Many a time, Hao Ren could feel the huge difference in values between different races, especially when he was dealing with the sirens. No matter how similar the deep-sea saltwater fish looked to be to carbon-based life forms, they were still elemental creatures. The biggest difference between elemental creatures and ordinary life forms was that they had a different understanding of the material world. Just like now, the Queen of the Sirens had solemnly transported a huge pile of junk from Earth (at least a third of it was junk), and Eva was quite happy to see it …
Hao Ren even saw a leather shoe with a big toe that had been soaked in the water. He did not know which siren had picked it up from the beach. To his dismay, he found that in Katreina's worldview, the shoe was also a marine product from Earth, and she had begun to seriously inculcate this idea into Eva's head …
To be more precise, in the siren's worldview, anything in the sea was a marine product — including swimming rings, floating bottles, offshore drilling platforms, and Jack, who sank with the Titanic …
Katreina described the living environment of the sirens on Earth to Eva, and Eva listened with great interest. Hao Ren did not know what kind of picture of the sea on Earth the Spirit of the Ocean had in her "mind", but it was definitely different from the sea that humans knew.
"I'm … very happy!" Eva swam happily around Katreina and the sirens, and the sound of water splashing echoed across the surface of the sea. "It's great here too! There are fish, water plants, and iron islands! The people on the iron islands have learned how to eat fish and water plants! "
Hao Ren smiled at Eva. "How are you getting along with the immigrants?"
"Yes!" Eva splashed down and turned into a wave of water in front of Hao Ren. In each wave, there was a tiny Eva jumping around. It seemed that as her mind grew, so did her control over her body. "They did not dare to leave the iron islands at first, but when I told them that there was food in the water, they started to go … But they had to take a boat. They could not survive in the water."
"Not all creatures can survive in the water." Hao Ren smiled. "It's about time I went to see Lawrence. I wonder if his reconstruction of society with the ark immigrants is going well."
For the rest of the trip, the otherworldling tourists from Earth would be led by the sirens into the deep sea to visit the ruins of an ancient kingdom. Under the watch of the sirens and Eva, the trip would be quite safe. Other than a few vampires in the group who were a little reluctant, everyone was looking forward to the trip. After the sightseeing team set off, Hao Ren led his friends to the floating cities to see how the extraterrestrial visitors who came with the ark were doing on this planet.
The situation was satisfactory, even a little beyond Hao Ren's expectations. The floating cities still looked like they had been through the vicissitudes of ten thousand years, but the people living in those ancient buildings had a different outlook. They used to be numb, ignorant, and muddle-headed, living in a pile of ancient life-support machines that were about to stop working. They looked at the same gray city every day and fought with each other for the little bit of recycled food. They even built those small, ridiculous kingdoms in the streets and alleys, fighting each other like primitive people. But now, the steel dome over them had opened up, and a vast world beyond their imagination appeared outside the barrier. A new order was quietly established under the leadership of their spiritual leader, Lawrence. The residents of the ark had to start rebuilding their homes and expanding their living space. They were still wearing the old and tattered clothes, and many of their survival supplies were even ancient products excavated from the ruins. But the emergence of the new world had brought some hope to these people, and the entire floating city cluster had shown an atmosphere of "resurrection".
Everywhere, workers could be seen building houses and repairing streets. Hammering and the roar of machines from workshops could be heard everywhere. The ancient generators were running again, and the boilers that had been cooled for thousands of years were ready to be reignited. The workers and technicians who had just completed their studies and training were drilling between the mottled and rusty steel, trying to get the metal city running again. Although everything still looked old and abandoned, now, among these old machines, they could see the activity of "people".
Of course, the shadow of the colonial spaceship era still lingered in every corner of the floating cities. After all, the people in these spaceships had experienced thousands of years of civilization, and it had only been a year since they regained their civilization. It was very difficult to fundamentally change this society, even with the power of religion and strong spiritual support. Although Hao Ren did not investigate further, he could still see that the system of the original dynasty still remained in this exiled civilization. The internal estrangement caused by the division of several kingdoms had not been eliminated, and it would probably take a whole generation to change this.
