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So the parents were satisfied and took their children away happily.
For some reason, Lingye suddenly felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
It's just like those kids who were sent to the so-called "military training summer camp" or "Olympiad training class". It can be as long as a month or as short as a week. They are obviously seven or eight years old or more than ten years old, but they are subject to the so-called "militarized management". What time do you get up and what time do you turn off the lights every day? What modules are regulated to every minute after you get up.
A month later, they looked like they did when they got off the balloon.
Children are the easiest to shape. Tell them what is right. Even if they are rebellious at heart, they will subconsciously think that is right after it is emphasized over and over again.
When adults say it is for their own good, they will really mistakenly believe that it is for their own good.
However, adults are also transformed from children, and time sometimes cannot make people more correct. Parents are most likely to be selfish in their selflessness towards their children.
We always think that our children can do what we cannot do, and we impose our fantasy on the next generation.
Just like the useless man who moved the mountain, he pinned his unrealistic fantasy on his descendants, which he could not do. As a result, his unborn descendants have to bear a huge burden. Countless people have to dig mountains and move stones for their entire lives. It was obviously not their wish, but it was imposed by their parents, and they have to bear it for their entire lives.
Yugong made a name for himself, and his "great ambition" even moved the gods.
But were the gods really moved? If the gods were merciful, it was more likely that they could not bear to see the tragedy on earth, so they moved Taihang and Wangwu away, saving generations of descendants from suffering.
In mythology, gods help us, but what about in reality?
Ling did not line up, but walked in front of all the children. This of course caused dissatisfaction among many parents.
"Uncle, you said yesterday that those who lined up yesterday can get on the ship anytime today as compensation, right?"
The two young men were still piloting the balloon, wearing the same clothes. They hadn't changed their clothes, and they probably hadn't showered for a long time, so they looked a little decadent.
The young man was not surprised to see Lingye again, but he felt complicated.
"Yes, I did."
After the staff said this, the parents at the front of the line stopped talking.
"Will the balloon ship break down again today?"
"No," the young man knew that if she insisted on getting on the boat, there would be no point in them escaping to another city.
"But do you really have to take it? This is a boat for children. It will definitely make them happier."
The young man even spoke with a pleading tone. He knew that once the girl got on the boat, everything would change.
"Happiness or not, this kind of thing does not need others to define it. Are you happy now? You haven't been home for a long time, right?"
"Go home?" This word made the young man's suppressed thoughts rise again.
Since the TAC team started investigating the balloon boat, they naturally checked the identities of the two people driving the balloon boat. They are indeed humans with clear identities, not aliens. Ono Ryoto and Doi Kura are colleagues working part-time in an izakaya in Kyoto. Their identities and origins can be traced, and there is nothing unusual.
They worked away from home for many years and usually kept in touch with their families. But they suddenly lost contact a month ago and did not even go home for the Chinese New Year. The families of the two people reported to the police in a hurry, but the investigation results showed that they were the pilots of the balloon boat.
"You found a new job, that's good, but you should go home for the New Year."
Since the person is fine, the family is relieved, but they can't help but miss him. It is indeed not easy to work away from home all year round, but on special holidays, we still hope that the family can be reunited.
"So, whether you are happy or not should not be decided by others. It should only depend on your own thoughts. Of course, the premise is that it is a real thought, not controlled by a super beast."
Ling also boarded the balloon boat. Of course, an elementary school girl was not heavy, but the parents behind her didn't know if it was their illusion, but they seemed to feel that the whole balloon boat was shaking.
In reality, there is no mountain god to interrupt Yugong’s foolish behavior, so she becomes the “mountain god”.
The children behind also boarded the balloon boat one after another, some were excited, some were scared. When ten children were on board, Doizo, who was standing outside, closed the door of the balloon boat, confirmed that the safety lock was locked, and made an OK gesture to Ono Yoshito who was driving the balloon boat.
He will stay on the ground to receive the next batch of passengers.
Ono fired the balloon ship's cannon, which was just a gunpowder gun as a departure signal. After a muffled sound, the balloon ship left the ground.
"Are you scared?" Ono asked.
Ono Ryoto is the young man wearing a gray coat with a blue background and a big beard, just like the pirate Captain Hook in Peter Pan.
The children all shook their heads, but some closed their eyes and dared not look.
"It's really unsettling to have your feet off the ground, but look, we're flying into the sky. Don't look down, look up, there's a wider world there."
