Star Map Draftsman I · Chapter 14 of 25

Moreth FederationStar Map Draftsman I: Federation War

Book hub · English text. Dawn Lucius is male.

What do you know about black holes? Earth is familiar with how the black hole can be time travel, the earliest is by Einstein and Rosen joint research, so, by crossing the black hole to complete the time travel method is called Einstein-Rosen bridge, the movie directly referred to as wormhole. In fact, time and space can be bent, the same person, if in a different place, then the length of time he experienced is not the same, for example, in the black hole at the edge of the sight of the person perceived the passage of time will be slower, and away from the black hole people perceived the passage of time more quickly. As for whether people can travel through a black hole for time travel, it is impossible, nothing can come out of a black hole, known physical knowledge can tell us that the center of the black hole, the end of everything, is also the end of time, where do travelers go? Here, time is meaningless, there is no beginning, no end, helplessly, it just exists like that.

What season is this? The warm air blowing from the heating equipment makes one’s cheeks burn, quite different from the heat of summer, when one’s face does not burn when overheated, the skin cools down by evaporating sweat, and one’s face feels cold instead. Dawn Lucius’s ankles can feel the cold visibly, like squeezing into a cheap cafe with the air at the bottom of the door but the air conditioning on on an uninteresting winter day. There is a hissing sound, the scraping of water mist through a narrow nozzle, can you imagine? The white water mist rushes into the air and falls back toward the table under the effect of gravity, and some of it is blown by the wind before it touches the table. When it floats over the coffee cup, the mist is entwined with the aroma of coffee, which reminds one of the fragrance of coffee fruit acidity reverberating in the throat, raising one’s hand, the liquid in the cup shakes, and the vibration frequency is small and difficult to detect, but, nevertheless, it is discovered. Take a deep breath and wake up from the lethargy just now, coffee is coffee, fog is fog.

Dawn Lucius woke up from the self-talk in his head. The Star Source on his hand was still there, the device still seemed to be sucking at his body, he tried to snap it, the thing was not so much a hand bad, now, it was more like a piece of his skin, still faintly glowing, his arm was back to flesh and blood, the piece of skin burnt through his chest was back to its original form, the pain, hunger, the two strongest sensations were no longer there, physically, he felt as healthy as an adolescent, and if he felt carefully, he could even feel his bones growing and elongating. Dawn Lucius got off the bed, the room was all white, like the mythical description of heaven, he went to the mirror next to the bed, in addition to the clothing turned all black, that is, he had a lot of questions in his mind.

Dawn Lucius woke up, Sandra was not with him, he began to worry about her, he walked around the house, did not find a place to go out, empty house, except for the single bed that woke up, there is a small table on the wall, on top of the flexible device that he brought in his hand before. He brought the device back to his left hand, he tried to wake it up, but never did, his heart was more or less sore, thoughts were growing. dawn Lucius sat back on the bed, the past became clear in his mind, he now understands the mood of the elderly, the kind of time that is left only memories, memories are the most valuable, past happiness will be sweeter, past conflicts are not enough, the Remember to remember, the reconciliation of the reconciliation.

What Dawn Lucius and Sandra didn’t expect was that the mystery man that Prince Burt had them escort nearly killed Dawn Lucius, and according to the coordinates in the device provided by Burt, they flew straight to the vicinity of Prince Carlson’s fleet, which seems to be the gravitational depression of Moreth Federation’s capital system. Strath Federation has already penetrated into Moreth Federation’s star field, and is approaching Kunek Planet, but at this time, there is no Moreth Federation’s troops to stop Strath people, according to this way, in half a day, Strath people will be able to fly to the naked eye. Sandra and Carlson established communication, and after understanding the purpose, Carlson allowed Dawn Lucius and Sandra to take the mystery man to the smallest troop carrier. The soldiers who searched the three of them were neater than the soldiers under Prince Burt, or rather, they looked more like a well-trained or disciplined army in appearance, they wore uniform legion insignia, and their weapons were regularly maintained, while the soldiers under Prince Burt looked more like an improvised team of bandits. They landed at the stern of the troop carrier, and the soldier who led the way took the three of them through most of the ship. The densely packed soldiers were sitting on the ground, some lying down in place to sleep, with their weapons in the crook of their arms, ready to join the battle at any time. Some areas neatly covered objects, so close to the army, as if those giants were some kind of weapons, the thought of this, Dawn Lucius could not help but sweat for Moreth Federation.

