The development of things is too strange...
On the way to the "Sage City", Jiang Zhou thought to himself.
These people were obviously shooting at me before, but they turned around and shouted around me in surprise, calling themselves "newcomers".
Not only that, as if they were distinguished guests, they also expressed that they must take them to the city where they live.
Then, before Jiang Zhou could react, he was half-pushed by everyone and walked onto the road leading to the city not far away.
The so-called kindness is hard to reject, and it means not to hit the smiling person - Jiang Zhou, who had originally planned to continue to threaten them, suddenly lost his energy.
"I'm really sorry for the previous offense. I thought it was the 'last man' who was causing trouble at first... I didn't expect you to be a newcomer."
Halfway through, the captain who had emptied the magazine earlier apologized very sincerely.
"It's nothing. It's not hurt anyway. It's just...what do new people and last people mean?"
Jiang Zhou first waved his hand to show that he didn't care, then asked curiously.
Previously, he had thought that "newcomers" were just "newcomers" in a literal sense. But after hearing the opposite term "last man", he felt that he had probably misunderstood it.
Upon hearing this question, the guard leading the way turned to look at Jiang Zhou, as if he was about to say something. As a result, the captain on the side just coughed slightly to remind him, and the man immediately turned his head back.
"The new people are the new people who come to our city, while the last people are the destroyers of order in our city, some very bad people."
It's that simple.
The captain replied - it sounded like something a primary school boy who grew up listening to fairy tales would say.
If I were a child who still believed in the real existence of "Ultraman", I would really believe your nonsense...
Therefore, Jiang Zhou thought about this answer.
But since the other party is unwilling to talk now, then it is not the right choice for me to continue to pursue this issue and not let go.
Therefore, Jiang Zhou planned to get closer first and then get closer.
Thinking of this, he asked politely:
"Excuse me, what is your name?"
"name?"
Regarding this question, the captain first repeated the word strangely, and after a long time, he confirmed as if he suddenly realized:
"Oh, oh, you mean, a special name used to distinguish the differences between each person, right?"
But this time, the person who felt confused was Jiang Zhou.
What is there to confirm?
Is this a difficult concept to understand?
Jiang Zhou nodded, and then the captain's answer shocked him completely.
"No one in Sage City has a name."
The other party replied in a serious tone.
"no name?"
"Is such that."
Jiang Zhou took a breath, and then asked:
"Then do you call each other by numbers or code names?"
"Neither does this."
"Then besides calling each other 'you', 'him', 'hello' and the like, how do you usually call each other?"
"I will use my current profession. For example, they will call me Captain of the Guard now."
"Then isn't this a code name?"
"This is just temporary. I may become the resident singer at night, and tomorrow the guard captain may be someone else."
"But why do that? It would still be troublesome, wouldn't it?"
"Because only in this way can people have absolute freedom."
"Absolute...freedom?"
"People will not be bound by personal relationships, nor will they be defined by identity. Everyone can do what they want to do and be who they want to be at any time."
When the guard captain explained this, there was a slight sense of superiority in his tone - just like the tone that "civilized people" would have when facing uncivilized "natives".
Jiang Zhou's thinking suddenly fell into chaos.
After being silent for a long time, he finally spoke:
“In other words, in your city, there is no private identity, only public identity?”
It's like a huge masquerade, with different professions acting as masks. Wearing different masks, you are the corresponding character, and the identity under the mask will always be a mystery to others.
If this is the case, then Jiang Zhou can probably understand why these guards guarding the city have little combat effectiveness - they were not sent here because they were qualified for the job, but because they had the desire to be guards. That's why I came here on my own initiative.
Become a guard just to realize their own value.
Regarding Jiang Zhou's summary, the guard captain said:
"Although this understanding is a bit too rough, you can roughly think so now... In addition, please do not say your name to anyone. In the City of Sages, names are meaningless. Let others Remembering who you are will only disrupt the order of the city."
The City of Sages is probably the name of this settlement of wanderers.
Obviously the residents here have no names, but this city has its own name.
Jiang Zhou thought sarcastically.
From this point of view, my previous speculation is correct - in such a place without the constraints of survival materials, people will spontaneously form a new order unprecedented in basic reality.
An order without personal identity.
During their conversation, everyone had arrived at the city gate.
The translucent girl from before was still following Jiang Zhou, and the others didn't show any sign of it. When Jiang Zhou had doubts about this, the other party said that it was not a big deal and that it would be solved properly when he went to the place called "Bacchus Bureau" later.
The captain of the guard said this, walked to the door and entered a series of passwords. After clicking "OK", a rotating tetrahedron projection appeared in front of everyone.
"Now is not the time to hand over the shift and report the situation."
A very mechanical voice came from the projection.
"We have discovered a new person wandering the plains and are now requesting the door to be opened to register with the Dionysian Bureau."
The captain said this with suppressed excitement.
The projection did not reply with a voice, but with an unlocking sound of "click", the gear parts on the door began to rotate, and the door slowly opened.
Three spider-shaped autonomous infantry fighting vehicles slowly crawled out from behind the door - it was obvious that they were actually the real guards of the city.
As soon as it showed its head, many sensors on the self-disciplined chariot began to scan Jiang Zhou's body - at least he felt that a magnetic field had scanned his body, focusing on the broad-spectrum energy core in his body.
"Category II exists, threat below warning line, entry permit has been obtained."
After the scan is completed, the projection says this. As soon as it finished speaking, the three self-disciplined infantry chariots moved out of the way, revealing the bustling city and bustling crowds they had previously blocked.
Are there so many people here?
Jiang Zhou was severely surprised - the number of people here completely exceeded his previous expectations.
"let's go."
Seeing this, the guard captain turned to look at Jiang Zhou and said:
"On the way to the Dionysus Bureau, I can explain to you the origin of this city."
There is another chapter later
(End of chapter)
