The conversation between Wim and Hilda made the people behind the car a little confused, but basically they could understand that the previous accident of the space-time accelerator had a certain impact on the foundation of this fragile society. Now there are many things happening in Irem society.
Questions. However, these are other people's housework. As a group of outsiders, Hao Ren and the others are not in a position to ask questions rashly.
The hover car was extremely fast, and it didn't take long to reach the center of the Island of the Rising Sun. After passing through an additional energy barrier and crossing the high wall, the towering spiers of the Airem Royal District appeared in front of the vehicle.
Flying towards one of the tall towers that looked no different from the surrounding ones, she landed smoothly on a semicircular platform extending from the upper part of the tower. Hilda opened the car door for everyone in person: "This is my home."
Lily looked at this large-scale spire curiously and muttered: "Hmm, it looks big."
Hilda smiled helplessly: "At least we don't lack living space."
At this time, several servant-like Irem elves came up quickly from the other side of the platform. Seeing the Queen who had been missing for many days seemed to make these servants quite excited. Each of their faces had joy from the bottom of their hearts.
and a sense of security, it can be seen that Hilda's popularity here is genuine. Hilda and Wim explained some things to these servants, and then introduced Hao Ren and his party to these people: "They are distinguished guests, arrange rooms for them and
take good care of."
"I'm going to hold an emergency meeting of elders," Hilda turned around again, "I'm sorry to have to leave you aside as soon as I get home, but it seems that some emergencies have occurred in my kingdom."
Lily responded with a buzz: "It's okay, it's okay, we can just play by ourselves. By the way, can I walk around?"
"Please feel free." Hilda smiled and nodded, then she and Wim got on the hover car and hurriedly left here.
A slender and young female elf stepped forward and motioned for Hao Ren to follow her: "Please allow me to take you to the guest room."
Under the leadership of the elf servants, everyone walked into the interior of the minaret, passed through the long, monotonous corridor and a series of elegant and simple arches to the place specially prepared for guests. Along the way, they met many curious elves. These palaces
The staff stopped to look at the new guests in strange costumes, but the onlookers quickly dispersed under the scolding of the young elf who was responsible for leading the way.
"Sorry, this is really unbecoming of the royal family. They are just too curious," the young elf nodded apologetically to Hao Ren.
After arriving at the middle of the minaret through a lifting device, they were taken to an oval-shaped hall with a circle of rooms distributed around the hall. This is the guest room area specially prepared for VIPs. The entire hall and all the surrounding rooms are allocated to
These are distinguished guests, so you can use them as you like. The young elf said goodbye to everyone in front of the elevator door: "Guests, please rest here. Food has been prepared in the cabinet at the end of the hall. A formal dinner will be served in the evening. If necessary
If so, you can press the green pager in the room or go directly to the royal guard in the elevator."
Hao Ren nodded repeatedly to express his understanding. After seeing off the elf girl, only he and a group of friends were left on the scene. Lily had been suffocated by the serious "royal atmosphere" here as early as halfway.
When she saw that the outsiders had left, she whined happily and circled Hao Ren several times. Then she started to wander around in various rooms. Vivian stretched her body and said, "She is the queen after all. The place she lives in is so big.
!”
"Well, their resources are tight, but they can still maintain a normal life after all." After saying this, Hao Ren walked around several rooms as curiously as Lily. He found that even the VIP rooms were actually furnished. It's very simple. They are all daily furniture whose usage and function can be seen at a glance. Tables, chairs, beds, etc. are obviously products of mass industrial production. The single style and lack of detailed decoration are enough to show that they are from some kind of Made on a low-cost assembly line. This is the salient feature of a resource-constrained subsistence society: social rulers may have more quotas than others, but they still use the same things as others. , all social resources come from cheap and fast industrial assembly lines. Special manual manufacturing processes and meticulous carving techniques have been completely eliminated.
