Section IV. Life on the Bridge
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After going out, Zhuge Xun asked Ling: "That Li you are talking about. Who is Vius? ”
"He is a member of the World Conference and holds the position of 'Enforcer' and carries out the tasks assigned by the 'Central Circle' to protect the 'Ring of Protection' and the 'Civilian Areas'. He came at this time to most likely implement the decisions of the World Conference on the civilian areas. After we visit this place, after we go back, if we don't talk about it, we won't ask. Ling said.
"I know."
"Let me tell you about it. Look so curious about you here. Ling noticed that Zhuge Xun was curious about the house here.
"This place was built after the establishment of the central circle of the world government, and people used to live on the ground, even those dilapidated houses that you saw when we came, and that was where the people of the first district lived, but after the appearance of a large number of aliens, people moved to the bridge, and the aliens couldn't get on the bridge, so the people in the first district were relatively safe. The rooms here are made of metal, in addition to being sturdy, there is another purpose is to store electricity, there is a large battery on the roof of each house, which can absorb natural thunder and lightning, there are more thunderstorms here, although the weather is very bad, but it is not a good thing for the people living here, natural thunder and lightning through the roof of the converter, can be converted into living electricity. And there is a manual 'charger' in each house, which can manually charge the battery to ensure the normal life of the people in the room. Life in the civilian area is not as good as the protective circle, and there are many things that need to be done by yourself.
You've noticed these little grooves on the bridge deck, these are used to drain water and collect rainwater. There are two sources of domestic water here:
The first is the 'Green River', which is about 300 meters away from here, and soon after the establishment of the first district, an underground water channel was laid to divert the water of the green river to the sixth pillar, and only the sixth pillar of the ten pillars supporting the first area is hollow, which is responsible for transporting the water drawn by the green river to the bridge deck. Of course, the 'secret' of the Sixth Pillar is fatal to the First District.
The second is rain.
The two water sources are led to the 'pool' on the other side of the sixth pillar, where there is a water purification system comparable to a protective circle, which can purify the two water sources into domestic water for people to drink.
There are two 'greenhouses' in the first district, one for vegetables and one for grain. When we arrived, this is the first greenhouse to grow vegetables, and on the second pillar, I'll go in with you to have a look. Ling said to Zhuge Xun after greeting the guards guarding the door.
Vegetable greenhouses in the air? Zhuge Xun was very curious, so he followed Ling in.
After Ling and Zhuge Xun had just entered the greenhouse, Li , who was led by the barbarian leader. Vius and his party happened to pass by, and the two groups did not meet each other.
"It's hot." As soon as he entered the greenhouse, Zhuge Xun felt a wave of heat rushing to his face. My body is relatively 'cold' and not very accustomed to 'heat'.
"Because the vegetables here prefer a hot climate, the bridge deck is relatively high, and the temperature is lower than the ground, so the heat will be felt here, after all, growing vegetables at high altitude is very picky about the types of vegetables, and it is not easy for people here." Ling explained. "There is an 'indoor temperature control system' with a protective ring, and one-third of the water in the 'pool' is used in the two 'greenhouses', which is first used through the circulating system over there to adjust the temperature in the greenhouse, and then separated and watered proportionally when the vegetables need to be irrigated. That big metal box you see at the end of the line, do you know what it is? Ling asked, pointing to the upright metal box at the end of the shed that ran from the ground to the roof.
Following the direction of Ling's finger, Zhuge Xun saw the metal box, from which many pipes extended to the ground where vegetables were grown, and the staff inside were carefully checking the various connections of the pipes.
"It's a 'natural fertilizer collector.'" Ling said. Seeing that Zhuge Xun was puzzled, Ling continued. "The fertiliser for the vegetables here is 'all-natural' and is the daily excrement of the people who live on the bridge. The back of the box is linked to the houses living on the bridge deck, and the excrement of the people on the bridge deck is collected here, what you see is a whole box, but in fact, it is divided into three bins, and the excrement is divided into 'solid' and 'liquid' before entering the box, and it enters the middle and upper layers of the box respectively, and the 'liquid' will be filtered layer by layer to meet the edible standard, this is a civilian area, and the water source is very reused for people, so in extraordinary times, after filtering' Liquid excrement can also be used as a substitute for domestic water, which is usually used to supplement the temperature regulation water in this greenhouse. The lower layer in the box is the supply box, that is, when the vegetables in the greenhouse need to be fertilized, the available amount is extracted from the solid state of the middle layer to the lower layer, and then after adjustment, it flows into the soil through the outstretched pipe. Of course, these are done automatically in the box, and the manual operation is just to check whether there is any damage on time. Such a box also has one in another greenhouse. ”
At this time, a picker happened to walk by with a bamboo basket in his arms, and when he saw that it was Zero, he stepped forward to greet him, and at the same time gave Zero two tomatoes that he had just picked, and then said goodbye to Zero.
