I, the only superpower on earth

Standing in front of him, Robert stood in front of a building that was as smooth as a mirror, like a honeycomb, stacked up to a height of hundreds of meters. He couldn't help taking a deep breath.

"Finally home……"

There was shock and joy in his heart, but more of it was an indescribable bewilderment.

The former four-star general of the United States, the top leader of the Asia-Pacific Military Region, finally returned home after experiencing brutal political strife and long imprisonment.

...It's just that everything has changed.

It is still Washington, and it is still the Kalorama district, but the single-family house that originally covered an area of ​​several hundred square meters has disappeared, replaced by a whole hive.

Under the metallic fluid appearance, there was some strange light faintly, which made Robert a little lost.

"—That's 'holographic electronic paint', the standard residential buildings of 'New America' will be equipped with such building materials on the surface, it can carry out real-time information collection and verification, and can project some holographic images."

The woman beside her smiled amiably. She had a face that could be said to be extremely beautiful. Her whole body, body and appearance were all in line with the golden ratio, but the whole had a strange rigidity.

Robert knows that she is not a human being, but a robot based on "AI for social services".

Although the skin looks smooth and delicate, it is just a skin membrane made of special skin-like gelatin; and just under the perfect appearance, her body is not made of hard white bones and dense nerves, but also bright red and hot. It is not a flesh and blood body composed of human blood, but an electromechanical body composed of solidified liquid nano metal and electronic chips.

"...It's unimaginable..."

Robert glanced at her, with some bitterness in his mouth.

Just like an old antique in an online novel that travels from ancient times to modern society as soon as he wakes up, after rediscovering the light from "Spann Base", the world has become what he could not have imagined in the past.

——However, compared to the old antiques in those novels, which need to be buried under the ice and snow for hundreds of years to have this feeling of time passing, he neither lost consciousness for a long time, nor did he lose contact with the outside world for a long time, just After several months of imprisonment in the "Spann Base", everything turned out to be like this...

The streets are full of moving metal sentries; silently guarding the outskirts of the city, huge towers like Transformers; everyone on the road wears something like a helmet; on the way home, you can see the sky from time to time , a giant tower as high as 10,000 meters; any point on the wall of the street can trigger a holographic information screen; and these standardized houses that are similar to honeycombs and hundreds of meters high...

And these electronic robots that are equipped with special AI and can speak more fluently than humans.

In comparison, the new experimental floating vehicles flying in the sky, and the holographic images projected in the clouds from time to time, etc., are not so shocking.

"Standard citizen Robert Heinleth, your address is at No. 2, 107th Floor, [15479 Honeycomb Five Residential Building]. According to the "New American Standard Housing Act", you and your wife live in the same house. Your children Your residence is also on the same floor, do you want to go up and have a look now?"

The woman said with a smile on her face, and Robert nodded without hesitation.

With the help of the woman, he hesitantly placed his palm on the smooth wall of the building without any gaps or doors.

The next moment, the already entered palm prints were sensed by the intelligent brain of the residential building, and rays of brilliance gradually spread from the wall in front of the two of them, and at the place where those brilliance gathered, the building in front of them suddenly opened up, appearing There is a bright silver corridor.

"Standard Citizen Robert Heinleth, welcome home."

The intellectual brain of "Hive Type Five" issued a gentle reminder, and Robert walked into the bright silver corridor with some hesitation, and the woman behind him also stepped in.

And the moment the two entered the building, the door that opened behind them turned into an intact metal wall as if it had never appeared before.

"This is……"

Robert looked at the wall behind him in surprise, and the woman explained again:

"It's the 'Do whatever you want'."

"Do whatever you want?"

Robert shrugged.

"Sounds like a noun that only appears in Harry Potter."

The woman's smile did not change.

"...Well, this is the mainstream name for it in the 'forum', for the convenience of calling it. Its official name is 'Liquid Metal Building Opening and Closing Structure Automatic Formation Device', which is not a door in essence, but a A whole set of programs to ensure the safety and privacy of residents. As long as you are identified as a resident of this building, when you arrive at the downstairs of the residence, you don’t have to work hard to walk to the fixed door, and the brain will automatically form an accessible door for you .

"——In fact, the residences of 'Honeycomb Type 1' to 'Type 6' do not have fixed doors, and any resident enters with their own identification."

These things sounded like magic to Robert, and he shook his head.

Even in the baptism of these days, I have already understood a little bit how strange the United States in the current "Evans calendar" is, but I still can't help but be shocked by it.

"As long as you reach the front of the building, can you open a door that belongs to you alone—this is really..."

Robert shook his head, looked around, and suddenly discovered a strange thing.

Just now when he was standing outside the building, he saw the darkness inside the residential building, because the surface of the building was covered with special paint, so no light came through.

But when he entered the building, he found that everything outside the building was clearly visible. Except for the ceiling, which was also made of metal, the walls of the corridor seemed to be made of transparent glass. Residential buildings The streets outside, the sunlight, and the pedestrians outside are all reflected in my eyes at a glance.

This is……

"It's kind of like a one-way glass setup?"

Robert is no stranger to such designs, but—

"...I only know that the light transmission and reflection of one-way glass are realized through metal films, but I didn't expect that there are metals that can transmit light in one direction only by themselves."

He said with a wry smile.

"One part is the real light transmission, and the other part is the simulated view - because there are residents on the first floor, for their privacy, looking forward from the public area in the building, they can only see the scene outside the building."

"It has both the 'Do whatever you want' and the 'simulated vision', and it's also a liquid metal controlled by the brain. I'm afraid it will consume a lot of energy in a day. I don't know if the energy reserves in the United States in the past are enough."

Robert sighed.

But the woman's next answer made him jump like an electric shock.

"There is nothing to worry about in the current energy situation. First Citizen's research program has increased the utilization efficiency of non-renewable resources including oil, coal, and natural gas by hundreds of times. Moreover, research on nuclear fusion has also made progress. It is expected that the next The controllable nuclear fusion station can be officially put into operation in half a year... In addition, the material of the outer wall of the 'honeycomb' house has superconducting properties at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, and the energy utilization rate is extremely high, and there is almost no loss."

"Controllable nuclear fusion?!!" "Superconducting materials?!!"

These two words were smashed down like two sledgehammers, making Robert dizzy, but when he saw the calm smile on the woman's face, he finally pulled himself together and regained some sobriety.

……Right.

... After all, this is an unprecedented era. Even if there is controllable nuclear fusion and room temperature superconductivity, what is there to be surprised about?

Holding on to the cold wall that conveyed a hint of warmth, Robert shook his head again, and finally smiled sincerely.

"Okay, Ms. Stacy. Please show me the way. I can't wait to see my family."