Abyssal Wanderer

Chapter 134 NO.0085: Utopia

This is a beautiful city like a dream.

The sky is clear blue, and the bright sun hangs quietly in the corner of the sky. While she brings just the right amount of warmth to passers-by, she doesn't make them dazzle their eyes when they raise their heads inadvertently.

The streets are bright and tidy, but not overly prescriptive and depressing—there are precisely calculated irregularities and imperfections everywhere, making them appear more real than real.

On both sides of the street, there are rows of exquisite single-family buildings. The style of each building is different-whether it is the traditional heritage originating from the world's major cultural sources, or the industrial aesthetic brought by the extreme practicality of hyper-futurism, if it is not to say what they have in common , that is, their artistic value is inestimable.

As for the people here, Jiang Zhou saw a girl with eyes as bright as stars reading the original woodcarved version of "Divine Comedy" under the willows swaying in the breeze; The solemn old man was talking about German classical philosophy with a cheerful young man wearing a cotton T-shirt under the umbrella outside the coffee shop; he also saw a child chasing a red dragonfly on the grass with bare feet, and a child not far away The mother who smiled and told him not to fall...

Every passer-by he met had genuine happiness on his face from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Zhou feels that every picture he sees is worth painting a full-color oil painting, writing a sonnet for it, and composing a brisk march for it.

And every pedestrian he met along the way, when they saw him, would smile and nod sincerely and friendly, and say hello to him.

"It feels unbelievable, doesn't it?"

The captain of the guard who led the way for Jiang Zhou asked so.

Immediately, without waiting for Jiang Zhou's answer, he continued:

"In order to prevent a common misunderstanding, I have to make it clear that happiness must include the definition of what is happiness. Along the way, everyone you meet has the same cognition as you and me. There is not much difference between them. Therefore, their happiness does not come from ignorance and stupidity deliberately maintained by lies, nor does it rely on any psychedelic manipulation.

"That is to say, everyone you see is maintaining free will, feeling extremely sober and happy..."

"clang!"

A burst of gongs and drums resounding through the sky covered the words behind the captain of the guard, and at the same time startled countless sparrows on the tree to run into the sky.

Jiang Zhou looked in the direction of the voice, it was a mighty parade. Men, women and children in fancy costumes beat, play and pluck all kinds of musical instruments, singing along the winding road paved with stone slabs.

And the previously startled sparrows were hovering over the parade at this moment, chirping in harmony with them.

Some people in the team were waving colorful flags, and some people set off fireworks towards the sky during the daytime—although the gorgeous fireworks could not be seen under the sun, the ribbons that fell after the fireworks exploded were like a celestial maiden scattering flowers , sprinkled on the heads of the procession.

In the line, several children kept jumping, trying to reach out and catch the gorgeous ribbons that were floating down.

Because it is led by a float, the parade moves very fast. When the team passed by them, many people in the team enthusiastically invited them to join in. During the period, there was even a beautiful girl who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, put a wreath around Jiang Zhou's neck with a shy expression, and then wanted to drag him directly into the team.

"Sorry... this gentleman is a newcomer, and I have to take him to the Dionysus Bureau to register."

Regarding this warm invitation, the captain of the guard refused.

And his words made the originally noisy parade quiet for several seconds. Immediately, the crowd erupted into cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Most people blushed with excitement, many men and women hugged and kissed together, and some even shed tears. Afterwards, everyone in the team offered Jiang Zhou the most sincere blessings he had ever heard in his life, and then, the team sang the beauty of life, and went away more noisy than before.

"The parade is really wonderful... After the parade is over, there will be dinners and parties. Apart from the carnival day, this is probably the most lively event."

Looking at the parade going away, the captain of the guard couldn't help sighing.

And Jiang Zhou, who had previously avoided the girl rushing up to kiss him, asked with lingering fear:

"So... are all the people here so enthusiastic and open?"

The long guard who took his eyes off the parade said:

"There are also people who like to be quiet, but most of those people live in Beicheng District. Let's continue... Where did we just say?"

"People here are happy from the bottom of their hearts. Their happiness is not based on lies or illusions... So, how is this utopia built?"

Jiang Zhou asked.

Utopia, this is the most intuitive impression this city brought to Jiang Zhou.

The captain of the guard nodded.

"I won't say much about what happened before I came to Narcissus Plain. After all, every wanderer lost in the abyss and dark net has his own past. And the city of sages in the past is not like what you see today. Rather, it is simply the opposite of all good things, a place full of ugliness and sin."

Even Sodom and Gomorrah can be regarded as the light of civilization compared with this place.

As the captain of the guard said, he stopped his footsteps and looked into the distance—it was a landmark building in the center of the town. Its shape looked a bit like the ancient Roman Colosseum, but its scale was larger.

He looked at the landmark building, as if he was recalling something, and then slowly said:

"In the beginning, each of us was afraid that our deep diving device outside would malfunction, or be turned off artificially, and give our brain a hot swap... The body in the base reality is always extremely fragile.

"As a result, almost everyone lives in the anxiety of precariousness. So, naturally, the idea of ​​instant gratification has become the mainstream - enjoying as much pleasure as possible before dying has become the choice of most people.

"And this has also become the beginning of countless disasters."