Chapter 61: Utopia
"Thank you." Gu Nian said. Then they went to Yongji. Yue Jian helped a lot. When they were attacked, he was injured and kept protecting Gu Nian.
She and Yue Jian were standing at the entrance of the Aurora Base. Jin Ling Falcon sent Gu Nian and his group back to Jiangcheng. Lan Shuangshuang and Jiang Yang went directly back to Noah, while Yue Jian went to the Aurora Base with Gu Nian and planned to leave.
Yue Jian said leisurely: "It is me and the citizens of Jiangcheng who should be thanked. Although I don't know how you did it, the earthquake stopped this time, thanks to you."
Gu Nian neither confirmed nor denied Yue Jian's words.
Yue Jian did not ask any further questions. He certainly understood that Gu Nian had her own secrets.
"If you really want to stop this apocalypse, you will definitely encounter a lot of dangers and you will need help. I hope you can see my sincerity in this cooperation. If you want to do a world-saving mission in the future, remember to count me in."
He stretched out his hand to Gu Nian.
Gu Nian shook his hand back. It must be said that Yue Jian did win some trust from Gu Nian with his actions.
After sending Yuejian away, Gu Nian finally had time to call Tan Cang and ask him about the situation at the Aurora Base. Tan Cang told Gu Nian that during the Jiangcheng earthquake, several factories at the Aurora Base collapsed and more than a dozen employees were injured, but fortunately no one died.
Seeing that Tan Cang looked anxious, Gu Nian comforted him with a few words and asked him to concentrate on organizing people to repair the base.
Seeing Gu Nian coming back with the Aurora Team, Tan Cang felt relieved and began to arrange the work according to Gu Nian's instructions.
Gu Nian went to see Chi Qin again.
Chi Qin's body was almost half covered with bandages, and he was lying in the staff dormitory recovering from his injuries.
Chi Qin told Gu Nian what happened after she and Yue Jian left.
"When Lu Maoyan saw that the situation was not right, he ran away with his secretary. We wanted to chase him, but an earthquake happened, so we had to fly out of the building on the Golden Wing Falcon..." Chi Qin explained the situation at that time, feeling quite nervous: "I'm sorry, boss, I let Lu Maoyan run away."
Gu Nian waved his hand nonchalantly.
The incident happened suddenly, and Chi Qin's judgment was not wrong. Compared with chasing Lu Maoyan, it was more important for the Aurora team to save their own lives. As long as the green mountains are there, there will be no shortage of firewood. This saying is always applicable. It was also because of Chi Qin's decisive order that the Aurora team was able to rescue Gu Nian and the other four who were trapped underground on the Golden Wing Falcon. Chi Qin even sent the young falcon to pick up the logistics Jiang Yang who was waiting at his place.
"Boss, how about we go to Yangcheng again and continue searching for Lu Maoyan?" Chi Qin asked. In fact, she was seriously injured at this time, her face was pale, and she was trying her best to report to Gu Nian.
Gu Nian said: "You take good care of your injuries, I will let others handle the rest."
Gu Nian contacted Yu Ziqiu.
There is no doubt that Yongji has hidden many secrets. The strange man who suddenly appeared, the light cocoon underground, the strange blood pool, and the decorations that are consistent with the style of the Bethida sect all show that Yongji has a close connection with the Bethida sect and has bad intentions. For the authorities, there are already enough reasons to intervene.
Yu Ziqiu also had a lot of questions to ask, so she simply went straight to the Aurora Base to meet Gu Nian.
Yu Ziqiu has already learned information from Lan Shuangshuang and Jiang Yang, and has some understanding of what happened on the way to Yongji.
She and Chi Qin expressed the same opinion: "Noah is preparing manpower here, and I plan to lead the team to Yangcheng to search for Lu Maoyan's whereabouts."
Gu Nian said, "The first suspect we should search for now is probably not Lu Maoyan, but the strange man who appeared from behind."
Yu Ziqiu already knew about the mysterious man, and was puzzled when he heard this: "Isn't that man one of Lu Maoyan's thugs? He appeared underground just to protect the blood pool light cocoon built by Lu Maoyan, right?"
This was exactly the point that Gu Nian wanted to communicate with Yu Ziqiu. She said with certainty: "When this man appeared, he repeatedly gave orders to Lu Maoyan. If Lu Maoyan joined the Beshida sect, it would make sense that this man was his superior. Only by catching him can we learn the true information about this sect."
