Chapter 9 (II) The Emperor of the Earth
The island used to be considered a tourist destination, but now it is more populated than before, and the reason for this is that most people who have the means but are not willing to go to Shandu come here, and in any case, at least the pollution here is not so bad, even if it is frozen all year round.
"The average temperature here is 10 degrees Celsius, which is not too cold." Gu Yan sorted out his equipment box next to him, "The lowest is more than minus 40 degrees, and in summer, the highest is 15 degrees, it used to be a summer resort, and now it is a holy place for refuge, the entire population of the earliest archipelago added up to less than 3,000 people, and now, there are at least nearly 10,000 people, except for North Africa, it is still a paradise here, but the tragic thing is that the vegetables eaten here are all grown in greenhouses." ”
Tang Shuxing turned his head to look at him and asked, "You are quite familiar with this place, have you been here?" ”
"For the first time." Gu Yan shook his head and said, "Seven years ago, when the war didn't break out, I was a rich family...... Rich boy, studying in a prestigious school in the United States, always wanted to come here, but didn't have the chance, because I like to go to school, am I a monster? ”
"Yes, you do." Tang Shuxing smiled and nodded, looking at so many buildings in the distance, many of which were newly built, "What do we do now?" Where to take the boat? ”
"Now we have to send a gift to the dictator here, the Emperor of the place, Mr. Skega here, in exchange for our entry and the right to take a boat." Gu Yan looked unhappy, looked at Tang Shuxing's puzzled expression and said, "Do you think I'm joking?" It's really the emperor, he used to be the owner of a mercenary company. With 100 armed people, when they came to this island, they became the so-called resistance organization in the local area, but at the same time, they also claimed to obey Shangdu and curry favor with a few heads, but because this place is too far away, and it is not a strategic point, there are no resources to dig up, they don't make trouble, and the resistance can't control it. Shang Du didn't care. ”
Tang Shuxing placed the equipment box on the sleigh next to him. He dragged and walked aisles: "Is he really the emperor?" ”
"It's really the emperor, you'll know when you go, and the palace." Gu Yan also tugged at the rope and shook his head as he walked.
When walking towards the gathering place. There were already quite a few people watching them. Pointing at both of them. The two of them looked like outsiders, and at the same time, several people wearing police uniforms from the Shangdu Citizen Control Bureau came up and talked to Gu Yan for a while. Take them to meet the so-called emperor, and at the same time, on the way, Tang Shuxing saw that the soldiers on duty here were actually wearing the uniforms of the resistance army and carrying the symbol of the resistance army.
Gu Yan looked at Tang Shuxing's expression and said with a smile: "How is it?" I'm not wrong, both ends are flattering, that emperor is very treacherous. ”
Tang Shuxing shook his head with a wry smile, and after walking for a long time, he came to a miniature palace, although it had an English Victorian style palace, it was at best twice as large as an ordinary villa.
The two of them left their things outside and followed the guards inside, watching people in ancient English costumes walk around along the way, with weird makeup on their faces, and if you stare at her for too long, she will return the favor with a "why are you such an ungentleman" look.
Walking to the innermost part of the so-called palace, in the living room that was actually not big, a man in his fifties who was already wearing an old-style British Navy uniform stood there, and immediately greeted Gu Yan and Tang Shuxing after seeing them. Then Gu Yan glanced at Tang Shuxing, and knelt down on one knee to salute.
Tang Shuxing frowned, but there was nothing he could do, so he simply saluted, but quickly got up.
"The two are ......" Skega did not say the word Chi Chen, because it was taboo, and it was also illegal, and now all over the world, whether it was Shang Du or the Resistance Army, they all regarded Zhan Tianya's Chi Chen as an extremist organization, and offered a high reward for Zhan Tianya's head, but Skga was different, he was a person who wandered on the edge of various forces.
Gu Yan nodded towards Skaga: "Your Majesty, the gift I brought to you is just outside the palace. ”
Skaga's eyes immediately lit up, and he waved his hand to the guard, "Hurry up, hurry up!" Get it in! Hurry up, hurry up! ”
As he spoke, his feet were still swinging, and he looked very funny and anxious.
After a while, the guards carried in the equipment box they had put outside, Tang Shuxing stepped aside, and asked Gu Yan to step forward and press the password to open it, and Skaga's eyes were wide open and waiting, and then after Gu Yan opened it, he took out the two shock-proof briefcases inside, carefully placed them on the table, and entered the password again to open them.
After opening the password, Tang Shuxing saw that fifty small injections were neatly placed in the two boxes, and he didn't know what was inside.
When Skega saw that he was dancing with small steps, he immediately took out one, and the guard next to him immediately stepped forward to help him take off his clothes, and then Skega sat down and took the needle and plunged it into the vein in his arm.
