The Celestial Star gradually sank below the horizon. It seemed that it would circle the planet once before leaving. Anurili heaved a sigh of relief when the Celestial Star completely disappeared from the sky. Although she was temporarily unaffected by the Celestial Star with Liliana's power, the golden light still made her subconsciously hide in the shadows. Was she chatting with Shallow Shallow? To be more precise, it was Shallow Shallow who was chatting with her. Anurili had no way of fighting back against Shallow Shallow who had incredible speed of thought and action. She was completely confused. My advice to her was: Just smile from beginning to end. After all, even if you answered seriously, Shallow Shallow probably wouldn't pay attention to your answer for more than two seconds. At the same time, thanks to Qianqian's rambling, Anurili didn't even have time to ask about Lina's miraculous ability before she forgot about it. Moreover, she was a little delirious due to the pain and spasms in her nerves, so she probably couldn't remember what Lina did.
Pandora wasn't interested in this place at all. Bored, she was leaning against the door and spacing out. Her sister, on the other hand, was very curious. She was now lying on the ground, studying the wood of this world. Dingdang had already fallen asleep in my pocket. If I held my breath, I could hear the soft sound of breathing coming from my chest. The little fellow would occasionally flip around in my pocket and say a few words in her sleep. This was an interesting moment that others would find it hard to empathize with. Sandora pushed open the window and looked at the villagers who were gradually dispersing. Her eyes shone as if she was thinking about something. Miss Lin, on the other hand, looked around the room. She looked at the dim but rather spacious and plain room.
The furnishings in the room were crude and simple. There was wooden furniture, wooden utensils, and walls made of wood and grass. All of this gave off a primitive, simple, yet natural and harmonious feeling. This was Anurili's room, but we didn't see much of the atmosphere that a girl's room should have — I mean, from the perspective of an Earthling. There was a mirror made of some kind of silver-white metal against the wall. It looked like an ancient bronze mirror. This was Anurili's dressing table. It seemed that in this world where people's thoughts were highly controlled, people didn't care about personal appearance. Anurili, who was out of control, didn't dare to show off her uniqueness. That was why her room was as ordinary as possible. But after some observation, I found something interesting. In the corner of the other side of the room, there was a wooden board against the wall. On it, there was something painted with bright paint.
"What is this?" Although it wasn't proper to move around in someone else's room, I couldn't help but pick up the one-foot square wooden board. It turned out to be a painting: In a vast field, there was a house. There was no one in the painting. Beside the pale gray house was a strange "car". And in the sky above the painting, there was ….
"I just drew it when I was bored." Anurili hurriedly snatched the wooden board from my hand. "It's just an imagination. No one can understand this … Right, your room is across from mine. There are only two empty rooms. I'm sorry, it might be a little crowded. But you guys are a family, so you won't mind, right?"
Of course, I could see through such an obvious intention to decline guests. So, I thanked her and led everyone out of the room. Shallow Shallow happily grabbed my arm. "Then I'll share a room with Ah Jun, okay?"
Sandora shrugged. "Me too. The two of you have been clinging to each other for the past two days. I need to strengthen my presence."
I looked at Miss. As expected, Miss Lin instantly blushed. She grabbed Pandora, who was making beeping sounds, and Visca, who was studying the wood grain on the wall. "Don't even think about it. I'll share a room with Pandora. You perverted blockhead! "
"…" Miss, aren't you thinking too much? I really just want to sleep …
Liliana peeked at the two groups of people. Then, she walked over and hugged my arm. "I'll stay with Boss …"
Eldest Young Miss pulled the maid over. "Don't make trouble!"
This was our family's daily fooling around. Then, we got down to business. Sandora nudged my arm. "Ah Jun, did you see the painting just now? Those …"
"Those in the sky are some kind of aircraft." I nodded. I could still remember the contents of the painting. Perhaps Anu Lili thought that we 'ordinary people' couldn't understand the high-tech things in the painting, but I was a hundred percent sure that it was a very advanced spaceship. "And it doesn't look like Melroy's style. There's also a car on the ground. It's also very mechanical. It doesn't look like Melroy's style either. This Anu Lili … knows a lot of things. Now, I suspect that the Melroy people are hiding a lot of things on this planet. These uncivilized natives are probably not as simple as they seem. "
"I'm not sure yet. We'll talk about it tomorrow." Sandora shook her head. "I didn't eat my fill at night. I'm hungry. Give me food …"
"…" I was speechless.
We didn't talk that night. What I didn't like was that we didn't have a threesome. Speaking of which, Miss thought too highly of me. How could a righteous person like me be so licentious? Of course, what was even more regrettable was that I didn't get to see Sandora and Shallow Shallow having a lesbian scene. The two of them wouldn't agree no matter what … Speaking of which, what was I thinking about so early in the morning?
