Chapter 128
After Cooper woke up, he learned that this was a secret base of NASA, where he had worked as an astronaut.
The reason why it was a secret base was that nowadays, even having enough to eat has become a problem, and the public cannot tolerate spending money on space exploration.
Here, Cooper learned that 48 years ago, scientists discovered a huge wormhole near Saturn. Through it, you can reach a galaxy 1,000 light years away.
After surveying, 12 planets were found near the wormhole.
10 years ago, the space agency sent 12 astronauts, led by Dr. Wann, to travel through the wormhole to various planets to assess whether those planets are suitable for living.
If they are survivable, they will send a message to the earth and wait for rescue.
If they are not survivable, due to insufficient resources, they can only sleep on the spot and wait for death.
After years of analysis, it was found that there are three planets in a galaxy that may be habitable.
They have two plans.
Plan A is to crack the gravitational equation, change the earth's gravity, and send a huge space station and humans out of the solar system to a habitable planet.
If Plan A cannot be achieved, then Plan B will be carried out, allowing astronauts to carry 5,000 fertilized eggs to reproduce in outer space.
Professor Aihan hopes that Cooper, who has extensive flying experience, can participate in the plan and go to confirm the situation of the three planets.
Cooper did not want to leave his family, but considering that his children would have no home to survive, he agreed.
But his daughter was unwilling.
She was too smart, she knew that her father was leaving, and she didn't know how long he would be gone.
She also didn't know if she could see her father again in this life.
When she returned home, she locked herself in the room angrily and sadly, blocked the door with tables and chairs, and refused to pay attention to her father.
The next day was the day of departure.
Cooper pushed open the door and looked at his daughter who was huddled in the quilt,"I have to talk to you, Murphy."
He sat on the bed and patted his daughter on the shoulder,"Before you go, Dad hopes to hear your understanding."
"I won't, then you won't leave."
Murphy's voice was stubborn and muffled, as if he had been crying all night.
Cooper half-lying on his side, hugging his little daughter, sighed:
"After you two were born, your mother told me that we now will be our children’s memories in the future."
"I never understood what this sentence meant before, but now I understand"
"As a parent, one day, you will become the ghost of your children.
Murphy lay in bed crying silently. After hearing the last sentence, she got up, picked up the notebook beside her, and said,"You said there are no ghosts."
"That's right, Murphy. Look at me, kid. Cooper looked into Murphy's eyes, trying to make his daughter understand.
"Murphy, I can't be your ghost now. They chose me. It was you who led me to them, right?"
Murphy's eyes were red, he opened the notebook, and said stubbornly:"Then you can't go even more. I deciphered the message of the ghost behind the bookshelf. It was a word, stay. Dad, he said stay."
Cooper hugged his daughter's shoulders and sighed helplessly:"Murphy."
Murphy stared at Cooper in disbelief,"You don't believe me?"
She could see that her father thought it was a trick she played to trick him into staying.
She pointed at the bookshelf eagerly and poked the words on the notebook with a pen,"Look at those books, it says stay!"
Cooper hugged his daughter and whispered:"I will come back"
"When is it?"
Cooper pulled a watch from his pocket, handed it to Murphy, and put the two watches together.
"One for you and one for me. When I am in deep sleep in outer space, or traveling at the speed of light, or approaching a black hole, my time will change and will be much slower than usual. When I come back, we will compare."
Murphy asked with sobs,"Will our time be different?"
"Yes, when I come back, I may be the same age as you. Don’t you find it hard to imagine?"
But these words didn't comfort Murphy at all.
She slowly raised her eyes, the resentment in her eyes deepened, and the corners of her mouth trembled.
She looked at her father,"You don't know when you can come back"
"You have no idea!" She growled and threw the watch out. She lay back on the bed, covered her head with the quilt, and sobbed silently.
Cooper looked at the watch that was thrown out, pursed his lips, his eyes full of helplessness and helplessness.
He leaned over and stroked the child's shoulder,"Murphy, let's not separate like this, okay?"
Cooper was embarrassed, but he had no choice. He leaned down and said to his daughter:
""My child, I love you. Did you hear me? Daddy will always love you and he will come back."
Cooper sat up and looked at his sobbing daughter reluctantly.
"I will definitely come back."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
The moment he opened the door, a book fell from the bookshelf. He looked at his daughter's room reluctantly for a few more times and walked out of the house.
After saying goodbye to his father-in-law, he hugged his son,"Help me take care of our home, okay?"
The son was in adolescence and was reluctant, but he did not show it very strongly.
He nodded.
A hug and a nod represented his promise.
Kuheng was silent for a moment,"Can I drive your car when you are not here?"
Cooper forced a smile and said,"This is your car, I will ask the people from the space agency to drive the car back."
He looked at his father-in-law,"Take good care of the children, Dad."
The white-haired old man nodded and watched the car leave.
The car started, and Cooper left his family and drove towards the space agency.
In the car, he raised his hand to push away the blanket on the co-pilot.
And this time, there was no daughter under the blanket.
Cooper's eyes were full of tears and he looked forward. His eyes were full of reluctance and helplessness.
At the same time, the countdown for the spacecraft launch sounded
"Main engines ready to start. Countdown, 10……"
The scene changes. Murphy rushes out of the house, crying and shouting,"Dad!"
"9……"
"dad!"
"8……"
"Daddy!"
But all she had left was the dust kicked up by the car, the vague roof of the car, and the
"7……"
""Dad!" Murphy was hugged by his grandfather and screamed heartbreakingly.
"6……"
"5... Main engine started."
In front of the screen.
Many people's eyes were wet, especially parents.
Space exploration is so dangerous.
This separation may be for a lifetime, and maybe I will never see my children again?
When Murphy rushed out, she was in pain, reluctant and a little regretful.
Maybe she was also blaming herself, knowing that she might not see each other again in this life, but she couldn't say goodbye with a smile.
In front of an IMAX big screen.
Wang, the vice president of Youyue Film and Television, took off his glasses.
He couldn't hold it anymore, he really couldn't hold it anymore.
He was nearly 60 years old, but he could understand Murphy very well.
He had children under him, but no old people above him.
When people leave this world, the scene is similar to this time. They also go to a distant place, a place where they will never meet again. It's just that there is no possibility of seeing each other again.
The last time he met someone that year, they also quarreled...
Why didn't they say goodbye with a smile when they met for the last time? Why didn't they draw a perfect end...
A lifetime of regret.
Wang, the vice president, covered his face and cried.