Finally, Gou Fugui solemnly accepted the small box with both hands.
This attitude suddenly put Grandpa Jin, who had been reluctant to let go, at ease. At that moment, he even felt that his grandson's words might be correct.
Give the box to Xiao Fugui, and he will surely be able to survive until the end with it.
Grandpa Jin smiled as always: "Then I'll entrust my life's work to you. Actually, you're getting a good deal, kid. As long as you can survive to the end with this box, the contents will make you a wealthy man who won't have to worry about food or clothing in the shortest amount of time!"
This is technology and seeds that even the nation has to pay a high price for, so as long as we survive this ordeal, the future will be infinitely bright.
Gou Fugui raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Then I'll have to do everything in my power to keep this little box safe. Don't worry, as long as I'm here, the box will be here, and not even the Heavenly King himself can take it away from me."
This time, Mr. Jin burst out laughing.
Jin Mantang, who was standing next to him, also laughed. After all, it was his grandfather's life's work. As his grandson, he couldn't completely protect it, but knowing that it wouldn't be submerged in the sea or the wind and rain was enough.
Then the smiles of the Jin family grandfather and grandson came to an abrupt end when Gou Fugui took out a survival ball the size of a grapefruit from his backpack.
Jin Mantang was the first to jump up: "Survival Ball! Bro, how did you get this thing?!"
As mentioned above, survival balls will be distributed according to national contributions. Even though his grandfather donated so much grain and was already on the waiting list, he still had to wait a month to receive a survival ball. Yet, his wealthy brother, who seemed to have made no contribution, had already gotten his hands on a survival ball.
Gou Fugui was very satisfied with the shocked and adoring look in Jin Mantang's eyes, just as he had imagined, and almost blurted out that he should call him "Dad" again.
However, he managed to hold back, only coughing lightly as he tossed the survival ball in his hand to Jin Mantang.
"The old man gave me such a precious box of 'Hope,' and since we've known each other for so long and our names are so coincidental, I'll give you this Survival Orb. As my brother, Gou Fugui, you, Jin Mantang, have to try your best to survive to the end, right?"
If it were anything else, Jin Mantang might have accepted it with a smile, but this survival ball in his hand was far too valuable, leaving him momentarily at a loss for how to react.
All the jewelry and antiques in the room combined couldn't compare to the survival ball in his hand, which inevitably made Jin Mantang feel like he was burning a hot potato.
So the grandson instinctively looked at his grandfather.
Grandpa Jin also showed a shocked expression.
He passed on the responsibility of protecting what he should have taken to the child on the other side, and the child gave him a precious chance at life in return.
Grandpa Jin wanted to refuse, but he could get a survival ball a month later.
But Gou Fugui spoke first: "Grandpa, don't be so polite and don't overthink it. What you gave me is more precious to me than this ball."
"It's just that the world has destroyed this precious thing."
"And I still have three balls, that's enough for me to keep going."
As Gou Fugui spoke, he pulled out three more large pomelo balls from his backpack, almost making Jin Mantang's eyes pop out of their sockets. Even the old man Jin slowly pressed his chest.
"Holy crap! Bro, where did you get all these survival orbs?!"
There were so many survival orbs in front of him that he suspected they were high-quality counterfeit products!
At this moment, Gou Wangfugui proudly raised his chin: "It's nothing special, just salvaged two machines from the ship to synthesize survival sphere materials."
Listen to that regal tone from Versailles.
They only salvaged two machines!
Don't think he doesn't know that mission number one has been posted for over a month and no one has completed it yet!
At this moment, Jin Mantang really wanted to sincerely call his wealthy brother "Dad".
Seriously, even his own father might not be this capable.
And, Jin Mantang felt a surge of pride in himself—he truly was the most astute investor in the world!
Given how arrogant his brother Fugui is, it would be illogical if he didn't live to the end!
So Jin Mantang accepted the survival ball with joy and gratitude.
Gou Fugui, on the other hand, turned around and stuffed the box of seeds and soil into his otter-shaped pocket.
Even though this box took up a third of his pocket, he made sure to empty some of the honey and food and keep only the box.
It was past 11 p.m. when everyone at the planting base finally packed up their belongings.
The next morning at six o'clock, everyone woke up early again, washed up, ate breakfast, and then did a final cleaning of the planting base.
Mr. Jin led his graduate students to close the cultivation rooms at the planting base one by one. After closing each cultivation room, Mr. Jin would carefully explain to his students the characteristics and results of the grain crops cultivated in that cultivation room.
When Grandpa Jin led his students to the last rice seed cultivation room, looking at the rice field that had already produced ears of wheat but might never mature and turn golden, several researchers couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
Grandpa Jin stood at the door for a long time before sighing and saying, "...You didn't live to see a good year."
I don't know if it's about rice or about people.
With the soft thud of the alloy door hitting the ground, Mr. Jin's life's work in his later years was sealed away.
Perhaps, one day they will see the light of day again.
Or perhaps, that day will never come.
