4. Impressions of Wakanda
The country of Wakanda has always been mysterious.
Very little is known about it, and even in the political map of Africa, Wakanda is a country with a very little presence.
Its external identity is a remote and purely agricultural country, with a small area, a sparse population, no resources, not even a single airport in the whole country, and even a national electricity supply.
In such an absolutely impoverished country, no one will look there, except for a few researchers who study environmental science and biology.
Nigeria, which is adjacent to it, has a much more presence than Wakanda.
"You've hidden yourselves deep enough."
Merlin sat by the porthole of the plane, and as the plane descended rapidly, he looked down at the increasingly clear scenery on the ground, it was a wild grassland, the sun shone on the endless meadow, Merlin could even see a herd of migratory antelopes running, and hunting lions and drinking rhinoceros.
At the end of the grassland, there is a flourishing forest, covering a huge area, and you can't see the edge at a glance.
It's already the hinterland of Wakanda, but there's nothing here except a few farms.
"Where the hell is your country?"
Merlin, who had changed into a black dress and robe of the same style as T'Challa, and had also changed into "royal sandals", said:
"I mean, how did you hide yourselves?"
"It's not that hard."
Auroro, who was sitting across from Merlin, sipping juice and looking at the scenery below, said:
"Wakanda is not a large population, we only have three large cities in the country, and it is easy for millions of people to hide in a land full of wonders and gifts... Of course, there are some other forces that we have with the help of others. ”
"We're here."
Prince T'Challa took a sip of his juice and said to Merlin and Eric:
"Then it's time to witness the miracle..."
"Don't play the stalk from 10 years ago..."
Merlin complained, but the next moment, the next moment the plane flew into the lush forest, his gaze still tightened.
An invisible and insubstantial shield.
Or it's called an enchantment, or some kind of high-tech stereoscopic projection.
In short, the plane was like crashing into an invisible cover, and Merlin could feel the non-violent energy beating across the surface of the plane's outer cabin, like a spark of jumping, and that faint energy made Merlin feel slightly paralyzed, which may be more due to the fact that he spread his perception beyond the cabin.
And after stepping over the invisible cover, a completely different scenery appeared in front of Merlin's eyes.
It was a large city built at the confluence of rivers, and it was similar to New York just by its appearance.
There were many high-rise buildings, there were a lot of traffic, and there were a few strange-looking black spaceships whizzing in the sky, Merlin looked down, the navigation lights on the top of the high-rise buildings flashed and went out, and those strange trains passing through the city, this prosperous scene compared with the primitive and wild land before, Merlin had a feeling of suddenly returning to the civilized world.
It's not just a return to civilization, it's more like a transcendent civilization.
Merlin saw the beating stereoscopic projections of the city, vivid and anthropomorphic, like giant advertisements.
The city of Wakanda is bustling, but there is no congestion on the streets, their buildings are very simple and elegant, the shape is full of simple beauty, but also extremely practical, around the city streets, there are towering trees, the whole is built on the mountain, located on both sides of the river, the endless city looks very neat, there is a kind of busy but not chaotic, full of order.
The elegance that comes with this order gives Merlin a good first impression of Wakanda.
He is essentially a man who likes order and hates chaos.
"It's very developed here."
Eric looked out the window at the large city that suddenly appeared, and as a senior engineer who graduated from MIT, he could see at a glance the tower-like buildings towering around the city.
He could tell that they weren't cell towers, but more like some kind of wireless power transmission device...
"It's unbelievable that your energy technology is at least 50 years more advanced than the outside world."
"It's not 'you'."
T'Challa shook his head, and he said to Eric:
"It's 'us.'"
"My cousin, you have entered the capital city of Berning. Over Zana, welcome back to Wakanda. ”
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"
Under Merlin's gaze, three black ships flew out of the ground and approached the descending plane at great speed, hovering around the plane as if they were escorting.
Merlin noticed that among the three ships, there was an oval-shaped ship that was familiar.
