Chapter 492 Bring Our Shadows

Zicard later learned that the Nibelungen could leave the Land of Mist.

"I'm scared." The boy stammered.

Even with the help of mind-stimulating mints, he still spoke unfluently and needed gestures to help him express himself in many places.

Zicard could understand.

People trust familiar places more and are worried about the unfamiliar outside world.

As a newly emerging kingdom, the Resurrection Kingdom also took a lot of time and courage to take the first step towards the outside world, not to mention a place as extremely closed as the Kingdom of Mist.

“To live out there, you have to have a name.”

Zicard said, "You have to choose a name."

The boy seemed confused about the name.

The Nibelungs are not divided into one, because in the end they will all become one, so there is no concept of name, and there is no need to distinguish between them.

Seeing that he didn't understand anything, Zicard named him Bernie.

“Bernie.”

"who?"

"No, my name is Bernie. If you want to realize it, I'll call you again."

"Bernie?"

"I!"

"That's right."

"Father!"

"I am not your father."

"Mother?"

"You have to call me teacher."

"teacher!"

…

The Nibelungs are natural favorites of the ice element. Their blue blood is highly poisonous to most life forms. This clan can only exist in Niflheim, the country of fog.

The young Bernie gestured with pride in his blue eyes: "We were born from an inexhaustible spring, then flowed everywhere, fell asleep, and woke up."

Zicard asked him: "Why did you fall asleep? And why did you wake up?"

"Sleeping... because I was weak, I grew up and woke up."

Sleeping under the ice will make the Nibelungens grow rapidly. Sleeping allows them to integrate into the twelve glaciers of the Kingdom of Mist, absorbing the ice elements and toxins inside, and transforming from infants to children.

But once you enter the growth stage like Bernie, you will feel an ancient calling.

That is instinct, and it is the only way to continue evolving.

The Nibelungs will approach and merge with each other, just like many tree roots intertwined and condensed into one. Their consciousnesses will blend and connect with each other, and their bodies will embed into each other, and then they will grow into giants.

The core Nibelung will serve as the heart and brain. He is the main body of the giant, and other consciousnesses will become his branches and assistants.

The giants are grown-up Nibelungs.

The Nibelungen is the juvenile form of the giant.

This is how the residents of the Land of Mist grow up.

Bernie gnawed on a bighorn lamb chop and mumbled, "The Nibelungen either sleeps or waits, that's it."

Upon learning the truth, Zicard was troubled.

Now it is not sure whether it is right or wrong to bring Bernie out.

According to the ancient traditions and physical requirements of the Nibelungen, they must merge with each other to leave their childhood and grow into giants. Otherwise, they will always be children.

But growing into a full-fledged giant also represents the loss of the Nibelungen self, becoming part of an adult giant. Is this still considered alive? Zicard couldn't think of an answer.

It asked Bernie: "Do you regret leaving the Kingdom of Mist? If you do, I will send you back."

"don't want."

Bernie shook his head and gnawed the lamb leg in his hand: "It's delicious here."

That's it.

Bernie left the Kingdom of Mist and came to the City of Sand, where he remained a teenager forever.

This young man from Nibelung became Zickard's assistant. He followed Zickard around, walked through the streets and alleys, carried bags and boxes, and people soon became familiar with this boy with silver hair.

Bernie loves the coral crystal phase.

While Zicard was writing and revising his reports, he would carry corals and try to capture images using old projection crystals.

Zicard found that Bernie was very talented in taking crystal photos and he really loved it, so he allowed the kid to use coral crystals for real photography.

Bernie learned to use this tool just by watching himself operate the device.

Before long, the crystal images taken by the boy were clearer and brighter than those taken by Zicard. Bernie had a keen insight into frozen images and could always capture those fleeting precious moments.

Like the smile between lovers, the first bite of wheat cake by a hungry person, the moment when a drinker shouts out in pleasure, the softening eyes of the war cats when they see the children, the posture of a cactus carrying a box on its back walking alone in the desert...

These may be scenes that everyone has seen intentionally or unintentionally, but when they are frozen and preserved in crystal, they possess a kind of eternal power that can make time stop in the crystal picture.

“I just thought it was beautiful, so I took the photo.”

Bernie said a little embarrassedly.

Zicard asked him seriously, "How did you do it?"

“Just take pictures when you see them…”

"I'm talking about the shooting techniques of those crystal phases." The skeleton photographer grabbed the thin crystal piece framed with walnut on the table, and looked at the boy opposite with his dark eye sockets.

"Well, it's the use of lenses."

Bernie held the main device of the coral crystal phase in both hands, carefully placed it on the table, and said a little stiffly: "The interior of the crystal phase relies on corals and mirages, but capturing it requires crystal lenses, and imaging also relies on projection crystals... The polishing of crystal lenses."

According to Bernie's observation, crystal phase imaging is very unstable, sometimes blurry, sometimes dim. In addition to the unstable light, another reason is that the clarity is different due to different distances.

Because it is hand-polished by craftsmen, each crystal lens has a slightly different curvature.

Bernie's solution is to add lenses.

White mist gradually lingered on his fingers, and these ice elements gradually took shape, condensing into a thin piece of ice that was polished smooth.

