Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1061 Fortunately, I have you (Finale)

"Time flies, time is like an arrow."

"In the blink of an eye, six years have passed. In these six years, we have completed the transformation from children to teenagers."

“Imagine that thirteen years later, you are lying somewhere in this world, in the quiet night or the tired morning.”

“Can you still remember the future you once planned and the dreams you once had?”

"By then, what will the six years of high school, no, elementary school, mean to everyone?"

On the playground, a young boy was giving a speech with a voice like a rooster.

Below, several students whispered, "Why does this sound so familiar?"

"It seems like this is just a few words changed from Academician Zhou's high school graduation speech."

"If today wasn't the last day, I would definitely report him to the teacher!"

"Ah~ I have to memorize texts in junior high school. I feel tired just thinking about it. But it will be easier in high school. I heard that 'learning machines' have been popularized in high schools."

"That's not necessarily the case. Maybe it will be popularized in all middle schools after the middle school is halfway through."

A few dozen meters away, on the street outside the fence at the edge of the playground, a burly man wearing a baseball cap stopped for a moment when he heard the familiar content.

Then he smiled and continued on his way.

Dali has the best weather in May, with the temperature only 20°. It is a little cold at night but still acceptable.

Zhou Rui walked along the familiar yet unfamiliar street.

This is his second visit to this city.

In a small roadside shop, the sound of news came:

"A new broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug, 'telomere repair virus therapy' has been included in medical insurance for three years and has saved nearly 400 million patients. Today we invited three different families to review what hope and changes the new therapy has brought."

Click, change the channel.

"The national grain self-sufficiency rate has reached a record high of 170%. my country has become the world's largest grain exporter. The super soybeans jointly cultivated by Dr. Halsey of Lingshu Biotechnology and Yuanlao Academician provide strong support for this set of data. Yuanlao Academician will soon celebrate his 94th birthday. He is in very good health. Let's go to the field to interview him. Academician Yuan, do you smoke?"

"Huh? I don't smoke. Shh."

Click, change the channel.

"The space elevator has been in trial operation for a year. The super-solid material has performed well, and the efficiency of the Earth-Moon material exchange has reached a new high. Last week, a civilian space tourism route was launched. You can reach Nantianmen to experience the space style."

I watched it a little longer this time, but I still changed the channel.

As a small shop owner who opens his shop 14 hours a day and watches TV 16 hours a day, most of the content is something he has already seen.

"The fourth phase of the Toad Palace Project has been completed. The current permanent population of Toad Palace has exceeded 10,000. To celebrate the interim results, the first unlimited low-gravity sports meeting was held on the moon yesterday. Lu Xubo, the military attaché on the moon nicknamed 'Overlord', lifted a three-ton weight in the weightlifting event, setting the first lunar record."

A cry of surprise came from inside the store: "Oh my goodness. Three tons divided by six is ​​really ridiculous."

Finally something interesting.

A large drone flew over, landed after confirming the ground was safe, and left two boxes of beer: "Your purchase order has arrived, please sign for it."

The shop owner came out, fanning himself, and said to the drone, “Didn’t I order six boxes?”

"The remaining goods are arriving in batches. Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you obey the traffic rules?"

The drone lifted off again and left, raising a little smoke and dust.

The shop owner rolled his eyes. He still preferred the old days when the robots interacted in a more methodical manner. At least he wouldn't get scolded.
Zhou Rui passed by the boss, and perhaps because of his muscular figure, he attracted the boss's attention.

The old man was probably quite talkative, and he blurted out, "Young man, you are so strong, how much weight can you lift?"

Zhou Rui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's better than the one on TV."

The old man said "Hey" and ignored me.
You are so good at bragging, you are on the moon!
Zhou Rui continued to move forward. He had no fixed destination. He just walked through the streets and alleys, visiting every corner of the city, just like the first time he came here.

Time passed unknowingly and it was night. Zhou Rui changed direction and walked towards the bar street in his memory.

This is an antique street next to Erhai Lake. Standing at one end and looking to the other, you can just see the tranquil lake surface. It forms a T-junction with the lakeside scenic road.

Compared to the last time I came here, it is more lively here, and the business atmosphere is even more intense than before. The colorful neon lights exude a charm that attracts young people at night. The only thing that makes Zhou Rui feel uncomfortable is that many store doors are equipped with Kaiming Intelligence’s latest "holographic projectors", forming virtual "signs".

Some of them are tall and long-legged beauties, some are cute and funny animals, and some are even a huge virtual wine glass.

