1 Chapter 1: Prologue

In November 2199

An island nation in the Indian Ocean

It was a hot summer day in the Southern Hemisphere, and there were no clouds, and the air was on fire, and the dogs lay in the shadows, and puffed and puffed with their long tongues.

An apparently Asian man was sitting in front of his computer playing a game, though the air conditioner was on, his sweat still wetting his hurdles vest like a floodwater that had been turned on.

Nearby, the TV is reporting the news: "With the increasing greenhouse effect year by year, the global sea level has been 2.5 meters higher than the end of the 21st century.Ancient mosses and microbes have been found beneath the ice of the Antarctic continent, which is melting.I believe that with the passage of time and the efforts of our researchers, there will be more new discoveries to show in front of the world. I believe that the extinction of dinosaurs, which has haunted the human mind for hundreds of years, will soon be solved."

The man was holding a cold beer when he heard the news. He threw it down his stomach and slammed the empty beer can against the wall.The empty beer can fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and then stood still.Ah Kai is still angry, go up is a foot, empty beer can along the stairs, roll all the way to the first floor.

His wife hear sound but come, fork the waist to raise a head to scold: "AH Kai, you this waste, drink some beer all bad good drink, beer can not throw into the trash can, return from upstairs throw down?"

"Do you think I'm cleaning for you?You a big old men, do not want to go to work to make money to support the family, squat at home every day to play games, when is the end of this day?"

"Go out and find a delivery man, clean up, or be a security guard.No matter how big your fortune is, you can't afford to live on nothing."Fifteen thousand words have been omitted here.

Without saying anything, Kai went downstairs to pick up the beer can and put it in the trash. Then he turned and went upstairs to his room, slamming the door behind him.

"What are you doing in all your effort to shut the door for?The door is broken. Will it cost nothing to fix it?Do you have the money to fix it?"

Ah Kai, lying on the mat, turned a deaf ear to his wife's scolding, and said in his heart: "What should come is coming, and how to hide is also can not hide."

"MD, the SBS always think it's a good thing, I've published so many papers on the dangers of global warming, they forgot about it, now the Antarctic ice is melting what do they think it's a good thing?"

"And want to bring great benefits to humanity?"

"It's obviously a huge threat."

"No!This is not a threat, it would be a disaster for all humanity, nothing less than the extinction of the dinosaurs!"

Why would Kai say such a statement?He's not crazy or worried.

Ah Kai is a very famous paleontologist in Z and even in the world. In 2185, he graduated from Z University of Geosciences with a master's degree in paleontology. In 2188, he joined the Palaeontological Society of Z, and in 2190, he joined the UN Palaeontological Society.

But Ah Kai is a technocrat, not good at the bottom line, coupled with the character is too straight, never beat around the bush and flattery.Attending a UN conference would not give any old expert professor face, let alone in the field of paleontology in China.

So Ah Kai has offended too many people out there, and he doesn't care.

Therefore, at the UN Conference on Global Warming in 2198, I unceremonially put forward my opinion on the theory that "even if effective measures are taken at present, global warming will continue for 300 years" proposed by a professor from M country.

That is, "if the Antarctic ice sheet melted, the ancient viruses carried by the ancient people would kill most of the people, the two seem not directly related, but there is a necessary link."

As a result, UN conferences have a reputation for bickering rather than solving real problems.Such a mess by Kai, can only immediately declare the adjournment.A few days later, Ah Kai was removed from the UN Paleontological Society, and Z, not to be outdone, also removed Kai from the Paleontological Society of Z, calling him home on leave.

Ah Kai suddenly from the paleontological field experts to squat at home, the result is imaginable.

Ah Kai also does not have bad hobby at ordinary times, he also does not have the habit of hiding small Treasury.

He pays his salary and bonuses in full, and his field of paleontology has no gray income. It's not a popular major, and he doesn't get to teach a few graduate students, so Ah kai is basically pennilous.

Disheartened Kai tired of the way of the world, then the family directly moved to the southern hemisphere of the Indian Ocean on a small island life.(Said the whole family moved, but in fact it was just the two of them)

Why to run so far, because here no one knows who he is, and is here few people, social relations are very simple.

Another is the very low cost of living, to wear clothes, for example, a year in winter and summer two seasons, winter is not cold, the lowest temperature of ten degrees, a vest, a big pants, a pair of slippers can live for most of the year.Eating and drinking is also very simple, their own cooking costs are not.

After all, Ah Kai graduated with a master's degree, and his English was not bad enough. He had found several jobs before, but as he got older, it became harder and harder to find them.Kai's life slowly began to precarious, although not food, but the quality of life is a sharp decline.The beer was paid for by him writing novels on the Internet.It was the first time he had had a beer in over half a year.

At this thought, Ah Kai could not help feeling unhappy, he got up from the bed, stood in front of the wardrobe mirror and looked at himself in the mirror.

Although he has been more than 40 years old, the hair is still swarthy thick, no white hair and balding, height is not high not low one meter seventy-five, although long-term desk work, the bridge of the nose but no glasses, the body slant thin, that is, less than one hundred and thirty catties.

Looks very ordinary, like a drop of water in the sea, a grain of sand in the desert, lost in the Asian crowd will never be found.A pair of small eyes, a nose that is not high or low, thick lips, a face of honesty and honesty, fortune teller said that he will go through countless hardships, and then can have a rich life.

"But aren't my days now the end of my ordeal?"Kai asked himself, and God, "How long before my ordeal is over?"

"Well, I am at least a scientist, why will believe those pseudoscientific things?"

"Sometimes when there are no expectations in life, we begin to place our hopes on something that is not real.Ah, life is always so helpless.

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