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Volume 2 Strange Place Chapter 90 Journey to Earth (2)

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    On June 14, Earth Year 5295, at 12 o'clock in Weizhou time, the funeral fleet landed in the No. 5 berthing area of ??Weizhou Space Port under the guidance of a light frigate of the Earth-Moon Guard.  This parking area was originally an aerospace aircraft runway. 3,211 years ago, a white-haired old man wearing a bloated special space suit took the aerospace aircraft and embarked on the road of no return at the same time and place.  Only the ashes came back.

    There were not many greeters compared to the funeral procession. The old man did not want to see his funeral become a political show, so he specifically stated this in his will.  The Iifu federal government followed suit and sent only a liaison team to coordinate after the brief welcome ceremony, which was hidden among the viewing group of scholars, scientists and engineers who were willing to attend the funeral.  In addition to the viewing group near the No. 5 parking area, there were also four members of the Australian Joint Command of the Earth-Moon Defense Force, the Australian Regional Management Committee and the regional government departments of Wisconsin, South West Australia, Queensland and New South Wales.  representative.  On the outskirts of Area 5, a group of people, who seemed to be religious people, were standing in the distance.  £®  £®  com

    After a while of greetings, Old Man Zhuang¡¯s coffin was carried out by the crowd of guardians out of the replica of the "Shantou" and placed into the small ancestral hall of the "New Shantou".  After the ceremony, the Weizhou Aerospace Museum set up a passage, slowly transferred the replica of the "Shantou" to the large flatbed truck that had been prepared long ago, and then towed it away.

    The clan residence did not delay and immediately arranged for the ashes to be scattered.  Yu Zhe carried the urn into the small spaceship. Each department sent a representative to follow him. The small spacecraft was driven by a pilot sent by the Weizhou government. It went straight to the destination of Weisen City and scattered the ashes near the place where Mr. Zhuang lived in seclusion.  In the forest.

    The fast-flying small spaceship returned soon. As soon as Yu Zhe got off the spacecraft, he found that the atmosphere in the No. 5 parking area was abnormal, and he hurriedly asked Simba, who had been at the scene.

    Simba smiled bitterly and softly told the reason.  There are not many things that the funeral team needs to do during their trip to Weizhou, mainly three things.  First, transfer the replica of "Shantou" to the Weizhou Aerospace Museum.  Second, move the urn of Elizabeth Jill Wilson from St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, to Wysham Cemetery.  Third, scatter the ashes.  The first and third things are easy, but the second one is a big hassle.

    Old Man Zhuang¡¯s thoughts are both simple and complex. At the family meeting, ¡°Actually, I am also a devout believer. I believe in useful things and disbelieve in useless ones¡± is far from reflecting his true thoughts.  Strictly speaking, he is not a pragmatist. He seems to be really religious. He has rules, taboos, and principles in doing things, but he cannot use a specific religion to describe his beliefs.

    Among the many religions on earth, Old Man Zhuang hates Christianity, whether it is Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity or Protestantism. The reason is unknown. In addition, he uses all means to steal and copy the classics collected by the church, and is promoted by the church as a "devil".

    What¡¯s interesting is that while Elizabeth was alive, she always appeared as a devout Christian and practiced it. She also heavily funded the Australian Catholic Church, mostly with her husband¡¯s money.  Old Man Zhuang was violent in his middle age but peaceful in his later years. The Catholic Church believed that it was an "angel" who inspired the "devil" and his merits were immeasurable.  Before Elizabeth passed away, the church sent people to visit the hospital and offered to collect her ashes into St. Mary's Cathedral.

    Christianity is the largest religion in Iev, with a huge number of believers.  The Iifu people, who have a complete social security system, need faith. After Tabos was proven to have no true God, the influence of the Iifu Tabos Church dropped significantly, and Christ, who could not be proven with technology, resurfaced.

    Old man Zhuang believed that his wife was a pseudo-Christian and it was inappropriate to put her ashes in the cathedral. However, Elizabeth had always been very pious during her lifetime and never made any outrageous remarks.  A group of human supervisors in Zongren Mansion thought about it, but they didn't know how to deal with it, so they had to let it go.  After the small spacecraft that scattered the ashes reported that the mission was completed, the matter could no longer be postponed.

    "Teacher Zhuang believes that no matter how good a virtual machine is, it is still a virtual machine. Christ is a man-made false god. Mortals cannot become gods. The Son of God is ridiculous and he has always scorned it. Instead of respecting Christ, it is better to respect heaven, earth and ancestors, and be kind to relatives, friends and tribesmen.  There is no need to sacrifice the near for the far. There is more than one way to solve problems, and no humanistic thought can become the absolute truth." Simba said.

    Yu Zhe was puzzled, "But what does this have to do with moving?"

