Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

"Time flies, time is like an arrow."

"In the blink of an eye, six years have passed. In these six years, we have completed the transformation from children to teenagers."

"Imagine that you are lying somewhere in this world in thirteen years, in a quiet night or a tired morning."

"Can you still remember the future you once planned and the dreams you once had!"

"By then, what will the six years of high school, no, elementary school, mean to you?"

On the playground, a teenager gave a speech with a voice like a rooster.

Below, several students whispered: "Why does this sound so familiar?"

"It seems that Academician Zhou's high school graduation speech was changed with a few words."

"If today is not the last day, I will definitely report him to the teacher!"

"Ah~ I have to memorize texts in junior high school. I feel tired just thinking about it, but it will be fine in high school. I heard that "learning machines" have been popularized in high schools."

"That's not necessarily the case. Maybe it will be popularized in junior high schools halfway through junior high school?"

A few dozen meters away, on the street outside the fence at the edge of the playground, a sturdy man wearing a baseball cap stopped for a moment after hearing the familiar content.

Then he smiled and continued to move forward.

Dali in May is at its best, with a temperature of only 20°. It is a little cold at night but acceptable.

Zhou Rui walked along the familiar yet unfamiliar streets.

This is his second visit to this city.

In a roadside shop, the sound of news came:

"A new broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug, 'telomere repair virus therapy' has been included in medical insurance for three years and has saved nearly 4 million patients. Today we invited three different families to review what hope and changes the new therapy has brought."

Click, change the channel.

"The national grain self-sufficiency rate has reached a record high of 170%. my country has become the world's largest grain exporter. The super soybeans jointly cultivated by Dr. Halsey of Lingshu Biology and Yuan Lao Academician provide strong support in this set of data. Yuan Lao Academician will soon celebrate his 94th birthday. He is in very good health. Let's go to the field to interview him. Yuan Lao Academician~ Do you smoke?"

"Ah? I don't smoke. Hush."

Click, change the channel.

"The space elevator has been in trial operation for a year. The super solid material performs well. The efficiency of the material exchange between the earth and the moon has reached a record high. Last week, a civilian space tourism route was opened. You can reach Nantianmen to appreciate the space style."

This time I watched it for a little longer, but I still changed the channel.

As a small shop owner who opens the shop for 14 hours a day and watches TV for 16 hours, he has already seen most of the content.

"The fourth phase of the Changong Project has been completed, and the current permanent population of Changong City has exceeded 10,000. In order to celebrate the interim results, the first unlimited low-gravity sports meeting was held on the moon yesterday. Lu Xubo, a military attaché stationed on the moon with the nickname "Overlord", lifted three tons of weights in the weightlifting event, creating the first lunar record."

A cry came from the small shop: "My goodness. Three tons divided by six is ​​exaggerated enough."

Finally, there is something interesting.

A large drone flew over, landed after confirming that the ground was safe, and left two boxes of beer: "Your purchase order has arrived, please sign for it."

The shop owner came out while shaking a fan and said to the drone: "Didn't I order six boxes?"

"The remaining goods will arrive in batches, why are you in a hurry? You must obey traffic rules?"

The drone took off again and left, raising a little smoke.

The shop owner rolled his eyes. He still preferred the robots' interactions in the past. At least he wouldn't be scolded.

Zhou Rui passed by the boss. Maybe because he was too strong, he caught his attention.

The old man was probably more talkative. He said, "Young man, you are so strong. How much weight can you lift?"

Zhou Rui was stunned and smiled and said, "It's better than the one on TV."

The old man said, "Hey," and ignored him.

What a boast! He is on the moon!

Zhou Rui continued to move forward. He didn't have a fixed destination. He just walked through the streets and alleys, walking in every corner of the city, just like the first time he came.

Time unknowingly came to night. Zhou Rui changed direction and walked towards the bar street in his memory.

This is an antique street next to Erhai Lake. Standing at one end and looking at the other end, you can just see the tranquil lake, forming a T-shaped intersection with the lakeside scenic road.

Compared to the last time, it is more lively here, and the business atmosphere is more intense than before. The colorful neon lights exude a charm that attracts young people at night. The only thing that makes Zhou Rui feel uncomfortable is that many store doors are equipped with the latest "holographic projectors" released by Kaiming Intelligence, forming virtual "signboards".

Or tall and long-legged beauties, or cute and funny animals, and some are huge virtual wine glasses.

