Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 387: The aging of life
That’s it, it’s been a hundred years since Riley Star set off...
On this day, a few old friends were gathering in private. The people sitting in the room were basically the first generation of astronauts who set off from the earth, such as Zhang Yuan, Li Zhendong and Ye Kaifu. They looked at the magnificent scenery of the universe. By the way, I was feeling old for years.
High-level officials like Zhang Yuan, hibernate and wake up at around 3:1, compared to 9:1 for ordinary people. Therefore, the ten years that ordinary people have felt are the 25 years that Zhang Yuan has felt.
"Time is really like flowing water. Speaking of it, I can still recall the time when we just set off from the earth...It's really a time travel with no return."
"How many years have passed since, 5576, almost 3,500 years..."
"Haha, in fact, I never remember the year, because I always confuse the current era!"
After talking about this, everyone suddenly felt a strange sense of unreality in their hearts. In other words, most of the people here have lived for 3,500 years, even though most of the time was in hibernation... but for such a long time. Time is here.
It has been more than two hundred years since the departure of Kunlun Mountain.
's journey to the interstellar trading market has only passed one-third.
"The interstellar trading market is only the first destination of Kunlun Mountain, and there is a second, third, and perhaps even more ambitious goals behind it." Zhang Yuan couldn't help feeling surging, "How great Journey... it takes several generations of relay to complete the first interstellar journey!"
"It's really exaggerated. The thousand-year-old **** doesn't live so long!" Li Zhendong also shook his head in the back and joked: "Speaking of, Lao Ye, Lao Zhang, I have retired, what are you? Is it time to retire? When I get older, there is no need to hibernate for a long time..."
"Only when you are awake, can you really live. If you enter a hibernation state, what is the point of living for 10,000 or 100 million years? It’s just a matter of closing your eyes, such a long time in between. , Completely blank."
"Did you say me?" Ye Kaifu licked his lips, took a sip of water from his teacup: "It should be soon, now the body is still healthy, can hold on for a while. Reach the next planet, let young People can basically retire with practice. The old-age life is also good."
As a great engineer in Kunlun Mountain, Ye Kaifu is responsible for the exploitation of planetary resources. This project is the top priority during the rectification and maintenance of Kunlun Mountain. Without the supplement of resources, it is impossible for a spacecraft to span a distance of several light years.
"Basically, I plan to do the same. When all the staff wake up, I can retire and handover." Zhang Yuan nodded and said.
"It’s good to have retired. I can finally spend my old age. Now it’s not suitable for hibernation. If various hibernation diseases come, it will be very painful!" Li Zhendong rubbed his knee joints. I don’t know why, but sometimes I feel pain. According to the doctor’s diagnosis, it is caused by my old age and hibernation. The long-term pain made him want to change to a bionic leg.
"By the way, in a while, our brothers can go to the newly opened lawn park to play golf, cultivate and cultivate, strive to live for a few years, and pay the pension, no matter what we have to earn back."
Li Zhendong is trying his best to live a few more years, wanting to gather the wool of the whole society...
Of course, letting the elderly enjoy their old age is what a normal civilization should do, and a new civilization has been preparing for it for a long time.
In ancient times, there was a saying that Qin Shihuang gave an order to bury him alive when he was 60 years old. The reason is very ridiculous. It is actually a waste of national food because of the lack of labor ability of the old people.
But this should be a rumor. Historical materials have not even found the "bury alive". It is the tradition of Xia Guo to respect the old and love the young.
There is also the Yuan Dynasty. After the Central Plains was unified, it implemented a cruel high-pressure policy. It not only divided the Central Plains into several classes, but also adopted a 60-year-old burying policy for the elderly in order to humiliate the Han people and reduce the population.
Whether this is a rumor, no one knows.
In short, a sound pension system is the cornerstone of future social stability.
The productivity of Kunlun Mountain is tens of thousands of times more than unknown in ancient times. The pension system has also been perfected. The entire civilization will usher in the first wave of about two to three million people in the next few decades.
Zhang Yuan smiled and replied, “That’s right, after I reach the next planet, I will not hibernate anymore after handing over the work... But the whole work handover process is not so easy, maybe It will take several years."
"...Golf? It's a boring activity. I'd rather go to the virtual world to travel or play regular sports like badminton. You should be able to live for a few years. You won't die halfway?"
"There is no problem living for 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 fifty years. I don't need to work hard now. I also feel so cool and relaxed..."
"I just want to lie in bed and sleep, and when I see young people, I will brag about my achievements when I was young..."
He lay on the chair carelessly, imagined the future scenes, and began to brag and slap him all the time.
This guy has done the handover of retirement a few days ago, and has a lot of free time all day long!
Actually, Zhang Yuan knew that Li Zhendong was only a little empty in his heart for a while, otherwise, why would he still run into the institute often?
Even if Li Zhendong retires at an old age, he is a hundred times stronger than a young man who just started!
But having said that, giving the position to talented young people is also something that should be done...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~IndoMTL.com~Aging is indeed the most terrifying enemy of mankind. Even though he has delayed aging through long-term hibernation, it is only a delay.
When I get older, all the body's functions are degraded. In this case, hibernation is forced, and after waking up, various comprehensive symptoms may occur, such as memory loss, general paralysis, and neuron death. .
So many of the elderly of their generation no longer hibernate. After handing over work, they can enjoy their old age for decades. As for how the new civilization will develop in the future, it will only be a burden to the new generation.
"How many candidates are there for the captain?"
Zhang Yuandao: "There are probably two or three good seeds..."
There are so many talents in the new civilization. It is very easy to choose a successor. For example, Ye Junchang of the military department played a big role in the last interstellar war, command and military capabilities. They are all beyond ordinary people, and they are quite suitable in terms of age.
There is also Dr. Cheng Li from the Secretariat, who has long been a deputy captain. He has a good set of skills in dealing with interpersonal issues and the familiarity of the spacecraft.
Of course, if there is no special accident, the captain is a high-level cadre in the scientific council.
A large number of important decisions are made through joint discussions. The middle-level and lower-level management rely on big data AI. This management model is gradually recognized by people.
"Then, the next planet will be the focus of the succession of the old and new generations."