Chapter 1082

There are endless surprises in the sky city.

What first attracted Booker's attention was all kinds of ingenious mechanical creations. The energy driving these machines looked very strange. For example, there was a raised glass container on the back of the mechanical carriage and iron horse in the street, which carried its energy core - a blue lightning ball. Other mechanical bodies must have similar built-in energy cores, which are rarely intuitively displayed such as TieMa.

Mr. Booker, a hillbilly, secretly admires Colombia's developed technical level, and questions follow: have these developed scientific and technological creations brought a complete change in the lifestyle of Colombian residents?

The answer seems to be No. Mr. Booker asked the passers-by that they were all decent gentlemen and ladies, and occasionally there were several gentle and respected elderly people. From their words, in addition to praising the prophet and the peaceful life in Colombia, their lifestyle, daily life and diet were not very different from the surface people.

Many mechanical creations are often used as substitutes to make up for the special environmental disadvantages of sky city. For example, the common mechanical carriage on the street is only used to replace the ground carriage. This is not a spontaneous technological upgrading, but a forced compromise, because the area and land composition of sky city are not enough to develop animal husbandry. This kind of overstretched by advanced technology is actually quite common.

Colombia's environmental carrying capacity is quite average. Mr. Booker looks out from the square. The whole city is divided into five major districts. His central district is surrounded by four large floating islands, with a total area of about 300 square kilometers. Mr. Booker compares the area of each district to that of a Manhattan Island, Of course, such calculation is very rough and inaccurate, but it can still give readers who have not seen Colombia an approximate reference.

Scarce land resources mean poor agricultural output. However, these decent people buck saw still enjoy rich materials, and they have no frugal character. Bakeries will directly pour inferior products into dustbins, and diners will directly abandon dissatisfied food. Rich Mr. Booker will not be reduced to turning the trash can, but if he is a poor beggar, it is easy to find delicious food here.

At first, Mr. Booker thought that Colombia's materials came from the surface and were obtained through air trade. However, according to the residents, since 1901, the great prophet has cut off all exchanges with the surface United States. The prophet no longer cares for the sinners of Sodom. Let them live and die!

Therefore, Colombia's materials are produced and sold by itself, and the currency in circulation is still the US dollar.

These strange phenomena show the polarization of the wealth of floating cities, and also suggest the suffering of the bottom people in Colombia. If the upper class people enjoy excessive resources, the wealth that the lower class people can control will be reduced accordingly. Booker didn't see them for the time being, but he could imagine their life.

Of course, he can deceive himself that in this holy city given by God, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, enjoys good living conditions, and doesn't have to worry about food.

But that's impossible. When God created the garden of Eden, the capital employment system was far from being born. If the old man Jehovah planned to build a garden of Eden Plath, would he have to learn from mankind how to build a social system?

Even if God is really retarded, why do we need so many guards in the garden of Eden? These guards are equipped with guns and a special magnetic suction runner, which can be adsorbed on the empty track for rapid mobility. This kind of social armed forces basically serve the power machine, and such a power machine is basically the tool for the ruler to oppress the ruled class. Booker DeWitt already knew the true face of Colombia, and now everything he saw was just like a fig leaf.

In addition to all kinds of mechanical creations, another thing that surprised Booker was power.

How can sky city be without magic? Here are special power potions that give drinkers super powers.

Powers are diverse and sold through vending machines, which greatly facilitates rich people like Booker. He carried a large sum of money with him, a neat 20000 yuan. In today's United States, a family's estimated annual income is about $570. Booker's money is enough for him to spend a long time in Colombia. In addition, he also brought two bags of gemstones as general equivalents, and the auction price is about $150000.

Today is indeed a special day. There are jubilant crowds everywhere. Parade airships fly around the central floating island. There are carnivals and Columbia lucky draw exhibitions in the big square. Of course, Mr. Booker is very interested in participating. Unable to dry his shoes and socks, he had to go to the clothing store to buy them. Coincidentally, as soon as I entered the store, I saw a sign: the shopkeeper went out to the party. Those who want to buy clothes please check out by themselves.

Mr. Booker chose a proper suit for himself and bought a pair of leather gloves and a civilized stick. After paying off the payment, he went to the street to visit the exhibition.

Coincidentally, the Colombian prophet was clearly targeting the so-called "false shepherd" and would be shot if caught. The sign of the false shepherd was the scar with the word "ad" on the back of his hand. These features were clearly marked on street posters and made the people vigilant at all times. Mr. Booker had such a scar on the back of his hand. He engraved it in memory of his child Anna DeWitt. After reading the poster, he was frightened and would never dare to take off his gloves.

Booker witnessed many wonders at the exhibition. Colombia's scientific and technological level is indeed higher than that on the ground, but it is not incomprehensible. The mechanical technology and biological transformation technology here are quite excellent, and the firearms manufacturing level is also excellent. The exhibition was hosted by Jeremy Fink, founder of Fink industries, a tall, thin white man with a moustache with a cocked beard. His appearance was a typical businessman. There are many games in the exhibition. What makes Booker particularly sensitive is that the target enemy set in the shooting game here is called the revolutionary army, and the leader is a black woman named Daisy Fitzroy“ Indeed. " He muttered. Blacks have no place in Colombia. They are regarded as inferior ethnic groups and cheap animals. White residents here even attack blacks as an entertainment activity. This is the darkest shadow of the garden of Eden, which also makes Booker finally pull off Colombia's bright fig leaf. While touring, Mr. Booker continued to walk in the direction of the memorial island. Mr. Booker saw the man and woman who sent him to Colombia again. They didn't know when they arrived at sky city. It was not long ago that he saw them rowing a sampan into the sea. They stopped Booker and asked him to flip a coin, head on the front and words on the back“ a head? Or words? " The woman asked with a smile. The man carried the blackboard on his back and counted the times of front and back. Booker noticed that the number of heads on the front was very high, while the number of words on the back was zero. So he tossed the coin and dropped it on the tray in the woman's hand“ It's a word! " The woman exclaimed and turned her hand to write down the words on the back column on the statistical board. This was a lonely stroke, but it was also a great breakthrough, because when the man turned around, the blackboard behind him was full of heads. Under what circumstances can you throw a coin and get such a one-sided result? Logically speaking, this is an ordinary coin with uniform mass distribution. As long as it is thrown many times, the number of times on the front and back will not be too far apart. Either the men and women are playing tricks, or... Or they are repeating a throw at a specific point in time“ Who the hell are you? " Mr. Booker tried to stop them, but failed. They walked so fast that they disappeared as soon as they got into the crowd“ Strange man, "Booker thought," mysterious enlightenment. " Not far from the memorial Island, Booker planned to arrive there as soon as possible. His heart was filled with an unspeakable sense of expectation, such as a small thorn in his heart. He kept poking him gently, making a sour smell in his chest, which soon turned into relief. He wants to go to the memorial island like an eternal date, waiting for him is the sweet unknown.