After the arrangement was completed, Lan Yu took off the tactical eyepiece, placed it on the table, and slashed open the address book like a mobile phone from the old era, looking at the bottom of the string of numbers that had gone into hibernation in a daze.

It was his first love on Paradise Island, Aurora from Northern Europe.

Aurora (Latin: Aurora, also translated as Aurora), the goddess of dawn and dawn in Roman mythology, is based on Hausos, the goddess of dawn in the Proto-Indo-European language family. It is cognate with the Greek goddess Euos (Greek: Έως, goddess of the dawn), the Indian goddess of dawn, and the Norse goddess of dawn, Ostara, etc., and the etymology comes from Hausos. Dawn is a beautiful gift from nature to mankind.

Lan Yu had known her since she was a teenager, and in many elective and professional classes, they always sat in adjacent seats. On Paradise Island's campus, the two of them can always be seen walking side by side – until he leaves Paradise Island.

Now, she's the official Quest Team leader. Now that Aurora has come to the system space, whether it is out of their thousands of days, months, and months...... Or maybe it's to get information.

No...... Blue Feather desperately didn't let himself think so, he shouldn't have taken advantage of Aurora. Just as she would never take advantage of herself.

After half an hour of entanglement, Lan Yu walked out of the Heart Image World and dialed the number.

…………

Another paradise island that exists as a world of heart-like images.

Makarov had apparently informed Aurora of his existence, and Aurora, as the captain, had sent a member of the team to wait for him.

"She's waiting for you. I can't believe it! I actually ran into acquaintances here. Su Ya looked Lan Yu up and down, she had just been dropped from the Friendship Department in this unbelievable system space not long ago, and what made her even more unbelievable was that the captain's old acquaintance turned out to be an unknown person - but Su Ya was convinced that Blue Feather was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

Lan Yu glanced at Su Ya, he didn't have any good feelings for the people in the Friendship Department, so he explained lukewarmly: "The circle at the top of the pyramid is much smaller than that on the upper level of the pyramid, and you will understand when you get to this point." ”

Hearing this, Su Ya wanted to loudly scold the other party's contemptuous words of order, but this was not reality after all. She held back.

Lan Yu didn't pay attention to the other party: "I don't need you to lead the way, I am very familiar with this place." Thanks, ma'am! ”

Su Ya was bored and turned away.

The waves of New Eden line the tender sand, and in the warm sunshine, the seagulls play, and the Aurora team members sit quietly and look out at the sea.

Lan Yu turned his head and walked intently on the tree-lined path he had walked countless times, each step reminded him of a walk in the morning light.

After a while, he walked to the location of the student apartment.

The interior is tastefully decorated and exactly the same as it was ten years ago – a set of couches in the middle, arranged in a circular shape with soft chairs. There are several paintings hanging on the wall, and the chosen location is excellent. It's all scenery paintings.

Blue Feather stared blankly at the girl in the room, Aurora. She was dressed in white silk pajamas, and her facial features were soft, and she did not show an aggressive three-dimensional sense like the high-latitude crowd. Similarly, Aurora from Northern Europe is not as tall as Blue Ice, but her body is quite plump and curvy. Lan Yu carefully looked at the old lover he hadn't seen for several years, and didn't let go of every detail. It's as if they want to use their eyes to redeem the time they owe each other.

Her long, curly blonde hair was combed high upwards, and sunlight streamed down from strands of hair; Lan Yu saw her eyes, which were as blue as the hustle and bustle of the sea outside the apartment.

Lan Yu took a deep breath and smelled the familiar smell of the girl. Unlike the blue ice that stands proudly in the ice and snow, the smell of Aurora is like a group of flowers blooming in the summer morning light.

Aurora was also looking at Blue Feather in amazement—they hadn't seen each other in years since they parted ways on Paradise Island.

She had thought that Lan Yu had found a new love, after all, people as good as him were always like this.

Now that she had seen him again, and seeing the fiery eyes of Blue Feather when he looked at her, she knew that she had never been forgotten, and she was amazed to see that Blue Feather's golden pupils glowed with dark red and bright blue energy lines, respectively.

Those eyes still revealed a vast wisdom as always, shining with firmness and calmness.

Lan Yu really wanted to rush in instantly and hug Aurora...... But his legs suddenly seemed to become extremely weak...... In the face of the suspicion established by the deceitful people in the city, he couldn't help but think, maybe the other party has found a new love?

Seeing that Blue Feather was where she was, Aurora stepped forward, her steps were as light as a kitten trotting on the carpet, she hugged him tightly, and then gently stroked Blue Feather's cheek, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and called out his nickname: "Little Wings...... Long time no see...... Nice to see you again. ”

Blue Feather froze in place, the nickname that Aurora shouted had made him ridiculed by Ludwig and them for a long time.

"Little Angel...... You've grown up again. The softness he felt and the touch like a ball of mutton fat made him can't help but call the other party by his nickname.

Hearing this, Aurora's skin from the neck down instantly turned red, and then burned to her cheeks like wildfire.

They have been separated for a long time, and after this reunion, they once again sincerely gaze at each other, two souls once met on a picturesque paradise island, across a sea of tens of billions of people, and then transcended the complicated earthly world and met in this mysterious space.

But it was only a short moment, and Aurora quickly controlled her emotions, and then said in a tone of complaint and complaint: "After you left, New Eden has changed a lot. I felt more and more that it seemed like we had become ...... A treasure trove of talent. I'm slowly understanding why you're leaving Paradise Island. ”

Lan Yu instantly became alert, and asked again and again, "They forced you to come to this space?" Forcing you to work for them? Who did it? ”

Aurora slowly put her hand on his shoulder: "No one forced me, I came on my own will, they told me that this space can promote human progress. It's that simple. ”

"You know, we were taught to do that when we were kids. For the sake of public utilities, for the future of all mankind......"

