The country of Wakanda has always been mysterious.
The outside world knows very little about it, and even in the political landscape of Africa, Wakanda is a country with little presence.
Its external identity is a remote pure agricultural country with a small area, sparse population, no resources, and there is not even a single airport in the entire country, and there is not even a nationwide power supply.
In such an absolutely poor country, no one will look at it except for some researchers who study environmental and biology.
Nigeria, which is adjacent to it, has a much more presence than Wakanda.
"You hide yourself very deeply."
Meilin sat by the porthole of the plane. As the plane descended rapidly, he looked down at the increasingly clear scenery on the ground. It was a wild grassland, with the sun shining on the endless grassland. Meilin could even see migrating antelope running, hunting lions and drinking water rhinos.
At the end of the grassland, there is a prosperous forest, covering a large area and cannot see the edge at all.
This is already the hinterland of Wakanda, but there is nothing here except a few farms.
"Where is your country?"
Merlin, who has already changed into a black dress robe with the same style as Techara and has also put on "Royal Sandals" said:
"I mean, how did you hide yourself?"
“It’s not difficult.”
Ororo, sitting opposite Merlin, drank juice while looking at the scenery below, she said:
"Wakanda has not a large population, and there are only three large cities in our country. It is easy for millions to hide in this land full of miracles and gifts. Of course, we have also used some other powers."
“We’re here.”
Prince Techara took a sip of the juice and said to Merlin and Eric:
"The next time is the time to witness the miracle."
"Don't play with the memes from 10 years ago"
Merlin complained, but the next moment, the next moment when the plane flew into this prosperous forest, his eyes still tightened.
A layer of invisible and intangible shield.
It is called a barrier, or a three-dimensional projection of some high-tech.
In short, the plane was like crashing into an invisible cover. Merlin could feel the unspurious energy jumping on the surface of the entire outer cabin of the plane, like a splash of jumping sparks. The faint energy made Merlin feel a slight paralysis, which may be more because he spreads his perception outside the cabin.
After passing the invisible cover, a completely different scenery appeared in front of Meilin.
It was a large city built at the intersection of rivers. It was just a little similar to New York when it looked.
There were tall buildings and bustling traffic. There were a few strange black spacecraft flying by in the sky. Meilin looked down and the navigation lights on the top of the high building flashed and went out. There were also the strange trains passing through the city. Compared with the primitive and wild land before, Meilin felt like she suddenly returned to the civilized world.
It’s not just about returning to civilization, but more like transcending civilization.
Merlin saw the beating three-dimensional projections in the city, vivid and anthropomorphic, like huge advertisements.
The city of Wakanda is prosperous, but there is no congestion on the streets. Their buildings are also very simple and elegant, with simple and graceful shapes and very practical. Around the city streets, there are towering trees. The entire building is built against the mountain and is located on both sides of the river. The endless city looks very neat, with a sense of busyness but not chaos and order.
The elegance brought by this order made Merlin's first impression of Wakanda very good.
He is essentially a person who likes order and hates chaos.
“It’s very developed here.”
Eric looked at the large city that suddenly appeared outside the window. As a senior engineer who graduated from mit, he saw the buildings like signal towers standing around the city at a glance.
He could tell that those are not signal towers, but more like some kind of wireless transmission of power.
"Your energy usage technology is at least 50 years ahead of the outside world, which is incredible."
"It's not 'you'."
Techara shook his head and said to Eric:
“It’s ‘we’.”
"My cousin, you have entered the sky above the capital Bonning Zana, welcome back to Wakanda."
"Swoosh, swosh, swosh"
As Merlin's gaze, three black ships flew out of the ground and approached the descent plane at an extremely fast speed, hovering around the plane as if escorting.
Merlin noticed that among the three spacecraft, there was an oval spacecraft that looked familiar.
It is a shuttle-shaped overall, with three energy thrusters at the bottom of the spacecraft. From a distance, it looks similar to a human face.
This was the spacecraft that Merlin saw carrying black panthers appeared in Auckland that night in 1992.
"That's the Royal Ark."
Ororo followed Merlin's gaze and saw the very flexible spacecraft, like a flying plate, and she said to Merlin:
"That is the special car for members of the royal family. Only Black Panther, his wife, and his daughter Princess Su Rui are qualified to ride. It seems that the princess who is too idle to come to greet her brother."
"Su Rui."
Techara also smiled gently, and he said:
"This active girl is probably going crazy in Wakanda. She is 17 years old and can travel in the second half of the year. I heard that she has applied for a master's degree from Columbia University. It seems that she has chosen her future path."
"travel?"
Merlin looked at the son of the Black Panther in front of him and said:
“Does it mean traveling?”
"No."
Ororo explained:
"It's more like an integration and experience. Although Wakanda keeps a distance from the outside world, we are still very concerned about external affairs. As members of the royal family, Techara and Su Rui will enter modern society as adults, and will return to Wakanda again after completing their studies."
"Well, I'm now studying for a PhD in Sociology in Oxford and a Master in Economics and Psychology."
Techara explained to Merlin and Eric:
“The Wakanda advocate knowledge, and we are willing to learn knowledge from anywhere.”
"very nice."
Merlin said in an envious tone.
Due to various reasons, he has never been to college, which is a regret in his life. Although the knowledge he has mastered now is far more than that of ordinary college students, or even doctoral students.
Not every student in the school can get access to real mystery.
“We are going to land at the River Airport.”
Techara looked at the watch on her hand and said to the guests:
"This kind of slow, polluted aircraft cannot enter the city, which is contrary to the Wakanda aviation law, so we have to take the Royal Ark to go on the next road."
"OK."
Meilin said with interest:
"I've long wanted to try the feeling of riding a spaceship."