When he met Carlson in the command room, he did not seem very surprised by the arrival of the three, even when the identity of the mystery man, his face did not show more than a doubt, but only lightly said “I do not understand” so a sentence, he then stressed that he Carlson is countless friends, but no one has betrayed him, not to mention Not to mention the so-called Carlson’s friends that Burt said made Carlson very sad thing.

“So,” Carlson pointed to the mystery man before returning his eyes to the nebula map in front of him and continuing to rummage for information, he spoke after a pause, “You two don’t know who this is either?”

“Prince, Prince Burt explained that we are not allowed to open his mask.” Sandra explained.

“Then it is strange, my second brother sent such a person here, such as if he has some misunderstanding, that is we may have new trouble.” Carlson said then walked over to the mystery man, he took the other man’s hand and looked at the other man’s palm print, the mystery man quickly retracted his hand while taking a step back in shock, before he could take another step back, two soldiers held him in place. “Let’s see who he is,” Carlson said, raising his hand to indicate the two soldiers to untie the mystery man’s veil.

“So, we’ll stay out of it for the rest of the day, would Prince Carlson please let us both leave first, I’m going back to brief Jonathan Moreth Steader on the mission while he ...... “Sandra pointed to Dawn Lucius, and before she could speak, Carlson interrupted her.

“There’s no rush.” Carlson continued after giving Dawn Lucius a look. “Is this friend of yours in a hurry to get back, too?”

“Yes, I’m anxious to get back to ......” Dawn Lucius moved forward a short distance, intending to tell Carlson how anxious he was to get back to Earth to find his son.

“We’re all in a hurry.” Sandra interrupted, staring him in the eye as she continued. “Prince, we both need to get back to the Jonathan Moreth steader and report back on the mission, after all, we’re just a little people on an errand.”

“Okay, there’s no rush, so how about you guys come with my fleet to Kunek Planet? We were planning to go to Kunek Planet for a stroll.”

“Prince, you are going to attack Kunek Planet, we fly over with Strath Federation’s fleet, we are afraid that we will become the enemy of Moreth Federation and Strath Federation, we are not the people of Strath Federation. We are not from the Strath Federation, and our families are still in the Ashton Federation, which is not good, we should just continue to fly the same boat we came from.” Sandra looked helpless.

“Understood, also.” Carlson said this at the same time, the mystery man’s hood was unlocked, sealing his ears with the device was also removed, he scanned everything in the room quickly, eyes like a sharp knife, Dawn Lucius felt the skin of the left chest as if cut by the mystery man’s knife stabbed a little.

“Lord Winifred, how could it be you?” Sandra’s voice trembled as she spoke after seeing the mystery man’s face.

“Who?” Carlson asked, looking at the mystery man.

“Who?” The mystery man asked back with an angry snarl as he walked towards Sandra, raising his voice even higher before asking. “You’re the traitor who tied me to the enemy ship, aren’t you? You must not let me go back to Ashton Federation, if I go back or can contact anyone in Ashton Federation, then your family, too, do not live, I want you to ......” the mystery man clenched his teeth and continued. “Remember what I just told you.”

“You nah, don’t threaten her either.” Carlson walked up behind Lord Winifred and patted him on the back, with a playful smile on his face, he continued. “If you want to blame yourself for not being able to do that, you were actually caught by my second brother, and not this subordinate of yours to catch you. This way, I do not mind you, we are planning to go shopping, you will come with me.”

“Which one are you?” Lord Winifred tried to pull the hand that was bound behind him out, but didn’t want the mechanical cord to contract tighter the harder he pushed, and the pain caused the corners of his eyes to squeeze together quickly. “I’m Carlson, and I’m ......”

