Chapter 2

The next day, the sky was as clear as the sky, and the desert was like a rolling yellow silk, stretching to the end of the sky Opal was debugging a small harvester when he called out to ractor, "where are you going?"

He was a tall man in opal's overalls. The miner's suit showed his clean ankles and his sleeves were a little shorter than his wrist.

"I'll find a place to live." He said.

Opal came over and said, "do you have money? What to eat? "

Raikker: No, try again

Opal: if you don't eat, you will starve to death in the rock mountain! Don't go

He was determined to go, so opal had to pack some food, pack a blanket for ractor, and follow him out. They left the village and walked in the Rocky Mountains.

Ractor takes a look at E7.

"My mother made it when she was alive," opal explained

"Was your mother forced to land on this planet?" Lecter said

Opal nodded, remembering what she had told herself before she died - Opal, leave this planet and go to the vast universe to find the meaning of his life.

But he had no money. He had only a destroyed spaceship left by his mother, the tools and materials for maintenance, and the businessmen who came to ChiYan B11 from opal had inquired about it. With his current ability, he could not afford to dig a mine all his life. There may be a lot of secrets about this man. His life capsule is something he has never seen before. Can he take himself away?

Why did Lex come here with all his wounds? Where's his capsule? A myriad of questions filled opal's mind, and he remembered that the day when ractor's body recovered, the capsule disappeared without a sound.

"What is this place?" 'asked ractor, after half a day's walking.

"Red beds." "The mine has been dug out and there are many caves in the mountains," opal said. How long are you going to stay here? "

With no rescue capsule and no spaceship, is Rickert going to spend her life here like opal's mother? Opal looked at ractor in his miner's uniform. He looked stronger than any other miner, and might be able to do many jobs.

Lecter looked down from a cliff and seemed satisfied with it.

"I had a fight with a tough guy near C47." Rex frowned slightly in the dry dust of the rock wind and motioned opal to follow him: "then I lost and almost died in his hands. Thanks to the supernova explosion there, I escaped. "

"What is a supernova explosion?" opal asked

"It's a dramatic change before the end of a star's life. It goes through a red giant or a white dwarf, and finally bursts out, distorting the surrounding space and possibly forming a black hole."

Opal was confused and asked, "where is it?"

"30 million light-years away, I made a space jump in time to get here," raikker said

Opal asked, "where's your ship? Is it destroyed? "

Rex pondered for a moment, as if it was difficult to answer, and finally said, "for now, yes."

Opal thought for a moment. He put forward a bold idea and said, "will you repair the spaceship? I have an abandoned spaceship. I think if you can repair it Wait

As he walked in the wind, he found an abandoned mine cave, breathed his breath, and seemed to have turned a deaf ear to opal's proposal. He looked at the mine and asked, "where do you want to go?"

Opal shrugged and said, "I didn't think about it."

"I'm not going to overhaul the ship," raikker said

Opal sighed.

Rex was very pleased with the place and began to clean up the mine. And opal remembers what Lecter said before he went to bed last night.

"What is a slave?" Opal suddenly asked, "you say, I am a slave, what will happen to the boss of this planet?"

"In this universe, every intelligent life is equal, and they have their inherent freedom. But a small number of people oppress other people for their own interests and ask them to serve themselves without any principles. For example, your work, whether you want to or not, must be done. You can't leave. This is slavery. "

"It violates the principles of the interstellar labor law, but the slave owners of this galaxy are smart enough not to imprison you with violence, but to restrict all workers by using the isolation of trade, material conditions and the planet itself."

"The ticket price is skyrocketing. You can only dig for him for a lifetime, so you are not free."

Opal got it.

My body is imprisoned, but my heart is free, opal thought.

Lakert's dark blue eyes fixed on him, and there was a peeping look in his deep pupils.

"How can I be free?" Asked opal.

"Fight, fight, fight, fight, bleed and sacrifice," rakert said

"I can't fight," opal said"Then, you're going to be a miner for a lifetime," raikker said

Rakert removed the metal supporting the inside of the mine. With great strength, he removed a lot of supports lightly. He took it out of the mine and looked at the materials at hand, as if thinking about how to use them.

The yellow sand was rolling on the ground, and the red rock bed of ﹣ had a desolate breath. His cloth robe was flying in the wind full of yellow sand. Opal said to him, "can you help me?"

Lecter looked at him and opal said, "I mean, teach me how to get out of here. I don't have a ship to use, and I don't have money."

"When you start thinking about it, you're already trying to help yourself. Why don't you go on with it?" rakert said casually

Opal seemed to understand something.

What he said had a great impact on him, as if a ray of light was injected into his chaotic consciousness. Opal vaguely felt that he would be an important person to change his life, and he could not be allowed to leave.

