Schrödinger of the Cat [Interstellar]

On the weekend, Ares really returned to the thirteen provinces from the central area, and personally went to pick up General Xue Yi.It wasn't until the empty rail car drove onto the elevated track that Xue Yi realized that they would not go back to the apartment directly.

"Where are we going?" Xue Yi was curious.

Ares said with a smile: "Didn't you say you want to go out to celebrate? Let's go to the central business district of the thirteen provinces."

Xue Yi couldn't help being a little dazed, he really didn't expect that the celebration that Ares said was not a casual joke, but really wanted to take him out to celebrate.This... Ever since he came to this unbelievable world for him, he has never been in touch with the people's livelihood here, let alone when he was a kitten, he has been confined at home almost all the time, and he has been sent to school after awakening , Training these things are trapped, and there is no leisure.

However, with the identity of Ares, can he really go to a public place like the central business district?

Xue Yi thought about it, and asked the question.

Ares was a little helpless: "I'm not a public figure, why can't I go?"

This is also the reason.Although Ares is very famous in the empire, most of the people who can really see him are from the aristocratic circle. No matter how crowded the central business district is, most of them are civilians. Even if you meet Ares face to face, you probably won’t recognize him. reveal the identity of this person.

The empty rail car quickly arrived at its destination and plunged into the ground along with the sub-tracks.

The central business district of the thirteen provinces is actually several buildings connected together. The buildings encircle a huge circular field. The center of the circular field is an arched glass roof. Under the glass roof, you can see the underground space dozens of floors deep.This huge underground space is criss-crossed with countless small empty rail tracks, on which miniature open-top empty rail cars run, sending customers to the stores they are interested in.

Ares led Xue Yi down from his own empty rail car, picked a convertible car with only two seats, and connected it to the inner track of the business district.

It wasn't until this small convertible drove into the business district that Xue Yi realized that he had been in this world for more than a year and had missed so many magical things.

The semi-holographic technology is used on the billboards of the store, embellishing the store with three-dimensional animation very eye-catching; the drone hovering in the air carries a box of snacks and flies along the corridor of the outer wall of the building. From time to time, someone even buys it with a bracelet Merchandise; a singer sits on a floating stage that resembles a balloon, and several drones in the shape of hummingbirds hover around him...

The atmosphere of the whole business district subverted Xue Yi's impression of Kerr Star, it was different from the gray alley in his memory, from the depressed urban area he had seen before, and from the pure and clean atmosphere.

It doesn't seem like a place that should exist on the front line.

"People always want to have fun." Ares said, "If an empire can't ensure that its people have space for entertainment, it must be our soldiers' dereliction of duty."

Xue Yi nodded upon hearing this.

The small open-top trolley took Xue Yi around the business circle, and finally stopped in front of a somewhat deserted storefront.This store is located at the corner of the edge of the business circle, surrounded by parents with children aged eight or nine, but the number of them is not too large.

"This... watching history?" Xue Yi pointed to the billboard on the store door, and turned to Ares to confirm.

Ares said: "The name sounds a bit boring, but it is actually a good entertainment place. I liked it very much when I was a child. It is similar to a museum. Of course, if you are not interested..."

Xue Yi was not very interested in museums at first, but when he heard that it was a place that Ares liked very much when he was a child, he immediately changed his mind: "I like it!"

The two used their wristbands to swipe the tickets to enter the venue, but the furnishings in the venue were completely different from the empty and old-fashioned museum Xue Yi had imagined—if Ares hadn't told him that it was like a museum, Xue Yi would almost have thought it was a museum. It’s a game console center—I saw all kinds of simulation cabins arranged in an orderly manner in the exhibition hall. The simulation cabin is divided into several blocks, and the venues in each block are scrolling to play the theme-related games. The holographic animation is dazzling.

"Galaxies of Origin...Industrial Revolution?" Xue Yi looked in surprise at the scene he was very familiar with in the holographic image in the field.

Ares said: "This is the exhibition area during the Industrial Revolution. If you want to see it, we will open a simulation cabin."

Xue Yi was very curious about the display method of this museum, so he agreed immediately.The two sit in a two-person simulation cabin, fasten their seat belts, and put on virtual glasses.

"The user enters the history viewing system for the first time, please wait for the facial scan."

A mechanical voice sounded beside his ear, and a faint blue light screen appeared in Xue Yi's field of vision. After a while, the mechanical voice continued: "Please choose the hairstyle and iris color. Keep your eyes on the options for three seconds to select. "

Xue Yi followed the prompts and chose black pupils and short black hair.

"The image has been recorded, and the road to viewing history is about to open. I wish you a pleasant visit."

After a slight mechanical vibration, the darkness before Xue Yi's eyes was opened by a ray of light.He found himself in a spacecraft overlooking the planet, with Ares standing beside him.He is wearing a suit and dress that is completely different from the material characteristics of modern military uniforms, and a soft hat on his head, which looks quite like a gentleman in the middle ages.

"This period of history began with the first big melee on Emperor Star, and lasted until the first manned spacecraft successfully landed on Li Ruixing." Ares said while manipulating the spacecraft's perspective to descend rapidly and enter the atmosphere.

The emperor star looks quite similar to the earth. The ocean occupies most of the planet's area, and the land is large and small, evenly distributed on both sides of the equator.Blue sky, green trees, tall buildings everywhere - but it is an ugly pattern of layers of steel frames.

The aircraft they were driving had just entered the sky over the nearest city when they heard a sharp siren.Immediately afterwards, several planes roared past them, even passing directly through their bodies, flying into the distant mist.Those planes have a very obvious external skeleton structure, the fuselage is sandwiched between two wings, and the top is a rapidly rotating blade.

