Chapter 74: Sleeping underground to await future generations
The dusty sky and the dying earth.
The era of mankind is passing.
One month after the end of the world, the vast world has been reduced to debris and ruins.
Once upon a time, as many as seven billion human beings were on the verge of extinction, and five thousand years of civilization were destroyed in one fell swoop.
The never-dissipating radiation clouds obscure the sky, taking away the warm sunlight and bringing a cold and dark nuclear winter to the earth.
Crops and flowers gradually withered in the dark nuclear winter, and huge tsunamis turned fertile plains into saltwater swamps.
The devastated ruins of the city are filled with nuclear radiation, making it impossible for any higher life to exist.
And in those underground bunkers that can block radiation, there are hideous zombies, continuing to compete with the remaining humans for living space.
The rivers and lakes are polluted, the rusty railway tracks extend to unknown ends, and the remnants of human civilization are only memories. Only sporadic radio signals told those lonely survivors that there should be others alive in other corners of the earth.
However, in such an extremely cruel nuclear winter, no one knows whether they can persist until the day light returns.
In the Kanto region of Japan, there is a small group of people like this who are still alive. They have a vaccine against the zombie virus, so there are still a few hundred left. But they also don't know if anyone else survived on the Japanese islands, or if they are the last Japanese on earth.
Facing the harsh nuclear winter, they huddled in the radiation-proof underground bunkers provided by travelers from other worlds all day long, relying on hoards of food and water to survive. They could not see the blue sky and white clouds, nor hear the whistles or birdsong. Every exploration of the outside world brings only sacrifice and disappointment.
There is no tomorrow for such a world. Such a society cannot hold any ideals and hopes.
In their souls, only the most primitive survival instinct is left: live, live, live at all costs!
So, someone kindly gave them a suggestion - how about changing their way of life?
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"...Is this the way out you arranged for us before you left? Lie in these [time capsules] and sleep for a century, and wait until the surface environment is suitable for human survival again, and then walk out of here and return to our homeland? Is this asking us to Become a vampire lying in a tomb? ”
Looking at the rows of [Time Capsules] about the size of coffins in front of him, Takagi Souichiro, who lacked mental preparation, suddenly felt a little stunned.
"...There is nothing we can do about it, Mr. Gao Cheng. During this global nuclear war, the surface environment suffered extremely terrible damage, almost as much as an asteroid impact - of course, it should not have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. The asteroid impact was so serious... In short, the Japanese archipelago is currently The ground environment has been enveloped by severe cold, darkness and radiation, and has become completely unsuitable for human survival. Even with the recovery ability of nature, it will take at least half a century, or even a century, to recover. , once again became suitable for human activities..."
Doraemon sighed and spread his hands and replied, "...Mr. Takagiro, you don't want to let two entire generations huddle in this underground shelter for the rest of their lives, eating and waiting to die, and return to the surface to rebuild the country. Let’s irresponsibly pass it on to our grandchildren or even our great-grandchildren!”
"...What you said...makes sense...Under the current situation, we really can't do anything about the world."
After pondering for a moment, Takagi Souichiro nodded reluctantly, "...What is the other way out?"
"...The other way out is to lie down in these [time capsules], and then let us take the immigrants to another world."
"...Immigrate to another world?" Mrs. Yuriko Takagi's eyes suddenly lit up as she stood nearby, "...Are you going to your side of Japan?"
——Although the Japan in Doraemon is obviously not the same as the Japan in this world, after all, it is the same island country with the same language and species, the cultural customs are basically the same, and it is also the same modern society... For For these survivors, it was as if it was yesterday again!
"...This is not possible!" Doraemon waved his hands in refusal, "... Such large-scale illegal immigration cannot be hidden from anyone in any modern country with a complete household registration system! There is also the Space-Time Management Bureau that I can’t pass..."
"...So, which other world are you going to place us in?" Mrs. Yuriko Takagi was a little disappointed, but she continued to ask.
"...It should be some ancient time and space with vast land and sparse people! Even before the birth of human beings! Only in this way can we find free space to build colonial towns." Doraemon replied, "...Just like Nobi Nobita and I once Help stray pets, just like the kingdom of cats and dogs established 300 million years ago..."
Although this way out is not so satisfying, it seems to be a better choice than staying in this hopeless radioactive wasteland.
——In the end, based on the voluntary choices of all survivors, among the total 995 survivors in this base (several people unfortunately died during the exploration of the outside world), 653 People, including the two American astronauts, chose to stay in this world that had become a radioactive wasteland, prolonging their lives by sleeping in [time capsules], waiting for the day when the earth would return to life.
But there are also 242 people who are completely tired of this abandoned and desperate world, and are ready to follow Doraemon to another world.
To this end, Doraemon left a large amount of food, weapons, tools, medicine and clean drinking water to the survivors in the underground base of Bedlord City, and also placed them in the [Time Capsule] to Prevent them from deteriorating and damaging under the erosion of time; in addition, it also These survivors were left with [automatic pawn machines], [chronological vending machines] and some banknotes, so that after they return to the surface, they can purchase some modern industrial products that are unobtainable in the desolate apocalypse, and use them to Anything you can find to raise money. Finally, Doraemon also installed two warning robots in the underground base, which are used for daily maintenance and upkeep of the base when all humans are sleeping. They can also be used to put dormant people into sleep when encountering danger. The survivors of [Time Capsule] woke up urgently.