Black Sky

God once stared at this sea of ​​stars, he slept here, and woke up here.——Ester "Never Land"

This piece of black cedar forest has been lingering for a long time, the needles withered and hanging down dejectedly, but magically did not exude the sour and bitter smell of rotten wood.

The woody fragrance that lingers in the forest all the year round still floats quietly, hiding 25 single frozen capsules deep in the pine forest.

The frozen capsules were arranged in a neat square, and the sealed glass cover was covered with frost.

One of the alarm sounds was so sharp that it cut through the silence of the deep forest:

"Insufficient energy, malfunction."

"Warning: The frozen capsule is about to stop working, please replenish energy within five seconds."

"Countdown: 5."

"4"

"3"

"2"

"1"

"No new energy is detected, the frozen capsule is off—"

Before the word "close" was finished, the electronic sound without ups and downs had stopped abruptly.

puff--

The sound of the metal chassis stopping running sounded like a leak. Under the influence of the emergency warming system, the frost on the glass faded at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing a handsome but pale face in the capsule.

The thin frost on his brow bone made him look shockingly cold and lifeless, as if he had been sleeping here for a long time and would never wake up again.

However, almost the next second after the frost faded, those beautiful curved eyes opened without warning.

To be honest, although this pile of metal lumps used to freeze the human body is called a capsule, its shape has nothing to do with the capsule.

They are very unflattering, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with a hexagonal face longer than a horse.When a person lay inside, it was a well-made coffin with specifications.

When the design drawings first came out, Truth was busy dealing with a riot in the space prison. He didn't close his eyes for three days, and he was so sleepy.

The unlucky designer knocked on the door of his office and put a thick pile of drawings on his desk.

According to regulations, all documents of the frozen capsules must be reviewed and approved by the chief executive officer of Office No. 5 of the Security Building, and signed before proceeding, including the design drawings.

And Chu Si happened to be the chief executive in office 5.

He closed his eyes as soon as he saw the thickness of the drawing. In the description of the designer's wild flowers, he simply turned to the last page and signed it.

On the day the finished product came out, he was wearing a well-tailored shirt and sitting in the meeting room on the top floor of the security building, listening to the old guys scolding the design with grace and calm expression.

People worked so hard to spray for two full hours. This bastard didn’t change his face. Not only did he have no introspection, he tapped the table and said with a smile: “The planet’s lifespan is still very long. I'll lie down without you, be ugly."

Make the old guys angry enough.

As a result, within five years of saying this, the planet exploded.

He really lay down in this ugly frozen coffin. It can be seen that the jerk has been doing too much, and God can't see it. This is probably called retribution.

Truth coughed sullenly under the glass cover for a while, coughing up all the cold in his lungs, and then moved his fingers and broke the safety lock in the cabin.

The muscles and bones all over his body were still very stiff, and it took a long time to push a hatch.

The feeling of stepping on the ground was too long, he staggered backwards, and simply leaned against the frozen capsule.

Half a step away, the other frozen capsule is still operating normally, and two lines of words are displayed on the glass cover:

Gallo Time 13:20:07

Temperature in the capsule: minus 206°C

At 13 o'clock, it was the time when the sun was at its peak in the afternoon, but there was a sea of ​​stars above, and the surroundings were as silent as the night.

Truth looked around and took a deep breath.

The air was so stuffy, he clearly came out of the frozen capsule, but he still seemed to be covered by something, even breathing was uncomfortable, and he didn't know if he had frozen his lungs.

Click--

Suddenly behind him came the sound of cracking needles, like being stepped on by something.

"Who?!" Chus turned his head abruptly.

He didn't speak for a long time, and his voice was a little dumb.

As he asked, his fingers had already habitually touched his waist.

Thankfully, I was too rushed when I entered the frozen capsule, and the gun was still unloaded.

He pushed the safety bolt, and the sound of "click" appeared very crisp in the silence.

"Don't don't! I'll come out! Don't shoot!" A dark thing came out from behind a frozen capsule, like a round head mop... the kind that has been marinated in the mud for two years.

Chu Si squinted his eyes for identification, and struggled to find a pair of eyes on the mop-someone who hadn't taken care of his hair and beard for a long time.

"Who else?" Chus's finger was still on the trigger.

Mop hesitated for a moment, maintaining the surrender posture with his hands raised, turning his head and muttering something.

The other small mop carefully extended his head.

The little mop turned his face and glanced at the big mop, and raised his hands in a similar manner.

"Calm down, calm down. Just the two of us, no one else." The mop said, staring at his gun.

"I'm calm," Truth replied.

"To be honest, I don't believe it very much. After all, when I just crawled out of the frozen capsule, I was so hungry that I wanted to eat people." The mop's voice was a little suspicious.

Chu Si looked cold: "If I can't find anyone cleaner than you, I might be more inclined to starve to death."

