The only star in the constellation Centauri is closest to Earth

Cathy knew exactly what her goal was. The only star in the constellation Centauri is closest to Earth. At the current level of human spaceflight, it is no longer fun to examine the planetary bodies inside their own galaxies. So NASA wants to fly a little farther this time.

I have to admit that although Cathy is 23 years old, she is already a very remarkable astronaut. She returned to the moon twice in the 22nd century and later participated in the planning of the Martian ice cap thaw irrigation project and titan's first manned landing program, a tantalizing chemical world where life could exist. Therefore, there are only a few women in NASA who can ascend to heaven, and Cathy Dane is the most outstanding one.

How much glory this had brought her, but now it made her have to be separated from her beloved.

Cathy's family is long gone, and she grew up in a welfare home. In this world, the only person she couldn't leave was the young man in front of her: Adam Stewart.

Cathy's heart welled up with a faint sense of remorse. Perhaps he and she should have made a decision before the hateful Proxima Centauri had separated them for 50 years, but no one had asked for a wedding. Time is always the most chilling thing about interstellar travel. How could Cathy make her beloved lad wait for her for 50 years, and how could Adam let Cathy finally marry a white-haired, old-fashioned husband? The two knew each other that as an astronaut, Cathy could enjoy the protection of hibernation technology, and that she would not age for more than 5 years during a 50-year voyage, yet he lived on Earth, where the Earth would rotate 17,250 days and nights around her axis in 50 years. He will lose his youth, middle age, and possibly even twilight years with spinning.

Once both understand the problem, they can calmly and calmly face this reality.

Today, Adam wears a snow-white shirt, which is neat and tidy, and his chin is neatly trimmed and unusually smooth. There was an indescribable gleam in his eyes. Adam stared at Cathy like a small star in the vast firmament of the gazers standing on the vast expanse of the earth, attentive and kind. Cathy knew that Adam was going to send her on the road calmly.

Cathy felt a sharp sourness in her nose. But Adam didn't cry, so she couldn't cry either. It was agreed upon by them in advance. Cathy's gaze also stayed on Adam's face for a long time, unwilling to leave. At this moment, each other's gaze is the greatest warmth.

Cathy suddenly said, "Adam, don't wait for me, don't. After I'm gone, you must find a good girl..."

Adam shook his head knowingly, "I never will, I'll only bless you." ”

Cathy knew Adam would say that, and she knew him too well. His love is single-minded and delicate, warm and deep. Thinking of this, her two hands could not help but clasp tightly together. After 50 years, what will the people in front of you look like?

However, NASA did not give Cathy enough time to imagine this. A sharp bell rang, urging the astronauts to board the Enterprise. It is named after a starship in a science fiction story that once touched the country before.

Adam slowly raised his hand to his lips and gracefully gave her a flying kiss.

It will be an action that Cathy will never forget.

The girl's heart shook violently. She took a step forward. How she wished she could last pounce into Adam's arms, so that Adam could kiss her again affectionately, so that he could cry bitterly; use her lips to comfort 50 years of loneliness, and use tears to wash away the sorrow of parting. Unfortunately, there was a silver safety belt separating them. Cathy couldn't easily cross the line.

"Go, fly with confidence... You make me proud! Adam waved at her.

Cathy couldn't see if Adam was in tears, because her own eyes had long since been blurred by tears. Cathy turned and ran toward the launch pad. Only one sentence remained: "Remember, Adam." If I can come back, I'm going to be your bride anyway!" ”

Moments later, a blinding straight flame soared into the sky, and the Enterprise sent one of the two lives nestled next to each other to a distant unknown world.

65 years later.

Time went wrong!

No one can predict the coming of bad luck. The power capsule of the spacecraft lost 20% of its power due to the patronage of a small meteorite. As a result, enterprises cannot be accelerated to higher speeds. It is also impossible to force a return voyage - trying to turn the course without relying on the gravitational pull of the star and trying to switch course by relying on the fuel it carries is simply a waste of luxury, and death will come faster.

