Advent

As if noticing Alan's nervousness, Raphael twitched the corners of his mouth and gave Alan a comforting smile.

"Don't be too nervous, in fact, we came to you today, you should feel happy, because what we brought you is good news." Rafael said, "...after all, you belong to Raymond Morecambe legal partner."

However, it can be seen that he is not the kind of person who is good at appeasing other people's emotions. The smile on his face just makes the atmosphere in the suspension car more tense.

Sakhir, who was sitting next to him, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Rafael without any trace. Obviously, he was also a little surprised by Rafael's gentleness towards Allen.

Rafael noticed Sakhir's scrutiny and didn't explain too much.

His attention was entirely on Allen, and only those who were most familiar with him could realize the unnaturalness that he hid deeply.

"Raymond..."

After hearing the name, Allen fell silent.

His heart seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and the ominous premonition was becoming more and more real now, making him unable to breathe more and more.

But in front of Rafael and Sakhir, he seemed to be a little stiff just because of astonishment.

"In two months, he and I will automatically dissolve our partnership."

Allen said in a low voice, without any emotion in his tone.

But even so, his answer still made Raphael's face flash with astonishment.

According to the federal wartime birth law, if one of Alpha and Omega dies or disappears, the partnership can be automatically terminated after three years.

It's just that after the partnership is dissolved, the individual will enter the matching system again to find a suitable person to form a new family.

But a "hero widow" like Allen enjoys immunity. He can always retain his widow status and continue to enjoy a series of benefits brought to him by Raymond Morecambe as a hero.

Unless, he voluntarily chooses to terminate the partnership.

Raphael's surprise lasted only for a moment, because he quickly remembered all the information about Raymond Morecambe-naturally he also thought of the stains in Raymond's file.

In an instant, Rafael's expression suddenly became extremely complicated.

His lips parted and closed, as if about to say something, but his voice stuck in his throat.

Saqir Kruen glanced at Rafael again, this time his brows were obviously wrinkled, and then he directly cut off Rafael's words.

"I don't think you will be able to dissolve your marriage with Colonel Morecambe in a short time." Sakhir stared at Alan with cold gray eyes, and the blood on the latter's cheeks faded little by little.

"One Earth week ago, when our people were patrolling the outfield area of ​​Virgo, we discovered a reversal of the time well. As a result, the main battleship of the Black Bird Fleet, the Black Stork, was rediscovered. On board the Black Stork, we found a survivor and the only one.”

Allen's body trembled slightly, and his lips were pursed tightly.

He didn't say a word.

"The survivor is Raymond Kruhn."

Sakhir said to Allen word by word.

"That's what we need to talk to you about."

……

The passage of time in the time capsule is completely different from that of the outside world. If time is compared to a river, the time inside is like a large uncontrolled whirlpool.

Although for people in the normal universe, it has only been three years since the Black Bird Fleet died together with the Naga White Emperor, but for the fleet trapped in the time capsule, they may have experienced hundreds of years. Or thousands of years.However, the current level of technology of the Earth Alliance has no way of really determining how long the Black Stork has been trapped there.The only thing that is certain is that the Black Stork has experienced some kind of erosion in the time capsule that humans cannot imagine. When the investigation team secretly sent by the military and the Academy of Sciences stepped on the Black Stork for investigation, they were surprised to find that the ship In the design, even a heavy warship that can withstand more than thirteen rounds of turbo laser turret salvo is now as fragile as a metal plate exposed on the surface of some mineral planets, no, even more than that loose and brittle metal Boards are even worse.

According to an investigation team member whose identity has been withheld, the Black Stork is now like something made of wooden boards soaked in salt water for decades. Even the sand tower on the beach is probably worse than the Black Stork. more solid.

In addition, there are many unexplainable strange phenomena on the Black Stork——

Although when the Black Stork was first discovered, the warship looked complete, but after actually entering the interior, it was only the extremely fragile shell that was complete.There are many structures inside it that disappear very strangely - as if they were left there by mistake when breaking out of the time capsule.Only about one-third of the mechanical structure survives, and its crew (theoretically, the ship can carry up to 8000 people) is even rarer.

