8pm, 10,000 meters underground (5,000 meters under the Pacific Ocean).
Tianpeng Liming and others arrived at a village, and everyone was really surprised by the beautiful scenery of the village.
Ancient roads, west wind, horses, small bridges, flowing water, and people’s houses. At first glance, it looks like a paradise.
But there are also some huge differences, that is, the houses in the village are not wooden. They are all made of metal, and some are very high. They are arranged according to rules and well-located, perfectly matching the surrounding brown-red trees.
Tianpeng was very curious and asked casually: "Why do the houses look like they are made of metal?"
"This village is bigger than you think. What you see is just a corner. There are also some houses made of stone or wood." Meng Yirou explained.
“Does that mean most people live in metal houses?”
"Pretty much, because metal houses are very convenient to live in."
"How convenient?"
"When you are free, you will find out when you go in, but for now you follow us to the garden, where the elders stay."
Tianpeng is very curious about what the garden is, but it is not good to ask too many questions now. It is better to follow them obediently, and it will be clear to him later.
On the way to the garden, all the dozen or so male and female villagers left the team to go about their own business. Only the village chief, Xia Zhen, and Meng Yirou were left to accompany Tianpeng and others to the garden.
It was very dark now, and all the large mining lamps on the rock wall above our heads were dimmed. But inside the village, there are still many small mining lamps burning. Along the way, there are some small miner's lamps lighting every few meters, and some miner's lamps are installed in lanterns.
"This simulation is really like on land, as if it's really night." Li Ming said in disbelief.
From the moment the group entered the village, they never stopped looking around, because there were so many interesting things and so many beautiful scenery.
The plants in the village are completely different from the forests outside. There are many kinds of plants here, and there are many green plants, giving people a sense of familiarity, as if they are back on land.
The roads in the village are very clean, and there is a robot cleaning every few hundred meters, even fallen leaves.
Although there are sweeping robots on land, they are not as flexible as them.
"This is the first time I have seen this kind of environment. There are flowers, trees, robots, and metal houses. They have all kinds of styles, and they can be matched so perfectly." Jiang Hao said with emotion.
When passing a large pond, Tianpeng saw a "small island" in the middle of the pond. There is a large wooden house on the island, and there are several six-tailed foxes at the door.
At this time, the little six-tailed fox that was walking next to Jiang Wei jumped lightly to the pond, and flew towards the central island on the water lilies on the water.
The radius of this large pond is about 300 meters. The little six-tailed fox's movements are light and neat, causing ripples in the water. At first glance, it looks a bit like Qinggong.
"Is that the little fox's home?" Li Ming asked Jiang Wei.
"Well, yes, the six-tailed fox is very rare now. Especially after the nine-tailed fox beast became extinct, the situation of the six-tailed fox is very worrying."
"What is a nine-tailed fox?"
"One of the four divine beasts. By the way, the Dragon King I mentioned before is also one of the four divine beasts."
"It seems that there is a lot of knowledge in this underground world. Jiang Wei, you have learned a lot." Li Ming touched Jiang Wei's head.
"Of course. I have been here for more than a month, but I have only scratched the surface. Do you know? The history of the underground world is about 100,000 years old, which is hundreds of times the history of mankind."
"It's really scary." Tianpeng said.
"Hey, is this underground world considered a prehistoric civilization?" Ni Lin said.
"I don't know." Jiang Wei didn't know the concept of prehistoric civilization.
"As you can tell, prehistoric civilization refers to the civilization before human history, which later became extinct. But the underground world has always existed, and it is not unique to prehistoric times." Jiang Hao said.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, can you stop being so literal-minded? Is it necessary to explain it so clearly?"
"Everyone, look over there." Li Ming pointed to the distance, above the center of the village. There was a light all the time, and there were some aircraft spraying water around the light.
"Those aircraft look very high-tech." Ni Lin said curiously.
"Have you forgotten?" Tianpeng reminded, "Xia Zhen said before that this universe was copied from the original universe. The original universe has reached interstellar civilization, so it is not unusual to have these high technologies."
"Have you figured out what's going on?" Li Ming asked.
"It's a rough idea, but it's not very clear. When we get to the garden, everything should be clear."
After more than ten minutes, the group finally arrived at the so-called garden.
It turned out that the glowing area that Li Ming pointed to before was this garden. This garden is no ordinary garden. It is huge and spectacular. The garden gate is carved from a majestic pillar with the words "Hanlin Garden" written on it. Before everyone enters, you can feel a strong cultural charm.
There is a large rockery in the center of the garden. In the middle of the rockery, there is a huge tower, with a golden light shining on the top of the tower.
