After following Liang Qiuru to the experts' private living area, Yan Haoming immediately transformed into a sour lemon.
"Wow! Senior, your place is too big, this space! This kitchen! This bathroom! And this...swimming pool? Tsk, tsk, tsk...everywhere really reveals the decadent atmosphere of the capitalists!"
Liang Qiuru ignored him. She took out a few cans of beer and some side dishes brought from China from her personal collection, then put them on the table and said: "This place was given to me by Qingshui, Yaren's brother, but this guy has been in the house recently."
Let me experience life down there and let me live there."
Yan Haoming, who was studying the constant temperature system of the swimming pool, felt immediately relieved after hearing this.
"Rang Qingshui? Oh...what did I say..."
"Here, come and sit." Liang Qiuru put the chicken feet and a few cold dishes on the plate and invited Yan Haoming to come over for a drink.
Yan Haoming was not polite. When he got closer and saw the good things on the table, his mouth started to water.
"Senior! Your life is really real! There is nothing to say!"
Liang Qiuru rolled her eyes at him and smiled: "I heard that when you first came here, they assigned you to Area A so that you, a doctor of biology, could do manual labor, right?"
Yan Haoming rubbed his hands and stopped subconsciously when he was about to pick up the chicken feet.
"Um...yes, but it's not that they assigned it wrong, I hid the files intentionally." Yan Haoming consciously washed his hands before returning to the table.
"Huh? How strange? You have such a severe mysophobia that you can actually live in Area A for more than a month?" Liang Qiuru opened a can of beer for him.
Yan Haoming gnawed on chicken feet, drank beer, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.
Liang Qiuru smiled and shook her head, then turned on the holographic media.
This kind of high-end device computing was not very common before the disaster, but now it appears in the living room, which is really eye-opening.
Yan Haoming was stunned: "Eh? Are there any movies to watch?"
"It's not a movie. It's the only civilian-level media channel currently open on the First Central Axis. It doesn't have many programs, but it's better than nothing. You can also watch the 'news' from other regions." Liang Qiuru has already lived here.
It has been more than half a month, and I have already become accustomed to everything here.
But Yan Haoming's life in the past few months has been worse than the beggars on the streets before, so now when he sees these programs, tears suddenly fill his eyes.
"Hiss! Why...why am I crying?" Yan Haoming asked stupidly.
Liang Qiuru rolled her eyes and said, "Who knew you? There are tissues under the table, wipe them quickly."
"profound."
Wiping his tears, Yan Haoming saw the holographic image reporting the phenomenon of a huge light beam in Siberia.
Liang Qiuru's expression also became serious.
The report only played a short video clip, in which a huge human-shaped light beam could be seen moving slowly on the Siberian ice sheet.
Yan Haoming was stunned: "Hey? What is this? Aliens are not really coming, are they?"
Liang Qiuru turned up the volume and heard the reporter say: "...A joint investigation team composed of experts from many countries has already gone to Siberia. I believe the truth will be found out soon, and this station will continue to follow up the report."
With that, the news is over, and the next thing to be played is a public service advertisement filmed by Su Corporation.
Yan Haoming was in high spirits and turned around to continue competing with the chicken feet.
Liang Qiuru was a little concerned about the "mysterious beam of light", but she had no usable information at hand, so she said: "You eat here. If the beer is not enough, go get it from the refrigerator. I will go out."
After saying that, Liang Qiuru put down the beer can in her hand and stood up to go out.
Yan Haoming was stunned for a moment: "Hey? Senior, where are you going?"
"Go check the information."
"Checking information? Let me go with you."
"No, you stink. Hurry up and eat and take a shower!" After saying that, Liang Qiuru closed the door and left.
After hearing this last sentence, Yan Haoming realized that he had not showered for a month.
He hurriedly raised his arm and smelled it carefully...and then...
"Ugh...it really stinks..."
After retching, Yan Haoming was no longer in the mood to eat. He hurriedly wiped his hands and went to the bathroom.
