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Chapter 23 (Golden Deer 1): The New World

6500 million years ago, the Victoria wetlands on Earth
Nikola Tesla remained in the Victoria Wetlands, awaiting the Venusian Alliance's decision on whether to support his lunar gravity experiments and an update on the readiness of his transport spacecraft.

He didn't feel tormented; with Maria by his side, Tesla felt relaxed and at ease, savoring a long-lost moment of happiness.

Cynthia gradually became acquainted with Tesla, and it turned out that she was a lively and active little girl.

Cynthia introduced Tesla to her friends, and they surrounded him, sometimes jumping and skipping around happily, sometimes leaping into the pond one after another, then popping their heads out of the water to wave to Tesla and invite him to join them.

Unfortunately, Nikola Tesla could not understand the "language" of Cynthia and her companions, who communicated with each other using various high and low tones and lengths, as if they were singing.

Maria had tried to decipher their language system, but with little success. Later, she discovered that Cynthia's mother, Vinu, could understand and translate the songs, perhaps because the mother and daughter shared the same genes and were connected by blood.

Nikola Tesla finally received the Venus Alliance's decision, and from the lineup of participants in the video conference, Tesla sensed that the situation might be different from what he had expected.

Those participating in the video conference included Director Deston of the Venus Union Office, Dean Abbott, and Colonel Fellman. Director Deston stated the conclusion directly:
"Mr. Tesla, after careful evaluation, the Alliance Academy of Sciences and relevant government departments have rejected your plan to conduct gravity experiments on the moon."

"Why? The lunar experiment was to test my theory of gravity. If it is correct, then three years later, the huge ice mass around Saturn will block the superluminal waves and push Jupiter toward the sun, thereby destroying Mars, Earth, and Venus in a very short time. The Venusian humans will lose their foothold in the solar system," Tesla argued anxiously.

“Nikola, time and transportation resources are too precious for us. Scientists agree that going to the moon to verify the theory of gravity is not the most urgent thing to do right now.”

Dean Abbott shrugged regretfully and added, "Even if your theory is correct, so what? We Venusians are powerless to change the massive ice masses of the Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn. What's meant to happen will happen, and we can only do what we can."

“Mr. Tesla, I am currently overseeing the construction of a Mars base, and we already don’t have enough transport ships. There really aren’t any extra ships available for your experiments,” Colonel Fellman said sincerely.

Nikola Tesla remained silent for a long time. He recalled how, years ago, after submitting his paper "The Dynamics of Gravity" to the Union Academy of Sciences, scientists almost unanimously questioned and opposed his theory. Labels such as absurd and inconceivable were attached to him.

Nikola Tesla understood that if he proposed a solution that could resolve the crisis three years from now, scientists, government officials, and even the general public of the Venusian Alliance would unanimously oppose it.

Diston, true to his leadership qualities, gently comforted Tesla, saying:
“Mr. Tesla, the Alliance government appreciates and thanks you for your proposal to colonize Mars and Earth. We hope that you and Dean Abbott will focus your main efforts on the terraforming and construction of Mars and Earth. The Alliance will mobilize all resources to support this project.”

The video conference ended, and Tesla was bewildered, having neither the opportunity nor the courage to put forward his crazy proposal.

Maria brought him a homemade drink, gently stroked his head, and asked:

"Is the crisis you mentioned three years from now really that serious? You can always find a way to deal with any difficulties. If you can't talk to them, can you talk to me instead? It's better to talk about it than to keep it inside."

Nikola Tesla stood up, gently embraced Maria, sighed deeply, and said:
"Sigh! My so-called solution is a last resort, so I can't blame anyone else. To be honest, I'm not even sure if it's really feasible."

As the sun sets, the evening glow illuminates the vast Victoria Wetlands, with the scattered lakes and ponds shimmering with golden light.

A gentle breeze carries a faint fragrance in the warm, humid air, perhaps from the distant scent of pine trees or the tiny seeds of some gymnosperm.

Cynthia and her friends frolicked and ran joyfully to the windowsill of Maria's house, followed by several golden deer.

Cynthia pressed her little face against the windowpane, making funny faces mischievously. Her mother, Vinu, pulled her away, turned around, and gave Tesla and Maria a helpless, wry smile as an apology.

Maria warmly called out to Vinu, inviting her in to chat. Cynthia and the others ran like the wind towards the nearby pond, the fawns behind them leaping and bounding, their short, shimmering fur clinging to their bodies.

Nikola Tesla's gaze followed the joyful group as they jumped into the pond once more, and several deer even followed suit.

After a long while, the children and the fawn did not surface. Tesla turned to look at Maria and Vinu, and seeing that they seemed unfazed, he asked with curiosity and slight worry:
"Can deer dive? Maria, are they clones of you too?"

