dark moon

Chapter 380 The Deformed World

"Uncle, this is yours. Uncle Beard, give it to you, Long Ears...Grandma, it's yours, wow, Uncle, help me, woo hoo, sister Long Ears, I don't dare anymore."

Great, the poor girl got another beating.

Compared with the small rooms in the city center, Delia's home is quite large. In other words, because the western outer ring area is a planting area, it is vast and sparsely populated, so all the buildings are much larger than in the city center.The house where Delia usually lives alone does not seem crowded at all even if all the shadow chasers go in. Eight people can move around in it just fine. Imagine if Delia is the only one, it would seem a bit too big. Too deserted.

The architectural style is very rough, the interior decoration is also very simple, the furniture is very old, and there are no furnishings. There are several picture frames on the utility cabinet, and the pictures inside are so clear that they seem to be real. Well, maybe they are not pictures, but It is an image directly left by special technology.

In the portrait, a pair of adult men and women hold a swaddled baby with bright smiles. They must be Delia's parents, but unfortunately, soon after Delia learned to walk, there are no more portrait records. It must have been from then on. Since that time, her parents have left her forever.

Perhaps it was because no one had been a guest at home for a long time, but Delia seemed particularly happy. As soon as she entered the door, she ran into the kitchen and got busy.According to her, the lumpy things eaten in the safe haven these days are just compressed biscuits eaten in emergencies and cannot be counted as food at all. We are alien guests. It would be too shameful if we only let everyone eat that kind of thing. The face of the brown star is gone, so be sure to prepare some sumptuous food to entertain guests.

Soon, there was a buzzing sound in the kitchen, and I even ran out during this period, but within half an hour, the food was on the table.To be honest, it's not really rich, but judging from Delia's subtle expression, in Brown Star, or in the Western Outer Ring District, this kind of food is enough to entertain guests.

The staple food is not the bread that everyone is used to, but the rice that is specially produced in the eastern and southern parts of Parvatiga. Delia said that the city in the sky has no seasons, and the constant temperature is in autumn, and the crops are artificially transformed. They are ripened once a month. Therefore, although the planting area is not large, the food is enough to supply the consumption of the city in the sky's 80 million people.

The dishes are also very monotonous, just a few plates of green vegetables and a bowl of vegetable soup. The vegetables are deliberately salty. This is a common method used by Parvatija's family.Surprisingly, there was a plate of bacon. The bacon was cut so thin that it was almost light-transmitting, and the quantity was not large. Judging from Delia's movements while eating, she deliberately ignored the presence of bacon several times, fearing that it would be harmful to her. For this girl, it is already a very luxurious food.Hmm, for some reason, Xiu Er suddenly felt a sense of sympathy. Woo hoo, this kind of life is so familiar.

Taste the bacon. It is indeed meat, but the taste is very special. I can’t tell what kind of meat it is. I inserted a few slices and put them on Delia’s plate. The girl was stunned, showed a bright smile, and chewed big mouthfuls. Luxuries that are not usually available.

"What kind of meat is this?" Shuer also tasted a piece. It was also very salty and the meat was relatively delicate. But he couldn't tell the origin of the meat. Maybe it was a unique local creature.

"Huh? It's just meat." Delia stopped and looked at Shuer in confusion.

"I'm talking about its origin, not to mention store-bought."

"Source? It's synthesized in the factory."

"Huh?" This time it was the Shadow Chasers' turn to be stunned. The meat still needs to be synthesized?
"Hey, I suddenly thought of a question." Moria never touched meat, and was enjoying herself with a few green vegetables, oh no, eating happily. "It seems that we haven't seen each other since we came here. Other creatures, let alone birds and beasts, because it is a city in the sky, rats and mice can be ignored, but insects have not been seen, which is a bit strange."

"Rat? Insect?" Delia was even more confused, "What are those?"

"Could it be that there are no other living things on your planet besides humans?"

"Other creatures? Ah, I understand." Delia suddenly realized, "It is said that a long time ago, there were dozens of creatures on the brown star, but they all slowly became extinct. Since the last one became extinct hundreds of years ago, , there are only humans left on the brown star. Ha, this is all knowledge from the history class of the basic education school. I have almost forgotten it after I have been away from school for so long.”

"Plants are still there, and microorganisms should also be there. Otherwise, neither plants nor humans can survive, but it may be difficult to tell about formed organisms." As a life science expert, Militi has the most say, and she explained to her companions in a low voice, " Even so, the biosphere is so strange that it is difficult to imagine that humans can continue to live in such a biosphere."

