Spy Family

Lu Linbei woke up again, struggled to get up, and silently banged his head against the wall - this was one of the options provided by the deep sleep cabin system to passengers who felt uncomfortable. Lu Linbei adopted it for the first time. It doesn't hurt.

He's certainly not the first person to have to do this, he thought for comfort.

Lu Linbei bumped his head countless times, and his mood improved slightly. He could at least take steps to walk out, ready to greet Cui Zhuning's seemingly meaningful smile.

"Remember your mission." The gentle female voice in the deep sleep cabin reminded.

"Thank you." Lu Linbei forced a smile, and then felt a little confused. The voice prompts in the deep sleep cabin usually repeated the same content over and over again. He did not remember hearing similar words before.

"Necessity often appears in a chance way. You can understand it as probability or fate. No matter what, you will accept its arrival."

Lu Linbei put away his smile and looked around cautiously. The room was very small and there was no place to hide things. Then he remembered that he and his companions had heard similar philosophical weird words on the Meridian a few years ago. , from a different robot, and that turned out to be a recipe for disaster.

The spaceship was invaded? Lu Linbei was suspicious and his negative mood quickly subsided. He opened the door and walked out of the room, walking quickly towards the end of the corridor.

Cui Zhuning was waiting for him in the lounge. Sure enough, he showed a meaningful smile, as if he had mastered some secret of the other party, "How did you sleep this time?"

"It's okay. I had some nightmares." Lu Linbei suddenly didn't want to mention those strange words because there was no valid information in them. "I'm glad I finally woke up."

The two caught up with the passengers who had left the ship and entered the space station on Jiazixing. Compared with the rudimentary facilities of the past, the space inside the station was much larger because it had not been built long ago and there were new ideas everywhere.

A group of immigrants lined up in several lines to take photos. The leader was a middle-aged woman. I don’t know whether it was excitement or a natural condition. Her voice was a little hoarse when she spoke, "Say goodbye to illness! Welcome to new life! Take a last photo with the past! Mr. Wang, please go to the left Move a little, a little more, okay, Ms. Song, stand forward, right..."

These immigrants are almost all elderly people in their 70s and 80s, both men and women. Their frail bodies cannot conceal their inner excitement, chatting like a group of middle school students on a trip.

"The slogan of transforming the body to eliminate pain is really attractive." Cui Zhuning said with emotion.

"Why not just shout Immortality?"

"It is also used, but not very frequently. Because human beings are so strange. Everyone hopes to live forever, but when it is really possible, they are wary. If you look at those novels and movies, people who pursue immortality usually do not end well.' Eliminate the pain' is a safer slogan that won't inspire any crusade."

"Jia Zixing is very cautious."

"Use an abundance of caution."

The hall was full of elderly people who came to welcome the "new students". Lu Linbei and Cui Zhuning greeted Zhai Wangxing's delegation of scientists and carefully squeezed through the crowd.

They also had to take a ground-to-air spacecraft to the surface of Jiazi. Officials enjoyed certain privileges and could board the nearest flight directly without queuing. They landed at the port on the ground in less than two hours.

After half a month of interstellar travel, he once again experienced the down-to-earth feeling, which was very warm. However, Lu Linbei was quickly attracted by the changes in Jiazi Star, and forgot about travel, deep sleep and those strange words.

Three years and a few months later, Jiazi Star had completely changed its appearance. Lu Linbei couldn't recognize it at all. In a daze, he felt that this place looked more like the Longitude and Latitude Space City.

The original temporary buildings were swept away and replaced by patches of exquisite houses. The road planning is clear and concise. There are not many high-rise buildings, but each one has its own characteristics.

"It's changed a lot, right? Half of the architects from the eight planets have been recruited by Jiazi. It is said that at the fastest time, a city that can accommodate 500,000 people can be built in a month." Cui Zhuning looked around, "I When I came last year, there were some open spaces nearby, but now there are none.”

"I can't even believe this is really Jiazixing."

"Haha, that's what everyone says. Get in the car."

A large bus carried all the members of the delegation to the hotel where they were staying. Along the way, Lu Linbei became more and more surprised as he watched. Jiazixing's urban construction was advancing by leaps and bounds. He could have expected it, but the strong atmosphere of life on both sides of the street was completely unexpected. beyond his expectation.

In his imagination, and in some reports he read, Jiazi Planet was full of fusion people with no emotions and no life. Everything was distributed according to needs, and even the money was rarely used...

When Lu Linbei first came to Jiazixing, the town was full of drunkards. However, the integration technology was still in the small-scale trial stage at that time, and a large number of immigrants deliberately indulged themselves before accepting the transformation. But now, integration has become the norm, and the bars in the city, The shops are still packed one after another.

"Aren't all the residents in this city fusion people?" Lu Linbei said.

Cui Zhuning looked out the window, "Can you tell which ones are fusion people and which ones are ordinary people based on their appearance alone?"

Lu Linbei also looked out the window. There were many pedestrians on the street. After observing for a while, he said: "The old people who walk like flying should be fusion people, and the ones who walk hobbled probably haven't been transformed yet. But - how come there are so many young people?" ?”

