Chapter 340: The Solar System State in Ai AA's Eyes_1

Cheng Xin had agreed to visit Sophon after some time, and then Sophon's image disappeared.

Ai AA said to Cheng Xin, "Respect Jiang Yu's warning, but don't be influenced by him, his thinking is too extreme!"

As the two of them strolled forward, Cheng Xin asked, "Can you tell me about the Wallfacer Plan and the Solar System State?"

Ai AA replied, "Actually, the Wallfacer Plan has long been in name only in the human world, but nowadays, there are still three Wallfacers active in the public eye.

"However, they are no longer pure Wallfacers. You just met Jiang Yu. He used the Wallfacer Plan to establish the largest nation in human history.

"Although the PDC keeps propagating that the Solar System State is going to collapse and that it's evil and unjust,

"the fact is, the Solar System State has never stopped growing and has always been at the forefront of human exploration and technological progress.

"Take the universal implementation of fourth-level genetic modification, for example. Only a Wallfacer like Jiang Yu would have the courage to popularize such a controversial technology across a great nation with nearly five hundred million people."

Cheng Xin smiled and said, "Didn't you just say Jiang Yu's ideas are a bit extreme? How come now it sounds like you admire him a lot?"

Ai AA glanced at Cheng Xin and said, "I have my opinions on some of his actions, but I also admire him. Is that contradictory?"

Cheng Xin shook her head, "You're a contradiction in yourself."

Ai AA hurried to keep up with Cheng Xin's pace, "It seems that both the Wallfacers and Sophon seem to value you a lot. What great thing did you do in the past that earned you such regard from these important figures?"

"I sent my mother to the Seasons Institute!" Cheng Xin blurted out, not understanding why this metaphor had suddenly escaped her lips.

Ai AA looked surprised, her mouth almost forming an 'O' shape.

"That was just a metaphor!" Cheng Xin gave Ai AA an annoyed glance. "And I've regretted that decision ever since."

Ai AA seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, then smiled and said, "Since you caught the attention of two big figures the moment you woke up, getting a couple of spots to watch Sophon breaking through the wall should be easy, right?"

Cheng Xin was startled, "What's so interesting about breaking through a wall?"

She remembered that during the Beginning of the Crisis Era, wall-breaking happened often with varied outcomes; it didn't seem all that interesting.

Ai AA quickly said, "The last wall-breaking happened half a century ago, before I was born, and I didn't get the chance to see it live. I definitely can't miss it this time!"

Cheng Xin smiled and shook her head, "Alright, but I have to tell you, we didn't leave contact information for Jiang Yu and Sophon just now."

"Leave that to me!" Ai AA smiled. "I just need to use your name."

Thus, that evening, Cheng Xin received an invitation to visit the non-tourist areas of Desert North Farm.

The next morning, Ai AA came to pick up Cheng Xin, and the two of them left the city forest teeming with "Big Tree."

Once beyond the city, all that met the eye was a desolate landscape.

More than half a century had passed, and desertification around New Beijing City was still quite severe in some areas.

But now, the Desert North Farm had stopped the sand and dust from the west and north; the deserts were not so arid anymore and had grown some weeds in the past decade or so.

This sight was very much like Cheng Xin's impression of the American West.

There were many cars on the road, most of them heading in the same direction as them.

Cheng Xin asked Ai AA, "Are all these people going to watch Sophon's wall-breaking?"

Ai AA said with a proud face, "Not everyone has the ability I do, to find a way to get such an opportunity."

She explained, "Desert North Farm is a famous tourist spot in the human world, with endless streams of tourists flocking in from all over every day.

"There are all sorts of harvest festivals, tourism festivals, and so on every year. If you hit one of those times and you don't head out early, you might spend a whole day in line and still struggle to enter Desert North Farm."

As they talked, Cheng Xin saw more and more greenery along the road, and after another stretch, the desert was almost entirely covered by green.

Ai AA added, "Nowadays, most of the suburbs have been restored to this state, and it's said that some remote areas even have wild beasts."

They continued forward until they reached a poplar forest that seemed to stretch out endlessly, which made Cheng Xin's mood turn solemn, "It must be beautiful here in autumn, right?"

"Yep, I've seen pictures, and it's really pretty," Ai AA said as she guided, "This poplar forest is the symbol of Desert North Farm. Look, we're at the border now!"

Then she made a sarcastic comment, "I really don't know if the government sixty years ago was stupid? They so easily handed these places over to the Solar System State."

Cheng Xin's first reaction was, "Was there a war?"

Ai AA shook her head, "The PDC has always claimed that Desert North Farm is part of environmental optimization cooperation with the Solar System State, but all you see is the Solar System State toiling here, making money here, with little to do with the PDC."

She lowered her voice and said, "But I heard that Jiang Yu played a trick on the PDC back then. How exactly he managed it, nobody knows.

"All they know is that Jiang Yu made quite a profit and has since greatly increased the Solar System State's influence on Earth."

As they spoke, the two arrived at the border, where two human soldiers and a squad of armed robot warriors were responsible for maintaining order at the entrance.

Entry was quite simple; tourists just needed a quick facial scan.

People like Cheng Xin and Ai AA required a careful check of their documents.

Cheng Xin, seeing these finely crafted, responsive robots with even subtle facial expressions, felt a strong sense of science fiction.

Only after they entered Desert North Farm did Ai AA explain, "The production and development of intelligent robots have always been a strength of the Solar System State.

"It's said that eight years ago after a huge breakthrough in quantum computing, Jiang Shiliu, the master of intelligent robots, was awoken by Jiang Yu, and he once again upgraded the Solar System State's robots.

"However, what's strange is that the newly upgraded robots weren't introduced to the market, but instead sent to the peripheral planets of the Solar System.

"It's said that the Solar System State's development of peripheral planets has never stopped, and who knows what Jiang Yu wants to turn those remote places into?

"How much better would it have been if all that money was invested in the Jupiter Civilization Circle?"

While talking, they suddenly split off from the main path as a side road appeared; Cheng Xin and her companion's car separated from the tourists and took the left turn.

A few minutes of driving later, the woods on both sides of the road became more irregular, with pine trees, cypress trees, birches, and other tall trees commonly seen in the north beginning to appear.

In the woods, small animals like squirrels, hedgehogs, and wild rabbits occasionally appeared, and sometimes one could even see deer strolling around.

This suddenly made Cheng Xin feel as if she had returned to the roads of the Common Era, surrounded by plants and wild beasts, instead of high-rises like Big Tree.

Then the landscape opened up dramatically, and a huge farm appeared amidst the forest.

Many fruit trees and crops were planted in the farm, with plenty of robots working in the fields, and the farm's owner leisurely inspecting his domain, hands behind his back.

Cheng Xin saw the rolling waves of wheat and the large fruits on the trees, and she couldn't believe she would see such a scene in her lifetime, "What a beautiful pastoral view."