^
Of course, Collimin could no longer remember it now.
However, ever since the great Fang Mingcheng had mysteriously disappeared a few hundred years ago, just like the mysterious disappearance of the abdicated empress, the descendants of the emissary group had gradually gained a firm hold over the power of technological output in the past few hundred years.
According to his father, what was the use of a girl's intelligence and outstanding abilities? A single formula from the Science and Technology Standards Department was enough for her to spend her entire life trying to understand it. By the time she exhausted all her efforts in researching it until she was old, the next formula from the Science and Technology Standards Department would instantly send her back to the state of knowledge she had when she was three years old!
No one truly knew how many formulas and theories the Science and Technology Standards Department had. After several hundred years of isolation, the descendants of the emissary group had already formed a huge organization of interests, controlling the output of all the leading technologies on this planet. As long as they were willing, they could allow a beggar to become the richest person in the world within the next month with the help of the latest technology.
However, his father believed that this was the reason why the royalty and nobility were able to survive and grow stronger day by day. In his father's theory, if the royalty and nobility did not exist, no one would be able to restrain the descendants of the emissary group. They would be able to dominate every corner of this planet, and when that time came, perhaps science would completely cease to exist!
However, the contradiction was that while the royalty and the descendants of the emissary group were fighting each other for benefits, they were also constantly intermarrying and infiltrating each other. They were gradually forming an even larger and more terrifying social class, which was even more complicated. Using the words that his vulgar father often taught him:
"Do you think that all of this is very simple?"
In his father's theory, the polarization in the future would become even more severe. Once the royalty and the descendants of the emissary group merged into a new social class, it would be a new era, and the commoners would exist like trash. His family had the bloodline of royalty and was born with excellent conditions. Why would they destroy their own future by marrying a useless commoner girl into their family!?
Collimin could not help but admit that in many matters, his father was right, and he was wrong. If the future was as his father had said, then he would actually be very disappointed. He felt that no matter how hard he worked, he would not be as good as his bloodline and inheritance.
Of course, now he also vaguely felt that his ability was indeed not that great, although he still had a trace of luck that he was not willing to admit.
However, when it came to the work of observing the stars, he did not stop. He was meticulous and conscientious in completing every operational rule and requirement, which made his father somewhat disappointed. His father hoped that he would attend more social gatherings and banquets with the upper class, instead of lying on the workbench all day like the civilians, thinking that they had achieved something great just because they received some commendation or promotion.
Of course, other than the matter of the intern girl, his father did not have much dissatisfaction with him in other aspects. He even said that at his age, his father was still fooling around outside all day, so he did not have to worry. As a noble, once he got serious, his starting point, resources, and achievements were far from what those commoners could compare to.
Ever since he was young, Collimin had rebelled against his father's vulgar theories, so he worked hard, even though he was just a substitute.
After completing the previous observation program step by step, he adjusted the telescope to the next program to track the latest situation of the deep-space manned exploration spacecraft that had set sail seventeen years ago.
About thirty-one minutes and three seconds later, he suddenly bounced back from the workbench, his expression extremely grave.
He was stunned for a total of three seconds, then hurriedly checked his observation procedures, as well as the malfunction of the telescope's instrument.
One minute and twenty-seven seconds later, he floated beside the workbench, restarted the program, and stared at the screen nervously.
Ten seconds later, he sent the first signal to the headquarters, trembling. "Deep space manned spacecraft 1378 has disappeared!"
Sixteen seconds later, he sent the second signal with an extremely pale face. "Confirmed. No distress signal from the crew has been received."
Twenty-nine seconds later, he looked at the signal on the screen that was getting clearer and bigger, and sent the third urgent signal. "Spacecraft 1378 is suspected to have been attacked by an unknown ray of light. It has disappeared!"
Forty-one seconds later, he saw the latest detection signal on the screen in horror. He was dumbfounded. From the dark deep space, a huge, unimaginably fast, and incredibly advanced fleet had emerged!
With trembling hands, he pressed a button located at the edge of the workbench, sending out the highest level of alarm signal that had never been used in a thousand years!
At this time, spacecraft 1378, which had been flying at one-tenth the speed of light, had been destroyed for about 1.7 years. The powerful fleet, which was flying at two-thirds the speed of light, was less than two light years away from the planet, and was accelerating from its inertial silent voyage. The attack at full speed of light could reach the planet in advance in the next second!
The alarm sounded sharply in space station 39. Collimin slowly recovered from the great shock, and mechanically completed the most dangerous procedures in the training manual that most people would not read in detail.
He was an ordinary person, and because he was ordinary, he memorized the manual step by step, unlike others who would throw it aside when they could pass it.
After completing the last step and sending a distress signal in Fang Mingcheng's language into deep space, he was found by the deputy station master, who took good care of him, and was given temporary privileges to escape the space station.
At this time, the news of spacecraft 1387's disappearance and the powerful fleet's attack had already reached the upper echelons.
