The old man nodded, and Xia Yi stepped forward to clenched his fist, and knocked back the rocks blocking the entrance of the cave with one punch. A loud noise spread underground with slight vibrations, and the completely dark entrance of the cave made the old man frown.
"It seems that the golden cauldron has been extinguished."
This is undoubtedly very painful news. The settlement without Jinding cannot last long, and there may be no living people inside, but with a gust of dark wind blowing from the inside of the cave, a damp and rancid smell made the old man hold his breath tightly. He covered his mouth and nose.
"It's not the smell of mushrooms..."
The expression of the old man was very disappointed. He had roughly guessed what happened to this settlement. After a certain distance, they finally came to a relatively empty space, only a few pairs of dead bones on the ground greeted them.
The old man walked in slowly with a heavy heart. There was no life here, and there were so many corpses, until the old man and Xia Yi found a corpse with rotten flesh and blood. The owner of this corpse should not have been dead for too long. Upon hearing this discovery, there was a strange rustling sound from deeper inside.
The old man followed the sound and shone the lantern on the road ahead. He was a man with no clothes on, and was extremely thin with only bones left. He didn't seem to be very old, maybe less than [-] years old at most, and his eyes were empty. None, but pure appetite.
He opened his mouth slightly, revealing a pair of badly worn teeth.
"It's... not saved yet?"
The old man sighed, and actually took the initiative to go forward. The man immediately rushed towards the old man, but Xia Yi was not ready to save him, because the old man had already grasped the dagger tightly. The old man was able to visit so many settlements. He was not an ordinary person, even if he was old and weak , if you hold a weapon, you can still deal with some threats.
Hearing a puff, the old man didn't dodge, let the man jump at him, and just fell into his arms. He had accurately sent the dagger into the man's chest, and the man let out a strange roar, and the old man just hugged him slightly. He patted his back with his hands.
"Sorry, but that's the only thing I can do for you."
The man didn't struggle for too long, his body soon went limp and passed away. The fresh smell of blood caused more abnormal noises from the cave. The old man grabbed the picture crystal on his chest with his hand, and he projected the image of the starry sky. The starry sky reflected in the darkness is extremely beautiful, but no one appreciates it except him and Xia Yi.
The wisdom of these people may be brought back, but it will take years and decades of re-education. It is a pity that he does not have this condition. Xia Yi can choose to save these people, but Xia Yi did not interfere with the old man's choice .
"Look, everyone, this is our starry sky. Every point of light is a larger world, far beyond our imagination. It is an immortal star, and there are beautiful planets around the star..."
The old man still introduced himself, but the people who were used to the darkness did not say anything. They had already forgotten the starry sky, and even the dignity of people. They were just beasts with humanoid appearance. Years re-educate them as adults, and they also missed the most critical age for knowing the world.
Even if they are re-educated, their spiritual intelligence will not be so high. The old man can only give up on them, but at least they should die under the starry sky in the end. The old man has shown his vigorous skills. He didn't need Xia Yi's help at all, and sent all the degenerates who attacked to the starry sky alone.
What the old man is afraid of is the wise and hostile people. Those people are no longer reasonable, and they are only thinking of ways to make their humble ant-like life better in this remaining world, even if they consume future money. Maybe, they don't care about the future.
The old man doesn't blame such people. In today's world, most people are like that. They don't know the starry sky since they were born. They only have a kind of obsession that they don't want to die and want to live a better life.
But these degenerate people are different, what remains on them is pure sorrow, and their attack is not even as powerful as wild beasts. This is the appearance of a human race that has completely lost fire and starry sky. Xia Yi listened to the indistinct cries in the mouths of these degenerate people Voice, they are already worse than the so-called ancestors of the human race.
This is the scene after really losing everything, losing civilization, starry sky, wisdom, and pride as a "human", and the end of the human race living in darkness.
After everything was buried in darkness, only the starry sky projected by the shadow crystal remains.
"Thank you...for your listening."
Some suffocating voices, accompanied by old tears.
20
The next road to search is still not smooth.
The old man and Xia Yi met a settlement that asked them to hand over all their belongings. Of course the old man was unwilling, but even if they released the projection of the starry sky, they were ridiculed by the people in the settlement. They laughed that it was simply unrealistic. However, there are also a few people who are lost in thought while looking at the projection of the starry sky.
In the end, Xia Yi protected the old man and escaped from this settlement, because they even planned to kill the old man in order to get the ancient relics on the old man. Everything is hidden, let's go in and see the situation first, this time it's a bit risky.
Still, he seems quite willing to take the risk.
Because there are indeed people whose desire for the starry sky has been reawakened, which he never dared to do before. After learning about this kind of settlement, the old man will leave directly, and there is no chance to show them the starry sky.
Although the old man failed in terms of the result, he still acted very happy. On the way to the next settlement, he talked to Xia Yi about how many people in the last settlement had stars in their eyes, and some people were fighting for their lives. , there are people who obey fate, and the old man does not blame those who obey fate.
