Ruyizhai

And what better symbol of Paris than the Eiffel Tower?

It is a pity that in the middle and late stages of the second machine revolution, Paris suffered heavy losses as a gathering place for machines.The Eiffel Tower fell during the 50-year nuclear-armed confrontation between humans and machines.Nuclear pollution destroyed the whole of France and occupied the entire continent of Europa for hundreds of years. Until the first ten days of 3040, thanks to the regeneration ability of nature and the unremitting efforts of environmental purification experts, the nuclear radiation in Paris was reduced to a level suitable for new human life. value.Wu Xingchen remembers very clearly that on May 3040, 5, the Ministry of Culture of the Alliance transferred 7 museum appraisal staff from various art museums, specially invited human evolutionists, lingua franca evolutionists, architectural historians, and ancient European historiography Twelve of them were cultural consultants, and a group of outstanding architects, urban planners, and journalists were assembled to establish the Paris Revival Committee.Wu Xingchen's lingua franca evolution teacher, Jiang Boshi, was one of the invited consultants. In class, Teacher Jiang talked about the restoration project he was in charge of: the Peace Wall in the Mars Square.According to investigations, the Peace Wall was completed in 23, inspired by the famous Wailing Wall. 2000 years ago, although the war only plagued only millions of people in local areas, this building is made of a mixture of metal and glass. Various languages ​​have been written on the wall, and the walls of words representing "peace" clearly demonstrate the unremitting pursuit of peace by human beings.However, most languages ​​were gradually lost in the past 1000 years. 1000 languages ​​were lost before humans evacuated the earth, and the long space drift killed another 5641 languages. Also almost doomed.The lingua franca used today among the new humans has long lost the original appearance of ancient Chinese. Some words have disappeared, and some meanings have been changed. Arabic numerals have survived because of their widespread mechanical use, while the Greek letters k and x It has also been miraculously preserved-this is still a puzzle that language evolutionists can hardly solve.

Why is K? It looks like a person who has been cut in half. It is only used before the word "star" to refer to the planet where new humans settle. The pronunciation is similar to "Kappa". Many language evolutionists believe that because The galaxy where the K star is located has two ray-like spiral arms from a certain angle, which looks like K. Of course, the shape that can only be seen from a certain angle is not enough to convince most people. What people need is to prove it from all angles. similar evidence.

Why X?It looks like a fork, and is often used in front of Arabic numerals to mark unclassified engineering projects. The pronunciation is similar to "West".

Wu Xingchen couldn't help but think of the Paris map found on the car.Several red crosses were drawn on the map. X.There is one near the ruins of the Eiffel Tower.Wu Xingchen drove over, parked the car in a hidden alley, and walked to the Mars Square.

Paris is still a must-see destination for many people who visit the earth virtually or physically. After all, no matter where the light box signboard in the sightseeing guide in the lobby of the shuttle station lists Paris as "[-] worlds that must be visited in life." Ancient City!" One.

However, few people visit Paris on the spot. Firstly, the city has not been fully restored, and people don’t want to disturb the progress of the project; secondly, they can comfortably enjoy the whole of Paris by themselves at home through the latest Paris restoration map released by the Revival Committee, on the banks of the Seine River An Impressionist style, the salon on the left bank is full of poets and writers, Fontainebleau is full of birds and flowers, you can even become one of the birds, overlooking the radial city layout, you can also become a horse, in the Louvre Mercedes Benz.The weather and the seasons are at your fingertips, as the commission's ad promoting virtual tours suggests: commemorate famous people at Père Lachaise Cemetery on a rainy spring day!When passing the new bridge, don't forget to enjoy the warm summer evening breeze on the bridge!The Palace of Versailles also has a special charm in autumn and winter!

Wu Xingchen saw a virtual sightseeing advertisement of the Paris Revival Committee in a corner of the Champ de Mars: Build the Paris in your heart!What's wrong with moving the Louvre to the Seine?

He didn't look at it in detail. It seems that in the ten years since he left, the way of entertainment has undergone new changes.It’s just that when he drove over, he found that the Louvre was still in ruins. The remains of the glass pyramid stood in front of several stone pillars, and some statues were randomly piled up in the open air.

Maybe they are some sculptures whose creators are difficult to verify, broken and cannot see the original appearance, just like this marble base on the roadside of the Champ de Mars, it must have been the base of some sculpture in the past, but no one knows its As it is, no one can restore it with electronic codes, it sits quietly on the side of the road, some moss caresses its crumbling surface.

