Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

“In recent days, there has been a vicious arson in the Lion Town area of the Malacca city, in a bar called the Reef. According to preliminary police investigations, the cause of the incident was a fight caused by the corner of the mouth…”

Morning news on holographic television.

From that wretched scene and the serious look on the faces of the policemen standing in front of the isolation belt, it's clear that what's happening here is more than just arson.

Sitting on an ark in front of a dining table, he focuses on the eggs in the plate while taking time to watch the news.

“… it doesn't look so peaceful in the 22nd century. ”

It seemed that the time had finally come to insert the topic, Em sitting opposite the table with her hands resting on her cheeks, immediately answered with vigour and energy.

“It doesn't matter! Little Al protects the master! (๑ • ㅂ •)✧"

Ark: “Thank you. ”

Em: “Hey, you're welcome. But such frank gratitude makes people embarrassed. (ω)”

Didn't pay attention to the beating bytes in the pupil, after breakfast the ark put the chopsticks on the plate, picked up the paper towel and wiped his mouth.

“Guests are coming later, you should change into something normal... Forget it, you should stay in the next room with Ling, don't come out. ”

Speaking of half of the ships seemed to think of something, they changed their mouths temporarily.

However, this change of mouth made the original excited little Egg look very striking, not only did the facial text in the pupil change shape, but even the color changed.

“Eh? Wouldn't you like to introduce Em to her master's friends? w (P) w”

The ark sighed and said.

“When your head gets a little bit normal, I'll think about doing it. ”

In the middle of the conversation, the door rang.

The ark gave Em a grieving look, "Would you mind staying in the bedroom for a while”, and then got up and walked towards the front door.

The man who reached out and opened the door, and the ark was about to say hello, and extended the threshold, gave him a big bear hug.

It took a long time for the ark to settle for God to say after being blindfolded by this action.

“What are you doing...”

His hands grabbed the shoulder of the ark, Wang Peng looked at him with excitement, his throat moved up and down, and after a long time, he squeezed a sentence out of his mouth.

“You… are indeed alive. ”

“Otherwise? ”

Many things were read in the eyes of this old friend, and the ark was silent for a while and did not know how to speak.

The last time they met was a century ago, tens of millions of kilometres away.

It was still in the ruins of Mars civilization, not only did he not think it, no one thought it would be a hundred years...

“The doorway is not an old place, come in and talk... are you here alone? ”

“There's an old acquaintance of yours. ”

When the ship was about to ask who, it saw the familiar face and appeared in front of his home.

“Director Lee? ”

The cloudy pupil stared at him, gradually staining a fog of excitement and nostalgia. For a while, he said in a whimpering tone.

“Long time no see...”

The eyes were similarly stained with nostalgia.

Looking at this old acquaintance who has caused him a lot of trouble, the ark said softly, with some emotional tone.

“Yeah...”

It's been a long time...

……

Although all three meet for the first time, they've actually met once on a virtual community network. Last night, Li Gaoling gave them a discussion group in the Virtual Reality community, and even the time we met this morning was set at that time.

Put the beer bought from the convenience store next to the table and sit on the chair, Director Li looked at the house and smiled.

“I heard you were alive, and Wang Peng and I came to visit you the first time. ”

“Is this happening? I was actually going to come to you, but I didn't contact Li Gaoling until last night. ”

“Highlights, after all, is now serving in the fleet, and he doesn't have free internet every day. After he sent me the address, I came with Wang Peng...” Director Li laughed and continued, “At that time you may have gone out, the door seems like a woman. ”

The ark coughed softly and corrected the way.

“is a biomimetic. ”

Director Li nodded with a sudden look on his face.

“Oh, I see...”

Although it always felt like the old man had misunderstood in various ways, the ark thought it would be better not to waste more time on this darker picture, so it turned the subject off.

“Speaking of which, how are you guys doing here? ”

“Fine, my retirement salary is quite high, and I have no problems with my life. The only problem may be that I'm a little idle, and I'm an idle person," said Director Li with a smile. “I'm worried about this kid Wang Peng. I've been coaching him for the past few days to try to find new goals and start a new life in this era. ”

“Don't make me sound so useless," Wang Peng coughed softly. After a moment of pause, he changed his serious tone and continued, "I've thought about it, I intend to go to the preparatory school last year. ”

The Ark asked with concern.

“Have you contacted the school yet? ”

Wang Peng nodded.

“The University of Defense Science and Technology, Li Gaoling helped me contact him, and he also graduated there. ”

“University of Defense Science and Technology?” Director Lee said, "It's a great place, it's said to be a 22nd-century Huangpu military academy that has sent a number of good engineers and officers to the first fleet. ”

Ark: “By the way, I've always wondered, what brings you to this era? ”

“Two reasons,” Wang Peng said in silence for a while, "... you should know something inside, and I won't keep it from you. I went to the future with two tasks, one on the Spirit of the Universe Foundation and the other on the ruins of Mars civilization. ”

Hearing an unexpected name, the ark frowned slightly.

“The Spirit of the Universe Foundation? ”

In his impression, he heard the name.

I just didn't expect to hear it again in a century.

“Well, that was the group that attacked you on the Arctic Light cruise about a hundred years ago. Following the Dandelion operation against warlords in the Somali region, we found some clues about the Spirit of the Universe Foundation. And that was probably the first time this organization had entered the field of view of our intelligence. ”

Ark: “First time in your sight… that is, after you met them again? ”

Wang Peng nodded and continued: "Probably the second year after your departure, Shanghai ECO intends to convene a meeting in Manila to discuss the ‘Pan-Asian Economic Integration Agreement', after which the streets of Manila explode. We traced it back to Mogadishu, Somalia, where we found some new clues about the Spirit of the Universe Foundation and the Arctic Light Cruise three years ago. ”

“Those who do not belong to any country or organization have a rather mysterious source of funding and are very cautious in their actions. Until I fell asleep, I was unable to lock their masters behind the scenes. ”

Speaking of which, Wang Peng's expression suddenly brought some emotion.

