Chapter 18: The festival ends

At the same time as Dart spoke, the people around him stood up one after another, and their expressions no longer frolicked before, but became serious. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Seeing this, Zhou Xin and the others also stood up one after another, and they looked up at Dart on the stage without saying a word. Dart waved his hand downward after saying the previous paragraph, and then Zhou Xin and the others heard the incomprehensible singing again, and along the direction of the song, Zhou Xin turned his gaze back to the clearing around the totem pole.

He saw that in the middle of the clearing, there were quite a few people standing now. I don't know when, Redina and Christy have already taken off their costumes and changed back into their usual clothes, and the same is true of the people standing behind her, Zhou Xin glanced at the crowd carefully, and found that the people standing in the middle seemed to be the people who were at the front of the front before, and now dozens of them sang the kind of incomprehensible song together, and began to walk towards the edge of the clearing.

The Atlanteans in the direction they were heading had already separated a path for them, and along the open passage, Zhou Xin saw that the direction in which they were heading seemed to be the direction of the beginning of the mural. After getting out of the way, Retina took the lead towards the mural, followed by Christie, and the others followed the two of them.

Before the first scene of drilling wood for fire, Retina stopped, and her singing voice changed to a ballad-like rhythm. In front of the first image, she sings a phrase in a language she doesn't understand, and the crowd repeats what she sang after Retina sang it. After everyone had finished singing, Retina walked over to the second picture and sang the same ballad.

Next, Retina proceeded step by step in the order of the images on the wall, and each time she walked in front of the picture, a different ballad came out of her mouth, and the crowd repeated it after she had finished singing. After walking through a few paintings, Zhou Xin found that Redina's ballads seemed to introduce the history depicted in each painting.

Retina stayed in front of each picture for more than a minute, and there were so many paintings on the walls, so the process lasted three or four hours. In this process, Retina did not rest the whole time, she maintained the rhythm of walking through one painting per minute, leading everyone to review the history of Atlantis, and Zhou Xin did not know how she persevered.

Four hours later, Retina finally walked to the last mural depicting the Atlanteans evacuating the frozen planet, and this time, she didn't stop for a minute, but stood in front of the image for a long time. After five minutes, Retina's mouth finally stopped, and she began to continue along the wall. Coming to the right of the last painting, Zhou Xin found that there was an extra line of text on the top of the originally empty wall, and a stand was placed against the wall, and a basin-sized container was placed on the stand. Retina walked to the container, then stretched out her right hand and put it on the inside of the container, after a few seconds, she took her hand out again, pressed it on the wall behind her, after pressing it hard, he raised his hand, Zhou Xin saw that there was a bright red handprint left on the originally empty wall, after pressing the handprint, Retina pushed open the door next to it and left the hall.

Seeing Retina leave the hall, Zhou Xin thought it was a little strange, he turned his head to look in the direction of the last mural, so he saw the scene of Christy pressing her hand against the wall, just like her mother, she pressed her hand on the wall and left the hall following the path of her mother's departure.

Next, the dozens of Atlanteans who followed the two of them before also lined up, leaving their own handprints on the wall in turn, after these people left the hall, Zhou Xin saw that the Atlanteans standing around also began to move, they slowly formed a long line, this team began to follow the route that Retina had walked before, starting from the first mural along the wall towards the last mural, and walked to the place where they pressed their handprints before, and everyone who passed by did the same, He left his left or right hand on the wall, and then left the hall in order.

Zhou Xin watched Atlantis's movements with a puzzled expression, and at this time, Dart's voice came from behind him, "This is the last step of the Great Festival, and all those who participate in the Great Festival must leave their mark on the last painting that represents the future, so as to show our ancestors that we will leave our mark in future history." ”

"I see." Zhou Xin showed a look of sudden realization, and then he asked, "Wouldn't it take a lot of time like this?" Was this the same when you were a lot of people? ”

Dart nodded, "So, this time the big festival is the smallest, in the past, when we carried out the big festival, this step alone lasted for nearly a month, and it was divided into many places to do it together, not to mention the previous steps." Because of the time, this time the big festival, we even streamlined the previous activities a lot, otherwise there would not be four or five days, and this big festival would not have ended. ”

Zhou Xin nodded and asked the next question, "Then why don't you press the handprint?" ”

Dart glanced at the lengthy line, then turned back with a wry smile, "Who told you to ask them to elect a new dean before, they have now assumed that I am the next dean, according to the rules of the Great Festival, every leader must finally leave his mark on the wall of history, to show that everyone has left their own traces on the wall, and also to say that they will not be high above and abuse their power in the process of leading the clan in the future." ”

"Is there any other intention?" Zhou Xin showed a clear look, "It seems that your big festival is full of rules every step of the way, but what about the previous performance, is there any deep meaning in it?" ”

"It was to show our ancestors what we are living now, to show us that we are living in peace." Dart replied, "The whole process of the Great Festival is in the order of history, present, and future. The beginning of the festival is to remember the past, then to report to our ancestors about our current situation, and finally to look into the future. Of course, each of these has many different steps, so I won't go into that. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded to show that he understood, and at this time, Dart said, "You can also go up and leave your mark in a while." ”

"Me?" Zhou Xin excused himself, "I'm not from Atlantis, so it's not appropriate." ”

"Nothing out of place." Dart replied, "Your help is enough for us to leave a mark on the history of Atlantis. Our history is not only used to record our own people, but also includes some other things or events, except that you will be the first person of other civilization to leave traces in our history. Then, he also sent an invitation to the Lei Xingren behind Zhou Xin, and asked them to also leave their own handprints on the wall.