It is a shuttle-shaped whole, with three energy thrusters at the bottom of the ship, and from a distance, it looks like a human face.
This is the night in 1992, when Merlin saw the ship that appeared in Auckland with a panther on board.
"That's the Royal Ark."
Auroro followed Merlin's gaze, and she saw the ship, which was nimble, like a flying plate, and she said to Merlin:
"It's a ride for the royal family, only Black Panther and his wife, and his daughter, Princess Surui, are eligible to ride, and it seems that Her Royal Highness the princess who can't spare has come to greet her brother."
"Su Rui."
T'Challa also smiled gently, and said:
"This active girl is probably going crazy in Wakanda, she is 17 years old this year, and she will be able to travel in the second half of the year... I've heard that she has applied for a master's degree from Columbia University, and it seems that she has already chosen her future path. ”
"Traveling?"
Merlin looked at the son of the panther in front of him, and said:
"Do you mean traveling?"
"Nope."
Auroro explains:
"It's more like a kind of integration and experience, although Wakanda keeps a distance from the outside world, we still pay attention to the affairs of the outside world, and as members of the royal family, T'Challa and Suri will enter the modern society as adults, and will return to Wakanda again after completing their studies."
"Well, I'm doing a PhD in sociology and a master's degree in economics and psychology at Oxford."
T'Challa explains to Merlin and Eric:
"Wakandans value knowledge, and we are willing to learn from anywhere."
"That's good."
Merlin said with envy.
For various reasons, he didn't go to college, which is the regret of his life. Although he now has far more knowledge than the average college student, even a doctor.
Not every school has access to the real occult.
"We're going to land at Ho Tram Airport."
T'Challa looked at his watch and said to his guests:
"This kind of slow, polluting plane can't fly into the city, which is against the Wakanda air law, so the next way, we have to take the Royal Ark to go there."
"Okay."
Merlin said with interest:
"I've wanted to try my hand at flying a spaceship for a long time."
Moments later, the black plane stopped in the middle of the airport, which, as its name suggests, is located in the middle of the river, a super-large platform, half suspended in the air, propped up by metal pillars, and looks full of sci-fi and futuristic feeling.
Merlin and Eric, dressed in traditional Wakanda costumes, walked down the gangway and could not see a single staff member in the airfields around them, Merlin saw some self-driving tractors driving to the front of the plane in a fixed route, then extending their grappling hooks and grabbing the wheels of the plane, and under the towing of the two tractors, the plane was slowly sent into the hangar behind the platform.
It was only then that Merlin realized that there was no pilot on the plane he was on...
The plane has also been modified by the Wakandans, and it is also unmanned!
"Hell."
Merlin rubbed his forehead, he was not averse to high technology, but Merlin still had an indescribable feeling at the thought that the plane he was on this way did not have a pilot.
It's like the future dreamed of by fantasists has come to life at this moment, and since coming to Wakanda, Merlin has a little bit of his own understanding of what the real future society will look like.
Wakanda, which is extremely technologically advanced, is like the world of the future.
And it's not that unimaginably advanced, according to Eric, Wakanda's technology is 50 years more advanced than the outside world, and some cutting-edge technologies may be stronger, which proves that Wakanda's model can be learned and copied by the outside world.
"Brother!"
Just as Merlin was observing the unmanned facilities at the airport, a crisp shout rang out behind him, presumably because of Lorna and Raven, Merlin was sensitive to the word.
When he turned around, he saw the elevator under the Ark Royal parked in front of him open, and a young girl in a skirt and veil was running towards T'Challa.
She is supposed to be Princess Surui, the sister of T'Challa, the daughter of the Black Panther.
"Look, that's your sister."
Merlin said to Eric beside him:
"She's a little bit like you, look at your eyes, they're almost identical."
"From an ethical point of view..."
Eric snorted, and said to Merlin with malice:
"That's your niece, too."
"Uh, forget it."
