Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

Chapter 944 The long game.

"Conquering the universe is the destiny of mankind".

Not long after the video was released, this sentence full of style immediately became popular on the Internet.

It replaced "The future has come" and "I have a big rocket" and became the latest "personality quote" of Master Zhou.

The "video conference" achieved great results through the window of the Olympics. For a while, "Lingshu Biology", a small transparent company under Zhou Rui, brought many heavy achievements and jumped into the global attention.

"Alzheimer's", "sequelae of severe brain injury", "human hibernation", "electrode acupuncture and health care", no matter which one, if it is put on others, it seems to be bragging for investment and stock price increase.

But if it is Master Zhou, it is completely different.

As we all know, Master Zhou never fires empty cannons. He may not say what he does, but he can always do what he says.

And it is fast and good.

The trust established for a long time through the [Collector] entry has been widely available around the world. Whether it is his supporters or opponents, or even those enemies who wish him dead, they will not question his "doing what he says".

Many top wealthy people, foundations, medical institutions, and universities have all started to look for relevant information like crazy.

Some are brave enough to contact "Lingshu Biology" directly, but most of them were evaded, saying that specific progress will be communicated on the official website.

While the outside world was still fermenting, Zhou Rui had already resumed his daily work and life.

Since the start of the "Xingtian Plan", he has not been at home for almost three months. Now he handles a small amount of work every day and spends time with his family. The only important thing is probably the two elderly people in the hospital.

"Xiao Zhou, are the results out? When will you be discharged?"

In Zhongshan Hospital, Zhou Rui, wearing a white coat, is "making rounds".

From time to time, look up at the elders. If there are people with superb observation skills here, they can find that Zhou Rui's left pupil is slightly larger than the right one.

While Zhou Rui was writing and scribbling, he said perfunctorily: "Don't worry, elder. You have to be patient when seeing a doctor~"

The elder wiped his face: "If it were you, you would just give me a set of acupuncture equipment and I would take it away, wouldn't it?"

Zhou Rui shook his head and said: "That's just part of the treatment plan. The really important thing is still to come. So, how about increasing your daily cigarette intake from two to three?"

The elder raised his palm and said loudly: "Five! No less!"

It's interesting to say that smoking was originally prohibited in hospitalization, but considering that the elder is over 90 years old and has smoked all his life, stopping suddenly at this age may affect his health.

Similar examples are not uncommon in medicine, especially for the elderly.

So we discussed it and decided to give two cigarettes a day, and smoke them when going out for a walk.

But the elder was so greedy that he would not throw away the cigarette butt until half of it was burned. In his words, he hadn't felt so aggrieved in half a century.

Zhou Rui was unmoved: "Three and a half, no more."

The elder could barely accept it. Old smokers all know that the term "half a cigarette" is different with one puff.

Zhou Rui turned to the "nurse" specially sent by Beijing Union Hospital and said, "Remember that half cigarette, cut it in half with scissors and give it to the elder."

The elder: "Ahem!"

Zhou Rui smiled. Sometimes it was quite interesting to compete with the elderly. He could probably feel that the elder also enjoyed it.

The treatment plan for the two elderly people has begun to be implemented. A series of physical therapy plans including "electric shock acupuncture technology" will be implemented first to ensure that all indicators are excellent enough, and then low-dose "Compound No. 1" will be used.

Regarding the use of new technology for the two winners of the Republic G Medal, even the "Beijing North Tobacco Factory" has specifically asked about it.

Although Zhongshan Hospital has hundreds of successful cases, although Zhou Rui and Marcus are very confident, Zhou Rui even specially brushed out several peak lower limits of "overlooking".

But it is impossible for the organization not to worry.

However, the reason Zhou Rui gave was also very simple.

Both of them are over 90 years old. To put it bluntly, if no intervention is made, the probability of death within ten years is very high.

If they wait until something is really wrong before intervening, they may not be able to meet the treatment conditions at all. "Compound No. 1" is a special medicine, but it is not a panacea for rescue.

He can wait for a few years for research, but the old man may not be able to wait.

In the end, Zhou Rui still got permission to give the two big guys the medicine.

Fearing that the elders would be bored, Zhou Rui took the initiative to use the remote control to turn on the TV in the corner.

This is also a small right of the special needs ward.

"What to watch?"

