Recently, there has been a vicious arson incident in the Lion District of Malacca City. The location of the incident was a bar called Reef. According to the preliminary investigation by the police, the cause of the incident was a fight caused by a quarrel … "
The morning news was shown on the holographic TV.
Judging from the messy scene and the serious expressions on the faces of the police standing in front of the cordon, what happened here was obviously not as simple as arson.
Lu Zhou, who was sitting at the dining table, watched the news from time to time while concentrating on the fried eggs on the plate.
"It seems that the 22nd century is not so peaceful."
Xiao Ai, who was sitting across the table with her hands on her cheeks, seemed to have finally found an opportunity to join the conversation. She immediately spoke energetically.
"It doesn't matter! Xiao Ai will protect Master! (?????)??”
Lu Zhou: "Thank you."
Xiao Ai: "Hehe, you're welcome. But such a frank thank you makes me feel embarrassed. (///ω///) "
Lu Zhou didn't care about the numbers in his eyes. He put his chopsticks on the plate and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"There will be guests coming in a while, you should change into normal clothes … Forget it, you should stay in the next room with Ling. Don't come out."
Halfway through, Lu Zhou seemed to have thought of something, so he changed his words.
However, this change of words made Xiao Ai, who was originally excited, very frustrated. Not only did the emoji in his pupils change shape, but even the color changed.
"Huh? Aren't you going to introduce Xiao Ai to Master's friends? w(? Д?) w”
Lu Zhou sighed and spoke.
"When your brain becomes a little more normal, I will consider doing so."
While they were talking, there was a knock on the door.
Lu Zhou gave Xiao Ai a "please go to the bedroom for a while" look, then he got up and walked towards the entrance.
Reaching out to open the door, Lu Zhou was about to greet him when the person who came in through the doorsill gave him a big bear hug.
Lu Zhou was a little confused by this action. He was stunned for a long time before he calmed down and said.
"What are you doing …"
Wang Peng grabbed Lu Zhou's shoulders and looked at him with excitement. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down, and after a long time, he squeezed out a sentence from his mouth.
"You … are still alive."
"What else?"
Lu Zhou read a lot of things from his old friend's eyes. He was silent for a while and didn't know what to say.
The last time they met was a century ago, tens of millions of kilometers away.
At that time, they were still in the ruins of the Martian civilization. He was not the only one who didn't expect this. No one had expected that the miss would actually last for a hundred years …
"The doorway isn't the place to reminisce. Come in first … Did you come alone?"
"And an old acquaintance of yours."
Lu Zhou was about to ask who it was when he saw the familiar face appear at his door.
"Director Li?"
Those turbid eyes stared at him unblinkingly. Gradually, they were covered in a layer of mist mixed with excitement and nostalgia. After a while, he spoke in a sobbing tone.
"Long time no see …"
His eyes were also stained with a touch of nostalgia.
Lu Zhou looked at this old acquaintance who had caused him a lot of trouble. He spoke softly with a somewhat emotional tone.
"Yeah …"
Long time no see …
…
Even though this was the first time the three of them met, they had actually met once on the virtual reality network. Last night, Li Gaoliang created a discussion group for them in the virtual reality community. Even the meeting time this morning was set at that time.
Director Li, who put the beer he bought from the convenience store on the table, sat down on a chair, and looked at the house. He smiled and spoke.
"I heard you were still alive, so Wang Peng and I came to visit you as soon as possible."
"Is that true? I actually planned to look for you, but it wasn't until last night that I contacted Li Gaoliang. "
"After all, Gaoliang is now serving in the fleet, and he doesn't have time to go online every day. After he sent me the address, I came over with Wang Peng … "Director Li smiled and continued," You might have gone out at the time, the person who answered the door seemed to be a woman. "
Lu Zhou coughed lightly and corrected him.
"It's a robot."
Director Li had a look of realization on his face. He nodded with a smile.
"Oh, I see …"
Even though Lu Zhou always felt that this old man had misunderstood him, he felt that it was better not to waste time on this kind of problem, so he changed the topic.
