Faun is about five hundred light-years away from Earth, on the edge of the Earth Alliance jurisdiction. It revolves around a red dwarf called Firepot, and its temperature and illumination are much lower than those of the earth, so some people also call it the eternal night planet.
Originally, the name of this planet was not Faun, but a very academic standard astronomical name, but it has now been forgotten. The reason why people began to use "faun" to give it a clear name is because the high wisdom soil living on it has a curved ram-like horn on its head, which is somewhat similar to Pan, the god of fauns in Greek mythology. name. Those indigenous people are called "horned people" by the earth people.
The technological development of the Horned Man is far inferior to that of the Earthman, and was conquered by the Earth Army's steel warships that could cross the endless star sea a long time ago. However, they are a primitive and belligerent nation after all. They have their own cultural customs and religious beliefs, and their living habits are far different from those of the people on Earth.
In the past, when the relationship between the Earth Alliance and its surrounding star countries—such as the Third Reich—was tense, non-humans were often dispatched to the front line to do some logistical support work, and when necessary, they were sent out as death squads. After all, the lives of soldiers who are law-abiding citizens are obviously more valuable than the worthless lives of inhumans, so it is not surprising that in the event of a war, the first to be sent to the front line is inhumans.
Ethan's reaction this time was even a little numb and calm, probably because he had gotten used to it after so much terror. He still saw a lot of panicked inhumans crying, and some with pale faces and trembling, and there were also a lot of numb expressions like him.
But there are also a few, who will show an excited look.
For example, a strange inhuman who was bound like an animal and even wore a mask that was forbidden to speak. He was watched closely by a guard, and he had never seen him very often. But the look of anticipation and excitement in his eyes impressed Ethan.
Apart from Samuel with the same number as him, many other inhumans he was familiar with, such as Jia Wen, Chen Zeng and Derek, were among the three hundred people selected this time. Even Taifeng, who had just been assigned to the East District, was selected. They were transported to the spaceship launch base in batches, and rushed into a huge saucer-shaped carrier ship. This trip will last more than half a month, two-thirds of which will be spent in the curvature flight.
Ethan didn't know whether his spiritual connection with Taniser would be affected by the distance, so before boarding the ship, he tried to pass the image of the spaceship to Taniser, but he didn't know whether the other party received it or not. He was suddenly a little worried, if this time he was unlucky and couldn't come back, would the last meeting with Taniser in the medical room be the last
He kind of regretted not giving Tanissell a French kiss at the end.
Due to the large number of people leading this time, in order to control them, Chief Guard Schneider and Gray Hair will lead several other experienced guards to accompany them all the way. The non-people were rushed to the sleeping hall by the guards, and only their underwear was taken off and lay in the sleeping chamber.
The warp drive propelled the huge carrier spacecraft through the vast sea of stars, and arrived at the Kettle galaxy three weeks later. The crew on board were awakened by the mastermind.
This time, non-people were allowed to live in the cabin as there were no ordinary citizens on board other than the basic crew and guards. There were two people in a room, but Ethan was divided into a room with Chen Zeng.
At this moment, Ethan doesn't think that Chen Zeng's ordinary and kind-looking face is "not offensive" anymore. What is the charm of such a person, able to make so many outlaws obey him
When Ethan entered the room, Chen Zeng nodded to him, and Ethan also silently returned the salute, and then began to organize the package of daily necessities distributed to him. He could feel Chen Zeng's gaze falling on his back, which made him a little apprehensive.
Chen Zeng said coldly, "I heard about what happened in the tunnel last time. I apologize to you on behalf of Jin Junji and the others."
Ethan didn't know what to say either, and it was a bit too understatement to say it didn't matter, but he was almost freaked out... So he just nodded again and didn't answer.
After a while, a booklet was handed to him. Ethan was stunned for a moment, and followed that hand to look at Chen Zeng's face.
The booklet was rudimentally made, the length of paper was uneven, and the words "gratefulness" were written on the cover.