"...Biplane?!" Xue Yi was surprised.

"At this time, the first-generation fighter jets have just entered military service." Ares explained, and looked at Xue Yi with a smile, "I guess you will like it."

Xue Yi nodded.The history here is strikingly similar to that of Earth, and the current era is roughly similar to the era of World War I. Thermal weapons have matured, and air combat has also begun to enter the stage of history.

Ares operated a few times on the aircraft's panel, and the aircraft they were riding in was broken and reorganized in front of Xue Yi's eyes, and the positions of the two were also changed to one in front and one behind.When the debris finally stabilized, Xue Yi found himself sitting on a higher seat behind Ares, and what they were driving was an ancient biplane.

The gravity simulation clearly conveyed the vibration of the plane in the wind to Xue Yi, and the airflow simulated the wind, blowing gently on his face.

The clothes on the two of them also changed into the crumpled gray military uniforms of this era when they were reorganized, as if the two were really pilots who came out of this era.

With bright eyes, Xue Yi leaned forward, and said in Ares' ear, "I understand why you like this place." He said, reaching out his hand to try to touch these virtual steel structures, "I like it too. here!"

His fingers didn't touch the metal frame, but hit a piece of warm skin instead.

Xue Yi couldn't help being taken aback.

Ares laughed in his ears, and then, the skin under his fingers moved, and his whole hand fell into a warm palm. "Our relative position in reality will not change. What you see is just an illusion given to you by the analog signal." Ares said with a smile, "If you feel uncomfortable, I will change it back."

Xue Yi felt the temperature between his palms, and felt that his heart was about to jump out of his chest.Fortunately, the analog signal will not capture the blushing on his face, so he still has room to pretend nothing happened: "No need to change, I like this plane." He tried to keep his voice steady and was caught by Ares The hand that was holding him did not dare to move, for fear that if he made a small movement, the other party would react and let go.

The two piloted the plane a few times in the sky, then landed on the ground, changed into a carriage, and circled the extremely real streets.

"Can I get out of the car and go for a walk?" Xue Yi suddenly had a whim when he saw the busy traffic in the city in front of him and the pedestrians wearing period-style costumes on the street.How similar this virtual space is to the holographic games in his world science fiction works, it would be even better if he could walk into this city by himself.

However, Ares shook his head: "There is no way, this simulation cabin restricts the sitting posture, and the cost of the mobility of the legs will be much higher if it is realized by a single set of facilities, and such infrastructure venues will not be equipped. "

Xue Yi was a little disappointed, but even so, the museum had brought him enough surprises.

The Ares control panel speeds up the time, and the scenery around the two of them iterates in an instant like a vicissitudes of life. Xue Yi watched the buildings during the Industrial Revolution being torn down and rebuilt, transformed into concrete buildings, and then turned into towering glass buildings. The wall; the road began to widen, extend, and elevate, and finally formed a continuous flow of winding bridges; the clothes of the girls walking along the road changed from cotton skirts to woolen trench coats, and then to exquisite suit skirts...

The whole city finally turned into a very familiar appearance to Xue Yi - just like the earth in the 21st century.

Xue Yi was sitting in a convertible car parked by the side of the road, looking at the noisy traffic in front of him in a dazed way. After a long while, he slowly said: "Is the industrial revolution period over here?"

"Yes, if we go to the new area of ​​Falan in the Empire now, we should be able to see the manned spacecraft of the Expedition that is preparing to launch there, and we can also follow it to the surface of the most primitive Li Ruixing." Ares laughed, " I loved coming here when I was a kid, and every time I stayed there for a whole day, I almost 'saw' many historical moments. If you want to see it too, I can just skip it."

Xue Yi shook his head: "I like this era very much."

Ares was silent.He naturally knew why Xue Yi liked this era, and this was exactly the purpose of bringing Xue Yi here today.Even if he can't return to the world he is familiar with, at least he should know that in such a place, he can still see everything he is familiar with and misses.

The two came out of the simulation cabin during the industrial revolution, and Xue Yi curiously took Ares to see the older age of the origin galaxy and the later period of entering the new star galaxy.The empire used to have a vast territory, with 23 natural planets in four star galaxies. Although each planet has been transformed in the same way, it has its own characteristics. The landforms and species are different, which is very interesting.

If you take a quick look at this museum, it doesn't take long to see it, but if you look at each era carefully, you may not be able to finish it in a few years.Xue Yi picked out a few historical stages that he was interested in, and then reluctantly left the store.

Sitting in the empty rail car in the business district, Xue Yi suddenly realized something was wrong: "Why didn't I see anything related to the Holy Spirit Race? I thought that historical legend would be liked by many people."

Ares said: "The empire has been downplaying things related to the Holy Spirit race hundreds of years ago. After all, it was a stain to send all the Holy Spirit race to the front line. The Empire does not want the people to harbor resentment because of this matter. Now , Everything about the Holy Spirit Clan is only spread among a few great nobles and the former Five Envoy families, and in fact, very few people know about them."

Xue Yi nodded clearly.

History is like this, as long as the rulers are willing, they can slowly annihilate history in omnipotent time.

Ares' bracelet suddenly vibrated, and he glanced down. It was Qi Jun's text message: "I heard from a little soldier that you asked him where he and his girlfriend usually go on a date??? Do you have a problem? Rhys?!!!"

silently off.

Xue Yi noticed his movement, and said: "Is it the affairs of the military department? If you are busy, we will go back, and you don't need to accompany me."

"Not the military department." Ares shook his head with a smile, "There is a nice restaurant here, we can have lunch here."