After a long time:

"I am a star knight." Rex sat down on a stone and said seriously, "now I have to tell you formally that I need your help, opal."

Opal puzzled: "what is the star knight?"

He looked at the man in front of him. His eyebrows were thick and his skin was white. When he sat upright, he was as tall as a mountain. His nose was high and his lips were warm. His eyes were like stars in the sky. They were clean and spotless.

Ractor thought for a second and said, "help me get out of here."

Opal, if you can lend me the ship, you can take the initiative

Ractor shook his head and said, "no, I don't need a spaceship, just energy, a lot of energy. Can you manage to get me the rhodopyrite? About half a million units of energy. "

Opal was startled and said, "I can't do it!"

"Then I'll figure it out for myself. Please don't tell anyone about my presence here," he said

Opal said, "I'll try. That's all you want?"

Ractor thought for a moment and said, "I still need water and food. In return, I'd like to teach you something."

Opal was stunned. After a moment, he asked, "teach me what?"

"It depends on your qualifications, there's no way to commit at the moment," said raikker. Do you know Chinese characters? I think your E7 can read information magazines. You should know words. "

Opal immediately nodded: "yes, my mother taught me, I'll find you a spar mine, and I'll try my best."

Rickett pointed to the cave and said, "I'll be here for a while. You can come and see me at any time."

Rex stayed in the cave, while opal went back to his hut. He put the E7 on the table and thought for a long time. The bell rang, and the miners came out of the place and followed the tunnel to work.

Opal was wearing a helmet, and his headlights lit up the dimly lit underground space.

"Do you know?" Opal said to his partner Locke, "we are slaves."

"Yes, money and material slaves," Locke said absently

Opal asked, "have you ever thought about leaving here one day?"

Locke replied, "of course, save enough money and go."

"I don't have enough money." Some people echoed: "it's said that the prices outside are becoming more and more expensive. I don't know who I'm working for and who I'm working for. I'm so busy working that I can't even afford a pass. What can you do? Dig the mine honestly. "

"Opal." A tall, thin man came up and asked, "how much money have you saved?"

This man is the leader of their mining team. There are five people in the team, including Opal and Locke. The miners live and die together. Because of the collapse, explosion and other accidents, the whole team is often trapped in it. Each team is a special group, and their feelings are more profound than others.

But not long ago, two old miners suffered from serious underground diseases, so they had no way to participate in the cave operation and had to wait outside to pull the mine. The foreman didn't regroup them, using the remaining three man team as five. So there are opal, Locke and Oman as the captain. The powerful opal is responsible for cutting minerals, while Locke and Oman are loaded and transported.

Oman has a sister named Anya. She is responsible for making bread and doing some work for many people. Oman's only wish is to buy a boat ticket and send her sister away, so that she will not suffer with them on this planet. After all, she is 16 years old.

"150000 units of energy." "What's the matter?" opal said without raising his head

Locke asked, "Oman, do you want to raise money to buy a ticket?"

"I heard businessmen say that there are many places in ChiYan Galaxy inviting waiters. They like to have people come to order and carry dishes. Anya can also sing. I want her to apply for a pass, buy a boat ticket, and go to scarlet to find a job," Oman said

Locke said, "the ticket is 800000 now. How many do you have?"

"You have only 200000 energy units, Oman," opal saidAman nodded and Locke said, "how are you going to give it back to us?"

"Anya said she would also like to stay on the scarlet star if she could find a job, work to earn money, save money and send someone to bring it to us," Oman said

Locke whispered: "it's said that all the people who leave B-11 must sign a contract first. They can't contact the people here, and they can't tell the story here. Is it true?"

Aman said, "no way! She's my sister! Where did you hear that? "

Opal uses a magnetic drilling machine to buzz and vibrate against the wall of the mine, shaking down the raw rubbingite ore. Locke pushes the harvester to load it in the back. Opal has been thinking about what the alien visitor, the man, said all day.

The magnetic drill is stuck.

"Be careful!" The foreman slapped opal on the head and roared rudely, "you can't afford to sell it."

Oman immediately blocked the foreman's hand and said, "I'll pay attention. Don't hit my team!"

Opal looks at the foreman angrily. Locke apologizes and signals opal to move on.

"You're still not enough," Locke said as he walked

"Yes, not enough." "Or wait a few years," Oman said absently

When the mine tunnel was opened, soil fell from his head, and opal was relieved.

"The mines here are finished." Opal said, "Oman, how much do you need altogether?"

"Change direction." Locke looked down at the map.

