AD 6186.

The third year of the Wandering Fleet's departure.

"You can just decide this matter yourself. Today is the last time I will make a decision for you. I will go to hibernate tomorrow."

"Captain Zhou, can't we really wait any longer? We still lack enough experience in governing."

The person on the other side of the video begged with a sad look on his face.

Zhou Heng shook his head: "In the past three years, I have given you everything I can teach you, and after these three years of training, you have received enough training."

"What you lack is no longer experience, but enough confidence in your own abilities."

"But."

"Okay, show some courage, you are the leader of hundreds of millions of people."

"The next time I wake up will be forty-seven years later. I hope that when I wake up next time, I can see that human civilization led by you is developing faster and better. Don't let us down."

After dealing with matters on Kepler, Zhou Heng sighed.

Although this group of children has made rapid progress in the past three years, they are excellent in all aspects.

But I just lack the courage to face it alone.

This is Zhou Heng's only worry.

But no matter what, this is no longer a problem that he should worry about.

After a while, he will go to hibernate.

According to star maps, the nearest galactic trading market is in a star field 700 light-years away from Kepler 22b.

Due to the use of the latest gravity propulsion engines, the fleet's maximum cruising speed will reach 90% of the speed of light.

So for a distance of seven hundred light years, they would have to sail for more than seven hundred years.

Due to the large population, in order to make reasonable arrangements, everyone's working system is three days and forty-seven days off.

That means working for three years, hibernating for forty-seven years, and taking fifty years as a cycle.

Just like the last wandering, the work every time I wake up is not busy.

In addition to daily maintenance work, most people will find a direction they like to conduct simple research in their spare time.

However, except for a few geniuses, most people most likely still need to learn the knowledge passed down by Kepler's human civilization over the years.

In this way, the fleet sailed safely in the vast universe for fifty years.

And Zhou Heng also ushered in his first awakening.

…

"Captain Zhou, you're awake."

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve experienced this feeling of dizziness in my head.

Due to the advancement of technology, the recovery period for waking up from hibernation has been greatly shortened. Zhou Heng recovered in just one hour.

The first thing he did when he woke up was to ask Kepler about the status of human civilization.

"How's the situation? Is Kepler okay?"

In the fleet command room, opposite Zhou Heng sat his previous captain.

As soon as he arrived at the command room, Zhou Heng couldn't wait to ask for news about Kepler's human civilization.

"Captain Zhou, don't worry." The previous captain smiled.

"In the past fifty years, Kepler's human civilization has developed rapidly. Their footprints have spread throughout the Kepler galaxy, and their population has exceeded two billion people."

"After us, they successively formed two groups of wandering fleets to go to different galaxies for interstellar colonization."

"Really?" After hearing this news, Zhou Heng felt a little relieved.

"In terms of technology, they must have made new breakthroughs in technology, right?"

"this……"

Upon hearing Zhou Heng's question, the smile on the previous captain's face suddenly became a little uncomfortable.

Sensing something strange about the other party, Zhou Heng's heart tightened: "What happened?"

The previous captain shook his head: "It's not like anything big happened. Their technological level has developed very quickly."

"Especially in the research on crystal life, they are making rapid progress. In addition to crystal computers, they even plan to use the characteristics of infinite reincarnation of crystal life to transform the human body to achieve human eternity."

"And this plan is said to have made a major breakthrough."

"It's just that now, they have a little problem with technology sharing."

"They selected a new leader twenty years ago, and the new leader placed restrictions on our technology sharing."

"They are now asking us to pay them a fee in exchange for their latest technological achievements."

"Although there are not many, this kind of behavior is very resentful. Many crew members have already felt betrayed and prepared to criticize their behavior, but they have been suppressed by successive captains."

"We don't want to break up with them yet."

When he said these words, Zhou Heng saw the anger on the captain's face.

After listening to his words, Zhou Heng frowned: "Has such a change happened in only fifty years?"

"We have discussed this situation before, but it is expected that it will be hundreds of years later. How come the two civilizations cracked so quickly?"

"What went wrong here?"

The other party shook his head: "We don't know very well. As early as twenty years ago after the new leader came to power, the exchanges between our two sides dropped by 70%."

"At the same time, even civil exchanges, due to the hibernation of a large number of people, the frequency of exchanges has gradually declined."

"Although the relationship between the two parties is still good, the cracks of division have appeared."

Zhou Heng couldn't figure out what went wrong, but it was obvious that there must be some factor that the other party didn't tell them.

"Okay, Captain Zhou, it's better not to think about this. Haven't we expected this situation a few hundred years ago?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and stopped thinking.

The handover of fleet command will take another week. During this week, Zhou Heng needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the entire fleet.

But before that, Zhou Heng decided to pad his belly first.

He hasn't eaten in more than forty years.

After bidding farewell to his previous captain, Zhou Heng walked to the rest area.

Unlike the Natural Selection, the rest area of ​​the main ship of the Wandering Fleet is undoubtedly much larger.

All kinds of entertainment and rest facilities are available, and daily supplies are no longer distributed.

Everyone's food is no longer useless toothpaste nutrient solution, but various delicacies passed down from Blue Star.

Dining room.

Zhou Heng found a corner to sit down and ordered a set meal for one person.

While Zhou Heng was waiting for his meal, he suddenly heard a conversation between a pair of young girls not far away.

At the beginning of the period, Zhou Heng didn't pay much attention, but after overhearing their conversation, Zhou Heng took a curious look.

"Sister Ling, is this thinking accelerator really useful? It looks like an ancient Blue Star headphone to me?"

"It looks so bulky."

"Don't look at it as ugly, but it is indeed very useful. With it, I can finish the knowledge points that originally took a month to learn in a week. This was obtained from Kepler's human civilization at a huge price.

thing."

"I bought it after a lot of effort. If you don't want to use it, then give it back to me."

"Hey, don't, don't, don't, sister Ling, I was wrong. I shouldn't question you. I'll go back and try."

With that said, the little girl was ready to go out.

"Thinking accelerator?" Zhou Heng looked over curiously.

Zhou Heng's eyesight was very good. He saw the so-called thinking accelerator at a glance from a short distance away.

Just this glance made Zhou Heng's originally relaxed expression freeze for an instant.
Chapter completed!