章 287: Chapter 287: So Many Fools Here
Yan Xia sat on the spaceship, having abandoned the Kunlun ship, leaving it at Canis Majoris.
Ella would control that place afterward; as a machine, it could avoid the influence of Gais' glory. Although it had become sufficiently life-like, it still fundamentally differed from living beings, possessing entirely different characteristics.
Moreover, Canis Majoris was far enough from the Olive Branch civilization, and since it had never developed, it wouldn't be easy for the Olive Branch civilization to find this place.
As for Yan Xia, he felt he had nothing left.
"Hmm?"
"What am I doing here? Who am I?"
Yan Xia stood up from his seat, and the auxiliary brain quickly provided him with a document. He looked at the personal information in that document.
"So that's it. My name is Yan Xia; I'm an ordinary soldier of the Federation. At this moment, the Federation is facing defeat against a higher civilization, and I want to go back because that is my civilization, my home."
Home?
A strange concept; he didn't even know what home meant.
However, he felt this was very important to him, even compelling him to want to return at all costs.
He rubbed his aching head.
"I must have bumped my head somewhere just now, causing this memory loss—what bad luck!"
Yan Xia glanced at the flight path, which was controlled by the main engine. He was heading towards Canis Majoris' fourth planet.
At this time, the spaceship's speed was 61,477 km/s, over one-fifth the speed of light. Logically speaking, this spaceship shouldn't be able to fly so fast unless there was a booster.
This spaceship was actually quite small, measuring 71 meters in length; this was the main reason it could reach such speeds.
The journey would take 4,241 years—quite long—and he had already been flying for 293 years.
"Let's go into a period of hibernation."
He felt he should do this; the auxiliary brain also suggested so.
...
3,841 years later, Yan Xia was awakened.
It wasn't a natural awakening but because the main engine received communications from other ships.
After waking up and seeing the communication request, Yan Xia agreed.
"Hey, buddy! Are you heading to the Four Empire Alliance? Maybe we can travel together."
On the other side was a member of the Qishui race. Yan Xia shook his head: "No, I want to stay at Canis Majoris IV for a while."
"???"
The Qishui member looked puzzled.
"Are you out of your mind? You still want to go back now?"
"Or have you been wandering through space and haven't heard that the Federation has surrendered to the Olive Branch civilization?"
"The high-ranking officials of the Federation actually decided to merge into Gais' glory. I really doubt they are truly high-ranking officials! Shouldn't they all be elite? We hardly ever see them; now we know they are just a bunch of opportunists living off their positions."
"Buddy, take my advice: just find a random planet and live there. With satellite factories and such things, one person plus some genes can create a star city and a race—why not just be a local emperor?"
Yan Xia thought about it but shook his head again.
His inner thoughts were simply to return; he followed his own desires.
"I still want to go back."
The Qishui member didn't persuade him further; instead, his expression grew cold as he silently cursed him as a fool.
A fool?
Yan Xia also felt his current behavior was somewhat foolish, but he didn't understand why he always wanted to return; this desire was so strong.
Ultimately, his spaceship continued on its fixed trajectory while he noticed more ships moving away in other directions—all leaving the Federation.
After 107 years, he finally arrived at Canis Majoris IV.
Yan Xia looked at this yellow dwarf star; it rotated quickly and had one planet within its star system located about 3 astronomical units away—specifically 3.4 astronomical units.
This planet was very cold but had been transformed into a warm environment; according to information available on Canis Majoris IV, approximately 20 billion lives thrived there.
However, upon connecting to Canis Majoris IV's internal network and checking current information, Yan Xia discovered that only 1.6 billion lives remained in the entire star system—only one-ninth of its original population. At its peak, there had been one-tenth of that number.
Barely anything left!
Although Yan Xia had lost some memories, he wasn't foolish and quickly understood what had happened.
When entering the starport, he noticed another spaceship arriving at the same time. A member of the Huayi race stepped down and looked at Yan Xia; Yan Xia returned his gaze.
The Huayi member was flamboyant and talkative. He approached Yan Xia and said: "I sense a familiar aura from you; my name is Wenge."
"Yan Xia!"
Wenge exaggeratedly exclaimed: "You share a name with a great figure in our Federation! But it's just similar; I also share my name with a ranked scholar."
"What brings you here?"
Yan Xia shook his head. He had always wanted to come here but found himself without any specific goal upon arrival.
"Then let's grab a drink! My friends have all left; I used to despise them for that. But I don't hate them; everyone has their own aspirations. Some people simply haven't found their true purpose in life. Their goal is merely survival while we have our own objectives—that's why we choose to stay."
Yan Xia felt Wenge's words were profound.
Wenge led him into a bar that surprisingly did not serve alcohol but only juice.
"Wondering why?"
"Actually, many places are like this now because people come here with different intentions."
"In peaceful times, everyone comes here to get drunk in hopes of numbing their own sorrows. But now we come here not to get drunk but to see each other."
Fellow beings!
"As you can see, everyone here is foolish."
Yan Xia scanned around; everyone met his gaze with expressions conveying something through their eyes and body language—respect!
Everyone here respected each other genuinely.
Unlike some rebellious individuals who sought freedom through defiance, here respect wasn't childlike playacting but rather an expression of indifference towards life and death—a more precious emotional expression.
"Why did you come back? Surely you have some goal!" Wenge asked again.
At this moment, Yan Xia relaxed considerably and replied: "I don't know; I just feel like I need to return."
"Hahahaha!!!" Wenge laughed heartily.
At that moment, everyone in the bar laughed along with him.
"That's right! Just like that…"
"We feel the same way."
Wenge displayed a fatherly smile: "This is perhaps the most correct answer I've ever heard…" As he spoke, tears flowed down his cheeks as he hugged Yan Xia tightly. "Thank you for reminding me once again that I'm truly not alone."
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