After saying this, the timid children opened their eyes and saw a scene that they would remember for the rest of their lives.
Under the blue sky, the spacecraft rose higher and higher. The busy and compact vision was always filled with studying, exams, and various training courses. The oppressive and suffocating things in front of me seemed to be shattered at once. Those trivial matters and the ground were left behind, and the mountains and cities in the distance became indistinguishable from each other.
For the first time, I realized that the things I thought were important, such as test scores and praise from parents, were actually insignificant. There is no need to live for others. Everyone is like this. The only person who really needs to be responsible is yourself.
Just like now, I am alone between heaven and earth. But that is not loneliness, but the freedom from the mundane world.
The dome of the sky stretches to the endless distance. I never knew that the world could be so vast!
"I like it here." Ono said, perhaps to Lingye, or perhaps just to himself.
"Doi and I met while working part-time. We both worked in Kyoto and have done many jobs. We were waiters in fast food restaurants, cashiers in shopping malls, and receptionists in restaurants. But we couldn't stay in any job for long. Maybe it was because we didn't belong there? It was hard and tiring, but meaningless. The money we earned couldn't even cover the rent. We wanted to do better and wanted to survive there, but we couldn't. You probably don't understand, the eldest daughter of the Oshima family, she was born in a different world from us."
"We have tried very hard, but we really can't do it. This world doesn't even give us room to breathe. Do we have to go back to our hometown and let our parents support us? What is that called, living off parents? I can't do that. Doi is the same. So that day, we agreed to go to Aokigahara. We escaped to that sea of trees far away from human habitation."
Aokigahara Sea of Trees, two young people went there together. What one person doesn't have the courage to do, two people have the courage to do.
However, there they encountered a balloon ship. In the deep mountains, hanging on the primitive giant trees, it looked like a balloon ship that had crashed in a plane crash. They were bewitched by the balloon ship.
That's not the case. The word "bewitched" is too derogatory. In Ono and Doi's opinion, they prefer to believe that it was the balloon that gave them a new life.
"Can you imagine? In the dark forest, when the balloon gradually rose up, taking us to the treetops, flying higher and higher, breaking through the darkness in the forest and rising into the sky, the sun came over. It was the sunset, but it was very dazzling. For the first time, we knew that the world was so beautiful."
That day, the stars shone brightly under the night sky. The balloon boat, which had lost its owner, the Yabo people, and didn't even know why it existed, carried them in the sky for a whole night.
Their minds were changed, maybe it was hypnosis, but it didn't make them feel uncomfortable. Instead, they forgot a lot of unhappy things.
They found a new job as pilots of the balloon boat and began to tour the country starting from Aokigahara.
The balloon boat was floating in the sky, and Ling was looking at the scenery outside the boat. Some of it was familiar, but some of it was strange. She had flown in the sky of this city many times, but this was the first time she had been so leisurely.
Then she looked up at the balloon above her head. There was a hole under the balloon, which was very abnormal. If it was a hot air balloon, the hole was for the stove to heat the air with fire, but this was a hydrogen balloon, so there shouldn't be any leaks.
What's more, if it is a hydrogen balloon, the shape and volume of the balloon are abnormal. It should be much larger to lift the person below.
That is a weird creature. But since it is a super beast, it cannot be considered by common sense.
The hole is moving. If you don't look carefully, you might think it's the wind pressure that's moving it, but it's actually the movement of itself.
The children on the same boat had all fallen asleep at some point, and only Ling was not affected. She could feel that the squirming hole was constantly exerting a certain suction force, which did not attract actual matter, but rather attracted spiritual power.
Active emotions, including but not limited to curiosity, happiness, jealousy, anger, fear, and courage.
It absorbs all overly strong emotions, whether positive or negative. Ling also doesn't know clearly what these emotions mean to humans, but she has seen the children who got off the ship.
Be calm, silent, obey your parents completely, and only do the so-called right thing.
Ono, who was driving the boat, was also not asleep.
"Both Doi and I dropped out of middle school. We followed some bad kids in school and thought it was cool to drop out and walk out of school. I always wondered if I had continued to study and had a higher degree, would my life be completely different."
Instead of working everywhere and changing jobs frequently, you can find a more stable and higher-paying position.
"Looking at these naughty children, I feel like I am seeing myself back then. If there was a balloon ship at that time, forcing me to study hard... I don't think it would be a wrong thing to do."
