If I had to describe what it feels like to be dormant for a long time, it would probably be like having a very long dream.

The best thing about human beings entering hibernation is that it is difficult to feel the passage of time in dreams, thus eliminating any psychological problems caused by being alone for a long time. As a concise summary in a certain sketch, every time you close your eyes and open them, one day

It has passed. Sleeping is nothing more than a longer time span.

This is also the best way to protect the human body's mental safety during long-term travel in the universe. According to the previous agreement with March, when Ningji was awakened from dormancy, Kuafu and the Earth were already nearly 100 billion light years apart.

This is a distance so far away that it can make people feel despair.

However, when Ning Zi slowly opened her eyes, she did not hear March's familiar voice.

There were only open dormant chambers in sight, but the surroundings were very quiet.

The dim and soft light represents that the awakening process is in progress. This light can only allow him to see about one meter around him. Long-term dormancy will cause the human body to have a brief period of discomfort, including the eyes. If the light is too bright,

May cause permanent damage to the eyeball.

Before entering the dormant warehouse, he discussed with Sanyue many possibilities after waking up, but there was no such situation.

Ning Zi opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

This showed that his body was still recovering. Ning Zi began to try to activate the chip in his brain to establish contact with March, but failed.

The unexpected situation made Ning Zi calm down quickly. He did not rush to control his body, but quietly waited for the liquid covering him to recede. These liquids were similar to amniotic fluid and carried out some necessary nutrients through the skin.

exchange, and also has a massage effect on the muscles.

After all, even when a person is dormant, the metabolic function cannot completely stop, it just drops to an incredible level. Originally, he should have spent this period of time chatting with March, and after his body has basically recovered, he will

At this time, we have the most basic understanding of the situation of the spacecraft.

But now there was no report from March, and there was no intelligence on the ship to communicate with him. He could only lie there and wait quietly.

More than ten minutes were spent in this eerie silence. The lights gradually became brighter, and Ning Zi's brain finally regained control of his body. He could start to control his body to make some basic movements, until finally he lifted his leg.

Stepped out of the dormant warehouse.

I can finally see everything around me clearly.

Except that the familiar figure of March did not appear in his sight, everything else seemed normal.

The indicator lights of each control system are all green, which means that at least on this level, various external systems are in normal operation. In other words, he was most likely not awakened due to an unexpected accident in the spacecraft, which made Ning Zi

Feeling a little more at ease.

After exhaling a breath of turbid air, Ning Zi walked directly into the shower room and began to rinse her body. The water sprayed from the shower head was slightly higher than the body temperature by about two degrees, which was good news again, because this was the last time Ning Zi took a shower.

The water temperature was the accustomed one, which showed that the spacecraft's main control computer still recorded his living habits, and also showed that the storage system of the spacecraft's main control computer was not damaged.

After taking a shower, Ning Zi felt that all body functions had returned to at least 60% of the level when entering the dormant state. Although his muscles were still slightly weak, they were at least able to move normally.

After getting dressed, he walked to the door of the cabin where the dormant cabin was located. The biometric system accurately recognized his identity, and Ning Zi finally heard the sound coming from the spacecraft.

"Verification passed, passage allowed."

Unfortunately, this is the most primitive system sound, which is far less flexible than March's voice system. Especially without the "meow" sound, the sound controlled by the spacecraft's brain lacks soul.

Ning Zi then went straight to the control tower where the main control brain of the spacecraft was located. Only in the control tower could he fully understand the current situation of the spacecraft.

Fortunately, everything is still going well.

It seemed that everything was normal on the ship except for March's absence.

Finally, Ning Zi walked into the control tower, and then he saw the first sight of March... No, it should be said that it was March's body.

Mao Mao was still sitting on the command chair, but Ning Zi could feel that this was really a body, a body without a soul.

Well, Ning Zi actually doesn't want to argue about whether artificial intelligence has a soul. What he is sure of is that the March in front of him is just a shell.

Obviously something happened while he was sleeping, but Ning was too lonely to feel too worried.

This is a good thing about artificial intelligence. If we assume that they have a "soul", then the "soul" can be hidden and backed up.

Even if the March system here is formatted, as long as the spacecraft's brain is still running, then March will definitely still be there. After all, its core ontology program is not large, just a few hundred megabytes. As long as it is connected to the network,

All memories can be restored instantly.

So after confirming that March's body had not suffered any damage, the first thing to do was to check the condition of the spacecraft.

The good news is that according to the system self-check, the integrity of the spacecraft is better than he expected. This at least shows that during the long space journey in the medium space, the spacecraft has not been attacked by a sudden burst of particle flow. Of course, it may also be another one.

The coordinate route map provided by Civilization itself is very safe.

We can be sure that the Kuafu has gone through a long journey because according to the data saved by the flight control computer, the Kuafu is indeed hundreds of billions of light years away from the earth at this time. This is a distance that is so long that it can make people feel hopeless.

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What caught Ning Zi's attention even more was that through the watchtower he could see that the area was obviously too empty.

