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Yao Su looked around and found that the little girl in blue was gone.

After a while, people gradually began to appear. They came out of the low houses one after another, carrying hoes on their shoulders, and seemed to be preparing to start a day's work. The level of technology here is obviously very low, and even only The most primitive farming can be carried out by manpower.

Soon someone discovered them, and the first reaction of the players was to raise their vigilance. After all, the scene of being chased and killed by the group of people on the ground not long ago is still vivid in my mind, and logically speaking, the more primitive and backward the place, the more convenient it is. It is xenophobic, and they look like "outsiders" in their clothes.

However, the strange thing is that these people's attitude towards them was actually very friendly and enthusiastic, and they surrounded them one after another, and you asked one by one: "Are you from other dungeons? Which dungeon are you from?"

"It's been a long time since I saw people from other dungeons. How is your recent harvest?"

"Have you eaten? Do you want to come to my house for a meal?"

Why are these underground people so enthusiastic about outsiders like them?Their attitude is too far from the group of people on the ground, right?

Yao Su held back his doubts for the time being, and began to probe quietly.

The people here seem to be very simple and easy to talk, and they quickly revealed a lot of news to him. It turns out that this underground city is called Taohuayuan. The entire Taohuayuan is very large, and its area is about the size of a small country on earth. , and in addition to Taohuayuan, there are two other underground cities - Utopia and Eden.

There is very little communication between the three underground cities, because the technology and transportation in the entire underground world are very backward. Take this group of people from Taohuayuan as an example. To reach other underground cities, they need to cross more than half of Taohuayuan. The way of transportation is all relying on legs, at least it takes a year and a half to walk. This is not the era of abundance on the earth where you can pursue poetry and distant places after eating and drinking. If you don't work, you can only wait to be hungry, so few people will do this. The same is true for Utopia and Eden. Their people rarely appear in the land of peach blossoms.

Therefore, although the people in Taohuayuan know that there are two other underground cities, they don't know anything about those two cities, and they haven't seen people from those two cities. It's no wonder they are so curious. It is said that the other two underground cities mean mystery, just like the longing and fantasies of the mysterious East that Westerners had after reading "Marco Polo's Travels".

But of course, apart from the people living in the three major underground cities, there will still be some free mercenaries and vagrants between the three major cities. Do some business and buy and sell.

People in Peach Blossom Land have little knowledge of Utopia and Garden of Eden, basically through these wanderers and mercenaries, but they don’t come often, maybe every few years. The average life expectancy of people is not long. People who live in a slightly remote place may never encounter a homeless or mercenary in their entire life. In fact, these mercenaries and homeless people spend most of their lives on the road. They are on the road almost all their lives.

But the strange thing is that these Taohuayuan people never mentioned anything about the above-ground world from the beginning to the end, as if they didn't know that apart from the three major underground cities, there is also an above-ground world.

Yao Su couldn't hold back, and was about to inquire around the bush, but when he just mentioned the word "world above ground", the faces of the people in Taohuayuan suddenly changed drastically, and his heart skipped a beat. He thought he was telling the truth. Knowing the next second, this group of people shook their heads in trepidation and said, "I can't mention it!"

One of them pointed to the top of his head, then waved his hand: "Don't mention them casually, they will be angry!"

Yao Su was puzzled immediately. He originally thought that the above-ground world and the underground world were hostile, but judging by the attitudes of these underground people, it seemed that this was not the case. Compared with disgust and hostility, they seemed more like fear and...awe .

That's right, awe is just like the awe of the inferior to the superior, and the awe of the lowly to the big man.

The people in Taohuayuan were also very puzzled: "Isn't it like this in your place? Why do you dare to mention those adults casually? Don't you know that those adults have supernatural powers and can see what we are doing and saying?"

Yao Su subconsciously glanced at the other players, and then he tentatively said: "Sorry, we really don't know, because we didn't live in the three major cities before, we are the descendants of some homeless people, our Parents stay out of the crowd, don't hang out with other people, so it doesn't teach us much."

It is better to pretend to be a fledgling wanderer who doesn't know anything than to pretend to be a person from other underground cities who may be exposed in a minute.

