Chapter 337
When the scale of time is magnified to measure the development of civilization, the description of a few years passing in a flash is the most realistic portrayal.
When getting up early and washing up, Qi Heng glanced at himself in the mirror.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the three years or so since I traveled through time seem to have left no trace on my face... I’m even looking younger and younger.
If this face were to go out now, you wouldn't be able to tell that she's already thirty years old.
Well, my hair has grown longer again, it's time to find a time to cut it.
He tidied up the hair that was a little too long on his forehead, combed it slightly to the side with a comb, and put the comb back after making sure it did not affect his vision.
"Father Xiong, are you okay?"
Hearing the sound, he looked over.
At the bathroom door, two cubs were lying on the door frame like playing Jenga, grinning at him.
Nothing has changed in me in the past three years, but I can still feel the passage of time by looking at my two cubs. Three years ago, the cubs were only as tall as my thighs, but now they reach my waist when they stand up straight.
However, perhaps because he stayed in the shell for too long and was a little malnourished, Qi Xi, who is eight years old this year, is still shorter than male insect cubs of the same age.
"Can't wait?" He walked out.
Qi Lan created this to experience the body of an ordinary Tianjia Zerg creature. However, it has always followed the "average value" and its height has always been similar to that of female Zergs of the same age.
Female insects naturally grow faster than male insects, and this trend is very obvious from childhood to adulthood.
Therefore, it is normal that Qi Lan is a head taller than Qi Xi.
Qi Xi threw herself on him with a grin and said, "It's so rare to wait until both the male and female fathers have their day off. We agreed to go out and play."
"Male father, you're still so slow. Female father has already prepared breakfast."
Qi Xi skillfully held one of his hands and pulled him out.
Well, Qi Heng's other hand was not empty either, and was held by Qi Lan - after all, he raised two noisy, lively and active insect cubs.
"Don't worry, you two."
Twenty-year-old Qi Heng had imagined what family life would be like in the future, with marriage and children, and then... nothing happened.
I was single until I was 27 and didn’t even have a first love, so how could I talk about family life?
If nothing unexpected happens, given his lifestyle, not only will he be single at the age of 27, but he won't be able to find someone to marry and have children with even at the age of 30.
However, plans can never keep up with changes, and sometimes unexpected events will bring unexpected results.
For example, he is thirty years old and has two children.
The child is eight years old and I have been a father for three years.
There is also a woman who is not married to him and is not his wife, but they live together. In the family context, she is the cohabiting partner of the child's other father. These are all things that Qi Heng had never thought about.
Of course we live together, we can’t live apart.
After all, both he and Chu Xiu were very busy, and they were at home very rarely in a year. If they were separated, they would be even less able to take care of Qi Xi and Qi Lan.
Leaving the room, we went to the restaurant.
The house has a floor area of 150 square meters, with a living room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was the new house that Qi Heng and his family bought a year ago.
——When the children grow up, they can no longer sleep together. They should have their own room.
Qi Heng glanced at the prepared breakfast on the table, but didn't see Chu Xiu. He only heard some noise coming from the kitchen.
He withdrew his hands and pinched his two chubby cheeks, "I'm going to the kitchen to check, you guys sit down first."
Qi Xi made an OK gesture.
Qi Lan blinked, took his brother's hand, and said, "Father Xiong, you go."
Without waiting for him to turn around and leave, Qi Xi walked to his chair and stretched out his hand to Qi Lan, "Brother, hug me."
With Qi Xi's height, he couldn't get on the chair by himself, so he had to wait for Qi Heng and Chu Xiu to carry him up.
As Qi Lan started to grow taller in the past two years, carrying Qi Xi onto the chair became something Qi Lan had to do before meals.
It is true that Qi Lan is a cub, but the female insect is stronger and he is taller than Qi Xi.
"Okay." Qi Lan responded, supporting Qi Xi's armpits with both hands, then lifted him up and easily placed him on the chair.
Qi Xi smiled and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother."
In the kitchen.
Chu Zheng was putting some beautifully shaped rice cakes on the plate.
There are six in total, made into cute animal shapes that the two kids at the table will love.
"Anything else? Do you need help?" he asked.
Chu Xiu said without even turning his head: "No, it will be ready soon."
Seeing two cartons of milk in the hot water next to him, he reached out and took them out to dry the water, "The milk is hot, I'll take it out first."
"Um."
Making breakfast is a hassle. With Qi Heng's trouble-making personality, he couldn't be as careful and time-consuming as Chu Xiu even when raising a child.
Most of the time, he solved all three meals with a tube of nutritional supplement, and Qi Xi and Qi Lan followed his lead.
There’s a saying in my hometown: Dad takes care of the children, as long as they are alive.
Putting aside the appearance of the food, Qi Heng felt that as long as it was healthy, it was fine. As long as the nutritional supplements were healthy, then there was no problem.
Only when Chu Xiu is at home and has free time will he cook some normal meals for the two children. He is lucky enough to do so.
