Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Arriving in the Proxima Centauri system, the Inquisition voyage spacecraft stayed in the orbit of Proxima Centauri b for its second month.

Under the auspices of Mo Dao,

On board the expedition spacecraft Quest, all researchers were summoned for a plenary meeting.

The self-slumber and recuperation are over, and all the researchers have been resting for a while.

During this period of time, after Suigu assisted and some smart devices were launched at various targets in the Proxima Centauri galaxy, the Quest had a more specific understanding of the environment of the Proxima Centauri galaxy where it was currently located.

At this moment, it is time for everyone on board the quest ship to decide something.

For example, ask for the next arrangement of the number.

"...The conditions of stars and planets in Proxima Centauri, Proxima Centauri b, and Proxima Centauri are basically consistent with our previous understanding of Proxima Centauri. Some subtle details and data are slightly biased, but they do not affect our understanding of Proxima Centauri. Overall judgment of the Proxima Centauri galaxy.”

As a representative, a core researcher in related fields on the long-distance spacecraft introduced the current understanding of the Proxima Centauri galaxy after the meeting began.

More detailed data is sent directly to each researcher as a report.

Mo Dao listened to the core researcher's words and read the report.

This report is quite detailed, including some information about Proxima Centauri, including some samples taken from Proxima Centauri b, which is the closest star to the Quest at this moment, and the data obtained after analysis.

Overall,

The Proxima Centauri galaxy is a relatively ordinary planetary system.

No other life has been found, but the mineral resources on each planet are abundant. In other words, for this era,

Most substances can actually be considered one of the available resources.

but,

The ordinaryness of Proxima Centauri did not disappoint the researchers.

The greatness of their voyage lies in the departure, not the destination.

After the core researcher finished speaking,

After the researchers read through the report in 꿛 again,

In the conference hall, it was quiet for a while, and finally, eyes focused on Mo Dao.

All the researchers in the Modao conference room did not speak immediately.

At this moment, based on the situation on the Discovery and the situation in the Proxima Centauri galaxy, everyone on the Discovery has a very important matter to decide.

When it first set sail, the voyage plan was made when the Quest reached the Proxima Galaxy.

From the very beginning, the decision of where to go next was left to Mo Dao and everyone on board the expedition ship.

If you decide to return immediately,

A group of researchers, with the assistance of Suigu Intelligence, will immediately begin to collect energy materials in the Proxima Galaxy.

After an acceleration, a deceleration, and course corrections on the way, the remaining energy supplies on the Qiuzou spacecraft are no longer enough for the Qiuzou to make another fifty-year return journey.

It needs to be mined from within the Proxima Centauri system.

Of course, this matter is a small matter for the people on the Qisuo.

Before departure, many such intelligent resource mining equipment had been stored in advance in the relevant areas of the voyage spacecraft.

The biggest problem is actually,

"...If we decide to return, based on the current situation, it will take about two weeks to collect enough resources and energy supplies. The time required for the return trip will be basically the same as when we came."

Mo Dao looked at the researchers and said this again.

"...Commander Mo, we already had enough psychological expectations before coming here. We should give up immediately to replenish the materials needed for the ship's voyage and focus on leaving some infrastructure within the Proxima Galaxy."

A core researcher said to Mo Dao.

"Let's vote on it."

Those who first set foot on the voyage ship Quest were already quite old.

Being able to reach the Proxima Galaxy in the end is basically considered lucky.

At this moment, no researcher can complete a voyage that lasts more than fifty years, even through human sleep.

And as this core researcher said, when he boarded the voyage spacecraft of the Discovery and applied to join this light-level voyage,

The researchers have already had enough psychological expectations, and they know very well that this will be a long journey with no return.

final,

In a secret ballot,

All the researchers of Qiushi decided their own fate together.

No research has chosen to prioritize replenishing the energy supplies needed for the spacecraft's voyage.

In the end, all the researchers of Qiuzou decided,

First, use the smart device carried by the search engine itself,

Do some infrastructure construction around Proxima Centauri b, which is the closest star at the moment, to lay some foundation for the expansion of human civilization's territory in the future.

Although the stability of the triple star system is worrying,

But the Proxima Centauri galaxy 껩 cannot be without value.

The greatest value is the distance from the solar system and the distance from the human home planet.

On a cosmic scale, a relatively short distance may, in the future, serve as a springboard for human civilization to develop deeper into the stars.

Just like the role of the moon to the earth in the beginning.

As for the Quest, this ship opened a new era for human civilization, gathered the productivity of human civilization into an industrial center, and created a pinnacle masterpiece of the era.

In the last contact with the solar system, the information obtained can probably be judged that the quest voyage spacecraft is still of great value to human civilization at this moment.

As for the Quest, a group of researchers are still preparing to send 돗 back to Earth.

놙But, not now.

After using the productivity of the Discovery to complete some infrastructure construction in the Proxima Centauri star system,

After all the researchers on this voyage spent the last moments of their lives,

Suigu Intelligence will fulfill the last order of the researchers from Mo Dao and Yuanhang,

Collect some energy supplies.

Carry the remains of all the voyage researchers after their death and return to the home planet of the solar system, Earth.

"Then let's decide."

Mo Dao looked at the voting results and nodded to confirm the matter.

At a later meeting,

A group of researchers discussed some specific procedures to be implemented.

For example, which construction should be completed first, and whether some long-term observation equipment should be built.

…

In the next period of time,

A group of researchers who are all educated, with the help of Suigu intelligence,

A strong enthusiasm broke out.

All researchers know that this is probably the last thing they can leave to the world in this life.

껩It’s time to finally use the remaining heat.

Inside the Quest, a group of researchers began to devote most of their energy to building an intelligent industrial cluster in the orbit of Proxima Centauri b.

There are many smart devices carried on the Qiuzou spacecraft.

A large number of smart devices have been placed on Proxima Centauri b and even other stars, and some resource mining and development have begun.

And in this process,

A group of researchers are approaching the end of their lives one after another.

Mo Dao is not the first, but he will not be the last.

…

“…20,612”

This is just half the time after Mo Dao woke up from this slumber.

Counting down the remaining time in front of me.

Mo Dao, who woke up from a half-day drowsiness, looked at the countdown numbers in front of him, his thoughts still calm.

During the last very long period of human sleep, the time that passed was obviously more than the time that would elapse during human sleep under normal circumstances, but it was considered normal.

In this life, at this moment, Mo Dao doesn't have many regrets.