Chapter 188: Underground
Lang Tianya looked at the huge alien city in front of him and was full of emotion for a while. This way of human life gathered together is familiar to him, a Chinese, and although the style of this city bears no resemblance to those super cities on the planet, he still feels deeply and his mood is better. He originally planned to break up with Xiaobu, a hot potato, when he arrived in Xianglong City, but now he felt that he might as well postpone it and let him be a free tour guide first.
Lang Tianya and Xiaobu walked out of the huge passenger transport station in Xianglong City and came to a square outside. The passenger station of Xianglong City is very high, and you can see the huge city in front of you. As far as the eye can see, the ground buildings of Xianglong City look like the final work of a naughty child playing with building blocks. Large and small stone houses are distributed in an irregular manner on a land of nearly 10,000 square kilometers, tall and short, and scattered. If you look down from space, you're likely to mistake it for a large pile of rubble.
It's no wonder why the largest city on the Pink Star is so disorganized. With such a huge alien world, such a large population, and such a huge civilized society composed of three planets, there are immortals, citizens' committees, and all living beings, and there are not even unified weights and measures, how much can you expect their cities to be neat.
What can really reflect the highly developed civilization of this alien world is the sky, the sky of Xianglong City is divided into three layers, the bottom of the sky, densely flying are people using flying charms, it is still so disorganized, from a distance, small black dots are flying wildly, this scene makes Lang Tianya think of the swarm of flies in some toilets on the earth. But the wonderful thing is that they are chaotic but they don't collide, as if they have their own evasion measures. The middle layer of the sky is a variety of single or multiplayer flying talismans, which are obviously faster than the flying people in the lower layers, and of course more chaotic. The upper layers of the sky are the most stunning. On the pale pink sky, auspicious clouds are swirling, and above the auspicious clouds, hundreds of pavilions in the sky stand majestically, as if the heavenly palace has descended into the world. Xiaobu said that those were the mansions of the nobles on the clouds.
In the southwest corner of the city, there is a huge cylinder with a thickness at the bottom and a thin cylinder at the top, which is diagonally inserted into the sky, like an optimus pillar. "That's the passage of the two realms, the principle is similar to the emitter at the passenger station, but it is used to shoot the transport talisman to the blue star, and there is one on the blue star, but that one is bigger." Xiaobu said.
When Lang Tianya first saw the truck-sized launcher in the passenger station of Fenlan City, his first impression was, isn't this a cannon? If you don't use it to launch a transport talisman, but to launch an explosive talisman bullet, aura bomb or the like, this is much more powerful than a missile. Now that he saw this huge emitting talisman in Xianglong City, he was even more shocked, wasn't this a living interstellar weapon?
Lang Tianya activated the farsightedness charm in his body, and carefully observed those aerial pavilions and giant cannons.
Xiaobu is now worried because he has no money. At Lao Lang's suggestion, the two of them took the passenger talisman many times in the past two days to carry out a large-scale shuttle transfer. It cost him all the money in his money card. Lao Lang said that this is good for getting rid of stalkers. However, this also led to the fact that in addition to a few talismans, there were only a few old talismans left on him that had no operation talismans, and they were not worth a few dollars at all. The two of them now have a problem even eating.
He looked down at Lao Lang, and wanted to discuss with Lao Lang what to do next. He found that Lao Lang was still looking up at the mansions of those nobles in the air like a fool, looking fascinated. He didn't bother to bother, so he turned his head to look at a crowded area in the square, where the people were noisy and lively.
There is a simple platform in the center of the crowd, and there are two long poles erected on both sides of the platform, and on the long poles are two long flags, one side reads: Blue Star Anti-Monster Folk Mutual Fund Association, and the other side reads: Xianglong City Charity Federation. It turned out to be a rally to raise money for the Nether Realm to fight the Soul Eaters, and the signboard was co-organized by the two charity associations. At this time, a familiar tune played by the Fu instrument came from there, which hooked Xiaobu's heart, and he couldn't help but pull Lao Lang over.
Lang Tianya didn't know what Xiao Bra was doing in the past, but he saw the crowd focused in the distance and thought, "Is someone going to have a concert?" Or is it a promotional raffle? ”
The two approached, and Lang Tianya saw that there were all kinds of people in the crowd. The tallest is a big fat man of nearly three meters, who looks like a mountain of meat, and he occupies the place of four or five people by himself. The shortest is only about half a meter tall and sits on the shoulders of a person who is two or four or five meters tall. The most interesting thing is that the man also installed a beautiful and luxurious little chair on his shoulder for this dwarf.
Lang Tianya tugged at Xiaobu's sleeve, gestured in the direction of the dwarf with his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "That person is a slave of the dwarf, right?" ”
Xiaobu glanced at the two of them, shook his head and whispered, "No." The dwarf was just that man's pet. ”
Lang Tianya sat on the passenger talisman for two days and traveled around a lot of cities on this planet, and he felt that he really couldn't understand this pink world. The people here are very nice and helpful, there is almost no theft, fraud and the like, people trust each other and don't have to watch out for each other, and the civic council here is completely democratic, which makes it feel like being in paradise. But there were slaves and even kept people as pets. It is very puzzling that different systems work together and people are at ease.
