5 and the Holy Heights

In addition, the unique prism lighting system of Shengdu can also spread sunlight to the surface of each skyscraper like a giant pine, providing the light energy needed for each plant to grow on the skyscraper.

The dazzling sunlight refracted by the prism not only provides a light source for the plants that spread across the surface of the building, but also illuminates a visual splendor unprecedented in human civilization, which makes all the sky-top buildings invisible to each other during the day.

The only building in the city that is not completely covered by vegetation is the super space corridor in the center of the city, which reaches to the sky and is thousands of meters in diameter. Because the corridors lead directly to low-Earth orbit outside the atmosphere, most of them are located above snowline elevations where even the toughest plants can't grow. It is said that the sacred "Harmonious Civilization Creation Center" is located in the Harmony Sanctuary above the clouds of the space corridor.

Zhong Ming was not obsessed with looking up at the Harmony Sanctuary hidden above the clouds, it was just an unattainable legend for him.

Back on the ground of the Hemei Shengdu, around the space corridor, extending dozens of kilometers outward, all of them are skyscrapers ranging in height from thousands of meters to hundreds of meters, covered by various plants, like towering trees.

In the green forest of skyscrapers, there are not only dense needles, but also fast-moving heavy-duty electric vehicles galloping on every ground road; In the middle of the city, there are countless light electromagnetic flying vehicles hovering like countless birds on the intricate and rowed electromagnetic highways with no physical road surface.

From a bird's-eye view, the supercapital of the planet, home to more than 100 million people, resembles a milky way whirlpool glowing with green light. And the black space elevator in the sky is like the center of the galaxy star sea, the infinitely extending dark forbidden area.

However, the shocking scene of the beautiful and holy capital could not lift Zhong Ming's spirits, on the contrary, it made him even more confused. Facing the thrilling grandeur of the holy capital in front of him, Zhong Ming felt that he was as small as floating dust, and he could be scattered with the wind at any time. And the person I'm looking for is like a drop in the ocean, and there is nowhere to find it. For a while, he could only stand on the platform, watching the surging traffic and listening to the bustling flute, but his mind was blank and he didn't know where to go.

Only an hour later, a sense of irreconcilable tearing between reality and ideals turned Zhong Ming's excitement from before going out to the factory to the confusion and fear of standing on the platform of Wamei Shengdu Station.

I don't know how long it took, until the setting sun in the west, which was covered by the sudden appearance of dark clouds, and the raindrops the size of beans smashed into his hairline, that Zhong Ming slowly followed the flow of people and flowed into the crowded underground passage on the platform.

The underground and the beautiful city is more like a city in the traditional sense than the above-ground one.

The entire dungeon not only has access to the above-ground city, subways, flat elevators, shopping malls, but also a community for the unemployed, and it is also the only residential area in the Holy City that can be freely purchased with life points without the need for an allotment permit.

There are a variety of residences in the underground residential area. Depending on the price range, the smallest capsule dwells can only sleep for one person, while the largest dwellings are not much different in size and structure from above-ground mansions and villas. As long as you have enough life points, you can even enjoy a comfortable environment in the underground residence that simulates sunlight and even refracts real sunlight.

At a loss, Zhong Ming allowed his body to drift with the flow of people. One moment on the subway, the next moment into the commercial area, and accidentally into the huge difference between low-end and high-end residential areas.

Along the way, Zhong Ming had never seen a dazzling array of goods in his memory, but whether it was vivid fruits, fresh meat, wine, desserts, all kinds of fashionable clothing, the latest household appliances, and machines, he could not arouse the slightest interest.

This crowded world of flowers and flowers is too complicated for Zhong Ming. In the midst of it, he really didn't know how to deal with himself.

Dazzling and at a loss for what to do, Zhong Ming finally came to an exit to the ground. After a moment of hesitation, he walked up, and although he had no memory of the name of the place on the exit sign, he felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

This passage is quieter than the passage Zhong Ming had encountered before, which may be the reason why Zhong Ming subconsciously chose it. After entering the passage, after taking a few steps, a melodious violin music came from the other end of the corner of the curved passage. It was the only sound that made his heartstrings move after Zhong Ming arrived at the capital of Hemeisheng.