“I thought it was someone, a first class civilized barbarian, have you considered the consequences of treating me like this?” Lord Winifred interrupted Carlson’s words, he turned around and approached Carlson, it looked like he wanted to bite Carlson to death with his mouth, but was dragged back by two soldiers behind him. Lord Winifred twisted his body, but could not shake the soldiers.

“It seems that you still don’t know what’s going on out there.” Carlson walked up to Lord Winifred and raised his hand to signal the soldier to let go, Dawn Lucius was still wondering how Lord Winifred would bite Carlson when Carlson actually untied Lord Winifred’s bindings, then Carlson spoke. “Don’t be so petty, what first class civilization second class civilization ah, we are all barbarians in front of Datheon, why don’t we consider uniting to break through the real technological barriers, across the Orion Arm ho voyage barren star field, you imagine, we will see the scenery that our ancestors have not seen, experience the civilization that they have never been exposed to. We could even fly out of the galaxy and visit countless other galaxies, better than being stuck in our lifeless political struggle.”

“I’m not that interested, you better hurry up and let me go and send me back to Ashton Federation.” Lord Winifred said as he squeezed his fist, then squeezed both arms again, the numbness mostly gone.

“I’m afraid, you’ll need to be late to get back.” Carlson looked at Lord Winifred and smiled.

“What do you mean, I’m afraid? My Ashton Federation has allies all over Orion Arm, and if they know you’ve detained me, I don’t think you’ll be able to go back to your old stomping grounds for the rest of your life, and you’d better think about how to live the rest of your life on the run from now on.”

“Escape that is not necessary, Ashton Federation so-called allies, the basis of your alliance is White Crystal, they appear to fear Ashton Federation and Madam Winifred, that is because only White Crystal can let them continue to live But, this situation will soon be shuffled, and before long, when Strath people kill Ashton Federation, you will understand how unreliable your allies are.”

“Where did you get the ability to kill your way to Ashton Federation?” continued Lord Winifred with a sneer. “When has a first class civilization been able to cross the star field, from Strath Federation to Ashton Federation, the interstellar voyage can take half of your life, not to mention, you have only reached the periphery of the star field of Ashton Federation, before you were destroyed by our allies, your illusion is quite good. ”

Carlson shook his head, he put his left hand on Lord Winifred’s shoulder, Lord Winifred disdainfully shrugged off his hand, turned his face to the other side, Carlson said. “We’re almost to Kunek Planet and would like to invite you to join us for a stroll, and you, don’t be in a hurry to go back to Ashton Federation, I will naturally let you go back when the time comes.”

“What?” Lord Winifred seemed unable to believe this as he raised his voice and asked. “You were able to get through Moreth Federation’s defenses?”

“What’s so hard about that, the rest of my friends should be in Ashton Federation’s star field by now, maybe you guys don’t know yet?” Carlson chuckled.

“What are you doing?” Sandra asked eagerly.

“Not doing anything, like I said, just going for a walk.” Carlson always has a playful face when he says the word “hang out”.

“Is it you, the traitor?” Lord Winifred stared at Sandra, his meaning was more than obvious, he thought Carlson’s so-called has been to Ashton Federation, which is also with the help of Sandra.

“Maharaja, I didn’t.” As Sandra spoke, Dawn Lucius could visibly feel her trembling as she backed up to Dawn Lucius’ side, her shoulder resting on Dawn Lucius’ arm.

“All right.” Dawn Lucius drank loudly, he also had nothing to fear, and disgusted that this bureaucracy in the solar system had been abandoned for centuries, he put his arm around Sandra’s shoulders to look at Lord Winifred. “I don’t know how this one got through the Moreth Federation’s defenses, but his friends have been to Ashton Federation, so short a time to that distance would require Star Bridge technology, or they themselves invented another technology to cross the sea of stars, these ......” Dawn Lucius unknowingly mentioned the “Star Ocean”, his heart felt a little hard, he swallowed and continued. “Sandra does not have the money to pay for Strath people Star Bridge, this does not need to be explained. Ashton Federation diplomats are very transparent and little financial, besides, her family is trapped in Ashton Federation, why would she want to lead the enemy to harm their own family members?”