    Simba chuckled, "Although faith is relatively pure, few people are pure. Some things cannot be solved by violence. The church took advantage of the relationship between Teacher Zhuang and Elizabeth. If Teacher Zhuang loves his wife, he must respect her faith.  If Mr. Zhuang respects his wife¡¯s faith, he cannot move the place, because placing the ashes in St. Mary¡¯s Cathedral is a rare honor for believers and is adjacent to heaven. If the place is not moved, the church can promote that angels finally defeated the devil and that Christ is still  True God. If Teacher Zhuang does not love his wife, he is not qualified to move. Elizabeth is not his slave. For Teacher Zhuang, if he does not move, he has been defeated by the church. He has always been strong and cannot accept the hated Christ.  The church was defeated, so it was in big trouble."

    Yu Zhe was stunned and speechless for a long time.  Simba continued, "Logical systems cannot perfectly describe the workings of the universe and society"

    ¡°Let¡¯s go, go to China first, and then send people over to debate later.¡± Kalemi suddenly broke the deadlock with a loud shout, and at the same time, Simba stopped talking.

    Yu Zhe felt relieved and took the lead in boarding the "Xinshantou", followed by a sweaty crowd.  All the experts sent by the Ieffe Christian Church were super experts, while Shantou Xing did not pay much attention to religion and had few professionals. This time, they suffered a huge setback and were at a disadvantage almost from the beginning of the debate.

    The eleven spacecraft left Weizhou Xinwei Aerospace Port, headed north, and landed at Baoqingpeng Aerospace Port in Central China Province three hours later.  Central China Province, with a total area of ??more than one million square kilometers, was formed from the merger of multiple regions in the ancient Huaxia Kingdom. It has been renamed its current name for more than 2,600 years.  Bao Qingpeng, a Chinese nationality, was a famous mathematician and physicist from the 27th to 29th centuries on Earth, and one of the great figures in the history of IAIF.  It¡¯s unclear exactly who was born in Central China Province, and he may not even be from Central China Province.

    Yu Zhe is not interested in Bao Qingpeng. He is bad at mathematics and physics. After getting off the spacecraft, he was busy looking at the scenery.  The Iifu people, who have a short history, like antiques. The buildings in the space port are not high. I don't know when they were built. They are antique, but not in the Chinese classical style.  Looking again, I suddenly felt a little confused, so I asked an expert for advice.

    Simba said: "The Federation has developed rapidly after entering the aerospace era. Those born in the 40th century are now ancestors, let alone three thousand years ago. The initial area of ??Weizhou was large, and the descendants of some United Technologies Corporation directors are now not weak, so when the administrative regions were merged  The name has not been changed. Unlike China, the provinces in the central and eastern parts are not large. Now not only is province h gone, but city k has also been adjusted and county y has been split. The small mountain village is now called Dingxi Village, and Cuishan Town where it is located belongs to Yunchi City.  Jurisdiction. Before Teacher Zhuang left the earth, he was a native of Xiaoshan Village, Wenhe Town, County Y, City K, Province H. According to the current official introduction of Central China Province, he was a native of Zhendingxi Village, Cuishan, Yunchi City, Central China Province. Time has a negative impact on those who choose to sleep.  It is the most destructive weapon. The reason why Teacher Zhuang does not come back in person is because his hometown has changed beyond recognition, and coming back will only increase the sadness."

    Yu Zhe remained silent, and Simba was not in the mood to talk anymore, and they were in a daze together.  They are all close people to Old Man Zhuang, really close people, and understand some of the old man's true thoughts.

    "What are you pretending to be? Get in the car quickly!" Yutani shouted nearby.

    Yu Zhe laughed dumbly. He was just looking for trouble. Then he found that Simba had left and hurriedly followed him.

    Bao Qingpeng Yuhang Port is less than 200 kilometers away from Xiaoshan Village. There is a highway passing near Xiaoshan Village.  The Central China Provincial Government prepared a batch of flying cars for the funeral procession a day ago, but it was in the name of the Taoist Association, a non-governmental organization.  Mr. Zhuang likes Taoism. Although he has always been engaged in technology, he is very interested in Taoism. He once funded Taoist organizations through the Wesson Institute of Science and Technology and Religion. It was a fate.

    There were many important people in the funeral procession. Central China Province tried its best to handle the security and checked again and again, lest there was an accident and they would be unable to eat.  Even so, the professional security personnel in the funeral team still discovered some problems. After going back and forth, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the small mountain village.

    Old man Zhuang likes simplicity, but the small mountain village chapter of his will is very careful.  Yu Zhe, Qu Long, Walikama and Lageta carried the light coffin into the ancient small castle. After paying tribute with traditional etiquette, they carried it around the area of ??the ancient mountain village. Finally,  Went up the mountain to the tomb.

    Old man Zhuang, who was separated by countless generations from his hometown, looked at the alien coffin bearers with dull faces and pointed at the big man.  It is said that he is some kind of Lunte, coming from the planet Tabos far, far away.

