Chapter 65 Main Mission
"I didn't expect that Master Gu died like this... By the way, did Master Gu really not tell you about any treasures he left behind? You are his only direct disciple." Someone muttered.
"Alas, he only cares about the wood elf. His only instruction is to take good care of the wood elf after he dies..." someone complained.
"That wood spirit, could it be some treasure? Speaking of which, I haven't seen that wood spirit since Master Gu died. Did it run away?"
"No, it's so ugly, it doesn't look like a treasure at all... It's better to run away, so I can save myself some trouble."
"Where is Master Gu's furnace tripod?" Someone finally remembered. "That furnace tripod is also a great treasure."
"I don't know. The furnace also disappeared suddenly. Here, the only thing found is this piece of lotus jade, which is the core of the formation embedded in the furnace to provide spiritual power..."
The sounds became farther and farther away, and when Gu Nian came to her senses again, she was already in the old secret room again, with the shabby workbench in front of her.
This iron hammer is Gu Qing's tool. It looks inconspicuous, but it is Gu Qing's most important spiritual weapon. What Gu Nian just saw was just a memory attached to the iron hammer. Because Gu Nian opened the lotus jade pendant, he was stained with Gu Qing's aura, so he could see some fragments of the past through the iron hammer.
Gu Nian opened the notebook on the workbench. She could now understand those seemingly ambiguous words combined with those memory fragments.
That wood spirit is an immature world spirit. To use modern people's fashionable words, it is actually an immature planetary consciousness.
The Blue Water Planet was supposed to give birth to planetary consciousness to support this world, but before the planetary consciousness was successfully born, the spiritual energy of the Blue Water Planet had dissipated. Without spiritual support, the planetary consciousness could not be born smoothly and degenerated into a small wood spirit. The Blue Water Planet without planetary consciousness will eventually lose all spiritual energy and become a completely dead planet.
This was the catastrophe that Jingyuejian had predicted, so he entrusted Gu Qing to refine a small world, which might become a refuge. However, by mistake, the wood spirit voluntarily dispersed its spiritual power in Gu Qing's furnace and fell into a deep sleep. Gu Qing's furnace itself was also a huge storage artifact, and now it contained the immature planetary consciousness, and finally melted away all the impurities, giving birth to a mysterious space in the lotus jade in the middle.
The Gu clan has been studying the Lotus Jade. They inferred that since the Lotus Jade has its own space, perhaps the planetary consciousness can be reborn, grow and develop in it. Therefore, the Gu clan sent many spirit beasts and spirit fields into the lotus space to help this mysterious space evolve.
After that, the spiritual energy was cut off and the Gu family fell into decline. No one could open the Lotus Spirit Jade anymore. Without the spiritual energy, Grandpa Gu Nian struggled all his life but failed to enter the door of cultivation. He had no choice but to pass down the Lotus Spirit Jade. It was not until Gu Nian's generation that the Lotus Spirit Jade was opened again.
Gu Nian stopped flipping through his notes.
Gu Nian found the records of the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Fire Monkey clan in his notes. They were all spiritual beasts sent in by the Gu clan, but he did not find any introduction about the lotus.
Compared to the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Chimaera clan, Lotus is ordinary, just like an ordinary aquamarine kitten, without any special powers.
But is the lotus really so ordinary?
With a thought, Gu Nian summoned the little cat Lotus from the system space. She shook the hammer at Lotus and asked, "Do you remember it?"
The little Lotus cat lay on Gu Nian's shoulder in confusion, tilting its head and meowing in confusion.
Gu Nian patted its head. Well, the kitten doesn't have to think about anything, the kitten only needs to be responsible for being happy.
Lotus uses her head to nudge her hand, meow~ I love my master the most~
At this time, a task reminder sounded. "Ding, congratulations to the host for cracking the origin of this space. The host's authority has been upgraded and the main task can be started: the birth of planetary consciousness."
"Ding, the main task panel has been opened. Please check the task progress. If the task fails, the system space will be closed."
Gu Nian was stunned.
Here it comes again. This system always sends tasks so unexpectedly.
Gu Nian didn't expect that he would suddenly get the main task just by returning to his hometown.
All along, she regarded this mysterious lotus space as a plug-in given by her ancestors. She didn't expect that the plug-in would come to collect the debt today and give her the main task.
Moreover, this main mission is so grand that she wants to help the planetary consciousness come. This sounds as incredible as world peace.
What is this? All the gifts bestowed by fate in this world have already been secretly marked with a price?
