Chapter 2: The City of the Future

Long Xingyi woke up from the pain and found himself lying in a hospital bed. He was amazed that at that speed and the tendency of the fall, he would have been killed, if not killed. And when he looked around, what surprised him even more was that even on him were some instruments and equipment that he didn't recognize.

A device that looked like a manipulator in a component factory was busy on him, shooting a short blue laser at the wound, and his wound was rapidly healing everywhere he went.

What the hell is this? How is it like a sci-fi movie? What about Kobayashi? Long Xingyi's mind was swirling with a bunch of question marks, but he didn't have time to think about it, and the severe headache made him have to calm down.

At this time, a strangely dressed girl walked in with a bunch of medicines and reagents, and from the red cross on her shoulder, Long Xingyi could probably guess that this beauty should be a nurse. What kind of hospital is this? Why are even nurses playing with uniform temptation?

The nurse saw that he was awake, and her eyebrows raised slightly, "Are you awake?" You rest a little longer, and I'll inform them. ”

Who to notify? Long Xingyi didn't have time to think about it, he fell asleep again, he was too tired.

When he woke up again, Long Xingyi felt that his physical condition had improved a lot, and all the instruments and equipment on his body had been removed. He rolled his eyes and looked around, and saw a woman sitting beside him.

Seeing that he was awake, the woman curled the corners of her mouth slightly, got up and said, "You are finally awake." ”

Long Xingyi looked at this woman carefully and was surprised to find that she looked very similar to Yang Mi, young and beautiful, heroic, wearing a black windbreaker, and her figure seemed to be a little plumper than Yang Mi. No way? I suffered a work injury, and it shocked the entertainment industry? I don't know if there will be an award ceremony in a while.

The woman hesitated for a moment, then asked again, "You...... It's called Long Xingyi, right? ”

Long Xingyi squeezed out a smile and replied, "That's right, beauty, where am I now?" What about my colleagues? How is he? ”

The woman looked at him, her expression was a little embarrassed, looked away again, and whispered, "I want to ...... You'd better still ask what year it is. ”

What year? Isn't that kidding me? When I fell stupid? Long Xingyi asked a little confused: "Isn't it 2017?" ”

The woman breathed a sigh of relief, as if she also felt that the question just now was a little silly, and then she shook her head again, walked to the other side of the ward, turned her back to the wall, and said to Long Xingyi: "It's the year 2199, that is, the end of the 22nd century. I'm Tang Yuting, the third-class police inspector here, and we found you in a ruin in the old city. Seeing Long Xingyi's stunned expression, she added: "I didn't lie to you, when your physical condition is better, I will take you out of the hospital and go to the experts of the Academy of Sciences to explain your mystery." ”

Long Xingyi's mind was blank, if he wanted to pull him to make a movie, he didn't seem to have this qualification and never mentioned this need, not to mention that he hadn't seen the director or any lighting photography or anything like that, and no one had sought his opinion. He just muttered and repeated: "Impossible, impossible......"

Tang Yuting sighed and said: "When we found you, we compared the database and didn't find your identity information, and we used your DNA to compare and search, and we found you in the archives more than 100 years ago." According to the database, you were on a mission on August 31, 2017, when you were knocked off a cliff by a suspect and died, and your body was not found. Your colleague Lin Qingquan was rescued by someone else, confirming your disappearance. When we found you, you were indeed wearing a standard police uniform from more than 100 years ago, so ......" Tang Yuting raised her eyebrows slightly and made a helpless expression, indicating that she couldn't figure out what was going on.

"So you want to wait for me to wake up and ask me about my identity again?" Long Xingyi said this hoarsely and closed his eyes in pain. 2199, what does this mean? This shows that everything he cherishes is long gone, and now he is like an ancient man, living alone in this strange world, knowing nothing.

Tang Yuting said: "I know that if all this is true, it will be difficult for you to accept the reality now. Don't think about it and get some rest! Tomorrow I will take you to the Academy of Sciences. With that, a comforting smile finally appeared in her complicated expression, nodded to Long Xingyi, and walked out quietly.

Long Xingyi stretched out his hand to cover his forehead, and at this moment he felt that his mind was in chaos. I really hope that at this moment, Xiao Lin suddenly pushed the door in, smiled at him and shouted, "Haha! Brother Long, scared, right? Just kidding you! "Even if it's his stupid × leader Director Guan.

At this point, the door was pushed open. Long Xingyi leaned over to look, and he was stunned again. A delicately crafted robot walked into the room, winked at him, and asked, "Hello, what can I do for you?" Your vital signs show that you need to eat. ”

Long Xingyi lay back on the pillow in despair, and replied to the robot in a weak voice: "Thank you, I'm not hungry." The robot nodded and said, "If you need anything, you have a pager on your left, and we're always there." ”

Long Xingyi didn't care if the pager the robot said was on the left hand side or above his head, he just buried his head in the quilt and tried to fall asleep again, hoping that it was a big dream.

