Starry Sky Railway: I Intruded with the Heart of God

"Crucial records damaged? Was it done intentionally? Xing, let's go check the panoramic monitoring area," Mo Li said.

Xingmei nodded, and the two headed to the monitoring room.

Speaking of which, they had already visited the panoramic monitoring area.

It was Abraham who entrusted them to open the boundary and anchor the other side.

Using the boundary anchor for direct long-distance teleportation, the two appeared in the monitoring room.

Mo Li opened the monitoring console.

The monitoring console emitted a synthesized mechanical voice: "Hello, permission verification... has been successful."

It was approved immediately.

"Please select the monitoring area you wish to view."

Mo Li flipped through the pages on the monitoring console.

"The main control warehouse section rotation booth... no."

"The base section is safe and secure... but that's not it either."

"The containment module section and the safe zone... are neither."

Mo Li clicked on the next page option.

“Found it, the hidden chamber,” Mo Li said.

Xingmei quickly moved closer, completely unaware that she was so close to Moli.

The image is rather blurry, and the overall monitoring footage appears washed out, suggesting there might be some issues with the monitoring system.

But the content of the surveillance footage was barely visible.

The surveillance camera captured a blurry figure from behind, it looks like...

"Bernard?!" The two exchanged a glance and exclaimed in shock.

Mo Li clicked to view the end, and the monitoring console emitted a voice: "Operation completed, goodbye."

"What should we do now?" Xingmei asked.

“Now that we have enough evidence, let’s go confront him,” Mo Li said.

"Okay, let's go."

This time, Mo Li and Xing did not find Bernard in the Earth Science Department's office area. They only observed him from a distance and eventually discovered that Bernard was in the monitoring area of ​​the main control section.

That is, next to the boundary anchor over there.

The two men found him directly and tried to talk to him.

"Sir, did you tamper with the records on the repeater?" Mo Li asked directly.

Bernard's expression visibly stiffened, but he still forced himself to say, "...I don't understand what you're saying. Young people don't study, they just wander around aimlessly."

Mo Li took out a surveillance video and showed it to him, saying, "Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely."

Xingmei chimed in, "Turn over a new leaf and start anew."

Bernard watched the surveillance footage and sighed heavily: "Sigh! You little brats, you really give me a lot of trouble!"

I broke the record, but it was all for Rocky's own good! He was so lazy and irresponsible because of Leslie... and that's not all.

Not to mention you have absolutely no understanding of the situation, Leslie, she...

she......"

"Did something happen to her?" Xing asked.

Bernard shook his head and said, "No, she was unharmed, and she accepted Rocky's confession."

But they can't be together. If you think I'm the one causing this, you're wrong! You little brats, so clever for yourselves.

They can't be together...they can never be together!

Do you know why? No, you don't. Very few people understand what Starquake is all about...

If properly protected, starquakes will not cause physical harm to people.

However, the gravitational collapse caused by a starquake will cause a huge change in the time curvature of the star field.

To give an example, time in the star system where Leslie is located used to be a straight line, just like ours. But now, it has been compressed into a huge canyon by gravity.

Obviously, a curve is always longer than a straight line. Therefore, the time curve of her star system, when converted to our time line, will cover several times its length.

Do you know what this means?

"Oh, so that means that Rocky might have become the same age as the old man by then, but Leslie would still be the age she was at Starquake." Mo Li seemed to understand.

Bernard nodded and said, "Yes, that means our time flows are not the same as hers."

Since the Starquake, the time difference between Leslie and us will gradually increase. The time it takes for her to send a reply may change from one month to one year, or even ten years.

This applies not only to news, but to all her activities. Every month she traverses the galaxy before leaving the anomalous gravity environment will cost us decades of waiting.

If Rocky, including us, is living in the present moment, then...

So, relatively speaking, Leslie...

She is already living in the "future".

...I was once a young man too.

I think that being unable to be with someone you "should" be with, but "shouldn't," is far more cruel than being rejected.

Xing's expression changed from calm to somewhat indignant.

She said, "It shouldn't be up to you to decide!"

Bernard said, "So, you want to tell him the truth. But please tell me, what can he do?"

After learning the truth, Rocky had to wait dozens of times longer for a message that should have returned quickly.

He was simply living a lonely life in the present, waiting for the future with Leslie to come to him.

But how long will he live?

Perhaps when he grows old and becomes an old man like me, Leslie will finally return to the "Black Tower".

But so little time has passed through her life; perhaps she is still the same age she is now.

How could they be together back then?

Space can be transcended, but time is untouchable!

You are all too young...you don't yet know that anything in this world that requires waiting usually has no outcome.

After listening to his words, Xing remained steadfast in her belief: "I won't turn back until I hit a brick wall."

Bernard scoffed, "Hmph, young man. Originally, breaking records, damaging parts, and blaming the monster would have allowed Rocky to forever pin his hopes on the day the repeater would be repaired."

Now that you've lifted this veil, it's up to you to make the decision.

I have two signal translation records copied from the repeater, one in red and one in blue.

The Red Transcriber contains Leslie's true reply, but it also contains the truth about Starquake. To be honest, given Rocky's personality, even I can't predict what impulsive thing he'll do after knowing the truth.

The Blue Transcribing Record is my disguised record... Leslie will reject Rocky. Don't think this is cruel; Rocky won't have to wait for her reply anymore, and he'll still have a chance in life.

Let's call them the Red Truth and the Blue Lies for now, and you can choose which translated backup to give to him.

Here, think it over carefully. Rocky is still waiting for your news.

"Are you done talking?" Mo Li asked.

“Yes, that’s all,” Bernard said.

"So it turns out that from beginning to end, it was all your doing, based on mutual consent. I only have one question for you: what gives you the right to make decisions for others?" Mo Li's expression also turned indignant.

This was the first time Xing had ever seen Mo Li angry.

"I...I'm doing this for their own good..."

"Ha, you keep saying it's all for their own good, so you're just going to let Rocky wait alone, to let him silently give his all, to spend his whole life aimlessly waiting for one person?"

"If you had told him earlier, perhaps he would already be figuring out how to cross time to see Leslie."

I know the chances are slim, but at least let's not let the waiting be meaningless." As Mo Li said this, Bernard lowered his head.