"Xu, you must have just come here, right? After you get familiar with the workplace, we can go to the cafeteria to eat together, and then go to the logistics support department to collect your work uniforms and work badges."
Steve's voice always sounded very calm, giving people a strong sense of security. His expression was always smiling, and he looked very amiable. He could be said to be a ray of light among those vicious agents.
But even if Steve didn't act so gentle, Xu Shangqi would already have his eyes on him.
"Let's go, let's get on the shuttle first. Your work place is at another SHIELD base, but it's not far from here. We can take a special military shuttle, and then... Xu, Xu, are you listening?
?"
"Oh, I'm here." Xu Shangqi cleared his throat, but he couldn't help but cast his eyes on Steve, and said with some confusion: "Why aren't you wearing a uniform?"
Indeed, although Steve in front of him was holding a shield that represented him as Captain America, he was not wearing a uniform. Instead, he was wearing a sports suit and looked like a mountain climber.
Steve was a little surprised when he heard this question. He said: "Who can wear a uniform all the time? This is not a combat mission, so of course I wear civilian clothes."
"Ah..." Xu Shangqi responded, and then he realized that indeed, he had traveled here and was not watching movies or comics. No superhero would wear their uniform 24 hours a day.
And Xu Shangqi knows that he is not an important person, so how can he deserve Captain America to come to see him in full force?
Being a passer-by in the Marvel world? It sounds a bit useless. After all, because of the battles between these superheroes, people are dying in New York every day. Passers-by are likely to die in the aftermath of the battle. But if you put it another way, being a passer-by in the Marvel world
Civil servant, does that sound much better?
Street hero or civil servant?
As a vigorous young man, Xu Shangqi certainly made the choice without looking back... as a civil servant!
Western civilization and its descendants are essentially maritime civilizations. They cannot understand the pursuit of stability that is engraved in the bones of the land civilization of Eastern countries.
Therefore, in their eyes, Easterners are very weird. They can choose a more passionate life, but they are only willing to stand still. However, in order to pursue this kind of stable life that can be seen at the end, they are willing to shed blood and revolution.
Since ancient times, the unification pursued by all kings is nothing more than the pursuit of stable power. This is true for kings, and so is the common people. Xu Shangqi touched his conscience and said that if both violent means and civilized means can change the Marvel world,
Then he must choose civilized means.
Then, he understood why Schiller worked as a psychiatrist in SHIELD instead of going out to be a superhero.
Perhaps, even if he had special abilities, he would not do this. This is the essential difference between Eastern and Western cultural thinking. In the final analysis, China's struggle for hegemony is a Machiavellian thinking of building while fighting, rather than a pirate mentality of grabbing a vote and running away.
.
On the way to the agent training academy with Steve, Xu Shangqi kept thinking. Now that he has become a civil servant of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Make the Marvel world more stable?
Xu Shangqi is not stupid. In other words, Easterners in the Western world always have an aura of wisdom from their ancestors, allowing them to find the answer to everything from the historical stories they have read since childhood.
, because human history is inherently reincarnated.
Now it seems that this world should indeed be in the future. Xu Shangqi lowered his head and looked at the shuttle under his feet. He was very sure that the development of human science and technology in the Marvel world in the movie has not reached this level, at least not for civilian use.
However, from the previous dialogue between Schiller and Zheng Xian, Xu Shangqi learned that it is not just one or two countries that have developed science and technology. It seems that all countries have maintained their original political systems, but science and technology have taken a step forward. This is actually
Very strange.
The political system that Xu Shangqi envisioned for mankind to jointly develop science and technology and enter the cosmic era must be at least an earth federation. However, it seems that although the science and technology of this world has developed, the political culture has not developed much, but this is not bad, let him
More adaptable.
This situation is not without its drawbacks. Due to the struggle between countries and international relations, everything must be considered with a lot of political considerations, and many technologies cannot cooperate smoothly. Isn't this a waste of latecomer dividends in the early interstellar period?
Thinking of this, Xu Shangqi suddenly realized that his position is actually very important because he can connect two superpowers. Although he is only an intern agent, this internship job is also his only one, and it is not as good as he imagined.
People speak softly.
Judging from the previous attitudes of Zheng Xian and Schiller, it seems that they intend to cooperate in the technology of building a dream world, and the location of their meeting is in a dream, which means that it may not be convenient for them to meet in the real world.
It seems that there is still some resistance to cooperation on this technology.
Xu Shangqi touched his chin and fell into deep thought. He was thinking about what he could do to allow his compatriots who were thousands of miles away to continue playing in the dream world. What was the resistance? What was the breaking point?
"Xu, Xu, what are you thinking about? We are here."
Steve's voice rang in Xu Shangqi's ears. Xu Shangqi was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted. He showed an apologetic smile to Steve and said, "Ah, I'm sorry, I just
Lost my mind."
Steve smiled and patted him on the back, and took him out of the shuttle. What appeared in front of him was an agent base that looked like an alien city.
The building in the middle is an icosahedron, and the tall buildings on both sides are symmetrical, like a dagger. The three buildings are connected together, and there is a huge space carrier floating in the sky.
"The timing of your joining is very coincidental. Our new base has just been put into use. This is the best piece of land in the suburbs of New York State. God knows how Nick got Congress to approve it for him to build a base."
