I return from Mars after a thousand years

2035, winter.

It snowed all day, and it didn't stop at dusk. Instead, it turned into a blizzard.

The city was covered with a thick layer of snow, and pedestrians trudged hard on the streets. From time to time, someone cursed, and more often, the children screamed with joy.

There is a commercial street behind Wangfujing Department Store. Roasted chestnuts, mutton skewers, spicy hotpot, snail rice noodles, small hot pot, etc. are the most common delicacies.

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy walked over with heavy legs, his brows furrowed, as if he was suffering from illness. Soon, his attention was attracted by the smell of various foods, and he showed an excited expression.

Tsk tsk tsk, he smacked his lips, feeling the desire to push himself to death.

Unfortunately, he has no money, not even a penny.

He wanted to conjure a banknote, but unfortunately, he forgot what a banknote looked like.

He doesn't have a cell phone either.

Snowflakes flew down, and he stretched out his right hand to catch one. He watched in amazement as the hexagonal ice crystals melted in the palm of his hand, and a trace of coolness penetrated into his skin.

Real, so real that it’s unbelievable.

Then there is the tingling feeling.

This snow...is poisonous?

Another wave of severe pain hit him, and an electric current rushed from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, ruthlessly churning through his body like a hot sword.

pain!

It hurts!

I won't disappear, will I?

He raised a hand in front of his eyes, clenched it and opened it. The veins under the skin bulged and blood surged, just like a real hand.

But this hand is not real, and this world is not real.

The young man Xiao Ran sighed, a little disappointed.

The idea that "everything is false" brought an even heavier blow to him.

Boom!

It was as if a hammer hit his head hard, his consciousness was torn into countless pieces, everything in front of him flashed, the house became transparent, and the people turned into shadows...

Stop, stop, stop... Xiao Ran tried his best to calm down, clear his mind of distracting thoughts, and try to integrate into the world in front of him.

Finally, he was able to control his limbs, scenery and people to return to their normal state.

Xiao Ran struggled to get up from the snow. He must have been suffering from epilepsy just now. Passers-by looked at him strangely and concluded that he was a psychopath.

A kind-hearted girl came over and asked him if he wanted to call 120. After Xiao Ran firmly refused, the girl gave him a cup of hot milk tea.

Moved, he thought seriously.

"I won't die if I drink this cup of milk tea, right?"

He plucked up the courage and took a sip. Shhh, he felt much better.

Unexpectedly, eating and drinking turns out to be the best way to integrate into the metaverse!

…

Xiao Ran came from time travel, so things are more complicated.

He is one of the hibernators in the global "Project Cicada". The United Nations' goal is that 800 hibernators can take on the mission of rebuilding human civilization after the apocalypse.

In 2033, 18-year-old Xiao Ran entered the hibernation warehouse and was sent to the Mars settlement.

During this period, he recovered several times, but his movements were restricted. He could only watch the rise and destruction of civilization again and again.

It happened seven times!

In 3033, Xiao Ran was the only flesh-and-blood person left in Nuo Da's universe.

At this time, he was ready to go back to 2033 to save his family and change the fate of human extinction.

…

The time-travel process was not very smooth, and the timeline deviated, arriving in 2035.

The earth has just experienced a devastating nuclear explosion.

But Xiao Ran remembered that when he entered the hibernation warehouse in 2033, many people transferred their consciousness to the metaverse, a world that is said to be eternal and free from epidemics, disasters and wars.

The price of living in the virtual world in the form of a conscious body is to give up the flesh and blood body.

Right now, there is not a single living person on this planet. The several human civilizations that appeared later were all established by hibernators like Xiao Ran.

Mushroom clouds block the sun, nuclear winter will last for hundreds of years, and plants will become extinct in the severe cold. The living creatures that can be seen are mutated birds, beasts and fish, ugly and terrifying, just like legendary monsters. They prey on each other, even the bones and debris

If you don't let it go, you will eat dirt when you are very hungry.

