Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

Thirdly, it is not long before the local late rice harvest season in Louisiana. If the enthusiasm of the construction workers cannot be fully mobilized, various infrastructure projects in the United States in recent years have always been as slow as an old cow dragging a broken car. It may not be possible to finish the project in time.

Therefore, when supervising the construction of these construction workers in the shrine, Akiyama Hui did not forget to distribute some small amulets to them.

These amulets are just made of ordinary colored paper folded, and the only special thing is that there are one or two cat hairs from the catwoman Serena in it-as the elector of the cat god Buster, Serena's hair has The effect of exorcising evil spirits can at least scare ordinary ghosts and ghosts away from approaching.

As for whether someone will use this hair to curse Serena?

Serena's life is tied to the black cat goddess Buster. Is there any curse from an ordinary wizard in this world that can kill a god?

What's more, Megumi Akiyama, the shaving witch of the chicken thief, has always claimed that her hair is placed in this amulet (there is indeed this Japanese tradition).

If someone uses Serena's hair to curse Akiyama Hui, the result of such a chicken-and-duck talk must be very funny, right?

In short, the workers who got the amulets are very happy, because at least half of the United States is haunted by ghosts, and everyone is very scared. What a ghost possessed.

Now that they can have a self-defense card that contains supernatural power, it somewhat eases their anxiety and makes them more energetic in their work.

As for the engineers who designed the landscaping and circuit pipelines for Qingqiu Shrine, Megumi Akiyama presented more advanced souvenirs.

I saw that she found a flat stone and sat down, took out a few small wooden boards with ropes, and raised her hand to summon Shikigami [Guanhu], dipped in ink and drew [Ema] stroke by stroke, And while painting with your own hands, instill the power of Inari God into the small wooden board.

Of course, since this is the Inari Shrine, what she draws on the ema is also rice ears and cartoon foxes.

——The so-called [Guanhu] is a small fox that is long and thin and can be stuffed into the barrel of a brush. The tail of the fox is the tip of the brush.

This is another new shikigami bestowed upon Akiyama Megumi by Lord Fox God after the foundation of Qingqiu Shrine was completed. This thing can use its small size to act as a spy to scout around the enemy, and it can also be used as a writing brush——Prominent It is a grade and force:

The wolf hair, rabbit hair, and mouse hair pens used by the nobles are all weak!This witch wrote directly with a living fox tail!

In fact, Qingqiu Shrine also has a more high-end stationery, which is to use Akiyama Megumi's own tail dipped in ink to use as a writing brush.

It's just that in this way, she has to squat on the table to write and draw with her buttocks, not to mention the very indecent posture, which is really extremely difficult.

——Because of her posture, she can't see how her tail writes on the paper, she is writing blindly with her fifth limb...

At present, Akiyama Megumi has not mastered such troublesome special calligraphy skills, so she can only work hard and cute little [Guanhu] as a writing brush.

What?Can I upgrade it again and use Empress Daji's tail as a writing brush?

Uh, you don't want to die?Are you really afraid that Empress Daji will hang you up in a fit of rage, and experience the torture packages of the wealthy merchants such as cannonballs and pots?

Such a blasphemous idea, Akiyama Megumi can't even think about it, let alone bring it up...

Ahem, let’s get down to business, these wooden painted horses drawn by Megumi Akiyama himself with [Guanhu], each piece is infused with spiritual power, which can resist at least one or two attacks of extraordinary power for the wearer.Even in normal times, there is a slight golden light, and it feels cool and strange to the touch.

The engineers who got the ema carefully treasured it, and then showed their true skills to make this shrine the best.

"...The two [-]-kilowatt domestic diesel generators ordered before have already been shipped here. If there is no accident, we can finish debugging the generators today and connect them to the circuit of this temple. By then You no longer have to rely on your magic pet (Tritium) for power.

In addition, in order to cater to the trend of clean energy, we also plan to install solar panels on this mountain. It is estimated that when the weather is fine, solar energy can provide 30% to 50% of daily electricity consumption..."

An electrical engineer introduced to Akiyama Hui, "...As for the Internet, because of the swampy terrain here, it may be very difficult to pull optical fibers. If you are really in a hurry, you can only use the one just developed by Musk. Starlink system.

The signal receiver of Starlink has just been launched, although the price is a bit expensive, but no matter how expensive it is, it is much cheaper than laying network cables on the ground..."

