Xi Yujin encountered a difficult problem when writing "The Hard Journey and the Gourmet Food". There were too many names of species unique to the Earth that he wanted to write about. How could he accurately describe the appearance of the ingredients to aliens?

Normal food writing only needs to describe the deliciousness of the finished product, but Xi Yujin also has a dream, which is to let aliens replicate Earth's food for him to eat. So he also needs to write about the appearance of the original ingredients.

Isn’t this the routine of all interstellar food articles? The protagonist travels through the interstellar space and finds that the interstellar space has become a food desert, and people live on nutrient solution. The reason for the lack of food is that the interstellar people have lost their recipes. Who knows that the weeds on the roadside, the bonsai for ornamental purposes, and even the enemy can be made into food... The best ingredients are all around me!

Unfortunately, Xi Yujin’s cooking skills are terrible, so he cannot become the protagonist of a food article. He can only hope that his alien friends can find substitutes for Earth ingredients.

He wrote expectantly:

"Ducks are similar in shape to flying ducks, but they are smaller and have a variety of feather colors... There are many ways to eat them. The lake ducks that hatch in spring and grow in summer and swim between mountains and rivers are the best raw materials for Jinling roast duck... The skin is thin and crispy, the meat is fat but not greasy, and the red sauce is moist and translucent. The real gourmets who know the goods eat this old sauce..."

"When you come to the beach, the most enjoyable thing is surfing. After the exercise, the most pleasant thing is to have a seafood barbecue. Seafood near the sea has that unique freshness... Squid is cone-shaped as a whole, with ten tentacles at the front (additional explanation: the tentacles look like the tentacles of Cturtus). The head is suitable for taking out the organs in the body and cutting them into circles to make a grilled squid ring. The tentacles are suitable for being separated individually and then strung together with bamboo sticks. The barbecue time should not be too long..."

Just thinking about it makes me drool!

Xi Yujin quickly finished the manuscript of "The Bitter Journey and the Gourmet Food" and asked Ganuo to help proofread it.

After reading, Ganuo was silent for a long time, and Xi Yujin asked if there was anything that needed to be corrected.

Ganuo knew that Xi Yujin was very passionate about this manuscript, and it was a rare article published under the pen name Yujin, so he liked it more and more as he read it, and published it without any polishing.

Therefore, this article was seen by many passengers.

An alien shaped like a green pepper knocked on its empty interior and stumbled back a few steps.

The group of petite garlic clove elves could already imagine themselves being severely beaten.

A Cturt touched its tentacles in horror and found that it had no sense of touch. It rubbed them harder in even greater horror and found that it was pulling the tentacles of its own kind.

Its fellow tribesmen looked at it with an expression that was three parts shock and ninety-nine parts fear.

Cturt: "Listen, listen to my explanation——"

Blue Star actually has such a horrible recipe!

But Mr. Embers said that some of the ingredients have been lost and he hopes that his alien friends can help find them.

Could it be that... Blue Star used to feed on them?

Blue Star has such a dark history!

As expected of a super-advanced civilization that came from an isolated planet, they have completely believed it!

"Kid, you must remember that if you meet a Blue Star person in the future, you must stay away from him..."

An alien teaches the younger generation in such earnest words.

"They are terrifying beyond imagination..."

"I feel that our previous apologies to Blue Star are not enough. We will have to go there to make amends later." Some aliens lamented that they had survived a disaster.

"This stimulates my imagination." A player who has played "Investigator Files" said, "I want to submit a module in which a group of creatures are living comfortably, while a small number of creatures believe in an ancient god. The name of the ancient god who cannot be looked at directly is -

Humanity! "

As soon as this statement came out, many players immediately followed suit. In order to conceal the information of their own race, they simply set the indescribable outer gods to be humans. From then on, the horror novels of the K-series became the horror novels of the human series in the universe.

Xi Yujin waited and waited, but there was no information about the food. The comments section under the Reader was unusually harmonious, and the temporary chat room was discussing topics he couldn't understand. Even the creatures he didn't recognize on the road would greet him enthusiastically. He could only sigh silently. It was indeed difficult for aliens to replicate Earth's food.

He entered the kitchen again. There were many high-tech kitchen utensils in the kitchen, but he didn't know how to use them. He complained in his heart why the robot tribe didn't develop a cooking AI. Smart homes should be very common in the interstellar era, right?

Ganuo followed silently, and after watching Xi Yujin fail several times, he started to make a table of delicious food.

Xi Yujin was once again shocked by Ganuo's omnipotence. This time, instead of having stars in his eyes, a meteor shower began to appear behind him.

Gano said: "When it comes to using a knife... I just have more experience..."

Gano who can use a knife is also very handsome!

