Chapter 8: To: Dim Star (Part 1)

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The cosmic solar wind is gentle, gravity is normal, and it’s another nice day.

"yawn"

Yao Luo sat on the hospital bed and stretched out. A crackling sound came from his spine. After a night's rest, Yao Luo had returned to a healthy state.

Bored, he planned to walk around the space station, and changed into a hospital gown with the help of the nurse sister.

A set of dry and comfortable staff uniforms was put on Yao Luo, with some "small modifications" to his abilities.

The tall collar, deep black, double-row buttons, dark blue lining, and black and white belt, which symbolizes power in Mihayou Universe, look very much like a certain Pava man.

After putting on suitable clothes, Yao Luo's temperament suddenly changed, and he looked like a... foreigner.

Because he dresses differently from most of the staff on the space station, Yao Luo attracts the attention of many staff wherever he goes.

"He must be the one who saved the space station. He looks good and has an outstanding temperament.

"There was so much noise on the platform at that time that I heard it even from the next door."

After filtering out some unreasonable remarks, it can also be seen that the actions of the Star Dome Train group have been circulated in the space station, and the friendliness is at least a good level.

But from the faces of some old staff, Yao Luo could not see any emotions of tension and fear. The space station has experienced countless dangers here. Perhaps for the old staff, this is just part of the countless dangers. .

The person who brings them confidence and hope is the nominal person in charge of this space station - Black Tower.

Judging from the information I looked up at the information terminal during my free time yesterday, this so-called 83rd seat in the Genius Club, Ms. Heita, has countless achievements.

Such a talent was ranked in the 83rd seat. Yao Luo simply couldn't imagine what kind of monsters were in front of him. Although I know that ranking is not the measure of achievement, to be able to join the genius club before such a figure who is not necessarily easy to win in science fiction novels must be by no means an ordinary person.

Yao Luo stopped and walked around the space station. Whether he was walking, standing, sitting or sleeping, he could feel the strong scientific research atmosphere of the space station. Along the way, 30% of the people were talking about post-disaster reconstruction, and 50% of the people were discussing scientific research that Yao Luo could not understand. Yao Luo felt dizzy after hearing the topic, as if he was about to grow a brain.

As for the remaining 20%, it is too abstract and difficult to translate.

A familiar figure with gray hair flashed in his eyes, with hurried footsteps and aggressive eyes looking for something everywhere.

"Xing, long time no see." Yao Luo waved his hand. Seeing Xing's energetic look, he could tell that she was in good condition.

"Yaoluo!"

A hint of surprise flashed through Xing's golden eyes. He didn't expect Yao Luo to recover so quickly.

As if looking at some rare treasure, Xing quickly came to Yao Luo and circled around to look at him.

"Okay, okay, you're very healthy." Yao Luo patted Xing's shoulder, "We both have just recovered from a serious illness. How about taking a walk on the space station?"

Xing is also very happy to go for a walk with Yao Luo.

"Good idea, let me tell you about the strange things I saw yesterday..."

Xing turned on his phone and brought up a communication screen that Yao Luo didn't recognize.

Yao Luo leaned his head over and read the message.

Rocky:

Lily, are you okay? Why haven't you replied to my message yet?

star:

Who is Lily?

Rocky:

Sorry - but no matter who you are, remember to tell Lily when you meet her that Rocky will be waiting for you at the "Black Tower".

star:

So who is Lily?

star:

? ? ?

"Strange..." Yao Luo frowned and held his chin in thought.

"Judging from the headshot and background, he should be a staff member of the space station."

"I was just about to go find him, shall we?" Xing, as a man of fun, naturally wanted to see what Rocky had to offer.

"Let's go." Yao Luo had no reason to refuse.

After walking around and asking several staff members, the two came to an inconspicuous corner of the space station and looked at the sign. It belonged to the five major departments of the space station [Black Tower·Universe and Earth Science], abbreviated as:

Doing geography.

Of course, they are doing interstellar geography.

"Destroy customs! Destroy academics!"

The old-fashioned scolding sound came from far away.

An old man with white hair and beard was yelling at a young man with gray-purple hair who looked to be in his mid-twenties. The young man held a piece of tissue paper in his hand, raised his arms, and turned a deaf ear.

Seeing someone approaching, the old man snorted coldly and turned around without saying a word.

Yao Luo looked at the situation in front of him and discussed with Xing in a low voice: "Go and talk to that old gentleman."

Xing Na slapped Yao Luo with his elbow and put his hand on his mouth: "I won't go, why don't you go, are you afraid?"

Yao Luo's eyes widened, he couldn't lose the battle if he lost, "Just go and treat me to dinner later."

Xing blinked, neither agreeing nor denying.

Yao Luo took a deep breath and planned to communicate politely with the old man. After all, he always respected the old man.

Arriving next to the old man, Yao Luo bowed lightly and asked politely: "Hello, you must be the famous Mr. Bernard." Yao Luo glanced at the old man's chest ID without leaving any trace.

