They only go out to play for half a day, do things for half a day, and are led by older children to study for a few hours at night. Even if they come to Sky City, these children's lives are still regular.
The most they do is grow vegetables and paste lanterns. One by one, the lanterns are put out from the children's small hands and put into the large cardboard boxes next to them. Now they have been filled with many cardboard boxes.
The seasonings didn't grow that fast, but with Xiaomei there, with the help of Xiaomei's powerful chemical fertilizer, some easy-to-cook dishes have been cooked for a round, and these dishes have been carefully preserved.
The preparation for opening the store is mainly done by adults. Grandpa Allen has probably thought about it for a long time. Before coming here, he made a lot of shop supplies that are easy to assemble and use at home, including kitchen utensils and cooking utensils, all brought from his old home in the underground city. It's easy to say that there is a place, move these things over there, simply do a little work, and the prototype of the store will come out.
"It's naturally a lot of work to open a traditional restaurant. The woodcarving alone requires meticulous craftsmanship, but we are only doing business here, so that everyone can taste the food of our hometown. The important thing is the atmosphere and liveliness, and the shop is gorgeous. It's not important to be gorgeous." This is Grandpa Allen's original words, what he said and what he did.
Simple small shops were erected, and the children came out in groups, the adults adjusted the lines, and the children climbed the ladders to hang the lanterns.
They are used to doing this kind of thing, and they didn't feel anything wrong, but the volunteer grandparents in Coral City were so frightened that they discouraged these children one after another, saying, "This kind of climbing work should let them Come on", but the task of hanging a lantern looks simple, but it's actually not that simple. In the end, a volunteer who offered to help accidentally fell off the ladder.
Fortunately, the fall was not heavy, his wings flapped and he stabilized his balance.
Uh... The volunteer who fell was none other than Professor Alufa.
Honor: =-=
It was only at this time that he knew: Professor Alufa... It seems that the motor nerves are not well developed...
And the children also took advantage of this time to finally confirm: oh yo? Those beautiful little wings... Sure enough... Can't fly
These children who grew up in an extremely closed environment are born with a pair of eyes that are good at observing, and they do not ask questions easily, but observe for a period of time until they are sure that it is indeed a fixed problem, and then they meet a suitable and reliable person. will ask.
So, that night, they secretly asked Ronggui this question.
Ronggui: 囧! ! ! ! !
Having lived in Coral City for so long, he... he he he he he is the first time he knows this problem! ! !
If it weren't for the children's reminders, he, he, he really didn't realize that people here can't fly! ! ! !
This eager observation...
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In Xiaomei's words: Ronggui's reaction this time... Compared with the first time we met, he only remembered and asked where he was after 40,59 seconds of sobering up... It was much slower than that time.
That's right, who is Ronggui~ He is the one who asks (Xiaomei) if he doesn't understand! After being asked this question, he immediately found Xiaomei who was cooking in the kitchen, grabbed Xiaomei's wings, and asked "Xiaomei, can you fly" anxiously.
Uh... As you all know, wings are a rather private part of this world—
And Ronggui is now holding this private part tightly in his hands. In the kitchen, in addition to Xiaomei, there are also Professor Alufa, Mrs. Sadan, Grandpa Allen, Poema, and a swarm of bees following Ronggui's ass. A group of kids running in.
Xiaomei: =-=
It was also at this time that he remembered: it seems that he has never mentioned the representative meaning of wings to Ronggui... This kind of thing comes.
But Xiaomei is Xiaomei. Even if her wings are being stroked in public, she is not in a hurry. She lowered the fire on the stove, lowered her head, and shook the tip of her wings slightly...
Then he answered the question with a straight face:
"Can't fly."
"Hey? Is it a disability or..." Ronggui suddenly panicked. There were no outsiders at the scene anyway, so he simply asked directly.
"It should be that no one can fly. The wings can feel, and they can be unfolded and folded. In special circumstances, it is possible to help maintain balance. However, if you want to fly, the strength of the wings is too weak." Xiaomei said, and stretched it out. The wings were shown to Ronggui and the children behind him: "Look, it is completely impossible for such small wings to bear the height and weight of a normal adult."
"Isn't it possible to fly on TV?" Rong Gui remembered the Sky City promotional video he had seen in Ye Dehan!
Wings can fly, this is proof!
"It was a propaganda film that was shot a long time ago. About five hundred years ago, the wings of those born in that generation were still able to fly. Ye Dehan's position was deep, the news was blocked, and the propaganda film has not been changed..." In a few words , Xiaomei explained the problem to him.
"Then... isn't that just an ornament?" Ronggui was stunned.
When he asked this, Xiaomei actually nodded: "In my opinion, it is an ornament."
"It is not as comfortable to lie on the bed after growing wings. Although there are special beddings, it is still not as good as the back without wings."
"Then! Why didn't you say it earlier!" Xiaomei said, Ronggui immediately digressed: "The bed we are using now is not comfortable, so let's change it!"
"Master and mother, what brand of bed do you two use? Are the wings comfortable when you sleep?"
He also went to Professor Arulfa to learn from the scriptures.
Professor Alufa: =-=
Madam Sadan: =-=
The fact that two people slept in the same bed was pierced by the apprentice.
