Earth Era

Because they are about to arrive at the Aquarius EZ, many people in the escape fleet of human civilization are already busy at this moment. Trillions of people have consumed a considerable part of human civilization's material reserves during this year's voyage, so human civilization must obtain sufficient supplies in this galaxy, and this requires a lot of preparations.

In order to ensure the efficiency of the supply process, the government has to choose machines that are more efficient than manpower to do this job. This means that although this project is huge, it actually does not use much manpower, so it actually It has nothing to do with the many people at the bottom who want a job.

Evans also didn't pay too much attention to this matter. Compared with this matter, Evans believed that filling his family's stomach was more important.

After waiting anxiously for five days, Evans dressed himself up early in the morning and arrived at the previously agreed upon place. It was still the somewhat ferocious big man who received him. There were already some people waiting here, and although Evans came very early, he still seemed to be the last one to arrive.

Those waiting had the same expectant eyes as Evans. Obviously, they also desperately need this job. After Evans arrived, the big man waved his hand casually, and a large suspended vehicle arrived. The group of people came to the suspended vehicle under the command of the big man.

The hover car started immediately and took many detours in the process, which even made Evans feel dizzy. Evans didn't know where the car was going, but from the changes in the buildings on both sides of the car, Evans probably knew that he had left the city and arrived at the edge of the space island.

The edge of the space island is where some factories or docks are located. This is not a residential area, so there are not many people. The hover car did not encounter any interrogations along the way. It was occasionally stopped once or twice, but was released after some exchanges with the big man.

The hover car finally stopped at a place full of messy boxes, and a group of people got out of the car under the command of the big man. Evans felt a little uneasy, so he approached the big man and asked with some anxiety: "Excuse me, where...are you going to take us?"

The big man still looked impatient: "Ask whatever you want, you'll know when we get there."

This seems to be a port, but judging from the clutter of things here, it seems that it has been abandoned.

After arriving at this port, there were more and more people, but those people didn't seem to be serious people, and they all had the same ferocious faces as the big man. Evans was worried and did not dare to ask any more questions. He could only follow the crowd's footsteps through the long corridor and finally arrived at the edge of the port.

The crowd stopped here, and another big man came over and shouted to the crowd: "We are from a mining company. We contracted a mineral collection business from the government and are responsible for mining minerals from an asteroid. Well, the working period is thirty days, and the salary will be settled after thirty days."

Evans was stunned and then asked: "I have never been engaged in interstellar mineral collection related work before. I don't know how to do these things."

The big man glanced at Evans and said coldly: "We will be responsible for the training. If you are not confident, you can quit now."

When the big man glared at him, Evans felt a little scared and had no choice but to lower his head.

A group of people filed into the boat and sat down.

This is a modified civilian spaceship. It is not big and looks quite shabby. The environment inside the cabin is also very harsh, and there is even a thick layer of black stains in some places.

After waiting in the spacecraft for a while, the hull vibrated slightly, and Evans knew that the spacecraft had started. The light and shadow in the scenery beside the window changed. Evans saw that the glorious space island was getting farther and farther away from him, and finally turned into a small point of light and then disappeared. Evans turned his head and saw this kind of light all over him. point, oneself seem to be floating in a sea of ​​light points.

One of the many light spots suddenly began to grow larger and brighter, and eventually turned into the shape of a spaceship. The spacecraft had an obvious appearance as a military-standard spacecraft, with obvious military logos painted on it. It just floated next to the spacecraft and moved forward with the spacecraft.

The military spacecraft seemed to be checking the civilian spacecraft. I don’t know what the pilot of the spacecraft responded. Three minutes later, the military spacecraft floated away and turned into a light spot on the horizon again, disappearing in the ocean of light spots. Can't tell the difference either.

This civilian spacecraft seemed to have chosen a route that deliberately avoided interrogation, but even so, it was interrogated five times along the way, but it passed every interrogation smoothly.