PS: The receiver (antenna pot) of Starlink, the cheapest one is only more than 100 US dollars at present, but it should be more expensive when it first came out two years ago. Two thousand dollars should be a reasonable price.

Chapter 244: The Daily Hoarding of Hamster Disease

Use Starlink to surf the Internet?

After hearing this very "high-tech style" suggestion, Akiyama Hui immediately showed an expression of interest.

After inquiring carefully, she found that this thing is basically similar to the satellite dish used for "privately watching overseas TV programs" in the early years. It is a round antenna dish receiver, which captures the weak signal in space and transmits it to the router. Process it, and then connect it to the computer.

For this antenna pot, the buyer needs to place it on a high place, install and debug it, and find a better angle and orientation for the signal.

If you don't have a yard the size of a farm, or a mansion near a river, then you can only try your luck on the roof.

——Because of the limitations of current technical conditions, the ability of high-frequency radio waves to bypass obstacles is very poor, and even treetops will degrade the signal.

Therefore, the installation conditions of the antenna dish of the "Starlink system" are more stringent than the satellite dish for watching TV. There must be no obstacles within about 25 degrees on the horizon. If you live in a dense building complex in the urban area, then It is basically impossible to find a suitable installation site.

Even in the open countryside, you have to find a high place that is not blocked by cliffs and trees to install the satellite dish.

It's also hard to count on Starlink if your residence, despite being sparsely populated, is unfortunate enough to be in a rugged canyon or in a dense forest.

In addition to the troublesome installation, the stability of the Starlink system is not comparable to that of optical fiber. The wind, rain, lightning and snow in the sky can make you disconnect.

——Just like in the detective TV series in the early years, once there was lightning, thunder, or torrential rain in the wild, the mobile phone would not be able to make calls.

If there is bad weather for ten days and a half months in a row, then the users of Starlink can only pray that the gods will quickly receive the supernatural powers.

Otherwise, half of the monthly Internet fee will be paid in vain!

It is conceivable that such an unstable network that "depends on the sky" is obviously not a reassuring existence.

For ordinary people living in cities, the more reliable and convenient choice is the traditional network with optical fiber as the medium.

Only in the wilderness that was not covered by the Internet and mobile networks, Starlink is the only choice in desperation.

Fortunately, the terrain around Qingqiu Shrine is open and open enough, which definitely meets the antenna installation requirements of "Starlink".

If necessary, Akiyama Hui can also use spells to add a solid stone tower on the top of the mountain, and the top of the tower is specially used to place the antenna pot.

——Compared with fiber-optic home access that has to wait until the year of the monkey, for the remote Qingqiu Shrine, it is obviously more reliable to use Starlink.

There is no way, even if it is intermittent mobile Internet, at least it is better than no Internet at all!

Therefore, Megumi Akiyama hesitated for a moment before finalizing the installation of the Starlink client at the shrine, and also ordered the most expensive one.

Next, another engineer presented the preliminary design of the water storage and drainage system.

Because Qingqiu Shrine is located on the top of the mountain, the location is quite remote, and it is far from the nearest water pipe.

So right now, a water tower is built on the top of the mountain to collect rainwater, precipitate and filter it, and then pipe it to the faucets in the shrine.

However, if the water is completely dependent on the sky, it will be unstable. Therefore, the engineers added a pumping system to draw water from the small lake at the bottom of the mountain and store it in the pond on the top of the mountain. people have no water to drink.

In this way, with an independent tap water system, self-provided photovoltaic solar system and diesel generator, and an independent Starlink client, this shrine in the remote countryside can be said to have achieved self-sufficiency to a considerable extent, able to To a certain extent, it has dealt with the increasingly chaotic world.

Next, the garden designer was not to be outdone, and showed the 3D modeling renderings of the garden landscape on both sides of the Qingqiu Shrine approach.

——The small courtyard where Megumi Akiyama lives is reserved for his own people.But in the open area for entertaining pilgrims, there must also be a courtyard landscape.

I have to say that the designers sent from Japan by the main office of the shrine have some real skills and can really do things well.

They did not engage in any incomprehensible post-modern art (such as placing a toilet and insisting that it is a fountain, using red bricks to build a hollow wall that leaks wind and rain), but catered to the preferences of Akiyama Megumi. A super-gorgeous anime-style oriental garden with bright colors and exaggerated shapes!

——A clear pond surrounded by stones, a vermilion wooden bridge over the water, a path paved with cobblestones, and a flourishing cherry blossom tree...