Steve said half-jokingly: "The technologies used in the buildings here are all the latest and most cutting-edge, including air conditioning, fresh air systems, and hot and cold exchange channels. They are all the most advanced versions at present. The greenhouses and farms for cultivating food materials are all the latest."
It’s the same model as Mercury Base, guaranteed to be organic and pollution-free.”
"By the way, your personal terminal... I almost forgot to give it to you." Steve took out a bracelet-like thing from the pocket of his sportswear. Xu Shangqi also took it and put it on, and then entered like Grandma Liu.
Walking into this huge base is like the Grand View Garden.
As soon as he walked into this building, Xu Shangqi was stunned. In the indescribably huge space, countless agents wearing S.H.I.E.L.D. uniforms were coming and going. They were not walking on the ground, but flying in and out.
from the sky.
The entire building not only looks like a honeycomb in appearance, but also looks very much like a honeycomb inside. All the agents seem to be wearing an exoskeleton device that is not obvious from the outside, and then shuttle between various departments like bees returning to their hive.
In the middle of the entire building is a huge patio cavity, which goes straight to the top floor of the building, allowing flying agents to reach the department they want to go to at the fastest speed and the shortest distance.
Just as Xu Shangqi stood there in shock, Steve took out a small iron piece from his arms and handed it to Xu Shangqi. Xu Shangqi lowered his head and found that it looked a bit like a business card, but
He couldn't understand the words and numbers written on it.
After he took it, he looked at Steve blankly and asked, "What is this?"
"Are you envious that they can fly?" Steve showed a bright smile and said, "Your expression says this, don't be envious, you can fly too if you put it on."
Xu Shangqi blinked, then looked down at the small piece of iron in his hand. He swallowed and asked, "How to wear it?"
"Throw it into the air with the most handsome gesture."
Xu Shangqi's eyes widened, and then he stretched out his other hand and hit the wrist of the hand holding the iron piece hard. The iron piece flew into the air, so Xu Shangqi couldn't see clearly.
The unknown method quickly unfolded and armed his body.
Xu Shangqi found that a thin film was attached to his wrists, ankles and bottom ribs, which were still shining with a mysterious luster.
Steve pointed at the door of a room on the opposite side, then stepped back, sprinted and jumped directly to the corridor opposite the patio, and stood behind the railing and waved to Xu Shangqi.
Xu Shangqi took two steps back hesitantly, slowly spread his arms, lifted his feet off the ground, and then flew towards the opposite side as if he was drunk.
He found that this thing did not require special concentration to control. The feeling of using it was a bit like swimming in the water with a propeller on your back. You can control the direction and speed with your muscles.
Xu Shangqi let out a long breath after landing, as if he was a little stunned. Steve stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said: "This is the latest technology neuroelectrically controlled compression magic exoskeleton, so I said,
You came at the right time. There was no such good thing before. If you want to fly, you can only rely on talent."
But Steve noticed that Xu Shangqi's eyes were getting brighter and brighter, and then he heard him say something in Chinese that Steve couldn't understand in an excited tone, "Isn't this a flight plug-in?!"
Xu Shangqi took a deep breath. He walked slowly towards the railing, then looked at the flying agent and muttered to himself: "I said there is no system! There are cheats everywhere here!"
"No... I used to be just an ordinary person." He frowned again, looking at the sunlight shining from the translucent ceiling at the top of the hive, and said with some fascination: "Every agent here has a golden finger.
, what about ordinary people?"
"Ordinary people may have them," Xu Shangqi said as if reminiscing: "The buses and trains that fly in the sky can fly, and ordinary people can fly too."
Countless fragmentary fantasies in Xu Shangqi's mind put together a picture. At the moment before his death, he clearly saw the truck driver closing his eyes, sleeping and driving.
Xu Shangqi knew very well that the goods at the back of the carriage might have been in another distant city the night before, but today they were put into the factory and put into the assembly line to be turned into products, and then returned to the hands of every ordinary person.
But the truck driver who was driving tiredly hit and killed Xu Shangqi, which meant that they would never reach the factory again.
The truck driver, the taxi driver and himself will never reach the planned end of life again.
No worker in this world will deliberately damage the results of their labor by making mistakes. They must maintain a balance between pursuing efficiency and ensuring safety, and this is like dancing on a knife edge.
Xu Shangqi was eager to return to his internship unit to work overtime, the taxi driver was eager to solicit customers to make money, and the truck driver was eager to deliver goods. Unfortunately, the fragile balance between efficiency and safety was broken, leading to a tragedy for three people or three families.
But if...Xu Shangqi thought of another possibility, if there was a more efficient transportation vehicle that flew in the sky and could operate automatically around the clock to send him to where he wanted to go, could this tragedy be avoided?
Xu Shangqi walked along the railing. He thought that the university teacher was right. All shortcomings are due to lack of productivity.
But now, the picture of a developed future unfolds before his eyes, making him truly realize that one day in the future, the lack of productivity will be made up, people will fly freely in the sky, and thousands of tragedies like his will no longer happen.
occur.
Standing on the corridor in the center of the hive, Xu Shangqi slowly tightened his fingers on the railing, and the spark rooted in the heart of every Chinese began to burn brighter and brighter.