They are just tired and in pain, wanting to sleep peacefully at night, not all of them are willing to rebuke the light and roar at dusk, which means giving up even the last bit of peace, and being born from the pain of the mother , grew up in pain, and died in pain.
No one wants this, just like people who are terminally ill, some are tortured to the point of inhumanity and still insist on treatment, and some people seek the last little bit of happiness left in their lives.
The old man and Xia Yi kept heading towards the next settlement. The main food along the way was dry and smelly mushrooms. Although the taste of this kind of mushrooms was extremely unfriendly, it was already a kind of food for people in this world. Gift, this kind of mushroom grows in many places, and it is something that people who venture into the wilderness cannot do without.
Even Xia Yi does as the Romans do, eating this disgusting mushroom. When it becomes the driving force for progress, no matter how unbearable the taste is, it can be infinitely delicious. If dreams have a taste, it is probably a kind of universal seasoning .
The next settlement, this settlement has been lost many years ago. There are not even degenerate people inside the cave, and it is completely dead. The old man has collected usable items in this vanished settlement. It is still the starry sky projected in the center of the cave and narrates alone.
Even if only the bones were listening, he spoke very seriously. He hoped that this would allow those souls trapped in the dark sky to go to the starry sky. Xia Yi knew that the starry sky was actually cold, empty, and lifeless. .
But in the eyes of the old people, the starry sky has everything beautiful, or people endow the starry sky with beauty.
The two continued to move forward, no matter how thick the black wind and sand were, they couldn't stop the old man. Xia Yi just made him a little younger and didn't give him much care, but he was able to cross thousands of mountains with his old body. Water, before the rise of the human race, needed fire transmitters.
And when the human race is about to lose its light, what is needed may be a star seeker like an old man. The former created civilization, and the latter sang the great years experienced by civilization. Xia Yi has never felt so truly what the human race is. What kind of civilization, if you think about it now, is probably never perfect, but it is because of its imperfection that it can keep moving forward.
In the underground cave, the old man talked about the starry sky. The narrow underground did not affect people's understanding of the magnificence of the starry sky. He pointed to the billions of stars that only existed in the projection, as if he really used his eyes I have seen the general talk about everything about the stars.
One long road after another, one settlement after another.
Fifteen years later, the old man was already very weak, and he needed Xia Yi's support to stand up straight and talk about the starry sky. This last settlement was very friendly to the old man, as if he knew he would come sooner or later. The elders of the settlement half knelt on the ground To give the highest salute, the salute he performed was to clenched his right hand into his chest.
People have forgotten the meaning of this etiquette, and only remember its actions. No matter men, women, old or young, they greet the old man with this ceremony. When the old man tells the starry sky, everyone seems to have longed for it. People are very quiet and prick up their ears for fear. Missed a word.
Here is the settlement where the old man was born.
It was also the last stop on the star-seeking road. During this period, people from other settlements came to look for it, and told them that in today's world, there are still people who travel all over the world to praise the starry sky.
After the narration, everyone clenched their right fists on their chests again, and Xia Yi did the same. Xia Yi thought that the old man deserved this gift.
"In any case, may the glory of the human race last forever."
Xia Yi said this sentence, and the others seemed to suddenly think of something. Many people trembled, and immediately after Xia Yi read this sentence aloud.
that night.
People came out of the caves and came to the surface, and put cloth lanterns sewn from strips of rags into the sky. They put a lot of them. After all, most of them would be extinguished by the black wind and sand. Everyone looked at the cloth lanterns flying into the sky obsessively. lantern.
After half an hour.
In the farther sky, there are shimmering lights like stars.
After three hours.
Blurred lights appeared in five places in the sky.
At this moment, every settlement where the old man has arrived is made of rags into lanterns and let them fly. This is a reminder that the final journey of star-seeking has really begun, and the human race will do their best to build a starship!
Half a year later, the people in each settlement contacted each other and transported all the collected ancient relics to the settlement where the old man lived. There are other settlements for them to rest.
The old man not only passed on the starry sky, but also made people unite again. Traveling in the wilderness is very dangerous. Some people will fall on the road, but no one is afraid. From near to far, all the teams from each settlement will be assembled within two years.
Some people lost their parents on the road, some people lost their love on the road, but they all delivered the promised items safely. Some settlements provide the manufacturing method of the starry sky boat, some settlements also have tripod-like magic weapons, and some settlements They brought all the stored spirit stones, and some settlements had people learning how to build starships decades ago.
People built a platform in a place with a relatively gentle landform outside the settlement, cleared the nearby evil monsters, dissolved and recast the ancient relics that continued their lives, and the human race will surely prove the stars again.
21
In the settlement where the old man was born, the old man would use the picture crystal to reflect the appearance of the starry sky every now and then, and then simply turn on the picture crystal all the time, and put it on the platform for building the starry sky boat.
The speed of formation is very slow, but it is actually considered fast. After all, people are mortals, and the starry sky boats they made are not much better, but at least they are doing it by hand, gathering the wisdom of most people in the remaining world today. .
A year later, the starry sky boat has taken shape, a ship that is not too big.