"Put on the agricultural channel, I'll listen."

The order of the TV channels is all messed up. Zhou Rui tossed for a long time, but he didn't find the agricultural channel, but "passed by" the sports channel.

A face on it aroused Zhou Rui's curiosity.

His eyebrows raised slightly. This person also participated in the Olympics? Didn't he say he retired?

The elder said curiously: "It's okay to just watch this. I don't know if I can see it next time at the Olympics."

Zhou Rui: "You can talk nonsense as much as you want. Not only next time, but also the next time, I will let you see it."

The elder pointed at the young man on the screen: "Does this guy look familiar?"

Zhou Rui put down the remote control and noticed that the corner of the screen showed that this was a "110-meter hurdles final", and it was a replay?

Wow. It has come to this? And it has already finished?

Have you been too busy recently? Or is this person too low-key? It should be considered big news.

"You know him too? To be honest, he is still competing in track and field at this age. He should have made a lot of determination."

Elder: "You guys, he is obviously a young man, what is his name?"

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"Is 'Xiang·Liu' here? 'Xiang·Liu'?"

Outside the track, a tall, thin man warming up raised his hand.

The staff member looked to be in his early 20s. When he saw Liu Xiang, he was obviously stunned: "Are you Liu Xiang's coach? Where are the players?"

Liu Xiang hesitated.

I'm afraid that at the age of 33, I am indeed not common on the track and field, more like a coach.

After a brief negotiation, Liu Xiang took off his ordinary jacket, revealing the "tomato scrambled egg" color matching suit underneath.

Take a deep breath and head towards the starting point.

But before taking two steps, when he saw the camera not far away, he instinctively hesitated again.

The lens of the camera seemed to emit substantial radio waves, causing him to fall back into the state he had finally managed to regain.

Yes, he basically ran all the way to the finals without anyone paying attention.

There are more than 300 competitions in the Olympic Games, most of which are divided into group one, group two, semi-finals and finals.

If every one of them is broadcast, only half of the TV stations in the country can arrange it. So in fact, what the audience sees are selected projects that are more relevant to their country and more popular.

The relevant “selection” work had already been determined before the Olympic Games started.

Liu Xiang, an athlete who has retired for more than a year, appeared in the final of the 110-meter hurdles. This should have been big news, but it was only discovered by the domestic audience at this moment. It was entirely a request made by him and the Sports Bureau.

The reason is that Liu Xiang, as the first athlete to receive "electrode acupuncture technology", has been conducting various tests after meeting Zhou Rui in the smart building in order to cooperate with the Sports Bureau's evaluation of this technology.

A retired veteran, in order to help everyone obtain data, had no choice but to resume the life of an athlete.

At the age when athletes of the same age were coaching, he was still running on the track and field.

Afterwards, after many verifications, it was believed that he had returned to the level of a professional athlete.

Two months ago, before the qualification window finally closed, the leaders of the Sports Bureau came to talk to him and said that since his retirement, the "110-meter hurdles" event has been completely abandoned.

This track and field event that once set off a craze across the country because of Liu Xiang has now failed to even qualify for the Olympics.

Looking at the whole country, there is not a single "B mark", and it can no longer be described as a lack of talent. Since there are no outstanding talents in the youth team, it is almost enough to be called "cut off children and grandchildren".

As for Liu Xiang, he had achieved pretty good results in his "retirement finale" at the Diamond League Shanghai Station more than a year ago.

As an event recognized by the IAAF and the Olympic Committee, this result is recognized and occurred between two Olympic Games.

In other words, although he has essentially retired, according to Olympic rules, he is eligible for a ticket.

The leader of the Sports Bureau wants to report Liu Xiang's name first. If nothing can be done by then, he can give up the competition. At least in this event, he will not miss this Olympic Games.

Liu Xiang couldn't sleep for several days, and finally agreed, but he put forward one condition, that is, he did not want to be noticed by the public, and it was best not to have any relevant broadcasts. If he traveled around, he would treat it as a trip to Rio.

The leader of the Sports Bureau agreed. Firstly, he was not very optimistic that Liu Xiang could really perform well. The probability of a first-round trip was very high. Secondly, there was a fee for broadcasting each event. The 110-meter hurdles were not originally planned. .

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiang missed every round and advanced to the finals.

