Chapter 42 Chapter Twelve

They left the technician's house, a small two-storey building on the outskirts of the power plant—the power plant occupies the center of the city, a large, square building without any windows. Then Marlowe followed the technician through one underground passage after another, and finally came to the quiet and ozone-smelling power generation room. For the next fifteen minutes, Marlowe followed the technician around without saying a word.His eyes missed nothing, but his fingers touched nothing.After reading it, the technical officer lowered his voice and said, "Have you seen enough? If I do this kind of thing, those subordinates may go to inform me. I can't trust them this time."

"When did you trust them again?" Marlowe asked sarcastically, before saying, "I've seen enough." So they came to the technician's office, and Marlowe asked thoughtfully, "Are all the generators under your management?" "Every one is under my control." The technician said in a very proud tone. "So you're in charge of keeping them up and running?" "That's right!" "What if something goes wrong?" The technician shook his head unhappily: "These machines will never fail, they will never fail, and they can be used by future generations forever."

"'Shuiyuan' is a long time, I'm just saying..." "It is unscientific to assume a situation that cannot exist." "Okay, so suppose I blast some important part with a nuclear gun, I don't think these machines can withstand the nuclear gun, right? And suppose I melt an important joint, or blow it up A quartz D-tube?" "Hmph, if that's the case," the technician roared, "you will be executed." "Yes, I know that." Marlowe also began to growl. "But the generator is still broken. Can you fix it?" "Sir," the technician continued to howl, "You have been rewarded and you have seen what you want to see. Get the hell out of here now! I don't owe you anything anymore!"

Marlowe made a mocking bow to him, and went away. Two days later, Marlowe came to the place where the "Far Star" was moored, and then prepared to return to Terminus. At this moment, the protective cover that the technician got failed.No matter how he tried, no matter how much he cursed, that strange light never appeared again.