Chapter Ninety-Three: The Last Days
Everyone's adaptability is far beyond their imagination, not to mention that the environment here is so unique, and soon, a group of people will live and work here.
Sometimes, Xiao An also thinks that if he doesn't have this thing on his shoulders and constantly reminds himself, if there is convenient transportation with the outside world, I believe that even if he really settles his home here, it should be a good choice.
It may be that all this is too smooth, or maybe everyone has experienced too many hardships before, and they take it for granted, but they have gradually forgotten the importance of being prepared for danger in times of peace.
Perhaps in their eyes, the current hinterland of Antarctica is like the Australian continent back then, without any foreign natural enemies, just enjoy everything here.
But there is one thing, Australia is different from here, and the pioneers of the past faced a piece of almost uncultivated virgin land, and the hardships can be imagined. And this is obviously a city that has been built for a long time, and everything is ready for everyone, even better and more pioneering than what has been seen in other parts of the earth before, and many things are just enjoyed and accomplished. It's just that because the mysterious owner has never appeared, this group of people really regards this place as their home.
In the beginning, everyone wanted to be self-reliant and grow some food or something. But as we get to know more about this place day by day, we find that there are not only ready-made apartments, but even ready-made warehouses and supermarkets. And the most surprising thing is that the resources here are inexhaustible, for example, if an item on the shelf is taken down, and soon a new one will be filled, which makes people really can't figure out what the principle is.
However, because everyone feels strange, they still don't dare to be overly greedy, except for basic needs, everyone abides by the bottom line, and never takes one more, so as not to offend the gods on the shelf. I will never be able to enjoy this favor again.
I thought that the rest of the years would continue to be spent peacefully here until I found a way to get out, but I didn't expect that bad luck would come early.
On this day, everyone still performs their duties and plays their respective roles in their posts. I only felt that the area was shaking for a while, and after I reacted, everyone began to run out into the street desperately.
"What's going on? You can't have an earthquake here, right? β
Running out into the street, everyone met and asked each other in horror.
"I can't. Could it be that the ice under our feet has melted away? β
Xiao An was also running out of breath, hearing such an assertion, he was noncommittal. Originally, she wanted to say something, but because she had recently become accustomed to a comfortable life, she hadn't worked out for a long time, so she couldn't speak after just running a few steps.
"Alright, alright! I think it's safer here, so let's take a break! β
A group of people gathered in an empty field, Lao Bai suggested to everyone, so a group of people slowly stopped. Xiao An also stopped and tried to adjust his breathing.
"Xiao An, what do you think we have encountered?" Marta asked herself, looking at her appearance, she still hadn't recovered from the panic she had just had.
"I don't know, this is the first time we've encountered such a scary thing here, and it's too sudden, so people are not prepared at all. However, I don't think it should be an earthquake, and it can't be an ice cube that melts away. This is the hinterland of Antarctica, and there should be enough land down there to support us. Otherwise, it would not be possible to build such a large-scale city! β
Yes, the city is one of the best in the world, and many of its buildings are unattainable in many parts of the planet, both in terms of engineering quality and stylistic design.
But. Now is really not the time to award an award to anyone, thinking of this, Xiao An smiled bitterly.
"You're not unreasonable," Marta agreed, "but you don't know what the reason is, so we're still going to be caught up in the fear." Because we don't even know how to prevent it, let alone how to stop it! β
"Yes, there are so many things in this place that we don't understand, and some things, even disasters, may not be able to imagine or foresee at all!"
Hans also walked over, Xiao An saw that there was still fear in his eyes, but as a man, he had to try to control his fear, otherwise, even men would not be able to resist this fear, how could he give the ladies a safe harbor psychologically?
"That's right," said the captain, "it's not the same as the Arctic, and many of its climatic and geographical conditions are very special, so even if we encounter some unexpected situations, it is likely that we have never encountered them before!" β
So what to do? You can't just wait to die, can you?
Everyone was very unwilling.