In the dark, Zhong Ming felt that this voice was so familiar, although at most, it belonged to his vanished memory. He suddenly remembered the beautiful red lips and the enigmatic beauty, and dimly he seemed to hear her saying to him, "Find me, find me, find me... ”

Just as the bell kept approaching like a violin, and the moment it stepped out of the corner, the music stopped abruptly.

"Nope! You have more life points than mine! I shouldn't have given you any more points! You should return it to me! ”

"Miss! This is a one-way payment system, and there is no need to go back. Besides, you gave me points because you enjoyed my music, not because I was pitiful. ”

"Nope! I gave you points because I saw that you were pitiful, and who knew you had more points than me! ”

What appeared in front of Zhong Ming's eyes was a dejected-looking violin man with messy hair and a girl in casual clothes.

"Please, Miss, it's just 5 minutes of points, and if you continue to make trouble like this, it's not just 5 minutes."

"I am not unemployed, as long as I return to work within the specified time, the points will not be deducted over time. I still have more than two hours, and if you don't return it to me, I will keep spending it with you, so that you will lose two hours in vain. ”

"Miss, you said that you are so beautiful, for only 5 minutes, it won't be like this, right?"

"Who gave you more points than me! I'm in a bad mood, look at your pitiful kindness! I didn't expect to be in a worse mood now! ”

"Good, good. I'll give it back to you, I'll give it back to you. But half of the 5 minutes you just paid paid personal income tax. I can only give you two and a half cents. ”

"That's not going to work. If I give you 5 minutes, you have to pay me back 5 minutes! ”

"That's too unreasonable?。。。

The quarrel between the two in the passage made Zhong Ming's mood suddenly turn sharply, and he had to turn around in a hurry in disappointment and walk back to the dungeon.

However, witnessing that farce made Zhong Ming a lot more reasonable, after all, the free time he had left did not allow him to indulge his low mood wantonly.

Zhong Ming had to start thinking seriously about how to find her, and soon realized that there was no other way but to rely on the fragmentary memories that remained in his mind.

Zhong Ming struggled to remember the last time he was

Memories of when you were allowed to go out. In my impression, I didn't have any special plans that day, I just wanted to go out to breathe, and I didn't even have the idea of going to the beautiful holy capital. Last time, his plan was to go to another city.

After repeatedly recalling all his memories before going out from the factory, Zhong Ming found that he had 10 times and had a clear intention to go to the Holy Capital. Among them, there are really a few times when it is determined that the reason is related to women, and they are all in the same place. The origin of this place was learned by accident when he heard the whispering of two people in the factory living passage. The conversation mentioned a place in the dungeons of the Holy Capital, saying that the girls there were beautiful and the prices were fair.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ming, of course, did not delay for a moment, and rushed to the place where the owner of the red lip print was likely to stay.

But when Zhong Ming arrived at that place, he saw a video game arena. Puzzled, he was melancholy for a long time before asking an old woman who was resting outside the video game arena. The old woman thought he was looking for flowers and willows, and teased him before telling him that the place had been demolished and rebuilt into the current e-sports arena a year ago.

After seeing Zhong Ming turn around and leave, the old woman who was still unsatisfied scolded and said, "A beginner professional who doesn't have a long memory should be chemically castrated at all." ”

Zhong Ming, who had lost his goal again, fell into a situation of being overwhelmed again, and the dungeon was crowded, which made Zhong Ming, who usually saw two or three people in the factory every day, feel an unbearable sense of oppression. It was so hard to feel that he had to decide to get back to the ground from the nearest passage.

After coming to the ground, Zhong Ming found that he had inadvertently entered the passage, which actually allowed him to enter a beautiful city park.

As soon as he stepped out of the passage, Zhong Ming saw that surrounded by dense forests and green grass, a red lake was lying flat in the middle of the park, and the grass and colorful stamen had been extending from the forest line around the lake to the lake. Swans, mallards, gulls, pelicans, and countless waterfowl dance and sing in the skyscraper-surrounded water. Even if your heart is as turbulent as a bell, you can't help but look at this beautiful scenery and forget your troubles for a while. Zhong Ming even had a wonderful premonition that the wonderful Yiren should be on the shore of that beautiful lake, so he walked to the lake.

