"You're going to hibernate yourself?" When Alan saw Han Le and heard him say the latest decision, he was a little puzzled, but he still persuaded him, "It is not only expensive to make a set by yourself, but also the reliability is not guaranteed." ”

"It's okay, we're just making a spare...... Just in case. ”

"What if?" Alan didn't quite understand.

Han Le was a little surprised by this rhetorical question, and he asked rhetorically, "Haven't you been worried that there will be chaos after hibernation?" ”

"What kind of mess?"

Han Le didn't say the opinions he saw on the video, he believed that even if he said it, Alan would give a lot of rebuttals at a glance like those comments on the Internet, this era is not like 60 years ago, at that time, for science, technology, public opinion still had some instinctive vigilance - even if these vigilances are completely unnecessary or even wrong, what genetically modified after the abolition, computer electromagnetic radiation leads to the birth of a girl...... After 60 years of progress, the enemies of science have largely disappeared.

"Forget it, you just think we're spending money to buy peace of mind." Han Le gave up his intention to persuade the other party.

It's actually not difficult to do, as long as you have money - just say the requirements for hibernation points on the Internet, wait for the other party to quote, and then agree to it yourself, and wait for a few months - of course, Han Le will definitely fall asleep after a few months, then it will need to be accepted after a year. But it doesn't matter, what we all have is time.

However, out of the simple idea of "shopping around" when people buy things at the beginning of the 21st century, Han Le still wants to see what the so-called private hibernation spot is like first - not an online video, but to watch it on the spot, at least psychologically, he has a preparation.

These personal hibernation sites exist in the town, but most of them are for medical purposes – some seriously ill patients will freeze themselves at home in this way and wake up at any time when they can – some of which are waiting for the government's health insurance to accumulate the required amount, some for the doctor to wake up, and of course, for the advancement of medical technology. The reason why they choose to hibernate at home instead of going to a large hibernation site is because the whole town is anti-hibernation, and the medical expenses for going to the hibernation site are not reimbursed.

The house that Alan took Han Le to was a few hundred meters away from Allen's house, and the family was hibernating with a child with a genetic disorder, with the current medical technology, it would definitely not live for a few years, and the more it was delayed, the greater the danger. When the child fell ill, his parents also solicited donations on the sign......

The child's father knew Allen, and after introducing Han Le's intentions, the other party took them and opened the door of a similar cold storage.

The so-called hibernation point is actually very simple, it can even be said to be simple, in a cold storage of more than minus forty degrees, there is a small bed, and several medical instruments are piled up at the bedside, Han Le probably guessed that those should be brain waves, ventilators and the like. Because it is just a separate family refrigeration, in order to prevent excessive temperature fluctuations and prevent accidental power outages, the cold storage is very large, almost hundreds of square meters, but the bed is very small, such a large room, just a simple single bed, which makes the child above look very lonely.

"If it's the kind of hibernation spot you said, you can also store a lot of easy-to-preserve food in it, and in a room like this, there is no problem for a dozen people to hibernate for more than a dozen people......" When he left, Alan added a lot, "Of course, if you are still not at ease, you can also go to the gun license and buy some weapons...... If you are really that insecure. ”

"Can you still have guns in Canada?"

"When is gun ownership banned in Canada?" Alan was surprised.

"I've only heard of guns in the United States before,......" Han Le understood, "Then can we take the test now?" ”

Allen's suggestion was very appetizing to the three of them, so the afternoon itinerary quickly changed, and the three of them went to the store in the town to buy guns, and by the way, they researched - guns in this era are rarely gunpowder weapons, and most of them are similar to the principle of electric shock pistols that Han Le has seen before. This gun has a higher stopping ability and low lethality, so it has been promoted on a large scale, of course, the restrictions on guns are also greatly reduced, as long as you are a normal person, can aim, understand the basic functions of the gun, and the chance of no crime is basically no problem.

But Qiao Yiyu still insisted on buying a few traditional gunpowder bullet guns, and weapons that could not kill people might work well in peacetime, but when it really came time to use guns, she doubted that people would be afraid of such weapons.

Of course, this requires more procedures and time, especially for Qiao Yiyu - strictly speaking, she can be counted as the first half of the "political prisoner", of course, in this era, because there are not a few "political prisoners" who hibernate and flee, the relationship is not particularly large, but it takes more time and procedures.

