32 days

The expert group of the affairs group wrote a more detailed report, mainly reporting several guesses on the 32nd based on Meng Qi's experimental data.In terms of the molecular structure, radioactivity, and chemical reactions of various substances, there is no difference between the 32nd and the normal world.

One page of the report mentioned parallel universes and the quantum theory, many-worlds theory, string theory, M-theory, etc. that are currently involved in parallel universes in the academic circle. They believe that the 32nd may be a parallel universe created by the current universe, and the reason for its creation is unknown.

When this report circulated among the leadership and spread to the upper echelons of other fields, most people were impressed by the idea of ​​parallel universes.Perhaps because the speculation about parallel universes is more dramatic and easier to understand, the other several speculations are difficult to remember proper names.So much so that among the word of mouth, the theory of parallel universes, which is under various guesses and has a small probability, has been artificially added with a lot of legend.

Some people think that the universe we live in has come to an end and is about to be destroyed. The 32nd is actually the Noah's Ark of the parallel universe and the last refuge of human beings, and they claim that the prediction of M theory has come true.

Although M-theory, the cutting-edge theory in the field of physics, also supports the view that parallel universes may be the way out for life in the universe, it is actually two different things when you talk about it carefully. M theory believes that the universe will eventually go to heat death. At that time, advanced civilizations may be able to find a way to other younger parallel universes and continue to continue life.Moreover, the parallel universes mentioned in M-theory’s concept of escaping the universe are also fundamentally different from the 32nd. They are actually continuously formed in the big bang like bubbles, with various different cosmological constants, and then give birth to physical laws. A completely different world produces unexpected life.Rather than being exactly the same as the current universe.

After Meng Qi's many experiments and the measurement data collected by other countries, it is shown that the 32nd is the same as the world we live in in terms of the speed of light, electron mass, and the basic Planck constant of particle physics and other cosmological constants.If the universe we live in is dying soon, the 32nd won't be much better.

The nature of the 32nd is closer to the many-world theory derived from quantum theory-it is used to try to explain Schrödinger's cat problem that can be both dead and alive, the living cat is in one world, and the dead cat is in another parallel world.

However, there is still an inexplicable difference between the 32nd and the parallel world in the multi-world theory, that is, the 32nd is not in an irrelevant parallel state with our world, and only a very small number of people can exist in the 32nd, moreover The important thing is that the world of 32 days has a huge artificial factor of "32nd" every month.Scientists don't think that if the laws of physics are destined to split into a parallel world, they will interfere with adding an extra day to the calendar.

So some people continued to add fuel to the scaremongering of the previous person. He pointed out that the 32nd, as a parallel universe, should have nothing to do with this world, but now it connects with the real world once a month, which is actually set aside on purpose. The escape route, which allows people on earth to enter the 32 days, can act as a bridge between the two universes.When the time comes, the 32nd will sail away like a ship on the pier, and never come back again, letting those who are not on the ship die together with this universe.

It's hard to imagine that people who have reached the pinnacle in various fields have such ridiculous ideas. The rise of the doomsday theory is more likely for religious or commercial purposes, and then selling concepts to attract believers and funds.But having said that, if unimaginable things like the 32nd are right in front of us, are the claims about sanctuary and Noah's Ark really ridiculous?

The group of people who control the lifeline of global politics and economy suddenly have no way to strategize. Their calm and powerful minds have to think about the so-called "ship tickets" that are too sci-fi.

The result of thinking is that no matter what the 32nd is, they want a "ship ticket" and want to enter the 32nd.At least for now, the 32nd day has not caused any harm to the 32nd day people. It is better to go in and wait and see than not to go in and daydream outside.

On the 32nd, when the governments of various countries were exhausted, they began to attract the attention of many rich people.

For ordinary people who occupy 90.00% of the earth's population, the 32nd really looks like a parallel universe with no intersection.They not only lack the source of information, but also lack the guarantee of the authority of the information.

