The dim light of the morning sun passed over the eaves of the porthole and illuminated the side face of the sleeping lamb.

As if aware of the touch of the light, she moved her long eyelashes, opened her little hands lying in the cryo-sleep cabin, and yawned unconsciously.

"you're awake?"

A soft voice came from my ears.

"Yeah." She responded subconsciously. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and stared blankly at the porthole.

The sky is a bright red, and the rising sun is floating above the sea of ​​clouds, spreading soft light through the thin atmosphere. Is it already dawn?

Just as she was in a daze, a soft voice came from her ears again.

"The morning in the sky comes earlier than on the ground. It will be more spectacular when standing on the deck... It is still dark all around, but the sun has risen in the distance."

Xiaoyang looked to the side and saw the big sister who always checked her body sitting next to her and looking at her with a smile.

Memories of last night gradually emerged.

Suddenly there was a loud noise outside, and then the sister took her to the infirmary, locked the door, turned off the curtains and lights, and told her not to make a sound no matter what happened outside.

She obediently obeyed, staying with Yin Yin, listening to the sound of thunder outside, and then waited, and fell asleep unconsciously.

In fact, nothing happened outside, right?

She looked at the open porthole and blinked lightly. No matter how many times she saw the beautiful sunrise, it was so breathtaking that she couldn't move her eyes away.

This was a view she had never seen at Pinecone Farm.

Sometimes she couldn't help but think that if she stayed in that place all her life, she might never see such scenery.

At this time, Xiaoyang suddenly noticed that it was not only himself and sister Chen Yutong in the room, but also a strange sister with two ponytails sitting in front of the cryo-sleep cabin next door.

There was a clear tear trail hanging on that beautiful cheek, which was particularly conspicuous in the sunlight over the window eaves. It seemed that she had been crying for a long time.

The little sheep couldn't help but remain silent.

There must be someone very important to her lying in that cryo-sleep cabin...

Seemingly noticing her gaze, the sister raised her head.

The moment their eyes met, the shy little sheep hurriedly looked away and stared straight out of the window, pretending not to look here.

But the sister didn't stare at her for a long time. She quickly looked at Chen Yutong sitting next to her and said in a hoarse voice.

"I don't understand...why you pretend to be dead."

Chen Yutong sighed.

She originally planned to hide from Jiang Xuezhou until he left the airship, but she didn't expect that she and a group of people suddenly rushed into the infirmary last night.

Facing this unexpected reunion, Chen Yutong didn't know what to say for a moment, so he looked at his friend who looked shocked and stunned, pointed at the sleeping lamb, put his index finger to his lips, and then made another

Please gesture.

I have to say that this is a lame excuse. After all, the corridor is right next to it. If you have anything to say, you can go outside and say it.

However, Jiang Xuezhou probably didn't know how to face this friend who had "resurrected from the dead" but kept him in the dark, so he nodded.

The people from the company quietly left the infirmary after putting Ye Shi into the sleep cabin, and the two of them sat here in silence until dawn.

"...If we don't do this, we won't be able to leave the swamp." Knowing that he would have to face her question sooner or later, Chen Yutong sighed, no longer avoiding her questioning gaze, and looked at the ceiling above his head.

Jiang Xuezhou looked at her with a complicated expression.

"...Why do we have to leave there?"

"Why..." Chen Yutong thought for a while and gave her a helpless smile, "Actually, there is no special reason."

It’s like the entire academy is united as one, hoping to escape the barren land beneath their feet and head for the “fun” in the distance.

"Garden" can get rid of all difficulties.

Naturally, there will be some humble prospector who pins his hope of escaping from the shackles of fate on escaping from the Wandering Swamp.

She only found out later that she was not the first person to escape from the academy. People had been leaving there one after another in the past century and a half.

Including the white dove that ran to the Dzhobar Mountains in the southernmost part of the desert and wrote the book "The Oasis under the Dzhobar Mountains".

They all used their outstanding knowledge to make a small contribution to this desolate wasteland, and she didn't think this was something to be ashamed of.

but.

Jiang Xuezhou couldn't accept it.

The most trusted friend in the past turned out to be a traitor, and what was even more unacceptable to her was that she said there was no reason.

"There is no reason..."

Really unable to bear to bully his sad friend, Chen Yutong thought for a while and answered with relatively mild words.

"Well, if I have to find a reason, it's just that there is no hope."

.hope?"

"Humans are animals that need hope to survive. If you can't see hope, you will feel pain. You may not understand that feeling. No matter how hard you work for your whole life, you will just be an insignificant E-level and dispensable.

A prospector is like the most inconspicuous chess piece on a chessboard. He can only move forward according to the set rules and go to a place he doesn't know where he is."

