Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong each looked to one side and saw the stalls beside the road. Some were selling crystal, diamond, jade, and white jade jewelry in an old-world style. Some were holding LCD screens and portable computers of different sizes. , Some are canned food, clothes and other materials, and some are simply a collection of scattered sundries.
"Contains old world entertainment materials..." Long Yuehong read out the contents of a paper sign.
It was not hung, it was placed in front of one of the stalls.
This stall specializes in restored old world computers.
Hearing the words read by Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, who was driving, reminded with a serious expression:
"Better not to touch."
"Why?" Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong asked in unison.
Bai Chen recalled:
"When I was wandering in the wilderness, I met a very powerful relic hunter. He was about half the team leader."
"Huh, I have become a measurement standard?" Jiang Baimian was observing the lively street with great interest, and laughed when he heard this.
Bai Chen did not respond to her teasing, and continued:
"Once, while exploring a ruined city, he found a portable computer with no major problems other than the battery.
"Later, he found someone to fix all kinds of small problems, traded in a new battery that could be used, and finally started the computer..."
Because he wanted to avoid a pedestrian crossing the road, Bai Chen stopped before he finished speaking.
Long Yuehong tried to make a guess:
"As a result, something terrible happened
"There's some kind of danger lurking in the old world entertainment material on that computer?"
"No." Bai Chen said truthfully, "After he dug out those entertainment materials, he became addicted to it, and never explored the ruins of the city again. With his previous savings and contacts, he did some small business in the first city, barely able to maintain himself. Moreover, even when he was busy in the store, he couldn’t do without that computer, and he didn’t think about how to do a good job in business or how to expand the scale, he just wanted to stay in front of the computer, constantly clicking the mouse and pressing the keyboard.”
Finally, Bai Chen concluded:
"He was originally a very ambitious and capable person, and maybe one day he will be able to get his own manor, but as a result, it's useless."
Long Yuehong, oh oh, said twice:
"It's terrifying, those old world entertainment materials."
Shang Jian Yao said enthusiastically:
"I want to challenge to see if my will can overcome those old world entertainment materials."
During the discussion, Long Yuehong glanced at the team leader and found that her mouth was tightly closed, her cheeks bulged slightly, and her body trembled slightly.
The team leader should have been in contact with the entertainment materials of the old world... As soon as Long Yuehong flashed such a thought, Jiang Baimian laughed, unable to straighten her back:
"Haha, Xiaobai, you look so serious and cute!
"Ha ha… "
Bai Chen pursed his lips and did not respond.
Jiang Baimian immediately put away his smile and said solemnly:
"But you must not let Shang Jianyao touch those old world entertainment materials."
Just the radio program, the music playlist and the year-end report performance made Shang Jianyao make so many moths. If he were to be exposed to the rich and perfect old world entertainment materials, would that be okay
"You don't believe me?" Shang Jianyao protested.
"No, I don't believe in those old world entertainment materials, I'm afraid they will be contaminated by you." Jiang Baimian opened his eyes and spoke nonsense.
She felt that this should be the most convincing "reason" for Shang Jianyao.
Sure enough, Shang Jianyao replied:
"You have to be thankful, now I am arrogant."
"..." Jiang Baimian's eyes turned upward, and he slowly exhaled.
The jeep drove for a while, and Long Yuehong saw that someone had set up a half-height platform beside the road, holding a black-shell book, preaching something to the surrounding crowd, and someone holding another thick book, constantly talking. Talk to the passing pedestrians...
"There are indeed more religions here." Long Yuehong sighed with emotion combined with the information obtained before.
Because the intelligent robots in "Mechanical Paradise" do not believe in religion, and they don't care whether others believe in religion or not, many originally hidden sects have surfaced here, setting up churches, temples or pavilions to preach in public.
As for the "Furnace Cult", an organization that can openly operate in the "Linhai Alliance", it has no scruples. Not only has it built churches and sent "devotees", but it has also directly transformed itself into many trading companies in the "Linhai Alliance". , the team's Tarnan service point.
Of course, another premise of mission is that there is an object in need of mission, and Tarnan has no shortage of population.
-Before getting the information given by Han Wang, the "Old Tune Team" thought that Tarnan was mostly robots, and that human beings were caravans, hunters and trade representatives who came and went. Many, because they know Tarnan, there are only so many forces allowed to trade with "Mechanical Paradise". Even if each family sends several caravans and relic hunters responsible for their protection, the total population here will not reach a medium-sized settlement. point standard.
The reality overturned this perception. Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others knew before they left Hongshiji that there are a large number of local residents in Tarnan.
There are three sources of them:
One is certain members of the caravan and their descendants.