There is no one around, and the virtual projected Eiffel Tower emits a black and blue light, and what builds it is no longer steel and iron bars, but words.This is a plan proposed by some architectural historians and language evolutionists. The text that tells the history of the Eiffel Tower is used to replace the original architectural structure, which not only restores the original appearance of the tower, but also allows new humans to understand the background story of the tower at a glance. learn by heart.

Everything is so "clear at a glance".The restored peace wall is also "clear at a glance". In addition to "peace" written in the common language, the glass wall also says "here is the lost peace in English", "here is the lost peace in French"...anyone You can see at a glance what it used to be like here.

There is a lost peace everywhere.

There is black land everywhere, and the trees are growing well. They have neither grown weird leaves nor deformed flowers. It is completely impossible to see that the nuclear radiation here melted from the K star 100 years ago to detect the radiation index. detector.

Now everything has changed, the vegetation is growing, the birds are singing, the place marked by the red cross is an emergency room, a young man with a haggard face got off a special car and walked in.The special car drove away.The young man was the only one Wu Xingchen saw after walking for a while.

Nobody is everywhere.The operating machinery, some sculpture machines are restoring sculptures with words, and the legend of the goddess of victory is narrated from the beginning of the goddess to her toes.Wu Xingchen is walking along Boulevard Suffren. Most of the buildings on the side of the road are either virtual projections or restored with words. I have lived in Paris too many playwrights, painters, poets and film directors. Many buildings and streets Restoration of all thanks to the stories they created about Paris.The committee restored this landmark building based on Hugo's only work "Notre Dame de Paris". New humans only need one glance, not only to remember the exquisite structure of Notre Dame de Paris, but also to see the whole thing, which is very convenient.Hemingway, Balzac, and Zola also have neighborhoods that are restored based on their creations. The streets and alleys of Paris are full of Rohmer's shadow, just like the ubiquitous Woody Allen can always be seen in New York.

Before he knew it, Wu Xingchen walked into the fourteenth district, another fourteenth district, and another fourteenth district.

Ruyizhai's antique shop is here, as is the Montpass Building, and the former site of the Montpass Building is exactly where another red x marks.It was still an emergency room, and the door was closed.It is the only physical building in the surrounding area, and next to it is the Condé Café, which is a virtual projection. The reconstruction of the [-]th district is completely based on Modiano's.

The city gave writers infinite inspiration, they wrote about the city in the book, the city disappeared, people extracted it from the words.It's like an Aesop's fable about feeding back.

Aesop's fables are also lost, but Ruyizhai mentioned it to him. He said that "The Arabian Nights" is somewhat similar to Aesop's fables.The genre of fables has long since disappeared.This form still exists, and the types are still very rich. Adventure stories, biographical stories, growth stories, comedy stories, tragic stories, and fairy tales. Among them, biography is the most popular, probably because its style of writing is farthest from news. , after all other stories read like news.

Wu Xingchen was a little tired from walking, so he rested on a bench by the side of the road. This bench had a name, Flaubert.This is also a writer, Wu Xingchen has read one of his stories about parrots, it is very short, only a few lines, maybe it should be called poetry more properly.

With that in mind, he searches the terminal for Flaubert, parrot.The parrot story appeared, called "A Simple Heart", which is more than a few lines.

Wu Xingchen held the imaginary book and started to read. After reading two pages, his heart felt sore for no reason, and he couldn't read any more.He closed the book and sat on the bench. He thought that Flaubert should also have a neighborhood that belonged to him, close to the church and the market, and as soon as he opened the door, he could see busy figures, pairs of rough hands, a A weather-beaten face.

Wu Xingchen opened the book again, endured the pain and finished reading.His heart was empty, and he looked up at the sky, which was gloomy.He got up and walked aimlessly on the streets of Paris. He realized that his steps were heavy and his heartbeat was heavy. He dragged such a heavy body into the Rodin Museum.The doors of the gallery were open, an unattended exhibition was taking place on the lawn inside, and a banner hung in the air.

"Congratulations to Rodin, the joint exhibition of Camille is a complete success!!!"

Three exclamation marks fluctuated in the air, which looked a bit like Morse code, short and long, long and short, short and long.

