DipNovel Chapter 83 One Year Later
Chapter 83 One Year Later
Awareness Day, January 15th.
Of the 60 teenagers, only 20 passed the assessment after a week of testing.
Of these 20 people, 12 were boys and 8 were girls, most of whom were between 17 and 19 years old.
What will become of them? Jiang Ning has no idea.
After making arrangements for everyone, Zhou Yunci took the two of them and flew back to Taiqing Mountain.
At the same time, Sun Fumin and the other three also embarked on their journeys back to their respective teams.
On the plane, Chang Niankong couldn't help but ask, "Team Leader Jiang, you said that time reversal doesn't affect space. You said that if someone goes to space today, will that person appear on Earth again tomorrow?"
Jiang Ning shook his head; he didn't know the answer to that question either.
This is also one of his concerns.
Based on the data compiled so far in Jiuquan, the rocket is indeed still capable of launching, and astronauts Wang Kai and Tang Fei have been continuously conducting test flights.
Strictly speaking, these two people only went to low Earth orbit and did not go more than 1000 kilometers above the Earth.
This means that no one is certain whether humanity can truly escape the "curse" of regression on Earth after breaking through 1000 kilometers.
Jiang Ning had also asked Commander Lu about this issue when they were in the space city.
Commander Lu also said he didn't know.
According to Chen Xiao's explanation, the Security Council once held a meeting on this matter, and the gist of the matter was that before the discovery was announced before New Year's Day, all astronauts were not allowed to go more than 1000 kilometers above the ground, otherwise it would be considered a crime of betraying humanity.
Chang Niankong had no hope of getting an answer from Jiang Ning. Seeing Jiang Ning shake his head, he continued speaking to himself:
"If we break through the spatial limitations and humanity truly escapes the curse, then rockets will be launching into space every day around the world. But for ordinary people, this phenomenon may not necessarily be a good thing."
Zhou Yunci chimed in, "Therefore, a major battle is inevitable."
Chang Niankong: "But what is the meaning of this war? What can it bring to ordinary people? They still don't have the chance to go to heaven."
After hearing this, Zhou Yunci fell silent.
Indeed, this is the case, and according to the operational command of the emergency organization, the situation would likely be even worse if it were announced that space is not affected by time reversal.
This is a well-worn topic: it's not the scarcity we fear, but the inequality.
The number of rockets is limited, the number of spacecraft is limited, and the space of the space station is limited. Who should stay on the ground and who should go into space will be unavoidable contradictions.
Logically speaking, scientists should definitely be given priority.
But how can we only talk about rationality?
Jiang Ning: "Discussing these things is meaningless. At worst, it will just hinder each other, and all countries will be unable to go to space, missing a period of time to save themselves. What I'm most worried about is that the dead can be resurrected. If we send a group of people to space, will the same group of people be reborn on Earth?"
"If it refreshes, what will these people be then? Between them and myself in the sky, who is the real person?"
Chang Niankong frowned and said in a heavy tone, "If this really happens, it seems that it will no longer be a disaster of world regression, but a new situation that completely subverts human cognition."
At this point, Chang Niankong paused, his eyes filled with contemplation: "If this situation of resetting humanity were to actually occur, the entire Earth would be like an online game... Would we still be considered truly existing?"
This isn't the first time such a discussion has taken place.
During my time in the space city, three such meetings were held, organized by Lu and attended by almost all the well-known scientists in Beijing.
Two international conferences were even held.
At first, people were terrified when they talked about it, but as the conversation unfolded, they became more open and accepting, whether they had given up or their immunity had improved.
Zhou Yunci: "Alright, I'm telling you, you two are just worrying unnecessarily. Why think so much? The more you think, the more absurd it gets. If people on Earth were to actually fly again, I think that would be a good thing."
"What should we do?" Chang Niankong asked.
Jiang Ning also looked at Zhou Yunci with curiosity.
Zhou Yunci smiled and said, "I can only say this in private. A few days ago, those scholars almost elevated this issue to the realm of philosophy."
"Look at this, how can this not be a good thing! If a similar person really appears, wouldn't that perfectly solve the problem of both being hindered and neither being able to go to heaven?"
Anyway, for every person who goes to space, another one will be created on Earth, so everyone can go to space. Besides, we'll have two scientists, so we'll have double the talent…”
Zhou Yunci became more and more excited as he spoke.
"Maybe in the end, we can completely solve the problem of being unable to reproduce using this method. If there's a labor shortage on Earth, we can just send a batch of people into space and then bring them back down..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning and Chang Niankong exchanged glances, unsure of what to say.
If that's the case, then it's beyond just saying things are in chaos.
It's completely unimaginable what kind of group humanity will become.
Even if Einstein were to be resurrected, and three Einsteins were to appear, this problem still wouldn't be explained.
Jiang Ning couldn't help but shake his head: "Political Commissar Zhou, when Sun Fumin arrives, you two can discuss this issue. He'll definitely be very interested."
……
Whether it was speculation, wild thoughts, or simply passing the time, the three of them chatted idly all the way back to Taiqing Mountain.
They never imagined that a casual conversation on the plane today, especially Zhou Yunci's optimistic idea, would actually come true in the future.
Over eighty years, like ants carrying food, humanity has slowly made its way to the moon, eventually building a space city that can accommodate 1 people.
These 10,000 elite individuals, along with the newly replenished resources on Earth, worked together for fifty years to triple the size of this space city, enabling humanity to establish a firm foothold on the moon.
After that, just when everyone thought the lunar base could finally give back to humanity, the most mundane thing still happened.
Humanity has split up.
They were divided into new humans and old humans.
A riot broke out at the lunar base, and the victors, who called themselves a new kind of human, were no longer willing to give back to Earth and began to focus all their efforts on developing deep-space spaceships.
At that time, the Earth had regressed to 1935.
It's like an old father who works hard to raise his child, helps him get married and buy him a house, only to be rejected by his child and end up penniless and living in a cramped rural area.
Humanity overcame the historical wars, dismantled tanks, melted down airplanes, sold off all their possessions, and tens of thousands of people worked day and night to handcraft rockets, but ultimately could not stop the erosion of time flowing backward.
Earth no longer has the productivity to support a new generation of humans.
Perhaps being abandoned by the new humans is the right thing to do.
Upon hearing the news, Jiang Ning put down the backpack he always carried with him and took out a gleaming metal instrument from it.
This is still a quantum memory, which is also another brain of the "Luoshu".
Now that Luo Shu is stationed at the lunar base, Jiang Ning only needs to input a 40-digit key to directly control Luo Shu from the bottom up, causing the lunar base to collapse.
Jiang Ning sat there holding the device all night, but ultimately did not try to seize control.
As dawn broke and the sun continued to rise in the east, he picked up his backpack again and, escorted by a group of people, disappeared into the wilderness.