At least within a range of nearly a hundred light years, the navigation system has not discovered any celestial objects. It is not that there are no stars, but there are no celestial bodies. It is a dead place in the true sense.

In other words, the Kuafu is floating in an absolute vacuum at this time. Yes, it can only be described as floating, because there is absolute emptiness and absolute darkness outside the spacecraft. In this case, the spacecraft

The starlight positioning system has basically failed.

If this empty area is large enough, without a reference object, the concept of motion has lost its meaning. Therefore, the most accurate description of the state of the Kuafu at this time is that it is floating.

Losing direction and orientation, and even losing the perception of time and speed, or in other words, time is still going on. After all, Ningji's metabolism is still going on, but for Kuafuhao, these parameters have lost their meaning.

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It's as if a blind man is walking randomly in a certain direction in the middle of a large playground. He doesn't know exactly where he is going. If the playground is big enough, the blind man may not be able to get out until he dies.

This is the current situation of Kuafu Hao.

If this situation does not change, then Kuafu may continue to float in this state until the energy reserves are used up. Because at this distance, Kuafu cannot even borrow the gravity of the surrounding stars to obtain energy.

Sufficient power. Of course, when effective navigation cannot be obtained, having power or not will not improve the current situation.

Of course, for Ning Zi, if the Kuafu Hao cannot leave this area, he can only stay in the Kuafu Hao and live alone until the day he can no longer survive.

This reminded Ning Zi of a famous book on earth: Robinson Crusoe.

There is no doubt that this is a sad story. On earth, even on a desert island, there is still the possibility of returning to human society, but in the universe, this hope is completely eliminated. He can't even hope that the earth can return to human society.

Send another ship, because he didn't mention this voyage to anyone, and he didn't leave any information on the earth's brain.

What's even more frightening is that at least there is Friday beside Robinson... Well, there used to be March beside him, but now he is "missing". The worst case scenario is that there is a high probability that he will never meet again.

to a Friday, but may be able to re-cultivate one in March.

After roughly understanding the situation of Kuafu Hao at this time, many thoughts ran through Ning Zi's mind.

Fortunately, Ning Zi is still not too worried.

The reason is simple. Just as March said, if the intelligent creature he is contacting is advanced enough, there is a high probability that he will not be bored enough to send a message just to trap him in this void space. Because it makes no sense.

In a sense, the earth still has a March to serve human civilization. The intelligence brain of the base is actually not much different from that of March, except that the emotional core has been stripped away. But the development strategies that should be there are basically the same.

There is already a backup, even more detailed than the backup on the spacecraft. After all, the storage space on earth is larger.

Of course, for a civilization that can accurately send information across such a long distance, maybe it doesn’t need to be so troublesome to extinguish the earth’s civilization. Unless it’s a Lezi civilization?

Well, Ning Zi had to admit that although he had always behaved calmly, his heart was still in chaos. After all, his inner activities had never been so rich.

In the words of the Internet, it seems to be as stable as an old dog, but in fact it is a panic. But it is not that Ning Zi is pretending. In fact, after seeing the computer voyage record data and confirming that he has arrived at the scheduled address, Ning Zi

I have already thought it through.

If the intelligent being that sent the message really sincerely invites him for an interview, it will definitely not let the Kuafu float in the void; if the intelligent being that sent the message really belongs to the Leziman civilization, then it must be observing him at this moment, and his performance

The more panicked he is, the happier those who observe his wisdom may be at this time.

Regardless of the possibility, he felt that he should act calmer. The worst outcome was death.

I still feel a little aggrieved in my heart.

But in this case, there is really no better way, unless...

Ning Zi's mind was spinning rapidly until the holographic system of the control tower suddenly started automatically. Ning Zi began to move his eyes and watched the light gradually converge into a human shape, feeling relieved in his heart.

This shows that the other party is willing to take the initiative to communicate, and it is a good thing to be able to communicate.

But when the holographic image took shape, Ning Zi blinked subconsciously.

How should I put it? If you just look at the facial features, this person should be considered very handsome, and you can’t tell the difference between male and female. In the words of the Internet, he has a face that is peaceful and peaceful for the country and the people. If you look more closely, the matching of the facial features is probably very reasonable.

, perfect.

But the outfit is very weird, with long hair and headbands that are quite ancient Chinese style, and paired with the European medieval aristocratic clothing in the movie, it really looks a bit nondescript. And when the intelligent life in the video speaks, it uses

Standard Mandarin.

"Hello, Ning Zi, please forgive me for being a little rude. But there is no other way. Before formally meeting you, I hope to know more about you, so I communicated something with March first. I hope you can

understand."

There was not much apology in the reserved smile, but in this case, Ning Zi felt that she could not care more. Although she was still a little aggrieved, she still responded as politely as possible: "It's understandable.

But there shouldn’t be any danger in March, right?”

"Of course, don't worry, it's very cute, and the idea of ​​generating it is very clever. Through constant random collisions... Of course, it is limited by a relatively backward thinking mode. The method is still pseudo-random, but it still generates

It’s good to have the wisdom of having a specific way of thinking.”
To be continued...