So, the time was inexorably extended by 15 years. In fact, no one on Earth thinks that the Enterprise can still fly back safely. Intermittent telegraph communications to conserve energy prevented people on the ground from expressing optimism about the ship's fate. The power capsule damaged by the meteorite, no one can say whether it will be able to survive to the last moment unharmed.

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However, the Enterprise actually flew back. As it travels through the atmosphere, the heat generated by friction causes the spacecraft's head, tail, and wingtips to burn to 1300°C, dragging out clearly recognizable arcs of light.

Cathy fastened her safety belt and waited for her to land on the ground; her heart was full of mixed feelings. She had longed to come back, but now she was afraid to return to her hometown. A small mistake in the voyage may be enough to keep her beloved awake - when she left, Adam was only 25 years old, and if she had only flown for 50 years, she was still fully sure to see him, but now, she was 15 years late for this date!

Cathy finally stepped out of the spaceship. She couldn't take care of the cheers and frequent greetings of the staff under the gangway—she didn't know them anyway—she just searched with a fragile hope, looking for: Could there be an old dragon clock figure on crutches, or an old man curled up in a wheelchair with a white beard? She believed that if he still existed, she would be able to recognize him.

But after searching several times, Cathy was desperate.

She sighed, her sad heart was actually ready to bear this ending. To her, everything seemed to have happened yesterday; but for Adam, it had long since become a distant past. How could she expect him to still be in front of her after 65 years?

Fly with confidence. Cathy remembered the last words Adam had said when he bid her farewell.

It is enough to have this sentence. Even though Adam had had a wife of his own, had had children of his own, and had rested in eternal peace underground, she felt she should forgive him.

As a hero, Cathy is surrounded by crowds. A large garland was unexpectedly worn around Cathy's neck. Cathy looked up to thank the person who had laid the garland on her, but as far as she could see, she was shocked, her thoughts went blank in an instant, and then she almost fainted with joy.

Unexpected surprise!

In front of her, isn't it the adam Stewart she has been looking forward to seeing day and night?!

The feeling of dizziness made her suspect that she was dreaming, until Adam desperately shook her shoulders and pulled her back to reality. "Hey! Cathy, it's not a dream. I'm Adam Stewart, the one who loves you the most. ...... I still exist. ”

"But..."

"But I'm still young?" ...... It's a secret, but I'll tell you the answer soon. ”

Cathy had seen Adam alive in front of her. He was right in front of her. The love that has been accumulated for 65 years bursts forth like a volcano. She wrapped her arms around Adam's neck and kissed him furiously on his forehead, his eye sockets, his cheeks...

Adam unconsciously pushed Cathy into his arms.

In their little comfort zone, Adam finally answers Cathy's question.

"I'm still aging. It's just a little slower. You have been asleep using the hibernation technique for more than sixty years, and I have used it during this time, spending almost the same long years, until you woke up a year before you came back. ”

"Sleepable technology is too expensive and limited to astronauts. NASA has explicit rules. ”

"It's different now. It should be said to be precise that it was different soon after you were gone. The truth is that a few years after you left, NASA humanely considered the relatives of the Enterprise astronauts, after all, the emotional pain they endured was unimaginable to ordinary people. So NASA specifically allowed them to go to sleep. ”

"No wonder," Cathy realized, something she hadn't known before. "Why didn't they tell me?" This is also considered to be the care of astronauts, right? ”

"It should be counted. You don't know that after your accident, everyone is paying attention to you. ”

"But I'm still fine, aren't I?" Cathy smiled mischievously.

"Hmmm... But well, I tell you, I'm actually 30 years old. ”

Cathy smiled and replied, "I'm 28 years old too." ”

Suddenly she stopped talking, just squinted at Adam. Adam seemed to understand what she meant. He silently pulled a red rose from the vase with his right hand, and with his left hand, he grabbed Cathy's right hand and knelt down on one leg in front of her.