"Not only that, I suspect that the light cocoon is the culprit that caused these earthquakes. When the light cocoon was in Yangcheng, earthquakes started from Yangcheng and spread outward, but the area where the light cocoon was located was protected and avoided all earthquakes, forming a safety zone. But when the light cocoon was taken away by that man, the entire Yangcheng began to shake violently."
Yu Ziqiu had similar suspicions about the cause of the Yangcheng earthquake, but there was one question she couldn't figure out: "Why could this light cocoon trigger an earthquake?"
"That light cocoon may be able to absorb some kind of spiritual power from the ground, so the ground power in the nearby area is completely exhausted, causing the earthquake." Gu Nian expressed her speculation. Yue Jian told her that he saw a huge breath of life in the roots of the light cocoon, which was nourishing the light cocoon. Combined with the task of collecting various spiritual powers given to him by the system, Gu Nian's imagination was opened up and he made a speculation.
"Absorbing the power of the earth? This sounds very mysterious." Yu Ziqiu looked incredulous, as if his worldview had been refreshed.
"But the evolution we are experiencing now is equally mysterious." Gu Nian pointed out another fact.
"It seems that the scientific principles we have adhered to for so long are no longer applicable." Yu Ziqiu said with a wry smile, thinking of the group of researchers in the Noah Institute who were almost driven crazy.
"Maybe we just need to expand the boundaries of science," said Gu Nian.
This does sound like a better solution, Yu Ziqiu thought. Now she only had one last question. "What do you think happened to that paradise that suddenly appeared outside Jiangcheng? Everyone said it was a miracle. Is there really a god who is taking pity on us?"
She didn't wait for Gu Nian's answer. But Yu Ziqiu didn't expect to get an answer. The question was more like a soliloquy. She stood up and said goodbye, and promised Gu Nian: "I will adjust my focus and make the strange man who suddenly appeared the number one search target. I will share the news with you."
Yu Ziqiu left.
Gu Nian turned on the radio. After the end of the world, the communication system was greatly damaged, and network signals and live TV became luxuries. Therefore, radio and newspapers, these ancient communication methods, rose again and continued to provide information to mankind tenaciously.
"Dear listeners, welcome to our special report - Miracles after the earthquake."
"Yesterday at 6 pm, a paradise suddenly appeared outside Jiangcheng. It was a primitive forest that had not been damaged in any way and had shockingly rich resources. Food and water could be found here, and the temperature was 20 degrees lower than outside. Some evolved people even claimed that they could sense a stronger spiritual power here, which was very suitable for evolved people to exercise. Many Jiangcheng citizens couldn't wait to rush to the paradise to get water and food from it, and some dug up soil to plant... At present, the government has not made clear regulations on the actions of the people. It has only organized people to stop some residents from destroying the environment, and those with serious circumstances have also been punished accordingly..."
The sudden appearance of Taoyuan was a surprise to the people of Jiangcheng. After the high temperature hit, everyone could only get the minimum ration of drinking water from the government every day, so almost everyone came to Taoyuan to get more water back from Taoyuan. The soil in Taoyuan is also very suitable for planting, and fungus, mushrooms, and wild vegetables can be seen everywhere in the forest, which are all food. Ordinary natural resources before the end of the world seem so precious at this moment.
Moreover, what the evolved people said about the rich spiritual energy here is not false. Many ordinary people feel refreshed and have sharp eyes and ears in Taoyuan.
The sudden appearance of the paradise made the people cheer.
But what they don’t know is that this paradise will also suddenly disappear.
Gu Nian opened the system panel, which clearly displayed: Farm space projection, remaining time: 5 hours and 36 minutes.
There are less than 6 hours left for Gu Nian to redeem the projection time. Once the redemption time is used up, this paradise will disappear.
Gu Nian didn't expect that her farm space could be projected into reality. There were a lot of gray areas in the farm map in the system that Gu Nian couldn't enter. She only unlocked a part of it, and when she used the farm projection, all these gray areas entered reality. However, the parts that Gu Nian unlocked, such as the farmland and pastures she opened up in the farm space, did not enter reality.
Gu Nian couldn't help but think about what her farm space was. She vaguely felt that her farm space was like a small world that was maturing.