"You can taste it." Ling handed one of the tomatoes in his hand to Zhuge Xun.
"It's so sweet!" The last time I had a tomato with this texture was before the war. Zhuge Xun reminisced about the taste of fresh tomatoes in his mouth.
"Then this, let's send it back to Hongyue, maybe she will fall in love with this taste, if she thinks this taste is worth cherishing, maybe people's lives will not be too bitter." Ling smiled wryly. Red Moon has too many things on her mind, is it because she is the owner of the pavilion? Or is it because of being a red moon?
Zhuge Xun understood what Ling meant, took the tomato in Ling's hand and said, "Then leave it to me, this is still fresh." After saying that, he took out a blank piece of paper from his pocket, folded it into a paper crane, put the tomato on the back of the paper crane, and recited a spell in his mouth, only to see the paper crane disappear with the tomato.
"That's amazing!" Ling watched in amazement as Zhuge Xun finished doing this. "If you're not interested here, we can move on to the next place."
"Okay."
Ling and Zhuge Xun said goodbye to the staff in the greenhouse and left the greenhouse. It was getting dark, and it looked like it was going to rain.
Along the way with Ling, there are always residents on the bridge who take the initiative to come to say hello, and it seems that Ling usually helps the people here. Zhuge Xun thought so.
"This is the 'entertainment center' on the bridge located on the third pillar, and this relatively large room is a sports hall, and almost all the activities of the residents on the bridge are here, do you want to go in and have a look?" Ling asked.
"No need, let's keep walking."
"Also, the only ones who can go up to the bridge deck are the first, third, eighth and tenth pillars, and they can go up the bridge with rope ladders."
After walking for a while, Ling pointed to a house with a red cross symbol and said to Zhuge Xun: "This is the hospital in the first district, and on the fourth pillar side, people will come here if they are not feeling well or sick. ”
"Has Miss Arian been here before?" Zhuge Xun asked. At the same time, I remembered that Miss Arian had been mistaken by Miss Arian because of his own intentions in the second lap......
"I don't know if she's been here or not, but when she was still alive, the medical team she led was responsible for the development of various daily medicines. Lena's medical team. Ling remembered what Elian had been doing in his lifetime.
"When we came, what did the brute boss say about the first quarter of March?"
"It's that the civilian area will receive relief items from the Hunters' Association and the Central Circle every three months, including food, clothing, medicine, weapons, facilities, etc., among which medicine is the most important, and the ridiculous thing is that the last thing you need in the civilian area is money, which is different from the protection circle, so it can be said that you don't need money at all. So the money you bring shouldn't be needed...... But I'll leave some for the brute.
It is also because of the convening of this world conference that the decentralization of relief items in this quarter will be postponed. Vius must have come here to deliver something. Ling and Zhuge Xun continued to walk forward.
At this time, it started to rain in the sky, and it hurt a little on the skin.
"The natural rainfall outside the protective circle is not 'pure' rain, because there are still some 'impurities' left by the war in the air, although it is higher than the ground here, but this kind of rain is still harmful to the human body for a long time, should we hide it?" Ling asked Zhuge Xun.
"No need, let's keep walking." Zhuge Xun drew a circle with his hand void beside his Tongling, and the invisible enchantment circle wrapped the two of them, blocking the rain from falling on him. Zhuge Xun remembered what to ask Ling. "Is the brute's face because of the rain?" The half-ruined face seemed to have been corroded by strong acid.
"No, it's because of the alien, I heard that it was because of the alien's venom. The people of District 1 admired their brute leader, who was a good leader. ”
Pedestrians on the bridge have become much scarcer due to the rain, and the natural rain is harmful to the human body, so people try not to go out as long as it rains. At this time, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and although it does not rain, the road is wet, and it is still very inconvenient to walk.
"We're in the Fifth District, which is responsible for the distribution of food for the residents of the entire bridge, and I'll show you around it, just shelter from the rain."
"Isn't this zero? When did you come? Seeing Ling and Zhuge Xun enter the house, a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties greeted her.
"It's Sister Man. I just arrived, this is my friend Zhuge Xun, I brought him to you to have a look. Ling said to the middle-aged woman. Kaoru, this is the lady of the barbarian, and we all call her 'Sister Man'. ”
"What else do you say Mrs. is not Mrs., old husband and wife." Sister Man smiled heartily. Turning his head to look at Zhuge Xun. "This little brother is so handsome, do you have a wife? My daughter is as old as you, only 18 years old......"
"Sister Man, why are you talking about this again!" Ling didn't dare to laugh if he wanted to laugh on the side, because Zhuge Xun had an embarrassed face, and he was afraid that he would laugh out loud at this time, and Zhuge Xun would turn around and let his 'friends' take revenge on him. But then again, Zhuge Xun has never talked about his private affairs.
