Schrödinger of the Cat [Interstellar]

When the small spacecraft was finally ready to land, Xue Yi's interstellar voyage had lasted a full 67 days.Strictly speaking, this landing is not a standard landing, it can only be regarded as a docking, because their destination is a space fortress, not a natural planet.

The 67-day voyage made Xue Yi deeply appreciate the vastness of deep space.The real interstellar voyage is far from going through a wormhole and running several light-years away as described in science fiction. This time they only traveled two orbits inward from the edge orbit of the same star galaxy. It has been a long time.It is said that only the huge space fortress can use the space bridge to sail across the galaxy, and the duration of this type of voyage is generally calculated in units of years.

The real interstellar voyage is also full of a huge sense of distance. The starry sky outside the window still looks very far away. Xue Yi only saw a fortress that is relatively close once when the spaceship passed through the sixth orbit, and this so-called distance is relatively short. To the naked eye, it is just a little bit of the size of a bean.

During these 67 days, Xue Yi was not only shocked by the interstellar voyage, but also completed his study of the basic vocabulary of this world language, and also roughly understood some common sense of this world.

This is the origin galaxy of the empire, also known as the capital galaxy.The center of the galaxy is a pair of twin stars orbiting each other, and there are seven orbits of planets outside. The Kerr star they set off from is located on the seventh orbit of the outermost layer.In addition to a natural planet in each orbit, several fortresses are artificially stationed to ensure that all directions of the orbit can be closely guarded.As the outermost front line, 23 fortresses were even stuffed into the orbit of Kerr star.

The destination of their trip was Fortress 37 of Brahma Star, which is located in the fifth orbit. The numbers of the fortresses seemed to be random, and Xue Yi didn't find the pattern.

Speaking of numbering, the number calculation here also uses the decimal system, but the timing method is different from the earth.A day here is divided into sixteen hours, eight ten minutes per hour, and eighty seconds per minute.Ten days are a "week" and there is no concept of "month", probably because the origin planet "Emperor Star" has no natural satellites, and the calendar is often invented in ancient times according to the rotation and revolution cycle changes of the origin planet.In the same way, it takes 10 days for the Emperor Star to make one revolution, so this cycle is called a year in the Gregorian calendar.

Except for other natural planets with independent rotation and revolution, this set of timing units will be used on all spacecraft.The units of length and weight here are also slightly different from those of the earth, but fortunately, the difference from the metric system of the earth is not too much.

"Your Highness, we will dock within 15 minutes, and now we are going to turn off the gravity system." Amin knocked on the door of the reference room and entered.The black Maine Coon cat seemed to understand what she said, picked up the cub on the table, and followed Amin to the cockpit.

This was the first time Xue Yi was brought into the cockpit, and he saw four seats squeezed side by side in the narrow semicircular space, and the armrests of the first two seats were densely packed with monitors and buttons.The field of vision here is quite good. The curved transparent observation window extends from the front to the sides, allowing you to observe the huge space fortress outside in all directions.

Speaking of Battlestar, in Xue Yi's view, it is no different from a planet, except that it is not spherical but shaped like a conch.There are two small and pale light balls hanging in the black sky behind the space fortress. It seems that the distance here is much farther than the earth and the sun. Those two small light balls are the twin stars that Xue Yi is extremely curious about.

His Highness seemed not interested in these scenery at all, so he picked a seat and jumped on it, asking Amin to fasten the seat belt for it.Amin checked whether His Highness's seat belt was firmly fastened, then found a bag-like thing to wrap Xue Yi in, tied it tightly to His Highness's chest, and then returned to his seat.

"Ready." Amin reported after sitting down.

"Get ready." Coco and Vey, two girls who had already sat down, said at the same time.

"Turn off the gravity system." Amin raised his hand and clicked a few buttons while reporting, "Confirm the coordinates, the No. [-] engine is ready, and the No. [-] engine is ready...ready for docking."

Within a few seconds, Xue Yi felt weightless. Even though he was tied to His Highness's body and fixed very stably, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous—this was too similar to the feeling of falling suddenly, he was so nervous that he couldn't help stretching. The fingernails came out, and they were firmly grasping His Highness's body.

His Highness seemed very accustomed to the feeling of weightlessness, and did not respond to the sudden change at all. He just lowered his head and glanced at the cub in his arms, and licked the top of his head twice to express his comfort.

The weightlessness lasted for a long time, and Xue Yi gradually calmed down, and began to have the mood to pay attention to the details of the docking.Due to the operation of the engines in several directions, the spaceship vibrated slightly, and he could see through the observation window that the spaceship was turning and slowly approaching the tip of the "snail shell".There were dozens of pillars stretching out there, and several spaceships came in and out, reminding him of the hub tower he had seen before.

Soon, the spacecraft "landed" on one of the pillars, and the magnetic buckle fixed the spacecraft, and quickly transported the entire hull along the track to the fortress.

"Gravity Zone No. [-], Central Avenue [-]... Uh," Amin silently glanced at His Highness, and ordered the voice terminal, "Gravity Zone No. [-], College Street Platform."

The spaceship was moving extremely fast on the orbit, Xue Yi felt his body gradually getting heavier, and guessed that the gravity distribution in this fortress should be uneven, and the "No. [-] Gravity Zone" that Amin mentioned should be their goal land.

The rail transportation is orderly and efficient. Seeing the vehicles gradually increasing outside the window, Xue Yi became excited again.Soon, he felt his weight returned to normal, and the electronic voice announced that the No. [-] gravity zone had arrived.Immediately afterwards, light began to pass through the huge channel carrying the track, and then the light gradually occupied the entire field of vision.Xue Yi stretched his neck desperately, and looked at the side observation window.

