Chapter 8: Time for Expansion

The morning sun shines through the window, warm.

Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun opened their eyes to welcome this ray of sunshine.

Although I know it's fake, it's so fake that it's no different from the real thing, and I can even feel the temperature of the sun.

What's the difference between that and the real thing?

The truth and falsehood of this world, Li Xiao can no longer tell the difference.

True and false when false, false and false when true.

"There's an hour left."

Li Xiao got up and washed with Zhu Ningyun, in this world, it is very easy to even wash your face and brush your teeth, the special washing water has a strong cleaning ability, and the oil stains on your face are cleaned up in an instant, and the same is true for brushing your teeth.

The two sat on the sofa and turned on a projection movie to watch.

The movies in this world are also realistic, dozens of grades stronger than naked-eye 3D, and the picture is immersive.

Li Xiao chose a movie from the age of dinosaurs, similar to the Jurassic Century, and the plot is also very simple, that is, primitive people survived in the age of dinosaurs.

Those dinosaurs are a little different from the dinosaurs in the Jurassic Century movie series in my impression, maybe this is the real dinosaur that has been restored.

The movie is very real, I stretched out my hand and touched the body of the dinosaur, and there was also tactile feedback, the skin of the dinosaur was rough, and it felt like touching the dry leather, and the thick cuticle was a means of defending against natural enemies.

"Is this the creature on the Blue Star tens of thousands of years ago?"

Zhu Ningyun felt incredible, gently stroked a young megalodon, the dinosaur seemed to feel that someone was touching it, and glanced back at Zhu Ningyun, this movie also has interactive effects, but it stops like this, just look at it and turn around, it does not affect the plot.

"That's right, it's a dinosaur."

Li Xiao explained: "This is the former overlord of the Blue Star, with a long history, longer than humans, but limited to their physiological structure, no civilization was born. 65 million years ago, the climate of the blue star changed abruptly, the temperature dropped sharply, causing the atmospheric oxygen content to drop, because the dinosaurs were cold-blooded animals, there was no hair or warm organs on their bodies, resulting in the inability to adapt to the drop in the earth's temperature, all of them froze to death. Without civilization, there is no way to resist nature, and it is impossible to adapt to new environments, and this is probably the main reason for extinction. โ€

Zhu Ningyun looked at the lifelike dinosaur world in front of him, took a long breath and said, "You say, will human beings go to the same ending as dinosaurs?" โ€

Li Xiao shook his head: "Don't worry, human beings were born into civilization, and from the moment they learned to use fire to barbecue food, they learned to use tools." Tools are also constantly evolving, when it's cold, we wear clothes to protect against the cold, and when it's hot, we can make air conditioners to keep us cool."

Speaking of this, Li Xiao suddenly stopped, he thought that it was just the weather, and it seemed that human beings in his time were not able to resist natural disasters.

In the face of natural disasters, human beings are powerless.

I heard that there are other countries that have made meteorological weapons, but even if they can make meteorological weapons and create natural disasters, they will not be able to resist them.

So the technology of this era should be able to withstand natural disasters, right?

But if there is a natural disaster of the world-destroying level, can it resist it?

Li Xiao did not inquire about this matter.

With 2 minutes left, they were leaving.

It's none of my business anymore.

Time ticked by.

Jingle Bell, Ding Dong โ€“

The doorbell outside the door rang suddenly.

This time, Li Xiao learned to use Xiaomeng to directly watch the person who rang the doorbell outside, and sure enough, it was Zhao Dazhi.

After Zhao Dazhi's concert last night, he found that Li Xiao was gone, but he was too excited to notice that Li Xiao had actually left the venue halfway.

He also thought that Li Xiao left after the concert, but he ran away without waiting for him, which is really not enough for a brother.

But thinking that Li Xiao is not alone now, but has brought a girlfriend Zhu Yuying, he seems to understand again, this is impatient, right?

So he didn't come to disturb Li Xiao at night, but came to Xingshi the next day to ask for guilt.

"Open the door?" Zhu Ningyun asked.

"Nope." Li Xiao shook his head, he was about to leave, and it was not good to disappear in front of Zhao Dazhi when the time came.

Li Xiao made countless doorbells from Zhao Dazhi and countless video calls he made, quietly waiting for time.

Time countdown.

5ใ€4ใ€3ใ€2ใ€1ใ€‚

It's time.

It was nine o'clock, and it was nine o'clock when I came yesterday.

Li Xiao held Zhu Ningyun's hand tightly, but in the next second, he did not disappear into this world like last time, and returned to the Ming Dynasty.