…
Leaving the private living area, Liang Qiuru returned to the "market town" system of the refuge.
This is the place with the most complete functional facilities in the entire shelter, and it is also where children and the elderly gather.
The person Liang Qiuru is looking for works in this area.
He is a teacher named Zhang Yuchu, who was Liang Qiuru’s senior at university.
Eighteen years ago, not long after the Wangye Ecological Zone was built, Zhang Yuchu received an invitation from Liang Qiuru and went to the Wangye Ecological Zone alone to carry out educational work.
As one of the first batch of volunteer teachers to enter Wangye Ecological Zone, Zhang Yuchu has had many “disciples” over the years.
But he himself has been constantly sinking his educational position, from being a university professor to kindergarten.
Many people said that Zhang Yuchu was lazy, but only Liang Qiuru knew that Zhang Yuchu returned to his original roots in education, putting aside academic research and putting cultural dissemination and personality building at the forefront.
After Liang Qiuru passed through the market town, which was strung on a "bamboo stick" like candied haws, she finally found Zhang Yuchu in the "sky garden" on the top floor, who was taking the children to learn about native plants and flowers.
Zhang Yuchu, who has always been very decent, remained the same after the disaster/after entering the shelter.
Not only was her hair combed meticulously, but she also used
The flowers and plants used in classroom teaching are also neatly classified according to size and color.
Hundreds of children of different ages gathered around him to listen to him introduce a pot of humble flowers in his hand.
"Children, the pot of flower I am holding in my hand is called 'Alpine Edelweiss'. It is a beautiful flower that grows on high mountains between 1,500 and 3,500 meters above sea level." Zhang Yuchu said as he projected the hologram
The magnifying glass moved to the small flower in his hand, and then a huge white flower with a diameter of more than two meters appeared in the center of the garden.
As a perennial herb, alpine edelweiss is usually 15-25 cm tall, oval to linearly oblong, covered with white downy hairs, and spreads out into a star-shaped flower.
It was once the national flower of Switzerland and Austria and a famous alpine flower in Europe.
The genus name originates from the Greek leon, which means lion's paw.
Zhang Yuchu held the alpine edelweiss in his hand and continued: "They grow in high mountain areas. They are restricted by high altitude and growth environment, but the tenacious alpine edelweiss still chooses to survive in the cracks of rocks. Austrians say that alpine edelweiss
Grass is tenacious and independent. They are not afraid of harsh conditions and loneliness, symbolizing bravery. Therefore, many young people in Austria risked their lives to climb steep cliffs to pick it and give it to their sweethearts, because they believed that only grass can grow.
Only the alpine edelweiss can represent the determination to sacrifice everything for love!”
The children listened in a daze, but they still exclaimed in admiration, with their little mouths opening wide and making "wow" sounds.
Looking at these cute children, Zhang Yuchu showed a satisfied smile on his face.
Liang Qiuru, who had been listening to the class silently and did not interrupt Zhang Yuchu rashly, also applauded in time to show her appreciation.
When Zhang Yuchu heard the applause, he noticed Liang Qiuru standing in the corner.
Seeing his former schoolmates, Zhang Yuchu's smile became even stronger. He put down the alpine edelweiss in his hands and clapped his hands and said, "Okay, kids, that's it for today's class. Here's the homework.
Choose your favorite among the flowers and plants introduced by the teacher today, then open your mind and write a small experience or story, and then ask your parents to help you submit it to the teacher's management mailbox tomorrow night, okay?
?”
"Okay~~~" the children said in unison.
"Well, then, let's finish class."
"Goodbye, teacher!" The children stood up and said goodbye to Zhang Yuchu.
The teaching assistants outside the classroom began to lead the children outside.
Liang Qiuru came over with a smile and said, "That's great. Now I feel a little regretful that I didn't choose to be a teacher like you?"
Zhang Yuchu wiped his hands, tidied the table, walked over and said, "Want to have a drink in my office?"
Liang Qiuru raised her eyebrows: "Okay."
