Chapter 7 Chapter 3 Return

Even without the face-saving accident (Translator's Note: This is the plot in the movie "Majestic Helios", that is, "2010: A Space Odyssey", after an American expedition reached a moon of Jupiter, it was unknown The voice from the source warned not to board the star and fled in a hurry, and hurriedly rendezvous with the Soviet Russian spaceship to return to the earth), and the process of returning to the earth was not easy. The first shock happened when Dr. Ludenko woke up Dr. Fo from his deep sleep after everyone was lucky to escape the catastrophe. Dr. Fo saw Wat Cuno behind her looking panicked. He is awake, but he has already realized that something is wrong. Besides, everyone's joy when he wakes up is too exaggerated, and there is no way to hide everyone's nervousness.When he was fully awake, they told him that Dr. Jian Zhuo had left everyone.

At a distance from Mars (so difficult to perceive, even the monitors could not detect the exact time), Dr. Jane ceased to show signs of life; his body was floating in space.And continued to circle the Leonov's orbit, because he had been floating there for too long, so his body had been ablated by the sun's flames. The cause of Dr. Jane's death is still a mystery, but Max Buevski has put forward a very unscientific opinion, which even Dr. Rudenko, the chief of surgery, does not want to waste his time refuting this opinion. "He can't do without Haier." Watt Cunow and others have added another idea.

"I don't know what Haier will do. There must be something watching our broadcast communication in the dark space. He will know that thing sooner or later." Now, even Kuno was gone, and none of them except little Jenny.Dr. Buddha has not seen her for twenty years, but her Christmas card always arrives on time every Christmas, and last year's card is still nailed to his desk: a traditional Russian carriage, driven by three Horse-drawn horses gallop through the icy Russian winter with gifts, while a pack of hungry wolves stare at them hungrily. It's been forty-five years!The Leonov returning to earth orbit from outer space and the scene of being cheered by all people seem to have happened just yesterday, although those cheers are very strange and seem a little low-key: there is more than respect but lack of enthusiasm. Overall, this trip to Jupiter was quite successful. It opened Pandora's box of mysteries and let us know that there are still many things to be discovered!

When the dark Tigu magnet was unearthed on the surface of the moon, only a handful of people knew about it. It was not until the end of the disastrous and heroic journey of the spaceship Discovery that the world's human beings knew it. We know that another kind of intelligent life visited the solar system four million years ago, and left a memory of their visit.This is a big discovery, but not surprising, because humans have anticipated it for decades. These facts all happened before there were humans.A string of mysterious accidents occurred as Discovery orbited Jupiter, but they all appeared to be caused by malfunctions in the spacecraft itself.Although the logical result of TMA-1 is quite profound, due to some practical reasons, human beings are still independent living organisms in the universe.

But now, this judgment is no longer correct.Only a minute's light away there is a kind of advanced beings who can create stars, and for some unknown reason, they destroy a planet a thousand times larger than the earth.What is even more amazing is that they sent out a signal to know the existence of human beings. Before the Discovery was about to be destroyed by the magic star, the last message that the Discovery sent back to the earth from the Jupiter satellite was: All these worlds are yours, except for Europa. Don't try to log in on it. When this dazzling new star Europa turns to the other side of the sun, it will be invisible to the earth for several months of the year. Human beings look forward to and fear it: because they have nothing to do with it. Knowing, especially it is always associated with wonder and surprise, and this ignorance is still unable to inspire human primitive emotion (curiosity); what is hoped is that through it, it can have a transformational effect on global politics.

It is often said that only the threat from space can unite humanity.No one knows if the magic star is a threat, but it is definitely a challenge.And as far as the current development is concerned, this function is enough. From his Buster Center for Space Medicine, Dr. Fo looked down at the political shifts on Earth as if he were an alien himself. He had planned to leave space and return to Earth after his recovery, but his recovery was so slow that his attending physicians were annoyed and confused. Looking back on the last few years of the peace and prosperity, Dr. Buddha clearly understood why his bones refused to heal, because he didn't want to go back to the earth at all, and there was nothing on the blue and white sphere hanging above his head that he was nostalgic for.Sometimes, he can understand why Jian Zhuo loses the willpower to live.

Dr. Buddha did not fly to Europe with his first wife that time, it was pure luck, now that Mary has passed away (Mary died in a plane crash during that trip to Europe), the memory of her seems to have faded Go, their two daughters are already like strangers in the family to him. But he would lose Kai Ruolin completely because of his own hand, but he also had no choice.She never understood (and he never did) why he was willing to leave the beautiful home they had built together and banished himself to the cold garbage dump beyond the sun. Although he knew that Kai Ruolin would not wait for him like Wang Baoxun did before the task was half completed, he still desperately hoped that Chris would forgive him, but all of these were ruthlessly rejected because his son hadn't had a father for too long When Dr. Buddha came back, because Kai Ruolin had another man in her life, he also replaced him as the father in Chris's heart, and the two were completely estranged from then on.

