Planetary Museum

"It's all arranged," Wu Xiaoqing reported on his morning's work results at a routine three-person meeting, "These pits are not cold at all, and it's easy to get in and out. The patients are all isolated with plastic sheets..."

"These are trivial matters, Wu Xiaoqing, let them handle them by themselves," Shen Changwen said, "We are only here for disaster relief, not as nanny."

In fact, Shen Changwen has already mentioned this topic before.It's just that Wu Xiaoqing himself doesn't agree so much. In his subconscious mind, he still wants these people to live better.

"Brother," Wu Xiaoqing said to the search and rescue team, "Professor Shen said that he will only be given one meal a day from now on. Is it too urgent? They have just landed, and many of them have not recovered yet."

Shen Changwen glanced at Wu Xiaoqing and smiled - Wu Xiaoqing is still very naive, probably now he almost regards these primitive people as his relatives.But Shen Changwen knew that their "rescue" this time, if nothing unexpected happened, was almost coming to an end.

But Wu Xiaoqing definitely couldn't understand this point, perhaps in his view, this was the beginning of the Long March.

"Wu Xiaoqing," the search and rescue team asked, "the project will be finished in a few days."

"A week," Wu Xiaoqing said, "include the warehouse and the toilet."

"What about the food, how long will it last for the food on the ship plus the food here?"

"We can always eat more than ten days," Wu Xiaoqing said. "Isn't it enough for us to buy? Anyway, it's not expensive." A person can eat less than one yuan of rice a day, and Wu Xiaoqing still has tens of thousands in his hand. Use it, take all of these to buy food, it will be no problem for a month.

"We can't buy any more," said the search and rescue team. "I agree with Professor Shen's proposal. From now on, we will eat one meal a day. After one week, we will eat it every two days."

Wu Xiaoqing was a little anxious: "Brother, why is this? There are stone deserts around here, and it will be winter again soon. Isn't this going to starve them to death?"

"There is nothing nearby," the search and rescue team said, "but they will look for it further away, and the flood is now receding, they can go back in the direction they came to find food, or go to the water Fishing. Even if there is nothing, people can eat one meal every two days, and people will not starve to death."

"But there are crocodiles in the water."

"There were crocodiles in the water when we weren't here, not to mention they have better weapons now," the search and rescue team said. "They'll get through it."

"But that will kill a lot of people, brother," Wu Xiaoqing argued, "Why bother? It took us so much...to save them, as long as we give them more food to survive this winter..."

The search and rescue team said: "Their life is not miserable, Wu Xiaoqing. Compared with their previous life, even if they have one meal for two days, it is still a paradise for these people. This civilization is lucky. They face That’s right, it’s just a small crisis, just a flood, just a winter. They can’t take this kind of life for granted now, and they can adjust it. Keep them for another winter, and this civilization may be destroyed.”

"How come?" Wu Xiaoqing didn't believe it.

The search and rescue team asked back: "Then after you sold that piece of gold, has your life changed for the better?"

Wu Xiaoqing naturally recalled the absurd life not long ago - after he owed debts, he even complained to the search and rescue team for a while, thinking that it was the piece of gold that killed him.If he didn't have that windfall, how could he have started to get used to the life of eating and drinking in the county town every day, and finally got into debt to survive?

Wu Xiaoqing had nothing to say.

"What we do is just rescue itself, not poverty alleviation, not trading, and not even charity. Wu Xiaoqing, you must have this understanding. Your relationship with them is over here. You don't even have to say goodbye. Shen Changwen You will have to sail the boat soon, and go to the flood area to save a group of people, you just need to take care of those two workers, and when their work is finished, we will go back to Earth, and everything here has nothing to do with us.”

The search and rescue team said to Shen Changwen: "The base number of 500 people is still not enough. This time we only rescue healthy adult men and women. There are another 1500 people, and the size of 3000 people is almost the same. Remember to bring more boats and give them instructions. The direction here, if you give those people some food, they should be able to paddle here too."

Shen Changwen nodded, and reminded the search and rescue team: "Remember to leave the few people who helped you look at the appearance on the boat, they can still help."

The search and rescue team took a look at Shen Changwen: "I didn't let them get off the boat."

Wu Xiaoqing asked curiously, "Can primitive people understand such a complicated thing?"

