Overturned Tower

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Instead, they harbor an attitude of malice, contempt, and jealousy toward their so-called "heroes."

For them, the only good heroes are dead heroes.Those "heroes" recognized by the board of directors can all be regarded as thugs of Shenzhi Heavy Industry.

Delphinium has to worry about Russell's safety.

He is not only an outlander, but also a "hero" and an idol.Even wealthy big stars can make money while sitting.

In name, he still came to help Shenzhi Heavy Industry to do the dirty work, and he was eloquent-in the philosophy of Tongshen Island people, it would especially be said to be the characteristics of a liar and a braggart.

This can be said to be a taboo in multiple senses.

Delphinium even wondered if Amirus was planning to drag Russell to the island of God to kill him...

In fact, it's not just her, Bad Day is also worried about it.

His understanding of Tongshen Island is a little deeper than that of Russell and Delphinium...

...After all, Bad Day really killed an elf director of Shenzhi Heavy Industry with his own hands.That was the first elf director he killed, and it was also the root cause of his becoming a wanted criminal.

Chapter 6 Customs of Tongshen Island

Happiness Island is not too far from Tongshen Island, but there is also a transfer from Sun Island on the way.

He set off before lunch, at about eleven o'clock—he didn't even have time to go home to pick up his things, because director Amyrus had already contacted the headquarters of Sun Island to help Russell transfer to the first-class airship at Sun Island There is a lot of thoughtful luggage in the cabin.

All kinds of items needed for a business trip are available, and even a credit stick that can be used in Tongshen Island is prepared.After connecting to Tongshen Island's network, you can transfer it directly to your account.

At the same time, Amyrus didn't really let Russell go alone... He also arranged three bodyguards for Russell, and he could meet them when Russell changed trains at Sun Island in the evening.

It is said that they are a man and two women, both elites of Sun Island’s executive department, and legal psykers armed with psychic powers. That is a psyker who has received advanced psychic education and is equipped with expensive weapons and consumables.

The Executive Department of Tianen Group, if they want to use psionic chips, they have to buy them at "internal prices".A large part of their salary is used to update equipment, replenish consumables, and maintain prosthetic bodies.

The executive department of Sun Island is all elites recruited through multiple examinations, and there is no such thing as cannon fodder caught from prisons.

Their psychic chips are directly reimbursed for free, and the updated equipment is only charged at cost.In this way, the spirit and fighting power must be heaven and earth.

"To be honest, I can also accompany you to Sun Island."

Bad Day put his legs on the table and let the chair under him lean back at a dangerous angle.

He said casually: "When the time comes, I will have to hide... How about I go directly to Tongshen Island and wait for you?"

"Sure. I'll be there around 10:30pm."

Russell was so absorbed in watching the beef patties sizzling on the iron plate in front of him that he didn't even pay attention to what Bad Day said.

He carefully sliced ​​the meatloaf with a knife, the burnt-brown skin was easily cracked, and the rich meaty aroma came to his face.Under the crispy and tough skin, there is a meat patty made of meat filling that has a good taste but not sticky, and there are evenly scattered diced fat meat the size of a soybean, which is almost completely melted.

It is also topped with a powdered spice mix of three types of peppers for a touch of greasiness.Combined with the fragrance of the meat, it is a delicacy that can take people's hearts away.

Just like the "bread tree" in the fairy tale.There is no need for additional and complicated processing, and when it comes out of the factory, it already has such a posture-this is the romance unique to synthetic meat.

This is the beauty of mixing industry and art.

"I remember you came to Tongshen Island."

Russell will cut off a juicy piece of meat, immerse it in the viscous, transparent, hot and sour dipping sauce next to it, and then put it in his mouth.

He said in a vague voice, "Is there anything I should pay attention to?"

"The first thing to pay attention to is not to let others think that you are a smart person at a glance."

Bad Day shrugged: "On Happiness Island, this kind of consensus is good, and it can save time for both parties...but on Tongshen Island, you'd better be a Riddler."

"Why, people here like to tell riddles?"

"It really is."

Bad day sneered and nodded.

After he finished explaining, Russell understood:

People from Tongshen Island have a custom of "meditation".

It is a kind of philosophical view similar to gewuzhizhi-they believe that there is a spiritual reality deep in the human soul, and they can dig out this "wisdom entity" and get the soul from it through meditation, hypnosis, and integration with nature inspiration and true wisdom.

