Soft science fiction, also known as The History of Self-Fertilization (Nushu). No CP, and the heroine has no romance plot. She will travel to different planets on adventures.
In 2864 AD, the Era of Emptiness begins, and Earth wanders through the various star systems. No one knows why Earth left the solar system, just as no one knows why the Nushu cipher book went missing, turning Nushu into an ancient script that is almost impossible to decipher.
The long Era of Emptiness comes to an end. Humanity settles on Earth in the Rasor system, opening up new lands and migrating to other planets. This is the post-exile era, focused on recovery. Different planets use different calendars: time is chaotic, while space is governed by strict order.
In the year 994 of the post-exile Earth calendar, Chen Mu leaves Lonely Planet, hailed as "the most advanced planet in the Rasor system," and travels to Old Ship University in "China Town, first half of the 20th century, Earth" to study. She becomes one of only two undergraduates there researching Nushu.
In the autumn of 999, she begins graduate studies. At the invitation of Professor Martina Wu of the history department, she sets out to decipher a letter written in Nushu in 2018 AD.
The letter's first sentence reads, "You don't know me... but I... spent my whole life with you."
On the eve of the official decipherment, Martina suddenly dies by suicide.
Just as Chen Mu thinks this is merely an insignificant episode in her life, she receives twelve Nushu letters over six consecutive weeks, all signed by Martina Wu. The last letter comes with a Nushu manuscript titled The History of Biological Self-Fertilization.
Mysteries abound.
The twelve letters are written in two completely different hands. Two restless souls confide their feelings to each other, yet seem to be one and the same person.
Besides documenting ancient methods of biological self-fertilization, the Nushu manuscript also records the history of the development of marital self-pairing. Marital self-pairing means that every independent citizen can marry themselves.
The proposal for marital self-pairing, hastily introduced, awkwardly abolished, and recently revived, may be connected to the loss of the Nushu cipher book.
Chen Mu realizes that to resolve her questions, she must begin by investigating Martina's suicide.
Martina Wu. An ordinary name, appearing in every corner of the history books.
Biologist, high school teacher, field farmer, planetary prime minister, historian...
One of a batch of clone robots produced in 2666 AD and recalled immediately.
The original drafter of the marital self-pairing law...
Science fiction is the history of the future, and the future of history.
Does that history of biological self-fertilization tell the story of women's future, or their past?
Theme: Women should be self-reliant
