Death in the Afternoon.
It's a cocktail.
A dash of absinthe and champagne lightly stirred with ice.
After drinking it, you will feel like you wake up after being excessively lethargic at noon.
It is also the cocktail that Hemingway drinks most often. Whether it is his favorite is another question.
Li Lun woke up in the afternoon class.
The first thing I felt was the stifling heat and dizziness, like waking up after a hangover.
He got up and touched his head and rubbed his eyes.
Looking around, I saw that this was a university classroom, and the geography professor in the audience was slowly describing the scale of continental migration and ecological changes.
The smooth voice and slow tone really have a hypnotic effect.
"I seem to have had a long dream..."
Li Lun shook his head, remembering that he came to the geography class to earn credits.
As a result, I felt sleepy for some reason and fell asleep.
"So, what is our main disaster early warning system mainly based on? Can any students answer it?"
"...Well, if not, I'll add it."
"We mainly focus on 3S, total station, GIS..."
The professor is still giving lectures, but looking around, there are only a dozen people in this subject, and maybe a few more want to gain impression points just like Li Lun.
"Li Lun, do you want to go on a date? I made an appointment with the girl from the Foreign Languages School."
When he was still confused, a whisper came. Li Lun turned around and saw that it was his old friend, Ah Zhi.
Ah Zhi wears a pair of myopic glasses and is a bit chubby, but he talks a lot and is good at coaxing girls, and there are many girls around him.
Li Lun scratched his head, frowned and replied, "Okay."
He was still recalling his dream, which was too long and very clear.
The most important thing is that, for some reason, he suddenly learned a lot of strange knowledge.
There is even incredible technical data on the so-called nuclear fusion principle.
It seems that as long as he wants to do it, he can lead mankind into a new era.
"How is it possible? Even if you launch a satellite now, it may not be successful. You think too much about space and so on."
"However, the Great Xia Empire in the dream is really powerful. It spans across the galaxy. It's interesting..."
Li Lun laughed and thought it was an interesting dream. He quickly relaxed and waited for the class to end.
soon.
Li Lun and his old friend Ah Zhi walked out of the university town and headed to Qiuyuan Street, which is one of the busiest areas around Third City University.
Countless college students spend their youth here.
In this world, mankind has unified into a federal government. By the 18th generation, there were no more wars and no worries about resources.
Everyone enjoys a 16-year free education system. As long as they pass the exam and complete their studies, they are basically guaranteed employment and have no worries.
For more than two hundred years, happy education has continued to increase, and basically everyone can complete their studies.
This is why hedonism is so prevalent.
However, there has not been a big leap forward in technology. At least in Li Lun's view today, the development progress of technology is very strange.
I just don’t have a clue, so I’ll forget about it for now.
But one thing worth mentioning is that here, cats are specially protected animals, and every city has huge cat statues.
It has a somewhat religious connotation.
When we arrived at the Akihara neighborhood, we quickly contacted a girl from another college, and we all went to the KTV to have some fun together.
It is said that Li Lun's appearance is not bad, and many women have already regarded him as dinner tonight, and they wink at him from time to time.
Normally, Li Lun would have happily accepted it.
I just don’t know why, but I don’t have much interest today.
He rubbed his head and said, "Yeah... I have a headache today. Maybe I drank too much last night. I'm going to go out and get some fresh air."
"Tch, you're not going to rip off Wan Aike, are you? That thing is not fun." Ah Zhi teased.
"Fake U..."
Under everyone's ridicule, Li Lun walked out of the KTV and took a few breaths outside.
"What happened to me today?"
He was a little confused, so he walked to a convenience store and came to the cigarette cabinet. His hand that was about to pick up the cigarette stopped.
"I don't feel like smoking that much, forget it."
Turning to the beverage area, he picked up a bottle of carbonated soda with a D icon on it. It was a can of caramel carbonated drink. It tasted weird, but Li Lun just liked this taste.
Li Lun, who was holding a drink, walked toward the KTV. He looked up at the sky and could see several traces of air cargo planes.
While walking back, I heard two men discussing something. One was in a suit and the other was in casual clothes.
This is a courtyard in the street, with large parasols standing above their heads, and two drinks placed on the modern round tables and chairs.
The topic they talked about also stopped Li Lun.
"Forget it, Lao Luo, stop thinking about your fission energy. Many scientists gave up two hundred years ago, so why do you bother to study it?"
"So what if you get it out? Now everyone is not short of energy."
The man in the suit sighed and persuaded the man named Lao Luo.
"Dr. Ohki, I know it will be useless even if I research fission energy, but this is at least a direction. We can't rely on a single energy source. Then where is the future of mankind?"
"Are we just going to stick to the planet like this?"
Luo Xia has a standard Chinese character face. He does not agree with Damu's remarks and speaks seriously.
Damu shook his head, "In short, our Federal Research Council will not approve your application. Give up, Lao Luo, I do it for your own good."
"I know your talents best. Changing your career to study other subjects is not a problem for you at all."
"Otherwise, we plan to build an online world based on virtual space, and I recommend you to be the manager."
"When the project is completed and you win a scientific research award, your scientific career will be in vain."
The two seemed to be talking about energy issues.
In this world, energy seems to be no problem at all. Li Lun has never thought about where this abundant energy comes from. Everyone enjoys this endless energy naturally.
This happened to be what Li Lun found strange. It was nothing before, but when he woke up today, he instinctively noticed that something was wrong.
When Luo Xia heard that Damu was going to build a virtual space, he felt sad and sighed: "If humans are silent in the virtual world, there will be no way to get out of the starry sky."
"Hey, you don't have to be so pessimistic. The future will take a long time..." Damu was continuing to comfort Luo Xia when he saw a young man standing not far away.
Then he said strangely, "Are you a student of Third University? What can I do for you?"
Luo Xia also turned his head and looked over. After seeing Li Lun's fancy dress, he stopped paying attention. These hedonistic college students basically knew nothing about cutting-edge technology.
Li Lun still held the bottle of carbonated soda in his hand, and condensed water droplets slipped from his fingertips.
He thought for a while and said: "You two are scientists, I guess. I am very interested in what this gentleman said about fission energy. Can you listen to it?"