However, the escape ships on space station 39 were not enough for everyone to escape, and the larger transport ships were still on the ground and had yet to return. Less than one percent of the people could escape.
Collimin's royal bloodline and his father's connections had allowed him to be one of the one percent of people who could escape.
At this moment, it was as if the end of the world had come again a thousand years ago!
He had forgotten his ancestor who had inherited the throne but had been ridiculed by historians, and he had forgotten his father's vulgarity. Facing the unbelievably powerful fleet, he was only left with uncontrollable fear, desperately flying towards the escape cabin.
On the way, new information came. The outer alarm station had been destroyed, and this immediately intensified everyone's desire to escape. All of them rushed towards the escape cabin without a care for anything else.
When they reached the cabin door, the spaceport, which was less than ten thousand kilometers away from their space station, had been hit!
The wave of debris surged towards them.
Space station 39 started to deviate from its orbit, and then collided with a piece of debris that had flown out of nowhere, causing it to shake violently again.
The panicked crowd crowded together and rushed towards the cabin door. From a safe position, the automatic weapons started to shoot and kill those who had no right to board the escape ship.
At this moment, Collimin heard a message from the headquarters through the system of his spacesuit. Now, only their space station 39 was left, and the other space stations had been destroyed. They were requested to make one last observation to confirm the details of the incoming powerful fleet.
At that moment, he hesitated. Apart from him, the last observer who was still in the space station today had just been shot dead by the muzzle of a gun. If he didn't go back, the others would have to familiarize themselves with the system first. Even though there was an automated program, some of the details from the headquarters still needed to be completed by humans.
To go or not to go?
He could choose not to go because he was already at the cabin door, and he had the right to enter the escape ship and wouldn't be shot dead.
Subconsciously, he finally thought of his weak ancestor, but the shame he felt now was insignificant compared to the huge fear of his life. It wasn't enough for him to be impulsive and return to the observation cabin just for the fantasy of the past.
In this short period of time, he thought of a lot.
If he didn't go, the headquarters wouldn't be able to get the details of the last attack, and the following operation might be deviated. His father and his mother might also die because of this.
If he didn't go, the entire planet might face a catastrophe because of a small detail.
If he didn't go …
Although he hated his vulgar father, it didn't mean that he was willing to see them die like this.
In the crowd, he saw the intern girl in the crowd again. She didn't dare to come over because of the automatic weapons.
Thus, he made a shocking move and transferred his authority to the girl. Then, he quickly returned, pulled the girl who was looking at him in shock, and rushed towards the cabin door where the corpses were flying.
The girl thought that Collimin didn't know that she didn't have the authority and wanted to pull her to snatch a way to escape, but she was about to be shot dead. She even closed her eyes, but the next moment, she found that she had safely entered the escape route, and Collimin was clearly left outside.
The girl suddenly understood something. After hesitating for a moment, she immediately wanted to switch him back. No matter what her relationship with him was, she was still a kind person.
However, her hand was immediately grabbed firmly by the last person who rushed in. It was a top young talent in the space station. Although he was also a commoner, he was brilliant and brimming with talent. He was also the person that the girl truly admired and loved.
The transparent cabin door closed in the next moment. Through the window, Collimin looked dumbfoundedly at the strongest competitor who was grabbing the girl's right hand tightly. There was an indescribable feeling in his heart. He felt as if he had done an extremely stupid thing.
However, he was still considered strong and somewhat clear-headed. He knew that his true mission had not been completed.
Finally, he looked at the two people holding each other's hands on the other side of the window. Collimin clenched his teeth, turned around, and rushed into the observation cabin. Contact the headquarters …
The debris stream from Spaceport 18 finally arrived and washed everything away like a flood.
Collimin sent out the last signal, then closed his eyes and waited for death to come.
However, after a long time, he opened his eyes again and found that he was not dead yet.
The observation cabin was connected to a part of the space station and took him into the depths of the universe, getting farther and farther away from the planet.
His childhood dream was to explore the starry sky and find a world with sunshine and blue sky, not darkness and coldness, as the great man Fang Mingcheng said. He did not expect that today, he would suddenly arrive in such a way.
Below the observation cabin, he was lucky to find that there was also a supply cabin connected to it, which meant that his death had been delayed.
In the lonely cabin, he looked at the planet that was getting smaller and smaller. His mind was blank. His vulgar father and his doting mother, at this time, appeared in front of his eyes, but he would never see them again. He did not even have time to say goodbye to them.
The universe was extremely vast. His life was limited by supplies, and he drifted to a place that no one knew.
…
Deep in the direction where Collimin was drifting, the fifth sequence in the cube, Pi in the dark ship, and many extremely advanced battleships received a distress signal from the supply planet almost at the same time.
Someone dared to touch the "cake" that they had reserved!
***
The second one was even worse.
^ (To be continued.)
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