Chapter 127: Chapter 128 307th Year
Years had passed, ti rushed by.
Walking through the dim universe on the Earth Era spaceship, felt like being on a ti train…
Periodically, so people boarded while others disembarked. There were many stops along the journey, and it was rare for anyone to stay from beginning to end. When soone had to get off, even if reluctantly, one should be grateful and then wave goodbye.
Now, it was once again the era for Zhang Yuan to disembark…
In the midst of this fog, suddenly, a bright light shone from the darkness, slowly waking him from his hibernation.
Zhang Yuan opened his eyes vaguely, his vision was a blur, and his brain had yet to register any sensations.
Each awakening felt terrible, as if he had taken a nerve-paralyzing drug, leaving him groggy, with the world spinning and tumbling around him.
His personal will seed to vanish. He knew neither who he was nor where he was; he felt just like a zombie.
“Zhang Yuan, my child, it is now the year 2757, the legendary 28th century… This ti, we’ve traveled through another three hundred years.”
“I woke up a month before you, still working as a doctor. Unfortunately, it’s a slow year, only over six hundred people are awake, 645 to be precise…”
Lin Xuanyuan’s voice was like a whisper in a dream, fuzzy yet carrying a warm sense of security.
Zhang Yuan’s pupils constricted slightly, a bodily instinct; after a while, he seed to find his own safe harbor and his eyelids closed again.
“Okay, Xuanxuan, all physiological indicators look normal, and his brain is recovering. Don’t disturb him anymore, let him sleep a bit more. Complete recovery will still take so ti…”
“Don’t be too concerned!”
A head nurse said, laughing.
“I know, I know,” Lin Xuanyuan stuck out her tongue.
A few days later, Zhang Yuan’s mind had cleared, and he was able to think about so things.
Being carefully looked after felt good, although due to physical reasons, he could only drink a little millet porridge each day, leaving his body feeling sowhat unsatisfied.
Zhang Yuan really wanted to eat heartily, even synthetic at would do!
Thinking this, he licked his dry lips, and his first words were, “Thank you.”
“That response is quite satisfying to ,” Lin Xuanyuan’s face brightened with a smile. “Being able to speak indicates that your brain has mostly recovered…”
Zhang Yuan cautiously asked, “Can I eat at?”
“No!”
“You… did you take advantage of ?”
“I did, went over your whole body… not bad, quite satisfied.”
Lin Xuanyuan gave him a provocative look, scanning his vital parts.
Zhang Yuan tensed up, suddenly not knowing what to say even though he knew she was joking…
He then asked, “Has the spaceship encountered any problems? I… woke up on ti, there shouldn’t be any issues, right?”
“…There seem to have been a few minor accidents, but overall, it’s within controllable limits.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan gradually relaxed.
After a while, he asked the question that interested him the most, “So, have there been any new technological advancents in recent years? With three hundred years, humanity couldn’t possibly have achieved nothing, right?”
Lin Xuanyuan sat on the edge of the bed. “I’m not too sure about that, as I’m busy all the ti. However, in the dical field, the average human lifespan seems to have increased a bit, to about one hundred ninety, nearing two hundred years. The oldest person reached 320 years; living over three hundred years without dying, they’re practically a turtle!”
Zhang Yuan was slightly taken aback but, with three hundred years of technological advancents, an average lifespan extending to two hundred years wasn’t unimaginable.
“…In a few days, you can be discharged from the hospital. It’s the sa position as before, you’ll have plenty of ti to catch up on these matters.”
Zhang Yuan bowed his head. “Actually, living too long isn’t necessarily a good thing.”
Lin Xuanyuan corrected, “To clarify, in the new era, rich people can live very long, poor people still have only a slight increase in lifespan… If you want longevity, you need money.”
“That’s true… You’re right. There’s only one illness in the world, called poverty.”
Seeing Lin Xuanyuan holding a syringe and squeezing out the air with an excited expression, Zhang Yuan shivered, whispering, “What are you doing? Thinking of harming ? If I die, it’s a loss for all humanity!”
“You guessed right! I recently found a more handso life partner, if you don’t break up, I’ll just have to kill you first…”
“Help, Pan Jinlian plotting to murder her husband!”
Seeing the syringe coming closer, Zhang Yuan shivered and feigned a retreat, realizing he had no strength.
“Where is Wu Song? Soone, protect !”
Lin Xuanyuan nearly laughed herself breathless, touched his cheek, and blew into his ear.
“So… are you the rumored Wu Dalang?!”
When the ti ca to inject, her expression turned serious. “Don’t move, be careful it doesn’t go in crooked. This is the most advanced anti-free radical new drug, able to resist aging. We can also produce so in our biological lab, but the yield is low.”
“These few injections, put back in the civilization of Earth, would cost over 800,000! They can keep you alive for another thirty or forty years, but if it goes wrong, they’re wasted.”
Zhang Yuan did not understand what the current purchasing power of 800,000 was, but judging by Lin Xuanyuan’s expression, it must be… pretty expensive.
After this playful banter, his mood upon waking the second ti from hibernation was pretty good, not filled with the previous anxiety.
After all, personal matters had been dealt with during the first awakening, and all the people he knew on Earth had already passed away. There were no longer any heavy attachnts.
What remained were only the big issues concerning all humanity, including the overall direction of the entire civilization.
Since these were matters concerning all humanity, no matter how bad, they couldn’t be depressing enough to make one consider jumping off a building.
Zhang Yuan had accepted the fact of leaving the civilization of Earth and was thoroughly integrated into this spaceship, light years away. Thus, he was looking forward with curiosity to experiencing the forthcoming historical events.
After bidding farewell_mgmt to Lin Xuanyuan who was still working, Zhang Yuan left the hospital, reported to the administrative office, and then returned to his own workstation.
Upon entering the office door, Zhang Yuan encountered an old acquaintance and his mood imdiately improved.
“Ah, Senior Brother Zhao, Old Zhao, it’s you handling the handover!”
He deeply knew how fortunate it was to have soone with whom one could communicate freely!
“Zhang Yuan, I’ve been waiting for you for a long ti,” Zhao Qingfeng smiled heartily, showing a similarly happy expression.
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