The time is winter 2143 AD, Japan's Kaiwangye Ecological Zone.
Momosawa (ももざわ) Hanako, female, twenty-five years old, 1.67 meters tall, measurements 72, 61, 78, Wangye ecological zone, legal resident citizen of New Tokyo, expertise: violin playing, occupation: marine plant breeder
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"The scale of civilization is a relatively abstract concept. To be more specific, it is something that all of us, or all forms of existence, are striving for - ti! time."
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"Hanako?!"
A call came from downstairs, and Hanako, who was still sleeping, just moved her eyelashes slightly.
"This child... must have stayed up late again last night." Yuhuazi's mother is a marine biology scientist. She is Chinese, and her original name is Liang Qiuru. Liangqiu is a compound surname, and Ru is her first name.
Twenty-five years ago, Liang Qiuru, as one of the first builders of the Asian ecosystem, participated in the construction of the Wangye Ecological Zone in the Sea of Japan and the ruins of old Tokyo, where she met her current husband Momosawa Yoha.
.After that, she settled down in Wangye Ecological Zone, and there were many immigrants from the mainland like her.
Someone once made endless statistics. Since the sea level rose, Mount Fuji erupted, and "Japan sank", the Mokono Ecosystem has become the last home of the Japanese. However, this home is more like a global village, with people from all over the world.
Especially there are countless immigrants from mainland China.
Many of them, like Liang Qiuru, were engineers who participated in the construction of Wangye Ecological Zone, and many of them were "explorers" who later immigrated here and created a new era.
In short, it is difficult to see "pure-blooded" Japanese people in Wangye Ecological Zone today.
In fact, this situation not only occurs in Wangye Ecological Zone, but also in other parts of the world. In short, the world today has initially completed the great integration.
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After putting down the plate and wiping her hands, Liang Qiuru went upstairs and opened her daughter's room.
She lives on the side facing the sea, but the windows are always closed. Liang Qiuru walked over and opened the window to let the wind blow in, then lifted her daughter's warm quilt and said: "Hanako! Get up!"
At first, Hanako just felt a little cold, and she locked her body subconsciously, until Liang Qiuru picked up the water glass on the table and poured the unfinished water on her!
"ah!!!!"
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"Ah!!!!" Hanako felt that this was definitely something only a stepmother could do, but DNA testing showed that she was indeed half Northeastern.
"You have a cold?" Liang Qiuru looked at Huazi in surprise.
Hanako looked at her mother speechlessly: "Mom, if you really want to kill me one day, please tell me in advance so that I can be mentally prepared."
Liang Qiuru rolled her eyes and said, "I called you twice, but you just didn't get up."
"If you don't get up, you won't pour cold water on me?! It's winter! Am I your daughter?"
"What are you talking about, silly boy, of course you are Mommy's good baby! But look, it's already 8:30 in the morning. If you don't hurry up and have breakfast, you will definitely be late!"
Liang Qiuru smiled and rubbed her daughter's head, and also reminded her kindly.
Hanako suddenly woke up. She immediately stuffed the bread into her mouth, drank the milk in one breath, and hurriedly grabbed her bag and ran out.
Liang Qiuru washed the plate slowly and counted: "Three..."
"two……"
"one……"
"Bang!" The door opened again, and Hanako ran into the room with an embarrassed look on her face and said, "Mom! Why didn't you remind me that I didn't change into pajamas?"
"Have you met Natsume?"
"Ouch! I'm so annoyed!"
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Neighbor Natsume, what a nice name.
A successful man who lives alone in a triple room.
Twenty-seven-year-old Natsume is not Japanese, but an authentic Chinese.
Both his parents work in Beijing, but Natsume has lived in Wangye Ecological Zone for twenty years.
When he was seven years old, he was one of the first batch of people invited by an international volunteer organization to serve as a "guinea pig" in the ecological zone. At first, like Hanako, he doubted whether he was the biological child of his parents every day.
Otherwise, how could they be so "cruel" to allow an ignorant child like him to still provide observation data to others in a foreign country?
Fortunately, Natsume inherited his grandfather's strong heart. Not only did he learn to wash clothes and cook on his own, he also passed the international IACP certification at the age of fifteen and became a qualified marine life breeder.
Hanako was born in Wangye Ecological Zone, but she met Natsume more than a year ago.
When she first moved to this man-made island that resembled a starfish, Hanako got very drunk with her friends. As a result, she made a fool of herself in front of Natsume that night and stayed on their boat.
Fortunately, Natsume is only interested in marine life, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
From then on, Hanako, who originally planned to become a qualified and excellent DINK, suddenly changed her mind - she wanted to pursue Natsume and become his bride.
The reason was simple. She believed that the man who would treat her like a gentleman when she was unconscious must be a reliable man.
Of course...this is just what Hanako thinks.
According to an insider named Liangqiu, Hanako vomited all over herself that night, and her face was mushy. If Natsume is still interested in her under such circumstances, it can only be said that Natsume is a complete loser.
