Late at night the next day, the three of them finally followed Ren Bin to their destination, an ordinary small city in the south, Ren Bin said that this was only a rural area when he was a child, and most of the people left in the village were mainly engaged in farming, and until now, this has not fundamentally changed - before entering the city, Han Le and the others saw a large area of factory-like places on the side of the road, which seemed to be brightly lit, but there were no facilities supporting the factory in the surroundings - until Qiao Yiyu told them, These factories are actually farmland.

"Since the emergence of nuclear fusion power generation applications, China has been studying how to break through the traditional agricultural production model," Qiao Yiyu said very professionally, but the conversation changed, "In fact, there is nothing else, the simplest one is to increase the area of cultivated land, the original square meter of cultivated land can only grow one square meter of rice, but now it only depends on the design of the solar plant." ”

The sunny factory in Qiao Yiyu's mouth is what they saw on the road, the structure of these houses looks like ordinary factories, the biggest difference is that their area is very large - so big that you can barely see the edge at a glance, standing on a high place and looking down, you can clearly see that these factories have an average of two or three floors, each layer is white and bright, and your eyes are better and you can see the lush crops growing inside - but now it's winter.

Ren Bin's home is an ordinary small villa, after knocking on the door, his parents came out to pick him up, and saw their son who had not seen him for a few years, the second elder was obviously a little excited, and hurriedly invited a few of them to come in and eat something, Han Le They were not hungry, but they sat in the car for two days, and they were almost sleepy, as soon as Han Le lay down in bed, his clothes had not been taken off, and he was almost asleep.

Su Pei was still a little vigilant, he went to discuss the issue of vigil with Qiao Yiyu, and Qiao Yiyu took it directly - she had slept in the car before, and it was not a big problem if she didn't sleep all night tonight. In fact, she wanted to say that it was not necessary, she believed in Ren Bin, but she didn't know Ren Bin's parents - even 60 years ago, Qiao Yiyu knew that trusting someone and trusting this person and trusting people are largely two different things.

Ren Bin chatted with his parents for a while, during which he also quarreled a few words because of hibernation, and finally went back to his room to sleep, Qiao Yiyu originally planned to meet the Internet in the living room, but Ren Bin's parents were worried about their son's plans in the room - from the equipment in the car, it was not difficult for them to guess their son's plans. The constant whispering of the two old men made Qiao Yiyu, who was very hearing, a little upset, and she could only hold the computer to the third floor, where there was a terrace.

casually browsed a few news about hibernation and her own, Qiao Yiyu threw the computer aside again, it was already early January, and the temperature on the terrace was a little low, but it was okay to sober herself up - in the past month, especially in the previous two days, there were too many things that happened to her, and this kind of sobriety was very good for her.

This year, I should be close to 90 years old, even in this era, such an age is still not young for earthlings, but I ...... Again, there is neither the pain and sadness of aging, nor the joy of growth, and the only thing to gain is the general development process of civilization in the 21st century, and to integrate into it as a participant. People in this era will always say, you are still too young, wait for you to be as old as me - Qiao Yiyu has always thought this sounds like before, but now look at it, it's true.

What can time bring to a person? It seems that the ancients are always willing to believe that the longer they live, the more human wisdom can brew something extraordinary, this naïve view Qiao Yiyu has been too lazy to say, in contrast, she is more willing to believe a sentence in the Bible, under the sun, there is nothing new - as she once said to Han Le more than 20 years ago, in fact, from the moment the universe appeared, the laws of this world have been destined to be like this, whether human beings appear or not, how long they appear, how long they have observed the world, how long they have participated, It has no effect on the universe as a whole, and life, as a form of matter, is no more special than other matter, and its particularity is only felt by life itself.

Compared with the long "depression period" in the history of human civilization, human civilization is now at an inflection point from naivety to maturity - before that, human minds were brilliant, romantic, and full of poetry, they knew little about the whole world, imagined that God or the Creator would surprise them in that unknown place, and imagined that the journey of life was like a gorgeous adventure, they would encounter difficulties, overcome difficulties, and finally complete the test...... And at this time, two centuries at most, this romantic idea is about to slam into the wall of reality, and then everyone will suddenly realize that the boundless darkness around them has been dispelled! There is no holy place or heaven, all they can see is such a cage, a cage with a radius of more than 70 billion light years, and it is still expanding—but it is still a cage, and the concept of the cage is not about how small the space is, but that the space is closed, and this concept spreads, that is, the rules are closed.

Qiao Yiyu remembered that she had said this to Han Le, but every time she thought about it, she couldn't help but recall it and confirm these concepts, Qiao Yiyu even felt that her behavior was no different from religious rituals to some extent, and she kept thinking about a concept in her head...... If there is any difference, the difference is that these concepts are the supreme truth of the entire universe, the only thing worth thinking about, and the only thing that can be thought about - human beings always want to think about the most basic essence of things, and no one seems to have ever thought about what else we can think about if we one day find the essence and find the so-called supreme truth?

