Old Man Yang's grocery store has a two-story building in front, and a courtyard behind it. The courtyard wall is some distance from the surrounding buildings. It covers an area of about 300 square meters. On weekdays, only two people, old and young, live there.
Fiso Port is not the Dongguo Port. The land is very cheap. It is hard to say how high the housing prices are for the locals, but it is definitely not high for Old Man Yang.
During the riot fifteen years ago, many buildings were abandoned. Old Man Yang could occupy as much space as he wanted, as long as he could hold it. But Old Man Yang did not take the opportunity to occupy the land. His grocery store at that time was a building like this.
A two-story building with a backyard. In the past decade or so, people have been pouring into the city from villages of various tribes, and Fiso Port has become crowded again.
In the impression of the locals, although Old Man Yang is a Chinese from Dongguo, he came here earlier than everyone else in this neighborhood, as if he has opened a grocery store here since history.
The average life span of the local people is only in their early thirties. There is an old saying in Dongguo that "life is seventy years old." It is not uncommon to live to seventy years old in Dongguo today, but in Fesoport, this poem is particularly special.
precise.
Old Man Yang has been running a grocery store here for at least 30 years. Why say at least, because the longest memory of this neighborhood by the locals is more than 30 years. After wars and turmoil, some people died and some left.
Now, Old Man Yang has become the longest resident here. He and his grocery store are like a miracle or a historical relic.
The front door of the grocery store facing the street faces north, and there is a side door on the east side. After opening, it is the kitchen. The kitchen is very large, with a nine-burner stove. Hua Zhenxing walked through the kitchen, climbed to the second floor from the stairs in the living room, and entered
Your own bedroom.
Many streets and alleys in Fiso Port are not equipped with street lights, and even where there are street lights, many light bulbs are broken. Some idle bad boys like to play the game of street lamps when they have nothing to do. If they want to break a street lamp, just throw a stone at it.
It will be difficult to wait for maintenance personnel to fix it.
The curtains were open. Although there were no street lights outside, there was still a faint light coming in on a clear night. If your eyes had adapted to the dark environment, you could still vaguely distinguish the outlines of some objects in the house. Hua Zhenxing suddenly felt something was wrong and squinted his eyes.
He squinted, but his neck didn't move.
Someone was hiding in the bedroom, clinging to the side of the cabinet. Hua Zhenxing seemed to have no reaction, but his mind was spinning rapidly. It seemed that this was not a friendly visit. Could it be that what Charles said in the bar last night made him
When someone heard this, the other party thought that he was also an accomplice of Ciel, so he came to deal with him?
Hua Zhenxing walked straight to the bed calmly and closed the curtains to avoid the bright light. The curtains had a light-blocking layer. After being closed, the room turned into darkness. He had already taken out the finger tiger and put it on.
Left hand.
From the perspective of a lurker, he will never realize that he has been exposed. Old Yang has taught Hua Zhenxing a long time ago that if you find someone trying to ambush you and think you are well hidden, your first reaction must be calm, and it is best to let him know
The other party doesn't know that you have discovered him, and then manages to suddenly counterattack.
This is to strive for an information asymmetry advantage. The other party hides and wants to make a sneak attack. If he knows you but you don't know him, he has an information advantage; but you have discovered him but he does not know, and you have the opposite effect.
You have the advantage of information and you need to make good use of this advantage.
The moment the curtains were closed, the other party could no longer see Hua Zhenxing. Hua Zhenxing ducked and silently reached the other side of the cabinet. The paratrooper knife had appeared in his right hand. There was a large cabinet between him and the lurker.
, the opponent can't hit him even if he shoots. If he wants to use the knife, he has to go around and know his position.
At this moment, he suddenly relaxed and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, aren't you afraid that I will kill you with one shot?"
Mr. Yang is what he calls Old Man Yang on weekdays. The old man likes others to call him that. Old Man Yang's voice came from the other side of the cabinet: "You didn't bring a gun when you went out today. You didn't touch the small pistol hidden behind the curtain just now."
Are you ready?"
Hua Zhenxing has a pistol. It is very small and has a homemade silencer and voice changer. It is hidden behind the curtain. He just opened the curtain just because he wanted to touch the gun, but he didn't touch it. It turned out that Old Man Yang had taken it away. Hua Zhenxing hum
He made a sound and said: "So you are also afraid? I am afraid that if I get nervous and miss you, I will shoot you."