Compared with "intelligent entities", the knowledge acquired by the outside world through experience and learning is not real wisdom, but an illusory shadow cast by wisdom on the curtain of life.If you try to grasp the shadow, you will naturally be unable to grasp anything.Only by jumping out of one's own life can one seek "true wisdom".

And this kind of wisdom, of course, cannot be described in words.No one can get that kind of wisdom completely, but there are different degrees of access.

The closer you get to "true wisdom", the more "there is Zen between words and deeds"... probably that feeling.

The kind of people who are particularly good at words, long-winded, and eloquent, it shows that their hearts are not deep enough.

The "great wise men" they believe in are the type of "celebrity quotes" who are good at saying short but profound words, which can be carefully pondered and even comprehended.They care more about the "quiet temperament of a wise man" than saying what they mean.

To put it simply, they think that the Riddler is the most compelling image of a "wise man".

"That sounds really scary."

Russell complained: "Take 'hidden wisdom' as the appearance of wisdom. How many demagogic liars will appear...even if there are some strange sects, it is not surprising."

"That's true. There is a large-scale population trade in Tongshen Island that is even condoned by Shenzhi Heavy Industry."

Bad Day held up the meatloaf and took a bite, but the gravy that exploded did not stain Bad Day's hands and clothes for some reason: "The 'synthetic humans' this time were hatched from the people who were bought and sold. Well.

"Shenzhi Heavy Industry does not only pay attention to production, but also to research and development. The most efficient research and development is to bypass the safety process and conduct experiments directly on the human body; in the same way, because of the first consensus and the second consensus, materials related to the human body are also A material that is forever scarce.

"Of course, this is not surprising. This kind of cannibalism actually exists in every sky island, but the form and name are different.

"It is called 'idol trainee' on Happiness Island, 'period medical clinical volunteer' on Holy Blood Island, and 'exploration team non-staff member' on Yongquan Island...In this era, human life is the least valuable thing.

"But from another perspective, it is an eternally scarce resource. No matter how incompetent a person is, his internal organs are still valuable."

Bad Ri said indifferently: "You can be careful...

"Although being caught in Tongshen Island, you won't be dragged to shoot some underground video like Happy Island...but the process you face is probably similar to the process of shooting that kind of underground video. It's just more professional. "

"I'm not going to get caught. Because I don't go down that kind of gutter."

"So confident? Are you... already thinking about how to investigate?"

"really."

Russell raised his head, looked at the bad day, and raised the corner of his mouth: "After all, I have acquaintances here."

Bad Ri was thoughtful: "A mage..."

"—That's right.

"The uncoded people of Tongshen Island are not in the lower city. They have a particularly high status here... I can find help from the mages, which means that I am with them. So I won't encounter too much trouble of."

Workers in Tongshen Island account for the vast majority of the middle and low-level population, and it is very difficult to expect workers to seek their own rights.It is very easy to incur retaliation and liquidation...so those "uncoded" can stand up and seek justice for their fellow workers.

They lose their chips, so they cannot send messages secretly with others, and it is difficult to be bribed;

They also have no money, no means of normal transactions with others, and can only live in other people's homes;

As uncoded people, they are not legal citizens and are not protected by the first consensus and the second consensus. Therefore, if they take refuge in the company and are killed, there is no countermeasure.

This overwhelming dependence on other civilians makes them extra trustworthy-and the civilians are even proud of how many uncoded people they have supported.Losing the chip is not all bad for these uncoded people, at least it makes Shenzhi Heavy Industry unable to locate them, and they also have powerful spiritual powers and spells.

"Because of this, the angels of the church are not easy to speak here on Tongshen Island. Their situation is worse than ours. Even in the upper city, it is difficult to move... Their side is also a point of view.

"Ask the mage first, then ask the church; then ask the head office, and then ask the uncoded ones. They are all opposites. If you verify the information with each other, the accuracy rate will not be low."

Your words sound extremely outrageous...

Bad day couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Chapter 7 Wandering the City of Babel

Nothing happened on the airship.

When Russell was able to see the resplendent and magnificent Sun Island clearly, nothing happened... Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.

It seems that the "event reenactment" he is worried about will not come.perhaps.

"I have to say that the decoration style of Sun Island is much more gorgeous than that of Happy Island."

Russell admired the wonderful scenery outside the window, and couldn't help admiring: "While being a local tyrant, there is also a sacred feeling..."

If we talk about the characteristics of Happy Island, it is the difference between the upper and lower urban areas... In Happy Island, the upper urban area full of green plants and snow-capped mountains under the sun, full of vitality, and the lower urban area that stands densely in the shadows, are just one. Heaven and hell are distinguished by lines, giving people a strange and shocking power like the reflection of a lake.

