As a helping guest, Hao Ren and his party were entertained in the City of the Hearth—and although the Castle Governor seemed to be a stern man, he was still rude when entertaining his guests.However, in view of the desolation and decadence of this world, no amount of hospitality would be very comfortable: Hao Ren and his wife led them to the castle, the ground floor of the old factory, where along the outer wall there was a row of small rooms for the guests, which were enclosed by iron sheets and pressed plastic panels, and which contained some simple furniture, shabby and cramped, and with a faint smell of strange smell, but which were already quite good rooms in the fireplace city.As long as he saw how many holes there were in the tin shacks in the civilian area outside, Hao Ren knew that his party was actually treated to a very high standard.This also shows that although the governor of the castle has a harsh attitude towards Willy, he still values this son in his heart, otherwise he would not be so hospitable to the person who came to save his son.Willy went to invite the famous "Bachelor Oro", and Hao Ren and the others all crowded into a room, exchanging their opinions.After seeing the absurd and bizarre status quo of the city inside the ship, everyone has a lot of speculation and ideas, and now there is an urgent need to talk."
Anyway, their heritage is clearly broken," Vivien said as she looked out the window, where she could see a group of dirty children running around in the streets made of scrap iron sheets and plastic blocks, "Civilization has gone back to the age of cold weapons. ”Nangong May muttered: "The social form has returned to the period of the feudal kingdom." ”"The social form has really not changed much, according to the previous discoveries on the 'Qunluan', these Ark residents were also monarchical during the high-tech period," Hao Ren waved his hand, "I wonder what must happen here to make the whole society regress so neatly, these people don't seem to know the concept of a spaceship at all, they don't even know what gravity system dysfunction means."
terminal, analyze it. ”The data terminal was in Hao Ren's pocket, but it transmitted his voice directly to the minds of everyone on the scene: "A huge reduction in population, or a complete collapse of the industrial base, may lead to a significant regression in the level of civilization, but it should not be as complete as here - even if the technology is cut off, people should at least know that their ancestors were once wide."
Their current situation is that they have no idea about their own world, just like ......"
Lily couldn't hold back her curiosity: "Like what?
”"It's like a whole generation is dead," the data terminal said lightly, "unless their entire generation is disconnected at the same time, resulting in the next generation having no systematic education at all or receiving little education, which can lead to a rupture of civilization."
Or the Great Memory Purge, where all knowledge of all people disappears at the same time, and they can't find a remedy after that. ”"As far as we know now, this Ark fleet has been breaking down in the second half of the voyage, and the ships have to rely on a patchwork method to continue to operate, but this kind of crisis will not lead to the situation we see here," Vivien rubbed her eyebrows, she was well-informed, but her knowledge was really useless at this time, "The failure and accidents of the Ark are a gradual process, and they will not cut off an entire generation. ”Hao Ren pondered silently, his gaze inadvertently swept out the window, just in time to see three men in coarse cloth robes in the dirty alley outside, maintaining the lighting equipment on the street.One of the older-looking men climbed onto the pole and carefully removed the broken lamp and replaced it with a new one, then he dismounted from the pole and joined the other two in bowing to the lights and wiring and flipping the switch.When the new light bulb came on, the children who were watching the excitement in the neighborhood burst into cheers, and some even began to sing songs in praise of the "power elves" who brought light."
They still have electricity, they have new light bulbs to replace, and these people know how to install these things—although they don't know how they work," Hao Ren pointed out the window, "Some of the Ark's functions are still working, such as generators and factories, and since these factories are still functional, it means that it is not a failure of the life-sustaining system that has caused the destruction of civilization here." ”"Not a ship malfunction?"
Nangong Sanba frowned, "Is it just because of the civil war?"
Forced from the spaceship civilization to the primitive feudal?
”At this time, there was a soft "squeak" sound from the door, and Willy pushed the door open: "Huh......
Sorry I should have knocked on the door, but it wasn't locked.I brought Master Oro here. ”A hunched old man walked in from behind Willy, he looked to be at least eighty years old, his head full of gray hair only a circle around his head, and the wrinkles on his face almost spread to his neck.The old man was wearing a dirty thick cloth robe, and the chest of the robe was woven with a series of rings of colored silk threads, and each ring was hung with a small metal object.Lily was the first to stand up and greet the old bachelor, looking very enthusiastic: "Hello old man!
Have you eaten it?
”This strange way of greeting made the bachelor stunned for a moment, and then he laughed, and said in a loud voice while laughing: "What a spiritual little girl, I heard that a group of wandering warriors saved Willy, and I thought it was a rough man like those martial artists in the castle, but I didn't expect that there were also polite ladies. ”Willie sat down on the creaky chair at the door, and though he was the son of the governor, he was as respectful as an apprentice: "Teacher, these people are very interested in your wisdom, and they want to hear the stories you have told me. ”"Oh?
Oh......
Yes, those old stories," a hint of surprise crossed the bachelor's face, he hadn't had time to hear more about Hao Ren and his party from Willy, he just thought that these people were wanderers from some remote place, only then did he open his wide-clouded eyes and take a closer look, and found that although these people in front of him were dressed in strange clothes, they were bright and clean, completely different from those embarrassed wanderers, "You are interested in this kind of thing?"
These days, apart from scholars, there are very few people who specialize in such boring legends. ”"We are just interested," Hao Ren smiled, "'Winter is coming', the signs appeared many years ago, and now it is time to pay attention to the warnings of the old people." ”"Winter, winter is really coming......"
The old bachelor subconsciously tightened his robe, and when he heard this cold word, he looked serious, "It's been five years, and it's been a full five years since the ancestral furnace was extinguished, which is much longer than the last time it slumbered."
The world is getting colder by the day, half of the Giant's Nose that blows hot wind at the end of the world has frozen, and snowflakes have fallen in the land of Rutheritan since last year......
It's a cold winter, it's a harsh winter. ”Hao Ren is almost certain that the "ancestral furnace" of the local population is the giant reactor at the end of this enclosed space and its control device, the central control station.As he hurried down the Kingdom Road, he could see from afar that the giant reactor was in a rather bad state, and although it was still functioning and a little more alive than the extinguished reactor on the Mountains, it still had more than half of its grid dim.The Ark's life-sustaining system seems to have reached its limit, and its power source is about to shut down."
How many times has winter come?"
Nangong Sanba asked curiously."
How many times?
Oh......
Many times......
It happens once or twice a century, sometimes for only a year, sometimes for more than ten years," the old bachelor's head shook up and down, "a cold winter that lasts for a year only brings some fright, but ten years of cold can kill a third of people.When there are too many dead, the recycling furnace will even be filled, and the hell of a nightmare, it is really chilling. ”"But this winter doesn't seem to be that hard," Willy suddenly interjected, "it's not that cold, and so far, wrapped in a leather coat can keep you warm." ”"That's because you're in the warmest place in the world," the old bachelor glanced at Willie reproachfully, "and the real cold is far from coming."
The milder the winter, the more terrible it becomes, because a slow cooling means a slower warming, and the winter can last very, very long. ”The locals explain the changes in the environment of the ship's city after the failure of the core power furnace in their own way, and their theories are also coherent and self-justifying, but they are far from the truth of this world.In a limited body of knowledge, people simply cannot understand that their world is supported by a huge machine.
(I went out to run errands today, and I was only at home in the morning, so I updated it in advance.) ）(To be continued.) )