“That’s wishful thinking on your part.” Lord Winifred said disdainfully.

“Whatever, what you have to consider is that the Star Bridge technology cannot be used for war, it is the consensus of several major Federations, so why was Strath Federation’s fleet able to travel through the Star Bridge ...... “Dawn Lucius was going to say that it was the Moreth Federation that let the Strath people attack Ashton Federation, but was interrupted by Lord Winifred’s next act.

Lord Winifred pushed Carlson away at the same time, turned and grabbed the weapon of one of the soldiers, he did not shoot towards Carlson, but pointed the gun at Sandra, he completed these actions in a blink of an eye, not like a bite of ice cream that temporary have the intention, more like a deliberate planning. Gunfire left the muzzle of the gun in the process of running towards Sandra, Carlson has not yet stood still, the robbed soldier just yanked Lord Winifred’s elbow, Sandra has not understood why Lord Winifred wants her life, and Dawn Lucius, he does not know which tendency is wrong, has pulled Sandra to his back The gunfire did not have time to think, straight in his chest exploded, peeled away the thin clothes, grilled skin and muscle, passed through the ribs also cut a little, burned a lung open a channel, after penetrating the muscle tissue of the back, also put Sandra’s shoulder through. After the two men fell to the ground, two soldiers took control of Lord Winifred, Carlson re-bound Lord Winifred’s hands on his back, pulling hard a few times to test whether the binding is tight, Dawn Lucius took a strong breath, then lost consciousness, woke up again, and was in this room.

“You’re awake.” Dawn Lucius was dazed when a door opened in the wall to his right and an old woman with white hair stood in the doorway and addressed Dawn Lucius.

“Awake?” Dawn Lucius heard the words of the grandmother, which proved that he was still alive.

The old woman didn’t say anything, nor did she move on, she just stood there, quietly watching Dawn Lucius.

“May I ask if I’m not dead?” Dawn Lucius rushed over to her mother-in-law.

“No.” With that, the old woman turned and headed out the door, followed by Dawn Lucius.

Dawn Lucius out of the room at the same time, the walls of the room down to close, he realized that the building he was in resembled a tour stand in a giant plant forest, the stand was circular, with large pools of water on top, and small decorative plants on the sides of the pools. The platform was fixed to a cylindrical support, and above the platform, a suspended dome, and when he looked outside, white birds flew above the vibrant giant plant forest, and a bit further away, several identical buildings were spread out, until the view was blocked by a high mountain and a blue waterfall pulled Dawn Lucius’ back to the present.

“May I ask where this is?” Dawn Lucius asked after, he always felt something was wrong but couldn’t put his finger on it.

“One of Moreth Federation’s planets, Tolay Planet,” Granny stopped at the edge of the building, he turned his face to look at Dawn Lucius and found him with his mouth open like a computer that had overcomputed and died, Granny turned his face back. “Let me give you the general idea.” The mother-in-law continued, and from her explanation, Dawn Lucius got this information.

“The place you came from, the solar system, is part of the galaxy, just like us, and this is mentioned inside your elementary physics knowledge. And there are five cantilevers in the galaxy, and our star field is on top of one of them, and you know which one it is, right?” Granny asked.

“Orion Arm.”

“Yes, the Earthlings, because of their long observation of the constellation Orion, this cantilever is also called the Orion Orion Sitting Cantilever, although it is a small cantilever in the galaxy, not as large as the Centaur Cantilever and the Ensign Arm. But you can imagine how much life there is on this cantilever, and how many of these beings are second-tier civilizations with interstellar travel capabilities, and how the conflict between civilizations is handled?”

“I’ve heard Sandra talk about secondary civilization,” Dawn Lucius replied.

