The old man deliberately projected a starry sky to introduce to Xia Yi. It seems that he has mastered the method of use. This is a photo stone, but Xia Yi combined it with the god stone. .
"Really? So what I accidentally found revealed a vast and boundless real world..."
"That's right, thank you friend, the item you found is the most precious treasure of our human race."
The old man cherished the photo crystal that Xia Yi gave him very much. After the projection was over, he gently wiped the photo crystal with the corner of his clothes very carefully. In his eyes, this thing was even more important than his life.
"So, you asked my identity before, who are you, and why did you fall down in the wilderness with nothing?"
Xia Yi curiously asked the old man, even the search for the remnant soul of the Supreme Being was put on hold temporarily by Xia Yi, he was not on a whim, but was really moved, this old man had emotions that he could hardly empathize with, and he wanted to understand , want to feel.
"I am a star seeker. I was once called that by a different settlement. That settlement wanted to collect ancient relics left in various places to break through this dark sky, so I traveled around the settlements, showed them the starry sky, and begged us to come back again." Unite once, just to touch once more."
"It's a pity...from a strong and strong age to now, I haven't been able to convince many settlements, but I haven't reached all the settlements. As long as I have a breath, I will take the starry sky forward, just like the one who is different from others. With the ambitions of our settlement, we have something more important than just living."
"My Clan's First Dream"
The old man closed his eyes and smiled, as if recalling the bright starry sky he saw in the photo crystal. Even if this generation can't do it, those who are unwilling to see the starry sky will definitely tell their descendants before they die, and let them embark on a journey to find the starry sky. The road to the stars, no matter what, you can't give up, you can't despair, and you can't forget the starry sky.
Otherwise, they are really dead, and they will fall into eternal sleep with this piece of the end.
"Don't you have a name?"
"I forgot, I have no name when I set foot on this road, I am very glad to meet you at the end of my life, if possible, I would like to relay everything I know to you, can I ask you to accept Come down and help me reach the settlement that has never known the starry sky?"
"That's unnecessary, I gave you a pill, do you know what a pill is?"
"I'm not very clear. It should be some kind of precious ancient relic. You actually gave it to me?"
"That's right, prolonging life and repairing physical damage. I am just a traveler, and you are the star seeker. As a traveler, I also hope to have a companion. I decided to travel with you and witness your star-seeking journey. For me personally In other words, travel also needs an end or goal.”
Xia Yi's words made the old man fall into silence, followed by the tears in his eyes. He closed his eyes tightly and shed tears, and clenched the picture crystal hanging on his chest with both hands.
"That's it...that's it! Can I go on?"
"I... I can still move forward with the starry sky!"
"I can let more people know about the starry sky, thank God, thank God."
The old man was so moved that he couldn't speak coherently, Xia Yi only had a soft smile on his face. In fact, the old man didn't need to thank God at all, and he didn't even need to thank the gods, because he made the gods realize the truly precious things.
15
It is very difficult to move on the surface. Not only are there deadly residual evil threats, but also black sandstorms that sweep across the entire stars. When the violent wind seldom stops, almost no life can survive on the surface.
In the process of chatting with the old man, Xia Yi roughly knew how the remaining human race survived here. People have built underground settlements to eke out a living with scarce resources and remaining soil. Sunshine can also grow, but mushrooms, which are extremely unpalatable and taste like carrion, have persisted as a staple food until today.
There are very few foods that can be said to be delicious. At the beginning of each settlement, there were some ancient relics that could emit warmth and light like the sun. They lived well in the first tens of thousands of years, but as time passed, those ancient relics The relics are either damaged, or the energy is exhausted and cannot be replenished. It is difficult for a settlement without ancient relics to survive for a long time relying on mushrooms alone.
When the ancient relic like the artificial sun loses its function, the people in the settlement either take the risk of death to seek refuge in other settlements, or try their best to survive in the dark for a period of time and wait to die. People who only eat mushrooms can't live for too long .
Therefore, the spirit stones they call the sky stones are so precious. The spirit stones are the lifeline of the entire settlement, but this world is dead, and the reserves of spirit stones are absolutely limited. The fact is that without any external salvation, they will eventually run out of everything and die.
There is no hope at all, not at all.
"Xia Yi, let's rest for a while and climb over the mountain over there to the next settlement. I will take this opportunity to tell you about the starry sky and history I know."
After spending nearly a month crossing the wilderness, the old man became depressed for some reason when he chose the way forward. Xia Yi and the old man lit fireflies behind a rock, and the old man counted the remaining food with his rough hands. He slapped the gourd on his waist several times, and the sound made by the gourd became clearer and clearer than before.
"Is there not enough food and water?"
