Chapter 1,686 Bruce Wayne and the Philosopher's Stone (1)
After several years of municipal renovation, the flooding of dense ice underground in Gotham has been greatly improved. Most of the high-quality dense ice has been transformed into commercial cold storage. A major feature of the cold storage building materials is thermal insulation.
, which can ensure that all the air-conditioning is condensed in the cold storage and will not leak out, so the overall temperature drop in Gotham City has improved.
Since Lex Luthor's Gotham Sun Project has made good progress, Gotham now gets an average of two hours of sunshine every day, usually once at ten o'clock in the morning and once at three o'clock in the afternoon.
And because the method of letting Gotham bask in the sun is relatively crude, it uses a large amount of energy to expand the angel's aperture and briefly disperse the dark clouds gathering over Gotham. The more times you do this, many of the dark clouds are squeezed into the outer circle.
, the thickness and gathering speed of clouds are much slower than before.
This resulted in Gotham having at least three to four hours of direct sunlight every day, and the direct consequence of this was that Gotham began to have four distinct seasons like the metropolis.
In the past, because there was almost no direct sunlight and it rained all year round, Gotham was very cold and humid all year round. If I had to make an analogy, the climate was closer to that of the Scottish Highlands.
In the first summer after Gotham returned to the sunshine, Gotham ushered in a real midsummer. The highest temperature exceeded the peak in twenty years, and the average daily temperature finally reached the average summer temperature of East Coast cities.
These are Gothamites who are no different from vampires in suffering.
The cold mist that used to linger on the corners of clothes and hair has turned into rising hot steam. Once you sweat, they become one of the accomplices of the clothes sticking to the skin, and the residual warmth left by the direct sun
, not only heats up the pavement and walls, but also makes everyone seem to be wrapped in a hot cocoon. No matter where they go, they can't escape the terrible sweltering heat.
Gothamites, who are not afraid of anything, are also having a hard time enduring the bitter summer. The only remaining air conditioner inventory in the city has been sold out overnight. There is no queue for air conditioner installation. It is too hot in their own homes. Gotham people are full of tricks, and some go to large-scale shopping malls.
Shopping malls and supermarkets were enjoying the air-conditioning, and some gathered on the floor of the large cold storage to feel the temperature of the cold storage that was leaking out.
There are also ruthless people who dig tunnels under their homes and share the side of the nearest cold storage to build themselves a completely natural summer room without having to pay electricity bills. Some people also take advantage of their jobs and ask the cold storage maintenance personnel for a piece of damaged structure.
Put dense ice in the house and let it melt and absorb heat to cool yourself down.
But no matter how many ways to escape the heat, most of them require staying in a designated place. If you go out on the street, it will still be very hot. People in Gotham who have never experienced this kind of climate will feel like they are wilting in the sun.
The eggplants, who are pregnant, stay at home on their own and never go out unless they have nothing to do.
What is extremely rare is that all the gangs in Gotham were shut down almost overnight. Everyone went back to their homes to find ways to cool off. After all, it is not a big problem to shoot each other passionately on the street and get shot twice, but it is really
If you suffer from heat stroke, Gotham Hospital, which has no experience in dealing with it, may not be able to rescue you.
In such a sunny midsummer, Gotham became surprisingly quiet, and as the saying goes, when humans leave, the wonders of thousands of species will naturally recover.
Unknowingly, there began to be a faint buzz of insects in the steel forest, the Gotham River began to become more turbulent with the arrival of the flood season, and crabs and crustaceans began to appear in the sediment accumulated at the mouth of the sea.
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After the adults all went home to escape the summer heat, the city became a paradise for children. Teenagers never knew how hot or cold they were, and had the most fun in the world. After the gangs were shut down, there was no longer so much work to do, and
Without the hail of bullets that may be encountered at any time, children playing and playing can be seen everywhere on the river beach and in the river.
Apart from the children, the happiest people are the local tourists. For Gothamites, the temperature is almost killing people, but for others, Gotham is still a rare summer resort.
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The gangsters are no longer hiding, and many streets and alleys that were previously inaccessible can now be visited. More importantly, under the coordination of Mayor Roy, Gotham's prime beaches have begun to open to tourists one after another.
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It's actually hard for Gotham people to understand why someone would go to a certain place to bask in the sun. In the past, Gotham's beaches could not be used to bask in the sun.
Without strong sunlight, going to the beach will only result in a more humid sea breeze and a not-so-pleasant sea smell. Even the gangster families who control these beaches only regard them as property to guard them. No one will
I specially went to the beach to blow the cold wind to make myself miserable.
But in the eyes of outsiders, this is a golden coastline like a treasure. In addition to the excellent sand quality of the beach, few people set foot on it, and the original ecological state it brings is also satisfactory enough.
