Chapter 2: The World Once Upon a Time
I don't know how many years ago, maybe a thousand years, maybe 10,000 years, it was a long, long time ago. For a long time, he had no concept of time, and after a long time, he even felt that the memory was as stiff and cold as an ancient fossil. But no matter how stiff it is, the memory is still so clear, clear enough to make him clearly remember everything in the world he once lived in, and can remind him of every day, night, minute and second he once lived in that world.
The world he once lived in was a beautiful world. The reckless mountains, the surging rivers, the green trees and red flowers, the singing of beasts and birds, etc., all interpret the true meaning of beauty. The world he once lived in was also a prosperous world. High-rise buildings, busy traffic, bright lights, warblers singing and dancing, etc., are all the best witnesses of prosperity.
However, beauty and prosperity are like a brilliant fireworks, suddenly withering at the most beautiful and brightest time!
For some reason, the beautiful world began to slowly turn abnormal. Extreme weather is frequent, and natural disasters are frequent....... If these were just hidden diseases in the body of that beautiful world, but they were not enough to completely destroy him, then the impact of a meteor swarm later became a fatal knife to murder that beautiful world!
The whole world is shrouded in thick leaden clouds, and it is difficult to see sunlight all year round. Grain production has been greatly reduced, livestock has been reduced to reproduce, and even a large number of people have died. Even human beings are often plagued by plagues and die in large numbers.
Finally, the elite of mankind began to plan a way out for the future of mankind.
Where is the way out? In heaven!
Finding a new home suitable for human habitation in the vast universe has become the dream of all mankind.
In the nearly 100 years since then, although human beings have had difficulties in surviving and have survived, aerospace technology has developed rapidly with each passing day.
Finally, human beings found an equally beautiful planet in the vast universe, and after a group of astronauts on the spot, they finally decided that it was a beautiful planet suitable for human habitation and an ideal new home!
So the Human Migration Plan was born. Humanity, who has lived under leaden clouds for nearly a hundred years, can finally leave this terrible world!
However, any scarce resources must be in the hands of the so-called elites! If you want to migrate, not everyone's dream can be realized!
In the end, those who can realize their dream of migration are those who have money or power!
Of course, he also longed to be able to migrate to that beautiful new world, to enjoy the legendary unbridled sunshine and fresh air. But he and his wife are just ordinary university teachers, and there is no way to realize their dream of migration. He is a historian who spends his days indulging in ethereal historical rumors and anecdotes, while his wife is a life scientist who only deals with the separation and merging of cells under the microscope.
Of course, they desired, but they could only accept their fate.
However, the wonder of life is that miracles happen from heaven in times of despair!
Just when he and his wife no longer fantasized about flying to a new world in the far reaches of space, a miracle collided with the two of them.
He clearly remembered the name of the old man, the big man who held a lot of power and had endless money to spend - poplar. The poplar is the executive committee of the latest Human Stewardship Committee and the biggest patron of the Human Migration Project.
is such a big guy, but he secretly found the couple and gave them a chance to realize their dream of migration.
Of course, pie never falls from the sky. Whatever you get must be paid!
The reason why Hu Yang found the two of them was because Hu Yang decided that they were the best candidates to complete one of his private secret plans after many investigations!
What is the secret plan? Hu Yang calls this secret plan "eternal life"!
The cause of the incident originated from an accidental archaeological discovery in the western part of Hercyni.
Haixi is called Haixi, but it is far from the sea and is located in the center of the continent.
That year, a large number of people died of the plague in western Hercy, so the Human Management Committee decided to build a cemetery for these dead spirits. But when the cemetery was being dug and built, a strange ancient corpse was unexpectedly dug up.
Exhuming ancient corpses is actually not an uncommon thing. But this ancient corpse is really rare. Because there are actually three faces on the head of this ancient corpse!
One head, three faces, three noses, three mouths, and six eyes!
The appearance of the three-faced ancient corpse immediately attracted the attention of the Human Management Committee, and it was quickly reported to the latest executive committee member Hu Yang.
The reason why Hu Yang can hold a high position and have countless money shows that he is a master with extraordinary wisdom and knowledge reserves.
As soon as he received this information, Hu Yang thought of an ancient book called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", which had been recorded: In the great wilderness, there are mountains, called the mountains of the great wilderness, where the sun and the moon enter. There are people with three faces, they are the sons of Zhuan, with three sides and one arm, and the people on three sides are immortal .......
Three-faced people don't die! This is what Hu Yang paid special attention to when he studied this ancient book. Although he has always felt that this book is too absurd, the dream of immortality has always been buried deep in his heart.
Maybe the richer the person, the more afraid of death, not to mention that he is only old. He could enjoy all the glory and riches he could enjoy in this world, and he could easily migrate to that beautiful new world, but he could not control his aging body and the pace of death that day by day!
So, Hu Yang, who learned the news of the three-faced man, immediately made a decision: secretly transport the ancient corpse of the three-faced man, completely block the news, and then secretly find a historian who is familiar with the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and an expert who is proficient in human life science research!
Fate is such a coincidence! The conditions of the two experts and scholars that Hu Yang secretly sought coincided exactly with his husband and wife! Moreover, he was the historian who published the most articles on the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" at that time, while the topic that his wife was studying was precisely the genetic code of human longevity.
Their scientific research expertise and the needs of Populus euphratica fit perfectly. So, after some investigation, Hu Yang soon found the husband and wife.
For such a scientific research combination, Populus euphratica is also very satisfied. A husband and wife working on a topic together is not only good for secrecy, but also good for control!
So, Hu Yang personally met with his husband and wife, and promised them that once the results of eternal life were studied, then he would give them two places to migrate to the new world! But at the same time, Hu Yang also asked them to promise that they would keep secrets and that all the final scientific research results would be handed over!
For the sake of the two places to fly to the New World, the husband and wife naturally agreed. As a result, an artificial island was secretly built in a large lake not far from the interstellar navigation base, and a science laboratory was born on this small island.
In order to protect their safety, and of course, to protect the secrets of the Three-Faced People, on the day the laboratory on the island was built, Poplar removed the only road leading to the island!
Hu Yang completely sealed the couple on this small island. It's just that he regularly arranges his own pro-credit boat to deliver sufficient daily necessities to the island every month.
Regarding the closure of Populus euphratica's withdrawal, the husband and wife didn't care about it. Now that they have reached an agreement with Hu Yang, since they have decided to devote themselves to the research of the subject of the three-faced man, and have decided to truly uncover the secret of the immortality of the three-faced man, then they should go all out and do their best! If nothing else, just for the two places to fly to the new world, no matter how hard it is, no matter how tired it is, it is worth it!
Whenever they felt bitter or tired, they looked through the window of the laboratory at the interstellar navigation base not far away. Whenever they saw the interstellar aviation base soaring into the sky and soaring one by one, they were full of joy and hope, so they also had the motivation to work harder.