Merlin shrugged his shoulders and said:
"I can't get married to a princess... Go ahead, they're waiting for you. ”
Merlin pushed Eric who was standing still, and the young man stepped forward with some hesitation, and he stood beside T'Challa, and Princess Suri said a few words to Auroro, and then turned to look at Eric, his big eyes full of curiosity.
"You're Eric? Uncle Entjob's son? ”
"Yes, I am."
Eric was a little uncomfortable with the robe on his body, he moved his shoulders and said to Su Rui in front of him:
"It's my first time in Wakanda, and I have to say that it's very different from where I imagined it to be."
"yes, it does seem bizarre."
Princess Su Rui said seriously:
"When you've lived here long enough, you'll find that it's as boring as it looks."
She shrugged at Eric and held out her hand:
"Hello, Brother Eric, I'm Su Rui, your cousin."
"Hello, Su Rui."
Eric stretched out his hand, took Surui's hand, and then let it go again, and he looked at the mountains further out of the city, and said to T'Challa:
"Before the Black Panther... I want to go and see my father's tombstone. ”
"Absolutely."
T'Challa patted Eric on the shoulder and said:
"Come with me, Uncle Njob is buried in the family cemetery, in the mountains and forests behind the palace."
The group boarded the Royal Ark, Princess Su Rui tilted her head, looked at Merlin, who walked at the end, with a leisurely face, like a tourist, she asked curiously:
"Who are you? Another son of Uncle Enjobe? ”
"Nope."
Merlin replied solemnly:
"I'm Prince Eric's bodyguard..., Your Highness Princess, you don't have to worry about me, I'm just a dispensable person."
"No, you're not!"
Su Rui looked at the slightly strange watch in her hand, and she said to Merlin:
"You have a special energy emission frequency, which is comparable to the frequency of a vibranium missile when it explodes... You're a dangerous guy, I guess, you're a mutant? ”
"yes, I'm a mutant."
Merlin looked dejected that his identity had been exposed, and he said to Su Rui:
"My name is Raven, and my ability is to turn into a bird."
"Cool!"
Su Rui's eyes widened and she exclaimed, and she said to Merlin with some frustration:
"When I was a child, I also wished I was a mutant and could fly with the wind like Auroro, but unfortunately, I was just an ordinary person, and I was not blessed by the goddess Buster."
"Blessings?"
Merlin asked curiously:
"In Wakanda, do you see mutants as goddess blessings?"
"That's right."
While manipulating the equipment that made Merlin dizzy in the cabin of this high-tech spaceship, Su Rui said to Merlin:
"For example, the Auroro family is regarded as the family of the goddess Buster, and every generation of their family will have a wizard who manipulates the weather to make the whole of Wakanda smooth, and several other families are like this, the number of mutants in Wakanda is not large, but everyone lives together in harmony. So through Auroro's connections, we also chose to support Professor Charles's moderate views. ”
"Su Rui."
Auroro couldn't help but remind:
"You're talking too much."
"Uh, okay."
Su Rui glanced at Merlin, she didn't speak, but continued to maneuver the spaceship, slowly rising into the air like a flying saucer, and then speeding towards the direction of the Wakanda Palace.
Auroro looked at Merlin, who had a calm face, and she looked at Merlin's fingers pinched together, and said:
"Using a spirit channeling spell on a child, Mr. Merlin, you're going too far, isn't it?"
"I just want to know the forces behind the professor."
Merlin calmly said to Auroro:
"I asked you, but you refused to say it, besides, Su Rui herself didn't treat this as a secret, otherwise she wouldn't have said it even if it was a spiritual guide."
Merlin looked at Surui, then at T'Challa, who was whispering to Eric, and said:
"The mental strength of their brother and sister is different from ordinary people, and I feel that their bodies are also extremely strong, like sleeping magma, which has not yet reached the time to erupt."
"Well, the blood of the Panther... It's really not ordinary. ”
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