dark moon

Chapter 589 The Awakening Civilization in the Finale (as always, two chapters in one)

"My fellow citizens, this is the truth."

In the three exiled spaceships, including the Jackdaw, and on the three floating cities, a broadcast covering the entire city suddenly sounded. All forces in the city immediately searched for the source of the broadcast, but found nothing. As As the broadcast progressed, this exploration slowly came to an end. Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened blankly to the content announced on the radio.

Not only the floating city, but actually the mechanical camp under the city also received the announcement. The sound was converted into code, sent to the thinking center of each metal humanoid through the Tower of Babel, and then converted back to sound, allowing each humanoid to I heard this content.

In the announcement, Delia's voice informed the Brown Star people in the virtual world everything, from the collapse of the Brown Star civilization and the entire family's exile, to the implementation of the Sleep Plan, to the arrival of the Dark Moon Goddess, and finally, the new The Brown Star is established, and the escape journey comes to an end.

To the sleeping passengers in the spacecraft, these contents are simply illogical babbles with no credibility at all. However, when the natural environment virtualized by the dome is canceled and the original steel sky is revealed, all doubts are gone. Being shattered, even the most stubborn person has to admit that maybe...these words are not lies.

Not everyone can bear the truth. The city fell into chaos in a short period of time, and many citizens almost lost their minds.

But fortunately, the environment that everyone lives in in the virtual world is also full of dangers and despair. For them, being raised like domestic animals and living in the shadow of machines day and night, there will be no life more desperate than now. , everything is false but it is a good thing, so it didn't take long for people to recover from the chaos. This is the reason why Delia dared to announce it publicly.

"Soon after, the control center in everyone's brain will stop working, and then the central computer will execute the wake-up program to wake everyone up from their sleep. This is not a task that can be completed in a short time. On the contrary, it will take a long time. It is estimated that it will take three years to complete. The total number of people awakened in the first year is 1. These 1 people will spend one year adapting to the technology and living environment of the new planet together with us pioneers. At the same time, ten medium-sized cities will be built radially. In the second year, 20 compatriots will be unfrozen. They will be led by [-] forerunners in batches and moved to ten cities. It will take one year to expand the city into a large one. In the third year, three ships will be unfrozen. All compatriots on the ship will join the ten cities and take charge of the construction of new cities."

"The specific order will be arranged by the central computer according to personal information and skills. The compatriots who are unfrozen in the last two batches should rest peacefully first so that they can devote themselves to the construction of their new hometown in the best condition."

"As for the experience during this period, it will become a very real dream, which will gradually fade away as everyone's consciousness wakes up. Of course, if our compatriots must retain the memories in the dream, they can also try hard to remember them. But the process of waking up will become very uncomfortable, and the chance of successfully retaining memory is very small, so how to choose, please decide for yourself.”

"A friendly reminder to everyone, if there is someone you don't want to forget, please agree on a code word to recognize each other in advance, because when you return to the original body, your appearance and age will change greatly. If you don't agree in advance, it may be difficult. Recognize each other. In addition, this kind of thing is mutual. If the person who made the agreement does not remember the agreement and does not respond to your code words, then just treat everything as a dream with clear memory."

This was a decision that Delia had made after hesitating for a long time.

According to the original default program, there will be no announcement, the virtual system will automatically shut down, and then enter the wake-up process. In this way, no one will retain the frozen memory unless there are very special circumstances.

However, thinking about her own experience and her feelings for her parents that she would rather die than forget, Delia suddenly felt that maybe she should leave everyone a chance to choose. Maybe there are people who are like her and can't let go. What about your concern?Maybe there are people who are desperately looking for someone?Wouldn't it be too cruel to forget everything without a choice?

After much consideration, she decided to make this announcement.

Indeed, if someone retains the memories in dreams, even just some vague memories, it will cause a lot of troubles. Ethical aspects and interpersonal relationships will become more complicated. It is far less complete than if everyone completely forgets everything in the virtual world. and direct.But Delia believes that even if only a few people can keep this bond that they would rather die than forget because of the announcement, it will be worth enduring the trouble.

So, she finally convinced all the other captains to send out the news at the same time, which caused a sensation in the virtual world of the three exiled ships.

Originally, I wanted to wake them up in batches, and those compatriots who did not take their turn would continue to live in the virtual world. However, doing so would cause many related problems, which were very troublesome to solve. In the end, I gave up this method. Anyway, after two years of slumber, The period is not too long, it is only a moment for the sleeping person, and it will not cause serious harm to the sleeping person. Just treat it as the last self-sacrifice for civilization.

