Returning from an Adventure
The spaceship named " Exploration " was traveling at light speed through the vast universe. Using the time on Earth, the three of them had already lived and worked on this spaceship for a full ten years. It could be said to be a long time in the lonely cabin. They all had the same feeling, as if time was extending, extending…
Shi Lin was the youngest of the three astronauts. He didn't know why he was chosen to be an astronaut for the " Exploration " when he was 25 years old. It was still a mystery. At that time, this was a one-in-a-million opportunity. In the blink of an eye, it had been ten years since the space exploration. They were still alive. It was all thanks to Captain Li Mo and the old astronaut Gu Er. After going through all kinds of dangers, they returned. They had already arrived at their doorstep. The solar system was just ahead, and their homes and relatives were there. The only thing that could support them through these long years was the belief that they could return to Earth safely and reunite with their families. Lin Shi strictly followed the schedule on the spaceship. After he got up, he went to check the various information cabins on the ship before going to the cockpit to replace Gu Er.
Gu Er was the oldest astronaut on the spaceship. He was already 43 years old when he boarded the spaceship. He was preparing to retire after completing this mission and spend his later years as a teacher at the Space and Astronautics Institute. Who knew that this round trip would take ten years. The monotonous and tense life on the ship had added silver to his temples early on. He was the most humorous of the three, and often teased Lin Shi with the captain. This indeed brought great pleasure to the lonely voyage. At this moment, he heard movement and turned around to see Lin Shi. He smiled and said,"Youngsters will let their imagination run wild even when they sleep. Even when dreaming, you have to look at your mood.”
"It's your turn." Lin Shi stood behind Gu Er and interrupted him, waiting for him to vacate his seat.
"So fast?" Gul looked surprised." My seat hasn't warmed up yet. I think…"
"Look at the clock. There can't be any mistakes, right?" Shi Lin interrupted Gu Er and said with certainty.
"That's hard to say. Even computers can make mistakes sometimes, let alone clocks.”Gu Er quibbled, but he had no intention of moving his body.
Lin Shi could only sit in the empty seat behind Gu Er.
" What's the situation in the cabins?" Li Mo asked with concern.”
"Everything is normal. It was now Old Guer's turn to rest.”Shi Lin emphasized his words to remind the captain to urge Gu Er to step aside.
"It's Gu Er's turn to rest." Li Mo said with a smile.
Gu Er hurriedly said," Don't be hasty, Captain. I'm old and I don't sleep much. I'm almost at the door of my house. Please let me go this time."”He found an excuse to stay.
The spaceship was entering the orbit of the solar system. In a few hours, it would reach the cradle of mankind, Earth.
"No!" Lin Shi still insisted. He longed to sit in the pilot's seat and personally control the spacecraft to land on Earth. What a glorious thing it would be.
"Since I only have half a day, or to be exact, six hours, I'll stay. Before you go home, you'll have one more companion to talk to.”Gu Er found a new reason. "Besides, I'm very excited right now. I don't feel sleepy at all.”
Lin Shi wanted to say something else, but his throat was moving up and down.
" We're almost home," Li Mo said, changing the subject." But we haven't received a reply from Earth yet. There shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"It's all Lin Shi's signal," Gu Er said calmly. Perhaps he had gotten the coordinates wrong and the signal did not match.”
"No," Lin Shi immediately added. Every time, I'll adjust the magnetic field according to the coordinates. Could it be that there was something wrong with the electromagnetic signal?”
"It's really unlucky to keep saying things that go wrong at home.”Gu Er joked.
This time, Li Mo did not respond to Gu Er's words. Instead, he said seriously," Lin Shi, send the signal again.”
Shi Lin moved his seat to Gu Er's right and turned on the signal button. Beep, beep, beep, it emitted an electromagnetic wave signal. After sending it, he said with certainty,"Earth should have received our signal. Otherwise, they might have forgotten about us." Lin Shi's question made Gu Er laugh.
Gu Er grinned and said,"We are carrying the mission of the entire Earth on this space exploration. Mankind hoped to learn more about the mysteries of the universe. We brought back so much information about the universe. This is something that mankind needs the most.”