"Cathy, if you... Be my bride if you will, okay? ”

Seeing Adam's divine expression, Cathy had a happy smile on her face. This moment across time, she can wait for 65 years! She also knelt down excitedly, "Adam, I do, of course I do!" ...... Do you know? I've been waiting all my life for you to propose to me..." Before he could finish speaking, they were already warmly hugging each other.

That night, the pastor of the neighborhood church gave a couple of new people the happiness of heaven.

Cathy did her best to adapt to this society, but she still felt that the defects in social knowledge were too serious. She didn't know how to use more advanced public communication facilities, how to drive the new Fengshen sedan, how to choose and even the traffic rules had changed a lot. She was almost too frightened to go out. She felt that the world in front of her was very strange to her.

"It'll be all right slowly, Cathy. You know, you have to cross the 65-year social gap! Adam encouraged her, "That's how I came to be." It's a lot more adaptable now. You might get better by looking at tv and newspapers. ”

Cathy obeyed. Sure enough, her outstanding understanding and wisdom soon made her familiar with the road. Purchasing is especially not a difficult task for her. In order not to leave her husband, she quit her job at NASA, thinking it would be difficult and difficult, but it was naturally the responsibility of NASA to make time for its members to adapt to a new era, so Cathy did her wish effortlessly.

She began to spend a long time in the kitchen. The purchased dishes are prepared according to the recipes of sixty-five years ago. She knew Adam would love it. He also specially brewed a pot of the famous "West Lake Longjing" for him.

When Adam sat down at the table, the stunned look made Cathy very happy. He also noticed the teapot.

"Cathy, do you remember that I liked to drink Chinese tea?"

"Of course." Cathy was triumphant. She took matters into her own hands, taking the dishes into Adams' mouths, bite by bite. Watching Adam eat them, she felt as if she truly felt the joy of being a wife. This time, although it was a little late, it was still coming.

Adam suddenly stopped chewing and stared at Cathy vigorously. It looked strange, as if I didn't believe it was all true.

"What's wrong?" Cathy was strange.

Adam looked at her and said word for word, "Cathy... You treat me so well. ”

Cathy couldn't help but laugh, "Oh, my Adam, we should have been like this 65 years ago!" ”

When Cathy thought she had enough social experience to step into society again, she decided to find a job. Admittedly, Adam treated her well, and their lives were generous,—— as she had hoped—but the astronaut career left an indelible quality in her character. Although she has long been unable to ask about NASA's affairs, she is still proactive and does not want to be comfortable. So Cathy is not used to the "beauty" of staying at home all day.

There was always a bit of hesitation, but Cathy eventually decided not to tell Adam. She didn't want Adam to worry about his job. She thought she could handle it as she had commanded the Enterprise before.

But the truth was not as simple as she had imagined. For a few days, she was disappointed that the city where she was located did not offer her the proper position. Finally, one day, she saw a job posting. A spacecraft instrumentation company needs to find a manager who is familiar with the inspection of spacecraft instruments. It was very much to Cathy's appetite. Although not in this city, fortunately, the company has a special plane transfer every day, and the distance is only more than an hour, so Cathy is determined to try her luck.

The next day, she flew to the city and rented a Fengshen to drive straight to the company. Before she could introduce herself, the interviewer recognized her and hired her without hesitation.

"You're Cathy Daine, the angel of Proxima Centauri who sailed back on the Enterprise, right?" Your story has long been a household name! ...... It was a great honor to meet you! If you quit your job as an astronaut, it takes a lot of courage. ”

"There is a 'family business' that is more worthy of my investment than being an astronaut."

"Anyway, it's great that you're here to work. I think you'll love it here. ”

The interview leader was happy, and so was Cathy. She didn't expect everything to go so well. Although she never thought of using her fame to do things, this time fame did play a big role.

Cathy's mood is like the blue sky in September, which is particularly refreshing. In the evening she would tell Adam about it and let him share his happiness as well.

She took a leisurely step along a boulevard and walked towards the parking lot, which was clean and not crowded with passers-by. A series of benches are arranged in the shade for passers-by to take a nap.