Although some 32-day activists who have experienced it have exposed relevant content on the Internet, they usually do not cause much noise and do not require the intervention of government agencies. Those remarks quickly fell silent in the ocean of the Internet like sand.

Occasionally, another 32nd person would chime in with the post, and the two discussed in an orderly manner, attracting the attention of some boring netizens, who happily participated in it.But no one took it seriously, they all thought that others were playing tricks, and they were playing tricks too.

——New here, I want to ask what does the 32nd mean?

——A replica world that suddenly appeared, exactly the same as the place we live in, except that most of the population is missing.

——Don't be fooled by the upstairs, the 32nd is a meme, just like the incident in 99.

--What?You actually thought that incident in 99 was just a meme? ...Well, well, it doesn't matter if you kids don't know, being forgotten is probably the best outcome of that matter.

Ever since the topic went awry, they couldn't escape the ultimate fate of dating and making friends.

Sometimes Yi Alan would search the Internet with "32 days" as a keyword, and what she saw was the ridiculous content above, and then she had no choice but to close the webpage.He kept himself from wondering whether it was luck or misfortune for these people to be ignorant, because once he found the answer, it would in turn be the answer to himself.

Liang Fei also searched and saw these things, but she still thought, it should be ok, and some people should know about it.

Then Liang Fei found a business card in the drawer. It was Qi Zhen, the general manager of Yongle Biotechnology Co., Ltd., a new celebrity she interviewed when she was a financial reporter a few years ago.

Liang Fei knew that the other party couldn't remember her as a little reporter, so she didn't give her name after the call was connected, but asked directly: "Is Mr. Qi interested in the 32nd?"

The other party paused, then asked after a moment of consideration, "Who are you?"

"I'm just a small person." Liang Fei knew that the other party was very interested, which made her feel excited. "I just don't know why I can enter the 32nd day. I have some ideas that I want to talk to Mr. Qi. Take a moment to chat with me face to face?"

Yongle is a well-known high-end biotechnology company. It can provide high-ranking officials and rich people with highly private medical services, such as impotence and premature ejaculation, infertility, sexually transmitted diseases, etc. The market covers many customers at home and abroad.In other aspects, the scientific research level of Yongle Biology is not inferior, and it is still expanding. It has introduced many world-leading scientific researchers and machinery and equipment. It can be seen that they have great ambitions.

In this way, it is not surprising that Paradise's board of directors and management learned of the existence of 32nd from various sources.In the last month, they had arranged for someone to destroy the pharmaceutical production lines of several well-known drugs under Yongle within 32 days, preventing important procedures from being known by competitors.

Qi Zhen planned to meet Liang Fei in the office, he thought that Liang Fei was here to blackmail, and he would give Liang Fei a price that she could not refuse based on what Liang Fei had, even though he didn't want to give it at all.

Accompanied by Liang Fei was the little nurse. She had already learned the purpose of Liang Fei's coming to Yongle, and she had mixed feelings along the way.

The three of them sat down in the reception room of Qi Zhen's office. The secretary closed the door after delivering tea and left. Qi Zhen looked at the older woman with a calm face: "Miss Liang?"

Liang Fei nodded: "I interviewed Mr. Qi a few years ago, and Mr. Qi must not remember."

Qi Zhen said: "How come, Miss Liang's eloquence is very good, I am deeply impressed."

In fact, he arranged for his secretary to investigate after receiving Liang Fei's call.

Liang Fei smiled slightly, and stopped beating around the bush, and said, "Since Mr. Qi is willing to see me, does it mean that Mr. Qi believes that the 32nd really exists?"

Qi Zhen leaned back on the sofa and looked at Liang Fei with an observing attitude: "Tell me about your reason for coming first."

Liang Fei then asked: "How is Yongle's financial situation?"

Come, Qi Zhenxin sneered: "Is Ms. Liang's appetite measured by the size of a company? This is a bit too greedy."