"This garden has a function similar to that of a museum, but it will be more authoritative than the museum. It records the culture and history of the underground world, as well as the customs and characteristics of the village." Meng Yirou explained.
Entering the garden, the houses here are basically wooden structures. There are no metal buildings, and there is no smell of metal. Even the people sweeping the floor on the road are living people.
The people who sweep the floors are very young and are all children, both male and female.
"Why do you let children sweep the floor?" Li Ming asked confused.
"This is a compulsory course. They have to spend 100 days here and fully experience everything in the Hanlin Garden. Only in this way can they graduate from elementary school." Meng Yirou replied.
The group continued walking into the garden until they reached the large rockery.
After arriving inside the rockery group, there will be drizzle.
Li Ming looked up and saw that the flying robots overhead were sprinkling water.
"Why sprinkle water?" Jiang Hao asked Meng Yirou.
Now Jiang Hao and Ni Lin will ask Meng Yirou whenever they have questions. They think Meng Yirou is very gentle and always smiles when talking. Xia Zhen always speaks in a serious manner. To a certain extent, Xia Zhen's personality is slightly similar to Li Ming's. She won't do anything if she occasionally answers some questions, but if she keeps being asked, introducing and answering questions, Xia Zhen will become impatient. But Meng Yirou took the trouble and kept smiling.
"Sprinkling water is to lower the temperature, because the tower will continue to emit some weak energy, and over time, the surroundings of the giant tower will become a little hot. The continuous spraying of water can have a cooling effect."
"How many floors does this tower have?" Ni Lin asked.
"With a total of 28 floors, it is the tallest building in the entire village."
"What is this tower made of?" Jiang Hao also asked.
"Some metals, and some synthetic materials..."
Ni Lin and Jiang Hao asked more and more detailed questions, and the two of them kept circling around Meng Yirou.
Xia Zhen said helplessly to the village chief: "Yirou's character really needs to be changed. Those two people are getting more and more excessive. They ask questions fiercely."
The village chief still had a straight face and said expressionlessly: "The visitors are guests, let's give way on the first day, and don't always face them with a cold expression. This is very rude. "
Hearing this, Xia Zhen had a dark look on his face: "Village Chief, are you embarrassed to talk to me? It's you who keeps a straight face, as if others owe you something."
"Nonsense, do I have it?" The village chief stared at Xia Zhen with a serious expression.
When Li Ming and Tian Peng saw this scene, they almost couldn't control their laughter. Now they finally understand that the village chief is really a good person, but he is born with a serious face, which is difficult to change and to smile deliberately.
After walking for a few minutes, everyone came to the gate of the giant tower. There was a large open space in front of the gate, which was well greened. There were several old men sitting on the stone table playing chess.
All these old men have gray hair and wrinkled faces.
"Hao, how old do you think they are?" Ni Lin asked Jiang Hao quietly.
Because it was a bit impolite to discuss the old man's grade, Ni Lin didn't dare to say it loudly.
"I think he must be almost 200 years old." Jiang Hao replied softly.
Everyone walked forward again until they reached the gate of the giant tower.
There were several old men in white robes standing in front of the gate. They looked very old, but they stood very straight. The leader, an old man, also held a white scepter in his hand, with a golden gem engraved on the top of the scepter.
The village chief stopped in front of the old people and bowed to them. Immediately afterwards, Xia Zhen and Meng Yirou also bowed to the old people. Tianpeng, Liming, Jiang Hao and others were a little at a loss. They didn't know whether they should bow or not.
Xiao Jiang Wei suddenly bent down slowly and bowed to the old people. Tianpeng, Jiang Hao and others responded immediately and bowed to the old people.
Judging from this posture, everyone can basically guess that these old people must be the old people in the village.
The old man at the head had waist-length white hair. He slowly walked down the steps and came to the village chief with a scepter.
"Jumang, how did you deal with the swamp forest?"
"I didn't go hard on them." Village chief Gou Mang replied cautiously.
Ni Lin thought to himself: This village chief actually has people he is afraid of.
"Xia Zhen killed several Deinosuchus. This matter is big or small. Why are you so careless?"
Hearing this, Ni Lin immediately panicked, because the Deinosuchus incident was actually caused by Ni Lin accidentally.
"Great Elder, please don't worry. I have calmed down the anger of the Crocodile King. I let the Crocodile King bite off my arm." Ju Mang replied.
Li Ming, Tianpeng and others were shocked. It turned out that the village chief was not unable to defeat the Crocodile King, but deliberately let the Crocodile King bite off his own arm to appease the Crocodile King's anger.
The great elder looked at Ju Mang's arm, and there was still some blood stains on it.
"Well, just calm down. Thank you for your hard work. Come in, let the guests come in too." The great elder suddenly showed a kind smile.