Lang Tianya was too short to see the stage in the middle of the crowd, so he was not polite, and sat directly on Xiaobu's shoulder. That's when he saw what was happening on the stage.
The stage was simple, with few sets, and there were several people in robes standing behind the stage, each holding a talisman in his hand, and the power generated by each talisman made a different sound, which was combined to form a refreshing melodious tune. In the middle of the stage stood a man and a woman, one of whom also held a talisman in his hand and put it to his lips, as if waiting for a prelude.
Lang Tianya leaned over Xiao Bu's ear and whispered, "Is this going to be a song?" ”
Xiaobu also replied in a low voice: "Yes, the two people standing in the middle will stand in front of the stage in a while and sing a song for everyone." The two of them were holding amplified notes. Next, Xiaobu whispered the background of the song.
The song is based on a letter written more than two hundred and fifty years ago. At the beginning of the First Great War against Monsters, the letter was found in the ruins of the castle keeper's house in a small town destroyed by the Soul Eaters. Later, a composer wrote the song based on the letter. As soon as it appeared, it swept the entire Blue Star, and soon sang on the Pink Star. For more than 200 years, it has had many names, some places are called "Family Letters", some places are called "Peace Letters", and some places are called "War Lonely City". It became one of the most well-known tracks on two worlds and two stars, and many artists have sung it in different venues. Because of its short and concise content, charities like this one on the Pink Star have always been a must-perform piece when it comes to raising funds for the war in the Nether.
After Xiaobu's introduction, the singing was just about to start. Lang Tianya complained in his heart, the prelude of this song is too long, if this is on the earth, these two people haven't started singing yet, and the people below may be gone.
Two singers, a man and a woman, walked from the middle of the stage to the front of the stage, facing everyone, the male singer was wearing a leather armor, showing heroic and extraordinary, and the female singer was dressed in white, with a faint bookish air in her delicate face. They didn't have an opening of introducing themselves, and the female singer sang directly to the sound of the music played by the talisman instruments.
Lang Tianya heard a beautiful female voice ringing in his ears like piercing the clouds and mist, and her singing style and tone were very similar to the style of opera in some places on the earth:
The rooster crows and the pillow is empty, and the husband has not returned the night of patrolling the city.
Rough dressing and serving in-laws, and going to the stove to cook busily.
Waiting for the opportunity to sweep the courtyard, the mountain began to show a faint morning light.
Suddenly, I heard a thunderstorm in the northwest, and there seemed to be wind and rain near the edge of the city.
Pack up your clothes and cover the firewood, and the spring rain is like oil in a good year.
Then the male singer spoke, and his rough voice was strengthened by amplified notes, and resounded through the square:
The starry night patrols the city's black waterside, and his body is tired and empty.
The northeast is reddish and faintly bloody, and there is a hoof sound like rolling thunder.
The mountains are covered like ants, and the tide of devouring souls is crossing the mountains.
Ascending high and looking at the retreat road, there seems to be a beacon fire like a rolling dragon.
There are strange things on the left and right, and the border city has become a lonely city.
The day before yesterday, the defenders had come to their aid, and only the security guards remained in the city.
Tell his entourage to go home and deal with the aftermath to preserve his dignity.
Everyone can retreat, I will not retreat, and the duty of guarding the city is on my shoulders.
Ride alone to meet the trolls and defend your home as if you were dead.
Urge to step down the Cloud Chaser and activate the Spirit Sword Talisman in his hand.
What is the fear of the teeth and claws in the sky, a sword pierces half of the smoke.
The male singer sings to the end, his singing voice is as high-pitched as the sky, and the musicians behind him are also loud, rendering the tragic atmosphere of the characters in the song riding a single sword and charging towards thousands of enemies. Finally, at the end of the singeress's singing, her voice became tactful and soft:
After waiting for her husband to be returned, breakfast was hot and steamed in the kitchen.
comforted her in-laws and was busy with official business, and secretly worried and held back tears.
Children are obsessed with looking for a loving father, and they are noisy and pitiful.
Since the husband transferred to the border city, he has not been in the province for eight years.
The parents don't know what they want to say, but they have never seen their grandson.
A few years ago, there was a family leave, and the husband and wife discussed and returned to Jiangnan.
But when the war suddenly became tense, the husband took the initiative to postpone it.
If the color has brightened today, I have time to finish my housework.
Lay paper to prepare a letter to the family and send it to Jiangnan to report safety.
The final melody of the female voice is melodious, and the epilogue is as thin as a gossamer, gradually fading. Everyone seemed to see a young woman sitting by the window, frowning, and stopping to prepare words, while the army of Soul Eaters outside the city swept in like a tidal wave. The audience below listened silently, and slowly some sobs came out. Lang Tianya, who was sitting on Xiaobu's shoulder, looked down at Xiaobu's face, and saw that Xiaobu was already in tears.
"Do you know who wrote this letter?" Xiaobu wiped her tears and whispered, "Her surname is Ye!" is named Ye Yinghua, her mother's family is from Purple Stem City, she has a younger brother named Ye Jingyuan, in order to avenge her sister's family, he joined the army as soon as he became an adult. ”
Lang Tianya thought about the old Ye who was being tortured and skinless under the green mountains, lying in the broken closet of the cemetery in Rongyang Village, and couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart. This time he didn't say anything like "it's my business".