Solar Calendar Year 4611, July 3rd.
Ding Yun passed away.
She was sixty-eight years old.
In truth, she could have lived on, easily another forty to fifty years. However, her missions were complete, her endgame work concluded, and even her grandchildren had grown up. There was simply no need to live so long and retire, wasting precious time that could be spent pioneering new worlds.
Due to the high returns from pioneering new universes, there was no shortage of people willing to take on such work. Once the source universe fully absorbed a new universe, this short-term endeavor would be over. If one didn't seize the opportunity, what was the point?
And with Ding Yun's passing.
In recognition of her many years of contribution, the authorities specially dedicated a special retrospective program to her, detailing her achievements and accomplishments over the years, a final assessment.
Including her pen name, "Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu" (科普小能手).
This was also revealed.
It was only on this day that most ordinary people learned that Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu was her, and that the current natural disaster prediction system was also developed by her.
Many people online, besides mourning.
Felt a sense of revelation.
A feeling that many past secrets and perplexing questions had finally found their answers.
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#Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu is Ding Yun!#
[I truly never imagined that Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu would be Ding Yun. If my calculations are correct, she should have only been fourteen or fifteen then. I vaguely recall that I was obsessed with practicing martial arts back then, even stealing money from home to buy martial arts manuals. Later, when those Qigong masters were exposed by Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu, I cried for a long time.
I felt my dream of becoming a martial arts master was completely shattered.]
[So, the person upstairs is from the same era as Elder Ding?]
[Wow, there are still people who remember Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu's initial rise to fame. Thinking back now, it really feels like tears of the times. That year, some people believed in the existence of light, and some people believed in Qigong and martial arts.
That year, she personally shattered many people's dreams.
If martial arts were an adult's fairy tale.
Then she was the one who shattered that fairy tale.]
[As expected, capable people are always different from ordinary people from a young age. But how she could predict natural disasters, was it talent or something else? It's unlikely she had already researched the natural disaster prediction system in her teens. The report doesn't seem very clear.]
[I just flipped through the Science Daily that my dad collected. In the first issue of Science Daily that featured disaster prediction, it was explicitly mentioned that it was a combination of science and metaphysics. And at that time, metaphysics was mentioned more. So I guess perhaps Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu predicted natural disasters mainly through metaphysics back then.
And it relied on her personal talent and ability.
Something others couldn't learn.
Later, with breakthroughs in science, much of what metaphysics could do was replaced by science, leading to the natural disaster prediction system. Of course, this is just my guess. Believe it or not, it's up to you.]
[I think the guess upstairs is reasonable. At least I don't see any major issues. Elder Ding yyds!]
[Honestly, I strongly suspect that Elder Ding is a reincarnation of an ancient national preceptor or celestial master, and possibly not from a normal ancient era, but one with genuine metaphysical cultivation and divination techniques. Ancient celestial masters and national preceptors, you know.]
[Please, have you forgotten that Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu's research capabilities are also top-notch? Have you ever seen anyone from ancient times transmigrate to modern times and become a scientist?
Is it so hard to admit that geniuses exist?]
[Please, this is no longer a matter of genius, this is purely a prodigy. That, I mean prodigy in a good way, so don't attack me.]
[My forty-meter broadsword almost unsheathed!]
[Honestly, I have reason to believe that Kēpǔ xiǎo néngshǒu was definitely capable of more than just predicting natural disasters. Perhaps she could even predict national destiny. And if she could accurately predict the future, then seeing technological inventions from the future trajectory and bringing them over for use might not be impossible. In that case, her extremely strong research capabilities, and even the fact that her company group never made a wrong move, would seem quite reasonable.
Oh my, saying it myself, I'm almost convinced.]
[It sounds both absurd and reasonable!]
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#全民爸爸 or 全民妈妈#
[Seeing the news, I suddenly remembered that decades ago, I called this person "Dad" for a hundred yuan.
That was the largest red envelope I ever snatched from a stranger.
The biggest red envelope.]
[Emmm… how can you call them a stranger? Didn't you call them Dad? They are family!]
[Speaking of which, do we who called her Dad have the right to inherit property? We're related by calling her Dad, even if not by blood!]
[I remember he scattered a full seven hundred billion, right? The least received was a hundred yuan, and some got thousands or tens of thousands. According to later statistics, out of the world's seven billion population, at least over six billion people snatched a red envelope. The remaining billion didn't have phones, or were even starving, truly helpless.
Even though many of those six billion people have died, there should still be four to five billion people alive now, right?
So many people called her Dad for red envelopes.
Now, those so-called "National Daughters," "National Wives," "National Mothers-in-law," and "National Fathers-in-law" in the entertainment industry are nothing compared to her.]
[Well, if you ask me, calling her "National Mother" might be more fitting. In recent years, due to the increasing environmental pollution and less natural and healthy diets, the mortality rate, malformation rate, and weakness rate of naturally born fetuses are far higher than those of newborns gestated through in-vitro fertilization.
So now many places are promoting in-vitro fertilization technology, and many newly married couples also prioritize this technology. In the long run, I think most children in the future will be born from artificial wombs. And Ding Yun is the inventor of the artificial womb. Isn't calling her "National Mother" more appropriate?]
[My goodness, Ding Yun only sent out red envelopes once, you don't need to remember for so long, do you? How many years ago was that? Is it worth it, really?]
[Of course it's worth it. Compared to now, where you need to prepare in advance and struggle for half a month for a two-yuan red envelope, her actions back then were almost without any threshold, directly sending three-digit or more red envelopes. It was unprecedented, and should be unrepeatable.
No one has imitated it for so many years.
Even with the currency depreciating two to three times, no one has imitated it.]
[If you ask me, Ding Yun is definitely "National Dad" now, because most people globally have called her Dad. When our generation dies out, then she should be called "National Mother." Because when most of us are gone, most newborns will be born from artificial wombs, and calling the inventor of the artificial womb "Mother" is not unreasonable.]
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