In fact, until the second in-depth investigation, no one thought there would be any survivors on the Black Stork.

Even the two unlucky guys who first discovered the Black Stork and reported to the base insisted that they received a message from the Black Stork, and that weird earth song—but they were scared out of their minds in the universe It is not uncommon for people to be involved. Before this, the investigation team and the military personnel had always regarded the testimony of the two patrolmen as frightened ravings.

After the Black Stork was salvaged and returned to the Virgo Space Garrison Base, the secret investigation team was shocked to find that the two patrolmen were not crazy.

That signal does exist.

So is that song.

In the core area of ​​the Black Stork, there is actually a small area that has not been eroded.

The investigation team found a rescue capsule that is still in working condition, and in the rescue capsule, the song from "Sirken" Alan Bracewell more than ten years ago has been playing on a loop.

……

"He... is still alive? He has been living in the rescue cabin?"

After listening to Sakhir's brief narration, Allen asked in a murmur.

"That's right, according to the records of the rescue cabin, he slept there for about 100 years."

"This is about twenty times the designed refrigeration time of the rescue cabin on the warship..."

Rafael added on the side.

The rescue capsules on some manned exploration spacecraft can generally work normally for hundreds of years, but for warships such as the Black Stork, the lifeboats equipped are only to deal with certain unavoidable emergencies—the designed working life is generally In about three years, the limit working life can only be up to five years...

But Raymond Morecambe slept in the rescue cabin for a hundred years and is still alive.

"This is a miracle."

Raphael looked at Allen and said.

His tone was very soft, as if this could appease Allen.

"We have no way of knowing what his experience was on the Black Stork before entering the rescue capsule. All this will have to wait until Colonel Morecambe escapes from the rescue capsule."

"..."

Allen remained silent. When he heard the legendary experience of his husband's survival, his mood didn't seem to change much, but his face became paler and paler.

Even though his figure and face were hidden behind ugly and bulky clothes and glasses, but at this moment, he still looked extremely weak, like a white orchid whose branches were gradually bent by the rain, causing a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart. Words of pity come.

Even Sakhir, who was as cold as a robot, seemed to be affected a little at this moment.

"We need your help, Mr Alan Morecambe."

He said it did sound like some kind of polite request.

Allen looked at each other blankly.

"I... my help? I don't see what I can do."

He didn't even know why he was sitting here.

If things were really as Sakhir said, he shouldn't even know about these things.

While Sakhir and Rafael have been deliberately ignoring a lot of key information, Allen is not stupid.

The Black Stork, the most important character in the regicide war, suddenly reappeared and there are still survivors, so... what about the Naga White Emperor, who was believed to be completely dead before?

Is it... is it possible to survive?

Allen knows very well that even if there is only the slightest possibility, this "possibility" is enough to make many people in the Federation feel like they are falling into the ice cave.

This matter should have been absolutely confidential.

"Colonel Raymond Morecambe stayed in the rescue cabin for far longer than the design time limit, which puts him in a very delicate state, which involves the echo of his deep brain waves and the special mechanism of physiological recovery ..."

Facing Allen's question, Rafael hesitated for a moment and then slowly explained.

"In short... If the recovery procedure is forcibly implemented, he will probably die suddenly due to a series of stress syndrome."

"so?"

Allen frowned tightly.

"We want you to wake him up."

Sakhir replied.

"You are his legal partner and his Omega, your existence is the safest and gentlest awakening potion for him—"

"I can't help much, I have a congenital disease, and I can't secrete any pheromones... There is not even a bond between me and Raymond."

Allen interrupted the other party for the first time.

For the first time, his voice also took on personal emotion.

Anxiety, restlessness, avoidance...

Sakhir analyzed Allen's reaction, but his expression didn't change at all.

"We've known about your situation for a long time. It's not a big problem." He paused, and continued, "Raymond Morecambe may have bad behavior towards you, but he does have very bad behavior towards you." Deep obsession. That song is the proof."