Chapter 1,264 Monument

The so-called Monument Square is also Totem Square. Everyone has their own name for this place, but as long as the relevant words are mentioned, everyone knows where they are talking about. I don’t know why Fina suddenly proposed to go see those monuments with Anulili: this little queen who lacks common sense rarely invites strangers like this, but anyway, she led Anulili Li’s route also passed through Monument Square, so she happily decided to go together.

Of course, before heading to Monument Square, we passed by the Commercial Street. After all, the biggest tourist attraction in Shadow City is the several giant commercial districts here. Objects from various civilizations in the macro world are dazzling and even difficult to guess their uses. They are the most important feature of Shadow City. Many people finally get the opportunity to visit Shadow City. One of the purposes is to bring back some rare things. : Even if they bring something back, they won’t be able to figure it out for the rest of their lives. In the commercial street, we bought a lot of souvenirs for Anulili and asked her to take them with her. The girl was completely dizzy now and was basically being dragged wherever we went: her first time in Shadow City. Everyone is like this. She doesn’t even look at the things we choose for her. Anyway, she happily puts them away. These things would be good gifts. She could take them back to open the eyes of her compatriots, and also make her brother happy. Anuzha did not follow her this time. The young man is also very busy now. Although he cannot help with technological reconstruction and other aspects, he is also a very infectious young leader. He once led only one village. Now he leads a team working hard to build a new city. Originally, Anulili wanted Anuzha to hand over the work at hand to others and come to Shadow City with her to see it, but now Anuzha has another mission: to cooperate with the local missionary of the goddess of life and the empire. Researchers to find solutions to the sequelae of brain injury.

Anulili's race was the one that was most severely ravaged by the Merova people. Not only were they used as slaves, but their race genes and acquired growth and development were also tampered with. The Merova people destroyed the brain tissue of these slaves from their infancy, causing Anulili's people to be unable to count and perform more than three steps of logical reasoning: this locked the possibility of their technological recovery. After the war, the main task they faced was to rebuild their homes and resume production. The most important task was to eliminate the sequelae of brain injury. It is obviously not enough to rely on the little information in the hands of the rebel organization and the only technical personnel with sufficient knowledge. Fortunately, when the Imperial Army left, they left behind many missionaries from the Cult of Life and researchers of carbon-based organisms. These people are experts in the field of health. Now that research on treating the sequelae of brain injury has made initial progress, Anuzha volunteered to become the first batch of volunteers.

"Although I don't know your brother, you should be proud of him."

After hearing the story of the Anulili siblings and their race, Fina spoke to the former seriously, with a serious look on her face.

At the same time, she pushed Biberu, who was rumbling all the way.

"Well, Anuzha is a brave child. I have always felt that he is the luckiest part of my life." Anulili held a large bag of souvenirs with a smile on her face. She seemed to have adapted to this dazzling scene. place. Start enjoying your amazing journey today.

"No, I mean his contribution to the race being able to think freely." Fina took the time to say to the new friend next to her while pushing Biberu forward. In fact, I was curious about how she usually pushed this big round ball. "Freedom is a very important thing, especially the freedom of a race or civilization. Those who can contribute to this are worthy of pride. You are outstanding."

Anulili smiled a little embarrassedly. She was still not used to Fina's strict, precise and straightforward way of speaking, but Biberu suddenly interjected: "Your Majesty the Queen, your evaluation is very good." Yes. But...but there is a..."

"It's a slope!!"

Then we saw that the big ball pushed by Fina suddenly began to accelerate, accompanied by a flurry of exclamations, and rolled out along the ramp just like when it appeared before. I sadly discovered that there was a moat at the end of the ramp. .

"Biburu! Wait for me!" Fina said seriously, standing on the spot, and then chased down the slope. My sister and I couldn't help but look at each other silently: Facts proved. In an emergency, talking nonsense is seeking death. Just now Biberu just said the first half of the nonsense...

Actually, I thought Fina should be able to catch up with her ball...catch up with the ball she pushed before, so she and her sister didn't take action. But we all forget that Fina is not an original Xiling apostle. She often forgets that her superhuman body has many functions such as sonic charge and short-distance jump, so we just watch her stupidly run up the slope. At the end of the road, the prime minister who was watching him jumped on the fence of the moat, and then fell into the river with a splash...

What a sad story - we still have disturbed passers-by who need comfort and explanation along the way...

Anulili was frightened again at this time.

In Shadow City, every citizen has two things that are necessary. The first is naturally the citizen identification card. For ordinary races who cannot use the Xiling network, this card is your ID card, whether it is long-term or long-term. Temporarily, in short, activities in the shadow city and use of city services and other matters all depend on this card. And the second thing... is the citizen security package.

