Chapter 1440 Hospitable Future Man?

Lu Zhou never thought that he, a good family man who never leaves outsiders to spend the night in his home, and would send guests home later in the day, would one day have a good chat with a big man until late at night.

However, this feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land really made him feel extraordinarily cordial.

From Li Gaoliang, Lu Zhou learned some basic common sense of this era, as well as some misunderstandings about this era from the perspective of a dormant person.

"You should rest first tonight."

Glancing at the time on the holographic screen, Li Gaoliang continued to see Lu Zhou and said, "Get up early tomorrow, and I will take you to find a place to live first. I only have two days left this month, and I have to go back before the day after tomorrow. If you have any inconvenience, I will try my best to solve it for you tomorrow."

Lu Zhou froze for a moment and said, "It's only halfway through this month. Are there so few holidays?"

Logically speaking, there should be more holidays in the future era than in the past, right?

Li Gaoliang smiled embarrassedly, and touched the back of his head with his big hand in embarrassment.

"Uh, this... how do you say it? The virtual reality technology of this era is quite similar to that."

Lu Zhou: "..."

I always feel that it is time for a rectification operation for the Pan-Asian cooperation fleet...

Nothing to say all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Zhou said goodbye to the customs staff. While taking his luggage away, he also received a hand-painted greeting card from the staff.

The card is said to have been left by a little girl who was a passenger on flight N-177.

Her name was not left on the cover of the greeting card, but only two lines of thank you were written in immature strokes.

[Thank you, Mr. Hero, you saved Lili and everyone. 】

[PS: Lili will tell Tail about your deeds! :)]

On the back of the greeting card are two little girls, one tall and one short, holding hands. The background is the sun, blue sky, white clouds, and a round lawn.

Although there is no special creativity, it is full of childlike imagination.

Taking a closer look at the greeting card, Li Gaoliang stroked his stubble-covered chin and said with great interest, "I didn't expect to see paper greeting cards in this era."

"I will treasure it well."

Folding the greeting card and putting it in his arms, Lu Zhou looked at Li Gaoliang, smiled and continued, "It's time to go, Comrade Li Gaoliang, take me to see the world after 100 years."

"Has people's lives become better? Has the people of our time realized their ideals for the future?"

Li Gaoliang grinned and said with a smile: "Haha, I'm not sure if everyone's ideals have been realized, but I bet you may not be able to see all the splendor of this era in a whole year! "

Looking at the airport gate which is close at hand, a trace of anticipation gradually lit up in Lu Zhou's eyes.

"Then let's go to Jinda for the time being, as well as the places where I studied and worked, and my former residence..."

Is it a bit strange to say that it is a former residence?

After all, he is still alive, but everyone thinks he is dead...

However, these insignificant things are put aside for the time being, what is waiting in front of him is the future a hundred years later!

Passing through the wide back door, the sun was shining brightly through the treetops and onto the heels of his shoes.

Squinting his eyes, Lu Zhou raised his eyes and looked up, his pupils quickly narrowed to a dot because of surprise.

The first sight is the endless high-rise buildings, and above the spacious six-lane road, the continuous flow of traffic is like a rainbow between the high-rise buildings.

Maglev!

Look at that speed, most of them are still driving automatically!

Pedestrians in strange clothes come and go on the street, and the dazzling holographic images are dizzying. Rail trains that go around between buildings seem to be the main mode of transportation for people. In order to make up for the lack of lighting brought by high-rise buildings, the lighting systems in many areas are brightly lit even during the day.

Complex art is vividly reflected in every corner of the street, like individual gears of different sizes, running at their own speed and rhythm, but under the coordination of AI and order Next, everything is so unified and orderly.

And if you wear AR glasses, it is like traveling into a fantasy world!

The augmented reality is like a cake covered with cream. The buildings on both sides of the street seem to be superimposed with a layer of oil painting filters, and the virtual images that seem to exist replace the passers-by walking on the street.

Among them are elves from the fantasy world, and some non-human creatures from unknown film and television works... Most of the appearances are exactly the same as their images in the virtual community.

"Welcome to the Earth in the 22nd century! I believe someone on Mars has already welcomed you."

"……not at all."

Although Tiangong City is also a bustling city, the compact minimalist style is still a bit petty compared to the open and closed architectural style on the streets of Jinling City.

Of course, there is no way to do that, after all, the safe space on Mars is really limited.

