Chapter 1426 You Are Dead

If you continue to explore along this cave, you will find the Reinhardt spaceship further down.

Of course, Lu Zhou would not allow Professor Leonard to know that there was a spaceship from the old universe hidden there, so he decisively rejected his proposal to continue exploring the ruins.

He has figured out this relic long ago. Apart from the spaceship engine located in the deepest part, which is said to use zero-point energy, there is nothing more worth exploring.

And before the spaceship was repaired, these two things meant nothing to him at all.

Saying goodbye to General Reinhardt in the communication channel, Lu Zhou asked the bionic man sent by Xiao Ai to drag the three corpses to the center of the passageway of the ruins, which is a more conspicuous position.

The reason for doing this is mainly to prevent Professor Leonard from turning back here again.

Thinking about it, with his courage, he probably would not dare to take the risk of hiring an excavation team with unknown origins to dig this ruin for himself. And if a formal excavation team was hired, the three unexplained corpses and the entry record he left at the customs alone would be enough to send him to court and put him in jail.

Ignoring Professor Leonard's pained expression, Lu Zhou continued to give orders to the bionic man to remove the explosives from the drill truck and install them on the load-bearing columns at the end of the mine.

In this way, it can be regarded as completely ruining his idea of ​​digging the ruins privately one day on a whim...

Trembling with anger, Professor Leonard pointed at Lu Zhou, exhausted all his courage, and angrily reprimanded him.

"...You are destroying cultural relics."

"I am a cultural relic, you can ask me anything you want to know...Okay, everything is settled, let's go."

Patting Professor Leonard on the shoulder, Lu Zhou took a last look at the passage behind him, and then walked out of the mine without looking back.

Before the spaceship can be repaired, it is the best choice to leave this spaceship here temporarily.

After dealing with the matters on the earth, at the very end, he may drive it to a place far, far away...

Moving forward along the curved magnetic track, the two people walking in the mine chatted one after another.

From the mouth of this professor Leonard, Lu Zhou learned that he is an ordinary professor working in the Department of Archeology of Oxford University.

And very coincidentally, his father was a student of Professor Vernal who had met him once.

Now Professor Vernal's theory has become a department of its own in the world. Although his theory about the Martian cockroach is not accepted by the mainstream view, it barely has a place.

Hearing this, Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart, time flies so fast...

"What does the outside world look like now?"

"...what does it look like?" For this question, Leonard froze for a few seconds, then scratched the back of his head and said, "If you mean relative, what does it look like in the early 21st century... probably more A little more developed? And then there is a difference in concept from yours?"

"Just that?"

"What else can I do?"

"I thought you could go into more detail."

Professor Leonard Khan said: "How can this be detailed, I have never been to your era to see it... If you want to know what has changed, you can go and see it yourself, and then compare it."

"That's right." After thinking about it, Lu Zhou asked a slightly more specific question, which was the question he was most concerned about, "I seem to have seen an organization called the Beihai Alliance in the email of that guy named Jim... I want to ask, what the hell is that?"

"Oh, you said that... Simply speaking, you can understand it as a new type of national concept."

It took more than ten minutes for Professor Leonard to briefly describe to Lu Zhou the changes in the international situation over the past century.

It turned out that since his "death", the political legacy he left behind called the "Human Alliance" had been united for a while. Out of guard against extraterrestrial civilizations, the Earth Defense Force has even developed a quick-response force for high-orbit operations.

However, the good times didn't last long.

This political alliance, which was forced to come together due to external pressure, finally existed for only twenty-five years in the history of human civilization.

And in the twenty-five years of life, the Human Alliance has experienced a bumpy life from unity to doubt, and then from doubt to disintegration.

The academic circles have given many explanations for the reasons for the dissolution of the People's Federation. Including that the Mars scientific research work at that time could not find more evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations, and Professor Aubrey's thesis proposed a new explanation for the collapse of the gates of hell.

There is no evidence that extraterrestrial civilizations actually existed and planned that earthquake. In contrast, more and more evidence can be inferred that the discovery of extraterrestrial civilizations and their suspected hostile behavior is just a false alarm...

The loss of a common enemy, coupled with the rotation of the leadership, and the differences caused by the interest demands and contradictions of various countries, finally brought this organization to the end of its life.

In fact, such an outcome is almost inevitable.

Even a well-known political strongman in history has no way to control things after two terms, not to mention that the establishment of the People's Federation was not due to the diplomatic skills of a certain political strongman from the very beginning, but only because of the fear of unknown forces from the countries of the earth. Just fear.

However, although the People's Federation was eventually disbanded, it still had some positive effects.

That is to explore a new type of political and diplomatic relations that is different from traditional borders for countries around the world.

Namely, regional unions!

In order to save the rapidly declining economy, the Pan-Asian Cooperation, which was originally an economic cooperation organization, first made a bold innovation and launched a digital currency that is different from traditional currencies.