Passing by the fourth bench, Cathy casually glanced at the figure sitting on it flipping through the newspaper of the day.

In this casual moment, Adam's face suddenly came into view of her. She had already walked past, but this face prompted her to retreat. "Adam!" She blurted out. The man lifted his head from the newspaper. So she could see more clearly. That's not Adam. It was a white-haired old man who was nearly fifty years old. However, the contour of his face was no different from That of Adam, which surprised Cathy. If it weren't for the wrinkles and hair in the corners of her eyes, she might have really thought of him as Adam.

When the old man saw Cathy, he seemed to be startled, and his pupils contracted strangely suddenly, but in an instant he returned to normal and was covered with a layer of dazedness.

"Who are you calling?" Miss? He asked coldly.

Cathy herself was too abrupt. Although he resembled Adam, Adam was definitely not as old as he was. She quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, sir. I see you and my husband a lot alike, so... So I took the liberty of calling him by your name. I'm really sorry. ”

"I'm not your husband, and I don't know any Adam!" The old man huffed and corrected Cathy's mistake.

"Yes, I was mistaken. I apologize to you. Cathy stepped back as fast as she could, trying to get out of this embarrassing situation as soon as possible.

However, her heel hit something. When I turned around, it was a children's bicycle.

"Oh boy, isn't that right——!" Cathy wanted to apologize to the car boy above, but before the words could be heard, her hands were already quickly covering her mouth. Who's that?! She asked herself in amazement. The car boy in front of her turned out to be an Adam! Although he didn't look old enough to go to school, his face was no different from Adam's. Cathy still remembers the pictures of Adam as a child.

Same eyes, same nose, same chin.

As if the child didn't know Cathy at all, he turned the front of the car and rode toward the old man. "Grandpa! —" he shouted.

The moment the old man's gaze touched the child, it suddenly became solidified. His face turned pale, like a piece of paper.

Grandfather? The two of them turned out to be grandchildren? Cathy couldn't imagine it. She had never seen anyone so similar to Adam. She would not be surprised if there was only one person who resembled Adam; but now there are two, and they appear at the same time, or two grandchildren!

Is this pure coincidence? Cathy thought it strange, but she couldn't explain what was in front of her, let alone understand it.

Shocked, a thought suddenly flashed in Cathy's mind: Could they be Distant Relatives of Adam? ...... No, Adam never said anything about any relatives. can...... But they were so godlike, did they have any other deep roots with Adam?

Cathy felt a sense of confusion in front of her eyes.

For some reason, she became inexplicably frightened. Although she couldn't say what she was afraid of. Maybe it's the discomfort of the world 65 years later. There weren't as many weird things before that.

The old man seemed anxious to leave with the child, and he casually kneaded the newspaper into a ball, tossed it aside, and pushed the child's back hard so that he could go faster.

Cathy tried to suppress the fear that floated up. An unknown force prompted her to catch up with them and ask them what was going on. She couldn't believe such a coincidence.

"I'm sorry, sir. I want to ask—"

"You don't have to say anything." The old man unceremoniously interrupted her. "I'll say it again. Miss, we don't recognize you at all. It has nothing to do with Adam Stewart. We have come from the west and are here temporarily, and we will soon be leaving to return there. That's it...... Why are you still following? - Do you have to call the police?! ”

Cathy's mind was racing. She could only stop. Maybe she really recognized the wrong person?

She walked restlessly to the parking lot while reminiscing about the scene just now.

Suddenly, her nerves fluttered: Adam Stewart! That name! How did he know Adam Stewart's name? She hadn't said Adam's full name the whole time. But the old man shouted out word for word!

Cathy was determined to figure out the puzzle. She returned again to the place where she had just met the old man and the child. But the old man and the child are long gone. She walked a few more streets, searched all the shops, but still couldn't find them, and then gave up sadly.

However, the mystery in Cathy's mind is getting bigger and bigger. She had a vague sense that there must be some secret between the two grandchildren and Adam—something she didn't know.