"Well, this world is indeed full of contradictions." Shuer also frowned and said, "I always feel something is wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Everything is wrong. The environment is weird, the city is weird, and the people are weird. There is nothing right." Shuer pondered for a moment and whispered, "No matter how many things there are, the mission is priority. Let's evacuate as soon as we get the information. This What happens to the world has nothing to do with us."

"Hey." Mia sneered, "That's nice to say, but I don't believe you can do it if you keep calling me uncle."

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Delia, sitting opposite, couldn't hear the low-pitched exchanges between several people. She tilted her head and asked curiously, "Are the creatures on your planet not extinct yet?" "Well, not yet. "Damn it, maybe I really can't do it. Shuer rolled his eyes at himself and said self-deprecatingly, "Tell us about your city. I find it quite curious. The island-like floating city has nothing but food. It is difficult to produce other outputs outside the country, so how should it be operated?"

"Hey~~" The teammates laughed at the same time. They promised not to care about so many things. They promised not to be too involved in the world. They promised that no one would care about being cold-blooded and cruel.

Shut up, everyone, this is intelligence acquisition, to increase the success rate of the mission, you know what the heck.Seul used his ferocious eyes to suppress the unnecessary resistance of his teammates.

"Since the mechanical apocalypse, the land outside the capital area has been completely lost, ground transportation has been completely cut off, and air transportation has been blocked. Only shuttles can travel between cities."

"Wait, shuttle?" Shuer interrupted Delia, "What is that?"

"I don't understand either. I heard that it passes through some kind of passage at high speed. It is completely unaffected by the anti-aircraft firepower of mechanical beasts, and the speed is very fast. It can fly to another city in a few minutes. Unfortunately, the human body cannot bear this kind of passage at all." The only way to transport goods is by using drones.”

"Space teleportation." Mia explained in a low voice, "very similar, the essence of space teleportation is to use magic to create a direct channel between two points in space, but the teleportation technique will also fold the space to achieve instant arrival , and the shuttle here still needs to travel through."

"Well, I understand." Shuer nodded, "Are you just relying on the shuttle to exchange supplies with other cities?"

"Other cities? No, no, no, the shuttle channel is fixed. The floating city only has access to the capital circle. Each city directly exchanges materials with the capital circle."

"It's the Capital Region again." Shuer said thoughtfully, "I really want to go to the Capital Region to see it. Is it true that the shuttle can't seat people?"

"Uncle, please don't do anything stupid." Unexpectedly, Delia reacted so violently. She stood up suddenly and almost overturned her chair. "More than 30 years ago, someone tried to sneak across the country by hiding in a shuttle, but he was discovered. At that time, all I could see was a large pool of flesh and blood, and my body had turned into a thin piece of paper stuck to the wall."

"High pressure caused by high speed." Mia frowned. "The effect is a bit exaggerated, the speed is incomprehensible. However, it is not recommended to take risks. Judging from the effects she said, our bodies may not be able to withstand it."

"Yeah." Xiu Er nodded and continued to ask, "That is to say, you have been relying on the supplies distributed by the capital circle?"

"It's not distribution. The Capital Region only distributes the most basic energy and minerals to Sky City. That would be very miserable. It would be worse than my current living conditions. If I want a better life, all other supplies, including luxuries, , all obtained through exchange.”

"In exchange for what?"

"A few of them are luxury goods produced in the East Outer Ring District. They mainly rely on reporting technology. They are the things that uncles are interested in. After evaluation, you can get a lot of trading points and exchange for many things."

"Tsk, tsk, interesting." The Shadow Chasers exchanged glances quickly. The strange social structure seemed to be... "Supporting?"

Locked in a closed space, fed with resources, and then regularly harvested scientific and technological achievements, this is simply a standard captive model. It is so strange. In the original mechanical apocalypse, humans were able to escape to the floating city. It was really the number of machines in the city in the sky. Is it because there are so few?Is the metropolitan area really controlled by humans?

"It's not necessary, Xiuer." Saf knew what Xiuer was thinking, and whispered in his ear, "If it is true that machines have life, and humans are raised in captivity to obtain technology, there is no need to launch a mechanical invasion every once in a while Well, don’t forget that there are still some floating cities that were destroyed by the attack of machines, there is no need for them to destroy their own wealth.”

"No, there is a saying in my hometown that comfort can only bring people to death. Only suffering and rough life can bring people fighting spirit. Mechanical invasion may not be the reason. But the situation is not clear now. Nothing can be said. Morning, let’s first…”

"Boom, boom", a continuous roar suddenly came from the city center in the distance, which was similar to the sound of a crystal cannon firing.

Hearing this voice, Delia stood up and walked to the window, looking out the window with a somewhat sad expression: "Mourning Cannon, this mechanical invasion, 110 seven citizens, left this world forever."

(End of this chapter)