This peculiar style, mixed with the antique streets, gives people a slight sense of time and space confusion.

Zhou Rui walked along, passing many strange bars, and finally stopped at a store with a semi-open corner at the end of the road, near the T-junction.

I looked up at the sign and it said "Qingshui River".

Zhou Rui was surprised that it was the same store as the first time he came here.
As for the name of the bar, it is a bit unclear. Maybe there are too many bars here and it is difficult to come up with a name. He came in because of this name.

The clerk inside was reporting to the boss: "Boss, the electricity bill for last month is here, 400 yuan."

The boss with a mustache: "What the hell ~ 400! How come it increased by 100?!"

"Isn't it the peak season when there are more customers? That's good enough. In the past, the electricity bill was several thousand yuan a month."

"That won't work either. We must reduce costs and increase efficiency!"

Seeing that there were customers, the young waitress immediately shook off the stingy boss and asked:
"How many guests are there?"

"One."

It was quite early, so Zhou Rui asked for a window seat, ordered some food, and turned his head to look at Erhai Lake.

Were you sitting here too back then?

Not long after, the waitress brought a glass of liquor and was walking between the tables when she suddenly tripped and the glass on the tray slid sideways.

I thought it would break into pieces, but unexpectedly the wine glass seemed to suddenly change its trajectory in mid-air and "fly" into the hands of the burly man.

Even some of the wine that splashed out returned to the cup from the air.

When she stood up again, the guest had already taken a sip and looked at her.

"what happened?"

The waitress rubbed her eyes and thought that she really needed to exercise some self-control. Her eyes were blurry.
"nothing."

Zhou Rui lowered his head and smelled the wine glass. He couldn't tell the difference in his previous life, but in this life he knew it immediately after just one sniff. It was indeed fake wine. No wonder he had a splitting headache in his previous life.

It deserves that it has no business even though it is in the best location.

But this time, even if it's paraquat, I lose the headache.

As a [perfect life], he has unlimited potential for evolution. Although it is far from being developed to the extreme, paraquat is no more harmful to him than beer.

Zhou Rui drank it all in one gulp and began to stare at Erhai Lake in a daze again.

The brain, which was praised as the most precious treasure of mankind and always worked at high speed, also returned to the speed of a normal person. For Zhou Rui, it was a very slow speed.

Today is January 2023, 5.

Also today, fourteen years ago in 2023, a tired and confused soul came to Dali, found a bar with a strange name, and drank alone.

Maybe at that time, I subconsciously wanted to go home.
Zhou Rui took another sip of the fake wine. The coating on his tongue was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and the feedback he gave revealed that there was actually methanol in it.

Good fellow. You should report it later, or it will hurt others.
The breeze blew by the lake, the sky outside the window became darker and darker, and Zhou Rui gradually began to feel dazed.

A sip and a peck, over and over again.

Suddenly a brilliant idea popped into his mind.
Will I fall asleep tonight and when I wake up, I will still find myself back on the moist bluestone streets of Qinghe County?

Then a silly girl asked herself if she had watched "Insidious" last night, and insisted that the male lead was handsome.
As he was thinking, Zhou Rui's eyes may have been staring at one place for too long, and he actually saw double.
But then he discovered that his vision was really double.

This made him feel incredible. Was there enriched uranium in the wine? Even [Perfect Life] couldn't handle it?
That’s not right. The boss can’t even make back his costs!
Just as he was wondering, a bare hand patted Zhou Rui on the shoulder.

"You don't want us to follow you, and you're drinking alone here?"

Turning around, I saw a pretty figure, wearing brown short-sleeved shirt and shorts, carrying a small cross-body bag, looking at me with dissatisfaction.

Seeing that Zhou Rui didn't answer, Li Wenqian immediately waved out the window: "Here! I found Zhou Rui here!"

Soon, three figures appeared outside the window, one meter away from Zhou Rui, with surprised expressions.

Han Ziyin: "Alone? Something on your mind?"

Tong Xin: "Are you in a bad mood? Or are you tired from walking?"

Gan Yuan: "Boss, do you have any work?"

My vision gradually returned to normal, as if it was just an illusion.
Zhou Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, you guys were here. He was almost sent back to Qinghe County.
Of course, this is just a joke to myself. What happened just now was probably because my brain was empty, like a high-speed machine suddenly slowing down.

He put the matter behind him, smiled awkwardly at the four people, and could only say:
"Don't listen to Wen Qian's nonsense. You're just drinking alone. Just sit here casually. How was your shopping?"