When Cathy lay down beside Adam that night, she told Adam about the bizarre encounter and wanted to hear his explanation. Adam was stunned when he heard the old man call out his full name. It wasn't until Cathy touched his arm that she came back.

"Cathy, you shouldn't be looking for a job there," he wanted to say again, but seeing the look of distrust in Cathy's eyes, he couldn't bear to blame him. “...... I am also puzzled and strange about your adventure. My parents have passed away, just as I was going to sleep. So, when I met you, I was alone. I can't remember any relatives of myself, etc. How could it be possible to be related to them? ”

"But how does that old man know your name?"

"That shouldn't be asked of me. Maybe you heard it wrong; maybe he said it wrong; maybe you were right. Anyway, I can swear that they have nothing to do with me. I'm Adam Stewart. For you, I'm the only one. ”

Adam's sincere tone made Cathy no longer suspicious. She kissed him, turned off the lamp at the head of the bed, and stopped continuing the topic.

However, Cathy's heart was not at peace. She knew she hadn't heard it wrong, and the old man had spoken clearly. But how can all this be explained to be reasonable? After 65 years, she found that the world was really weird and frightening.

While wrapping her in pitch black. She saw Adam again. Dressed in a snow-white shirt, he stood in front of her and smiled at her. It seems to be a distant thing. She was touched and was about to throw herself into his arms, but something strange happened. The Adam in front of him suddenly became two, turned into four, eight... Until it filled her field of vision. They all smiled at her and spread their arms. But she panicked. She didn't know who to throw herself into.

"Which of you is the real Adam?" She was so anxious that she wanted to cry.

"We are all." As they answered, they gathered around and tried to hug her.

"Don't! Cathy struggled and stretched out her hands to push. However, it is very heavy and heavy. She wanted to shout again. But all the Adams disappeared, leaving only a void. It was still pitch black night. What she saw were twinkling stars.

A nightmare. Cathy gasped and found her forehead sweaty.

But when her gaze fell on Adam, who was asleep next to her, she couldn't help but feel a pang of horror in her heart. She felt as if she had fallen into a terrible family whose members all had the same faces. She couldn't solve the puzzle for the time being. But she felt that Adam was indeed hiding something from her. She knew Adam, who was not good at lying, and who had a panicked look in his eyes as he spoke during the day.

Cathy made up her mind that the first thing to do tomorrow was to ask Adam for clarification. Then she decided to go find the old man and his grandson.

After a night of tossing and turning, it was close to the next morning that Cathy fell asleep.

When he woke up, Adam was long gone, and there was no note left. Could it be that Adam had already gone to work? But Cathy was not at ease. She dialed their company's phone, and Adam wasn't there. Cathy became alert. It seemed that the only thing she could do now was to visit the pair of grandchildren. Maybe something unexpected happens...

She drove past the bench on which the old man had sat, but unfortunately there was no one there now. According to her feelings, the old man's residence would not be too far away from here, it must be nearby. No elderly person runs to a place far from home for a walk, and no old man can walk through a few streets in just ten minutes without leaving a trace.

Cathy began to drive around the nearby streets while searching for her target. When she came across a smaller shop, she went in and asked. - Big shopping malls can't help much. They have too many customers, and no one will pay attention to a pair of grandchildren.

Cathy's judgment was not wrong. At a second-hand store on the last street, she got the information she was asking for. The owner told her before he could finish her description.

"Mademoiselle, I guess you're asking old Stuart's grandchildren—that's what grandpa and grandson look like?" They live just upstairs from me. But you can't find them now. Because this morning a young man came and called them away. ”

Is it Adam? Cathy was certain.

"Where can I find them?"

"There is a tea shop around the corner at the end of this street. Old Stewart always loved to go there. The shopkeeper paused for a moment and then added, "I'm afraid you can't imagine that the young man looks a bit like them!" ”

Cathy couldn't thank her and drove down the street in a hurry.