Bernie fixed it on the crystal lens: "I control the ice element and can constantly adjust the curvature of the ice element lens, so that I can find the most suitable distance and angle, and the image formed by the mirage will be clearer."

Zicard fiddled with the coral crystal for a while, and the verification results proved that Bernie's operation and understanding were completely correct.

"Bernie, your discovery is of great significance. It will change the way everyone uses crystal phases. You are born with extraordinary talents, but I hope you can consider ordinary people... Most people in this world cannot control ice elements. Even ice monsters cannot be as precise as you."

"Ordinary people?"

Bernie showed a puzzled expression on his face: "Are we the only ones who know that this is not good, Teacher?"

“Bernie.”

Zicard said: "Your favorite foods include lamb, beef, grapes, sour raspberries, potatoes... the tribal chess you usually play, and the books you read, "The Bizarre Adventure of Pava" and "The Crystal Empire", the clothes and shoes you wear, and this coral crystal."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The skeleton collector pointed to a large red coral.

“These are all the fruits of the labor of ordinary people.”

"Everything we have now comes from the protection and inspiration given by Lord Yaoshen, but the development of Yao civilization depends on people sharing knowledge and experience with each other."

"Bernie, whether you are willing to share or not, I hope you understand that a strong person does not rely on strength to suppress others to show himself. The real strong person is the one who drives everyone forward."

Bernie's eyes were filled with surprise: "Why? This is too difficult."

"Why?"

A hint of pride appeared on Zikad's bony face: "This is the Yao Clan. We have always done this. We always challenge the strong and look forward. Our heroes are passed down from generation to generation, our prophets are spread all over the world, our apostles always protect the people, and our gods shine on us to move forward."

Looking at the boy who seemed to understand but not quite, the skeleton collector gently patted his thin shoulder.

“So we are never afraid to embark on any unknown road. Any accident – ​​whether lucky or dangerous – will become our motivation.”

…

Five years later, Bernie completed an invention.

Working as a reporter for the Dibao Press, he collaborated with two scholars from Shacheng and led the production of the [Rotating Lens].

This rotating lens is composed of several crystal sheets, and the lens can be adjusted by rotating to make the subject clear enough.

Although it still cannot match the accuracy of Bernie's own ice lens, it is already a major upgrade to the coral crystal phase from a technical perspective.

In addition, Bernie also improved the coral crystal phase.

He retained the main coral structure and two mirages as the core, greatly reducing its weight and volume, and fixed and protected it with a square box on the outside.

This new device, named "Wind Collector Crystal Phase", can be fixed with a rope, hung around the neck, or worn diagonally like a backpack, which is very convenient.

One day, Bernie suddenly said to Zicard: "Teacher, I want to go back to the Land of Mist."

"There are still many Nibelung people over there. Some of them should be like me, unwilling to grow up and willing to stay the same."

“I want to tell them what I’ve been through so they can follow the path they want.”

Zicard was stunned.

The appearance of the young man in front of me has not changed in the past few years, but he seems to have changed again.

There are many, many people in this world, and different people have different ideas.

Some people try their best to become giants, while others want to get rid of giants and maintain their own identity.

The same is true for Zikad. When a large number of skeleton ancestors were eager to combine with the weed monster and gain the ability of the bone weed giant, it still insisted on its original skeleton body.

There is no particular reason.

It's just easier this way.

…

After six years, Zicard brought Bernie back to the Land of Mist.

Standing on his hometown, Bernie took a deep breath, and then he made a strange whirring sound, like the cold wind in winter, or like the howl of some wild beast.

Following his call, children emerged from the ice. The children of Nibelung crawled to the surface like moles, rustling towards Bernie.

However, they were waved away by the big boy - he did not want to be a giant.

The children all looked at Bernie curiously.

Bernie opened his arms and smiled at them.

Many ice elements sketched scenes of the sand city in the air: the sand rose garden that looked like a steel jungle, the tall tree people and the small elves, the fierce battles at the martial arts competition, the magnificent civilization statues, the bamboo people doing standing long jumps, the war cats that switched their forms, the shaky skeleton ancestors, the sun, the yellow sand, the lakes, the heavy grapes and the lazy camels...

Not long after.

One child bravely walked out of the icy fog, stepped barefoot on the hot sand outside, then looked up in amazement at the blazing and bright fireball in the sky.

Then he walked out step by step.

This time, only three children followed Bernie into the new world outside, but this was already a big step for the Nibelungen family towards the outside world.

Zicard suddenly noticed that Bernie was surrounded by a gentle white light.

It was an oracle! Bernie knelt down on the ground after realizing what was happening, and chanted softly to thank the gods for their gift.

When the divine power disappeared, he stood up and ran to Zicard excitedly.

"Teacher, I am a prophet!"

Zicard grinned and patted the child on the shoulder: "Well done, lead everyone forward!"

"yes!"

Seeing the boy's energetic appearance, Zicard felt happier than if he had become a hero.

It finally understood what Andre said.

Children will carry our shadows and arrive in a future we cannot see.

As parents and adults, we have to set good examples today.

(End of this chapter)