Xi Yujin even felt a little worried. Compared to Ganuo, he was just a fragile diamond who could write some novels. What would he do if Ganuo was no longer around in the future?

He maintained this little worry and went on the pleasure boat with Gano.

The most popular recreational boat is the star-baking boat. After a long trip, the lack of star radiation is very frustrating for alien creatures. Over time, this depression symptom may even deepen into depression, causing deeper mental confusion.

Xi Yujin thought that he could study some spiritual power here, so he visited curiously. Gano went to deposit his armor and walked a little further away.

Xi Yujin observed the creatures sunbathing here, and felt his mental power fluctuating again. Because he didn't look at the road, a soft and furry creature bumped into him directly.

Xi Yujin recognized it as a long-haired tribe from the Cloud Galaxy and was about to squat down and apologize.

However, the long-haired creature looked cute, but was actually a very irritable creature. It squeaked a few times, stretched out its two big ears and cleaned Xi Yujin fiercely. Xi Yujin was stunned, and after a while he felt a little comfortable. In his heart, he regretted that it would be nice if he could really take it back to use as a pillow.

The next second, the long-haired man was picked up by Ganuo with a gloomy face.

"Gano? It's okay." Xi Yujin said cheerfully, "It made me realize that I'm not that fragile. At least I have some guarantee of survival..."

The Diamond Elves are more than capable of fighting against the Longhairs!

Ganuo looked at Xi Yujin and said in surprise: "Yujinnuo, your mineral paint has been wiped off..."

Xi Yujin:?

At this moment, they are on a simulated star baking ship.

The ship was full of creatures frustrated by the lack of starlight.

They are depressed and have no interest in doing anything else, not even reading novels to sustain their survival, so their mental confusion begins to worsen.

Suddenly, they felt a flash of reality shining on their souls, as if their dream lover had appeared before them.

Xi Yujin felt that the eyes of all living beings were focused on him, and he felt an inexplicable chill behind him.

The irritable long-haired creature in front of me also pricked up its ears, and its fur ball seemed to swell up little by little as if in slow motion, making it look more appealing to touch.

“Squeak!”

It shouted.

A large pile of colorful fur rushed out from the corner, and it directly submerged Xi Yujin like a mountain torrent!

Xi Yujin:!

Gano scooped up the remaining ashes and flew away.

"I was wrong... The Diamond Spirit can't beat the Longhair Tribe. I couldn't bear to use my lightsaber on them. They're so cute." Xi Yujin muttered, "Gano is still reliable."

Gano did not answer, but what he was thinking was that Emberno was too popular, fortunately he could fight...

Looking at their departing backs, the alien creature suddenly woke up from a dream: "Is that the Blue Star Embers? Ms. Jung is so right, his appearance will be unforgettable to the cosmic creatures for the rest of their lives!"

"I suddenly had an idea and wanted to write a fantasy novel for him." An alien started writing on the spot.

"Is this the ability required to be an editor-in-chief and a diplomat..." Some alien creatures also suddenly realized.

From then on, the legend of Blue Star Ashes' beauty became as famous as the Blue Star people's horrific food.

…

Xi Yujin's life became more and more leisurely in the pilot ship.

The jumping journey of the pilot ship was much longer than he had imagined. The universe is boundless, and the time spent on the road occupies at least half of one's life. Xi Yujin met several interesting partners here. Although Ketuerte was inexplicably afraid of him at first, they chatted happily after a long time. Xi Yujin even made a deck of playing cards and played cards with them. When Ketuerte was happy, his tentacles would dance in waves, which scared other creatures away.

Xi Yujin still had enough time to fill in the gaps for the freelance novelists, while the official novelists released many archaeological findings from Blue Star. Other civilizations were greedily studying them.

The race that originally won the right to view "Dream of the Red Chamber" is called the Qing. Their peculiarity lies in that they have many brains in one body, each with different division of labor. Their overall shape is a bit like a group of bamboos connected together below.

A Qing tribe learning brain said: "I understand!"

Its emotional brain says, "I am delighted and excited."

Its perceptive brain said, "I am inside a spaceship, and I am experiencing strange changes in my body. It seems that my body is no longer controlled by gravity."

Its spiritual brain said: "I have never felt everything so clearly... I can already feel the passage of time. I expect it can survive the entire jump period."

This information was compressed and sent to its fellow tribesmen in an instant. The Qing tribe was extremely surprised, and the complex frequency bands collided with each other.

"There really is a novel that can relieve mental confusion for such a long time..."

"One of the characteristics of mental disorder is the inability to understand the changes in time and space. It can only be alleviated, not completely cured. We must read a lot of novels. If we don't have enough, we can plunder the civilizations of other races..." The Qing tribe said, "We speculate that the literature of ancient civilizations has withstood the test of time, so it can better resist mental disorder. Is this speculation correct?"

