coobybook Chapter 413 Xi Rui
Chapter 413 Xi Rui
Daryl wanted to stand up, but when he tried to stand up, his balance was broken and he fell to the ground. His limbs and joints creaked and he could no longer move.
Daryl, who fell to the ground, was stunned for a moment, then laughed. His laughter was dry, like nails scratching on glass.
This strange laughter eventually attracted the attention of the Kroot people. By constantly using corpses, these Kroot people are now the only group on the spacecraft who still have the physical strength to move.
Daryl, who was lying on the ground, could not see the whole picture. He could only see the Kroot people's long-clawed feet walking towards him step by step.
They probably wanted to eat me.
Daryl thought so.
But unexpectedly, he was picked up by these Kroot people and placed on the soft bed.
"Captain." The Kroot people surrounded Daryl and showed him full respect. One of the Kroot people even took the initiative to put their food to Daryl's mouth. It was half a human arm.
Facing the food right in front of him, Daryl pushed it away and asked:
"How many people are still alive?"
The Kroot told him a very pessimistic figure. Although a considerable number of crew members chose to sacrifice themselves under his leadership, the remaining food was still not enough for the survivors to reach the next planet.
Daryl nodded slightly, and then he said the second sentence:
"Just kill me."
The Kroot people looked at each other when they heard this. They didn't understand why the captain would give such an order.
"My life will only continue to bring me suffering..." Daryl closed his eyes and repeated weakly, "Let me be free and retain more energy as your food."
But after a long time there was no movement. Daryl thought that these Krut people were still unwilling to take action, so he opened his eyes again and wanted to persuade them, but he was stunned.
Because he saw that the Kruts surrounding his bed had picked up various knives, like a group of diners preparing to share the main course, but their movements were frozen at the moment before they made a move, as if something unusual distracted their attention.
These Kroot people were not really immobilized. Their ears were all perked up, carefully catching the sounds that Daryl could not hear. Then Daryl saw that this group of Kroot people put down their knives and forks, showing unprecedented activity.
The Kroot began to move around the cabin, seemingly trying to confirm something important. Daryl, having lost all his strength, could only lie on the bed and watch them move. Finally, the Kroot gathered around Daryl's bed and reported a piece of news to him:
"Captain, the Imo's course has deviated and is accelerating."
Daryl's eyes, which had been unable to open, suddenly widened: "This is impossible!"
In response to the captain's surprise, the Kroots did not intend to convince him verbally. They chose to gather up Dail and bring him to the nearest window.
Through the window, Daryl still saw the desolate and empty universe and a few scattered lonely stars.
But at this moment, all of this was covered with a hazy and warm light, and then, Daryl saw the stars outside the window begin to retreat.
Under normal circumstances, even if Imo flew for several months, the positions of these stars in the window would not change much, because they are too far away from Imo. Even if Imo is always moving through space at a speed close to the speed of light, the deflection angle caused by the distance is still pitifully small. And even if the position changes, the change in trajectory is absolutely impossible to detect with the naked eye.
First, Dayl suspected that the spacecraft's route was beginning to deviate. If the spacecraft began to rotate, the changes in the positions of these stars in his perspective would be within an understandable range.
But then he saw that the stars outside the window were receding faster and faster. New stars kept coming into his sight, and old stars kept escaping his sight. At the same time, these stars began to gradually extend and turn into glowing line segments.
All signs were telling Dayl one fact: the Imo was not rotating, but moving forward at an unprecedented speed.
Regardless of the reasons and results of all this, this change is undoubtedly a hope for the passengers on the Imo who are already in desperate situation.
This sudden accident was completely beyond Dayil's understanding. He watched it all in amazement. He watched the stars outside the window continue to stretch, watched the dark universe gradually bloom with light, and finally the entire universe was filled with dazzling light.
It was unknown how long this dreamlike journey lasted. Suddenly, all the lights went out at the same time, and what appeared in front of Daryl's eyes was no longer the desolate universe, but a planet covered with a large ocean that could be seen even in space.
Half an hour later, Imo landed on the surface of this unknown planet.
After a sound of valve deflation and mechanical friction, the hatch of the Imo slowly opened, and Dayl, who had become so thin that he was completely unrecognizable, staggered out of the spacecraft first.
He was not wearing any protective clothing. After walking out of the spaceship for a few steps, he knelt on the ground again due to exhaustion. However, this time, the touch under his knees was no longer hard steel but soft soil. Daryl breathed in the smell of the soil. When he raised his head, there was a bunch of fruits of an unknown herb hanging in front of him.
Faced with this string of food that seemed like a gift from heaven, Daryl opened his mouth tremblingly. He picked up one of them and put it into his mouth, carefully biting through the skin. The rich sweetness spread in his mouth.
Daryl chewed the unknown fruit and shed tears.
He wasn't just crying tears of joy, he was crying tears of sadness as well.
He was repenting and mourning for those who died on the spacecraft. The remaining resources were only scarce, not cut off. If the time for the miracle to occur was fixed, then under detailed planning, these scarce resources would have been enough to keep everyone alive until that moment.
There were some people who should not have died, but he instigated them to sacrifice themselves, while he himself shamefully lived to the end.
After Da'il, more passengers of the Imo set foot on the planet, including humans, Tau, Kroot and Nikasar.
Thanks to an unknown miracle, the survivors finally set foot on the land with lush grass and water.