Ethan stood up straight, his mind spinning fast, deciding whether he should politely decline or put it away. While he was hesitating for a moment, Chen Zeng said with a smile, "Don't be under pressure, I just guessed that you haven't received this book, so I'll give you one. It's your freedom to read it or not."
Ethan cleared his throat and reached out to take it, "I'm sorry, I'm not actually your believer or anything..."
"I get it. Sometimes when a lot of people around you start believing the same thing, it's going to get you into trouble if you don't pretend. A lot of them think of me as a teacher, but even if I don't allow them to believe it or not. It is difficult for them to control themselves because of the hatred and hatred in their lives. After all, human beings have a natural instinct to want to destroy all the aliens that are different from themselves.”
Ethan once imagined what it would be like to talk to Chen Zeng. He had already planned to be preached for a week. But he didn't expect the other party to be so reasonable.
He looked down at the notebook in his hand and asked tentatively, "I also know some of your remarks before you were arrested, but many of your remarks now are completely different from the past. Since the Red Earth."
"That's right. That mission really opened my eyes." Chen Zeng sighed, his eyes drifted to the corner of the room, looking at the red memory, "You know that a long time ago there was a religion that originated in the Lumbini region. I believe that people will have a moment of 'apocalypse', that is, they will suddenly find the truth at a certain time. I think that trip to the red earth was my epiphany."
Naturally, Ethan has also read about the important "Buddhist culture" in ancient cultures, but he still doesn't understand the meaning of epiphany. But it doesn't matter. As he put the booklet in his luggage, he asked, "I think you must have been influenced by the Eve Cult a lot, right? Has Tanisel talked to you?"
Chen Zeng was a little surprised and looked at him approvingly, "You are very observant. Yes, when we escaped on the Magic Flute later, he showed me Eve's classics. Of course, it was automatically translated. At that time you He seems to be in a coma."
Ethan's heart trembled slightly, and his brows frowned.
Tanisel showed Chen Zeng the classics taught by Eve... Was it intentional or unintentional
And Chen Zeng is still sighing, "The Eves are really a very intelligent race. Their prelude is actually the Lord! It's just that they confuse some powerful angels and the Lord, thinking they are They are all gods of the same level. It's a pity I didn't see their scriptures earlier. However, I'm also a little surprised, you and Samuel have also seen things on the red earth, why don't you believe it?"
"Don't believe what?"
"The existence of the Lord and the Great Evil God."
"I believe that this universe is incomprehensible to us humans, but it does not mean that those things are gods... Maybe some kind of super intelligence that can control the laws of the universe, but I don't think it can change anything by believing in them." Ethan said in a deep voice, "I don't think they care if we believe it or not..."
Saying this made him get goosebumps.
Yes... Even if he is infected by the God of Entropy, even if he has seen strange and weird pictures many times, even if he is stared at by that terrifying green eye, he still feels that those things don't care about his thoughts, the thoughts of the entire human race, thoughts of any living being. He was pegged, perhaps because he was useful in some ways. Just like Tanissell said.
Maybe all the gods who have believed in since the birth of this world - if they exist - are like this, and they don't care whether people believe it or not. Just like people don't care whether ants believe in the existence of people.
He thought that Chen Zeng would refute and tell him that the Lord cares about his creation. But he didn't expect Chen Zeng to pat him on the shoulder, "You may be right, but why should we care if they care whether we believe it or not?"
Ethan couldn't get the words out. The words took too many turns and were a bit profound.
They didn't speak much, and it didn't take long for believers who were too afraid to go to the battlefield to come to the door to ask for the blessing of the "Great Teacher". Ethan didn't even have a place to sit, so he had to slip out of the room. The cabin had been completely closed and there was nowhere to go, so he entered Samuel and Tayfeng's room. Taifeng's complexion has returned to the ruddy he used to be in the Energy Bureau, but there is something missing in his eyes, looking a little tired and pale. Ethan thought it was inevitable after all the ups and downs he had gone through. This is a society full of malice towards Omegas, and it's even more sinister in an extreme place like the Forbidden City.
