CHAPTER XIII
Ke Qinghe drove the car on an unfamiliar street, and all the routes were in accordance with GPS instructions. Until he drove the car to the entrance of an apartment building.
"This is it." Aya replied, "Would you like to go in and sit?" ”
Ke Qinghe shook his head, not very interested. So, Aya got out of the car and waved goodbye to Ke Qinghe.
Watching her walk into the apartment, Ke Qinghe started the car and prepared to continue to follow the GPS guidance to go home.
He turned on the music in the car, and the music coming from the loudspeaker was classical music that he didn't like before, but it sounded very pleasant at the moment, as if he was still in the Jasmine restaurant just now, face to face with a woman who looked like Shi Lan.
……
"Your name is Shi Ya?" He asked.
"That's right." Aya replied with a smile, a little bit of her lipstick stained on the edge of the glass she had just drunk, a faint red, "I don't match the person you're looking for, I'm not 20, I'm not 32, I'm not 52." ”
Aya laughed as she spoke, "I told you my name, so can you tell me your story?" ”
Ke Qinghe took a sip of water and calmed down his emotions.
"I didn't live here for 20 years, I participated in an experimental project and I went straight from 20 years ago."
Aya's expression was stunned for a moment, obviously in disbelief: "Really? ”
"Hmm." Ke Qinghe nodded, "So, I want to find the person from twenty years ago." ”
"Don't you save your contact information?" Aya rested on the table and asked, "At least this person should be waiting for you, right?" ”
"Nope." Ke Qinghe sighed, a little regretful, "I didn't say anything, so I chose to sleep, and when I wanted to find her, all the information was invalid." ”
Aya raised an eyebrow and pouted, "Okay." Although I don't know what dormancy is, and I don't quite believe that you have slept for 20 years, I am certainly not the daughter of the man you are talking about. ”
"How old are you?"
“27。”
Ke Qinghe lowered his head, he was 27 years old, which was the age when he and Shi Lan first met.
"I have parents, and they live in the small town next door." Aya said, "My parents love each other and I'm very happy, so, I'm sorry to disappoint you." ”
"Nope." Ke Qinghe raised his head and looked at her, "I'm glad you're doing well, whether you're my daughter or not, or a stranger, I hope you're doing well." ”
Aya smiled sweetly, "Is this a misunderstanding?" ”
"I hope it's a beautiful misunderstanding." Ke Qinghe replied, "But I'm also lucky to know you because of this." ”
"Really?"
"When I woke up, everything changed, everyone was strangers, and when I thought I was going to be alone forever, fortunately, I still had the opportunity to meet interesting people."
"Interesting?" Aya smiled, "Looks like you already have new friends?" ”
"Well, sort of." Ke Qinghe nodded.
"It's good, start over, after all, life is still long."
"Lengthy?" Ke Qinghe didn't agree with the word, but in the face of Aya's smile, he still acquiesced.
Aya picked up the glass and took another sip, then cleared her throat and said, "Don't do that in the bar in the future." ”
"What?"
"Cast a net." Aya explained, "That's dangerous. ”
"But I've blocked them all."
"No, it's not them." Aya's expression became serious, "All online information is not secure, don't you think that someone is always watching you?" ”
Ke Qinghe was stunned: "Surveillance? Not really, right? ”
Aya shrugged her shoulders and leaned back in her seat: "Who knows, people didn't trust people before, and now everything is not credible, because, we are all wrapped in a net, and when the net is tightened, how many fish can live?" ”
Ke Qinghe was silent.
"Haha." Seeing that his expression became solemn, Aya broke the ice with a hearty smile, "Just kidding, if you really slept for 20 years, the world is different now, just let me remind you." ”
Ke Qinghe knew in his heart, just like the ones Mu San had been muttering to him. It's just that he's more extreme, and even his phone has been abandoned.
"Isn't that bar you frequent, where robots aren't allowed?"
"yes, not even if you have a robot."
"Why?" Ke Qinghe was a little puzzled, "Aren't they serving human beings?" Why exclusion? ”
"Because there is no direct conflict with you, of course you don't care." Aya replied, "There are a lot of people whose jobs have been replaced by robots, and they have to find another way to make a living after being unemployed, and some people are poor and homeless, so it's normal to hate robots and technology." ”
Ke Qinghe lowered his head and pondered: "Is there a radiation belt outside the city?" ”
"Radiation belts?" Aya laughed, "That's a ridiculous name. ”
"Didn't you?" Ke Qinghe wanted to confirm.
