- Eight years later: November XX, 2116, the big city of NJ.

This year, Zhang Xiaozhu is already 27 years old, he has not been to other countries, and he has no plans to immigrate, in country C, in the haze, he has lived for 27 years.

One day in November, in the dining room of a villa, Zhang Xiaozhu was eating breakfast alone. A foggy image suddenly appeared in front of him, like a foggy basketball on a breakfast plate, but Zhang Xiaozhu was not surprised - this is a 3D news, it appeared in front of him: Mr. Chen Guangbiao, president of the XChang Chamber of Commerce, recently completed the brain tumor resection surgery and woke up from a coma, Professor Zhang Weining, the chief surgeon of the operation, said that because the functions of the brain preparation area can be replaced by each other, the operation will not affect the patient's intelligence......

(Chen Guangbiao, this name seems to have been heard.) Zhang Xiaozhu thought to himself, he remembered that in his own news circle, there were also some celebrities who mentioned Chen Guangbiao, who was said to be a business wizard.

A young woman stood not far from Zhang Xiaozhu, leaning against the window, slim, concave and convex, with a waist like a water snake, she was looking out of the window, the white light through the window outlined her perfect outline, and at the same time, the inside of the silhouette was a dark mass, and her face could not be seen—all the details were hidden in the darkness, which made people reverie.

She closed the curtains and turned around — it was the "little green snake" — who had been on her way to the genetic lab in a car accident in the valley years ago. Zhang Xiaozhu saved her.

She approached Zhang Xiaozhu, kissed his face, leaned against his side - the "snakeskin" on her face was gone - and after Zhang Xiaozhu saved her, he gave her plastic surgery.

Her eyes were full of sorrow and pity. At this time, the cry of a child came from the back room. "Ah Zhu, I'll go see the child." Yang Yiyi said to Zhang Xiaozhu. Zhang Xiaozhu nodded at her.

Two years ago, the two gave birth to a child, and a mutant gave birth to a child with another mutant, which is a rare occurrence for most people. Most doctors are also surprised:

"This is incredible, Mr. Zhang, you and Miss Yang have a high degree of genetic matching, although the content of the gene mutation is different, but the corresponding position of the gene, the number of genes corresponds to the amazing ......" Zhang Xiaozhu engraved the doctor at that time, he didn't understand what the hell "the corresponding location of the gene mutation" meant, but at that time, Zhang Xiaozhu was simply crazy with joy.

The child was born, and it was a normal person's appearance, of course, even if it wasn't, in the future, plastic surgery could generally be done, which Zhang Xiaozhu was not very worried about. It's no use worrying either.

Zhang Xiaozhu tasted what it was like to be a father. This child, who has the same name as the previous child, is also called Zhang Quying, and this child is already two years old. Zhang Xiaozhu looks forward to him growing up quickly, and hopes that he can meet the "little green snake" in his life like himself.

After Zhang Xiaozhu finished eating, the butler robot said, "Master, there is a report from your personal doctor, do you want to listen to it?" ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Zhang Xiaozhu knew that it was not a good thing, but he didn't care very much anymore.

The management bot starts reading the text message that is sent to you:

Hello Brother Zhu, I am Jay, as your personal doctor, I would like to assure you that the following information is confidential and only you and I know.

You have some mutated cells in your lungs, but no cancer antigens are found in your blood, I think there are 80% possible cancer cells and 20% possible unknown cells, so I recommend that you be admitted to the hospital as soon as possible for further testing.

End of broadcast.

The voice of the robot is word-for-word, emotionless, it does not know what it means for humans, this is a low-intelligence robot, it has no life, and it does not understand the true meaning of cancer cells.

(However, in this era of deep smog, there will come a day when most people will have to face the same way of ending their lives.) Zhang Xiaozhu thought, in fact, before he went to the private doctor for a physical examination, he had already prepared in his heart, and now, the big stone in his heart has fallen to the ground.

Zhang Xiaozhu recalled the news he saw when he was eating breakfast: Mr. Chen Guangbiao, president of the XChang Chamber of Commerce, recently completed surgery to remove a brain tumor and woke up from a coma...... This CGB, who runs a chamber of commerce, must be much larger than his own "business", I guess speaking, I don't know how rich, I believe that in this polluted country, he will inevitably die of cancer in the end.

(What if I had surgery?) Where you are sick and where you cut it, piece by piece in the brain, in the end, does the whole brain have to be cut and replaced with a new one? Zhang Xiaozhu's thoughts suddenly became a little negative and absurd.

In any case, after hearing the news, the shadow of death began to gradually loom over his heart, and Zhang Xiaozhu's breakfast suddenly became less memorable.

Zhang Xiaozhu did not have a trace of resentment about the bad news sent by his personal doctor, and over the years, the personal doctor named Jay has taught him a lot of knowledge, one of which is very important, that is, the knowledge about genes and DNA, and the knowledge about the offspring of mutants.

（TMD！ Irony! The first high-level in-depth physical examination in my life cost a lot of money, and I found out that there was a problem, which is the desperation of spending money to buy it back. Zhang Xiaozhu sighed inwardly. (Hopefully, my "Little Shadow" can live a little longer and be healthier.) Zhang Xiaozhu thought of his son and was immersed in brief memories......

Zhang Quying, yes.

His first son, Zhang Quying, died of lung cancer eight years ago. Now, he has another two-year-old son, and the second son's name is still Zhang Quying.

Since then, within two years, Zhang Xiaozhu himself no longer went to the grave of his first child to pay respects to him, and the memorial was done by the bodyguard Ah Liang. For Zhang Xiaozhu, he is more inclined to believe that it is the original child who has come back to life.

(However, this is not true.) Immersed in the tears and suffocating grief of the past, Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes gradually became dull, his ears gradually lost hearing, he barely finished his breakfast, and it took a long time to recover from the abyss of memory.

(I finally have another child, though!) Zhang Xiaozhu finally, in the infinite darkness of the shadow of death, found the light, the last ray of light, the light that led to another world, and in the subconscious, he began to accept his own, death.