Chapter 23

Opal opens the map and reads the notes of the South Gate double star.

The journey from Rembrandt to nammen2 was 43 hours. Mrs. Anta returned to her bedroom to have a rest. Opal and Raymond sat in front of the console. Opal whispered, "have you ever been to a charity fundraiser? What does she mean? "

Raymond: No

Opal: what is divorce

Ramon looked at Opal and said a moment later, "ask her yourself."

Opal waved his hand and said, "forget it."

Ramon squinted and slept in a swivel chair. The maid came out with a wire and said, "gentlemen, Mrs. Anta would like to have an afternoon tea in the living room."

Raymond closed his eyes and said, "please help her."

The maid turns on a device, the wire unfolds into a disc, floats off the ground, and she shakes the tablecloth aside to lay it on. Take out a hanging lamp from the tool basket on the arm and hang it on the hook of the inner cabin. The light shines on the cabin. Opal watched her behavior curiously all the time and asked, "this lamp has a good light."

"This is my hometown, the sunshine of Andromeda stars." Mrs. Anta came out of her bedroom, sat down at the round table, and said, "when you are old, you often miss your hometown. In a few years, you'd better go home and live comfortably."

Madame Anta had changed her dress, and the maid poured hot water into her glass, and the petals floated in it.

"Have a drink?" Asked Madame Anta.

Raymond moved his left hand, indicating that he would not go. Opal himself went over and asked, "what is divorce?"

Mrs. Anta opened a book in her hand and said slowly, "divorce is the end of a normal marriage. Marriage is the grave of love, and divorce is a rebirth."

Opal nodded vaguely. Anta sighed and said, "now there are not many people in the Republic who are married, and there are fewer and fewer people who are in love."

"Why?" opal asked

Anta regretfully said: "the cost is too high, marriage is a life-long thing. In the silver age before the light era, the average life span of human beings was only 80 years. From childhood, marriage only needed to be together for 60 years."

Opal thought of his life span, perhaps only this short 80 years, not only he, should be the majority of mercenaries.

"The black iron age after the light age." "After the development of gene technology, 200 years, 300 years or even longer life expectancy, the long years make people no longer want to maintain a strong marriage. There are more things to do in addition to getting married. The price of marriage is too high. Once you find a spouse, it's very difficult to stay together forever for the next two or three hundred years," Anta said

She smiles at opal, who suddenly finds that she is still beautiful, with a certain aesthetic feeling of her age.

"You know a lot." Said opal.

"I am a historian." Mrs. Anta said, "you can be your grandmother already."

Opal thought for a moment and said, "do you know Azeroth?"

Anta nodded thoughtfully and said, "I met him when I was a girl. Azeroth is a man of great taste. He makes your mother star..."

"I'm not from Ares," opal said

Anta nodded and said seriously: "he likes the retro cultural style, selectively introduces science and technology, and maintains a certain feature of the mercenary country, which has been eroded by science in many galaxies. It's a kind of It's called a product of planetary culture. "

Opal understood a little, and ractor had mentioned it. He took a sip of tea and asked, "what's this in your hand?"

"The earliest books." Anta handed the book to him and said, "before the light age, the work of a poet in the golden age of the earth, this is a burned edition."

Like a child, opal flipped over a few pages. Like his report material, it was copied on paper.

Anta looked at Opal and opened the book: "now the carrier of information in the universe has changed, so have the people. Not many people are willing to patiently experience love. They all take sex as the starting point and buy a dream machine and fantasy movement to fulfill all human desires. To reproduce offspring, you need to submit a few cells to the life gene company, extract a few chromosomes, find the mother, pair, and pay a small fee. Sometimes the government will give you subsidies to help you raise your offspring in order to increase the birth rate. "

"Well, I know it's a good thing that females don't have to go through childbirth anymore," opal said

Anta nodded and regretfully said: "this pattern has resulted in gender equality in the big universe Star Alliance, and homosexual Union has also been recognized, which has promoted the development of the whole era. It also makes the love of the common people die out in the interstellar space. Love and marriage become luxury goods linked with politics and money Only legeson is still singing about love in archaic times. These poems are handed down from the golden age It's been around for a long time... "

Opal said: "madam, but there is still love in liexing, such as a guy I know called spanner and his girlfriend..."