At the same time as Dart's invitation, Zhou Xin glanced at the team not far away, and found that at least half of the people were still in the hall, seeing this situation, he was not in a hurry to walk to the back of the team, but continued to chat with the people around him.

After more than two hours, there were finally not many people left in the team, during this period, Zhou Xin expressed his willingness not to participate many times in the chat, but every time Dart would invite him again and again, he couldn't resist him, Zhou Xin had to go to the end of the line, followed by other Thunder Star people behind him, seeing that they were all lined up, Dart also came to the end of the line.

After Dart's final handprint, the time was as Dart had expected, it was close to six o'clock in the evening, and while walking out, Zhou Xin also curiously asked what other activities would take place in Dart's festival.

"By the time I walked out of the hall, the festival was over." Dart explained.

"What about the hall?" Zhou Xin asked, "Isn't it necessary to clean up?" ”

"According to the rules of the festival, you can't clean up the venue on the day the festival ends, and you can't wait until the next day."

"That's—" Zhou Xin understood, "So now, is there anything else that needs to be done next?" ”

"Go on." Dart looked at Zhou Xin strangely, "Isn't it eating?" Don't you feel hungry after a whole day without eating? ”

"......" It was only after Dart finished speaking that Zhou Xin felt hungry, and then he remembered that he hadn't eaten for a day, and as he walked towards the restaurant, he asked Dart, "Don't you all skip meals during the festival?" In this case, how did your previous festivals last for more than a month? ”

"Not really." Dart replied, "There is a fasting step in the course of the festival, but it is only for one day, and this festival is only one day in total, so this step is combined." ”

Zhou Xin nodded to understand, and then, they chatted casually along the way and continued to walk in the direction of the restaurant......

=Dividing line of time=

It's been ten days since the Grand Festival, and it's been less than a day since Atlas had previously announced his departure from Hyperspace. In these ten days, Zhou Xin can be said to have spent the most relaxing time on the Voyager. However, although it was easy, the pressure in Zhou's confidence was not small, because the current condition of the Voyager was not very good, and if something went wrong in the process of leaving hyperspace, it would still be very troublesome to deal with. At the same time, among the dangerous locations found on the star map left by the Atlanteans, although after detailed analysis, he came up with a way to deal with these dangerous places, but because the star map only showed the situation observed by the Atlanteans, and whether the actual situation was like this, Zhou Xin did not have a bottom in his heart. It is obviously impossible not to leave the hyperspace, and in desperation, Zhou Xin had to wait until the time came to leave the hyperspace.

Twelve hours before leaving hyperspace, everyone on the ship, including the Atlanteans who had just been on board the ship for a short time, went into action, and in order to prevent the lack of preparation when entering the danger zone when leaving hyperspace, everyone discussed countermeasures a few days ago. So, as they were about to leave hyperspace, they mobilized all the remaining resources on board the Voyager in case they needed it.

Although there were not many resources left, they were very complicated, and with the help of the robots, it took several hours for everyone to move the required resources to the various locations needed on the ship.

After everything was arranged, although there were still six or seven hours before the scheduled time, Zhou Xin's heart had already begun to get nervous, and now, he was sitting in the command module, staring closely at the big screen in front of him, which showed the scene outside the Voyager.

As before, except for the corner of the Voyager, the screen was still filled with a pale blue light, and the picture seemed to freeze and remained unchanged for a long time.

Looking at the scene on the screen attentively, Zhou Xin sat in his seat and remained silent for a long time, Dart next to him seemed to see Zhou Xin's thoughts, and said: "You don't have to worry so much, although we don't use hyperspace jumping many times, but this technology is still relatively safe." ”

Zhou Xin came back to his senses, he turned his head to look at Dart and said: "What I'm worried about is not whether there will be problems when we leave hyperspace, but where we will appear when we leave hyperspace, you know, compared to you, our technology is still slightly inferior, and some environments that are not harmful to you are still some dangerous to us." ”

Spred, who was next to him, also said: "And the information we obtained is thousands of years ago, although thousands of years is only a short moment for the star, but it is not impossible to change, so don't be surprised if you go out for a while and find that you can't find the corresponding position on the star map." ”

"Brother Captain, don't worry." At this time, Atlas's voice sounded in the command module, "I have checked the external data sent back by the probe, and the hyperspace environment outside is similar to the one I used to pass through hyperspace on the Great Western Continent, there will be no problems." ”

"Let's hope so." Although Atlas only reported the current situation of the Voyager, Zhou Xin was still a little relieved, after all, Atlas had completely experienced the process of passing through hyperspace, although she still had some headaches about her character, but in terms of understanding of hyperspace, no one on the entire ship should be able to compare with her.

However, despite this, Zhou Xin was still a little uneasy, and after thinking for a while, he confirmed again: "Have the preparations been made?" Have you ...... all the supplies moved to the designated location? ”