Chapter 293 Ten Years Later

Time flies, and the years pass by.

Almost in the blink of an eye.

Time came to 2038.

Ten years passed in a trance.

Ten years, not long, but not short.

Wei Ming, a 33-year-old young man, has now become Wei Ming, a 43-year-old middle-aged uncle.

Many aspects of this world have also undergone earth-shaking changes.

Some changes are even greater than originally imagined.

For example, the number of immigrants living on the moon has exceeded 5 million.

The number of immigrants living on Mars has exceeded 10 million.

There are more than 20 million immigrants living in a ring-shaped space city with a gravity of 0.4G... Space cities are extremely cost-effective, with low construction costs, only one-third to one-tenth of alien colony cities, high recycling rate of water resources, high efficiency of solar power generation (no night), and space cities with their own power systems can also be moved.

Whether it is the orbit of Mars, the asteroid belt, or the orbit of Jupiter.

Space cities can be moved slowly, and then used as a transit base for mining and smelting ores, processing raw materials, producing parts or equipment, etc., to become space production centers.

Since there is no need to overcome the gravity well of large planets, the cost of living in space cities is very low, and the production cost is also low. In addition, after modular design and production, space cities can be produced and assembled at a very fast speed.

Therefore, space cities have become popular rapidly in recent years.

Among the 126 space cities in total:

China accounts for 71.

The Black Hole Group accounts for 52.

The European Union accounts for 2.

The Island-Stick Alliance accounts for 1.

As for a certain country, after encountering a major mysterious natural disaster ten years ago, it has now become a region ruled by multiple armed drug trafficking groups. It has been torn apart and has become one of the most dangerous and turbulent regions in the world. It does not have the strength to explore outer space at all.

In the field of science and technology, there has been explosive development in the past decade.

Controlled nuclear fusion technology is fully mature. In addition to the "small pile" technology with water drop crystal materials, the "large pile" technology developed using conventional new materials has also been successful. Although the overall volume is ten times larger, it has broken through the production bottleneck and can be produced in large quantities.

The price of electricity for Chinese residents has finally dropped to less than 2 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Artificial intelligence technology has made great progress and has replaced more than 90% of jobs. Only designers, writers, musicians, painters, screenwriters, artists, etc., which require a certain "imagination" and "creativity", cannot be replaced. Therefore, the cultural industry is extremely prosperous, but the competition is unprecedentedly fierce.

Virtual online games have become the industry that absorbs the most employment. There are more than 80 million professional players in China alone. Among them, the top handful of elites can easily earn more than 100 million yuan a year and have a reputation no less than that of superstars, but the lowest-level gold earners generally only have a monthly income of three or four thousand, which is the absolute mainstream. If it were not for the "relief" and "subsidy", this amount of money would not even be enough to maintain the most basic life.

Productivity has increased at least tenfold.

China's GDP has also increased to an astonishing 100 trillion.

But the average income of the lower-middle class population has not increased much in the past decade.

It can be seen from this that the gap between the rich and the poor has been widened to an unimaginable degree.

Fortunately, prices have not risen, but have decreased. Unemployment benefits have increased to 3,500, and family subsidies have increased to 4,000 per person. In addition, the cultural industry is developed and virtual online games, a "super pacifier fun", are strongly supported. The happiness index of the lower-class population is still very high, and the enthusiasm for fertility has also greatly increased. Now the total population has exceeded 1.8 billion (including foreign immigrants).

In the medical field, the "Longevity Plan" has achieved a complete success ahead of schedule, allowing every population to survive to 150 years old in good health and vitality.

Even if you have money, you can buy more advanced life extension medical services. Whether you live to 300, 500 or 1,000 years old depends on how much money you have in your pocket.

For the vast middle and lower class population, each of them has a chance to enjoy a low-cost "life extension treatment". Medical insurance reimburses him 90%, and generally he can smoothly extend his life to 150 years old. However, the second "life extension treatment" is not only not reimbursed, but also has to be increased by 50%.

Therefore, some people who want to live longer not only dare not relax, but work hard to study and work, and even the more elite they are, the more pressure they have. Basically, they are not addicted to virtual online games. In their view, being addicted to this thing is simply chronic suicide and the least efficient way to use time.

In this era, time is difficult to exchange for money, but money can buy time. Even for the elite class like them who earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a month, if they want to live more than a thousand years old, they have to struggle for 300 to 500 years. How can they relax at all?

However, for Wei Ming, many problems do not need him to care about and consider, and he does not have such great ability. After all, everyone is like a dragon is a beautiful wish. He only needs to take care of himself and the people around him. Everything else will go with the flow. When it is time to change, it will change. Besides, the people at the bottom are living happily, so why are you so anxious?

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October 18.

Black Hole Town.

Villa No. 1 in the high-end area, backyard lawn.

A small starship nearly 50 meters long is parked there.

The nanny and maids were moving all kinds of items into the dock at the rear of the starship. The dock was very spacious and could not only hold a large number of items, but also several luxury cars, which were parked in the "garage" on the lower floor.

"Dad, are we really going to move to Mars?"

The eldest son Weidong, who was about to turn 14, pulled Wei Ming, who still looked young, and said, "Mars is so far away, and I won't be able to see many good friends in the future. The environment is not as good as here. Why go to Mars?"

"Yes, Mars is too desolate. It's not as good as here on Blue Star."

The 12-year-old second son Wei Mang also said.

"Don't ask so many questions. Mars has been transformed very well. It's not desolate at all. Mars will be your new home in the future. You will love your new home."

Wei Ming patted their tiger heads.

"Then... can we take Nami with us?"

Knowing that the move was irreversible, Wei Dong gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, the Starry Sky spaceship is so big, it's okay to take one more person, right?"

"You finally admitted that the girl named Nami is your girlfriend?"

Xu Chuxia, holding her little daughter Wei Nuan in her arms, walked over and grabbed his ear: "You didn't admit it even after being asked dozens of times before, and now you finally confess?"

"It hurts! Mom, isn't it okay for me to confess now? Nami is my girlfriend, I like her very much and don't want to be separated from her. Can we take her with us?" Wei Dong had to say.

"Dad, I like Shu Sha in my class, and I want to take her away too. If she doesn't go with me, I will knock her out." The second son Wei Mang also said at this time.

"You like her, you are just greedy for her body! Don't take anyone with you, you are not that old yet."

Wei Ming shook his head. His second son was obviously the mango of mango, how could he become the gangster of gangster?

The two brothers made a fuss for a while and were suppressed by Xu Chuxia.

The transfer and transportation of items was completed.

The Starry Sky slowly took off and headed for the new home, Mars.

In addition to more than 20 chefs, drivers, nannies, and maids.

Wei Ming and Xu Chuxia are a couple.

There are also the eldest son Wei Dong, the second son Wei Mang, the third daughter Wei Xue, the fourth son Wei Chao, and the youngest daughter Wei Nuan... a total of five children.

This big family also left their mother planet Blue Star today and embarked on a journey to Mars.

It is impossible to say that there is no reluctance to leave.

But the future life is still long, everything must look forward, and we must believe that the future will definitely be better.

After thinking about it, I still speeded up the progress a little