Time seemed to have frozen, and no one spoke.
It wasn't until the elevator made an urging sound that the crew walked out of the elevator under the leadership of Guo Fan.
"Welcome to the dungeon. Before entering the city, come and try the gifts I prepared for everyone!" I don't know if it was the reason for staying in the dungeon for a while, but everyone could clearly feel Jiang Chen's happiness when he saw them.
It was rare for Jiang Chen to be so enthusiastic that everyone was embarrassed to refuse him. Guo Fan was even more surprised and said: "Gift? Show me quickly!"
Guo Fan thought Jiang Chen had developed some new gadget, so he stretched his neck and looked into Jiang Chen's hand.
Jiang Chen held up the white jar in his hand and said, "Of course it's the big durian-flavored earthworm! I improved the texture of the earthworm's meat, and now it tastes very rich!"
After speaking, Jiang Chen enthusiastically placed the can in front of Guo Fan and looked at Guo Fan expectantly.
Guo Fan was originally very resistant, but when he saw Jiang Chen's shining eyes, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and resignedly picked up a black and brown earthworm stem from the jar.
Guo Fan took a look under the light of the underground city and found that the earthworm stems were long and flat, just like duck intestines, with some cracks and small bulges on them.
Guo Fan always felt as if the earthworms would come alive in the next second. He didn't dare to take a closer look and immediately stuffed the earthworms in his hand into his mouth.
The crew members all stared at Guo Fan's face curiously, trying to find any clues to prove the taste of dried earthworms.
"Is it delicious, Director Guo?" Huang Kun couldn't help but ask.
Guo Fan chewed slowly, the expression on his face slowly changed from confusion to joy, and his eyes immediately showed a bright light.
"Not to mention, it tastes really delicious! It combines the durian flavor and the dried meat very well, without any earthy smell at all!"
Hearing Guo Fan's fierce praise, Huang Kun took the lead in taking the can from Jiang Chen's hand and couldn't wait to share it with the people around him.
The crew members put the dried earthworms into their mouths with great anticipation, and then their expressions froze. The more they chewed, the more ugly their faces became. Some people's faces wrinkled up like chrysanthemums by the end.
"Director Guo, do you think...this is delicious?" Zhao Jinmai couldn't bear it any longer and asked a soulful question.
Guo Fan's eyes rolled up, with a proud expression on his face. He said, "If I said it wasn't delicious, you would have missed an opportunity to taste dried earthworms!"
Crew:…
When everyone looked at Guo Fan, they always felt that he was like a fox who had succeeded in playing a prank.
It makes people love and hate it.
Wu Dan stood aside, thinking that he was lucky not to be fooled by Guo Fan.
"Brother Ga, why don't you eat?" Wu Ga didn't feel lucky for a long time before Jiang Chen noticed him.
"Well, I don't like durian, so I won't eat it." Wu Dan thought he had found a perfect excuse, but the considerate Jiang Chen immediately said something that frightened him:
"Don't you like durian? Then I will develop other flavors in the future!"
Wu Gan: ...No need to.
"Academician Jiang, shouldn't we just eat this when we live here?" Huang Kun's stomach started to churn when he thought of the smell just now.
He felt that he really couldn't stand eating dried earthworms again.
"If you don't like eating, you can choose nutritional injections or nutritional blocks. One meal will keep you full for three days." Jiang Chen was like a salesman, sparing no effort to promote his products.
"I still want to eat meat." Zhao Jinmai said what the crew members were thinking, and everyone looked at Jiang Chen.
New needs have come.
Jiang Chen knew that he couldn't satisfy them just by fucking with earthworms, so he could only agree: "Okay, I'll study it some more, and now I'll show you around first."
The crew followed Jiang Chen around the corner and found that the scene in front of them suddenly broadened.
The deserted streets are filled with bright neon lights, and the lights reflect on the ground, forming a bright picture.
The rainbow-like neon lights are blooming, giving people a feeling that this place is very lively.
At one end of the street, staggered upward elevators connect the buildings on both sides of the street, like a road leading to the sky, twisting upwards, all the way to the high-rises with no end in sight.
"Not far ahead is a small square. The entire underground city is centered on the midpoint of an engine and spreads out in a circle, just like the one, two and three rings in many of our cities."
Jiang Chen began to introduce the situation in the underground city.
"Then what should we do if we usually have to go somewhere far away? Should we drive or ride a bike?" Huang Kun looked at the scene around him and felt a little scared for no reason.
"We are in an underground city now. The situation is different from the situation on the ground. The houses here are more crowded, so in order to avoid transportation taking up too much space, we basically use public transportation here - trams."
Jiang Chen led them to continue walking forward, and before long they saw an open-top tourist bus that they usually see in tourist attractions.
"Ah? Is this the only way I can usually ride?" Zhao Jinmai looked at the tram curiously and couldn't help but sit on it.
"It's almost the same. If there is special need, we can provide a motion sensing car, but this is rare and it is not recommended to use it."
When Jiang Chen considered incorporating motion sensing cars into transportation, it was just to meet the needs of special groups of people. For the general public, it is better to use public transportation.
The time has not come yet, so Jiang Chen doesn't intend to explain too much to the crew. He leads a group of people and starts walking towards the place where they live.
Because except for the occasional workers and experts, the entire underground city only had automated machinery at other times, so Jiang Chen arranged the crew in a room on the first ring.
"Wow, this room is really small. The bed is only one meter wide!" Huang Kun exclaimed.
He tried to lie down on it, but fortunately, he was still on the bed and didn't fall out half of his body.
The crew looked surprised, picked up their luggage and walked into the room.
The happy look made Jiang Chen think that they were all here for a trip.
Jiang Chen, who was confused, stopped Guo Fan who was about to enter the room and asked: "Director Guo, how did you convince everyone? Why do I feel that they are quite happy?"
Guo Fan glanced at the people around him mysteriously and said in a low voice: "I told them, if there is anything fun in watching the construction site from above every day, why not come and experience the dungeon immersively?"
"I told them this was an opportunity for a closed beta test to truly experience life in the underground city. As soon as I told them, they agreed and wanted to come down one by one to become residents of the underground city."
After Guo Fan said this, the topic changed.
"Academician Jiang, do you think this planetary engine will really light up after a while?"
(End of chapter)
