Chapter 945: Wangcheng
The ancestors of the ancestors, the ancient giant machine, are experiencing painful shackles. The surface is dark, almost all the heat-dissipating grids and light signals are dull, and the low-pitched strange noises are constantly coming from its depths. It is like the sorrow of some kind of monster before death. On the vicissitudes of the outer shell, there are traces of the previous explosion: a striking crack has been slanting from the top of the main reactor shell, almost through one third of the body of the ancestral furnace, and the crack There are still smog and small-scale electric sparks coming out. There seems to be something still running there, but in this case, it can be completely relieved that this thing can be completely shut down. Hao Ren is worried that it will not be produced. The next explosion.
“The core should have been shut down,” the data terminal quickly scanned the energy reading inside the ancestral furnace, giving a slightly reassuring conclusion. “There is still some current surge in the suspected buffer layer. Will not explode."
Hao Ren sighed. He smelled a strong smell of burnt smell in the air. At first he thought that the engine of the "Steel Beast" was finally scrapped. Later, he realized that it was the smoke left in the previous explosion. gas. There were too many gas leaks from the giant reactor in the event of an accident. The seriously depleted purification pumps on the bulkheads of the nearby shelters could not cope with this incident. Now the entire city is filled with the pungent smell of chemicals burning.
Under the leadership of Willie and a team of Kings soldiers, the people arrived in the capital of the towering kingdom. This king city is much more magnificent than the fireplace city, and it is different from the garbage-like distant city-state. This king city is obviously built by many craftsmen. It stands next to the "ancestral red furnace", with an ancient antenna. The radio tower or any other tower is the core. Around the tower, the craftsmen built a seven-story classical castle with cement and steel. There are glamorous flags flying on the castle, the knights with bright armor standing, and hundreds of complete glass windows shining in the light. Around the castle, there are neat houses and spacious streets. Some of these dwellings were slightly remodeled based on the original buildings of the refuge city. Some are simply craftsmen who built them from scratch, and after they got rid of the problem of decorating walls with **** and waste, the houses looked beautiful and stylish.
At least compared to other city-states.
There is a high wall around Wangcheng, which is also built with new materials. The “new materials” here refer to things other than garbage. The craftsmen who built the king city did not know where to get so many cement and new steel plates. They built the walls firmly and beautifully, not like the materials collected from the ruins of the refuge. Perhaps Gaota Wanggong has the privilege of occupying an ancient building materials warehouse that has not been exhausted?
In any case, the construction of the king city will undoubtedly consume huge wealth, especially in a shelter like this.
The towering city of Gaota is densely populated. It is far more prosperous than the other city-states in the Ark. There are well-dressed citizens and spirited knights. People walk around the streets. Various vendors and hawkers sell scary goods in the streets and lanes, mainly utensils, food, and cloth. And there is no rusted metal sheet. The bustling degree here is a bit surprising. It is almost like a normal and prosperous medieval city state. You can't see the traces of the starship shelter unless you look up at the sky and there is another city.
Hao Ren’s “Steel Beast Chariot” and Tiechengbang’s “Sacral Chariot” were stopped outside the city. Machines that are so loud and dirty are not allowed to enter the city, just as some countries on the ancient earth did not allow the country’s nephews to enter the kingdom.
"In the four kingdoms of the world, only the capital of the towering kingdom is so close to the ancestral furnace." Willy is proud to introduce Hao Ren to the capital of his motherland. "In the legend, the tower of the tower is the furnace." Fort is the first human city-state at the beginning of the birth of the world. God created humanity in this place and allowed humans to survive in the city. The watchtower at the top of the red furnace is just flush with the first ring of the ancestral furnace. The ladder leading to the spirit of the ancestors, everyone who died in this world will enter the oven through the first ring and be reborn as part of the world, and the tower kingdom is the closest because it owns the tower. The place where the world circulates. No matter how fierce the four kings are, this great city has never fallen."
