Shanghai.
ILHCRC headquarters.
Luo Wenxuan, who was sitting at a roadside stall eating barbecue and drinking a glass of beer, suddenly spoke emotionally.
"I f * cking … believe in love again."
Sitting across the table, Yan Xinjue, who had just returned from the Moon, blinked with a muddled expression.
"Did you take the wrong medicine again today?"
"No, I'm serious this time."
Seeing that Luo Wenxuan didn't seem to be joking, Yan Xinjue calmed down and stared at him with a frown.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
Luo Wenxuan sighed softly. He bought his own glass of beer again. A trace of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.
"Some time ago, I attended the unveiling ceremony of the Lu Zhou Science Award."
As soon as Yan Xinjue heard these words, he immediately realized what Lu Zhou wanted to say.
"That holographic image?"
Nodding his head, Luo Wenxuan nodded.
In fact, it wasn't just him. That incident touched many people. At the time, he was at the scene and saw that many female guests at the scene had tears on their faces. Their eyes were filled with tears of emotion.
Later, the video was recorded and uploaded to the Internet, causing a lot of sensation.
But this was all in the future.
"… After drinking this wine, from tomorrow onwards, I will also have to settle down."
Yan Xinjue glanced at him speechlessly and agreed perfunctorily.
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Kind of."
"Is it Assistant Kong?"
"No … She's in Jinling, which is still a bit far away, and it seems that she has a job transfer to Beijing. I thought that a long-distance relationship would be a waste of time, so I gave up … "
Luo Wenxuan seemed to realize that his words were a bit rude. He smiled embarrassedly and touched the back of his head.
Even though Professor Yan was used to this, he still couldn't help but roll his eyes in his mind.
"Who is it? Is it inconvenient to disclose? "
"Actually, it's not inconvenient to disclose, it's the clerk who was just transferred to the administrative department some time ago …" Luo Wenxuan continued with a light cough, "The one with the surname Lin."
…
For human civilization, 2024 was definitely an extraordinary year.
From the restart of the Mars landing program to the first time that humans discovered that they were not alone in the universe, to the collapse of The Gates of Hell, and the establishment of the Human Alliance and the Earth Defense Force, only a year had passed.
In the face of potential threats from outer space, it had become the consensus of all countries to establish a rapid response force to meet the attack in high orbit.
The Kuiper belt was the ideal boundary, but the countries on Earth obviously did not have the ability to stretch their hands to such a long place. Once a conflict broke out, the battlefield would most likely be dragged to the ground.
At present, the Alliance's countermeasure was for China to send an observation satellite to Pluto to observe a series of physical parameters such as the electromagnetic wave signal, mass, and possible heat sources in the Kuiper Belt to ensure that they could give an early warning of a potential invasion.
On the other hand, the five major countries on Earth launched a joint military exercise. They assumed that when they encountered a series of strategic attacks, including but not limited to nuclear attacks, genetic weapons attacks, chemical weapons attacks, and so on, they would resolutely resist the hostile forces invading Earth.
What was more interesting was that although most of the soldiers participating in the military exercise were confused about this imaginary enemy and the imaginary scene, this military exercise unexpectedly built a bridge of friendship between the member states of the Human Alliance.
At any time, a common enemy was the best catalyst for an alliance, especially when this imaginary enemy was strong and mysterious.
Just two years ago, China and the United States were still fighting over trade issues, but now, people seemed to have forgotten about this matter. Not to mention shaking hands and making peace, at least it was difficult to see hostile voices on the Internet.
As for Academician Lu …
After a year, even if people still thought of this name, they would still feel sad, but if it wasn't for the anniversary of his death, no one would take the initiative to mention his name again.
Time would heal all pain.
The wheels of history would always ruthlessly abandon everything and continue to move forward under inertia …
…
Autumn 2025.
Northwest China.
In this frontier fortress that was far away from bustling and bustling, the desert and Gobi Desert in his mind had turned into a boundless forest and a green field covered with shrubs and other plants.
The artificially excavated river flowed slowly, nourishing the land and water.
The moment the wind blew, the layers of leaves rose and fell, like a turbulent ocean.
Chen Yushan, who was looking at the sea of trees, gently stroked the ring on her hand. There was a trace of relief and fascination in her eyes.
Almost a year had passed since that day.
The "Oasis" plan had been carried out to this day, and some preliminary results had been seen.
Facts had proven that when energy was completely liberated, no matter how harsh the natural conditions were, they would crawl under the feet of humans.
The two-river basin was evolving into the three-river basin, and the third river was the artificially excavated wonder.
In the planning blueprint, it would go all the way west along the Silk Road, deep into the northwest, across the forbidden zone of death, and pour seawater into artificially excavated salt lakes. The evaporation of sunlight there would form artificial cumulonimbus clouds, watering the land and water …
At this time, a woman in a black suit with short hair walked behind Chen Yushan and said in a capable voice.
"The matter of the Star Sky Cancer Research Foundation has been completed. The registered capital is 5 billion yuan. It will fund more than 20 research institutions with suitable qualifications, including the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study and the Institute of Medical Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"Once the cancer problem is basically solved, the money will be automatically transferred to the cryo-dormancy rights protection fund for special expenses for the treatment of certain diseases."