This currency is issued by the pan-Asian central bank, and its value is based on the sum of the credits of all member countries of the Pan-Asian Cooperation. And other countries have followed suit, and through debt consolidation, issuance of next-generation currency, and a series of supporting economic policies, the global production relationship has finally entered a new stage.

And economic union is only the beginning.

Soon this kind of cooperation extended to cultural, military, and even political levels due to the experience and mutual trust accumulated by various countries during the People's Federation.

Eventually, the traditional concept of borders was diluted and replaced by a new type of border based on the original concept of sovereignty.

"The current mainstream view in academia is that it is the concept of decentralized sovereignty proposed by Professor Angus Deaton in "Future Sociology", which provides a theoretical basis for cross-regional political alliances. And Professor Lu's... cough cough , that is, the trans-regional power grid you promoted, laid the material conditions for the establishment of the first trans-regional political alliance—that is, Pan-Asian cooperation.”

"However, although this statement is the mainstream view, there have always been voices of controversy. Even if the territory of Pan-Asian cooperation is basically consistent with the territory of the early inter-regional power grid, whether there is an inevitable relationship between the two remains to be seen. More evidence."

"At present, the most in-depth research in this field happens to be the Angus School... I am an archaeologist, and I only know about modern history. If you are interested, it is best to consult a professional."

I didn't expect that what I just mentioned casually with Director Li at the beginning would have such a big effect in the future many years later, and Lu Zhou couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

There is also Angus Deaton and his "Future Sociology". If Lu Zhou remembers correctly, he seems to have had a fight with him because of something...

Seeing that Lu Zhou seemed to be distracted, Professor Leonard frowned and asked suspiciously.

"...Are you still listening?"

"Yes." Came back to his senses, Lu Zhou glanced at Professor Leonard next to him, smiled and said, "I just remembered an old friend... a little nostalgic. Speaking of which, that Angus ran away I came to Huaguo to find my theory, but I was scolded by me, so I ran back and wrote "Future Sociology". I didn't expect that 100 years later, his book is still so popular... I don't know his Can future generations receive the manuscript fee?"

Leonard: "..."

Lu Zhou coughed and continued, "That is to say, the current Huaguo is called Pan-Asian Cooperation, and its territory is roughly equivalent to the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia? Then the North Sea Alliance is the alliance formed by the United Kingdom and the countries on the northern shore of the Baltic Sea?"

Leonard sighed: "Although you have even got the basic definition wrong, there is nothing wrong with understanding it this way."

"Then what's the situation with Mars? Listen to your tone...it seems a bit special here."

"The situation on Mars is very complicated. There are colonies like Tiangong City that are directly managed by Pan-Asian cooperation, colonies like New London that are managed through a governor-appointed system, or New Virginia that is simply left to companies to operate like North America. Different systems have their own advantages and disadvantages, and the reason for all of this, in the final analysis, is that the distance from here to the earth is too far."

"Even recently, it took two minutes for a beam of light to travel from the earth to here. There is no real-time communication with the earth at all. Coupled with some problems left over from history, both the system and the judiciary here , are quite different from the home country on Earth. If the Earth is a civilized world, then this is the wild West that is full of opportunities... If I say this, you should be able to understand."

Lu Zhou nodded. Although he felt that he only knew the tip of the iceberg, it was still somewhat better than when he just woke up.

At this moment, Lu Zhou suddenly felt that he had kicked something, so he turned his gaze to his feet.

I saw a broken rifle lying there.

This thing looks quite familiar. After staring at it for a while, Lu Zhou quickly recognized it.

However, someone was one step faster than him and pronounced the name of the thing.

"QBZ-20 paratrooper rifle, the standard equipment of the world's first orbital airborne brigade!"

"How could this kind of thing be here? Didn't Hidel Mining Company discover such an important cultural relic?"

With excitement in his eyes, Professor Leonard was about to reach out to pick up the broken rifle, but Lu Zhou picked it up first and held it in his hand.

"Hellfire Rifle..."

Looking at this rifle, Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a nostalgia in his eyes.

"This is an important cultural relic," swallowed, and Professor Leonard said in a low voice, "It's useless for you to keep it, why not keep it for a professional like me. I have my academic reputation as a guarantee, I will send him to a museum."

"No need, I am a cultural relic, and I have the final say on how to deal with the cultural relics. Besides, this is a relic of an old man of mine. No matter what, I will bring it back to his hometown."

I don't know if he survived the disaster...

A hundred years have passed like this.

In his time, he should have lived a happy and stable life...

Although he knew that he didn't need to feel sorry for him, Lu Zhou still couldn't help showing a touch of sadness in his eyes.

It's just that Professor Leonard who was standing next to him couldn't understand his sadness anymore, he just wanted to scold his mother in his heart.

Falk!

Why did I meet someone who is related to you in everything!

"...Well, whatever you want," Professor Leonard said with a sigh as he shrugged his shoulders, "I just hope you don't sell it... This kind of thing should be worth a lot, and it's on the black market. Expect someone to take good care of it. Most of the collectors I’ve met are nouveau riche and amateurs in this regard.”

sell?