Patting Lu Zhou on the shoulder, Li Gaoliang said with a smile: "Whether there is or not, what do you think of these scenes in front of you? Is it the future you imagined?"

Lu Zhou, who took off the AR glasses, was silent for a while, and then five words popped out from his tightly closed mouth.

"It's so cool..."

Not to mention the prosperity.

Even after witnessing the prosperity of "Ring World", he couldn't imagine how a city could become more prosperous after it had developed to this extent.

He sort of understood why Li Gaoliang would say that even if it takes a whole year to see all the wonders of this world...

At this moment, a greeting came from behind the two of them.

"Hey, hey, wait a minute..."

A spirited guy dressed in a cyberpunk style ran towards this side while waving his hands, and stopped Lu Zhou and Li Gaoliang who were walking on the street.

"Wait a minute, you, are you really Lu Zhou?"

Looking at this panting young man, although he felt sorry for his dressing style, Lu Zhou still showed the demeanor of an elder, looked at him friendly and said.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

There was an expression of excitement on that person's face, and he danced like he had won a lottery.

"Great! I'm your fan, me, me, can I take a photo with you?"

fan?

When he heard that he was his fan, Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly.

Unexpectedly, after 100 years, there are still so many people worshiping him.

"no problem."

"Great! Wait a minute..."

The young man took out a spherical drone from his pocket, tossed it upwards, and saw it unfold the soft folding paddles stored in the belly of the aircraft, hovering in mid-air deftly.

Looking at the small drone, Lu Zhou showed a slightly interested expression on his face.

But judging from Li Gaoliang's expression, this kind of thing should be considered a relatively common thing in this world.

Putting his hand on Lu Zhou's shoulder, the young man had a funny smile on his face, and skillfully made a scissors hand to the camera.

"Come on, let's look at the camera and say eggplant!"

Lu Zhou: "...?"

The drone buzzed softly, capturing this historic moment.

After the photo was obtained, the guy skillfully reached out to catch the drone, turned around and grinned at Lu Zhou, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Thanks, buddy."

With that said, he stopped looking at Lu Zhou, but looked at the camera of the drone in his hand, and said excitedly as he left.

"Hundreds of years old popsicles! Guess who I met! It's actually Lu Zhou! Brothers watch on demand, feel awesome and call 666 on the public screen!"

A string of bullet screens floated across the unfolded holographic screen.

[Spicy chicken anchor, the quality is extremely poor, report it! 】

[666! 】

[Fuck! do you know who he is? The Lu Zhou Science Award is named after this boss! You are in trouble! 】

[Holy Mother bitch, please get out of the live broadcast room, don't watch if you are upset. 】

[Hahaha, the century-old Popsicle, I died laughing! Pay attention! 】

【……(ˇˇ)】

"You bastard..."

Seeing the guy who was talking to himself, Li Gaoliang became angry immediately, and was about to step forward with his fists in his hands, but he was quickly stopped by Lu Zhou, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed.

Looking back at Lu Zhou indignantly, he said angrily.

"Don't pull me, I must teach him a lesson for his parents today!"

"Don't be impulsive, he was just joking," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Besides, I agreed with him to take the photo, so let him take it."

"Is this a joke?! Damn..."

Realizing that something was wrong, the spirited boy had already run away.

Looking at the disappearing figure from a distance, although the anger in his heart was still lingering, he could only let go of his fist.

It doesn't matter if it's just insulting him, he doesn't want to waste time with a trash.

However, that person offended Lu Zhou!

This was something he from that era couldn't tolerate no matter what.

Taking a deep breath, Li Gaoliang calmed down, looked at Lu Zhou and said in a serious tone.

"You don't know what happened recently... Listen, a great man from more than 100 years ago has been resurrected, and it just happened to catch up with the hijacking of flight N-177. You are now the focus of the world's media, and we just left It is the back door of the airport, otherwise you would have been blocked at the airport gate by now."

"In any case, let's quickly find you a place to live. Don't go out these few days if you have nothing to do, and don't go to any place where Jin Dahe worked with you. We'll wait until the rumors pass!"

Lu Zhou shrugged his shoulders, with a not very concerned expression on his face.

In fact, it is true.

Logically speaking, he is more than 100 years old now, and he must be that guy's grandpa in terms of seniority, so there is no need to argue so much with a junior.

And in the past, he was not very good at taking ordinary people's views of him to heart, and now he is even less so.

One person cannot represent an era, no matter how loud that person's voice is. And the times will definitely give a correct and fair evaluation to his name.