It's still spreading to the empty field where everyone is, but who knows if there will be a crack in the ground later? At that time, there may really be nowhere to escape.
"Keya, isn't there a record of such a situation in those materials you brought?" After a pause, Xiao An said to Keya again.
"Oh, dear, you spare me, you can think of it yourself with your toes, how can this be the case in these materials? If so, I won't tell you? Moreover, we are likely to be the first people to enter here, how can there be a predecessor who left us a precious record? β
"That's right, even if someone once came in like us, I'm afraid they encountered some thrilling scenes, and they never even went back. How can you go out and write books for everyone and leave materials! After hearing this, Marta added for her.
Well, you guys all have a point. But-
Xiao An suddenly thought of one thing, one thing that he wanted to ask for a long time but always forgot it as soon as it came to his mouth, so he never asked.
"Marta, I've always wanted to ask you, did you come to this place in the first place? You haven't been able to confirm with us! β
So, while it was safe for the time being, everyone turned their attention to Marta, hoping to get some hope and clues from her.
"Uh-" Oh no, as soon as I heard the opening tone, I knew it must be hanging, and sure enough, what Marta was about to say next was nothing more than nonsense, "I had a gut feeling that I had been abducted here, because I remember there was a white expanse." But the problem is, now this place looks. It's not just white! There are even green trees or something, so I'm really a little confused! β
Well, then you'll continue to mess around. But I've got to find a way to get out of here.
"Xiaoyou, what do you think should be done?" At this time, since Lian Keya couldn't come up with a good solution, she had to ask for help from her sister.
"I'm sorry, sister. This place is so remote, not to mention your signal, even I am here, I have tried many times, but I can't get in touch with Master! β
Ahh
It's completely stupid now, everyone has no supernatural powers, if there is no backstage that can help everyone, wouldn't they just wait for death at any time?
Xiao An didn't support it for a while, and almost sat on the ground.
"Sister!" Xiao You exclaimed and quickly helped her up. Fortunately, Xiao An's scene was not discovered by more people.
After being helped up by Xiao You, Xiao An said to her in a weak voice, "You, since your sister is destined to be trapped here with this group of people, it can only be regarded as my own fate. But you can't be ruined here with us, even though Mom and Dad have never seen you, and may not even know you exist, and, and I'm not sure if you still remember their grudge, but I want you to leave it behind. Serve them well after I'm gone, until two hundred years! β
"Sister, what are you talking about! First of all, I never hated my parents, and secondly. Why are you so unconfident? There have been so many ups and downs before, are you still afraid of a small Antarctica? β
Xiao You originally wanted to cheer her up, but because she was in a hurry, the latter sentence was really exaggerated, and Xiao An had to smile bitterly when she heard it, "Child." This is not small in Antarctica! Even if its territory is not very large, it is not currently under the control of all of us! We can onlyβ"
Xiao An's words were not finished, he only felt that it was dark on the top of his head, and at first he thought that he was dizzy, but later found that everyone's expression was the same as his own, was it going to rain? Hehe, I've been here for so long, and it really hasn't rained, just because the water here has always been abundant, so everyone has never felt how dry it is.
"Is it going to rain?" Xiao An asked again.
"Hahaha, stupid human, what rains? Look up, what's going on above your heads? β
What is this sound? Everyone couldn't help but follow the voice and looked up.
As a result, it turned out to be really a few dark clouds, but there were still a few people standing on the dark clouds, speaking words that everyone could understand, but their appearance was slightly different from everyone, where it was, Xiao An couldn't summarize it for a while. It's just that I roughly feel that they are a little different from the gods in Northern Europe.
"Dare to ask, are you the gods in charge of Antarctica? Are we breaking the rules here? Please don't blame you, if we do make any mistakes, we will try to make amends! Xiao An didn't know that the other party was a god, but he was already stunned when he saw that his companions were stunned at this moment, maybe many of them had never experienced a similar scene, so he had to quickly reply.
"Hahaha, that's funny!" Those people were still standing on the dark clouds, and they had no intention of coming down, so it was not too much for everyone to look up at them like this.