It's abnormal...
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Today, a year after they met each other, Hanako has finally succeeded in becoming... a good brother to Natsume.
Although this is far from Hanako's original dream, she firmly believes that this is the first step to success! The most beautiful reproduction is based on this purest love!
Taking Natsume's boat to the marine animal and plant breeding base in the ecological zone, Hanako took the initiative to chat with Natsume as usual.
Although most of the time this 1.91 meter tall handsome guy just looks ahead with a cold face, Hanako still keeps talking.
A few days ago, Hanako accidentally discovered that Natsume was reading the book "The Golden Age" written by the great writer Su Che recently, so in order to establish a topic, she did her homework every day.
In addition to reading through the book, she also consulted a large amount of information about the writer Su Che. At the same time, she also began to repeatedly watch and listen to interviews with Su Che from various major media.
The hot girl's heart reflected here is really heartbreaking.
However, in terms of results, it is still very good.
Natsume, who usually had no interest in the so-called celebrities and singers that Hanako cared about, actually took the initiative to chat with her today.
This made Hanako so happy! The hard work finally came to fruition, how could it not make people happy? At this moment, she just wished that the boat would slow down a little bit more, so that she could chat more with Natsume.
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"Time, the process of existence is a process of time. Different life forms, different people, different systems, different beliefs, and different civilizations are all doing the same thing, which is to try to gain time!
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——Su Che·"Golden Age"
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"We're here." Natsume got the boat ready. It was already half past nine in the morning, and both of them were half an hour late.
But it doesn’t matter. There are only a dozen employees in this huge marine animal and plant breeding base, and everyone performs their duties. No one cares if you are late. Of course, credit points will still be deducted for absenteeism or failure to meet targets on time.
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"Um...ok, then...see you at noon."
"Yeah." Natsume returned to the state of saying very little. He picked up the lunch box and walked away silently.
Looking at that handsome back, Hanako started to feel nymphomaniac again.
After watching it like this for ten minutes, Natsume had already gone away, and she was still in a daze.
until……
"Hey! Hanako? What are you looking at?"
Hanako was startled, and when she looked back, she saw her best friend Shimizu Masato.
She is one of the few pure-blood Japanese people Hanako knows.
Her father is an old classmate of Hanako's mother, Liang Qiuru. I heard that Shimizu Masato's father, Shimizu Shigeki, chased Liang Qiuru for a while in college. Unfortunately, Liang Qiuru looked down on him for being able to get drunk even after drinking half a glass of sake.
A man who saves personnel has preserved the orthodox bloodline of the Qingshui family.
"Um... I'm not doing anything... I'm just a little confused. Maybe I didn't sleep well last night." Looking at the person in front of me who is more delicate, more dignified, and has a better figure than me, and whose voice is better than mine, I feel confused.
When Masato heard this, she immediately became worried. She first covered her mouth in surprise, then raised her hand and put it on Hanako's forehead to test the temperature: "Don't you have a fever?"
"Who's mad? Who! Who...who's mad! I'm not one!" Hanako was indeed a bit feverish, so she could have misheard this.
Masato blushed immediately. She thought it was her impure Chinese that Hanako misunderstood. She waved her hands repeatedly and said: "No, Hanako, you misunderstood. I was worried that you were sick. If that's the case, you can
Just take a good rest."
Only then did Hanako react, and she immediately felt embarrassed and wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
After hesitating for a long time, she suddenly burst into laughter: "Hey, Masato, didn't you ask for leave to go to the first axis to see your cousin? Why are you back so soon?"
After hearing this, Masato's face immediately became melancholy. She sighed softly: "I am also looking forward to the holiday, but before I left, I found that there were a lot of lesions in the algae in the cultivation area I was responsible for. Although I had already checked the sea water in time,
After further filtration and purification, the 1,500 cubic meters of edible algae were still not preserved. This incident has a secondary impact on my credibility. The main reason is that if I cannot find out the reason, it may affect you.
Everyone, so I thought about visiting Uncle Haoming and asking him to help me find out what’s going on with these diseased algae.”
Hanako understood and felt sad that she would meet Masato at the port.
"Oh, I thought it was a big deal. Isn't this kind of disease very common? Besides, you don't need to go to that old man Haoming. My mother is at home now. Why don't you just go to her?
Enough."
Masato was overjoyed: "Really? That's great...well...then I'll...excuse you."
"Masato, Masato, it sounds so cute to be so polite, but we are good friends! Good friends have to be direct. So, if you're not in a hurry, I'll go check out my breeding area.
Then I will take you back to find my mother, how about that?"
Masato thought for a moment: "Well, that's fine. With you by my side, I won't be so nervous."
"Hey, let's go then."
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There are a large number of marine animal and plant breeding bases similar to the one where Hanako is located in the Wangye Ecological Zone.
At first glance, the name sounds like it refers to some kind of scientific research institution, but in fact, people prefer to describe this place as a maritime farm and ranch.
