My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 352 Chu Zhu: Z, are Li Kang and the others really 'alive'? (Second update - 4.2K)

As soon as you go out.

The first person Chu Zhu encountered in the corridor was her old acquaintance, Sister Susan!

only……

"Ahhhh!"

"?!" Dude, why did you immediately startle him with a battle cry? That scream startled Chu Zhu...

After a while.

Chu Zhu, now with a disguise, silently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and slowly walked out of the police station. Occasionally, she could still hear screams, hurried voices, angry voices, and anxious voices coming from behind her.

"Mr. Bamboo? Where is Mr. Bamboo?!"

"I'm a fan of Mr. Bamboo!"

"Hey, Susan...you said Mr. Zhu is here? I don't see him!"

"...I don't know! But I'm sure...I really saw it, it was definitely not a hallucination."

"Then let's find him! We must find Mr. A-Zhu... I'll be the first to get his autograph! Don't try to take it from me..."

"Get out of the way! I'll go first."

"Waaah, I've heard it before, Mr. A-Zhu often comes to our police station. I've never seen him much before, and I thought it was just a rumor! I didn't expect it to be true..."

"..."

Chu Zhu: "..."

I have a feeling that this group of people is even more fanatical than his fans in the Bald Eagle!
"So, I'm a national idol here too?" Chu Zhu's expression was subtle. Could it be that the Z-micro-adjustment was also the result?
"do not care!"

Shaking her head, Chu Zhu continued walking outside.

……

Then...

"Outrageous!"

Even though Chu Zhu was prepared, she was still taken aback when she saw this world.

This is a world in the near future!

Skyscrapers stand tall, and illusory light curtains float in the sky.

One or two maglev cars sped across the sky. Of course, some maglev cars also drove close to the ground...

However, Chu Zhu looked at a driver who brushed past her—the person in the driver's seat was playing on his phone, clearly indicating that the maglev car was moving automatically.

On the stone blocks that can be seen everywhere by the roadside, some people put their mobile phones to charge, and some even take a picture of the screen at the top of the stone block, and drinks and food are printed out out of thin air.

From beginning to end, it didn't undergo any certification whatsoever! In other words...

"So, that food processing machine wasn't unique to the underground base at all! It seems..."

It's basically widespread now?
Chu Zhu realized belatedly that, in other words, anyone who was hungry or thirsty could receive all sorts of food and drinks they wanted for free?
"A future society with abundant resources?" Chu Zhu suddenly realized something: "Wait, if that's the case..."

Chu Zhu began to ponder, what exactly is this so-called lower city?

"Could it be something like Piltover and Zaun? One is a paradise on earth, and the other is a hell on earth?" Chu Zhu was full of doubts.

"Wait a minute!" Chu Zhu suddenly realized something else, "Human civilization... was it really destroyed once?"

However, Chu Zhu quickly confirmed that it had indeed been destroyed, and the key reason for his judgment was language! The language of the dream was still not Chinese…

"If Nuwa's failure to deeply intervene is the reason... then, what is Z's reason for not spreading the Chinese language?"

Chu Zhu was well aware of his true nature; he was a staunch advocate of cultural triumph. If he could, he wished that every country on the pre-civilized Earth would use the Chinese language!

and so……

"There are so many suspicious points!" Chu Zhu pursed her lips, wondering if she should go back and ask Z again. And then...

"……what?!"

After walking for a while, Chu Zhu stared in astonishment at the light screen projected onto the sky.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next up is the election for the city governor of Jinghai City..."

"Let's invite our two most popular candidates to begin the debate!"

A host dressed in a Zhongshan suit appeared on the screen, looking excited, waving his hands.

"The first to appear is Mr. Lu Jin, who has seventeen years of experience as deputy governor and is highly regarded by the current governor, Mr. Su Tianhai, who is about to retire!"