Many people, including Xiao An, are already very dissatisfied. But considering that this is someone's territory after all, and he really doesn't have the ability to stand on the dark clouds, he has no choice but to dare to be angry and dare not speak, and wait silently to see how these people will fall everyone.
"First of all, I want to tell you, we are not gods? Why do you always like to lean on myths when you have something? Let me tell you, we are the Antarctic people who have been living here all along, sharing the same earth with you, but you haven't been able to find out for so long! β
Yes? Antarctica? It turns out that there is such a species, I thought it was just a concept.
Xiao An scratched his head, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"So, some of you want to tell us that we are very unpopular and want to expel us all, right?" Lao Bai asked.
As soon as he finished asking, Xiao An felt that he was too naΓ―ve to ask, and he didn't know if he was too nervous to throw out the second half of the sentence. Think about it, since there is already the earth shaking just now, how can people let everyone go so easily? It would be nice not to have some more problems for everyone. I'm afraid, I'm afraid, everyone will be collectively wiped out here in a while, and it will be completely sad.
Of course, Xiao An didn't want that to happen, but looking at the faces of this group of people, it seemed that it was not difficult to make such a decision.
"You're an interesting person. You're right in the first half, you don't have any of you here that we need, so we don't need to welcome you. In other words, we have here from ancient times to the present day. Haven't welcomed anyone but our surprise! There have been many people who have come here to explore, and many of them have stumbled in by accident like you, but none of them ended well! So, you think, like you guys. Can we get you out of here? β
People didn't finish all the words, but if you think about it, you can know, people may just want to see everyone's reaction later, if you are sensible, maybe there will be a way to live, if you are not obedient, eighty percent can only be buried here forever like those predecessors and say goodbye to relatives outside Antarctica.
Finally understood what they meant, and all of them were completely stunned, and many of them collapsed on the ground.
Sure enough, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.
But. No, they didn't do this, and since they already had such high-end technology, why would they be afraid of a few ordinary humans? What do they have to be afraid of? Why don't you even have this confidence? Or is it for the purity of their own homeland, so outsiders are not allowed to enter? But in this case, how can you better develop yourself?
Xiao An doesn't know how people are making progress here, but if it is in other areas other than here, it is only a dead end to close the country.
Looking at their appearance, without any kindness, it seems that they are planning to punish everyone well. It can be seen that they are guarding against the outside world.
Fortunately. They are still only in a state of precaution, and if you add the ambition of expansion, then we poor and weak ordinary earthlings will be even more unable to withstand it.
Originally, Xiao An wanted to just wait obediently to see what they were going to do to everyone next. But I didn't think that Lao Bai was usually quite clever, at this time, maybe he was scared stupid? He actually said again: "That's not right, since you don't plan to welcome us, why didn't you expel us in the first place?" We've been waiting for you for so long, and it's not like we didn't say hello to you. How can you be so unreasonable? Do you have to wait until we're all settled in and then come and take us together, right? β
After listening to his words, Xiao An shouted in his heart that it was not good, but if it was just like this, it would be fine, but he didn't expect the captain and the rest of his crew to follow at this time: "Yes, you are unreasonable!" We never wanted to hurt and take advantage of you, so why are we stuck here? Hmph, that's too much! People have self-esteem, and if you insist that we are guilty, then please send it down! But please don't trample on our personality! β
Oh my God, where did these people get the courage to stand up to the wind at this time?
Xiao An was very scared, afraid that those people would do something more shameless when they were angry. But he is only a mortal, and he can only stare at two groups of people for a while.
"Okay, you're really interesting, when is it? You still want to bargain with us, and you still want to preserve your dignity? Let me tell you, since you have come to us, then you can only consider yourself unlucky! β
Look, what did I say, people were angry.
Xiao An has already begun to anticipate all kinds of persecution scenes, his eyebrows are almost twisted, and the corners of his mouth are unconsciously tilted downward, how ugly the whole face is.