——Then, the style of Sun Island is "brilliant and brilliant".

Seen from the outside, Sun Island is golden as a whole.

It is not the standard disc shape like Happy Island and Sogo Island, but at the three corners of the sky island, a slightly smaller golden disc is propped up, perfectly dividing the outer diameter of the sky island into equal lengths. Three sections.

Then on the corner of each small disc, three smaller discs were propped up.

And on top of these nine medium disks, each supports three smallest disks.Each of the smallest discs is about two-thirds the size of the Tianen Park.Each disk is spinning slowly, and the larger disk is spinning at an even slower speed.

The smallest 27 discs can rotate once a day, the medium-sized nine discs can rotate about one month, the larger three discs can rotate once a year, and Sun Island itself does not rotate. .The higher you go, the more you can't tell the difference between east, west, north and south, and the sun's rising in the east and setting in the west.

The shells of these discs are all golden.Looking from the outside of Sky Island, it looks like a magnificent machine that tells about eternity, spinning like this forever.The water pumped from below is converted into clean water and transported to higher levels.And the cooling water flowing down from the edge of the rotating high-rise city is like a waterfall, pouring on the lower city, making the lower city more primitive and more natural.

The higher the area, the more modern and integrated it is.

The 27 discs lifted to the uppermost disc are high-rise buildings as dense as the lower city of Happy Island; the nine discs in the middle are bustling commercial areas like the compass area and the giant screen area.The next three discs are moon-white, post-modern buildings with artistic shapes, as well as large-scale, sapphire-like ponds and green plants with a sense of planning, which will remind people To the refreshing style inside Tianen Park.

And the bottom layer, the whole body of the empty island, is full of natural beauty.

It was not a wilderness, but a perfectly planned wilderness - a huge flower garden with fantastic and magnificent colors.

Circle after circle, in different colors, many flower beds, statues, and minarets in groups of four, six, eight, twelve, and twenty form a pattern with central symmetry, looking down from above , like a handmade wool rug with extremely intricate patterns.

Russell had never seen a grandiose picture on such a scale.

That is a gorgeous picture painted on the entire sky island as paper.

One after another, huge and resplendent palaces stand in the center of the picture scroll, surrounded by many clear streams and running through the giant metropolitan area.The twelve sky-high towers scattered around the city, as well as the huge spire in the middle of the castle, formed a primitive corona.

And the twelve high towers and the huge minaret in the center are actually huge bell towers.

No matter which layer of the disc, there are densely packed bell towers.

Just by approaching the past, it seems that you can vaguely hear the click and click of the hands on the clock.

In front of it, the island of happiness can only be called simplicity.

The automatic factory in its lower city is obviously much less than that of Happy Island, it is not so prominent, and there are not so many lights on.It looks like a mechanical base under a huge clock.

"It is indeed gorgeous."

Bad Day also nodded in agreement: "It is indeed a crime."

"Because it's too extravagant, isn't it?"

Russell admired the disc city and said softly.

The big white dog hummed and sighed lightly: "It is true.

"That is an unimaginable luxury for the residents of Taoyuan Island, Happy Island and Sogo Island."

"how?"

"—Because in fact, there are less than 1000 people living on the main body of Sun Island."

"... 1000 people?"

"To be precise, there are more than 880 people."

The bad day said in a deep voice.

More than 800 elves and about 60 humans standing on the pinnacle of power formed the "Scribe Committee".

Including the high-level executives of "Thoth Spirit", and some elves who do not serve the company.Humans come from Thoth's psychic board, as well as some high-ranking members of the Cyber ​​Church.

They are the unique "secretary class" on Sun Island.

"It is said to be 'secretaries', but what they are responsible for guarding is not just books, but the entire 'old era' including antiques and cultural relics.

"The magnificent city is full of antiques and cultural relics from the old era, and samples of various ancient technologies are stored.

"In the huge gardens outside the city, every plant and tree in it was taken from the era on the ground before it was destroyed. Unlike the natural scenery of Taoyuan Island with plants and beasts, these plants are more like frozen specimens .Maintaining the posture that it may be transplanted to the ground again at any time, without breeding or mutation."

Like fake flowers and grass, it is so quiet that it is frightening.

The entire empty island is completely free of mosquitoes and wild animals.Just the rustling of the leaves in the breeze and the soft sound of the river.

Time seems to have stood still here.