Anta smiles and says, "and my husband, he used to have one."Opal said, "well, I don't mean to offend, but it is."

"I have a book that you can read if you like," Anta said

The maid went in and brought out a book. It was a theory of interstellar love written by a scholar of the Republic. Opal turned over a few pages, and the writing was a little obscure. "I love reading this paper book, and I'm not used to the electronic holographic media that you young people use," Anta said

Opal: what's the main point

"It describes the polarization of love and marriage in the interstellar civilization. In some uncivilized primitive places, it may be born or attracted by the same sex. Until the middle level of society, love gradually disappears, and then to the top of the pyramid, the rich regard it as a kind of entertainment game," Anta said

Opal nodded slowly, remembering that on B-11, the miners were a group of people separated from the interstellar civilization. Love was everywhere, like one eyed Ugo and his wife.

"My genes are not perfect." "My mother gave me birth like a primitive planet," opal said

Finally, the child's spiritual home is a good thing

"Thank you." "You are very wise," opal said

Anta smiles and stops speaking. Opal takes the book and sits down in front of the console and reads it carefully. The author of this book, herocos, mentioned that love is affected by hormones, and then proposed the uniqueness of love for individuals.

Through multi-ethnic observation and analysis, herocos believes that the original code of "sex love" for the purpose of reproduction has been gradually diluted in human genes. Instead, there is a higher level of love, which is the emotional support between individuals who are attracted to each other regardless of gender, looking for the same kind, and completing the transformation from lonely individuals to accompanying each other.

This kind of love tends to admire and resonate with the deep soul, aiming to accompany each other. In the process, it will also be expressed through the direct means of sex, to show that each other is frank and give up their last reservation.

The influence of science and technology on the primitive feelings of intelligent individuals has reached a higher level. The indifference and friendship of love may lead to the destruction of human race, or the establishment of a new emotional relationship

Opal gave Raymond a look.

He thinks that the book is very reasonable. Recalling his previous life, he does not know what Anta has to miss her mother star. At least, opal himself has no special dependence on the ChiYan galaxy. Maybe it's because she hasn't been a miner.

In those days, he had few real friends, only some workers. Their goal was to save their own money to buy a boat ticket and live a new life. It was not until he arrived at ares that he felt the friendship between the mercenaries. No matter how long he dug the mine or chatted for many days, he could not get back the friendship. He felt the feeling of mutual trust through life and death.

The innkeeper said that he would fall in love with this place one day. Maybe he would never forget the feeling of living and dying together.

Raymond is a good comrade in arms. They fight for the task together

Opal's mind was filled with wild thoughts, and he flipped page after page. The book was very thin. He read it all afternoon, and finally put it on his face and fell asleep.

Six hours later, opal woke up again and heard the maid frying eggs in the warehouse. He even brought a lot of daily necessities. Mrs. Anta was laying the table and said, "children, eat."

Raymond yawned, put down his foot on the console and came to eat.

"Madame, do you know the star knight?" Opal suddenly thought of this. Madame Anta bowed her head and cut a piece of steak and said casually, "yes. The epic heroes of the dark age have become legends, but many stories point to the fact that they do exist

She knows! Opal was shocked. He tried his best not to show it. He asked, "what kind of a star knight is?"

"Not so much as people." "What kind of organization are they?" Mrs. Anta said

"The beginning of the ten thousand years of the light age is the Bronze Age in history, and the legend of the star Temple exists in the dark period after the end of the bronze age." Mrs. Anta sipped the iris wine and said in a trance: "this part of history is due to the fact that technology has reached the peak since human beings explored the universe, and robots have become new productivity..."

Raymond stopped and squinted, as if interested in this.

"Do you know the life like body?" Raymond said.

Anta nodded and said, "some man-made life cloned from human cells and equipped with control chips have been strongly protested by the Star Alliance ethics Association, but the interstellar community insists on adopting this method. After all, robots have no thirst for knowledge, and they can't think sensibly, and the human brain can learn a lot. "

Opal remembered that lequet had also mentioned this period of history. He asked, "is it called the intellectual revolution?"