“Within the known civilizations in the galaxy, those below the level of development of life on Earth are low-level, zero-level civilizations. Those with interstellar management capabilities like the Moreth Federation are considered Level 2 civilizations.”

“What about higher level civilizations?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll help you sort out Orion first, it’s important for you.” Turning her face, the same face she had when she first met, without expression, the grandmother continued. “has been the conflict between the first and second level civilizations is the most headache, the war between these civilizations, most of the time will affect other civilizations, even thousands of planets on the race to participate in the war, fighting Orion Arm full of destruction, the longer the war lasts, the less good for the development of science, the war can only improve the offensive and defensive capabilities of weapons, for the real Science - the search for truth - is not beneficial. In the beginning, the planets fought each other, just like in the history of your earthlings, each planet tried to increase the number of their armies, improve the killing power of their weapons, expand their defensive range, and even, some civilizations were not settled on a particular planet, they were like nomads inside your history, fighting and plundering everywhere.”

“Earthlings don’t fight civil wars anymore.” Dawn Lucius interrupted.

“Until there’s a time.” The grandmother continued to speak as if she hadn’t heard what Dawn Lucius had said. “It took the appearance of a high level civilization to stop these wars, young man, and you must understand that high level civilizations are more developed than we can imagine.” The grandmother raised her finger and pointed at Dawn Lucius, just like a teacher does when she wants to reason with a bitter tongue.

The grandmother put down her hand and continued. “High-level civilizations called Datheon, where their fingers point, the war ends where the galaxy is superficially restored to its former calm, but for many civilizations, they learned a lesson from it, they do not initiate war, does not mean that others will not fight over, so that they invest more time in the construction of weapons, their own starting point is self-preservation,. But for other civilizations, this declares this invasion threat. Can you imagine? Is it a threat to you to have a civilization in your neighbourhood with space voyages and powerful weapons?”

Granny sighed and turned her back on Dawn Lucius.

“And did the war come back later?”

“Datheon came and they propped up three Federations on Orion, which oversaw the conduct of war in Orion, and less developed civilizations have not dared to start a war since then.”

“Is that how the Federation came about?” Dawn Lucius took a step forward.

“Moreth Federation led by Moreth people, Strath Federation led by Strath people, Ashton Federation led by Ashton people,” said the mother-in-law.

“And which Federation does Earth belong to?” Dawn Lucius asked politely.

“There is no threat to the star field where Earth is located, you can’t even reach the star field within ten light years of yourselves, let alone attack someone else, although the brutality of the Earthlings is on par with the Strath people.” The Grandmother turned and looked at Dawn Lucius judgmentally, and Dawn Lucius took a slight step back.

Granny paused for a moment, she seemed to remember something from the past. She said Dawn Lucius did not find anything shocking, he objectively believed that with the level of development of Earth civilization, there is no chance to contact these high level civilizations. Just like the point he mentioned in his conversation with Kenny Jr. Clooney, which applies here, when a high level civilization and a low level civilization meet, either the low level civilization is destroyed or the high level civilization tolerates the existence of the low level civilization.

“Where’s Sandra?” Dawn Lucius whispered.

“Let me tell you about these three Federations first, so that you will know how to deal with them when you encounter them later.” Granny didn’t answer Dawn Lucius’ question positively, she seemed to be completing her assigned task as if she was finishing telling Dawn Lucius about Orion. “Moreth people are good at technology, we have the smallest population, inside our territory of Moreth people, people are more concerned with technological development and life making things, the star field of Moreth people is ninety-four million Osei units.”

“Osei?” asks Dawn Lucius, puzzled.

“It’s a unit, similar to the ‘astronomical unit’ as you define it on Earth, where the distance from the Earth to the Sun is equal to one astronomical unit. ......” Granny was about to continue explaining Dawn Lucius interrupted as she tried to explain the origin of the word “Osei”. “Grandma, please continue with the Federation.”

Looking at his mother-in-law’s expressionless face, Dawn Lucius bowed her head in apology.