To make matters worse, Xiao Ran's time-travel machine malfunctioned, and the dark matter engine was shaking abnormally, and might disintegrate in the time-space tunnel.

It will take several days to repair and cool down.

At this time, Xiao Ran had a strong idea and wanted to take a look in the Yuan Universe.

At that time, facing the inevitable catastrophe in the future, mankind formulated a variety of doomsday survival plans, the most important of which was the metaverse plan, code-named m. Next was the Mars immigration plan, and the Cicada plan was only ranked third.

Driven by curiosity, Xiao Ran sneaked into a giant fortress deep in the earth, passed through nine heavily guarded levels, avoided machine guards armed with heavy machine guns, and used future super-tech equipment to successfully connect his consciousness to the metaverse.

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…

He was surprised to find that the metaverse was created by completely simulating reality. The earth, countries, cities, residents, climate, animals and plants... were all exactly the same as the world in his memory!

But he felt extremely unwell.

Because he is an illegal intruder, the world is very unfriendly to him and may kill his consciousness at any time!

The consequences were still very serious. Xiao Ran died and became extinct.

Fortunately, during the long thousand years, Xiao Ran received incredible training and developed a variety of superpowers... To people today, he is a god!

After drinking a cup of milk tea, Xiao Ran felt even hungrier.

He walked along the pedestrian street and saw a small restaurant with a line of faded gold characters engraved on the mottled wooden sign: Sanjin Noodle House.

boom!

There was an explosion in my mind, and countless memories poured out. The happy childhood days, my father Xiao Feng, my mother Li Ran, my first girlfriend Liu Yuchen...

The slowly falling snowflakes accumulated on his messy hair, then turned into water, mixed with his tears, and flowed freely.

Standing blankly until it got completely dark and all the customers in the store were gone, Xiao Ran carefully opened a glass door and stepped in.

"It's closed." The boss said expressionlessly. He is a stout middle-aged man with gray hair on his temples and wrinkles on his forehead. He looks much older than his actual age.

"It's still early. It's not even eight o'clock. I remember the closing time is ten o'clock."

Xiao Ran glanced at the electronic clock hanging on the wall and muttered softly.

The landlady who was cleaning the table turned to look at him and smiled.

"That was two or three years ago... Hey, are you a street kid? Sit down!" the landlady said, pouring a cup of hot water and bringing it to him, "Husband, let's make a bowl of noodles for the kid."

At first glance, she looks like a good wife and mother, delicate and dignified, with a gentle personality, and quick and decisive in doing things.

"What are you doing? The gas stove is turned off, so I can give him two flower rolls to eat!" The boss had a bad temper, spoke rudely, and just wanted to send the muddy boy away.

"I want to eat a bowl of tomato and egg ramen."

Xiao Ran didn't mind his attitude and said with expectation, his eyes shining.

"Husband, please work hard. Isn't there a lump of noodles left on the chopping board?"

Snapped!

The boss patted the chopping board in dissatisfaction, hesitated for a moment, and kneaded the dough.

Xiao Ran smiled happily.

The landlady's eyes suddenly became moist, and she turned around and continued wiping the table, but her movements became obviously disordered, and she looked worried.

Soon a bowl of hot ramen was ready. Xiao Ran picked up a pair of chopsticks and ate it. The highest level of eating noodles was to swallow them. The slurping was very fragrant.

The two people looked at him dreamily.

"Eat slowly, like a hungry wolf, don't choke..." The boss rolled his throat a few times and spit out a sentence.

"Is it delicious?" The landlady walked up to Xiao Ran involuntarily, lowered her head and asked softly.

"tasty!"

Xiao Ran picked up the bowl and drank all the tomato soup without leaving a drop.

He put down the bowl and sighed happily.

Then he grabbed the landlady's hands, held them tightly in his arms, raised his head and shouted.

"Mom, don't you recognize me?"