Liang Fei was stunned, and then laughed: "I didn't mean that. I have analyzed the project information disclosed by Yongle. Based on my years of work experience, although Yongle's development is booming, those projects—most of the medical research projects are like this— ——Large investment in the early stage, long research time, long payback cycle, and high risk of R&D failure. Yongle has multiple R&D projects in parallel, presumably under great financial pressure. If an accident occurs and the capital chain breaks, it is likely to lose everything .Sorry, I didn't mean to curse Mr. Qi and Yongle Company, but your risk management and control department should have reminded you a long time ago."

Qi Zhen said: "Maybe Ms. Liang doesn't understand the sales of 'Legu' under Yongle?"

A drug that helps last, works well and is very popular.

"But those revenues are still returning to the input costs of the previous batch of projects." Liang Fei said, "Of course, it is visible to the naked eye that this drug will achieve net profits in the near future. But for Yongle, which continues to expand its business, if it can One more continuous source of huge funds that does not need to be quickly responsible will bring greater flexibility and fault tolerance to the development of your company."

Qi Zhen was confused: "Miss Liang didn't come to ask for money, but to give me money?"

"I'm not a rich boy," Liang Fei said with a smile, "I just have an idea, I don't know if Mr. Qi is interested or not."

Qi Zhen said, "Tell me about it."

"I know that Yongle has a well-equipped sperm and egg bank, and the customers are either rich or expensive."

Most of those who spend a lot of money in Yongle to preserve their sperm and eggs have important reasons.Some are to prevent themselves from losing their fertility when they get old, but their direct descendants are kidnapped, assassinated or accidentally died without successors; Afraid of accidents in the future, prepare healthy sperm and eggs in advance to be prepared...

Although the reasons are different, these people all have one thing in common, that is, they value the continuation of the bloodline.

Liang Fei continued: "During the 32 days, the sperm and egg banks were still well preserved."

Qi Zhen nodded: "So what?"

"What is the most scarce in the 32 days? People." Liang Fei looked at Qi Zhen with compelling eyes, "and sperm eggs are unfinished people."

Qi Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Miss Liang, I don't quite understand what you mean."

Only then did Liang Fei get to the point: "You can ask the customers in Yongle if they would like to keep their sperm and eggs on the 32nd. If not, you can help destroy them for free - if you can't find them If people do these things, I can do it for them; if they want, I will ask them to pay an additional storage fee."

Qi Zhen smiled: "The cost of keeping sperm and eggs is not high. Even if they all pay for it, the total amount is just a drop in the bucket for a project. Besides, who would want to, in such a 32 days... ..."

Liang Fei also laughed, but her smile made Qi Zhen feel that things were not that simple.

"What's the use of continuing to keep the sperm and eggs..." Qi Zhen said this, his heart suddenly jumped, and the tone of the ending became uncertain.

"Continuing to keep it is of course useful." Liang Fei said, "Because you will tell them that Yongle will vigorously develop the technology of in vitro uterus and artificial womb. At that time, the viable sperm and eggs there may become living people, become their direct descendants, and continue their noble blood in another time and space. If they want to see such results, they need Yongle's in vitro womb project Invest money, after all, it requires huge research and development costs."

Qi Zhen was stunned, but he quickly came to his senses and said with a sarcastic smile: "Do you think they really care about the continuation of the bloodline? Maybe they do, but they don't care about another parallel time and space and the bloodline that they can't meet at all. That distant bloodline, unable to protect and inherit one's own property, unable to allow oneself to obtain the emotional value of being a parent, unable to sing praises of one's own life after one's death, write books and set up monuments, is nothing more than a genetically similar stranger .Maybe there are very few exceptions, but how much money can they invest?"

Liang Fei nodded unsurprisingly: "Yes, what you said makes sense, and I have carefully considered what you said. So I have to continue to increase the size."

