That night, the planet disappeared again.
Therefore, after captain Ed obtained enough data and received Isaac's very professional report on the analysis results and time flow rate between the planet and the parallel universe, he decisively contacted the fleet woman again.
The commander forwarded the complete report to the other party.
Of course!
In addition to the series of important reports summarized and analyzed by Isaac, such as the 'parallel universe hypothesis', 'the idea of ​​parallel universe channels and overlapping spaces' and 'different time flow rate differences between parallel universes' and other data and
In addition to handing over all the papers to the female commander, he did not forget to carefully explain what Anne and Anne had done at the end, that is, a 'bright and fertile' planet with Anne as the core seemed to have been formed on the planet.
The relevant evolution of religion is explained.
"Sir!"
"That's probably what happened."
"Before the planet disappears and returns to its original universe, we also create and release an invisible synchronous satellite that can last for a thousand years or even longer. In addition to continuing to observe, research and collect relevant data about the planet and civilization, we also retain
An overview of all the information on this incident.”
"If in one thousand four hundred or two thousand years, that planet can develop an advanced civilization, the satellite we left in orbit will definitely be discovered by them, and by then, the information stored in it will be
Explain to them what happened."
"In that case, it should be fine, right?"
After saying that, Ed stopped and began to wait anxiously for the instructions from their commander, who could tell from his expression that he was definitely not in a good mood.
The matter of placing the invisible satellite was decided upon by Kelly, Alora, John and others who were in the bridge at the time. He thought it was indeed a good idea, so he implemented it.
As for storing the information in the satellite that explains everything, it was Ed's own idea.
Because he has thought about it, the past eleven days in their universe have been seven hundred years on the other side, and more than a month has been more than two thousand years or more on the opposite side. And such a long time should be enough for the opposite planet to develop to
It’s the age of space civilization.
At that time, before the other party discovers the abnormality of the planet, they will definitely get the information left by the Orville. Then when the other party comes to this universe, they will not be too panicked, and at the same time, they will not be too concerned about the Orville.
Too much hostility to the Alliance of Planets.
Of course, the more important thing is: only by proactively leaving information and showing goodwill, after countless seven hundred years have passed, and after countless years of technology reaching or leading the Planetary Alliance, the other party will not treat them like the Orville or the Planetary Alliance.
It was the Covenant that did something unfriendly.
However, if the other party fails to develop a space civilization due to various reasons, such as a horrific world war, a vicious biochemical virus crisis, or some other unknown reasons that cause the civilization to be destroyed and stop evolving, then their Orville
Just pretend that you haven’t done anything, and you won’t do more because of it.
‘…’
At this time, the female commander in the communication interface was not in a hurry to speak.
She just looked at the report submitted by Ed and rubbed her forehead with a headache. She didn't know whether she was struggling or thinking about something.
"terribly sorry!"
"Sir!"
"We really couldn't do anything about it. No one knew that the shuttle boat would crash at the time, and we really didn't have much control over Annie, so..."
"That's really not Gordon's fault, and it's not Isaac's fault either!"
"Maybe……"
"Is this all my fault?"
Seeing that the other party had an ugly face and no answer for a long time, Ed thought that the other party would punish or prosecute someone for this deep interference in a primitive civilization, so he had to bite the bullet and continue talking, and tried to take all the responsibility on him.
On one's own body.
After all, he and Kelly did spend the night drinking and partying and exchanging certain bodily fluids that night, which resulted in the inability to work the next day. That was indeed the cause of everything, and someone should indeed be responsible for it.
'okay.'
'Ed, I know your situation at that time, and I know that the little girl is an uncontrolled unstable factor. This is also the real reason why you and your first mate can continue to be in your current positions!'
'I have no intention of punishing you for this, so please don't be too nervous.'
Rarely, the other party actually raised his hand to signal and comfort Ed.
'But don't be too hasty to be happy!'
'I will still record it once in your permanent file, once for you and your first mate!'
'Do you have any objections?'
And when she saw Ed in the communication instantly showing a happy expression, her face suddenly changed again and she solemnly announced this.
"ah!"
"yes!"
"Sir, I have no objection!"
Seeing that he couldn't escape and was given a demerit in the end, Ed couldn't help but lamented, and then answered honestly and politely.