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In the next few days, several people did not act together again, and Qiao Yiyu had to pay attention to her and Han Le's asset management in addition to the formalities of handling guns. Before, thanks to some historical knowledge, she had the foresight to invest money in industries related to new batteries, but now there is not much historical knowledge that can help her - Qiao Yiyu is very clear that with the further expansion of hibernation behavior, the magnitude of technological progress is gradually slowing down, and the next breakthrough should be AI technology, but according to what she learned, AI technology has really made a breakthrough, maybe there is still a long time, maybe decades, maybe hundreds of years - maybe longer.

Nuclear fusion is a sign of the maturity of civilization and the focus of history lessons, so Qiao Yiyu naturally knows more, but AI technology is forbidden in Qiao Yiyu's era, she can only rely on her own scientific knowledge to guess, if necessary, she has to investigate it in person.

Su Pei's main concern now is the hibernation site that is being designed, he found a lot of information in this area from the Internet and handed it to the construction party, according to Han Le's latest understanding, he plans to build a stronghold that can withstand a nuclear attack a few hundred meters underground - this standard sounds scary, but it is still easy to do at this depth underground. Just as in the past, real estate sellers always said that they were "supreme mansions", most houses in this era can be said to be "nuclear strike survival homes" - it's a pity that houses in this era are not so valuable.

Han Le followed Alan everywhere to "observe the people's feelings" most of the time, as Alan said before, their lives are not much more exciting than those in the Han Le era, most people's lives are study, work, and entertainment...... Learn the skills that you don't know how to use in the future, do the work you don't necessarily like, and watch the show you watch when you play time......

According to Han Le's understanding, the most popular job in the current society is Allen's service industry, which is dedicated to hibernators, and he has visited their company with Allen, and has also seen how his colleagues are engaged in this work - most of them are completely different styles from Allen. They will wear all kinds of bizarre avant-garde clothes, speak a completely unintelligible "frontier language", and desperately guide customers to choose those "travel options" that are more valuable...... For example, space tourism, supersonic round-the-world cruises......

"Actually, most of my work is similar to theirs, but not so extreme," Alan admits very frankly, and the people in their line of work are calm, because dealing with customers is almost a one-off, so there is no need to hide it, "People with a little money, people who are more successful before hibernation will be happy to choose these, and as soon as they wake up, they will ask what is the most famous and fun in the world now...... But you are different, you are always concerned about how bad the world has become, and you seem to be worried that it will be worse. ”

"Maybe it's a common problem for us Chinese," Han Le said, "and think for the worst in everything, and there will always be surprises in this kind of life." ”

"I've seen quite a few Chinese," Alan shook his head, "and there are very few like you." Even those who are currently in the country, I have been in contact with, and although they do not hibernate, they are more optimistic about the future than many hibernators. ”

"Maybe I'm born melancholy," Han Le joked with himself, "You can't learn a melancholy temperament." ”

"Maybe." Alan laughed.

"By the way, I remember you mentioned that you saved up for hibernation too."

"Everybody," Alan doesn't shy away from it, "I plan to save until I'm 30, and I still have about six years to go." ”

"That's enough money for how long you'll hibernate?"

"According to the current prices, if it is a hibernation area like yours, wake up once every 20 years, three or four hundred years."

"Won't it be too long to wake up in 20 years?"

"It's nothing," said Allen, "and some of the 100 who don't have the money can wake up once a year, as you plan to do, once a year......

Alan shook his head: "It's too expensive, you have to do a full body examination when you wake up, and it will cost you a hibernation agent to hibernate again...... I've only heard of many wealthy people doing this in order to manage their assets in a timely manner and avoid risks. ”

"20 years...... Han Le imagined, "that is, waking up 20 times...... At least 5 days at a time, 100 days, 3 months...... If you wake up once, I'll be three months older than you, and you'll still be a good deal. ”

"Haha, to put it this way, those who survive and die have become immortals." Death refers to those who hibernate until they are forced to wake up without specifying a time to wake up.

This sentence suddenly reminded Han Le, the questions Qiao Yiyu asked himself, what will the world be like in a hundred years, and what will happen in five hundred years? What about a thousand years, or even five thousand years?

At that time, I still dared to think about it, and I said it freely, but now I suddenly realized that the wanton imagination I had at that time was about to become a reality, and I was suddenly and inexplicably afraid. Han Le remembers saying that five thousand years later, according to the current people, the people in the future will almost become gods—if those who survive and die can see that day, maybe they will really become immortals.

But will there really be a day? In the next 5,000 years, 5,000 years of civilization, such a long time scale, will it really be smooth sailing, and the whole earth will spend it in a quiet sleep? I know that it is impossible to think with the cerebellum. But why do people in this era believe it so much?