The Star Knight - 23. Chapter Twenty-Three

Opal opens the star map and reads the notes of the South Gate Double Star.

[Beautiful Gemini, golden stellar wind, all things are prospering in the eternal day, the eternal star, a place of drunken gold and gold. 】

The voyage from Rembrandt to South Gate 2 is forty-three hours. Mrs. Anta will return to the bedroom to rest after briefly speaking about her request. Opal and Raymond are sitting in front of the console. Opal whispered: “Go Have you ever had a charity fundraiser? What does she mean?”

Raymond: “No.”

Opal: “What is a divorce?”

Raymond looked at Opal, and said after a moment: “Go and ask her yourself.”

Opal waved his hand: “Forget it.”

Raymond squinted and lay on a swivel chair to sleep. The maid came out with a wire and said, “Two gentlemen, Mrs. Anta would like to have an afternoon tea in the living room.”

Raymond closed his eyes and said, “Please feel free to please.”

The maid opened a device, the metal wire unfolded into a disk, floating off the ground, she shook off the tablecloth and laid it on. Take out a hanging lamp from the tool basket held by the arm and hung it on the hook of the inner cabin, the light shining warmly in the cabin. Opal always watched her actions curiously and asked: “The light of this lamp is good.”

“This is my hometown, the sunshine of the Andromeda star.” Mrs. Anta came out of the bedroom and sat down at the round table and said: “When people are old, they often miss their homeland. In a few years, I will go home and live comfortably. .”

Mrs. Anta has changed her outfit, and the maid pours hot water into her cup, and the petals are floating in the cup.

“Drink something?” Mrs. Anta asked.

Raymond moved his left hand and signaled him not to go. Opal went over by himself and asked: “What is a 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 rebirth.”

Opal nodded as if he did not understand, Anta sighed and said: “There are not many people married in the Republic now, and even fewer people are in love.”

Opal asked: “Why?”

Anta regretfully said: “The cost is too high. Marriage is a lifetime thing. In the Silver Age before the Guangxi Era, the average life span of human beings was only 80 years. Starting from adolescence, marriage only needs to stay together for 60 years.”

Opal thought of his lifespan, perhaps only this short eighty years, not just him, it should be most of the mercenaries.

“In the era of black iron after the light era.” Anta said: “After the development of genetic technology, two hundred, three hundred years, and even longer life spans. The long years make people no longer want to maintain a strong marriage. In addition to getting married and starting a business, There is more to do. The price of marriage is too high. Once you find a spouse, it will be difficult to be together forever for the next two to three hundred years.”

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

“You know a lot.” Opal said.

“I am a historian.” Mrs. Anta said: “You can already be your grandmother.”

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

Anta nodded thoughtfully, and said, “I saw him when I was still in Girlhood. Azeroth is a very tasteful person. He makes your mother star…”

Opal said: “I am not from the Ares Galaxy.”

Anta nodded and said seriously: “He likes retro cultural style, selectively introduces science and technology, and maintains a certain characteristic of the mercenary country. This has been eroded by science in many galaxies. It is a… It is called the product of planetary culture.”

Opal understood a little, and Reckett had mentioned this before. He took a sip of the 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 on earth. This is a burned version.”

Opal looked like a child, flipping through a few pages, and his report was the same as his report. It was all copied on paper.

Anta looked at Opal’s flipbook: “Now the carrier of information in the universe has changed, and people have changed. Not many people are willing to patiently experience love. They all take sex as the starting point, buying a dream machine and fantasy movement. , To fulfill all human desires. To reproduce offspring, you only need to submit a few cells at the Life Gene Company, extract a few chromosomes, find the mother, pair, and pay a small fee. Sometimes the government will give you to increase the birth rate. Allowance to help you raise offspring.”

Opal said: “I know that, it’s a good thing that females don’t have to experience the pain of childbirth.”

Anta nodded and said regretfully: “This pattern has resulted in the equality of men and women in the Universe Star Alliance. The same-sex union has also been recognized, which has promoted the development of the entire era. It has also caused the love of civilians to gradually disappear between the stars. Love and marriage have become luxury goods linked to politics, money, etc… Only Ledgerson is still singing the love of the ancient times. These verses are handed down from the golden age… It has existed for a long, long time…”

Opal said: “Madam, but there is still love in Liexing, for example, a guy named Wrench I know, and his girlfriend…”

Anta smiled slightly and said, “And my husband, he used to have.”