But what they had done was already good enough.
Hao Ren and the rest found Lorenz in the Furnace of the Ancestors on the Royal Throne, which was now the "capital" of the floating cities. The old man was the spiritual leader of the Ark civilization, and the de facto ruler of the floating cities. With the power of religion, he had completely solidified his position in the race, and successfully implemented his civilization recovery plan.
Lorenz was very happy to see Hao Ren and the rest. He was wearing a plain white robe as he stood on the platform in front of the Furnace of the Ancestors, looking down at the city below. He said with a sigh, "It's been a year, and they finally know how to survive in this new world. In the beginning, they even had to learn the concept of the sky from the beginning, and adapt to the cycle of day and night, rain and snow … It was a difficult time. "
"The most difficult time is finally over, isn't it?" "We were amazed by your ability. We didn't expect you to do so well. It's not something an ordinary person can do to revive a society that has been severely disrupted and start rebuilding so quickly." Vivian smiled and said, "I'm amazed by your ability.
"It's easy to rebuild physically, but it's difficult to rebuild spiritually." Lorenz shook his head. "It'll take a long time to change their mentality, and I've only taken the first step. Our main task now is to repair the buildings that were damaged during the spaceship's deployment, and provide the survival of the 'refugees' who lack the most basic necessities of life. We'll also repair some of the basic facilities in the city. This is far from rebuilding society. However, I've already started a new plan. I've built a school in the center of the Royal Throne City. The first batch of students will learn basic scientific and cultural knowledge there, and then they'll go to various general education schools to become teachers and spread this knowledge. After ensuring basic survival, the first priority is education. I hope that this generation of young people under the age of twenty can complete the reconstruction of their worldview in three to five years. That way, we'll have enough talents for the next step of construction. "
Hao Ren nodded. "Yes. By the way, I've seen some activity on the other floating cities. Are you going to expand some of your population there? "
"I'm only doing some preliminary investigation," Lorenz said. "The other immigration starships have been isolated from the King's Throne for hundreds or even thousands of years. I'm completely unfamiliar with the situation on them, so I have to investigate in advance. On this landless planet, sooner or later, we'll have to expand our activities to other immigration starships. After all, the floating cities are our only foothold on this planet. "
Lily stood on the edge of the platform and looked around curiously. Suddenly, she saw something new in the square below. It was a large pool with two statues of goddesses standing in the middle of it. For a race that had so many things to do, such a building was obviously a great project. The husky maiden suddenly exclaimed, "Oh my! Are these the new statues of the Ice and Fire Goddesses? Wow … I look so handsome … "
"In the early stage of the recovery of civilization, spiritual support and religious guidance are the most useful and necessary means," Lorenz said. "Because people at this stage lack enough cognitive ability, you can't tell them why they should do this in a short time, so you can only tell them that they must do this with absolutely irresistible reasons. In fact, we also planned to erect a statue of the ruler of the sea, Goddess Eva. However, that goddess … was a bit mischievous. She always changed her image. Sometimes, she would purposely take on some incomprehensible form to play with us. So, in the end, I chose to use the basic element of 'water' to represent her. Every statue was born with water. Water was everywhere, which symbolized Eva's omnipresence. I think maybe in the future, we will become a race that worships water … "
"But this early stage will end sooner or later," Hao Ren reminded. "Humans have to learn to walk on their own."
"Of course," Lorenz laughed. "We can't live in these ruins forever. Besides … our lease on this planet is only for two hundred years."
Hao Ren shrugged. "It depends. If we can't find a suitable new home, we might extend the lease."
Wuyue suddenly frowned. She seemed to have heard something and listened attentively. She then poked Hao Ren's arm with the tip of her tail. "Mr. Landlord, Her Majesty Katreina just sent a message saying that Eva is looking for you. She seems to have something to give you."
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