On the screen of the laptop computer, you can see winding corridors, clear and shallow pools, swimming koi carps, exquisite and elegant redwood bridges, and cherry blossoms full of trees blooming extravagantly and gorgeously, light crimson petals are slowly falling down on the corridors as the breeze blows. The hanging cloud pattern curtain seems to be fluttering, which is really beautiful.

The above is the spring scenery of Qingqiu Shrine, and the autumn scenery that changes next looks like a visual feast.

——With the click of the mouse, the gorgeous red maple covered the entire Qingqiu Mountain in an instant, and the falling red leaves contrasted with the golden fields. However, due to the hot climate of the Caribbean Sea, other vegetation did not wither and wither, but became more prosperous. In this way, the autumn scenery and the spring scenery are strangely integrated.

"...Yes, yes, autumn is coming next. I hope to see such a picture at this year's Harvest Festival!"

Akiyama Hui nodded with satisfaction, and encouraged them a few more words, then went down the mountain through the torii gate, and came to the foot of the mountain to see the situation of the pilgrims.

——Although Qingqiu Shrine has not been fully completed, and there is still some time before the official opening, there are already pilgrims who have come to worship.

Because there is not even a decent hotel in a sparsely populated and remote place like Green Hill Town.

Therefore, except for those "quick tourists" who drive over and go for a walk, most of the people who stay here come in RVs or bring tents, and now they all set up camp at the foot of the mountain, forming a A small tent city & caravan town.

At first, Akiyama Hui didn't take it seriously, thinking that these people had nothing to do with him, so he didn't need to bother at all.

Unexpectedly, the saying "Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes" is indeed a wise saying, even if it is such a temporary camp, it will soon become chaotic.

——Those pilgrims who came to Qingqiu Shrine to worship after receiving the news not only have a huge gap between rich and poor, but also have different qualities.

Of course, there are benefactors who donate money to the shrine, honest people who come to the shrine as volunteers, and injured, sick and disabled people who beg for treatment, but there are also drug addicts, alcoholics, skin business guys, and even There are thieves and robbers, all the way here to "look for opportunities".

Because Greenhill Town, a small place with a population of 100, has no police at all, so naturally no one comes to maintain law and order.

Therefore, just a week after Qingqiu Shrine was born on this land, there have been shootings and robberies outside the shrine-not only pilgrims were stolen and robbed, but also thugs broke into the nearby farms and were captured by Wude. The red-necked burly man knocked it over with a single blow from a double-pipe sprayer.

Seeing that this was not going to work, Megumi Akiyama had no choice but to patrol around the shrine from morning to night with a samurai sword, Dolores and Catwoman Serena carrying a double-barreled spray gun on her shoulders... Although the crime rate was curbed, But it made me exhausted, and even the next step of the construction of the shrine was delayed.

——As a religious building complex where the true god resides, the Qingqiu Shrine is not only completed by building some houses, but also has to use the spiritual nodes to lay out a huge magic array, which is the mountain protection array, so that it can be regarded as a fairy The basic standard configuration of the Chivalry.

At present, these supernatural spells can only be done by Megumi Akiyama (under the guidance of Fox God), and cannot be done by others.

In addition, how to decorate and green the shrine, how to pull the wires and bury the water pipes, all have to consult the opinion of the owner, Akiyama Hui, and she will make the decision... The result is that Akiyama Hui, who does not have much management ability, once again fully Experienced the pain and despair of overworked animals.

Fortunately, Megumi Akiyama still has a reliable partner who can ask for help. It didn’t take long for Disney to transfer a team of security guards from the Orlando Park in Florida to the Qingqiu Shrine at the request of Keisha Akiyama. Freed Akiyama Hui from the hard work of patrolling day and night.

But even if someone takes over the security issue, there are still many other issues that need to be dealt with by Akiyama Megumi.

For example, the garbage littered around the pilgrim camp needs to be cleaned up, and the excrement and urine in the temporary public toilets have to be taken away.

Right now is another disaster year of plague outbreaks, so many people gather in the wilderness, and the sanitation conditions are poor. Naturally, people are infected with the COVID-19 virus from time to time, or even the mutated smallpox virus. The next few.

——It is impossible to treat all of them. No matter how much spiritual power Akiyama Hui has in her body, she will be exhausted, so she only saves the rich and devout believers.

All kinds of trivial things can be said to be innumerable, which makes Qiushan Hui, who has never been a monitor, feel like a bucket.