"Oh?" Qi Zhen was actually a little curious about what absurd things this woman could come up with.

Liang Fei calmly threw a bomb: "So you can also say that the real purpose of your Yongle's research on the in vitro womb is not to continue offspring, but to create a genetically similar and blood-connected vessel in that world. Because through this After a few months of research on the 32nd, you found that the brainwaves that travel through the two worlds are actually human brainwaves, so you reasonably infer that as science and technology continue to advance, humans will have a way to send other people’s brainwaves to that world. Go to the world. But there is no way to survive on the 32nd without brain waves. You need a body, a body with less heterosexuality. Then what is more suitable than a human body grown from your own sperm and eggs.

"It can be foreseen that these developments will be quite far in the future. Maybe the current group of people will die, but for the 32nd, it will not exceed ten years at most. They can choose to freeze their bodies before they are completely brain-dead, etc. Reach, will send their brainwaves to the 32nd, it will be another form of great rebirth, live another life from a baby. For those who are rich, they can throw ordinary people for a few more days You can’t even earn money. Therefore, for the hope of living again, it shouldn’t be a difficult choice to take out a very small part of the huge wealth to gamble once? One person puts out 100 million, and a hundred people That’s 32 million, and 1 people is 100 billion. You can also expand your business to the sperm and egg banks of other companies. In [-] days, those are nothing. A total investment of [-] billion for [-] people seems It’s not difficult, how many opportunities will this huge sum of money bring to your company? Leaving aside the in vitro uterus, at least it will allow you to carry out more than ten research projects.”

Qi Zhen's pupils shrank slightly, and he was silent for a long time before he said: "This is a scam."

"This is investment." Liang Fei said, "No one can say that what I just said is all nonsense and will not come true. Investment is risky, let alone investment about life. God gambles at the poker table."

Qi Zhen put the whole weight of his body on the sofa, so the leather back was sunken heavily, he was covering up his inner agitation, for the "100 billion".If he can get an investment of 100 billion, he will get more stock incentives from the company, no longer just the executive manager they hired.

On the other hand, he wondered, did he keep active sperm in the sperm bank before May 5?have.In order to demonstrate to customers, some managers often use the example that the sperm they kept here many years ago is still alive, so that customers can feel completely at ease.Thinking of this, Qi Zhen became short of breath.Immediately he calmed down, and couldn't help but torture himself, did he actually have such a burning desire when he knew this woman was talking nonsense?

Yes, no matter how powerful and powerful people are, they are so powerless in the face of death. Who is not afraid of death?Who can refuse to live another life?For an aging middle-aged successful person with at least hundreds of millions of fortunes, who would not be willing to spend a mere 100 million for the hope of reversing life, old age, sickness and death?

When Qi Zhen spoke again, his voice was a little tight: "Miss Liang's words are too idealistic, and there are still many difficulties in implementing them."

"For example?" Liang Fei smiled, she knew Qi was really moved.

Qi Zhen said: "Let's talk about this world first. The research and development of the in vitro uterus has been slow in recent years. On the one hand, it is technically difficult. On the other hand, it is difficult to directly proportional to the investment and return. The sperm eggs are cultivated outside the human body into flesh and blood babies. , the cost will not be low, but it only takes ten months for a woman to give birth to a child, is there anything more 'cheap' than this? How many people with sound reproductive functions are willing to pay for themselves in ten months? Things that can be done cost ten or twenty years of hard work? But if there is really so much investment, the cost is not worth mentioning. So the more important issue at present is the ethics and legal restrictions in the experiment. "

"I don't think you need to worry about this." Liang Fei said, "People who can formulate laws and promote legal reforms may all become your customers. They want to untie the restrictions far more than you do, and they will use beautiful words to package themselves. selfishness. And once the law allows it, who cares about morality.”