What's more, what is the meaning of social development?

Isn't it just to keep more people full?

"...Actually, don't be too sensitive. Speaking of which, what happened to flight N-177?"

"The identity of the hijacker is an air pirate, and it is somewhat related to the military operation of the Pan-Asian Cooperation in the asteroid belt a few months ago. The specific situation is still under investigation, and I don't know much about it. I will talk to you when there is news. Tell me... how did you escape from danger?"

Lu Zhou slightly moved his gaze away.

"I don't really want to recall what happened that day...can you give me some time? Or are you here with a mission?"

Li Gaoliang quickly said: "No, I'm just asking casually! If it's inconvenient, don't say it. I'm sure I'll be on your side no matter what."

Lu Zhou nodded and responded with a thankful smile.

"It's really not very convenient to explain... You can understand that I got the help of a hacker."

"hacker?"

Lu Zhou: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing... just a little surprised," Li Gaoliang muttered with a strange expression, "It's not that there are no such things as hackers, but now that quantum encryption and quantum communication technologies have become popular, this kind of exploiting security loopholes can't be done. People seem to be extinct in this era.”

"Really?" Lu Zhou didn't explain, but smiled and said, "Maybe it has its own way."

In the distance, the running spirit guy seemed to have lost his mind.

I saw that the live broadcast drone seemed to be broken, running around out of control in the sky, and finally plunged into the alley next to him under the sight of his helpless and angry shouts and the dissatisfied sight of passers-by.

Lu Zhou and Li Gao looked at each other and smiled, and were about to move on, but at this moment, another greeting came from behind them.

"Wait a moment……"

"Again?"

Li Gaoliang turned around and saw a foreigner with a hooked nose running towards him, and immediately stepped forward to block Lu Zhou.

Seeing the man's face clearly, Lu Zhou quickly reached out and pulled Li Gaoliang's shoulder, reminding him.

"Don't get excited, this is my... acquaintance, thanks to him helping me a lot, I can go home smoothly."

In fact, he originally wanted to say that he was a creditor, but he thought that he was a billionaire at any rate, so he still had to save face in front of acquaintances, so he changed his words temporarily.

Hearing that Lu Zhou said he was an acquaintance, Li Gaoliang finally lowered his fist, but he still looked at him warily, without any intention of relaxing his vigilance.

"Don't get excited...friend, I'm not a bad person. Let me introduce myself. My name is Leonard. I am a professor of archeology at Oxford University. The greatest achievement in my life... probably helped you dig out Professor Lu."

Putting his hands on his knees and panting heavily, Professor Leonard, who finally recovered, rolled his eyes and looked up at Lu Zhou and complained.

"I waited for you all night, and was about to go to the customs to look for you during the day, but the staff there told me that you had left, so I hurriedly chased you out... Xie Te, I borrowed 20,000 credit points from you anyway, You don't even tell me when you're gone."

Lu Zhou looked a little embarrassed, coughed lightly and said.

"Don't worry about this, I can't be greedy for your little money, and the cooperation with Fanya—"

"This is forty thousand credits."

Drawing his index finger in the air, Li Gaoliang, who interrupted Lu Zhou, pulled out a payment code from the holographic screen on the bracelet, and pushed it in front of Professor Leonard without saying a word.

"I paid back the money he owed you for him, and now this matter has nothing to do with you."

Although the credit points of the Pan-Asian Cooperation and the credit points of the North Sea Alliance have the same name, they are actually two different currencies. However, due to the particularity of digital currency such as credit points, the exchange rate between the two basically maintains a floating range between 1 and 0.9.

"It's...not about the money, I just want to—"

Probably guessing what Professor Leonard was thinking, Lu Zhou sighed, walked around the confused Li Gaoliang, walked up and patted him on the shoulder.

"I know what you want to say, my friend. Thank you for helping me to cross tens of millions of kilometers back to my hometown. You are the first friend I met in this era, and I am grateful This friendship. If there is a chance in the future, I will visit you on England Island."

Looking at Lu Zhou moved, Professor Leonard tightly held his right hand.

"I'll remember your words! Goodbye friend, I'm actually here to say goodbye to you! Tomorrow I'm flying back to England Island. I'm not actually expecting your reward or anything. I'm not afraid of you when I say it It's a joke, I've grown up so much, I don't have any friends in reality, so... I hope you can remember me in the future."

"Although this trip to Mars has changed nothing, I feel that I have found something more cherished than cultural relics."