However, Chu Xiu was busier than him and was only at home for a few days in a month, so there was not much time for the family to sit down and have breakfast together.
Today, the supplies on Tianyun Star are much more abundant than two years ago. Basically, people can be self-sufficient in daily life and no longer rely entirely on external transportation.
This of course includes food.
Although the choices are still not wide, they are a world apart compared to two years ago. For example, the cubs eat proper food at school, and they don’t have to suffer and drink nutritional supplements like adult Zergs.
This is only limited to schools. Ordinary Zergs still mostly consume nutritional supplements in their daily lives. Vegetables and meat are still a bit expensive, and they can only consume a small amount per month.
Because of the price, most adult insects prefer to eat cheap and convenient nutritional supplements rather than natural food.
"Drink it."
He opened the milk bottle and put it in front of Qi Lan and Qi Xi.
After a while, Chu Xiu came out of the kitchen and put down what he was holding.
"You can eat now."
Chu Xiu sat opposite him and smiled.
Breakfast consists of boiled eggs, milk, steamed rice cakes and buns, which are mainly for the two children.
Even if two adults ate this amount, they probably wouldn't even feel full.
Therefore, an additional nutritional supplement is needed.
Qi Xi knocked the egg on the table and called him, "Father Xiong, I want the bunny-shaped one. Can you help me get it?"
"two?"
Qi Xi peeled the eggshell and said, "Just one, and I want a red bean paste bun."
Putting what Qi Xi wanted in front of him, Qi Heng took one for himself and his eyes fell on Chu Xiu opposite him.
Chu Xiu didn't change much either.
No, that’s not right. There are no external changes, but my physical condition is completely different from what it was three years ago.
The physical data from repeated physical examinations showed that Chu Xiu's health was improving. His mental strength had returned to normal half a year ago, and there was no problem with the operation of his star power.
With long-term treatment, Chu Xiu's degenerative disease did not continue to worsen. The values monitored by the life energy source were not high but did not continue to decrease.
——After upgrading the system to level five and repairing 85% of the system database, Qi Heng finally found relevant records about degeneration and atrophy of life energy sources in the system.
It is not completely untreatable, but the effect is very limited and there has not been much progress after half a year.
You can tell by looking at the fact that Chu Xiu’s expression hasn’t changed.
Female insect degeneration syndrome is a regression from adulthood to growth. If treated properly, Chu Xiu will enter adulthood again instead of continuing to have a face that is too young for his age.
If this continues, ten years later when Chu Xiu and Qi Xi walk together on the street, people will only say that they have a good brotherly relationship.
...It's nothing actually. The Tianjia Zerg have a long lifespan, and their appearance doesn't change significantly before they enter adulthood and old age.
It is normal that people in their fifties or sixties cannot be distinguished from those in their twenties based on their appearance.
Qi Xi still eats very slowly like when he was a child. When he finishes eating, he always has to wait for him.
But today Qi Xi ate much faster than usual.
He has been looking forward to going out and playing today for a long time.
"I'm fine." After taking the last bite in big gulps, Qi Xi tilted his head back and let his father wipe his mouth.
Qi Heng took the kid down from the chair and said, "Go get your things and wait for us at the door."
"Once the table is cleared, you can go out."
"Uh-huh."
Qi Xi pulled Qi Lan to the living room. They had packed the things they needed for going out last night and put them in the small backpacks they would carry when they went out today.
When Qi Heng and Chu Xiu finished clearing the dishes on the table, they came out and saw two people waiting at the door.
There were two cubs, he and Chu Xiu, just enough to hold one each.
Qi Heng picked up the shoulder bag and put it on his back, glancing at Qi Xi's empty neck. "Where's the water bottle? Didn't you say you should bring it with you?"
"At my brother's place."
"It's here with me." Qi Lan turned sideways and found a blue water bottle in the shape of a small water cup in the net pocket on the side of his backpack.
He said, "Let him get it himself."
"Don't spoil him."
"It's okay, father. It's very light for me." Qi Lan shook his head and said with a smile: "Xizi is not strong enough. It will hurt your neck if you hang on me for a long time."
It is true that Qi Xi is weak, and it is also true that Qi Lan likes to take care of Qi Xi.
Qi Heng's mouth twitched, feeling somewhat helpless. "...Did Xizi say thank you?"
"Yes, yes, thank you, brother. You are the best." Qi Xi said hurriedly.
Seeing Chu Xiu's expression of unable to hold back his laughter, Qi Heng sighed. There were only four people in the family, and besides Qi Xi himself, two of them doted on Qi Xi to no end.
He raised his hand to hold the door handle, opened the door, and said to the two boys, "Let's go."
"Great—"
"Let's go——"
Today's plan is to take the two bug cubs to Central Park for fun.
Central Park is located in the original District 26. It was originally planned as a complex area integrating commerce, entertainment, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical care. The central square, which serves as the main body, was the first to be completed.