However, Ed was finally relieved when he saw that it was only a demerit and not dismissal or prosecution, because since it had been demerited, it proved that the matter was over, and they no longer needed to deal with alcoholism and Anne's nonsense.
Worried.
"That……"
"Sir!"
"How should we deal with the matter on that planet?"
So, Ed, who was feeling a lot better despite being anxious, hurriedly asked, wanting to see if there was anything else the headquarters needed to explain about that planet.
'What else can we do with a civilization that advances seven hundred years every eleven days?'
'Ed, listen up!'
‘If they hadn’t been destroyed midway, they would have reached the era of time and space travel within the next month. There is no doubt about that!’
'When the time comes, the satellites you left behind will definitely be discovered by them and the information will be read. You have done a good job in this regard!'
'so……'
'Don't go anywhere now, stay put and wait for them to come to you!'
'Then, you must apologize in person and explain the reasons. If you can get the other party's understanding, this matter will be over.'
'Until then, you can't do anything to that planet!'
'This is an order, do you understand?'
After saying that, the female commander put down the report that was giving her a huge headache and looked at Ed with bright eyes.
"yes!"
"Sir, don't worry!"
Ed didn't dare to be negligent and quickly responded loudly.
That kind of civilization that progresses by seven hundred years every eleven days is indeed quite scary. You must know that the current dominant civilization of the Planetary Alliance, Earth, has only been a civilization for less than three thousand years since the feudal era.
Therefore, Ed simply couldn't think about it. If they stayed here and waited until a few months later to face a civilization that had developed for tens of thousands of years, what kind of emotional experience would it be?
If the other party's civilization dies midway, regresses, or remains stagnant, that's fine. If the other party can continue to make progress, over a long period of time, it will definitely become a more terrifying existence than the Calivans!
"We're not going anywhere, we're not doing anything!"
"Until they come to us!"
Anyway, Ed can basically understand the original intention of the commanders of the headquarters to ask him and the Orville to stand by and wait for the other party's arrival, and then try their best to gain the other party's understanding. That is not difficult to understand.
'very good!'
'Don't cause any more trouble.'
'Wish ya'll good luck!'
After saying that, the female commander let out a long breath, and after looking at each other for a few seconds, the other party, who was hesitant to speak, hung up the communication.
"call!"
"It's another holiday..."
"This time it will be at least twenty-two days, or maybe longer?"
"What a torture!"
After the communication ended, and looking at the closed holographic screen, Ed couldn't help but let out a long breath, then leaned back on the chair and fell into a daze.
That planet is now in the feudal era of the Middle Ages. In another eleven days, that is, about seven hundred years, it will almost reach the technological level of the twenty-first world on Earth. Then, after another seven hundred years, if
If there are no accidents, they should be able to reach the current level of their Orville. By then, the other party will probably discover the satellite and be ready to come to them.
Of course, it is also possible that it will take the third seven hundred years, that is, thirty-three days later?
or……
Will it never appear again?
"call!"
"do not care!"
Regardless of whether the other party appears or not, the long wait that will last for at least twenty-two days will definitely be inevitable, so Ed is ready to explain some things first.
"Pertus!"
"I just reported to the headquarters that the Orville has received an order to stay on standby. You and Kelly will arrange the duty personnel and holidays of each department."
"I think……"
"We may have to stay here for at least twenty-two days, or longer?"
So, Ed explained the order from the command clearly to the second officer, Bertus, who was on duty at the bridge, and asked him and Kelly to make relevant preparations before standing up directly.
Things are at least not too bad now, but they are not too good either, so he plans to go for some leisure and entertainment first, for example, play the game of tearing Gundam apart with that hateful little girl?
Or maybe you and Gordon play a plot game like flirting with an evil refrigerator?
But no matter what, he only knew that they would have to wait a long time.
only hope……
In the meantime, how about some bad little girl stop causing trouble for them?
…
Fortunately, in the following days, Annie did not cause trouble to Ed anymore, because she caused trouble to other people on the Orville.
Ed was both painful and happy about this.
Yes, it was painful. He received complaints from the crew almost every day. For example, Annie sawed off one of the horns of a horned alien, stuffed Yafeite into the toilet and flushed it away, causing the alien to
He stayed in the wastewater pool for several hours, or the food synthesizer was tampered with, causing the food to be mixed with deviled peppers, giving dozens of people collective diarrhea and food phobia, etc., which made it very difficult for him to deal with.
