Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 23 Each New Journey
Zhao Yingjun looked at Yan Qiaoqiao, her head lowered.
Suddenly!
She remembered the conversation she had with Brother Wang on the rooftop of the MX Building that day... "When did you start feeling like a father?"... That was the question she asked Brother Wang! It was an abstract question, but Brother Wang answered without hesitation: "The moment my daughter was wronged!"
At the time, Zhao Yingjun didn't fully understand what Brother Wang said. She did feel it was a bit pretentious... making a fuss over nothing!
But looking at Yan Qiaoqiao's aggrieved and lonely appearance before her!
Her nose felt sore!
She lowered her body, reaching out to hug that delicate flower bud, "I'm sorry!" she whispered! Even though many things weren't her fault; even though she didn't give birth to this child; even though she missed out on her childhood... but..."I'm sorry!" she said again, closing her eyes! Feeling the slightly cold temperature in her arms gradually seem to become warmer!
Zhao Yingjun straightened up!
Looking at the carnations held in Yan Qiaoqiao's hand!
Old and broken! The outer wrapping tin foil was wrinkled, and the flowers were scattered! But at this moment!
It was the gift Zhao Yingjun wanted to receive the most!!
She pointed to the flowers: "Where did these flowers come from?" Yan Qiaoqiao pointed to the park entrance in the distance, which was already empty: "I picked them up from the trash can!" Hearing this answer!
Zhao Yingjun smiled, surprised and not surprised! Yan Qiaoqiao didn't have a penny on her, so where else could she buy flowers? She could only pick them up from the trash can!
"Can you give them to your sister?"
Zhao Yingjun was somewhat expectant: "I really like these flowers. If you can give them to me...""Although I'm not your mother, I can try to be gentler, more patient, and more tolerant: I can try to be a good sister and protect you and take care of you!"
Yan Qiaoqiao nodded!
Holding the light yellow carnations between them, the fragrance of the flowers floated in the air, permeating their nostrils and being particularly sweet: "I'll give them to you!"
Yan Qiaoqiao said softly! Zhao Yingjun solemnly took the first carnations in her life, carefully admiring their appearance!
She liked it very much, smoothing out the wrinkled tin foil little by little, making the flowers look complete again! Although there was only one bouquet!
But carnations are carnations! Many emotions in this world cannot be quantified!
"Thank you, Qiaoqiao!"
Zhao Yingjun smiled slightly: "I really like them!" She inexplicably recalled the crumpled roses that Lin Xian gave her on the overpass they flew over together at the beginning of last year and couldn't help but smile: "I really didn't expect...""The two most important bouquets of flowers I've received in my life were actually picked up from other places, and they're both so wrinkled!" Yan Qiaoqiao tilted her head: "Two bouquets?"
"Who gave you the other bouquet?"
Zhao Yingjun looked at Yan Qiaoqiao's cute and innocent face, rubbed her hair, and said gently: "You'll know the answer!"
"When the time comes!"
"Let him tell you this story himself, okay?"
Yan Qiaoqiao nodded obediently: "Okay!"
Zhao Yingjun couldn't bear to put this bouquet of flowers in her handbag, as that would make the flowers even more wrinkled! So she switched hands and held them in her left hand! She also saw the game coin Yan Qiaoqiao was holding in her hand and thought of the scene at the claw machine! Yan Qiaoqiao didn't catch a single doll! So she suggested: "Why don't we try the claw machines in the mall again?" "Can we catch one?"
Yan Qiaoqiao looked up expectantly.
"We can try again."
Zhao Yingjun encouraged: "Although I don't know how to catch them either, I can learn."
The sky was already dark, and thousands of lights lit up in Donghai City!
Two beauties, one big and one small, held hands and walked from the park pavilion, resembling sisters, like a mother and daughter, into the bustling large shopping mall next door! Not long after they came out of the game hall!
Yan Qiaoqiao held a garish, big-mouthed monkey in her hand, happily waving it in the air! Although this doll was very ugly! But it was something that the two of them had worked on for a long time... before finally catching it!
Zhao Yingjun also realized later!
If you want to catch dolls in this kind of obviously money-grabbing claw machine, then you must be stubborn and not aim too high, don't try to find so-called skills, just keep throwing coins at a certain doll, blindly grab it!
There will always be a chance when the claws of the claw machine are like angry claws, firmly grabbing the doll and not letting go, directly moving the captured prey to the exit!