"What's going on? Am I misremembering the time? โ€

Li Xiao frowned slightly, not daring to let go of Zhu Ningyun's hand, in case he suddenly went back by remembering the wrong time and left Zhu Ningyun in this world, it would be too late to regret it.

"Huh? Why didn't you go back? Zhu Ningyun looked at Li Xiao.

"Wait." Li Xiaodao.

"Okay." Zhu Ningyun said.

"Hold my hand and don't let go." Li Xiao reminded: "No matter when." โ€

"Hmm." Zhu Ningyun nodded very obediently, leaned on Li Xiao's shoulder, and continued to watch the movie.

Roar Roar Roar โ€“

In the movie, those natives clashed with dinosaurs and used spears to deal with dinosaurs, and the picture was very shocking.

But Li Xiao's mind is no longer on this at all.

Little by little, time passed.

Until the two-hour movie is completely over, the ending song is played.

The two of them were still in the same room.

Zhu Ningyun began to be a little worried, can't she go back? She couldn't help but start to get nervous, and the palms of her hands began to sweat slightly.

Feeling Ning Yun's nervousness, Li Xiao comforted softly, "It's okay. It's okay that something went wrong. Wait."

Let Xiaomeng play soothing music.

Zhu Ningyun's uneasy heart slowly calmed down, as long as she could see Li Xiao, she would not be so afraid.

an hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

Until three o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiao still did not leave.

At this time, beads of sweat had already appeared on Li Xiao's forehead, and they kept rolling.

He had never been so nervous, even in the face of the assassination of the four major killers in the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao faced it indifferently.

But now Li Xiao is afraid.

For the first time, the system loses the effect it was supposed to have.

Twenty-four hours of time travel has exceeded six hours.

Something must be wrong

Li Xiao carefully recalled everything that appeared in this world and remembered it from the beginning.

Soon, he discovered a problem that he had been ignoring all along.

That's time.

Whether it is his own records or the information obtained by Zhao Dazhi.

The two of them have been working in the industry for more than a few hundred years.

It's time!

There was a problem with timing!

"Let's go, we've got to get to know something"

Li Xiao pulled Zhu Ningyun to get up, Ning Yun didn't say a word, and her mood became nervous, but she didn't dare to make a sound, she just grabbed Li Xiao's hand tightly, she told herself that no matter what the situation, she couldn't let go.

Pushing open the door, there is a silver and white metal hallway.

There are rooms in the hallway, similar to the structure of a hotel, and Li Xiao is also one of them.

Li Xiao pressed the door of the room next to him, he knew that this house was Zhao Dazhi's house, and the two were adjacent.

"Jingle Bellโ€”"

The door opened quickly, and after Zhao Dazhi saw Li Xiao, he said with concern: "Li Xiao, are you okay?" โ€

Li Xiao smiled: "It's okay." โ€

Zhao Dazhi breathed a sigh of relief, and complained again: "I'm scared to death, I almost called the police, you didn't say goodbye last night, and you didn't answer the phone, and I knocked on the door in the morning and wasn't there, I thought you were missing." โ€

Li Xiao glanced at Zhu Ningyun, then looked at Zhao Dazhi and explained: "Dazhi, last night, you understand"

Zhao Dazhi smiled, and said in his heart: "I understand, I understand, you kid, if you have a daughter-in-law, you will forget my brother, oops"

As he spoke, he invited the two of them in: "Sister-in-law, please inside." โ€

Li Xiao took Zhu Ningyun's hand and walked into the house, and found that there were two young people in the house, who looked like they were eighteen years old.

One was a white-skinned and blond foreign man, and the other was a woman with many freckles on her face and chestnut hair, which was very beautiful.

The structure of the house is exactly the same as that in his own room, Li Xiao took Li Xiao's hand and sat on the sofa next to him.

"Let me introduce you."

Zhao Dazhi introduced with a smile: "This is Ding Junda, this is Ai Xiangyan, both of them have just come from the 'enlightenment area' and are 'newcomers'. I just moved here today, and I also live on our floor, so we will all be neighbors in the future. โ€

Saying that, Zhao Dazhi introduced Li Xiao to the two again: "This is my iron buddy Li Xiao, and this is my sister-in-law Zhu Yuying." โ€

The two 'newcomers' immediately stood up respectfully, bowed to Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun very respectfully, and said, "Hello, we will be neighbors in the future, please give me more advice." โ€

was greeted by the two of them who looked a little like foreigners, but they were dressed in Ming Dynasty clothes and spoke fluent Mandarin, Li Xiao was still a little uncomfortable.

"Well, everyone will be neighbors in the future, and it is also appropriate to take care of each other." Li Xiao responded with a smile.