"Have you made your choice, compatriots?" After waiting patiently for 10 minutes, leaving ample preparation time for the sleeping tribesmen, Delia said softly on the radio, "Then, the system will be shut down soon, compatriots. , good night everyone, hope everyone has a good sleep, and... everyone... see you soon."

As Delia's voice became lower and lower, the light in the virtual space became darker and darker, and finally fell into darkness. All energy sources were cut off, and all virtual humanoids and metal humanoids fell into a deep sleep. .No, to be precise, all the humanoids lost control and fell into a state of paralysis. The consciousness of those who controlled the humanoids slowly shifted from deep sleep to light sleep under the stimulation of the system. At the same time, the equipment that accommodated their bodies They were also ejected one by one and entered the thawing process.

For more than a month, the three spacecraft have been floating in the synchronous orbit of the New Brown Star, rotating in the orderly space with the New Brown Star. However, today the spacecraft has entered the interior of the New Brown Star and is hovering near the Origin City. .

At this time, the outskirts of Origin City were completely different from when the city was first built.

The originally barren wilderness is now covered with green. The vegetation from the Ancient Brown Star is thriving in the new environment after localization.Within a few months, these drought-tolerant plants covered every piece of land on the outskirts of the city, breathing in moisture and fresh air. Some of the organisms carefully selected from the ancient brown star species cultivated in several ecological spaceships, small From tiny bugs and even microorganisms to large carnivorous beasts two to three meters long, they were all put into this new environment. As a result, vigorous vitality can be seen everywhere in the grass and shrubs.

This is just the beginning. From the three hovering exile spaceships, tens of thousands of large flying puppets are busy coming in and out. Of course, they are not flying around in boredom. Every flying puppet is fully loaded. Or tons of soil, or large tracts of vegetation, or towering giant trees.These are all from the virtual world that has stopped running. The soil is full of microorganisms from the ecological environment of the hometown, and plants are the specialty of the ancient brown star. It will not be long before these plants and soil will be transported to the climate environment. If you go to a suitable area, you only need to take care of it for a few years, and the ecological environment of your hometown will be restored.

This is true for the natural environment, and even more so for the living environment.

Today's Origin City has reached nearly 1 square kilometers in size. If farmland is included, it even exceeds 2 square kilometers, which is several times larger than the largest city in Parvatiga. However, in the concept of Brown Star Civilization, this is It's just a small city that can only accommodate a population of 20.Of course, the small city of the Brown Star Civilization is not at all a small city of more than ten square kilometers in the traditional sense of Pavadiga. Its population is calculated not by how many people can live in it, but by how many jobs it can provide. To calculate, since most of the repetitive manual labor is completed by mechanical puppets, the Brown Star people are mainly responsible for control and thinking. Therefore, the small cities in their concept can accommodate a maximum of [-] to [-] people, while the large cities covering an area of ​​thousands of square kilometers A city can only accommodate a population of [-] to [-], which is already its limit. If it is larger, there will be a shortage of jobs. For a civilization in urgent need of revival, this is the most shameful waste.

Origin City is just such a 'small' city. Half of the suburbs are vast agricultural areas. Without the shackles of spaceships, the vast land can provide real crops for the Brown Star people. The Brown Star people, who are afraid of being restrained, have opened up early. With large areas for planting and breeding, I am afraid that food will become one of the most important things in Brown Star society for a long time.

The other half is allocated to the heavy industry area. Now there is a lot of waste to be built. There are too many equipments to be produced. No matter how many production factories are built, it is not enough. If it is not for the urban planning restrictions, the number of factories may be several times more.

The interior of the city is mainly a light industrial area, processing, manufacturing, and assembly. There are also a large number of industrial buildings, but the scale is much smaller.However, although the scale is small, there are an astonishing number of types of factories. For clothing alone, it covers a set of more than ten production factories from spinning to dyeing to cutting and processing. Overall, there are hundreds or thousands of different types of light industries. Facilities are spread throughout the city, fully reflecting the initial urgent needs of urban construction.

On the innermost side are commercial facilities and municipal facilities. The New Brown Star Civilization continued the habits of the early exile era and implemented a parallel system of basic material rationing and currency purchase. Therefore, various commercial facilities are still very important. Although at this stage Commercial facilities are all controlled by municipal agencies, but it is conceivable that in the near future, after civilization recovers and society stabilizes, a new situation will inevitably usher in.

As the captains landed on the new brown star, the urban construction area has been improved. Various industrial and agricultural facilities have been built long ago, and some of them are already in operation, but most of the production facilities are still vacant.The metal puppets responsible for production are already in place, and they are just waiting for the control personnel to be in place before production can begin.

