Chapter 153: Days on board
Taking a boat in this era can be said to be one of the most boring things, second only to digging sand in the Sahara Desert. The first few days of going out to sea are still a bit fresh, but Su Ming quickly gets bored.
The sound of the wave in the ear seems to never be interrupted, it is always a frequency that repeats constantly, and it will reverberate in the dream at night.
"Shasha...shasha...killing...killing..."
This makes Su Ming woke up irritably trying to chop something.
The route around is very calm. Whenever you walk on the deck, you can see only the sky and the sea.
Although the recreational items on the cruise ship seem to be high-end, they are still meaningless. Cocktail parties, dance parties, or poker and cigar clubs...
He would participate in the cigar club activities. It is good to taste other people's cigarettes, but people are not chimneys. This activity only lasts for a short time every day.
As for the ball, although Su Ming was blind, he was handsome and masculine. Many ladies and young girls were willing to dance with him.
It's a pity that dancing is really just dancing. Americans in this era are also very conservative, and Su Ming always feels that making romantic events on luxury cruise ships is a bad omen.
The hostess fell in love on Titanic, so the ship sank.
The hostess fell in love on the Poseidon, and the ship sank.
The hostess fell in love aboard the Great Britain, and the ship sank again.
These luxury cruise ships were once known as the fastest and safest in the world, and the captain of the ship Su Ming was on board told him so...
Therefore, the place where Su Ming appears most is the gym. Most of the time there is no one. People's health concept is limited to sleeping well and eating well. The design of the cruise ship’s gym is advanced, but it is mainly for billiard tables and Tennis court service.
As a first-class guest, he can use all the equipment in .
It's a pity that the barbell here is not a modern barbell. It can be weighted by a disc. Instead, two large iron **** are welded on both ends of an iron rod. The weight is only 100 kg, which is a bit lighter for Su Ming.
The level of exercise of ordinary people is of little use to him, but it is better than nothing.
Su Ming intends to take advantage of the long journey to exercise, and develop his new abilities by the way. X Metal is also a new thing for death knell.
However, the cookie-cutter days did not provide him with any inspiration. In these days, he has only found a few applications, but none of them are useful.
For example, he can take the bones of one hand away and turn the flesh into a boneless holster, but this ability can only be used to get rid of handcuffs.
But who can handcuff the death knell? Even if he was handcuffed, it was easier for him to break the handcuffs directly.
And he can control the X metal to penetrate the skin and flow into the keyhole to form a key to unlock the lock. This is more useful, but isn't it faster to explode with C4 or break the door with the sword of night?
There are also a few gems given to him by Dr. Manhattan. They are all ordinary stones, and there is no clue to the good energy.
He tried many methods, such as squeezing it in his hand to communicate with his own mind, or painting it with his own blood, but these gems are still gems, lifeless.
After , he wondered if it was for eating? So he tried using gems to soak in water and boiling soup, just use a small steel grinder to polish the powder, but this thing is not Cordyceps, they are so strong, they are not edible at all.
He burned these gems with fire, used electricity, and chopped them with a sword of night.
Except that the Great Sword of Night can turn it into two smaller gems, other methods are ineffective.
And the little gem was changed. The original gem was oval. When Su Ming went down with a sword, it became two oval gems of one size smaller.
There is no sword mark or broken sound, they are so separated, but they are still unusable.
It seems that all current methods are ineffective except X metal which can cure them. But Manhattan said that these things can guarantee his survival in any world. What does this mean?
That is to say, Dr. Manhattan thinks that Su Ming can survive with them even in a primitive society with no one, but it seems that these things are totally unusable at present.
I haven't thought of where it should be. Su Ming has regarded it as a long-term topic. There is no danger at present, and they are not needed for the time being. When quantum computers are available in the future, they may be able to crack their secrets.
The days were spent exercising and researching. After nearly a month, Su Ming came to the deck with all his belongings.
In the distance, I can already see the Statue of Liberty, looking far away, as if she was actually standing on the sea.
New York is here.
The Statue of Liberty was built in 1884 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the United States. It has always been a symbol of New York and was given to the United States by the French.
She stands three kilometers outside the mouth of the Hudson River. All ships entering and leaving New York will inevitably pass by her. Unfortunately, it is not night, otherwise the torch in her hand will be ‘lit’.
The long journey has made the passengers more familiar. They are now busy saying goodbye or arranging for the next meeting, but more often, they sighed and poured more wine into their stomachs.
Why is this happening?
Because 1921 to 1933 was the era of prohibition in the United States, in colloquial terms, it was the era of prohibition.
There are a large number of American Puritans in this era. They pay attention to being pure-hearted, working hard and not engaging in any hedonic behavior. They are the most resistant and conservative group of British Catholicism. In the most extreme period in its history, they even Christmas is nothing.
You know that is their birthday...
However, the times have changed. After entering the 20th century, with the rapid development of science and technology, more Americans have become accustomed to a more modern and diversified life of enjoyment by taking a car, calling at work, and going to a bar after get off work.
In other words, entertainment has become a trend in society, and no one wants to live like an ascetic.
I have money and leisure, but buying a phonograph to listen to music at home is not in line with the doctrine. Isn’t it sick?
So young people are more reluctant to believe in religion, or religion has become more secular.
Then can the church as the ruling class be satisfied? Of course not. They mobilized their own forces to unite members from all over the country and passed the Prohibition Act in Congress with a majority vote. History says that the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution ~www.NovelMTL.com~ made prohibition a part of the US Constitution.
The Act stipulates that from the end of 21, it is an offence to manufacture and sell alcohol in all federal states. Transporting alcohol is also illegal, and drinking in public is even more criminal.
Violators will be punished with huge fines and more than six months of labor.
But now Hawaii is not a ‘federal state’. The cruise that Su Ming took belongs to the Hawaii Ocean Company, and they do not have to follow the laws of the federal states.
But when the passengers got ashore, they were on the land of New York State. If you want to drink two more, then you have to go to the alley to drink like a spy at night.
I have to say that laws that violate the laws of the times cannot last forever. Prohibition may be very recognized when it was introduced, but it was finally abolished.
People need leisure and entertainment. In 1929, the United States will usher in the Great Depression due to the stock market crash. People will lose their jobs and houses. The dead bodies of Wall Street jumpers are too late to collect. If you can’t even buy alcohol, it’s too counterproductive. Humans.
So at the end of 1932, Democratic candidate Franklin Roosevelt put forward his campaign manifesto, which included the abolition of prohibition, and he promised that after he became president, everyone would be able to drink freely.
At that time, he won the dominant votes in 42 of the 48 states and entered the White House with a crushing advantage. He became the 32nd President of the United States. He was re-elected for four terms, the only one in American history.
As for the reason, it is not good to say that it is because he won the Second World War, or he solved the prohibition...
Surrounded by the parting atmosphere and the smell of alcohol, Su Ming set foot on the land of New York, which will be where he lives for a long time in the future.