However, Hilda's status as queen still makes this place have something special: some ornamental plants can be seen in the hall and every room. These vigorous green bonsais make these monotonous rooms somewhat lively. Irem Elves are a race that came out of the forest. They have indescribable feelings for plants. Although they have to lock themselves in efficient industrial machines in order to survive, they will still work hard as long as there is some way. Add a little green to the place where you live. Hilda's guardian tree man also explained that the traditional skills of the Erim elves are inseparable from plants - but it is estimated that this "luxury" traditional skill can only be used by the royal family and the Preserved among the nobility: the biodome is limited.
One end of the oval hall is an elevator, and the other end is a huge circular floor-to-ceiling window. From this angle, you can overlook a large area of the city. Hao Ren stood in front of the window and looked at the novel and otherworldly scenery outside, and looked at the dome above the city. Sprinkling the filtered bright sunshine, watching the gray-white city below gradually being coated with a layer of gold, watching various small aircraft shuttle under the gradually falling sunset. Vivian didn't know when she came to him: "Don't think about it. The terrible situation here. In fact, the scenery is quite good.”
Hao Ren nodded and said nothing. He was recalling what was said in the employee handbook, and tried to look at the whole thing with the attitude a reviewer should have: He had been carefully observing Ari since he landed on this floating island. Every detail of Mu Elf society. Understand this civilization and their current situation from the characteristics of their cities and the words and deeds of each person. As an outsider. And an outsider whose world view and race are completely different from the locals. , it is somewhat difficult to make these judgments, but this kind of observation is a required lesson for a prosecutor. He looked at the scenery outside and was silent for a while before raising his hand and poking at the data terminal in his pocket: "Give me a suggestion .”
"There is no suggestion. From now on, we will handle this matter with the standard process of a censor," the data terminal responded. "I just give you a reminder: Chief Raven said that you will have full authority to handle it. I hope you can understand." What she means. I hope you can use your own ability to solve this matter. Don't call the goddess for support or call other superior troops. Build up your own power and connections and solve all problems alone. This is a qualified review. The action ability that an official should have. In addition, the upper limit of action is that it cannot interfere with other civilized civilizations. Under no circumstances can you help a civilization that you have a preference at the expense of another civilization. In this regard, you cannot Personal likes and dislikes.”
Hao Ren chuckled and said, "Don't worry about the last thing. I know who you are. I can't find anyone even if I want to trick you."
Lily quickly walked around all the rooms. At this time, she started to feel hungry according to her unwavering biological clock. She remembered that the elf maid had mentioned that there was a food cabinet here before she left, so she ran to find it excitedly.
Food, and then dug out several small rectangular boxes from a metal cabinet not far away: "Is this food? It looks weird..."
She threw these small boxes on the table, and Hao Ren saw that inside these boxes were some strange... synthetic materials. Most of them were yellow or green rectangular bars, about as long as a finger, and they felt a little loose when pinched.
, Lily threw one into her mouth curiously, chewed it for a few times and then frowned: "It doesn't have any taste! It's just a little salty...just like a piece of chalk sprinkled with salt!"
"Have you ever eaten chalk?" Vivian glanced at her sideways.
Lily was not embarrassed at all: "I have eaten it before. When I saw the chalk for the first time, I was so curious that I took a bite. The taste is still fresh in my memory."
This girl inherited the fine tradition of her family from her parents, that is, no matter what rare thing she sees, she should take a few bites to taste it first...
Even Lily, who has never been picky about food, didn't like these synthetic foods that tasted like chalk, so she found another kind of food: it was a paste filled in a cylinder, which looked like cream and smelled a little bit.
It was sweet. Lily dug a little with her fingers and put it into her mouth with great expectations. However, after the first bite, the tail suddenly burst into fluffy flavors: "It tastes like organic oil!"
The data terminal floated out of Hao Ren's pocket and checked those things: "They are all chemical products, which can provide the energy necessary for carbon-based organisms, but don't expect taste and texture. Adding special taste and texture will definitely require a more complex production line.