The curators brought in some sculptures from the Camille Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine.Camille's Young Woman facing Rodin's Young Woman, Camille's Rodin facing Rodin's Camille.They looked at each other calmly, their faces covered with erosion marks of years.A cuckoo landed on the head of Rodin's statue. It glanced at Wu Xingchen, uttered a cry, and flew away.Wu Xingchen walked to a pond. Along the road were some bronze sculptures of Rodin, showing the power and beauty of the human body, and some sculptures of Camille, a pair of hands, a pair of obsessed lovers. sunk.

Wu Xingchen sat by the pond, and he searched for "Tongtian Tower" in the terminal.

A Bible story came up.

A long time ago, people in the world communicated with the same language without hindrance. One day, people wanted to go to the sky, and they began to build towers. Can no longer understand each other's words, can no longer understand each other, people continue to argue because of this, and the Tongtian Tower can no longer be built.

There is also a movie released in 2006 in the related entry, and the introduction reads: An ancient movie involving eight languages, dubbed in ancient Chinese translation.The film is two hours and 23 minutes long.

Wu Xingchen saved the movie. Suddenly, a girl ran past him, and he hurriedly closed the terminal. Now is not the time to watch a movie, and hurried out of the Rodin Museum.Wu Xingchen kept walking, and when he felt that there was no one left or right, he had already reached Denver Plaza.He searched in the square, and saw the wooden arrow on the neck of a bronze statue of Balzac again.He knew that he would see other arrows on a larch tree, on an avenue, on an iron gate, on a flight of stairs leading underground that glowed vaguely red.

As he expected, the arrows were still there, and they still led him to a smiling waiter and a door with a poster of the show.

Today's repertoire: "The Palace of Eternal Life" starring Li Yanxiao.

The waiter smiled and opened the door: "Please watch."

On the stage behind the door, flowers are in full bloom, and the full moon hangs high. Tang Minghuang walked under the moon among the flowers, and sang: "The silence shines on the empty steps, and the green moss is soaked in desolation."

Yang Yuhuan was lying on the edge of the full moon, floating in the air, like a fairy or a ghost.

The audience under the stage cried and clapped their hands and shouted hello.

Mei Ji, who is as white as jade, is hidden somewhere on this stage.Wu Xingchen watched for a while, the flowers faded, the scene changed, the immortal descended to the stage, and he sneaked to the backstage.

The backstage aisle was narrow, and the door of a lounge was open. Wu Xingchen glanced inside. The room was full of skeletons, and candles of different lengths were lit in the eye sockets of the skeletons.It was the lounge where Ruyizhai stayed.Wu Xingchen saw no one around, and walked in.

On this day, Kunqu opera was being performed in the theater, and all the clothes hangers and walls were full of exquisitely embroidered Kunqu opera costumes, bright yellow, bright red, and water blue... A phoenix crown was placed on a wooden stand on the dressing table, and on the table They are also full of brightly colored heads.Wu Xingchen searched for a long time but couldn't find a cigarette match, nor did he see the slender cigarette holder.He glanced at the candles in those skeletons, a stump of candle was almost burnt out, tears flowed from the candle, the wick was black, wrapped in a cluster of faint flames like dust.

Wu Xingchen suddenly wanted to cry again. The story of "The Palace of Eternal Life" is too sad, the statue of Camille is so sad, and "A Simple Heart" is full of bitterness.Today's weather is also cloudy.

"Are you looking for someone?"

Suddenly a woman asked, Wu Xingchen was startled, wiped the corners of his eyes, did not dare to look back, lowered his head and said vaguely: "Wrong way, wrong way."

He lowered his head even lower, and went to the door, and saw a man wearing embroidered shoes standing at the door.It should be what she asked him.Wu Xingchen couldn't help asking, "Has Ruyi Zhai been here recently?"

"Ruyizhai?" The woman lowered her hand, holding a slender pipe in her hand.She said nothing more.Wu Xingchen didn't want to inquire any further, and wanted to leave, but the woman grabbed him, Wu Xingchen still didn't dare to look up, the woman laughed a few times, forced him a business card, and said, "Listen to the last time The people who came to him said that this person looked very similar to him, and his temperament was also very similar, and he was in the service area in front."

Wu Xingchen withdrew his hand, and dropped his business card on the ground, on which it was written: Attendant at No. 278, Special Service Work Service Area.

Another number.In the war camp, the number indicates that a person has a defective genetic sequence; What are you wearing?

Wu Xingchen stopped at the intersection of a bifurcated road. One was extremely dark and dark. He followed Ruyi Zhai, leading to the exit of the catacombs. The other was bright, leading to the road he had never set foot in. The road through the field.

Wu Xingchen hesitated for a while, then walked towards the bright place.