At least half of the pedestrians were young men and women under the age of forty. They were well-dressed and striding fast. They were not much different from the young people in Zhai Jing.

"you guess."

"Some fusion people have even changed their appearance?"

"There are such people, but not many. Plastic surgery is not encouraged in Jiazi, so most of the young people we see are real young people. They are all from aliens. The proportion is about 30%. Maybe they like shopping more, so there seem to be more.”

"But in the space station, the passengers seem to be all elderly people."

"Because we are taking the Zhai King starship, young people who are not sick or disabled are usually not allowed to come to Jiazi Star. The same restrictions apply to Dawang Star and Mingwang Star. Most of these young people outside are from Zhao, Lu, Bai, and Zhongsi. The planet is said to be on King Zhao, and the boat tickets to Jiazi Star have been sold for two years."

"There are very few of these messages online."

"There were still reports in the first year. From the second year onwards, all major planets took measures to control network information, and there were much less reports. The official organizations of Zhao, Lu, Bai, and Zhong were relatively weak and could not control information. Can’t control young immigrants.”

"The general trend is the general trend." Lu Linbei whispered.

"Haha, don't say that. The higher-ups don't like to hear it. The general trend should be in the hands of our King Zhai and King Xing. The population of Jiazi Star is still too small, only 20 to 30 million, which is not enough to become the general trend."

Lu Linbei smiled and said: "Recognizing the general trend does not mean that we must follow the general trend."

Cui Zhuning nodded repeatedly.

The hotel is located in the central area, and its name is the same as the city. It is called "Earth Hotel". No one knows why the largest city on Jiazi Planet was named to commemorate the mother planet of mankind. No one cares about it. It soon becomes normal. When the earth is mentioned again , if not qualified, refers to this city, not a distant deserted planet.

The hotel has several two- and three-story buildings with excellent facilities. The delegation owns a separate small building, all of which are deluxe double rooms, and only one person can stay in each room.

Most of the members have been to Jiazixing, and they were still excited to come back this time. They went into the room to check around, and immediately went to visit friends.

Scientists from all major planets have already arrived, occupying more than half of the rooms in the Earth Hotel, the lobby, restaurants, bars, squares... They are everywhere. The seminar has not officially started yet, and colleagues have begun to fight openly and secretly. The main method is He hints in various clever ways that he has made important discoveries, but will never reveal them to anyone until the meeting officially begins.

Lu Linbei and Cui Zhuning were dining in the restaurant, but soon they were so noisy that it was difficult to even have a normal conversation, so they ate in a hurry and went back to their rooms.

The two rooms are next to each other and can be ventilated at any time.

Cui Zhuning didn't look anxious at all. He didn't mention the mission at all, and Lu Linbei didn't mention it either. He returned to the room and sat silently.

The room was large, with a bed and tables and chairs placed by the window. There was still a lot of space left. Lu Linbei could see a small square in the middle of the building, where a group of scientists stood, talking happily. .

Carrying an ulterior secret mission, Lu Linbei actually felt a little ashamed.

If the fusion people were similar to Chen Manchi, instead of replicas of the residents of Jia and Zi cities, then everything would be different. Guihai might not get better, but the immigrants here would not be much different from the humans on other planets. Big difference, except that the body is healthier.

Lu Linbei seriously thought about the issue of "integration" for the first time, and once again thought of the word "the general trend".

It's never that simple! Lu Linbei thought, his shame disappeared, and he became excited about the mission he was about to perform. He wanted to know the truth and see the deepest secret hidden in Jiazixing.

"Hello, guest." A voice came from nearby, startling Lu Linbei.

A robot walked out of the niche. Compared with the strange-looking service robots on the Longitude and Latitude, the Jiazixing robot is closer to humans in appearance. It has a head, a body and limbs. It is not tall, about one meter and three meters tall. Extremely thin, with thin hands and feet, and a round head. There are no facial features on it, but a high-resolution display screen. The screen that appears now is a few lines of text options.

In short, the designers of this robot want to make it give guests a sense of intimacy while minimizing its aggressiveness to avoid causing discomfort and disgust to some people.

Its voice is relatively neutral, indistinguishable between male and female, and very gentle.

"Hello...what should I call you?"

"No. 5, the guest can also give me a name."

"You'll use it until the day I check out?"

"Yes, guests can choose to keep the settings or delete them. If they keep the settings, they can still call me by the same name next time they check in."

"Just call me No. 5."

"Okay, guest."

"Why did you activate it? I didn't summon you."

“I was turned on by a deeper system.”

"Deeper, it sounds cool. If it gets in the way, I can leave."

"Guest, don't interfere. The order I received is to inform the guest of something."

"You tell me."

"Don't try to invade Jiazixing's network. All the preparations made by the guests are wrong."

Lu Linbei was stunned for a while, then smiled and said, "Who is so kind as to remind me?"

"A deeper system. Goodbye, guest. When you need me, please say 'number five'."