The tower that Willie refers to is the spire at the top of the castle in the center of Wangcheng. It also has a tens of thousands of years of antenna transmitters. The name of the tower kingdom may have been derived from the tower, and the so-called "first ring" is the outermost steel structure of the core reactor. That should be the condensing component of the reactor. In the eyes of the locals, this complex and delicate ring has an extraordinary meaning.
"So the bachelors of the four kingdoms are going to come to the kings of the towers when discussing the problems of the ancestors." Vivian felt that this was incredible. "Are you not all enemies? Are you in the other three countries?" So come to the enemy capital to meet? And you still let them in?"
"This is an ancient sacred covenant," Willie said gravely. "No one dares to violate the vows under the ancestors' glory. During the armistice, no one can murder in Honolulu."
The Oro Scholars explained this question from a historical perspective: "The kingdom of the tower is the descendant of the royal family of the first dynasty of the ancient times. Although the dynasty has fallen apart, the blood of the descendants of the royal family is unquestionable. The kingdom of the tower is always the orthodoxy of the world. The other three kingdoms are only lost people who have been split up because of the curse. When it comes to the fundamental crisis of the world, all kingdoms must put aside the dispute and revisit things before the throne of the only true king. This is a must."
Lily is particularly interested in such gossips: "The kingdom of the tower is the original descendant of the royal family? How many other countries?"
"The ancestors of Tiechengbang were mechanics, the free city-states were passed down from civilian merchants and craftsmen, and the group of stars was a descendant of a group of scholars," O'Brien said slowly. "The history books are so recorded."
"It’s a weird society," Nangong spit out in May. She saw a group of people dressed in fancy and colorful faces carrying artificial leather. They walked from the other side of the street and couldn’t help but be a little surprised. Not the refugees I saw on the road before? Are they also entering the city?"
"No, they are bachelors and soldiers from the free city-state," O'Brien explained. "The people in the free city-state seem to be a bit like the wanderers in the wilderness. In fact, people often confuse the two: because they really matter. Oh, but the Free City State is still one of the four kingdoms. Their capital is built on the other side of the world in the Bron Heights. Half of the world's leather and fabrics are produced from the synthetic factories there."
Although the kingdom of the towers occupies a “God-given land” next to the ancestral flood furnace, the kings of the other three kingdoms also have their own unshakable position. The capital of the Free City State is at the other end of the world to control the lifeblood of the cold, and the capital of the Iron City is a key slogan called the “mechanical core.” From the description of Oro, Hao Ren’s judgment is that it’s the inner city. As the smallest of the four kingdoms, the Star Treasure Fort is the seat of the high tower of knowledge. It cultivates generations of intellectuals, representing the mystery and wisdom of the world. It is almost possible to maintain local neutrality by virtue of this.
The four kingdoms are so crowded and stuffed in a closed world of 100 kilometers long, intertwined with each other, and the forces are entangled, forming a grotesque complex situation. It is difficult to explain how they formed in hundreds to thousands of years. In this case, Hao Ren believes that any clever sociologist will come to this refuge after the ark: there is a mad social model, and the logic and common sense are almost gone.
"And then what should we do?" Nangong asked in a curious question, "When are you going to investigate the situation of the ancestors?"
"All the bachelors have to go to the castle to see the king and discuss the problem," Oro bachelor pointed to the castle in the distance. "You can wait in the city, Willie knows where to go."
Some of the Kings Knights came from the direction of the castle. They were specially attracted to the bachelors gathered from all over the world. Oro left under the leadership of these soldiers, leaving Hao Ren and his wife to stay in the same place.
"I know where the pavilion is," Willie shook a small sign hanging on his chest. "The emblem of the fireplace city allows us to share a room. Let's take a rest, it's too late today. The bachelor is afraid to come back tomorrow."
Vivian suddenly looked up at the ancestors and looked at the dilute cooling grid and coil pipes. Her brows gradually wrinkled.
Hao Ren noticed this: "Hey?"
"I suddenly heard..." Vivian continued to frown. "There seems to be something calling me over there." To be continued.
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