"Well, I don''t know. All adults are like this. They are worried every day. They are afraid of this and that."


    Pepe said, "but we children will not, we children will never be afraid of anything, not afraid of shannoa, you are so kind and fun of alien stars!"


    "Maybe your race is too weak."


    It thought for a long time and concluded, "you are floating in the universe, just like dust floating in the air. Everything around you is stronger than you. All living things and non living things can swallow you up in one gulp. No wonder you are panicked and scared to death all day long.


    "But now you don''t have to be afraid. Now that you have me, I will protect you. I... in your words, it''s very ''powerful''. Even the most terrible storm in four-dimensional space can''t hurt me or you who are protected by me. We can live happily together forever, just like those people in the story."


    Pepe opened her mouth and wanted to tell shanua that this was not the case - even with the protection of the void hunter and the development of new star ship and shield technology, many people would be involved in the storm, torn apart and annihilated in the void during the four-dimensional jump.


    However, despite so many stories, it is still very difficult for shanua to understand the concepts of "individual" and "ethnic group". During the vast majority of his long life, shanua is alone, and it itself is a constantly circulating ecosystem. As far as it is concerned, as long as the main body of the ethnic group is preserved, the experience of the lost individual is continued in other individuals, So there is no need for pain and sadness - just as it will not be sad for the loss of hundreds of tentacles. Once the tentacles are broken, they can grow longer and people can regenerate when they die. What does it matter?


    "Yes


    Pepe gave up the explanation, followed its meaning, sweet silk laughed, "at that time, my ancestors wandered in the sea of stars, suffered a lot all the way, until they met the previous generation of void hunters, they were able to live a stable life. Now with the protection of shanua, we don''t have to be afraid of anything.


    "It''s just that, after all, we are a kind of small carbon based life that has not yet evolved completely. In the dark years of wandering in the sea of stars, the genes of fear have been deeply embedded in our cells, so adults are neurotic. They are afraid to do things that children can''t understand all day. It''s pitiful to think about it!"


    "Maybe."


    It hesitated for a moment and finally asked the most incomprehensible question after thinking for a long time, "Pepe, can you tell me why you call me shannuya?"


    "Why?"


    Pepe was stunned for a moment.


    "Void hunter is the name you use to define my race. It''s strange, but it''s just understandable."


    It said, "but why is my name shannuya? Do you know what shannuya means?"


    Of course Pepe knows.


    Shanua is the protagonist of Arabian Nights. He is a cruel king on an island of ancient earth. Because he was betrayed by the queen, he deeply hated all the women in the world. After killing the queen, he always married a bride every day and killed her in the morning for more than three years, More than a thousand innocent girls died in the anger of King shanua.


    Later, in order to save the innocent girl, the prime minister''s daughter shanluzod voluntarily married the king and told him a story every night. She grasped the rhythm just right. Every time she talked about the best part, it was at the dawn of the crowing of chickens. She used this method to attract the king and make him unwilling to kill her. In this way, after a thousand and one nights, the king was finally moved by her, He gave up his cruel deeds and grew old with shanluzod.


    "Shannuya is the name of a tyrant. It''s very cruel."


    It said, "but I''m not a cruel tyrant. I''m your guardian. Why do you call me shanua?"


    "Well, I really don''t know."


    Pepe reluctantly raised his hand to surrender again, "this is a name handed down from a long time ago. Before I was born, no, before my parents'' parents'' parents were born, they called you like this - you know, compared with your life, our life is too short, so I don''t know why people from a long time ago, I want to call you shannuya. "


    "I don''t like the name."


    It murmured, "I''ve been in a muddle before. I never thought there was anything wrong with this name. But after listening to Pepe''s story, I suddenly felt that I didn''t know how to say it. I didn''t want to call it shanua anymore. I didn''t want to be a tyrant."


    "What do you want to call it?"


    Asked Pepe.


    "Happy Prince."


    It said, "Pepe, do you know what" Happy Prince "is?"


    "Of course, I told you the story of the happy prince!"


    Pepe couldn''t help laughing. "The happy prince is a beautiful statue. His body is decorated with precious stones and gold foil, and he has the kindest heart. Everyone boasts and praises him. Winter is coming, and the poor are shivering in the bitter wind, suffering from frost and snow. The happy prince can''t bear to see this scene, Let the passing swallow take the gold foil and gems from its body to help the poor. It becomes ugly, and finally it is pushed down and melted again by people. The ending of this story is not very good. "


    "But I still like the story. I like the happy prince more than Alibaba and the forty thieves."


    It said, "moreover, the ending of this story is also very good. In the end, aren''t the happy prince and the swallow sent to the garden of God and live happily together forever?"


    "Why?"


    Pepe''s eyes widened again. "Shanua, do you believe in God?"


    "If" God "is a kind of alien life form beyond the cognitive scope of" human "as a small primate carbon based intelligent life, it certainly exists. When I passed through the four-dimensional space, I once felt the existence of many" gods ". As for whether there is a garden in their field that can accommodate Happy Prince and swallow, I don''t know, Hope so? "


    It said, "also, I don''t like you to call me shanua. Can you call me happy prince?"


    "That''s not good. The dream manual doesn''t say that I can change your name at will. If I do that, my father will make a fuss and teach me a lesson. But I can help you ask my father why they called you shannuya at the beginning. Can I help you change your name?"


    Pepe said, "before that, I can call you ''Prince shannuya''. Ha, that''s a nice name. Is that OK, my highness prince shannuya?"