Here, the job of the breeders is to supervise the operation of the automated breeding system at the base, and at the same time act as the "farmers" of the breeding farm, and contribute to the entire ecosystem.
Provide marine flora and fauna resources to the residents of the area.
The reason why resources are used here instead of food is because most of the animals and plants cultivated here are released into the native marine system, and only a small part will be used for food and ecological zone environmental cleanup.
Maybe some people will say, aren't they just fish farmers and seaweed growers, why do they need to be so lofty?
Hanako heard this question from his grandfather when he was very young.
At that time, Hanako's father Momozawa Haruha didn't know how to answer the old man's question...Liang Qiuru was more witty. She directly replied to her old father: "Dad, what are you talking about! What do you mean by fish farming?"
? Just grow seaweed? Do you know that 90% of marine life has disappeared now? You thought it was in our hometown fish pond, and we could raise whatever we wanted?"
Only Hanako's mother dared to respond to this.
Hey, don’t tell me, the words of Hanako’s mother are more useful than any popular science program. Since then, Hanako’s grandfather has never made fun of her current job.
She also told her: "After you go abroad and learn good skills, you must not forget where your roots are!"
Hanako understood what her grandfather meant, but she felt a little powerless when it came to talking about such a serious topic.
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Hanako's working area is located underground in the breeding base, in the deep water breeding area between 150 meters and 200 meters.
The interval number is 011-019, and the total breeding and cultivation space is 43,000 cubic meters.
Here, Hanako has cultivated many new varieties, many of which are attributed to Hanako's mother Liang Qiuru. Of course, Hanako herself is also very good. She independently completed the cultivation of new seedlings five years ago and successfully succeeded in growing them.
She achieved the feat of increasing the output of single embryos by 30% in thousands of cubic meters of water, and she won many awards for this alone.
She was also Masato Shimizu whom she met during that award-winning process.
Although Hanako's cultivation area has already seen a large amount of edible algae, it is still her secret garden.
Here, she artificially breeds a large number of plants that have disappeared on land, allowing them to reappear in the deep sea in new marine forms.
Unfortunately, these attempts have not yet seen the light of day, so Hanako is still far away from her dream of a wedding decorated with flowers.
But under the light, the underwater garden was still beautiful, which gave Hanako great comfort.
After checking that each breeding system was operating normally and that the microorganisms in the aquatic algae and probiotic systems were in good condition, Hanako left the breeding base with Masato and returned home to seek help from her mother.
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"These... are very rare ancient bacteria... they should have been frozen in the permafrost of Siberia before." The analysis results came out, which was a bit disturbing.
Liang Qiuru was ready to report this situation. After all, bacteria from the Siberian permafrost were detected in the water bodies in the ecological zone. This was no small matter.
"Then...Auntie, can these algae be saved? Should they be destroyed centrally to prevent the infection from spreading further?"
"Well...it's almost the end of the month. If you can't hand in your homework, the teacher will slap you on the palm." Liang Qiuru joked, picking up an analysis report and reading it carefully.
Of course Masato knew this, but she was already prepared for it.
"It's okay for me to have my credit points cleared, but if these bacteria multiply and spread further, it may cause big trouble."
At this time, Hanako didn't know what to say to comfort her best friend. She kept winking at her mother.
Can Liang Qiuru not know what her daughter is thinking?
But... Masato is right.
No one can afford this kind of risk.
"Let's do this, you first seal off your breeding area, and at the same time turn off all external cleaning and filtering systems, let the water enter the internal circulation, and observe it for a few days. If the situation worsens by then, you can keep the samples and send them over.
Just destroy the remaining algae." Liang Qiuru gave a more rational suggestion.
Masato's face turned a little pale, but she still said: "Thank you, auntie, I will do it."
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On the way back, Hanako kept telling jokes to Masato, hoping to make her happy.
But Yaren really can't laugh.
Although she doesn't care whether her credit points will be cleared, she does care about her father's opinion of her.
She originally chose to come here as a breeder to prove her ability to be independent, but this incident will undoubtedly have a great impact on her "independent" plan.
Hanako also knew about this. She thought about it and then said: "Otherwise, Hanako, most of your algae can be reproduced quickly through hormone petri dishes. As long as I clear the garden and make some room for you, you can do it."
You can also hand in your homework before the end of the month even if you have to work on a temporary basis, wouldn’t that mean you won’t get scolded?”
Yaren's eyes lit up when he heard this. This is indeed a good idea.
"But..." Masato was only happy for a few seconds and then looked at Hanako sadly and said: "It took you several years to build the garden. I can't cause you so much trouble just because of this kind of thing, so...
Thank you, Hanako, it’s better not to make such an impulsive decision.”
Hanako's decision was truly impulsive.
Building an underwater garden is not Hanako's whim. Just the out-of-code grafting of the original ancestral gene sequences of terrestrial plants cost investors millions.
It can be said that Hanako now has no right to dispose of this garden without authorization.