Opal said: “Uh, I have no intention of offending, but it is true.”

Anta said, “I have a book, you can read it if you like.”

The maid went in and took out the book. It was a theory of interstellar love written by a Republican scholar. Opal turned a few pages, and the text was a bit obscure. Anta said: “I like reading this kind of paper books, and I’m not used to the electronic holographic media you young people use.”

Opal: “What’s the main point?”

Anta said: “Explains the polarization of emotion and marriage in interstellar civilization. In some uncivilized and primitive places, it may give birth to the attraction of the two sexes or the same sex, until the middle of the society, the gradual disappearance of love, and then the pyramid. At the top, the rich take it as an entertainment game.”

Opal nodded slowly, remembering that on the B-11 star, the miners are a group of people who have escaped from interstellar civilization, and love abounds between them, like the one-eyed Ugo and his wife.

“My genes are not perfect.” Opal said: “My mother gave birth to me, just like 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 moved: “You are very wise.”

Anta smiled and stopped speaking, Opal took the book with him, sat down in front of the console, and read it carefully. In this book, the author Hirokos mentioned that love is affected by hormones, and then proposed the uniqueness of love to the individual.

Through multi-ethnic observation and analysis, Siroccos believes that the original code of “sex-love” whose purpose is to reproduce has gradually faded in human genes. Instead, it is a higher level of love-the emotional support between individuals without distinction of gender and mutual attraction, looking for the same kind, and completing the transformation from lonely individuals to each other’s company.

This kind of love tends to admire and resonate deep in the soul, and aims to accompany each other. In the process, it also uses sex as a direct means of expression to show that they are honest with each other and give up their last reservations.

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

Opal glanced at Raymond.

He felt that the book was very reasonable. Looking back on his previous life, he didn’t know what Anta missed her home star, at least Opal himself had no special dependence on the Chiyan galaxy. Perhaps it is because she has never worked as a miner.

In those days, he had few real friends, only a few workers. Their goal was to save up their own money to buy a ferry ticket and live a new life. He didn’t feel the friendship between the mercenaries until he arrived at the Star of War. This was the feeling of mutual trust no matter how long he digs the mine or how many days he talked about.

The innkeeper said that he would fall in love with this place one day, the feeling of living and dying together, maybe he will never forget it for the rest of his life.

Raymond is a good comrade-in-arms, they are together, fighting for the task…

Opal’s mind was filled with cranky thoughts, and he flipped through page after page. The book was very thin. He read it all afternoon, and finally put the book on his face and fell asleep.

Six hours later, Opal woke up again, heard the maid making eggs in the warehouse, and 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 the Star Knight?” Opal suddenly thought of this, and Mrs. Anta lowered her head and cut a piece of meat, and said casually: “Yes. The epic heroes of the Dark Ages have become legends, but many stories point to a fact. , They do exist.”

she knows! Opal was shocked. He tried his best to prevent himself from showing it and asked, “What kind of person is the Star Knight?”

“It’s not so much people.” Mrs. Anta said: “It’s better to ask what kind of organization they are.”

“It was the Bronze Age in the history of the 10,000 years of the Guang Era. The legend of the St. Hall of the Stars existed in the dark period after the end of the Bronze Age.” Mrs. Anta sips the iris wine and said in a daze: “This period in history is caused by the fact that technology has reached the peak since humans have explored the universe, and robots have become new productive forces…”

Raymond stopped and squinted, seemingly interested in this.

“Do you know about humanoid life forms?” Raymond said.

Anta nodded and said: “Some artificial lives are cloned with human cells and equipped with control chips. Although the Star Alliance Ethics Association has expressed strong protests against this, the Interstellar Community insists on adopting this method. After all, robots There is no thirst for knowledge and no perceptual thinking, and the human brain can learn many things.”

Opal remembered that Reckett had also mentioned this history, and he asked: “It’s called a smart revolution?”

Anta applauded and said: “In the intelligent revolution, science and technology almost replaced everyone’s life at that time. Humans can control artificial life with a spine chip, and artificial life can control machinery. Even robots are no longer needed. Repair and maintenance. The cost of artificial life 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 has lasted for nearly a hundred years, and human society has plunged into a long period of darkness.”

Opal said: “They were all destroyed in the end.”

Anta said: “Yes, the consequences of the revolution are very serious. The interstellar community split into an empire and a republic. At this time, a surveillance center sent their envoys.”

