Chapter 131: Story
“This is a conspiracy! The traitors shamelessly sold out our nation, selling our freedom, our fate, our wealth, all to that group of Yellow Race people!
Guys, unite and resist! If we don’t unite, our land and homeland will all be occupied by them!”
On a bustling street, a man carrying his own speaker was loudly roaring at the bustling crowd, delivering his street speech.
He had given this kind of speech many times over this period, and each time it gathered a large number of supporters.
Today was the same; although the number of people gathered in front was still large, it seemed to be less than a third of before.
And… there wasn’t much cheering.
People’s faces showed little emotional fluctuation, just quietly watching him.
Occasional cheers emerged from the crowd, but they quickly faded away due to no one echoing them.
“Guys, are you still stubborn?!”
A young man with freckles on his face, seemingly a student, faced this passionate roar but just boredly shook his head and walked away.
Gradually, more people walked away, while fewer and fewer people gathered here from the street.
A light rain began to fall from the sky, and the originally crowded street quickly became empty.
This speaker finally picked up his speaker, his face gloomy, and disappeared.
He knew that with the World Government’s declassification of Doomsday Intelligence, the things he propagated could only circulate in small circles and were unlikely to attract so many listeners again.
……
Hibernation Base.
Jiang Yang was casually browsing the network when he suddenly saw a piece of news.
“Movie ‘Doomsday Hero’ is in preparation, expected to release within a year? Script adapted from real deeds, fully presenting the Doomsday Event, with a large number of previously confidential details disclosed for the first time?”
After pondering for a moment, he picked up his mobile phone and called the World Government Hibernation Team contact.
“After the Doomsday Hero script is formed, show it to me first.”
“Yes.”
“Adaptation is not random fabrication, playfulness is not nonsense.
If you dare to make things up, I won’t let you off.”
Muttering this, Zhou Yu walked over from beside him.
“Don’t stay here anymore, come on, let’s go shopping.”
“Shopping?”
Jiang Yang instinctively refused: “Forget it, no interest. I’d rather play a couple games.”
“No, you must go. Not just us, Professor Lu, Professor Chen, them, even Director Sun must go. This is a mission.”
Jiang Yang was stunned: “There’s such a mission?”
“Yeah, it’s like people who have been in prison; after ten years in jail, they don’t recognize anything anymore. Ten years of time, for us, is just about 70 hibernations.
Each awakening, we have to specially set aside one day for shopping, even if we buy nothing, just looking can let us know the changes in society, feel the atmosphere of society, and avoid becoming disconnected from society.
This is also a way to strengthen our connection with society and avoid being isolated by society.”
“Mandatory rule? Alright then, I was thinking of playing some games and getting a good sleep. For some reason, after hibernation I always feel a bit sleep-deprived… Alright, wait for me a moment, I’ll be ready soon.”
Leaving the base with Zhou Yu, under the protection of at least hundreds of people openly and covertly, the two arrived at the most prosperous commercial street in this city.
Perhaps because of the ten-year buffer, that Doomsday Event which had already passed did not cause too much impact on people.
The establishment of the World Government was the same.
Life continued along its original orbit. Apart from the subtle changes in people’s hearts and positions, the world of ordinary people seemed not to have changed much.
With mission allowances, Jiang Yang and Zhou Yu could now be considered tycoons of moderate wealth, spending without any pressure.
“I remember there’s a noodle shop there, old craftsmanship, especially delicious. Let’s go try it…”
Pulling Zhou Yu to the place in his memory, Jiang Yang was stunned.
The noodle shop sign from his memory had disappeared at some point, replaced by a cold drink shop.
“I was here not long ago, now… hello, excuse me, what happened to the noodle shop that was here before?”
“Noodle shop? No idea.”
“Uh, how long has your shop been open?”
“Not long, a little over a month.”
A little over a month…
At this moment, Jiang Yang clearly felt the changes brought by the passage of time.
This elapsed time was just an instant for him, gone with the blink of an eye.
But in the real world, a familiar old shop had completely changed and no longer existed.
Just one hibernation, and the world had quietly undergone many changes. A few more hibernations, who knows what this world will become.
Jiang Yang felt lost, sensing that his connection with this world was weakening.
Zhou Yu looked at Jiang Yang and cheerfully took his hand: “Come on, let’s try something else.”
Jiang Yang pulled himself together and began shuttling through the crowd with Zhou Yu.
With the passersby brushing shoulders one by one, the chats and vendor calls heard in his ears, the bursts of laughter, the shops seen with his eyes, the money spent and the clothes and goods received in hand, that feeling of “connection weakening” gradually disappeared.
Jiang Yang felt his connection with this world slowly tightening again, and his spirits gradually rose with excitement.
After a day, although his body was tired and sore, he felt an unprecedented sense of solidity and satisfaction.
“The nation has capable people.”
Jiang Yang sighed: “Even considering mandating a day of street shopping after each hibernation interval.”
“Haha, do you know who this capable person is?”
“Hm?”
“Far away at the horizon, close at hand, it’s me.”
“You?! Then I have to question your motives. You’re clearly using this to force me to accompany you shopping, right?
Daring to abuse public office for private gain, you must be severely punished today.”
“Afraid of you? Come at me if you dare!”
……
Before the stipulated time arrived, a total of 100 hibernators gathered back at the base.
A new round of hibernation began again, then ended in an instant.
This time upon awakening, six candidate scripts for “Doomsday Hero” were already placed in front of Jiang Yang.
“These are the six scripts that the preparation team preliminarily reviewed and deemed to have high value. Please review them.”
Jiang Yang casually picked up one script, read it for a while, and his mind gradually immersed in it.
Although he was the firsthand experiencer this time, knowing the details better than anyone, and these scripts were just artistic renditions, not real, this arrangement still captivated his mind.
Looking at the other scripts, he found that although the focuses differed, the stories were equally outstanding.
“Best to find a way to merge them and take the strengths.”
“Yes, I’ll go arrange it now.”
