Blessings to the beautiful stars

Chapter 15
In Imperial Union, longevity can be a commodity.

Civilization is marching towards the sea of ​​stars, regimes are constantly changing and annexing, and in the technological explosion that ensues, one technical problem after another has been broken through one after another.

And biological genes are not an insurmountable mountain in these problems.

Numerous rumors claim that the top executives of the Imperial Union have already cracked the code of "immortality", and there are all kinds of real and terrifying evidence to support it.

It’s just that Dilian never acknowledged this, and set a limit on the life span of all flesh and blood citizens in the territory:
300 years!The medical power of Dilian will ensure that your physical body will not age and die during this period, and guarantee the vitality of your life from the molecular level.But in turn, beyond this limit, all medical facilities will also be closed for you.

Perhaps 300 years is indeed the limit of the use of most flesh and blood, or it may be something that Dilian has done quietly.

People who are turned away from medical care can age at an unimaginable rate.One day he was still alive and kicking as he was when he was young, but the next second he was trembling and pulled into the abyss of death by the gravity of the planet.

Of course, the life expectancy indicators that rely on medical power can be bought and sold.Within the territory of the Imperial Union, the lifespan index almost replaced energy coins and became the current banknote.

And this also raises a question, that is, what should people do if they are still within the life expectancy indicator and die unexpectedly?
Mutual Prosperity Insurance came into being, and the solution was to regularly back up the memories, genes, and psychic energy fluctuations of those who purchased the business.After the accident happened, the original copy of that person was made using the backup information.

The Imperial Union Law recognizes that the copied person has the same social status as the original, and the ownership of property and the like remains the same.

As for whether the copied one is considered the original individual, different cultures have different interpretations.Therefore, this kind of insurance business is not accepted by all Dilian people.

Zuo Wu didn't think it mattered, but Ai Shanshan tended to deny it, so meeting these insurance salesmen on weekdays would definitely shut him down.

But this time is different, the message brought by the salesman outside the door, no matter how you think about it, there is only one possibility.

That is, Ai Shanshan commissioned AI to investigate the whereabouts of the psychic creature that bought Levina's remaining limbs!
Zuo Wu looked at Levina's back silently, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally suppressed the dark emotions in his heart temporarily, and nodded in agreement with the new maid to open the door.

……

The head of the insurance clerk is like a slender flower bone, with one eye reflecting the sharp light in the middle of the gap in the bone.

Levina went to perform her duties as a maid and prepare tea for the guests.Zuo Wu was not very worried, no matter what she did, it was impossible for her to blow up the kitchen.

Then, he turned his head back to the clerk: "What's your name?"

"No need to address, in fact, I have violated the rules the moment I stepped into your apartment. I want to treat each other as strangers in the future," the clerk shook his head, and a document came out from his vision: "Look at this first, we Let's talk about something else."

Zuo Wu received it, and he still recognized the photos on the document.It was the tauren law enforcer, the original him must have been wiped out under the bombing of AI.

What is to be signed?Zuo Wu read carefully.

Did you know the deceased?Check it.Was he in the same place as the deceased before his death?Check it.Is it confirmed that he is actually dead?Also tick...

This is almost a mere formal questionnaire, and Zuo Wu dotted in his field of vision: "Why is his reference person me? To be honest, we don't know each other very well."

"As you can see, my client is your colleague," the clerk stretched his flowery head:
"And you and Ms. 33233 are the only law enforcers who survived that incident, and of course you are the only ones who can act as witnesses."

"Wait, how many people have purchased insurance? I don't need to fill out this questionnaire all day, do I?"

Zuo Wu frowned, he didn't want to do things that were too troublesome.

"No, there are very few law enforcement officers who become customers of the company. This is the case in the wilderness. People here never know what the risk is!"

The clerk looked a little excited: "They will regret it when they are about to die, and the property they have saved with great difficulty will be confiscated for nothing!"

Zuo Wu knew it well, and also knew that the clerk's excitement was mostly a disguise. He was actually selling to himself in a roundabout way, but his salesmanship was really not that good.

"Then you don't seem to have any business here." Zuo Wu shrugged: "That's it, Gongrong Insurance specially put you here on the desolate planet?"

The clerk was stunned, and after a while, a gas was slowly released from the gap between his flowers:

"Sir, you seem to have misunderstood my work. Moreover, I have also negotiated several big deals here... The message that the colony AI entrusted me with is also related to this big deal."

Zuo Wu was concentrating, but at this moment, he heard a rattling sound coming from the kitchen.

After a while, Levina came with a tray and put two glasses of steaming drinks on the table.