The person who spoke was called Cai Yunxia, and she had been Chen Yushan's assistant for a long time.
There had always been rumors that Chen Yushan planned to train her to be the successor of the general manager of Star Sky Technology. There were also rumors that the relationship between the two was somewhat unusual.
After all, people were boring and gossipy creatures. They liked to add their own imagination to everything.
Fortunately, she was a woman. Otherwise, if she was a man, there might be some ugly rumors.
"Okay, I got it." Chen Yushan nodded approvingly and said softly, "You did a good job on this matter. It seems that you have successfully become a manager who can take charge of things."
Cai Yunxia had an embarrassed smile on her face.
Even though most of the time she had a serious and capable look, when she was praised by CEO Chen, she still couldn't help but show a shy expression on her face.
In her mind, Chen Yushan was like her teacher. The saying that the apprentice would starve to death had always been very popular in the workplace. Few people would teach their subordinates everything they knew, but Chen Yushan was undoubtedly an exception.
Not only did Chen Yushan take care of Cai Yunxia at work, but Cai Yunxia could even clearly feel that Chen Yushan was training her as her successor.
In fact, it wasn't just her, every employee of Star Sky Technology respected this CEO, second only to Academician Lu himself.
"The World Expo begins today. Star Sky Technology is the main force of the Jinling high-tech zone. Don't you plan on going?"
"No, I like it better here." Chen Yushan looked down at the swaying forest and smiled. She squinted her eyes against the breeze and said, "I can't get tired of the scenery here."
Cai Yunxia: "Actually, from an economic point of view, I think it is better to put some farmland between the forests. The seawater desalination device and the plasma unidirectional membrane can easily draw fresh water from it for irrigation. "
"There's no need."
"Oh?"
"He said that food in the future will not be grown in the fields, but in a building as tall as the Oriental Pearl Tower. Like factory products, it will be produced from vertically distributed workshops."
Him again …
Hearing this familiar sentence pattern, Cai Yunxia couldn't help but sigh again. A helpless expression appeared on her face.
"What he said … is almost like your bible."
Chen Yushan didn't deny this sentence. She just smiled faintly.
"I want to ask you something."
Hearing this, Cai Yunxia's expression suddenly became serious, and she put away the joking expression on her face.
"Please go ahead."
Chen Yushan, who had her back to her, continued in a relaxed tone.
"In the future, I'll leave Star Sky Technology to you."
Cai Yunxia was stunned.
For a moment, she even thought she heard wrong.
"Please, what you mean is …"
"Literally." Chen Yushan turned to look at her assistant. She smiled and said, "If everything goes well, the board of directors should have already approved my resignation."
Although there was a small interlude before, and Xiaotong almost blew up her phone with calls, she finally managed to convince Xiaotong.
Cai Yunxia looked at CEO Chen in astonishment. Her lips trembled slightly, and after a while, she spat out a sentence.
"Where … are you going?"
"To visit an old friend in Beijing."
"And then …"
Looking at the sea of trees in the distance, a smile appeared on Chen Yushan's face. She left behind a sentence with a profound meaning.
"Maybe I'll go to a place far away."
I wonder what the scenery will be like there.
It's rare for me to be willful for once …
Chen Yushan couldn't help but look forward to this trip.
While Chen Yushan had decided where to go, in a sanatorium far away in Jinling.
Fan Tong looked at the sunlight shining through the gaps in the leaves outside the window. He bit the tip of his pen and pondered for a long time. He finally wrote the last sentence on the page.
[It is a beautiful planet. Even if you search the entire universe, it is difficult to find a treasure that can match its prosperity.
[Just like the Gaia hypothesis proposed by the British scientist James Lovelock, the living and non-living forms a complex system that can interact with each other. Everything is on a harmonious track, achieving perfect prosperity.
[When "it" said this sentence, its tone was a little lonely, because it has been facing the deserted desert for billions of years. Perhaps, just like all beautiful things, the ultimate ending will be destruction. The inevitable heat death is the eternal end of everything in the universe.
[But I am still willing to believe that somewhere in this universe, there must be a treasure similar to it.
[And the distance between us and it is only a person with dreams and curiosity who is willing to risk his life to discover it.
"That's it."
He closed the book and left the title of the book he had been thinking about for a long time in the footer.
[Those Things on Mars]
At this moment, Fan Tong didn't know what kind of impact this humble work he wrote out of boredom during his recuperation would have on future generations.
Sitting in the ward, he didn't know that in the near future, a series of questions such as whether the "Holy Relic" really existed, whether his identity should be regarded as a geologist or a science fiction writer, and whether the voices he claimed to have heard in the ruins were just his own hallucinations … would become the most controversial topics in academia.
But even so.
The world he described in words still inspired countless captains with dreams of the universe to embark on a journey to the world outside the Kuiper Belt …
(Thank you to the leader of "The Girl on a White Horse" (*/ω\ *) ~ ~ ~)
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