The answer is obvious.

When she first came to Earth, Qiao Yiyu had just come out of school, and she still remembered that when she received the evacuation list, she was subconsciously happy, at that time she felt that being able to go back to the past and participate in history was a romantic enough, meaningful enough, and even worth investing in a lifetime, but after only 10 years on Earth, she had already begun to regret it. What she regrets is not that she came to the earth itself, but that she regretted not choosing to come with a few of her compatriots - people are collective animals, and if one person cannot communicate with his real kind, it is difficult to describe that feeling to others.

She also tried to make friends with the local residents, in the past 60 years, counting, she took a total of three risks, the first time, she succeeded in one person, according to the principle of one report for one report, decades later she carefully tried the second time, this time she chose an organization, she once thought that this time was also successful, but the third time she hastily carried out, she believed in a government, but it was not until a month ago that she realized that her next two choices were actually wrong, It's just that the time is still short, and these mistakes have not yet accumulated and exploded.

If Qiao Yiyu is just an ordinary ancient, such a life setback can ruin her life, but as a "future person", these are just a small beginning of her long life, so that she knows the difference between the people of her time and the ancients in the 21st century - the selfishness of the ancients is far beyond Qiao Yiyu's imagination, it seems that everyone subconsciously sees others as their competitors, and is more inclined to defeat their opponents in the competition, which may be related to the background of the times - in addition to encouraging competition, The ancients couldn't think of any other way to make people face life positively. Therefore, until now, textbooks are still nagging about the economic theories of one or two hundred years ago, competition creates efficiency, and survival of the fittest......

But the reality has long been different, 200 years ago, those who were completely "eliminated" by the society would have no food to eat and starved to death, 100 years ago, the "eliminated" people would live a very undignified life, 50 years ago, the "eliminated" people could not afford to buy a house and a car, they could only play games in front of the computer and complain, but now, whether they are eliminated or not, the elite or the civilians live the same life, so what is the meaning of the so-called elimination? It is said on the Internet that the difference between having money and not having money is just that when you go out to take the plane or the subway, eat "pure natural" food or eat mass-produced goods, but no matter what kind of food you take, the speed of the former is the same, and the taste of mass-produced goods in the latter is even better than that of pure natural goods - the most important thing is that no one cares about these.

Since the large-scale application of nuclear fusion technology, every country can implement basic survival guarantee policies for its citizens without pressure, study, work hard, and self-realize—these things are not easy to do, even boring and close to pain, and when people find that the consequences of their fall are almost slight, few people are enthusiastic about these things.

However, later hibernation technology seems to have solved this problem to a large extent, and when people found themselves easily crossing time, the concept of time suddenly became clear, and realistically, next year can be about the same as tomorrow. This reality makes most people cherish time more and more, but after this kind of cherishing goes to the extreme, it becomes a new problem - many people almost don't want to waste a minute of their lives, they all hope to take this opportunity to hibernate to a wonderful future, and easily obtain the highest dream of mankind, eternal life.

If most of the current leaders were to vote for the worst invention of the 21st century, hibernation would be the number one.

I thought about it a lot, but in fact, it was all the same old tune...... Thinking of this, Qiao Yiyu inevitably felt a little lost, this kind of loss is meaningless, it is people's irrational demand for self - in fact, this idea itself is also an old tune...... All thoughts, all ways of thinking, are actually repeated, over and over again, over and over again, Qiao Yiyu heard a discussion about artificial intelligence before, saying that according to human standards, what kind of degree is considered intelligence, and some people said in the answer that there has never been real intelligence, and the so-called thinking of human beings is just a relatively large circle.

Every time I think of these thoughts, Qiao Yiyu always inevitably feels down, this is unavoidable, centuries later, all mankind has to face this kind of "depression", but Qiao Yiyu, as a person in the future, they still have a little solution, as long as they close their eyes and wait for a while.

A few minutes later, Qiao Yiyu opened her eyes, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, revealing a rare smile, it's a pity, now the guy who should appreciate this smile the most is sleeping like a pig on the bed. The reason why Qiao Yiyu laughed was because she thought of Han Le - thinking that this person's fate was changed by herself like this, if she and Han Le were to change positions, she must be at a loss at this time, right? Han Le's life was so comfortable and comfortable in the past, even she could hardly imagine that just two months later (Han Le's subjective time), he would be able to adapt to his fugitive career in the future post-60s.