This peculiar style, mixed with the antique streets, makes people feel a little confused in time and space.

Zhou Rui walked along, passing by many strange bars, and finally stopped at a store with a semi-open corner at the end of the road near the T-junction.

Looking up at the sign, it says "Qingshui River".

Zhou Rui was surprised that it was the same store as the first time he came here.

As for the name of the bar, it is a bit unclear. Maybe there are too many bars here and it is difficult to choose a name. He walked in because of this name.

The clerk inside was reporting to the boss: "Boss, the electricity bill for last month is here, 400 yuan."

The boss with a mustache: "What the hell~400! How come it increased by 100?!"

"Isn't it the peak season with more customers? It's good enough. The electricity bill used to be several thousand yuan a month."

"That won't work either. We must reduce costs and increase efficiency!"

Seeing that there were customers, the young waitress immediately shook off the stingy boss and asked:

"How many guests are there?"

"One."

It was early, Zhou Rui asked for a seat by the window, ordered some food casually, and turned his head to look at Erhai Lake.

Did he sit here in the past?

Not long after, the waitress brought a glass of strong liquor. When she was walking between the tables, she was suddenly tripped and the wine glass on the tray slid out horizontally.

I thought it would be smashed directly, but I didn't expect that the wine glass seemed to suddenly change its trajectory in the air and "flew" into the hands of the sturdy man.

Even the splashed wine returned to the glass from the air.

When she stood up again, the customer had already taken a sip and looked at her.

"What's wrong?"

The waitress rubbed her eyes. She thought that she really had to be restrained. Her eyes were blurry.

"Nothing."

Zhou Rui lowered his head and smelled the wine glass. He couldn't tell the difference in his previous life, but he knew it at a sniff in this life. It was indeed mixed with fake wine. No wonder he had a splitting headache in his previous life.

It deserves that he has no business in the best location.

But this time, even if it is paraquat, I lose the headache.

As a [perfect life], he has the possibility of unlimited evolution. Although it is far from being developed to the extreme, paraquat is no more harmful to him than beer now.

Zhou Rui drank it all and began to stare at Erhai Lake in a daze again.

The brain, which is praised as the most precious wealth of all mankind and always runs at high speed, has also returned to the speed of a normal person.

For Zhou Rui, it is a very slow speed.

Today is May 22, 2023.

Also today, fourteen years ago in 2023, a tired and confused soul came to Dali, found a bar with a strange name, and drank alone.

Maybe at that time, he subconsciously wanted to go home.

Zhou Rui took another sip of fake wine. The tongue coating was beyond the understanding of ordinary people, and the feedback reflected that there was methanol in it.

Good guy. I'd better report it later, otherwise it will hurt people.

The breeze blew by the lake, and the sky outside the window became darker and darker. Zhou Rui gradually began to be dazed.

One drink and one peck, repeating over and over again.

He suddenly had a strange idea in his mind.

Will I fall asleep tonight and wake up again, and still return to the wet bluestone brick street in Qinghe County.

Then a silly girl asked herself if she had watched "The Hidden" last night, and insisted that the male protagonist was very handsome.

Thinking about it, Zhou Rui's sight may have been staring at one place for a long time, and there was a little double vision.

But then he found that his sight was really double.

This made him feel incredible. Was there enriched uranium in the wine? Even [Perfect Life] couldn't handle it?

No, this boss couldn't make back the cost!

Just as he was in doubt, a bare hand patted Zhou Rui on the shoulder.

"You don't want us to follow you, and you're drinking alone here?"

Turning his head, he saw a pretty figure, wearing a small crossbody bag and brown short-sleeved shorts, looking at him dissatisfied.

Seeing that Zhou Rui didn't answer, Li Wenqian immediately waved to the window: "Here! I found Zhou Rui here!"

Soon, three figures appeared outside the window, one meter away from Zhou Rui, and their expressions were also surprised.

Han Ziyin: "Alone? Something on your mind?"

Tong Xin: "Are you in a bad mood? Or are you tired?"

Gan Yuan: "Does the boss have any work?"

The sight gradually returned to normal, as if it was just an illusion before

Zhou Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, you guys were there. He was almost sent back to Qinghe County again.

Of course, this was just a joke to himself. What happened just now should be due to his brain being empty, such as a high-speed machine suddenly slowing down.

He put this matter behind his mind, smiled awkwardly at the four people, and could only say:

"Don't listen to Wen Qian's nonsense, what kind of drinking. Just sit down casually, how was your shopping?"