Because Gotham has a river that flows into the sea, the shape of the bay is more rugged than that of Metropolis. It is not suitable for swimming and fish farming, but it has given rise to another more suitable sport, which is surfing.
In the eyes of surfers, this bay environment and wind strength are simply a treasure they dream of. The strong sea breeze, which is disliked and disgusted by countless Gotham locals and gang leaders, has also made many sailing experts even more powerful.
Along the entire east coast coastline, all the beaches in most cities that have access to the sea have been completely developed.
The year-round tourism and commercial activities inevitably make it crowded and disturbed. Most of them are family tour groups with children. Each person brings a swimming ring floating around in the sea. These professional sports enthusiasts need space for exercise.
It is becoming smaller and smaller, and Gotham is the last piece of pure land on the east coast that they have excavated in recent years.
Most of the people who dare to travel here are young people. There are almost no tour groups with elderly people and children who come to Gotham to find something to do. The cultural atmosphere in places where young people gather will be more lively and tolerant, with various small businesses.
Multicultural enthusiasts are more likely to be accepted.
In addition to authentic gangsta rap, there soon became a group of street graffiti enthusiasts, a group of surfing-level marine extreme sports enthusiasts, a group of sand and beach art enthusiasts, a group of public space structure creators, and other niche cultures.
Favor of the group.
The gangsters who were almost faded by the sun retired from the streets. These special niche enthusiast groups naturally took to the streets. The cultural atmosphere they brought began to gradually affect some local young people, and geniuses appeared in the city of Gotham.
The probability of being an artist is very high, and gradually Gotham's street culture atmosphere begins to become active.
Coupled with the economic growth brought about by the gang's logistics industry, cold chain transportation industry and various small vendors controlled by the gang, many people have some spare money in their hands and naturally do not have to work hard to make a living every day. Once people are free, they can
Weird creations emerge one after another.
In addition to crime, the crazy little minds of the people of Gotham, which are soaked by rain, do have some other fantastic ideas. However, they were unable to be realized due to the public security environment and economic conditions before. Now they are satisfied with both.
During this time, Gotham has seen many public space works that shocked the world.
After Clark came to Gotham to shoot Batman, he took a few pictures of the weird sculptures made by Gotham people and became popular. Many art media that paid attention to this aspect began to turn their attention to Clark.
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Gotham is once again a small hit, and with the enthusiastic recommendation of many niche art enthusiast groups, the fire has begun to burn more and more. As the saying goes, where there is a hot spot, there will be traffic. Many reporters, enthusiasts and people just want to catch up.
Popular Internet celebrities have also begun to flock to Gotham under the banner of exploring this weird city.
But this has caused another problem, that is, there are already a lot of people in Gotham. Foreign tourists have poured in in large numbers, and transportation and business have been overwhelmed. As the Internet celebrity effect becomes stronger and stronger, Gotham has begun to
An unprecedented and terrifying traffic jam.
In the past, Gotham's traffic jams were due to confusing traffic rules and poor traffic enforcement, but this time it is indeed not the fault of the infrastructure and management. It is simply that the number of road traffic has completely exceeded the limit of the city's transportation facilities.
Roy hurriedly called everyone together for a meeting. The invitees included professors, teachers, and even outstanding students from all related majors at Gotham University, relevant practitioners of Wayne Group, gang leaders, and even
They are magicians who have just arrived in Gotham.
In short, Roy said that no matter who can find a way to solve the current problem of Gotham's traffic paralysis, the Gotham City Government will fully cooperate.
But after much discussion, there is only one conclusion that can be reached, and that is that Gotham's rotten public transportation is fully responsible.
What is the concept of a megacity with a population of nearly 10 million that has almost no bus lines? What is the concept of a mega-modern city on the East Coast that has only two subway lines in total? These two lines were built by the original Europeans
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Let’s just put it this way. The environment in the Gotham subway station is like this. The Joker holds explosives and lets Batman choose to go to the boat instead of going to the densely populated subway. You can know that this place has reached the level of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
After carrying the train all night long, I would spit when the sewer mermaid came.
As a result, the focus of Gotham City's next development has returned to the transportation issue. In order to continue to develop tourism, accept more people, and allow all walks of life in the city to serve tourists more efficiently, Gotham people have to unite again.
, strive to establish efficient public transportation facilities for this city.
But obviously, distant water cannot quench the near thirst. If such a large city wants to comprehensively reform the public transportation system, I am afraid it will not be completed in ten or eight years.
Tourists continue to pour in, and gangs also have logistics and transportation needs. If this problem is not solved quickly, tourists and gangs will become opposites again, and the win-win situation that everyone has worked so hard to create will return to its original point. This is something Roy can never accept.
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In order to solve this problem quickly and easily, I am afraid that some extraordinary measures must be taken, so Roy turned his attention to magical magic.
In other words, it is mainly invested in the mysterious green power that magicians want to use to build the earth's magic defense network.