The mop was blocked, and it was a bit regretful, "In fact, we haven't cleaned it for half a year. Can you move the muzzle slightly?"

In fact, the gun has been frozen in the freezer capsule for a long time, and the ghost knows if it can still be used.But Chus is a bastard. He doesn't mind frightening the big man from unknown origin for a while, so he replied, "It depends on your mood."

"Then how are you feeling now?" Mop asked.

"Not great, it's too boring here," Chus said calmly.

To be precise, the air here is stuffy and irritating and physiological.

The mop stretched the tune and gave a "Oh", and immediately frustrated, "It's a pity, there is no way, after all we have been bored for a long time."

He turned his head and glanced at his wrist.

Truth then noticed that something on his wrist was shining blue, like the screen of a smart watch.

"Do you mind if I touch it?" The mop stared at Truth's gun for fear that it would go wrong.

Truth was noncommittal, but the mop boldly touched the screen.

The cold electronic sound suddenly rang, enough to make Chu Si hear clearly:

Ground temperature: New 5°C

Humidity: dry

Warning: The oxygen content is seriously lower than normal, and there are still 32 minutes and 57 seconds to the critical value.

This kind of alarm is no stranger to Truss. He has heard these words in various safety test reports. The so-called oxygen content threshold corresponds to the survival limit.Once below the critical value, people will soon suffocate to death.

The mop's voice was a bit depressed, "Look, even if you don't shoot, we still have less than 33 minutes of life."

When Chu Si heard the words, his eyes moved.

Should not be.

The design concept of these freezer capsules is very special. All energy is converted from exhaust gas, and the exhaust gas contains oxygen.This design is for survival to a certain extent.

These principles and functions have been made public.

Mop noticed Chu Si's gaze. He followed the frozen capsules on the ground and said, "I know what you are thinking, but it's useless. It's been 50 years, and the balance can't be maintained long ago."

Truth finally had a look on his face, "How many years?"

The mop seemed to have found a breakthrough, decisively touching the watch screen, the mechanical electronic sound rang again:

"It is 5763 in the new Gregorian calendar, April 29th, Garo time—"

Before the report was finished, the mop choked off the time report, muttering, "Be considerate, you have to save some electricity."

However, Chus didn't even notice what he was talking about.

5763?!

He clearly remembered what the evening of December 27, 5713 was like. The golden red light of the setting sun softened the cold black cedar forest. He stood by the window, talking to the nursing doctor, while turning over himself. Private communication channel.

In the last second, he was still looking at the message sent by a dangerous person in the space prison forcibly, and the next second he received an alarm—

The geocentric energy response process suddenly accelerated due to unknown reasons, out of control, and the expansion rate far exceeded the upper limit. The estimated evacuation time is 3 minutes and 11 seconds.

In layman's terms, the planet is going to explode, everyone runs away.

He will never forget the chaotic three minutes, how the ground vibrated and cracked, how they started the fragmentation plan against time, and how they evacuated from the villa to the frozen capsule in the cedar forest...

Everything is vividly visible, as if the next day, as if he just slept in the capsule all night.

But when he woke up, fifty years had passed?!

Perhaps it was a moment of surprise that caused a change in the heart rate and increased oxygen consumption.After the astonishment, Trus only felt that his surroundings became more boring.

Mop glanced at his expression, and then aggrieved: "Don't take a deep breath! Don't take a deep breath! There are not enough mouthfuls! Don't forget, we only have more than 30 minutes left... What can you do? It's silly. I haven't come up with any idea after waking up for three years. I don't want to die so early. The method of suffocation is too difficult.

This person is a silly talker, and Chus has a headache when he talks endlessly, making him confused about the situation and can't think of a way.

"Quiet." Just as he threw two words coldly, something in the pocket of his trousers vibrated.

Truss was taken aback, stretched out his hand and touched it out. Only then did he remember that when he evacuated the frozen capsule, the communicator he held in his hand dropped into his pocket.

The communicator does not consume more energy than a watch.It will be a miracle to last 50 years with the energy-saving model.

The vibration just now indicates that "the battery is insufficient, and will shut down soon".

He was about to close and throw it back in his pocket, when he saw an unread message on the screen that he didn't know when.

Truth's eyebrows jumped immediately.

Without looking at the content, he could guess who the information came from. After all, he dared to use his private communication channel as his own garden.

Sure enough, the information comes from the space prison:

My dear executive officer, I have great news for you.

I escaped from prison.

--Saë Young

Truth: "..."

Damn great news.

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Special reminder: This article is not science fiction, there is no mech, and the whole story is nonsense. When it comes to the kind of old Einstein's coffin that can't be held, don't use common sense to think about it. Magic fairy tales look better, okay~

Note: Esther's "Never Land"-there is no such book.