This suit consists of sensors that detect the wearer's physical fitness and a hazard response system plus a small personal shield. If an external threat is detected, it can choose to activate the shield to protect the user after determining the user's damage tolerance. This device is indispensable in the Shadow City, because there are too many races gathered here, as well as an environment that is strange and dangerous to those races. There are some races that often accidentally hurt others - they are really careless. There are also some races that often accidentally put themselves in dangerous places - this one is really careless. In order to prevent a superman from one plane from crushing a tourist student from another plane just by shaking his hand, or to prevent the monks from Lingtai Fairy Mountain from being burned by psionic crystals in order to collect psychic jade. We have to equip every citizen with this protective device to keep them away from the deadly elements of Shadow City. Facts have proved that they are very effective: although you will often see people walking on the street with a shield suddenly popping up on their bodies, or you yourself will have a shield suddenly popping up on your body while walking... But at least the God of Life in the city It has been two months since the priests wrote a letter of complaint to Lilina asking for a reduction in work intensity.

When Biberu rolled down, I saw at least twenty shields lighting up one after another along the way, and then pedestrians who were bounced around like bowling pins: there were quite a lot of people on this slope. Now the sister is calming the frightened citizens. However, everyone living in this city is accustomed to various unexpected situations. Occasionally, a dragon god who fails to land falls from the sky or an out-of-control Godzilla rushes out of the military academy. To the powerful citizens of Shadow City, It's not a big deal, let alone being knocked away by an iron ball weighing one and a half tons: the folk customs here are very tough.

And I pulled Anulili and quickly ran to the edge of the moat, and together we looked at the place where Biberu fell. The ripples there had not yet subsided, and Fina was staring blankly at the last splash of water by the river. There are large water stains on the banks of the moat. There was indeed a lot of movement after the big iron ball fell.

"Is Mr. Iron Ball going to be okay..." Anulili has now accepted the miracle of diversity of life and the fact that the prime minister of a country can be a big talking iron ball. She looked at Biberu The place where he sank to the bottom showed a worried look on his face.

At this moment, there was a sudden violent splash in the moat, as if something was about to emerge from there. Anulili and I looked at the water in surprise, and then a wet girl really rose from the water. Woke up!

This is a girl with long hair and a very beautiful appearance. The clothes she wears seem to be made of some kind of slippery leather and shells. When she came to the surface, I saw a fish tail flashing in the water behind her. Anulili continued to be stunned. I was also quite surprised: "Isana, aren't you a saltwater fish?"

"You can survive in fresh water - I came here today." The mermaid girl was very surprised when she saw me appearing on the bank of the moat. She was stunned for a moment before replying, "A group of freshwater people recently moved from a world called Gampola. Mermaids, they live in the moat..."

...The population of Shadow City is really becoming more and more diverse.

At this time, Isana also recovered from her initial surprise. She remembered that she had a business to do when she rose to the water, so she cleared her throat: "Ahem, a big ball fell into the water just now. I want to ask you. Was it a gold ball that fell? Or a silver ball?"

Me: "..." Is this saltwater fish finally so bored? !

Fina was stunned for a moment. She probably had never heard of the story about the golden ax and the silver ax. But he still answered honestly: "It's just a big alloy ball. I don't know what material it is made of, but it can talk..."

Isana smiled happily: "Very good, you are very honest. It seems that you dropped the big ball - he smashed the storage room and the courtyard wall of a house in the mermaid village below. Now it has been It’s been deducted, you can pay for it.”

While they were talking, another little girl who looked much younger than Isana emerged from the water. In the flash of water, I saw a lavender tail. This might be the freshwater mermaid that Isana mentioned recently moved to Shadow City. The new little girl who appeared timidly looked at the stranger on the river bank: "That big Did you drop the ball?"

I looked up and silently looked at the land of Gaia thoughtfully: In my impression, the story of the two axes did not seem to develop like this...

But forget it. Don't worry about the details, nothing in Shadow City develops normally...

Later, I called the imperial soldiers who were patrolling nearby and asked the Urban Construction Engineering Department to send people to help repair the houses of the innocent mermaid citizens. Only then did Biberu finally get sent up by the mermaids living in the moat. , the prime minister said that a lot of things happened today, and he was in a delicate mood and did not want to talk about it in detail. Isana chatted with us happily for a while, telling stories about her life underwater with her mermaid friends. These stories sounded amazing to those of us on the shore. For example, mermaids never knew about the seasoning packets in instant noodles. What's the use... After Biberu was thrown to the shore by other mermaids shouting slogans, Isana happily said goodbye to everyone. She flicked her tail and returned to the river: Before I had time to ask her, how did the mermaid make instant noodles...