Li Mo said slowly," Old Guer, do you still remember Xiu's Law?”
"I remember." " It's about the relationship between time and speed. In light speed, time was relatively longer.”
"I know that too. That's just a conjecture that hasn't been proven yet.”Lin Shi said unkindly.
Li Mo said firmly," Our flight will prove this law.”Li Mo turned to face Gu Er." What do you think?"”
"It's possible." Gu Er thought carefully for a while before saying," That is to say, according to Xiu's law on Earth, hundreds or even thousands of years have passed on Earth.”
"Yes!" Li Mo replied.
"That means that the people who received our signal are not from our era, but from our descendants.”Gu Er added.
"I don't believe it. This is a bit like a fantasy." Lin Shi said in confusion.
"Mankind is going to the universe, just like a relay race, passing the baton from generation to generation. We came out, and mankind continued to advance at a high speed. They will go even further." Li Mo explained.
" Captain," Gul added," if we go back to Earth, we'll be completely different. We are facing a whole new world. Their science and technology advanced. We've become outdated."
"Of course." Li Mo was certain again.
"What will they be like?" Lin Shi asked curiously.
Gu Er smiled and made a weird face at Lin Shi." You're a young man with a lot of imagination. You should have known long ago. Why did you ask us old people?"”
"If I knew, why would I ask you?"
Gu Er thought for a moment and said," The human civilization on Earth is progressing and developing. Technology is highly developed. There were self-driving cars on the ground and large rocket planes flying in the air. With computers connected to the internet, he could learn about what was happening around the world at any time at home. The intelligent robots did all the housework. Humans became the true masters. Mankind would be able to free up more energy and time to study how to further develop cosmic energy.”
"Don't think too much. According to the Xiu Clan's laws, it might be something else.”Li Mo interrupted Gu Er's guess as he controlled the spaceship." Back then, there were clear boundaries between countries. Such an existence meant that there might be conflicts of interest. If the conflicts of interest were to escalate, it might lead to war. In the nuclear era, war would bring devastating disasters to mankind.”
"When we set off, although the country existed, the Earth Science Alliance was actively playing a coordinating role. The humans on Earth would move towards global unification. Isn't our spaceship built using the advanced science and technology of various countries?”Gu Er retorted.
"That's right. This spaceship was indeed the product of the fusion of the wisdom of scientists from all over the world.”Li Mo pointed ahead and said," Look! We have arrived at the solar system."
The spaceship avoided the center of the blazing sun and flew toward Earth. The shadow of Earth was getting bigger and bigger.
The three of them could not help but heave a sigh of relief. They were finally home. The long ten-year lonely voyage was about to end. They were about to reunite with their loved ones. What was even more exciting was that they had become heroes who had returned from exploring the universe. They would be welcomed by all mankind. The three of them looked at the target on the screen in excitement.
"Look, the atmosphere!" Gu Er shouted excitedly.
Li Mo reminded Lin Shi," Send the signal again. They will definitely receive it this time."
This time, after Shi Lin sent the signal, he could not help but blabber into the receiver.
"Once we reach the atmosphere, we have to slow down and weaken the gravitational field.”Li Mo was busy manipulating all sorts of buttons, reminding the two of them at the same time.
Lin Shi leaned forward and pointed at a small thing in front of him. He asked Gu Er,""What's that?"
"It looks like a probe satellite." Gu Er looked at it carefully. This was something that humans had developed in the early stages of space. This was something that my grandfather only used during his grandfather's era. How strange!" Finally, he sighed.
" We're entering the atmosphere," Li Mo reminded again. Prepare to slow down." He commanded Gu Er and Lin Shi to operate the spaceship skillfully.
Suddenly, the detector's signal light lit up and a soft alarm sounded. The three of them looked up at the same time. From the display screen, he saw a few small black dots flying towards the spaceship. Zooming in on the image, it turned out to be something similar to the images of missiles seen in science and technology history books.
"Look, we seem to have returned to ancient times. We are seeing the things of our ancestors again. Earlier, it was a satellite probe, and now it was a missile. It's really strange."
"These missiles seem to be attacking us.”Li Mo said to Lin Shi," We have to be prepared. Activate the magnetic repulsion device."