"I only understood the fifth chapter, and I feel like there are still many foreshadowings that have not been revealed." The Qingzu said at the beginning, but gradually lost his composure. "If I can finish reading this novel, maybe something unexpected will happen!"

A variety of information groups exploded in the air, and the Qing tribe shared the vast amount of information it had obtained from "Dream of the Red Chamber".

The Qing people received the signal and couldn't help shaking. They would definitely be able to read the entire book and make the entire civilization stronger!

Other alien races are even more eager to make a move, so they can only work harder to study the archaeological findings released by Blue Star. They dare not ask for too much, because the archaeological information of a civilization is very important, and only a civilization with a solid foundation like Blue Star dares to release it.

Besides Dream of the Red Chamber, other ancient novels on Blue Star are also quite interesting. What more can they ask for?

"Mental confusion... unable to comprehend time and space?"

When Xi Yujin heard about it, he was a little confused. What would that feel like?

He searched for a lot of information in the library of the Materialistic Reading Club and found that the cosmic creatures only realized the horror of mental confusion during the "Dune Universe" period. In other words, during the period of "isolated planets" and "civilization contact", the cosmic creatures probably had not yet developed the use of mental power.

The "isolated planet" period refers to the period when civilization was born on a certain planet and gradually grew stronger. At this time, the civilization looked up at the sky, but no matter how far it looked, it could not find the existence of another intelligent creature. They sadly believed that this planet was a lonely existence in the universe.

The "civilization contact" period refers to the period when civilization begins to explore space and make contact with the second civilization. At this time, civilization expands barbarically, but there are also glimmers of morality. However, the intelligent races still do not understand the full picture of the universe.

What did creatures discover during the "Dune Universe" period?

While Xi Yujin was studying history in the library, the staff of the pilot ship came to visit him again. This time they were much more serious.

"It is our responsibility to pilot the giant ship, but now we estimate that the probability of a crisis has increased..."

"We ask the Blue Star Civilization to provide assistance to the astronauts at this critical moment.

——Knowledge first aid. ”

…

When moving at high speed, the pilot wheel is no longer its original spherical shape, but a bit like a moon cake.

Xi Yujin and Ganuo boarded a bus-sized cabin and slowly moved toward the planet. The pilot ship was traveling at a very high speed, and they had to overcome considerable resistance to move toward the planet. About half a day later, they followed the spiral track and arrived at the planet that served as the engine of the giant ship.

The staff equipped them with pressure suits. Although Xi Yujin's body could withstand high pressure, he still put them on so that he could hear what others were saying.

He put on a heavy space suit and looked outside through the small mask in front of him. There was a simple operating system on both sides of his vision. He admired the mirror for a while and decided to ask if he could buy this space suit later.

Looking around, this planet has no atmosphere, only high-temperature light beams. Underfoot is an endless rocky desert, covered with strange pits. There are circles of crimson circles in the pits, as if a child had drawn contour lines on them. They walked very slowly, and from time to time they floated up because they had a loose grip on the ground.

Xi Yujin looked towards the most conspicuous building on the entire planet. It was the most important part of the pilot ship - the huge engine extending from the mantle. When he saw it from the passenger area, he didn't feel anything. But when he walked on the land of the planet, he found that the huge thing was so frightening.

It emits a very high frequency roar, which most creatures cannot hear, but instead appear quiet. The whole thing looks like a sacred light column, and because of its extremely high power, it hardly reveals a trace of heat. But it is actually a terrifying existence comparable to the high temperature at the center of the earth.

They walked slowly to the crew's driving base, which was as tiny on this planet as a fallen leaf in a city.

“Sizzle——”

The base gate swung open.

The astronaut leading the way jumped lightly and swam into the base. Xi Yujin also jumped, allowing himself to move away from the surface of the planet and slowly enter the base. In the quiet environment, he could even hear his own breathing.

The base was very spacious, with many astronauts wearing the same space suits swimming around like a school of fish. Xi Yujin couldn't tell what race they were, but they were united in their goal to make the voyage a success, and they were closer than their own kind.

"Please come here."

The astronaut leading the way said over the intercom.

Xi Yujin heard a distant chanting sound, but he looked around but couldn't find who was singing. When Ganuo approached him, he said it was okay and followed the astronaut into a small room.

"Hello, I am one of the decision makers here, responsible for handling unexpected events during this voyage. Although the deviation is inevitable, we still want to reach our destination smoothly."

said an astronaut who was obviously dressed more elegantly.

"According to calculations, the probability of our accident this time is 0.02%, so we comply with the Navigation Safety Regulations and ask for help from the higher-level civilizations among the passengers."

The pilot ship was so accommodating to those advanced civilizations that it even organized a black market to facilitate sales, all in order to enable safer sailing.