"Yes, but it's not a so-called radiation belt." Aya replied, "Rather, they think that heavy industry, chemical plants, are there, and there is an immeasurable danger there." ”
"Is that polarizing?"
"Yes, that's absolute." Aya raised her head and looked at him, "The rich keep entering the city to enjoy the convenience and comfort brought by high technology, while the low-end people are suppressed outside the city and live a life that no one knows. ”
Ke Qinghe sighed.
"There's a lot of fringe people in the bar." Aya leaned in and whispered, "They have no identity, no status, they are hidden inside, so they will do anything to make a living for money." ”
Ke Qinghe felt that his head was stunned for a moment, and Mu San's appearance appeared in his mind, but he hinted to himself that he should not be a marginal person.
"Are they dangerous?"
"Not really." Aya took a sip of water, "Just depends on what you think of them." ”
Ke Qinghe took a deep breath, and the waiter came over and filled them with water. He took advantage of this to look out the window, outside the street, a modern world, and it curled up in such a corner, like a kind of primitive self-preservation of people.
……
Driving all the way through the crisscrossed roads, if there is no navigation guidance, it is estimated that you will soon get lost here.
This is obviously the city where he has lived since he was a child, but the changes in the past 20 years have been so great that even he himself is surprised.
"Please be careful, do not drive drowsily."
Such a sentence suddenly popped up in the navigation, which surprised him a little.
"Please note that signs of fluctuation have been detected, please pull over and rest."
Ke Qinghe was surprised, how could this thing judge his physical condition? My car is still the original one, but I haven't driven it for 20 years, and after returning to the factory to refurbish, I have upgraded a lot of equipment, has it become smart?
"Please note that you will stay until your signs fluctuate and please step over and rest."
"Okay, okay, I see." Ke Qinghe looked a little impatient, but after continuous urging, he pulled over and stopped the car.
In less than a minute, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, quickly opened the car window, let in the fresh air, and took a few deep breaths, but he still felt uncomfortable churning in his stomach.
Is what you eat at noon hygienic enough? Or something else......
Before he could think about it, he quickly opened the car door, rushed to the side and vomited, and only felt a little more comfortable after he had poured out all the contents of his stomach.
Stand up straight, where you are now, you don't know it at all.
The viaduct was more than ten stories high, and from the gap in the building, the yellow dust was as yellow as a desert in the distance.
And I am like a small person in a city shrouded in a huge dome, I don't know what I do every day, I don't know what the outside world is like.
"Didi, Didi, Didi."
From the other side of the elevated road, a miniature car made a warning sound and was slowly driving towards him, and as the sound got closer, it stopped in front of him.
"Hello sir, please show your ID." The small light on the head of the machine flashed red and blue, and then began to talk to him.
Ke Qinghe looked at it, hesitated for a moment, then took out his mobile phone and opened his privacy page, facing the machine.
The machine "dropped" scanned his page, and then scanned his facial features: "Verification successful." ”
Ke Qinghe put his phone away suspiciously, I don't know what this is, is it an electronic police?
"Hello Mr. Ke, you have a high price for illegal parking, and we need to issue a ticket."
Soon, Ke Qinghe's mobile phone received a message of fine deductions.
The cart took another step forward and saw vomit all over the place. Ke Qinghe realized that he was going to issue another ticket, and sure enough, the car made an electronic sound: "Hello Mr. Ke, you make road garbage at will, please dispose of it yourself, or hire a cleaning company to clean it up for you." ”
"Me? Myself? Ke Qinghe glanced at the vomit on the ground, he had never done such a thing.
Before he could finish his 30 seconds of thinking, another message was immediately received on his mobile phone, indicating that a cleaning company had been hired for him and would serve him immediately. And his mobile phone has already paid for his cleaning, so he doesn't have to deal with the information himself.
Ke Qinghe was stunned on the elevated road, letting the whirring wind blow him very sober and confused.
"This ......"
"Mr. Ke, please leave the elevated road quickly, the elevated traffic will gradually increase in two hours, please do not cause traffic jams."
"Oh, oh, I see." Ke Qinghe could only get into the car immediately, and the navigation on the car no longer made the noisy sound, but reminded him which direction to continue to move forward.
Ke Qinghe continued to drive the car with the wind blowing, but his mind was completely unable to think about what caused him to get out of the car at that time, and what caused his nausea and vomiting. Only in the face of a machine world, the road has navigation guidance, and the handling of violations is becoming more and more timely, all of which has been solved by him without any more words and a little more consideration.
Is this a good thing or a bad thing?