Chapter 149 Sleeping Beauty
Mercury, Hope spacecraft, communications room.
Sitting in front of a computer screen equipped with a camera and recording equipment, Zhou Cheng had a lot of thoughts in his mind.
These were the last 48 hours that I was able to remain conscious and even alive.
He originally thought that he would have a lot to say to Liu Yu, but when it really came to this moment, he didn't know what to say.
After a long silence, Zhou Cheng pressed the record button and said slowly: "Liu Yu, do you still remember when we were in elementary school?
At that time, there was a fat boy nicknamed Erwa. He had poor academic performance, was always naughty and liked to bully others.
I saved up money to buy a toy car, but before I could play with it a few times, he snatched it away from me."
Press the send button, and the information will be transmitted to the vast space through the antenna of the Hope spacecraft and then through the satellite.
Finally, after traveling tens of millions of kilometers, it was received by a giant antenna on Earth. Maintaining complete confidentiality and without any third-party processing, it arrived at Liu Yu's home, appearing on Liu Yu's computer screen and displayed before him.
Looking at Zhou Cheng's face and listening to these words, Liu Yu's thoughts couldn't help but drift back to that era, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Haha, you still remember. When you were little, you were small and skinny, and you didn't really like playing with others. Of course, Erwa would bully you. He only likes to pick on the weak and fear the strong.
I couldn't bear it at the time, so I went to help you and dragged you to find Erwa to seek justice. You didn't dare to go, so I dragged you there by force, and you only dared to hide behind me.
Later, Erwa obediently returned the car to you. I was saying, he is a bully who only picks on the weak and fears the strong.
A piece of information was sent from the giant antenna on Earth, also traveling tens of millions of kilometers to reach the Hope spacecraft.
"When you were little, you were so impetuous and I admired you so much. If it weren't for you, I would have been bullied by Erwa.
I don’t know where Erwa is now or what he is doing.”
"I vaguely heard a classmate mention it at our last gathering. It seems Erwa is working at Blue Angel now and even won an Outstanding Employee Award. I heard the baby simulator program he developed is getting a lot of rave reviews."
"Blue Angels? Many of our classmates are in the Blue Angels."
"Yeah, but I heard Blue Angel's sales are also declining. There's nothing we can do about it. There aren't many people left. I heard the World Government is going to nationalize it."
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The two of them didn't talk about the current disaster, nor about the impending separation. They were like old friends who had met after a long separation, excitedly discussing their childhood, reminiscing about their past shared experiences, and talking about every event and person they had experienced in their lives, for a long, long time.
It was not until more than ten hours had passed that Liu Yufa sent a video.
"I'm so sleepy. Let's stop chatting and go to bed."
"Okay, let's talk tomorrow."
Liu Yu no longer sent any messages. Zhou Cheng also felt a little tired, but did not want to go to sleep.
He remembered a slightly sarcastic saying that was circulated during the peak era of mankind.
Why sleep for a long time when you are alive? You will sleep forever after you die.
He stood up and began to carefully inspect the structure and various functional modules of the Hope spacecraft, checking whether they were working properly, whether there were any hidden dangers, and most importantly, whether they were sealed intact.
After completing these inspections, Zhou Cheng left the cabin again and went to a place where sunlight could reach in his space suit to check the placement of the solar panels, whether they were firmly fixed, and whether they were working properly.
After hibernation, these devices will still be needed to maintain the operation of the hibernation chamber.
At that time, during the day, the electricity generated by the solar panels will take over the operating load of the hibernation chamber and charge the batteries at the same time.
As the day passes and night comes, the solar panels can no longer generate electricity, and the hibernation chamber's electricity needs will be met by batteries.
Until the long night passes and day comes, the solar panels will take over the load again, and this will repeat.
Until the day someone comes to save me, or... until all this decays completely.
From a rational point of view, Zhou Cheng knew that there was a high probability that no one would come to rescue him.
Everything I do now is meaningless.
But there is a saying that goes, people must always keep some thoughts and some hope, right?
Zhou Cheng was still meticulous and conscientious in completing the preparations before hibernation.
In this situation, several hours passed. Then the computer made a ding-dong sound, indicating that another message had arrived.
When he opened it, he saw Liu Yu in pajamas with her hair loose. She said energetically, "I woke up and just had breakfast. Are you up yet?"
Zhou Cheng washed his face, washing away all the tiredness, and walked to the computer screen refreshed: "I just woke up too."
The two started chatting again.
They chatted aimlessly and enthusiastically about all sorts of things, trivial matters.
There were many times when the two of them could no longer think of what to talk about, so they just sat quietly and looked at each other.
Time passed slowly. Zhou Cheng looked at his watch and found that the time had come.
At this moment, I had finished the last bag of food and two hours had passed.
It is the time when you are neither full nor hungry. This state is the most suitable for hibernation.
Zhou Cheng sighed silently, and a smile appeared on his face again.
"Ayu, it's getting late. I should go to hibernation. You should get some rest too."
A hint of disappointment flashed across Liu Yu's face, but then a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, then you can go hibernate.
Haha, from now on you will be Sleeping Beauty, just wait for me to rescue you."
"Okay, I'll wait for you to save me. But I won't wake up without a passionate kiss."
"How corny. But since you need it, I'll reluctantly agree to it. I'm a good person after all."
"Then...goodbye."
"goodbye."
The communication was cut off, and the smile on Zhou Cheng's face slowly disappeared, and he became calm again.
He put on his space suit and left the cabin again. But he didn't go far. He just sat next to the spaceship, leaning against its huge hull, staring blankly at the sky.
The galaxy is vast, with countless stars.
Zhou Cheng searched carefully and found the planet with a faint blue light without much effort.
He stared at it infatuatedly for a long time before muttering, "Goodbye, Earth.
Goodbye, humans.
Ah Yu...goodbye."
He got up and returned to the cabin, took off his spacesuit, and lay down in the hibernation chamber.
The cover of the hibernation chamber slowly closed, a stream of anesthetic gas was released, and Zhou Cheng lost consciousness instantly.
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