“But now think about it, that was a hundred years ago. ”

A hundred years.

Enough to change too many things.

Just as he had never thought that conference would eventually change the future of Asia as a whole, and of the world as a whole. Nor would the so-called Spirit of the Universe Foundation have thought that their actions to thwart the continued expansion of China's influence in the Asian region have succeeded in stopping the wheels of history for two seconds.

“And then, it was about the ruins of Mars," Wang Peng laughed, "because of a widely disseminated thesis in academia, written by Professor Schultz, which you should also know. ”

The ark nodded.

“What did he write? ”

“Some theoretical discourse on four-dimensional space debris, both mathematically and physically, describes the causes of the disaster that occurred on Mars' ruins that year. That is all I know about the situation, when my superiors made the judgement that the technology buried in the ruins of Mars, as well as that four-dimensional space debris, could, if discovered, have an overwhelming impact on the current international situation. ”

“So he wanted me to go to the future a hundred years later and investigate the ruins...”

Speaking of which, Wang Peng's face carried a slight regret and continued.

“But when I got here, it turned out to be completely different. No one contacted me at all, except the Frozen Rights and Interests Protection Foundation. Then I heard that the plan to reinforce the future was cancelled in the '60s or' 70s... it would have felt like a trip in vain if I hadn't heard about you alive the other day. ”

Director Li sighed.

“Objectively, there is indeed a problem with the plan to reinforce the future, and it is better to leave it to the future people themselves to solve it. Later, I thought about it for a long time, and I'm afraid we couldn't accept it if we changed our minds and let the people of a hundred years ago come back to direct us. ”

“Forget it," Wang Peng sighed with some emotion, then looked at the ark, curious, "by the way, you woke up from there. When you were inside the ruins of Mars, did you find anything? ”

“The ruins of Mars civilization… To be honest, there's actually nothing left to dig up there. Although I see a lot of interesting things, most of the traces of their existence have been erased over billions of years in the river."

His eyes caught in memory, thinking of everything he had seen in that dream, and the ark sighed softly, continuing, "Honestly, I can sit here and talk to you, thanks to the debris of the four-dimensional space, fortunately I found a well-preserved dormant compartment inside. ”

Nor did the Ark know if its explanation had passed, but given that many things were inconvenient, it could only be explained that way.

I don't know if I can tell his secret or believe this kind of statement. Wang Peng didn't say much, just nodded and expressed his understanding.

Director Li sitting next to him was also curious and muttered.

“Fragments of 4D space… what exactly does that thing look like? I'm curious. ”

The ark thought about it and replied.

“Its projection in three-dimensional space is a transparent sphere, and describing its structural and physical properties can be very troublesome unless you understand some basic mathematical tools. ”

Director Li hurriedly coughed.

“Forget it, you don't think I asked. ”

Basic mathematical tools…

That phrase came out of someone else's mouth, and he might not take it seriously.

But the sentence came out of the mouth of Master Lu, who had automatically translated it into “mathematical difficulties not understood by the average person”.

“By the way, are you familiar with Li Guangya? ”

“Li Guangya?” Hearing that name, Director Lee touched his chin and said, "Is that the chairman of the Pan-Asian Cooperation? I woke up and saw him, but he didn't say much to me, so I just greeted him and left. ”

Ark: “He wants me to be the chief scientist of Pan-Asian cooperation. ”

Director Li looked at the Ark with surprise and said.

“Such a big hat? ”

The ark nodded and continued.

“Not only that, he also wanted me to be involved in his space elevator program. ”

After hearing this, Director Li frowned and thought for a moment.

“I don't have much to say to a man who's been here since the beginning of the 21st century. After all, we wanted to build a mass projector back then, and it took years to decide. Space elevator… In my understanding, this is already a science fiction concept. ”

“However, this Li Guangya, I suggest you be careful. Maybe I'm old enough to keep up with the times. I can't figure out what he's up to. ”

“I didn't immediately promise him,” said Ark Zhou, looking at Director Li, who was worried about his face, "after all, the concept was a bit exaggerated for me. In contrast, I would like to know if there has been any progress in second-generation controllable fusion technology, and to what extent there have been other more basic studies. ”

Director Lee asked with interest: "Second generation controllable fusion? I used to listen to you all the time, but I felt like the cost of a generation of controllable fusion was low enough, this second-generation technology... is it really that important? ”

“Very important. Maybe it was just my idea, but at least in my opinion it was more important than the sky elevator,” The Ark looked out the window at the sky and continued, "Speaking of which, do you remember why I proposed the establishment of the Guangdong Special Economic Zone? ”

Director Li frowned: “Is it related to second-generation controllable fusion? ”

The ark nodded.

“I can say very responsibly that at least half of the reason is because of it. ”

The Guangdong City Special Economic Zone was established mainly to make it easier to run horses on the Moon. And those places that he circled on the map were basically areas rich in estimated helium resources.

If second-generation fusion technology breaks through, the layout he made a hundred years ago will be a vast and unimaginable legacy for future generations of Huaxia civilization.

Just as the Arabs left the oil fields for future generations.

The ark can even assert without exaggeration.

Those precious helium resources on the moon will be the key to taking their footsteps out of the solar system and into a more distant world.

The only thing that made him less satisfied after this era was probably the real treasures he left to future generations, so far no one has found the key to unlock it...