Li Wen Qian spread her hands: "Not bad, we walked along Erhai Lake for a long time! Bought a lot of things."

Han Ziyin said with an inexplicable smile: "Do you mind if we sit down and rest together? Or do you feel tired? Want some private space? We can also go."

Zhou Rui didn't dare to choose B, and directly AAA.

The four beauties sat in the store, still by the window, which attracted many passers-by.

Just as he was about to call the waiter to order more food, Zhou Rui's phone rang.

The caller was Che Gan, the current CEO of Taiyi Tiangong.

Zhou Rui tapped lightly, and Che Gan's holographic projection appeared 10 cm above the screen. He looked less fat, but very panicked.

"Boss, I have something very serious to tell you. I know you will be very anxious, but don't worry."

Zhou Rui was puzzled: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, don't play dumb."

Che Gan's holographic projection wiped his forehead:

"Uh, I met Xiao Chenghuan in the Smart Building yesterday. Didn't you make a small laboratory for him? I went in to take a look and played with him for a while. Later, he made a bet with me, saying that if he won, he would lend him his eggs to play with for two days."

When Zhou Rui heard the word "eggs", he felt a bad premonition and came up.

"Don't tell me you lost and gave it back."

Che Gan: "I lost. We were competing in memorizing ancient poems. I really didn't expect that my "300 Tang Poems" + Chaoyi couldn't compare. I think he has 1,000 poems."

Zhou Rui already felt a headache: "Tell me the key points."

"Then I gave Dandan to him. It didn't matter to me because Dandan was already much more honest. I also told Dandan not to play pranks on little Chenghuan and not to make little Chenghuan unhappy. If little Chenghuan needs anything, he should try his best. satisfy"

Zhou Rui was speechless.

"Then. Then I checked the system just now, and it showed that 'Eggy' is on Nantianmen and seems to be waiting for the transport warehouse in Changong City."

Zhou Rui cursed directly: "Nah! Where are the security people?"

"Xiao Chenghuan made a holographic projection. They thought Xiao Chenghuan had been playing in his laboratory all day. As for other things like monitoring and permissions, Dandan should have helped. I was stupid too."

Zhou Rui sighed, thinking that I shouldn't have studied [eugenics and eugenics] at that time! What a precocious little ancestor! There is no need to worry about it for a day!

Che Gan said hurriedly: "I have contacted Dandan to tell him not to move anymore, to protect the safety of little Chenghuan, and you must not tell Dr. Han about waiting for rescue, otherwise she will scold me to death!"

Zhou Rui looked up and saw that Han Ziyin's face was even uglier than his own: "Haha, she is right opposite me."

Han Ziyin pulled Zhou Rui's cell phone over and said with a smile to Mr. Che's holographic projection: "Mr. Che, thank you for your concern for my family, Cheng Huan. I will discuss education issues with you when I get back."

The driver sweated more.

The other three girls also hurriedly asked about their cubs: "Where is Zhou Linyue?"

"And Nian Nian and Xiao Meng."

Che Gan said stiffly: "They are all still young, so they probably didn't participate or were at home?"

The originally leisurely performance suddenly became busy.

The five people stopped staying and left in a hurry, disappearing into the night of Dali.

The bartender watched several people leave with great pity.

Not to mention the high consumption due to the large number of people, but even with a few top-notch beauties sitting by the window, the turnover tonight will not be small.

He turned to the boss and said, "The fortune-teller is gone and I'm going to lose money again tonight."

The boss with a mustache spread his hands: "It's okay, I'm used to it."

He took out a clean towel from behind the bar and wiped the wine glasses one by one. The waiter said: "Don't close that table yet, it will look like there are customers."

The waitress rolled her eyes, sighed helplessly, and went to the street to attract customers.

The mustachioed boss cleaned the cups until there was a "click" sound not far away.

Looking up, it turned out to be the sound of ice cubes melting in the ownerless wine glass.

The boss walked out of the bar and walked over there. He couldn't help but sigh: "I feel bad, this wine is not cheap."

Picking up the glass of wine that seemed to be spiked, the ice cubes and wine inside were mixed together, and were turned into dreamy colors by the neon lights outside the window.

Even, faintly glowing on its own.

The boss held up his wine glass and stared for a long time, his back and the noise outside the window seemed to merge into one.

Then suddenly he turned around.

Said to "you".

"Do you want to drink this glass of wine? Do you want to taste it?"