night.

Due to the lack of light pollution from city lights, the starry sky in the desert appears even brighter, and the constellations that are completely different from those on Earth form a colorful starry sky.

Lu Ban saw that there were some empty spaces in the starry sky.

From the perspective on Earth, these stars are definitely not on the same plane. They are the light from stars at different distances. Therefore, when you look up at the starry sky from Earth, you can see that the sky is full of stars with almost no gaps. You can however catch a glimpse of the dense sea of ​​stars in the Milky Way.

However, there are some obvious empty areas in the starry sky of the wasteland. In that area, no stars are lit, which seems extremely abrupt.

This situation easily makes people think of some inappropriate situations.

For example, all the stars in that area, no matter how far or near, were wiped out by some devastating force.

For example, in that area there exists a being so huge that it is unimaginable to humans, and its body blocks the starlight coming from that direction.

For example, this starry sky is originally fake, and the gap is just a system bug.

The lights gradually went out. There were two kinds of lights in the wilderness. The roads in the city used a special kind of insect. This insect emitted light like a firefly, but it could not fly. As long as it was put into a jar, it could maintain light. Every day, the city administrators would add food to these insects to ensure their survival.

In the wilderness, at least in Utopia, glass appeared very early. The thing that was least lacking here was various kinds of sand and soil. Although the quality of the glass produced after high-temperature melting and cooling could not be called excellent, it was at least transparent.

What most people use at home is the secretion of another type of insect, which can be ignited and burns quietly all night long.

Life in the wilderness is inseparable from insects.

“This is the dilemma facing the wilderness right now.”

Lu Ban said as he looked at the insect lamp lit in the room.

"Whether it is the Wildland Guards or the Yellow Sand Brotherhood, they have not realized the most fundamental problem, which is that most of the resources in the wasteland are based on the Zerg."

Whether it's food, daily necessities, fuel, or clothing, they're all bugs.

People rely on insects and their derivatives to survive to this day.

Lu Ban noticed that although there were oases and water sources in the city, there was almost no farming. Of course, the area of ​​the oasis was not large enough for large-scale agricultural planting. It was conceivable that the people in Utopia probably did not know how to farm.

The poor natural conditions made the residents of Utopia a nomadic people. They developed various uses for insects and lived their current life.

After all, compared to crops that are difficult to grow and have to compete with humans for water, insects are inexhaustible and more convenient. You just need to remove the heads and you can eat them. They taste like chicken and are crispy.

But the residents of Utopia did not expect that the day would come when all the bugs would be eaten up.

Now, after losing contact with the Old Ones, the number of insects in the wasteland will no longer increase.

Eat one, one less.

The ecology related to insects will collapse completely, and after the storm arrives, the environment of the entire world will undergo earth-shaking changes. If we cannot adapt to the upcoming changes and remain complacent, then there is only one path: destruction.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban also had some intuitive understanding of the "rules" of Utopia.

Most of the rules of utopia are for only one goal, which is to maintain the existence of utopia, and order is necessary to maintain the existence of this city.

Chaos and excessive freedom will only lead to degeneration, while absolute justice can ensure the normal operation of utopia. Therefore, utopia will choose the direction of justice.

But its rules cannot foresee the future, and cannot respond promptly to changes in the outside world. Therefore, even if giving up exploration will cause the utopia to collapse in the torrent of later times, this is not something that the current utopia can foresee.

After all, it is just a city with extraordinary power, not a god with life and consciousness.

"The storm is coming."

Feng Yu said.

What she was looking at was not the starry sky, but the intersection of the night sky and the sand dunes in the distance. There was nothing there, but a kind of anxiety that transcended physics spread over her, like the subtle sound of electricity echoing in her ears before a rainstorm.

Storms were also mentioned in Lu Ban's mission. It seems that Utopia will definitely experience a thorough downpour that will wash away all the old things.

At this moment, Lu Ban, who was looking in the direction of Feng Yu's words, discovered that in the night, there seemed to be a shadow stirring.

His [True Vision] told him that this was a human being and not a chosen one from some other alien realm.

He walked out the door, saw the figure and immediately wanted to escape.

Lu Ban did not hesitate. He directly materialized a silver revolver [Last Words] in his right hand and fired a bullet at himself.

He suddenly accelerated to the speed of a high-speed car and crashed into the other party.

Snap——

Lu Ban almost bumped into the wall, scaring the other person.

"Fuck!"

The man sighed and was unable to dodge.

Lu Ban discovered that the words he was expressing his feelings in were not the language of the wasteland, but the language of the Earth that he could understand.

The translation function of the Silent Land is to directly infuse the meaning of text and language into the head, while what the ears hear is still what the locals say, so Lu Ban can tell that the other person is from the same place as him.

He looked at the other person. The man was obviously frightened by Lu Ban, but he quickly got into a stance and prepared to escape.

Lu Ban naturally did not give the other party a chance to escape, and simply reached out and grabbed him.

The man tried to struggle and wanted to shake off Lu Ban's hand, but he suddenly found that Lu Ban's hand was as flexible as rubber and it wrapped around his arm. The hand continued to wrap around his body like a long snake, making him unable to move.

"Hurry, hurry and help me..."

The man uttered a few words from his throat, and it seemed that he had companions and was asking them for help.

Feng Yu, who was chasing after him, saw another figure appear behind Lu Ban.

The figure seemed to grow out of the shadow of the house and blend into the night.

Feng Yu was just about to do something when he discovered that the human figure formed by the shadow was very petite, like a young girl.

It came to Lu Ban's side, and the light from the stars and bug lights illuminated its appearance.

She was a girl with a stunning appearance, whose mere presence was enough to make one forget to breathe.

She looked at Lu Ban, then looked at the person caught by Lu Ban, and made a sound.

"What a coincidence, you are here too?"

"?"

Lu Ban looked at Bao Bao, who was wearing cool clothes like a dancer, and a question mark popped up in his head.