Qi Zhenxin smiled tacitly, and continued: "Okay, let's talk about the problem on the 32nd. Our world is developing all the time, but the science and technology on the 32nd is still on May 5st. It is even going backwards. As far as I know, many well-known companies are rushing to destroy their most advanced products. If we want to research and develop the in vitro womb, we can only use the scientific level of May 31 as the upper limit, and we cannot rely on Any new technologies and machines, otherwise it would be impossible to bring the results to 5 days."

Liang Fei said: "Aren't these many restrictions the perfect reason why you need a huge amount of money and the progress is logically slow? It should not be too easy to make fake accounts for investors."

Qi Zhen glanced at Liang Fei, thinking that this woman is really scary, but said on his face as usual: "There is another practical problem, as you said, the most scarce thing on the 32nd is people. Even if we successfully develop the in vitro uterus, who Bringing technology to 32 days? Not to mention the two of you, I don’t think this can be done by just a few people.”

Only then did Liang Fei introduce the little nurse to Qi Zhen: "She is a nurse who has received relevant medical education. As long as she has a little training, she can take care of the preservation of sperm and eggs in the early stage."

The little nurse quickly took out her graduation certificate and degree certificate from her backpack, feeling as if she was being interviewed.

Qi Zhen glanced at the little nurse's graduation certificate. It is not a very good but absolutely regular medical school.Under normal circumstances, such a degree is not qualified to work in Yongle, but now this is a rare talent.

This is one of the reasons why the little nurse is willing to agree to Liang Fei. She will have a better platform, more salary, and a broader future.

Liang Fei went on to say: "Then you Yongle can find a way to recruit medical personnel who can enter the 32nd and be scattered all over the world with high salaries. I believe that with the whole world as the base, no matter how small the probability is, you can form a reasonable medical team. Let this team learn from your scientific research team and follow up in parallel within 32 days, and once the technology is mature, they will be able to move it in skillfully."

When Qi really wanted to speak, Liang Fei cut off his words: "I will learn to fly a helicopter and bring them from all over the world to Yongle's laboratory within 32 days."

Qi Zhen asked: "What do you want?"

Liang Fei said: "Money, and some things that will definitely not hinder you."

I don't know whether Qi Zhenzhen believes it or not: "Okay, assuming that we have worked so hard to complete the research on the in vitro uterus within the rules and regulations, and successfully brought it to 32 days, then who will take care of the bred babies? You can enter the People can only live for a few decades at most, and only three or four years have passed in 32 days. You can't let a group of babies live on their own."

"Robots." Liang Fei told Qi Zhen the way Yi Alan told her, "Nanny robots will definitely make breakthroughs in the past ten or 20 years. By then, you with tens of billions of assets can buy out a nanny robot." Patents, find some robot practitioners who can enter the 32nd, and then bring the core code to the 32nd. Of course, due to development constraints, the nanny robots produced in the 32nd are definitely not as good as ours in terms of hardware. of the world, but can also be used."

Liang Fei knew that the so-called "nanny robot" was all for Xiaohan's sake to comfort her.Even if Liang Fei doesn't understand robots, she should know that the technical code of an artificial intelligence robot cannot be easily carried into the 32nd day by the human brain, and the importance of the hardware part cannot be easily compensated as Yi Alan said.

Perhaps in Yi Alan's imagination, there will be a scene like a caricature: a group of 32 people are already old in the real world, but within 32 days, there is a three-year-old child who is about to lose all the care of adults.The only child, the weak child... A group of people were touched. They spontaneously united to memorize the code together. While remembering their youth, the mechanical engineer used the things they had on the 32nd to find ways to temper the parts needed for the nanny robot... They worked together, An almost impossible task was accomplished on the 32nd, and it was a gift they left behind before saying goodbye to the 32nd and the real world forever.That is proof that they existed on the 32nd, and will continue to exist with a child.So homely and so great.

But it was hard for Liang Fei to believe in that overly romantic scene.There is a high probability that people will not do a difficult thing for the so-called moving, but they will do it for the benefit.