“They ended this revolution, destroyed all man-made life, and restored the cosmic order to the balance of chaos and order.”

“Next, mankind fell into reflection. The entire universe was still a mess, and for nearly a thousand years, many precious historical materials were lost, and the times appeared faulty. Then, the interstellar civilization gradually recovered with the help of the Star Knights. Order, the remaining copying research room was eradicated.”

“Since then, intelligent robots have no longer been developed, and many galaxies have begun to pursue returning to nature, retro and seeking the coexistence of humanity and technology, which is what we see now. The Universe Joint Scientific Research Organization advocates the coexistence of human nature and progress. Over-reliance on technology.”

“There is another thing about the legend of the Star Knights. The founder of the empire, the first Leo Emperor, mentioned that they came from a place called the Temple of the Stars. It is said to be the central axis of the entire universe, but because of the expansion coefficient of the universe. Restricted, close to the center point, the space will show some strange characteristics. After leaving the starry sky gate, it is almost impossible to reach the place by the power system of the spacecraft alone.”

Raymond, who had been listening quietly, suddenly said, “Now there are spaceships with their own jump functions.”

“Yes, some people have tried to find it in recent years. Although the Republic did not say so on the surface, I believe there must be an exploration plan linked to it. The biggest problem is that there is no star map.” Anta said: “No one knows its location. Many people still stubbornly believe that the Star Knight does exist, and it is not just a legend.”

“Is the Star Knight very strong?” Opal asked.

“It’s difficult to define.” Anta said: “Their purpose is to maintain the order of the stars. Perhaps they have some special abilities. Legends are invincible. Of course, they are only in legends.”

Opal said: “Compared with Azeroth?”

Anta laughed, shook his head slowly, and finally said, “Perhaps he is better than the uncle. I always thought he was a very ordinary person.”

“Do you think what she said is true?”

After dinner, Opal and Raymond lay down on the swivel chair and took a nap. Raymond was thinking about what, a little distracted. Opal patted him on the shoulder and Raymond replied, “What?”

Opal said: “Dark Age, Star Knight or something…”

Raymond said casually: “Perhaps, are you going to lie down and sleep? Cover it with a quilt.”

Opal shook his head and said, “She knows so much.”

“History.” Raymond said: “It’s normal to live for hundreds of thousands of years.”

Opal said: “She also makes people feel… I like it very much, and I am very interested in chatting with her…”

“The temperament is very good.” Raymond said.

Opal said: “Why doesn’t her husband like her?”

Raymond said: “How do I know? No more love, I have never understood you…I don’t understand these things. Do you want to marry her?”

“Of course not.” Opal was dumbfounded, love and marriage seemed to be far away from him. He asked again: “Do you have anyone you like?”

“I told you already, no.” Raymond replied without thinking about it.

Opal said again: “Are there any thoughts of marriage?”

Raymond said: “Not even more.”

Opal shrugged and stopped mentioning the matter. He took a quilt and went to bed. He closed his eyes. When he was meditating, he felt Raymond watching him and opened his eyes in confusion and asked, “What?”

Raymond didn’t answer, he seemed to be asleep.

Arrived at the planet Maruka, which is the fashion capital of the third spiral arm of the galaxy. The eyes behind the opal sunglasses were dumbfounded. Mrs. Anta was familiar with the road and took them to the costume city of the star of Maruka. .

There were luxurious and jeweled handsome men and women everywhere. Mrs. Anta stood in a clothing store and said, “I want to put on the best clothes and meet that new rival.”

“Oh dear.” A male designer said softly, “I think you are in good shape. Nowadays, there are really not many women who can wear the long dress designed by Mr. Maha Viper.”

Opal and Raymond stood on the other side, picked up a long dress from the hanger, and the holographic price tag floated out-300,000 credits.

Raymond: “…”

Opal: “…”

“She can actually buy a universal memory cloth.” Opal casually said: “Buy another electronic fashion magazine, let the tailor robot enter the interstellar internet password according to the style above, and you will be able to make ready-made clothes directly next time. Change the style and let the robot remove the original clothes…”

Raymond said: “I want one and can’t afford it. There are only two kinds of people in the world who wear handmade clothes. The rich play retro, and the poor can’t afford memory long cloths, so they have to buy ordinary ones. Fabric ready-to-wear…”

Opal shrugged and said: “So we are in the category of the poor.”

