Chapter 316 Intoxication (Medium)
Wacker woke up suddenly, staring at the innocent and beautiful face in front of him in a distracted manner, as if he were in a different world.
"Mr. Snood, are you alright, you've been talking in your sleep, are you sure you're alright?" Dianne asked worriedly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Wacker wiped the sweat from his face, and the sweet voice in his ears became clearer. WACKER smiled apologetically: "I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Wacker glanced up at the teaser board in front of him, and Jupiter was still an hour away. WACKER asked, "On which satellite does the spacecraft stay?"
"I was supposed to pause on Callisto, but I heard that something seemed to be happening there, so I decided to go to Europa on Europa!" Diane patiently explained.
WACKER nodded gratefully, "It just so happens that I'm going to Europa too!"
"Uh-huh," Diane smiled, "and so am I!"
An hour isn't a long time, but it doesn't have to be for WACKER. He quickly fell into deep thought, remembering what the teacher had said in the nightmare. Wacker once talked to a psychologist friend about dreams. He said that dreams are often wishes that the dreamer cannot fulfill in real life, and in dreams, these wishes develop according to the dreamer's wishes.
Wacker smiled bitterly, indeed, in his dream, the words that the teacher said were indeed what he really thought in his heart. That dream was just a comfort to myself with the help of the teacher's mouth. But in the end, what's the use? The purpose of the Liberal Alliance is "civil rights first, rulers secondary." Yet, within the present Union, are the so-called committees not variants of the ruling class?
Wacker sighed helplessly, and Jupiter's asteroid belt appeared in his sight. At this time, the crew on the spacecraft issued a warning, reminding all passengers to fasten their seat belts and guards, and the spacecraft was about to pass through the asteroid belt. The violent shaking made WACKER's back tighten. An asteroid with a diameter of several tens of meters hit the flank of the spacecraft, and the fragments of the asteroid could be seen scattered in the porthole.
An hour later, the ship passed through the dome and landed successfully at Bandals Air Harbor on Europa. The Bandals Air Port is located on the highest ice sheet on the planet Europa, the Tlos Ice Field, and it is said that the underwater city of Europa City, which embodies all the technological essence of mankind, is located under the Tlos Ice Field.
The surface of the planet Europa is covered with an ice sheet of more than ten or even dozens of kilometers, and the atmosphere contains thin oxygen, which is completely unable to supply human breathing, not to mention that the surface temperature is only more than minus 160 degrees Celsius, it is impossible for life to exist. However, beneath the ice sheet, thousands of kilometers deep in the underground volcanoes, there are simple organisms that rely on the heat of the volcano to sustain life. Europa City was also conceived on the basis of these underground volcanoes, because a modern city is inseparable from energy. However, if you get energy from the sun and build a city on top of the ice sheet, it will directly damage Europa's climate and atmosphere, and eventually destroy the ice sheet, and at that time, the whole of Europa will be a water ball. Based on this consideration, humans have chosen the world of liquid water under the ice cap. Human research has learned that all life originated from the ocean, so it is only natural that the construction of Europa's underwater city has been given the mystery of returning to its origins.
After leaving the Discovery, WACKER and the other disembarking passengers left the airport on an icebreaker, a special means of transport that led directly from the port to the underwater city of Europa. Diane, who was sitting next to Wacker, was obviously the first time she had seen such a magical planet, full of ice fields, and the endless deep blue of which evoked a fantastical reverie. The surface of Europa is very flat, except for a few small craters thousands of kilometers away, the surface of the entire planet is like a spherical mirror.
There is almost no friction between the icebreaker and the ice sheet, and Europa's gravity is already small, so the icebreaker relies on a battery the size of a button as a power source. The icebreaker has been galloping on the ice sheet for half an hour and has already crossed a distance of more than five hundred kilometers. Driving at high speeds helps these people who have just come off the ship to get used to the gravity here. After another few dozen minutes, the icebreaker stopped in front of a lonely building standing in the vast ice field. Walking in, WACKER realized that it was an ice tower.
"Attention passengers, we are about to enter the ice cave, please make sure your safety gear is fastened!"
As soon as the icebreaker's warning ended, WACKER felt the ice field disappear in front of him, and the entire icebreaker entered a long, winding tunnel. The icebreaker was on a rollercoaster ride through a winding ice cave with no tracks, and it dawned on WACKER that they were in the ice cap of Europa. Accompanied by a huge wrap of langflowers, the icebreaker passed through eighty-nine kilometers of tunnel of the ice sheet and rushed into a sea of liquid water beneath the ice sheet. A bizarre underwater world unfolds in front of everyone.