Dr. Buddha thought that he would never be able to get rid of the pain in this life, but time is the best medicine, and he has recovered from this pain. His physical condition matched his underlying desires seamlessly.After a long recuperation, when he finally returned to Earth from the Buster Medical Center, his body immediately issued warning signals (including symptoms of suspected bone necrosis), which made him have to fly back to orbit immediately.So, except for a few trips to the moon, he has been staying in the space medical center with only zero to one-sixth gravity and slow rotation.

Dr. Buddha is not a hermit, far from it!Even while recuperating, he devoted himself to writing reports, providing evidence for those never-ending missions, and giving interviews to the media.He has always been a celebrity and reveled in his experience.These all help to make up for the pain in his heart. The first decade (between 2020 and 2030) seems to have passed so quickly that it is now difficult for him to recall what happened during that period.Most of the events that took place during that period were ordinary crises, scandals, crimes, and natural disasters.Especially the California earthquake (translation note: this book was first published in 1988, and the last "big" earthquake in San Francisco was in 1990, can the author really "predict" earthquakes?) He happened to be on the space station See the horror that has never been seen before on the big screen!After the screen of the space station has undergone special magnification processing, it is often possible to see individual figures, but from his remote position as high as God, it is really impossible to clearly distinguish the black spots that are rushing out from the burning city. Only ground cameras can report real fear.

During that decade, the truth of many things was not very clear, and the political plate still worked as relentlessly as the geological plate (in a negative sense, it was as if time was turned back).Because at the beginning the earth was a planet with a single landmass, it took a very long time before this supercontinent split up, so that various races were produced and countless tribes and countries were formed; Today, with the gradual reduction of ancient language and cultural differences, the earth has become one again. While Magic Star accelerated these advances, it was only in the last few decades, when the advent of the jet age created a global tourism boom.Almost at the same time (certainly not by coincidence), satellites and fiber optics revolutionized communications.Since the abolition of long-distance telephone rates on December 11, 2000, all telephone calls have become local calls. In order to welcome this golden age, human beings have turned themselves into a member of a huge gossip family. molecular.

As in most families, quarrels are inevitable, but these disputes are no longer a threat to the entire planet.The second (and final) nuclear war used only two bombs, not more than the first.Although its power is much greater than the first time, the number of casualties has been greatly reduced, because the bombing sites are all oil field areas with extremely low population density.At that time, China, the United States, and Soviet Russia, the three powers in the world, took countermeasures with admirable speed and wisdom. Before the surviving warriors fully recovered their senses, the three powers completely sealed off the theater. In the decade from 2020 to 2030, wars between great powers are impossible, and wars like the one between Canada and the United States a century ago are impossible to happen again.This is not because human nature has been greatly improved by evolution. In fact, there is only one reason, that is, everyone is afraid of death, and everyone chooses to live.Many peace organizations have been created by accident, and when politicians realize what is happening, it is astonishing that such organizations already exist, and they are functioning well! The "Peace Hostage" movement was not invented by politicians or idealists of any sect, until it was discovered that at any given time, there were 100,000 Soviet Russian tourists visiting the United States, and 500,000 habitually complaining about poor running water More Americans stayed in Soviet Russia, so the name came into being; a more appropriate explanation may be that most of these American and Russian tourists are powerful people who must not be sacrificed (such as rich businessmen, privileged classes and political figures). child). Even if someone has ulterior motives, it is impossible to start a large-scale war.The era of transparency began in the 1990s. After corporate news media began to use photographic satellites, the resolution of the images was comparable to that achieved by the military for nearly 30 years.The Pentagon and the Kremlin were appalled by this, but they couldn't handle the cameras of Reuters, the Associated Press, and those 24/7 satellite news agencies. By 2060, although the world has not yet been completely disarmed, it has become quite peaceful, and the remaining 50 nuclear weapons have all been brought under international condominium.When Edward VIII was elected the first global president, surprisingly, all but twelve countries objected.The twelve countries range in size and importance, from the stubbornly neutral Switzerland (whose restaurant and hotel industries peacefully welcomed the new system) to the more independent Marvenion (The emerging nation is resisting an angry British and Argentine, and wants to make a profit between the two). The dismantling of the massive and thoroughly parasitic arms industry has created an unprecedented (and indeed somewhat unhealthy) incentive for the global economy.Vital raw materials and brilliant engineering talents are no longer monopolized (or even destroyed) by that black hole. Instead, this powerful force is rebuilding the world to make up for old enemies. Humanity is building a new world.Now humans have finally found their jihad and challenge, which can absorb people's excess energy to dream of an ideal world after thousands of years.