At that moment, Tang Shuxing immediately understood what it was, it was also something he hated extremely much, he turned his head to look at Gu Yan, but Gu Yan whispered very calmly: "That's medical coffee injection, now this thing is called chasing dreams." ”
"Chasing dreams?" Tang Shuxing sneered, "It's a good name, but it's also a drug." ”
"The price of this thing is now the most expensive, and it can be used as a direct substitute for the so-called currency." Gu Yan said in a low voice, "The soldiers of the Resistance Army can't do without fighting, but the manufacturing is limited and the output is limited, so it is so expensive that it is frightening to death, this batch is the medical supplies we found in the United States seven years ago, a lot, it has been stored there, and we have also obtained a lot from the medicinal gold, which is what we can now use to replace real money." ”
"Does real money work now?" Tang Shuxing saw Skga's intoxicated appearance, and now his eyes were blurred, and he leaned his head to the side very comfortably, enjoying his own chasing the stupid otter
Gu Yan shook his head: "There is no use for fart, except for industrial use, there is no value in places outside Shangdu New District, what everyone needs is food and fuel." Even in Shangdu, they are just desperately trying to maintain the value of these things, but the market price is already terrifyingly low. ”
Tang Shuxing nodded: "There is no economy in this world anymore. ”
"Pretty much." Gu Yan nodded, and at this time, Skaga's eyes recovered. When Tang Shuxing was still strange, Gu Yan hurried up and said, "The last time he used this kind of thing, the effect was not too obvious, and this time I brought new goods." ”
After Scoga got up, he took a deep breath, then looked at Gu Yan with grateful eyes and said, "Thank you, thank you for bringing this batch of dreams, which are much better than others and can make me comfortable for so long." That's great. It's nice that you made me see the lover of my dreams just now, so, I hope. You can wait for me a little longer. I'm going to change my pants. Because I ...... just now."
Skga laughed and trotted in, like a madman.
Tang Shuxing nodded and said, "He really had a spring dream with his dream chasing." ”
"The world. Everyone wants to get drunk and dream of death and escape from reality. Gu Yan whispered.
After a long time, Skga came back, changed into clothes, it was an ordinary suit, and then asked the guard to put away the box, and took Tang Shuxing and Gu Yan into a room next to him, and after entering the room, Tang Shuxing found that it was a large bath filled with hot water. A group of naked women had been waiting in the bath for a long time, all of them looking at them with strange eyes, and occasionally making provocative gestures.
"Please! We take a shower and then eat. Skgar laughed.
"No need." Tang Shuxing and Gu Yan said almost in unison, and glanced at each other after speaking.
Skega was not angry at their refusal, and it seemed that the effect of chasing dreams was still going on, so he smiled regretfully and led them towards the restaurant on the other side, where the rich meal had already been served.
Skega motioned for the two to sit down, and then said, "You guys are going to Dragon Island?" ”
Dragon Island? Tang Shuxing glanced at Gu Yan, which Gu Yan didn't sue him.
Gu Yan nodded: "Yes, His Majesty the Emperor." ”
"Do you still want to dig up dinosaur fossils?" Skega laughed and shoved a bloody piece into his mouth, "You know that some of the fossils have been dug up a long time ago except for coal, are you for coal?" Haha, you can take as much coal there as you can and the two of you, anyway. ”
Tang Shuxing was silent, staring at the contents of the plate, but he had no appetite, it seemed to be the meat of an animal, it was simply fried, and the things around him were all bloody, and there were almost no vegetables and fruits.
Gu Yan raised his wine glass and said, "Your Majesty, we really went to find fossils. ”
Skega was obviously stunned, he also picked up the wine glass, signaled for a toast, and after drinking, he looked at Gu Yan and said, "Why do you want to find fossils?" I am the Emperor here, and you are on my territory, and you must explain it, and you know it, and if anyone asks about it, I must make it clear that I do not want to damage my relations with other countries. ”
Tang Shuxing knew that the other country he was talking about must be Shangdu, or the Resistance Army, and if something else happened, he didn't want to take this responsibility.
"It's a mammoth fossil, not a dinosaur, and we've got to extract mammoth DNA from it, and we're developing a new weapon." Gu Yan said solemnly, "If we succeed in developing them, we will sell these weapons to your country at the cheapest price, and of course there will be certain giveaways." ”
Tang Shuxing didn't know if Gu Yan was really talking nonsense, so he had to follow Gu Yan and smirk there.
Skega chewed on the contents of his mouth, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief, and then nodded to the guard next to him, and then the guard went down, and soon came up with a plate with a key in the middle of the plate.
Skga pointed to the key and said to Gu Yan: "This is the ship I prepared for you, it is stored in the royal shipyard at the dock, it is a little old, the fuel used is coal, you had better set off early tomorrow morning, it is too cold at night, you will not be able to stand it." ”
"Thank you!" Gu Yan took the key and immediately got up, "Your Majesty, I think we set off well overnight and take our leave." ”
Skega nodded, signaling that they could go, and then Gu Yan got up and left with Tang Shuxing.
After they were gone, Skga crumpled his handkerchief and said to the guards: "Send someone to keep an eye on them to see what they are going to do, but don't use force, and if you are discovered, say that I sent you to protect them in secret." ”
The guard nodded silently and turned to leave. (To be continued......)