Maria answered Tesla's questions, as she had successfully cloned mice, sheep, and cows while conducting animal cloning experiments on Venus.

Before Maria decided to clone humans, she carefully examined the cloning plan. To ensure that everything went smoothly, she stayed away from the city and locked herself in a small building next to the village where Brahma and Vignu lived, studying it day and night.

Human cloning is a complex and sophisticated genetic engineering project. Maria discovered that artificially synthesized amino acids and proteins may cause rejection reactions with human stem cells.

After repeated experiments, she finally found a natural gene that comes from the milk excreted by female humpback whales in the sea.

Brahma and Vinu's daughter, Cynthia, tragically died in a shipwreck. The couple pleaded with Maria to use genetic cloning technology to bring little Cynthia back to life. Maria then cloned a "new" Cynthia using Cynthia's stem cells and natural genes extracted from humpback whale milk. Maria also cloned a batch of Venusian humans and several fawns using the same engineering methods during the same period.

The cloning work can be considered a complete success. Tesla already knew of one small regret: the clones' language system seemed abnormal. They could not learn the language of the Venusian humans, but instead communicated with each other through singing, an innate ability.

Another thing that I don't know whether to call a regret or how to describe it is that Maria discovered that the clone and the fawn had respiratory abnormalities.

In addition to having two lungs like Venusians, they have an extra tissue structure resembling fish gills at the junction of the upper respiratory tract and the pulmonary tube.

The disadvantage of this structure is that it compresses and reduces the volume of the alveoli, resulting in insufficient oxygen supply during strenuous exercise. The advantage, however, is that they can stay submerged in water for longer periods of time compared to Venusian humans.

Vinu picked up the conversation, saying, "Cynthia has loved the sea since she was little, and humpback whales are her best friends. Little Cynthia still loves playing in the water. Alas! It's just a pity she's never seen the real ocean."

Vinu's words reminded Tesla of the work assigned to him in the video conference earlier. Building a superluminal power station in the Neo-Tethys Ocean to alter the Earth's landscape was something he was about to undertake, and he clearly needed a lot of help, such as the mother in front of him and Cynthia, who longed for the sea.

“Venu, take Cynthia with you to the Neo-Tethys Ocean. There’s a beautiful island there called Tower Island. I think Cynthia will love it,” Tesla extended the invitation.

"Cynthia loves the sea the most," Vinu said gratefully. "If she could see the sea every day, she would be overjoyed. Can we bring the deer with us?"

“Of course, that new continent of the future is big enough. Take these deer with you,” Tesla said.

Cynthia was probably too tired from playing. She sat on the grass by the pond, panting heavily. The little girl blinked her big eyes and stared at the ripples on the pond. What was she thinking? Was it the sea from her past life?
The moon had risen higher, and Cynthia and her companions' singing drifted up, melodious yet tinged with a plaintive sadness. Maria hurriedly asked Vinu, "What do they mean by singing?"

Vinu listened attentively, a happy and blissful smile spreading across his face, and softly translated along with the melody:
"I miss my hometown, I miss my hometown,"
My hometown is in my dreams.

The sky was clear and the breeze was cool.

Nostalgia is long and deep.

How are the people from my hometown doing now?

I will never forget you.

Being a stranger in a foreign land

Even the most beautiful things are tragic.

I long to go back to my hometown.

Returning to the old days.

Relatives and friends gathered together,
"The sky and the sea sing together in joy."

Nikola Tesla was deeply moved by the lyrics. He was unsure what place Cynthia's homeland referred to in her song—was it the small village on Venus, or the vast, azure ocean she deeply loved in her past life?
He felt that if this beautiful melody were played by a symphony orchestra, it could be incorporated as a lyrical adagio into a grand symphony.

Tesla closed his eyes, and the Neo-Tethys Ocean, which runs between the Eurasian and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, appeared before him. After the Tasmanian Power Station was built, the ocean would change dramatically, this ancient ocean would disappear, and the land would rise to form the highest plateau and mountains on Earth.

Although the impending crisis facing the solar system lingered, Tesla put his worries aside and revealed a long-lost childlike smile. He gently took Maria's hand and held it tightly.

Tesla mentally gave a name to the magnificent symphony that Cynthia sang:
From the New World.

&
The poem composed of collected verses at the end of the chapter:
Xiao Ran grasped the spirit of the times, Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Zhan

Humans would rather run away with a deer. (Song Dynasty, Chen Pu)

The Green Maiden's Fading Jade Traces, Song Dynasty, Zhang Nie
How many branches remain at the end of the branch awaiting return? (Song Dynasty, Ren Xiyi)

(End of this chapter)