0547 Chapter Twelve: The Not Eternal Dusk (Section Fourteen)
"What's wrong?" Justice asked with concern.
"The ship...the ship has escaped. We have no hope. We are going to be trapped and die on this island, swallowed by the darkness..." Gretel's eyes went straight, and he held his head in despair without concealing himself.
"The boat... escaped?" Sister A laughed at his incoherence: "You mean those people in Launceston decided not to wait for you and sailed away by themselves, right?"
"If that's the case...it's okay. At least the human fire is still there," Gretel showed a smile that was uglier than crying:
"The ship ran away on its own, and even took away the food reserves that had been loaded on the ship. The nearly 10,000 people in the shipyard... were all left behind."
"Even according to your common sense, man-made objects like ships are not the kind of things that have their own consciousness and can run away without anyone controlling them, right?"
Gretel gave Zhen Cheng a strange look and nodded.
"So tell me more specifically, what happened?" Zhen Cheng's face was full of curiosity.
"It's darkness," Gretel's voice trembled: "Darkness came earlier than we expected."
"Actually, I have been very concerned about it since just now. Can you speculate on the laws of darkness migration?" Ai Luogensi interjected.
"To be precise, I hope that Thetis will use long-wave radio communication regularly to inform the world of the analysis of dark trends." Gretel added.
"Like a weather forecast?" Alogans asked curiously, and then realized that weather forecasts were probably not something that the residents of the wasteland could understand.
Unexpectedly, Gretel immediately nodded: "Yes, it's like a weather forecast. The dark trends and probability of precipitation will be broadcast by Hope Thetis to survivors around the world.
However, the recent darkness has been very unusual, and they have not been able to accurately predict the situation on Tower Island for some time.
Otherwise, if it were like usual, we would not have suffered the fatal fate of encountering a swarm of mutated insects in the rain just now.
If we know that there will be large-scale rainfall in the next week, we can postpone the plan to go to Alpha Laboratory for reconnaissance.
In that case, everyone would stay in Launceston Port and even board the ship in advance. In that case, we would not be helpless when darkness falls and watch the ferry escape."
This answered Zhen Cheng's questions about population and birth and death rates. It's just...
"Didn't you say before that darkness is alive? If darkness has independent consciousness, how can you predict its movement?"
"I don't know," Gretel said frankly: "The specific method is only controlled by the four major forces. They are the only organizations among humans that still have research capabilities and spare efforts.
However, according to my experience, darkness is not like consciousness, but more like an instinct. Just like if you drop candy on the ground, ants will appear in swarms.
For those of us who are barely surviving, even if we cannot make sugar, we can still foresee that ants will appear in swarms just because we see sugar sprinkled on the ground.”
"I understand," Zhen Cheng obviously didn't need such a simple and straightforward metaphor. She asked directly: "What is white sugar?"
"I don't know," Gretel looked at Zhen Cheng with a strange look: "If we knew, we wouldn't need to rely on Hope Thetis' prediction."
He felt quite strange in his heart. This goddess looked very smart. Why would she ask again what she had just explained?
"What do you think?" Zhen Cheng turned to Sister A and Senior Sister Justice and asked.
"Huh?" Justice was very confused: "Between these, let's solve these people's problems first.
Darkness is about to fall, and they are now trapped on the island with nowhere to escape, and even the food they stored has been lost..."
As she spoke, she seemed to realize something was wrong, and raised her eyebrows and asked Zhen Cheng: "No, this will be your world, and they will all become your people. Why am I the one who is anxious here?
To be honest, have you already planned the solutions to all the problems? We... have been clearly arranged by your breeding method, and we are just waiting to work hard for you? "
"Hehe... How could I have the heart to arrange seniors like this?" Zhen Cheng scratched his head and smiled: "The only ones doing the hard work are seniors Cai and Sabu-chan."
"Okay! I know you magicians are full of calculations, but you don't have any good ideas!" Justice said angrily.
Since Zhen Cheng has long been determined to become the master and protect his home world, Zhen Cheng has of course made various arrangements in advance for the situations that the world may face.
The cultivation method was not learned in vain, she just didn't expect the opportunity to come so soon.
But speaking of it, it seems that the senior sister has never regarded herself as a member of the mage?
Zhen Cheng's eyes turned to Sister A.
The two of them had a clear understanding of each other. Helogenes blinked at Zhen Cheng and asked Gretel: "You have been following Hope Thetis' predictions before. Are they accurate?"
Gretel nodded in agreement: "I heard that the first few years were quite difficult. Ninety-nine percent of the earth's population died during that period. But as long as I can remember, I hope Thetis' weather forecast will be
Very accurate.
Although it cannot be said that there have never been deviations, things like what happened today, the darkness eroding the port and directly taking away the ferry, and the insect swarm in the rain without any warning...
These have never happened before. I think you all know that if it weren't for you, we might not have a few people alive today."
"That's it. The weather forecast has always been accurate, but now there is a sudden change." Ai Luogensi said with a smile:
"Then their method of predicting darkness must be related to different factors in the past when this misjudgment occurred."
Zhen Cheng took over the conversation: "And the only variables that have never appeared here before and may cause changes in the sky are - us."
When Gretel heard this, he was also shocked.
The relationship we have suffered such a big mistake this time is all caused by the goddesses in front of us?
However, his strong desire to survive did not let him say these words. Instead, he asked with a guilty conscience: "Then what should I do next?
Although humans have discovered ways to survive in the darkness, such a life is really..."
"I think Chengcheng must have made arrangements a long time ago, right?" Senior Sister Justice ruffled Zhencheng's hair with one hand and smiled like a cat. She confidently seemed to believe that everything was her fault.
"Who knows?" Zhen Cheng smiled mysteriously, without the majesty of a goddess at all: "Take us to see Launceston Port first." This chapter has been completed!