There was a lawn at the corner of the street, where she saw the child's bicycle, and the little Stuart was riding it in a free circle. Then she saw a few steps away, holding up a few large umbrellas. Under one of these umbrellas, Adam was discussing something with Stuart Sr.

Cathy would never have imagined seeing all three of them at the same time. And Adam was among them. She felt as if she had been split in half. This is enough to prove that everything Adam said yesterday is false.

Cathy calmed down for a moment, got out of the car and quietly walked towards them. The two seemed to be caught up in a deep discussion, and neither of them noticed her arrival. As she walked behind them, she heard Adam speak. "All right. It's time for us to make our final decision. You will either leave here far away and never come back; or... Just end your lives, if you agree. He paused, "I don't want that, but... It's for our Cathy; it's for him. With that, Cathy saw Adam pull out a small pill bottle and put it in front of old Stewart. A trace of fear flashed in the old man's eyes, and he stretched out his trembling hand to try to get the medicine bottle. But Cathy was faster than him, rushed forward, and grabbed it in her hand. That's when they saw her. The two stood up in unison and revealed themselves in unison

Unbelievably quirky expressions. Adam's face was even more frighteningly pale.

"Cathy?! -- "He licked his lips with difficulty.

"What are you going to do?" Murder?! Although Cathy's relationship with them was unclear, she believed that Adam was persecuting the old man.

"No, it's not. Cathy! but...... But that's our rule. Adam discerned.

Cathy thought about her purpose for coming here.

"Listen, I need your explanation, Adam." Cathy stared at him for a few seconds and then said as gently as she could, "To be precise, it's your explanation. She glanced at the old man by the way—he had calmed down.

"It's hard to explain to you, Cathy." Adam turned his face as if he were asking the old man for advice.

The old man seemed to be pondering an extremely complex problem, silent. Finally he let out a long sigh.

"But we can't get out of that ending." The old man said and sat down. "Since Cathy has found out, it is not in line with the original rules to conceal it."

"Rules, what rules?" I don't understand what you're saying! "Cathy faces the old man with anger in her voice." But tell me, what exactly are you related? result...... Who is the real Adam?! ”

The old man looked into her eyes and replied slowly:

"None of us are Adams, and none of us are really Adams."

Cathy collapsed feebly in her chair. She had never heard such illogical words. She couldn't understand what it meant, but she couldn't ask for a moment.

"Let me explain it to you." Adam said to Cathy. The truth is that the real Adam is long gone. We saved it. It's a long story..." He began to tell it.

"Do you remember the accident that happened when you were on your voyage?" It delays your return to Earth by a full 15 years. Fifteen years may not have had much of an impact on you; but for Adam Stewart, our founder, it was enough to make him make a final decision. If you return 15 years early, Adam Stewart will be no more than 75 years old. He may be healthy enough to welcome your triumph; he naturally does not have to arrange for us to come into this world. Unfortunately, the Enterprise had an accident. At the time, no one knew when you would come back or even if you were still alive. Your life has become unknown. This is undoubtedly an incomparably heavy blow to him.

Although he believed in his heart that his Cathy was alive and would certainly be able to fly back—because she was a brilliant astronaut—he felt that he would never be able to reunite with her again in this life. As a result, his mental condition began to become depressed, and his physical condition gradually declined. He ended up making a final choice he could make. That is to copy yourself. He provided the nucleus in his liver cells, relying on the 'cloning' technique, which was implanted in an egg cell and then developed into an adult in an artificial womb. There is no real difficulty in this. And the 'cloning' debate among ethicists is long over; the technology is no longer new to humans today. In this way, when he was 40 years old, he copied his first avatar, Stuart Sr.

"Adam Stewart died 40 years later, but he did not regret it, because he had left at least two copies of his life during this time. Stuart Sr. was the first, and when he was 25 years old, he made a second copy. That's who I am. Later, I naturally did the same, and when I was 25 years old, my copy appeared. "

Cathy involuntarily turned her gaze slowly to the child riding the child's bicycle.

