"this… "
Xu Ying hesitated.
"Is there any difficulty?"
“Hmm… There wasn’t any originally, but now there is…” Xu Ying rubbed her temples with a headache and looked at the stone statue outside the window which was not too far away.
She brought Li Wenxi to the human base in the underground world. She originally wanted to take Li Wenxi around and let her explore whether there were any minerals around. Then, she would tell the rulers of this human base the location of these resources so that they would not be so panicked.
Because she herself had some doubts as to whether the rulers of this underground human world might have any other ideas.
You know, the area where humans live now is indeed much larger than the original area.
Although the surface area of the Earth has increased by a hundred times after its overall expansion, this area of activity is pitifully small compared to the Earth as a whole today, but…
Have those alien invaders really never discovered this place
On Earth thousands of years ago, even a very small uninhabited island would be visible under satellite surveillance.
However, the technology of the alien invaders is much more advanced than that of humans thousands of years ago.
Of course, if she were to ask herself whether this human base had been discovered, she would be more inclined to believe that it had not been discovered yet.
First of all, the humans living here have not been affected at all. If this place is discovered by alien invaders, will those bastards... allow so many humans to continue to reproduce
Of course, the more important reason is that this is an underground world.
The overall height here is at most two to three thousand meters, and some areas are only tens of meters or even a few meters high. There are even some areas that are completely isolated and closed by stone walls.
When exploring this underground world, we cannot use convenient flying objects like satellites for observation.
The current underground world is somewhat similar to the deep seabed thousands of years ago. It is extremely difficult to explore, and the scope is super doubled. Even if the satellite technology of the earth humans a thousand years ago was more advanced, the deep sea was still a very mysterious place for them.
Therefore, there is a high possibility that the human base has not been exposed.
After all, the alien invaders did not delve too deeply into the underground world. Most areas of the underground world are dark and basically lifeless. Who would take the time to explore such a vast underground world
As long as the mineral resources discovered are sufficient for their use, there is no need for them to waste too much energy in the underground world.
So in her opinion, those alien invaders should now only use the underground world as a convenient testing ground to experiment and control the bloodlines of giant beasts.
At the same time, the location of their human base is remote and basically cannot be discovered here.
"But..." Li Wenxi frowned after hearing what Xu Ying said and speculated, "It is indeed difficult for alien invaders to find this place, but this does not mean that humans living in the underground world do not want to go out, right? Among 100 million people, there must be some who yearn for the surface and the blue sky, right?"
Xu Ying bit her lip.
"... They have been thriving in the underground world for thousands of years. In addition, in order to prevent them from committing suicide en masse, we deliberately did not bring down any documents related to the ground or the blue sky when we first brought them to the surface. They should have no idea about the blue sky now, right? Or even..."
Xu Ying's tone was a little unconfident, and she looked up at the prosperous scene outside the window.
This is the most prosperous city in human history today, and most people live a carefree life.
People's lives are relatively fulfilling, and no one is clamoring to get out of the underground.
For most people, blue sky and white clouds are just a legend to them, just like modern people don’t want to see dinosaurs and saber-toothed tigers.
There is no such demand.
I'm alive and well now, why should I go to the ground
Can I live as comfortably on the ground as I do now
Moreover, some works over the past thousand years have basically been popularizing the dangers of the ground, which makes most people actually have an extreme fear of the ground.
Not only do they not want to return to the ground, they even regard the ground of this planet as an area that is extremely unsuitable for survival.
The temperature difference between day and night can be as large as 10 degrees, the sun can cause very strong damage to the human body, extreme weather on the ground can kill thousands of people at a time, and there are all kinds of irresistible beasts and flying monsters, as well as...
Crazy alien invaders will slaughter them all.
Under the indoctrination of this idea, people living underground even believe that humans' move to underground, a place very suitable for survival, thousands of years ago was the best decision in human history.
Xu Xin and Xu Ying, who were transferred underground for unknown reasons, became the saviors of mankind.
"But... this is just what ordinary people think, right?" Li Wenxi retorted. "Ordinary people do live a rich life and have no need to return to the surface, but the high-level officials who control this underground world must have realized that the resources of the underground world have been exhausted, right? At least, the resources of the underground world that they have explored have been exhausted."
Xu Ying was speechless.
This is also what she is most worried about.
The managers of this human world know best how long this underground world can last.
At that time, Xu Xin and Xu Ying sent everyone underground, and then specially selected several people who were in high positions of power on the ground to implement centralized power.
Rather than simple centralization, the situation at that time was probably more like imperial power.
In the chaotic situation at that time, imperial power was the most appropriate system. In that critical period, the remaining humans had just arrived in the underground world, and everything was in ruins. Who cared about human rights, equality and freedom
Accept the arrangement, or you will die if you don't obey, it's that simple.
And this system has continued to the present day, that is to say, the current human rulers are basically from the aristocratic families that have been passed down for thousands of years.
Of course, over the past thousand years, the ruling class has not always been as satisfied with the people as it is today, and there have been riots in the underground world. But because Xu Xin was still there at the time, he took Xu Ying across many time points and basically suppressed the situation before problems arose.
Therefore, this system has continued to this day.
The continuation of this system is also to prepare for humans to return to the ground. I believe that one day in the future people will see the bright sunshine again.
But this system also has its shortcomings.
When the ruling class is basically hereditary or passed down by abdication, there will be no interruption in their information.
In other words, the ruling class of this underground world knows too much.
They know the truth of thousands of years ago, and they also know that the ground is not as scary as people rumored. Instead, it is where humans should live. They know that living under blue sky and white clouds is the destination of mankind.
