It's reasonable for me to have a two-way foil for a second-level civilization, right?

"Hey!" The colleague looked at the person who exclaimed with disgust, "What are you talking about?"

"It's not that I won't return it to you as a substitute child supporter!"

"You can go to the parenting center of the synchronous orbit to accompany your child at any time!"

"Besides, do you really want to live in the sky for 20 years?"

"So... it makes sense." The colleague who exclaimed was full of confusion, "It's just... it always feels weird."

"Cut...you just find it weird." Another colleague cut off with disdain, and at the same time turned to look at Xu Ting, "Tingting, haven't you always wanted to have children? If the Academy of Sciences really launched this project, would you try it? "

Seeing everyone's gazes, Xu Ting panicked for a moment.

She subconsciously raised her hand to straighten her hair, and said with slightly dodged eyes, "I... I don't know..."

"Yes, maybe?"

"But isn't it launched yet..."

"Gossip... You can't believe the gossip."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head quickly and cast her eyes on the unfinished documents in front of her.

But at this moment, she could no longer calm down as before.

ps: Add a new chapter, thank you for your support... No, three chapters a day is too difficult.

Chapter 498 The First Step

The day's work is over.

Xu Ting left her job restlessly, and followed her muscle memory towards home.

artificial womb...

Social parenting...

The words spoken by her colleagues kept circling in her mind, constantly stimulating her nerves.

Could this be true?

If it is true, is she going to try it?

One question after another kept popping up in her heart.

Before she knew it, she had arrived at her door.

The camera in front of the door is automatically turned on, and the home smart housekeeper starts the recognition program.

After a short wait.

"Welcome home."

A familiar but stiff electronic synthesizer sounded in Xu Ting's ear, and the door in front of her opened.

"Are you back?" A thick male voice came from it, "I'm exhausted. I don't know what the Academy of Sciences has been doing lately. It has been transporting materials to the synchronous orbit for the past few days."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Xu Ting was taken aback for a moment, and the "gossip" that her colleagues said appeared again in her mind.

"Artificial womb..."

She stood at the door of the house in a daze, muttering to herself.

Qi Yang, who didn't hear his wife's response for a long time, walked out of the back room frowning.

Seeing his wife standing blankly at the door of the house, muttering something, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes: "What's wrong with you?"

Hearing her husband's question, Xu Ting suddenly came to her senses.

She raised her head, looked at the man standing in front of her, collected herself, and talked about what she saw and heard at work today.

……

After ten minutes.

Inside the living room.

Qi Yang was sitting on the sofa, looking at his wife beside him thoughtfully: "You mean, People's Federation wants to let go of the artificial womb technology?"

"No wonder the transport ships during this time have been delivering resources to the three large space stations in synchronous orbit..."

"From this point of view, it is estimated that there will be relevant reports in the next few days."

"Then...shall we try?" Xu Ting looked at her husband and said hesitantly, "Given the nature of our work, we can definitely pass the qualification review."

Hearing this, Qi Yang also fell into deep thought.

Even if both of them were born in the new generation of Proxima Centauri b, it is still difficult to make up their minds about such an advanced concept of fertility.

After a long silence, Qi Yang silently nodded.

"if……"

"Just try it."

……

A month later.

People's Academy of Sciences, Sociology Division.

Today is the first and most important day of the official start of the reform of the social public support system.

Therefore, besides Lu Yongchang, even Fang Xu and others came to the Sociology Division.

In order to minimize the turmoil and adverse effects caused by the restructuring process, the entire restructuring was divided into several stages, and at the same time, the restructuring time was extended to hundreds of years.

The first step in the reform of the social public support system is naturally to introduce the artificial womb and the surrogate support system.

And what impact will this move have?

Everyone present may not be able to draw an accurate conclusion.

Therefore, even Lu Yongchang had a bit of uneasiness in his eyes.

"professor!"

"Someone signed up!"

A shout of joy came from the side.

In the next second, an extremely detailed registration form appeared in the holographic projection in front of everyone.

"Qi Yang, Xu Ting..."

Lu Yongchang looked at the names of the husband and wife at the top of the registration form and muttered to himself.

His eyes quickly swept down, skipping all the information in the middle.

At the bottom of the registration form is a line of glowing green text.

【Qualification has been reviewed】

This is an annotation from zero.

In order to ensure that there are no mistakes in the qualification review process, at the moment the registration form is uploaded, Zero will mobilize all relevant data to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the past experience of the applicants.

Only through the zero review, the registered couples will have the opportunity to use the artificial womb.

Lu Yongchang looked at the lower right corner of the registration form.

Over there, is a highlighted option.

【Do you need social support service】

In a sense, the social support service is the real test of the social public support system by the Sociology Branch of the Academy of Sciences.

On this registration form, there is an extremely obvious tick in front of the [Yes] option.

There was some joy in Lu Yongchang's eyes.

Although this is the first sample and the only sample so far, this option still brings some peace of mind to everyone.

At least some people have embraced the concept of social parenting.

"Second application!"

"The third..."

One after another, one voice after another came from the surroundings.

On the huge holographic projection in front of him, the number of application forms also began to increase rapidly.

……

"Professor, the quota is gone!"

A researcher in a white coat hurried over from the side, and said anxiously: "Currently, many citizens have left messages on the official website, hoping to release more test quotas."

"[-] quotas, all gone?"

Before Lu Yongchang could speak, Fang Xu shouted in surprise, "How long is it?"

"2 hours, 36 minutes, 43 seconds." The electronic synthesizer sounded just right.

When he heard this series of numbers, even Lu Yongchang had a little surprise in his eyes.

"How much demand is there?" Lu Yongchang pondered for a moment and asked.

"There are still 36410 unreviewed declaration forms. It is conservatively estimated that the number of potential interested people will be more than [-]." The researcher in a white coat said hurriedly.

"One hundred thousand..."

Lu Yongchang frowned and thought carefully for a while.

then,

He shook his head slowly but firmly.

"No, the first batch of places is only 1 people."

"No more."

"Why?" Fang Xu hesitated to speak, and after struggling a few times, he still asked, "Isn't it a good thing to have more people?"

"They can quickly promote the restructuring of the social public support system!"

"Why limit the number of places?"

Lv Yongchang sighed slightly: "Of course I also want to speed up the progress of the reform of the social public support system."

"But... the lessons of Proxima b are at hand."

"Hurry is not enough."

"We can only move forward incrementally without knowing whether it will antagonize the rest of our citizens."

"In the next few years, fixed places will be released one by one."

"Remember, the number of artificial wombs and surrogate support must not exceed the death toll of the People's Federation."

"Okay." The person in charge of the Sociology Division nodded solemnly, "Besides the shortage of places, there is another phenomenon that you should be interested in, professor."

As he spoke, the person in charge reached out and dragged a holographic image.

"Statistics show."

"Among those who passed the qualification review, 93.16% chose the social care service."

Chapter 499 Ten Years

"so much?!"

Rao was Lu Yongchang, who was also surprised by this ridiculously high data: "Are you sure there is no problem?"

The person in charge of the Sociology Division nodded and responded with affirmative tone: "Sure."

"Because of the number of samples, I specially conducted a round of statistics on the application forms that have not yet undergone qualification review."

"Even so, 73.16% of the people chose social support services."

Lu Yongchang nodded slightly.

Although no detailed investigation was conducted, he could still imagine the general reason.

It is nothing more than the cost of childbearing.