Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

Chapter 476 856 AU

After entering the year of eighty-eight,

Mo Dao's energy obviously declined suddenly.

His steps became more staggering and his figure became more stooped.

The feeling of exhaustion becomes more and more obvious even in ordinary life.

Even if you move forward normally, you will often feel like you are unable to move forward.

His decaying body seemed to be unable to bear his spirit and thoughts.

Even though my mind is still clear, my body cannot support thinking for a long time.

Regarding this matter,

Mo Dao both of them had enough psychological expectations.

For Mo Dao,

I have experienced the end of life many times,

And the most advanced medical equipment of this era carried by the Star,

It was also enough to detect the changes in Mo Dao's body much in advance.

Or rather, from the moment Mo Dao and the two set foot on the Star,

Whether it is the people on the ground or others, they can already predict this moment.

but,

This didn't affect Mo Dao's life much.

Inside the Star, Mo Dao and the two just lived peacefully as usual.

There was no mention of the not-so-distant destination of this journey.

…

According to the internal timing of the Star,

The time should have come to early summer of this year.

Judging from what Mo Dao could see in front of him, it was like a clockwork countdown behind the puppet.

Although the internal timing of the Star has not been corrected and checked by the outside in these years,

But obviously, a few years are not enough time for the internal timing of the Star to deviate too much.

This morning,

In one day, Mo Dao spent more time sleeping intermittently than awake.

I woke up unusually early, and my energy was obviously much better than usual.

But this feeling, for Mo Dao, who has experienced a long life,

It can be clearly distinguished that the body is not rejuvenating.

Rather, the spirit seems to have been semi-detached from the body, and one cannot feel much physical pain caused by physical aging.

Qin Huaishi, who was sleeping next to Mo Dao, woke up right after Mo Dao woke up.

Looking at Mo Dao, he seemed to have realized something, but he didn't say anything more.

Just continuing the topic last night before Mo Dao fell asleep,

"After breakfast later, do you want to go for a walk in the garden?"

"good."

Mo Dao nodded to his girl Qin Huaishi and agreed.

Turning around, with a slight stagger, he opened the window of the rest room facing the small garden.

With some warm wind, it blew in through the window.

Without considering that the spacecraft will continue to operate for hundreds of years,

The energy supply of the spacecraft is more than sufficient.

When all kinds of equipment inside the Star are running,

It can almost simulate climate and temperature changes from spring and summer to autumn and winter.

…

After a simple breakfast,

The two of them did not have the help of intelligent robots controlled by Suigu subprograms.

Supporting each other, they walked out of the rest room and came to this small garden.

A bench was deliberately fixed in front of the small garden for Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi to rest.

The two of them sat down here.

There was no rush to say anything, just spending time in silence as usual.

This small garden inside the Star is under the all-round and most scientific care of the Suigu subroutine.

The flowers and plants are always luxuriant, and different varieties of flowers bloom most of the year.

At this moment, inside the spacecraft, a device in the internal ecosystem,

The slowly blowing wind, which is similar to the early summer on the ground, has a bit of dryness, blowing the flowers and plants in the garden from time to time.

Make some slight rustling noises.

Above the dome, the projection covering the dome presents a highly realistic clear sky.

After losing contact with the earth,

What is played on the dome is no longer the weather on the ground that day or the recent weather.

It's probably a saved picture of the sky from the same day in the past few years.

Next to the simulated sky,

The position near the inner bulkhead of the Star shows the position of the Star from the ground at this moment.

"856 astronomical units."

Leaning on each other, Mo Dao looked at the simulated sky, and Qin Huaishi also looked at the sky.

This is a distance and space that no human has ever set foot on before.

Converted to kilometers, it is about 120 billion kilometers, which has exceeded most people's concept of distance.

And here, the last barrier to leaving the solar system,

The edge of the inner layer of the Oort Nebula is still a long way away.

At the same time, this place is not far from the end of Mo Dao's life.

"Let's go take a look at the outer layer, Huai Shi."

I sat quietly for a while in the small garden here,

Mo Dao said to Qin Huaishi again,

Qin Huaishi looked at Mo Dao,

At this time, Mo Dao's physical condition was obviously not suitable for going to the outer layer of the spacecraft.

The outer layer does not have the simulated gravity of the inner layer, and Mo Dao, who is aging at this moment, may not be able to withstand this change.

However, Qin Huaishi did not reject Mo Dao's idea.

Just nodded.

…

With the help of intelligent robots,

The two of them changed into extravehicular suits,

The place we are going to is actually the mezzanine between the inner and outer floors of the Star.

A larger porthole is reserved at a specific location on the outer layer.

The two of them stopped in front of the porthole.

What can actually be seen through the porthole is quite dull and dark.

Some extremely distant stars, even if they can be seen with the naked eye,

But also because it is too far away, there will be too many changes that can be directly perceived by the naked eye in a few months or even during the entire voyage.

And somewhere closer,

Most of the time during this voyage through the starry sky after passing through the Kuiper Belt, there is nothing but the empty universe itself.

This kind of scene can make people feel clearly and concretely that the Star is as small as floating dust.

At the same time, most of the time,

The change in the spacecraft's position can actually only be reflected by the ever-increasing numbers that symbolize distance.

Leaning against each other and looking at the scene outside the porthole, Mo Dao felt a little lost in thought.

"Poetry."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

For this life, the ultimate voyage goal cannot be achieved,

Mo Dao had already expected it a long time ago,

He doesn't have any regrets about just walking here in this life.

Looking in front of me, the countdown that seems to overlap with the scene outside the porthole is getting smaller and smaller but will never stop.

Mo Dao still called his girl Qin Huaishi again,

Across the extracabin suit, Qin Huaishi held Mo Dao's hand tightly.

Through the cabin communication, Wen Sheng responded to Mo Dao, allowing Mo Dao to feel that she was always by his side.

Mo Dao didn't reply.

It's just that my breathing is getting faster and faster, but my consciousness seems to be getting more and more withdrawn, and I can't feel too much of the violent ups and downs in my heart.

The body sign monitoring instrument that came with the extravehicular suit sounded an alarm, but Mo Dao turned it off directly.

"...Huai Shi, maybe I can only go here."

The countdown in front of Mo Dao only had 'ten' left.

"It doesn't matter, we have gone far enough. Now here is a place that no one has been to before."

"If you're tired, just rest."

Miss Qin Huaishi turned around and supported Mo Dao's body.

Even in a gravity-free environment, Mo Dao's body began to gain weight again and he seemed to be unable to stand upright.

"Poetry..."

Mo Dao and his girl Qin Huaishi hugged each other and supported each other.

His chest was rising and falling more and more, and his consciousness was getting a little blurry.

At this time,

The countdown in front of me has only three left.