From the holographic panel on the bracelet, he used his index finger to separate an identity information, and Professor Leonard drew it in front of Lu Zhou, grinning and saying.

"When you get your official identity card, remember to add my virtual community account... There will be a period later! When I have a chance to come to Pan Asia, or you come to Beihai Alliance for tourism, we will meet again at that time."

After leaving this sentence, Professor Leonard made a goodbye gesture to Lu Zhou, then turned and left.

Lu Zhou smiled and waved his hands, watching his back go away.

Although this guy always complained to himself along the way, he could still feel the good intentions out of worry.

So just now, he secretly put something in his pocket, I believe he will be pleasantly surprised when he sees it when he returns.

Looking at the remaining 20,000 credits in mid-air, Li Gaoliang muttered "strange person", then reached out and took back the half-paid holographic payment code.

"Thank you, I will pay back the money later."

Li Gaoliang said seriously: "You don't have to return me. The whole world is the crystallization of your wisdom. If you need it, I can give you all my property."

"You praise me too much. There has never been a prosperous era that can be achieved by the strength of one person," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "And don't worry about me too much. If you are a billionaire, even if a hundred years is indeed a long time, you will not be so poor that you will end up on the streets."

This morning's task was mainly to help Lu Zhou find a place to live. Li Gaoliang probably taught him how to use a personal terminal to connect to the city cloud, and through the city cloud to find nearby properties that are being rented.

Although there are creatures like intermediaries in this era, the living space has been compressed to a very small range.

Most of the demands for information resources can be satisfied to the maximum in the virtual community.

The point-to-point service bridged by AI has almost reduced the cost of obtaining information for individual users to the extreme, and the profit margin of using information difference to earn price difference has been so small that it can be ignored. The vast majority of real estate agencies are mainly engaged in high-end real estate in this era, and the value of their payment is mainly reflected in high-quality supporting services, rather than taking advantage of information advantages to cheat.

In addition, Lu Zhou also learned from Li Gaoliang that since the 1970s, most high-rise residential buildings in the city center are no longer sold to private individuals, but are developed and operated by leasing companies under the supervision of the local government. In a disguised form of public rental housing.

After all, the floors are getting higher and higher, and they can go up to one hundred or two hundred floors at every turn. If the traditional property rights method is still used, all kinds of troubles will swarm in the future when houses are demolished and facilities are updated. come up.

At this time, it is obviously unrealistic to expect the invisible hand of the market to allocate resources perfectly. Pan-Asian cooperation, which has learned its lesson, simply removed this piece from normal market transactions.

At least in the Huaguo region of Pan-Asia.

In addition, some families in this era who pay attention to the quality of life will choose to buy a renewable private residential land with limited property rights in the suburbs to build their own houses.

However, more young people still choose to live in the city center with more complete public facilities, rent a small apartment of moderate size, and focus more on the spiritual world—that is, the virtual community.

As Li Gaoliang said, the virtual reality technology in this world has developed to an unimaginable level.

People's imagination expands infinitely on computers, which perfectly fills the computer's lack of "effective creativity" and at the same time satisfies people's spiritual needs.

At the beginning of the 22nd century, many electronic works of art can be said to be bursting out in the form of a blowout. The prosperity of science and technology has not only expanded people's living space, but also greatly promoted the cultural prosperity of human civilization.

And this has been demonstrated in many ways.

After hearing these news, Lu Zhou was also full of emotion.

He never thought that the brain-computer interface he made back then would have such a big impact on the world.

So that people in the future era, whether it is life or values, will completely change their original appearance under the subtle influence of new technologies.

After comparing several properties, and after on-site inspection, Lu Zhou finally fell in love with a 200-square-meter large flat on the 100th floor near the second ring road in the urban area.

The modern minimalist decoration frees his eyes from the trouble of "light pollution" temporarily.

The rent does not include water and electricity, about 4,000 credits a month. According to the purchasing power of an ordinary car with 100,000 credits in this era, the rent is still a bit expensive.

However, compared to its supporting facilities and location, the price can be regarded as value for money.

Lu Zhou originally wanted to pay by himself, but Li Gaoliang refused to say anything and insisted on helping him pay the rent for one year and the deposit for two months.

Unable to resist him, Lu Zhou had no choice but to accept this kindness, and silently recorded this matter in his heart, planning to repay him the favor again if he had the opportunity in the future.