"It turns out that you are wanderers in the wilderness!" The people in Taohuayuan were really simple, and they didn't doubt Yao Su's words at all, and they believed them all at once, "Which underground city did you come from? Did you bring any novel treasures?" Exchange with us?"

Yao Su rolled his eyes, looked at Duan Quelou immediately, and motioned him to take out a few cans from the system mall. Judging by the appearance of this group of Taohuayuan people, it doesn't look like they can make aluminum cans .

Sure enough, as soon as Duan Quelou took out the can, a group of melon-eating people at the scene were stunned, and they came up to touch and touch each other: "What is this? Can it be eaten?"

"Don't you see something and the first reaction is whether you can eat it, okay? You can't eat this thing at first sight, it must be a toy!"

"Toy? How could this be a toy! I think it should be a weapon!"

At this moment, a trembling old man squeezed into the crowd. Seeing him coming, the others immediately dispersed and retreated like a tide, making room for him. It seemed that he should be a person of considerable status.

The old man excitedly picked up the can, and said in a trembling tone, "This thing... I've seen it... I've seen it!"

"I saw it decades ago. When I was a kid, I found it in the basement of my house. It was decades ago..." For some reason, he suddenly choked up while speaking. , His eyes were gradually turning red, he turned his head to look at Yao Su, his cloudy eyes seemed to be unable to see clearly, "Son, where did this canned food come from?"

Yao Su was really surprised. This old man had seen canned food decades ago?That adds up to almost 100 years, right?Doesn't this mean that Taohuayuan once had the technology to make aluminum cans 100 years ago?

If Taohuayuan had the technology to manufacture aluminum cans 100 years ago, it at least proves that their industry has already started, and the level of technology may be between the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution. If it continues to develop later, It may reach the level of the second industrial revolution, the third industrial revolution, or even higher. After all, once the technological revolution starts, it will grow explosively, and in the absence of external factors, technology can only improve logically. Will not regress... Then the question arises, why did Taohuayuan's technology regress instead?

Yao Su realized that this old man might be a key NPC, and immediately said: "It was exchanged from other homeless people. We can give you the can and change a place to stay."

"Really? Are you really willing to give me the can?" The old man suddenly became excited, and he nodded quickly, "Of course, I am the only one in my family, but there is only one bed..."

Yao Su smiled and said, "It's okay, we'll just lay the floor."

Seeing that the old man and Yao Su quickly concluded a deal, the others were both envious and curious, and some asked the old man curiously: "Grandpa Liu, what is canned food?"

Grandpa Liu was holding the can, with a nostalgic look on his face: "It is used to hold food. I also heard it from my grandfather when I was a child. I heard that they often ate canned food in those days. There are all kinds of canned food, meat, etc. Vegetables, fruits, and beverages, carbonated soda, milk, juice.”

The others immediately showed expressions of admiration, and you asked one by one: "Can it still be used to hold food? Will the food not spoil? What is carbonated soda?"

Grandpa Liu smiled helplessly: "I don't know about that. As for carbonated soda, my grandfather said that he often drank it when he was a child. It tastes sweet and has bubbles."

Others couldn't imagine: "Is it similar to sugar water? Then why are there bubbles?"

Although Grandpa Liu obviously knows more things than others, he seems to be in a state of half-knowledge. He has only heard or seen it, and he doesn't know more specific things. However, he is still pestered by a group of curious people who eat melons Asked for a long time.

The other players looked at each other in blank dismay, obviously full of doubts about the current situation of Taohuayuan. At first they thought that this Taohuayuan was really the Taohuayuan in "Peach Blossom Spring". , but that doesn't seem to be the case now, at least not entirely.

After Grandpa Liu sent away the group of curious melon-eaters, he tremblingly led the players back to his home. Along the way, they met many curious and probing eyes, and almost everyone saw them After that, they all stopped and stared at them, as if paying attention, which made the players feel awkward, but they could feel that there was no malice in these gazes.

The players had to try their best to ignore the lines of sight, and shifted their attention to the Taohuayuan itself. Compared with the above-ground world, the technological level of Taohuayuan probably stayed before the beginning of the industrial revolution. The houses were built very small, obviously all relying on manpower It was built brick by brick, but the street is still clean and tidy, and there is no littering or defecating indiscriminately.

