I'm trapped in a cube

"Children first."

The researcher stuttered a bit as he spoke of his suggestion:

"First of all, children's thoughts are pure and innocent, they have no malice, they cannot lie, and they are more easily accepted by elves than adults."

"Secondly, the current shortage of relics is mainly caused by the new population. Let these children who do not have relics obtain relics in advance. Even if the relics are of poor quality, they can familiarize themselves with the abyss in advance."

"These children will grow up, and these relics will eventually become their fighting power, protecting their safety in the abyss and protecting the safety of the entire Oasis City."

"Also, the price of the wishing fountain is forgetting your wishes. You also know that children's wishes are different every day. Today I want candy, tomorrow I want toys. Even if I forget, maybe the same one will appear again in a few days. It won’t have a big impact on the character.”

"Even as soon as they get out of the fountain, they will remember their original wishes. Compared with adults, children are less obsessed with it and forget their wishes less."

"Finally, if children are allowed to make wishes, even if there are any bad consequences, it will not affect the current combat power..."

The researcher became more fluent and confident as he spoke, and was no longer timid at the beginning.

But some people couldn't listen anymore.

"That's enough!" The middle-aged sergeant slammed the table: "You are gambling with our next generation!"

This angry shout made the researcher shut his mouth and the venue fell into silence.

After a moment, the old man took the lead in breaking the silence and asked the sergeant seriously: "Do the younger generation of soldiers now have a high rate of possession of relics?"

"It's much lower than our time." The sergeant replied reluctantly: "Most of them were born in Oasis City. They didn't have the opportunity to obtain the relics, and they didn't have the aggressiveness to rush in when we saw the relics."

"However, today's equipment and weapons are much more sophisticated. Many problems that previously required relics can now be solved through technology. Their use of various high-precision weapons is much better than us old guys..."

After listening to the sergeant's explanation, the old man nodded and asked again: "Do you think having a relic will increase their survival rate?"

Hearing these words, the sergeant clenched his fists. He roughly understood what the old man meant, and he squeezed out a sentence between his teeth: "Yes."

There was another long silence in the conference room.

No one spoke, everyone was thinking silently.

But the old man didn't seem to want everyone to think about it for too long, and a slightly hoarse voice interrupted everyone's thinking.

"Those who agree with the research recommendations, raise your hands."

After saying that, the old man raised his hand.

Seeing this situation, many people slowly raised their hands.

The researcher never sat down, looked around for a moment, and then raised his hand.

There was only one middle-aged sergeant who put his hands firmly on the table and said nothing.

He didn't look at the people in the conference room. He just lowered his head and looked at the table quietly, as if he had expected the result of the vote.

"Okay, the majority agree. Starting from this year's eruption period, children of school age will be allowed to enter the Wishing Fountain and obtain relics. The institute will be responsible for leading this matter. The subsequent arrangements will be reorganized and arranged..."

"Let's go here today and let the meeting end."

After the old man slowly explained the matters, he pulled out his chair, stood up, and left the conference room behind the middle-aged sergeant.

People in the conference room walked out one after another, leaving only the sergeant.

He maintained the same posture as before and sat at the table for a long time...

Mo Ling floated in front of the window and watched it all in silence.

"It should have been ten years ago that the Trevi Fountain was decided to open in a high-level meeting, and the rules for children to make wishes were also set at this time."

"Lao Xu's life also began to take a turn, and he persisted for ten years."

Mo Ling was a little sad.

After watching the meeting that decided the fate of Oasis City, Mo Ling didn't know who was right and who was wrong.

The old man, researcher, and sergeant were all thinking about Oasis City, but their thinking and choices were completely different.

Looking at the performance of the noncommissioned officers, Mo Ling also understood why the soldiers acquiesced in Lao Xu's behavior and even protected Lao Xu secretly.

Mo Ling originally thought that the senior management of Oasis City opened the wishing fountain without consideration, but he did not expect that they had experienced the same struggle.

The comfort of Oasis City must be supported by strong power, and relics are the easiest way to obtain power.

“Comfort comes with a price.”

Mo Ling was floating in the air, looking at the Oasis City ten years ago.

At this time, Oasis City was not so prosperous, with only a few high towers and incomplete facilities.

The faces of pedestrians on the road were not so relaxed. Most of them had solemn expressions on their faces and were walking in a hurry.

Not only that, there are also some buildings under construction in full swing.

The field of vision was limited, and Mo Ling couldn't see far away, but he could still feel that there was still a big gap between Oasis City at this time and ten years later.

Mo Ling observed, but saw another curved rainbow light not far away, which was the same as the one he passed through when he came here.

"Can I go back through there?" While thinking, Mo Ling leaned towards the rainbow light.

It was a familiar feeling again. After a dazzling flash, Mo Ling came to the sky above an earthy open space.

"Where is this?"

It seems to have arrived at an earlier time.

There are no high towers, no paved roads, and no various facilities. There are only some simple buildings made of iron sheets.

However, although these buildings are simple, they are very clean and the planning is very neat.

There are no more pedestrians in suits, only some hunters in old combat uniforms coming and going.

They were either carrying huge bags or holding various tools, and everyone was very busy.

"This should be from the earlier Oasis City, or the time when it was still the Oasis Monitoring Station." Mo Ling quickly figured out the situation here.

Unexpectedly, the mirage is actually reproducing the virtual image of this period.

So far, he has experienced three eras. These eras are all connected by the curved rainbow light. As long as you cross the rainbow light, you can enter other eras.

"It seems that mirages in different regions reappear at different times."

Perhaps the different concentrations of mirage caused this result.

The strange air flow at the junction of rainbow and light is more like the division caused by different concentrations.

"It doesn't look man-made."

Mo Ling guessed that because the strange earthquake in Oasis City erupted in a small area, the mirage generated would only cover the area near the ground crack.

This results in completely different mirage concentrations in different areas, presenting virtual images of different eras.

At the junction of the two mirages, a strange rainbow light was formed, which was always mixed with the air flow and could not be condensed into a virtual image.

Mo Ling flew towards a rainbow light and observed it.

Although the rainbow light was very dazzling, through the rainbow light, Mo Ling could still see some mirages swirling in it, which made him more confident in his conjecture.

While Mo Ling was observing carefully, a white bird suddenly jumped out of the rainbow light.

Head straight for the block.

Mo Ling was already very vigilant. When he saw this situation, he was so frightened that he threw a can out of the cube and blocked it in front of Asuka.

But he didn't expect that this can from the future would hit Asuka on the head...