A moment later, the black plane stopped in the airport. Just like its name, the airport is located in the center of the river, a super large platform, half of which was suspended in the air, supported by metal pillars, looking full of science fiction and a futuristic feeling.
Merlin and Eric, wearing traditional Wakanda costumes, walked down the gangway and could not see a staff member in the airport around them. Merlin saw some autonomous tractors driving on a fixed route to the front of the plane, then extended their grappling hooks and grabbed the plane's wheels. Under the traction of two tractors, the plane was slowly sent into the hangar behind the platform.
It was not until this time that Merlin discovered that there was no pilot on the plane he was on.
This plane has also been transformed by the Wakanda people, and it is also unmanned!
"Hell."
Merlin rubbed his forehead. He was not disgusted with high technology, but when he thought that the plane he was riding along the way had no pilots, Merlin still felt an indescribable feeling.
It is like the dreaming future of the fantasy that has shone into reality at this moment. Since we came to Wakanda, Merlin has a little bit of his own understanding of what the real future society will look like.
Wakanda, which has extremely developed technology, looks like the future world.
And it is not that kind of unimaginable advanced. According to Eric, Wakanda's technology level is 50 years older than the outside world, and some cutting-edge technologies may be stronger. This proves that Wakanda's model can be learned and copied by the outside world.
"elder brother!"
Just as Merlin was observing the unmanned facilities at the airport, a crisp shout rang behind him, probably because of Lorna and Riven, Merlin was very sensitive to this word.
He turned around and saw the elevator parked in front of him open, and a girl in a skirt and veil was running towards Techara.
She should be Princess Su Rui, Techara's sister, and Black Panther's daughter.
"Look, that's your sister."
Merlin said to Eric beside him:
"She is a little like you, look at your eyes, almost exactly the same."
“From an ethical perspective”
Eric snorted and said to Merlin with malicious intentions:
"That's your niece, too."
"Uh, forget it."
Merlin shrugged, and he said:
"I can't get up with a princess and go, they're waiting for you."
Merlin pushed Eric who was still there, and the young man walked forward with a little hesitation. He stood beside Techara, Princess Surui said a few words to Ororo, then turned her head to look at Eric, her big eyes full of curiosity.
"You are the son of Uncle Eric Njob?"
“Yes, I am.”
Eric was a little uncomfortable with the robe on his body. He moved his shoulders and said to Su Rui in front of him:
"I'm the first time I've been to Wakanda. I have to say that this place is very different from what I imagined to be my hometown."
"Yes, it really looks bizarre."
Princess Su Rui said seriously:
"When you stay here for a long enough time, you will find that the connotation here is just as boring as it looks."
She shrugged at Eric and reached out:
"Hello, Brother Eric, I am Su Rui, your cousin."
"Hello, Su Rui."
Eric reached out his hand, held Su Rui's hand, and then let go. He looked at the mountains on the edge of the city and said to Techara:
"Before meeting Black Panther, I want to go to my father's tombstone to take a look."
"sure."
Techara patted Eric on the shoulder and said:
"Come with me, Uncle Njob was buried in the family cemetery, in the mountains behind the palace."
The group boarded the Royal Ark. Princess Su Rui tilted her head and looked at Meilin, who was walking at the end with a leisurely look on her face, like a tourist. She asked curiously:
"Who are you? Another son of Uncle Njob?"
"No."
Merlin answered seriously:
"I am Prince Eric's bodyguard, Princess Princess, you don't have to care about me, I'm just an optional person."
"No, you are not!"
Su Rui looked at the slightly strange watch on her hand and said to Meilin:
"You have a special energy launch frequency, which is equivalent to the frequency when a vibrator missile explodes. You are a dangerous guy. I guess, are you a mutant?"
"Yes, I'm a mutant."
Meilin looked depressed when his identity was exposed, and he said to Su Rui:
"My name is 'raven', and my ability is to become a bird."
"cool!"
Su Rui widened his eyes and exclaimed, and she said to Meilin with some frustration:
"When I was a child, I also hoped that I would be a mutant and could fly in the wind like Ororo. Unfortunately, I was just an ordinary person and I was not blessed by Goddess Buster."
"bless?"
Merlin asked curiously:
"When you see mutants as goddess blessings in Wakanda?"
"yes."
While operating the equipment that made Meilin dizzy in this high-tech spacecraft cabin, Su Rui said to Meilin:
"For example, the Ororo family is regarded as the family of Goddess of Buster. Every generation of their family will have a wizard who manipulates the weather, making the whole Wakanda good weather. There are several other families like this. There are not many mutants in Wakanda, but everyone lives in harmony. So through Ororo's relationship, we also choose to support Professor Charles' moderate proposition."
"Su Rui."
Ororo couldn't help but remind him:
"You've said too much."
"Uh, OK."
Su Rui glanced at Meilin. She stopped talking, but continued to control the spacecraft, slowly lifting up slowly like a flying saucer, and then quickly headed towards the Wakanda Palace.
Ororo looked at Merlin with a calm face. She looked at Merlin's fingers pinched together, and she said:
"You're too much of a child with spiritual guidance spells, Mr. Merlin?"
"I just want to know the power behind the professor."
Merlin said to Ororo with ease:
"I asked you, but you refused to say it. Besides, Su Rui himself did not regard this as a secret, otherwise she would not say it even if it was spiritual guidance."
Merlin looked at Su Rui, then looked at Techara who was whispering to Eric, and he said:
"Their brother and sister have different mental powers than ordinary people, and I feel that their bodies are also extremely strong, like sleeping magma, and it is not yet time to explode."
"Well, Black Panther's bloodline is indeed extraordinary."
Chapter completed!