Chapter 1011 The Last Family Member

Stay in this quirky projection village?

I had never thought about this at all. Originally we were just here to collect some information. Of course, I thought it was too simple at first. Maybe it was a bit fanciful to go down with a USB flash drive and complete the task in five minutes, but no matter the situation, No matter how it develops, I have never thought about sleeping in the center of the earth for a few nights, but this mysterious patriarch has already made an invitation, and for us, if we want to check it visually without using violent means, I'm afraid it really won't be a matter of time to find out the truth.

"We won't be staying long, but thank you in advance for the hospitality."

Just when I was thinking about how to evade and go to other places in the oasis to see the situation, my sister suddenly spoke. From this tone, it seemed that she really planned to stay for a few days.

Facing my confused look, my sister just blinked, indicating that she had other ideas.

"Are you going back to the Flame Sky?" The patriarch glanced at his sister and asked calmly.

"That's where we come from." My sister answered vaguely.

"I understand, people from the oasis will not go to Lieyantian, but that is your home after all. How do you plan to go back? I didn't see your big ship. It is said that people from Lieyantian need big ships to come to the oasis. OK, otherwise you will be stranded on the ground."

Before the patriarch could finish speaking, Lilina's voice came from the spiritual connection: "She's lying! Her speaking speed is wrong!"

I didn't see the other party's intention to lie at all. This kind old elf lady spoke calmly and looked as usual. But Lilina insisted that the other party was not telling the truth. I can only believe: at least this black lolita is much more reliable than outsiders.

Lilina paused for a few seconds before explaining: "She said that the people of Lieyantian would be stranded in the oasis without a big ship. There were signs of lying when she said this. On the one hand, it was judged that the reason was that she spoke at the wrong speed; on the other hand, It is the gift of this Pope: Even if it is a mass projection, she is still thinking. As long as she is thinking, it can be classified as a pan-soul, and it is all under the control of this Pope."

In other words, this patriarch actually knows that we will not be stranded on the Oasis planet because we have no transportation. So what's the point of her saying this? As soon as I raised this question, my sister came over and said: "She may be guessing our identity, and she has a vague answer, and the way we come to and leave the oasis may be related to this identity. She wants to know who we are." Something came down from the mantle.”

Can I tell this old lady that we actually have a seven-hand BYD with dozens of exhaust pipes that can jump through space and cruise at super-light speeds?

The people on Oasis are very cautious. Sometimes they appear a little nervous, but sometimes they seem a little too naive and easy to deceive. That night, a group of us were welcomed into the village, and there was also a separate mushroom tree house to live in. , it is said that this is specially used to entertain guests. On the Oasis Planet, every tree elf settlement will have a house specially used to entertain guests. This is because tree elves like to wander in the forest, and all tree elves Grows from the ancestral vines. This made them happy to entertain guests while being intimate, and gradually formed a custom of leaving enough room for guests everywhere.

Soon, night fell, and it seemed that the luminous clouds in the upper atmosphere ended the chemical reaction under the regulation of a certain system. The entire Oasis star experienced the same night. This small inner earth world has no dividing line between day and night and no eastern and western hemispheres. Such concepts, we gathered in the mushroom tree house where these hospitable tree elves were preparing to entertain guests, and still discussed the society 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). The reason was that people from the Flaming Sky are not used to the food of the Oasis Planet. We ourselves I brought food, but the fruit plates are still on the table. Qianqian is studying them - and Dingdang.

Her Majesty the Tiny Goddess seems to be quite interested in these inedible things. The realistic texture and aroma of the latter have completely captured the little things that are always weak in intelligence. Dingdang jumped around a pile of strange-shaped fruits, like a little beast waiting for an opportunity to attack. Occasionally, he would yell in a high-pitched voice and then pounce on him - there was only one result, and the quality projection could not bear this contradiction at the moment. Sex turned into a point of light in mid-air, and Dingdang couldn't understand it.

The little guy was mumbling like a frustrated kitten after its prey flew away. After several attempts, she finally lay on my shoulder and stopped moving. She was pretending to be dead.

Still stuck at the gravitational equilibrium point, Tavel and her research team have completed a comprehensive examination of the inner mantle and found something very interesting: the remains of some ancient device.

Those huge composite material skeletons were deeply embedded in the semi-molten mantle, and the complex grooves showed that they had been used to install some kind of huge machinery. These skeletons may have been used by the residents of Green Star when they transformed the earth's core.

If these devices are not important enough, then something else is even more exciting: the reconnaissance probe has discovered many dark pyramid structures in the shallow layers of the Earth's mantle. These structures are the mass projection generators we have been looking for for a long time.