"There are a few smart ones, but you don't need to understand them. Assign work to everyone. As long as there is no abnormality, you don't need to report back. It's easy," the search and rescue team said to Wu Xiaoqing, "Go and find the leaders of those tribes." Call them all, I want to explain to them the decision just now."

……

When they were on the boat, many clansmen once asked Wu, where would God take them?Wu always answered that he didn't know.Soon they will have the next question - will it be going to heaven?

Wu also hoped that the answer would be in the affirmative, but he also vaguely understood that this was unlikely.A boat that sails on water cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.God's way of going to heaven is to dissolve in the air - and God forbids women to touch them.

When they saw the land, everyone on the boat subconsciously cheered and rejoiced, only Wu and Wang sighed at each other—they had also imagined that maybe God would allow them to enter the kingdom of heaven.But now it seems that there is a difference between humans and gods, and God is only merciful to them.

But after they got ashore, both of them couldn't help being happy. God had prepared a lot here, including a shed that could shelter from the wind and rain, black charcoal that could be burned for heating, and rice piled up in the warehouse.They also saw two giant beasts from the heavens, gnawing the solid earth with their steel teeth, biting out the prototype of the hut for them.

It seems that God intends for them to live here, which makes them unable to help but fantasize about the short but wonderful days in Shenshan.

Eating delicious rice and vegetables every day, singing and dancing to their heart's content after eating, they don't have to be afraid of all the dangers outside, big fish, floods, and the only thing they have to do is to believe in God and carry out all of God's will.How intoxicating and gratifying it would be if such a life could continue...

When Wang and Wu walked in front of the star god's vehicle, the giant steel beast, they thought that the god was going to assign them a new task, but when they saw the young star god who invited them, they walked away immediately, and he When the expression on his face seemed unhappy, Wang began to have a bad premonition.

For a long time, the relationship between Shaoxing God and the tribe was the closest. He taught the tribe to cook, fought with the warriors, and let them learn to use spoons and dress.Then he set out alone, in the endless flood, to find land for all.Every time the Young Star God appeared with a smile, there would be good news in the tribe, new food, new medicine, new weapon...

But when he looks unhappy, the tribe will immediately have something that makes them uncomfortable.Such as the plague, such as the commandments of the star gods, such as now.

The Taixing God began to speak, speaking the language of the tribe. These familiar words and phrases did not transmit in the air, but directly entered their minds. Everyone knelt on the ground and listened to God seriously. Every word and sentence, dare not have the slightest movement.

Taixingshen said: "From now on, everything here is yours, food, coal, huts, and boats. You should make good use of these things, and distribute them equally according to the number of people, and don't fight for them."

All the witches and patriarchs present nodded their heads.

Taixingshen said again: "The skyship will go back to continue saving people, and come back in 7 days to bring more people. After that, the Starshen will leave and will not come again. You have to find food and water sources by yourself, find Fuel and other tribes. After the flood recedes, return to your original life."

Everyone couldn't help but raised their heads and looked at Taixingshen in panic.

Taixing God continued: "In order to let you get used to it gradually, from now on, we will only provide you with one meal a day, and after three days, we will provide you with one meal every two days. When we leave, we will not care about the food. , you can eat whatever you want, but it’s better to keep it. There are no forests and grasslands, no animals and trees here, and it is not suitable for long-term survival. You don’t have to stay here. After the flood recedes, you can still go to the place where you lived. I said It's over, you can all go back and tell your clansmen."

Wu was the one who couldn't accept the cruel fact that the Star God left. He almost cried out in pain, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why did the Star God leave? Did our people violate the commandments and offend the gods?" ?”

Taixing God glanced at Wu: "No, it's not your fault, live your life well, and you don't have to fear God and the commandments in the future. You can't understand the world of God, and God won't understand you either. .”

Wang and Wu returned to the clan in despair. When they told the news to the clan, everyone couldn't help crying, and some even couldn't help looking for those who had violated the precepts before, and wanted to punish them. Severe punishment—these people must have angered the Star God.

God!The thought of the departure of the Star God, the thought of no more delicious rice, the big fish in the water, the flood from the sky... Everyone felt a sense of despair and suffocation, which was even more terrifying than before the disaster.At that time, they didn't know their future fate, even in a disaster, they still had the Star God to pray to, but now, the Star God said in front of all of them that they left and would never come back again!

They were abandoned by the gods!