Two months later.

On the 18th of January, the first snow of 2040 fell one after another.

Thanks to the elimination of fossil fuels and the spread of electric cars, coupled with the arrival of the Earth's Xiaoice cycle, the greenhouse effect that has been feared for decades has also disappeared with this snow.

Qi Hemo held Ye Xiaoxi's hand with his left hand, a down jacket in his right hand, and a down jacket on his body, standing on the roof of the building in the center of the brain, waiting for Ye Ming's return.

In the heavy snowfall, the roof of the building was soon covered with a thin layer of white floc.

"Mom, snowman, I'm going to build a snowman."

It was the first time that Xiao Niuniu, who was already in kindergarten and was in kindergarten, saw such a heavy snow, and immediately broke free of the hands of paint and ink and ran towards the middle of the roof.

"Well, let's go pile it." Lacquer and ink didn't stop her, but smiled evilly, she raised her wrist to look at the time, then took off her gloves, took out her phone and tapped it twice.

It didn't take long for the snow that had accumulated on the rooftops to melt and turn into a brook all over the ground.

The small pile of snowdrifts that Ye Xiaoxi had just piled up also became shorter and shorter at a speed visible to the naked eye, getting shorter and shorter.

"Mom, what's the snow melting?"

The little girl was puzzled, and raised her hand anxiously, trying to catch the snow with her palm to add bricks to the snowman.

Obviously, the speed at which she catches the snowflakes is far less than the speed at which the snow melts.

"Oh, I don't know."

"Mom lied!" Ye Xiaoxi turned around, very angry: "I'll go ask Ita's mother." ”

“…… She's busy, so don't bother her. ”

Ita was supposed to pick up the airport, but now is the critical time before the winter vacation, and Ita is so busy that she even brought herself a power bank......

"It's so annoying! Then I'll go downstairs and pile up! ”

"You're not waiting for Dad?"

“…… Well, then I'll wait for him. ”

The little girl, who had lost her temper by the automatic heating system on the roof, obediently stood back at the entrance of the passage and looked up at the sky with her mother.

In a short time, in the heavy snow, the Ita fell from the sky and landed steadily on the roof.

……

"Where's the son?" Ye Ming put on the down jacket handed over by his wife, rubbed his daughter's head again, and then squatted down to pick up his daughter: "Niuniu, where is your brother?" ”

"Dad, my brother is afraid of the cold." Ye Xiaoxi said: "He is only six months old. ”

"Okay, I forgot." Ye Ming and Qi and Mo looked at each other and smiled, and the two quickly walked into the elevator with their daughter in their arms.

After returning home, Ye Ming went to see his son who was sleeping, and took a bath happily, and then lay down on the sofa in the study extremely relaxed.

But as soon as he sat down, his daughter poked her head out: "Daddy, build a snowman." ”

"Huh? It's so cold, are you sure you want to build a snowman? ”

"Is Dad afraid of the cold?"

"Although I'm afraid, in order to accompany you......" Ye Ming said with a smile and stood up: "Let's go, let's build a snowman!" ”

At this moment, two voices calling for Ye Xiaoxi came from downstairs.

Listening to this voice, it should be Zhou Xiangnan's two twin boys shouting.

"Niuniu, build a snowman."

"Okay!" Ye Xiaoxi's ears were sharp, and he immediately rushed into the bedroom, opened the balcony door again, and shouted at the cold wind outside: "Wait for me!" ”

Ye Ming was stunned: "What about me?" ”

"Just cool off!"

Ye Ming: "......"

Lacquer & Ink: "......"

Seeing the little girl jumping out of the door, Ye Ming's depression can be imagined.

He hurried back, just thinking about spending more time with his daughter, but he didn't expect to let him cool down as soon as he came back......

"Isn't my father a bit of a failure?"

"From a family point of view, it's really not very successful." Qi and Mo pursed their lips, hung the coat that Ye Ming had just picked up back to its place, and sat down in front of him with a smile.

As early as eight years ago, heating was installed in the provincial capital to deal with the waste heat from the power plant, so that the south does not have to rely on the winter as it did in the past few decades, and realizes the four seasons in a real family environment.

"From other perspectives, I should still have success." Ye Ming smiled and sat back on the sofa.