"Speaking of which, how are you guys doing here?"
"It's good, my retirement salary is quite high, and there are no problems with my life. The only problem is that I'm a bit bored, and I can't stay idle." Director Li continued with a smile, "I'm quite worried about Wang Peng. I've been talking to him these past few days, telling him to try to find a new goal in this era and start a new life."
"Don't make me sound so useless." Wang Peng coughed lightly. After a pause, he put on a serious tone and continued, "I've already thought about it, I plan to go to college for a year."
Lu Zhou asked with concern.
"Have you contacted the school?"
Wang Peng nodded.
"The University of National Defense Technology, Li Gaoliang helped me contact it. He also graduated there."
"The University of National Defense Technology?" Director Li said, "That's a good place. It is said to be the Huangpu Military School in the 22nd century. It has sent many excellent engineers and officers to the First Fleet."
Lu Zhou: "Speaking of which, I've always been curious, why did you come to this era?"
"Two reasons." Wang Peng was silent for a while before saying, "… You should know some inside information, so I won't hide it from you. I actually went to the future with two missions. One is about The Spirit of The Universe Foundation, and the other is about the ruins of the Martian civilization. "
Hearing an unexpected name, Lu Zhou frowned slightly.
"The Spirit of The Universe Foundation?"
In his impression, he had heard this name before.
He just didn't expect to hear it again after a century.
"Yeah, back then … About a hundred years ago, the group of people who attacked you on the Lights of the North Pole cruise ship. After we launched Operation Dandelion against the warlords in Somalia, we found some clues about The Spirit of The Universe Foundation. That was probably the first time this organization entered our intelligence department's field of vision. "
Lu Zhou: "The first time they entered your intelligence department's field of vision … In other words, you met them again?"
Wang Peng nodded and continued, "About the second year after you left, the Shanghai Economic Cooperation Organization planned to hold a meeting in M City to discuss the 'Pan-Asian Economic Integration Agreement'. Then there was an explosion on the streets of M City. We followed the clues to Mogadishu, Somalia, where we found some new clues about The Spirit of The Universe Foundation and the Lights of the North Pole cruise ship incident three years ago.
"Those people did not belong to any country or organization. The source of their funds was quite mysterious, and their actions were very cautious. Until I went dormant, I couldn't find the mastermind behind them. "
At this point, Wang Peng's expression suddenly became a little emotional.
"But now that I think about it, that was a hundred years ago."
A hundred years.
It was enough to change many things.
Just like how he never thought that the conference would eventually change the future of the entire Asia and even the world. The so-called The Spirit of The Universe Foundation would never have thought that the actions they took to thwart the continued expansion of China's influence in Asia did not even succeed in stopping the wheel of history for two seconds.
"Then, it was the Martian ruins." Wang Peng said with a smile, "At that time, it was because of a paper that was widely circulated in the academic community. The author of the paper was Professor Schulz. You should know him."
Lu Zhou nodded and spoke.
"What did he write?"
"Some theoretical discussions about the four-dimensional space fragment. From the perspective of mathematics and physics, it elaborated the cause of the disaster that occurred on the Martian ruins that year. I only know this much about the specific situation. At that time, my superior made a judgment that the technology buried in the Martian ruins, as well as the four-dimensional space fragment, once excavated, may have an earth-shattering impact on the current international situation.
"So he wanted me to go to the future a hundred years later to investigate the ruins …"
The expression on Wang Peng's face had a trace of regret as he continued.
"But when I got here, I found that the situation had completely changed. Except for the people from the Freezing Human Rights Protection Foundation, no one contacted me at all. Then I heard that the plan to reinforce the future was canceled in the 1960s or 1970s … If I hadn't heard the news that you were still alive a few days ago, I would have felt like I had made a wasted trip. "
Director Li sighed and spoke.
