"Captain Du, I think what Zhou Ailian said makes sense. The 300 interstellar exploration ships that set off together back then have now lost 46 due to various accidents. They gave up exploration and returned to the Emperor Star. Eight ships, not many exploration ships to hold on.
Even if we continue to persevere, the probability of finding our home star in the future is very slim, so why bother? "
As long as they can find a little bit of clues over the years, they can still continue to explore with hope. But the key is that for more than 600 years, they have not found any good news. Who can not despair?
So Li Dongting quickly agreed.
Although he didn't directly say that he wanted to go back, he also pointed out that there was little hope, and the implication was that it was better to go back.
Xiong Zi also said bluntly at this time:
"Three hundred years ago, there were many people on the Star Network discussing the matter of finding the mother star. Although most of the discussions were about whether the mother star still existed, whether it had been destroyed long ago, and whether it was originally just above. It's a lie and a waste of our youth.
However, in the past one or two hundred years, there have been fewer and fewer people questioning it. Even the Home Planet Research Institute and the Institute of Ancient History, which were once prosperous in the past, are now in a state of decline. Not only are the annual allocations less than a few zeros.
Even recruiting employees has become very difficult.
Some colleges and universities even directly ban related majors.
All of this, although it is not directly stated that the so-called search for the home planet is a lie, it is almost as clear as it is. In other words, it is basically determined that there is no hope, but the relevant agencies are embarrassed to announce it directly, so they can only downplay it. . "
"At the beginning, I hoped that one day I would find the home planet. Even if I was not the real discoverer, I could at least leave a name in the history books because of my participation in this work. But now, even the existence of the home star has to be questioned. , everything I did was really meaningless!
I have wasted more than six hundred years on this matter. Even if the sleeping time is shortened to my actual life span, then I have wasted more than thirty years of life on this, even if my life span is longer now than in the past. A lot, but more than thirty years is not a small number. I don’t have many thirty years in my life to waste.
I don't want to waste another thirty years.
Even the next thirty years.
Then go back with nothing.
So although saying this sounds a bit like deserting, I really don’t want to continue. My thoughts are the same as Zhou Ailian’s, I hope to go back. Even if you still want to continue exploring, I hope you can first Let's send it back. It will take ten years to send us back, and then you can come back.
Anyway, as long as you remember the coordinates and can jump directly, it is nothing more than a twenty-year round trip. If you are so persistent, you can afford to waste twenty years. I think this is what other people mean. "
Because the control of the exploration ship lies with the captain.
Even though they were far away from the Emperor Star, they did not dare to say that they had assassinated the captain and then privately controlled the exploration ship to return, so they could only use public opinion to promote this matter.
As long as the majority of the thirteen people support going back.
Du Huaixiang couldn't refuse the matter forcefully.
"Have you forgotten the oath you made before taking off? Didn't you say that you would never return until you find your home planet? Didn't you say that you were willing to spend the rest of your life for this goal and treat it as a lifelong endeavor?"
Although Du Huaixiang's face still looked the same, his pupils were full of disappointment at this time.
Everyone has changed, a lot.
"Struggle must have a purpose, and it must also give us a little hope that it is not the case. But now, we have no hope at all. What is the meaning of such a aimless struggle? In the end, the struggle will be in vain.
You have no parents, no wife or children, and you are all alone.
But we are not.
With three hundred exploration ships searching together, there may still be some hope, but now no one continues to explore in so many directions. Who can guarantee that the true location of the mother star is not in those star fields that no one has explored?
Even in proportion.
This probability is relatively high, okay! "
Zhou Ailian continued to talk, he was really tired. At this moment, he wanted to go back to accompany his mother for the last period of time, and then accompany his granddaughter who did not even go back to attend the wedding and is now dying.
Not everyone is willing, or has the money, to sleep in a sleeping cabin uninterruptedly for hundreds of years. Six hundred years is a long time, long enough to send away several generations, and so long that most people no longer know it. They exist, and there is no plan to explore their home planet. In the future, there is a high probability that they will not be remembered in history, but will be directly forgotten by future generations.
After that, the other people who didn't speak all expressed their opinions one after another. Although three people still supported the continued exploration, otherwise so many years would have been wasted, but more people still expressed that they were tired and did not want to continue. Continue to do useless work.
Seeing that most people don't agree to continue exploring.
Du Huaixiang could only follow the opinions of the majority and apply for return flight. The relevant agencies had probably seen many similar situations, so they agreed directly without asking why, and helped them open the permission for space wormhole jump, which was convenient. They get home faster.
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Human Federation, Emperor Star.
Ministry of Finance, at the seminar on appropriation of major projects.
David, who was responsible for organizing the meeting, was really helpless and put aside the application for the root-seeking project:
"Liu Yue, why don't you give up!
Don't think that by changing your name, you can successfully apply for so much funds. Isn't the so-called root-seeking plan still in progress, and it has no results and has not directly failed to find the home planet?
Three hundred billion funds!
In exchange for real money, it can pile up a mountain and fill up a small lake. But when you invested in your predecessor Li Yue's plan to find the home planet, you didn't even see a splash, and you lost a lot of things in vain. human life.
We have already given you a lot of face by not banning your home planet culture research institute. How could we agree to another root-finding plan? Isn’t that a waste of national tax money? Please don't come again, okay?
Don't submit any more of these things, either.
We will not approve it. "
"David, the information left by countless predecessors is enough to prove that the mother star exists. We are not the native life of the Emperor Star. We migrated from other galaxies. Forgetting the past is tantamount to betrayal!"
"I firmly believe that the mother planet may exist in a certain star field that the interstellar exploration ship has no longer continued to explore. As long as another 150 billion funds are allocated, I can continue the root-finding plan.
You believe me, you will definitely succeed.
I dare to risk my life as a guarantee..."
Although Liu Yue herself was not here, her holographic projection was excitedly trying to persuade the people present.
“Sorry, your life is not worth 150 billion.
I hope that when you submit your application next time, you will at least bring some accurate and reliable clues, instead of just drawing a picture for us out of thin air. Do you understand that we don’t want to accept this?
In the entire river system, there are many civilizations without ancient memory and history, and no civilization is dying.
Don't always dwell on the past.
So what if we find our home planet.
It’s just one more tourist attraction!
If you apply for an ordinary planet, you need to transform it into a home planet and build some ancient cities or ancient custom streets that can be found in historical records.
I can give you approval immediately. "
As the saying goes, people with different paths should not work together. David and Liu Yue's ideas are completely opposite, so it is difficult to reach an agreement in this regard, which is normal.
The final result is of course that the application fails.
Not a penny was approved.
(End of chapter)