This procedure is established. Since we are all 'clones' of Adam, we are genetically identical to Adam Stewart, with all his external characteristics. Even genes related to all personality tendencies, behavioral habits, we have. Although the environment around us is changing, our thinking may change with it. But one is forever the same. We will live up to the mission of our archetype Adam Stewart: to do our best to give Cathy Dane the most love. If you don't come back after 65 years, we'll replicate it forever. Generations have continued this mission. The copy of Adam will continue into infinity. The front dies, and the back will be replenished. Because I know that Adam Stewart will also be your only one. How you expected to see him at first sight when you came back.

"In fact, NASA has not changed any of the regulations. There is no process of Adam's sleep. All is just an 'series' of Adam. When you return to Earth, we will pick out the most appropriate age copy to greet you and appear in your life as Adam Stewart, united with you. And the others would have to stay away from them, or..." He said this, and couldn't help but glance at old Stuart. "Or die silently so as not to cast a shadow over their lives." That's our responsibility. For us, Ben doesn't have to care too much about life. We will do whatever it takes to fulfill Adam Stewart's mandate. But I didn't expect..."

Adam smiled bitterly and stopped. He knew the following and needed to say it anymore.

At some point, Cathy was in tears. She was utterly shocked. She didn't expect her beloved Adam Stewart to cease to exist. She didn't even think that he would use this method to complete her. She looked at Adam again in front of her. The sparkle in his eyes was exactly the same as that of his beloved. He may have really inherited all the looks, habits, thoughts of his beloved... However, it is now meaningless.

If she hadn't found the old Stewart grandchildren, nothing would have happened, and she could have lived happily in the deception that Adam Stewart had painstakingly created for her, and live forever... Unfortunately, now she knew everything. Even if she could think of the Adam in front of her as the real Adam, what about those two? Aren't they also true? They were even going to sacrifice for her!

"But who should I love?!—— there is only one me!" Cathy really wanted to yell at them so loudly. She felt that the nightmare she had had was becoming a reality; she could not love all of them.

Adam oh Adam, I can't decide. Rather than that, I'd rather hope to be greeted by a tombstone! Cathy said in her heart. She silently called out Adam Stewart's name, but it became stranger and stranger, farther and farther away from her.

"I think it's better that I go back to the universe." Cathy said this to them. Trust that they can understand her. To her, Adam Stewart was the only one, unique, and the one she poured all her love into.

She was back at nasa.

Adam, Old Stewart, and Little Stewart all went to send her. As before, they made a final goodbye to her on either side of the dividing line. The old man's expression was solemn and solemn. But the child was innocently curious, looking east and west. Adam, who had greeted her, was dressed just as he had given her. The shirt was snow white and pure; the chin was smooth.

The bell rang suddenly.

Adam slowly raised his hand and put it to his lips, just like the camera footage of that year, and gracefully gave her a flying kiss.

"It's also our mission." Adam smiled at her. "Go for it. Fly as much as you like. Maybe in the universe, you can feel his presence. ”

Their mission: to do their best to give Cathy Dane the most love. Cathy thought of it again in her mind. She turned and walked toward the launch pad. This time she was going to fly farther.

"Don't wait for me." She greeted them calmly at the end, and she said, "You are not his after all." But please live well. This will make me feel more comfortable. Then she remembered the scene that Adam Stewart had given her 65 years ago, and she was deeply intoxicated by it. Just one me, and only one him. As long as the two of us have ever loved.

Cathy, with the help of the staff, fastened her seat belt in case of liftoff. At this time, the words of the ground commander who commanded the expedition sounded in the headphones.

NASA astronauts, you will write the latest page in the history of human spaceflight. Expensive hibernation techniques will be replaced by simple 'cloning' replication techniques. You will break free from the long sleep and reproduce yourself from generation to generation, have your own happy children and educate them for your pleasure until you reach your destination and begin your original mission.

"Please follow the computer's prompts when you are in orbit... I wish you all success! ”