"Objectively speaking, the plan to reinforce the future does have certain problems. It is better to leave the future problems to the people of the future to solve by themselves. Later, I thought about it carefully for a long time. If I put myself in their shoes, I'm afraid we can't accept it. "
"Let's not talk about this." Wang Peng sighed with some emotion. He then looked at Lu Zhou and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, you woke up from there. Did you find anything in the Martian ruins? "
"The ruins of the Martian civilization … To be honest, there is actually nothing to excavate there. Although I saw many interesting things, most of the traces of their existence have been erased in the river of billions of years. "
Thinking about everything he saw in that dream, Lu Zhou sighed softly and continued, "To be honest, the reason I'm able to sit here and talk to you is thanks to a fragment of the four-dimensional space. I was lucky enough to find a well-preserved hibernation cabin inside."
Lu Zhou didn't know if his explanation was acceptable, but considering that many things weren't convenient to say, he could only explain it this way.
Wang Peng didn't know if Wang Peng saw through his difficulties or believed his words, but he didn't say much and just nodded to express his understanding.
Director Li, who was sitting next to him, was still a little curious.
"A fragment of the four-dimensional space … What does that thing look like? I'm quite curious. "
Lu Zhou thought for a moment and answered.
"Its projection in three-dimensional space is a transparent sphere. It will be very difficult to describe its structure and physical properties unless you can understand some basic mathematical tools."
Director Li quickly spoke with a dry cough.
"Forget about it, pretend I didn't ask."
Basic mathematical tools …
If this sentence came out of someone else's mouth, he might not have taken it seriously.
But since this sentence came out of Academician Lu's mouth, he had automatically translated this sentence into "mathematical problems that ordinary people can't understand".
"Speaking of which, are you familiar with Li Guangya?"
"Li Guangya?" Director Li touched his chin and said, "Is he the chairman of the Pan-Asian Cooperation? I saw him once after I woke up, but he didn't say much to me. He just said hello and left. "
Lu Zhou: "He wants me to be the chief scientist of the Pan-Asian Cooperation."
Director Li glanced at Lu Zhou in surprise.
"Such a big hat?"
Lu Zhou nodded and continued.
"Not only that, but he also wants me to participate in his space elevator plan."
Director Li frowned and spoke after thinking for a moment.
"I'm a person from the early 21st century, so I can't say anything. After all, we wanted to build a mass projector, and it took several years for the meeting to decide. Space elevator … In my understanding, this is already a concept of science fiction. "
"However, this Li Guangya, I suggest you be careful. Maybe I can't keep up with the times anymore. I can't figure out what he wants to do. "
"I didn't agree to him immediately." Looking at Director Li with a worried face, Lu Zhou continued, "After all, this concept is a bit too exaggerated for me. In contrast, I want to know if there is any progress in the second-generation controllable fusion technology, and to what extent other more basic research has developed. "
Director Li asked with interest, "Second-generation controllable fusion? I seem to have heard you talk about it before, but I feel that the cost of the first-generation controllable fusion is low enough. This second-generation technology … Is it really that important? "
"Very important. Maybe it's just my own idea, but at least in my opinion, it is much more important than the sky elevator. "Lu Zhou glanced at the sky outside the window and continued," Speaking of which, do you remember the reason why I proposed the establishment of Guanghan City Special Economic Zone? "
Director Li frowned and asked, "It's related to the second-generation controllable fusion?"
Lu Zhou nodded.
"I can responsibly say that at least half of the reason is because of it."
The establishment of the Guanghan City Special Economic Zone was mainly to make it more convenient to enclose land on the moon. The places he circled on the map were basically areas with estimated reserves of helium-3 resources.
If there was a breakthrough in the second-generation fusion technology, the arrangements he made a hundred years ago would become an unimaginable legacy for the future generations of the Chinese civilization.
Just like the oil fields left by the Arabs to future generations.
Lu Zhou could even assert without exaggeration.
The precious helium-3 resources on the moon would become the key to stepping out of the solar system and into a more distant world.
After coming to this era, the only thing he was not satisfied with was the truly valuable treasures he left to future generations. So far, no one had found the key to open them …
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