"Oh my God, it's garbage, it's all garbage, how much is it?"

The scene in front of him made Lan Mengxin couldn't help but exclaim. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Can't imagine, right?"

A voice next to him said: "In fact, this land with an area of more than 300,000 square kilometers is full of this kind of colorful and colorful garbage, its average thickness is more than 200 meters, and the total mass exceeds 100 billion tons...... Almost all of them are stacked here, and they are increasing by 200 million tons per year......"

"It's the dirtiest, the dirtiest, the most toxic, the worst place on the planet. ”

"This place, there is no hope. ”

"This is District 0. ”

Through the gray atmosphere with visibility of less than 100 meters and various particles suspended in the air, the aircraft looks at the sea of garbage below, including tens of millions of kinds of old clothes, broken shoes, waste electrical appliances, broken copper and iron, various plastic products, car wreckage, old tires, etc., which can be called a "garbage museum...... Zhou Ming's eyes were full of shock.

"District 0?"

This planet, and a mysterious Zone 0?

Lan Mengxin was very surprised, she had never heard of this place.

"Yes, District 0. ”

Zhou Ming nodded: "It can be said that if there is no this District 0, these garbage will be distributed everywhere on this planet, even if it is a paradise island as beautiful as heaven, it will also be disturbed by the garbage problem, and no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will be discounted a little bit against the backdrop of these garbage." ”

"In addition, most of the clean, beautiful, pollution-free original ecological environment of this planet can be maintained for a long time because of the existence of this area, once this area is closed, or loses its effect, within half a year, all parts of this planet will begin to be occupied by all kinds of garbage......

"It can be said that without the trash can of District 0, the quality of life in any area of the planet would drop by a few notches. ”

"This is the conscience of the planet. ”

The man's words made Lan Mengxin open his mouth, and he couldn't help but say: "With so much garbage piled up together, can it all be disposed of? Besides, can't we build a few more garbage disposal stations in various places? ”

"No, this garbage can only be processed centrally. ”

Zhou Ming shook his head and said: "In fact, with the degradation ability of this planet, a lot of garbage produced by humans is becoming more and more powerless, and it is difficult to degrade naturally, so it can only be disposed of by the garbage makers themselves." Decentralized treatment will not reduce costs, but will cause secondary pollution, and only by centralizing can it be cleanly disposed of. ”

"And do you know that in order to collect this garbage, before the creation of the Money Empire, the ruler has invested tens of millions of manpower and cleaned up for 50 years, and then released two 'garbage removal projects' in a row to basically clean up all the garbage. ”

"Don't underestimate the ability of human beings to make garbage, now this planet, only 52 districts and the noble area of Paradise Island, is the main source of garbage, more than 200 million people, 200 million tons of garbage every year, an average of one ton per person, what if this planet has 1 billion, 10 billion people who are making garbage? How much garbage will be produced every year?

In addition, with the processing capacity of the zeroers in District 0, the number of people will have to be expanded several times in order to make the speed of garbage disposal catch up with the speed of garbage production.

Zeroer?

Don't......

Hearing this term, Lan Meng's heart was suddenly shocked, and he immediately thought of something, and asked Zhou Ming: "Are you saying that those who have returned to zero, the place where they were brought by the zeroers, is this District 0?"

"Otherwise, how could this place be called District 0?"

Zhou Ming nodded and said: "The main force responsible for cleaning up the garbage in District 0 is those who return to zero, and District 0 is the destination of those who return to zero, and they can never leave." ”

"Oh my God!"

Lan Mengxin covered her mouth and exclaimed, "It turns out that those people were sent to this hell?!"

The fate of those who returned to zero is really tragic!

"No, no, no, you're wrong. ”

Zhou Ming raised an index finger and shook it: "It is true that the fate of the Zero Returners is very miserable, but in fact, except for the poor living environment, other aspects of District 0 are not particularly bad. ”

"Instead, Zone 0 is the one with the least competitive pressure for survival and the highest average happiness of all the regions on the planet. ”

Highest happiness?

This word made Lan Mengxin wonder if she was having auditory hallucinations, or if someone was talking nonsense in a serious way?

In this district, apart from pessimism and despair, how can there be any happiness at all?

Even if a person with an optimistic personality and a strong mind lives in this district for a week or two, I'm afraid they will think about ending themselves and getting out of the sea of misery as soon as possible, right?

Still the happiest index?

No kidding! they're already so miserable, you have to gloat over them.

"You don't believe me?"

Seeing the expression of disbelief on Lan Mengxin's face, Zhou Ming smiled slightly, drove the flying machine, flew in a certain direction in the gray sky, and said, "I'll take you to the residential area of the Zeroers to observe, and you will be able to understand the meaning of my words." ”

……

Half an hour later.

The edge of the sea of garbage below suddenly sunken downward, and under the steep slope with a height difference of more than 100 meters, an empty and flat land appeared in view.

This flat land covers an area of thousands of square kilometers.

On the flat surface, there are criss-crossed, dense crawler indentations, as if they have been repeatedly run over by some kind of tracked vehicle.