Gou Fugui and his animal team watched Old Master Jin's actions from afar in the hall, and sighed softly.
At that moment, the horns of armored vehicles sounded outside the base.
Grandpa Jin then led everyone outside, and Gou Fugui, along with the animal team and Xie Tianlang and his three companions, also went outside.
Just before getting on the bus, Jin Mantang looked at the place that had consumed half of his grandfather's life's work, clicked his tongue, and rushed inside.
Old Master Jin called out to him and cursed a few more times, but he still couldn't get Jin Mantang to come back.
When Jin Mantang ran back, panting, everyone in the armored vehicle who saw him twitched their lips.
The wealthy and beautiful woman looked at him and thought of their first meeting—
At that time, the brothers in the hall stretched out their hands, with twenty rings on their fingers, and asked him to choose any one of them in exchange for a fish head.
Now, these brothers have a dozen or so antique necklaces around their necks, seven or eight bracelets on their wrists, and their ten fingers, which were finally free, are now covered with rings.
It can be summed up in one word: blindingly bright.
Grandpa Jin was so angry at his unfilial grandson that he almost fainted. He pointed his finger at his grandson's nose and kept trembling.
But his eldest grandson stuffed these things into his grandfather's backpack.
"Alright, alright, stop pointing at me. These are all my dad, mom, and grandpa's favorite treasures, aren't they! If they stay at the base and get flooded, they'll be so hard to find! Why not bring them along? Maybe they'll be my capital to make a comeback someday!"
Grandpa Jin slapped his grandson on the back of the head: "Make a comeback my ass! From now on, even if you live, you'd better stay in the fields and farm!"
Jin Mantang didn't care at all, and even had the mood to wink at his wealthy brother.
His wealthy brother ignored this clown, only quickly glancing at Jin Mantang, but did not see the "Sirius" on his neck and hands, which was as deep as the night sky and as bright as a star.
He was slightly disappointed.
But on second thought, leaving Sirius in the ocean is perhaps a kind of romance between heaven and earth.
Three hours later, the armored vehicle carrying them finally arrived at their destination.
Midway through the journey, Gou Fugui looked out the window and realized they were heading towards the edge of Qingchuan, a place with mountains and sea.
However, when they arrived at their destination, and when Gou Fugui saw with his own eyes the twenty super-giant ships neatly lined up against the mountainside, he was inevitably awestruck.
They looked like twenty small metal mountains, standing between the mountains and the sea.
Just by looking at it from afar, you can feel its overwhelming power and sturdiness, which is truly awe-inspiring.
"...I never imagined that I would see footage from the movie 2012 with my own eyes one day."
Although the super-giant ship before me is different from the ark in the movie, and although there is no thrilling boarding process like in the movie, the shock of witnessing the miracle of creation with my own eyes is probably exactly the same.
"Unfortunately, we had too little time to prepare. These twenty 'Mountains' can only carry a maximum of two million people, and the functions of the last 'Mountain' have not even been fully set up yet."
But time is running out. According to predictions from meteorological, astronomical, and geographical institutions, there will be frequent and unpredictable earthquakes and tsunamis in the next month, which may even trigger underwater volcanic eruptions.
Most of Qingchuan will be affected. Although the Qingchuan Plateau may not necessarily sink or collapse as a result, but…
The officer who led Gou Fugui and the others onto the ship didn't finish his sentence, but Gou Fugui, Old Master Jin, and the others understood his unspoken meaning.
Even at the top of the food chain, humans cannot accurately predict disasters.
Especially the disasters brought about by the world.
Therefore, we should always be prepared for any eventuality.
Gou Fugui and his group boarded the No. 3 "Mountain" giant ship.
The first and second satellites have already been used to connect with more important national leaders, researchers, and special elite contributors.
Being able to climb to the third peak already signifies a relatively significant contribution.
When Gou Fugui and his group reached the third mountain, quite a few people had already boarded the giant ship.
But what made the wealthy and beautiful woman feel a sense of despair, and wish she could turn back into a sea otter or an orca and drift on the sea, was that even on this super-giant ship that could sustain 100,000 people, the bedrooms were still the kind of inflatable capsule cabins that made people want to vomit.
The main difference is that it's a transparent version 1.0 and a widened, thickened, colored version 2.0.
Even though he was surrounded by familiar faces, Fugui felt extremely frustrated and pained.
He stood in front of his capsule cabin, number three on the second floor of the second row, deep in thought. Should he just jump ship and become an otter?
Just then, Xie Langren's voice rang out beside him: "Don't be reckless. Think about those towering waves. Let alone Xiao Yuanyuan, who isn't even as long as my arm, even Da Yuanyuan, how many times could she withstand being hit?"
"And if you go down there, how will the German Shepherds survive?"
Gou Fugui fell silent immediately.
He was able to exchange a survival ball for the opportunity to bring twelve animals, including a German Shepherd, a Husky, and a Labrador, onto the ship.
However, the ship would not specifically reserve capsule cabins for these twelve animals, nor would it prepare food for them.