Bernard looked sideways at Yaoluo. After all, he reached out to avoid hitting the smiling man. Even though he was angry, he still had patience and communicated with Yaoluo.

"Boy, I saw the discussion that took so long just now. You are here to see my student Rocky."

After being discovered all of a sudden, Yao Luo couldn't help but wink at Xing, who was watching the show with a smile, and told her to quickly find the real owner.

Xing smiled and seemed to hide further away.

"Where are you? I'm here for the first time, and I want to know about the various departments. I guess the Geographical Department you are in must be an important department of the space station." Yao Luo returned to normal and asked tentatively.

"Hey, you kid, are you new here? You actually asked me this kind of question, Bernard. I don't know if you are deliberately scolding me, or you are just too stupid and naive!" Bernard didn't know that the penis was being touched. Nervous, he scolded in a slightly harsh tone.

"Ah this?" Yao Luo was also confused and didn't know what he said wrongly.

"Why--"

Seeing Yao Luo's confused look, Bernard sighed helplessly, softened his tone a lot, and said in a tone unique to the elderly:

"This space station has the stupidest rule, which is to divide talents and knowledge into rigid departments."

"The second stupidest rule - this is an implicit rule: that is to classify different departments into high and low, three, six, nine and so on!"

Yao Luo raised his eyebrows. In Yao Luo's heart, the Black Tower Space Station has always been a place full of reason and wisdom. The staff are dedicated to science and work together to study scientific theories. He did not expect that there are such hidden rules under the surface.

Bernard's voice gradually became louder, "In the space station, many people in other departments look down upon basic subjects. In the space station, those who are good at talking and doing things are glamorous and respected by others, while those who are silent and do deep research are ignored. People call it old-fashioned and useless. This is what should be reformed most about this space station!"

The old man's impassioned words made Yao Luo fall into deep thought. Unexpectedly, the idea of ​​utilitarianism has not been eradicated even in the space age.

"Ahem... But I'm an old man, so I don't have the ability to make any changes. If I really want to say it, it's up to young people to work hard on their own." Bernard was a little out of breath and coughed twice. He Yaoluo warned with serious words.

"Old man, you have learned a lesson." Yao Luo replied politely.

"You are also a young man, and your words are more contagious than an old man like me. If you have time, go and persuade my silly apprentice."

"Hey! The love between a man and a woman, the romance, the beauty, the snow and the moon, are simply an obstacle in the way of scientific research and knowledge!"

Bernard's tone was full of loneliness, and he seemed to be a man with stories.

"Absolutely." Yao Luogong handed over his hand, quickly retreated, and continued to chat. It probably wouldn't be over for a long time.

After wiping his sweat, Yao Luo quickly ran to Xing's side. Although he respected the old man, he still couldn't cope with this.

Xing came to Rocky's side for a while, holding a piece of paper in his hand, seeming to be admiring something.

Yao Luo picked up another one, and it turned out that it was a love letter written by Rocky to that "Lily", and he was asking Xing how he felt.

Black Tower Love Poetry Part 3:

In addition to the giant rings and stars, there is a woman in the Milky Way who leads me to ask questions. The time limit for questioning is my whole life

The answer lies at the edge of a black hole's fragile state.

Her eyes are the inhalation of clouds, and the blue is written as my name by loneliness.

Rocky Martinez

Yao Luo has read very few love poems, so he can't distinguish good from bad, but according to Yao Luo's standards...

"Not bad." Yao Luo confirmed.

"The writing is quite interesting." Xing gave an answer similar to Yao Luo's.

"Yes! Yes!" Luo Qi's gray-purple hair swayed slightly as he spoke. He was very satisfied with Yao Luo and Xing's answers. "They all think I'm not doing my job properly. Only you two understand the fun in it. Let's talk about it! Which version do you like?"

Yao Luo looked at the other versions. Most of them were either too straightforward or too gross. He felt that the first version was better.

"But as I just said, it doesn't matter how well the poem is written. What's important is to have the opportunity to send the poem out." Rocky said solemnly to Xing: "So, please repair the repeater. You."

Xing nodded, took Yao Luo's hand and walked out.

As they walked and talked, Yaoluo gradually understood Rocky's story.

Rocky is an ordinary clerk in the Earth Science Department on the space station. In Rocky's own hometown, he was once the top genius on the planet, but in the Black Tower, every clerk was once called a "genius."

He fell in love with another woman, Leslie, a genius hailed as rare in a century.

Leslie is a star staff member of the Secret Volume Division and the only visiting scholar in this Amber Age who is on a mission to the Star of Fertility.

That's what Rocky calls "Lily".

According to Rocky, Rocky and Leslie talked about everything. They talked about the stars, the universe, mineral veins, and even any small topic that others thought was boring. The two of them could talk happily.

Soon, Rocky fell. He planned to confess his love to Leslie at the critical moment when he was about to confess.

Communication is down.

Yes, it was very bloody. When Rocky had already written the love poem and everything was ready, and all he needed was the east wind, the connection between the two was severed at a strange point in time.