In the thick gray fog, the piercing sound of "Kalakala~" came, and a tracked vehicle drilled out of the sea of garbage, waving a huge bucket-shaped mechanical arm, with a huge bucket behind it, and the body was filled with all kinds of garbage...... Garbage trucks with a length of more than 15 meters transported hundreds of tons of garbage at a time.

The destination of the garbage truck is dozens of kilometers away, the huge garbage treatment plant, such factories, there are a total of 8 in District 0, each covering an area of more than 10 square kilometers, the core device of the factory is a nuclear fusion power station with a power generation of 10 million KW in the central area, and the huge power generated by the power station is enough to meet the energy needs of 200 million tons of various types of garbage every year.

Soon, after the garbage collection truck entered the factory, hundreds of tons of garbage were poured into a huge funnel-shaped container, and the "Buzz~" crusher was started, and the garbage in the funnel container was cut into garbage blocks of different sizes and no more than the size of an adult's fist by a high-speed rotating nano diamond knife, and through a long transmission belt, these garbage blocks were sent to the inside of the factory and began the garbage sorting procedure.

The projection screen of the aircraft console shows a picture of the interior of the factory.

Zhou Ming pointed to the workers standing on the assembly line, wearing protective clothing, and sorting garbage, and said: "This is called a factory worker, who does not need to complete heavy physical labor, just needs to do a good job of sorting, and can get a salary of about 300 credits by standing on the running water for 8 hours a day." ”

After the picture turned, he pointed to the garbage collection truck that drove into the parking lot, and after parking, the man who got out of the car said: "This is called an off-site worker, just drive the collection truck outside the factory, and transport the garbage to the factory, the technical content is not high, and you can earn 5,000 credits for each trip." ”

"In addition, the price in the factory is not high, 10 credits for a liter of water, a compressed nutritious meal enough to eat, as long as 20 credits, the biggest expense is protective clothing, the repair cost is 300 to 1000, buy a new one to about 10,000, others such as accommodation, electricity, medical and other expenses, are not very high, the average day does not exceed 150 credits. ”

"The workers in this factory can work 15 days a month and rest if they only have the most basic needs to survive. ”

"If he is an off-site worker, if his collection vehicle does not have major failures, he can earn about 2,000 credits for each trip, and such a trip generally does not take more than two days. ”

"Therefore, the survival pressure in District 0 is relatively small, and people with hands and feet, as long as they are not lazy, will basically not starve to death. ”

"As for why the happiness index is high, you can see if you look at the family life of those who have returned to zero in the factory living area. ”

As soon as the camera turned, the projector played another scene.

Factory living area, a family of five, a picture of daily life.

Because the projector can play voiceover, the first thing Lan Mengxin heard was a burst of laughter.

The family is discussing a topic.

It is the topic of buying a refurbished learning machine for the youngest son.

This refurbished learning machine was built 600 years ago, but thanks to the skilled repair technician, it was able to use the machine after replacing two damaged parts.

In addition to learning machines, there are many household appliances, electronic products, antique TVs, computers and other items that can be repaired and repaired, as well as a variety of books, antiques and toys.

But the most popular are pre-nuclear cassette radios, MP3s, game consoles, DVDs, movie discs and other items...... The items found in these garbage brought endless fun to the people of District 0.

Around this interesting "garbage", the people of District 0 spend most of their free credits on this garbage.

Even, there is a group of "restorers" who specialize in collecting, sorting, researching, and repairing this garbage, and these restorers, with their superb craftsmanship in repairing garbage and restoring the original function of garbage, have become the most popular and highest-paid people in District 0.

Thanks to the efforts of the "restorers", many cultural and artistic works such as music, movies, games, and novels before the nuclear war have been recreated in the world and enriched people's spiritual life.

In the end, the parents of the family decided to take out 10,000 credits to buy the refurbished learning machine, and told their youngest son that he could only learn the knowledge inside, not play the small games inside, otherwise the learning machine would be confiscated and he would not be allowed to play.

"Long live Mom and Dad!" the little boy jumped up happily, and his brother and sister, who were also excited, exchanged heads and discussed, and when the learning machine was bought, they each played for two hours a day.

The happy picture of this family made Zhou Ming sigh: "Everyone takes it for granted that the Zero Returnees are the most desperate and hopeless group of people, but on the contrary, they are very lucky. ”

"There is too much garbage in District 0, so much so that those three or four million people don't have to worry about unemployment for thousands of years, and the rulers don't want these people to be reduced on a large scale, and in terms of treatment, the opening is not low. ”

"And these so-called garbage, the garbage that people reject, aren't they the conscience, truth, goodness and beauty that those who are indifferent, selfish, greedy and hypocritical?"

But no one expected that these consciences, truths, goodness, and beauty, those emotions and art, would be picked up by those who returned to zero in the garbage heap, and they would be repaired and collected at a high price like treasures. ”

"How ironic is this, and how subversive is this?"

"Perhaps only when we get a clear look at the whole picture of the world will we understand who is really rich and who is really poor in this money empire. ”

Rumble!

Lan Mengxin's eyes widened, a huge roar sounded in his head, and the shock in his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time.