At this time, the door opened with a click, and Jiuwei walked in with a chicken in his mouth.
This time when he went to Yongji, Gu Nian left Jiuwei at the Aurora base to look after the house. This guy has completely gotten used to life in Aurora. Everyone knows that it is the boss's spiritual animal, and he takes good care of it, especially the kitchen, which prepares meals every day according to the fox master's habits.
When he saw the Nine-Tailed Fox, Gu Nian's heart moved and he asked, "What on earth is this space of mine?" The Nine-Tailed Fox is a creature that exists in the space, so maybe it knows the secret of the space.
Jiuwei put the chicken in his own rice bowl and asked lazily: "Why are you asking me? Ask whoever you got this space from."
It began to enjoy the smoked chicken.
Gu Nian's space was originally formed by the jade lotus. As for the jade lotus, her grandfather did not explain it in detail, only telling her that it was passed down from her ancestors and should be worn on the night of the nine-star alignment. It was also because of this jade lotus that Gu Nian encountered this series of events.
But my grandfather had passed away long ago, how could I ask him?
Gu Nian smiled bitterly. But she changed her mind and suddenly wondered, if Grandpa knew something about this mysterious space, would he have saved this information for her to find? Or even, did the ancestor who passed down this jade lotus also leave information for the descendants who opened the space to explore?
It was just like the message left by the ancestors of the Jing family.
Perhaps just like the Jing family, the Gu family also has its own secrets.
When Gu Nian was a child, he lived with his grandfather in a village next to Jiangcheng. They also lived in a bungalow. But at that time, everyone lived in bungalows, and there was not much difference between the city and the village. Later, the city was built rapidly, and Jiangcheng built high-rise buildings. After his grandfather passed away, the bungalow was completely abandoned, and there were only a few people left in the village. Gu Nian also went to Pingcheng to live with his parents.
Perhaps some information about this space can be found in that abandoned old bungalow.
Gu Nian decided that it was time to go back and take a look.
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Ymir carried the axis of the planet and walked forward in the wilderness in a panic.
As long as he took away the axis of the planet, the area that had been drained of a lot of earth power would naturally experience an earthquake. When Ymir thought of the tragic death of those ants, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart, and even the pain of his wounds was alleviated a lot.
He certainly wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to escape the earthquake. Even if the axis of the planet was damaged due to broken roots, it was still enough to provide him with a safety shield for one person.
Under the protection of the planet's axis, he left Yangcheng, which had been mostly destroyed by the earthquake, and continued to walk out. Outside Yangcheng, there were some scattered settlements where a small number of humans lived.
He was now encountering such a gathering point. On the outskirts of the wilderness, next to some trees, seven or eight people dug a cave with a shed built on top. People could live in the cave, which was considered a simple summer shelter.
Ymir walked towards the gathering point.
A middle-aged man with a dark face greeted him enthusiastically: "Brother, do you want to drink some water and take a rest? We can also change the medicine here." He noticed that Imir was covered in blood, but this was normal in these days.
The fiery red butterflies flew out of Ymir's broken chest again. Before he could say anything, the man was burned into charcoal.
What followed was a one-sided massacre.
The boy covered his sister's eyes and hid behind the door, trembling.
"Found it," Ymir said. He killed the girl.
The boy broke down and cried. He picked up a knife and rushed forward, even if it meant leaving a trace of injury on the demon. However, he was easily knocked unconscious by Ymir.
With an expressionless face, Ymir tore open his broken chest with his hands until his heart was completely exposed. In his heart, a grayish-white cocoon was beating, and inside it, there was a hatched butterfly pupa.
The pupa crawled into the boy's eyes, and Ymir's body fell limply.
When the boy opened his eyes again, he had a cold expression on his face. He stepped over his sister's body, didn't even look at his family, took the axis of the planet, and left.
Ymir changed hosts, and he adapted to his new body, which was too weak. The energy in this boy's body was too little, far worse than the body Ymir originally inhabited.
But that body was completely dead, and was only maintained by Ymir's power. This consumed too much of Ymir's essence, so he had to get a new body.
The Ymir people believe in their home planet and are strong individually. Because of this, cooperation is seen as an option for the weak.
But the planet's axis's extraction plan was interrupted, Ymir was seriously injured, and he had to seek cooperation from his own people.
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