This is why it was not until the finals that many domestic audiences discovered this familiar figure.

Liu Xiang tried his best, ignoring the cameras and probably guessing that the finals would not be broadcast in China. Even if it was not live broadcast, it would be replayed afterwards.

Then it turned into a new round of jokes.

For example: Liu Xiang, a 33-year-old veteran and famous Olympic liar, came in last place in the Rio competition, etc.

Thinking of this, Liu Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. What did he want? .

The tips of his toes rubbed against the track of the Olympic stadium. Feeling the rough and hard feeling, his mood became more and more complicated.

Do I have any unrealistic fantasies? Back here again?

Because your injuries were cured by "electrode acupuncture technology", do you think you can run in the Olympics at the age of 33?

Liu Xiang looked around and saw that the seven people on the left were all black athletes, just like in Athens and London.

Do I want to prove that yellow people are no worse than others? In this day and age, do we still need an athlete to prove such a thing?

"Set!"

Liu Xiang squatted down, trying to force himself to focus on the game, but the turmoil in his mind just couldn't stop.

Do I want to prove that I am not a bad actor and seek justice for myself?

When the referee might issue an order at any time, Liu Xiang suddenly raised his head and looked around.

So clean

There is no audience with high expectations, no coach with an expectant face.

There were no GG dealers sitting nearby to inspect the situation, and there were no serious-looking leaders of the Sports Bureau.

What a clean stadium.

Liu Xiang lowered his head and looked at the red on the track.

This time, there was a smile on his lips.

Great!

Almost at the same moment, the sound of gunfire was heard in his ears.

"Bang!"

Liu Xiang stood up instantly and rushed forward.

But his brain still did not stop thinking wildly.

He didn't need to prove anything. Because no one expected him anymore.

Tens of thousands of miles away, in a certain community in China.

The man who was lying and watching TV sat up suddenly. "Hey, Liu Xiang is in Rio?"

"What a joke, he's almost 40, right?"

The wife next to him said: "Not that old, what was he scolded for back then?"

The man fell into memories: "It seems to be because of injury?"

"Why was he scolded for injury? This is too miserable, right?"

"Uh, I don't know. Everyone is scolding."

Rio, on the field where no one cheered.

The agile figure kept accelerating, taking off and leaping.

He didn't have any unrealistic fantasies. Because he was already 33 years old.

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A worker who was having lunch was stunned when he saw the picture on the TV screen.

"Isn't this that guy? Why is he still running? How old is he?"

How many years have passed since I went to school, graduated, and became a social animal.

In an instant, it seemed as if I recalled my youth.

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On the court.

Landing, then accelerating!

The wind on both sides kept whistling.

Liu Xiang felt more and more smooth.

Although his mind was full of random thoughts, his muscle memory from nearly 20 years of training also allowed him to run freely.

He didn't care about those things anymore, and even ignored the position of his opponents around him. He just wanted to run a simple, clean race in the Olympic arena.

Or, one race after another.

—

In Zhongshan Hospital, Zhou Rui folded his arms with interest, watching the figure running wildly on the screen.

It has to be said that it is indeed far beyond his "athlete" level.

Bracket-technical movements.

Physical fitness is another level.

"This guy is not bad. I said he wanted to return to the competition!"

The veteran behind him asked curiously: "Do you know him well?"

Zhou Rui smiled: "I guess so. When I was a kid, I shouted 'I am Liu Xiang'! Hahaha!"

Liu Xiang felt that he was running more and more freely.

The oncoming wind blew away the obsession of more than ten years behind him.

It made his body lighter and lighter.

His sight became more and more focused. Tens of thousands of spectators and even seven or eight opponents were no longer important. It seemed that there was only the track itself in front of him.

Suddenly, he felt that the track in front of him turned into a curve, and then he slowed down inexplicably.

Looking back

It turned out that there was really no opponent beside him.

12.93.

The first to cross the line.

Liu Xiang looked around the audience and saw applause, but it was sparse.

The opponents in the same competition widened their eyes.

The person sent by the team, who was called "coach" but was actually a "follower", was frantically looking for something.

No one thought that he could win the championship, including himself.

Liu Xiang smiled, limped, and walked to the edge.

He took out a national flag he had prepared from his backpack.

The last time he draped it on his back was 12 years ago.