This alloy door could block the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter. After it was closed, the generating device of the gravitational field in the base could be activated, and it could even block the shapeless and invisible dark energy outside. It was easy to imagine how powerful it was, and it was hard to break it open by force.
The officials of the technical department had tried everything they could think of, but they couldn't make any progress. When they suddenly saw an ordinary youth approach them and ask them if they needed help, they were both bewildered and angry. However, they didn't say anything nasty to him because they saw the restless mood of the crowd and didn't pay any attention to him.
Since he walked out of the sewer one year ago, Jing Jiu had been having some problems in his brain. It was not a problem of the nerve channels like Hua Xi's, nor was it a problem of his emotional quotient. As a result, he could only think with a single thread. He only knew how to draw pictures; he only knew how to play the zither; and he only knew how to play chess. He was very focused, but he lacked the ability to make a systematic judgment.
It wasn't until now that he had seen the news on TV and heard the words in the alarm, that he still didn't know what had happened in this world. The complexity of the matter wasn't beyond his calculation ability, but it was much greater than his calculation ability. All he knew was that Master Eve asked him to come here in order to let him and those people go to the world behind the alloy door. As such, he intended to help Master Eve accomplish this task.
Master Eve had been helping him all along, though he didn't need her help.
It seemed that the people present needed his help at the moment.
Nobody paid any attention to him, so he didn't pay any more attention to them. He passed through the officials and arrived in front of the alloy door.
It wasn't until then that Jing Jiu didn't know how he should help these people. But when he saw the hard alloy inside the cement wall, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity and even intimacy with it, and he knew what he should do.
Two officials reached out their hands in an attempt to pull Jing Jiu back. They were about to curse him when they were frightened by what happened next. Pah!!!
Pah!!! Jing Jiu's palm landed on the keyhole of the alloy door.
The smoke and dust and the fine powder fell down from the sky ten meters high. Many things came out from the cracks between the alloy door and the hard and reinforced rocks.
The changes in these places were not important. No one could see the real changes.
An extremely fine metal stream of unknown material flowed out from Jing Jiu 'palm, entering the keyhole. It immediately passed through the extremely complicated physical lock core, and then it continued towards the components inside the alloy door. It was as if starlight occupied the cosmos, filling up even the smallest component space.
Hua Xi stood behind him with the Snow Girl in her arms. She tilted her head and looked at him curiously, thinking that her brother seemed to be shorter than before.
The government officials and police officers in front of the alloy door, as well as the thousands of people on the platform, all heard the pleasant sound that sounded like spring water.
What followed was an even more pleasing sound of alloy rubbing against each other, the sound of components turning, a light clatter, and a few faint electromagnetic hums in the corner.
Just like that, the heavy and huge alloy door slowly opened.
After a moment of silence, a tsunami of cheers erupted in the underground station.
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Loud cheers and applause also broke out in the city hall. Although there were only Mayor Ellen and a dozen officials left at the venue, the cheers were still amazing. They had been watching the scenes on the light screen the entire time. On another light screen, the light dots representing the monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter were getting closer to the city, but nobody had left yet. It was because four thousand people hadn't evacuated to the base yet. It was now that they could finally evacuate.
"What has happened just now?" Mayor Ellen was pushed out by his subordinates. He seemed perplexed, but he had a delighted smile on his face.
"It must be the will of god."
"It's the blessing of god."
The subordinates laughed and talked merrily.
It was true. As long as they could evacuate in time, it didn't matter whether it was the will of god or an accident.
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Jing Jiu led Hua Xi into the door first.
Looking at the back of the brother and sister, the government officials were stunned speechless.
They came back to their senses when the people on the platform began to move according to the numbers. They hastily took out the information on their bracelets to maintain order.
Behind the alloy door was a large and spacious space. First of all, there was a semi-circular square with stairs, which had a prehistoric aesthetic style. A wide and straight passageway extended to the deep end of the underground behind the square. Many buildings could be seen on both sides of the square, which should be where the residents would live in the future.
Jing Jiu and Hua Xi sat down on the first stone step on the square, closest to the alloy door.
The people who came in later sat down on the square one after another, ready to be arranged later. For some reason, everybody sat far away from them.
The fat youth in the tracksuit tried to come over and talk to Jing Jiu, but he was stopped by his parents again. He complained angrily about the frozen pears and the brand of the tracksuit. He didn't sit down obediently until his mother whispered something to his ear, glancing at Jing Jiu stealthily from time to time.
Many gazes were fixed on Jing Jiu.
Many residents in the industrial dormitory area, or at least in the seventh district, knew of the existence of this brother and sister, but they had never had any dealings with them.
The earlier scene was beyond their imagination; they couldn't help but feel a bit scared.
In their eyes, the ordinary youth in the blue tracksuit looked like a monster.
The alloy door closed slowly.
Jing Jiu suddenly lifted his head.
The government officials and mobile police officers who had been watching him in secret had a slight change of expression, and a few martial practitioners in the corner held their weapons tightly.
The alloy door wasn't completely closed, leaving a gap of one meter wide.
The three-dimensional light screen above the semi-circular square lit up, causing an uproar. The green light spots representing the Sea Monsters of Dark Matter were only one meter away from the edge of the city, which was about ten kilometers according to the scale.
A breeze came from the direction of the alloy door. A few government officials and police officers hurried back to the base with the people they were responsible for; Eve was among them.
It was unclear when she had put on a light Mecha and brought a pregnant woman with her.
The pregnant woman's husband died of an illness half a year ago, and she lived alone in the bungalow by the old station, unable to evacuate on her own.
Eve handed the pregnant woman to the corresponding volunteer and turned to look at the crowd in the square. She felt relieved when she saw Jing Jiu and Hua Xi. She smiled faintly at them, and then turned to the rest of the officials, police officers and the folk martial practitioners to discuss what to do next.
