Chapter 12 12. The Last Days

Lu Bing slept until the early morning of the next day.On board she was sedated twice, a little too much. As soon as the crew had stepped off the ship the day before, Pinto had discovered their distaste for Lupine, and even old Larry to varying degrees.After placing the sleeping Lu Bing in the bedroom, Pinto called all the crew members over and said sadly, "You can't treat Lu Bing like this!" Banks said angrily: "She killed Captain Lugang!" Tang Shilong smiled wryly, "I'm a villain, but even I am afraid of this woman, she is too scary." Old Larry also nodded: "What she did was too much."

Pinto said angrily: "Yes, she is annoying, but have you thought about it: If Lu Gang is standing on top of us now, will he be sad when he sees us treat Lu Bing like this? How do you do it?" Lu Gang's entrustment before his death?" Several people were shocked, and Banks said reluctantly: "For the sake of the captain, we will treat her well in the future. Don't worry, old uncle hippopotamus." Pinto turned to old Larry: "Old hozen, you old fool. Bing'er is also very pitiful. Don't add more pain to her." In the early morning, Lu Bing woke up leisurely and saw Pinto, Larry and Tang Shilong were all guarding by her side, with deep concern in her eyes. She put her arms around Pinto and burst into tears.Pinto's eyes were sore, and he said repeatedly: "Cry, child, cry. Uncle knows your difficulties."

Lu Bing cried for a long time before he stopped, and asked weakly, "Where is Brother Lu Gang?" "He is about 2 million kilometers away from the earth at this moment, and his signal has been lost. He is not dead yet, I think he will never die, he will stand at the gate of heaven and stare at you. Binger, live well Go down and make my brother happy." Lu Bing's tears welled up again: "Uncle, I will not let him down." When Mike pointed his pistol at Lu Gang, Lu Gang smiled and said, "After killing me, what are you going to do with these nuclear bombs? Unload them at the Lagrange cemetery? Or take them and crash into Washington?"

Before Mike could answer, the microphone rang: "Mr. Lu Gang, report an emergency. A terrorist named God of War is probably hiding on the little moth and is about to take action against you. Please answer when you hear it!" Lu Gang glanced at the microphone, but didn't take it. The microphone repeated several times, and then fell silent.The spacecraft is still traveling in the original direction.Lu Gang drove calmly, glancing at the calm old Mike from time to time, not knowing what the old guy was going to do.Suddenly, he was surprised to find that Old Mike smiled and threw the pistol back casually.The pistol was somersaulting and floating in the weightless cabin.Then Mike came over leisurely, squeezed past Lu Gang, and settled himself comfortably in the passenger seat.He smiled and said, "Can I? I want to go with you."

Mike had volunteered to board the Moth.When the plan went smoothly and Tang Shilong flew to the Kourou launch site with his lover, Mike smiled and said to Kabellelu: "I will go too. It is useless for me to stay in this world. For someone like me Villain, being buried for 2,250 nuclear bombs is probably the most appropriate ending." Cabilelu persuaded him a few times, and then he fulfilled his wish.It happened that there was a secret cabin on the Moth, and he let Mike hide in it, which was regarded as a spare pawn behind Tang Shilong.Just now, when he stayed in the secret cabin, Mike had been monitoring the conversation between the two parties. With the ups and downs of the plot, he suddenly realized it.Looking back at my mentality and scheming at that time—the resentment after being ruthlessly dismissed; the eagerness to find a reward of 1 million;Now, he even felt that it was ridiculous to talk about the "Last Supper" plan.He was glad that he got on this spaceship and was able to accompany Lu Gang to walk through the last mileage of his life calmly.Now he suddenly had a strong desire: to get Lu Gang's friendship.

Regarding Mike's sudden decision, Lu Gang raised his eyebrows in surprise and curiosity, and said nothing.Because in an instant he saw that this old man had already penetrated life and death.He really can't send the old man back to the earth at present, so he said boldly: "Okay, let's go together on the road to Huangquan!" "Sorry, I'm going to take some of your food." Both of them laughed.Under the current circumstances, this sentence seems very funny. Only people who are desperate to survive will be careful about food, but they don't need to. The earth still sent calls from time to time, and Lu Gang replied twice, but the other party obviously couldn't receive them.It may be that the power of the radio on the spacecraft is too low.After two days, the signal from Earth also gradually weakened.But on the third morning, they suddenly received a very clear signal: "Captain Lu Gang, we are a group of volunteers who have transformed three radio astronomy telescopes into powerful radio stations. One is in Puerto Rico. Recibo Observatory, one in Purple Mountain Observatory in China, one in Australia. In this way, despite the rotation of the earth, there is always an antenna facing you. According to calculations, you can still receive a clear signal before you put into the sun. May Human voices will always accompany heroes!"

The two looked at each other, very excited, Mike smiled and said: "No, they are wrong, it is a hero and a villain." Lu Gang smiled, and was comforting him with words, Mike’s name happened to be on the microphone: “Please pay attention, Mr. Mike, we don’t know your current situation, what role you played before, or even your Whether you are still alive or not. But we still want to inform you that your granddaughter Mimi has undergone a bone marrow transplant operation. The bone marrow was provided by a Chinese woman who did not want to be named. The operation was successful. Your family asked us to tell you, Please rest assured, and please ask the Lord for forgiveness at the last moment of your life!"

Mike's eyes were moist.The microphone added: "Now play the best path NASA has chosen for you. You only need to make a small correction in direction, and you can use the gravity of Venus to accelerate. In this way, the journey to the sun will be shortened to 75- 80 days. There is another advantage of this, when we see the spacecraft change direction, we will confirm that you can still receive the signal from the earth, may God bless you!" Specific flight parameters are broadcast below.Lu Gang immediately corrected his direction according to these parameters, and he did it very carefully, because the fuel of the Moth was running out.