The spacecraft seemed to be accelerating and getting further and further away from the star. The doubts in Evans's heart grew bigger and bigger, and those who boarded the ship with Evans also began to have some commotion. Finally one person yelled, "Where are you taking us?"

Two big men came into the cabin from the front. Evans keenly saw that the two big men had an energy gun slung around their waists. One of the big men casually picked up a stick, walked over and slapped the man who had just yelled across the head and face. Evans fell silent for a moment and did not dare to speak anymore.

"If you don't want to be thrown out of the cabin, just be honest." The big man said coldly.

Evans' heart slowly sank, sinking into the bottomless abyss.

There is a comet more than 10 billion kilometers away from the three stars of EZ Aquarius. Because it is too far away from the star, it does not have any tail at this moment, just like an ordinary icy asteroid. Unlike other asteroids, it has been labeled as having no mining value during the detection of human civilization. Therefore, except for some sneaky and dilapidated spacecraft, there are no engineering spacecraft or escort spacecraft belonging to human civilization. Come here.

The spacecraft that Evans was on arrived at the comet together with several other similarly dilapidated spacecrafts. Then those spacecrafts slowly landed less than a hundred meters away from the comet, and floated above the comet. here. Evans saw that there were many spaceships staying here besides his own, but all of them were silent, like cold stones floating on a comet.

Then all the lights of the spacecraft that Evans was on were turned off, all communication modules were turned off, and the spacecraft engine was reduced to the lowest power. This spaceship... also turned into one of these many cold stones.

There was no sound in the cabin. Vaguely, Evans heard someone speaking in the control cabin ahead: "Spaceship No. 31 successfully arrived at the designated destination. The number of slaves carried by this ship is... one hundred and thirty-nine..."

Faint sobbing finally sounded in the cabin. In the darkness, the sobs became louder and louder. At this time, everyone understood what happened and what fate they would have in the future.

"Let us go back! You beasts!" A man next to Evans suddenly shouted and jumped up, then ran towards the front control cabin. But then a bright light broke through the darkness, and the screams stopped abruptly.

The energy gun was activated and accurately hit the shouter's head, taking away his life in an instant.

The big man with the gun said coldly: "Either obey or die."

Silence returned to the cabin once again.

Perhaps because the temperature control system was reduced to the lowest power, Evans began to feel a chill that penetrated his heart. This was not how Evans felt alone, everyone in the cabin was trembling. But no one paid attention to them.

I don't know how long it took, but the two big men with guns brought a basket of rancid food, and a group of people swarmed up, including Evans - they were really hungry, and Evans even suspected that... Even if the things they brought over were dug out of the sewer, this group of people would eat them in an instant.

The cabin was dark and cold. When there is nothing to eat, people huddle together and shiver. When there is something to eat, they flock to it. Time passes day by day, and every day life repeats itself like this. During this process, people continued to die, either from disease, cold, hunger, or were beaten to death for trying to resist. All the dead people, without exception, were thrown from the cabin to the comet below, and merged with the cold comet.

Perhaps because of the support of those light spots in the distance, Evans was very lucky to survive. Evans knew that his wife and children were among those light spots. Although life on the space island was not good, it would never be to the point of dying of cold and hunger, nor would he be unable to be cured if he got sick. . So they must all be alive and well. Since they are still alive... they should be alive too.

"They should have noticed my disappearance." Evans thought silently, "Someone will definitely come to save us. They will definitely..."

But Evans ultimately didn't wait until this day. I don't know how long it took in this dark cabin, but Evans saw that the spots of light that once spread throughout the star system began to become dim and rare, so Evans became desperate. Because Evans knows that... the escape fleet of human civilization is about to embark on a new escape journey, and people like him... will be forgotten here forever.

"I must live and go home. If you abandon me, I will find a way to go back on my own." Evans thought silently, his eyes gradually becoming firmer. (To be continued ~^~)