This at least proves that people in Taohuayuan should have received modern hygiene education in terms of sanitation and environment. After all, most modern countries on the earth only started national health education after they entered modernization.

Although the houses in Taohuayuan appear simple and backward compared to the neat and beautiful buildings in the above-ground world, they have different shapes and characteristics. In contrast, those buildings in the above-ground world are like the products of assembly line production.

After a while, they came to the door of Grandpa Liu's house. Unlike Yao Su's imagination, Grandpa Liu's house was quite the prototype of a modern small bungalow, but the building materials were still the same as other houses, essentially made of earthen bricks and mud tiles. It can only be said that the earth house is similar in spirit but not in shape.

Yao Su tentatively said, "Grandpa Liu, your house seems to be different from other houses? It's so beautiful."

Grandpa Liu laughed, and his cloudy eyes were shining brightly: "You are the first to see it. When I just built this house, those blind boys said they didn't see this house and theirs. What's the difference between the houses, how could there be no difference? I built this according to my grandpa's photo!"

Good guy, the photos are all out. When the camera appeared, it was the second industrial revolution. Yao Su then asked: "Photo? Is it a black and white photo? Can we see it?"

Grandpa Liu hesitated for a moment. The photo was obviously very precious to him, and it was impossible to take it out easily. Yao Su hurriedly said, "We're just looking at it. Well, we can give you another can."

"Just looking at it? Isn't it for a deal?" Grandpa Liu hesitated for a while, but nodded, "Okay, but you can only look at it, not touch it."

Yao Su hurriedly patted his chest to reassure, and at the same time took out a can and stuffed it into Grandpa Liu's arms, and then Grandpa Liu tremblingly went to get the photo.

The players took the opportunity to inspect the interior of the house, which was similar to the exterior of the house. The interior decoration of the house was very simple, without any modern furniture. The tables and chairs were all made of wood, and they were handmade. There was no running water system, but there was a sewer And drainage system, but this is not surprising, after all, there have been urban drainage systems in ancient times.

After a while, Grandpa Liu came back, holding a wooden box in his arms, looking very precious.

Tremblingly, he opened the wooden box in front of the players, and took out an old photo that had turned yellow. To their surprise, this photo was a color photo, and in the photo was a building A beautiful modern small bungalow, with a car parked in front of the house, and beside the car stood a family of three, a young couple, and a child.

The child showed an innocent smile towards the camera, and was holding a toy car in his arms that was exactly the same as the car next to him. At this time, the toy car was lying quietly in Grandpa Liu's wooden box. The paint has faded and faded over time, but it can be seen that the owner maintains it frequently because of love.

Several players were a little shocked. Whether it is the house or the car in the photo, it is obviously not something that Taohuayuan can possess at the current level of technology, let alone this photo was taken by Grandpa Liu’s grandfather when he was a child, it must be at least 100 years old What happened before, 100 years have passed, even if technology does not advance, it is impossible to regress to this level, right?

Grandpa Liu looked at the photos and toy cars in the wooden box, and once again showed nostalgia: "When I was young, my grandpa often hugged me and told me stories about the past. Unfortunately, I don't remember many things very well. It's clear, I can only remember part of it, after all I was too young at that time, and now so many years have passed..."

Yao Su immediately smelled the information, and he couldn't wait to say: "Can you tell us? We are willing to produce another can... No! Two cans! Or as many cans as you want, we can give you."

This time Grandpa Liu didn't agree to Yao Su immediately, he raised his head and took a deep look at Yao Su, his cloudy eyes seemed to be full of meaningful inquiry, as if he saw something.

Obviously the other party was just an NPC, but Yao Su still felt nervous for no reason.

Grandpa Liu suddenly raised his finger and pointed to the ceiling. Although he didn't say a word, Yao Su understood his meaning in an instant—he was afraid that people in the world on the ground were listening.

At this moment, Qu Longcheng, who had been silently observing everything around him, suddenly said, "Don't worry, I have eliminated all the surrounding monitoring equipment just now."

Yao Su knew that Qu Longcheng did have this ability, and when he was thinking about how to explain and persuade Grandpa Liu, Grandpa Liu suddenly looked excited and said, "You really are homeless from the Wandering Scythe?!"

