Chapter Twenty-Nine: The City of Miracles in the Hills, Arnous (I)

Before the "gate" at the top of the Arnous Hill was opened, although the Arnous Hill was named a holy mountain, in fact there were no cliffs, and the relative height difference between it and the surrounding fields was only more than ten meters, just a gentle small mound with a slight uplift in the middle of a flat grassland.

Of course, at the edge of this open grassland, there are also steep cliffs, and from the entire range of the mountain range, this is actually a vast plateau located on the mountainside, surrounded by mountains on all sides. Therefore, the term "Arnus Hill", on the Falmatt continent, sometimes only refers to the small mound the size of a palm under the "door", but more often, it refers to the entire plateau platform with a radius of dozens of kilometers nearby.

Then, the wilderness around the Arnous hills, although located in the heart of the southern civilization of the continent, has not been settled or cultivated due to the barren soil and lack of water. Until the Empire assembles its army and initiates its invasion of the Otherworld, the vicinity of the Arnous Hills is still deserted, and there is no trace of any man-made structures except for the "gate" on the top of the hill, which is considered a miracle.

Especially when the other side of the "gate" is connected to the bottom of Hong Kong's Victoria Bay, and after four months of wild water flooding into the other world, the grasslands around the Arnous Hills are also soaked into muddy swamps, and they are also saltwater swamps, which makes people frown.

However, only three days later, when Wang Qiu and his team went to Itarica City, more than 100 kilometers away, disguised as a reconnaissance, and returned successfully, the Arnus Hills had been tossed and completely changed, and hundreds of square kilometers of muddy swamps that had been soaked in the sea for four months had all disappeared without a trace, turning into neat grasslands, nurseries and woods, with several wind power stations dotted in the middle, as well as some exquisite villa-like huts. Concrete roads crisscross and weave into the mountains in the distance, and several four-lane viaducts have been built to cross several nearby rifts. On the originally flat and solid field, there was also a large square pit, which was filled with clear snow-capped mountain streams, turning into a rippling reservoir. On the top of a high mountain in the distance, radio towers, weather stations, and observatories emerge. In addition, on a flat-topped hill that has been artificially expanded and reinforced, Wang Qiu also saw a small airport under construction, with a runway, a tower, a hangar, and a tarmac, which looked like it was about to be completed......

At first glance, it looks like a pretty good modern city. However, as long as you see those camouflage uniformed warriors with [bamboo dragonflies] on their heads and flying around in the air, you know that this place has surpassed the level of a modern city and can be called a science fiction city.

“…… Such a large project took only three days...... How many Doraemon plane's black technology props are used on it? Looking at the Arnus Hill, which was empty three days ago, is now covered with traces of the earth's civilization, Wang Qiu couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "...... It feels a bit too extravagant, doesn't it? Even if you have figured out the back door of the [Chrono Vending Machine] now, you can buy things like [Bamboo Dragonfly] and [Translated Konjac Jelly]. But there are still quite a few props that are not sold in the [Era Vending Machine]! ”

“…… Who made this likely to be the last time it was crossed? If you are reluctant to use it now, do you have to pile it up in the warehouse and mold? ”

Political Commissar Guo seems to have expected this, "...... But...... It's been this year, and I still have to build such a tall city wall...... It does feel a little awkward! Could it be that those guys up there are too many "Attack on Titan"? He frowned and muttered.

Compared with the scenes described before, there is something more conspicuous and exaggerated on the Arnous Hill: in just three days, the relevant departments have built a majestic city wall more than 30 meters high around the "gate" connecting Hong Kong on the Arnous Hill! In one go, it encircled more than 10 square kilometers of land centered on the Arnous hills, as if it was an antique fortress city, not built by the Israeli settlements of modern Palestine to protect against human bombs and car bombs, the kind of thin cement separation wall, but dotted with solid towers, the wall is as thick as a pyramid, and the top of the wall can directly run tanks! Compared to the city of Itarica that I had seen before, the height of the walls of this new city in front of me was ten times the height of the city wall alone.

