Earth Era

It's getting brighter. Although it is winter, the weather today is very good. There are no clouds in the sky, and the soft sunshine spreads unreservedly on the land. The windows isolate the cold air outside, but allow the warm sunlight to shine in without any hindrance. They sprinkled on Xiao Yun's body, making Xiao Yun feel a warmth.

Xiao Yun stood in front of the window and thought silently for a while, then turned around, washed and tidied up, left home, and came to the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of the Academy of Computing Sciences.

After a brief chat with his colleagues, Xiao Yun went directly to the director's office and directly stated his purpose of coming: "Director, I want to take a period of leave."

The director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute is a bald middle-aged man. When Xiao Yun came here, he was busy with something in front of the holographic computer. Hearing Xiao Yun's voice, he turned around: "Xiao Yun, what's going on? Have you come out with the results of your investigation on the materials on cold stars that may have the potential to develop new computing chips? "

Xiao Yun said: "Sorry, it may take some time before the investigation report is given to you. I have some things to deal with, so..."

The director nodded, and then said: "Tell me, how long will it take this time?"

"Forty years." Xiao Yun said these three words calmly.

Although the average life span of people has increased significantly now, and has even exceeded 500 years old, a holiday of forty years is still a bit too amazing. After hearing Xiao Yun say this time, the director opened his mouth in surprise: "Four... forty years?"

"Yes." Xiao Yun nodded.

"No." The director flatly rejected the request without even thinking about it. "This time is too long. Xiao Yun, you are the most outstanding expert in artificial intelligence in our institute, and there are still many things that need you. Go do it, you have delayed a lot of things before going to the Raqqa galaxy for investigation and research, and now you have finally come back, but you still want to take another forty years of leave?"

Xiao Yun has been under investigation by the Deep Space Security Investigation Agency since he returned from the Raqqa system. The investigators of the Bureau also made it clear that Xiao Yun was required to keep all encounters in the Raqqa system confidential. Therefore, at this moment, colleagues and the director of the institute do not know what happened in the Raqqa galaxy. If they had known... they would have known what the forty-year period meant.

After the director made it clear that he refused, Xiao Yun's reaction was even more straightforward: "If you don't allow me to take vacation, I will resign."

Xiao Yun's reaction was somewhat beyond the director's expectations. After receiving such a decisive reply from Xiao Yun, the director looked at Xiao Yun in surprise, and then his tone softened a little: "Xiao Yun, it's not that I don't want to grant your leave, but... you have already left before. Mainstream academia has been around for forty years. If you break away from it for another forty years... I think you will not be able to keep up with the times. The knowledge in your mind, your ideas, and your inspirations will all lag behind this. era."

Xiao Yun smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter. Today, when the branches of science have been so refined... it is difficult to have disruptive scientific developments similar to the theory of relativity or quantum mechanics. Our entire human civilization is now I'm just doing some improvement work, which means that even if I leave academia for four hundred years, as long as I study for a period of time, I can still quickly catch up with the trend of the times and can still carry out research. The most cutting-edge research work."

It's exactly what Xiao Yun said. Now that the total population of human civilization has exceeded 30 trillion, and the footprints of human civilization have spread across hundreds of star systems, the number of branches of science and technology has also grown to a level that is terrifying. The so-called technological leap has not happened for a long time. Human civilization at this moment is like a worker digging a plank road on a mountain cliff, and can only move forward bit by bit. And learning is always easier than innovation. Therefore, Xiao Yun is not worried that he will fall behind this era in forty or four hundred years.

Xiao Yun's words revealed the truth, and the director didn't know what to say for a moment. But he still instinctively felt that forty years was too long, so he kept shaking his head.

Seeing the director's reaction, Xiao Yun no longer tried to persuade him, but directly tapped on his portable computer, and a document appeared on the director's holographic computer: "This is my resignation report.”

"Forget it, I'll grant you a holiday. Let's talk about resignation later." The director finally sighed and agreed to Xiao Yun's request.

"Thank you." Xiao Yun nodded. Then turned around and left here.

After leaving the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, Xiao Yun came to the Hibernation Management Bureau. I filled out some forms here, submitted an application for hibernation, and then came to the Deep Space Security Investigation Agency, where I once again found the two investigators who had been to my home this morning.

"I decided to hibernate for forty years to wait for the news from the Raqqa galaxy." Xiao Yun explained his purpose very briefly: "Hibernation will start in one month and last for forty years, so... if you If you have any questions to ask me, please do so as soon as possible.”

The investigator looked a little surprised: "Hibernating for forty years? Why hibernating? You can continue your life while waiting for the results of the investigation. Isn't that good?"

"Not good." Xiao Yun shook his head sadly: "I can't bear the torment for forty years. Before the final investigation of this matter comes out... I can't let go of this past event."

"I must know the truth of the matter, and I must see all those hateful monsters killed with my own eyes. Only in this way can I give an explanation to myself, my lover, and my friends, and my life can continue. Otherwise... every waking moment is torture for me."

"So... I chose to wait for the truth to come in my unconscious sleep." Xiao Yun raised his head and said to the two investigators extremely seriously. The two investigators saw very clearly that Xiao Yun's eyes had turned red unconsciously, and some liquid began to brew inside.

The two investigators let out a long sigh, and then said: "Well, you have the freedom to choose to hibernate or wake up, and we have no reason to interfere with your decision." (To be continued ~^~)