Early the next morning, Tang Yuting came to the ward again, at this time Long Xingyi still hadn't slept all night, maybe he had fallen asleep too much when he was injured before, and at this moment he felt extremely awake, and the thoughts in his head couldn't let him sleep.

"I asked the doctor and he said you were ready to be discharged. How do you feel? ”

Long Xingyi nodded, sat up, and said weakly: "I feel better, let's go!" After all, lying here, nothing can be solved. ”

The robot walked in and brought him a new set of clothes, the material of the clothes was very special and very close-fitting, as if he could adjust the size and shape of his clothes according to Long Xingyi's figure.

The robot packed the washed and ironed blood clothes of Long Xingyi before and returned it to him. Long Xingyi looked at his somewhat tattered uniform, had mixed feelings, and fell silent again.

Tang Yuting gently patted his shoulder with her hand and said softly, "Let's go!" ”

Long Xingyi nodded, Tang Yuting turned around and asked the robot: "Have the discharge procedures been completed?" The robot handed Tang Yuting an electronic pen, and the electronic screen on its chest suddenly lit up. The robot said to Tang Yuting: "You only need to sign, and it's done." ”

Walking beside Tang Yuting, Long Xingyi looked at the big beauty in front of him again. The suit shirt and trousers set off her figure, and her two long legs stepped forward vigorously, setting off the ability and confidence of this female police officer. The hem of the trench coat fluttered gently backwards in a regular manner with her steps. This is the legendary "walking with the wind"! It seems that the clothes of this era are not like in science fiction films, except that white is silver, Long Xingyi thought.

Walking out of the gate of the hospital, Long Xingyi found that they seemed to be living on buildings that had been erected, roads, buildings, all of which were located on a thick cloud of dark clouds, this is the city in the sky?

Tang Yuting saw Long Xingyi's eyes, and immediately explained: "The following are all exhaust gases and harmful gases emitted in the 21st century, so the ground of your era has been sleeping under this haze for many years. Now, unless you are equipped with special equipment or robots, no one will go down into this smog. With that, she took out a small keychain-like object and said to it, "Mercedes-Benz, come here." ”

Long Xingyi grimaced with a surprised expression and sighed, "Wow! ”

Tang Yuting raised her eyebrows lightly and said to him: "Being a policeman doesn't mean that my family background is not good, right?" At this moment, a cool Mercedes sedan automatically drove in front of them and opened the door. The noise level of the car is very low, and it sounds like it should be electric energy or some other clean energy source. Long Xingyi looked at it again and again, walked to the co-pilot's seat, and sat in.

Tang Yuting said to the navigator in the car: "Take me to the Academy of Sciences." The car starts gently and automatically follows the navigation route.

"There are so few people on the street, is this a small city?" Long Xingyi asked, looking at the street scene. It is true that there are not many cars on the road and there are not many pedestrians on the street.

"In the middle of the 21st century, due to high levels of contamination and toxins in food, the risk of cancer has increased dramatically, and by 2071, nearly half of the world's population will die from cancer and various epidemic outbreaks," Tang explained. Later, thanks to the genetic modification technology of biologist Anthony, which was modified from the human gene chain, the incidence of cancer was greatly reduced, and the improved nanotechnology of scientist Thomas could kill cancer cells in the human body without surgery and save cancer patients, and our population stabilized again. In the middle of the 22nd century, humans officially established a new type of living area on the moon, and now a second is being built on Mars, and many powerful people have escaped the smog of the earth and went to these two interstellar immigrants. So, you should see fewer people now than you did back then. Plus......" Tang Yuting pointed to it, "Some people go out by flying machines." ”

Long Xingyi leaned forward and looked up, and sure enough, there were many small black dots floating in the sky in an orderly manner. He actually lived in a science fiction movie, and at this time, he was desperate, and he was also attracted by this magical world, and his previous pain was reduced a lot.

Long Xingyi suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "You didn't seem too surprised when you learned that I was from more than a hundred years ago, could it be that there is already time travel in this era?" ”

Tang Yuting nodded and said: "Time and space travel has been invented in the middle of this century, thanks to Einstein's special theory of relativity, otherwise it may have been earlier." But time travel is only used as a research project, and is forbidden by the United Nations – especially to travel back in time. Because time travel will disrupt the timeline and cause unnecessary impact on this time and space or parallel time and space, a person traveling back in time may change or create many different parallel time and space, and will also disrupt the social order at that time. If one person were to return to the Tang Dynasty with a GR54 laser gun, it would probably set back the entire history by a hundred years or more. ”

"That must be fun." Long Xingyi said a little excitedly.

"Interesting? I don't think so. Tang Yuting said with a slightly indifferent expression, "People still have to live in the present, it is unrealistic to return to the past and go to the future, after all, it is a big dream." And the past you can change is not the past you want to change. By the way, why do you think I, the detective, pay so much attention to your origins? Because time travel has been included in the Criminal Code. Ask for more blessings! Suspect. ”

No way? I was a police officer two days ago, and now I am a suspect? Long Xingyi looked at Tang Yuting in astonishment. On the contrary, Tang Yuting turned around and smiled at him, and he knew that the latter part was a joke.

