Robert stood in front of him, a building that was as smooth as a mirror, like a beehive, stacked hundreds of meters high, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Finally...... Came back......"

There was shock and joy in his heart, but more than that, there was an indescribable blankness.

The former four-star general of the United States, the top head of the Asia-Pacific Military Region, has finally returned home after a brutal political overthrow and a lengthy prison sentence.

…… It's just that everything is already wrong.

It's still Washington, it's still the Callorama district, but the hundred-square-meter single-family house has disappeared and been replaced by a whole beehive.

Beneath the metallic fluid exterior, there was a faint strange glow that made Robert a little distracted.

"That's the 'holographic electronic coating', and the standard residential buildings of the 'New America' will be equipped with such building materials, which can collect and verify information in real time, and can put some holograms."

The woman next to her smiled kindly, she had a face that could be said to be incomparably beautiful, and her whole body, from her figure to her appearance, was very in line with the golden ratio, but there was a strange sense of stiffness as a whole.

Robert knows that she is not a human, but a robot with "AI for social services" as the core of the foundation.

Although it looks like smooth and delicate skin, it is just a skin membrane made up of a special colloidal skin like it; And underneath the perfect appearance, her body is not a flesh and blood body composed of hard and snow-white bones, fine and numerous nerves, and bright red hot blood, but an electromechanical body composed of solidified liquid nanometals and electronic chips.

“…… It's unimaginable......"

Robert glanced at her, his mouth glistening with some bitterness.

It's like an old antique who wakes up on the Internet and travels from ancient times to modern society, and after seeing the light of day from the "Sparnet Base", the world has also become what he couldn't imagine in the past.

- However, compared to the old antiques that had to be buried under the ice and snow for hundreds of years to have this feeling of time flying, he did not lose consciousness for a long time, nor was he cut off from the outside world for too long, but only spent months in prison in the "Sparnet Base", and it all turned out to be like this......

The streets are littered with moving metal sentinels; Silently guarding the periphery of the city, the towers as huge as Transformers; Everyone you met on the road was wearing something resembling a helmet; On the way home, you can see the giant tower that reaches the sky from time to time, up to 10,000 meters; Just a little bit on the wall on the side of the street can trigger a holographic information screen; There are also these beehive-like, standardized dwellings hundreds of meters high......

And these are equipped with dedicated AI, and they can talk more smoothly than humans.

In comparison, the new experimental floating car flying in the sky, and the holograms projected in the clouds from time to time, etc., are not so shocking.

"Standard citizen Robert Heinlyth, your address is at No. 2, 107th Floor, [15479 Hive Type 5], according to the New American Standard Housing Act, you and your wife's house are the same, and your children's house is also on the same floor, do you want to go up and have a look now?"

The woman said with a smile, and Robert nodded without hesitation.

With the help of the woman, he hesitantly placed his palm on the wall of the building, which was smooth throughout, with no gaps or doors.

The next moment, the palm prints that had already been recorded were perceived by the intelligent distractions of the residential building, and the walls in front of the two of them gradually spread out a line of brilliance, and at the place where those brilliance gathered, the building in front of them suddenly opened, and what appeared there was a silver corridor.

"Standard citizen Robert Heinlyth, welcome home."

The brain of the "Hive Five" let out a gentle prompt, and Robert walked into the silver corridor with some hesitation, and the woman behind him also stepped in.

And the moment the two of them walked into the building, the door behind them suddenly opened as if it had never appeared, and it turned into an intact metal wall.

"It's ......"

Robert looked at the wall behind him in surprise, and the woman explained again:

"It's 'whatever you want.'"

"Do whatever you want?"

Robert shrugged.

"Sounds like a term that only comes out of Harry Potter."

The woman's smile did not change.

“…… Well, that's the mainstream name for it in 'forum', for the sake of calling it. Officially known as the 'Liquid Metal Building Closure Automatic Forming Device', it is not essentially a door, but a set of procedures to ensure the safety and privacy of the occupants. As long as you are identified as a resident of this building, when you arrive at the downstairs of the residence, you don't have to make an effort to walk to the fixed door, and the brain will automatically form an enterable door for you.

"In fact, the dwellings from 'Hive Type 1' to 'Hive Type 6' do not have fixed doors, and any occupant enters by his own identification."

These things sounded like magic to Robert, and he shook his head.

Even in these days, I have understood a little bit of what a strange country the United States of America is in the current "Evans calendar", but I can't help but be shocked by it.

"Just get to the front of the building and open a door of your own - that's really ......"

Robert shook his head, looked around, and suddenly noticed something strange.

When he stood outside the building, he saw that the residential building was pitch black, because the surface of the building was covered with special paint, so there was no light at all.

But when he entered the building, he found that everything outside the building was clearly visible, except for the ceiling, which was also made of metal, and the four walls of the corridor seemed to be made of transparent glass, and the street, sunlight, and pedestrians outside the residential building were all visible to him.

This is......

"It's a one-way glass-like setup, right?"

Robert is no stranger to such designs, but—

“…… I only knew that the light transmission and reflection of unidirectional glass were achieved through a metal film, but I did not expect that there were other metals that could transmit light in one direction by themselves. ”

He said with a wry smile.

"Part of it is real light, part is simulated view – because there are also residents on the ground floor, and for their privacy, looking forward from the common area of the building, you can only see what you see outside."

"There are both 'free doors' and 'simulated visions', and it is also a liquid metal controlled by the brain, so I am afraid that a lot of energy will be consumed in a day, and I don't know if the energy reserves of the United States in the past are enough."

Robert sighed.

But the woman's next answer made him jump like an electric shock.

"There is nothing to worry about in the current energy situation, and the research program of First Citizens has increased the efficiency of the use of non-renewable resources such as oil, coal, and natural gas in the past by hundreds of times. Moreover, research on nuclear fusion has also progressed, and it is expected that a controllable nuclear fusion station will be officially put into operation in the second half of the year...... In addition, the outer wall of the 'honeycomb' house is composed of superconducting properties at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and the energy utilization rate is extremely high, and there is almost no excessive loss. ”

"Controlled Nuclear Fusion ?!!" "Superconducting Materials ?!!"

These two words smashed down like two sledgehammers, smashing Robert dizzy, but when he looked at the calm smile on the woman's face, he finally picked himself up and regained some consciousness.

…… That's right, too.

…… After all, this is an unprecedented era, and even if there is controlled nuclear fusion and room temperature superconductivity, what is there to be surprised about?

Holding on to the cold wall with a hint of warmth, Robert shook his head again, and finally smiled genuinely.

"All right, Ms. Stehi. Please lead the way for me. I can't wait to see my family. ”

(End of chapter)