Earlier, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.

The St. Bottorff Church in the town center is a landmark of the town, and they simply call it the Boston Pile.

Indeed, the building is not particularly beautiful, but its height of over 80 meters makes it stand out from the crowd and has been a landmark for fishermen and sailors to find their way for hundreds of years.

The place was bustling with activity because the polling station for the Brexit referendum was set up in the community hall next to the church.

At this moment, countless people have already begun queuing to vote. Some are complaining that the government left the EU too late, some are wondering whether leaving the EU will really benefit the economy, and some are complaining about why they have to come out to vote in the rain on Wednesday.

The UK has always scheduled general elections or various voting events for Thursdays because historically, Thursdays in many British towns were market days, and people would vote while going to the market.

Money was also an issue. In the past, many places in Britain paid wages weekly on Thursdays, when people had money on hand and transportation was more convenient.

Another thing is to avoid various special days, such as the tradition of workers skipping work on Holy Monday, the midweek gatherings of Protestant churches in some areas, the prayers on Wednesday evenings, the Muslim Friday Friday, the Jewish Sabbath on Saturday, and the Christian worship service on Sunday.

To be honest, there aren't actually that many days to choose from.

In short, Thursday's vote was clearly the popular choice, and it had the highest voter turnout.

But these are all outdated ideas. If the issue is important enough to the public, then the public will come out to vote.

For example, this time, the British mobilized almost their entire force.

Even some drug addicts and low-income people who rely on government assistance are joining in the fun and preparing to vote for Brexit.

Regardless, oases are still something to yearn for.

Who knows when Google's announced European version of Oasis will be ready?

Outside the church, several old acquaintances who had already voted were chatting. Mick Harlow looked at the crowd with a nervous expression. Although he had checked many newspapers and asked all the friends he knew in town, and was basically certain that Brexit would succeed, he still couldn't help but be afraid that something unexpected might happen.

So he stayed there chatting with his old friend, Reverend Michael Turner, hoping to keep Reverend Turner from going into the crowd to promote his cause and influence the vote.

Reverend Michael Turner had been in the town for twenty-eight years, and he officiated at all the funerals of the town's residents. Although he had tried to persuade people not to leave the EU, he had not succeeded. But Mick didn't want to gamble. Humans are really impulsive and fickle creatures. Who knows if someone might change their vote because they are afraid of going to hell after death?

Beside them stood a young man in his twenties, Mick's son, Richie, who, along with his father, had Pastor Turner pinned to the center. They looked as if they were ready to kidnap him if he dared to move.

Reverend Turner said helplessly, "Mick, I've seen too many people die like this, including my mother. She was dragged out for three years, and in the last month she even had to rely on morphine. It's really cruel."

But I believe that pain and farewell are also part of being human. If you remove them, is what's left still complete?

Mick remained unmoved and said, "Pastor, what you're saying is too far ahead. I haven't actually thought about things like immortality, but you know my daughter Sophia's situation! She needs the technology from Aurora, and I don't want her to leave."

Mick's eldest daughter, who is also Richie's sister, was in a car accident in Leeds three years ago and is now severely paralyzed with a very poor will to live.

Fortunately, a few months ago, Mick managed to buy two counterfeit Wanderers, giving Sofia a new reason to live in the Oasis. Her family also took turns using another Wanderer to visit her in the Oasis.

However, this only addresses the symptoms, not the root cause, especially after enjoying the experience of working like a normal class in the Oasis, and then returning to reality to face a self that cannot even control eating or going to the toilet.

Sofia felt completely overwhelmed and began exhibiting signs of escapism, even refusing to go out for meals. The Mick family was just an ordinary family, relying on two small trucks to run a cold chain between Lincolnshire and Rotterdam; direct immigration would be very difficult for them.

Therefore, they can only support the UK in quickly establishing an aurora center after Brexit, and they should be able to cover the costs of adjusting personnel within the UK.

Richie looked at Pastor Turner with hatred. His sister had always doted on him, and he was not afraid of hell at all, but he really wanted to expose Pastor Turner's flaws on the issue of God.

"Pastor Turner! Don't tell me that immortality is a devil's conspiracy. I'll ask you one question: after my sister became a hybrid, with an artificial brain and an artificial body, didn't she have any empathy?"