This smug baboon came about in this way! Purely by accident: Just like the appearance of Yan Qiaoqiao! The two got into the Alfa business car that had been waiting in the underground parking lot! Yan Qiaoqiao still couldn't put down the big-mouthed monkey in her hand, while Zhao Yingjun also couldn't put down admiring the carnations! This was the perfect version of the Magi's Gift!
Both of them got what they wanted most!
Zhao Yingjun was suddenly a little curious!
Yan Qiaoqiao was clearly in a state of amnesia and clearly couldn't remember any memories related to her parents, but why did she still miss her mother every day? Missing a mother who doesn't exist and can't be remembered, how is that possible? "Qiaoqiao!" She turned her head and asked: "Didn't you say that you don't remember who your mother is?"
"And you don't remember any memories of being with her!"
"In that case! How do you miss your mother? Or have you recovered some of your memories?"
Yan Qiaoqiao shook her head: "I don't have any memories about my mother, but I can't forget the feeling of missing her!"
Memory! Emotion! Zhao Yingjun thought of the two common questions on social media recently. 1. With the launch of the third volunteer experiment of the hibernation pod, the last batch of experiments, humans are getting closer and closer to the hibernation era! Experts predict that mass-produced hibernation pods will be launched on the market around 2025 AD for the general public to use!
At that time, many problems will inevitably arise!
Sociological problems, ethical problems, population problems, moral and legal problems!
But this is not something to be afraid of, because the development of human society itself is a process of discovering problems and then solving them! These are the rules that the authorities need to consider, and they have little to do with individuals! As for the individual's attitude towards hibernation, what most people are most concerned about and worried about are the side effects of amnesia and the accompanying loss of emotion!
How can we guarantee that the memories obtained after waking up from hibernation are real? There is still no convincing answer! The same goes for emotional loss! Will a couple who were madly in love before hibernation still be madly in love after waking up from hibernation with amnesia?
It's really hard to guarantee! The emergence of most love is often an accident and an exciting moment. Some things may only happen once in a lifetime!
After hibernation! Can the same history and past be repeated again?
Can a couple who originally supported each other continue to support each other in the new era after hibernation?
Many people don't have confidence in this! Zhao Yingjun is the same!
She is a pessimist about the hibernation project itself and has never considered sleeping in a hibernation pod! Memory and emotion are the most precious things in life to her, second only to life. She doesn't want to lose the evidence that supports her to become Zhao Yingjun and not someone else!
But! What Yan Qiaoqiao said just now gave her a glimpse of the hope that humans can smoothly pass through the hibernation era! Indeed! It is possible that some things and some memories will be forgotten completely!
But emotion!
This thing that is even more elusive to scientists than memory... may be preserved in a place deeper than memory in another form!
... Opening the curtains, the morning sunlight shone into the bedroom, filling it with brilliance!
... Lin Xian stayed up all night!
He finally finished copying all the information about the theory of time travel and the construction concept of the time machine... It took less time than expected! After all, Academician Gao Wen's notes only contained the theoretical principles of time travel. As for the construction of the time machine, it was almost all conjecture and prediction, without any engineering drawings or practical information!
It's no wonder Academician Gao Wen!
Because he never knew that space-time particles existed in the world! It was precisely because Gao Wen didn't know the existence of this magical particle that his research was completely stuck at this step, unable to continue, and unable to further complete the construction of the time travel machine based on the characteristics of the space-time particle! But this is enough!
"Thank you, Academician Gao Wen!" Lin Xian put his hands together in front of the shining sun and thanked him. "Thank you for your selfless dedication of this manuscript to the world. I will gratefully accept it!"
"I look forward to your next research result, which will definitely change the world again!"
The unkillable Xiaoqiang; the undefeated Gao Wen. He will only stand on the shoulders of giants; the more he fights, the braver he becomes.
After that, Lin Xian bound this precious manuscript and hid it in the closet!
Now is not the time for it to play a role!
At least wait until the fifth dream is explored and becomes the sixth dream before Lin Xian plans to give it to Liu Feng for research!
Thinking carefully... there are so many things to do when the sixth dream really comes. First, verify the space-time curvature and space-time coordinates again, so that you can cope with the first question of the Genius Club exam. Secondly, after the space-time change occurs again, you have to try to resurrect the artificial intelligence VV within a safe range to see if you can successfully find the old buddy. Finally, you have to start building your own power and time travel machine to make Rhein Company go higher and farther and become your solid backing and invincible killer. "Finally, I can head towards Queenstown!" Lin Xian yawned! Staying up all night was really sleepy and tired, which would help him fall asleep quickly later!