Lu Zhou smiled lightly without any explanation.

Things like money are just things outside of him. As far as the knowledge in his head is concerned, he never worries that he will be short of money.

After finally walking out of the long mine, the two and the bionic man went straight to the rover and unlocked it.

Looking at Lu Zhou who opened the door and climbed onto the Mars rover skillfully, followed by Professor Leonard, a strange expression appeared on his face.

"You don't seem surprised at all."

Lu Zhou gave him a strange look.

"Surprised at what?"

"...the vast majority of old popsicles who wake up from hibernation will fuss for a while and have the most exciting 21 days of their lives until they get used to their new life before getting frustrated with some real issues .”

Like work or something.

Lu Zhou: "Are there any other sleepers?"

"A lot of... besides the terminally ill patients, there are some who voluntarily hibernate. It seems that the period was very turbulent for a while, and some people chose to hibernate."

"Yeah."

"You haven't answered my question yet."

"There is nothing to answer. Your father was still a cell when I drove the Mars rover. For me, I have seen most of the things you have seen in the laboratory. Even if I haven't seen it, I can imagine— —”

Looking at the empty operation interface on the Mars rover, black lines appeared on Lu Zhou's head, and he suddenly felt helpless.

"Well, I haven't seen everything... How does this thing work? Navigation? And the fuel tank dial?"

Looking at Lu Zhou speechlessly, Professor Leonard coughed lightly.

"...The button next to the steering wheel is the switch for the holographic control interface. If you have AR glasses, you can also enter the real-world navigation mode. Seriously, if you don't know how to open it, let me do it."

"...I'll let you tell me sooner."

Speechlessly glanced at Professor Leonard, Lu Zhou gave up the driving seat.

Leonard, who took over the steering wheel, skillfully started the car, but at this moment, he glimpsed an unnatural expression on Lu Zhou's face through the interior mirror.

It's like trying to overcome some kind of pain.

"...the sequelae of freezing?"

A feeling of cold kept gushing from his back, and bursts of pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow spread along the blood vessels.

Lu Zhou took a deep breath, and waited until the pain subsided a little before speaking.

"what is that?"

"...a disease commonly seen in 'old popsicles', because the early freezing and hibernation technology was very rough. I remember correctly, you seem to inject the dormant bacteria directly into the body?"

Lu Zhou: "...or what?"

Leonard glanced at Lu Zhou, "We stopped doing this after we discovered side effects from the first waking frozen man. I don't know exactly what happened, but I heard that it was continuously injected into the dormant cabin. The extract of the improved dormant bacteria."

Lu Zhou frowned: "...can this work?"

"Of course it's possible, and it's much safer. The price is a little more expensive, but it's not too much," Professor Leonard sighed, "I suggest you go to a hospital on Earth for treatment. The dormant mechanism of the Eight Classics...Although this is not a very troublesome disease, if you leave it alone, you may have to suffer from this pain twice a day."

"We're going back to Earth now..." Upon hearing that his aunt would come twice a day, Lu Zhou suddenly didn't want to wait any longer. Looking at the navigation map on the holographic interface, he immediately asked, "How do I go back?"

"Although Tiangong City is closer to here, I suggest that we go a little further and board the ship from New London."

Lu Zhou frowned and asked.

"Why?"

"Because you are a criminal now," Professor Leonard continued with a helpless expression on his face, "Everyone thought you were dead, if I hadn't seen you crawling out of that coffin, I would have never I hesitate to think so. New London... is more 'friendly' to criminals and smugglers. Basically, if you put a little credit, getting hacked from customs is not a big problem."

Lu Zhou: "Many people should recognize my face. I can provide DNA testing if necessary."

"Please, it's not your time anymore," Professor Leonard, who was holding the steering wheel, sighed, "If you want, you can even transform your facial features into a pharaoh or Qin Shihuang, and claim that the whole of Egypt or the terracotta warriors are yours." Yes. DNA testing is a good method, but this is Mars, and it takes two minutes to send back even a shout to Mars on Earth. Do you expect to be notarized here? Then you have to let other people accept that you are still alive? Want to return the house that has been developed into a public tourist attraction? I advise you to save it."

Lu Zhou opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a while.

In the past, someone always joked with him, tidy up the house, and it will be a historical relic in the future. Don't throw away things that don't need to be thrown away for the time being, maybe you can sell an antique in the future.

This is just great.

It really has become a cultural relic...

Where will I live on Earth? !

But at this moment, the bionic man sitting in the back seat suddenly handed over a card intimately, and said in an intermittent voice through the communication channel.

"...New, identity."

"...Master, command."

"...for now, for home use."

Looking at the bionic man sitting in the back seat and the card in its hand, the expression on Lu Zhou's face gradually became strange.

He originally thought that it couldn't speak...

Reaching out to take the card, Lu Zhou turned it over and glanced at it.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, when he saw the name column, he was caught off guard and almost choked to death by his own saliva.

What the hell is the surname Lu and the name Ai? ! -

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