All the existing adjusters in Aurora clearly possess empathy. Isn't the ability to empathize irrefutable proof of a soul?

Singapore is currently developing a nationwide AI system that aims to aggregate almost all of the nation's consciousness and habits into a unified entity. This entity will possess both human sensibility and AI composure, and will be responsible to the majority of Singaporeans. Do you see this AI as a bad entity? Which part is the bad part—the consciousness and habits of Singaporeans that form its foundation?

Reverend Turner remained silent; he truly could not refute it, because these issues themselves had no answers, and one could say that everyone had their own understanding of them.

Even within the Vatican, there are many factions. The main reason is that not every believer can resist the temptation of eternal life, and various believers cite scriptures and bring various sectarian theories from science fiction novels into reality.

The method for judging empathy that Richie described comes from the famous Blade Runner.

After that, various classic works were used to find inspiration, such as Ghost in the Shell, BioShock, Mass Effect, Westworld, Hyperion, and so on.

And then there's Battlestar Galactica, which has risen to the top three American TV series thanks to Chen Yiran's popularity.

Reverend Turner even heard that the Vatican was seriously considering how to reinterpret doctrine in the new era.

Putting aside the overly exaggerated concept of "adjusting people," at least the reality of wet software has been opened up. At least when Google announced its intention to implement wet software in Europe, the Vatican no longer objected.

Just as he was about to speak, trying to find a way to offer a roundabout piece of advice...

Two burly men ran over from across the street, carrying some food.

They were truck drivers who rented the Mick truck: Jaczek from Poland and Kristian from Romania.

Boston is an agricultural town with a large number of Eastern European workers, and these two men came to work there taking advantage of EU policies.

At this moment, the two men's expressions differed. Jatsek excitedly said, "Great news! Great news! The EU just finished dealing with this. Russia got in, but Poland and many other countries got out. I estimate that we'll likely have a new economic cooperation agreement with the US and China."

Christian sighed, handed the hot dog to Mick, and said, "Our government finally backed down. I wonder if labor policies will change after Brexit. My life has only just started to settle down."

Romania and Russia also have a deep-seated grudge. Bessarabia was annexed by Tsarist Russia, and it took a great deal of effort to get it back in 1918.

In 1940, the Soviet Union took it away again. It eventually became present-day Moldova, a place sharing the same language and culture with Romania, effectively a partition.

However, Romania was too timid. The Russian army along the Dniester River was eyeing them covetously. Romania had only joined the EU in 2007, making it one of the last countries in Eastern Europe to do so. Moreover, it was a net beneficiary of EU funds, receiving substantial road and bridge and agricultural subsidies from the EU every year.

Romanians admire and respect the decisiveness of Poles and Lithuanians, but they themselves have decided to play it safe for now.

Mick and his son began to comfort Christian, assuring him that they would help him no matter what the policy was.

The four men, each holding a hot dog, were enthusiastically eating it while cursing the European Union.

The poor priest, trapped in the middle, had no choice but to endure it for a while. He then grabbed a hot dog and ate it with them, and then obediently stayed in the encirclement.

Anyway, there's no point in going around preaching to everyone; the interpretation of the doctrine might change someday anyway. Let's just destroy it.

Before we knew it, the voting had ended long ago, but hardly anyone had gone home.

The British are used to rain, and in this light drizzle they don't even bother to use an umbrella; they just stand in the rain and wait for the outcome.

The light rain kept pattering on people's heads, making most of the men's already sparse hair look even more disheveled.

Finally, the organizer at the front shouted, "It's done! It's done! We've successfully left the EU! We want the Aurora Borealis too! We're getting quotas for the adjusted visas!"

The British people present began to cheer, filled with hope for the future.

Britain, as a troublemaker, is indeed very dirty, but they have never chosen the wrong allies, they have never stood on the wrong side, and they believe that this time, they are still on the right track!

Richie ran home excitedly. His mother was at home with his sister, and he wanted to hurry back to tell them the good news.

His father quickly called out from behind, "Slow down! There's a TV at home! Do you need to run? Besides, just make a phone call! If you fall again, you'll be in bed with your sister, and your mother and I won't be responsible for you!"

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On Lanai Island, the outside world's hustle and bustle had no effect on the island. At this moment, the island activated its emergency plan, and the entire island was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

Because the first trigger for Aurora's copycat plan has emerged.

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