"Next up is," the host paused briefly, then pointed sharply, the screen instantly changing to reveal a gentle, refined man: "from the Lower City! The current General Manager of the Union—"

"With three years of experience as general manager, he reduced the proportion of lazy people in the Lower District from 30% to 15%! Following Mr. Zhu, he led two of the three remaining impoverished districts out of the seven districts in the Lower District to successfully escape poverty... He was nominated by Mr. Zhu of the Lower District and praised as 'If you entrust a task to him, there is nothing he cannot accomplish'—Poverty Alleviation Star, Union Star: Zhou Ze! Mr. Zhou!!"

Chu Zhu stared blankly at the two familiar people on the screen.

“…Ze!” Chu Zhu’s lips curled up unconsciously, a hint of pleasure in his expression. “So that’s how it is. It seems the lower city isn’t as bad as I thought…”

He initially thought it was Piltover and Zaun! But now it seems the biggest problem is... the spiritual poverty caused by the extreme abundance of resources! So, they're just passively consuming supplies? No... lying down isn't the main issue; it's more like they're doing something incredibly ambitious in addition to that!

"After all... Guan Fei was complaining so much! Talking about new energy going to the countryside..." Chu Zhu shook his head. Simply lying down doesn't make one a troublemaker... But no matter what, this is still better than the best-case scenario he had imagined.

and……

It seems that everyone who died in all the previous timelines has come back to life! And they're living very well... and quite normally.

After all, their deaths were due to the chaotic world, the shoe cult, the damned and ignorant feudal system, and those brutal officials... even the emperor!

In this context of great peace, abundant resources, and extreme prosperity, the root causes of their deaths seem to have vanished.

Under the butterfly effect, it's only natural that everything comes to life! Chu Zhu has basically confirmed that society has actually abolished the monetary system—it's absurd, but it's also normal, because automation has reached an unimaginable level!

Everything seems to be automated... Although there are still vendors, these vendors are mostly working out of personal interest.
"A perfect world in some sense?" Chu Zhu laughed, her expression momentarily dazed. "If it were really possible... I really hope it is all true... Ah."

Chu Zhu looked around at the people who had seen the light screen and gathered to talk. Some supported Zhou Ze, and some supported Lu Jin—perhaps because this was, after all, the Upper City, the number of people supporting Lu Jin was overwhelmingly greater.

However, the situation changed drastically when Zhou Ze's supporters played the Chu Zhu card.

"...That was supported by Mr. Zhu! That's Mr. Zhu. The man who transformed what was a complete mess...no, back then it was still a slum, into the downtown area! He even changed the entire Jinghai City because of it...look at those other megacities that still have slums! Doesn't that prove anything?"

Many silent passersby, upon hearing this, couldn't help but join in... Clearly, they were neutral, but willing to extend their affection to Chu Zhu because of her...

Seeing the noisy group of people who were about to fight, Chu Zhu dodged to the side, glad that he had disguised himself. Otherwise, he would probably be surrounded by a bunch of people. Although from their conversation, Chu Zhu could roughly judge that the current situation in the lower city was probably due to his transformation, and other places were probably still in a very bad state.

However, although it seems there is a butterfly effect... some of the things he did before are still reflected in parts of this world?
We shopped until noon.

Chu Zhu answered a phone call, thought for a moment, agreed, and casually hailed a maglev car, eventually having a meal with Li Kang, Ning Linglong, Guan Fei, and the others.

“…Ah Zhu!” Guan Fei picked his teeth and complained, “Actually, I think you should run for city magistrate… I don’t understand why you’re so young! So lazy… but you can’t let go of the downtown area! Sigh…”

“I still feel that it would be better for you to leave those places and go to a wider world… and it would be better for the world as well.”

"...A wider world?" Chu Zhu paused for a moment, then turned to gaze at the surroundings and suddenly asked, "Do you think this world...is good?"

“…Of course!” Li Kang glanced at Chu Zhu strangely, carefully choosing his words before speaking slowly and deliberately: “This world certainly has many…flaws! However, we have great confidence in the self-correcting mechanism of our Great Qian Democratic Republic! We can correct all mistakes…and make our nation forever great!”

Li Kang was so proud, radiating a confident and energetic spirit. Even though he was already middle-aged, he was still like a young man!
"The captain is right!" Bi Xuan nodded frantically while stuffing snacks into his mouth.