"Why, if you don't want to marry, I'll ask someone else." I don't know if Sister Man is joking or serious.
"That...... Sister Man, I have no intention of marrying a wife. Zhuge Xun said embarrassedly.
"Haha, I just asked casually, don't be burdened, if you want to marry when, you must think about my daughter."
"Sister Man, come and take a look at the distribution here." There are female workers calling Sister Man.
"Alright, I'll go over right away." Sister Man responded. "Then I won't accompany you, you are not outsiders, call me again if you have something, I will be busy first."
"Go ahead." Zhuge Xun really can't deal with this kind of person.
"Haha." Ling, who was glared at by Zhuge Xun, couldn't laugh anymore. "By the way, Kaoru you've lived that long......"
“……”
Seeing that Zhuge Xun didn't answer, Ling couldn't continue to ask. "This is the center responsible for the distribution of all the items needed by the residents of the bridge deck, and the resources of the civilian area itself are very tight, and the geographical location of the first area, although there are two greenhouses, but the food is still very scarce, so it is distributed according to the needs of each household.
Zhuge Xun noticed that there were many workbenches, and there were two people busy behind each workbench. Some allotments are already stored at the exit waiting to be picked up.
"It doesn't seem to be raining outside, let's move on to the next place?" Ling looked outside and said to Zhuge Xun.
"Hmm."
"Sister Man, let's go." Ling said goodbye loudly to the barbarian sister inside.
"Well, so fast! Staying here today? Sister Man asked loudly.
"Let's see." The two left the room.
The sky outside had just finished raining, but it was still dark.
"Look at the ground."
In fact, there is no need for Ling's reminder, Zhuge Xun noticed the bridge deck since it rained, and Ling said earlier that the grooves on the bridge deck were responsible for drainage, and then I saw that the rainwater on the bridge deck was collected through the grooves to a room not far in front of which was significantly higher than other buildings.
"Is the Sixth Arrondissement lower than the rest?" Zhuge Xun asked.
"Actually, it wasn't at first, because it was originally a bridge deck, and it was horizontal, but after the 'pool' was built, the terrain of the other districts was artificially raised slightly, so that the water would flow through. We arrived, and here we are, the 'pool' is located. Ling pointed to the house in front of him and said to Zhuge Xun.
Seeing that it was Zero, the guard at the door hurriedly opened the door to let Ling and Zhuge Xun in.
"It's Zero, when did you come to us?" A man about Ling's age asked as he entered.
"I just arrived, this is Zhuge Xun, I took him to visit this pool." Ling turned back to Zhuge Xun and said. "This is Liu Wu, who is in charge of the pool, because he is the fifth in the family, so Uncle Liu is directly named like this."
"It turned out to be a friend of Zero. Because it has just rained, you see that we are all busy......" Liu Wu looked embarrassed. Because this side of the pool is the most important and important place, except for the people who work here, outsiders are not allowed to approach the 'center', although zero is trustworthy, but this Zhuge Xun who has just met, the breath on his body makes Liu Wu very uncomfortable.
"I know this, you are busy first, and I will stand with Zhuge Xun and take a look." Ling knew Liu Wu's concerns.
"Okay then." Liu Wu went back to continue his work.
"It's more important here, so for Liu Wu, no one is an exception." Ling explained to Zhuge Xun. "But it also gives a glimpse of what they're doing. You see those three big tanks, right? ”
Zhuge Xun had already seen three water tanks standing upright from the ground to the roof in the depths of the room, and there were many relatively low metal boxes in front of them, and the people in the room were busy.
"Because just after the rain, the staff need to smoothly introduce the rainwater collected into the three largest water tanks in the innermost, the three are responsible for storage, the small boxes in front of them are for purification, the role of each box is different, the degree of purification is also different, like drinking water is different after the water purification of the greenhouse, the drinking water is closer to pure water, and the water used in the greenhouse will have some natural impurities. The spirit of the people who work here needs to be highly concentrated, and I don't know why. Liu Wu, who was mentioned just now, is the supreme person in charge here, and he doesn't listen to anyone except for the words of the brute. The top person in charge of the first district is Mantou, followed by Liu Wu. ”
"We can move on to the next place, where people don't seem to welcome me." Zhuge Xun noticed that the staff was paying attention to him from time to time.
"It's not that you're not welcome, it's not that anyone who might be a danger to them is not welcome. Let's get out then. Ling waved goodbye to Liu Wu, who was still working.
Out of the pool, the two continued to walk forward.
"This is the seventh district, and it is also the location of the second greenhouse, the grain greenhouse." Ling said to Zhuge Xun.
The two entered the greenhouse. Zhuge Xun found that this greenhouse is completely different from the inside of the vegetable greenhouse, although there is a 'natural fertilizer collection' box, the vegetable greenhouse is a whole space, but this grain greenhouse is divided into five small spaces from the inside, each space has its own door.