Anta praised: "in the intellectual revolution, science and technology almost replaced all people's lives at that time. As long as human beings use a spine chip to control artificial life, artificial life controls machinery, and even robots are not needed in the back, so the cost of repair and maintenance is too high. Artificial life is based on genetics and biological cell culture technology, they can be self-sufficient and create wealth, until these quasi life bodies set off a revolution to replace human beings and become the ruler of the food chain of the universe. ""This revolution lasted for nearly a hundred years and plunged human society into a long darkness."

"They were all destroyed in the end," opal said

"Yes, the consequences of the revolution were very serious. The interstellar community was divided into Empire and Republic. At this time, some surveillance center sent their emissaries," Anta said

"They ended the revolution, destroyed all artificial life, and restored the order of the universe to a state of balance between chaos and order."

"Next, the human race fell into introspection. The whole universe is still in a mess, and then for nearly a thousand years, many valuable historical data have been lost and faults have appeared in the era. Then, with the help of star knights, the interstellar civilization gradually restored order, and the remaining clone lab was eradicated

"Since then, intelligent robots will no longer be developed. Many galaxies have begun to pursue returning to nature, and seeking the coexistence of humanity and technology, which is what we see now. The joint scientific research organization of the universe advocates the coexistence of human nature and progress, and no longer relies on science and technology excessively. "

"One more thing about the star Knight legend is that the founder of the Empire, the first Leo emperor, mentioned that they came from a place called the star sanctuary. It is said that it is the central axis of the whole universe, but because of the limitation of the expansion coefficient of the universe, the space will show some strange characteristics when it is close to the center point. After leaving the star gate, it is almost impossible to reach by the power system of the spacecraft alone. "

Raymond, who had been listening quietly, suddenly said, "now there is a spaceship with its own transition function."

"Yes, some people have tried to find it in recent years. Although the Republic has not said so on its face, I believe there must be exploration plans linked to it. And the biggest problem is - there's no star map. " "Nobody knows where it is," Anta said. Many people are still adamant that the star Knight does exist. It's not just a legend. "

"Is the star Knight strong?" Asked opal.

"It's hard to define." "Their aim is to keep the order of the stars, and maybe they have some special abilities. Legends are invincible, of course, only in legends," Anta said

"Compared with Azeroth?" opal said

Anta laughed, shook his head slowly, and finally said, "maybe even better than uncle. I always thought he was a normal person

"Do you think what she said is true?"

After dinner, opal and Raymond were sleeping in the swivel chair. Raymond had been thinking about something. He was a little distracted. Opal patted him on the shoulder. Raymond said, "what?"

Opal said, "dark age, star knight and so on..."

Ramon said casually, "maybe, do you want to lie down and sleep? Take a quilt and cover it

Opal shook his head and said, "she knows so much."

"Historians." Raymond said, "it's normal to live for hundreds and thousands of years."

Opal said: "she also makes people feel I like it very much. I'm very interested in chatting with her... "

"Good temperament." Raymond said.

"Why doesn't her husband like her?" opal said

Raymond said, "how do I know? Don't love it, I never understand you I don't understand these things. Are you going to marry her? "

"Of course not." Opal can't cry and laugh. Love and marriage seem to be far away from him. He asked, "do you have anyone you like?"

"I've told you, No." Raymond replied, not wanting to.

Opal said again, "do you have the idea of marriage?"

Raymond said, "no more."

Opal shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking about it. He took a quilt and went to bed. He closed his eyes. While meditating, he felt Ramon staring at him. He opened his eyes in confusion and asked, "what?"

Raymond didn't answer. He seemed to be asleep.

After arriving at malluca, which is the fashion capital of the third spiral arm of the galaxy, the eyes behind opal's sunglasses are gaping. Madame Anta is familiar with the way and takes them to the clothing city of malluca star after leaving the tarmac.

There were gorgeous and jewelled men and women everywhere. Mrs. Anta stood in a clothing store and said, "I'm going to put on my best clothes and meet my new rival."

"Oh, dear." A male designer said softly, "I think you are very good. Now there are not many women who can put on the long skirts designed by Mr. Maha viper

Opal and Raymond stood on the other side, picked up a long skirt from the hanger, and the holographic price tag floated out - 300000 credit points.

Raymond: --

Opal:

"She could actually buy a universal memory cloth." "Buy another e-fashion magazine and let the sewing robot input the Star Internet code according to the style above, and you can directly make ready-made clothes. Next time you need to change the style, let the robot remove the original clothes..."

