After the flying saucer captured the entire sect, I became very popular among the stars.

"Why panic! Let's go and have a look."

The captain led a group of people out of the restaurant, followed by Chu Yao and Xiaoran.

She looked at Gong Xiaoran: "Do you see what it is?"

"It's not like a bug, more like a shark. They should be able to deal with it." Xiaoran withdrew her consciousness.

"Well, there's no need for us to take action."

These days, when going out to sea, you have to be careful not only about storms and sharks, but also about insects in the water.

However, the zerg will not attack anything larger than itself without the command of a "leader". This is very similar to a shark.

This is the experience that people have gained from the long-term struggle against zerg, so the tonnage of sea-going ships must be large enough so that there is no need to worry about zerg in the sea.

The shark circled under the fishing boat a few times and then left, causing a false alarm.

Chu Yao and the others chose a relatively safe route. There are usually ships passing between the two places on this route. Unless they are very unlucky, there is no need to worry about safety issues.

The ship sailed on the sea for nearly a week. On the early morning of the sixth day, land appeared where the sea and the sky met, and they finally saw the island.

The fishing boat was anchored at the port, and the crew was busy with supplies. Chu Yao and Xiaoran came to the small town on the island to investigate the situation.

This is the largest piece of the Yaxiu Islands and the main island here. The name of the town is Haicha.

There are no flying tracks, no robots, and occasionally one or two cars parked on the roadside. A series of simple two- and three-story houses were built around the road. Compared with the prosperous Buyi City, they were more than an era behind.

Chu Yao and Xiaoran acted separately. She walked around the street a few times and noticed that there were almost no young people here, only some stooped old people staying behind.

In front of the door of a small house, an old woman squatted on the steps, using her rough hands to neatly lay strips of black stuff on the cement pavement.

She is drying something, it looks like kelp.

Chu Yao walked over and spoke: "Auntie, are there no young people on this island?"

"Are you from outside the island? You are such a rare visitor." The old woman replied slowly. "All the young people have left the island and gone to the city, leaving only us old men and women...but I still have a grandson staying in the town. He lives on the beach over there, ask him anything.”

"thanks."

Chu Yao thought that finding a young man might explain it more clearly.

The town is not big, and it didn't take long for Chu Yao to find the beach that the old man mentioned.

A small wooden house stood on the mottled beach. Outside the wooden house, a young man was sitting in front of a drawing board.

Chu Yao walked forward gently and noticed that the young man had a broken hand. His painting had been completed and he was sitting there looking at it in ecstasy.

"What is the painting?"

"My disappearing dream."

Chu Yao laughed, this man's words were quite interesting.

She cast her gaze on the painting - in the darkness, light spots of different colors were scattered on it, which was intoxicating.

It looks like it's painting a starry sky.

"Why do you say that?"

"This largest, light white star is the wandering star closest to us." The young man pointed at the drawing board with his good right hand with a paintbrush. "The other slightly smaller white star is Lu Yexing. Continue. Looking up, the light blue one is the Botai Star."

The paintbrush in his hand went up: "The almost invisible red light spot at the top is the Dragon Earth Galaxy, 2.7 light years away from us."

Chu Yao listened to him silently.

"But I would rather never know this." The young man put down his painting brush. "When I was a boy, I also had longing and fantasy for this beautiful starry sky, imagining what these mysterious light spots really looked like, and what would be on them. What kind of person, what kind of life are they going through.”

"But now I can even count their names. The footprints of my compatriots are all over the stars, and the traces left behind are crowded in every corner. People sing for the pioneers, but they forget the original awe and respect.

The spacecraft unveiled the mystery of the starry sky and shattered people's dreams. "The one-armed young man said softly.

"You don't have to be so depressed, the universe is huge." Chu Yao answered from the side.

"Yes, the universe is very big. But the only universe I can see is the night sky in front of me. It can fit in a painting." The young man put away his emotions, stood up, and stretched out a hand to Chu Yao:

"Yu Chen, acting mayor of Haicha Town. Which old man asked you to come to me?"

"Chu Xiaoye, president of Maowei Company." Chu Yao shook hands with him, "Are you the mayor?"

"To be honest, I don't really want to be one." Yu Chen smiled bitterly, "But as you can see, there are almost no young people on this island, and I am the only one who can be one."

"Have they all gone to the big cities inland?"

"Yes. The Yaxiu Islands are too small, and the industry is very single. There is almost no room for young people to develop. After the insect disaster, the original fishery was affected, and more people left due to various factors." He He skillfully put away the painting with one hand. "So if President Chu wants to invest, he must think carefully."

Chu Yao laughed dumbly: "I'm not here to invest."

"For sightseeing, I recommend a small island not far to the east. It can be reached in a few minutes by boat. From the highest point, you can see vast tracts of coral reefs, which are very beautiful."

"I...I'm not here to travel either."

"Then what are you doing here? Coming all the way here to watch me paint?" Yu Chen showed a surprised expression.

"I'm looking for a place." Chu Yao decided to go straight in.

She took out her phone and showed the marked map to Yu Chen.

"Here..." Yu Chen obviously hesitated, "Why are you looking for this island?"

Judging from his appearance, he probably has something to hide.

"I found a treasure map in my hometown." Chu Yao told a lie as quickly as he opened his mouth.

Yu Chen smiled, obviously not believing what Chu Yao said, picked up the collected scroll and walked towards his cabin.

"Why, aren't people allowed to go here yet?"

"Indeed." Yu Chen quickly walked out of the wooden house. "The area in the northwest corner does not belong to the management area of ​​Haicha Town. It was probably designated as a restricted area decades ago. Just ask anyone in the town. All the old people know it.”

"Restricted area?" Chu Yao was stunned. "If it was decades ago, it should be the policy of Yali Company? But now Yali Company is gone."

"It's not Ari... I've forgotten the specific name of that company. The people there never contact the main island." Yu Chen shrugged. "If you must understand, maybe we can go to the bookstore in town. Museum. There should be some materials from that year stored there."

"You are really a laid-back mayor." Chu Yao teased, "Then let's go there now?"

"good."