To my frozen hometown

Chapter 82 The Forgotten People and the Institute

"I'm sorry, but please understand that if a pair of strangers broke into your house on a snowy night, you would want to hide and observe them first."

In the corner of the hall, a gentle and old voice came from the direction Liu Yuan pointed at.

Then, an elderly man in a white coat came out from the cover of the garden.

He was holding a shower in his hand, and on the bridge of his nose, which was not particularly straight, he was wearing a pair of glasses that looked dull and thick.

Seeming to have finally noticed the pistol in Liu Yuan's hand, the old man paused, then smiled helplessly, and said in a calm tone.

"And pointing a gun at an old man like me, isn't it a way of showing kindness?"

"Please put the gun down, maybe we can sit down and talk, do you want tea or coffee?"

Seeing the old man turn his back and slowly start to lead the way, Liu Yuan was silent for a while, and finally put down the pistol in his hand.

"Are you the only one living here?" Liuyuan held Al's hand reassuringly, and Liuyuan led the girl to follow the pace of the old man.

The surroundings were quite quiet, except for the wind and snow and the breathing and footsteps of the three people, there was no other sound, that's why Liu Yuan asked such a question.

"If you had come 20 years earlier, this was the key research facility of Central Greenhouse No. [-], and there were a lot of people at that time."

The old man walked unhurriedly, listening to Liu Yuan's question, with a look of remembrance in his eyes, he replied slowly.

"But now, I'm really the only one here."

"Why is that?"

Liu Yuan frowned slightly, and looked around.

She still cares a little about the plants in the hall, and the observatory looks well maintained, it doesn't look like there is only one person taking care of it.

"Because the top management of the greenhouse gave up our research project, all the researchers were transferred back." The old man should have remembered something, and sighed softly.

"If it weren't for the fact that I, an old man, is still a bit thin-faced and saved this research institute, I'm afraid it would have been emptied and abandoned long ago."

graduate School?

Noticing what the old man called this place, Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows and pretended to ask unintentionally.

"What was the purpose of research here?"

The old man glanced sideways at Liu Yuan, as if he saw Liu Yuan's guard against him, but he smiled and shook his head indifferently, and replied aloud.

"Our research project at the time was called the Human Evacuation Plan..."

"Speaking of it now, that was already decades ago. At that time, this very large project was almost related to the entire central ice sheet, and our place was nothing more than a small observation station."

Having said that, the three of them had already arrived at the stairs on the first floor.

"The second floor is the living area, let's go up and chat slowly."

The old man spoke frankly, without the slightest fear of being "hijacked" by others, and walked up the stairs first.

But behind him, Liu Yuan's eyes were slightly startled, because she heard the project that the old man said.

The Human Evacuation Project, she had heard about the project, at the end of the Dark Ages.

People at that time speculated that the glaciers covering the surface might not show signs of melting and receding for centuries, so someone proposed such a plan.

Look outward for a planetary belt with an appropriate distance. The planets in this planetary belt may not fully meet the living conditions of human beings, but they all need to be able to provide certain supply resources for human beings.

For example, planet A must be able to provide fuel for human spacecraft, planet B must have glaciers and water that can be purified, and planet C must be rich in shallow minerals that are easy to mine, and then there are planets D, E, and F. ·····

In this way, human beings can carry out a global evacuation, and use this planetary belt as a benchmark to start a space wandering that can last for hundreds of years, and finally return to the blue star.

If at that time, the dust in the sky has dissipated, and the ice and snow on the planet have melted, then human beings can stay and continue to survive.

This plan became the later human evacuation plan.

However, behind this seemingly feasible plan, there are already faults in human civilization and the technological productivity that is difficult to perform space missions.

Therefore, after a period of fruitless research, with the end of the dark age, human beings got a little respite, and they gradually gave up this plan.

What Liu Yuan didn't expect was that someone would continue this research.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is completely meaningless.

Because even if a planetary path that satisfies the conditions can be found, with the current technology alone, it is impossible to create an interstellar spacecraft that can sail in space.

From this point of view, it is not without reason that the top management of Central No. [-] Greenhouse gave up this research institute.

But, why did they leave an old man here alone.

Regarding this point, Liu Yuan still couldn't figure it out.

In the public hall on the second floor, the empty living area is bright and quiet, with about seven or eight rooms on both sides, but none of them are inhabited.

The grounds are well-swept, but still give off a sense of age, as if the place has been abandoned by time.

The old man led the two of them to sit down in the hall, and then prepared a cup of hot water for each of them according to Liu Yuan's request.

Looking at the water glass brought to him, Liu Yuan took a sip, then nodded to Al, indicating that she could drink.

Al took a shallow sip of the clean water with a suitable temperature in his hand, and his weak face finally improved.

The old man made himself a cup of coffee, sat across from the two of them, and said with a flat smile.

"So, where should we begin?"

"Believe me, it's rare for someone to sit down and chat with me. From my personal perspective, I'm quite happy."

"In fact, we are also very fortunate to be able to find a warm place to live on such a snowy night."

Perhaps due to the influence of the old man, Liu Yuan's tone became softer.

"Then, if you don't mind, please tell us briefly why you are here alone."

While speaking, Liu Yuan looked at a name tag on the old man's chest.

"My honour, Monsieur Aztord."

The wind and snow outside were still whistling, and what was rare was that for Liuyuan and Al, this night might not be so bad.

At least they already had a cup of warm water and a slightly special tea party.

(End of this chapter)