"Cheers, cheers!" Ning Linglong poured cups of milk tea and also poured one for Chu Zhu.

“…It’s so nice!” Chu Zhu murmured, then added, “It’s so nice!”

If everything... is true.

“Z!” Chu Zhu didn’t take the milk tea, but threw his phone on the table. His expression turned cold at that moment: “They… Guan Fei, Ning Linglong, Li Kang, Bi Xuan…”

Chu Zhu called out names one by one, his gaze sweeping over everyone in front of him. Those he called out stopped talking, but they all looked at him strangely.

After reciting the last name, 'Zhou Ze,' Chu Zhu paused, a hint of weariness on his face: 'Are they all 'alive'?'

Ning Linglong: "??? Are you crazy?"

She almost doubted whether she had heard correctly.

"How did I become dead..." Guan Fei stared in disbelief. Only Chu Zhu could say such a thing... If it were anyone else, he'd have to argue with them—with his iron fist!
“Z?” Li Kang rubbed his chin, somewhat uncertain. “You mean… ‘God Z’? Well, you have to say all three words to summon that great one! Besides…”

Li Kang was somewhat amused and exasperated: "It only works if you call from the underground base! It would be a miracle if you could actually summon that person out from outside. Of course, if you were the Grand Commander, maybe it would be possible? I think I've heard someone say that..."

“…Alright, you don’t need to say anything more!” Z’s voice came from Chu Zhu’s phone, this time in perfect dream language: “Even if the current Su Bo called me that, I wouldn’t pay any attention to him!”

"?" Li Kang pondered for a moment: "???"

Li Kang's expression gradually froze, because he was shocked to hear... the tone of this voice seemed to be... no, impossible, absolutely impossible! Z... how could that important person possibly say something they could understand?

And... this is outside! Most importantly, what I said earlier...

"...Father, you finally found out?" Z switched back to Chinese, but still sounded confused: "But how exactly did you find out? No...it seems like you sensed something was wrong from the very beginning...you were very wary of me! I find this very strange..."

Li Kang: "...Hiss!"

Hearing the fluent divine language, Li Kang felt a cold sweat break out on his back. Especially when he thought about the series of words spoken earlier... Wait, even the Grand Commander wasn't qualified, so why was A-Zhu qualified? And... could that person actually speak through a cell phone?

The amount of information was so overwhelming that Li Kang's mind was in complete disarray at that moment.

Not only him, but the others were the same. However, Ning Linglong quickly realized what was happening, resting her chin on her hand, staring blankly at Chu Zhu, seemingly lost in thought, and then she suddenly laughed…

Ignoring those around him, Z continued to consult his father: "Indeed, my attitude has many problems... But! This world at least... truly is the ideal land you longed for! And everyone is indeed alive... These are the people you love, and the people who love you! They are all alive..."

"...Knowing he's alive puts my mind at ease." Chu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, flexed her wrists, and slowly stood up. "As for...why I was able to sense something was wrong?"

"Of course that's because..."

Chu Zhu suddenly fell silent, then gave a bitter laugh: "I can feel... I can return at any time—"

Back to the real world!
As we all know, there are two ways to wake up in the real world... The first way is to die, without choosing to reverse time!

As for the other method, it is...

"Z!" Chu Zhu gave everyone present a deep look, then pressed her hand to her temple: "...Will you wake me up, or will I do it myself?"

“...Father, why are you doing this to yourself!” Z sighed softly, earnestly advising, “Stop now, it’s not too late...Just like I said before, whatever you want to do in this world...I will support you!”

Chu Zhu didn't speak, and then...

Amidst the horrified gazes of the crowd.

With a gentle press of her finger, Chu Zhu's figure gradually distorted, just like a television receiving a poor signal, until it finally twisted and dissipated little by little.

"..." Ning Linglong subconsciously reached out to grab it, but grasped nothing. She stared blankly at her palm, and could vaguely feel that warmth.

……

at the same time.

Dream world.

In the long-silent underground base.

Rows upon rows of densely packed, coffin-shaped life support devices... neatly arranged.

And in the first life support device—

Chu Zhu suddenly opened her eyes.

(End of this chapter)