Gu Nian smiled bitterly. But the system space was too important to her. It was the foundation of her survival in the era of natural disasters. Gu Nian could not bear the consequences of mission failure and space closure.
Gu Nian decisively checked the main task panel.
Main quest: The birth of planetary consciousness.
Current mission progress: Collect wind spirits to help the planet's consciousness grow. Click on the map to view the location of wind spirits.
A map was displayed on the task panel. Gu Nian took a look and found that the map was exactly the same as the map of Water Blue Star. However, there was a faint red dot on the map, which could not be found without careful observation. The red dot was flashing, and it was probably the location of the Wind Spirit as prompted by the system.
Combining the previous spiritual spring and finger bone fire, Gu Nian guessed that this wind spirit was very likely to be some kind of spiritual object that contained the original power of the world, just like the spiritual spring and finger bone fire.
Gu Nian thought carefully about how to complete this task. After a long while, she walked out of the secret room and returned to the Aurora Base from Iwata Village.
When Gu Nian returned to Aurora, he found that the Aurora employees had worked together to restore the dilapidated base. Not only that, the production line of mutant animal food was running again, and Tan Cang even received cooperation orders from other cities.
During the few days that Gu Nian was still in Iwata Village, the Aurora Factory had already started earning credit points.
Seeing that the employees were working hard, Gu Nian, the boss who was hands-off, felt that her job was relatively easy. She waved her hand and simply gave everyone extra meals. Employees who did a good job should always be rewarded.
After the violent earthquake, all the employees of Aurora began to actively repair the damage. After all, during the earthquake, everyone lived and ate together in the base dormitory, and the employees developed a sense of belonging to the Aurora base. Once people are familiar with the environment and are very satisfied with it, who would be willing to change? It was with this mentality that Aurora quickly resumed normal operations.
On this day, the canteen also announced good news, celebrating the factory's resumption of work, and adding more dishes to the canteen today.
Now everyone was excited. After the earthquake, food was in short supply, and everyone was ready to cut back on food and clothing, but unexpectedly the canteen said they would add extra food today?
It can be said that everyone in the factory is secretly looking forward to it.
By noon, everyone had the same goal and went straight to the cafeteria.
When we arrived at the cafeteria, we saw a small whiteboard at the entrance that said today's dishes were one meat and two vegetables! The staple food and soup were unlimited!
Looking down again, the meat dish is braised pork!
Everyone was excited. The Aurora cafeteria would add a single meat dish on Mondays, but the meat dish was usually meatballs with starch, or a fried egg - it wasn't that these were bad, but today's meat dish was braised pork!
In times of natural disasters, food is in short supply and greasy meat has become a luxury.
Looking out the canteen window, I saw dozens of porcelain plates neatly placed on a large tray. On the white porcelain plates were four square pieces of braised pork, each three fingers wide. Even before the disaster, it would have been a delicious dish.
Xiong Liangpeng finally queued up and received today's meal.
He carefully picked open the skin of the braised pork and put it into his mouth with chopsticks. The skin was greasy and sticky, and the lean meat inside was delicate and fragrant. After taking a bite, the long-lost delicious taste swept through his entire mouth.
Xiong Liangpeng's eyes suddenly became sore. He savored the taste in his mouth with great care.
At this moment, the delicious food made everyone temporarily forget all the pain after the natural disaster. In the whole restaurant, there was no shouting or yelling, and everyone carefully savored the taste in their mouths.
Unlike the workers of Aurora, the superpower team of Aurora has its own canteen. For superpowers, they must eat food rich in superpowers to ensure the growth of their abilities.
The Aurora Evolver Team also heard the same news from their leader Chi Qin. This time, everyone followed the boss to Yongji for an outing, and the mission was completed well, so there was an extra meal in the cafeteria today.
The whole morning, everyone was absent-minded during training, listening to the noises coming from the cafeteria. The team leaders also turned a blind eye and ended the training ten minutes early.
Everyone quickly took out their food bowls and rushed to the canteen door to wait, making sure to grab the food as soon as possible! The Evolver team had its own exclusive canteen, and they ate separately from the Aurora Factory employees.
The chef of the cafeteria finally unlocked the door. Almost the next moment, all the evolvers started fighting and scrambled for seats.
"Don't fight, don't fight." The chef shouted vigorously, "Everyone has one, serve everyone according to the number of people."
The evolvers turned a deaf ear and continued to harm each other. Who wouldn’t want to be the first to go in and eat?
"If you hit me again, you'll have your meal for today taken away from you!" the chef shouted.