The two communicated using a galactic radio wave repeater, spanning tens of thousands of light years, and engaged in a veritable "galactic love".

Before Rocky confessed his love, Leslie happily told Rocky about a cosmic wonder:

【Starquake】

The line of sight will be surrounded by cosmic flashes and gamma rays, and the gravitational collapse caused by stars can illuminate a starry sky.

Rocky could feel Leslie's happiness and excitement.

But at this critical moment, Leslie was never heard from again.

Rocky believed that the interruption of communication must be caused by damage to the repeater, and entrusted Xing to repair the repeater.

Yao Luo said that he fully understood, but he quickly raised questions:

"Then why doesn't he go alone?"

Xing shrugged and replied: "His teacher, Bernard, refused the request for repairs for various reasons, and the reasons for the refusal were reasonable."

"1. The space station has just received an attack, and recovery work is imminent. The repair of a repeater can only be queued at the back."

"Second, since Rocky was unable to contact Leslie, he has been neglecting food and drink, which has delayed his research on geology. Therefore, Bernard did not let him go."

"Third, the repairs should be handled by the engineering department, and Rocky should not do it on his behalf."

"Um..." Yao Luo thought about it. It sounded like Bernard was not at fault, but his intuition told him that Bernard might be hiding something.

"The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. Let's check the repeater first." Yao Luo decided to do it first.

Xing agrees with Yaoluo's idea. After some twists and turns, the two came to the control room where the repeater was located.

After gathering the required parts, Yaoluo and Xing finally saw the information they wanted to see.

Rocky and Leslie's phone call transcript:

Recipient: [Dark Tower] Rocky Martinez

Leslie:

Hello Rocky!

Leslie:

The interstellar scientific expedition team has landed on the inner planet in the star system near the Fertile Sector. The atmosphere here is so fresh!

Leslie:

Even though it is not the territory of the Star God, just relying on its proximity, this planet contains extremely high oxygen content.

Leslie:

This is the first time I have witnessed the coming of God... I used to be bored in the space station, but I didn't know that what I saw on paper was shallow.

Leslie:

The signal from the repeater is almost over...I feel like I have said a lot of nonsense, sorry.

Leslie:

Even if you stay in the [Black Tower], you should work hard and strive to be like that old Jose you admire, so you can come out and see the stars as soon as possible.

Sender: Rocky Martinez "The Dark Tower"

Rocky:

Leslie, congratulations on your safe arrival!

Rocky:

Leslie, what you said is very interesting and not nonsense! Whatever you see, tell me and I'll be waiting to hear from you.

………………

Rocky:

Leslie, are you still carrying the star drill I gave you?

………………

Leslie:

Oops, silly Rocky, the star-finding drill is already an antique! Isn’t the one in your department always kept in the collection cabinet?

Leslie:

However, since it is the star prospecting drill you gave me, I will study it and use it. I think it shouldn't be a problem to dig up some rare earth treasures.

………………

Leslie:

Rocky! Do you know what I'm going through right now? !

Leslie:

The main star of the Fertile Starfield experienced a gravitational collapse due to unknown forces, which subsequently triggered a starquake!

Leslie:

There were brilliant cosmic flashes and gamma afterglows everywhere as far as my eyes could see.

Leslie:

It was obviously a once-in-a-lifetime sight, but the team member who said he wanted to come with me was scared away early... Hey, it would be great if you were here.

Leslie:

So don't be angry, okay?

………………

Rocky:

I'm not angry...I even regret quarreling with you. When you said starquake, it scared me to death, thinking something would happen to you...

Rocky:

But now I know that the beauty of starquakes also comes from their dangers.

Rocky:

Next time, let's go see it together. Even if there is danger, I will be by your side.

Rocky:

do you understand?

……………………

Galaxy Radio Repeater

There is no radio signal translation record during this time period.

There were ripples in Yao Luo's heart. Before participating in this incident, he only regarded it as an ordinary love incident, but a love incident that happened around him was more exciting than watching a hundred love movies.

The spirit of gossip was burning, and Yao Luo couldn't wait to see Leslie's answer.

………………

Leslie

Silly Rocky, of course I know what you mean. As for my answer...

(The record is corrupted.)

"The record is corrupted at this point?"

Xing's voice was also full of dissatisfaction.

"Damn!" Yao Luo said anxiously, "It's so bloody! It's so bloody!"

"I want to read the next chapter now!"

Galaxy Radio Repeater

Unrecognizable, unrecognizable, undetectable biological mood swings.

Galaxy Radio Repeater

warn! You have entered the "Black Tower" panoramic surveillance area, please do not act inappropriately towards the repeater.

Galaxy Radio Repeater

~Electric~Wave~has~been~offline~

"Let's go! Go to the monitoring room!" Yao Luo was filled with anticipation and took Xing to look for clues.

In the monitoring room, a surprising discovery made the two of them look at each other.

A familiar figure appeared in the surveillance:

Bernard!