In addition to this, there was another small incident that had a certain impact on his worldview.
After going over the trial process of Arthur, Wencheng and the judge in his mind many times, Liu Xiaoheng always felt that something was wrong.
Fortunately, those responsible for broadcasting had a very flexible bottom line. The entire trial of that day was recorded and archived. Ordinary citizens only need to go through the application process to relive the entire process of the ten lawmakers stepping down.
After watching the replay twice, Liu Xiaoheng finally found something wrong.
He is thirty-nine years old this year, so he should have been born in the 14th year of the New Era.
His parents gave birth to him when they were 26 years old, but this did not match the known time -
His parents were obviously not humans who had awakened from the old era, otherwise they would not have worked in a factory all their lives.
So Liu Xiaoheng rummaged through the drawers and cabinets at home and finally found his adoption records.
With this adoption record and his own identity information, Liu Xiaoheng applied to review some of the documents that had already been made public.
These files recording residents' information were made public to all residents of Hope City at Arthur's instruction. After all, there was no way to undo the fact that everyone's memory had been tampered with, so at least they should be given a certain right to know.
Soon Liu Xiaoheng found his parents in the files. According to the time calculation, both of his parents were "quick adults" in the early new era. Their age when they adopted him was not 26, but... 12.
The bodies of "quick adults" usually have some unpredictable defects, and the largest one is the lack of fertility.
In order to stabilize the loyalty of the "Quick Adults" and to avoid the crisis of a lack of successors in Hope City, the congressmen at that time once again thawed and cultivated a batch of embryos left over from the old era.
However, this time they did not use any special chemicals to ripen the babies. Instead, they actually incubated them in the greenhouse for ten months. The fetuses were then randomly distributed to "quick adult" couples who were halfway through their lifespan, had no children, and had applied for the program.
With the continuation of new life, the stability of Hope City has been significantly improved. Although the lives of newborns will most likely be the same as they are now, one of the reasons why life brings hope is the uncertainty of the future.
The congressmen deliberately weakened this memory in the several uses of Instrument No. 1 after the mass adoptions, so that neither parents nor children would easily remember anything about their adoption relationship.
Until now, Speaker Arthur has revealed the truth to everyone in Hope City.
Although this did not bring any substantial benefits, it at least greatly improved trust.
As for Liu Xiaoheng, apart from receiving an unexpected fortune and learning about his original life experience, nothing seemed to have changed except that his daily life became much more orderly.
On this day in early March, he finished work early and returned home. He had just sat down and drank two sips of water when he heard a knock on the door.
How strange.
Liu Xiaoheng thought so. He had very few friends, and those few he had rarely visited him in person unless there was something urgent.
He put down the cup and walked to the door. After opening it, he saw a familiar face.
"Captain?"
The visitor was a senior officer of Liu Xiaoheng's when he was in the city defense army. Although he came lightly, the expression on his face was extremely serious.
"Come in."
Liu Xiaoheng showed enough respect to this old acquaintance and former superior.
But when the door was fully opened, he saw two soldiers in strange attire following his old commander.
But the other party was dressed formally after all, and coupled with the fact that public security had improved recently, and Liu Xiaoheng's belief that no one would dare to attack a city defense commander, with multiple factors supporting him, he brought all three of them into his own home.
Even so, Liu Xiaoheng could still feel the serious atmosphere. He wanted to get a glass of water for the three guests but was stopped.
"I have something to ask you. We'll leave after you finish asking."
Liu Xiaoheng sat on the single sofa and looked at the three people:
"What is it?"
"I heard that you still want to return to the city defense army?"
The captain asked tentatively.
"Yes, I think about it even in my dreams."
Liu Xiaoheng immediately replied,
"What's the point of sweeping the streets? It's more fun to climb the wall and kill the monsters."
The captain immediately turned around and looked at the two soldiers dressed strangely:
"Look, lively personality, positive attitude, and enthusiastic enthusiasm."
One of the two nodded, and the other took out a folder from his large coat and handed it to Liu Xiaoheng:
"Confirm your personal information. If everything is OK, there is a chance for you to return to the battlefield."
As a regular city defense soldier for more than ten years, Liu Xiaoheng was naturally literate. He took the folder, opened it, and saw his life history:
【Name: Liu Xiaoheng
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: April 10, 2014 (sixth batch of greenhouse students)
Reason for retirement: Decline in physical function (common greenhouse symptoms 6-4)...】
After careful confirmation, Liu Xiaoheng signed his name below and then handed the folder back to the soldier.
Another soldier stepped forward and began to tell something that he had said many times before:
“At the instruction of His Excellency the Speaker, the three major institutions are now working together to develop a batch of new combat equipment, which will be put into use immediately after production.
"In order to ensure efficiency and seize combat opportunities, the military now needs to form a new force to conduct equipment experiments and develop new tactics. Retired soldiers with sufficient combat experience and loyalty to humanity can be given priority to join.
“This is not mandatory, the choice is yours, but whether you choose to join or not you cannot actively disclose the content of today’s conversation to anyone.
"That's all I have to say, former city defense soldier Liu Xiaoheng, you can ask questions now. If you don't have any questions, please make a decision."
The sonorous and powerful speech made Liu Xiaoheng, who was sitting on the single sofa, excited, but after thinking carefully, he still asked the question that he cared about most:
"But my body can no longer support the intensity of training."
“That’s not a problem.”
The soldier replied:
"As long as you choose to join, professionals will provide you with treatment and rehabilitation. The Speaker said that the only thing that needs to be considered in the selection of candidates for the program is unlimited loyalty to humanity."
Now Liu Xiaoheng was even more excited. He could even feel the blood vessels in his temples beating, and he could almost hear the sound of his own blood flowing in his ears.
He looked at the people in front of him, took a deep breath and said firmly:
“I choose to join!”
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