Deep Space Fleet

In this way, it has been a hundred years since starting from Riley...

On this day, several old friends were having a private gathering. The people sitting in the room were basically Zhang Yuan, Li Zhendong, Ye Kaifu and other first-generation astronauts who set out from the earth. They looked at the magnificent scenery of the universe and sighed The old age.

For high-level officials like Zhang Yuan, the time between hibernation and waking up is kept at about 3:1, while ordinary people are about 9:1. So what ordinary people feel for ten years is what Zhang Yuan feels for 25 years.

"Time is really like flowing water. Speaking of which, I can still recall the time when I first set off from the earth... It is really a time travel that never returns."

"How many years has it been now, 5576 years, almost 3500 years..."

"Haha, actually, I never remember the year, because I always confuse the current era!"

After talking here, everyone suddenly felt a wonderful sense of unreality, that is to say, most of the people here have lived for 3,500 years, even though most of the time they are hibernating... But such a long time, is coming.

Even the departure of Kunlun Mountain has been more than two hundred years ago.

Only one-third of the journey to the interstellar trading market has passed.

"And the interstellar trading market is only the first destination of Kunlun Mountain. There are second, third, and perhaps even more ambitious goals." Zhang Yuan couldn't help but feel excited, "What a great journey... ...It will take several generations of relay to complete the first interstellar journey!"

"It's indeed an exaggeration. A thousand-year-old bastard doesn't have such a long life!" Li Zhendong also shook his head behind him, jokingly said: "Speaking of which, Lao Ye, Lao Zhang, I have already retired, when are you going to retire? ? When you get older, there is no need to hibernate for a long time..."

"Only when you are awake can you really be alive. If you enter a hibernation state, what's the point of living for ten thousand or one hundred million years? It's just a matter of closing your eyes. For such a long time in the middle, it's completely meaningless." Blank state."

"Are you talking about me?" Ye Kaifu licked his lips and took a sip of water from his teacup: "It should be soon. I am still in good health and can hold on for a while. Reach the next planet and let young people practice it." , basically you can retire. The retirement life is also good.”

As the chief engineer of Kunlun Mountain, Ye Kaifu is mainly responsible for the mining of planetary resources. This project is the top priority during the rectification and maintenance of Kunlun Mountain. Without replenishment of resources, it is impossible for the spacecraft to span a distance of several light years.

"Basically, that's what I plan to do. When all the staff wake up, we can retire and take over." Zhang Yuan nodded and said.

"It's good to retire. I can finally spend my old age in peace. Now it's not suitable for hibernation. If all kinds of hibernation diseases come, it will be extremely painful!" Li Zhendong rubbed his knee joints, not knowing why , Sometimes I feel pain. According to the doctor's diagnosis, it is caused by old age and hibernation. The long-term pain made him want to change to a bionic leg.

"By the way, after a while, we brothers can go to the newly opened lawn park to play golf together, to recuperate, to strive to live a few more years, and to earn back the pension we paid."

Li Zhendong is trying his best to live a few more years, trying to squeeze the wool of the whole society...

Of course, letting the elderly enjoy their old age is what a normal civilization should do, and the new civilization has prepared for it for a long time.

In ancient times, there was a saying that Qin Shihuang gave an order to bury alive if he was 60 years old. The reason is very ridiculous. It turns out that the old people have no ability to work and waste the country's food in vain.

But this should be a rumor, and the historical data didn't even find out about "buried alive". Respecting the old and loving the young is the tradition of the Xia Kingdom.

There is also the Yuan Dynasty, which implemented a cruel high-pressure policy after unifying the Central Plains. It not only divided the Central Plains into several classes, but also adopted a policy of burying the elderly at sixty to achieve the purpose of humiliating the Han people and reducing the population.

Whether this is a rumor or not, no one knows.

All in all, a sound pension system is the cornerstone of future social stability.

The productivity of Kunlun Mountain is tens of thousands of times higher than that of ancient times, and the pension system has also been improved. The entire civilization will usher in the first batch of about 200,000 to 300,000 people in the next few decades.

Zhang Yuan replied with a smile, "That's right, after arriving at the next planet and handing over the work, I shouldn't hibernate anymore... But the whole work handover process is not that easy, it may take several years. Years."

"...Golf? Such a boring activity. I would rather travel to the virtual world, or play regular sports such as badminton. You should still live for a few years, and you won't die halfway, right?"

"There is no problem in living another fifty years!" Li Zhendong patted his chest, lowered his head and took a sip of water, and said excitedly: "I want to plan my life for the next fifty years. I don't need to work hard now. It's so relaxing..."

"I just want to lie in bed and sleep and brag about my youthful accomplishments when I see young people..."

He lay carelessly on the chair, imagining the future scene, and started his usual bragging.

This guy has completed the handover of retirement a few days ago, and he is very free all day long!

In fact, Zhang Yuan knew that Li Zhendong was just feeling a little empty in his heart for a while, otherwise why did he often go to the research institute?

Even if Li Zhendong retires at an older age, he is a hundred times stronger than the young people who just started!

But having said that, it is also a proper thing to give up the position to talented young people... Although the peak of human intelligence can be maintained for a long time, the creative ability will always decrease with the decline of energy.

Zhang Yuan himself is also preparing for retirement related matters.

Aging is indeed the most terrible enemy of human beings. Even if he has delayed aging through long-term hibernation, it is only delayed.

And when you get older, all the functions of your body will decline. Under such circumstances, you are forced to hibernate, and you may experience various comprehensive symptoms after waking up, such as memory loss, general paralysis, and massive neuron death.

Therefore, many elderly people of their generation no longer hibernate. After handing over their jobs, they can enjoy their old age comfortably in the past few decades. As for the follow-up development of the new civilization, it can only be left to the new generation of people to worry about.

"How many candidates are there for the captain?"

Zhang Yuandao: "There are probably two or three good seeds..."

There are a lot of talents in the new civilization, and it is very easy to choose a successor. For example, Ye Junchang of the military department played a great role in the last interstellar war. His command ability and military ability are beyond ordinary people. , age is also quite appropriate.

There is also Dr. Li Cheng from the secretariat, who has long been the deputy captain. He is quite good at dealing with interpersonal problems and familiarity with the spacecraft.

Of course, if there is no special accident, the captain is also a high-level cadre in the scientific council.

A large number of important decisions are jointly discussed and decided, and the management of the middle and lower levels is based on big data AI. This management model is gradually recognized by people.

"Then, the next planet is the focus of succession for the new and old generations."