SHEEP

Because they participated in the follow-up arrest of the ISSAC incident, Pei Xiangjin and Yu Yili also recognized the goat. They looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to speak for a long time.

"Excuse me..." Yu Yili was stunned for a long time before he could sort out his words, "Excuse me, this statue...?"

"This is our god." The mother-in-law clasped her hands together, closed her one eye, and prayed devoutly in front of the statue, "May God forgive our sins."

As soon as the words fell, the villagers behind them also prostrated themselves on the ground and saluted the statue.

This feeling of irrelevant clues suddenly connecting into a line in his mind made Yi Heye feel extremely at a loss. He looked at the statue and then at the villagers. He had a lot of questions to ask, but what? Can't even ask.

Fortunately, Pei Xiangjin was always the calmer one. He patted Yi Heye on the shoulder, signaling him not to be too obvious, and then began to talk very naturally.

"May I ask, what is the name of this god? Is there any reason?" Pei Xiangjin said with a smile, "I have studied religion in university, and this is the first time I see this kind of god, and I am a little curious."

The mother-in-law has a good temper, even though the question was really offensive, she still explained very patiently: "This is the goat god, who is in charge of the suffering and disasters of our entire village. We are sinners, so we respect and love him, Serve him and ask only for his forgiveness and forgiveness."

Seemingly looking at Pei Xiangjin's expression of reluctance to believe it, the mother-in-law's one eye, which was always half-closed, suddenly opened and stared straight at them, making people shudder.

"It's best not to doubt the existence of God." The mother-in-law said slowly, "God really exists, I have seen it with my own eyes."

This sentence aroused everyone's strong curiosity, but it seemed that she was afraid of breaking a taboo, so the mother-in-law didn't want to talk any more.

Maybe it was a trick to deceive them from foreign tourists, or maybe it was the old man’s old foolish words, or maybe it was blindness, mistaking other objects for so-called gods, a few people couldn’t ask why, so they could only comfort themselves in this way ——

Or else?After being a materialist for so many years, I have been working hard for science, but I have to admit today, are there really ghosts and gods in this world?

Everyone shook their heads, did not dare to refute, and did not continue to ask questions.

The old woman was a little upset by their question, she turned around and let her four-legged grandson help her back.

Seeing this, the fathers on the left and right had no choice but to explain to them: "Actually, we have never seen a god, but the old people of my mother-in-law's generation insisted that they had seen a huge goat that could spread plagues, so they built it. This altar, now the only one in the whole village who has seen a god is my mother-in-law..."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and really didn't dare to comment rashly.

"But although we haven't seen a god, we have seen an angel." Dad on the left and right said, "An angel will come to the village once a year, and all of us can really see it."

"An envoy?" Several people asked in unison.

"Yes, angels." Father Left and Right said, "They come back once a month, take away the people chosen by God, and then sow blessings and blessings for our village."

The person God likes?Yi Heye once again thought of the sacrifices in the ISSAC incident, and instantly shuddered.

According to Zuo Zuo's father's description, these envoys should all look like human beings. Every month at the beginning of the month, some people will be picked up in the village and taken away. Before leaving, they will do some so-called "ceremonies" to protect the safety of the village.

This is probably why, the first thing I asked them was, "Are you the ones who are going to take us away?"

The matter was so outrageous that Yi Heye had nothing to say. He couldn't understand how these villagers handed over their relatives to a group of strange people who claimed to be angels but most likely were liars. , But after thinking about it, they have never been to school, have no education, and their ancestors have relied on luck and the so-called continuation of their beliefs. Thinking about it this way, their excessive simplicity, kindness and stupidity seem to be understandable.

——I don’t know what happened to those who were taken away.

Until now, Zuo Zuo's father didn't feel that there was anything wrong with the matter, but said slowly: "It will be the first month in two days, and Zuo You has already been selected, and I go to the entrance of the village every day to wait for the envoy to take them away." .”

"Selected?" Pei Xiangjin couldn't help asking, "Will you be notified in advance who is selected?"

"Yes." Zuo Zuo's father struggled to take something out of his pocket, "Every time they take someone away, they will send one to the next month's person."

He spread out his palm, lying on it was a familiar goat's head coin.

This time it was completely connected, and Yi Heye turned to look at Pei Xiangjin, who also had a serious expression.

After a long time, Pei Xiangjin asked, "Is there still two days left?"

The left and right fathers nodded: "Yes."

"Okay, please allow us to stay for a few more days, we want to see how the envoy chooses people." Pei Xiangjin ignored Yu Yili's strong feedback, took out all his canned meat sauce from his backpack, and stuffed it in the man's mouth. "Please, just tell other people in the village that we want to play for a few more days."

During the two days they stayed here, Yi Heye and Pei Xiangjin felt extremely tormented, while Yu Yili was quite at ease.

He opened a free carpet to give the villagers free pulse consultations, and told them, who should not bask in the sun often, who should eat more green vegetables, who should remember to go to bed early, and who should not drink too much water before going to bed.

He also taught them gymnastics in different categories, and gave them one by one the right diet recipes based on the existing vegetables and fruits.

In the end, he quietly made a suggestion to the villagers with selfishness: "It would be great if the village planning could be as symmetrical as possible."

Someone couldn't help asking: "Is there any scientific reason for this?"

