Opal opened the star chart and read the notes on the Southern Gate Double Star.

[Beautiful twin stars, golden stellar wind, all things are thriving in the eternal day, the star of eternal day, a place of ecstasy. 】

The flight from Rembrandt to Nanmen 2 took forty-three hours. After Mrs. Anta briefly talked about the commission, she returned to the bedroom to rest. Opal and Raymond sat in front of the console. Opal whispered: "You go

Going to a charity fundraiser? What does she mean?"

Raymond: "No."

Opal: “What is divorce?”

Raymond looked at Opal and said after a moment: "Ask her yourself."

Opal waved his hand and said: "Forget it."

Raymond squinted and lay on the swivel chair to sleep. The maid came out with a metal wire and said, "Gentlemen, Mrs. Anta would like to have a cup of afternoon tea in the living room."

Raymond closed his eyes and said, "Let her do whatever she wants."

The maid opened a device, and the metal wire unfolded into a disk, which floated off the ground. She spread it on the tablecloth. She took out a hanging lamp from the tool basket on her arm and hung it on a hook in the inner cabin. The light shone on it.

The cabin was warm. Opal was always watching her actions curiously and asked: "This lamp has a good light."

"This is my hometown, the sunshine of the star Andromeda." Mrs. Anta came out of the bedroom, sat down at the round table, and said, "When people get old, they often miss their hometown. In a few years, it is better to go home and live comfortably.

.”

Mrs. Anta had changed her clothes, and the maid poured boiling hot water into her cup, with flower petals floating in the cup.

"Would you like a drink?" Mrs. Anta asked.

Raymond moved his left hand to signal him not to go. Opal went over by herself and asked, "What is divorce?"

Mrs. Anta opened a notebook in her hand and replied slowly: "Divorce is the end of a normal marriage relationship. Marriage is the tomb of love, and divorce is a new life."

Opal nodded in understanding, and Anta sighed and said: "Not many people are getting married in the Republic now, and even fewer and fewer people are in love."

Opal asked: "Why?"

Anta said regretfully: "The cost is too high. Marriage is a lifelong matter. In the Silver Age before the Light Era, the average life span of human beings was only eighty years. Starting from adolescence, marriages only lasted sixty years."

Opal thought that his life span might only be eighty years, not just him, but probably most of the mercenaries.

"In the Black Iron Age after the Light Era." Anta said: "After the development of genetic technology, two hundred, three hundred, or even longer lifespans and long years have made people no longer interested in maintaining a strong marriage. In addition to starting a family and starting a business,

There are more things that can be done. The price of marriage is too high. Once you find your spouse, it will be difficult to stay together forever for the next two to three hundred years."

She smiled at Opal, and Opal suddenly realized that she was still very beautiful, with a certain sense of beauty that belonged to her age.

"You know a lot," Opal said.

"I am a historian." Antafu said, "I can already be your grandmother."

Opal thought for a while and said, "Do you know Azeroth?"

Anta thoughtfully nodded and said, "I met him when I was a girl. Azeroth is a very tasteful person. He makes your home planet..."

Opal said: "I am not from the Ares Galaxy."

Anta nodded and said seriously: "He likes the retro cultural style, selectively introduces science and technology, and maintains a certain characteristic of the mercenary country, which has been eroded by science in many galaxies. It is a...

It’s called a product of planetary culture.”

Opal understood a little bit, and Rector also mentioned this once. He took a sip of scented tea and asked: "What is this in your hand?"

"The earliest book." Anta handed the book to him and said: "Before the Light Era, the work of a poet in the golden age of the earth. This is the burned version."

Opal was like a child, flipping through a few pages. Like his report, it was all copied on paper.

Anta looked at Opal flipping through the book: "Now the carrier of information in the universe has changed, and people have also changed. Not many people are willing to patiently experience love, and they all use sex as their starting point, buying a dream machine and fantasy music

, fulfill all human desires. To reproduce offspring, you only need to submit a few cells to the Life Gene Company, extract some chromosomes, find the mother, pair them, and pay a small fee. Sometimes the government will give you some in order to increase the birth rate.

Subsidy to help you raise your offspring."

Opal said: "I know this. It's a good thing that females no longer have to go through the pain of childbirth."

Anta nodded and said regretfully: "This pattern has resulted in the equality of men and women in the Great Universe Star Alliance, and the recognition of same-sex unions, which has promoted the development of the entire era. It has also caused the love of civilians to gradually die out among the stars.

Love and marriage have become luxuries linked to politics, money, etc... Only Legson is still singing about love in ancient times. These poems are handed down from the golden age... It has existed for a long, long time..."

Opal said: "Madam, there is still love in Liexing, for example, a guy I know named Wrench, and his girlfriend..."

Anta smiled slightly and said: "And my husband, he once had."

Opal said: "Well, I don't mean to offend, but it's true."

Anta said: "I have a book, you can read it if you like."