With that, Aurora talks about her work after graduating from Project New Eden - busy with public service, focusing all her attention on big things like public service, leaving little time for herself, for her own needs.

She has no regrets about the life path she has chosen. She is proud of what she has achieved. Not only that, but she even deeply felt a sense of warmth, a sense of community, and a sense of belonging beyond her small self.

It is only when she returns to Paradise Island that she feels very relaxed and free. I feel relaxed because she is now relieved of her responsibilities. She is who she is now.

Lan Yu couldn't help but listen to it: "I don't understand. This is, of course, what we have been taught. But the world has become what it is today. Look at all this, insensitive, ignorant. I would do this in a beautiful and healthy new world, but in a world of moral degradation. My first priority is self-reporting. ”

Lan Yu returned to the couch and sat down. "Ever since the moment I met you years ago, I've been worried that someone would take advantage of your kindness."

"Now I see that my fears have come true, you get everything in the system space, and the first beneficiary must be the upper echelons of the company...... I ......"

Aurora cupped Blue Feather's jaw so that they were both looking directly at each other now. The face is so close that you can feel even breathing. She said gently, "Thank you for caring about me, but I have grown up, and this is the path I have chosen." I understand the risks and I know how to protect myself. You don't have to worry about me anymore. ”

Lan Yu turned his face sideways, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Aurora saw his embarrassment and hung the tip of her nose on the side of his face, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have made you feel unseen." ”

After graduating from New Eden, Aurora quickly rose to a position unattainable for ordinary people. She also has a large number of suitors, but most of the men she contacts are more concerned about what she can bring them more than what she can give them emotionally. The only people who can really read him and understand him are the companions he has met on Paradise Island.

The only one who walked into her heart was Lan Yu, who embarrassed the other party when they reunited, making her feel a little sad.

She found a topic to lighten the mood: "Do you want to know what happened after New Eden?" ”

Lan Yu nodded, he hadn't returned to this homeland since he left Paradise Island, and he didn't know what happened afterward.

"First, one companion after another was assigned work. It's usually a network computer project – the cyber era has a great demand for relevant talents. Then there were the personnel of the military project who joined the relevant organizations, the exact circumstances of which I do not know. What struck me the most wrong was that the original education model had been changed. ”

"Our original education required us to think, to be critical, to think from multiple perspectives," Aurora said. First, the teacher who taught the students in this way was dismissed and replaced with a new batch of personnel. I've searched for them on the Internet, and they all have an intricate network of connections in their respective countries, and they should have come to Paradise Island through operations. Their abilities are much worse, and many of them are simply rich children who come to mix qualifications. ”

At this point, Aurora frowned: "What I can't accept the most is that the core purpose of education has changed, and they test our obedience by meaningless means. The clothes that used to be worn casually have changed to the same school uniforms. Many extracurricular activities have been cancelled, such as reading and thinking meetings, and exchange reading meetings. It became a large-scale learning requirement. ”

"Pride!" Aurora exclaimed angrily. "They don't understand that. They are implementing their ideas based on crappy textbooks,"

Blue Feather felt the same way. He replied, "We have been under repression for so long. His mind went back to his teenage years. On Paradise Island, he had fought against the signs of these things during the super crisis. He was stunned for a moment. He looked at her carefully, from head to toe, and nodded. "I'm sorry, Aurora, but you are...... It's really grown up. ”

From her words, the way she spoke, Lan Yu already felt that she no longer needed to solve her puzzles by herself, she had her own ideas, she had her own analytical tools. Be able to look at the world objectively without being induced by all kinds of inducements.

Aurora turned the conversation back to her daily life: she was a semi-public figure, and there were security cameras in her room. Journalists watched her every move with their cameras and it became a part of her life. Her daily routine, even her personal life, was under the watchful eye of the outside, and she felt a little disgusted at the same time.

"Remember the book we read? Every now and then I feel like 1984 has become a reality. ”

Blue Feather nodded—this is a dystopian book.

In 1984, the world was divided between three superpowers—Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia—and the wars between the three countries continued, and the internal social structure of the countries was completely broken. Keep society running with a cult of personality for its leaders and hatred of enemies at home and abroad.

Government agencies are divided into four departments: the Ministry of Peace for armaments and war, the Ministry of Friendship for maintaining order, repression and torture, the Ministry of Truth for promoting hatred and falsifying history, and the Ministry of Affluence for production and distribution.

The protagonist of the story, Winston, is a firm believer in objective truth, and he is disgusted with his work in the Ministry of Truth to falsify the reporting of historical events. He reflects on his real reality and perceives that there are obstacles in his thinking and expression. In an environment where everyone is drunk, Winston writes a diary to engage in dialogue and debate with himself, affirming his own worldview. Soothe yourself with guilt and shame. After falling in love with Julia, the instinct of love becomes suspicious of the party's teachings. And gradually the rule became suspicious, and he joined the secret organization against the "Big Brother", but Winston was purged by the Friendship Ministry, and was devastated mentally and physically, and finally had to surrender.

The more Winston resists, the closer he gets to death. What Orwell wants to tell the reader is that although people's living conditions are absurd, people have no choice but to sneer at their own existence and strongly deny their absurd existence in a pessimistic and hopeless situation.

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength

In 1984!

This year is 2084! It's been a full hundred years. Too much alike, too much alike.

The submarine of 20,000 miles under the sea became a reality, and the electric curtain in 1984 became a reality.

new