Jiang Xuezhou pursed his lips.

"I also became Class D through hard work..."

"I'm not denying your efforts. In fact, I admire your persistence because it's a quality I don't have, but I don't envy it... I just want to live my own life, that's all.

"

Looking at Jiang Xuezhou who wanted to argue, Chen Yutong smiled and looked out the window at the increasingly dazzling morning sun.

"You know what? Before I left that swamp, I didn't even know that besides the well-behaved AI, there was another completely different kind of existence in the world. They were more like programmed machines than designed programs. Living people, they have their own thoughts... This was actually common two centuries ago, but now we regard it as a taboo."

Jiang Xuezhou bit his lip and put forward a different view.

"I agree with Dr. Conclusion on this point. Unconstrained AI is very likely to cause serious disasters...Tools can only be tools and should not have themselves."

Chen Yutong looked at her and asked, "What about the people?"

Jiang Xuezhou was stunned, wondering why she suddenly said this. "...person?"

"Well," Chen Yutong nodded and said in a relaxed tone, "I have been thinking about whether people who are born as tools should have themselves. I haven't got an answer for a long time, so I plan to look elsewhere.

"If I stay in the swamp, I will probably only be D-level at most in my life, right? Haha, don't think I'm bragging. It's another matter if I'm a researcher, but I'm still confident as a prospector... After all, besides Researchers need to be promoted, and prospectors will definitely be promoted as long as they work hard to survive."

"But unfortunately, I don't want to be a D-class at all, not even just D, I don't want to be labeled at all. Don't you realize? In this greedy snake game, even if the tail grows longer, , no matter how many servants you have at your disposal, no matter how many resources you have, as long as you are still on this pyramid, you will never be able to control your own destiny.

"I have no interest in manipulating other people's lives, nor do I want to be manipulated by others, nor do I want to go to an inexplicable place to die for inexplicable reasons. I just want to be an ordinary person and study what I am interested in. If I must die, I want to die in a small way. It makes a little sense, that’s all.”

"But, fortunately, I have found my paradise, which is not dozens of light years away, but right at my feet. Here, if my research happens to be of interest to others, I will get enough attention. If not, it doesn’t matter, I can entertain myself, as long as I don’t bother others and no one pays attention to me.”

“In terms of life, it’s really not as good as here.

I went to college, but I am quite satisfied with my current life. There are many things here that are not found in the swamp, and there are so many interesting people. These are actually not miracles that can be created by abundant resources, but human imagination and Creativity...if you really can't understand it, just pretend that the alliance gives you more."

He said a lot of things without paying attention. Seeing Jiang Xuezhou looking at him dumbfounded, Chen Yutong suddenly laughed out loud and made a joke.

"Ah, even though I say this, don't imitate me. I don't want to teach a good boy bad."

She knew her best friend.

Unlike a lazy "bad woman" like herself, she is more like an obedient good girl. Not only does she have extraordinary talents, she is also serious and hard-working enough, and she has firm enthusiasm and determination to improve her level.

The promotion channel of the college is open to her, and her future can be said to be bright. She may become a B-level or even an A in the future, and she is the core research department of the college.

After all, her current mentor is from the Research Department, so her future promotion is a matter of course.

Jiang Xuezhou stared at Chen Yutong intently, remained silent for a long time, lowered his head and said.

"I will keep it a secret for you... We have never met on the airship." Chen Yutong smiled and said sincerely.

"Thanks."

Her family is still in a settlement under the jurisdiction of the Science and Technology Committee, and may have already received pensions from the Science and Technology Committee.

If the academy knew that she was still alive, the situation might be a little embarrassing.

It is unlikely that she will go back in this life, but she still hopes that her family members in the Wandering Swamp can live a good life and not be affected by herself.

Jiang Xuezhou turned his head silently and looked at the sleeping cabin in front of him, his eyes filled with sadness and complexity.

At this time, she suddenly felt her hand being held. She raised her head, with a trace of surprise in her eyes.

I saw the child who had woken up from a deep sleep holding her hand, looking at her seriously, and said in a waxy voice.

"It will definitely get better... The doctor said that as long as the life signal can be detected when the hatch cover is closed, the light will be green." Unlike Yinyin...

Yin Yin's light is out.

But the little sheep will not lose heart, she will wait for her to wake up, and then tell her what happened during this time.

Feeling the warmth from the palm of his hand, Jiang Xuezhou felt that his mood had recovered a little, and a smile appeared on his sad face.

"...Thank you." Yes.

That guy is still alive, not really dead, just seriously injured and unable to wake up for the time being.
To be continued...