However, she doesn't have a bureaucratic team that can handle the daily affairs, so she can only do it herself, which is really exhausting.

But despite this, Akiyama Hui still gritted his teeth and applied what he learned to accumulate management experience.

Because, Empress Daji had sworn to her before, "We will rebuild Qingqiu Kingdom in the New World"!

——Although the "country" in ancient times was often just a small city with a few thousand people, it is not easy to manage all aspects well.

If she can't even manage a few hundred floating population, how will she manage the castle town that has sprung up on the basis of the shrine in the future?

In order not to let Empress Daji feel that she is incompetent, and give birth to the idea of ​​changing someone to be the god's choice, Qiu Shanhui can only work hard to exercise her management ability in practice—otherwise, what else can I do?You can't learn how to be mayor by playing "Sim City", can you?

Think of yourself as an intern in the neighborhood committee!

However, when a pregnant mixed-race pregnant woman with a big belly prayed to Qingqiu Shrine to deliver her baby, Megumi Akiyama finally couldn't help breaking her defense.

——Although the reason of the pregnant woman is also very reasonable:

The current hospitals are not only expensive, but also full of COVID-19 virus. If pregnant women give birth in ordinary hospitals, it is easy for newborns who have no resistance to be accidentally infected with the COVID-19 virus and die young.

But the problem is, even if this is the case, you can't treat the Qingqiu Shrine, which is still under construction, as a maternity hospital!

"...Huh? Do you want me to be a female high school student to deliver a pregnant woman? I really can't do this job!"

Akiyama Kei repeatedly waved her hands and refused, but the mixed-race pregnant woman was still begging, wanting to let the baby in her belly be bathed in divine grace as soon as it was born.

——I don’t want my children to be gifted, as long as they can grow up safely... But in today’s world, this wish can be called a luxury.

It's not that Megumi Akiyama doesn't know "poor parents in the world", but what he can't do is really can't do it!

Just when Hui Akiyama was feeling speechless, the truck that went to Houston to purchase supplies came back, and she used the excuse of going to unload the goods and ran away.

In the back mountain of Qingqiu Shrine, there is a very strong stone warehouse, which is full of shelf-stable food from floor to ceiling:

The shelves were filled with tins of canned fish, meat, fruit, egg powder, and vegetables, bags of granulated and brown sugar, packets of corn flour, whole wheat flour, and rice, plus various dehydrated foods.And boxes of coffee and tea, boxes of biscuits and boards of chocolates.

On the floor, bottles of canola, sunflower, and olive oil, beer and wine in casks, whiskey and vodka in large glass bottles... stocked for seasoning, of course Soy sauce and vinegar, plus jars of jam, salsa, ketchup, and spreads.

In addition, bundles of onions, garlic, and red peppers were hung in the shade under the eaves of the priestesses' dwellings, lest they should be scarce.

Today, the truck that went to Houston to deliver goods brought other supplies to Qingqiu Shrine besides food—fuel, charcoal, toilet paper, clothes, cloth, blankets, pots and pans, etc., which can almost fill half a container. Wait.

For this reason, Akiyama Hui had to use magic to shape another strong warehouse, and then mobilized everyone to stuff the goods into it.

"...Why do you need to stockpile so much supplies? This is enough to support an army! Don't you have hamster disease?"

Faced with the scene of "extremely rich in supplies", Ma Tong, who was pulled over to unload the goods, picked up a "refuge kit" consisting of a radio, whistle, flashlight, raincoat, warm blanket, gloves and first aid kit. He said in a daze.

"...And what is this? Five hundred evacuation kits? The entire town of Greenhill doesn't seem to have a population of 500?"

"...Just think of me as a severely ill patient with hamster disease. Without a full warehouse, you will always feel insecure."

The little witch Akiyama Hui raised her sleeves and wiped her sweat, "...I have a vague premonition that the good days when this kind of food can grow from supermarkets are probably not much left. The supplies hoarded in the shrine , not just for the few of us to enjoy, but also for those who may defect to us in the future when they are suffering from hunger and cold! Gods always try to save their believers..."

Chapter 245: "Into the Mystery" supernatural program

In the wilderness of Green Hill Town, a temporary and simple studio

Although the shrine has not yet been fully completed, and the various formations that gather spiritual energy have not yet been activated, as for the various elixir needed for alchemy, they have not even grown seedlings at the moment, and there is no way to make alchemy at all... But despite the alchemy Things can't be done for a while, but [Refining] has already started.