"Well, even if you count the spiritual food I collected and the last remaining water in my ancient relic gourd, it's only enough for one person to cross the mountain and reach the next settlement."
The old man was holding a dozen or so round and dirty balls. They were bigu pills, which should be left over from ancient times. Ordinary people can eat them for half a month without being hungry. As for the gourd, it is the lowest level space that is not even as good as a storage ring. Utensils are basically used to hold water.
"Wouldn't it be enough to walk on the plain?"
"It's too dangerous. Where the terrain is a little gentler, those monsters will be in groups, and they can only climb over the mountains. Even the best hunters can't cross that plain. Now it's not tens of thousands of years ago. Even if there is a means of cultivation, there are no practitioners because of the extreme shortage of heavenly stones."
The old man did not agree to cross the plain, because in his opinion, he and Xia Yi would both die if he did that, so it is the best choice for one person to live safely. Most people in this world don’t know history at all. Because there is no need to know, many times people don't know why they are alive.
It is also because of traveling to various settlements and knowing how to write that the old man can know things in ancient times and know some past events about cultivation.
"Aren't you afraid of dying?"
Xia Yi was a little surprised, this old man has no obsession with living, really not at all!
"Not afraid, I am even more afraid that no one will lead the starry sky. I know where we came from, and I know where we are going. We must let as many people know as possible. This is what I have insisted on until now. Meaning, we can no longer waste resources simply to survive."
"When the remnants will eventually disappear, we must touch the sky before this, otherwise we will perish forever in this land of the end, and I don't want us to end here."
The old man only knows one thing, not the other, but it is not his fault. History has long been buried by the years, books are used to burn to resist the cold, and jade slips are inflexible and cannot be read. At least, monks are destined to perish before mortals, and the history that only depends on mortals' oral traditions will eventually be lost.
Therefore, in this generation, people no longer know that on the other side of the starry sky, there are human races like themselves living under the green mountains and green waters and the warm sun. They think that they may be the last human race. Some people do not forget the stars.
"If what I do can make us touch the starry sky again, it would be my honor to be a stepping stone on the road, so... accept these things and go forward for me."
The old man sincerely hopes that Xia Yi can continue his path. It's not that he doesn't want to move forward, but that he is really weak. He is old, and he can't compare to Xia Yi in terms of foot strength or anything else, so he gave up all resources to him. Xia Yi is the most correct.
"No, I'm also a traveler anyway. I can travel alone in this end-of-the-day wilderness. How can I have no means? Just leave those monsters to me, and we will go to the plain."
"But there are too many monsters, I dare not take risks, I am not afraid of death, I am afraid that I will not be able to bring the starry sky to more settlements, please understand me."
The old man was still unwilling to take risks. Xia Yi was speechless with his spirit of completely disregarding life and death and only caring about his sense of mission. Relying on persuasion alone probably won't work, and I'm afraid he can only show part of his strength right now.
"Those monsters do not pose any threat. I was lost in an ancient ruin. The dream stone on your chest and the pill I gave you were all found in the ancient ruins. Naturally, I also have ancient comprehension skills. the power of the
"Do you... have cultivation?"
The eyes of the old man were a little moved. It is such a rare thing that he can still have cultivation nowadays. It is almost a miracle bestowed by God. Suddenly, many cracks appeared, but they did not shatter.
This strength is not considered great, but in the eyes of the old man, it is already a natural divine power. Although it is still difficult to cross the plain with such power, at least it will not be life-threatening.
"As you can see."
After Xia Yi demonstrated his strength, the old man always had a bottom line in his heart, and it would be great if he could move forward. There is no more reassuring fact for the old man than this. After all, he himself hopes to spend as much time as possible in the few days Pass on everything about the starry sky.
He is extremely eager to see the real starry sky in his lifetime, and he is willing to give everything for it, even if he can only see it for a second, no, even just a glance.
16
A world shrouded in darkness has no light.
Only relying on the small hanging lamp at the waist, the field of vision that can be seen is extremely limited. The two have arrived at the plain and are slowly moving forward.
The old man followed Xia Yi's instructions and walked honestly at a distance. The old man was very worried about Xia Yi, and would call Xia Yi's name every once in a while. Xia Yi would reply immediately every time, which made the old man feel at ease. , but also admire Xia Yi's strength.
But what the old man didn't know was that Xia Yi had almost never really made a move. Those pitifully weak and evil Xia Yi could be crushed and wiped out directly with Yuanshen, and no matter how many they were, they could not pose any threat.
A week later, the two of them crossed the plain without any danger, but every time they set up camp, the old man would try his best to convey the history and knowledge he knew. According to him, he didn't know how far he could go, and he would try his best to go. You can go farther, but you also have to think about when you can no longer walk.