Three years later, the light of the starry sky seems to be no problem from the outside. Thanks to the ancient relics from the bottom of the box in each settlement, that is, the magic weapon left over from the ancient times, some people with extraordinary talents are willing to Manufacturing needs, relying on the spirit stones and cultivation methods provided by multiple settlements, barely entered the spring spring period.
The formation is proceeding in an orderly manner. The old man Xun Xun held his breath from the moment he started the formation, thinking that he must not die before the starship is completed. Of course Xia Yi helped him quietly, but Xia Yi did not take it The movements are too big, just to give him a ray of life every now and then after he falls asleep.
Five years later, most of the starry sky boat has been completed, the old man is still alive, and occasionally prays to the sky, the old man knows his physical condition, it can only be said that it is incredible that he can live until now, and he has also noticed that Xia Yi is not easy , but he didn't say it, he just thanked Xia Yi silently from the bottom of his heart.
Seven years later, the starship can be said to be able to take off, but in order to increase the success rate, people began to carefully check every component, and if any flaws were found, they would be returned to the furnace for remanufacturing.
At the beginning of the ninth year, the ship of the starry sky was completed. Everyone stood on the platform and looked up at the ship of the starry sky that entrusted their last hope. The old man, Xia Yi and some people boarded the ship of the starry sky. Everyone looked at the slowly shining starship with hope, and offered their most sincere blessings from the bottom of their hearts.
There is no countdown, no carnival, only quiet expectation.
The starship is flying towards the sky in people's expectant eyes. Seeing the starship take off, many people feel a little nervous in their hearts of joy. The old man stays in the starry sky staring at the sky, looking forward to the starry sky boat Everything you see after breaking through the dark sky.
The starry sky boat slowly approached the pitch-black sky, and it kept shaking under the violent wind and sand. The old man gradually became a little worried, and even felt an indescribable fear for the first time in his life. He was afraid of failure, he couldn't fail, he couldn't! !
The people on the ground watched the starry sky boat being slowly swallowed by the pitch-black sky. Under the emotion of anticipation and fear, the darkness in front of the old man suddenly flashed, and a flash of light appeared, which seemed to be everything he had dreamed of, but still I didn't remember and experience the boundless starry sky, but I was swallowed by a brighter light.
The ship of the starry sky was finally defeated by the dark sky that never disappears all year round. This was the resentment after the death of the stars, and the hatred of the innate family. The ship of the starry sky disintegrated and exploded in the air.
Seeing this scene, the people on the ground saw a flash of intense light in the dark sky, accompanied by a loud noise, they all lost their strength and collapsed to the ground. Some cried, and some watched again. Show empty eyes.
Not long after, the remaining cabin of the starship boat fell from the sky, and it landed not far away. What surprised people was that the people who boarded the starry sky boat were still alive. Xia Yi helped the old man covered in blood and walked out slowly. In the cabin, the old man was gently placed on the ground.
"Did you see it?"
"Look... here it is, even if... only for a moment."
Xia Yi asked loudly, and the old man nodded with tears in his eyes. He was about to die, but he did see it. Although there was only a moment that he couldn't remember, it made those frustrated people show a very forced smile. Lost everything, but can only exchange for a moment?
It's a pity that they couldn't see it at that moment.
"Everyone, go and collect the fragments of the starship. We still have unused ancient relics. My settlement still has a spare Golden Cauldron!"
"Next time, next time it will definitely succeed, if you give us another chance..."
"Come again! Must come again!"
"You must see the real starry sky!"
People look at the gorgeous starry sky projected by the photo crystal, and they don't want to give up, even if it is to sacrifice everything, if it is a moment this time, then next time it will be just one glance, one glance is enough!
But Xia Yi knew that it was difficult to create a starry sky boat that could break through this dark sky with their level, but it was enough, Xia Yi already knew what the glory of the human race was.
The old man was speechless, his tear-filled eyes were fixed on the starry sky projected by the picture crystal, he even found it very difficult to breathe, but at least he would die at the end of his favorite life under the stars.
"Xia Yi... Next... I will... trouble... you."
The old man smiled at the end. Seeing this old man, people around him lowered their heads in pain. Some people couldn't bear this depression, and roared angrily to the sky, cursing the cruelty of fate.
And Xia Yi just showed a smile.
"Don't bother me, you can pursue your dreams by yourself."
As soon as the words fell, Xia Yi's body burst into a dazzling light, and his gray robe changed into a white gown, which was enough, and he completely witnessed the glory of the human race.
"Are you the god who has always cared for me? Have you come to pick me up?"
The old man had hallucinations, and he didn't know who he mistook Xia Yi for. Xia Yi smiled lightly, and the vicissitudes of life recreated the old man's flesh and blood, reorganized the old man's unyielding soul, and the old man's consciousness became clear again.
"Xia Yi... who the hell are you? I've noticed from the very beginning that you're not easy. Why do you want to help me?"
"There is no reason, just because I am your God."
"Our... god?"
"I'm sorry I didn't say it all the time, but I just want to see where the road of my human race is. Thank you for letting me realize this again and let me know where we should go."
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