So Liang Fei told the little nurse like this: If there are some babies who are very important to many big shots in the real world on the 32nd, then those big shots will definitely do everything possible when they see that the baby will be left unattended, maybe they will find a way to give birth to a babysitter Robots, their money is enough for a group of 32nd people to cheer up for a while before they die; maybe they will find other ways to use the money to pile up new technologies, anyway, their power is definitely stronger than Liang Fei alone much.

If they can't do anything, then Liang Fei and Xiao Han will accept their fate.

This was another reason why the little nurse agreed to help Liang Fei. She had already developed feelings for the cute little baby on the 32nd, and couldn't bear to see Xiaohan's terrible future.Even with the young Cheng Sisi around now, she can bring Xiaohan to four years old.Four years old is still too young.It can only be regarded as the last retreat with nowhere to go.

Although the little nurses also have many concerns, the biggest hesitation is naturally that they are forcibly advancing the research process of the in vitro uterus. Maybe human beings are not ready to accept this sacred technology.

"I've discussed the extracorporeal uterus with my classmates before." The little nurse was talking to Liang Fei in the quiet hospital on the 32nd. Xiaohan, who was only a few days old, was sleeping in her mother's arms obediently and quietly. "If it works, yes. Of course women are good, I have always been afraid of having children. But we are worried about too many negative effects, such as gene editing of babies, lowering the status of women..."

Liang Fei asked her: "There are more women or men in this world?"

The little nurse replied: "Men. Excluding the tendency of patriarchy in some regions, from a purely biological point of view, the normal birth ratio should be every 100 girls born, and the corresponding number of boys born is between 103 and 107."

"The poor are the most." Liang Fei said, "The high cost of in vitro uterine technology has never been a problem of men and women, but a problem of class, wealth and poverty. In fact, most of the conflicts in the world can be attributed to this. So even if We have promoted the development of the artificial womb, and it is impossible for the poor to afford it in the short term. If it costs 100 million yuan to cultivate a child with an in vitro womb, I am afraid that only those with assets of more than tens of millions are willing to buy it. Therefore, most Men still rely on women to bear offspring, which is no different from now, and there is no way to lower the status of women. Conversely, men with assets of more than ten million have no shortage of people who are willing to bear children for them, while those with assets of more than ten million Strong women can spend money to carry out in vitro uterine births, so as to avoid career gaps and have more voice. This is actually improving the status of women, isn't it?

"And when in vitro uterine technology becomes common and cheap, and most people can afford it, correspondingly, other technologies in society will develop rapidly and be widely used, such as exoskeletons, which will completely compensate for the physical strength between men and women. Differences, such as robots, liberate people from physical labor and concentrate on innovative and artistic careers. At that time, men and women can truly stand on the same starting line, put aside physical factors, and conduct healthy competition from the level of thinking and spirit. That will be a beautiful time when human civilizations are competing to bloom. If, at that time, the status of men and women is still entangled, and at the same time, human ethics and moral restrictions cannot be set on in vitro womb technology, then human beings will be extinct immediately, there is no hope.”

The little nurse was laughed at by Liang Fei: "It seems that what you said makes sense."

After a pause, she said hesitantly: "If we really bred so many babies on the 32nd, and we couldn't solve their parenting problems in the end, what should we do? We let innocent people be born on the [-]nd. The world's..."

"No." Liang Fei held the little nurse's hand and said sincerely, "Believe me, I'm not selfish enough to let more young lives be buried with Xiaohan. I will never let that day happen."

The little nurse didn't know why Liang Fei said that, but she chose to believe it.

So she sat with Liang Fei in Qi Zhen's living room today, looking at Qi Zhen.

Qi Zhen's eyes flickered, and he clasped his hands together and rubbed his fingers, which meant that he was thinking quickly. Finally, he raised his head and looked at Liang Fei: "I will seriously consider your suggestion."