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Walking on the mountain road, there are lush cypress trees on the roadside... Through the false scenery, through the abandoned factories in the ravines, through the fragrance of rice flowers on summer nights, through the nested immersion system, through the garbage dump of memory under the abyss of consciousness, through the strings of numbers 0 and 1, through the human civilization that is no longer important, he went to find a glass of alcohol that can draw silk. "The Odyssey" is a unique collection of science fiction works, including eight short stories and three reviews. The longest of them, "Later Man", was originally titled "The Odyssey" and was titled "The Later Homeland Odyssey" when it was published in the journal. When compiled into a book, the current title was adopted and the original title was used as the title of the book.

At the end of winter this year, Zhan Meng boarded a boat bound for Orange Island. Orange Island was not her destination, there was no place she wanted to or could even go. There was no road in front of Orange Island, only the sea, and she was trapped here. Zhanmeng was rescued and taken in by a stranger. Her takers didn't ask about her origins and didn't seem truly prepared for her arrival. Hastily, they decide to get into each other's lives before they even know each other's names. The stranger's name was Ding Mo, and he took Zhan Meng back to his home, a place called "Light House". Astronauts disposing of corpses, a crazy dolphin without a name, a restaurant called the Spare Rib Restaurant. The island that goes to sleep when winter comes... Everything, while accommodating everyone's thoughts, gradually becomes clear in the movement of light...

"Later Humanity" contains three novellas written by Sugar Bandit from 2020 to the present: "Looking at the Cloud Treasure Land", "Happy Day" and "Half Chapter and Half Tune × 2". The background of the story is set in the future era of the development of artificial intelligence. In the cyber world where humans and machines are coupled, there are virtual clones in the cloud, brain-computer transformation surgery to enhance the brain's computing power, a family master who controls various functions of the apartment, "joy" to satisfy human sexual desire, and a spherical vibrator field for renting out the body. Sugar Bandit uses the science of science fiction to describe in detail the future of mankind. They are He Lai who stayed in the clouds until his life rested, Xin Min who endured the surveillance of the family boss, Chen Keqing, a beauty blogger who unexpectedly became popular, and Zhao Xiaobai who rented out his body...