"If we put it all together, a million energy units might be enough," Oman said. I heard businessmen say that they have to pay an introduction fee to work on the scarlet planet. If you don't find a job agency, maybe it can be cheaper. Forget it. Think about it in a few years. "

At noon, several miners gathered at a place to have a rest, have lunch and exchange their work progress. Someone dug up a body in the deep of the new mine. It was a worker who died in the pit collapse a long time ago.

The planet was about to be hollowed out, and they had to explore along the once dangerous terrain.

Opal has been thinking about the 500000 units of energy needed by ractor, 500000, one kilogram of high-grade rhyolite is a ten point energy unit, and ractor needs 50 tons of purified energy from the ore.

So much energy, where are you going to inject it? He has a load?

Before the sun goes down, opal pulls a car of ore out of the tunnel, which contains the mine he left behind - B11 star tube is not strict, after all, there are mines that can't be hidden anywhere. Finally, they have to be taken out to exchange materials, and the overweight ore can't be carried away. In such a barren planet, in addition to ore is ore, even metal can not be extracted, can you make a spaceship escape?

He came back early today. The sky was clear and there was no sign of dust storm. He pulled the truck out of the miner's village and went to the abandoned mine cave in the red rock bed.

"Ractor." Cried opal.

When he came out of the cave, opal gave him a bottle of water and a piece of black bread.

"There's a way out?" he said

"I only have this crystal on hand, but how do I convert it into energy?" opal said

"I'll teach you. Come with me," Lecter said

There is a strange thing in the cave. It is less than half a meter high. It is like a stove. The wires of the cave are thrown on the ground, revealing the core.

"I've seen this," opal said

He did see it in his mother's spaceship, but he didn't know its purpose.

"It's called an atomic furnace, and it dissolves the ore and turns it into universal energy," he said

"And what is this?" Opal looked curiously at a round box about the size of a palm. Ractor immediately said, "don't touch it."

The sixteen wires on the atomic furnace are directly connected to the circular box.

"It's called the heart of the universe." "I'll explain it to you in the future," he said

"I'll help you." Opal and Lecter work together to pour the crystal in. Ractor activates a button. The crystal tumbles, smashes, and the slag sinks to the bottom. The high-purity crystal is then polymerized into a small energy crystal.

The red light on the crystal flickered away and was completely emptied. The edge of the round box lit up a weak light.

"Three percent." "There's a long way to go in the future," raikker said

"It's all my property," opal said

Lecter looked at him without saying anything. Opal was not distressed by the decomposition of his ore. on the contrary, it was a matter of achievement to help him, as if it was his goal - to determine the goals that could be achieved and quantified.

"How much is needed?" Asked opal.

"It's about 70 percent," he said

Opal said, "and then what happens?"

"This is part of my ship, which is equivalent to an energy pool. When it reaches 70 percent of its energy storage, it will automatically convert mass and energy to repair the damaged parts, and I can leave here," he saidOpal said in surprise, "do you still have a spaceship? Where is it? "

"When there's enough energy, I'll show you," he said

Opal did not doubt his words and nodded.

"What is the transformation of quality and energy?" Asked opal.

They sat in front of the cave and shared opal's supper. Lakert broke bread absently and said:

"the mutual transformation of mass and energy originates from a constant axiom in ancient physics. Just like you burn wood, you can emit light and heat, and radiate constantly around. The mass is consumed and becomes disordered heat. Similarly, pure energy can be transformed into matter as long as certain conditions are satisfied. Three hundred thousand units of energy, enough to be converted into what's needed to repair the ship's shell, inner core, etc. Two hundred thousand units of energy allow it to continue sailing. "

Opal nodded and said, "you know so much."

Lecter looked at Opal and said, "this is the rudimentary knowledge of the interstellar union school. After you leave here, you can find a place to go to school. Education is compulsory throughout the universe."

Opal said, "will the Star Alliance school let me in?"

"I think it will," he said

Opal sighed and reluctantly ate. He lay on the rock bed and looked at the starry sky overhead.

The night sky was full of stars, and they were lying side by side. Opal remembered what ractor had said yesterday and asked, "you said you are a star knight. What is that?"

"I don't know what a star knight is, and I'm confused," he murmured, looking at the stars

Opal:

"You say these stars." As like as two peas, there are so many questions about opal. In the past many years, he has never had a question to ask and answer. At the moment, like a child of a teacher, he asked curiously, "are they exactly the same as ours?"

"No Ractor laughed and said, "of course not. Two identical gravel will never be found in the desert, nor will two identical stars be found in the universe."

"What are they like?" opal asked

"Blue, gold, orange." "Luminous, non luminous, some stars burn themselves, we call them stars..."

Opal said, "I know that the one that doesn't shine is called a planet. Not all planets have life."

Ractor nodded slowly. Opal said with a smile, "my mother taught me that."