Yu Yili didn't dare to tell lies against his conscience, so he could only vaguely say: "Seeing beautiful things is pleasing to the eye, and when you are in a good mood, your body will naturally be fine."

The past two days have been bustling and bustling, and the day when the "God Envoy" will visit finally arrives.

Early in the morning, two very modern, even somewhat futuristic suspension vehicles slowly landed at the entrance of the village.

The villagers had never seen such an advanced means of transportation, so they knelt down reverently to welcome the arrival of the envoy.

In order to avoid making them suspicious, Yi Heye and his party hid in the left and right houses early and found a wardrobe to hide secretly.

The two sisters on the left and right sat nervously in front of the closet. After a long time, Xiaoyou couldn't help but whispered, "I'm a little scared."

Yu Yili, who was hiding in the closet, heard the words and glanced at Pei Xiangjin. He didn't whisper to the outside of the closet door until his leader gave permission, "It's okay, we will protect you."

When the two sisters heard this, their tensed shoulders slowly relaxed.

After a while, two men wearing modern clothes whose faces could not be seen clearly walked up to the left and right in the welcome of the villagers.

Yi Heye frowned for a few moments, then whispered, "Both are AI."

Pei Xiangjin looked at the back with almost only his shoulders exposed, and said in disbelief, "So you can fucking see it?"

Yi Heye immediately became proud: "Of course."

They first handed a coin to a boy with long hair all over his body, and then they held the hands of the left and right, and left the room in the farewell.

When the villagers in the room dispersed, a group of people quickly opened the door of the cabinet and chased them out. They didn't realize until they reached the entrance of the village that they suddenly remembered—these two liars came in a suspension vehicle, and they were on foot. Chase?

They hid behind the tree at the entrance of the village, seeing that they had stuffed the left and right into the car, Pei Xiangjin was in trouble, and then LOPO suddenly stood up and said, "I'll take you."

Several people looked at her in a daze, and politely asked "how to bring it"?

Then I saw two mechanical wings growing out of LOPO's shoulder blade.

In the amazed eyes of the crowd, LOPO said solemnly and calmly: "I can fly."

It turns out that LOPO can not only fly, but can fly with three grown men and a giant fat sheep, and can even fly very fast with ease.

It was not until they flew into the sky that they really overlooked the land full of sadness and despair in front of them.

Not far behind them is a row of tall barbed wire fences, which are shallowly attached to the high wall behind them, isolating sin and disease. The land under their feet is scattered with several villages. Occasionally, there are dots of green plants, where sick but extremely stubborn life is bred, and it exudes tranquility and weirdness everywhere.

And not far in front of them is a hover car that has been flying forward on its own.

The two AIs were obviously used to the barrenness and backwardness of this land, and they didn't expect that there would be someone behind them flying into the sky with them.

But the world in front of them is still a barren wilderness, and there is still an endless morning.

I thought that by flying higher, I could see clearly what was in the distance, but I didn't expect that at such a commanding height, I still couldn't see anything.

"Take a closer look?" Yi Heye raised his head for the eighth time and asked LOPO, "Is it impossible that there is nothing there?"

LOPO was concentrating on flying, and hearing him ramble like this, even the hardened heart became impatient.

"No!" This was probably the first time everyone heard the meaning and irritability in her tone, "Nothing!"

Just when Yi Heye was about to murmur that it was impossible, the hover car flying hundreds of meters in front of them seemed to be sucked away by a hole that appeared out of nowhere, leaving only that place The plane of the scene fluctuated slightly, and then quickly returned to calm.

As if passing through a non-existent membrane, the hover car completely disappeared in front of them.

Several people froze for a moment, as if they had realized what had happened, and after only half a second of silence, the whole team instantly felt a rare excitement——

If you guessed right, it should be right here. That layer of "thin film" may be a new type of invisible material just developed. It has high simulation degree, strong fluidity, softness and non-destructiveness. good material.

Behind that should be the place they want to find, as long as they pass through that invisible film, the truth may be revealed soon.

I don't know if the magnetic field has been disturbed. When it flew to the isolation layer, LOPO's center of gravity suddenly became a little unstable. Before causing a serious crash, the heroic Ms. LOPO made an emergency landing on the ground with her superb driving skills.

Yu Yili measured it, and the radiation content in this area has far exceeded the range that the human body can withstand. The man in the protected area was probably infected near here.

Because of the extremely strong radiation content, Little Yunduo also became disordered. Its limbs were lying in Yi Heye's arms stiffly, but its two small eyes could not be closed. He Ye said that he wanted to drop it, so he burrowed into his arms like a dead body.

There is no way, the situation is urgent, if you don't follow up, you may not be able to find the left and right sisters.

After checking the anti-radiation equipment, several people recklessly stepped into the other end of the membrane without even having time to make any psychological expectations.

The moment he stepped in, Yi Heye thought, wouldn't he just die for no apparent reason?Fortunately, his mind was only blank for a moment, and then there was a burst of noise, and Yi Heye's vision gradually became clear.

still alive.Yi Heye breathed a sigh of relief first, then looked up at the scene in front of him, and then froze in place with his companions——

High-rise buildings, gardens, rivers and seas, roads.

There is no rigid and extreme structure like inside the wall, nor a depressing vertical structure. It is clean, prosperous, beautiful and natural.

Technology and humanities complement each other here, and every inch of land is shining with extremely beautiful brilliance.

This is a technological city, a perfect "new world" as they call it.