The icebreaker turns on underwater mode, and the spiral blades drive the icebreaker to slowly land on a platform. More than a thousand kilometers below the platform is a deep trench, and a section of a heavy pipe is faintly visible between the soft sand and gravel, which Wacker guesses is the source of energy for the entire underwater city.
The icebreaker was connected to the platform as if it were an aerial spacecraft docking with the space station, and after half a minute, the connecting hatch slowly opened, and the icebreaker made a sweet mechanical voice: "Dear passengers and friends, we have arrived at the underwater city of Europa, please disembark in order, prepare to enjoy an unforgettable trip, I wish you a pleasant journey!"
Wacker followed the people through the connecting pod, and looked out the window to reveal the mysterious face of Europa City. Europa City is encased in a transparent spherical dome that is anchored to the hard underwater volcanic rock of Europa. The dome shimmers with colorful lights, and the whole city looks like a dream castle in a bubble.
"It's so beautiful!" Diane exclaimed.
Leave the icebreaker and go underneath the platform, an underwater plaza with a number of vehicles to choose from, in addition to the necessary security checks. Wacker and Diane chose a small electric car and walked through the square, through a long passageway, into the dome of Europa City, into the underwater city of dreams.
It wasn't until I walked into Europa City that I realized that it was the same as all the cities on earth. The traffic jam on the ground, the staggered maglev tracks in mid-air, and the occasional high-speed light rail car whistling past me. The people on the ground walked in a hurry, and the communicator in their hands kept ringing, reminding them that they still had work to do.
From the initial euphoria to the depression, people are people, no matter where they are. Nothing can change them. Dianne looked at Wacker's lonely face and smiled, "Look at you, you look like the sky is about to fall." Okay, let's put down those unhappy things first, and I'll take you to eat something delicious!"
Dianne drove WACKER to a financial street in the heart of the city of dreams. The palatial buildings on both sides of the street are dazzling. The two men got out of the car, and Diane pulled Wacker into a shop that specialized in cream cakes. Diane asked for a strawberry cherry cake, and Wacker rarely ate dessert and didn't know what to order, so Dianne took matters into her own hands and gave them an apple pudding cake. Soon, the cake was served. Dianne picked up the cherry and put it to her lips and sucked a few times, her plump red lips gently licking the rosy cream on the cherry, the movement was gentle and seductive. Wacker's eyes straightened, and he quickly lowered his head and ate the apple pudding cake one bite at a time, until he finished eating, and did not sing any special taste.
Beneath the ice sheet, which is hundreds of kilometers deep, there is no difference between day and night. Probably humans are animals that like time, and Dreamland still maintains the same time as the earth. The evening in the City of Dreams is not as gorgeous as on Earth, and the lights made by Ni Hong, who are completely domes, look so unreal. Wacker felt that what was happening in front of him was so mysterious and mysterious that his consciousness paused a little.
Spacious hotel rooms, high-quality red wines with charming aromas, snow-white sheets, and perfect carcasses dressed in tulle. Everything seemed like a dream, but Wacker's dream was always filled with the words of the teacher Murdoch. You don't fit in!" Wacker shook his head vigorously, leaving everything behind, shaking his tired body and pounced on the smooth body.
In the early morning, the sunlight from the dome warms like a pair of hands caressing Wacker's body. He opened his eyes, consciousness gradually regained, and he sat up sharply, turning his head to look to the side. The pillows were very flat, and there seemed to be no signs of sleep on the bed. Wacker frowned, could it be another dream?
"Diannie?" Wacker repeated the name of the girl of his dreams, looking down to see a long fiery red hair still on the tip of his finger. Wacker almost screamed in surprise, yesterday was not a dream. Wacker jumped out of bed, as if in an instant his body had gained infinite vitality.
Wacker rushed to the living room, shouted Diane's name, rushed to the toilet, rushed to the balcony, and walked around the guest room, not finding the mysterious girl. Wacker sat back down on the couch in disappointment, stunned. Wacker opened his right hand and looked at the hair for a moment, vaguely remembering what she said on the ship:
"Your teacher just gave you a goal, but you don't have to follow his method to get there!"
A sudden smile appeared on Wacker's face.