When I left this place, I finally discovered that there were projected signboards at regular intervals on the river bank, which said that mermaids had recently moved into the moat:

"To inform all citizens, the mermaid international students from Gampola World and their families have settled in the c-33 to c-36 section of the moat. This area is now a residential area. It is prohibited to put debris into the river and swim in the corresponding section of the river. Violators It will be punished as infringement of other people's property. Fishing in the corresponding river section is strictly prohibited, and the mermaid caught will have the right to confiscate the angler's fishing rod and all bait. This is hereby notified."

There is also a line of small words under some notice boards: "Another emphasis: Once again, swimming, especially naked swimming, is strictly prohibited in the corresponding river section. Please be decent, citizens, you are all people with ID cards - Shadow City Cultural Propaganda Department - Lilina.”

...In short, don't worry about these strange customs and customs of Shadow City. Nothing is unusual about this place.

"This is Totem Square, also called Monument Square."

Soon, we arrived at the destination of our trip. Shadow City is the most solemn place, and it is also a place where any disrespectful behavior is absolutely prohibited.

The large circular square is gradually sunken inward, like a shallow plate embedded in the ground. Deep obsidian and cold, hard silver-gray alloy lay on the ground, extremely solid. Monuments formed by holographic projections are lined up in the square. Circle after circle, column after column, solemn and solemn. Holographic images scroll on the monument, recording in words and images the nations and heroes who have fallen on the journey or are still moving forward persistently.

You can have fun anywhere, but not here. Even the leaders of the empire were obliged to remain solemn in front of the monument in this square. In front of the entrance to Totem Square, there is an iconic monument. It is the only monument here that does not use holographic projection. As for the monument, which is entirely made of astrology stone and superalloy, it does not record anyone’s name, nor is it decorated with any images. There is only one line on the monument:

"For their sake, keep going."

I stopped in front of the monument and paid my respects silently. Next to me was Fina, who also lowered her head. Biberu could not move in a human way and now had no mobility, so he said in a low voice: "Old guys, we are still moving forward."

Anulili didn't know why the atmosphere was suddenly so serious. But she could already see something from the surrounding environment and those solemn black monuments. She didn't know whether an outsider like herself should salute rashly, but she also bowed her head in greeting like Fina and me.

"This is the epitome of every historic moment on the way forward for the empire, and most of them represent battles of life and death." I took the lead and walked slowly to the center of the monument square, followed closely by Anulili, Fina, and my sister. As for Biberu, he stayed at the edge of the square and waited. He had difficulty moving now and felt that he would disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the place.

"...Is this a monument to the fallen soldiers?" Anulili seemed to understand why this place was so solemn.

"...Not entirely," Fina was silent for a moment before replying, "Only a very small part here will be used to commemorate those who died in action. Most of them belong to a certain race, or a certain war, or a certain historical event. Sexual moment. Look at these holographic images, you can't finish them for days and nights. These glory are too heavy, few people can bear them, they should belong to the entire species, the entire civilization, and even the entire world... …”

We stopped in front of a monument. On its heavy black monument, there was a line of text floating: "Salute to the entire Tam clan, you fell before the dawn, but please rest in peace - the dawn has arrived."

"This race was completely wiped out in the late stages of the Battle of the Great Nebula. Their remaining population was not large, but they refused to return to the rear." Fina stroked the cold surface of the monument, "'Someone has to stop the shepherds, our Civilization has been completely eradicated, but your history is still intact, so let us go', I still remember what the patriarch of the race with only 2,600 people said to me."

"Race...world..." Anulili was shocked by this fact. She didn't even hear Fina's words clearly. This girl who had never imagined how huge the empire was was at a loss in this magnificent square. She was like As if sleepwalking, he looked at the monuments surrounding him. They were arranged one after another, there were so many of them, and what behind each one of them might even be the story of an entire race, or at least the story of a hero who had saved the world.

"There is a saying circulating in the macro world:" Fina suddenly said, "When I stood in that black square and looked at the history in front of me, I suddenly felt that I was worthless. The battles I once led, I once killed The enemies, the mountains of wealth and every glorious title were slowly crumbling in front of those cold monuments. I once rushed towards my own small battlefield with my sword, full of pride, feeling that I was a hero, but now - I would rather be the most ordinary soldier behind these real heroes, and only wish to rush to the battlefield that is truly full of glory.

This is what a general from the macro world said while standing in Monument Square. His name is unknown today, but his words are widely known. This should be the most worthy words in this square. "

"I hope you and your people can forget those unpleasant histories and fight for my Majesty," Fina suddenly turned to Anulili, "As you can see, this is an empire full of glory, and it shelters so many There are many races, but it is facing challenges. If you want to protect your hard-won freedom... I hope you can join us." (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes , your support is my biggest motivation.)