“Moreth Federation has three main administrative departments, Administrative Department is responsible for rights management, Military Department is responsible for military operations, Finance Department is responsible for financial management and integrity monitoring, between the three departments The three departments collaborate with each other externally and supervise each other internally, moreover, these three departments also supervise the Moreth steader’s rights to avoid the abuse of rights. Some oversized decisions, Moreth steader, are required to all three departments agree before implementation.”

“Is Moreth steader something like the emperor?” Dawn Lucius asked.

“Yes.”

“Is that Jonathan?”

“Yes.”

“Why am I here?” Dawn Lucius simply asked all his questions at once, otherwise his mother-in-law spent a lot of energy to give him science again, and his concerns were not mentioned, Dawn Lucius swallowed, and it occurred to him that his question might be a little flawed, and he added. “I mean, how is it that I can understand the language you speak and I can speak your language?”

Dawn Lucius did not know if he was right, he put both hands in the air after several circles, he did not know where to put his hands, so clenched in front of his chest. The grandmother did not rush to answer, she looked at Dawn Lucius’ right hand glowing silver Star Source, sucked in a breath, the words to the mouth but stopped. The grandmother looked at the cane in her hand, she looked up to Dawn Lucius and said. “I’m taking you to someone.”

The grandmother pressed the ring on her index finger, and a spherical craft rose from beneath the disc, and as it flew to the two, the pure white sphere turned completely transparent, like a bubble floating in the air, and Dawn Lucius followed the grandmother into the craft. “You lower civilizations have a fatal error, you are too focused on the process, in your words, ‘when you take a hammer, you just want to go all over the world to find the nail to hammer’. You should focus on the result, and what is the result you want?”

“Go back to Earth.” Dawn Lucius replied.

Dawn Lucius thought to herself, “This is not quite what he expected from a higher civilization, at least not so high that there are signs of technology everywhere. There were signs of technology everywhere. The sphere continued to fly forward, and when it passed through a force field that resembled a barrier, he was surprised by the sight of the Tolay Planet, a binary star system that revolved around a large black hole. The two stars are so close together that Dawn Lucius can clearly see the texture on the other companion star, which takes up almost half of the sky, while on the other side of the sky is the black hole, the middle of which is pure black, and light cannot escape the gravitational pull of the black hole, and the light from the stars behind the black hole cannot come straight through. The huge accretion disk of the black hole glows with dazzling light. Due to the spin of the black hole, the stars are distorted around it, and it looks as if space has been squeezed and deformed. Earthlings have long observed the existence of black holes, but no one has seen it with their own eyes. Dawn Lucius swallowed hard, he even felt the pain coming from his throat.

“Excuse me, is that one real?” Dawn Lucius asked, staring unblinkingly at the black hole. The grandmother did not make a sound, and the sphere continued to fly forward.

The sphere stopped in front of a ball hanging in the air, and as it was about to pass through, Dawn Lucius realized that it wasn’t really a ball, it was more like a portal to another dimension, or a portal. dawn Lucius was excited, he was going to see what it was like in this high-tech tunnel, whether it would be like in the movies, where the stars start out as a dot. As the tunnel started, the stars went backwards, and as the craft got faster and faster, the stars became a line and started to fly forward. In fact, Dawn Lucius was a little disappointed when the craft stopped in another dimension before he could even begin to think about it.

This space was like a staging area, probably a spaceport for the Moreth Federation. Granny pulled up her hood and blocked herself out. The silver light on Dawn Lucius’ right arm caught his attention, and he examined it carefully, unable to figure out what the role of the Star Source was, he simply focused on this fresh journey in the RI. The top of the tunnel was transparent, and the black hole and the companion star were invisible here. Dawn Lucius immediately thought that this was already another planet, but the starry sky overhead was still gorgeous, with blue and red nebulae dipping into each other and moving, and large, newborn stars were clearly visible inside. Oolong tea with half a glass of milk.