He nodded to his new maid, but Zuo Wu looked at it for a long time, but he didn't recognize what kind of drink it was.The bubbles are rolling in the glass, the color is red and black, and the smell is also indescribable.

The clerk and Zuo Wu were silent for a while, looked at each other tacitly, raised their heads at the same time, and decided to talk about the matter first.

Levina, holding the plate, took advantage of the situation and stood to the side.

Zuo Wu clasped his hands: "So, what is the big business you are talking about? What does it have to do with the news we inquired about?"

"...Sir, have you heard of 'Planet Adventure'?" The clerk's one-eyed glanced at the prosthetic limb installed on Levina's body for a moment, and then withdrew his attention.

"No, please explain."

The clerk nodded: "The nearest galaxy is not peaceful. There are large and small frictions between the Imperial Alliance and the [-] or [-] surrounding regimes. Last year, several major animal husbandry planets were lost. The high-level is not very reconciled, so the intensity of the war does not rule out the possibility of likely to continue to rise,"

"But no matter how hard the fight is, there is a high probability that it will not develop into an all-out war. This means that the statement issued by the Star Sea Alliance is still valid. In other words, everyone will not be the first to use the 'Star Destruction Weapon',"

The clerk's tone was relaxed, as if he was telling a happy event: "The 'planetary insurance' I mentioned is used here. People who buy this kind of insurance are equivalent to betting with our common prosperity insurance. If the planet he specifies to insure After being destroyed, they will receive compensation from us."

Zuo Wu narrowed his eyes: "The big business you made is that someone bought the so-called 'planetary insurance' here?"

"Yes, and it's a coincidence that the buyers are the psychic creatures you are looking for, and the planet they designate to be insured is the one under our feet."

"At first, I was not happy, because no matter how I thought about it, it was impossible for the star-destroying weapons to come here. After all, this place is too far away from the war zone, and the Imperial Alliance has no reason to destroy the industrial planet under construction."

The clerk inhaled lightly: "You know, the insurance cost of planetary insurance is not cheap. If the excellent analysts of Liansha Company hadn't discovered any risks, then I'm afraid it would be too expensive to drain all the ethnic groups distributed here in the Electric Energy Alliance." No premiums."

Zuo Wu nodded lightly.In other words, the psionic creature who bought Levina's remaining limbs almost desperately believed that the planet was about to be destroyed?That's why I bought insurance to make a fortune?
"Shouldn't what you told me be a client's secret?"

"That's why I said that from the moment I stepped into your apartment, I have already violated the rules, and I will try my best to be a stranger in the future," the clerk's flowery head stretched out: "As for why I am willing to violate the rules? After all, it is the official AI of Dilian. Entrust it to me, this favor must be given."

The topic seems to be a bit far away, Zuo Wu hurriedly shook his head to bring the topic back: "Wait, what is the definition of destruction?"

The clerk's one-eyed light shined: "The whole planet is at least shattered into a single piece of debris with a diameter of less than 20 kilometers, or annihilated in the void, and there is no possibility of putting it back together."

"So strict!"

"After all, there was a record of civilization dismantling its own home planet into pieces of floating islands. If that is considered destruction, then the cover company can't stop losing money."

Zuo Wu nodded: "What are the conditions for the insurance to take effect? ​​Only if the planet is attacked by a star-killing weapon?"

"...No, strictly speaking, as long as it is destroyed, it counts. But apart from star destroying weapons, I really can't think of anything that can shatter the celestial body with a mass of 50 trillion billion tons under our feet,"

The clerk sighed: "According to the current survey, the extinct primitive civilization on this planet only mastered atomic-level technology at best. Even if there are things that can be used after tens of thousands of years, the most are the most, but they can't be used." Scrape a little skin off the surface of the planet."

"Could it be some natural disaster from the universe? For example, a high-speed particle stream, a gamma ray burst, etc.?" Zuo Wu was scratching his head, and he didn't know if these terms were accurate due to amnesia.

The clerk shrugged his shoulders lightly, hinting at something vaguely disdainful: "No, the natural disasters that can be observed by the Electric Energy Alliance can also be observed by our Gongrong Insurance. And... we will only know about it before they do."

Zuo Wu nodded, slowly digesting the information.

Then, he suddenly smiled: "That's it, I understand. But, why did you tell me this? You want me...to help you find out why the psychic creature thinks this planet is going to be destroyed?"

The clerk also laughed: "How can I? I'm just telling you the whereabouts of the psychic creature according to the colony AI's request.

"As for the additional information, I just drank the tea on the table, accidentally said it in a comfortable environment, and you overheard it again."

(End of this chapter)