"So, Gaia, since you are a god, you should be high and mighty and not interfere with the choices of humans! Otherwise, if you are responsible, then take responsibility to the end. When Doi and I were in the Aokigahara Sea of Trees, where were you? No god heard our prayers, not even one of the gods in the sky!"
Gods should be high above, receiving the respect and worship of the world, sitting high in the kingdom of God. Once they fall to the mortal world and interfere with the world, they are fallen gods, evil gods!
It is enough for the gods to just be listeners. This world does not need the gods' guidance.
"Perhaps you are right. As a god, you should not interfere in the mortal world. But I am not a god. I am just a human being who has been entrusted with power."
The balloon did not absorb Lingye's emotions, but Gaia's light actively invaded it.
Chapter 211 Balloon Super Beast
"That Beidou guy has been gone for a whole day, right? I wonder what he can find out even if he goes to investigate?"
Yamanaka muttered. He felt something was wrong without Beidou in the headquarters. Without people to argue, even the coffee tasted bad.
"He can't pretend to be a child and really go on a boat ride, can he?"
Beidou is the leader of the children, this is recognized, he is very popular among the children. But even so, he is an adult after all, there are some places that are only for children to participate, they cannot enter.
"Beidou may have other ways."
"Other ways? I think..."
The sound of an alarm interrupted Yamanaka's words.
"Captain, a super beast appeared in Tokyo Z area!"
"Z area?" Captain Long thought about it and realized that it was the area of Kameido Park where the balloon ship was today. Beidou should also be there.
"Wait, you said super beast, not monster?"
"Yes, there are obvious signs of modified biological weapons, which are very consistent with the super beasts of the Yabo people."
"So that's another super beast left behind by the Yabo people? How many of these super beasts are left on Earth?"
The time Ace was locked in the tar, the Hippolytus released a group of super beasts, which were dealt with by Gaia and Jack respectively. I thought that the super beasts on the earth had been cleared out, but I didn't expect there were still some.
It's just endless. When the Yabo people surrendered and negotiated, they said that they left behind a few super beasts on Earth. So how many super beasts did this "several" represent? Except for the defeated Yabo Speaker, perhaps the Yabo people themselves didn't know.
Is the earth a vegetable field where we sow seeds with our eyes closed?
"I always feel that the earth is about to become a nest of ultra beasts. In my opinion, if we can tame those ownerless ultra beasts and turn them into our TAC team's own power to protect the earth..." Konno was interrupted by Captain Long before he could finish his words.
"Don't talk nonsense! Don't try to master a power that you don't understand and that doesn't belong to you!"
Humans have a top-secret research and development program called "Meteor Technology". This is what Captain Kiriyama told Captain Long. Even the name of this program is top-secret because of its inherent danger. Humans are studying technology that does not belong to them through the spoils obtained from former invaders.
Such a plan is not without opposition among senior officials. The power of science and technology is a double-edged sword. Some people worry that one day humans may not be able to control the results of their own research and development, and instead destroy their own civilization.
Just like nuclear weapons, although their existence has ended wars and interrupted the spiral of hatred, the large-scale wars of mankind ended in World War II. Like a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, the Third World War has not broken out for decades. However, people still worry that when humans lose their minds, nuclear scorched earth will destroy the entire world civilization.
The technology of aliens far exceeds that of nuclear bombs, and can even destroy planets and galaxies.
However, under the threat of the invaders, the Meteor Technology Project was still approved. There is only one principle: we cannot research technologies that cause mass destruction. Meteor Technology exists to protect and respond to the bond of light between Ultra Warriors.
What about the super beasts? They are biological weapons that exist solely for destruction.
"Don't have that kind of thought, Konno. We are pursuing higher technology for protection. Never forget our original intention." Long looked around at the team members, "TAC dispatch! Yamanaka, Noriko and I will drive the Eagle, and Yoshimura and Konno will drive the Universe."
Over Kameido Park, the balloon boat changed its appearance like melted plasticine. It tried to suck the children on board and Ueno, who was driving the boat, into its stomach, but was blocked by Gaia's light.
When it fixed its form once again, its size had increased several times, becoming a super beast forty or fifty meters tall.
Its belly was originally where the hydrogen balloon was, and its head looked like an elephant beetle that had been magnified countless times. One hand was covered with spikes, and the other hand was a long whip.
It looked so disgusting, like a monster from a nightmare.