Most of the time, music is played in the microphone: Symphony of Heroes, Symphony of Destiny, Tragedy, and ancient Chinese songs such as Spring River Flower and Moon Night, Erquan Yingyue, etc.Lu Gang is very happy that he has a companion who is very eloquent.Old Mike has been chatting calmly and analyzing himself mercilessly - how he suddenly fell from the consciousness of the elite class and joined hands with terrorists; , I have been studying how to kill people most effectively all my life. I actually represent the evil nature of human beings; A kind of paradox. Or, it is normal according to the logic of human beings, but it is a paradox according to the logic of God." He added with a wry smile: "Maybe life itself is made up of paradoxes. Thank you very much, Mr. Lu Gang, Mostly because of you, I can face death with peace of mind."

Lu Gang said sincerely: "You are welcome, I am glad to have a companion like you in the final journey of life." The microphone rang again: "Mr. Lu Gang, I want to report some news to you. Do you know a woman named Ahui? She insisted that we send you the following recording. We cannot determine the authenticity of the content, please Judge for yourself!" Below is Ah Hui's choked up voice: "Tiger, I bought a motorized fishing boat with that money, and my life is normal now, thank you. Since that night at Qixingyan, I have been pregnant with your child, and I will put He raised him. Farewell, my man!"

Mike patted Lu Gang on the shoulder with a smile: "It's true, I think it must be true." Lu Gang was very happy, but also somewhat embarrassed. He said: "I think it's true. I'm really sorry for Ah Hui. I couldn't marry her." Mike comforted him: "Don't blame yourself too much. There are many things in the world that cannot be controlled by humans. Ah Hui will definitely forgive you." These words stirred up waves in Lu Gang's heart.For a whole day after that, Lu Gang was depressed and reticent.Mike guessed his mind more or less, did not disturb him, and accompanied him silently.When he opened his mouth, he opened his mouth and said: "I killed Lu Bing! These two days I finally found the root of the tragedy. Between me and Bing'er, there was friendship mixed with love very early on, but later I was very 'noble' 'The earth forcibly limited it to the frame of brother and sister. As a result, it complicated Lu Bing's already incomplete consciousness, resulting in repressed lust and the shame of incest in the subconscious. It was these that distorted Lu Bing's consciousness. character." He said sadly: "I want to apologize to Bing'er, I was too cold to her when we broke up. But how can I do this?" There is no way.They only maintain a one-way channel with the earth, and even this channel may be broken at any time.It is said that there is a certain distance after people die, they can hear the wishes of their loved ones, but they cannot make their own voice return to the world.During this journey, they will surely think of some entrustments to their families one after another, but they cannot reach the ears of the living.Now they really feel the helplessness. Lu Gang has always been brooding about this.Old Mike enthusiastically advised him, including putting the letter in a space drift bottle and sending it out of the cabin—of course, even if it can be received on the earth, it will be tens of millions of years later. Fortunately, they received Pinto's voice the next day: "Tiger, hello. We know about this 'Walking with Heroes' volunteer activity and their radio station, and now I want to say a few words to you through the radio station. We Everything is fine, Binger has recovered and she is also fine. Lu Gang, you should be husband and wife instead of brother and sister. This misalignment has caused a lifelong tragedy. Please forgive me for blaming you at this time, but I think I should let you know this, so that you will feel better in your heart. Please rest assured, we will take good care of Binger!" The following is Tang Shilong's voice: "Lu Gang, my brother, we will take good care of Bing'er, thank you for leading me on a new path!" After Larry, Banks, and Blake came Lu Bing.Her voice was choked with sobs, but she seemed very calm, without the madness on the spaceship: "Brother Lu Gang, I will live a good life, and I will always remember you!..." Lu Gang held Mike's hand and said happily: "Old Mike, I have no regrets this time." Ahead lies Venus, brightly illuminated by sunlight reflecting off its dense atmosphere.Lu Gang adjusted the direction again according to the parameters provided by the ground, and the spacecraft passed Venus along an arc, greatly accelerated its speed with its gravity, and flew towards the sun. The US Space Center in Houston kept reporting the position of Moth to the President, but it was soon out of sight, the tiny, non-luminous celestial body disappearing into the vast expanse of the sky.Subsequent trips are estimated by computer. One month later, according to calculations, the food for the Moth had been exhausted, and since it had entered Mercury's orbit around the sun, the temperature must have been too high, and it was estimated that two crew members had died.Afterwards, under the action of the sun's gravity, the out-of-control spacecraft still flew towards the sun. According to the last flight parameter estimation of Moth, it will be put into the sun after 80-82 days.Just during that time, astronomers observed a prominence eruption.The vermilion prominence erupted millions of kilometers away, rolling and oscillating, with various shapes and brilliant colors.The public mostly believes it was triggered by 2,250 nuclear bombs.None of the astronomers disagreed, although they knew that a prominence eruption could throw out more than the mass of the earth, and the power of 2,250 nuclear bombs is too insignificant.Lu Bing took this day as the death day of Lu Gang's brother. She bowed silently in front of his brother's portrait and presented a bouquet of pure white magnolia flowers. Also doing this is a woman named Ahui far away in Taihu Lake. Radio stations, TV stations, and the Internet all over the world broadcast the dirge at the same time.When the mourning music sounded, the Chinese president in Zhongnanhai and the American president in the White House stood up in silence at the same time.Chief of Staff Martin told Whitham his popularity jumped 14 points, according to the Gallup poll. "Now, we can say 'no' to those old guys." Whitham said coldly.