Even if Xie Tianlang, Song Sanchuan, the four of them, Old Master Jin, and Jin Mantang were willing to bring one or two animals to live with them, he couldn't let Xie Tianlang and Old Master Jin bear the burden of their survival needs.
"Tsk."
Everyone forgot that he's no longer a bachelor with no family to worry about; he still has twelve oil bottles to support.
The thought of food made the wealthy beauty unconsciously rub her face. This was a common action of Otter Rich, and she used it without thinking.
So why is he carrying twelve burdens?!
The eldest, Fugui, turned his head and looked at the animals behind him with an unfriendly gaze.
These guys, who were experts in survival skills and were practically geniuses, immediately sensed the danger!
The black-backed dog sat upright, displaying its heroic posture; the Labrador looked at him with its gentle and understanding big eyes; the husky directly rubbed its big head against the rich leader's hand, and even its indifference could not diminish its enthusiasm.
Two teddy bears stood up and waved their little paws, bowing up and down as if they were worshipping a male bodhisattva, while the cats rolled over to let people pet them, and two little squirrels seemed reluctant to part with their treasured sunflower seeds.
Finally, the bald parrot perched on Jin Mantang's head shouted out the animals' heartfelt sentiments:
"Your Majesty, spare me! I'm cute, I can warm your bed, I eat little and do a lot! Your Majesty, spare me!!"
The Rich King: "..."
Forget it, it's just a matter of catching a few more fish! It's not like he, the whale otter, can't afford to keep them!
At this point, the bald, sly parrot added, "Huskies can be offered as tribute."
Then, the cabin echoed with the husky's angry yet very perceptive low howls.
"Woof woof woof!"
All birds are black! Why can a bird be offered as a sacrifice? A bird can also be cute, warm the bed, and do chores! A bird... can also go on a diet!
The eldest rich kid rolled his eyes and told the husky and the cheeky bird to shut up.
The No. 3 mountain was crowded with people all day, making the capsule accommodation area unusually noisy.
Feeling suffocated by the crowd, the eldest rich man quickly climbed out of his capsule and led the dogs out.
The four cats preferred to grow fur in the capsule, and the little squirrel, having no trees to climb, decided to stay put for the winter. The silly bird wanted to go out, but with the wind and rain still raging outside, its feathers would get soaked if it went out, so it could only stay and chat with Grandpa Jin with a sense of despair.
So in the end, only the dogs followed them out.
Gou Fugui led the dogs on a tour of the super-giant ship, figuring out the locations of the canteen, warehouse, and simple washing area, and also saw the production workshop inside the super-giant ship.
Besides the twenty large capsule accommodation areas, the production workshops occupy the most space on the giant ship.
There are three large plots of land here that have been artificially transplanted for growing vegetables, and several thousand chickens and ducks are also raised here.
Clearly, all of this was preparation for surviving on the ocean after leaving the land, but after taking a look around, Gou Fugui shook his head slightly and left.
This production workshop looks good now, but can those chickens, ducks and vegetables planted in the soil withstand a complete upheaval?
Gou Fugui harbored hidden worries.
But at least for now, everything still seems hopeful, not too bad.
At dinner time, Gou Fugui carried a net full of fish and led five energetic dogs swimming around into the cafeteria in full view of everyone.
That big bag of fish was successfully traded for two days' worth of food for the animal team.
The people sleeping in the capsules next to Gou Fugui and Xie Tianlang looked at the long-haired youth with incomprehension, even as if he were an idiot, when they saw that he had brought a group of animals on board to keep as pets.
These days, even people are struggling to survive, so how can anyone keep animals as pets? Shouldn't animals be considered food reserves?
But everyone had just boarded the ship, and there was still plenty of food on board. The cats and dogs were also very obedient and knew how to read people's expressions, so they didn't run around or bark. Therefore, the people around them didn't have much to say.
What they might be thinking or scheming behind the scenes remains unknown.
At night, in his capsule, Gou Fugui took out the small metal box from his spatial pocket.
A look of confusion appeared in his eyes.
Isn't this box the core of the world? Or does he need to open the box and try each seed one by one?
How exactly can we determine what the core of the world is? Do we have to wait until the last day for the core of the world to appear on its own?
Or are there other methods for determining this?
When Gou Fugui thought about these things, the long-lost voice of the world consciousness suddenly rang in his mind again.
The voice told him this—
The world's core lacks the necessary repair conditions and cannot be repaired at this time.
[The saviors have found the core of this world. Shall we reclaim it?]
The wealthy and beautiful woman froze on the spot, then, unusually, asked in a slightly trembling voice:
If I take it back, can I leave this world? Will that mean I've completed the rescue mission?!
Then, Gou Fugui received a cold answer.
[You can leave this apocalyptic world by retrieving the world's core.]
After reclaiming the world's core, the world is beyond repair, and all things return to chaos. Awaiting rebirth.
Gou Fugui felt a chill in his heart and blurted out:
"What about the people and life in this world?"
Death, and a return to chaos.
The long-haired youth took a deep breath, feeling a bone-chilling cold.
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