In this way, in just five years, the entire fleet has accelerated more than one hundred and fifty times, and the speed of the queue has also reached three thousand kilometers per second, which is equivalent to one hundredth of the speed of light.

When the entire queue sails beyond the gravitational boundary of the star and is free from the risk of a meteorite attack, a greater gravitational acceleration mode is adopted.

From the excitement and curiosity at the beginning, to the habitual later, ordinary people have gradually become accustomed to the current spaceship life, and they are not too interested in this kind of news. Most people only occasionally glance at the news before exclaiming, "Oh, it's more than 3,000 kilometers per second...... What a milestone for a human flying machine! ”

In order to control the heat generated by the spacecraft and reduce the usual wear and tear, most ordinary people have to hibernate for a long time, except for some special staff.

Hibernation is carried out in the community, and most of the acquaintances around will hibernate with themselves and wake up together, so that the days do not seem to make much difference.

In five years, 90% of the population has entered a state of hibernation, and there are about 800,000 people still awake, and everyone who is awake lives a very ordinary life. A population of 800,000 to maintain all aspects of Kunlun Mountain, including the army, is sufficient.

But on this day, in the unreal laboratory of "Kunlun Mountain", a big event happened!

About the virtual world, and...... The controversial moment of consciousness immortality has finally arrived!

More than 3,000 high-level civilized officials, as well as more than 1,600 elderly people who are about to participate in the experiment, gathered here to discuss the final experimental plan, including the signing of agreements on personal privacy and freedom.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been planning this technology for a hundred years, and everything is ready. We already have experience with the Gliese people, but we still need human experimenters. We need strong-willed pioneers to create an idealistic world...... Especially with regard to the screening of the transcendent. ”

"If no one creates it, how can we filter the virtual world that belongs to human beings themselves?"

Except for Zhang Yuan's speech, the conference room was very quiet, and there was not much discussion in the room.

Life has a life, a life, a life, a life, an old age, a sickness and a death. In the books written by human beings, there are human stars shining, but the twilight years of heroes are rarely mentioned, as if they have been completely forgotten.

It should be Zhao Qingfeng, the former captain, who participated in the meeting of the entire civilization for the last time.

He listened to Zhang Yuan's speech and silently recalled his life's experience.

He is already more than two hundred years old, and his body has long been much worse than before, and he has to stop when he walks for a while, his eyes are almost out of sight, and his thin clothes can't hold up. Even today, with the increasing development of biotechnology, it is impossible to cure this all-round aging.

This group of old people, listening to the plans made by the young people, and then signing the final agreement, did not have much opinion, as if they had just acquiesced to their fate.

After the meeting ended, the people on and off the stage saw off the last departure of these old people.

The atmosphere was very warm, the applause gradually dispersed, and the participants gradually left.

After Zhao Qingfeng stood up, his legs trembled, he couldn't stand anymore, and he could only sit down.

In the end, Zhang Yuan noticed the situation, supported Lao Zhao, and the two walked forward slowly step by step.

Zhang Yuan felt Lao Zhao's trembling muscles, and didn't know how to describe his mood, but suddenly remembered an ancient poem......

"Time only relieves people to get old, they don't believe in being amorous, they hate to leave the pavilion for a long time, and teardrops are easy to wake up."

Perhaps, one day, I will also fall into this situation.

Qi Yuanshan is dead, Professor Wang Zhong is dead, Captain Ma is dead, his mentor Ding Zhaodong is dead, and even his senior brother is going to die, and one day it will be his turn Zhang Yuan.

Death should be regarded as the greatest fear of life. In order to reduce the fear of death, religion, philosophy, and theology were born......

There are also writers who sigh with a seemingly encouraging feeling that death is not the opposite of life, but that it lives forever as another way of life......

However, Zhang Yuan didn't believe in these things.

To die is to die, the end of life, that's all.

He didn't know what kind of psychological changes he would have on the day he faced death, whether he would struggle to live, or see everything.

Zhao Qingfeng suddenly grabbed Zhang Yuan's hand, the old man's hands were rough like tree bark.

He smiled and said, "Lao Zhang, you must know that this is a war, a war of eternal life or death. We are just soldiers, we are no longer the so-called leaders or high-level civilizations, and if we fail, we will die, and there is nothing to worry about......"

"I know."

"If all of our more than 1,600 human experimenters are also immersed in the virtual world, it means that we are all defeated. This technology is probably beyond our human control......"

“…… Destroying it completely is the best option, don't give future generations more options, and don't hesitate too much. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and sighed lightly, "I know." ”

This group of old people is the first generation of the 3,000-year Long March, the most determined pioneers, who have survived the spring, summer, autumn and winter to survive to this day.

If even they are addicted to the virtual world, then the people behind them will have nothing to toss, and it is the best solution to give up this technology directly.

Zhao Qingfeng patted him on the shoulder, didn't say anything more, and then lay quietly in a hibernation chamber with the support of a head nurse.

The rest of the more than 1,600 old men made the same move, put on their helmets and closed their eyes.

The hibernation chamber slowly closes.

Half an hour later, the neural networks and memory blocks of the brains of more than 1,600 people were scanned into the biological computer, and the self-consciousness was uploaded to the Pangu brain, leaving only vegetative bodies. It is a mystery what happens to the changes that will happen to these vegetative bodies when they are used for medical research, especially in the brain, when they lose their sense of self.

Professor Ichiro Yamamoto of the Unreal Lab sighed as he said softly, "One hundred and fifty years from now, I should be going in too." It's just that before that, we can master the writing skills of cloning body memories, and then we can return to this not-so-wonderful world. ”

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head gently.

Immediately afterward, he came back to his senses and said solemnly to the rest of the people: "Everyone, this experiment will last for at least two hundred years, and the main task is to construct the various worlds for the assessment of the transcendental. As for the data tracking of the experimenters, as well as the auxiliary construction within the virtual world, please leave it to everyone, the relevant privacy agreement has been signed, please do not have to have a psychological burden. ”

He also said to several legal experts: "In addition, the legal aspects of digital life are still to be discussed, and you can prepare a draft first." The relevant confidentiality agreement, please be sure to keep it well, and don't let ordinary people know. ”

"Only the elderly who are really on the verge of death are eligible to touch this technology."