The orbit they are in now is enclosed in a huge transparent tube, and only some spaceships are running here.Below them, the intricate track was just like what he had seen on the planets he lived on before, with various vehicles of various sizes flowing on it, and the lowest layer was a series of buildings and lush flowers and trees.

Looking up slightly, you can see that there is a huge mechanical structure in the sky here, and a luminous body like a small sun is inlaid in it. Far behind the small sun, you can vaguely see the other two "earths". The places where they are located form a triangle with each other, enclosing the little sun in the middle.

The spaceship finally docked on a huge ring-shaped platform. When the three of them went back to the room to pack their luggage, Xue Yi and His Highness lay on the observation window and looked out.

This place is a bit different from the planet he used to stay on. Although there are orbits all over the sky, the greenery here is mainly lawns and neatly trimmed ornamental plants.There are also many human beings coming and going on the ground, and Xue Yi even saw human-powered vehicles like bicycles...or maybe fitness tools.

An empty rail car stopped at the crossing closest to the spaceship. Two men in light armor alighted from the car. They stood expressionlessly on the left and right at the door of the empty rail car, as if they were bodyguards or something.Just as Xue Yi was thinking about the origins of these two people, Amin and the two girls had packed up.Vey held the cub in his arms, and Amin held His Highness firmly in his arms, and then opened the hatch.

The temperature outside the door is pleasant, the air is fresh, and there seems to be a bit of a breeze, and soft nature music is playing on the platform. If it weren't for the different scenery in the "sky", Xue Yi would think this is a resort with beautiful scenery.

A group of people walked towards the empty rail car where the bodyguards stood outside the door. When they got there, Amin told one of them: "Go and drive His Highness's spaceship back to the central avenue. This is permission. Come back in the afternoon." Handing over a bracelet, the bodyguard took it, saluted respectfully, and watched everyone get in the car and close the door, then turned and walked towards the spaceship.The other bodyguard stood quietly the whole time, and didn't get into the driver's seat until everyone sat down.

Xue Yi observed all this silently, thinking that the identities of Amin Keke and Wei Yi might be more complicated than he imagined... Wait, what did Amin just say?Your Highness's spaceship? ...His Royal Highness?

Very good, now he can be sure that the one whose identity is not simple is probably really this black Maine Coon cat.I really don't know who the master of His Highness is, who would equip a cat with a private battleship and hire three people as cat slaves for it.Judging from the title of Your Highness, it shouldn't be the royal cat of the royal family, right?

Xue Yi began to play out in his mind a story about a royal cat traveling and then meeting a miserable little kitten fleeing on the border planet, he even forgot to watch the scenery along the way.

The empty rail car drove all the way along College Street, passed various schools standing on both sides at high speed, drove into a high-end residential area, and finally stopped in a not too big courtyard.This small courtyard is located on the edge of the top platform of a high-rise building, and there are no higher platforms or buildings around it, so the lighting and scenery are excellent.

There is a small two-story building in the courtyard. It doesn't look very big, and it only occupies a very small part of the courtyard.A large area of ​​the courtyard is planted with various trees, almost forming a small forest. There are many climbing toys interspersed in the middle, and it is obvious at a glance that they are prepared for cats.

Sure enough, even if His Highness is a cat, it is still a high-end, high-grade, high-consumption cat. Not only does it have a private spaceship, but it also has a villa of its own.

When a group of people walked into the small building, His Highness immediately jumped from Amin's arms to the ground, and looked back at Vey. Seeing this, Vey gently placed the cub in his arms on the floor beside His Highness, and said nervously: " I'm going to clean up right now—" Amin and Keke sniggered beside them, but they didn't stop, and went to work on their own.

Seeing the performance of the three humans, His Highness seemed very satisfied, shook the tip of his tail, and began to take Xue Yi for a walk in the small building.

Most of the first floor of the small building is the high-ceilinged living room, a circle of soft sofas surrounds a huge light screen that covers the entire wall, and the gorgeous chandelier on the roof looks a bit strange—the hanging part of the chandelier clearly forms a A series of huge cat aerial platforms are combined with the climbing frame on the ground. An adult cat can climb up to the second floor through the chandelier without hindrance.

On the left of the living room are the dining room and kitchen, on the right are the study and the gym, and there is an indoor swimming pool outside the gym.Xue Yi looked at the swimming pool speechlessly, thinking that the owner of His Highness is a bit cute. It is almost common sense that cats are afraid of water, and he doesn't know what this indoor swimming pool is used for.

There are four bedrooms lined up along the corridor on the second floor of the small building, each bedroom has its own bathroom, and the layout is a bit like that in a small spaceship.At the end of the corridor was a huge double door. His Highness walked forward leisurely, pushed gently with his paw, and the door opened.This house is probably the master bedroom of the small building. Facing the door is the whole wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. On the left hand side is a large round bed surrounded by high and low piles of flower stands. The whole corner is full of greenery; The desk and the bathroom are a bit too standard compared to the bed. Probably this is the place used by the owner of His Highness, rather than designed to please a cat.

His Highness walked under the bed with steady steps, and walked around the surrounding plants, like a lion king patrolling his territory.Seemingly satisfied with what he saw, he turned around and stared at the cub following him, as if asking "what do you think of my house".

Xue Yi sat silently on the spot, not knowing how to respond to this incomparably rich cat, he could only mutter in his heart: His Highness's master is not in this small building at the moment, I don't know if there is another place to live. It looks very clean, as if it has been cleaned all the time, but it is a little too clean, and it doesn't look like someone lives there.

But when you think about it, you know that such a rich person is probably very busy, and he will not fix his life around a cat, even if he spends a lot of time on this cat.

The author has something to say:

_(:з」∠)_There are a lot of things in this chapter, but it doesn’t really affect the plot

It's just Xi's personal obsessive-compulsive disorder...