Chapter 561: Cold-blooded Zombie Queen vs. Soft-eared Rabbit Leader 76
Long Yan seemed calm, but his solar plexus was pounding. He spoke coldly and ruthlessly:
"sleep."
Quan Jiu crossed his legs and sat on the bed: "No, I can't sleep without taking a shower. It's not like I haven't seen it before, so what's wrong with you helping me?"
As she spoke, some fragments of memory emerged uncontrollably in Long Yan's mind. The man's Adam's apple moved slightly, but his eyes became calmer.
He pulled the quilt over Quan Jiu.
"If you don't want to sleep, just lie down quietly."
Quan Jiu hit a wall again, curled his lips and said nothing.
Long Yan covered her tightly, then took out a spare quilt from the cabinet and put it on the sofa.
Quan Jiu started to act up again, patting the pillow enthusiastically:
"Chief Long, this bed is so big, it won't be a problem for one more person to sleep in it."
Long Yan gave her a cold look in return.
Quan Jiu was unyielding. After many unsuccessful attempts to tease Long Yan, he gradually began to feel sleepy and soon fell into a deep sleep.
After the person on the bed's breathing calmed down, Long Yan got up from the sofa, walked to the bed, and stared at the woman's sleeping face in the moonlight outside the window.
There is an essential difference between zombies and humans.
Quan Jiu's skin is pale, unlike that of an ordinary person. Her skin is as thin as a piece of paper, and the veins and blood vessels hidden under her skin are faintly visible. Compared with the low-level zombies with scary lines all over their faces, her appearance is not strange among humans.
A complex look flashed in Long Yan's eyes.
It is reasonable for him to hand her over to the base or research organization.
Today, zombies and alien species are wreaking havoc on humans, and the fight to the death has already begun. The severity of the situation exceeds personal grudges and the conflict between family and country, and has escalated into a common catastrophe faced by all mankind.
As the former overlord of the earth, humans are very likely to face the tragic situation of extinction.
…
the next day.
Long Yan continued driving, heading northwest.
Along the way, the two encountered many alien species, but thanks to their superior skills, both of them only suffered minor injuries.
There was yellow sand all over the sky outside the car window.
Quan Jiu looked at the increasingly desolate scene and finally realized that this was not the way back to the base.
"Where the hell are you taking me?"
She originally thought that Long Yanban would take her back to the base immediately and hand her over to scientific researchers.
Long Yan: "There is a temporary task here."
A hint of understanding flashed in Quan Jiu's eyes. No wonder he didn't take her back to the base immediately. According to the principle of human interests > collective interests > personal interests that Long Yan adhered to, he would hand her over sooner or later.
After driving for another half a day, the car finally stopped in the Gobi Desert covered with yellow sand.
It was a remote place, and even zombies were rare. Not far away, rows of railings were lowered horizontally to block incoming vehicles.
Quan Jiu saw Long Yan present some kind of ID, and the guard at the gate gave a standard military salute and immediately raised the railing to let him in.
Unexpectedly, there were quite a few people in this temporary base surrounded by railings. Quan Jiu glanced at the launch pad on the side and had a rough guess about the purpose of this place.
"Mr. Pei."
Long Yan entered the tent, put his feet together, straightened his back, and saluted with a solemn expression.
Quan Jiu rarely saw Long Yan being so respectful to others, and his curious eyes fell on Pei Qingyuan.
When she saw this, she paused.
This is a face that only appears on the news broadcast.
Pei Qingyuan is over fifty years old and is wearing a neat black suit. Compared with half a year ago, his spirit and appearance are obviously much weaker.
He patted Long Yan on the shoulder and said, "I heard about what happened at the Liaoguang Base. Long Yan, thank you for your hard work."
Long Yan: "It's just my duty."
Pei Qingyuan nodded with emotion, and when his eyes fell on Quan Jiu's gray pupils, he paused.
Long Yan: "How long until the launch?"
"Ten minutes."
Quan Jiu looked around and found that there were many important people present. Everyone looked solemn, as if something big was about to happen.
Ten minutes later.
A long roar resounded through the sky, and a ray of light broke through the clouds, carrying with it tiny sparks of fire, and shot into the vast sky.
There is a latest report from the tower.
"On December 1, 2070, Beijing time, the Lingxiao Launch Center successfully completed its last launch mission."
On the way back, Quan Jiu suddenly took the initiative to speak.
"What is this thing launching?"
"Have you heard of Voyager?" Long Yan asked back.
Quan Jiu shook his head.
Long Yan: "The probe just launched is Voyager 3, which carries a copper-gold-plated magnetic disc. Even after a billion years, the sound quality of this disc will remain the same."
Quan Jiu looked up at the missing Voyager probe and asked softly:
"So what's on the record?"
Long Yan's black mask gazed at her deeply: "All the information you can think of about Earth civilization."
"There are the cries of babies, the chirping of birds, the sound of waves crashing against the shore, and the coughing of old men..."
"There are blessing messages in 55 dialects around the world, as well as the positions of the planets in the solar system and their specific appearances..."
If there really are highly intelligent creatures other than humans in outer space, then this golden record that has survived for more than a billion years is entirely possible to be captured and analyzed by advanced alien creatures.
One billion years is too long.
Perhaps one day humans, the Earth, and even the solar system will no longer exist, but the Golden Record will still be wandering in the universe. It is the most direct evidence that humans and the Earth exist or have existed.
Quan Jiu heard a hint of pessimism in his tone. She thought of Song Ci'an who was still in the castle, and her eyes flashed:
“Humanity does not necessarily have to go extinct.”
The reason why Voyager 3 was launched is because humans have made the worst-case scenario preparations.
If humanity really goes extinct, at least all the proud technologies, civilizations, humanities, nations, and religious beliefs that have ever been born on this blue planet can be captured and witnessed by other creatures.
In the universe, they are humble and insignificant, but they really exist.
——Dividing line——
The article draws inspiration from the real-life Voyager 1, which was launched at the end of the 20th century. Therefore, it was changed to Voyager 3 based on the timeline in the article.
The Voyager 1 probe records 55 world dialects, including four Chinese dialects: Mandarin, Cantonese, Minnan, and Wu.
There are also representative works of famous musicians such as Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach.
It even includes a series of information about human civilization, including the sun and planets in the solar system, mathematical symbols, physical formulas, animals and plants, fetuses, childbirth, breastfeeding, families, cities, sports, etc.
13.7 billion light years ago, the universe began with the Big Bang, and the current human civilization was born and multiplied, so it is not impossible for humans to completely disappear a billion years later.
If such a day really comes, then this golden record of Voyager 1 will become the last voice sent by mankind to the universe.
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