"However, you don't have to be too afraid," the men's tones were a little softer, "In a short time, we haven't dealt with your intentions yet, you little lives can still be saved for a while!" β
This should be regarded as a gospel, everyone a little bit of a mistake then raised their heads again, with a grateful look of grace to continue to listen to the people's fate: "We see that you are not too greedy, unlike some people, after they come, they continue to persecute and plunder, as if they are the invaders here, some are even more ridiculous, and even want to be kings here, because of who they are?" Don't even look in the mirror! As for you, it's easy to ask why we didn't be honest with each other in the first place! We just want to test your qualities, so we set the trap of saluting first and then soldiering, to see how strong your greed really is. Fortunately, your group of people is really different from the previous ones, and you can control the ** in your heart very well, knowing that there is no need to pursue those things outside your body too much. So, we decided to let you get used to it for a while, and if you do a good job, maybe we'll let you join us! β
Oh, that's understood, it is estimated that many people who came here before should have been disposed of and assigned in this way, if they performed well, they would stay as low-level people, and eighty percent of those who did not perform well would be disposed of on the spot.
Well, let's see what these Antarctic people plan to do with everyone in the future.
So, everyone looked at them with earnest eyes, hoping that they would be kind and give everyone a gentle disposition.
"You seem to be very hardworking, and we noticed that you don't rely entirely on our resources here, and occasionally do it yourself! That's good, we'll let you continue to live like this, but from now on, all the other physical work here will be left to you! Anyway, your hands-on ability is so strong, and besides, we've been letting you live and watch for nothing for so long, even if you reciprocate, you should have an expression, right? β
The words are true, but when they say it like this, everyone still feels very uncomfortable.
But there is no choice, and in desperation, a group of former elites from all walks of life can only become long-term workers when they arrive here.
Because the knowledge and skills that everyone boasted of mastering in the past are not worth mentioning here at all.
Beyond Antarctica? No, no, no, it's too backward.
This sudden disaster made everyone adapt to it for a few days, but this is just the beginning, from now on, everyone will say goodbye to comfortable and warm homes and fresh and hygienic food, and can only survive here as a long-term worker.
How did it get mixed up like this?
Xiao An, who has become a long-term worker, is full of question marks in his mind. Fortunately, this group of people didn't find Xiaoyou, so Xiaoyou will help them share some of it every day. Otherwise, I really don't know how to do all the heavy work by myself.
It is a blessing to have Xiaoyou by his side, and another point, it can be regarded as the grace of the Antarctic people, of course, it may also be their carelessness.
That is, everyone has the freedom to communicate with each other after a busy day.
"I said, we've been here for so long, and we've done a lot of work for these Antarctic people, when are they going to let us go?"
Someone asked.
"Put? Don't think about it for the rest of your life! How could someone put us back? At most, it's just a better performance to lighten our workload. As for putting it back, for others, wouldn't that mean that we should bring a large group of experts and scholars here to destroy people's homes? So, I don't think they're going to let us go back easily! β
Xiao An agrees with this person's statement.
"Then we can't just die here like this! We still have a lot of things waiting for me at home, when will it be a head? β
Someone complained.
Yes, you have to think of a way as soon as possible.
Xiao An was also thinking about it in her heart, but after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't have a constructive idea.
"Comrades, we can't sit back like this, since those Antarctic people were so despicable to us at the beginning, should we also repay the favor in the other way?" Lao Bai didn't know what he wanted to say, but when he said this, everyone gathered around him.
"Comrades, in addition to practicing the skills of escape in private, shouldn't we also pay attention to these Antarctic people from time to time? If we don't even know our opponent's hole cards, how should we deal with them? β
That's right, Lao Bai is absolutely right, everyone must first grasp the weaknesses of these Antarctic people in order to defeat them in one fell swoop, so that there is hope of leaving here.
Lao Bai's words can be regarded as a reassuring pill for everyone.
Antarctica, you are beautiful, but you are also very dangerous. So, we're going to leave your arms for the time being, and we'll come back someday, would you? (To be continued.) )