Chapter 1425 This Retreat Has Been a While

What does a century mean?

For the vast majority of people, that's a unit that usually only appears in the history books.

Few people live that long.

It is almost impossible for anyone to write in their diary that a certain summer a century ago, where so-and-so met so-and-so...

If he hadn't encountered observers, that man named Lu Zhou might have graduated with honors like the vast majority of students who graduated from 985 colleges, and then found a fairly good job with a relative A generous salary, and then get married and have children in an ordinary way, and live this life in peace.

Even if the earth or the universe will be destroyed in hundreds of thousands or millions of years, what does this have to do with a butterfly that only has a life of one week?

Live every day well now, without thinking about distant things, maybe this is the most logical life.

If you make another choice...

Even if Lu Zhou himself doesn't have confidence, he will definitely make a completely different choice from the few "chosen ones" who have appeared on Earth.

That is, to give up the tasks of the system, the mission of the body, and the curiosity of the universe, return to the earth to spend his old age, and leave those troublesome things to future generations to do...

On the cold metal surface, a mechanical hand with gentle curves was lightly imprinted although the paint was peeled off.

There was the sound of a slight air leak, as if a switch had been touched, and the coffin-like metal cube slowly pushed out a gap.

Looking at all this in a daze, Professor Leonard opened his mouth, his eyes filled with unbelievable expression and shock.

"The dormant cabin...it really is the dormant cabin, the same thing that Professor Vernal described in his notes!"

"...The dormant cabins are like tombstones located in the spacious grottoes, and the texture carved on the stones is like a spell that seals an ancient memory. It has a longer history than the pyramids and terracotta warriors, and is older than the oldest on earth. The kingdom is even older, and when the end of the day comes, all beings on Mars will prostrate in prayer, bring hope to the new era, and swallow the bitter fruit of death..."

Lips trembling slightly, Professor Leonard recited that paragraph of notes, staring fixedly at the slowly opening metal coffin.

Suddenly, a well-known history suddenly appeared in his mind.

It's that person!

It was also at the same moment that he thought of the passage in Chapter 3, verse 14 of the Book of Joel in the Old Testament——

【The valley of decision is full of people, just because the day of the Lord is here. 】

Azure light bloomed in the cave, dispelling the darkness.

As the metal shell was completely opened, the oily solution inside and the man soaked in the solution were exposed.

As the ripples spread out, in a vaporized white mist, he slowly sat up.

Like a knight waiting for the king to enthroned, the bionic man waiting by the side respectfully handed over the spare spacesuit and helped him to put it on.

"call--"

Taking a deep breath of the air that has been in the oxygen tank for many years, Lu Zhou recovered from the freezing and adapted to the discomfort of waking up again. Holding the dormant cabin with his right hand, he jumped down with the support of the bionic man.

"you you……"

Looking at Lu Zhou standing up from the dormant cabin, Leonard stared with disbelief and stammered, "Are you..."

"Are you from the future?"

Looking at the man kneeling on the ground for some reason, Lu Zhou, who was wearing a spacesuit, moved his arms briefly, and asked concisely, "Future citizen, tell me how many years it is now? How long have I been asleep?"

Population geometry on earth? Where is the frontier of human civilization? Is the world in harmony?

There are a lot of questions I want to ask, but considering that everything has a priority, Lu Zhou plans to ask later.

Staring at Lu Zhou dumbfounded, the man said in a trembling voice.

"It's 2125 A.D...."

"AD 2125..."

The heart beat violently, and Lu Zhou held his breath for a while.

The dusty memories poured out of the opened box like a flood, and rushed to his head.

Taking a deep breath, he closed his eyes.

After a long time, he sighed softly.

"...This retreat."

"Looks like it's been a while."

...

Human life has an end.

Even if he did not follow the observer's guidance to come to Mars, go to the deepest part of the ruins and sleep there, people who should age will still age, and what should happen will still happen after all.

The difference is only in whether those things happened before his eyes.

Perhaps this is the best choice for him who has accepted the "Valentine" gene.

After all, according to General Reinhardt, with the current technology of earth civilization, it is still far from being able to replicate those three potions.

Even the level of genetic modification in the Egalan Empire is far from reaching the level that can make individuals in the civilization immortal. Expecting to draw a few tubes of blood from his own body for testing, and simply overcome this century-old problem, is almost tantamount to dreaming.

Compared with watching the people around me grow old one by one, and finally saying goodbye to myself, perhaps it is easier to open your eyes like a world away.

If someone brings back the last words he recorded before he left...

I can't say goodbye without saying goodbye.

Lu Zhou didn't want to think too much about the wasted fate and his feelings at this moment.

