On the weekend, Lin Qi and Catherine strolled through a park in the City of Miracles.
Soft grass spread beneath their feet, and the tender green leaves brimmed with vigorous life.
One glance was enough to feel the vitality contained within them.
There were some people nearby, but no one came to disturb them, and the two simply continued strolling.
Neither of them spoke.
Catherine was one of the few people who had not undergone surgery to fix her lifespan. She had not transformed herself into Digital Life, either. In other words, she already looked much older than before.
Judging from her appearance, she looked about forty-seven or forty-eight, but in reality, she was approaching sixty.
According to Aurora's analysis of Catherine's body, she could probably live into her eighties. In other words, she had only a little over twenty years left to live.
She refused to use any technology to extend her life. Natural decline had instead become something she pursued, even a sort of ideal.
The closer some people came to death, the more terrified they became.
Catherine was precisely the opposite. The closer she came to the end, the calmer she became.
After walking for a while, the two found a bench and sat down.
"They've all advised me to undergo the surgery. What do you think?" she asked Lin Qi first.
Catherine's parents had both undergone the surgery. They had even completed the surgery to become Digital Life. As long as the servers storing their Consciousness Storage remained powered on, they would exist forever.
Even if the servers suddenly shut down, they would still come back to life once power was restored.
They would only die if the entire server were completely destroyed, and the storage sector containing them was shattered and thoroughly erased.
Otherwise, they