Xi Yujin asked: "Can you tell me in detail?"

"Astronauts are the most prone to mental confusion," the decision-maker said succinctly, "because we rely on mental strength to locate ourselves in the universe and navigate along fixed paths."

Xi Yujin seemed to understand something.

The journey from which there is no return…the mental confusion…they are all closely related.

They followed the decision maker to the observation room next to the cab.

There were no star maps, rudders, or other steering wheels in the common sense in the cockpit. Instead, it was like a classical orchestra performance. Layers and circles of astronauts held instruments and surrounded the center point. The astronaut in the middle was holding an instrument similar to a baton at the bottom, like a crazy conductor immersed in his own world.

They are exerting their spiritual power, using themselves as anchors to find their exact direction in the boundless universe.

The music in Xi Yujin's ears grew louder.

"As you can see, the 134 astronauts are running at full speed. According to calculations, there is a small chance of mental confusion during the wormhole entry. We asked you to come here to be on the safe side."

Xi Yujin understood the requirements of "knowledge rescue" and said that he would do his best to ensure navigation safety.

"I, the astronauts and passengers on this voyage, all pay endless respect to this generous blue planet!" the decision-maker said excitedly, "Thank you very much for your efforts."

Xi Yujin looked at the astronauts in the cockpit, greeted the decision maker, and went to the top floor of the base.

Looking out into space from here, the passengers and cargo look like a burden to the planet, their colors so pale that they are almost invisible.

"Gano, have you ever seen this kind of scene?" Xi Yujin could only share his feelings with his fellow travelers, "This is actually my first time traveling at high speed."

"We Zerg often see it. One of the main uses of the Ers King Armor is to resist the pressure generated by high-speed space-time." Ganuo said truthfully. Suddenly he understood that his behavior was unromantic, so he tried to give other meaning to the scenery in front of him.

"But with Yujinnuo... this is the first time I've seen it." Ganuo said hesitantly.

Xi Yujin also seemed a little happy for some reason, and tilted his head slightly. The heavy space suit helmets made them look like they were butting heads, which was a bit funny.

After a while, the alarm of the pilot ship sounded.

"Prepare to enter the wormhole! Wavelength analysis successful! This channel was built by the known Zerg Surya 976, with a stability rate of 78% and a yaw rate of 0.23%, which is within the safe range! The pilot ship has been captured by the gravity of the wormhole and is ready to sink!"

"Dear passengers, hello, this is the astronaut piloting the giant ship. The giant ship is about to sink, please do not stay outside the cabin! I remind you again, please do not stay in the cabin!"

In the passenger area, creatures that did not have time to return to their cabins all hid in the nearest cabins. At this time, even the most sarcastic creatures would let the passengers outside in. The cosmic creatures had long cultivated a complete travel ethics system during their long journey.

"We have arrived at the edge of the wormhole Surya! The anchor point has been calculated successfully, and the position of the wormhole center has been analyzed!"

"Wormhole storm detected! Astronauts - set sail -"

The light gradually grew stronger, illuminating the giant planet like daylight, and Xi Yujin suddenly felt that time had slowed down, or perhaps his thinking speed had increased. The time that originally flowed in one direction seemed to have turned into a vortex. He was in the center of the vortex and could not tell the end of time. Everything around him was collapsing towards him, all the noise returned to a line, and everything gradually became dead silent, as if the universe had just been born.

Until a low rumble rose from the space room, as if air was being poured into the pipes, and the entire planet was shaking! The clueless time finally had a direction, leaving the past behind, and moving forward was the future.

Xi Yujin then realized that the roar was not a sound wave in the physical sense, but a resonance of mental power. The astronauts' powerful mental power formed a drill engine, dragging the giant wheel to the center of the wormhole.

If the cosmic star map is compared to a piece of white paper, under normal scale, the two galaxies should be at the farthest ends of the paper. If the paper is folded, then when the two paper surfaces are close enough, a strong force will be generated in the center of the paper surface to connect the paper surfaces, allowing the two points to communicate quickly. This is the most primitive wormhole.

Only the Zerg have mastered the wormhole technology. For the pilot ship, they can only take the safest and fastest path - the center of the wormhole - to avoid being annihilated by the disordered time. The speed here is far beyond imagination, crowded and random. The astronauts are racing against time to create a continuous route to drag the ship forward steadily.

Xi Yujin stared at the universe outside in a trance.

At high speed, the universe became distorted and colorful, like a postmodern art exhibition on Earth. Such a luxurious exhibition gave him the most primitive impact. Xi Yujin couldn't help but stand up, swaying like a piece of paper in the wind, and trembling swept through his whole body.

"How come I didn't realize this? It turns out I have been..."

He looked as if he was in a dream and murmured in disbelief.

"……Interstellar."