Live in this quirky projection village
I didn't think about it at all. Originally, we came down just to collect some information. Of course, I thought too simply at first. Maybe it's a bit whimsical to go down with a USB flash drive and finish the task in five minutes, but no matter what the situation is. How to develop, I haven't thought about sleeping in the center of the earth for a few nights, but this mysterious big patriarch has already made an invitation, and for us, if we want to find out without using violent means, I am afraid the truth is really not a while.
"We won't stay too long, but we still thank you for your hospitality first."
Just when I was thinking about how to shirk and go to other places in the oasis to check the situation, my lord sister suddenly spoke up. From the tone of my voice, it seemed that I really planned to stay for a few days.
Facing my doubtful eyes, my sister just blinked and motioned for her other thoughts.
"Do you still have to go back to the flame sky?" The eldest chief looked at the sister and asked calmly.
"We come from there." The sister answered very ambiguous.
"I understand. People from the oasis will not go to Lieyantian, but it is your home after all. How are you going to go back? I haven't seen your big boat. It is said that people from Lieyantian need a big boat to come to the oasis. OK, or you'll be stranded on the ground."
The voice of the big clan has not fallen yet, and Lilina's voice came from the spiritual connection: "She is lying! Her speed is wrong!"
I didn't see the meaning of the other person's lie at all. But Lilina insisted that the other party was not telling the truth. I can only believe that at least this black loli is much more reliable than outsiders.
Lilina paused for a few seconds before explaining: "She said that people in Lieyantian would be stranded in the oasis without a big boat. There were signs of lying when she said this. It is the talent of the Pope: even if it is a quality projection, she is also thinking, as long as it is thinking, it can be classified as a pan-soul, and it is all under the control of the Pope."
In other words, in fact, this big chief knew that we would not be stranded in the oasis stars because of no transportation. So what's the point of her saying this? As soon as I had this question, my sister sent a sentence: "She may be guessing our identity, and she has a vague answer, and the way we came and left the oasis may be related to this identity. She wants to know who we are Use something to come down from the mantle."
Can I tell this old lady in fact a seven -hand BYD with dozens of exhaust pipes and can jump and ultra -light speed cruise in our hands
People on Oasis are very cautious, sometimes they seem a little nervous, but sometimes they seem a little too naive and easy to deceive. That night, a group of us were entertained and lived in the village, and there was a separate mushroom tree house to live in , It is said that this is specially used for entertaining guests. On Oasis Star, every tree elf settlement will have a house dedicated to entertaining guests. This is because tree elves like to wander in the forest, and all tree elves have Growing from the ancestral vines. This allowed them to entertain guests while being intimate, and it gradually developed a custom to leave enough room for guests wherever they were.
Soon, night fell. It seemed that those glowing clouds in the upper atmosphere ended their chemical reaction under the regulation of a certain system. The entire Oasis star experienced the same night. This small earth-centered world has no dividing line between day and night and the eastern and western hemispheres We gather in the mushroom tree houses where these hospitable tree elves are ready to come out to entertain guests, and we still discuss the societies of these strange projections and their secrets. Earlier, my sister rejected the fruit platter and other sweet-smelling dinners prepared by the other party (unfortunately, they were all fruits). I brought something to eat, and now those fruit plates are still on the table. Qianqian is studying them—and Jingle.
Her Majesty the Little Goddess seems to be very interested in these inedible things. The realistic texture and aroma of the latter have completely captured the little things whose intelligence has always been flawed. Ding Dong jumped around a pile of strangely shaped fruits, like a little beast waiting for an opportunity to attack, occasionally yelling in a shrill voice and then pounced on it—there was only one result, and the mass projection could not bear this contradiction in an instant , turned into light spots in mid-air, and Ding Dong couldn't figure it out.
The little guy was muttering, like a frustrated kitten after its prey flew away. After several attempts, it finally lay on my shoulder and stopped moving. She was pretending to be dead.
Still stuck at gravitational equilibrium, Tavel and her research team have done a thorough inspection of the inner mantle and found something very interesting: the remains of some ancient equipment.
Those huge composite material skeletons are deeply embedded in the semi-molten mantle, and the complex grooves show that they were once used to install some kind of huge machinery. These skeletons may have been used by the residents of Green Star when they transformed the core of the earth.
If these devices are not important, there is something else that is more exciting: the reconnaissance probe has discovered many dark pyramid structures in the shallow mantle. These structures are the mass projection generators we have been looking for for a long time.
If we can't find the answer from the "natives" in the oasis, then our only clue is to dismantle these mass projection generators. Although forcibly cracking the projection devices may cause some damage to the organisms behind them, this is a way after all. .