Wandering Scythe?What is this?Yao Suzheng was in a daze, but Grandpa Liu stood up directly, with a rather excited tone: "I knew it! I should have known it earlier! You are back! You are back as expected!"

He danced with excitement, but suddenly began to cry: "Back then you persuaded me to join you, but I was too timid to take that step, but when I figured it out and went to you, you had already left , I heard that you went to the Garden of Eden... haven't you been captured by the people of the Garden of Eden and sent there?"

"...It's a pity that I am not young anymore, I am already old, and I will never be able to join you again."

Grandpa Liu was wiping away his tears while talking over and over again. From his words, Yao Su gradually pieced together the whole story.

Many years ago, the people in these underground cities and the people in the above-ground world now lived on the ground. With the development of technology and the progress of society, everything was thriving. But 200 years ago, capitalism The system has entered a stage of high development. Multinational companies have grasped the lifeline of the world economy and the right to speak in politics, gradually replacing the country and the government. The concept of the country has disappeared. People no longer call themselves people from a certain country, but only people from a certain company .

In such an era background, a multinational company called Earth Company, through continuous acquisitions and annexation of other companies, went from the top [-] in the world to the top ten in the world, and finally became the only one in the world... At that time, the bosses of those big companies almost controlled the whole society Through gene surgery and brain modification surgery, they implanted chips to become wise men and geniuses, while ordinary people are deprived of the right to education and learning knowledge, and reduced to mediocre people at the bottom.

In the end, the boss of the earth company has mastered the resources of the whole society. Not only did he become the smartest person in the world through brain modification surgery, but he also had a long lifespan through genetic surgery, and even lived to this day.

The boss of Earth Company calls himself BOSS, and is the father of artificial intelligence. He invented from the first generation of artificial intelligence to the third generation of artificial intelligence. When artificial intelligence was first born, human beings were still immersed in the convenience brought by artificial intelligence. But as all human production activities are replaced by artificial intelligence, humans are gradually eliminated.

Grandpa Liu has never seen those artificial intelligences with his own eyes. After all, more than 100 years ago, his grandfather had already been eliminated and had to live underground. He grew up in Taohuayuan since he was a child. The picture of intelligent coexistence, it is said that those robots have a human appearance, and call the BOSS father.

Hearing this, Wang Mingming couldn't help shouting in shock: "Fuck? Why did that guy tell you to live underground and you just ran to live underground?"

Grandpa Liu smiled wryly: "My grandfather told me that the BOSS told them that human beings were not worthy to breathe the same air as him, and they were not worthy to walk on the surface of the earth, and at that time the air, water and land on the earth had been privatized by him. It's all his property."

Wang Mingming shouted indignantly: "Damn! Why? Why can air and water sources be privatized? Is he crazy? You don't resist?"

Grandpa Liu continued to smile helplessly: "The third-generation artificial intelligence is already very powerful, both in terms of physical fitness and force, it is much better than us, and the BOSS has also mastered the arsenals of the former military of various countries."

Wang Mingming was at a loss for words, this is really unsolvable, even if the number of human beings is several times higher than that of artificial intelligence, and one atomic bomb can smooth out all the gaps, he still couldn't help being a little bit aggrieved: "Is there something wrong with this guy?" No good human companions, what’s the point of living on the earth with a group of cold robots? Doesn’t he feel lonely? If you want me to live on the earth alone, with only a group of robots around me, I will go crazy sooner or later!”

Yue Yunting suddenly raised her eyebrows, and said with a half-smile: "This may not be the case. For the BOSS, the gap between him and humans is probably bigger than the gap between him and robots, even bigger than the gap between him and ants. In his heart, are human beings really his own kind? Don’t forget that he may have done thousands of genetic operations, and the genes have been infinitely close to perfection. You and I all know that human genes are full of defects. After all, 90.00 More than % is junk DNA."

"What is a human being without genetic defects? Maybe there is only a god. No matter what we think, for him, he has become a god. Isn't the gap between gods and humans greater than the gap between humans and ants?"

"For him, robots are his creations. Isn't it a matter of course that God lives with God's creations?"