Qiao Yiyu didn't know how much of Han Le's trust in himself was from real trust, and how much of it was just because he liked his irrational emotions, but she believed that the trust factor in this must be not small - I remember that more than twenty years ago, when Han Le woke up for the first time, he had been suffering from depression for that month, but even in a depressed state, Han Le was still able to accept his arrangement, and he didn't even have the most basic doubts, in fact, he had every reason to do so, but he didn't.

This time is the same, since Han Le woke up, what happened to him has not been normal, escape, rest, escape, rest...... It has been going on like this, and the only period of time that can be considered stable is in the small village of the old man Zhang, during which he asked himself many questions, but none of them related to his situation - as if he was afraid that speaking this question would irritate him. It's only when he takes the initiative to mention it that he asks some questions by the way, and as soon as he doesn't say it, he stops immediately - this is the same as when Qiao Yiyu first talked to him about his identity, at that time she told him that if she was willing to say it, she would take the initiative to say it, let him not ask more, in Han Le's heart, it seems that he has always remembered this gentleman's agreement, and silently abides by it.

Han Le has been several times, or knocking on the side, or asking herself clearly, what is the criteria for choosing a love partner, Qiao Yiyu has not answered positively, because she never thought that there would be such a possibility before, but Qiao Yiyu now feels that if she has to carry out such activities in this era out of some necessity, she feels that there is a premise that is the most important, which is also the most basic premise - first of all, there must be a minimum of trust between each other, this trust is not based on a certain feeling, It's based on a set of facts, on a set of already known histories of trust, and on a minimum understanding of a person. Of course, even this basic requirement, Han Le is not up to the standard - they are far from understanding each other.

……

If Han Le knew that Qiao Yiyu was thinking about the possibility between the two so seriously at this time, he would definitely wake up from his dream excitedly, but unfortunately...... He slept too deeply, and when Qiao Yiyu came to call him in the morning, he was still rolling on the bed......

Su Pei woke up very late, he had slept upside down in the car the night before, and he didn't fall asleep at all, and it was almost 10 o'clock before he was woken up by the sunshine - he thought it was the fierce interrogator in the dream who was shining a bright light on him.

Qiao Yiyu originally planned to call the two of them to have breakfast, but now it's free, let's go directly with lunch, Qiao Yiyu didn't sleep all night last night, but her sleep efficiency is terrible, and when they wake up, Qiao Yiyu will squint - she will be completely awake when she eats lunch.

Ren Bin's parents made a table of dishes, which can be regarded as picking up the wind and washing the dust for their son and a few fox friends (in their eyes, Qiao Yiyu must also hibernate with their son, especially the polar bear logo they wear, which deepens this impression). Ren Bin's mother was a little gossipy, and when she started eating, she kept asking them where they came from: "What did you do before?" ”

"How much is the salary?"

"Girl, have you found a partner?"

……

Qiao Yiyu knows very well that this is just some temptation, generally speaking, when hibernation comes out, people who are preparing for hibernation usually do not work, and if beautiful women in this era do not fall in love, eighty percent are also preparing for hibernation.

Han Le and Su Pei didn't speak, saying that Ren Bin's parents hadn't recognized them yet, which was really a miracle, only Qiao Yiyu replied: "We're just going along with Ren Bin, and we have to leave in the afternoon." ”

These words somewhat relieved the old couple, and what they were most afraid of was that these young people would buy a few more freezers and come back. And then hibernate together - so that they can't be persuaded even if they want to.

However, the old couple was obviously still a little dissatisfied, and after realizing that the three of them might not be hibernators, they hoped to persuade their son through them: "I read it on the news, saying that some people's wives are separated for hibernation, what do you say about hibernation?" When you come out, everyone you know is dead, so what's the point of living? ”

Ren Bin said impatiently: "Eat!" Why are you talking about all this? You have lived yours, I have lived mine, and no one cares about anyone. You're not so old and still play games every day, and it's not interesting to play when you were young. ”

The two old men couldn't help but choke on a word, but they seemed to be used to it, and they didn't get angry, they just tried to reason: "It's illegal to hibernate now." ”

"What's wrong with breaking the law?" Ren Bin's face was full of disdain, "It's just locked in, what's the difference between living inside and outside?" It's not a game yet, it's not a meal, a drink, and a Lazar? Now there are so many people hibernating in private, can you manage it? If you don't say, who will come and investigate? ”

"I saw a guy sneaking around at our door to check the meter," said the old man, "and now there are ...... people who are anti-hibernating."

Qiao Yiyu put down his chopsticks and stood up: "I'm full, you eat slowly." ”

In less than a minute, Han Le and Su Pei also followed, the two glanced at each other, and then looked at Qiao Yiyu together: "Where are we going next?" ”

Qiao Yiyu smiled bitterly: "I don't know either...... Let's take it one step at a time. ”