Across Deep Space: Four Men and a Play

The sudden system disorder distorted the broadcast sound into a strange noise, echoing between the high walls on both sides of the corridor. The originally dark space was instantly illuminated, and countless hidden lights lit up, illuminating the entire space as bright as day.

Soon the electronic broadcast returned to normal.

[Life detected, liveness verification passed----]

Welcome back...Researcher Wu Yunlei.

Welcome back, Researcher Yu Mi.

Yu Mi, that old man?

Xia Jiumeng raised her eyebrows when she heard the name, but there was no ripple in her heart.

Welcome back, Researcher Zhang Su.

“…”

Isn't this 'Grandma'?

As names appeared one by one, some familiar and many unfamiliar, the tone of the report became increasingly gentle, as if the empty corridor seemed to be filled with many more people coming and going.

Electronic Announcement: [Congratulations on waking up, Donor No. 001. How are you feeling today?]

The system paused after saying this, as if waiting for her answer.

Xia Jiumeng: The information left by my grandmother also called her Donor No. 001. It seems that this is the Gaia Base.

I didn't expect that this place has been intact for so many years. It seems that the old man has been secretly maintaining it a lot?

Electronic broadcast [Donor emotions detected: doubt, vigilance, curiosity.]

[No. 001, please don't be afraid. The nearest researcher is in the demonstration observation room 126 meters away. Please follow the indicator light as quickly as possible to seek help.]

Xia Jiumeng “..........”

A cold light appeared on the floor, and arrows jumped forward one after another, guiding her in the direction of progress.

Xia Jiumeng sneered, "Don't call me a donor. I have a name. Secondly, don't bother testing my emotions and giving me any comments. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind finding your data core, crushing it, and stuffing it into the wandering body's Pi Guli."

This damn low-level intelligent system really thinks it's its own thing.

The cursor arrow on the ground jumped rapidly several times and then returned to calm, and the system broadcast sound never sounded again.

She stepped up to follow the cursor, wanting to see what this researcher who could help her was up to.

As we got closer, branches and signs appeared on both sides of the corridor, extending to both sides.

"This leads to the Deep Space Signal Analysis Room... The Space Archaeology Archives..."

'Gene Extraction Comparison Center...'

Genetic research? It seems the Gaia Research Center covers a wide range of subjects.

Looking down, I discovered more things, especially...

'Future Life: Retrospective.'

Isn’t this about Shen Xinghui?

They even know this?

Further down is 'High Dimensional Life: God Speaker.......'

'Ancient Marine Life: Lemurian Civilization...'

Li Shen, Qi Yu.......

This research center already knows this much?

These names point to different corridor branches, and there are many research groups in those corridors.

It didn't take long for her to see the sign for the Unicorn Team, which pointed to the most conspicuous door at the end of the corridor.

It was also where the researcher she was looking for help was.

The truth she was curious about was now within reach.

Walk to the gate and reach out to the sensor in the middle.

The resonance caused vibrations, and blue light flowed around along the circuit trough, lighting up this huge door that had been sealed for a long time.

The heavy metal door swung open, letting in a warm glow. She instinctively turned sideways, and in a trance, a small girl ran past her and threw herself into the familiar embrace of the person standing in the light.

"What game are we going to play today?" The girl's voice was filled with naive anticipation.

grandmother?

This is....

He took a half step back, and the illusion disappeared along with the warm light.

There was indeed a figure standing in the cold blue electronic light, slowly turning towards her.

It’s Yu Mi.

"It's really you."

Yu Mi's expression was calm. "You finally found this place. Long time no see, donor number 001."

"Our little bomb."

Xia Jiumeng sneered, "Defending this place is the real purpose of your building Charon, right?"

"Of course, this is where our research dreams and the seeds of changing the world are buried. And here..."

Yu Mi opened his arms, as if he was going to introduce something or to welcome her.

"It's also where you were born. It's your first 'home' in this world."

Xia Jiumeng: "..."

nerve.

Yu Mi continued to speak to himself, "The people in the group back then were here with you day after day."

"We raised you like our own child, thinking that it was the most intimate moment of connection between humanity and deep space..."

The holographic image behind him was looming, and several broken faces flashed by. She had never seen those people before, but she felt inexplicably familiar with them.

"After the Sky Rift disaster, the group disbanded and many people are missing..."

"I am the only one who stayed here, guarding here. I know you will come back here one day. I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xia Jiumeng looked at him and said, "So you knew who I was the first time you saw me?"

Yu Mi nodded. "Of course. Your power is so special. It's our most precious treasure. How could I not recognize you?-----"

He couldn't help but take half a step forward, and when he noticed that she stepped back warily, his tone became gentler.

"Don't be afraid, child. I have been waiting for you, waiting to atone for a sin I left behind."

"I know you must have a lot of questions now, just ask, I will tell you everything you want to know."

Xia Jiumeng looked at Yu Mi's sincere eyes and felt that he might be seriously ill.

Although researchers all have psychological and mental problems to some extent, the one in front of us seems to be a big problem?

Are you crazy?

But since he said to just ask, she might as well listen to what he said.

Thinking of this, she asked the first question.

"Since you said I was born here, what happened then?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mi clicked on a virtual screen.

"It was a beginning that was not ancient but sacred enough..."

The process of the planet's energy evolution appeared on the screen: birth, death, birth again, death again, and so on.

He stared at the numerical curve floating on the image with a moved expression.

“What a beautiful cycle.”

Xia Jiumeng: ".....I'm asking about the origin of my birth, not the planet."

Yu Midu did not reply. "Do you think this is the cycle of a planet? No..."

"It is your life, your strength..."

Xia Jiumeng: What's wrong with this guy? Is he really crazy?

"You continue..."

"You are the most wonderful, greatest thing ever created."

She listened to this outrageous speech with a blank expression on her face, and didn't even want to agree with the clichés.

However, Yu Mi didn't seem to care whether her listener responded or not, and continued to chatter, "This story begins in 2034, when humanity received that faint signal from deep space."

"That year, we received a deep space signal for the first time, and deciphered it to reveal a story about a planet's pursuit of immortality."

"We were inspired by the discovery that an ordinary planet could achieve immortality through an inexhaustible cosmic energy source..."

"We need to conduct a collision experiment that can create inexhaustible cosmic energy."

"After several failed experiments, it finally succeeded... Cosmic energy appeared!"

"What no one expected was that...it appeared in a child's body."

He turned to look at Xia Jiumeng, "That child is you."

Xia Jiumeng "......"

Yu Mi: "The powerful energy fluctuation we have been waiting for for so long comes from your body."

"We can't parse it, we can't measure it, and it's getting stronger over time."

“The evolution of energy is like the growth of a planet, reaching its peak on the 27th day and declining on the 36th day…”

"On the 41st day, it completely collapsed and died, followed by an explosion."

"But soon after the explosion, this force gathered again and evolved like a planet."

"So we speculate that the power of the ether core in your body is the energy of a planet."

Xia Jiumeng couldn't help but sneer when she heard this. Is this the reason why they kept killing her when she was young and conducting experiments on her?

"Interesting, hearing you say that, I can destroy everything and rebuild everything just because I'm unhappy?"

"So you specifically told me this truth so that I can help you destroy the world?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Mi slowly lowered his outstretched hands and looked lonely.

"You didn't believe it for a moment, and it's not your fault. Even we who witnessed your birth were at a loss."

"Are you going to be raised as a normal person, or be used as a resource?"

"This power is too strong. Will it cause a disaster..."

Xia Jiumeng: "Oh, you can't pretend anymore?"