Giant of Light: I am the Old Ones

Chapter 283 New Years

Ludwig left after finalizing some details about the New Year's celebrations, but he still had a lot on his plate.

Although one is engaged in faith and the other is engaged in science, both the church and the academy attach great importance to its popularity among the general public.

Many pastors and priests work part-time as local doctors, and teachers from some college medical departments also visit.

Amanda also understood Ludwig's concern about the lack of new population in the town.

After all, in more than ten years, if the town does not have enough new generations to defend the gradually developed land and wealth, it will be taken back sooner or later.

But these are not things that Amanda should worry about. It is simply that the survivors in the current town do not have the time and energy.

As the first snow fell, Amanda was also a little surprised.

In previous years, the town of Louisiana rarely snowed in winter. After crossing the Mammoth Mountains and arriving near the city of Flanders, according to previous survey records, there would be a heavy snowfall every few years.

This may be a good thing for those lands that have been cultivated. When they are planted in spring and harvested next summer, they can get more food.

Most of the houses in the main urban area of ​​the town have been reinforced, so there is no need to worry about keeping warm in winter.

They hired specialized personnel to design heating pipes. Because there are few and concentrated people, central heating can ensure that all people spend the cold winter in a comfortable environment.

It is said that this steam heating system was also circulated in the early years of the college. It is a heating system based on an energy furnace with a steam tower-like structure.

The only flaw is that there is too little coal, and the complete energy tower is too big.

What is being promoted now is just a heating component composed of several small steam hubs.

However, it is not impossible to burn the wood after it is turned into charcoal. Mayor Herman has the foresight to prepare firewood and coal in advance in the summer, so that people will not suffer the same pain in winter as in the first winter. freeze.

The roads in the residential area are paved with fixed-style stone slabs. In order to avoid water seepage and softening caused by the melting of snow, Amanda was pulled to plow the ground with Dirashum light flow, allowing high-temperature energy to penetrate the land and harden after cooling , in fact, it can be used without paving stone slabs.

It's a pity that it can't be like the previous explosion in the Mammoth Mountains, which almost burned the entire mountain to glass.

To this day, that place and the former town of Louisiana remain off-limits and no one can pass through.

The academy is very secretive about the place. After all, it is a place where gods fell. It is inevitable that there will be special mechanisms that people do not understand.

It will never be opened until the safety of this area is thoroughly confirmed.

Even in the area where Shabu Nicholas was exiled decades ago, even many people within the academy only knew about its existence, but had no idea where the place was.

If there had not been a special carrier to record this event, even those who had witnessed this hunt for the gods would not be able to remember it.

It is also difficult to draw definite conclusions from the investigation of this phenomenon.

Perhaps when everyone in the world who still remembers the existence of Shabu Nicholas dies and all records are destroyed, the true death of the god will be achieved.

But Amanda feels that the real world is that you can call the gods by their names without any repercussions. People, whether they are adults or children, regard these stories as entertainment. Only when this happens Only one step can be called the rectification of the world.

Otherwise, if God cannot be called by his name even though he is dead, then wouldn’t that mean that we are still acknowledging the special nature of God’s existence?

Here in town, with three or four days left until Madman's Night, all production activities have stopped.

People had a good rest, and although the children could only use those very crude materials to make Christmas decorations, they all enjoyed it.

Hugo was not released until this time. He had already booked a place as a freshman in the academy. Before he reached the age of 12, he had to go to the academy for a "physical check-up" every year.

There is indeed a power in his body that is completely different from the previous sequence, and it is called Makula according to Amanda's suggestion.

Originally Hugo was going to be sent back to his relatives' home in Flanders for the New Year.

After all, after knowing that their nephew was suddenly taken seriously by the academy, the family completely forgot how they sent Hugo to the small town of Louisiana in the first place.

But Hugo still insisted on returning to the small town of Louisiana, where the few friends he knew were all here.

Amanda made him a helmet of King Morant that was barely acceptable in aesthetics. King Morant's weapons were transformed into soft long swords, which Hugo could swing casually in his hands without worrying about injuring others.

This weapon was trained to be obedient by the dark power of Naia, and was later implemented by the divine substance of the inborn Son of God, almost possessing intelligence.

It also gradually realized that it had basically no way to enhance Amanda's combat power, so it settled down and treated itself as a children's toy while Hugo held it in his hands and played with it.

The days passed by, and it was the so-called Madman's Night, which was New Year's Day.

People in the town gathered near the heating furnace built in the steam hub and talked with each other.

Amanda suggested that the mayor build a big shed and set up enough tables. Although the food was simple, it was enough.

People sit together and chat with their friends.

The children didn't eat well when they sat together, but the adults didn't care too much today and just let them go and make trouble.

According to the original Western culture, they should pay more attention to the freedom between families and stay at home on New Year's Eve.

But in the past two years, the survivors of the town put aside their prejudices and rebuilt the town together. Everyone has become like a family.

Therefore, no one thinks it is inappropriate for this New Year event, which has the impression of a feast, rather than an ordinary Western banquet.

That night, Amanda and the patrolmen helped clear away the leftovers, tables and chairs.

After ensuring that everyone returned to their homes safely, Amanda finally sent Hugo, who had been following her, back to the church's orphanage and put him to sleep.

"Amanda, I can feel a kind of peace in your heart. You don't seem to be very happy, but you don't have the anxiety you had before."

Omega was very confused about Amanda's psychological changes. In his understanding, Amanda should be happy during the New Year.

Amanda lay on her bed, quietly closing her eyes and sinking into consciousness.

He raised his head and saw Omega who was a little confused, and said:

"This kind of peace in life is what I pursue. I will continue to be strong and fight to protect other people's right to enjoy this kind of peace."

Omega was still a little puzzled. He was even thinking about a deeper reason and said:

"What about yourself? Amanda, I hope you can enjoy happiness and be full of hope in life. I think your current state is a bit dangerous. It's like a tight bow string, forcing yourself to tell yourself that there is no pressure."

(End of this chapter)