dhibooks Chapter 136 The Cyberpunk Star Shinjuku
Chapter 136 The Cyberpunk Star Shinjuku
The reason why Shinjuku is called the special autonomous star of the empire is because the humans who first voluntarily came to this planet for colonization and development are fans of the "cyberpunk" style.
So what is the "cyberpunk" style?In the ancient earth period, there was a kind of sci-fi literary works, film and television works, and video games, which used to depict such a world for people in a very artistic way: in a post-modern society with extremely prosperous technology, in a bustling city, the sky It is always gloomy and gloomy, with bright neon skyscrapers piercing row upon row into the sky of the city.The whole city seems to be shrouded in misty mist forever, only the huge billboards hanging on the buildings show the prosperity and vitality of the city in the blur of night.
The early colonists of the Empire Shinjuku followed this style and shaped their entire planet into the world depicted in the novel.Moreover, the name "Shinjuku" also originated from the most prosperous and lively Shinjuku district in Tokyo, Japan in the ancient earth era.It was originally because of a certain cyberpunk video game that set the background of the story on the streets of Tokyo, so this setting has been continuously used by later movies and novels, and gradually fixed as an iconic aesthetic style.This style has also been more perfectly replicated and realized on the Shinjuku Star in the Great Galaxy Era.
In this smoggy city, in the dark and dirty streets, under the shadows that cannot be illuminated by the constantly flashing neon signs on the street, some kind of mysterious transaction may be going on.The reason why we say "self-government" is because the scale of doing business on Shinjuku is wider. As long as it does not threaten the rule of the empire, it is easier to obtain some special business licenses. The government also pays a higher tax rate.
The easing of policies will always bring prosperity to businesses. Many interstellar immigrants come here voluntarily to start businesses, and more interstellar tourists can't wait to pour into the pass to enjoy the eccentric prosperity on Shinjuku.In a sense, this place is like the Dionysian black market in the chaotic zone, but the marriage and love system, which only has genetic matching, is a hurdle strictly guarded by the imperial rule.
"What are they smoking?" Lonya pointed to the two girls who were curled up in the shadows of the street, leaning against the dirty wall, puffing.
They each held two slender tubes in their hands. The tubes protruded from a black box on the corner of the street, and the smoke came out from under their nostrils, a grayish-white mist curling up.At first glance, it looks a bit like two addicts hiding in the street and smoking in the ancient earth era, but what they smoke is obviously another form of "smoke".
Out of curiosity, Lonia stepped forward to take a closer look, and saw two women with thick smoky makeup, messy chicken coop-like hair, tight leather jackets and leather pants, and silver-gray metal chains. The lips are painted bright red-this is almost the standard for passers-by in cyberpunk-style movies.They raised their necks, their faces full of intoxication, squinting and looking at Lonia who came over.Even when he saw a stranger approaching, he didn’t react. He smiled stupidly on his face, and continued to twitch his nose and inhale the intermittent smoke from the pipe, just like a person who took ecstasy In that way, immerse yourself in your own world and just care about yourself.Looking at the pipe again, it seems to be a kind of purple-black hollow coral pipe. If you look carefully, the thing will wriggle in a very small range, as if it is alive.
Wuyi told Lonya that he had heard about this thing before, and it should be some kind of strange protozoa on Shinjuku.It is between animals and plants, and the locals call it "Bliss Coral".Before this planet was transformed by the colonists, they grew in clumps in dark corners, wriggling slowly, and the gas they exhaled could make people who inhaled it feel unprecedentedly happy, hence the name.