Li Wenqian spread her hands and said, "Not bad. We walked along Erhai Lake for a long time and bought a lot of things."

Han Ziyin said with an inexplicable smile: "Do you mind if we sit down and rest together? Or do you feel tired? Do you want some private space? We can also leave."

Zhou Rui didn’t dare to choose B, so he went straight to AAA.

Four beauties walked into the store and sat down near the window, attracting many glances from passers-by.

Just as he was about to call the waiter to order something else, Zhou Rui's cell phone rang.

The caller is Che Qian, the current CEO of Taiyi Tiangong.

Zhou Rui tapped lightly, and Che Qian's holographic projection appeared 10 centimeters above the screen. He looked less fat, but Shenqi was very panicked.

"Boss, I have something very serious to tell you. I know you will be anxious, but please don't worry."

Zhou Rui was puzzled: "If you have something to say, just say it quickly, don't play dumb."

Che Qian's holographic projection wiped his forehead:

"Uh, I ran into Xiao Chenghuan in the Smart Building yesterday. Didn't you build a small laboratory for him? I went in to take a look and played with him for a while. Later, he made a bet with me, saying that if he won, I would lend him my eggs to play with for two days."

When Zhou Rui heard the word "Dandan", he felt a bad cold coming up.

"Don't tell me you lost. Give it back."

Che Qian: "I lost. We competed in reciting ancient poems. I didn't expect that I couldn't even recite 300 Tang poems + Super Memory. I think he has 1000 poems."

Zhou Rui already felt a headache: "Speak to the point"

"Then I gave Dandan to him. I thought it was nothing, Dandan had been much more obedient. I also told Dandan not to play pranks on Xiao Chenghuan and not to make Xiao Chenghuan unhappy, and to try to satisfy Xiao Chenghuan's needs if he had any."

Zhou Rui was speechless.
"Then. Then I just checked the system and it showed that 'Dandan' seemed to be waiting for the transport cabin of Quchan Palace City on the South Gate of Heaven."

Zhou Rui cursed out loud: "Nimma! Where are the security guards?"

"Xiao Chenghuan made a holographic projection. They thought Xiao Chenghuan was playing in his own laboratory all day. As for other monitoring and authority matters, it should be Dandan who helped. I am stupid too."

Zhou Rui sighed and thought to himself, I shouldn't have registered [Eugenics] at that time! I created such a precocious little ancestor! I have no peace of mind for a single day!

Che Qian said hurriedly: "I have contacted Dandan and told him not to move anymore, to protect Xiao Chenghuan and wait for rescue. Don't tell Dr. Han about this, or she will scold me to death!"

Zhou Rui looked up and saw that Han Ziyin's face looked even uglier than his: "Haha, she's right in front of me"

Han Ziyin pulled Zhou Rui's phone over and said to Che Qian's holographic projection with a fake smile: "Boss Che, thank you for your concern for my Cheng Huan. I will have a good talk with you about education issues when I get back."

The car is sweating more.
The other three girls also hurriedly asked their children: "Where is Zhou Linyue?"

"And Nian Nian and Xiao Meng."

Che Qian said stiffly: "They are still young, they probably didn't participate, maybe they were at home?"

The originally leisurely execution suddenly became busy.

The five people did not stay any longer and left in a hurry, disappearing into the night of Dali.

The bartender felt very sorry when he saw them leave.

Not to mention that the more people there are, the higher the consumption. Even if we get a few top beauties to sit by the window, tonight's turnover will not be small.

Turning to the boss, he said, "Now that the fortune-making guy is gone, I'm going to lose money again tonight."

The boss with a mustache spread his hands and said, "It's okay. I'm used to it."

The waiter took out a clean towel from behind the bar and wiped the wine glasses one by one. He said, "Don't clear that table yet. It looks like there are guests there."

The waitress rolled her eyes to the sky, sighed helplessly, and went to the street to solicit customers.

The boss with a small mustache cleaned up the cups until a "click" sound was heard not far away.

Looking up, I saw that it was the sound of ice melting in the ownerless wine glass.

The boss walked out of the bar and headed over there, he couldn't help but sighed, "I feel a little sad, this wine is not cheap."

Picking up the glass of wine that seemed to have been spiked with something, the ice cubes and the wine inside were mixed together, and were turned into dreamy colors by the neon lights outside the window.

It even glows faintly.

The boss held up his wine glass and stared for a while; his back seemed to blend into the noise outside the window.

Then he suddenly turned around and looked.

Said to "you".

"Would you like to drink this wine? Would you like to taste it?"

(End of this chapter)