Chapter 210: City in the Sky, does it still have a chance to rise again?
The old cat's two cat's eyes reflect the sunlight from the sky.
It has been thinking about how to resettle the people of Sarawak who have been deeply affected by the disaster.
Should they be left to fend for themselves, or should they be accepted, managed, and ruled? It pondered this question for a long time.
To be honest, the Sarawak people are actually of the same race as Lu Yuan, that is, they belong to the same species, "Homo erectus".
There is no reproductive isolation between the two sides, only some genetic differences in hair, skin color, etc.
The people of Sarawak appear to have brown skin... but they are actually yellow people, they just got tanned because the sun is too strong.
It has come to this point, and it seems a bit unreasonable to just leave it alone.
The old cat just didn’t know what Lu Yuan was thinking.
"It's almost there! Be alert!"
In front of us is the majestic sky city. In the flat desert, this one-kilometer-high city looks particularly majestic.
"Look!" A sharp-eyed young man saw the body of a giant python buried in the sand.
After its soul was extracted by the poppy tree, it had been dried into a snake by the scorching sun.
It's like a big spicy strip.
"Can we eat it?" Everyone rushed over excitedly and dug out the giant snake.
It weighs about a ton!
"Of course!"
Young people are always easily satisfied and they will laugh with their dry mouths.
I had almost forgotten what a horrible place this is.
"Leave it there for now! We'll pick up the body when we get back." said the old cat.
As the tricycle rode along, they saw many mummified animals, from pythons to crocodiles to camels, all dead.
These guys are in a fiery mood.
So many dead animals!
If all of them were transported back, the food crisis would be alleviated to a great extent...
All the people in Shali have cultivated extraordinary fire and have good physical fitness. Even if the food is a little rotten, they can still digest it normally.
What's more, the desert is dry, so the meat of these animals is well preserved and can be considered high-quality food.
"Stop wasting time. If you delay any longer, the village will be attacked by robbers." Old Cat kept urging.
The tricycle found an entrance to a sewer.
The footsteps of the four people in the sewer were like a thunderstorm.
No one knew where the queen insect that had been lurking here had gone. Perhaps her soul had been taken away and she had died in some corner...
The four people were both happy and worried. They were happy because there was food and water in the Sky City, and a lot of land was vacant.
What worries me is the large mob at the village gate...
It is easy to go down, but difficult to go up.
If you become a robber once, you may be a bad person for the rest of your life.
I wonder how many of them are willing to mend their ways.
After searching for a while, they found the direction of the sewer exit in front of them! "Dongdong," "Dongdong," as the flower buds kept wriggling, the hearts of several people resonated.
I don't know why, but the power of this resonance is much weaker than before.
In other words...the poppy tree has become weaker.
"Stay here and don't move."
The old cat walked forward, threw out a smoke bomb with a whoosh, and used the intercom hidden in his body to speak: "Hey, Lu Yuan, are you still alive?!"
…
At this moment, the Tree of Life has soared to a height of 30 meters, and the diameter of the trunk has reached three meters.
The crystal clear leaves are like emerald green jade, and a few rays of sunlight shine through the gaps onto the ground, giving it an exquisite beauty like a fairy tree.
During the crazy growth process, the two attributes of "spirit" and "qi" remained basically unchanged, but the "form" attribute actually broke through the 60 mark!
It was even surging like crazy! The surging power made Lu Yuan at a loss, considering that his "Shape" attribute was only more than 20 points.
Over sixty is a bit abnormal.
Although it couldn't be compared with the poppy tree, it was easy for him to kick an immortal giant turtle away with a slap.
Of course, the larger the Tree of Life grows, the slower it moves, which is also a major disadvantage.
After all, the "plant" race is here, and we cannot expect a tree to be more flexible than animals.
In addition, this crazy growth reached its limit in a short period of time, and Lu Yuan began to feel exhausted at the soul level, which would take a lot of time to relieve.
Therefore, he just slowly extracted this energy and accumulated it in the body of the Tree of Life. There were probably more than 30,000 units left.