Old Man Yang: "I'm just testing your reaction to see if you'll be nervous when you find the gun is gone."
Hua Zhenxing: "How many times have you played this trick! Aren't you afraid that if I encounter danger in the future, I will think it's you who is testing me and it will cause trouble? Haven't you heard the story of 'The wolf is coming'?"
Hearing the sound, Old Man Yang had already walked out from behind the cabinet: "Being vigilant is actually a habit, as long as you learn to react correctly every time."
Hua Zhenxing put away his finger tiger and paratrooper knife, lifted two sandbags from his feet and hung them on a hook above his head. The room suddenly lit up, and at the same time there was a faint sound of mechanical rotation.
There is a device hanging on the wall, a disc the size of a bowl. In the center of the disc is an LED bulb the size of a grain of rice, the kind used for mobile phone flashlights. A thin steel wire rope protrudes from the bottom of the disc with a hook. Two
Hang a heavy sandbag on it, slowly pull out the wire rope, and the little light bulb will light up.
The principle of this thing is actually not complicated, it is similar to a mechanical clock, but its power does not come from the spring spring, but the potential energy of the falling weight. The gear set drives not the dial but a micro motor, and the output power is less than
One watt will be enough to light such a small light bulb.
Its official name is Black Wasteland Guangming Lantern, and it has a famous origin. It is a charity aid project. It is a well-known international charity fund in Mi Jianguo that provides people's livelihood resources to Black Wasteland Continent through the United Nations Rescue Organization. Black Wasteland Continent has
Many places are not yet connected to electricity, so this thing can provide lighting at night.
Although the LED lights used in mobile phones have very low power, they are not low in brightness. They can make people see things around them clearly in a small area. If they get closer, they can even read the text in books, but it is a bit hard on the eyes.
This kind of passive lighting is actually ordered in Yiwu City, Dongguo. The ex-factory price is Dongguo yuan 80 yuan. For large quantities, it can be reduced to 60 yuan. It has the brands of Mi Jianguo and the United Nations Rescue Organization.
The charitable fund's project expenditures include 200 meters of gold each, and it claims to have donated 500,000 gold to Guilin and surrounding areas, and has also donated money to the Port of Aiso.
The one hanging in Huazhen's house was taken from the store for fun. It has been disassembled and refitted. The hanging object is divided into two sandbags, each weighing thirty kilograms. They fall from a height of more than two meters to the ground, and the lamp can be lit.
It lights up for about ten minutes. What to do after ten minutes? You can retract the wire rope and continue to hang the sandbags to light it up again.
There is electricity supply in Fiso Port, but there are frequent power outages. It would be more convenient to hang something like this in the house. The grocery store does not receive international aid, and these are used by local people in exchange for money to buy things. The retail price of takeout in the grocery store
The price is 80 yuan in Dongguo currency, and the wholesale price is 60 yuan.
The light bulbs the size of rice grains dispelled the darkness and illuminated the entire room. There was a cabinet against the wall. Hua Zhenxing stood next to the cabinet on the side opposite the door. On the other side of the room was a window in the middle, and there was a window on the left side of the window.
bed.
Hua Zhenxing's pistol was originally hidden behind the curtains at the head of the bed, but now it has been placed on the table. The table is on the right side of the window, and there is only one chair in front of the table. Old Man Yang turned the chair around and sat facing Hua Zhenxing.
, crossed his legs and asked: "What have you been doing? Go home and sneak around like a thief?"
Hua Zhenxing: "I said hello to you before I went out and went to the Happy Bar with the big guy Heishaer."
Old Man Yang: "You didn't learn to chew Qiacao and smoke the leaves from them, did you?"
Hua Zhenxing: "Of course not! I don't touch those things, I just drink."
Old Man Yang curled his lips: "Erguotou mixed banana wine, put it in a footbath, and a bunch of people gathered around and drank it from straw stems..."
Hua Zhenxing quickly interrupted: "Stop talking, it sounds disgusting."
The local specialty "cocktail" is to use local banana wine mixed with some whiskey, vodka and other strong liquors, but nowadays it is basically Erguotou produced in Dongguo, because it is high quality, cheap and strong enough.
After the wine is mixed, some sugar is added to it. The taste is very strange and unpleasant, but it is very popular with the locals. They have a very popular way of drinking, which is to put the wine in a wooden basin, and then sit in a circle
, each took a long grass stem and sucked it, looking at his expression, he seemed to be enjoying himself like a god. While drinking, he talked loudly and often sang.
