Chapter 527: Chapter 525: Feedback from the Rear
Ding Peng felt dizzy and unable to comprehend a word, but he kept nodding, “Yeah, the governnt must be confident to do this, right? After expending so much resources, they couldn’t possibly be completely unsure, so stop worrying unnecessarily.”
In his previous life as a hobody, Ding Peng had been quite a laid-back person, and he sighed softly in his heart. He knew exactly what was on his friend’s mind.
How should one put it? Based on current statistics, it turned out that not many among the first batch of otherworldly talents selected from the virtual world were doing well. At least, not as many as had been anticipated.
Soone like Ding Peng, who was content with his lot, was actually considered to be doing quite well. So even had beco “Sinners”! He couldn’t quite wrap his head around this fact.
A small number of true geniuses were indeed thriving; these elites adapted very well to this new society, stood out from the crowd, and made their own contributions.
But most people always felt sowhat out of place.
Take Xu Yafeng for example, in his past life, he was a top genius, with a wealth of privileges, connections, and resources. He was respected by others and could freely criticize and bla people.
His words could influence the interests of the entire Scientific community, which was a trendous power.
But now, although he was still a genius, he had no privileges, which made him quite uncomfortable.
This is the inherent difference between those born with mories and those who start from scratch. These people had not erged as Transcends through long experiences and they had not yet fully grasped their desires for power, beauty, and wealth.
However, Ding Peng was different. Originally just an ordinary person, he didn’t have that superiority ntality, so he fitted in rather well. Even just doing a regular job nowadays wasn’t too bad.
Ding Peng had plenty of ti for rest and leisure, provided he did his job well. He found his contented lifestyle quite nice; as for whether the entire civilization was courting death or might be riddled by neutron stars, he didn’t bother to ponder it much. Why should he? There were smarter people to worry about such things.
After eating dinner, Ding Peng went to the nearby sports field and ran five kiloters with Zhang Yuan.
This was, of course, a mandatory exercise. Ding Peng was very scared of this brother-in-law and unless Zhang Yuan was too busy with work and rested, Ding Peng could rest as well.
“Reading and fitness are the two most cost-effective ways to improve oneself… Five kiloters a day takes only thirty to forty minutes, right, how was work today?” Zhang Yuan wiped the sweat from his face and asked casually. As Lin Qingqing’s relative, he felt obliged to care.
Ding Peng very honestly reported his first day’s work performance…
Zhang Yuan, his brother-in-law, was his golden thigh in this life, the kind whose single leg hair could crush him to death. Although he felt fear and trepidation inside, he knew that not clinging to this opportunity would be idiotic.
Zhang Yuan listened to Ding Peng’s story and slightly furrowed his brows, then quickly relaxed them.
“Are you questioning whether the system of selecting talent from the virtual world has failed?” Zhang Yuan gradually slowed down on the track, calming his heart rate, “Indeed, based on current performance, it hasn’t achieved the expected results… many have beco diocre.”
“What can we do then?”
Zhang Yuan saw through his slight scheming, “Don’t worry, whether the plan continues or not, you are already citizens of the New Human Civilization, and you won’t lose any of your rights. We’re certainly not going to send you back!”
Ding Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had to shalessly survive in this society, right? Why go back to the Virtual World?
“As for… the selection of talent from the virtual world? The experint is still ongoing. Such an experint would take at least one, or two generations to yield results.”
“But it’s not yet a failure. After all, there are still a few talented individuals, and it has only been thirty years.”
Zhang Yuan smiled, “What’s more important for our society is to move steadily rather than quickly… We are still a very young civilization, with many areas to explore.”
“If the entire plan utterly fails, then there’s nothing that can be done. We’ll just chalk it up as an unsuccessful attempt with not too serious consequences.”
“So, keep it up!”
Ding Peng nodded with a hint of resignation. He was gradually becoming integrated into this society, less often recalling those past days, and it wasn’t likely to think about bringing a few friends out from the old world… Not even if he were the Captain…
Watching the guy slowly walk away, Zhang Yuan heaved a soft sigh.
Regarding the talents selected from the Virtual World, governnt departnts also held many etings to seriously study the matter.
From the final experintal results, most mbers of the parliant believed that the Transcendent Project was very successful.
But this plan to select a large number of talents from the Virtual World, how to put it… it was so-so, not a success.
So, it would be better to honestly cultivate one’s own ho-grown Transcendents.
“Population issues, huh… even the proportion of Transcendents should not be too high…”
After saying goodbye to Ding Peng, Zhang Yuan quickly put this matter out of his mind, went back to his house, took a hot shower, and then sat quietly on the sofa watching television.
The long ten years of preparation had ended, and most people were enjoying a short break, as humanity was about to embark on the next phase of their journey.
At this mont, instead of feeling a deep sense of excitent, there was a touch of lancholy and sentintality…
Perhaps all the passion had been exhausted over the course of the ten years of long preparation.
But this was still just the beginning!
He opened an old mobile application, a communication app from the past Earth, which was already obsolete.
The starting page of the app was a shade of azure blue—Earth, the once Mother Star, quietly floating in the Solar System, with a lonely silhouette gazing at this lonely planet. People back then naively believed that intelligent life was lonely, and humans were lonely.
Indeed, humans are lonely. Even if there are many intelligent life forms in the Universe, humans are still lonely. Therefore, we should help each other as much as we can.
After the image flashed by, the app showed “Server not found,” and friends from Earth had long stopped updating their social feeds. Perhaps, Zhang Yuan was the last person who rembered them.
A person’s death has three anings. The first ti is when you are on your deathbed, and the doctor declares your brain dead; this is biological death. The second layer is when a morial service is held, people co to reminisce about you, bowing to bid you farewell; this is sociological death, dying in the social sense.
The third layer is when the last person who rembers you forgets you, and everything vanishes like smoke.
Zhang Yuan still rembered the last night before leaving Earth, when a girl whispered in his ear, asking to not be forgotten. He had never ntioned this to anyone else.
“How quickly ti passes!” Lin Qingqing said softly beside him.
“Yes, very quickly…”
…
Day by day, ti passed.
These days, the most fiercely discussed topic in society was, of course, the ssages sent back to the human headquarters.
In ten days, the War Star beneath their feet would initiate Curvature Navigation, heading toward the MA9987 Star Domain, 1210 light-years away, so it was necessary to pass so ssages back to the few human headquarters.
This matter indeed triggered a huge wave among the people, with an atmosphere tinged with a hint of sadness, yet also filled with proud and lofty sentints.
The sadness stemd from the possibility that the branch of New Human Civilization might never be able to return to its Mother Star System.
Most people had little feeling for their forr Mother Star, but this didn’t affect their sense of territorial belonging to Earth. New Human Civilization, the intelligent life that walked out from Earth, would never change this fact.
The pride ca from the achievents made over the years and the courage and resolution to face a difficult future. The theory of Ordinary Civilizations could be learned from elentary school, with living examples etched in everyone’s hearts, reminding people not to forget their mission.
As for the small “gifts” to send back, it wasn’t just technology, but also the words that civilians wanted to say to the headquarters behind them. Everyone eagerly signed up to express their thoughts to the once human branch, and for a ti, the entire network was subrged in a trendous flow of information…
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