"I will digest it slowly in the future."
On this day, Lu Yuan was studying carving knowledge seriously. When he saw a puff of black smoke coming out of the manhole cover, he had an idea and quickly took out his walkie-talkie.
At a distance of less than one kilometer, the walkie-talkie can still be used.
"Hey, Lu Yuan, are you still alive? (*noise)"
The signal is intermittent.
“Alive.”
Lao Mao said on the intercom: "Comrade, what's wrong with you? It's been two months and you haven't come back yet?"
"It has turned into a big tree and is fighting it." Lu Yuan's human body hid inside the carnivorous plant and took out a walkie-talkie.
He briefly explained what happened.
"You have a blessing in disguise!"
The old cat poked its head out and saw the huge Tree of Life. The ancient aura that came towards it made people involuntarily feel like worshipping it.
There was a hint of doubt in its eyes.
This must be a [monster] of the same level as the "Poppy Tree", otherwise, how could it grow so fast? In less than two months, it has grown from 15 meters to 30 meters, and its diameter has increased dramatically, and its tonnage is almost ten times the original!
The old cat remembered the important matter and said in a serious tone: "How long will this...energy extraction action of yours continue?"
"Alas, we have to wait until the ascension ceremony is over. I have to stay here, otherwise the poppy tree will riot again and the conch will be in danger." Lu Yuan said helplessly, "By the way, how is the Sandi clan?"
"A lot of people died this time, and social order collapsed..." said the old cat, "Our village is still slightly better. In the villages farther away, only a few people with stronger soul power are barely alive."
"The total population is less than 10,000..."
"They started a doomsday riot and were about to rob our village!"
"Ah?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a few seconds, and the Tree of Life shook.
Should food robbery, driven by hunger, be subject to legal prosecution? This is a complex question...
There are many debates even within Earth civilization.
Many countries stipulate that as long as it does not involve murder or arson, stealing some food is usually regarded as a minor violation of the law rather than a serious robbery.
Lu Yuan also has some friendship with the people of the Shali tribe, and he really can't bear to see this civilization destroy itself like this.
"How do you want to deal with this?"
The old cat said seriously: "I want to maintain order first."
"People who commit minor crimes can be forgiven, but serious crimes cannot be forgiven."
"We must gain military superiority to suppress the riot. Do you have any solution?"
Lu Yuan is tied up now and cannot fight.
He pondered for a moment, then extended a green vine from the ground, trying to avoid the flower buds that were jumping "dong dong".
This place is less than one kilometer away from the sewer.
In a moment, the vine extended into the sewer.
Under the surprised gazes of the four people in the Sand, the vine was gently stroked, opening the storage space.
Several rifles fell out.
"Sha Mo, I'm Lu Yuan."
"Put away these weapons, and when you return, keep the village safe. I'm still fighting the monsters, and I have to win before I can leave."
"Mr. Lu...you're still alive...that's great!!"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"They all said you were dead, but I was the only one who believed you were still alive!"
The young man seemed to have found his backbone. He suddenly lost his strength and leaned against the wall of the sewer.
At the beginning, when he was mentally disturbed and wanted to rush into the Sky City, Lu Yuan gave him an orange to calm him down.
The smell of oranges...
The memory is still fresh!
From then on, he became Lu Yuan's loyal supporter.
The other three also showed ecstatic expressions and picked up their rifles from the ground: "The monster is not dead yet!"
"It's all thanks to the great warrior Lu."
They had seen Lu Yuan demonstrate this thing in the past, and it was very powerful.
As long as you can hit the target, you will be injured if not killed.
But the power of a few guns is actually not enough.
After all, those thugs have cultivated extraordinary fire, and they all have thick skin and flesh.
Lu Yuan took out a small anti-aircraft gun and a box of explosives.
He also took out most of his stored food, including rice, wheat, and everything else, about 2 tons.
"Well, I'll give it all to you. Although it's not enough to last for a few days."
The old cat still felt uneasy: "Anything else?"
"You'd better make a token and come forward. No one has confidence in living anymore."
