Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2503 The Day of Dunm's Return

As the patriarch of the Dunm family, after stepping out of the exclusive physiotherapy center built for them by Kyushu Technology, Old Dunm felt the solid gravity of the ground and the freedom of the environment where there were no more intelligent robots around him. He even refused the driver, a trusted member of the family, and chose to walk a few more steps instead.

"You don't know what we experienced on the moon. Although Kyushu Technology provides us with free drinking water and some low-priced food, the bland drinking water and food that doesn't suit our tastes at all are actually forcing us to spend a lot of money to buy food and water..."

Every day, I couldn't sleep soundly or peacefully. My body felt like it was floating, and so did my mind. For a period of time, I even had nightmares every night. Later, I needed medication provided by Kyushu Technology to fall asleep peacefully.

I have witnessed everything that is happening on Earth. There are places where wars are escalating and places where peace is becoming more peaceful. But what I didn't expect was that Serbia is about to become the center of Europe. This country, which rose to prominence by relying on the Great Xia, is simply like a lucky dog.

Well, I now speak with some Mandarin and dialect from the Great Xia region in order to better communicate with the staff of Kyushu Technology. In the Moon Palace complex, we can only talk to a very small number of people face-to-face each day. I can even clearly remember how many hairs a bald friend had on his forehead!

This is a disaster! It's a prison!

Dunm recounted his suffering as if he were being tortured on the moon, his expression even bordering on madness.

The trusted confidant beside him, though he had many thoughts and things he wanted to say, would always see the fierce look in his clan leader's eyes when he tried to speak, and would then choose to respond in a low voice "from the bottom of his heart".

"You have made indelible contributions to the family... In recent years, you have been conducting remote command on the moon, and the family has invested heavily in Great Xia. Every investment has been enormous, but at the same time, they have all yielded considerable and high-quality returns. Although the returns are not large, in an era in which the American economy is declining, these returns have become one of the few positive-return projects for the family..."

I understand how hard you've worked. The family has already arranged for a professional team of physical therapists and doctors...

"Has Kyushu Technology's physiotherapy cured your muscle atrophy? Well, would you like to eat some organic vegetables from our family estate?"

The patriarch of the Dunm family returned from the moon, but after receiving treatment from Kyushu Technology, he did not choose to return to the American mainland. Instead, he lived on the small farm that the Dunm family had purchased in Daxia.

During this time, the chieftain talked about all the bad things about the moon, but also expressed his disdain and disgust for various parts of the farm.

"These are the organic vegetables you grow? They don't even taste as good as the regular vegetables I usually eat."

"Is this wine made at our American farm? I feel it tastes different from before; the sour and astringent taste is very pungent."

"As I said, the room should be kept tidy, and the desktop should be kept even cleaner. Look at this desktop, there's visible dust in the crevices! Do we need to buy a smart butler robot from Kyushu Technology?"

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Having undergone intensive physical training, drug use, and special food to optimize his body, Dunm's physical senses are now significantly different from those of ordinary people.

His keen sense of smell allowed him to clearly detect the body odor of his juniors even from two meters away. Gradually, Dunm realized that he could not survive in an ordinary living environment. He chose to live in a medical research institute managed by his family, wearing protective clothing every day in a sterile environment, reading books and occasionally studying medical research.

But deep down, he was gradually growing tired of life on Earth.

He wanted to return to the moon and continue living in the lunar palace complex. Although it was very expensive and he couldn't leave the complex, the thought of the food and special potions he could get there only made his desire to return to the moon more urgent.

However, even after consulting with the dedicated customer service team set up by Kyushu Technology, hoping to return to the moon as soon as possible, the only response he received was: "We are aware of your needs, but when you signed the agreement to return to Earth, you read the clause 'You are not allowed to return to the moon again within five years' in the surveillance video. Furthermore, you will need to pass a medical screening again for your next lunar mission. If your physical data is not up to standard, you will need to participate in training again and wait for the next time you pass the screening before you can join the queue again..."

Leaving the moon is simple.

However, returning to the moon is very difficult.

In order to maintain his connections within the lunar complex, Dunm would regularly share his insights from his time on Earth with his "old friends" living on the moon almost every week.

But gradually, he discovered that his old friends on the moon no longer responded to him as enthusiastically as before, and often they would only reply after a long interval.

This feeling of being out of control made Dunm even more eager to return to the moon.

He even had in-depth conversations with Robin, the current head of NASA, through family connections, in order to learn about NASA's plans for routine lunar landings.

However, Robin did not tell him the specific plan to be implemented. Instead, he used the excuse given to him by the NASA engineers and scientists to get by.

As time went on, on the 37th day after the "Zhurong" spaceship left Earth, Robot One reported new events.

"The crew encountered a 72-hour solar proton flare event, causing the radiation level inside the cabin to surge to 80 millisieverts. The emergency system activated normally, the shielding layer deployed automatically, and the 'safety cocoon' composed of lithium-hydrogen shielding material kept the radiation dose within permissible limits..."

When Gu Qing saw the log entry, he simply nodded and then asked [Xuanwu], "Have the other settings of these three robots been affected by the solar protons?"

Solar protons are the main participants in nuclear fusion in the Sun's core, and also the main components of high-energy particle streams produced in solar flares and coronal mass ejections. They can even affect the space environment and electronic equipment on Earth.

These three robots have a special design with several systems. One of these systems can only be linked to and controlled by Gu Qing and [Xuanwu].

When Gu Qing asked the question, Xuanwu gave a very brief answer: "Sir, no impact has been detected yet."