"Huh? What are you doing outside?"
Qianqian was not interested in our serious discussion, she had been lying in front of the window watching the night scene outside, when she suddenly cried out.
The night of this projected world is not pure darkness. Although the tree elves seem to not have that advanced electric lighting or other artificial lighting technology, and there are not many lights in the small village, those huge mushroom umbrella handles can be seen under the night. It emits a faint white light, the effect is the same as that of a street lamp, in such a not very bright light. I saw many tree spirits gathered in the clearing in the middle of the village—there were a lot of them. It should already account for half of the population of this small village with only a dozen households.
Those elves were all dressed neatly, as if they were about to go on a long journey, they stood silently in the open space, the scene was silent and eerie, everyone was motionless, and after observing for a while, I found one more thing: all the tree elves The expressions on his face were all numb.
There was no leader in sight, not even any expression on the faces of the elves, and under our puzzled gaze, they suddenly disappeared into thin air one by one! In just ten seconds, the square was empty. Half of the villagers in the small village just disappeared out of thin air.
But before we went out to check the situation, another puzzling scene happened. In the place where the villagers disappeared just now, many free light spots suddenly appeared in the open space. These light spots fluttered and combined, and after a while, they gathered into human shapes and turned into another group of strange tree elves, wearing the same clothes as those villagers disappeared just now. Same. The newly-appeared villagers first looked around blankly, and the expressions on their faces gradually became vivid, and then they all smiled: the smile disappeared in a flash, and then they returned to the expressionless, and then walked to a nearby one with ease. a tree house. It's like it's their own home - but it's not their house! That belonged to the villagers who just disappeared!
The vision lasted only a few minutes in total, and half of the tree elves in the village just disappeared, and they were replaced by another group of strangers. After the silence outside returned to no one, they lightly touched my arm: "Ah Jun , like a horror movie."
"The original person has been replaced," Sandora returned to the table. "It seems that this projection world still has a way of operating that we don't know. Let's rest first, and we'll see the situation tomorrow."
We slept really well this night, although the situation was a bit weird. And we are still deep in the center of the earth, but the heartlessness of the first family is effective under any circumstances. When I woke up from the soft suspenders woven with plant fibers, it was already bright outside (the oasis A day seems to be about an hour shorter than on Earth, which I found out by looking at my watch), Ding Dong crawled over at some point. He was lying on his face, sleeping in the dark. Luckily I didn't cough at night...
The village is already lively, and the tree elves are preparing for a day's life. Men and women, with tools for harvesting wild fruits, plan to go to the top of a nearby bush that has just matured to collect food for the village in the next few days. This is from their According to the information heard during the conversation, everything is as usual, every elf has a natural smile on his face, and he doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with his life at all.
But the person standing in front of them was already a stranger: the replaced tree elf didn't even have to disguise his appearance!
We seemed to be walking in a bizarre fantasy—well, this is indeed a fantasy, but I never thought it would be so bizarre before. After walking around the village for a long time, I finally found someone I knew, who had The impressive tree elf girl, Lue, is helping her village chief father to pack up some dried grass leaves. The fibers left after the grass leaves are completely dried are the most commonly used building materials for tree elves. Seeing the guests coming, Lue immediately stood up and greeted happily.
"Hello, you are still used to sleeping last night? It must be much colder on the oasis than in Lieyantian," the tree elf girl said cheerfully, wiping the sweat with the back of her hand, "It's been a busy day since today, gathering food and Prepare the straw rope for next year."
"Oh," I looked around, "it seems that there are many strange faces."
Faced with my intentional or unintentional reminder, Lue didn't realize it at all, she just glanced at the women and children who were busy in the open space, and said with a smile: "No, probably a lot of people didn't come out yesterday, you haven't seen them , I got to know each other very quickly, there are not many people in the village, and everyone is very kind.”
She had no idea that half of the people around her had been replaced!
"Go to that big patriarch." Lin Xue whispered suddenly, took my arm and walked out of the village. Everyone didn't know what happened, so they had to follow in a hurry.
The small wooden house of the chief patriarch is still standing quietly outside the village wall. Just now I was a little worried that this small house would disappear like those villagers, or be replaced by something else. Fortunately, everything here is as usual. Including the kind tree elf old lady inside. The other party let us into the room with a happy face: "Guests from afar, did you rest well yesterday?"
Lin Xue stared closely at the other person's eyes, as if she was going to dig out some secrets from inside. The old lady had a look of surprise on her face: "What's the matter? What's not satisfactory?"