Originally, he came over to ask Zhao Dazhi something.

But now that someone is here, some words are not easy to speak, and he can only ask sideways.

Also, what is this enlightenment zone?

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled and said, "By the way, how about it in the enlightenment area?" Let's hear it, let me see if anything has changed over the years, is it convenient? โ€

Speaking of this, Zhao Dazhi was obviously also interested, and looked at it curiously.

"Hey, what's so inconvenient about that."

Ding Junda, who looks like a foreigner, said with a smile: "Since I remember things, it should be when I was 3 years old, every day at three o'clock, from the dormitory to the college, every day is to play, play with all kinds of toys, logical thinking games. At the age of fifteen, we can do whatever we want. The college has a variety of hobby classes, and I signed up for painting. โ€

As he spoke, he looked at the freckled girl Ai Xiangyan on the side and said, "She is my classmate, we are all the same, but she is not very interested in painting, she is studying music. That's right, Ai Xiangyan. โ€

Ai Xiangyan nodded, she didn't seem to be very talkative, she looked at Li Xiao and smiled shyly, "That's about it." โ€

After listening, Zhao Dazhi smiled: "It's no different from us before. โ€

"Yes, indeed." Li Xiao responded.

These conversations brought a lot of information to Li Xiao.

This enlightenment academy does not hand in the knowledge in textbooks at all, but trains people's logical thinking ability.

As for hobbies such as painting and music, it stimulates children's creativity and imagination.

Yes, the world can implant knowledge directly into the mind.

Knowledge is at your fingertips.

It saves countless people the time to learn and shortens the cost of cultivating talents.

A thousand ordinary scientists are not as good as one Einstein.

The theory of relativity was put forward by Albert Einstein, and it is the embodiment of a flash of inspiration, and it is beyond ordinary people.

The most important thing is creativity and imagination, a flash of inspiration.

So this Enlightenment Zone is a place where creativity and imagination are cultivated from childhood.

In other words, the children of this world will be sent to the enlightenment area and spend their childhood until they reach adulthood at the age of eighteen, and they will be sent to the current city.

So what is the district of this city?

Li Xiao was puzzled.

And Zhao Dazhi quickly gave him the answer.

Zhao Dazhi, who is a good teacher, said with a smile: "Welcome to the new world, the teacher of your academy should have told you, this is a paradise for mankind." When you come here, your body will age slowly, gain a long lifespan, in addition to work, we have a lot of time to enjoy life, thanks to the Sanqing Patriarch, thanks to the Buddha, thanks to the great inventions of countless scientists, let us live in this wonderful era. โ€

"Yes, the teachers told us that time in the new world is slowed down a hundredfold, and we have a long life because of it."

Ding Junda folded his hands and prayed: "Thank you to the Buddha, thank you to the Sanqing Patriarch for letting us live in this beautiful era." โ€

The voice fell.

Li Xiao and Zhu Ningyun widened their eyes at the same time.

I couldn't figure it out before.

All doubts have finally been solved.

Why, has he been able to work here for decades?

Why didn't they return to the Ming Dynasty when the time came?

Because time here is slowed down a hundredfold.

"A hundredfold!" Li Xiao couldn't help but speak.

Others looked at Li Xiao as usual, feeling that his expression was a little strange, and Zhao Dazhi said strangely: "Yes, Li Xiao, is there any problem?" โ€

"No problem, that's right."

Li Xiao nodded, "Well, it's a hundred times."

But his heart has been fluctuating, like a storm crashing on the shore.

Well, twenty-four hours, a hundred times slowed down is a hundred days.

So, they needed to stay in this era for a hundred days before they could return to the Ming Dynasty.

Sky.

Li Xiao roared in his heart, this is simply too unbelievable.

Humans have taken control of time, even slowing down the time of entire cities by a hundred times!

This is something that only God can do!

Listening to the meaning of their conversation just now, the passage of time in the enlightenment zone is normal.

In other words, a couple in the New World gave birth to a child, and they sent the child to the enlightenment zone, and in just 2 months, they met the child again, and the child had grown up

If a person's lifespan is one hundred years, there are eighty-two years left after the eighteen years that normally pass in the enlightenment zone.

And in this city that has been slowed down in time, humans can achieve a long lifespan of 8,200 years.

What is the difference between this and immortality?

Li Xiao finally understood why the population of this world is so large, there are 30 billion people.

The more advanced science and technology, the lower the fertility rate, which is the consequence of the development of science and technology in my own time, but the world has solved this problem perfectly with slow time.

Li Xiao also finally understood why all the people who were in the concert yesterday were young people, because in such a slow passage of time, everyone was young.

(End of chapter)