I have lived here earlier than anyone else, walked through every inch of the land here, and am familiar with every plant and tree here. I have witnessed the changes of the times with my own eyes, but slowly there is no place for me.
How pitiful and sad.
Obik continued: "There are fewer and fewer people who remember me, and fewer and fewer customers patronize the noodle stall. I don't know what else to do here. It's really time to leave." p>
"Maybe we can open a dark-light style store. There are still people who like novelty." Maya gave Obik an idea.
"Haha," Obik laughed, shook his head, and said: "Thank you, little girl, but no need, there is no place for me in this era.
Many customers didn't have any cash on them. They took a, um, 'mobile phone' and said they wanted to pay. They talked for a long time before I understood what was going on. It was when I went to buy the ingredients for soba noodles, the shop owner gave me
A piece of paper, saying that you can pay by scanning the pattern on it.
But what is that?
Can you give money to the other party and complete the transaction with just a picture? It’s really weird.”
Obik's tone was full of confusion, and he said: "There are cameras everywhere in the streets and alleys. I heard it's called a metropolitan security system. As long as you pass under it, you can know who you are and where you have been.
There are also some strange delivery trucks on the street. There are iron claws inside that will pick out the goods wherever they go. I always thought there was someone inside, until one night I saw someone taking it apart, and it turned out to be just a pile of iron.
It’s really strange, how on earth is it done?”
Obik rambled on about his doubts and understanding of emerging technologies, and the words he said the most were 'strange', 'can't understand', 'what is that', and not many people could name them.
It's called 'iron clamp', 'car that can move by itself' and other words he can understand.
The speed of scientific and technological development is getting faster and faster, and various emerging technologies and products are emerging one after another and are quickly released into society. Drones, unmanned vehicles, virtual reality... one by one, one by one, all represent human beings.
The crystallization of wisdom.
The young people are rejoicing, celebrating how much progress mankind has made, and happily experiencing the convenience brought by new technologies, but no one looks back, but the old people are still stuck in the long past, confused.
Looking at this ever-changing world, I feel at a loss as to what to do.
This reminded Chiba Makoto of that old woman. She lived alone and stubbornly guarded that dilapidated old house. The only electrical appliance in it was a light bulb. She couldn't learn how to use modern electrical appliances. She couldn't even go to a convenience store to buy things.
They all paid with banknotes wrapped in handkerchiefs.
The old woman was abandoned by the rapid development of the times, and the Obik in front of her was even more sad and pitiful than her, because even his 'old house' had to be demolished, and he could no longer find a quiet place.
Darkness, let him continue to live.
Qianye Cheng felt as if a stone had fallen from his heart. It was heavy and he said this sentence with some difficulty: "Do you really want to leave?"
Obik is an earth-bound spirit and generally cannot leave his own realm, and leaving means dying.
"..." Obik was silent and turned his head, looking at this quiet path and the darkness at the end. After a long time, he said faintly: "But I don't recognize this place anymore. It used to be called Yan."
Nomura, I lived next to the lotus pond, and later it was renamed Hikonocho. I lived on the hillside behind the watchtower. Recently, it has to change its name again, and I no longer have a place to live.
The children left one after another, the old people left one after another, and strangers arrived one after another. From now on, no one will know Hikono’s original name, and no one will remember what Hikono was like in the beginning. It’s all in the past.
, it’s over.”
Chiba Makoto has used his mobile phone to find relevant announcements. Hikono Street and the surrounding large areas of land have been classified as new development areas in the metropolis. According to the released blueprint, large-scale residential buildings, commercial buildings, and highways will be built in this area.
Railways, expressways, etc. are connected to metropolitan areas to divert the population of metropolitan areas.
Because monsters and aliens mostly appear in bustling cities with dense crowds, various megacities have begun to build satellite cities around them to divert the overly dense population in urban areas to reduce the economic losses and casualties caused by the appearance of monsters and aliens. p>
The terrain of Hikono Street and its surroundings is relatively flat, and there is a river flowing through it. It is also close to the metropolis and is very suitable for living. Therefore, it became the first satellite city built to reduce the damage caused by monsters.
This is to protect more humans.
Obik retracted his gaze from the distance, turned his head, stared at Chiba Cheng, a smile appeared on his face, and said: "Can I ask you a favor?"
"You said, as long as I can do it."
"I haven't seen the sun for a long time. I have forgotten what warmth feels like. I really envy you. You can walk freely in the sun, make friends, play everywhere, and..." Ao
The more Piccolo spoke, the lower his voice became, and the smile on his face became less and less, until finally his voice could no longer be heard, and no smile could be seen at all.
Chiba Cheng could feel his sadness, reluctance, helplessness, anger, hatred and despair. In fact, he didn't want to leave. In fact, he wanted to stay in the village named Hikono, in the starry night.
While listening to the murmuring of the stream, the chorus of frogs in the lotus pond, and the chirping of insects in the grass on the roadside, he set up his buckwheat noodle stall under the big tree next to the old stone bridge, entertaining travelers from all over the world. p>
What Obik loves deeply is the peaceful village, and what he is nostalgic for is the quiet life in the past.
But the old trees at the head of the village, the stream in front of the door, and the old stone bridge covered with moss have all been turned into high-rise buildings and mountain paradises over time, and even the people who live here have forgotten them.
, only Obik is still nostalgic for the disappeared Hikono Village, guarding this memory that belongs only to him in the quiet darkness.
But now even these few things left are about to be lost.
Strange towns, strange people, and that strange world, Obik has lost the meaning of existence. Although he has entered the 21st century, his heart has long been left in the lotus pond.
There are watchtowers and small villages with thatched houses.
"I..." Qianye Cheng felt as if his throat was blocked and couldn't say the word 'good'. After a long time, he said: "Actually, there are still many places in this world where the night is still dark, peaceful and silent. You
Okay...Okay..."
"Thank you for your kindness, but no need." Obik said with a smile on his face: "I have lived long enough. Fallen leaves will eventually return to their roots. Just let me stay where I was born." p>