Xia Yi also acquiesced to this point. The old man is ready to die for his ideal at any time. Even if he is just a mortal, his awareness is not possessed by many practitioners.
Some cultivators strive for longevity.
There are practitioners who only look at benefits.
Some cultivators seek to become famous.
There are practitioners who only want to create an unworldly hegemony.
And the old man has only one ideal, to see the starry sky again in this world that has entered the end, and to pass on light in this world where people have long forgotten the past, abandoned their dreams, and just want to live.
Another week passed, and the old man and Xia Yi arrived at the settlement where the remaining people lived.
The settlement is deep underground. The winding cave path is full of darkness, and there is an indescribable depression. After walking for two hours, the two people walked out of the winding path. The underground settlement is very dilapidated. A golden tripod emitting a faint light, that cause should be an ancient relic that people rely on for their livelihood.
And this golden tripod is just a Taoist tool. Fortunately, the purpose of this golden tripod design at the beginning should be to keep people alive. The speed of consumption of spiritual energy is very slow, and it can even recycle the light and heat emitted by itself. It can even persist for several years. Although the grade is only a Taoist weapon, the means of making it is no less than that of a magic weapon. It can be said that the value of a trace of spiritual energy is fully utilized.
After Xia Yi and the old man arrived at this settlement, some people came forward to ask them the purpose of their arrival, but most of them stared at the beautiful crystal on the old man's chest with malicious eyes. The shimmering beautiful crystal definitely contained aura , But in fact, what is contained in this picture crystal is the divine power far above the aura.
In this settlement, the oldest person will be selected as the manager, and everyone is doing what they can. People live in tents made of rags, and there are also mounds like graves. Dirty personal items are placed randomly, and many items are even passed down from ancestors.
There is no light in people's eyes, everyone is sick and spiritless, and the air is filled with a smell of rotten meat, because it must be the mushroom that tastes extremely bad, but at least it can be used as food Strange smell.
Only some children who have not grown up, they still look at the old man and Xia Yi with curiosity.
An old man led the old man and Xia Yi deeper, and came to an underground stream. After the old man filled the gourd with water, the old man urged Xia Yi and the old man to leave. Outsiders are not welcome in their settlement. , They don't have anything that can be used to support Xia Yi and the old man.
Even if they just give water, in their own eyes, it is the utmost benevolence.
There is not even despair here, because people never know what hope is, and people don't even know what they live for, they just follow the instinct of not wanting to die and reproduce, just like a beast that has lost its fangs and claws, Those empty eyes were filled with something far more unacceptable than despair.
The elders in the settlement sent the old man and Xia Yi to the place where they left. Along the way, he used his eyes to signal those children who wanted to get closer to stay away. When he returned to the center of the settlement, the old man suddenly stopped his pace. .
"I have something to say, okay?"
Standing in the center of the settlement, on top of the staircase-like stone layer nearby, there are dwellings and mounds made of rotten cloth strips. Only a few people looked at the old man and Xia Yi curiously.
"What else do you want? It's enough for you to fetch water."
The elder who led Xia Yi and the old man showed a vigilant look, and the old man had a vicissitudes of life smile on his face. He was not surprised by this attitude. The settlements he had walked through before treated him more or less like this.
"I want to show everyone something, can I trouble you to get everyone together?"
"Look at what?"
The elder was still wary of Xia Yi and the old man. The old man pointed at the top of his head, and his eyes gradually became extremely serious.
"Our true home."
"What else do we have? It's not easy to just try our best to survive. Are you the kind of ideal person who wants to encourage us to die without proof? There have been people who wanted to return to the ground, but that It was impossible, so my parents were encouraged to go to the ground and have returned since then.”
The elders showed hostility while talking. They were very afraid of breaking the existing rules. Xia Yi wanted to ask them why they were alive, but the old man just smiled.
"Aren't you curious what your parents were looking for?"
"I don't care! You'd better not mess around, or..."
The elder whistled, and everyone in the settlement stood up and looked at Xia Yi and the old man with hostile eyes.
"I don't know how to do anything. I travel all the way around the settlements. I just want to show you something. After seeing it, whatever you plan to do is your freedom. If you persist like this, even if you persist until the end, what will you get? ?”
The old man asked the old man back, the old man frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded. He also felt a little curious about the old man's words, and he waved to the people in the settlement. He walked towards the center of the settlement expressionlessly.
It has to be said that many people even gave up thinking and let themselves be controlled by other people's orders. For people who have never even felt despair, obeying other people's orders is also an easy way to live.
Xia Yi can't even see spiritual wisdom from these people. They don't have any emotions, just like fools, without their own thinking. Although they are indeed alive, they are no different from corpses.
17
The center of the settlement is a flat area that is not too open, but at least it is enough for everyone to stand.
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