Year 16 of the Dawn Era.
Feng Qi was eighty-four this year.
As he aged, he could feel his physical functions beginning to decline.
Yet the early planning and development of Star City still required his personal involvement, so he had begun using the Gene Repair Fluid developed by Wei Wei to maintain his physical strength and energy.
At the same time, the Mechanized Modification Department had been listed as a key development project for Star City.
But Feng Qi was in no hurry to undergo mechanization modification.
The medical team had given him a comprehensive physical examination and concluded that living beyond the age of 110 on this sacrifice timeline would not be a problem for him.
He still had thirty years to wait.
Thirty years would be more than enough for the Mechanized Modification Department to develop. After all, on this timeline, the department only needed to study the knowledge and materials inherited from the previous timeline, greatly accelerating its progress.
Furthermore, with the Technology Research Institute in Future City helping customize equipment in the early stages, construction of the Mechanized Modification Department's first-phase modification facility had already been completed.
One morning, Feng Qi woke up.
After washing up, he went to the bedside, scooped up Xiao You—who had wrapped herself into a ball with a little quilt and was still sleeping soundly with her eyes closed—and left the room.
It was autumn, and a cool breeze blew outside.
On the road leading to the Administrative Building, withered yellow leaves fluttered through the air, carpeting the ground in a thin layer.
In the distance, automated sanitation robots slowly approached, clearing away the fallen leaves along the road.
After breakfast, Feng Qi brought Xiao You along in a private vehicle and arrived at the Mechanized Modification Laboratory.
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