.
The happy thing is that Anne didn't prank him as the captain, and he didn't have to go on duty on the bridge, so he only had ten days of vacation. In the evening, he could also play poker with his first mate and ex-wife Kelly from time to time.
Not to mention how beautiful that little life was.
In this way, a full eleven days of pain and joy passed.
When that magical planet appeared again from another universe in his own universe, Ed, who had been waiting for a long time, saw that the other party's technological level had entered the intelligent network era of the 21st century on earth, which made him feel
Very pleased.
However, when Isaac and others observed again, they discovered that various myths and legends about Anne were still circulating on the other party's network and in various places?
Moreover, the sect with Anne as the 'goddess' has actually become the largest sect on the entire planet, with more than 90% of the population believing in the so-called 'goddess of light and fertility, Anne Hastur.
'?
Ed didn't even know what to say about this.
Ever since, he, who was always a little uneasy in his heart, blatantly instigated Isaac to anonymously tell the story that the 'goddess' Anne Hastur might just be a naughty little girl, and that the other party was not at all as good as what the Bible and the church said.
It was quietly put on the planet's network.
result……
The post they sent actually received billions of clicks and hundreds of millions of reposts on the planet network in just half an hour. It was directly listed as 'NO1' on the hot search list of major media networks on the planet and successfully attracted...
It attracted tens of billions of angry netizens’ accusations, denunciations and human flesh searches.
And if those people really couldn't find the IP address of their Orville number, and Ed also hurriedly asked Isaac to delete the post in advance, it would be hard to predict what the outcome would be.
Soon, after a long wait, on the morning of the twenty-second day, the senior officers of the Orville, such as Captain Ed, First Mate Kelly, Second Mate Petrus, Safety Officer Arora, Helmsman Ge
After boarding the ship, robot engineer Isaac and engineering department chief John and others gathered on the bridge, waiting for the exciting moment to arrive.
Because, according to the development speed of that planet in the intelligent network era eleven days ago, after seven hundred years, the other party must have developed almost as much as the Earth of the current Planetary Alliance, and must have discovered what they left behind.
That invisible satellite, after learning about the space changes that occur once every seven hundred years, would definitely not miss meeting their Orville.
"!
"
"captain!"
"Time is up!"
Everyone in the bridge did not wait long. With Petrus's exclamation, Ed and others saw: an extremely advanced planet has developed a large number of space stations, and even planets can be seen in the universe.
The planet with many landmarks on its surface suddenly came into view on the bridge of the Orville.
"Report!"
"Captain, a strange spaceship is flying towards us!"
"They sent a boarding request!"
Then, as the security officer Arora exclaimed, everyone also saw that in the orbit of the planet, a very gorgeous-looking spaceship flew lightly to the opposite side of the Orville, and stood face to face with the Orville.
hovering in the dark universe.
"..."
Ed didn't speak, he just frowned and looked at the bow of the gorgeous spaceship.
He saw it, and at the same time, the robot Isaac also enlarged the image. On the bow of the alien spacecraft, there was a statue of a troubled little girl!
"Permission to board the ship!"
"Let's go!"
"We go to the boarding bay to welcome them!"
Although he was very confused, shocked and puzzled, Ed still suppressed all kinds of thoughts in his heart, then stood up and motioned to Alora, Kelly, Bertus, Gordon, John and Isaac to join him.
Let's go together to welcome those friends who have been waiting for a thousand years.
But...
A few minutes later, when Ed and others arrived at the boarding cabin, they were stunned to see:
A group of guys wearing fluorescent white robes, whose identities were obvious and who were probably some kind of high-level magicians, surrounded a certain bad little girl and walked devoutly like a pilgrim.
An exaggerated kneeling ceremony?
"oh!"
"God damn it!"
"how could this be?"
"What went wrong?"
Upon seeing this, Ed, like the others, naturally looked at each other, slapped his forehead with his hand and lamented, not knowing how to deal with it.
So, they just watched and waited blankly. It wasn't until the group of people finished their 'pilgrimage' and made way for them that they were able to go forward and greet the representatives of the magic sticks headed by them.
Introduced each other.
"Salute to you."
"Captain Ed Massey, and..."
"Commander Kelly Grayson!"
"certainly!"
"And this..."
"Servant of God, Mr. Gordon Mallowin Helmsman."