Dawn Lucius followed his mother-in-law quickly forward, the end of the tunnel is a lake composed of iron-black liquid, the opposite side of the lake there is a strange complex of buildings, spherical bottom, on which stands a number of triangles, one of the buildings is more conspicuous, the building is suspended above a circle, the circle has transparent windows. Looking upward along the building, the sky is flying a lot of ships, there is no regular shape to speak of, as if it is a patchwork of various shapes put together, the only thing that is the same, may be the light they engine jets, blue is very clean. Some of the ships began to move slowly, and after moving forward some distance, the blue light from the tail suddenly brightened and turned white when the ships disappeared into the air, leaving not even a white wake.

Granny recruited the flying machine, still the same sphere, but smaller, the two flew over the iron-black lake and flew straight to the top of the highest building in front of the circle, the landing transparent window opened, Granny led Dawn Lucius into the interior of the building. The two walked forward for some distance, and after passing through several doors, they came to a room with many transparent screens erected on it, displaying many symbols and slowly moving star charts, which looked like a remote monitor, watching the operation of many star fields.

“Mother.” A voice came from behind the two men. When Dawn Lucius turned around, the other man was bending down and curtsying to the old woman. Dawn Lucius turned around to see the face and he was thrilled. Dawn Lucius had seen him in the medical bay of the Sane ship and he definitely knew how to get back to the solar system.

The old woman did not turn around and said indifferently. “The earthling woke up, and I saved him as much as I could, but in general, to be able to live again in this form is his own strong life force.” The old woman turned to look at the man and said.

“Thank you, Mother.” The man bowed again, and Dawn Lucius looked at a loss for words.

“It’s good to see you awake.” Both hands grabbed Dawn Lucius’ arms at the same time. “My name is Jonathan, I am the Moreth steader of the Moreth Federation, welcome to Kunek Planet.”

Dawn Lucius ignored this, he was more concerned about what it means to “come to life in this form”, Dawn Lucius first looked at the old woman, he turned his face to look at Jonathan, and asked. “What does ‘come to life in this form’ mean?”

“You explain it to him, I’m going back.” The old woman headed for the door and Jonathan turned and bent to see her off until Jonathan turned around after the old woman walked out the door.

“Earthling, what’s your name?” Jonathan asked with an enthusiastic smile.

“My name is Dawn Lucius, please call me Dawn.” Dawn Lucius returned to the question he had just asked, and he continued. “What does it mean to ‘come alive in this form’?”

“Well, to be precise, you’re dead, your Terran life form is gone.” Jonathan walked toward a screen, and he was fiddling with its contents.

“And what am I?” Dawn Lucius asked as she caught up.

“We call it the transitional form.”

“Transition? What would I be transitioning into?”

“Pure energy body.” Jonathan turned to look at him and continued. “The thing on your right arm is Datheon’s advanced technology, a device reserved for Star Map Draftsmen.”

“Star Map Draftsman?” Dawn Lucius was still a little confused. Sandra had said he was a Star Map Draftsman, but he still didn’t know what, exactly, a Star Map Draftsman did.

“Right.”

“What’s it for?”

“The device has altered your physiology so that you can naturally understand over seven thousand alien languages, and you can speak them without difficulty, which explains why you wake up and can talk to anyone you meet. This is also why you are still alive in this form.”

“I was on that ship ......,” Dawn Lucius continued to ask as she drew a circle in the air, roughly taking the shape of the Sane ship. “What killed me?” He asked and then got a little confused, he didn’t know if the question was important, or, what was the point of asking it?

“The Silver Emissary kills you, or rather, transforms you, and that is a ritual.” Jonathan pointed to the glowing Star Source on his right arm. “The beings selected as Star Map Draftsman are energized by the messengers, and if the being can withstand it, the messengers will find the being after a certain period of time and formally grant him Star Map Draftsman s qualification.”

“Then why are you there?” Dawn Lucius suddenly remembered that Earth, why would an alien civilization run to the Kuiper Belt.

