population again. . No, maybe we have no chance to recover at all. This war may lead to the direct extinction of our human civilization."

"Our human civilization has now mastered too many weapons of destruction, and we even have the ability to affect the sun. However, I don't think that when a full-scale war breaks out, we will be rational enough not to attack the sun. The sun Once affected, we will never have a chance, and our civilization will definitely become extinct. In fact, our time traveler team is not optimistic about the fate of human civilization. We believe that this war will wipe out the entire human civilization. The chance is as high as 80 percent.”

"Wei Feng, no one cares about the isolated island plan anymore. Now everyone is thinking about war and destroying the opponent to increase their own resource possession. No one knows how long they can survive. In this situation, Next, who else cares about us or you? But Wei Feng, on behalf of all our time traveler team members who remain in the solar system, I ask you something. You must complete this interstellar voyage and arrive there. Go to the South Gate II galaxy because we don’t want our human civilization to take the step of interstellar navigation until it becomes extinct, and we don’t want our human civilization to still be trapped in the solar system until it becomes extinct.”

"This is a small wish of ours, Wei Feng. I ask you to complete this matter with our wishes."

"We have no time. The fleet that blows up these antennas will arrive soon. We have to go. That's it, Wei Feng, my friend. Goodbye. I wish you good luck and good luck to our human civilization. ." (To be continued~^~)