Chapter 20: The Fortress on Earth
Two days have passed, and some of the residents at the bottom have died, and the tea falcon counted the number of people again, including himself and others, there are now seventy-six people at the bottom.
The grain at the bottom can still last for about a week, and through the negotiations in the past few days, Xiao Jiu is gradually no longer so afraid of the tea falcon and others, and Lin Hai has found a more interesting phenomenon, that is, the problem of the tea falcon and the ten guards eating.
As we all know, the conditions at the top are far better than those at the bottom, whether it is food or drinking water, but Lin Hai found that whether it is the tea falcon or the ten guards, eating the food at the bottom is already so relishing, although Er Mazi will not exploit the materials, and everyone does not need to eat "animal bone cakes", but the dry potatoes and sweet potatoes are still not as good as the food standards of the upper class.
Probably sensing Lin Hai's doubts, the tea falcon said, "We have all eaten anything more unpalatable than this, and it is much more difficult on the surface than underground." ”
At the same time, Lin Hai also learned that the ten guards who followed the tea falcon were all the soldiers he brought on the surface, as for why the tea falcon came to the bunker, he didn't say it clearly, Lin Hai was very yearning for the surface, and kept asking the tea falcon about the situation on the surface.
"The world on earth is huge, and you can see the adjacent fortress, where there is sunshine, fresh air, yellow sand, and most importantly, all kinds of ferocious beasts."
"Fortress? What is that? And what is sunlight? And the yellow sand you mentioned? I've never seen it, I've only heard it said. Lin Hai is like an ignorant teenager.
The tea falcon was stunned for a moment and asked, "Have you never gone out?" ”
"No, I was born at the bottom and have lived until now."
The tea falcon was silent, and then said with a smile, "Stinky boy, don't you know, the bunker we are in is actually part of the fortress on the ground, and there are originally ninety-nine fortresses on the ground, and the one we are in is the ninety-ninth fortress, but over the years, wars, and many factors have led to the current fortress only thirty." ”
Not only Lin Hai, but even Er Mazi and some bold residents surrounded them, and their eyes flashed with yearning and longing for the outside world like Lin Hai.
"Captain Tea, can you tell us what's going on outside?" Er Mazi was the first to speak.
The tea falcon was very touched in his heart, it was the first time he saw this group of people have such a big reaction, the tea falcon who knew the bunker was the clearest, although the bunker was safe, it was not seen the light of day, and the magnates on the upper two floors were better, at least they ate and drank well, and they could go outside to breathe if they were fine.
Only the inhabitants of the bottom live a dark life, everyone who is sitting here is like this, born here, there is no fresh water, no delicious food, no security, and no sense of time, everyone spends their lives in this small bottom space from birth to death, they don't even know what they look like, it's really sad to the extreme.
Tea Falcon, who lit a cigarette, said, "Then I'll tell you something I know." ”
Everyone fell silent for a moment, and Lin Hai also waited quietly in it.
"Before the disaster, we humans lived on the ground, and it was very peaceful and harmonious between people, there were no alien beasts now, and there was no poisonous sunlight now, and it was .......... at that time."
"Don't talk about the past, let's talk about the current ground, no matter how good it was before, you can't come back." Lin Hai interrupted.
Although Lin Hai's behavior of interrupting the tea falcon caused dissatisfaction among everyone, but no one dared to accuse Lin Hai, the tea falcon smiled, "That's right, it doesn't matter how good we were before, and it's all word of mouth, and even if it was like that before, it wasn't clear, and no one knew." ”
"Our location is Fortress Ninety-Nine, and the position of the ninety-nine fortresses is in a circle, eighty kilometers to the east of us is the earliest "Fortress No. 1", and the "Fortress No. 98" to the west has been destroyed by foreign beasts ten years ago. ”
"What is a strange beast? Is it like a gopher? ”
"The alien beasts on the surface are much stronger than the gophers, and the underground gophers have no natural enemies, so they have many races, but the survival rule on the ground is "the jungle eats the strong", and there are some powerful beasts that the evolutionary sees and hides. ”
"Is there a man on the earth?"
"Of course, the fortresses on the ground also need residents and troops, and each fortress has a lot of people now, that is, it has only slowly developed over the years."
"Then why are we born in such a place, why are we not earthly, why do we suffer...... "The lamentations of the crowd came and went.
"It's no wonder you, probably fifty years ago, an unprecedented war broke out on the surface, a war between people, a war between humans and foreign beasts, resulting in all the fortresses becoming victims of the war, at that time humanity almost perished, so there was the idea of building a bunker underground, at that time not everyone could enter the bunker for refuge, only some powerful and skilled people could come in, as far as I know, the bottom where we are now is the first is a pit for collecting ore, With the passage of time, the workers settled here, and there are now everyone, in fact, fifty years, almost all of them are from your father's generation. ”
Everyone was silent for a moment, but Lin Hai thought of what his father said to him when he was a child, "We are lucky, much better than those above us." At that time, Xiao Linhai was thinking of the people in the upper class, and he didn't realize that his father was talking about the people on the ground.
Lin Hai thought for a while and asked, "I remember my father said that the ground is very big, so big that it is still the ground at a glance, is it really that big?" ”
"It's true, the land is huge, bigger than you think, bigger than you can see, and people use things called "motorcycles" and "cars" to get around. ”
"Motorcycles? Car? What is that? ”
"Uh.... Hiss.... It's a tool that people can sit on and run out far, far away. ”
Lin Hai thought for a while and asked, "Then why did you go so far?" Stay at home honestly, in case you can't come back. ”
The tea falcon found that Lin Hai's brain circuit was not quite the same as that of ordinary people, and the tea falcon who sighed heavily said, "On the ground, people can not only eat and sleep, but also do many things, such as ..... Oops, I told you, you don't understand. ”
"That's when you're full."
Tea Falcon "........"
The crowd "........"