Hope is more precious than water in the desert.
The people of the Sarai tribe are now demoralized and are in desperate need of a leader to lead them - it doesn't matter even if this leader is an outsider!
Lu Yuan was in a dilemma. After thinking for a moment, he had an idea.
As the Tree of Life has evolved significantly these days, more functions have emerged.
Especially the part of grafting the poppy tree, which allows the Tree of Life to use the ability of the poppy tree to a certain extent! The poppy tree has a total of four abilities: field confusion, dream control, soul capture, and split body.
Among them, "dream control" is a profound ability, and the green people have transformed it into a green paradise.
The split offspring are an important manifestation of the poppy tree's combat power.
Each fruit can transform into a man-eating monster - you have to know that the poppy tree was also an evil creature in the beginning. A long, long time ago, the Green People defeated it through a large-scale war and transformed it into its current appearance.
Lu Yuan activated the Tree of Life, and a human-shaped fruit grew out of it - this was his current "clone".
The clone carries part of his consciousness and the energy of the eternal fire.
He can roughly use about 30% of his strength.
"Wait a moment, it will probably take another five minutes." Lu Yuan felt a little tired. In just a moment, his mental strength was exhausted.
The old cat looked at the Tree of Life for a few seconds and said, "Your clone's ability is quite good."
This tree does have great potential, but the cost of cultivation is a bit high... If it weren't for a wealthy farmer like Lu Yuan, how many civilizations could afford to raise it? "What about the food problem? I can't rely entirely on this tree, can I?" Lu Yuan asked again, feeling a little pained. Is it going to give birth to ordinary rice with the life force I have accumulated with great difficulty?
The old cat said, "We have observed that we can pick up animal carcasses in the Sky City... It can hold out for a while. How about you get a few more clones to help us search?"
"You think it's cabbage? I need to rest for several days to give birth to a clone! Damn it...Okay, I'll help you think of a solution."
Lu Yuan was also helpless.
Does this count as... the annihilation of more than half of the clan?
It is really not easy to survive and develop in this world.
"Where's the immortal giant turtle?"
"It's mixed in with a flower bud, and I can't find it for the time being... It won't die anyway, so just ignore it for now."
While the "human-shaped clone" was growing, the old cat suddenly changed the subject and asked a very strange question.
"Among the remaining Sunari clan, the proportion of those with divine skills is quite high, maybe two to three hundred people... I wonder what you think?"
"I...what ideas can I have?" Lu Yuan asked puzzledly.
“Do you think race matters?”
"It's important... but not that important... it depends on how well we get along." Lu Yuan sincerely thought so. He and the old cat, the conch, and the turtle are not of the same race.
The old cat was silent for a moment: "This civilization is actually the same race as humans, but has not yet formed a concept such as 'nation', nor does it have a long-standing cultural heritage."
"It's just some simple ancestor worship, not too superstitious."
"In other words, it's not that difficult to integrate them into the human race..."
Lu Yuan vaguely understood what it wanted to express.
The old cat continued on the intercom: "Does this city in the sky still have a chance to rise again?"
“If you’re alone and your productivity isn’t high enough, there are a lot of things you can’t do.”
"If the Sarari clan joins us, perhaps we can make the city rise again."
"You want me to be the local tyrant here?" Lu Yuan was shocked. "How can the city be revived?"
This was a plan he had never thought of!
"Why not?"
"For a city this big, there must be some equipment that is intact."
"How much supplies can you carry by yourself? Can your storage space capacity compare to that of a city? Can you take the poppy tree with you?"
"Driving the Sky City back to the human world is more efficient than traveling on foot, right?"
"Think about it, how many years did it take you to cross this desert? Three whole years... and this is just a desert."
"It will be much simpler with a city as a backup!" Old Cat said a series of words, as if he had planned it in advance.
It paused for a moment: "And the management of more than 10,000 survivors is not that complicated."
"Those children, if educated for one or two generations, will become human beings."
"Of course, if you don't want to, just let them fend for themselves... I won't object."
(End of this chapter)