Chapter 300: Chapter 299: Encouragent for Us All (Five Updates) Chapter 300: Chapter 299: Encouragent for Us All (Five Updates) But now, in the 56th century, a company nad “Solar System Eternal Hibernation Company” actually top the market value among so many corporations in Earth Civilization, which seed quite inconceivable…
Hibernation!
This was definitely not a high-tech company, but a consur one!
Hibernation technology had matured back in Zhang Yuan’s era, and it surely couldn’t still be considered high-tech in the 56th century.
Zhang Yuan squinted his eyes, feeling his heart pounding fiercely, and noticed many people whispering and discussing this matter.
“So, why can Solar System Eternal Hibernation Company rank first in market value?”
“Because it has catered to the hibernation of 1 billion individuals! With an annual hibernation fee of five thousand yuan, the turnover is five trillion, and the gross profit margin reaches 80%, offering enormous growth potential.”
A series of data analysis left everyone present dumbfounded.
In Zhang Yuan’s era, hibernation was not widely accepted, because once awake, one would have to say goodbye to the entire era. By then, all family and friends would be gone, and living in the future world alone without knowing anyone or recognizing anything was a terrifying prospect.
Even if the future was more beautiful, what good is it to live alone? Could one live forever? Of course not.
But in today’s Earth Civilization, people began to gradually prefer to escape from reality in groups, hoping to flee to a better future world through hibernation.
In people’s minds, the future is always better, right? Even though society had long ceased developing, the governnt’s publicity still portrayed the future as promising, and public opinion agreed, otherwise there would have been rebellion by now!
In this false illusion, “Solar System Eternal Hibernation Company” vastly surpassed the second-place energy company in performance, ranking first on the market value chart!
“Hibernation? It’s just absurd. Why hibernate to the future if everyone is perfectly fine, wouldn’t that create chaos in the world? Doesn’t the governnt care?”
Zhang Yuan saw the young man sitting next to him, staring with wide eyes, completely baffled. These younger generations, born and raised in a new civilization, enjoyed the benefits of rapid social progress and felt a strong sense of pride in their civilization. They had only heard of Earth Civilization but didn’t have much understanding of the forr Earth Civilization.
Zhang Yuan smiled, “Li Cheng, there’s nothing absurd about it. The entire world ceasing to progress, spinning in place, is a painful thing. Since so people choose to be childless without any worries, it’s not impossible for couples to group together and hibernate into the future.”
“As for governntal restrictions, their control is relatively weak under a market economy. Moreover, Earth Civilization isn’t a unified civilization. Stimulated by interests, there will always be nations that loosen policies on this issue… You see, the company’s registration is on a remote planet, Pluto. Governnts on Earth can’t possibly control it.”
“But…”
He slightly shook his head. Was the future really so beautiful?
Not necessarily…
What if the future remained unchanged?
He had a faint feeling that this was a major social risk.
A company must still make money, and such hibernation inevitably had ti limits. What if one awoke at the designated ti to find the future not as imagined? How should one who ran from the past to the future, having lost their job and social connections, establish themselves in a new world?
Moreover, now only 1 billion people had entered into hibernation, but what if there were 2 billion, 3 billion, or even 100 or 200 billion?
Of course, the governntal departnts of Earth Civilization were not fools either. Through the laws of the United Nations, they were limiting such hibernation activities, or rather only allowing certain qualified individuals to enter hibernation. This had triggered another wave of protests and demonstrations, as people believed hibernating into the future to be their freedom, and the banner of free democracy was once again held high in the Solar System…
In summary, this was the status of Earth Civilization for nearly a century, unremarkable yet sohow inevitable, neither thrilling nor quite right.
This Xu Peng, Captain, wrote in his letter: “…Earth Civilization has its own laws of developnt. We do not plan to interfere, nor do we have the capacity or knowledge of how to interfere. Forced interference would only lead to war between both parties, which is aningless.”
“Earth Civilization is a very powerful civilization; even if a war broke out, we wouldn’t be able to defeat them.”
“Of course, friends of Earth Era, as we send this ssage to you, we are also sending it to Earth Civilization.”
“To let them know that another human civilization exists in this universe. The seed once sown has grown into a towering tree and will step by step surpass them, and even leave our mother civilization far behind.”
“Friends, don’t worry about us. We are living well on distant Captain Star. Our society is vibrant. Advancing in science has beco difficult, like wading through a quagmire; each step forward costs a great deal, and the cost of trial and error is even higher, but we will tirelessly continue our efforts… even though we might fall tomorrow.”
“We have mastered the thod of using cosmic strings for remote propulsion, which is the biggest scientific progress in the last five hundred years. This proves our exploration has not been futile. Now we send this thod to you, far away…”
“Friends of Earth Era, what we worry about more is you. We do not know if you still exist far away, whether you have achieved your goals, whether you face unresolved challenges, whether you have received this letter…”
“There are always so many difficult things in the world, and the path downhill is always easier than the uphill one—another kind of gravity.”
“The sending of this information has cost us nearly 2 months of productivity, equivalent to two months of fruitless labor. But today, our citizens are willing, and I am very willing too. Everyone is cheering loudly for this grand occasion. We don’t even know if this letter has been received, but we will not regret it.”
“Let’s encourage each other!”
After reading this letter, a very subtle emotion stirred in Zhang Yuan’s heart, like a cup of clear tea, refreshing his heart and lungs.
Everyone in the eting room felt the sa, silent, utterly silent. So older folks couldn’t help but rub their eyes.
Yes, this is humanity, sotis so insignificant, yet sotis so great.
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