The figure of Mayor Allen appeared on the three-dimensional light screen hanging on the square. He was sweating profusely, and the background was shaking incessantly. He should still be in the passageway leading to the base. However, he didn't show any worry on his face; it was full of confidence.
"Dear citizens of Fogshan City, I'd like to announce a piece of good news to you. All of us have evacuated to the base. Oh, I'm still a few steps away, no problem … Okay, I'm in."
"Please rest assured. The fleet of the Federation is coming to support us as soon as possible. All we need to do is to guard the base. The fleet will arrive on the Full Moon Planet in seven days, wipe out the monsters on the ground, and then corrode the space cracks. "
"Of course, it may take us more than seven days, maybe half a year, or even a year. But don't worry, all the food, water, and recycling facilities are checked remotely by the central computer, which is much more reliable than some officials'. Here, I'd like to announce another order, that is, the director of the Emergency Management Bureau, Liu Xing, has been officially dismissed. After this … "
Mayor Allen's voice echoed in the empty underground space. In fact, from a technical point of view, the government could have found a more senior official to make this speech, such as the governor of the Scorpion Tail Nebula or a senior official on the Main Planet. However, for Fogshan City, which had been forgotten by the mainstream world for many years, who could be more persuasive than the mayor?
The 600,000 people in dozens of underground bases in Fogshan City were listening to this conversation, and so were the thousands of people in this round square. However, unlike other places, many people could not help but pay attention to the young man in blue sportswear while paying attention to the current situation.
Who was this young man? Why could he open the alloy door just now?
Jing Jiu didn't understand why these people were looking at him. He didn't feel that he had done anything great. Silent, he sat there until Ms. Eve learned what had happened from her colleagues and looked at him in surprise. Then he knew it was time for him to leave.
When the heavy alloy door was about to be officially closed, he got up and walked to the door with Hua Xi.
Ms. Eve saw through his intention and flew the light mecha over in shock, blocking his way.
Jing Jiu lowered his head and lifted the hood on the back of his sportswear.
He didn't want to explain anything because he didn't know how to explain.
Xue Gie didn't want to come here, neither did he, because they didn't want to stay with too many people.
Today, he came here because Ms. Eve asked him to come.
Eve helped him. Although he didn't need it, he didn't need it. She still helped him, which was the real help.
So he came.
It was enough for him to come.
He could leave when he had enough.
At this moment, his voice rang out, very fast and accurate.
No one noticed that the bowknot on Xue Gie's head moved slightly, and those invisible mosquitoes began to rub their palms.
"I'm special, which can also be understood as a monster. I don't care about other people's attention, but I don't want to repeat the boring plot. Just like in those classics, a monster saved the people, then was expelled, and finally hid in the bell tower, and was burned to death.
"You don't have to say anything, I know you're not that kind of person. When people tried to expel me, you would protect me, you would argue with them angrily, and even bravely raise the barrel of the mecha to those officials. Those officials would use their authority to lock your mecha. In order to protect you, I would kill him, take away his authority, and give it to you. Then the people would be shocked, and then scream, saying that I'm a robot. How can a robot kill people? Don't the three laws work anymore? You see, if things continue to develop like this, it will become very troublesome, so goodbye. "
After saying this, he walked out of the alloy door.
Eve didn't even have time to react, and the heavy alloy door closed in front of her. At the last moment, she saw very clearly that Clayon only used two fingers …
Jing Jiu stood outside the alloy door and slowly retracted his fingers.
Hua Xi noticed that her brother had returned to his usual height.
The metal water in the alloy door returned to his body and was stuck again, unable to open it again.
Only when the warship came to rescue could they use the large device.
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When they returned to 720, the lights in the windows were still on, making the birch trees look even more mottled.
Jing Jiu sat back by the window, lifted the cover with his slender fingers, and began to press the black and white keys. For some reason, the song today was very soft.
Xue Gie clasped her hands behind her back and stood on the windowsill, looking outside.
The frozen pears on the windowsill had long melted, and water was dripping down.
Outside the window, there were no birds singing, no cats meowing, no sound of snow falling. It was as silent as a grave.
This place was already very cold, and it was especially so today.
Because they were the only ones left in this world.
Jing Jiu finished playing a song, and followed her gaze to look outside the window. Looking at the tower in the distance that was about to collapse, he asked curiously, "Are you really not going to help him?"
Xue Gie was indifferent and didn't say anything.
Jing Jiu said, "Isn't it someone you know?"
Xue Gie still didn't say anything, and only looked over in Silence.
Hua Xi threw herself onto the bed, and after a while, she came back to her senses. She kicked her legs angrily, and shouted, "Why did we come here! I've missed tonight's cartoon! What's the point of doing this?! "
Cold Cicada was thinking back on what he had told the mosquitoes earlier, thinking that he hadn't read so many classic literature books with his mistress in the next room in vain, feeling quite proud of himself. Hearing what she said, he suddenly fell into deep thought, thinking that it was true that what was the point of doing this?
Those pitiful humans needed help, and the male master needed to understand and help them in practice. As such, he came here meaninglessly, and it happened that he could help those humans. Maybe this is the meaning of our existence for them?
Jing Jiu heard its voice, and said after some thought, "It seems that the wheat field doesn't need a caretaker."
Cold Cicada understood what Jing Jiu meant. It rubbed its claws and made a sound of agreement, thinking that the child didn't need it either; in fact, it was the male master who needed it.
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(I had written a long paragraph about the meaning of existence, but I deleted it, because I didn't explain it well enough. There is no right or wrong in this. I've been reading Shi Tiesheng's "I and the Earth Temple" these days, so I recommend it to you again.)
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