Vol 8 Chapter 49: Sacred fig leaf

Surprises in Sky City are endless.
The first thing that caught Booker’s attention was a variety of ingenious mechanical creations. The energy that drives these machines looks very strange, such as the mechanical carriage on the street, with a raised glass container on the back of the cart. Here is its energy core-a blue lightning ball. The rest of the mechanical bodies must have similar built-in energy cores, such as iron horses that are displayed intuitively are rare.
The hillbilly Mr. Booker secretly admired Colombia's advanced technology level, and the question also followed: Did these advanced technological creations bring a radical change in the lifestyle of Colombian residents?
The answer seems to be no. Mr. Booker asked the people passing by. They were all decent gentlemen and occasionally a few gentle and respected elderly people. From their words, in addition to praising the Prophet and the peaceful life in Colombia, their lifestyle, daily life Daily life, diet and other aspects are not much different from those on the surface.
Many mechanical creations are often just used as substitutes to make up for the disadvantages of the special environment 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 upgrade, but a last resort, because the area and land composition of Sky City are not enough to develop animal husbandry. This kind of overstretched condition that has been whitewashed by advanced technology is actually quite common.
Colombia's environmental carrying capacity is really quite average. Mr. Booker looks out from the square. The whole city is divided into five major districts. The central area where he is located is surrounded by four large floating islands with a total area of ​​about 300 square meters. About a kilometer, Mr. Booker compares the area of ​​each district to a Manhattan island. This calculation is of course very rough and inaccurate, but it can still give readers who have never seen Colombia an approximate reference.
Scarce land resources mean poor agricultural output, but the decent people Booker sees still enjoy abundant supplies, and they have no frugal character. The bakery will dump the inferior products directly into the trash can. And diners will directly abandon unsatisfied food. The rich Mr. Booker will not fall into the trash can, but if he is a poor beggar, he can easily find enough food here.
At first, Mr. Booker thought that Colombia’s supplies came from the surface and were obtained through air transport, but he heard from the residents that since 1901, the great prophet had severed all contact with the United States on the surface. The prophet no longer cared for the sinners of Sodom and let They fend for themselves!
Therefore, Colombia's materials are self-produced and sold, and the currency in circulation is still the U.S. dollar.
These bizarre phenomena indicate the polarization of wealth in the floating cities, and at the same time imply the suffering of the bottom of Colombia. The upper class enjoys excessive resources, and the wealth at the disposal of the lower class decreases accordingly. Booker hasn't seen them for a while, but he can imagine their lives.
Of course, he can lie to himself that in this holy city bestowed by God, everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, enjoys good living conditions, and does not have to worry about food.
But that is absolutely 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, would he have to learn from mankind how to build a social system?
Even if God is really mentally retarded, why is there so many guards in the Garden of Eden? These guards are equipped with firearms and a special magnetic revolver, which can be attached to the empty rail for rapid maneuvering. This type of social armed forces basically serves the power machine, and such a power machine is basically a tool for the ruler to oppress the ruled class. Booker DeWitt already knows the true colors of Colombia, and now all the glamorous things he sees are no different from fig leaves.
In addition to all kinds of mechanical creations, the other thing that surprised Booker was the ability.
How can there be no magic in Sky City? There are special potions of supernatural powers, which allow the drinker to gain superpowers.
There are many abilities and they are sold through vending machines, which greatly facilitates rich people like Booker. He carried a large sum of money with him, neatly 20,000 yuan. In the United States today, the estimated annual income of a family is about five hundred and seventy dollars. Booker has enough money to spend in Colombia for a long time, and he also brought two bags of gems as general equivalents. The auction price is about fifteen. Ten thousand dollars in early.
Today is indeed a special day. There are celebrating crowds everywhere, parading airships flying around the central floating island, carnivals and Colombia lottery exhibitions are being held in the main square. Of course, Mr. Booker is very interested in participating. He couldn't wait to dry the shoes and socks, so he had to go to the clothing store to buy them. It’s also a coincidence that when I first entered the store, I saw a sign: The owner went out to attend a party, and those who are interested in buying clothes, please check out by themselves.
Mr. Booker chose a suitable formal attire for himself. He also bought a pair of leather gloves and a staff of civilization. After the payment was settled, he went to the streets to visit the exhibition in a casual manner.
By coincidence, this Colombian prophet is clearly targeting the so-called "false shepherd" and will be shot if caught. The sign of the false shepherd is the scar with the word "AD" on the back of his hand. These features are clearly marked in On the street posters, and make the public always vigilant. Mr. Booker has such a scar on the back of his hand. It was carved by him in memory of his child Anna DeWitt. After seeing the poster, he was frightened and never dared to take the glove off.
Booker witnessed many wonders at the exhibition. The level of science and technology in Colombia is indeed higher than that on the ground, but it is not yet incomprehensible. The mechanical technology and biological transformation technology here are very good, and the level of gun manufacturing is also excellent. The organizer of the exhibition is Jeremiah Fink, the founder of Fink Industries, a tall and thin white male with a straight beard. He looks like 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.
"Sure enough," he muttered.
Blacks have no place in Colombia. They are regarded as inferior races and lowly animals. The white residents here even use attacking blacks as a recreational activity. This is the darkest shadow in the Garden of Eden, and Booker finally tore off Columbia's glamorous fig leaf.
While visiting, we continued to walk towards Memorial Island~EbookFREE.me~Mr. Booker once again saw the man and woman who sent him to Colombia. They didn’t know when they arrived in Sky City, but they didn’t see them paddling until recently. The sampan sailed into the sea.
They stopped Booker and asked him to toss a coin with the head on the front and the words on the back.
"Head? Or words?" The woman asked with a smile.
The man carried the blackboard on his back and counted the number of front and back. Booker noticed that the number of frontal heads was extremely high, while the number of back-faced characters 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 changed her hand to write a sum for the word column on the back of the statistics board. This is a solitary sum, but it is also a great breakthrough, because when the man turned around, the man behind him The blackboard is full, all of which are frontal heads.
Under what circumstances will a coin be thrown to get such a one-sided result? It stands to reason that this is an ordinary coin with uniform mass distribution. As long as it is thrown multiple times, the number of front and back sides will not be too far apart.
Either the men and women are playing mystery, or... or they are repeating a throw that happened at a certain point in time.
"Who the are you?"
Mr. Booker tried to stop the two of them, but the attempt failed. The two walked fast and disappeared as soon as they got into the crowd.
"Weirdo," Booker thought to himself, "mysterious enlightenment."
It’s not far from Memorial Island. Booker intends to get there as soon as possible. His heart is filled with an unspeakable sense of expectation, like a small thorn in his heart. A sour taste quickly turned into a relief. He is going to the Memorial Island like going to an eternal date, and what awaits him is a sweet unknown.
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