Instead of just going with the flow after being driven into this underground world.
They also know their mission, which is to lead everyone back to the ground one day!
Of course, this situation did not occur before because the previous dozens of rulers had relatively indifferent ideas in this regard.
They are just like ordinary people living in this world and are very satisfied with the life in this world. As rulers, they can live comfortably all their lives. Who would want to go out
But this time the rulers are different.
They already know that the existing proven resources in the human base will not last much longer.
In this situation, if they have a sense of responsibility, they will naturally do something for the humans living in this human base.
Even if they don't have such a strong sense of responsibility, they will still care about their family and offspring like ordinary people.
Maybe the resources will not be exhausted in their lifetime, but what about their descendants...
Are they going to leave a chaotic world to their descendants
Although Xu Ying had considered this idea before, the more she thought about it, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
It’s simply the truth…
"If I were the rulers, the easiest way to get back to the surface would be to capture the two 'gods' Xu Xin and Xu Ying who have appeared in various areas over the past thousand years?" Li Wenxi also stood up from the sofa and looked at the two statues standing outside. "It's a pity... you are not the Xu Ying who brought them here."
… I am actually. I didn’t tell you the truth because I didn’t want to scare you.
Xu Ying muttered in her heart.
"Moreover, if I were them, I would not put all my hopes on the so-called 'gods' who only appear once every few decades or even hundreds of years. I would also... try to contact the ground."
"…Contact the ground?" Xu Ying's expression was somewhat gloomy.
This was one of the worst-case scenarios she considered.
Is there anyone on the ground who can communicate with them
Of course, those survivors who were brushed like monkeys can't do that.
Then it would be obvious who to contact.
Alien invaders!
This group of human rulers, who have not tasted the stick of alien invaders in thousands of years, are likely to do such a thing!
They might naively believe that the alien invaders would accept their negotiations and allow them a place to survive on the surface.
But in Xu Ying's opinion, this is absolutely a fantasy.
Absolutely impossible!
After experiencing the collapsed world for three hundred years and witnessing the end of humanity in this world again, it was impossible for her to believe that those alien survivors would coexist with humans.
Even though humans cannot harm them at all, they just feel disgusted and uncomfortable with humans. Except for a necessary part, they want to eliminate all humans from this world.
The feelings they have towards humans are somewhat similar to the feelings humans have towards cockroaches.
Although cockroaches are almost harmless to humans, even if they fall into a pot, they contain six times the protein of beef after being cooked, but...
Humans have a natural tendency to feel disgusted and even panicked by cockroaches.
For most people, it is impossible for them to accept cockroaches.
If cockroaches could be eliminated, I think most humans would simply choose to let them go extinct.
Only a very small number of people know that cockroaches also have value, so they will collect cockroaches and conduct a series of experiments to benefit the human population.
And this is the position of the survivors to that mysterious voice.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to expect those alien invaders outside to accept 100 million humans!
Will humans coexist with 100 million cockroaches, or divide an area for 100 million cockroaches to survive
This kind of place can only be found in a laboratory.
The laboratory does not need as many as 100 million, so if humans really want to reach an agreement with alien invaders from the outside world, the best result is probably that most of these 100 million people will be killed, and the remaining humans will become objects of manipulation like ordinary survivors from the outside world.
Even worse than the survivors.
After all, things are valuable because they are rare. If there are too many of them, they will definitely not be taken seriously.
"... This is simply the most stupid thing to do..." Xu Ying bit her lip and said with determination, "No, I must go meet them and find out the situation! I hope they haven't done anything stupid yet!"
"Hey? You...you go alone?" Li Wenxi was stunned for a moment, then worriedly said, "No, they obviously want to catch you. If you go there like this, wouldn't that be a trap for you? Moreover, if they have really contacted the alien invaders..."
"Don't worry, don't worry about my safety." Xu Ying was quite confident about this. She patted her chest and said, "If I want to leave, they can't stop me or hurt me."
As long as humans have not yet acquired the power equivalent to time and space, she is invincible.
but…
"What should I do? I'm a little socially anxious..." Xu Ying suddenly squatted on the ground, holding her head and said, "How should I negotiate with them?"
She wasn't very good at dealing with this kind of thing.
During the thousand years, this kind of thing was basically done by Xu Xin. Although she was brought along, she was not interested in it and would basically be distracted or even run away when Xu Xin was doing his work.
Moreover, although she did live for more than 300 years in that future that had become a false one, she had always been a member of the core team, and the people she could contact in the core team were all older than her, either her brother or sister.
She spends most of her time with a group of older brothers and sisters, and has a brother who dotes on her very much.
In this situation, despite having lived for so long, her personality has always been so cheerful and lively, like a child.
He knows nothing about negotiation.
"This..." Li Wenxi didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, I want to win people over with virtue!" Xu Ying stood up suddenly and waved her fist. "If they don't obey, then beat them. There is nothing that can't be overcome by winning people over with virtue!"
"Ah, this... um... what about me?" Li Wenxi pointed at himself, then pointed at the two statues not far away outside, "Am I going to stay here? It's safe here, nothing will go wrong, right?"
"Don't worry!" Xu Ying said confidently, "There are... In short, it's very safe here! As long as you don't leave the villa more than a hundred meters away, no one will find you! Okay, sister-in-law, I'm leaving!"
"Why… "
Li Wenxi wanted to ask something, but suddenly, a purple-black vortex appeared under Xu Ying's feet. She fell into it instantly and disappeared in the vortex.
"She is really decisive..."
…
On the other side, Zeng Tao contacted Xu Xin.
"Shi Wanyun has woken up, come here quickly!"