Chapter 643 Home in a Ghost Town
The hover car stopped near a residential area with many high-rise buildings, and Nangong and his wife took everyone to the place where they currently live temporarily. They let people into the living room, Elsa went to deliver the food brought from the mall today to the kitchen, and Nangong Wudi sat on the big sofa with the guests, preparing to answer a series of questions.
Hao Ren looked at the furnishings around him. It was obvious that the aborigines of this planet were creatures that were highly similar to the people on Earth, and their civilization was also somewhat similar to that of Earth. Although the furnishings in the room were strange, most of them were Can guess the purpose or usage. The house has been kept clean and tidy, and all kinds of supplies are neatly placed in handy locations. It can be seen that the people who live here have managed it into a stable and comfortable small home. As a couple living in another world, The residence where the troubled couple spent a hundred years together was surprisingly nice.
"Elsa took care of most of them. There are many weird things here. Thanks to my wife's talent and intelligence, otherwise I don't know what to do." Nangong Wudi noticed the guests' eyes scanning around, with a smile on his face. , "We were very busy for a while when we first came here. Thinking about what happened at that time makes people laugh."
Hao Ren noticed that Nangong Wudi's way of speaking was a bit strange. After thinking for a moment, he realized that it had a tone that was used by traditional Chinese squires more than a hundred years ago - the man in front of him had been away from the earth for a hundred years and was isolated from the world. Let him still speak the way he did back then. This kind of situation can also be seen in the aliens on earth who stay in shelters all year round. When he was in the Athens shelter, he met many old vampires and werewolves who behaved like medieval people.
Nangong Sanba asked impatiently: "Dad, how did you and mom get here? And how did you find this shelter?"
Nangong Wudi laughed: "I really can't explain exactly how I got here. I just remember being hooded by a ball of light from the angry spirit, which made me dizzy. When I woke up, I was in a dark and dark place. The boundary of ice and snow... Oh, it's on the ground. Your mother and I struggled to survive in the ice and snow, but it was really difficult to survive on the snow, and your mother had to use water spray to keep me alive, so we ventured outside of the snow - or so. After more than ten days, there was still no end in sight of the snow, but suddenly there was a sudden earthquake, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling. After another day or two, we saw a sudden light on the nearby steel mountain. Thousands of rays of light..."
When Nangong Wudi said this, Hao Ren suddenly interrupted: "Wait a minute, you are saying that when you first arrived in this world, those engines...that is, those light pillars did not appear yet. It took a while after you arrived here. Is it lit up?"
Nangong Wudi nodded: "Yes. Later, the couple of us walked towards the place with light, and soon found a city made of steel and various things with exquisite mechanisms. Then an agency man took us to this place."
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other: "...As I guessed, this planet ark has been staying in its own solar system before. It was after the Nangong couple came to this planet that they activated something, and it was What sets the planet sailing.”
"They may not have activated it, but the time seems to be right." Vivian touched her chin and looked up at Nangong Wudi, "Are there frequent earthquakes here after the light beam lights up? And sometimes you will feel weightless... Um, are you top-heavy, or do you always walk crookedly?"
Nangong Wudi nodded and recounted what happened in his memory. Everyone found that this basically corresponded to the phenomenon when the planet set sail. Although the indigenous people on this planet have created such incredible things as the "Planet Ark", their level of certain technologies is not high. For example, they do not know how to make anti-gravity equipment and cope with the acceleration of the aircraft. The problem of inertia can only be overcome by long acceleration and deceleration or various shock absorbing devices.
Nangong Wudi's memories completely confirmed Hao Ren's guess about the time when the planet set sail.
"Dad, you are here..." Nangong Wuyue's eyes were still a little red, and he couldn't help crying when he spoke, "You haven't endured hardship, have you?"
"It was confusing at first, and of course it was a bit difficult," Nangong Wudi smiled kindly, appearing calm and reliable, "but I soon got used to it. Everything is convenient here, and all kinds of things are convenient. To be honest, using Once I get used to it, it turns out to be easier than those stupid things back home. I don’t lack anything like food and clothing, but it’s just...a little lonely.”
The uncle tried to use a light tone when he said this, but everyone could guess that he and Elsa must have encountered more than a few difficulties when they first came to this world. They have no guidance, are nervous and scared, and don't even know the words here. This advanced world that seems to be running completely automatically may have seemed like a place full of demons to people a hundred years ago. Nangong Wuyue's mother should be the fastest to adapt here - she is a Kraken after all, and the Kraken City Nasatorn itself is an advanced immigration starship. She is no stranger to the automatic facilities here, at least to The world of this "style" will not be unfamiliar.
But the biggest difficulty is Nangong Wudi’s last words: I’m a little lonely.
"Have you seen anyone else here?" Lily asked, hugging her knees.
"No," Nangong Wudi looked solemn, "I know what you want to ask - my wife and I have been around the whole city, and there is no one else here except our husband and wife. But we often see those shadow screens There are people appearing on the street, and the items in the merchants are often replaced with new ones.”
"What about outside the city?" Yzaks held the coffee table with one hand and leaned his upper body forward. "Have you ever been to other cities?"
Nangong Wudi's answer was beyond everyone's expectations: "You can't get out. Once you come in, you can't get out again. And to be honest, we don't know the way to other cities, or even whether there are other cities."
"Can't you get out?" Several people looked at each other, and Vivian was the first to speak out, "Why can't you get out? Is someone blocking it or something?"
Nangong Wudi spread his hands: "The way out of the city is blocked by the Tower of Babel that you walked when you came down. Didn't you go back and take a look? It probably won't open again. And the outermost part of the city is made of stone and steel. , the whole city is tightly packed, there are a few places that look like city gates, but the gates are closed."
Hao Ren frowned: "Didn't you try to force your way in?"
"We forced our way through, but the agency people stopped us," Nangong Wudi grinned, "Later on, Elsa and I never forced our way through the city gate. After all, this place is extremely weird, and the ice and snow outside are extremely cold. It’s hard to survive, but at least we can live well in this city. To be safe, we’ll live here.”
Hao Ren's face suddenly turned serious.
The city is blocked, and the elevators and warning robots outside the city are executing the blockade in a planned manner-that is to say, people in the city are prohibited from leaving. He thought about the middle-aged man who appeared on the big screen, as well as the timely news that someone had obviously recently produced. These clues pointed to a group of mysterious guys hiding behind the scenes, who might be the real owners of this planet. But why do they do this?
A lot of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Hao Ren suddenly felt that this empty "ghost town" was probably a laboratory being observed, and the real aborigines and shelters were probably somewhere else. In this way, many things that are wrong can be explained clearly.
But what's the point of doing this?
Hao Ren called the spacecraft on standby in orbit, and the voice of the data terminal quickly rang in his mind: "Boss, what did you find?"
"Nangong's parents have been found," Hao Ren first reported the good news, "but this is not the key. Now increase the power of the radar, scan the deep layers of the planet for life signals, and look for facilities such as large shelters. , I suspect that the survivors of this planet are hiding deeper underground, and that there is something wrong with their behavior.”
"That's all right. Do you have any other orders?"
"Be careful and try not to cause conflicts," Hao Ren said, not forgetting his work rules. "Do not use force against alien civilizations unless necessary."
The various actions of the censor should be maintained at the "civilian" level as much as possible. Although the Xiling Empire's definition of the word "civilian" seems a bit subtle, it is definitely not acceptable to rashly start war on other civilizations, especially since the planet itself is a There are many observation samples of civilization achievements, so it is even more impossible to let the giant turtle rock platform solve thousands of worries with one shot.