Chapter Seventy-Three: A New Practice
The white color of the room made Kiki feel very depressed and dull, until the sound of the door pulling the deadbolt outside broke the silence that lasted for an unknown amount of time.
The door opened, fresh air and tempting light entered, and a soldier in white walked in and bowed briefly, saying, "Miss Kiki, I have been wronged these days. I will take you out on the orders of the Empress. Her Majesty wants to see you. Please come with me. ”
Kiki follows the soldier into the sports car towed by the dinosaur, but not the same prisoner car as last time. The car is decorated with quite beautiful patterns and comfortable seats, with royal symbols, which is quite magnificent. But Kiki still had some questions: "May I ask this Uncle Soldier, how is Captain Akang, where is he?" ”
"Don't worry, he's got other tasks to do." The soldier hurried through the market car and replied, "Everything else will be known when I see Her Majesty." ”
The Empress wants to see her, and Kiki doesn't know what will happen, will it have something to do with what is lost under the labyrinth? Will this be more auspicious? Will......
The crowds of people on both sides of the road and the beautiful street markets are hard to arouse Kiki's interest, and for a foreigner, who is not a hurried passer-by? If there is no reason, who will stay for whom.
The car finally stopped, and when she got out of the car, Kiki was a little nervous and almost fell to the ground. Before he could come back to his senses, he heard a soft laugh from the front: "Are you Kiki?" I've heard about you for a long time. ”
Kiki looked up weakly, only to see a huge golden crab in front of her. Good boy! It's almost bigger than the sports car you rode in. On the back of the crab stood a majestic-looking and slightly kind woman wearing a navy blue dress and a white skirt and holding a scepter. Is she Her Majesty? I didn't care too much, Qiqi replied hurriedly:
"Yes, I am Kiki, Your Majesty, and it is a great honour for me to witness you. What can I do for you? ”
"Hmmm! He's really a good boy who is sensible. The Empress stretched out a hand to pull her: "Come, stand on it with me." ”
"Yes!" Kiki had the audacity to climb onto the crab's back from the pincers. Standing in front of the empress, Kiki realized that there was a very tall building behind the crab. It is the tallest lighthouse that illuminates the city. Standing on the base of the tower, you can already see almost half of the scenery and architecture of the imperial city.
The way to climb the tower is a stone staircase that cinches around the outer wall of the tower, and it is still a task to reach the top of the lighthouse with your legs. At the intersection stood a guard in black armor, surrounded by a flock of giant black salamanders. There are six horns on the back of the axolotl's head, which is very powerful. The black-armored guard stepped forward and took off his helmet, revealing a face that was still jet black:
"Your Majesty, you haven't been here to inspect this lighthouse for a few days, and today you are welcome to visit us!" The guard's teeth were unusually white in their dark complexion.
"Black newt worker Cao, I've been working hard lately. That newt's new leg must have grown about the same last time, right? ”
"Yes, their regenerative ability is very strong, thank you for your concern!"
"Alright! I'm going to take this little girl up for a round, so you can step back first. ”
"Yes, good luck Your Majesty."
The Cancer began to move sideways, carrying the Empress and Kiki all the way up, and Kiki couldn't help but ask Her Majesty, "Your Majesty, those black newts look sluggish on the outside, are they also members of the Lighthouse Guard?" ”
The empress smiled: "Don't underestimate them, their skin is full of poisonous mucus, no one dares to mess with them easily!" ”
"Wow! That's cool! Kiki's coolness is both a description of the great black newt and a description of the entire imperial city under the lighthouse.
The Cancer's movement was not fast on the surface, but judging by the panting appearance of the group of Empress Guards following behind, the speed was not to be underestimated. Looking at Kiki's somewhat excited expression, the empress talked about the history of the formation of the imperial city:
"Hundreds of millions of years ago, an asteroid with a core of ice crystals crashed into this place from outer space, and it was a sea of magma. The asteroid's ice crystals were quickly vaporized by the high temperatures, cooling a sizable portion of the magma sea, creating a huge bubble of rock, or hollow rock. On the inner surface of this bubble, our ancestors created this magnificent city! ”
Kiki looked down on the city from above, and her heart was secretly excited. The ancestors who built the city were silently impressed.
"In order to make the most of the light energy, most of the buildings throughout the city are painted with highly reflective white pavement materials. The same is true for the city's rock dome, where light travels and reflects through the city's spaces as long as the lighthouse shines, illuminating the entire city. As the Empress spoke, the Cancer stopped, for there was no way out. Overhead, there was already a huge glow with a scorching blue light. You can already see the whole city here.
Before he could wake up from the view, the huge luminous object suddenly dimmed, and after a short time, it almost went out, and the whole space fell into darkness and dead silence. Kiki was taken aback for a moment, and the Empress saw her anxiety and said:
"Don't worry about the children, it's night, turn off the lights and let the citizens rest. The day and night of the city are artificially controlled by these lighthouses, so there is no concept of seasonal changes in this place. But ......"
"But what?" Kiki asked curiously.
"But if the lighthouse is cut off, or if the lighthouse is destroyed, the lights will not be lit, and the whole city will be plunged into darkness for a long time. Disasters can make once-prosperous prosperity fragile. ”
Kiki felt a hint of anxiety hidden in the Empress's words. The Empress continued:
"Although the Pacific Ocean is called the Pacific Ocean, it is not very peaceful. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are no wind and waves, and there are thousands of wind and waves. Therefore, it is not easy to maintain peace in this world.
There are more than 260,000 species of marine creatures of all kinds, and in order to maintain the stable and peaceful development of the living order of this marine world, it is not entirely dependent on the king and cannot all rely on power. It requires each and every one of us citizens to work together and work hard to do so.
In fact, you should also see how hard and great the contribution of every patriarch of our country is, and they are the heroes of this country and this ocean. But their contribution is still too limited, and whenever something big happens, the political pressure we face comes not only from the restless lives of those who are so agitated, but also from the raging storms of the ocean. If the movement of the earth's crust is compared to the anger of a planet, the planet likes to let the sea dissolve its anger after it gets angry. Who can understand what a huge undercurrent of terror lies beneath the throne of power in the undersea realm.
But we can't give up, we ask the people of this country to participate in the practice to complete the second evolution, so that each of our people can influence and understand the people of other species in the sea, so that there can be less unnecessary strife between them, and no more extinction of species in this world can happen. Still, there are areas where we are negligent and unable to do so.
Some people, after the second evolution, lose themselves in the pain of evolution and go down the path of rebellion, dragging more lives into the abyss of terror. Stir up disputes for their own selfish interests and muddy the seas. Trying to trample on our beliefs, trying to turn the future of the mermaid world and the deep sea world upside down.
And we cannot sit idly by, and it is the responsibility of each and every one of us citizens to do our part to preserve our homeland. Even if you haven't completed the second evolution after practicing all the time, don't be discouraged. The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband. Every appearance of life has value, and no one is born to be sure of genius. The Creator is fair to everyone.
So Kiki, I hope you need to accept new practices, no matter when you find your fate. Don't relax your practice of yourself. ”
I saw the empress pull up her wide sleeves, untie a pair of cyan metal bracers on her wrists, and tie them on Kiki's arms:
"This is my gift to you, it can be used as a trumpet shield to protect you at a critical moment, and tomorrow you will receive a new coach and practice."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will do my best." Kiki couldn't refuse a new practice, knowing that she was too weak.