The Erguotou used to mix "cocktails" in the Happy Bar is bought from the grocery store. The grocery store even has Maotai. If you want to drink in Huazhenxing, you don't have to go there to taste such a bad drink. But the atmosphere there is different, which is different from my own
The feeling of drinking wine at home is completely different. It is easy to get high while drinking, and everyone in the circle will be very excited.
But according to what Old Man Yang said, the wooden basin for holding wine is indeed the same style as the footbath he uses at home, and he probably bought it from a grocery store. Although it is not used for washing feet, it seems to be dirty.
, sticky... I don’t know how I could still be so drunk at that time.
Old Man Yang smiled: "You have to endure the nausea! Who's young man is not ridiculous? When you grow up, you have learned how to go to the bar. But how much alcohol do you have until now?"
Hua Zhenxing: "Actually, I came back before midnight, but when I was almost home, I got drunk for some reason and fell asleep against the wall."
Old Man Yang: "You are really big-hearted. Please remember the lesson in the future. You haven't lost anything, right? Do you still have your virginity?"
Old man Yang often spoke without formality. Hua Zhenxing replied: "I haven't lost anything, I just had a dream. What a strange dream! I actually dreamed of the world five hundred years from now. I originally planned to have a good chat with you tomorrow."
Chatting."
Old Man Yang: "Oh, what dream? Tell me now."
At this time, Hua Zhenxing felt that he had completely sobered up from the wine, and he was still very energetic and not at all sleepy, so he sat down and recounted the dream just now——
Five hundred years later, the once powerful Mijian Kingdom has long since collapsed, and the ancient Eastern Kingdom has ushered in a great revival. At that time, there was a Huanxiang Kingdom in the world that does not exist today, and it has the closest relationship with the Eastern Kingdom.
of allies.
In 2520 AD, Fesuo Port was already the capital and largest city of Zhenxing State of Huanxiang Kingdom. It not only had Feso University, one of the most important universities in Huanxiang Kingdom, but also the production base of Chunrong Dan. Zhenxing State was
The Kingdom of Huanxiang is one of the twenty-eight major administrative regions on this planet, and it is also the earliest territory of the Kingdom of Huanxiang.
It is said that the complete recipe of Chunrong Dan, which is regarded as one of the top secrets of Huanxiang Kingdom, is kept in the Chunrong Dan Production and R&D Center in Fesoport. Countless forces in the world want to get it, but so far they seem to have never heard of it.
Has anyone succeeded?
Chunrong Dan appeared more than 400 years ago. The specific time is unknown. The name sounds very ordinary, but its magical effect is like the Zhuyan Dan in Xianxia novels. It is said that it can make people's appearance ageless, which is worthy of human beings.
The pinnacle of biopharmaceuticals in history.
It is not a simple elixir, but a large box of prescription medicines, with a total of 360 parts, each with different ingredients and a specific date for taking the medicine. Take one part per day. Just follow the instructions.
Take it in the correct way. Judging from nearly four hundred years of clinical observation, it has not been found to have any toxic or side effects.
The so-called longevity of appearance is actually just a relative concept. According to clinical summary, taking a box of Chunrong Dan can roughly "keep your appearance" for thirty years. The specific effect can be described as follows: If you reach the age of seventy, you still look forty.
What he will look like next year.
Since "one box lasts for 30 years," wouldn't taking a few more boxes keep your skin longer and stay youthful forever? Unfortunately, the effectiveness of Chunrong Dan is diminishing. The instruction manual explains it very clearly.
The maximum dosage cannot exceed three servings, and the cumulative dosage cannot exceed nine boxes.
If the theoretical maximum dosage is reached and a total of nine Chun Yong Pills are taken, the effect is roughly equivalent to twice that of one serving. According to popular folk saying, it is "sixty years of beauty".
This is already an incredible miracle effect. Think about it carefully, if someone in his nineties still has the appearance of a thirty-year-old, what kind of miracle is it? What’s even more amazing is that Chunrong Dan is a kind of amazing thing.
Goods produced on a large scale industrially!
There may have been so-called "elixirs" in history, and various legendary panaceas may really exist, but can they be industrially produced on a large scale like vitamin pills and become daily consumer goods for ordinary people?