The maid went in and took out a book. It was a theory of interstellar love written by a scholar of the Republic. Opal flipped through a few pages, and the writing was a little obscure. Anta said: "I like reading this kind of paper book, and I'm not used to you being young.

Electronic holographic media used by humans.”

Opal: "What's this mainly about?"

Anta said: "It elaborates on the polarization of love and marriage in interstellar civilization. In some uncivilized primitive places, it may be the birth of sex or mutual attraction between same-sex people, until the middle class of society, love gradually dies out, and then to the pyramids

At the top, rich people regard it as an entertainment game."

Opal nodded slowly, remembering that on Planet B-11, the miners were a group of people who were separated from interstellar civilization, and there was love between them everywhere, like One-Eyed Ugo and his wife.

"My genes are not perfect." Opal said: "My mother gave birth to me just like the people on the primitive planet."

Anta comforted: "That's a good thing. My child, the mother's body is a person's final spiritual destination."

"Thank you." Opal said movedly, "You are very wise."

Anta smiled and stopped talking. Opal took the book with him, sat down in front of the console, and read carefully. The author of this book, Herokos, mentioned that love is affected by hormones, and then proposed the impact of love on individuals.

uniqueness.

Through multi-racial observation and analysis, Sirokos believes that the original coding of "sex-love" for the purpose of reproduction has gradually faded in human genes. It has been replaced by a higher level of love - no distinction between individuals based on gender.

And the emotional support of mutual attraction, looking for similar people, completes the transformation from lonely individuals to mutual companionship.

This kind of love tends to resonate with admiration and soul depth, aiming to accompany each other. In the process, sex will also be used as a direct means of expression to show that each other is honest and has handed over their last reservations.

The influence of science and technology on the original emotions of intelligent life individuals has reached a higher level. The indifference of love and friendship may lead to the destruction of the human race, or it may establish a brand new emotional relationship...

Opal glanced at Raymond.

He felt that the book made sense. Looking back on his past life, he didn't know what Anta missed about her home planet. At least Opal himself had no special dependence on the Chiyan Galaxy. Maybe it was because

, she has never been a miner.

In those days, he had almost no real friends, only some co-workers. Their goal was to save their own money to buy a ship ticket and live a new life separately. It was not until he arrived on Ares that he felt the camaraderie among mercenaries.

, this is the feeling of mutual trust that can never be exchanged no matter how long you mine or how many days you chat.

The hotel owner said that one day he would fall in love with this place. Perhaps he would never forget the feeling of living and dying together.

Raymond is a good comrade. Together, they fight for the mission...

Opal's mind was filled with random thoughts, and he turned over page after page. The book was very thin, and he read it all afternoon. Finally, he covered his face with the book and fell asleep.

Six hours later, Opal woke up again and heard the sound of the maid frying eggs in the warehouse. She even brought a lot of daily necessities. Mrs. Anta was laying the table and said, "Children, let's eat."

Raymond yawned, put down his feet on the console, and came over to eat.

"Madam, do you know about the Knights of the Stars?" Opal suddenly thought of this. Mrs. Anta lowered her head to cut a piece of steak and said casually: "Yes. The epic heroes in the dark ages have become legends, but many stories point to one fact.

, they do exist.”

She knew! Opal was shocked. He tried his best not to show it and asked: "What kind of person is the Star Knight?"

"Instead of talking about people," Antaf said, "it's better to ask what kind of organization they are."

"The beginning of the 10,000th year of the Light Era was the Bronze Age in history. The legend about the Temple of the Stars existed in the dark period after the end of the Bronze Age." Mrs. Anta took a sip of the iris wine and said in a daze:

"The reason for this period in history is that technology has reached its peak since humans explored the universe, and robots have become a new productive force..."

Raymond stopped and narrowed his eyes, seeming to be very interested in this.

"Do you know about humanoid life forms?" Raymond asked.

Anta nodded and said: "Some artificial lives that use human cells for sex and are equipped with control chips. Although the Covenant Ethics Association has expressed strong protest against this, the Interstellar Community insists on using this method. After all,

Robots have no thirst for knowledge and cannot think perceptually, while the human brain can learn a lot of things."

Opal remembered that Lecter also mentioned this period of history, and he asked: "It's called a smart revolution?"

Anta said approvingly: "In the smart revolution, technology has almost replaced everyone's life during that period. Human beings only need to use a spine chip to control artificial life. Artificial life controls machinery. In the future, robots will not even be needed. Repair and maintenance

The cost is too high. Artificial life is based on genetics and biological cell cultivation technology. They can be self-sufficient and create wealth, until these humanoid life forms set off a revolution that intends to replace humans and become the ruler of the food chain of the universe.

"

"This revolution lasted for nearly a hundred years, plunging human society into a long period of darkness."

Opal said: "They were all eventually destroyed."

Anta said: "Yes, the consequences of the revolution were very serious. The interstellar community was divided into the Empire and the Republic. At this time, a certain surveillance center sent their envoys."

"They ended this revolution, destroyed all artificial life, and restored the order of the universe to a state of balance where chaos and order compete."
To be continued...