Chapter 31: 150 Years of Awakening
Time flies and years pass by.
When Zhou Heng regained consciousness again, his entire consciousness was drowsy.
Vaguely, Zhou Heng could only hear a voice.
"Give him a buffer injection and let him sleep."
This time, Zhou Heng felt that his sleep was extremely long.
When he woke up again, he felt as if his whole body was rusty.
This feeling of not being able to control my body is really uncomfortable.
"Captain Zhou, you're awake."
A gentle voice sounded in Zhou Heng's ear.
Zhou Heng opened his eyes with difficulty, and what he saw was a young nurse.
It was not Tang Qingqing. Although Zhou Heng was a little disappointed, he also knew that Tang Qingqing would not appear.
Thinking of this, Zhou Heng turned his head and looked at the cabin not far away where Tang Qingqing hibernated. There was no one there.
Following Zhou Heng's gaze, after realizing that Zhou Heng was looking at Tang Qingqing's cabin, the nurse said softly: "Ms. Tang woke up during the prosperous period fifty years ago."
"At that time, she led a thousand crew members and carried out extensive maintenance on the hull. It was a lively era."
"She is a very powerful person."
Zhou Heng nodded.
Every hundred years, a thousand people will be awakened to conduct a large-scale overhaul of the spacecraft and assemble the completed weapon system parts. This is the prosperous period.
After that, the spacecraft will once again enter a period of silence that lasts for one hundred years.
"What's the current situation of the spaceship?"
"Don't worry, Captain, everything is normal on the spacecraft and all problems are under control."
"Then I'll feel relieved."
While talking, the nurse had already pushed Zhou Heng to the command room.
The captain this time is a young scholar named Zhang Yuan.
"Captain Zhou, you're awake."
"Thank you for your hard work." Zhou Heng was pushed over by the nurse.
"When I knew it was you who would replace me, I felt relieved." Zhang Yuan looked very happy when he saw Zhou Heng's arrival.
"Leave it to me next. Are there any to-do items that I need to complete?"
Zhang Yuan popped up a minute log on the screen.
"This is the work log of past captains. You can take a look. Here is the remaining material of the entire ship, and here is the construction status of the weapon system."
"Here is a list of all the failures that have occurred with Natural Selection over the years."
"Of course you don't have to worry now, because it's only been 150 years and the spacecraft is still relatively new."
"However, due to the insufficient material reserves at the beginning, we still need to ask you to monitor the operation of each system at all times and try to arrange people to take careful care of each system."
"In addition, Natural Selection's engine has been completely shut down, and the spacecraft is relying on inertia to move forward, so the power system is the focus of maintenance."
"We want to ensure that the spacecraft's engine can still start normally after 3850."
"Of course, with your professional level, these problems are not a big deal, so you can relax and have a good rest during these two years."
"There are good wines that have been stored for hundreds of years in the rest area. You can relax for a few days and adapt to the environment. We will get along with each other for a week, and we will officially hand over the work after a week."
When Zhang Yuan spoke, his tone was very gentle and careful, because now everyone who is awake is extremely sensitive, and he wants to ensure the safety of everyone and the spacecraft.
This week is not only for Zhou Heng to rest and adapt to the environment, but also an observation period for him.
Only after passing his observation period and ensuring that Zhou Heng has no problems at all can he safely hand over the command of the captain to Zhou Heng.
This is an examination that every awakened person must pass.
Otherwise, even Zhou Heng cannot violate this rule without using his highest authority.
After leaving the command room, Zhang Yuan led Zhou Heng towards the living area.
In order to save supplies, except for the rest area, the gravity system in other areas has been turned off.
Only the ring-mounted centrifugal wheel in the living area is slowly rotating.
Along the way, Zhou Heng only met three people. However, because everyone had just woken up, they were not in high spirits and did not communicate. They just nodded to each other.
There were only a few people in the rest area, but most of the people were not very interested, and there were even a few people crying quietly.
Not everyone can accept 150 years of time at once.
What's more, it's not certain whether Blue Star still exists today.
Before they hibernated, Bi was still chatting with Blue Star's family. For them, in the blink of an eye, everything was gone.
So Zhou Heng understood their current mood very well.
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Dining room.
After 150 years, Zhou Heng once again had a carefully prepared meal.
The meal was very sumptuous, and several plates were placed in front of everyone.
Although it was just an ordinary home-cooked meal, everyone ate slowly and seriously, as if they were tasting the most delicious thing in the world.
Because they knew that this would be the last meal they would eat in thousands of years.
The scarcity of supplies means that everyone can only prepare such a sumptuous dinner when they wake up for the first time.
After that, everyone, including Zhou Heng, could only rely on nutrient solution to replenish energy.
So opposite Zhou Heng, Zhang Yuan was holding a nutritional supplement and occasionally glanced at the egg fried rice in front of Zhou Heng and swallowed his saliva.
Zhou Heng pushed the egg fried rice in front of Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan refused.
"This is your quota. You'd better enjoy it. There are still 3850 years of sailing time. This is your last time to enjoy delicious food."
As he spoke, Zhang Yuan raised the nutrient solution in his hand, which was a syringe-shaped container.
"I can just eat this. One can provide body nutrition for half a day. In comparison, this one is definitely more nutritious than the meals in front of you."
Hearing this, Zhou Heng frowned: "How come it only took half a day?"
"Didn't I design a bottle that can provide three days of nutrition?"
At the mention of this, Zhang Yuan's expression darkened, and he turned around and walked around.
Zhou Heng followed his gaze and looked around.
I saw only twos and threes of people around, some who were about to hibernate and some who had just woken up. Everyone was gathered together and talking about something.
The person who was originally in a low mood gradually recovered a little with the persuasion of friends around him.
"Originally, one bottle of nutrient solution can provide the human body with energy supply for three days, but as a result, many people have developed autism to varying degrees."
"I stayed at my job for three days at a time. Fortunately, this problem was discovered by Ms. Tang during the busy period."
"Since then, the dosage of nutrient solution has been reduced from three days to half a day, in order to force everyone to gather together during meal times."
After listening to Zhang Yuan's explanation, Zhou Heng raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that a small detail could cause such a big problem.
"As time goes by, there will be more problems in the future that we have not considered in advance."
"So being careful is the only thing I have learned in the past two years."
Chapter completed!