Chapter 50: The City Cemetery

A megacity like the City of Knowledge is not only home to a large number of the living, but also to the dead, with at least a million of the deceased buried in the City of Knowledge for hundreds of years, even exceeding the number of the living at one point. In order to accommodate these deceased, the Santo City Hall has opened up five plots of land in front and behind the city as cemeteries, dedicated to the place of eternal resting of the deceased.

Three of the cemeteries are located a few kilometers outside the western city of the city, with beautiful scenery and lush flowers, for the deceased, to be able to sleep in this environment is also a kind of enjoyment after death, and for the living, it is also a psychological comfort to see their relatives buried in such a place. These three cemeteries are the cemeteries of the Capital of Knowledge, any residents of the Capital of Knowledge or those who have died in the Capital of Knowledge, after their death, their relatives are eligible to apply for a piece of land of the same size for free in the three cemeteries to build a cemetery for the deceased, whether it is poor or rich, they all have the same qualifications, and the land is also the same size, many people at the bottom often joke that the dead in the Holy Capital live better than the living, because the dead do not have to be bothered by the high land prices in the Holy Capital, which is the true portrayal of the cemetery system of the Capital of Knowledge。

But the cemeteries of the three cemeteries are not permanent, if one cemetery has not been cleaned for more than 30 years, the cemetery management will dig up the entire stone burial chamber and move to the fourth cemetery, the farthest and largest cemetery from the city, where the burial of the deceased who have not been visited for more than 30 years and is considered an ownerless tomb, the rest are lonely deceased who have no relatives or friends to apply for a public cemetery for them after death. For the inhabitants of the Holy Capital, for whatever reason, it is a sad thing to be buried in the fourth cemetery, and they do not want to go to that point after death, because it means that they have been completely forgotten by the whole world. But over the centuries, more and more of the deceased have been slowly relocated to the fourth cemetery, whose names, like themselves, have slowly disappeared into the torrent of time.

Of course, each of the four cemeteries has a special agency responsible for managing the cemetery to ensure that the cemetery is clean and ...... Safety, even the fourth forgotten cemetery is cleaned regularly, and the rows of tombstones are neatly arranged so that walking in them does not give people a feeling of fear.

As for the fifth cemetery, it is the smallest and only cemetery located in the city, and is known as the city cemetery. This cemetery is located in the middle of the temple area, which can be called all the cemeteries in the whole city, the closest to the resting place of the gods, the whole cemetery is surrounded by various shrines, so that the cemetery is full of peace and tranquility, even the living walk in it, will feel the peace from the heart, you can imagine that the dead who sleep in it, you can also get eternal peace.

Obviously, such an important cemetery, certainly not anyone is qualified to use, in fact, the conditions for burial in the city cemetery are very harsh, it can be said that there is only one way, that is, to make outstanding contributions to the saint, as long as this condition is met, whether there are relatives or not, whether poor or rich, you can choose to be buried in the city cemetery. Here are buried the former nameless coachman who provided the creative solution to the traffic congestion between the major urban areas of the Holy Capital one hundred and seventy years ago, the original sewer cleaner who improved the underground drainage system of the Holy Capital two hundred and twenty years ago, the richest man in the former Holy Capital who saved the financial crisis that almost collapsed the economic system of the Holy Capital in three hundred years, and the five masters of the Demon Pattern School who spent ten years ago to set up a powerful defensive circle on the periphery of the Holy Capital, the demigods who maintain the peace and tranquility of the Holy Capital. Those who are eligible to be buried in the cemetery of the Holy City can be buried in the cemetery with their wives after they die, and of course, those whose wives are still alive will reserve a place and be buried together in the grave after their death.

In addition to these cemeteries, there will naturally be many wealthy families with their own family cemeteries, and these large and small family cemeteries are scattered in various locations on the outskirts of the city, and together with the five cemeteries, they form the burial system of the capital of knowledge.

The ordinary public rental carriage, driven by the coachman, gradually slowed down, and finally stopped near the central garden of the temple area, and after the two passengers got off, the carriage started again, drove into the parking area specially prepared for the rental carriage, and waited for the passengers to return to continue riding, after the carriage left, leaving Freya standing on Pannis's arm, looking at the city cemetery, which was located not far to the left of the central garden.

Rather than a city cemetery, it is now more like a city park, and the cemetery is lined with humanoid sculptures, which are the tombstones of each tomb, leaving the image of the owner of the tomb forever in the world. The vast majority of the sculptures were single-person, with only a few double or multi-person sculptures, which were the only privileges that successive lords could enjoy after their deaths, to erect the same sculptures for their wives or wives, so that everyone could remember their existence. Aside from the spaces occupied by tombs and sculptures and the paved stone paths, the city cemetery has almost no bare ground, and is covered with a neat lawn with a large number of rea pines, a conifer common in neutral places, which not only fills the cemetery with a green scent all year round, but also gives off a calming aroma all year round.

Many worshippers who come and go to the temple area to pray, as well as people who work and live in various facilities nearby, like to use the city cemetery as a leisure park in their leisure time, especially in summer, for these people, strolling in the green world to enjoy the shade, while reading the deeds of the ancestors on the sculpture pedestal, can be regarded as a special way of memorial, I am afraid this is also the original cemetery designer designed the cemetery as a park.

"Actually, that's not bad. Freya was dressed in a long black dress, with a black gauze hat hanging low to shield the morning sun, and Pannis, who was also dressed in pure black, with her right hand on Freya's hand holding her left arm, and the two walked slowly along the winding stone path among the reyases, Freya looked at the sculptures passing by and whispered: "I think these deceased people are also willing to see the scene in front of them, and everyone must be very happy to see the citizens who can live a peaceful and peaceful life because of their struggles." ”

"Like Christo?" Pannis asked meaningfully, "Just Christo?"

"You, really. ”

(To be continued.) )