If the answer cannot be found from the "aboriginals" of the Oasis, then our only clue is to disassemble these mass projection generators. Although forcibly cracking the projection devices may cause some harm 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 looking at the night scene outside, and then she suddenly screamed.

The night in this projection world is not pure darkness. Although the tree elves do not seem to 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 still shine under the night. It emits a faint white light, the effect is the same as that of a street lamp, in such not very bright light. I saw many tree elves gathered in the open space in the middle of the village - quite a few. They should have accounted for half of the population of this small village with only a dozen households.

The elves were all dressed up, as if they were about to go on a long journey. They stood silently in the open space. The scene was quiet and strange, and everyone was motionless. After observing for a while, I also discovered one thing: all the tree elves The expression on his face was dull.

There was no leader, not even an expression on any of the elves' faces. Under our puzzled gaze, they suddenly disappeared into the air one by one! Just ten seconds later, the square was empty. Half of the villagers in the small village just disappeared out of thin air.

Before we could go out to see the situation, another puzzling scene happened. Where the villagers disappeared just now, many stray light spots suddenly appeared in the open space. These light spots flew together, and after a while they condensed into human shapes, turning into another group of strange tree elves, wearing the same clothes as the villagers when they disappeared just now. I counted them secretly, and found that they were even as many in number as the ones who disappeared just now. Same. The newly-appeared villagers looked around blankly for a moment, then the expressions on their faces gradually became vivid, and then they smiled one after another: the smile disappeared in a flash, and then they returned to expressionless, and then walked to a nearby place in a familiar way. A treehouse. It's like it's their own home - but it's definitely not their house! Those belong to the villagers who just disappeared!

The vision only lasted for a few minutes. Half of the tree elves in the village disappeared and were replaced by another group of strangers. After the silence returned to the outside, they lightly touched my arm: "Arjun , it’s like a horror movie.”

"The original person has been replaced," Sandora returned to the table. "It seems that this projection world has other ways of operating that we don't know about. Let's rest first and see what happens tomorrow."

We slept really well that night, although the situation was a bit weird. And we are still deep in the heart of the earth, but the heartlessness of the first family is effective under any circumstances. When I woke up from the soft hammock woven from plant fibers, it was already dark outside (a day on the oasis) It seemed to be about an hour shorter than on earth (I noticed this by looking at my watch), and Ding Dong crawled over at some point. He was lying on his face, sleeping in the dark. Fortunately I didn't cough at night...

The village is already lively, and the tree elves are preparing for the day. The men and women bring tools for harvesting wild fruits and plan to go to the top of a nearby newly mature bush to collect food for the village in the next few days. This is from their From the information I heard during the conversation, everything was as usual. Every elf had a smile on his face as a matter of course, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his life at all.

But the person standing in front of them was clearly a stranger: the tree elf who came in didn't even have a disguise!

We seemed to be walking in a strange and bizarre illusion - well, this was indeed an illusion, but I never thought it would be so bizarre. After wandering around the village for a long time, I finally found someone I knew. It was someone I knew before. I was deeply impressed by the tree elf girl, Green Calyx. She was helping her village elder father collect some dried grass blades. The fibers left behind after these grass blades were completely dried were the most commonly used building materials among the tree elves. Seeing the guests arriving, Lu E immediately straightened up and greeted them happily.

"Hello everyone, are you used to sleeping last night? It must be much colder in the oasis than in the blazing days," the tree elf girl said cheerfully, wiping her 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 like there are a lot of unfamiliar faces."

Faced with my intentional or unintentional reminder, Lu'e was completely unaware. She just glanced at the women and children who were busy in the open space, and then said with a smile: "No, probably because many people didn't come out yesterday. You haven't seen them before." , we all got to know each other very quickly, there aren’t many people in the village, and everyone is quite kind.”

She had no idea that half of the people around her had been replaced!

"Go find the patriarch." Lin Xue suddenly whispered, took my arm and walked out of the village. Everyone didn't know what happened, so they had to follow in a hurry.

The patriarch's small wooden house still stood quietly outside the village wall. Just now, I was really worried that this small house would disappear like the villagers, or be replaced by something else. Fortunately, everything here is as usual. Including the kind old tree elf lady inside. The other party let us into the room with a happy face: "Guests from afar, did you have a good rest yesterday?"

Lin Xue stared closely into the other person's eyes, as if trying to dig out some secret. A look of surprise appeared on the old lady's face: "What's wrong? Is there anything you're not satisfied with?"