“What about this one?” Mrs. Anta wore a light blue gauze skirt, and the louver folds on the skirt gently undulated like a sea tide.

“Baby.” The male designer tweeted: “It just made me fall, I really want to pursue you now.”

Mrs. Anta smiled sweetly and turned back: “What do you think?”

Opal: “Looks good.”

Raymond nodded without commenting.

Mrs. Anta said: “You two also need a dress.”

Raymond immediately said: “No, I don’t need it.”

Opal also said: “It’s too expensive to afford.”

Mrs. Anta said: “It’s included in the allowance. Choose.”

Raymond was really speechless about this task. He was already a little impatient. Opal took a few glances and decided not to. The designer came over and said, “Oh, the two of you are in good shape. If you don’t know Let me help you choose how to match it…”

Opal was caught off guard, fending off his hands on his face and touching his chest, and said: “I’m not used to wearing a dress… I just didn’t wear it! Stay away from me! Thank you for your kindness!”

“What do you do?” the male designer said: “Let me measure your waist…”

As he hugged him, Opal said embarrassingly: “Let…let go!”

“Hmm…” the male designer said, “Don’t be so shy…” He turned to Raymond.

Raymond said: “What are you going to do, don’t touch me, I’ll do it myself!”

Mrs. Anta said: “My dear, please don’t bully my guests.”

“Okay.” The male designer cast a wink at Opal, turned around and fetched a scanner, and swept their whole body size with a few beeps.

Opal said: “I’m just a mercenary.”

“You all need a decent dress.” Mrs. Anta said indifferently: “Let’s go with an old lady for fun.”

Both Opal and Raymond were pressed into their dresses. Opal was a gray-blue dress vest with a front collar and a white shirt. The tie was neatly tied. He bowed his head and fastened the platinum cufflinks on the cuffs. Look Looking at himself with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the mirror, he was uncomfortable.

Raymond is a dark red waistcoat suit with wide shoulders and long hands. Two buttons on the shirt collar are unbuttoned, showing a strong bronze complexion, which is very sexy.

Mrs. Anta didn’t even look at the signed order. She got into the car and headed to the Jewelry City. Opal was still thinking about the price of the clothes, and whispered in the back: “Can this clothes be refunded? There are tens of thousands of credits…”

Raymond was wearing a shirt and his suit jacket on his arm. He glanced at Opal and said, “You can try this suit and go back. There must be many people who are after you.”

Opal made a “go to you” action, this time they stopped following into the store, so as not to be forced to add any decorations. The two of them sat side by side on the roadside chairs to watch the scenery.

Three long-necked green men with one head on their necks passed by wearing dark red suits similar to Raymond’s style, and glanced at them with grunting eyes.

Opal squirted out the drink.

Raymond was expressionless.

“What kind of star is this?” Opal ridiculed Raymond’s shoulders.

“I haven’t seen it.” Raymond said coldly.

“What about that?” Opal held the hand of the canned drink, and pointed his finger to the opposite side.

Raymond stared sideways at Opal.

“Madame asked.” The maid came out and said, “Are you a lover?”

Opal immediately said: “No, it’s just a comrade-in-arms, what’s the matter?”

At that moment, both of them were a little embarrassed, and the maid said, “Your earrings are of the same style. Do you need to change a pair of gems? Madam pays.”

Opal turned her head to show her, and said, “This is just a remote communicator, and you can’t change it casually.”

Raymond was very uncomfortable, took off his ear buttons and put them in his shirt pocket.

Neither of them spoke. Opal’s paws consciously moved away from Raymond’s shoulders. After waiting for a long time, Mrs. Anta came out wearing a blue necklace, and there was a gold shot inlaid with broken gems on her wrist. White bracelet.

The entire ring-shaped ribbon bracelet presents a rainbow-like dreamy color, from red to blue, gradually gradual, as if shrouded in a layer of faint brilliance.

The necklace pendant is a small swimming fish, as if there is an ocean flowing in it.

Even her maid put on luxurious, princess-like attire, with a light green hairpin on her hair. The green light in the hairpin is like an ancient tree against her smooth brown hair, flowing. The light of life.

“Now go to the charity fundraising meeting.” Mrs. Anta said elegantly while holding the handbag: “You can treat it as trouble, please don’t be restrained.”

Raymond and Opal finally breathed a sigh of relief.