Chapter 20: The Brown Star's Story
"Woo, woo", a strange alarm sounded throughout the city, and it was not as rapid and nervous as the alarm that sounded two days ago. The sound was gentle, and it was more like a soothing notice.
Hearing this voice, the survivors who had been in the safe haven for two days could not hide the excitement on their faces. A few younger ones even rushed out with their hands and feet. Although they were blown all over the ground by the wind, they still burst into tears with excitement. Without explanation, the shadow-tracking players could see that this means that the enemies in the city have been cleared and the City of Sky has returned to its former safety.
These lucky luck who were rescued by chance had not been too late for a minute. As soon as the voice stopped, they couldn't wait to run towards the city. What they miss most now was the home they were familiar with, taking a hot bath, taking a drink, and then having a comfortable sleep, completely forgetting the night that was almost dead two days ago. However, the four middle-level officials had complicated expressions and wanted to speak in front of the shadow chasers, until Mia patted their shoulders, and Shuer secretly nodded to them to show them peace of mind. The four of them turned around and left uneasy.
The children are the most carefree and the best to deal with. Delia handed over the card to the others and gave them a while to their ears. The four children jumped and ran towards the city. It is said that the West Outer Ring District is not far from here, so there is no need to worry about their safety. However, it seems that Delia plans to continue pestering the shadow-seekers and keep their free and familiar personality, which makes the mercenaries laugh and cry.
"Have the surveillance been put?" The safe haven was empty immediately. Shursh leaned comfortably on the chair and said to Mia, who had patted the shoulders of four middle-level officials, "That's fine, keep an eye on them, once you find that they have abnormal behavior...ha."
"Bang", Militi, who was playing with the skull, suddenly opened her five fingers, and a sound of explosion was simulated in her mouth. "I arranged it myself, but unfortunately, the four of them didn't have the chance to appreciate the appearance of the watermelon when it exploded."
"So, since all the outsiders have been exposed, it's time to discuss your problem, little guy." Shure looked at Delia with a smile, "Why do you have to follow us?"
"Wait for my commission." The girl replied without thinking, "Or you pay me the commission in advance first and I'll leave right away."
"Okay." He winked at Mobak, and the metal balls made of five gold coins were placed in front of Delia. "I'll give you my answer, leave an address, and we'll find you when you need your help."
"Hmph." The little guy hesitated for a while at the golden ball, and suddenly turned his head disdainfully, "Grandma said that the money given by others for no reason is used to buy life, so you must not get it. You pay me a commission for no reason, so you must not be kind, I don't want it."
"Awkward little thing." Shuer laughed in silence, stopped teasing her, picked up five golden balls and put them back in his pocket.
"Hey hey hey, captain, captain, don't you think there is something wrong?"
"I'm usually slow and dull, why do you start to be sensitive at this time?" Shuer curled his lips, reluctantly took out the gold coins and threw them back to Mobak. He ignored the idiot who was so smiling that he was almost blocked by his beard on his face. He touched the little guy's head and said, "It's for your own good to let you go back. You are not suitable to get too close to us, and some things are not suitable to let you know."
"Isn't it just a partnership with those borers to steal the scientific research results in the city? It seems like I don't know." Delia pouted in dissatisfaction, "And even if you pretend to be the black market, it will not affect us. The relationship between the West Outer Ring District and the black market is closer than you think, and the black market people don't care much about others pretending, so I won't have any trouble because of you."
"Oh?" The few people looked at each other in surprise. The little guy knew a lot, "We want to steal something very important in your city. Don't you feel angry?"
"It's not that you steal our West Outer Ring District, what's so angry about?" Delia muttered, "Besides, if you are really black market merchants, you may have an impact on the city with the technology of our city, but you are not black market merchants at all, and you won't sell them. They have no impact on the city. Why am I angry about it?"
"Tsk tsk, it seems that you can't be treated like an ordinary child." Shuer dragged his chair to Delia, "Tell me, why do you follow us? I want to listen to the truth. You should understand that people like us, no matter how much they like you, we will not be merciful if you have any problems."
"You promise me after saying that?"
"Puchi." Even Moria couldn't help laughing. When she said you, let me follow her and say you agreed to me, but there were two completely different concepts. The little girl was too cunning and knew the key to bargaining. She found that Shuer was glaring at her, Lin Jing made a face and looked up at the sky, "Yuyo, I'm just a deer, I can't understand others' glaring at me."