The members of the Evolver Team lined up to enter the venue and each received their own set meal.
In the middle of the big plate, there is a huge red-hot mud ball.
This looks like beggar's chicken?
A team member picked up a spoon and smashed the mud ball with force. The moment the mud ball was broken, the overbearing aroma rushed strongly to the nasal cavity. The mouth responded at the first moment, and worthless tears quickly flowed from the corners of the mouth.
The team members quickly peeled back the lotus leaves, revealing the golden and crispy roasted chicken inside. It was a whole chicken, huge in size, and the clear soup was overflowing.
An Aurora team member quickly tore off a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth, then widened his eyes in surprise: "This is a mutant golden pheasant!"
For evolvers, ordinary meat has limited energy, and the best food is mutant beasts.
The flavor of this mutant golden pheasant is exceptionally mellow, and the red mud on the outer layer locks in all the essence. One bite of the chicken is an intoxicating delicacy.
Beggar's chicken was the main dish, and it was served with two delicious vegetarian dishes. After everyone finished eating the main course, the chef and the canteen staff served everyone a plate of fruit after the meal - peaches, watermelons, apples, pears and other fruits cut into pieces, with each type of fruit put together on a plate.
"Damn it! When can we go on a mission again?" The members of the Aurora team lamented.
A sumptuous meal was also prepared in Gu Nian's villa.
The courtyard of the villa has been transformed into an open-air kitchen. A batch of black pigs have already given birth in the space ranch. Gu Nian caught one and put it on the grill. It is being carefully roasted over the charcoal fire, and a layer of shiny crispy skin has formed.
The nine-tailed fox and the lotus were already staring eagerly, waiting to take the first bite.
When the roast suckling pig was finally done, Gu Nian gave the two of them a piece of meat, and then cut out a rib for himself.
When Gu Nian took the first bite of barbecue, he squinted his eyes in satisfaction.
Two words: delicious.
The quality of pork raised in the space has been greatly changed. There is no fishy smell at all, only the most mellow meat aroma. The crispy roasted skin, the fat, and the firm lean meat inside, sandwiched with soft and glutinous meat tendons, the rich taste dances on the taste buds when you take a bite.
The big ice bucket on the side was filled with drinks, including milk tea that had been prepared in advance.
Gu Nian chose an avocado milkshake. There are almost no avocados in Jiangcheng now. Gu Nian got avocado seedlings before and planted them in the space farm to mature quickly, so that he could drink avocado again. It was because they were planted in the system space that they matured smoothly. The flesh of the ripe avocado was dug out and blended with yogurt, cheese, nuts, and a lot of ice cubes into a smoothie. This avocado milkshake is extremely delicious. It was also the signature of a famous chain beverage store before the natural disaster. This beverage store has long been closed, but Gu Nian often misses this taste, and today it is considered to be a replica.
With a bite of crispy and fragrant barbecue and a sip of refreshing milk tea, Gu Nian finally tasted the beauty of life.
She is enjoying her rare leisure time.
When I looked up, the sky came into view.
If there is any benefit in the Age of Natural Disasters, it is that after the industrial system was almost destroyed, the natural environment of the Blue Water Planet is unprecedentedly good. The sky is azure blue, the clouds are white and soft, and even the scent of trees and grass can be smelled in the air.
Life is fucked up, but it still makes people want to live seriously, she thought.
Gu Nian rested her head on Nine-Tail, who slapped his tail in dissatisfaction. The white and fluffy tail brushed against Gu Nian's face, making her feel itchy. Lotus rubbed Gu Nian's hand with the top of its head, circled around Gu Nian, and asked her to feed it a mouthful of milkshake.
Gu Nian touched Lianhua’s head, what a cute kitten.
Now that she had calmed down, she roughly understood the system's intentions.
The main quest is the arrival of planetary consciousness. The system only states the penalty for failure of the main quest, but not the reward for completing it.
Gu Nian guessed that maybe it was because the system didn't know what the future would be like after the planetary consciousness came. But combined with Gu Qing's memories and the inferences of the Gu family recorded by his grandfather, Gu Nian was almost certain that only when the planetary consciousness came and strongly protected the Blue Water Planet, the natural disasters on the Blue Water Planet could be completely ended.
Even if it was for the cute furry creatures in the space, for the delicious food he had not had time to eat, for the beautiful scenery he had not yet seen, or in other words, for the inevitable longing for life in his heart, Gu Nian was determined to complete this main task no matter what.
"Oh, are you eating? I come at a bad time." A voice suddenly sounded.
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