Tarnan is under the control of "Mechanical Paradise", private fights are prohibited, the public security order is quite good, and there is a strong armed force, so there is no need to worry about being attacked by the robber group by other forces. For many people, it is simply a paradise.
In the chaotic era and the early days of the new calendar, this was even more irresistible. At that time, many caravans and trade groups of many city-states had personnel who stayed and settled down either through official channels or by directly breaking away from the original forces. Here, anyway, such a fairly well-maintained urban ruin has too many unowned houses that can be taken as their own.
- At that time, the "Seaside Alliance" had not yet been established, and "Mechanical Paradise" was trading with many city-states in that area. Later, these city-states outside the polluted area were able to form states, and then form alliances in the form of states, in fact, thanks to the help provided by "Mechanical Paradise", including but not limited to dispatching robot volunteer teams and providing water purification technology. , against the "higher mindless" and so on.
The second is the wilderness wanderers in the surrounding area.
Such a peaceful and peaceful city where necessary supplies can be exchanged makes every group that wanders here do not want to leave.
The third is the foreign relic hunters.
Around Tarnan, including the Chilar Mountains, there are many ruins of cities, attracting many relic hunters. They inevitably found such a safe enough city, and after living in Tarnen for a while, a large number of them chose not to venture elsewhere and stayed in Tarnen to clear farmland He made a living by exploring various ruins in this area, and established a local hunter guild.
Of course, the premise of the establishment of the local hunter guild is to sign a memorandum with "Mechanical Paradise" to ensure that the various behaviors of hunters are restrained, so that they do not actively disclose the existence of Tarnan to the outside world.
—The jewelry, electrical appliances and sundries on the roadside stalls were all found from the ruins of the surrounding cities.
Previously, Means of Shifang Trading Company mentioned that Tarnan’s robots do not eat food or farm fields, resulting in very few fresh ingredients here, and everyone can only rely on canned food, biscuits and energy bars for a living, referring to “outsiders”.
Local residents have cultivated farmland on this land, but because it is located in the mountainous area, the soil is poor, and many areas are still polluted, so they cannot cultivate, so the food and vegetables produced are only enough for their own use.
And the animals they feed are occasionally sold.
In other words, it's not that flour, rice, vegetables and other materials can't be bought in Tarnan, but it's more expensive and very uneconomical. Many caravans and relic hunters would rather go to the surrounding area to get them.
While speaking, Jeep finally walked out of this lively street and entered a quieter area.
The streetlights here are still bright, and Tarnan seems to have no shortage of electricity, but only a few houses have a yellowish or whiteish glow.
Lots of windows are uninhabited behind.
"I thought Tarnan was already lively and prosperous, but it turned out that not every room in the ruins of this city was filled." Long Yuehong compared Tarnan and Weed City.
"After all, this is a semi-secret place," Jiang Baimian said casually.
Long Yuehong glanced left and right again, and suddenly said with emotion:
"Compared with the ruins of Swamp 1, this is a small city, and such a city must be everywhere on the dust.
"Before the destruction of the old world, it was mostly full of people, but it was still just a small city..."
Tarnan, which is not even one-fifth of a small city filled, can be called lively in today's dusty soil. How prosperous was the old world back then
Shang Jianyao immediately added:
"yes."
He said immediately:
"So, do you want to follow me?"
"What do you read?" Long Yuehong was a little dazed.
Shang Jianyao replied seriously:
"In order to save all mankind, I volunteer..."
It was not Jiang Baimian who interrupted his words, but Bai Chen.
She stopped the car and was in front of a hotel.
This hotel is called "Youmeng", and it is about two or three hundred meters away from the most lively street. It originally seemed to be a hotel in the old world, but it was repaired and remodeled.
This is the place recommended by several smugglers in Hongshiji, saying that it is the most comfortable place to live.
After parking the jeep in front of the hotel, Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao and the others walked towards the front desk through the automatic revolving door.
During this process, Shang Jianyao deliberately followed the rotation of the gate, and he was about to turn back and was pulled back by Jiang Baimian.
And Long Yuehong is also curious about this kind of door that will rotate on its own when it senses that she and others are approaching.
This belongs to some applications in his area of expertise.
Sitting at the front desk of the hotel is a woman in her thirties. She is a gray native and wears a thick woolen dress with bright colors and unique styles. Her facial features are not bad, and her temperament is quite charming.
While wrapping her drooping hair, she smiled and said to the guests:
"Your choice is very wise. If you go to those places in the city where no one lives, and find a room to sleep at random, you are likely to encounter..."
Having said this, she paused and said in a sinister tone:
"ghost."
Shang Jianyao was immediately excited:
"Where? Where?"
"..." The woman suspected of being the hotel owner was dumbfounded.