Self-pity is not in his character, and it is meaningless to look forward to another possibility for the result that has already happened.

Maybe when he gets drunk one day, recalling the past, he might vent to the wine bottle...

But now, obviously, is not the time to do so.

If he came to this era as part of the plan of those observers, it would not take long for him to perceive the guidance from the void.

Being able to figure out the surrounding situation as soon as possible, for himself, he can also grasp more initiative...

Walking to the side of the unlucky guy named Jim, Lu Zhou's eyebrows couldn't help twitching as he looked at the watermelon-shattered head.

Although it is not that he has never seen a dead person, but it is the first time he has seen such a miserable death...

"Does he have a cell phone or something? Or a wrist computer or something?"

Hearing the voice of talking in the communication channel, Professor Leonard was slightly stunned, and immediately answered the conversation.

"Mobile phone? We don't use that thing now...but you can check his wrist to see if there is something like an electronic bracelet. An international fugitive like him should not put a biochip in his head ..."

fugitive?

Lu Zhou raised his eyebrows.

It seems to have heard some incredible words.

Following the prompt of the unlucky guy who looked like a tool man, Lu Zhou picked up the dagger on the ground and cut off the spacesuit on Jim's right arm.

Looking at the gradually swollen skin, Lu Zhou suppressed his nausea and took off an electronic bracelet about a millimeter thick from his hand.

"That's the thing? How do I use it..."

Professor Leonard opened his mouth. Just as he was about to say that it would take some professionals to unlock it, he saw the bionic man who had been standing beside him take a step forward, took the bracelet from Lu Zhou's hand, and connected it to it. on the slot in his chest.

A dark green data stream flashed through the pupils, and soon a holographic panel was projected in front of Lu Zhou.

【Unlock】

"...I see. Is the current technology so convenient?"

Leonard: "...???"

Ignoring the bewildered guy sitting on his knees, Lu Zhou stretched out his right hand thoughtfully, and swiped twice on the screen with his index finger.

Thanks to the shady business this guy is doing, he carries many secret things with him, and like ordinary people, everything is stored on the cloud.

Through the emails stored in his mailbox, Lu Zhou learned that these people were a group of mammoth excavation companies under the guise, but in fact they were fugitives who were engaged in murder and robbery. Because of being targeted by the Interpol, he found this guy named Leonard, and obtained a certificate of clearance under the cover of archaeological activities.

Not only that, these fugitives seem to have unclear business dealings with the sky pirates active in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.

After understanding the cause and effect of the matter, Lu Zhou looked at the man next to him who seemed to be a tool man named Professor Leonard, with a strange expression on his face.

This guy is really pitiful. Most likely he was fooled by Xiao Ai from the earth to come here, and he was almost ended up here by those robbers.

Just when Lu Zhou was about to close the mailbox, he suddenly found a special email.

It was a purchase list. Specifically, it was probably to help the sky pirates active in the asteroid belt to purchase living supplies, and at the same time deal with some tricky stolen goods.

The special thing about this email is not the plain purchase content, but what really caught Lu Zhou's attention was the sender's code at the place where it was signed.

【Universal Spirit Foundation】

Thinking of the chase on the Baltic Sea a century ago, Lu Zhou couldn't help frowning slightly.

It seems that a lot of things really happened during my absence...

"Hey……"

The voice of greeting came from the communication channel. After turning off the holographic panel, Lu Zhou looked towards Professor Leonard next to him.

Being watched by Lu Zhou and the bionic man, especially the bionic man was holding a rifle in his hand, Professor Leonard raised his hands tremblingly and said in a pleading tone.

"Can you let me go? You should have seen that I am also a victim... Although it is my fault to dig up the ruins here without telling the Pan-Asian cooperation, but for the sake of digging you out, can you forgive me?" My life?"

Lu Zhou didn't speak, and walked towards him.

Seeing Lu Zhou walking towards him, Professor Leonard had a trace of despair in his eyes, and wanted to resist, but seeing the gun in the hand of the bionic man, he finally failed to muster up the courage and closed his eyes spinelessly.

It would be great if he didn't get angry and ran to Mars. This wild land is full of dirty criminals, vicious people, sky pirates who do anything for profit...

Just when he began to recall this life of mediocrity, the pain he imagined did not come.

His eyes opened a slit, and he saw Lu Zhou stretching out his right hand towards him.

"Get up."

"Although the nationalities are different, you and I are both scholars, so we should still be able to have a common language."

"Just so I need a guide...and a little money to go home."

Looking at Professor Leonard with a look of astonishment, Lu Zhou said cheekily.

"No matter what currency is popular on the earth now, if you can lend me a little. When I return to the earth, I will not only return it twice, but also give you a generous reward."