Wander! Blue Star People

January 31, 2071, New Year’s Eve.

The wide streets of the underground city are decorated with lights and festive red lanterns can be seen everywhere. People wearing new clothes and new shoes stroll through the streets and alleys to enjoy dragon and lion dances.

Everyone’s face was filled with joy as they wandered among the Spring Festival couplet stalls, paper-cut stalls, New Year snack stalls and other stalls that are only seen during the Chinese New Year.

"I miss you so much!"

The shouts of sketch actors came from the loudspeakers, adding to the joy of the festival.

Although this year's Spring Festival was celebrated underground, people felt that it was not much worse than above ground due to the drastic renovation of the original underground city by the coalition government.

On the contrary, because the space is smaller and the distance between people is closer, the flavor of the new year is fuller than when living in high-rise buildings.

Neighbors began to share delicious food with each other again, and it was a happy scene.

However, some people are happy and some are worried.

"Liu Qi!"

"Why are you so ignorant?"

From a two-bedroom apartment deep in the alley, Han Ziang's voice came out, expressing his hatred for the steel.

"I asked you to study hard and become a scientist in the future, but you ended up getting a blank exam, so you went to be a car mechanic, and now you want to be a delivery vehicle driver. When will you settle down and let your dad and I have some peace of mind?"

Han Ziang is seventy-two years old this year. He has gray hair and scolded Liu Qi with a disappointed look on his face.

Liu Qi said nonchalantly: "I handed in the blank paper because he was on the paper. When I saw his name, I didn't want to answer the question."

This "him" naturally refers to Liu Peiqiang.

Not everyone understands how to be a parent, Liu Peiqiang does not understand, and he was also absent from Liu Qi's most important growth stage.

Their relationship has softened.

But the bad blood between them has never been eliminated.

“What’s wrong with being a car mechanic?”

Liu Qi looked stubborn and very opinionated.

"Labor is glorious!"

"I want to be a truck driver now to make progress. Grandpa, aren't you a truck driver? I want to transport stones to the engine like you, can't I?"

Han Ziang said categorically: "No!"

"Why?"

Liu Qi asked with an emphasis.

Han Ziang said sincerely: "Driving a delivery truck is tiring and hard, and if any major danger occurs, you will be drafted by the coalition government. It is very dangerous!"

"Have you forgotten what happened in 1961?"

"Grandpa, I took two lives to come back alive!"

In order to persuade Liu Qi, Han Ziang's wrinkled old face turned red.

But still to no avail.

Liu Qi slung the black shoulder bag over his shoulder, stood up and walked out, saying without looking back, "I've made my decision anyway, grandpa, don't worry about it."

"My friend asked me to review my knowledge for the driving test. I have to go."

Liu Qi opened the door.

He thought that when he got the driver's license of the carrier vehicle, he could go to the ground and see the scenery when traveling through the wormhole, especially the moment when leaving the wormhole.

However, the moment they leave the wormhole, the coalition government begins the war.

He knew nothing about it.

At the same time, Ye Wen passed the final round of testing by the coalition government.

"Generally speaking, my world is safe."

Ding!

The lie detector gives a green light indicating "honesty."

"Thank you for your cooperation."

The expert smiled with relief.

Relief was felt not only by him but also by those watching the inquest in the next room through one-way glass.

In the six months since Ye Wen came to Wandering Earth, the coalition government conducted a round of questioning on Ye Wen every half month.

This time is the twelfth and final round.

The questions and procedures for each round of questioning are jointly designed by experts in interrogation, psychology, sociology, criminology, philosophy and other fields.

It covers many areas such as emotional life, growth experience, social phenomena, and professional knowledge.

Ye Wen withstood the test.

Twelve rounds of questioning did not find any sign that she was lying. Not only that, the coalition government also inspected her belongings, all of which were consistent with the chronological background of her life.

Only MOSS raised some questions about her facial micro-expressions, but micro-expressions are greatly affected by psychology, so Ye Wen cannot be considered to be lying.

"We will allocate a room for you in the underground city. You don't have to live here anymore. It's uncomfortable to be stared at by a pair of eyes wherever you go."

Ye Wen smiled and said, “Thank you.”

The expert smiled and took off the lie detector device for Ye Wen. He said, "You are not much older than me, but your smile makes me feel very warm."

If he were ten or twenty years younger, he would definitely regard Ye Wen as a kind elder.

Ye Wen gently moved her wrist, and she said kindly: "I have experienced a lot, and after seeing it through, my mentality will be calmer than ordinary people."

The expert nodded in agreement.

Ye Wen asked with a smile: "Then I can leave here now and go wherever I want?"

Regarding Ye Wen's arrangements after the inquiry, the coalition government has conducted careful discussions.

"You are not so free now." The expert paused, "We have planned a range of activities for you, and you can move freely in this area."

He took out a mobile phone with surveillance software installed.

"This is a smartphone just for you."

"Our contact information is pre-stored in it. If you think of anything or have anything to ask us about, you can use it to contact us."

"With it, life will be very convenient."

"However, the method of use may be a bit complicated for you. I will arrange for a young person to teach you later."

In the era when Ye Wen lived, people were still using PHS.

PHS is a landline phone disguised as a mobile phone. Compared with the smartphones of 2071, when "one mobile phone can rule the world", the method of use is completely different.

"Thank you." Ye Wen said with a smile, "I can finally observe your world with my own eyes and ears."

The expert said enthusiastically: "Today is New Year's Eve. Would you like to have a New Year's Eve dinner with us before leaving?"

Ye Wen smiled and nodded: "Okay."

At this moment, a certain consciousness on earth is paying attention to this interrogation room. He is attached to the expert interrogating Ye Wen and looking at Ye Wen with expert eyes.

Frankly speaking, Chen Fan and MOSS have similar questions.

Since Ye Wen is not a wandering earthling, Chen Fan cannot sense Ye Wen's psychological changes.

But Ye Wen was too calm.

Throughout twelve rounds of questioning, she never lost her composure. She only fell silent for a brief moment when asked about her husband Yang Shouping, who died young.

Although Ye Wen is a professor in the philosophy department, and people who study philosophy are always more open-minded than those who study other things.

But this calmness still made Chen Fan feel strange.

However, MOSS had some basis for questioning Ye Wen's micro-expression. His suspicion that Ye Wen was too calm was purely intuitive, and he could not think that Ye Wen was lying because of this.

If she could successfully lie despite twelve rounds of questioning and still portray a dangerous world as safe, then she would be terrible.

Ye Wen is over fifty years old.

What bad intentions could a little old lady in her fifties have?