"Alas, Uncle Zero, you're here, I'm going to call Dad." A little girl shouts as she runs inside after seeing Ling, "Dad, Uncle Zero is here!" ”
After a while, a short and fat man in his forties came out of the room at the far end, still holding the little girl in his hand. "It's been a long time, so you'll stay here a little longer this time."
"Well, I should stay for a few days, how about it, is the grain harvest okay? Uncle Mai. The trail has grown up a little bit and become more beautiful. Ling touched the little girl's head.
"Who is this?" Uncle Mai noticed the stranger following Ling.
"Oh, this is Zhuge Xun, my friend, he came with me this time, there are some things on the man's side, so I took him out for a visit first. Kaoru, this is Uncle Mai. "Although for Zhuge Xun, the person in front of him can't be called 'uncle' at all.
"Hello." Zhuge Xun nodded and said hello.
"Haha, that's right, I'll show you around, and now it's just harvesting potatoes." Uncle Mai led Ling and Zhuge Xun towards the room.
"There are five rooms here, which are planted with wheat, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and soybeans, and only these are planted on this bridge deck, unlike the more types of vegetables that can be selected. The one on the far side is the processing room. I'll take you to the potatoes first, you can see that we are picking up potatoes, and this crop of potatoes is not bad. As he spoke, he came to the room with potatoes written on the door number.
After entering the house, I saw many staff squatting on the ground to sort the unearthed potatoes and send the simply packed potatoes to the processing room outside. Seeing a few people coming in, the people working in the house simply said hello and continued their work.
"Look at this is the harvested potato, Mr. Zhuge has never seen it, after that war, there are only these kinds of main food left in our civilian areas." Uncle Mai also regarded Zhuge Xun as a child of the same age as Ling.
Zhuge Xun replied with a smile, and then took the potato in Uncle Mai's hand, which was very heavy, indicating that it was relatively good. "Do you want to process this after that?"
"Of course, how else to eat, I'll take you to the processing room." Uncle Mai took the two of them out and turned to the processing room on the very edge.
"This is the processing room, Zero has been here before, Kaoru should be here for the first time, be careful not to step on your feet."
Zhuge Xun looked around the processing room, the space is relatively large, there are several relatively large machines, and there are some processed semi-finished products on the table on the side, including oil, flour, and some washed purple potatoes.
"We will send these processed items to the 'item distribution office' in District 5 and distribute them to all parts of the bridge." Uncle Mai introduced. "Zero, remember to go to the first district for dinner in the evening!"
"Well, surely, I haven't tasted Sister Man's craftsmanship for a long time." Ling and Zhuge Xun said goodbye to Uncle Mai.
"I don't know how long they'll last." Zhuge Xun sighed after seeing the difference between the first civilian area and the eighth circle.
"But the people here are trying to live."
"yes."
"The eighth district we're going to go to in a moment is the area where 'food animals' are raised, do you want to go and see it?" Ling asked.
"Is it meat for the people on the bridge?" Zhuge Xun understood the intention of Ling asking himself.
"Hmm. There are also certain risks associated with keeping animals on bridges. Animals have all kinds of nutrients that people need, but this environment makes animal breeding also demanding, so the last time I came to the eighth district, there were only chickens, ducks, geese, fish, and rabbits. ”
"Don't look at it."
"The eighth district is also the place from the ground to the bridge, and the caretaker of that animal breeding house is the daughter of Sister Man......" Ling remembered just now.
Zhuge Xun glared at Ling helplessly.
"It's just that Sister Man's daughter is already married......"
The two passed by the 8th arrondissement and continued towards the 9th arrondissement.
"This side of the ninth district is a place where a large number of 'weapons' are stored, and they are said to be weapons but they are not so powerful, so they can only ensure that they will not die so quickly when they confront the aliens."
"I'm not interested in watching it."
"I know that too. And what about the 10th arrondissement? It's full of 'dead people,'" Ling said.
"Dead people?"
"You know, the environment here is very poor, the medical care is very poor, and if you get infected, it will endanger the entire civilian area, so when someone dies on the bridge, the body is thrown off the bridge...... Although it is sad, it is related to the future of all the living, so although the bereaved people are sad and reluctant, they also understand this rule on the bridge, because of this, an ancestral hall was built in the 10th arrondissement, which is used to store the tablets and items of the deceased, which is considered a consolation for the living. ”
Zhuge Xun didn't speak, and he didn't know what to say.
"That war really brought too many disasters to people......"
"Yes, when people use 'nuclear' for war, the end of mankind will not be far away, I think this is also the reason why the Red Moon Pavilion appeared at this time." Zhuge Xun looked up at the gray sky and seemed to understand the intention of the red moon.
"Do you want to go and see the 10th district?"
"Take me there." (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.