Shuer rolled his eyes, pinched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly grabbed Delia and pressed it on his leg, slapped three times, and then snorted coldly: "If a child is disobedient, he should be beaten."
Regained his freedom, Delia hid behind the chair, covered her butt, and quickly hid behind the chair, poked her head out like an angry sparrow, staring at Shul angrily. After a long time, she found that Shul was determined to give in, so she walked out and sat back in her original position, and said reluctantly: "Uncle, I want to enter the Tower of Babel."
"Oh, Tower of Babel, huh?" Shuer suddenly realized, "Wait, the ground is very dangerous, it has been occupied by machinery, that Tower of Babel should be no exception. What are you doing in such a dangerous place?"
"Oh, that's true." Delia bit her lip and said uneasy, "You guys are indeed mysterious."
"Ha, of course, we are..."
"Uncle, don't be perfunctory to me. You promised to tell the truth." The little girl said sadly.
"Ahem, what I just said was that I want to listen to the truth, and secretly tamper with the words of others with a sad look on my face. You are really a talented person."
"Hehe, it's almost done."
"Are you far behind?"
"Actually, there are too many things that are wrong with you. You don't know the city roads, the urban class, the characteristics and habits of mechanical invasion. Well, these can be explained by you from other cities, although the situation in other cities should be similar." The little girl said seriously, "But you don't even know what is in the Tower of Babel and what it means. I really doubt whether you are humans on this planet."
Haha, I was forced to do so.
Everyone found that she still underestimated this child. Her feeling was sharper than most adults and was particularly calm. If others didn't understand it, just like Surta, the four middle-level officials, could never be as calm as her to guess whether you were creatures from other planets. Although Shur originally had the intention of using her as a breakthrough to understand more information in the world, he deliberately or unintentionally revealed some secrets, but being able to react so quickly to grasp the essence is enough to prove that she is extraordinary.
Staring at the little girl's face thoughtfully, Shuer thought for a long time. It was not difficult to find an explanation. Not to mention Shuer, even Saf present could probably make up a lot. But on the one hand, it was the question of whether the little girl believed it or not, and lying would inevitably destroy the relationship between the two parties. More importantly, Shuer suddenly didn't want to hide it.
"Little guy." Shure dragged his chin and looked straight into Delia's eyes, "Tell us the story of your planet."
"Uncle..." The little girl bit her lips and hesitated for a while, nodded vigorously, "Okay, but here is it?"
"Hmm? Is there any problem?"
"This is the rest stop for workers to inspect. I just experienced a large-scale machinery invasion and will definitely be inspected throughout the city. Maybe workers will come at any time." The little girl thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go to the West Outer Ring District. I'm more familiar with the environment there, and my home is there, so it's not easy to stand on the street to make people suspicious."
"Is the environment familiar?" Shuer nodded, "Then let's go, and say as he walks."
"Our planet was originally called Brown Star. Most of the surface is land and the ocean area is not large. However, there are not many surface water resources in the inland area and the climate is pretty good. Historically, it is a habitable planet."
"At historic time, the entire planet had a population of about 22 billion to 25 billion. This is calculated by historians today. I don't know whether it is true or not."
"According to historical books, there were originally more than 300 countries of all sizes and sizes, but with the development of civilization, the concept of the country became increasingly blurred, and eventually formed a highly autonomous coalition government with regions as the boundary. We all call it the Brown Star Alliance Government. This coalition government that ruled the entire planet has been going on until now. Even today, all cities still obey the orders of the coalition government and are under their jurisdiction."
"Due to too many populations, in order to alleviate the tension in space, the coalition government has built nearly a hundred sky cities. Each sky city will float around a Tower of Babel, relying on the principle of magnetic floating in the air. At the same time, it has also begun to explore the universe, hoping to find other planets that can be immigrated to."
"Universe?" Shuer was stunned, but he immediately realized, "It's okay, you can continue."
"In order to maintain the operation of Sky City and work in an environment that is not suitable for survival, scientists have created a large number of mechanical bodies to assist human work. Mechanical bodies are said to be really convenient, and most of the work can be completed with their assistance."
Chapter completed!