After introducing each other, the magicians in fluorescent white robes actually bowed to Ed, Kelly and the inexplicable Gordon.
"etc!"
"I do not understand!"
"Your current technology should be no better than ours. You have also seen the satellites and information we left behind. Am I right?"
"But!"
"Why do you still think she is your god?"
Finally, seeing that the other party seemed to be easy to talk to, and not like a fanatical stickman, Ed, who was puzzled, asked carefully and with some disbelief.
"it may be because…..."
"She really is?"
After the group of people looked at each other for a while, the leader finally smiled and sighed softly.
"No!"
"I still don't understand, why do you still think so?"
"What's the reason?"
"Isn't she just an ordinary little girl?"
Ed still didn't understand, and even went a little crazy.
"because……"
"That is indeed God!"
"Our God!"
"Captain Ed, when you look at problems and things, don't just look at the surface. There are many things hidden under the surface that are the most precious and worth pursuing truth."
"Seriously, after thousands of years, even though we have completed our pilgrimage, we still envy you."
"real……"
It's a pity that the group of 'magic sticks' in front of him still said words that Ed couldn't understand, and looked at someone in the distance who was looking at some delicious food with their eyes as if they were looking at the most precious treasure.
The little girl looked at the food happily, her eyes full of happiness and enthusiasm.
And those foods were undoubtedly the offerings they carefully prepared and brought.
"I……"
"I still don't understand!"
Ed was dumbfounded and didn't even know what to say.
"It's okay if you don't understand."
"When you understand it, I think it will be the time when you lose the most precious thing."
Smiling, the leader of the magic stick still said something that Ed couldn't understand at all.
"bring it on!"
"Will you take us to see your spaceship later?"
"This is the sanctuary we have been waiting for for fourteen hundred years..."
"We only have a maximum of twenty-four hours to visit and communicate, let's get started!"
Then, before Ed could open his mouth to explain, the leader of the stick smiled and motioned for Ed to lead the way.
Although the Orville was no better than their pilgrim ship, they didn't mean to look down upon it at all. They just prayed and looked forward to Ed with eyes full of curiosity and longing.
"All right……"
"Please come with us!"
There was no other way, so Ed had to compromise for the time being and did not intend to dwell on some boring issue anymore. Instead, he turned around and motioned for the other party to lead someone to follow him.
"correct!"
"What did Anne give your ancestors?"
"Feel sorry!"
"I'm not asking about those farm tools, I'm asking about that 'sacred object'. Can you tell me about it?"
As he began to take the other party to visit the Orville, Ed suddenly remembered a question that had been puzzling him before, so he asked boldly.
"certainly!"
"That's our fetish!"
"Representing the authority of 'light and fertility', our family will remember that grace forever!"
As if he had expected it, the leader of the 'magic stick' did not hesitate and directly smiled and spoke out the wording that seemed to have been prepared long ago.
"ah?"
"Isn't this wrong?"
"Returning it to a sacred object? Your current technology can't even detect it?"
"I do not believe!"
"How about you bring it to us for testing?"
Ed was even more curious now, and asked a little boldly.
"it's useless."
"We've been testing it for hundreds of years and there's been no results."
Unfortunately, the other party shook his head and politely rejected Ed's rude request.
"No way?"
"What the hell is that?!"
The more the other party refused, the more curious Ed became.
"It's divine grace."
"It is a great subject, belongs to God's domain, and is an eternal and everlasting light."
The other party started to argue again, and it was obvious that he was speaking like a stickman, which made Ed lose his temper in an instant.
…
More than ten hours later, when the other party ended the pleasant exchange and visit and left, Ed, who had more doubts in his heart, immediately found a certain bad guy who was lying in the officer's lounge after eating and drinking.
little girl.
"Annie!"
"Say it quickly!"
"What kind of 'god' did you give to those lunatics?"
"Why do they still treat you like a god?"
This question almost drove Ed crazy today, so much so that he didn't even know how to write a report to the headquarters.
"Um……"
(゜-゜)
"you guess?"
(゜▽＾*)
Unfortunately, Anne still didn't say anything.
Thirty-three days have passed since that incident, and Annie no longer cares about it. Moreover, it is really just an insignificant gadget that has no effect. Those people can't understand it anyway, so,
That's really no big deal.
(…)
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Chapter completed!