As for the rest of the building, they were built one after another over the years.
At the beginning, the budget was limited. Later, when the budget was sufficient, some free entertainment facilities were built around the area. Finally, a small zoo was approved for construction half a year ago.
The animals placed inside were all captured from the wild over the past two years to study the current wild environment of Tianyun Star. Because they have been captured and raised for a period of time, it is not appropriate to release them all back into the wild.
During an online meeting to discuss solutions, he proposed without hesitation to build a zoo, saying that it would enrich the current poor entertainment options.
The budget is sufficient, the site is ready, and Lan Yi and the others also think this is a good idea.
Finally, the proposal was passed unanimously.
So the original gathering place No. 2, now an urbanized town renamed Sunshine Town, now has only one zoo.
Two months ago, the zoo opened for trial operation, and the results were very good and it was very popular among everyone.
To book a ticket, you need to make it half a month in advance.
There is no way around it. When the Ikar civilization set up the gathering place, they deliberately cleared the surrounding area. The nearest forest is quite far away from Area 49.
There are no wild animals in the gathering place at all, and Qi Heng and others have also warned that the wild areas behind are dangerous. Even if everyone has good physical fitness, they should try not to get close to or enter these primitive jungles at will.
——The undeveloped jungle is not a place where female insects can enter and exit freely, and they may get hurt if they are not careful.
I remember when I first came to Tianyun Star, I went hunting in the jungle with Yan and the others. Judging from the size of those prey, they were much more dangerous than lions and tigers.
The Ikal civilization simply cleared out potential dangers outside the gathering place, but Qi Heng, in the past two years, has completely cleaned up the area around the gathering place, including the area leading to the new city.
There is also undeveloped wilderness between the No. 1 and No. 2 gathering places. When the decision was made three years ago to build the new city in the middle of the two gathering places, it meant that the area within a radius of 3,000 square kilometers from the center of the new city must become "safe".
It’s not that there is no way to continue expanding outward, but now there are only six million Tianjia Zerg on Tianyun Star.
With such a small number, the first new city under construction cannot be fully occupied. Even if Tianyun Star is included, the number is only tens of millions.
The planning of the new city is based on the largest and most prosperous city during the heyday of the Tianjia civilization. Such a city was originally designed to accommodate a population of 100 million.
Of course, the new city today cannot compare to the original one, but tens of millions is more than enough.
In fact, it is not impossible to establish residential areas in dispersed areas like the current towns, but Qi Heng took into account the safety issues in the future and finally decided to concentrate the residents.
The radius is 3,000 square kilometers and the diameter is 6,000 square kilometers. After construction is completed, it will be enough to accommodate all the Tianjia Zerg on Tianyun Star and those that have not yet arrived at Tianyun Star.
Unlike the underground city which is used for refuge and mainly for living, the new city on the ground is a normal city that encompasses mountains, water, lakes, and is close to the sea.
The first phase of the new city is also the central area of the entire city, and will include the original gathering places 1 and 2... It is a huge project, and the construction time of the entire city will vary with the resources invested.
Of course it is a good change. For example, the expected construction time will be significantly shortened.
As for the two old gathering places, their renovation was completed two years ago, and now there is no trace of the dilapidated and backward gathering places they used to be.
This is still District 49, but it is not District 49.
When the reconstruction project was completed, the new town name, various selected street names, and house numbers constituted the current residential area.
Qi Heng and his family lived on the third floor, and there was a staircase just around the corner after walking out of the door.
After going downstairs, the hover car that A0 had called in advance was parked in the parking space in the community.
The parking spaces were planned when the community was built, but seeing that they are still empty everywhere, you know that they will not be used for a long time.
The underground public transportation is very convenient. If you are a little more extravagant and spend more credit points to call a hover car, it is also very convenient. All roads connect to various districts.
He opened the car door and let the two kids get in and sit down first, and then Qi Heng and Chu Xiu sat in the front seats.
The hover car is driven by AI, and after setting the destination, they do not need to perform any unnecessary operations.
"Are you sitting properly?" He tilted his head and glanced behind him.
Qi Xi raised his hands and said, "Yes, sit down."
"Where are the seat belts?"
"have--"
Chu Xiu clicked the destination confirmation box on the screen, and the hovercraft started slowly.
While the vehicle was moving, Qi Heng rested his arm on the side door, listening to the noise behind him.
Suddenly, he found that there was no sound, and looked back without thinking.
At a glance, I saw Qi Xi had opened the car window, with his upper body leaning against it and half of his head outside the window.
"Xizi, don't stick your head out."
"It's dangerous to do that."
“Ouch.”
"Don't imitate your brother."
A few years ago, when Qi Lan was still a small man, he could only make "Ao" and "Ao" sounds. Qi Xi often stayed with him, and from time to time he would imitate Qi Lan and respond with "Ao" sounds.
"Okay, male father, yes, male father."
Qi Heng: “…”
Raising children is really tiring.
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