    Yu Zhe has good hearing and can hear clearly even from a long distance. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.  The people in the old man¡¯s hometown didn¡¯t understand, and he was also confused.  It is normal for Qulong, Walikama and Lageta to carry the coffin. All three are descendants of Iifu and are close to the old man.

    "Open the coffin and take out the urn." Kalemi said.

    Yu Zhe suspected that he heard wrongly, "General manager, won't you put it in the tomb?"

    Kalemi shook his head, "Teacher Zhuang told me that the coffin should be burned in front of the tomb and the ashes should be scattered on this mountain."

    Yu Zhe was puzzled, "Manager, why?"

    Kalemmi shouted softly, "Why do you have so many problems with your work?"

    The general manager gave orders, and Yu Zhe had to obey them.  The four of them worked together, unbolted the coffin, took out the urn, and then began to walk around the mountain with a serious look on their faces, scattering the ashes while shouting.  The ancient dialect echoed in the mountains, and for a moment the audience felt as if they had traveled through time and space.

    Half an hour later, the ashes spreader returned and started burning the coffin according to Kalemmi¡¯s instructions, while lighting the traditional fireworks brought from Shantouxing.

    The deafening sound lasted for a full hour, and Yu Zhe had toWear earplugs to avoid hearing damage.  Hearing sharpness also comes with troubles. Although the composite eardrum has good self-healing capabilities, he doesn't want to test the limits of his body.

    ¡°When we go to worship Mr. Zhuang¡¯s parents, you should take the lead!¡± As soon as the visual feast of fireworks stopped, Kalemmi started giving orders again.

    Yu Zhe numbly took the full set of ritual utensils handed over by Youtani and walked to the nearby tomb where Li Tian and Lin Wan Ning were buried together.  The tomb has been cleaned very well, but the inscriptions are incomplete. However, it is very good that it has been maintained at this level for more than three thousand years. It should be related to the remoteness of the small mountain village.

    Yu Zhe did enough etiquette and stepped aside.  Qu Long, Valikama and Lageta stepped forward one after another, and then stood together with Yu Zhe, watching others worship.

    More than 20,000 people are not a small number. Even if it is just a simple bow, it will be almost nine o'clock in the evening when it is all completed.  Kalemmi finally stepped forward, completed the whole set of etiquette meticulously, stood up and recited a passage in a low voice, which seemed to be "After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather comes late in autumn. The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear springs flow up the rocks. The noise of the bamboos returns to Huannu,  The lotus moves out of the fishing boat. The spring fragrance rests at will, and the king and grandson can stay", then withdrew and announced that the funeral was over.

    The crowd all breathed a sigh of relief. They had been having a hard time today. They didn¡¯t expect it to take so long. They dispersed in twos and threes, either looking around Dingxi Village or preparing to go back.

    Yu Zhe grabbed the emcee who was walking out and asked in a low voice: "Manager, there seems to be green mountains and thin clouds in the words you are chanting, right?"

    Kalemi replied: "Yes, it should be related to the experience of Mr. Zhuang's parents. I don't know exactly what happened. I am a repeater. You can deduce it."

    After the manager said that, he waved his hands and left. Yu Zhe thought about it for a while and had no clue, so he decided to ask Vali, who was chatting, for help.  Just after taking a few steps, a loud noise came from a distance, which startled him, but he did not avoid it because the loud noise was not consistent with the sound of any known weapon.  Turning around to look, it suddenly became clear.

    Dazzling purple and white light illuminated a valley six kilometers away. Electric light flashed in the air, and there was a faint sound of thunder.  The only Kalesian in the family who could use Soku and Zagan was Elta, who was probably fighting with someone in the distance.

    The fierce battle lasted for more than a minute with no sign of ending. The noise became louder and louder, thunder came one after another, and the trees scorched by the agitated energy ignited fires that reached into the sky.

    "Elta Elder will not lose, right?" Valikama rushed over and asked.

    Yu Zhe looked solemn, "It's hard to tell. He came out with all the equipment. The loud noise in front should be that he exploded the human body. He also exploded once after the enthronement ceremony, but the sound was not so loud, indicating that it was sudden.  When encountering an enemy, the energy output will be instantly raised to an extremely high level, which is why it is so loud."

    As soon as he finished speaking, the battle in the distance suddenly subsided.  The crowd watching the battle was silent, and the members of the funeral team were worried that Elta would be defeated, until a purple light shot through the sky from a distance at high speed.

    A strong man wearing a gem-shaped armor jumped out of the giant purple crystal ball, looking up to the sky and laughing wildly, "Will the invincible Elta in the universe lose? No, absolutely impossible, I'm just playing for fun."

