Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 453 - 451: The New Cycle!

Chapter 453: Chapter 451: The New Cycle!

It was a "sunny" and beautiful day when Zhang Yuan was born into the peaceful real world.

Every morning in the Wanderer Fleet was filled with fresh vitality. As the lights inside the spaceship turned on, people started their normal daily work.

In the year 6228, March, an ordinary year, the awake population numbered around 1.6 million, and the entire fleet was still traveling at high speed through the void.

"But today is a special day... because today you were born, little ones! Hehe, you’ll definitely cry later, and the louder the better..."

A few female nurses carefully walked into the infant room and took this batch of children out of the incubation chambers.

Artificial wombs simulated the process of natural childbirth, compressing these little infants’ heads in a series of squeezes. This simulation of the womb and birth canal helps reduce incidences of newborn pneumonia and suffocation and promotes brain development.

In the maternity room, 13 infants, once they left the environment of the artificial wombs and were spanked, cried out nervously in loud "wah-wahs."

Especially one boy, whose cries were the loudest!

The nurses dried the babies’ damp bodies with towels and scanned their whole bodies full of maternal affection before pressing their footprints and making birth records.

"He’s born, haha. The louder he cries, the healthier he is!"

One pretty nurse curiously eyed this newly born "Transcendent," murmuring softly, "Is it him, Nurse Leader? He doesn’t seem different from ordinary people..."

"Is it this little boy?" another girl asked with a hint of mischief in her eyes, "He really cries vigorously! Right now, all his memories haven’t returned, so of course he seems just like an ordinary person. He will get autism, but it is all normal and will recover after the age of 18."

"Yes, hehe, look, he’s crying so hard he can’t even open his eyes. Quick, check if there’s anything wrong with his eyes!"

"There definitely isn’t anything wrong; I checked them myself!"

The nurses chatted and laughed as they helped the little infants dress. Generally, newborns don’t have any particular health concerns; these issues were repetitively checked in the artificial wombs.

These were all very loving girls, after all, the infant room was a place of new life and hope, and the healthy babies were all rosy and tender, not wrinkled and old-looking like infants of the past.

In this era, the satisfaction of obstetric medical staff was quite high. Natural births were rare, and there were hardly any significant conflicts between doctors and patients. Compared to the old days, obstetrics had the highest complaint rate in hospitals.

Among these 12 infants, most were born naturally and would go through routine social upbringing, but there was also one "Transcendent" born with inherent genetic memory, possibly raised by a unique educational institution.

"Do you think these Transcendents are kind of emotionless? Like monks who’ve experienced the world and seen it all. Look, his eyes are looking at me!"

"They shouldn’t be; Xi Ta wouldn’t release individuals with flawed personalities. According to the surveillance over the years, isn’t it... fine?"

"I feel like being born with memories is kind of scary!"

"What’s scary about it? I find it quite interesting. Perhaps in a thousand years, I, too, will return to this world—just thinking about it feels romantic."

"... Genetic memory is a key research subject. If someday everyone was born with a lot of knowledge, our civilization could undoubtedly take a huge leap forward! Unfortunately, this involves self-awareness, which is very difficult to achieve."

Considering that, the fleet’s long-distance journey had already lasted six hundred and sixty-three years.

The reason for such a prolonged journey without reaching the final destination was due to a major technological upgrade halfway through.

With the success of biological brain augmentation research 150 years ago, everyone’s memory and learning capabilities had undergone a genuine qualitative change!

After everyone’s intelligence climbed a step, many long-stalled disciplines naturally achieved significant breakthroughs.

Thus, the original "The Kunlun Mountain," along with the surrounding Guardian Fleet, came to seem somewhat outdated in the face of these new technologies. Coupled with the gradually increasing population, the living space within Kunlun Mountain became somewhat crowded.

Therefore, combining these factors, the Captain at the time believed it was necessary to take some time to regroup before the entire fleet reached the trading market, to build a brand-new Mother Ship and warships to achieve maximum combat capability, and to adjust the entire civilization to optimal status.

Consequently, the fleet was delayed for nearly eighty years...

After a public vote, the second mother ship was named "Radiant Galaxy," embodying human determination and courage to venture into the Milky Way!

Of course, the completion of the new mother ship did not mean the old "The Kunlun Mountain" was completely phased out; instead, the number of mother ships went from one to two, accommodating more people.

The fleet’s population steadily rose to sixteen million, and after that, the growth rate of the population slowed again to achieve the best living conditions.

All these changes occurred in the era after Zhang Yuan had departed.

"Little Lan, don’t take the opportunity to touch his little butt while checking his body! You’re so naughty!"

The girl giggled and said, "A little pinch doesn’t matter; it just feels fun! To observe this Transcendent with six hundred million in Civilization Contribution up close... Will he bring even more changes to our world in the future?"

"Ha ha, it makes me want to pinch him too. If we don’t tease him now, we won’t be able to later."

Don’t think these girls are just nurses; they are secret staff members of the Unreal Laboratory, with access to relatively advanced secrets. Today, they specifically came to this nursery to check this boy.

"...Six hundred million? Is he that impressive?" another girl whispered in shock, unable to help touching the baby’s tiny arms and legs.

The little baby had some milk and seemed a bit sleepy afterwards and fell asleep.

"According to the assessment standards, it seems that less than a hundred thousand is the minimum passing score... What did he do in the Virtual Space?"

"I don’t know about that; our permissions couldn’t possibly access such secrets..."

A group of women discussing this in front of a child felt somewhat odd.

One of the senior nurses, frowning, said, "Alright, stop it! No matter if it’s sixty thousand or six hundred million, it’s all a story of the past. In our world, it doesn’t make any difference; everything still depends on our own efforts."

This batch of babies was soon handed over to specialized educational institutions to undergo the standard process of education and rearing...

In the society of the new humans, as long as one has sufficient ability, emerging prominently isn’t too much of an obstacle. Thus, whether returning from the Virtual World as a "Transcendent" or being born normally, the nurturing process really isn’t much different.

Zhang Yuan had no special privileges and didn’t receive worldwide attention; aside from some special staff members continuously monitoring him, he was just like an ordinary person.

Eighteen years passed quickly...

On this day, Zhang Yuan shook his head, buzzing suddenly, and woke up from a dream.

This process, repeated many times in cycles, had become so familiar that he no longer felt nervous or confused about it.

The recovery of self-awareness was such a magical process; the previous eighteen years were muddled and blurry, like a lucid dream, yet not completely void of any memories.

But the moment of awakening felt as if he understood everything.

"The air is so fresh! A... new cycle!"