…
Zhang Yuchu's office and residence are in this "sky garden", but the place is very small. It is said that it was renovated from the flower room and tool room at Zhang Yuchu's request.
Although the place is small, it has all the necessary organs. In addition, Zhang Yuchu loves cleanliness, so Liang Qiuru didn't feel the slightest discomfort.
After the two of them sat by the window at the highest point of the greenhouse, Zhang and Chu turned off the lighting system of the greenhouse, leaving only the fluorescent lamps used by the plants for photosynthesis.
This small detail made Liang Qiuru's eyes light up.
"It seems that you have adapted to the environment here?" Liang Qiuru asked.
Zhang Yuchu brought a bottle of champagne, poured two glasses of it, and said, "To say I'm adapting...it's a little bit forced, I can only say that I try my best to live a comfortable life."
Liang Qiuru smiled bitterly.
"What about you? I heard that you could have lived in a shelter with Hanako. Why did you take the initiative to apply to come back here?"
Liang Qiuru sighed softly after hearing this: "Yes, I am also confused as to why I came back... Obviously the mainland is my hometown, and my daughter is also over there in Xiongan... But I... just can't let go
This way."
Zhang Yuchu understood. He raised his glass and said, "Come and drink to your righteousness."
Hearing this, Liang Qiuru rolled her eyes at Zhang Yuchu and said, "Young Master, what's wrong with you? I'm here to see you today because of my own personal matters."
Entering the theme, Zhang Yuchu put down his wine glass and picked up the crystal panel behind him and said, "Is it for the light that appeared in Siberia?"
Liang Qiuru was shocked. She said that the person who understood her thoughts best in the world, besides her husband who had been dead for many years, was her senior. However, Liang Qiuru still felt strange.
"Huh? How did you know?"
Zhang Yuchu smiled and did not explain much. He only said: "Actually... this incident was not originally planned to be reported to the outside world, because it is easy to cause panic... but the 'disappearance of the sun' incident cannot be carried out without beginning or end.
, so...the First Central Axis plans to use this vision in the Siberian region to give everyone a start, but it still leaves a lot of room for imagination."
"Huh? That's strange. I thought the First Central Axis didn't plan to announce the truth about the disaster." After Liang Qiuru said that, she felt a little stupid and couldn't help thinking: "It's broken... This doesn't mean exposing yourself."
Do you know the truth?'
Zhang Yuchu glanced at Liang Qiuru but didn't ask any questions. He just nodded and said, "Yes, it's quite strange, but the even stranger things are yet to come. Take a look at this first."
As he spoke, Zhang Yuchu handed the crystal plate to Liang Qiuru.
Liang Qiuru put down the wine glass and took it over to take a look. She saw that in the picture displayed on the crystal board, there was not only one mysterious "Giant of Light", but three!
And the most important thing is that the first earth they appeared on was not Siberia, but Antarctica.
"Pay attention to the time." Zhang Yuchu gave a crucial message
remind.
Liang Qiuru lowered her head and looked...
"June 11, 2142?! Three years ago?!" Liang Qiuru was dumbfounded. This secret was so exciting.
"Yes, they came for inspection three years ago, but all this is still just speculation. After all, we just saw this human-shaped light, which cannot directly explain anything." Zhang Yuchu took back the crystal plate and closed the video.
Then he poured himself another glass.
Liang Qiuru looked out the window at the people coming and going in the living area not far away, and suddenly felt a wave of discomfort.
"Earlier, I heard Haoming say that his brother Yan Sichen noticed some unusual projects on the Shanhai. They didn't look like routine scientific research at all. Now it seems... these things are also connected.
Really?" Liang Qiuru asked.
Zhang Yuchu hesitated for a moment. He didn't want to answer because it touched on a matter of principle, but it was Liang Qiuru who asked the question.
"Yes, those unusual projects are actually the 'mimetic crystallization' project, but most people don't know where 'mimetic crystallization' comes from. They just think it is a scientific breakthrough of the century, but they don't know... it is those'
The giant of light left... a 'gift'." Zhang Yuchu thought for a while and finally used "gift" to describe "mimetic crystals."