Originally, we planned to stay in this village for a short while before leaving immediately to search for a large city on this planet. However, the information we gathered yesterday made us give up on that idea. It seemed that the things we could come into contact with in this small village were enough for us to analyze many things. Also, according to the information from the probe that Sandora released, there were almost no so-called large cities on this planet. It would be meaningless to search for a larger settlement.
Sandora called all of us together early in the morning to show everyone the information that the probe had sent back. First, it was about the suppression of civilization and the abnormal distribution of population in this world.
"All the places with human settlements on this planet are in a unified stage of civilization." Sandora sealed off the surrounding space to prevent anyone from breaking in. Then, she turned on the projection device of the MDT. It showed countless images taken by the probe: from all over the planet, various landforms, and small settlements. Even though these images came from different places, the settlements with human settlements looked almost identical. At most, there were some differences in size. However, looking at the level of civilization, they were all the same. "Mastering a certain amount of metal smelting technology, no complex machinery and automatic machinery. Using the analogy of the era on Earth, it would be the early stage of the feudal society. The entire world maintained such a stage. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a planet in an uncivilized stage to have such a unified process. This should be the result of the Melroy people's control. Also, this is the distribution of the population. " As Sandora spoke, she opened the panoramic map of the planet. The distribution of the planet's population was marked with colors. It was gray. "Unusually uniform. Every place suitable for the indigenous people has the same population density. This is also the result of the Melroy people's control. What is disturbing is that it is impossible to achieve such a precise balance by just controlling the birth rate. So, the Melroy people must have also controlled the death rate in these places … You know what I mean. "
"Anurili mentioned a few times that 'they' would take some people away." Shallow Shallow nodded. "She said that they would bring them to the Holy Kingdom to enjoy eternal life or something. The people who were taken away were regardless of gender or age. The locals see this as a very high honor. The people who were taken away were called the Chosen One or something … Could it be that the Melroy people took away the extra people and killed them?"
"If they really did that, then the Melroy people are simply unreasonable. It is completely inconsistent with their intelligence as an advanced civilization." Sandora snorted. "To control the population of the indigenous people, they carried out a precise massacre? And they did it in a meaningless situation. Moreover, he did it in a meaningless situation. Even a madman wouldn't do such a thing. "
"What is this table?" Miss Lin looked at the image on the projection screen and noticed a statistical table. "Saints?"
"They are the Melovans who appear in front of the local natives as the 'descent of gods'. They appear when the following situations occur: when the Chosen One is taken away, when the 'gift' of mental toxins and fuel is given, and when abnormal situations occur in the local area. This information was collected by other agents. They have already made contact with the indigenous people in other parts of the planet … Hmm, Ah Jun, don't look like that. The agents of the Empire are not that stupid. They will also mingle with the indigenous people … Hmm, although it is indeed not as smooth as it is on our side. "
I nodded in understanding. I thought to myself that this was the right rhythm …
"Did you find anything in other worlds?" Miss Lin fiddled with Sandora's MDT. "Eh, what the heck. Do you have to put on a flashbang like this and use this stupid wooden face as the theme of the system?"
I said, "… Let's be serious. But Sandora, when did you take these pictures?"
Sandora did not look embarrassed at all. She pointed at her own eyes and said, "I just turned what I saw into images and saved them. As long as you are in my line of sight, I will record it and store it in the database."
Everyone was speechless. Lin Xue said, "… That's enough, you two!"
Sandora shrugged nonchalantly and said, "The information of other worlds is here. Take a look. These are real scenes. "
She pulled up a series of pictures and short videos. We immediately went forward and Shallow Shallow muttered, "Huh? This doesn't look like much? It's much more normal. Cities, spaceships, holographic billboards … It looks quite advanced. "
"That's right. Most of the colonized worlds of the Melroy people have a normal level of technology, which is in line with their nature as a colony of an advanced civilization. There are only three 'medieval planets' like the one we are on now, and they are all in the same galaxy."
"There are two other planets similar to this one?!" I was instantly shocked.
Sandora smiled meaningfully and said, "Not only are their conditions the same, the natives on those two planets … are the same race as the natives on this planet we are on."
Everyone looked at each other.
"With their current level of civilization, of course, it is impossible for them to go to other planets. So, there are only two possibilities for this situation. Either the Melroy people brought them there, just like livestock being brought to other farms to be raised, and these natives were kept as animals by the Melroy people. Or … a long time ago, these natives had the ability to reach other planets!"
Everyone was silent after Sandora said that. I believed that she had sufficient reason to make such a judgment. Also, when she mentioned this possibility, a few details from yesterday also appeared in my mind.