Opening the refrigerator that was almost empty! Lin Xian simply made a breakfast to fill his stomach!
Then he lay down on the bed! Close your eyes! Enter a dream!
"What?"
At the dinner table, Big Face Cat tore at the pig's elbow, looking at Lin Xian in shock: "Brother, you said you want to sneak into Queenstown? Are you out of your mind?"
He put half of the pig's elbow on Lin Xian's plate and half on his own plate, and then said, "Don't be silly. Queenstown is not the same as Face Village. It's not so easy to talk to!""The people there are very xenophobic, proud and arrogant. If you are discovered during the infiltration process, they will shoot you to death without saying a word!" "Looking at your thin arms and legs, don't even think about it. Just live peacefully in Face Village. When the time comes, your brother will arrange for someone to build you a house, and you can have a few more babies and live a stable life here!"
Lin Xian looked at the pig's elbow that had been torn in half, steaming with heat, and did not speak! After entering the dream today, he first found him and then found Grandpa Wei Shengjin to explain the situation in Face Village and the rumors that there were more than a dozen hafnium alloy safes in Queenstown! The three reached a consensus that they must go to Queenstown to venture and try their luck!
So they formulated a brand new plan: Lin Xian and C still pretended to be husband and wife to infiltrate Face Village to obtain more intelligence and more support! There is strength in numbers. If Big Face Cat is willing to help them infiltrate, then it is indeed like adding wings to a tiger, greatly increasing the success rate! Not to mention! Even if it's like the second dream, helping to build a human ladder? With a human ladder, Lin Xian and his agile skills are enough to climb over the high walls of Queenstown and directly solve the core problem! Therefore, the difficulty now lies in how to persuade the four members of Big Face Cat to join this crazy plan! Lin Xian and C looked at each other and did not move their chopsticks, preparing to start the next round of persuasion!
"That's right, Brother Face!"
Lin Xian raised his wine glass and said slowly: "I think your father's concerns are correct. The people in Queenstown cannot be satisfied with the current situation. They are just here to collect protection fees, but before long, when they open more safes and obtain more powerful weapons and power... they will inevitably take the initiative to break this balance!"
"After all, as you said, for the people in Queenstown, they look down on you, and you have no value, just some cheap, or rather, free labor!" "The reason why we can still get along so peacefully is just because the surrounding villages are not developed enough, but if everyone unites, the population is enough to overwhelm Queenstown. If it causes public outrage, Queenstown will not have a good end!" "But what if the hafnium alloy safe contains extremely powerful technology and weapons? In that case, even if the entire surrounding villages unite, they will not be able to threaten the strength of Queenstown! In this case, the claws of Queenstown will be revealed. They will肆无忌惮 devour you, enslave you, and destroy your villages, making you completely their slaves!"
Lin Xian's narration is exactly the development history experienced by ancient humans. After hearing Lin Xian's words! The dinner table was silent! Big Face Cat, Ah Zhuang, and San Pang did not speak!
They all seemed to understand what Lin Xian meant, but their hearts were still full of hesitation!
And Wu Jiang, Er Zhu Zi, naturally wouldn't think so much!
Bang... He punched the table and shouted, "Good." He couldn't help but give Lin Xian a thumbs up: "Lin Xian. I really didn't misjudge you. You are really a brave person. I strongly support your thoughts. I also strongly support your plan."
Lin Xian was slightly surprised! He really didn't expect it. Er Zhu Zi, who had always been against him, at this moment! He actually stood up so firmly to support him. Instantly! A warm current surged in his heart. Lin Xian looked at Er Zhu Zi with emotion: "Are you willing to help me?"
"Of course I am willing."
Er Zhu Zi stood up indignantly and waved his big hand: "Lin Xian, just go ahead with confidence. Go bravely. Don't worry about your sister-in-law. I will help you take care of her?" Lin Xian was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect it to develop like this: "You're not going with me? Then why are you standing up and shouting?" Er Zhu Zi hummed and smiled: "What I said is just the worst-case scenario, but I still hope you return victorious! Don't worry, I will give you my good luck." After saying that, he took off the green fabric sun hat on his head and put it on Lin Xian's head: "This hat is the champion prize I won in last year's dance competition. It's full of good luck. You wear it to kill into Queenstown. I guarantee you can return safely and completely."
"Hehe, you should keep it yourself!"
Lin Xian interrupted Er Zhu Zi and quickly put the hat back on him! "Okay!"
Big Face Cat waved his thick arm: "Don't argue!" He raised his head and looked around: "Let me say a few words."