“…… Why didn't you have such a thick skin when I met you before? Qi and Mo looked at Ye Ming with a smile, and remembered when they first met this guy - Ye Ming had not yet become famous at that time, and Ye Ming at that time was almost like a nerd, and he was all about studying.

is just a "scholar" in her eyes, and it is very limited. After all, she still knows what the provincial exchange looked like 20 years ago, and how many catties and taels of people can be admitted to the provincial exchange.

But who knows, suddenly "heavenly" a Ye Ming has made today's provincial exchange the most powerful school in the entire universe......

"When people reach middle age, they can't escape greasy?" Ye Ming smiled, lay down completely, closed his eyes again, and let out a long breath.

But soon, he opened his eyes: "If one day, I want to go to the empire, do you agree with me to go?" ”

"What?" Lacquer and ink were stunned: "What empire are you going to?" ”

"Just go...... The home planet of our enemies. Of course, using the word enemy now does not mean that you will also be an enemy in the future. ”

“…… You make it clear, when to go? What are you going to do? And also...... Didn't you just recover the Hydra Supercluster? According to the public statement, the enemy still has at least more than 50 super-galaxy clusters......" Qi and Mo looked surprised: "This can go to the empire?" ”

Ye Ming hummed lightly, the expression on his face became a little solemn, and then he briefly introduced the situation to Qi and Mo.

Two months ago, he led Liana and Hale on Ella to witness a battle in which humanity destroyed tens of thousands of warships with just three ghost particle weapons, or rather, ......

Abuse of vegetables.

Yes, it's abuse.

After the ghost particles carried out the task of emptying the entire star field without any worries, Zeng Yuanhai's fleet jumped over, and there was only one thing that could be done, which was to make up the knife and then determine the final result.

The results were brilliant, and 11,600 ships of various types were completely destroyed.

But because it came so smoothly and so easily, that people couldn't be shocked by the number – what really shocked ordinary people was why humanity was able to win like this.

This is no longer the age of firearms versus the age of bows and arrows, but the age of firearms versus the age of stones. It's not a generational gap, it's a gap in the level of civilization.

So much so that when the news reached the earth, the hot topic of discussion was not the results of the battle, but the extent to which human beings were strong, and whether there were any opponents in this universe......

Whereas...... Since human beings are behaving like this, it is conceivable that this asymmetrical war will shock the empire.

Especially Hall and Liana.

Therefore, as soon as the battle ended, Liana contacted the Empire again, hoping that the Empire would re-sit down with the humans to negotiate.

"Meaning, now we're going to negotiate with the Empire? And then you're going to follow the mix? ”

"Of course I'm not involved in their negotiations, I just want to face their paradise head-on."

Ye Ming had already sat up and looked at Qi and Mo: "I think it's better to take a look in person than to use brain-computer equipment to access the Promised Land." ”

“…… What's so rare about Promised Land? Qi and Mo realized that this question was a bit redundant as she spoke—her husband was a great scientist and had a "rarity" in his bones about unknown mysteries, so she paused: "Are you sure that the Empire is going to surrender?" And also...... Is it safe? ”

"It's still talking."

"......" Lacquer and Ink took a deep breath: "Meaning, what is the core?" Is it peaceful coexistence, or? ”

"Peaceful coexistence?" Ye Ming smiled: "Do you think that now that the battle has been fought like this, the gap in strength between the two sides has reached such a large level, and peaceful coexistence will be the core?" ”

"That's ...... What? ”

"Hmm...... Basically, it is harmless. ”

As soon as Ye Ming's words fell, the watch on his wrist vibrate, and after glancing at the number, he hesitated for a moment, and then picked it up.

The light curtain on the ceiling lowered, and Peng Xiaofei's figure appeared in the room.

"Mr. Ye, yo...... The seventh sister is also here. Peng Xiaofei was wearing the chief engineer's uniform, wearing a hat, and looked like he was on the front line.

"As soon as I got home, I would say something quickly."

"Hmm...... That's right, I wanted you to come and take a look at the Tianhuan Project, but you said you just went home, so forget it......"

Ye Ming frowned slightly: "Lao Tzu knows that I shouldn't answer your call...... What's wrong? ”

Peng Xiaofei, who was born as an operator, can now be regarded as the chief engineer of the human Tianzi - he is responsible for the overall construction and key control of many large-scale projects, including the space dock, so it is natural that he is also the chief engineer of the Tianhuan Project.

