Osborne Megacorp

Hyacinth, once the hope of the European Space Agency, carries mankind's beautiful fantasy of outer space. 5000 brave colonists participated in this exploration project.

But now, it is in dire straits.

"...There was an accident in the wormhole shuttle protocol, and the emergency unfreezing protocol was started... The start was blocked..."

Mark Watney was awakened by the sound of a mechanical announcement, and the air conditioner next to him made him tremble!

"Fuck...what's going on--"

In my memory, I should have been lying in a virtual reality cabin after boarding the ship...but the cabin I was lying in now was obviously a freezing cabin!

The door slowly opened, and Mark climbed out of the crowded freezer.

On the deck, 5000 refrigeration warehouses lay quietly here. The sound of mechanical alarms echoed in the empty cabins, and the red warning lights were dazzling.

Only he woke up - the chill seemed to penetrate his heart.

It's like a big morgue.

Mark trembled and leaned against the warehouse next to him. Through the transparent glass, he saw that the people inside were asleep like him, but there seemed to be frost spreading on the faces of the people inside...

This is not a good sign. A qualified freezing warehouse should be completely sealed and run stably!

"Is anyone there? What's going on!"

Mark yelled, hoping someone could explain it all, but unfortunately, no one told him what was happening.

"Standing like this is not an option..." Mark thought for a moment, walked towards the passage door, and put his hand on the identifier.

"Fortunately, my biometric information is still available..."

The passage opened and Mark walked outside.

Apart from the large warehouse for loading colonists, the Hyacinth didn't leave much room for movement. Mark followed the route in his memory and walked towards the public activity cabin.

The empty corridor looked a little eerie.

"I guess... there shouldn't be any plot of a space horror movie like Alien..." Mark said to himself while observing the surrounding environment.

Fortunately, this spacecraft generally follows the design of the Osborne Group. There are not many shadow corners, not even a cockroach can hide.

"Thank you, designers from Osborne Group..."

With his sharp eyes, he discovered that some of the facilities were dirty - indicating that someone had been active here.

But robots are responsible for the sanitation on the spacecraft, and logically there should not be such dirt.

With this question, Mark came to the door of the public activity cabin.

Looking at the closed door, he swallowed and slowly put his hand up.

"The hatch is open, please stay away from the hatch to prevent being pinched..."

Poof--chih--

The door opened, and Mark was relieved to see the scene inside: no bodies, no blood, and no severed limbs.

It's just that the environment here is a bit messy, books are placed aside randomly, there is a bowling tower with empty bottles in the corner, targets painted with paint on the wall, empty bottles and cans can be seen everywhere.

It seems that the service robot has been out of service for a long time, and there is no one here.

"It seems I have to go directly to the captain of the ship..."

After speaking, Mark walked towards the cockpit - to his surprise, the door here was open.

Entering the cockpit, there should have been 14 navigators responsible for positioning and navigation, but now there is only one person in the main driver's seat.

Mark asked as he walked over.

"Captain, what happened--holy shit!"

boom!

Mark's hand just touched the person in the driver's seat lightly, but he didn't expect that he fell down directly!

Not only that, the person in the protective suit has his eyes closed, as if he is sleeping, but his soft body shows that this is not the case!

With trembling hands, Mark opened the protective suit. Mark explored the other party's life and death, but bad news came one after another--

he died.

Mark looked at the terminal he used when he was alive.

......

"Ready:

All the colonists have boarded this miracle ship, a strange wormhole, a journey across time and space. These colonists only need to sleep to reach a brand new world!

Finally a chance to catch up with the Osborn Group - I wonder how they'll feel when they find out we found a way through a wormhole.

The new chief Ajak is really a genius, I don’t know how she did it. "

---

"We succeeded! But I thought that passing through the wormhole was just a matter of a moment, but now it seems that it also takes time.

Communication was interrupted, and now I can only entertain myself on the ship - fortunately, the current situation was foreseen by the commander, and this should not last long. "

---

“…It’s been a month, and by their estimation, going through the wormhole is just around the corner, and I can’t wait to welcome the new world.

After sticking to my post alone for more than a month, I think I should be considered a lonely king now, right?This experience will surely shake up my crew - maybe I can become governor of a new colony?

But this journey was so boring that I started to envy the sleeping guys. "

---

"...The situation has gone awry. It has been two months, and there is still nothingness outside the spacecraft. I started to miss those stars.

I used to feel lonely floating in the universe, but I never thought that one day I would feel that the starry sky would be so warm.

Fortunately, the video and game reserves are sufficient - Loneliness, come on, I'm not afraid of you! "

---

"It's been half a year...the freezer compartment was locked - I was deceived.

Damn Ajak!She didn't say it would take so long to go through the wormhole!It turns out that the freezer compartment is not just designed to reduce power consumption...it turns out that I am that consumable. "

---

"The energy is low. I have to deactivate non-essential parts."

"I started talking to myself."

......

The records in the middle seem to have been deleted a lot, and the last recorded time is 17 years after the spacecraft set off.

"I think I won't be able to see the new world. The energy can still support the operation of the spacecraft for 40 years. I don't know if this wormhole has an end.

I really envy those guys in the freezer. At least they don't know anything. Even if they die, they won't die in despair.

The good news is that if you die in a protective suit, your body will not rot.

If you successfully reach the New World, I hope you can find a nice place to bury me in the New World. "

The record ends here.

Mark was processing the information contained in these records in a daze, and opened a file called "Project Ulysses".

"Mission codename: Project Ulysses.

A hidden wormhole has appeared outside the solar system. According to the calculations of astronomy expert Ms. Ajak, this wormhole is likely to lead to the Deneb galaxy in the Oker Nebula.

According to the latest astronomical telescopes, there may be habitable planets in this galaxy.

Project Ulysses aims to gather colonists through wormholes to reach and colonize new worlds.

In order to ensure that we can reach the new world first, this plan is kept secret from all colonists except the captain - please rest assured that the technology used in the spacecraft is all proven technology and will not cause any harm to the colonists.

All they need is a little sleep to see that a new world is just around the corner. "

When Mark saw this, the operating terminal opened the closed front window - the outside was gray, to be precise, it was nothingness, and light did not exist in the outside space.

That person lived alone in such an environment for 17 years?And I...will also give birth in this environment?

The next moment, the spacecraft began to bump violently--

There is no longer nothingness outside.

A desolate planet appeared before his eyes.