“I stole this.” Jonathan pointed to Dawn Lucius’ right arm, he added. “I wanted to be a Star Map Draftsman, but when I brought it with me, it almost killed me, and I wasn’t the right person for it. I tried several times, and then I got locked in the med bay, and luckily you opened it from the outside so I could get back to Moreth Federation. otherwise, ah, I would have been stuck there for even longer.”

“What does a Star Map Draftsman need?” Dawn Lucius looked at Jonathan as he continued to ask again. “Can I go back to Earth?”

“Star Map Draftsman’s mission will not be explained until you are approached by the Silver Clan Emissary, you can return to Earth, and, I suggest you hurry back to Earth.” Jonathan’s expression turned serious as he pulled Dawn Lucius over to a large screen.

Jonathan manipulated the screen for a while, he first circled a starry sky on the screen, and after continuing to zoom in, a number of red planets emerged from it, Jonathan pulled Dawn Lucius a step closer as he pointed to the screen and said. “Look, the Strath people have placed troops very close to Earth, the odds are they will attack the planet, we are worried about war.”

“An attack on Earth?” Dawn Lucius wondered as he got worried.

“Right.” Jonathan replied in the affirmative as he continued. “If the Strath Federation goes to war against Earth, their forces will cross the border between the Ashton Federation and our Moreth Federation, and our fear is that the Strath Federation will take the opportunity to start a war while crossing our star field. In that case, Strath people will take over a large number of our planets.”

“Why?” Dawn Lucius’ mind became more suspicious as he continued. “Why attack Earth ...... I mean, Earth is a low level civilization, what is the point of attacking it?”

“Low rank?” Jonathan asked rhetorically, turning to look at Dawn Lucius as he continued. “In the last seventy Earth years, the Terrans have converged on a first-class civilization, and the solar system that exists now is not the same as it was before you left.”

“Seventy Earth years?”

“Yes, the time here ......” Jonathan continued after a moment’s hesitation. “Unlike the solar system, we are close to the black hole, so the flow of time will be relatively slow relative to the solar system.”

“But why ...... why do I feel like it’s only been a few days, today is just like the second Wednesday I’ve been away.” Dawn Lucius heart indented into, Stacean Lucius, is he an adult now? Or, these seventy years, is he still?

“Living around a black hole, time passes differently than in a star field far from the black hole, and the physics on Earth should have taught this.” Jonathan raised his left hand and pointed his index finger in the air.

“Why ......” Dawn Lucius felt sad, he didn’t know whether to complain or be grateful, tears were rolling down his face, his human side was still there, Jonathan was Moreth steader, in how Dawn Lucius did not dare to speak out loud, he finished and bowed his head in respect.

“Oh ......” Jonathan continued with a long sigh of relief. “By the way, your rescue is complicated, and only my mother could have thought of such a good way to save you. Anyway, you’re still alive.”

“Can I go back to Earth now?” Dawn Lucius desperately wanted to go back.

“Yes, I’ll route you, you’ll only need ...... a day to get to your ...... in Earth time,” Jonathan scratched his temple as he was wondering where Dawn Lucius would get to. “Ha, I figured it out.”

“What?” Dawn Lucius queried.

“You’ll be able to get near Mars, where the Star Bridge station is.” Jonathan said happily as he pressed the ring on his index finger and two men dressed all in black and looking alike walked in, looking like soldiers but without the soldier’s attire.

“Moreth steader,” the two men answered as they bent down in front of Jonathan.

Dawn Lucius thought to herself, “Why is it that their civilization has the same rituals that show fear of power as Earth’s, and the more advanced the civilization, the more such rituals should be abandoned?

“Arrange a course to the solar system.” Jonathan said to the two soldiers.

One of them took out a sphere and a hologram was projected. The man first selected a set of data in the image, then switched to a screen lined with various airships and selected a small, oddly shaped airship, which flew over from afar and stopped outside the circular window. Dawn Lucius took it, bowed to Jonathan and said “thank you”, then he turned to ask about Sandra, Jonathan said she had returned to Ashton Federation, Dawn Lucius then put his mind at ease Dawn Lucius then put his mind at ease and stepped into the ship to Earth.