Although to modern earthlings, such an ancient tall city wall seems to be a bit outdated and redundant, and it is simply a bulky ornament, in terms of the actual cost performance of defense, I am afraid that it is far inferior to simple barbed wire, trenches and minefields, that is, the appearance is more magnificent. But for the Otherworldly natives of Falmat, this is clearly more in line with the concept of the term "city" in their minds......

In short, for this giant city that suddenly appeared like a miracle on the hills of Arnus, the young magician Leilai and the old chief of Gota Village, who served as the guide, were both very shocked, and the old and the young stood in the distance with their mouths open for a long time before they remembered to lead the horse and continue to move forward.

Then, at the checkpoint at the city gates, the reconnaissance team returning from the city of Itarica finally parted ways. Wang Qiu and other visitors from the other world naturally entered the city to report to the leaders, while Lei Lai and the old village chief were politely taken to the new refugee settlement by the guards.

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Three days later, the refugee camp for the local indigenous people has also undergone a huge change, and it is no longer the humble tent village it used to be.

Although there are enough people to live in the walled area of the Arnous hills, the indigenous refugees were not allowed to move to the city wall near the "gate" for safety reasons, but built a new village on the outskirts of the city, about two kilometers from the wall.

The whole village is a square square, with only one entrance and exit, and the rest of the place is covered with barbed wire. There are also small fortress-like sentry boxes and reinforced sentries at the exit, both to protect the refugees and to keep them under close surveillance 24 hours a day. Inside the barbed wire fence is a large area of hardened concrete floor, and a number of small bungalows arranged in the shape of a checkerboard grid that served as shelters for indigenous refugees, almost all of which have the same appearance and are as neat as a parade phalanx.

If it is seen by the boring idlers of the modern earth, it is estimated that most of them will complain that this so-called "village" is really like a concentration camp.

Considering that the natives of the other world do not know the safety of electricity or how to use gas, except for the street lights at the entrance of the village, there is no electrical circuit in the whole village, and there is no piped gas. Each family was given a kerosene lamp for lighting, a briquette stove that could be moved outdoors for cooking, and the running water was not connected to each household, but several communal water taps were installed next to the guard box at the door, which was originally intended to dig a deep well for the natives to fetch their own water. However, during the actual construction, it was found that the groundwater quality in this area was generally very bad because it was soaked in seawater from Victoria Bay in Hong Kong for four months, so it was finally connected to a water pipe......

From the perspective of modern Chinese, this kind of living conditions without even electricity are obviously very bad, worse than most poor mountain villages, and probably similar to the most remote and difficult border posts. However, for the natives of the other world, who were already living such a backward life, they were overjoyed to be able to live in such a sturdy and magnificent "stone house" instead of small cabins and thatched huts. And the spacious and bright glass windows on the walls of each room make them even more amazedIn this world of backward productivity, glass products are still a kind of jewelry, and flat glass is even more expensive and rare......

Since the original Gota village is the largest among the indigenous refugees gathered in the Arnous hills, the refugees named the village "New Gota Village" with the consent of the Green-clad people, and wrote a sign in their script and erected it outside the entrance to the village.

When the old chief of Gota Village and Lelai led the horses to New Gota Village, it was dusk, and the smoke of women of all ethnic groups burning briquette stoves for cooking could be seen everywhere under the eaves of the walls, while a large group of children of different races were giggling and playing in the open space inside the barbed wire. Seeing the old village chief and Lei Lai returning from afar, the children immediately rushed up, and you and I chattered word by word:

“…… Mom, look, the village chief's grandfather and Sister Leilai are back! ”

“…… Grandpa the village chief! Did you have a smooth trip? ”

“…… Sister Leilai! It's a shame you're not here these days! There are all kinds of wonderful things to do here every day! ”

“…… Yes, yes! Those people in green are amazing! It only took three days to build such a big city! ”

“…… Also, we only heard a 'boom' and saw them blow up a huge lake in the ground! Sister Leilai, you're a magician, do you know what kind of magic they use? ”

“…… Sister Leilai! This is the lollipop that the little bunny sister gave me, it's sweet! Let's try one too! ”

“…… Sister Leilai! This is the ball given to us by Uncle Men in Green, and it can be bounced high with a light tap! Shall we have some fun together? ”