Did the world end today?

Chapter 204 The Eve of Dimension Ascension
Lin Xu turned around to look.

What the hell!

Qi Yuan!

He was still dressed as a combatant, but this time, his attire appeared more "casual."

He wore a simple long-sleeved T-shirt, a pistol hanging at his waist, a baseball cap on his head, and thin glasses perched on his nose, the edges of which shimmered with a faint blue light.

"Qi Yuan?"

Lin Xu looked at the other person suspiciously and asked:
"Where are we now?"

"what?"

Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean, 'Where are we now'? Aren't we in Jinling?"

"Jinling?!"

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

What do you mean? You're telling me this is Jinling??
My impression of Jinling is that of the ancient capital of six dynasties on the banks of the Qinhuai River, not this city that seems to float in the air!

Is this what they call Jinling?

Seeing Lin Xu's expression, Qi Yuan frowned slightly.

He asked:
"Brother Lin, what's wrong with you?"

"Why did you seem to have amnesia after just a short while of looking at the scenery?"

Lin Xu slowly shook his head.

He comforted himself inwardly.

It's okay, this is normal.

It's normal to have some information gaps when entering a new world for the first time.

All we need to do is activate the Butterfly Plan. If we can find Bai Mo or someone at a higher level, everything will be back on track.

He raised his hand to check his watch, but his hand was empty.

However, the glasses perched on his nose seemed to sense his movement and suddenly flashed a timer.

The moment Lin Xu saw the time, he was stunned.

2044年6月19日，上午9点05分。

this.
This is not the time when the apocalypse will happen!

The apocalypse will occur at midnight on April 23, 2045.

He's been through this countless times, and he knows it better than anyone else!

Every time I entered before, it was at this point in time.

Even in the Starship Age, even though he was on Mars and his time was disrupted, he still managed to steadily enter the hour before the apocalypse.

There are never any surprises.

But what happened this time?

Has the apocalypse passed? Or has it come early?

Seeing that he was still standing there without moving, Qi Yuan seemed to be unable to restrain himself any longer.

He stepped forward and pulled Lin Xu along, then said:

"Hurry up, Brother Lin, there are only 50 minutes left."

"The ascension ceremony is about to begin, and we'll have to queue up soon."

"Do you still want to watch it or not?"

Ah? ?

Ascension ritual?

When Qi Yuan uttered that word, Lin Xu was completely stunned.

Has humanity ascended to a higher dimension?
In just 19 years, they have already reached the point where they can hold so-called "ascension ceremonies"?

What kind of earth-shattering speed of development is this?!
Moreover, judging from Qi Yuan's tone, this ascension ceremony even allows onlookers to watch, and there is a queue required!
This means that for humanity in this world, ascending to a higher dimension is not such a remarkable thing.

They were full of confidence in themselves.

They believe that this "dimensional upgrade" will definitely be a success!

Lin Xu followed Qi Yuan's footsteps in a daze, and the two walked towards the city center.

He noticed that although the city didn't look much different from the cities he was familiar with at first glance, there were actually many differences in the city's architectural design.

Each building is connected by a covered walkway, like a spider web covering the sky.

Above the spider web, Lin Xu could vaguely see a group of people, like ants, moving about on the transparent bridge.

They were heading towards the center of the spider web, which was an enormous platform.

The platform is supported only by a flimsy walkway—or perhaps it doesn't need any support at all, or perhaps it is suspended in the air.

The function of a covered bridge is simply to "connect"!

At that moment, his senses became disordered.

After being drunk, I don't know that the sky is on the water, and the boat is full of dreams and the galaxy.

He didn't know if he was in the sky or on the ground.

Because the world above the dome felt more like it was right beneath one's feet.

Lin Xu tried to shake his head to dispel this strange "hallucination," but the hallucination only intensified.

Until one moment, he saw his own feet.

My own feet and the spider web in the sky appeared in my field of vision at the same time.

what does this mean?
This means that he has turned upside down.

Lin Xu waved his arms in terror, and then he realized that he was falling rapidly into the sky.

"Holy crap!!"

He let out a scream, and almost at the same time, Qi Yuan grabbed his arm.

"calm down!"

"Brother Lin, what's wrong?"

What's wrong with me?

You're asking what happened?

We're going to fall to our deaths!

Lin Xu's forehead was covered in beads of sweat.

What the hell is this city?
Where did I get this from?
He subconsciously thought that this city was likely a giant space city that used some kind of centrifugal force to simulate gravity.

But the problem is
Why did I fall?

Are the rules of gravity here also chaotic?
The fall continued, but Lin Xu was a mature man who had experienced countless life-or-death situations. It only took him a few seconds to regain his composure.

"What is this??"

His voice was still trembling slightly. Qi Yuan frowned as he looked at him and asked in return:

"Brother Lin, what's wrong with you?"

"Why are you so scared just from riding an elevator?"

elevator?

Lin Xu looked around.

He was clearly falling, and at a very fast speed, etc.

He tried to turn his body and adjust himself to the same posture as Qi Yuan.