Well, although it's not a secret, it's just known to the public, or... I'm still a little shy~
But Professor Alufa is a "professor" after all~
"I'll book one for you when you turn back to the bed." After a moment of shyness, Arufa said seriously, "It's good to think of this."
"The most fearful thing is to get used to this kind of thing. Over time, it is normal to think that it is normal to not be able to fly. Today's Sky City has this trend."
"Few people think about why their wings can't fly. Wings only represent the bloodline that allows people to live in Sky City. It's okay to be idle, and they also study various ways to decorate their wings. As the wings are more decorated, The more flamboyant, the more people ignore the problem…”
Alufa said, and shook the wings behind him: "I was discovered by you today, my motor nerves are not good."
"I was not good at sports since I was a child. Compared with other children, I have more time to think."
"When I saw other kids using ladders to climb, I thought, why don't they use wings?"
"When I saw people go up in flying machines, I thought, why don't they fly up with wings?"
"I'm still thinking about this issue to this day."
When he said this, he paused for a while, and his eyes slid over the children's little faces, Rong Gui's face, and Xiaomei's face in turn.
Slightly different from the previous expression, Xiaomei now looks like she is thinking.
The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and Alufa's voice became more gentle, and he continued: "Probably I have been thinking about this since I was a child, so I have been interested in various sciences one after another. Fortunately, God is not bad for me, he gave me I have a brain that can understand this knowledge, and a brain that can memorize it all so I can think better.”
"I studied astronomy, I learned about atmospheric defenses of the Perpetual Light Belt... I just wanted to understand if the reason people couldn't use their wings was outside the atmosphere, and if the air, temperature, and light pollution limited humans there. the flying height of…”
"I studied biology, human physiology, genetics, medicine... I wanted to study the secret of human wings not being able to fly from a physiological point of view."
"In these studies, I determined that human wings are indeed incapable of flying, and not only that, but it's getting worse."
Alpha stopped smiling.
"Does this mean that humans are degenerating?"
"Or evolution?"
"I, who can only exist for a short period of time in human history, have no way of understanding this problem now."
"However, even with this knowledge, my original question remains unanswered."
"Finally, in the study of history, I vaguely understood something."
"Early before our ancestors entered the belt of light, in an earlier era, in an earlier and earlier era that we almost considered to belong only to myths and legends, our ancestors had a very incredible evolution. era!"
Alufa's eyes brightened, his tone involuntarily increased, and the speed of speech increased slightly:
"It was a time when we looked pretty incredible!"
"They, they turned out to be able to change their form of existence!"
"The original posture, and the same form as our current physical form, this evolutionary form has not been fully studied yet, but in my opinion, the ultimate purpose of this model is reproduction."
"Just like we are now, any evolution of human beings is for continuation and reproduction, otherwise it will inevitably go backwards..."
"In the genes of existing human beings, I have observed a lot of very wonderful genetic residues! Since I lived in Sky City since I was a child, I have relatively more genetic research on the residents of Sky City."
"It's unbelievable that the genes that exist in us, make our bodies stronger than others, and allow us to live in Sky City, most likely come from a creature called a dragon!"
"If what the myth says is true, how powerful our ancestors must have been!"
"Powerful enough to destroy a city alone!"
"It's a power that makes people tremble with excitement!"
"There is almost every reason to believe that we are almost too powerful to invite such a catastrophe in the end. Most of the human beings perish, and a few people hide in the tower and drift aimlessly in the eternal light belt..."
"But even then, in those days! How desirable!"
There was almost a light in Professor Arufa's eyes!
"The reason why I care so much about the era in which Agui lived is because the era in which Agui lived, the creatures like dragons were mentioned in a big way."
Saying that, Professor Alufa's bright eyes fell on Ronggui's face.
His eyes were so bright that Ronggui felt that he was shining in Professor Arufa's eyes.
Ah... how incredible...
Ronggui couldn't imagine what Professor Alufa mentioned, but it didn't prevent him from interpreting it as a very powerful thing that could affect all human beings.
Not only him, everyone in this room who heard Professor Arufa's words was the same as him.
Everyone is fascinated, although the body is here, but the spirit has arrived at the era described by Professor Alufa.
Only Mrs. Sadan, her icy eyes softened only when she stared at Professor Alufa.
At this moment, looking at such a high-spirited professor, his eyes softened even more.
"Each of us is a relic of that era."
"Each of us may have genetic samples that are precious enough to decipher that era."
"Any abandonment of one's own body and the use of substitutes is a complete destruction of this precious relic."
"Whether it's a sky city or a dungeon."
"We come from an origin, and I have a hunch that the restoration of this secret era cannot be separated from the dedication of samples from the residents of the dungeon."
"Even, I still have a hunch that leaving the belt of eternal light and developing a new history of mankind on a real planet is also inseparable from the integration and cooperation of Sky City and Dungeon."
"We've come from a time, and after a long separation, we're probably going to be reunited."
"In this way, we can go to a new era together."
Such an astonishing word appeared out of nowhere in a small kitchen in a small star city.
Not many people heard it, but everyone who heard it fell into silence and thought.
Especially Xiaomei.
Ronggui looked up at Xiaomei ignorantly. Although he couldn't tell from the outside, he knew instinctively that Xiaomei was the most surprised of everyone.
Xiaomei was deeply shocked by Professor Arufa's words.