When she arrived at the Academy of Sciences, the doorman scanned Tang Yuting's facial recognition with a mobile phone-like object and asked her to press her fingerprint for identity verification. Tang Yuting explained the intention, and then the doorman said, "Okay, Inspector Tang, you have an appointment with Dr. Murong today, please come in." "Immediately let it go.

"Murong Shaokang, an academician of the Department of Time and Space of the Academy of Sciences, is very researched in time and space travel, I hope he can explain your bizarre experience." Tang Yuting said, and manually drove into the gate of the Academy of Sciences.

Academician Murong is a thin middle-aged man, after Tang Yuting introduced the two to each other, Murong Shaokang pushed his glasses up and said to Long Xingyi: "You are that person?" Long Xingyi nodded silently.

Academician Murong said briefly to the two: "Follow me." With that, he took the two of them to his laboratory. When passing by a giant hand-cranked generator-like device, Tang Yuting whispered to Long Xingyi, "This is the prototype of the Time Shuttle. ”

"I checked the local quantum field around the night you appeared, and did a simple simulation analysis, now I need to cooperate with the police to retrieve your memory fragments at that time for playback, is it okay?" Murong Shaokang asked.

Long Xingyi said: "Yes, I also want to know what happened. Murong Shaokang and Tang Yuting looked at each other and nodded. Murong Shaokang turned around and walked to a row of cabinets, opened one of them, took out something like a steel helmet, and said to Long Xingyi gently: "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt, it's like watching a movie." With that, he helped Long Xingyi buckle it on his head.

Academician Murong asked Long Xingyi to sit down, and then turned on the instrument. In an instant, Long Xingyi's memories all came flooding out at once, from the first time he can remember, to the five cents he clutched tightly to buy spicy noodles when he was a child, to being drawn by the same table in elementary school, and then to being beaten by the thugs in the class in junior high school...... The past is scene by scene, and time passes quickly, from the immature student days to the vigorous spirit of just working.

Finally, the picture replayed to the day of his accident, and when he saw the hideous half of his face under the hood of memory again, it felt even a little strange, followed by a rapid fall, and then a flash of white light......

Someone took off his voyeurism, Long Xingyi hadn't fully reacted, his mind was still a little confused, he only vaguely heard Murong Shaokang say some words to Tang Yuting. "Wormhole...... Non-human phenomena...... Quantum ...... at the time Maybe it's a joke played by the creatures of the four-dimensional space! ”

Long Xingyi usually likes to watch science fiction movies, and he said in movies that people are creatures living in three-dimensional space, four-dimensional space creatures, which sounds so high-end.

His consciousness gradually sobered up, and when he saw the two people in front of him, he invariably looked at him with sympathetic eyes, and suddenly felt a little aggrieved and overwhelmed.

"Then do it! I will report to the organization and proceed according to Plan B, thank you Academician Murong! After Tang Yuting finished speaking, she stretched out a white and slender little hand and pulled Long Xingyi to get up.

Walking out of the Academy of Sciences building and returning to the car, Long Xingyi was suddenly a little dazed and didn't want to get in the car. He suddenly remembered and asked Tang Yuting, "What is Plan B?" ”

"This crossing is caused by a wormhole in time for no apparent reason, and it is not deliberately done by you or others, so you are innocent. I would have reported it to my superiors, but ......"

Damn, in our time, if you want to do it deliberately, you have to have a time machine! Long Xingyi thought. He heard a "but" and asked, "But what?" Aren't you going to send me back? ”

Tang Yuting sighed and shook her head, "As I said before, traveling back to the past through time and space may not necessarily return to your original time and space, but into another parallel time and space, that is, you will never be able to go back to your original past." Moreover, traveling back will also disturb other time and space, which is not allowed. ”

In fact, when Long Xingyi heard Tang Yuting say those words just now, he had already guessed it, so he was not too surprised or disappointed. Just asked, "So?"

"Now that the whole world speaks Chinese, you don't have to drag English to be old-fashioned. So in order to avoid the pressure of public opinion, we will conceal your identity and arrange a new identity for you to live in this era. So, what do you plan for the future, ancient people? Tang Yuting pursed her lips and asked helplessly.

Long Xingyi looked back at the building of the Academy of Sciences, fortunately I am not a scientist, otherwise in 2199, I would not even be as good as a primary school student. He thought about it, then turned his head and said, "Of course...... It's back to my old ways! Be a police officer. ”

Tang Yuting turned her face sideways and smiled from the bottom of her heart. The wind blew through her hairline, and a jet-black green silk fluttered in the wind, so beautiful that Long Xing's heart was ape.

Tang Yuting turned her head, her eyes full of kindness, "Then, you first need to pass this year's judicial exam"