The first volume sets sail Chapter 1: Setting Sail: The Forbidden City with a History of 9750 Years
"An ancient hibernation chamber was found, with suspected human life signs."
"Warning, the ancient hibernation chamber is about to collapse, and the suspected human target needs to be relocated immediately."
"The Baidi space fighter has arrived above the hibernation chamber. The magnetic confinement field is activated and the optical tweezers grabbing has begun."
"The hibernation chamber has been moved to the Bian Que Medical Spacecraft."
"Nanoworms are beginning to devour the hibernation chamber."
"Initiate resuscitation of suspected human target."
"Injected active nanomedical fluid, the target's vital signs are basically stable."
"DNA testing has been completed, and the database information has been searched to confirm the identity."
"Welcome to ten thousand years later, human Lin Xu."
Ten thousand years later? In the dim light, Lin Xu only felt a soft white light in front of his eyes, which was not dazzling, but rather somewhat comfortable.
The pain that had been following me for so many years was no longer there.
That was a feeling that had never left him since his cancer diagnosis.
For this reason, he joined the human cryopreservation trial of Kangti Medical Company when he was in the late stage of cancer.
Looking forward to fighting for that glimmer of hope.
But even Lin Xu himself didn't expect that he would succeed?
Only ten thousand years? That's a bit too long.
He thought that a few decades at the slowest, or a few hundred years at the most, would be enough.
Who would have thought that a dream would last for ten thousand years?
"How do you feel now? Human Lin Xu." A soft voice that was obviously electronic sound echoed in Lin Xu's ears.
"It feels good, I've never felt better."
Lin Xu slowly stood up. His muscles had not atrophied due to long-term disuse, and his movements were normal. He probably used some medical treatment that he didn't know about.
At the same time, look around and collect information with your eyes.
This is a room with soft white light flashing in all directions. Lin Xu can only see his own reflection on the spotless wall.
He was wearing a white suit of unknown material, with a bald head without a single hair, even his eyebrows had fallen out. No one knew what was going on underneath. Unfortunately, in this situation, Lin Xu was too embarrassed to check.
"Excuse me, what should I call you and where is this place?" Lin Xu asked tentatively.
"Advanced artificial intelligence quantum computer Taiyin, salutes you, human Lin Xu. This is the Tieling Bian Que Medical Spacecraft."
Artificial intelligence? Quantum computer? Medical spacecraft?
The combination of these words allowed Lin Xu to quickly understand the current basic situation.
At the same time, more questions arise.
"Is it ten thousand years from now?"
"Yes, the current time is 9750 in the starting calendar."
A soft electronic sound fell, as if to better answer Lin Xu's question. In an instant, the walls around the entire room slowly changed from solid to virtual. The walls with image display function projected the scene outside the aerospace ship, as if the entire aerospace ship had become transparent, allowing Lin Xu to directly see the scene outside.
Then Lin Xu seemed to be standing in the void, and all kinds of scenes from all directions came into his eyes.
Mountains, flowing water, flowers, and forests.
The Bian Que Medical Spaceship was flying rapidly not far from the ground, and everything on Earth was so beautiful.
Soon a city appeared in front of the aerospace ship.
The city still resembled the city in Lin Xu's impression, except that the skyscrapers were taller, and there were many more facilities in the city that were unfamiliar but that Lin Xu could barely understand.
The crisscrossing tracks in the air are obviously a means of transportation similar to light rail.
There are also cleaning robots crawling on top of skyscrapers, cleaning the outer curtain walls like spiders.
And this is what made Lin Xu even more confused. After ten thousand years, human cities have not changed much in general. Has the development of human technology stagnated?
However, as he got closer and closer to the city, Lin Xu soon discovered something even stranger. From afar, he seemed to see no one in the city, and there seemed to be no signs of human activity in the city at all.
"You just said, the sailing calendar?"
"2300 AD, also the first year of the Creation Calendar. That was the year humans set sail into deep space and left Earth."
The explanation given by the artificial intelligence Taiyin made Lin Xu's pupils tremble, but it also explained a large part of his doubts.
No wonder the city seems to have changed little after tens of thousands of years.
This is because the current appearance of the city is actually what it looked like in 2300 AD. Since then, there have been no humans in the world , so there is no need for the city to develop.
It is only repaired and maintained regularly by artificial intelligence to keep it the same as it was when humans left.
"Is this, Yanjing?" As the aerospace ship drove into the city, Lin Xu finally recognized the city, especially the Forbidden City in the center of the city, which was so recognizable.
"The database shows that you were born in 2023 and are Chinese. So I sent you here. You can rest here."
"Rest? Can I go there to rest?" Lin Xu thought for a moment and pointed to the area near the Forbidden City in the distance, between the North Sea and the South Sea, which was called the Western Garden in ancient times.
"sure."
"Is this all possible?" Lin Xu felt a little confused.
"You are the only human on Earth now." Taiyin, the intelligent quantum computer, reminded.
"I suddenly feel that sleeping for ten thousand years isn't necessarily a bad thing."
"If you're interested, you can stay at the White House tomorrow night."
"The room where the president lives?" Lin Xu confirmed.
"You can choose whatever you want. Buckingham Palace, Versailles, the Kremlin, any of those are fine."
"Okay, that's a lot of information. I think I really need to take a break now. Can you help me compile a simple account of what happened after I went into hibernation and show it to me?"
"certainly."
The aerospace ship slowly landed on the water near the Forbidden City. Lin Xu first visited the areas in the Forbidden City that were previously off-limits to visitors, and even took a selfie while sitting on the emperor's dragon throne.
Subconsciously, he wanted to open his circle of friends to share it, but then he suddenly remembered that everything had changed drastically, and everything he was once familiar with was no longer there.
Suddenly, a feeling of boredom came over me.
Lin Xu sighed, put down the mobile phone that Taiyin had prepared for him according to his habit, stood up and slowly walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Standing on the imperial road, he looked down at the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, which was crowded with people when it was a tourist attraction.
At this moment, the place was terrifyingly empty and lonely, as if he had become an ancient emperor, all alone and helpless.
Looking up at the sky, the sunlight is dazzling and the clouds change into various shapes.
Just like ten thousand years ago.
It’s a pity that ten thousand years have passed and everything has changed.