He then realized that he was indeed in an elevator.

However, this elevator is not equipped with any equipment.

Its function is simply to make people float. Anti-gravity.

That's right.

Lin Xu suddenly realized.

Holy crap, an entire city can float up. Isn't it normal to use an anti-gravity engine to make people float up as an elevator?
He calmed down instantly, and by then, the process of "falling," or rather, "rising," had ended.

The two entered the building but remained suspended in the air.

Immediately afterwards, a gentle push propelled the two of them into the covered bridge.

Lin Xu landed steadily.

He clicked his tongue in amazement and said:

"Future technology is really awesome."

"Future technology?"

Qi Yuan was baffled.

"Isn't this technology from eight or nine years ago? Or even more than ten years ago?"

"I don't remember, but it's been around for a long time."

"what?"

Lin Xu followed closely beside Qi Yuan and asked incredulously:
"This is anti-gravity! You're telling me anti-gravity technology existed more than a decade ago??"

"I do not know."

Qi Yuan shrugged innocently.

"Anyway, that's the gist of it, it means it's been around for a long time."

What is the principle behind it?

Lin Xu subconsciously pressed for an answer.

Qi Yuan turned around and glanced at him, then said with amusement:
"Engineer Lin, do you think I could possibly know?"

"But it's probably just some random stuff, like bidirectional evolution or negative entropy flow factor."

"A few years ago, they advertised really heavily for a while, and they even had an exam, right? I even won a car!"

"But... you, a gravity engineer, don't even know this, and you come to ask me?"

You're overestimating my learning ability a bit.

me?

Gravity engineer?
That's good news, at least they know what they do now.

Lin Xu nodded slightly.

He had already realized that this world was completely different from the two worlds he had entered before.

This world
It is a world of explosive technological development.

No, it's not just applied technology that's experiencing explosive growth; to be precise, even fundamental theories are developing explosively.

Is this the true power of open systems?
Are we really going to skip directly to the end of the world?
Otherwise, how could I have appeared directly in time before the end of the world?

Lin Xu followed Qi Yuan toward the central platform, where he realized that the platform was much larger and wider than it appeared from the ground.

Ascension Ceremony
Is the so-called dimensional ascension ceremony held on this platform?
What about the equipment?
Ascending to a higher dimension from the void, huh?
Lin Xu frowned deeply.

He turned to look at Qi Yuan and asked:
"What about the equipment? This dimensional ascension ceremony doesn't seem to require any equipment at all, does it?"

"of course not."

Qi Yuan shook his head and replied:
"You can't see the equipment now, but you'll be able to see it once you've lined up and gone in."

"Hey Lin, didn't you tell me to come and see this? How come you seem to know nothing? Or do you not remember anything?"

"You're not suffering from amnesia, are you? You're only 40 years old, and you already have Alzheimer's?"

"Go and check it out when you get back today. If it really is Alzheimer's, get it treated as soon as possible."

"If it drags on for too long and the progress becomes serious, then it will cost a lot of money."

Lin Xu noticed Qi Yuan's choice of words.

He said "it will cost a lot of money," not "it can't be cured."

Therefore, Alzheimer's disease is treatable in this world.

That.
What about cancer?

"cancer."

Qi Yuan clicked his tongue and shook his head.

"No one has used that word for a long time. Did you watch an old movie yesterday? Were you engrossed in it?"

"Don't worry."

Lin Xu followed Qi Yuan to the back of the line and then asked:

"If we don't call it cancer, what do we call it?"

"Cell division and differentiation dysfunction syndrome, or simply differentiation disorder."

"However, most people still call it tumor directly, but fewer people call it cancer. The word sounds a bit scary, so no one uses it anymore."

Cancer is no longer a problem.

"So you can even cure pulmonary fibrosis?"

"us?"

Qi Yuan shook his head.

"What a joke! What kind of illness could a security engineer like me cure? Doctors can cure that."

“Pulmonary fibrosis is quite common at the lunar base, where the working environment in the open-pit mine is relatively harsh.”

"However, treating this disease is very expensive. Without medical insurance reimbursement, ordinary people basically cannot afford it."

"What's wrong? Why are you asking this?"

"nothing."

Lin Xu's heart was shaken as if it had been swept by a raging storm.

If pulmonary fibrosis can be cured, then turning a hard-boiled egg back into a raw egg is no big deal.

Humans in this world have grasped the core laws of "life".

No wonder they were so confident, even bordering on arrogant.

At this point, the two had already followed the queue to the center of the platform.

Compared to those incredible technologies, the old tradition of queuing has been preserved.

Lin Xu still hasn't seen the equipment needed for the dimensional upgrade.

He asked with some doubt:

"Where is the equipment? Is it very small?"

"It's not small."

Qi Yuan shook his head.

He pointed to the sky.

Lin Xu looked up in the direction he was pointing.

There, a huge shadow was moving through the air.

That was a huge satellite.

No.

That can no longer be described as a "satellite".

That's practically one.
A giant, man-made planet!

(End of this chapter)