So, ten days later, the first batch of staff was in place.

It took two days for all 1 people to finally wake up from their slumber. After waking up, it took another three days to get a preliminary understanding of the current situation from the captains' narratives and the video records of the spacecraft's main brain.These passengers are at least the third generation of the ship. They have been on the escape journey since they were born. They have long been accustomed to all kinds of crises. After recovering their memories, their mental endurance far exceeds that of intelligent creatures in the normal world. , it only took five days to accept the reality.It is not an ordinary acceptance, but a renewed enthusiasm for the reconstruction of civilization. I can't wait to start investing in the reconstruction work and use my own hands to revive the past glory of the Brown Star civilization.

But the captains obviously do not intend to rush them to start work now. Although the reconstruction of civilization is urgent, it is not urgent in these few days.So in the next five days, the captains led a large force of 1 people and flew to every corner of the new brown star, just like attentive elders introducing new changes in their hometown to children who had been away from home for many years.

What they flew over was not the New Brown Star, but the entire New Brown Star System. Yes, the large army also took a shuttle and entered the ordered space for a tour.

At this time, the new brown star system already has six planets. In addition to a large desert planet in the innermost ring and an icy planet in the outermost ring where other exile spaceships are sleeping, there are also three planets and new brown stars. Rotating together in the orbit of the star, only one of the three is a habitable planet, which is obviously prepared for future expansion. The other two are cold, dry and desolate planets, but they are extremely rich in minerals. You don’t have to think about it to know , they will be the main resource centers of the new brown star in the future.

Five days were spent resting and traveling until the fifth day, which was the tenth day when the ten thousand passengers began to wake up.

In the habits of the Brown Star civilization, every ten days is a calculation cycle. Even in exile, this habit has not changed. It still maintains the tradition of nine days of work and one day of rest. When Day No. 11 comes, the Brown Star people will start again. Put in the work and enter a new cycle.

Therefore, the tenth day was a very special day for the Brown Star people, and it was on this day that Delia led a large army into the magnificent temple in the city center in batches.

Shuer and Delia's previous guesses were correct. Although most of these awakened brown star people have forgotten their dream experiences, they still retain their kindness and attachment to the Dark Moon Goddess. Therefore, in the past few days, the introduction In the process, after everyone understood the current situation, they naturally accepted the new faith without encountering any resistance. Although some of them were still lacking in piety, it was only a matter of time. I believe that in the future life , through the efforts of Delia and the captains, these exiles who are protected by the goddess will become more and more pious, and eventually become another force supporting the goddess besides Parvatija.

Delia also believed in this, and was working hard for it. The large-scale prayer event on the last day was one of the ways of working hard.

Personally leading hundreds of believers to pray to the goddess, dedicating their faith and blessings to the gods who protect them. The girl has been preparing for today for a long time, and the effect is indeed good. The standard prayer ceremony successfully triggered the light of the dark moon. When the day came, a ray of light fell from the sky and sprinkled on the prayer hall of the assembly. Every exile knelt down in front of the statue and told his worship to the goddess.

The same ritual was repeated dozens of times a day before every Brown Star exile felt the divine grace.Delia almost fainted from exhaustion, but her spirit was very high, because she knew that after this divine grace came, the people would only become more and more pious and respect the goddess more and more.

It can be seen from their performance that they did not need Delia's call. After bathing in divine grace, the exiles spontaneously decided to designate the last day of each cycle, that is, the tenth day, as a day of prayer. , on this day, everyone should try their best to put down the work at hand, walk into the chapel hall of the temple, pray to the goddess, and thank the goddess for giving everyone a stable life.

After understanding the truth, Delia finally breathed a sigh of relief. Such a result would only bring benefits and no harm to the tribesmen or the goddess. Seeing that the tribesmen could take the initiative to do these things, she could finally leave with peace of mind. New Brown Star, starting the next step.

Yes, leave New Brown Star.

When Day No. 11 comes, [-] awakened Brown Star exiles will engage in the intense work of rebuilding civilization, and Delia herself will lead hundreds of captains to two uninhabitable stars. One of the planets, where they will establish an outpost, and then use the entire planet as a drawing board to draw a huge magic circle.

No Brown Star person knew the specific purpose of the magic circle, and Delia did not reveal the news to anyone, including her parents. Only she understood that this magic circle might be directly related to the life and death of all her people.

The shuttle rushed out of the clouds, and Delia looked back at the civilization that was gradually recovering on the planet, holding the blueprint in her hand tightly.

(End of this chapter)