Chapter 67 Chapter 57: The Interlude of Gurneymede

"These poor primitive colonies!" lamented Mihailovich. "I am surprised that there is not a single place in the whole of Gurneymede that can hold concerts! Of course, my electronic synthesizer can reproduce the sound of any instrument." , but a Steinway (the authority on pianos) is a Steinway, just as Strativari is a Strativari (the authority on violins).” Although his complaints are not so serious, they have aroused the dissatisfaction of some local intellectuals, and even the most popular "Midi's Morning" program made malicious comments on him: "Their arrival brought us endless The glory of the world, our distinguished guests have temporarily raised the cultural standards of the two worlds..."

This attack was mainly aimed at Willis, Mihailovich, and Mobella, who were too keen to educate the local residents.Mobella creates a love affair like Zeus's lecherous scandal, unrestrained romps with Io, Europa, Gurnymede, and Callisto.Dressing up as a white bull to seduce the beauties of Europa is bad enough, but his defense of Io and Callisodo from the vengeance of his wife Hera is sympathetic.But what angered many local residents was a report that Gurneymede was born the wrong gender. To be fair, the motives for calling yourself a cultural ambassador are laudable, but not entirely altruistic.Knowing they'd be on Gurneymede for months, they found themselves in danger of being bored after the novelty wore off.At the same time, they also hope to use their talents to make life better for everyone around them; however, not everyone in this place where cutting-edge technology in the solar system gathers is eager to profit from it, and they have no time at all. benefit from it.

Merlin, on the other hand, has adjusted just fine and is having a great time himself.Although she is well known on Earth, few people here have heard of her name, so she can wander the public corridors and Gurneymede Center Building without anyone looking back because she recognized her , or whisper excitedly.In fact, she would be recognized, but just another visitor from Earth. With his usual poise, efficiency, and modesty, Grinber has adapted well to the satellite's management and technology structure, and has become one of six advisory board members.His services were so appreciated that he was told that he might leave the place without being criticized.

Dr. Fo watched with ease the behavior of his fellow shipmates, but he himself was not much involved.His main concern now is building a relationship with Chris Jr. and helping his grandson plan for the future.Now, with less than 100 tons of fuel in the tank, the Cosmos has safely landed on Gnymede, and he still has a lot to do. Because all the people on the Yinhe are grateful to those who rescued them, the two crews are easily fused together. After the Yinhe is repaired, they can fly back to Earth together; because Mr. Lawrence began to plan a major improvement The news of the construction of the Yinhe II gave morale a huge boost (although the new construction of the Yinhe II must wait until his lawyers resolve his dispute with the Lloyd Merchant Marine Association).And insurers are still trying to insist that this new crime of space hijacking cannot be covered.

For that crime, no one has been convicted, or prosecuted, and it was clearly planned and orchestrated over the course of several years by an effective and well-financed syndicate.The Republic of South Africa loudly asserts that they have nothing to do with it and says official inquiries are welcome.The Environmental Alliance also expressed its indignation, and of course blamed Shaka. Dr. Craigie was not surprised when he found among the letters angry anonymous letters, mostly written in Afrikaans, but which sometimes made incomprehensible grammatical errors that made him suspect that the letters might It's a disinformation tactic.

After some thought, he passed them on to the Cosmos Space Center, "Maybe they already have these letters," he told himself sarcastically.Atlas Space Center called back to thank him, but as he'd expected, they had no comment. At different times, Deputy Commander Chris Jr. and Zhang, as well as other crew members on the Yinhe, all accepted a sumptuous dinner invitation from two mysterious people on Gnymede, and these two people, Chris Jr. I've seen it.When they confided in each other after their disappointing meal, they discovered that the two polite hecklers were trying to build a case against Shaka, but apparently without much effect.

Dr. van den Berg was the trigger for the whole thing, and he got very good results from it, both professionally and financially.But now he does not know how to take advantage of these new opportunities. He has received many attractive job offers from universities and scientific organizations on Earth, but, ironically, he has no way to benefit from them because he Living in the gravitational field of one-sixth of Gurneymede for too long, and past the medical point of no return. Dr. Fo explained to him that the moon was another good place, like at the Buster Center for Space Medicine, and he said: "We plan to establish there - a space university, so that people who have been away from the earth for too long can no longer adapt to it." Gravity people can interact with people on Earth in real time. We will have lecture halls, meeting rooms, laboratories, etc., some of which may only be computers, but they will look so real that you can't tell the real from the fake. You can even Or go to a video store like Earth."

Dr. Fo was surprised to find that he not only found a grandson, but Chen also adopted a nephew.He is now united with Vandenberg and Little Kristina by a strangely identical experience, above all the phantom mystery that took place under the great wall in the desolate city of Europa. Little Chris was sure about everything, "I see you and I hear your voice as clearly as it is now." He told his grandpa, "But your lips never moved, and at last The strange thing is that I don't think there's anything weird about it, it just seems natural. There's a very comfortable feeling to the whole experience. There's a little bit of sadness, no, it'd be more appropriate to say unfinished. Sorry , I shouldn't have thought of that."

"We can't help but think of your meeting with Bowman on the Discovery," van den Berg added. "Before we landed on Europa, I tried to radio him. It seemed like an innocent thing to do, but I couldn't think of any other way. I did get the feeling that he was going to be there in some form." "What do you think of this phenomenon?" Dr. Buddha hesitated.The memory faded very quickly, but he suddenly remembered the night when the little Digu magnetic board had suddenly appeared in his cabin. Nothing happened, but from then on he felt that little Chris was safe and that they would see each other again.

"No," he said slowly, "I never had an opinion." After all, it might just be a dream.