Earth Era

The sun still rises and sets every day, still selflessly spreading its light and heat to this small corner of the dark universe. The sun, the moon, and the stars rotate, and nothing has changed.

The sun has not changed, the earth has not changed, and the moon has not changed. What has changed is just people.

These three days can be said to be the busiest three days - of course, this busyness did not involve Xiao Yun, and the busy and anxious atmosphere did not affect Xiao Yun. Xiao Yun just locked himself at home, and then he seemed to He is separated from this world and does not interact with anyone in this world.

Compared with Xiao Yun, General Emerk is much busier. General Emerk will be the head of the autonomous government, and there will be many things that need to be handled by him. Now General Emerk is busy forming a government. With the help of the escape fleet government, many left-behind personnel with certain skills have been selected and enriched into the autonomous government, including health, education, industry, commerce, Financial, military and other departments were established one after another and began to play their roles.

In the last three days, the fugitive government once again launched a massive propaganda campaign, trying to get the more than three million people who decided to stay to change their minds and choose to leave the earth with the fugitive fleet. Under this propaganda offensive, more than half a million people finally changed their decision and joined the escape fleet. As a result, the population under the jurisdiction of the autonomous government dropped from more than 3 million to more than 2.5 million.

The earth becomes increasingly emptier. The bustling city of the past has no one left, and the bustling city of the past has become deserted. Cities and towns were abandoned, factories were abandoned, scenic spots and amusement parks were abandoned. The night of the earth was no longer brightly lit, but returned to darkness like in ancient times.

Although it is still summer, the air is already filled with the desolation and chill of autumn and winter.

The only lively place on earth now is the center of the capital city. Most of the more than 2.5 million people who stayed on the earth have moved here - the capital city was once a giant city with a population of more than 300 million. It has only a population of more than 2.5 million, and it doesn't even have a city center. Account for dissatisfaction.

Of course, not everyone moved here. For those who were unwilling to move here, the autonomous government also adopted a resigned attitude. However, for security reasons, the autonomous government built houses that were strong enough to be called fortresses for those people in their residences and left them with Weapons for self-defense and communication equipment that can directly contact autonomous government staff are provided. In this way, once those living in barren mountains or deserted cities are in danger, they can contact them in the shortest possible time. Get support.

Xiao Yun has not moved to the center of the capital city. Xiao Yun is still living in the suburbs of the city. However, Xiao Yun has already booked a house in a beautiful mountainous area. That house will be built soon. Well, after it is built, Xiao Yun will move there to live.

The autonomous government regularly replenishes supplies for people living outside the capital city, so no matter where you live, you don’t have to worry about living problems. The huge engineering and construction capabilities of human civilization can also ensure that everyone can build a satisfactory residence.

The fugitive government left behind a huge amount of supplies for the self-government, and left behind an industrial system that was fully sufficient and complete. This frees the autonomous government from any pressure on material support. Calculated based on the existing material reserves, the more than 2.5 million people under the autonomous government can live comfortably for at least a hundred years even if none of them work. Not to mention the various highly sophisticated production plants.

Making such an arrangement requires nothing extra from the fugitive government. Because there is so much wealth that human civilization has created, the fugitive government simply cannot take it all away. Even if so many supplies were left to the autonomous government, these supplies only accounted for less than one percent of the wealth that could not be taken away. What was left was destroyed by the fugitive government.

The fugitive government will not destroy the earth's ecological environment or destroy huge buildings, but some things must be destroyed. For example, precision equipment factories, scientific research instruments that cannot be taken away, etc. If these things fall into the hands of the robot group, it will make the robot group's technology take a big step forward, and human civilization naturally does not want to see this situation.

Three days passed quietly, and the final operations of the fugitive government were completely completed. It's time to leave now.

It is night time in the capital city. As if it had been agreed in advance, people left their homes one after another and gathered on the ground. The downtown of the capital city has once again regained its former prosperity, but the current prosperity is somewhat different from before. At this moment, no one is making any noise, no one is talking. People just stood there quietly, raising their heads and looking up at the sky.