Raymond said: "I want one and I can't afford it. There are only two kinds of people in the world who wear hand-made clothes. Rich people play retro, and poor people can't afford to buy long memory cloth, so they have to buy ordinary cloth ready-made clothes... ""So we belong to the poor," opal shrugged

"And this one?" Mrs. Anta was wearing a light blue gauze dress, with the folds of the blinds undulating like a tide.

"Baby." The male designer tut tut way: "let me fall in love, I want to pursue you now."

Madame Anta, with a smile, turned back and said, "what do you think?"

Opal: it looks good

Raymond nodded and said nothing.

Mrs. Anta said, "you two need a dress, too."

Raymond immediately said, "no, I don't need it."

"It's too expensive to buy," opal said

Mrs. Anta said, "in the allowance, choose."

Raymond was speechless about this task, and he was a little impatient. Opal took a look at it and decided not to. The designer came to him and said, "Oh, the two are in good shape. If you don't know how to match them, let me help you choose..."

Opal was unprepared. He blocked his hands from his face and chest and said, "I'm not used to wearing formal clothes I didn't wear it! leave me along! Thank you for your kindness

"What do you do?" The male designer said, "let me measure your waistline..."

Then he hugged him and said awkwardly, "put Let go

"Well..." The male designer said, "don't be so shy..." Then he turned to Raymond.

Raymond said, "what are you going to do? Don't touch me. I'll do it myself."

"Dear, please don't bully my guests," Mrs. Anta said

"All right." The male designer winked at opal, turned back to get a scanner and scanned their whole body size with a few beeps.

"I'm just a mercenary," opal said

"You all need a proper dress." Mrs. Anta said faintly: "it's to accompany an old woman to play."

Opal and Raymond were changed into formal dresses. Opal was a gray blue dress vest with a pair of lapels, a white shirt and a tie. He lowered his head and tied the platinum cufflinks on his cuffs. He was uncomfortable looking at himself in the mirror.

Raymond is a dark red waisted suit coat with wide shoulders and long hands. The collar buttons of his shirt are undone. He has a strong bronze complexion and is very sexy.

Mrs. Anta didn't look at the ticket and went to the jewelry city. Opal was still thinking about the price of the clothes and whispered in the back: "can I return this dress? Tens of thousands of credit points..."

Raymond wore a shirt and his suit jacket on his arm. He took a look at Opal and said, "you can try this one back. There must be a lot of people after you."

Opal made a "go to you" action, this time they will not follow into the store, in order to avoid being forced to add any decorations. Two people sit side by side in the chair to see the scenery, people come and go, wearing the most high-end clothing, a school of drunken scenery.

Three long green necked men, with one head on their long necks, passed by in dark red suits similar to Raymond's and gave them a grunt look.

Opal squirted out his drink.

Raymond had no expression.

"What kind of Starman is this?" Opal took Raymond's shoulder and joked.

"No Raymond cold channel.

"What about that one?" Opal held the canned drink hand and pointed his finger to the other side.

Raymond looked sideways at opal.

"Asked Madame." The maid came out and said, "are you lovers?"

Opal immediately said, "no, just comrades in arms. What's the matter?"

At that moment, both of them were a little embarrassed. The maid said, "your earrings are of the same style. Do you need to change a pair of gems? Madame will pay. "

Opal turned his head to let her see and said, "this is just a remote communication device. You can't change it at will."

Ramon was very uncomfortable. He took off his ear button and put it in his shirt pocket.

Both of them did not speak. Opal's paw was removed from Raymond's shoulder. After waiting for a long time, Madame Anta came out wearing a Blue Necklace and a white Bracelet inlaid with broken gems on her wrist.

The whole ring-shaped ribbon Bracelet presents a rainbow like dream color, from red to blue, gradually gradual change, as if shrouded in a layer of light brilliance.

The necklace pendant is a small fish, as if there is an ocean flowing in it.

Even her maid also put on the luxurious, Princess like dress, with a light green hairpin on her hair. The green light in the hairpin is like an ancient tree, with her long brown hair flowing with the light of life.

"Now go to the charity fundraiser." Mrs. Anta, holding her handbag, said gracefully, "you can think of it as a troublemaker. Please make sure you don't feel constrained."

Raymond and opal were relieved at last.

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