“…… We were originally originally natives from the city of Nobele. The hostess pondered for a while, gathered her thoughts, and spoke in a deep voice.

Hearing this, Qiu Xuan leaned against the wall and slowly opened her eyes.

In the previous trip, Shuying had risked being taunted to death by the old man and told her some "common sense", including these.

Norbery, also known as the main city, the city in the sky, the city of hope and fantasy, is a real utopia in the hearts of all people in the age of steam. At that time, when Shuying mentioned this city, his words were full of girlish wishes and longing.

"I didn't grow up in Nobel," Shuying said, "but I spent some time there when I was studying with my teacher." It is really a beautiful ideal city, there is no war, no evil and violence, everyone is so peaceful and warm, and it is incredibly beautiful. ”

Does such a utopia really exist? Qiu Xuan only raised her eyebrows and was noncommittal.

Later, the people of the Academy of Sciences discovered a new energy substance in the extremely cold land, and they used this substance to levitate the entire city of Norbeley and float in the air together with the teacher of the shadow.

From then on, only those who had a certificate issued by the Academy of Sciences or Luoshui (Shuying's teacher) were eligible to enter and leave Nobel, and for a time the residence certificate in Nobel became a status symbol. As a result, all those who did not have enough to eat, who were plagued by war, or who were dissatisfied with the existing life in the steam age were squeezed out of their minds for a certificate, and the black market and underground trading were rampant, and for a time it was even more chaotic than before the advent of the steam age.

Speaking of this, Shuying sighed, "Until now, I still don't know why the teacher agreed to open this policy to the people of the Academy of Sciences. Although this makes the residents of the main city more secure, what about the people outside the city? Leave them alone? ”

Qiu Xuan didn't know what to say, and soon, her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of the hostess.

"But then, we were kicked out." The hostess chuckled hoarsely twice, "Ironic, isn't it?" The people who have belonged to Nobel for generations have been driven out by Nobel! By the army, by those mechanics, and by Luoshui, the old witch who was willing to be lowly and in the company of the Academy of Sciences! ”

To everyone's surprise, it was not Shu Ying who stood up first to refute, but the old man who had always been impatient. The old man directly put his small pistol on the hostess's forehead, leaned over and said in a hateful voice: "You'd better be careful when you speak, and then let me hear any slanderous words in your mouth, and I will bloom in the heads of all of you present!" ”

"He really knows the teacher," Shuying muttered from the side, "but I've never heard the teacher mention this person." ”

"Maybe it's a cliché again, I love you, but instead of love, you chose the story of merit." Qiu Xuan dragged her limbs with great difficulty, leaning against the wall and changing positions.

"What do you say?" Shuying retorted in a low voice, "The teacher won't fall in love with this kind of person." Of course, I'm not saying he's bad, it's just, it's just ......."

"Got it." Qiu Xuan gestured to stop, and Nunu gestured to continue listening.

The hostess froze for a moment, was silent for two seconds, and was forced to speak in a threat or in compromise, "Well, in short, we were kicked out on the grounds that we could not contribute to the development of Norbail accordingly. She took a deep breath and adjusted her tone and continued, "But what do you think the Academy of Sciences is going to do?" Ridiculous, are they really for the development of Nobery? No! ”

"It's called 'research,' but their real purpose is to spread the plague! Ral had done the job of helping the Academy of Sciences build new labs, and he had heard it with his own ears! The mistress pointed to the timid and pale boy from before, "Those beasts/creatures, they want to sow the plague in all the cities outside of Nobail, in order to achieve their goal of controlling the swelling population!" By the way, to make Nobeli a real city of hope, everyone who wants to take refuge in the city will have to pay a huge amount of borrowing money. When the time comes, they will be the true saviors of the people! ”

"And what can we, those of us who were sacrificed in the beginning, what can we do?" She lowered her head and smiled miserably, "The only advantage we have over you truly ignorant is to know this in advance. So my husband found a job, which was to secretly provide the Academy of Sciences with experimenters for the plague. We trick and kidnap you ignorant passers-by and sell them to the Academy of Sciences. One of their top brass promised that once the number was up to par, he would open the back door and leave us a place in Nobel when the plague was really rampant. ”

"Do you think I'm really willing to do these disgusting things and watch them use our hometown to do this?! But what can we do, in the face of crisis, we are just trying to survive. I know that we are guilty and that it is not a pity to die. But please let Lal go, he is really forced to be helpless, he could have had a better life, I beg you. ”

The hostess lowered her head and choked, and the young man named Ral couldn't help but reddened his eyes and sobbed quietly.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and after a while, Shuying said with a complicated expression, "I'm sorry, although I sympathize with your plight, I don't think the teacher would do such a thing." Moreover, regarding the plague, the teacher and the people of the Academy of Sciences are already investigating it, and I believe that the results will be out soon, and everyone will be fair. ”

The hostess just looked at her and shook her head, and finally hung her head and said nothing.

"I think, true or not, let's move on." In a suffocating atmosphere, it was Heng Xie who spoke. The male magician, who had a somewhat shy personality, scratched his head, but continued, "Anyway, our destination is also Norbailey, and we'll know what the truth is, let's see it in person." ”

“…… I agree. Shuying said.

"Then you can do it." The old man muttered as he put the gun away, "What about these people?" If you don't want to do it, I'll take care of it. ”

"Don't!" Shuying hesitated for a moment, "Just put them here, and then it will be their own fate whether they will die or live." ”

Although he obviously disagreed, the old man finally reluctantly agreed to Shuying's suggestion. In a somewhat impulsive tone, he told everyone to hurry back and pack their bags, and set off again in ten minutes.

Qiu Xuan declined Shuying's kindness and dragged her sore body to her feet.

Just a few seconds ago, the mechanical bird delivered its latest investigative report. It clearly shows that although the source of the infection is not yet known, the good news is that the infected person will not transmit the plague to others, and even if there is a real warrior who has a loving applause with the infected person, he will not be infected.

"Great." Shuying, who knew the news, smiled happily at Qiu Xuan, "In this way, we will have a certain amount of security, and our vitality can be greatly improved when facing infected people." ”

yes, yes, that's good. Qiu Xuan smirked at her, and looked at her hands again when she was alone in the background.

The other protagonist is the spiritual spring of the apocalyptic space, the source of the plague of my apocalypse.

It's so nice, it's good.

Grass.