Deep Space Wandering Fleet

Chapter 119: Chapter 120: The Vicissitudes of the Sea

Even though he was over one light year away and couldn’t enjoy these fortunes, Zhang Yuan still felt a deep sense of joy.

He meticulously reviewed the general information of the company.

Over the span of more than 180 years, the company had faced numerous ups and downs, nearly went bankrupt, but seized opportunities to rise again, and eventually stabilized after being acquired by a well-established publicly traded company.

His shares had been converted into the shares of the publicly traded company, amounting to a significant number, with a current value of 33.1 billion.

As for the publicly traded company, Zhang Yuan checked its main business—they indeed dealt with robotics. A major part of their business was adult toys, or rather, robotic companions, currently the most profitable industry…

Otaku men simply couldn’t resist these beautiful androids; they could do household chores and provide additional special services…

Even if the price was high, they would just buy, buy, buy.

There even emerged a so-called “indescribable game” named VR-LOVE.

Having “indescribable” relations with robots felt good physically, but the psychological experience was never great. Knowing in the heart that it is a robot, which won’t resist or behave inappropriately, lacked that unique feeling.

But with VR glasses, one could remotely find a “real person” as long as both parties had such a companion robot; you could remotely control each other’s robot to make the same movements.

This way, not only the physical sensation was good, but the psychological experience improved as well!

Completing some stories remotely would bring a psychological thrill, yet it wasn’t truly infidelity…

[The VR-LOVE game has become the most popular paid APP, with the government urgently shutting down 1191 online ## gangs. Among them involved 120,000 minors…]

Faced with this bizarre fact, Zhang Yuan pinched his nose, chuckled wryly, and didn’t know what to say.

“City folks really know how to play, huh!”

Upon closer thought, it wasn’t surprising; as lifespans grew longer, everyone liked to find some fun in their prolonged lives, leading to these gray-area toys on the fringe of legality.

In Zhang Yuan’s time, hooking up was widespread, let alone in the modern era…

Perhaps the most elusive thing in the world is fate.

His robot control theory was originally intended for industrial production and power armor; in the end, after 180 years, it was used for adult toys…

Well, that’s not really a big deal…

Being put to use was better than being discarded altogether.

Right!

How had the star project in Zone C, the “Genetic Matching APP,” developed?

After searching the database for a while, Zhang Yuan was suddenly wide-eyed to find that “genetic matching” had long been shut down by the government.

Companies that had survived in the flow of time for 180 years were indeed very, very few.

“Genetic matching” had been hot on Earth for about 3 years, but then better and more advanced matching technologies emerged. The core software development team had already entered a state of hibernation and naturally couldn’t update to compete with their rivals.

Taking advantage of the situation while the project could still fetch some money, the Deep Space Foundation sold it off entirely.

The company responsible for taking over conducted a series of reforms on the software.

As a result, something rather laughable happened. Due to its involvement with adult network services, the project was shut down by the government after three years.

The incident even made quite the headlines at the time.

Zhang Yuan swallowed, somewhat stunned.

Who could have predicted the final outcome in the changing world?

Most social software, at the moment of their downfall, would link up with adult content, in an attempt to turn the tide.

This seemed similar.

He checked further on Li Zhendong’s game—”Arrow Tower Auto Chess,” which had long been buried in the dust of history, with not even a single news item found…

Even the Deep Space Foundation, as diligent as it was, couldn’t possibly send all of Earth’s data over.

There was one last thing he wanted to know—just how much had Elwin’s painting sold for?

There was relevant news on that front.

The painting had become the object of pursuit among top billionaires.

It had skyrocketed from a starting bid of 1.4 billion!

At an auction over 40 years ago, it fetched a record price of 36.1 billion!

A top billionaire had taken the painting, preserving it in a private museum.

Okay, Zhang Yuan also felt that it was normal for such “storied,” “talked-about,” and “controversial” art to be speculated upon, and any number used to measure it wouldn’t be excessive.

Perhaps even Elwin had seen through such trivial speculations in his last moments of life.

…

In this silence, time passed quickly day by day, and Zhang Yuan had completely recovered his fighting spirit, engrossed in the ocean of knowledge, unable to extricate himself.

There were plenty of new things worth his serious study.

This kind of cold, sparse life, if one got used to it, wasn’t unbearable.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yuan was always keeping an eye on the various dynamics of Earth Civilization. This was the greatest joy for them, the conscious population.

After 183 years of time, the Earth Era was about 1.2 light years from the Solar System, roughly 11.35 trillion kilometers away. From here, looking at the entire Solar System, the Sun had turned into an ordinary star.

Even the astronomical telescope on the spaceship could barely detect Earth; it could only approximate Earth’s location by calculations.

At a distance of 1.2 light years, sending electromagnetic signals had become quite difficult; it required aligning with Earth’s direction, emitting high-power electromagnetic pulses, which posed a significant loss to the spaceship’s communication equipment.

To reduce the wear and tear on the equipment, the spaceship would only contact Earth once every month or two.

Of course, receiving signals from Earth was still quite simple. Many communication officers gathered in the Star Library, trying to obtain firsthand information from Earth and classify and organize it into the database…

In the blink of an eye, a year had passed. The work under Zhang Yuan’s responsibility hadn’t encountered any major errors.

“New report, new report!”

Suddenly, everyone in the office gathered around the screen.

Korea had hesitated for over half a year but ultimately opted for the combination of artificial wombs with robotic nurturing to increase the birth rate.

“Cut it, as expected…” Zhang Yuan said listlessly.

“What do you guess the outcome is?”

In just half a year, the birth rate increased by 0.3 percent, which was an incredible figure for a country!

And the growth of 0.3 percent wasn’t even the final number. Many couples were still observing the latest policies, including the safety of robotic nurturing.

Once proven reliable, the birth rate would surge even more!