"Actually, there is no big problem, that is, during the construction, we found that the error of the docking device is a bit large, but there is no problem after the calculation on the side of Aita...... This is a bit confusing. ”

Ye Ming immediately sat up straight when he heard this: "The error is a bit big?" To be clear, the limit of correction? ”

"Not yet, even to say, if you don't pay attention to it, then it's a reasonable error."

"But in my experience...... In fact, such an error should not occur, because Aita cannot make mistakes - all machinery is controlled by Aita, and in theory the accuracy can be completely guaranteed. ”

"Still within the margin?" At this time, Qi and Mo, who had been listening carefully, interjected: "Then why did you let Ye Ming go over to see?" ”

"I just had a gut feeling that it was a little bit out of the ordinary." Peng Xiaofei said and paused: "Anyway, it depends on your convenience and your intuition - there is still half a month, and the first phase of the project will be closed, and it can be adjusted when the time comes." ”

After listening, Ye Ming nodded slightly: "Understood, you continue to observe the construction first, and then send the data to me, I'll see, if there is any problem, contact you when the time comes." ”

"Okay."

After hanging up the communication, Ye Ming raised his wrist again, intending to call up the data in the bedroom.

As Peng Xiaofei said, although all the parameters of the project are within the error range, because Aita interferes throughout the process, it should be "no error" - to be precise, the error will be extremely small, accurate to a very beautiful middle value.

This is not Peng Xiaofei's blind trust in Aita, but it is summed up from the experience of the past ten years.

It's like a person who scores 90 to 100 A's in exams, but in the past, A's were constant at 98, and the difference would not exceed 1 point. Now it's suddenly two or three points worse, only 95 points......

This gap, people who stare at the results throughout the whole process, can naturally see it at a glance.

Seeing this, Qi and Mo didn't bother him anymore, turned around and went downstairs to bring him a cup of boiling water, and put a small handful of wolfberries in it.

……

An hour later, Ye Ming opened his eyes from closed eyes and contemplation, he turned his head to look at the door, only to see Ita just walking into the room.

For the previous half hour, he had been communicating with Ita in his head.

But the results of the exchange did not yield much.

"Is it possible that Jupiter's gravity is causing it?"

Now that Aita came to him, Ye Ming also cut off the connection in his mind and turned to dialogue.

"It's possible that the Celestial Ring Project is too close to Jupiter - a giant planet that is so big that it is bigger than some stars in terms of size, which is a loss in density."

"It seems that we still know very little about astrophysics."

"This is the life of the universe, and human beings have not even understood their own lives." Ita stood with her back to Ye Ming, and at the same time pointed to her lower back: "Change the battery, there is a spare." ”

“…… Why are you spending so much electricity now? ”

"No way, the body is too old, and I don't have time to change it to a new one."

When Ye Ming changed the spare battery for her, Ita sat opposite Ye Ming, and saw the goji berries in the cup at a glance, and a big smile immediately appeared on the display screen on her face: "Yo, drink goji berries?" ”

Ye Ming: "...... Don't you want me to take you to the Empire anymore? ”

"Ye Ming, you threaten me."

"I'll just ask you if you want to!"

"No, it's not that I want to, but you want to too." Ita's voice became a little serious: "Moreover, only I can go." ”

- Ye Ming wants to go to the empire, in addition to wanting to see the promised land, the most fundamental thing is to ...... Send Ita "into" the Promised Land.

This is not simply to use data access, but to go to the center of that paradise "physically" to see what is inside.

Because, according to Liana, according to Hall, according to the descriptions of the Imperials like Croze, who have seen the Promised Land.

Elysium is not a fictional world, but a giant artificial ball of light that is "visible to the naked eye".

It hangs high in the orbit of the planet Mobis, the home planet of the Holy Empire, like a bright lamp, illuminating the sky of the entire Empire.

For tens of thousands of years, no one, including the Imperials, knew how the Promised Land was built and what was inside it.

Only the ancestors of the Promised Land knew.

That is to say, the ancestors of the imperial people created a paradise, but this paradise will not be open to anyone.

Only through the brain, through the form of data, can we be "seen".

Of course, Ye Ming couldn't go to the "audience", he was just just curious.

What exactly is the center of that ball of light, and whether it can lead to another dimension.