"You should be able to guess where we come from," Lin Xue said suddenly, "I just remembered one thing. According to your legend, the ancestors created this oasis planet and put it on this place. Then the ancestors Just integrate yourself into the oasis, and each patriarch is an ancestor who wakes up periodically, that is to say, you are the only so-called 'ancestor' who is currently awake in this world. You have experienced the establishment of the oasis star— You should know what the so-called Lieyantian means."
The old lady's expression didn't change, she just waited for a few seconds before answering: "So what?"
"So you know that Lieyantian is actually the mantle that hasn't completely cooled down. There are no creatures living on Lieyantian. Behind it is a dark rock layer thousands of kilometers thick. There are only huge energy furnaces and control systems in the rocky layer. Of course, there are still There is a projection device." Lin Xue leaned on the chair, her tone was calm, "Yesterday we saw something very interesting: half of the residents in the village have been replaced. You know what I mean, Can you explain what's going on here? Where did those villagers go? Or more simply, what's going on with everyone in this world, why... are they brainwashed?!"
The patriarch's expression remained unchanged from the beginning to the end, and he just sighed at this moment: "Actually, I just need some time to confirm your identities, because we carry the most important mission, and Oasis has gone through several police reports before. , all the navigators are very nervous... We, don't quite know what to do when the responsibility is put on our own. We are only just learning to operate these systems... "
Lin Xue showed a triumphant smile and winked at me: "I have long thought that she knows a lot of secrets."
"We come from beyond the surface of the earth," I think there is nothing to hide. After a day and a night, the patriarch must have been able to confirm our identity. Or at least confirm that we are not hostile, "This planet is a product of the old empire era. It has psionic equipment, and there are signs of imperial transformation. In addition, we have found hundreds of millions of hibernation capsules in the mantle. If you experience If you have lived through the era of geocentric transformation, you must be able to understand what I am talking about."
The patriarch took a deep breath: "It's true, I know it all, but what does the old empire mean?"
"The Xiling Empire, the previous one," Qianqian said bluntly, "Now it's the new imperial calendar, four years. The old empire has disintegrated."
The patriarch seemed to be hit by a hammer, and he was stunned for a moment. It took a long time before he exclaimed: "Unravel... disintegrate? The empire? How is it possible! Then who do we give the inheritance to!"
"Leave it to us," Sandora said without a doubt, "this planet hides the secrets before the disintegration of the old empire, and I am the only known surviving emperor after the disintegration of the old empire, and my partner is the ruler of the new empire." Or, I think that's enough. Oh, it looks like you're in a mess, don't worry, we'll have time for you to straighten things out, it's a long story..."
The catastrophe at the end of the old empire, the period of sleep, tens of thousands of years, the establishment of the new empire, and a small part of the current state of the empire, all these things add up to a huge story-Ding Ding, write at least four hundred It took more than an hour for Sandora and her sister to explain these things clearly. They spoke very slowly, and only picked up the straightforward part of the story, because we found one thing: Although the patriarch in front of us is She has experienced the era of the old empire, and she knows the Xiling Empire very well, but she is very different from the normal imperial family, she looks confused, like a... novice, that's all I can say, knowing the Xiling Empire , but know nothing about the details of the empire. When Sandora mentioned the former sky zone and the emperors, the other party interrupted several times to ask for details. This is really a puzzling phenomenon. Could it be that the end of the old empire , Are those strict generals even sloppy with the review of the family members? At least they have to do a good job in science popularization and publicity.
"This is really an unimaginable disaster, completely unimaginable," the chief patriarch did not speak for more than a minute after listening to this long story, and he sighed for a long time. Lin Xue and Lilina stared at each other's eyes. Are you still worried that the other party is lying, "When we took over the mission, the empire was so powerful. Although we only saw a little bit, we felt that it was so powerful that it was incredible, but such a powerful empire disappeared. The abyss... we also encountered Crossing the abyss, it was the empire that rescued the tree elves, and then a general ordered our whole family to assist the emperor in fighting. It's about saving something."
Sansonra suddenly showed a look: "In other words, do you have time to contact with the empire for a long time?"
"Based on your standards, it should be quite short-lived." The patriarch frowned, "We just got rid of the abyss disaster, and we received the order before we completed the social reconstruction. Everything was chaotic at that time, the universe was a mess, General Tell us that the end of the world is coming, so the tree elves left their own world. This planet was rebuilt during the Abyss War. The technology we have is not advanced enough. It is the emperor who helped us create this fortress, and then taught us to navigate How the staff should operate the system, and then they hurried away. We were told that this was a rather long mission, and that there might not even be a day to end, but the tree elves didn't care much about it. We are used to travel and loneliness, but now It seems ... This journey is really too long. "