However, when Zhong Ming walked through the sparse forest belt and stepped into the grass by the lake, he met a toddler. The child in the plush suit had light eyebrows and black hair, and while curiously looking at Zhong Ming with a pair of bright eyes, he hummed with a pink little mouth, and the cute look made Zhong Ming, who had just gone sadly, inadvertently raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

However, Zhong Ming's expression seemed to frighten him, and he, who was originally curious to look at Zhong Ming, suddenly turned around and stumbled with the strength of breastfeeding. She swayed crookedly, like an escaped duckling, and between a few steps, she timidly glanced back at Zhong Ming a few times.

The child, who was running away half-heartedly, accidentally came to the vicinity of a wild goose that was lazily pecking at the grass by the river. Before he could turn and turn away, the wild goose, whose neck was thicker than his, suddenly spread its wings and lunged at him like madness, frantically biting the pink limbs that had been waving in the air after he had fallen to the ground with its black beak hanging from grass clippings.

Zhong Ming was stunned. A herbivorous wild goose would launch a crazy attack on a cute child, which was beyond his rational and emotional comprehension at the same time, and he could only feel a tearing pain from the inside out, as if the wild goose was pecking at not the child's body but his heart.

The child's wail soon attracted a figure far more powerful than the wild goose, and when he saw him kick hard, the wild goose spread its wings and lay on its back, hissing "Angang", and rolled backwards several times. Unexpectedly, as soon as the old man who kicked the goose picked up the crying child from the ground, the wild goose rushed over with its black beak wide open and half-flying and half-running, which was not like a waterfowl that had been grazing, but more like a rampaging dinosaur.

The white-haired old man also reacted remarkably, holding the child with only one hand, and with the other hand he picked up a cane not far away, and stabbed the wild goose's sharp tongue that fluttered between its beaks, and then stabbed its curve.

The wild goose, which had been penetrated into the deep throat by the cane, struggled to flapping its wings a few times, and then completely collapsed. The old man let go of the cane, let it smash the grass with the wild goose's straight neck, and quickly picked up the child who was still crying on the ground with both hands, muttered and comforted, and gently shook him in his arms.

At this time, a young man and a woman finally appeared from the nearby forest, walked quickly to the old man, the woman took the child from the old man's hand, but the man looked at the wild goose and was stunned for a while before saying, "Grandpa." This goose? ”

"I killed it."

"Oops. Grandpa. This can't be. As he spoke, the man hurriedly reached for the cane that was stuck in the wild goose's mouth.

Almost at the same time, a crack was torn between the flocks of dancing birds in the air by the flash of light that flew at great speed.

"According to Section 10001 of the Wamei World Law, if you intentionally kill wild animals, you must pay half a year's life points. In view of your retirement and beauty guardian status, the forfeited life points will be deducted from your retirement benefits in instalments without affecting your quality of life. The law enforcement robot that arrived quickly read the law in mid-air.

The old man didn't say a word, but calmly took the cane from the young man's hand and smashed it at the law enforcement robot hovering in front of him. The robot was motionless, but its cane broke into two sections.

"According to...

"I know what you're going to say." The old man still calmly hit the law enforcement robot with the remaining crutches in his hand.

"Article 8 of the World Law, a person who deliberately attacks law enforcement shall have his life points deducted for 20 years."

"Too little. You should have killed me. ”

"According to Article 11 of Wamei World, it is not possible to reset the health points of the Guardians. In the event of a penalty of deducting life points, you should enter a psychiatric rehabilitation center for recuperation instead. ”

"You should have killed me." The old man was tired, so he simply threw the half of the cane in his trembling right hand straight at the law enforcement robot.

The robot just repeated what it had just said.

The old man smiled coldly, turned back to the young couple and said, "Child." You know? The world has become what it is today. People like your grandfather and me are inescapable. It is we who condone lies with silence. It is we who cover sin with obedience. It is people like us who have created this hell with the appearance of heaven with indifference. Now that the cage that shackles the world has fallen, we sinners have lost their usefulness. We all deserve to die. We should have died a long time ago. ”

"General Cai. Please get on the bus. As soon as the old man finished speaking, the model robot of the psychiatric treatment center flew up to them and opened the door.

The old man didn't speak again, smiled at the young man and woman, pinched the face of the child who was no longer crying, and smiled at Zhong Ming, who was motionless not far away, and then boarded the spacious carriage of the model robot.