    No one cheered. Alta, who used a human body, was an old naughty boy who was easy to deal with. However, Alta, who had restored the standard equipment of his race, exuded an alien aura, with a faint coercion that was suffocating.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????.  Even so, very few people are familiar with the old naughty boy, and no one has come on stage yet.

    Alta seemed angry, and the visor of his helmet was a little distorted.  Yu Zhe saw something was going wrong and hurriedly walked over to greet him, "Elder, are you okay? What happened?"

    Alta snorted, "Finally, someone is braver. I caught a peeper who came from nowhere. It seems to be a rare animal. Take a look."

    A purple crystal ball the size of a basketball floated in front of Yu Zhe. Inside it was a creature he had never seen before. It was covered in silver scales and was covered in burnt black.

    "I'm going to put this guy in the alien zoo. I caught it and the price is set by me. From now on, I will charge a thousand yuan for each viewing. It's free today, don't miss it." Alta suddenly said loudly.

    The aura of the god receded in an instant, and the audience was dumbfounded. Unexpectedly, the old naughty boy still remembered the regrets during the enthronement ceremony, but charging one thousand was too expensive, a typical profiteer.  Slander is slander, especially if you can¡¯t help but read it.

    Visiting with many people is inconvenient and time-consuming. At the strong request of everyone, Elta enlarged Zagan to the limit and lifted it into the air.  Men, women, and children in Dingxi Village stretched out their necks, and almost all adult villagers took out electronic telescopes with photography functions to take pictures of the scene.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?It didn't last long, and the enemy was not weak. In order to avoid being embarrassed, the "universely invincible" Kalles people stopped work early and started giving away gems, but in the name of thanking the people in their hometown for sweeping the graves on behalf of the old man Zhuang.  The old naughty boy personally distributed them to adults and children, including those who attended the funeral but were not members of the funeral procession.

    The excitement always ends. At eleven o'clock in the evening, the entire funeral team left Dingxi Village and embarked on their way home.  The customs and habits of Shantou Star are obviously different from those of the current Earth. This time it is not suitable for fun and there is no time to play. There are many trivial matters on Shantou Star.

    On June 16, Earth Year 5295, at 12 o'clock in Weizhou time, the adjusted funeral procession left the Earth from the Weizhou Space Port and flew around the Earth several times just like Mr. Zhuang did back then.

    Yu Zhe stared at the blue planet in trance. When the old man left, the earth's environment must not have been as good as it is now. I wonder what he felt back then, despair, nostalgia, sadness, joy, anxiety, or something else?  Maybe a bit of both.

    "Teacher Zhuang is actually a poor man. Fate plays tricks on people. Although he tried his best to resist fate, he never escaped its destiny."

    Valikama said quietly.

    Simba next to him shook his head, "Who knows, maybe he likes this arrangement. He fought hard just to live the life he wanted. He did it, so he died without regrets."

    "Why didn't Mr. Zhuang put the ashes in the tomb?" Yu Zhe interrupted.

    Walikama said: "There are generally four options for important people after their death. The first is to be buried, such as in a small mountain village, which can be buried without taking up farmland; the second is to put the ashes in a cemetery or church; the third is to scatter the ashes  to the mountains and rivers and lakes; the fourth type is embalming for future generations to pay tribute to. The first type is used by very few people now and is only used in a few places with conditions. The second type is mainstream and the fourth type is the stupidest.  Basically no one uses it. The third option is common, but there are many tricks. On the surface, it seems that humans originate from nature, and it is normal to return to nature, but when it comes to big people, they cannot be fooled by the so-called noble sentiments and other propaganda. Teacher Zhuang  I have offended many people in my life, and some of them are difficult to explain right from wrong. In order to prevent others from digging up graves to vent their anger, they scattered them on the mountains."

    Simba immediately retorted, "Teacher Zhuang advocates nature. Personally, I think what you said is only part of it. Besides, he doesn't want the family to waste wealth and manpower on keeping vigil."

    Valikama nodded repeatedly, "I think you are right. There should be three reasons. First, to prevent someone from digging graves to vent their anger; second, to avoid the waste of wealth; third, he respects nature."

    Simba curled his lips and turned to ask Yu Zhe: "When will you return to Tabos? I want to travel."

    Yu Zhe was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you say, 'I was born and raised on the Hilltop Star. I have never been to Tabos before, and I will never go there in the future'?"

    Simba chuckled lightly, "I didn't know that the Mother Goddess was the ancestor of the Lunt people before, but now I know. Whether or not I recognize her is a false proposition. If I don't recognize her, she is still the old grandmother."

    The two audience members despised the medical doctor together, "As thick-skinned as a galaxy!"

    Simba kept his expression unchanged, shook his head, took out a high-definition camera and started filming.  Yu Zhe imitated what he had learned and planned to go back and show it to Tabers' circle of friends.  He has made up his mind to solve the big box problem as soon as possible.

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