The words that Anu Lili occasionally said were far beyond her "surface" level of cognition, the unidentified flying objects that she scribbled, and her planned and conscious action to reduce the intake of the nerve agent — this action itself was also beyond the cognition level of a native of an uncivilized civilization.
"Anu Lili thinks that we are as ignorant as the ordinary people around us. So, when she spoke in front of us, she used a lot of words that shouldn't have come out of her mouth." Sandora turned off her MDT because she found that Miss Lin had already started playing Tetris on it. "I think we can use this opportunity to gain her trust. Contact her as a native of this planet. Maybe we can get unexpected information."
"Mm, I agree." Lin Xue nodded. "Contact her as an unknown race will not be good, and it will cause unnecessary sacrifices in the future. Also, some of the things that I saw are a little incomplete. I need to contact Anu Lili to fix them. "
"Speaking of which, how's the mission over at the fleet's side?" I looked at Sandora. They had been separated from the main fleet for a day and a night. Based on the speed and equipment efficiency of the Schilling starship, they should have reached the entire Mellowa territory by now.
"Twenty-five percent of the lockdown is in progress," Shadora replied. "The Melovans have set up highly sensitive Void detection devices at the border. The fleet has no choice but to lock down areas where the information has deviated by more than ten percent. The workload is more than expected. Speaking of which, the sentries found something interesting: the void detection devices set up by the Mellowans at the border have been operating for more than seventy thousand years. In other words, those devices were set up after they betrayed the Empire and fled to this place as a means of warning their old masters. This is normal, but these detection devices have not been changed for seventy thousand years … But it is not that the Mellowans do not have the technology to make such detectors. They are fully capable of updating these devices. Ah Jun, what do you think this means? "
"They know that the lights of the Xiling Empire have been completely extinguished, so they feel free of worries?"
"The servant armies of the old Empire actually know very little about the Void. They usually only receive superficial technical support from their masters, but not any more advanced knowledge … No one even told them common knowledge about the Void. The Mellowans probably believe that the Empire is the strongest and only threat, so they never thought that there are other things in the Void. As traitors, the more they openly betray, the more anxious they would be. The shadow of the Empire has probably expanded infinitely in their hearts, to the point that it has completely obscured their eyes towards other realms of the Void. "
As Sandora sighed, the young lady could not help but complain. "In the end, isn't it all because of your policies back then …"
Sandora said, "… Let's not talk about that."
Sunlight shone into the house through the window, and it was already bright outside. The night on this planet was about two hours longer than on Earth, so out of habit, we woke up very early. We chatted until now, when the villagers outside began to move around. It was probably the first time in my life that I woke up before the sun had risen — of course, Jingle was still sleeping in my pocket. This little thing's schedule had always been strange. She would sleep whenever she wanted, wake up whenever she wanted, and make a ruckus in the middle of the night. She lived a relaxed and carefree life — except for tormenting me a little. I reached out and carefully stuffed a wing that Jingle had stuck out of my pocket back into it. Then, I covered my pocket, only to find that several pairs of eyes were looking in our direction. "Uh, what's wrong?"
The young lady pointed at my chest. "Did you just cover the little thing with a blanket?"
Liliana pursed her lips. "You really have the self-awareness of a mattress."
I was speechless.
"Look outside, the villagers are starting to work." Sandora turned her head to look outside the window as she pushed open the grass fan on the window. I stuck my head out and saw groups of young and strong villagers carrying all kinds of strange farming tools walking out of the village. There was no conversation, no glancing around, not even the routine morning greeting. When the working hours began, the only thing on their minds was work. There was no need to talk or look around, which made them look like a group of machines that were marching in a line. In other parts of the village, local children in ragged clothes were squatting in front of their houses, playing with stones, digging soil, and pulling up grass. Yes, they really looked like they were playing, but there was no smile on these children's faces. Even when they were in groups of two or three, there was almost no conversation between them. They were just silently "playing" as if they were completing a task, as if they were doing this just to make a machine fit the "children's" nameplate on it. Thus, in the routine of work, in the routine of eating, in the routine of playing, even in the routine of breathing and walking, a village, under the precise movement of a clock, goes on to its orderly and meaningless day.
The Melovans really did something amazing.
"Guests, are you still awake?"
Just as I was sighing, Anuza's light voice suddenly came from outside the door. The young man's relaxed and cheerful voice was a stark contrast to the confused crowd outside. The first thought that came to my mind was: Thank Anuza Lili for hiding her brother for so long. Then, I replied, "Oh, let's go down now."
"Eh, why isn't the door moving? It seems to be locked … Oh, I know. Breakfast is ready. According to the village rules, the village chief has to personally accompany the guests to eat. My sister and I will wait for you downstairs."
"Let's go down first." I looked at everyone. "Then, we can figure out how to get close to Anuza's sister."
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