"You should be able to guess where we come from," Lin Xue said suddenly, "I just remembered one thing. In your legend, it was the ancestors who created this oasis planet and placed it here. Then the ancestors You have integrated yourself into the oasis, and each patriarch is an ancestor who wakes up periodically. In other words, you are the only so-called 'ancestor' who is awake in this world. You have experienced the establishment of the oasis star - —You should know what the so-called Blazing Sky means."

The old lady's expression did not change. She just waited for a few seconds before answering: "So what?"

"So you know that the raging sky is actually the mantle of the earth that has not completely cooled down. There are no living things living in the blazing sky. Behind it is a dark rock layer thousands of kilometers thick. There are only huge energy furnaces and control systems in the rock layer. Of course, there are There is projection equipment." Lin Xue leaned on the chair and spoke in a calm tone, "Yesterday we saw something very concerning: half of the residents in the village were replaced. You know what I mean, Can you explain what is going on? Where have those villagers gone? Or more simply, what is going on with everyone in this world, and why...are they brainwashed?!"

The patriarch's expression has not changed from beginning to end. At this time, he just sighed: "Actually, I just need some time to confirm your identity, because we carry the most important mission, and Oasis has experienced several police calls before. , all the navigators are very nervous...We don't quite know what to do when this responsibility is placed on ourselves. We have just learned to operate these systems..."

Lin Xue showed a victorious smile and winked at me: "I have long felt that she knows a lot of secrets."

"We are from beyond the surface of the earth." I felt that there was nothing to hide. After a day and a night, the patriarch must have been able to confirm our identity. Or at least confirmed that we are not hostile, "This planet is a product of the old empire era. It has psionic equipment, and there are signs of empire transformation. In addition, we have discovered hundreds of millions of dormant 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: "That's true, I know it, but what does the old empire mean?"

"The Xiling Empire was the one before," Qian Qian said bluntly, "it is now four years in the new empire calendar. The old empire has been disintegrated."

The patriarch seemed to have been hit by an iron hammer. He was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time before he exclaimed: "Disintegration...disintegration? The empire? How is it possible! Then who will we hand over the inheritance to!"

"Leave it to us," Sandora said without any doubt, "This planet hides the secrets before the disintegration of the old empire, and I am the only emperor known to have survived after the disintegration of the old empire. My partner is the ruler of the new empire. I think that’s enough. Oh, it looks like you’re confused, don’t worry, we’ll have time for you to straighten everything out, it’s a long story…”

The disaster at the end of the old empire, the dormant period, tens of thousands of years, the establishment of the new empire, and the current status of a small part of the empire. All these things add up to a very huge story - Ding Dong, please write at least four of them. There are more than a million words. It took Shandora and her sister more than an hour to explain these things clearly. They spoke very slowly and only picked up the straightforward parts, because we discovered one thing: Although the patriarch in front of us She has experienced the old empire era, and is also very familiar with the Xi Ling Empire, but she is very different from the normal imperial family members. She seems confused, like a... novice, I can only say this, knowing Xi Ling Empire Spirit Empire, but knew nothing about the details of the empire. When Sandora mentioned the former Tiandi and the emperors, the other party interrupted several times to ask for details. This is really a puzzling phenomenon. Could it be that the old At the end of the empire, did those strict generals even care about the inspection of the family members? At least they should do a good job in popularizing science.

"This is truly an unimaginable disaster, completely unimaginable," the patriarch said without speaking for more than a minute after listening to this long story. It took a long time before he sighed. Lin Xue and Lilina both 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 thought it was incredibly powerful. But such a powerful empire disappeared, and the abyss... we also After encountering the abyss, it was the empire that rescued the tree elves. Then a general ordered all of us to assist the imperial army in fighting. The tree elves repaid the favor and we took over the mission, but the first mission they gave us was... It’s about preserving something.”

Sandora suddenly showed a clear look: "In other words, you have not been in contact with the empire for a long time?"

"By your standards, it should be quite short-lived," the patriarch frowned. "We had just escaped from the abyss disaster and had not completed the reconstruction of society when we received the order. At that time, everything was in chaos and the universe was in a mess. General They told us that the end of the world was coming, so the tree elves left their own world. This planet was reconstructed during the Abyss War. The technology we mastered was not advanced enough. It was the Imperial Army who helped us build this fortress and then taught the navigators How to manipulate the system, and then they left in a hurry. We were told that this was a rather long mission, and it might not even end in one day, but the tree elves didn't care much about this. We were used to journeys and loneliness, but now we see Come...this journey is indeed a bit too long." (To be continued)