"You know a lot. There are many places in the universe where there are very dense stars, called black holes. You can't see them, you can only feel their gravity," he praised. There is also a kind of matter called dark energy, which can't even be turned into matter. It's just a projection formed by a mass object in a higher dimensional universe in our four-dimensional space. The place where dark energy gathers is empty. There is nothing there, but space will bend under the effect of this projection, thus producing gravity. "

Opal did not understand at all: "what? What is that? "

"On your left, the most shining star is vcu07," he said, without further explanation

Opal nodded in confusion. Ractor got up and went into the cave. He took out a transparent crystal plate, pressed a button, and made a beep. On the edge of the crystal plate, there were small words: x337, y160, z19, γ - B11. And then there's a long series of numbers.

"The numbers in front represent the planet's position in the universe, gamma B-11 is its name, and the last number is the current point in time," he said

"In interplanetary travel, each planet is located in three dimensions, plus a time coordinate. So this is a map of self positioning stars, try putting it in front of your eyes

Opal held up the crystal plate. The blue lines crisscrossed and divided the starry sky into many small areas. The stars visible to the naked eye turned into a star map. Each star has a name tag.

"I've been to a lot of places." "We've even been in a few stars. Some planets are covered with plants, some are forever shrouded in lightning and thunder, some have been raining all the time, and others are covered with water, just like a water drop in space. "

Opal listened to him, and ractor said, "like the stars around Sirius, there are six planets suitable for survival. The creatures on them are strange and they are all wild civilizations. They are eight thousand light-years away. "

Opal said, "what does light year mean?"

"It's a unit of length, and you don't understand it yet," raikker said

Opal listened with relish and said, "say something else."

"The Milky way is two million light-years from here, and in one of its spiral arms there is an Perseid galaxy, where civilization is highly developed, and the planets around this star system form a republic, which is regulated by the Council," he said

Opal heard a lot of strange words, but without asking questions one by one, he remembered blindly, "the residents of the Republic only need to do a very small amount of work to support themselves. They have good social welfare and rich material resources. If you live there, you can get up every day and drink fresh grass cow milk. The development of science and technology doesn't even need your hands. Just say a word, or connect the brain wave capture device, there will be robots to solve everything for you. "Opal said, "what do they do?"

"Entertainment, indulging in art and philosophy, looking for the ultimate state of the development of intelligent biological civilization."

"I don't understand," opal said. Do they have money without doing anything? What if someone gets sick? "

"People who are sick are taken care of by robots. Those who want to work can accumulate wealth by working. Those who don't want to work can enjoy the welfare of the government as long as they complete a small amount of labor quota. Perfect laws bind everyone, such as the interstellar Charter of human rights - a law that the Empire and the Republic must abide by. "

"It respects the right of every intelligent life to exist, and as long as it is in the Republic, it should not be oppressed, at least superficially, officials claim."

Opal said, "is B-11 in the Republic? Why don't we have such good treatment? "

"It's because it's so far away that no one has found out why?" he asked

"Yes," he replied

"If they know." Opal frowned.

"It's a gamble, maybe you can buy the court with money, or maybe it doesn't work, or maybe - all the miners on the planet are killed," rakert replied

Opal was quiet for a long time, and neither of them spoke.

Opal asked again, "what else? Tell me more. "

"On the other side of the universe, 35 million light-years away from the Milky way, there's a Leo galaxy, which is made up of three galaxies, one of which is called M66, which also has a highly developed civilization. It is led by an authoritarian organization, which dominates nearly 300 billion stars, and is called empire. They believe that there is only one God in the universe and ask for his guidance

"They live a long life and pursue the same philosophy of art and religion. Star bards and singers only sing for the gods. The emperors of the Golden Lion Republic hold a celebration every five years, inviting performers from many small countries to the stage."

"This emperor was assassinated 70 years ago, involving some dark forces, and some believe it is a conspiracy to stir up unrest," said rakert

"In addition to empires and republics, there are many small countries that are scattered in the middle of the galaxy, forming their own civilization system and social rules," said Lecter. For example, the Ares system known as mercenaries It's very late. I'll give you this chart. You can have a look at it when you go back. "

"It's something important to you, right?" opal said

"Don't mention it. You saved my life. You need to give you much more. I'm not the one who likes to say thank you. Take it and don't let others see it."

Opal said, "no, no, I didn't save you for your reward."

Lecter was quiet, and he looked at opal for a long time, as if looking through him at another man.

Opal laughed and said, "you..."

"Get back to rest," Rickett waved

Opal said, "I'll come tomorrow. I'll try to bring you more ore

"The premise is to protect yourself."

Opal took the board, walked backwards, and said, "thank you. You told me a lot."

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