Since Li Gaoliang's return to Earth this time is considered a temporary leave, he has to rush back to Lagrange Space Base to return to the team before tomorrow, so he didn't stay here too much, left his contact information and agreed to meet again next time, and then hurried to Arrived at Jinling Aerospace Airport.

Looking at the empty modern apartment, Lu Zhou sat on the sofa, feeling a little empty in his heart.

Obviously back to Earth.

But it always feels like something is missing.

He knew that the name of that thing was family, he just didn't want to think about those unrealistic things.

Unlike soldiers like Li Gaoliang, as ordinary people, they have no "reason" to give up their relatives, friends, and happiness of that era and go to a completely unknown era.

Especially after reading the last words I left...

To be honest, if he hadn't discovered the hibernation cabin, even he himself felt that he would probably be dead.

Facing the empty living room, Lu Zhou took a deep breath and prayed silently in his heart.

"I hope you will live a peaceful, wealthy and happy life in that era."

"...whether you are proud of my name or not."

"I love you all forever."

Sniffing, Lu Zhou put down his folded hands.

As for whether to visit his descendants, he is actually quite conflicted about this matter.

If they wanted to see themselves, they would probably take the initiative to contact themselves after hearing the news that they were still alive.

And if they don't want to see themselves, it seems that there is no need for them to disturb their lives.

After all, not everyone would hope that their originally peaceful daily life would be broken by an ancestor who had never met and appeared out of nowhere.

"Speaking of which, there is another meeting in the afternoon...is it the Frozen Human Rights Protection Foundation?"

Operating the holographic panel with a weird UI design, Lu Zhou sent his address to Ms. K, the person in charge of identity restoration procedures arranged by Chairman Li Guangya.

Without waiting for a long time, a line of message windows popped up on the holographic panel.

[Meet at three o'clock in the afternoon. 】

What a concise answer.

However, it is quite to his taste.

Lu Zhou didn't really like the red tape that affects the efficiency of work. It seems that he should be very suitable to live in this era.

Thinking so, Lu Zhou replied with [OK], then swiped his index finger again, and turned off the holographic panel.

It is said that the Frozen Man Rights Protection Foundation includes free and reliable legal services. According to the Pan-Asian Cooperation official, the lawyers of the Foundation were able to help him get an advance payment from Pan-Asian Airlines before he resumed his citizenship. of compensation.

Unexpectedly, the legacy left to future generations would actually be used on himself, and Lu Zhou couldn't help but feel a burst of emotion in his heart.

It seems that there are some benefits to doing more good things when there is nothing to do.

Maybe one day, the virtue accumulated in the past will be used on myself.

Feeling a little hungry, just when Lu Zhou was about to stand up and go to the kitchen to find something to eat, there was a crisp doorbell ringing at the door.

"Is it so fast?"

Slightly surprised, Lu Zhou walked to the entrance and opened the door with his hand.

However, the result was beyond his expectation.

The person standing at the door was not a lawyer or salesman who looked very capable and reliable in formal attire and with a back hair, but a young and beautiful girl.

She was wearing a white coat that reached down to her knees, and pinned to her chest was the ID card of the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study that had been worn for some years.

Lu Zhou's eyes fell on her face, trying to recognize who she was. However, after working hard for a long time, I failed to match this face with the name in my memory.

An indescribable affinity makes it difficult for people to be hostile to her, but the facial features are so delicate that they hardly belong to humans, which makes people wonder whether she is a human or an elf from a fantasy world.

However, Lu Zhou has no time to think about this issue.

The moment he saw himself, those jewel-like eyes were immediately stained with a layer of tearful mist.

There was no time left for him to say hello, the next second the strange girl rushed towards him and threw him to the floor of the entrance.

"Owner!!!"

"???"

Lu Zhou, who was thrown on the floor, was in a daze, completely confused about the situation.

Is this another new century scam that specifically targets frozen people?

Or is it the same kind of person as the spiritual guy who was good at performance art he met before?

But damn, this guy is so strong!

He was obviously not as tall as himself, and his body was considered petite, but he felt as if he had been hit by a tank, not to mention struggling, he couldn't even move.

With two lumps of warm silicone on his face, Lu Zhou took three seconds to think about what the hell this is.

However, until he was so suppressed that he almost passed out, he didn't understand what was going on with him now...

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(Today is still a two-in-one, so I won’t divide it into chapters. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and my family is getting busy. I will try my best to keep the update time before 10 o’clock. Sometimes if it’s a few minutes later, everyone will Forgive me~)