The spaceship was surrounded by a protective magnetic field that would repel anything that came close to it 100 meters away. The three of them stared at the enlarged screen. These missiles were getting bigger and bigger, and the words on them could be seen.
Gu Er cried out again,"Strange! Why can't I recognize these words?"
" I'm familiar with the missiles developed by our ancestors, including all types of missiles from various countries," Li Mo said. However, he had never seen such a thing before. He had never seen these words before.”
"Captain, these missiles are slower than us.”Gu Er reminded.
Li Mo looked at the small black dot in front of him and then looked up at the missile on the screen. He pondered and said,""It might be at the stage of using liquid as fuel. It was really too backward. In the past, we could only see such things in ancient museum. I also find it strange."
"There are still many?" Lin Shi couldn't help but count." One, two, three…There are fifteen.”
"It's better to be prepared. Lin Shi, turn on the laser scanner." Li Mo ordered.
This was an advanced weapon that could both attack and defend. Within the scanning range, the laser could burn any object that invaded it according to the computer's instructions. There were six sides of the spaceship equipped with such devices. As long as he pressed the button, the scanner would automatically activate, and the spaceship would be as if it had entered an uninhabited land. At that time, humans had just developed this set of weapons and immediately equipped it on this spaceship that was going to carry out space exploration.
"No need, look!" Gu Er shouted.”The window lit up, and the missiles were detonated by the magnetic repulsion device before they could get close to the spaceship.
Li Mo sighed." Oh, these are really outdated things.”
"Look!" Lin Shi shouted excitedly. Another batch came! This time, I have to make preparations."
"No need. These are some good things, you can enjoy them. Like fireworks on a festival." Gu Er joked.
"Enter the middle atmosphere and slow down to four times the speed of sound.”Li Mo commanded.
"It was fun." Shi Lin shouted.
"Young man, your horizons have been broadened." Gu Er laughed.
"We're at low altitude. Prepare the landing gear.”After Li Mo gave the order, he sighed and said," I'm finally home. How nice!"”Although his tone was a little excited, he had an ominous feeling in his heart. He kept feeling that something was wrong. For a moment, his brain could not figure out what it was, but he could not tell what it was.
The white clouds were filled with dense black dots.
Shi Lin widened his eyes and looked serious. This time, he didn't say anything.
Gu Er said," There's no need to make a fuss. Compared to the previous batches, these are just small toys. They're like firecrackers."”
" What?" Li Mo began to doubt." We're at home, but we keep bumping into these strange things." I can't help but worry."
"Welcome us. Even the things of our ancestors are taken out to show our respect.”Gu Er said with a smile, looking at the billowing smoke outside the spaceship.
"They've been away for too long, they've forgotten us." Lin Shi said with a sorrowful tone.”
Another batch of missiles exploded, and thick smoke flashed. The ship kept flying.
"Captain, I noticed that the base we landed at is different from the original one," Gul warned seriously.”
Li Mo pondered after looking at the image.
"Who cares?" Lin Shi said. It was almost the same. After such a long time, there would always be some changes. Let's descend first. I miss home so much that I'm going crazy."
"Let's talk about it when we descend. This is the only way." Gu Er imitated Lin Shi's tone and echoed.
When the spaceship was about to reach the ground, Lin Shi saw a pile of things standing not far away. He quickly pointed to them." What's that? Like a plane or a rocket. Yes!" He remembered." That's a plane launched by a rocket. It's called a space shuttle. Wow, Captain, Guer, look, there are still many people around the base.”
"So many people have come to welcome us.”Gul smiled." They still received our signal.”
When the spaceship landed, Li Mo said," Why would these outdated things appear on the base?" I'm a little worried." However, the feeling of returning home overwhelmed all his emotions and concerns.
" I think," Gul said with a smile," we might have mistaken the space-time coordinates and returned to the ancient society.”
Lin Shi said excitedly,"We're home, we're finally home!" Now that he was back on Earth, he had to go out and take a look.”He opened the ship's gangway door first, looked outside, and stepped onto the gangway. Li Mo was the last to come out. After hesitating for a moment, he stepped out of the door and pressed the automatic door closing device.
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