At that time, Samuel was playing cards with Taifeng, and a certain Leng Touqing who could only speak with his fists was obviously not Taifeng's opponent, complaining that the other party was too chicken. Although Taifeng won three games in a row, he still had a calm expression on his face, just a little smile on his lips, showing that he was obviously relaxed at this time. Ethan looked relieved. He tried to chat with Taifeng several times about the past of the Energy Bureau, but the other party always kept his opinions to himself. He even yelled at him nervously to stop talking about the past. He worried for a while about the other party's mental state.
A week later their ship touched down on Muras. Everyone wrapped in thick winter clothes and lined up in thirty lines to disembark gradually. It was midday on the Faun when they arrived, but even now the sun hung like a feeble red ball in the mid-heaven, rendering the nearby sky a hundred years of crimson and violet. But the corners of the sky are still the deep blue of twilight, just like the afterglow of the sunset on the earth.
Since the Muscle star is a red dwarf star, its density and heat are much smaller than that of the sun, and because Muscle is located in the outer periphery of the Muscle galaxy, it receives only one-third of the light of the stars. Two-thirds of the time is dark. Plants that have evolved on this planet are generally several times more efficient at photosynthesis than plants on Earth. Also due to the lack of light, the reproductive organs of many plants have evolved luciferase, which can emit a faint light to attract flying insects that can pollinate it, so there is no lack of light on this dark night planet, but the light from living things is stronger than sunlight. Much colder.
The military base where they landed sits on the edge of a woodland of thin but massive trees and more shrubs, bizarre trees twisted like corals with thick, emerald-green leaves. A string of vine-like flowers between the leaves exudes a faint cold light, like a string of delicate small crystal chandeliers. And those dense shrubs are equally lush, dark green or blue-green, with some stick-shaped or flaky succulent leaves winding with veins that emit a faint blue fluorescence. At noon, the fluorescence is not very clear, and the leaves are dyed colorfully by the red clouds, stretching to absorb the precious sunlight. When the short day passed, those biological lights were lit up like small lamps, undulating between the mountains and rivers along with the vast jungle.
It was summer in the area where they were located, but it was still so cold that people could see a cloud of rising water vapor in one breath. They were driven to the edge of the camp and began to divide their work into setting up makeshift tents. Ethan wasn't very familiar with this, and nearly hit his hand when he was driving the rivets to the ground, so angry that Samuel scolded him and let him do the rest of the work. Before the tent was fully set up, a few soldiers strode towards the non-people, led by a red-haired sergeant with a bitter look on his face.
"Listen to me, you bastards, I'm your Chief Nelson. I'm your God during this time. You have to do whatever I ask you to do. Anyone who dares to use their brains, I'm fucking direct. Send you to see grandfather, understand!"
The non-humans stared at him, speechless.
Sergeant Wilson spat on the ground, cursed something, and told each number to choose a captain to report to him. Ethan and his team obviously picked Samuel.
Ethan looked around at the soldiers who were too quiet and felt a strange atmosphere.
The atmosphere was indescribable, a little depressed, and a little uneasy. But he didn't see anyone injured.
Later, when the captain of the guard passed by, he took the opportunity to ask a question. Seeing that no one in the vicinity was paying attention to their conversation, Schneider said, "They have just destroyed a local rebel stronghold, and they seem to see those savages performing human sacrifices. ."
Human sacrifice... Isn't that something that only appears in the most ancient legends and some vulgar horror movies with prehistoric themes? Nowadays, blood is rarely seen even in wars in the interstellar era. How can there be such a thing
The author has something to say:
The original shape of Faun is Kepler 186f, and when describing the scene of the eternal night planet, the reference pictures in my mind include the scenery of Pandora in Avatar and the main city of night elves in Warcraft.