A few swaying stars slowly rose into the sky in the distance, dragging their long tails. They were very bright at first, but after a while they dimmed as they gradually moved away. Xiao Yun knew that those were the last batch of people to evacuate the earth.

Screens everywhere in the city were showing the retreat of the fleeing fleet in real time. From that picture, Xiao Yun saw bright stars one after another in the starry sky of the universe - but Xiao Yun knew that those were not actually stars. Each of those stars was a giant space island carrying hundreds of millions of people. . Because they are so far away, they look like just points of light.

There are so many stars that they fill every part of the screen. The picture was originally static, like a photo hanging on a high-rise building, but it changed after a moment. Xiao Yun saw that several of the stars suddenly became brighter. Along with these stars, the remaining stars seemed to be inspired and increased their brightness.

Xiao Yun knew that it was the giant engine installed on the space island that started. Almost endless power will act on the huge space island with a length of more than ten kilometers, pushing it to break away from its existing orbit and step into the vast space of the universe.

The voice of the fugitive head of government was also heard from space back to the capital city at this moment.

"My compatriots, goodbye, goodbye." The head of state's voice seemed to be choked. "I wish you good luck and good luck to our civilization."

The head of state did not say many words at this time. This is the only farewell message. Xiao Yun knew that the head of state must have many, many things to say. Those words could not be finished in three to five days. Not only the head of state, but also the human civilization at this moment, whether it is in space or on the earth, any Everyone has a lot to say, but no one says anything.

The head of the fugitive government said nothing, and neither did the head of the autonomous government, General Emek. There was silence.

Some suppressed cries rang out from the crowd, but Xiao Yun's expression remained indifferent. Xiao Yun was not used to showing his feelings, so the more agitated Xiao Yun's heart became, the colder the expression on his face became.

Xiao Yun turned around and slowly looked at the group of people standing behind him. Most of these people are old people, with old faces and gray hair. There are also middle-aged people, but not many. As for young adults like Xiao Yun, who are only over a hundred years old, there are even fewer, and they are almost invisible. Teenagers and children simply don’t have any.

Xiao Yun knew that if there were no accidents, he might be buried on the earth together with these old people in just a few years.

Teenagers are the most hopeful because their lives have unlimited possibilities. In contrast, the elderly are the least hopeful because their time is running out. So now, Xiao Yun is also old. Because there is no hope for Xiao Yun's life, or... there is only a very small hope, so small that it can be ignored.

Xiao Yun felt a little sad. After sighing softly, Xiao Yun withdrew his gaze and focused his gaze on the screen again.

The live broadcast has been going on silently, like a silent pantomime. Xiao Yun saw that the stars were already somewhat dim. The dimness meant that they were getting farther and farther away from the camera.

Xiao Yun then raised his head and looked at the sky - Xiao Yun knew that according to the route planned by the escape fleet, the escape fleet would pass only a few million kilometers away from the earth, then enter the inner solar system, and then exit from Far away from the other side of the solar system, finally embarking on a journey. Therefore, the escape fleet can actually be seen even on the earth.

I don't know how long I waited, but when it seemed that it was almost dawn, Xiao Yun saw some dim light spots from one side of the sky. Those light spots were very dark, and I had to squint to see them, but as time passed, , they gradually became brighter, even if the sun had risen, they could not cover up their light.

The group of light spots gradually moved from the horizon to the center of the sky, and then started moving from the center to the other side. At this time, the sun was almost setting, and the spot of light came to near the eastern horizon later.

The sky gradually became dark, and the spot of light finally fell below the horizon and was no longer visible. Quietness was restored in the sky. The moon was still the moon, and the stars were still the stars. They were eternal and unchanging.

"Goodbye, goodbye." Xiao Yun looked at the place where the light spot disappeared, and kept thinking silently in his heart, "I wish you good luck, and I wish our civilization good luck." (To be continued~^~ )