While arranging for the spaceship to do a rough scan of the entire planet, Hao Ren knew that they could not just sit around and do nothing.
Many details would be hidden in inconspicuous corners. A spaceship in space might be able to find the fortress hidden under the crust, but it might not be able to find the clues left by the survivors of the apocalypse.
They gathered in a circle in the living room, discussing the current situation of the strange planet. Vivian folded her hands on the coffee table and said slowly, "The biggest question now is why did the natives of this planet hide, and why did they leave such a strange city to trap outsiders?"
Real-time news updates, entertainment programs on TV, and the recently produced goods and supporting advertisements, all signs indicated that the human society on this planet was still functioning, just hidden in an unknown place. The empty city was more like a closed observation room. Whether it was the Nangong couple who came here a hundred years ago, or Hao Ren and his team who had just been sent in, they all seemed to be observation samples. After Hao Ren voiced his conjecture, everyone agreed, especially Lily. The husky had just watched a lot of sci-fi movies before coming here, and now her mind was full of conspiracy theories.
"They must have a purpose, because it's expensive to keep this city running." Y 'zaks knocked on the table. "Look at the supplies, the city's energy, the maintenance robots, and those things in the mall. Most of them have been stored until they expire and then thrown away. They maintain the normal operation of such a large city, but only use it to feed two people. This is definitely not a joke. "
Lily looked around, raised her hand, and said, "I think first we should try to talk to the natives of this planet. They can definitely see us, right? Let's be frank and ask them what they want. If they don't answer, then we try to break into the city gate and see how the defense system responds. If it doesn't work, we can only fight. That's better than no progress."
Hao Ren looked at the husky maiden, a little surprised. "Well, I didn't expect you to come up with such a positive plan. Not scared this time?"
"I have always been powerful!" Lily kicked Hao Ren under the table.
Vivian glanced at Lily. "Alright, how are you going to announce it? Go to the balcony and howl at the sky? "
Without saying a word, Lily got up and walked towards the balcony, leaving everyone looking at each other. Vivian shrugged and said, "I forgot that she usually goes to the balcony and howls at the sky when she has nothing to do. It doesn't give her any psychological stress at all."
Before she finished speaking, waves of mournful and loud wolf howls came from the balcony, "Awoooo —"
Hao Ren yelled at the balcony, "Speak human language!"
Only then did Lily come to her senses. She shouted outside, asking the natives of this planet to come out and talk. After a few minutes, she ran back to the living room. "It's no use. No one is talking to me. Let's carry out plan B."
Nangong Wudi, who had been looking at this bunch of lunatics, could not help but sigh. "This girl has a good voice …"
"If this city is an observation room, then there must be someone monitoring the movement in this area. They must have seen what Lily did just now." Y 'zaks was a little speechless at Lily's crazy behavior, but he had to admit that it was really meaningful. "Now we can consider breaking into the city's checkpoint. This way, we can probably force the natives out."
Everyone nodded. But just as they were about to go out, Ayesha's voice came from the side. "Big shots, shouldn't we eat something before we go?"
Ayesha was standing at the kitchen door with a large tray in her hand, smiling. Her lower body had turned into a snake's tail like Wuyue's. At the end of her tail was a steaming cauldron, which emitted a strange aroma of food. It seemed that Wuyue's ability to use her tail to do all kinds of strange things and housework was inherited from her mother.
Nangong Wudi suddenly smiled and stood up to greet the guests. "Come on, it's rare for us to get together. Let's have a taste of my wife's cooking. Anyway, we have waited for a hundred years as husband and wife, so we are not in a hurry to leave. "
Ayesha put the steaming dishes on the table. One table could not accommodate so many people, so half of them simply ate at the coffee table. There was a variety of dishes on the table, and most of them were unheard of. But fortunately, they all tasted good, so the group of people ate happily. Lily was especially not picky. Basically, the whole world had nothing to do with her as soon as she put her head into the bowl. Hao Ren also had to watch her and pass her water at any time: this was also a tacit understanding that had been cultivated after more than a year of living together.
Wuyue looked at the table full of food and her parents sitting at the table, her eyes red. "I haven't eaten like this for a long time …"
Ayesha looked at the Nangong siblings, her voice a little hoarse. "When mom and dad left, you were still children … I didn't expect you to grow up so much. What have you been doing all these years? "
"My brother and I ran all over the world. I sang, and my brother went to catch ghosts. We wandered around and asked about your whereabouts," Wuyue poked the rice in the bowl with her chopsticks. "For more than a hundred years, there was no clue, until we met the landlord …"
Hao Ren turned to look at Nangong Wudi. "How did you learn the language and writing of this planet?"
He and his friends had the help of translation plug-ins, so they could quickly master any language and writing, but he wondered how the Nangong couple learned it.
"Reading, listening to the radio, watching these videos …" Nangong Wudi pointed to the screen embedded in the wall next to him. "Although there is no one in this city, we can always see these things. After a hundred years, no matter how stupid I am, I should have learned it."
"Oh yes, oh yes, watch TV, watch TV!" Lily suddenly became happy. She threw the chopsticks away and ran to turn on the 'TV'. After fiddling with it for a long time, she finally found where the switch was. With a click, the screen gradually lit up. Seeing this, Hao Ren reminded her, "Take it easy, don't break other people's things!"
"So be it," Nangong Wudi shook his head and laughed. "When we first came here, we really broke a lot of things. We even burned a house because we wanted to make a fire to cook. Well, there was always a mechanical puppet to help clean up after that."
Hao Ren smacked his lips. "The cost of living for you two is really high …"
Lily randomly pressed the buttons next to the "TV", and the programs on the screen kept changing, from news to commercials to entertainment programs. There were even TV dramas and movies. Just by looking at the contents of the TV, it was as if there was a bustling world outside, where everything was normal. After Lily had enough, she returned to the table and sat down, biting her chopsticks and muttered, "I wrote a novel before. It was about a man who was locked in a house with no doors or windows, only a mountain of cans and a TV. The man was born in the house, grew up in the house, and all he did was watch TV, watch the bustling world on TV, news and current affairs, and watch the world. From the TV, he knew that he was living in a bustling big city, and that the country he lived in was at war with another country. Suddenly one day, the TV broke, and he broke the wall to get out of the house …"
"And then? And then?" Vivian's curiosity was piqued. "I didn't expect you to write something so profound."
"And then? And then he fell, falling endlessly. His whole world was that house, and there was nothing outside the house. Nothing existed at all, "Lily bit her chopsticks." That was a thriller. "
Vivian lowered her head and ate her rice. "This story is not funny at all."
After listening to Lily's story, Hao Ren fell into deep thought. Finally, he shook his head and pointed to the screen on the wall. "But the TV in your story does not broadcast real news programs. Your 'man in the house' is not in the sight of an observer."
The screen was broadcasting a news report. The content of the news was that the 'Department of Security' and 'Department of Development' had prepared for the planet's ark to decelerate. A grim-faced presenter was urging the residents not to stay in places that were prone to collapse, in order to cope with the vibration caused by the planet's first engine change.
At the same time, the Petrachelys also reported that the propulsion engine of the wandering planet was reducing power, and several engine nozzles in the opposite direction were showing signs of warming up.
This was the difference between this city and Lily's story: someone had made this' glass house '.
Y 'zaks frowned as he looked at the news on the screen. Suddenly, he stood up.
Under everyone's puzzled gaze, he came to the window and pointed to a building in the distance of the city.
The next second, a huge fireball exploded in the city, and the roar was like rolling thunder.
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