Chapter 16 Chapter Fourteen

The Heart of Gold moves silently through the dark night of space, now using conventional photon drives.The four people on the boat had a faint feeling that the reason why they came together was neither out of their own will, nor just a coincidence, but because of some kind of strange physical perversion-as if the relationship between people Relationships are also affected by the laws of physics that govern the relationships between atoms and molecules. When the artificial night on the spacecraft fell, they thanked God and returned to their independent rest cabins, trying their best to organize their thoughts.

Cui Lien suffered from insomnia.She sat on the sofa, staring at a small cage in front of her, which contained the only connection between her and the earth - two little white mice.It was she who had insisted on convincing Zaphod to let her take it.Although she had already thought that she would never return to that planet, the news of its destruction still brought a heavy negative reaction to her-although it seemed so far away and so unreal, she completely Can't find any reason to think about it.She watched the guinea pigs scurry about in their cages, running wildly on their little plastic treadmills until they had her full attention.Suddenly she stood up and went back to the control bridge to look at the blinking lights and numbers marking the ship's path through the void.She wanted to know what it was that she was trying not to think about.

Zaphod couldn't sleep.He also wanted to know what it was that he couldn't bring himself to think.Ever since he could remember, he had been troubled by a vague, intermittent, specious feeling.Most of the time, he can put this feeling aside and not worry about it.But now, that feeling was taken over by Ford Prefect and Arthur.Dent is awakened by the sudden and inexplicable arrival. Ford also lost sleep.He was thrilled to be back on the roaming road at last. Fifteen years of torment was finally over, just before he was about to give up his last hope.It was fun meeting Zaphod, too, although his own half-cousin was a bit odd.The fact that he became president of the galaxy, and the way he left that position, is honestly incredible.Is there any reason behind this?It's no use asking Zaphod, there's no reason for everything he does; he's made the unfathomable an art.Everything he does in life emerges from a childish mixture of extraordinary genius and incompetence, and it's often hard to tell which part is which.

Arthur fell asleep: he was so tired. Someone was knocking on Zaphod's door.The door opened. "Zaphod..." "What's up?" The silhouette of Trillian appeared in the middle of an oval-shaped light and shadow. "I think we've just found what you came here looking for." "Oh, is it?" Ford simply gave up the idea of ​​sleeping.In the corner of his tiny bedroom is a small computer screen and keyboard.He sat in front for a while, trying to write a new entry, about the Vogons.But he couldn't think of enough vitriol for a while, so he gave up.He put on a nightgown and went out to stroll towards the control bridge.

After walking into the control bridge, he was surprised to find that there were actually two people bending over excitedly standing in front of the instrument. "Did you see it? The spaceship is preparing to enter orbit." Trillian was talking, "There is a planet here, which happens to be located at the coordinate position you predicted." Zaphod heard the noise and looked up. "Ford!" he called. "Hey, come over and look at this." Ford walked over to take a look, and a set of numbers was flashing on the screen. "You recognize these galactic coordinates?" Zaphod asked.

"do not know." "Let me give you a hint. Computer!" "Hi, everyone!" said the computer enthusiastically, "It seems that everyone likes to be lively, right?" "Shut up," said Zaphod, "show it on the screen." The lights in the room dimmed.A few small lights flickered on the console, reflecting three pairs of eyes staring at the monitor screen. Nothing on it. "Recognized?" Zaphod whispered. Ford frowned. "Well, no," he said. "What did you see?" "Nothing at all." "Did you recognize it?"

"What are you talking about?" "We are now in the Horsehead Nebula. A vast, dark nebula." "Do you expect me to recognize this from the black screen?" "Inside a dark nebula, this is the only place in the entire galaxy where our screens will be completely black." "very good." Zaphod smiled.He was clearly so excited about something that it almost seemed childish. . "Hey, this is amazing, it's just far enough!" "What's there to be happy about being caught in a cloud of stardust?" Ford asked. "You might as well think about what's going on here?" Zaphod prompted him.

"Nothing." "No stars? No planets?" "No." "Computer!" shouted Zaphod, turning the camera 180 degrees, no more bullshit! " After a while, nothing seemed to happen.Immediately, the edges of the big screen began to glow.A red star the size of a small plate slowly moved across the screen, followed by another - a binary star system.Then there was a huge crescent moon, which appeared in the corner of the whole picture-gradually transitioning from red to pitch black-a piece, which was the night side of a planet. "I've found it!" cried Zaphod, pounding on the console. "I've found it!"

Ford watched the scene in amazement. "What is it?" "It..." said Zaphod, "is the most incredible planet that ever existed."