"Gift?"
"Yes, at least from the present point of view, 'mimetic crystallization' has been a great impetus to the overall progress of human civilization. With it, we can basically say goodbye to the problem of scarcity of rare resources." Zhang Yuchu clarified a fact.
In fact, Liang Qiuru and Zhang Yuchu have the same understanding and attitude towards "mimetic crystallization" and its related characteristics.
However, the public still knows very little about "mimetic crystals". For example, what Zhang Yuchu just said...except for a very small number of people, even Liang Qiuru has always thought that "mimetic crystals" are created by the progress of modern basic science.
of miracles.
As everyone knows, not only is it not something created by humans, but it is very likely that it is the traces left on the earth by those "they" that have brought unprecedented disasters to mankind.
At first, scientists only said that they had discovered a new molecular mimic structure, and the "mimetic crystals" generated by this mimic structure could perfectly replace the positions of many rare metals in the field of high-precision scientific research.
For example, the "titanium alloy" widely used in the aerospace field and the new material "colorimetric" that is essential for the core of all quantum computers currently on the market can be directly copied and replaced with "mimetic crystals".
Although the production process of "mimetic crystallization" itself is complicated, its biggest advantage is that it can realize the conversion of abc.
To put it simply, we can obtain a lot of prototype materials a used to make "mimetic crystals" from nature, and then generate "mimetic crystals" b, and these "mimetic crystals" b can be "arbitrarily" transformed into target materials
c.
With such unnatural properties, "mimetic crystals" allowed scientists to accomplish the feat of "turning stone into gold" overnight, which was once considered absolutely contrary to real science.
Its emergence can be described as subversive.
However, these information about "mimetic crystals" are not disclosed to the public, and the attitude of the scientific community towards "mimetic crystals" is also divided into many factions.
Some scientists believe that this is a gift from "god" to mankind. As long as mankind can use it flexibly, it can easily break through the bottleneck of the current civilization level and lead all mankind into a new and glorious "golden age"!
However, some scientists believe that "mimetic crystals" are not a human creation. It can even be said that it is not necessarily a "scientific creation." Humans know very little about this unknown existence, so the specific future benefits it can bring are gratifying.
Sadly, it's too early to tell.
To put it bluntly, many scientists do not believe that "mimetic crystallization" is really beneficial and harmless.
Some scientists with more active philosophical thinking compare "mimetic crystals" to a scam used by demons to deceive humans.
Not to mention whether such a "breakthrough" will expose human beings in the cold jungle of the universe, causing human civilization to be completely wiped out after a moment of glory. Even if it does not, "mimetic crystallization" is of great significance to contemporary people, or in this era.
The impact caused by humanistic ideas is more terrifying than earthquakes and tsunamis.
Let’s take the simplest one…if it is really possible to achieve the legendary “Midas that turns stone into gold” by means of “mimic crystallization”.
So it goes without saying how much impact this will have on the international gold market, and what a bad impact it will have on the economic operation of the entire society, right?
Therefore, for a long time, the scientific community has always been cautious about "mimetic crystallization".
The First Central Axis has also taken the initiative to assume the responsibility of keeping this secret and monitoring global scientific research related to "mimetic crystallization" technology.
Nowadays, "Mimetic Crystal" has been banned from being an "Internet celebrity" until it has disappeared. Even if many people still remember it, most of them have expressed doubts, thinking that it may all be just a "scam" to gain fame.
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However, this also happened to help the First Central Axis to carry out confidentiality work.
But now...
A sudden disaster caused the sun to "disappear" from human life.
Trapped in an underground shelter and relying on the heat of the earth's core to survive, humans have to "take risks"...
…
"Well... you are right. It seems that this thing is indeed a gift now... but maybe it is also a charity." Liang Qiuru said.
"Alms?"
"Yes, look at this pitch-black sky... maybe it's just a gift from those guys who 'hide' the sun..."