Unfortunately, this pill is only effective for women, and the instructions also specifically emphasize that it is not allowed for men to take it! In professional medical institutions, many users must first undergo a chromosome test.
Although the finished product is strictly controlled, many men have secretly taken it through various means for hundreds of years, including many powerful people. However, it turns out that men taking the Pill has no obvious beauty effect, and even has many side effects.
Although only women can take the Youthful Beauty Pill produced in Huanxiang Country, men are also crazy about it. The reason is obvious. One box of Youthful Beauty Pill can retain youth for thirty years, and nine boxes can preserve youthfulness for sixty years! This is
What a temptation? Many people are willing to pay a crazy price for it! Women are crazy, and men are not immune either.
But Chunrong Dan is just Chunrong Dan. It cannot rejuvenate people, it can only make their appearance last longer. And the good news for men finally appeared decades after the advent of Chunrong Dan. It is an exercise method, and its name is
It is the art of nourishing the essence.
Since the birth of mankind, whether in mythology or reality, there have been various physical and mental exercise methods and even so-called secret cultivation methods. Most of them are absurd and difficult to verify, and some even have some effects, but they are far less than what they are boasted about.
It's so exaggerated and always shrouded in a veil of mystery.
Yangyuan Technique is an epoch-making exercise method in human history. It was introduced by a man named Xu Zihua four hundred years ago. It should have come out before the founding of Huanxiang Kingdom, but its real large-scale promotion was after the advent of Chunrong Dan.
A few decades later, by the 26th century it had become popular all over the world.
The training effect of Yangyuan Technique is verifiable and has nothing to do with any specific religious beliefs. Its promoters have tried their best to demystify it.
The promotion of Yang Yuan Technique has also gone through twists and turns for a hundred years. At first, it was monopolized by a certain class and prohibited from being made public. Later, someone finally broke through the barriers and promoted Yang Yuan Technique to all the people. In today's Huanxiang Country, Yang Yuan Technique
Art has been included in the compulsory education curriculum of middle schools, and every child has five years of free learning opportunities.
Yangyuan Shu exercises a physical and mental state. Based on this, through various special training methods, it can also enhance and master a person's own abilities, which may have been regarded as superpowers five hundred years ago.
Huanxiang Country has a special official organization responsible for issuing Yangyuan Technique level certificates. It is said that there are nine levels of Yangyuan Technique. Levels one to three are elementary, and the recipients are usually called Yangyuan Masters; levels four to six are intermediate, and recipients are usually
He is called an instructor of Yang Yuan Shu. Level six and above is considered an advanced level. Those who have achieved this level are called masters of Yang Yuan Shu. This is no longer something that can be assessed by an official organization.
Senior Yangyuan Shu masters are rare and even just legends among ordinary people. Even Yangyuan Shu instructors with intermediate certificates are rare talents in the world. They are very popular wherever they go, and many places cannot even invite them.
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The "Yuan Yuan Shu Teaching Outline" promulgated by Huan Xiangguo stipulates that only those who have obtained the intermediate Yang Yuan Shu certificate are qualified to guide others to practice elementary Yang Yuan Shu. Huan Xiangguo has included Yang Yuan Shu in compulsory education, and every middle school has
Instructors of Yang Yuan Shu are all appointed by the government.
After so many years of promotion, the tutorial of Yangyuan Technique is no longer a secret. In Huanxiang Country, everyone has the opportunity to practice under the guidance of professional instructors. Even if the standard for obtaining a first-level certificate is not reached in the end, practicing it will not
The downside is that it also has the effects of cultivating the spirit, strengthening the body, and prolonging life. You can practice it for a lifetime.
The effect of the Yangyuan Technique was also questioned at first, but now the voices of doubt have almost disappeared. There is one data that can prove everything. In 2520, the average life expectancy of citizens of Huanxiang Country has reached 108 years.
Among them, the male is 106.5 years old and the female is 109.5 years old.
The average life expectancy of women is three years higher than that of men. Some people say this is a physiological difference, while others say this may be the effect of taking the Chunrong Pill. By the way, the official also claims that practicing Yangyuan Technique can promote the Chunrong Pill.
According to popular social saying, the effect is to "enhance the beauty effect for another ten years".
Life expectancy is only one aspect, the more important thing is the quality of life. After people reach the age of 100, they can generally be as healthy physically and mentally as young people who were five hundred years old. This is the world that Hua Zhenxing dreamed of five hundred years from now.