Chapter 340: Nirvana, does it really exist?
Lu Yuan turned his head and looked at the dragon who was pretending to be energetic, and said with a smile: "I'm really sorry for disturbing you, how about we go to another place?"
"Roar!" Lao Long pursed his lips and looked at the pot of seafood soup again.
"You want to eat? No, no..."
The Mirage Dragon is no longer able to eat normally in its current state. A lot of life energy has been sent to it today. It needs to rest well so it can live longer.
So he pulled the conch and started a new fire a kilometer away.
"Huh!!" The old dragon was dissatisfied again and wailed there.
Perhaps it was the continuous loss of vitality that caused it to feel unprecedented weakness.
No matter how proud a life is, it is treated equally in the face of death. This dragon, perhaps... also needs some company. It is even more unhappy to see these two people chatting from a long distance!
"What the hell are you doing? I'll send someone to take care of you tomorrow! It's already so late today, so that's enough."
Lu Yuan could only drag the girl back, scratched his scalp, took out a pomegranate and stuffed it into the old dragon's mouth.
The pomegranate fruit turned into vitality, making the old dragon's physical condition slightly better.
Lu Yuan sighed and took out an old salamander tent from the storage space.
After so many years, the color of the Salamander leather has become darker, but the quality of this thing is really good, with no loose threads.
Lu Yuan shook the tent, cleaned off the dust, and set it up.
Then the two of them snuggled together, looking at the twinkling stars in the sky, and talked about trivial things that happened on Earth, such as how to beat and bully your sister, what to do if you do poorly on the exam, and playing games in the Internet cafe. These long-ago events made the girl stunned.
Lu Yuan suddenly felt that perhaps one day in the future, if humans really died out and the two of them were still alive, they would huddle together for warmth like they do now.
"Then the two of us will really give birth to a civilization." Conch held her face with both hands and began to fantasize.
"Don't open the champagne. I'm not sure I can survive the Epoch Disaster alone. I still need to get some information out of this old dragon and become stronger."
"I want to become stronger too."
"How did you become stronger?" Lu Yuan asked in surprise.
"Study the [Spiritual Words]... The more you use it, the smoother it will become."
The two of them kept looking at the stars until late at night.
Before she knew it, the girl had fallen asleep on Lu Yuan's shoulder.
Lu Yuan carried her into the tent and covered her with a blanket.
He himself couldn't sleep at all, as he was always worried. He went over to check on the Mirage Dragon... Its condition was still not good, like a patient in the ICU, and it could die at any time.
The Mirage Dragon sensed Lu Yuan's approach and for some unknown reason, he moved his body inexplicably.
Its tail moved, making way for the door leading to the underground passage, and then it closed its eyes again and took a few deep breaths.
The life before death is always full of contradictory thoughts.
It wants to know the secret again and wants to know the result.
But there was nothing more to say at this point. Everything inside had been moved out, so Lu Yuan pretended he hadn't seen the door and walked back to the campfire.
The dragon growled softly: I finally mustered up the courage, damn ants! However, Lu Yuan did not choose to reveal the secret, and it could actually accept it.
The waves surged up, the fire crackled, he drank a sip of wine and ate the leftover hotpot.
Look at the brilliant starry sky, and then think about the green city with thousands of lights hundreds of kilometers away.
A sense of loneliness suddenly arose in my heart.
Recalling Conch's joke: "Then the two of us will really give birth to a civilization."
But if there is really only one person in the world and all other cities are destroyed, even if there is a green girl by your side, the feeling of guarding a grave is too terrifying.
Even if a civilization is born, how will it survive the next era? It will still become extinct.
The only thing that can be done is that humans...cannot become extinct.
"Live a little longer, old brother."
He waved goodbye to Lao Long, went into the tent, smelled the unique fragrance of the girl, and heard her even breathing.
The feeling of loneliness gradually dissipated...
Lu Yuan also lay down and took a nap beside the girl for a while.
I closed my eyes and opened them again, and it was already dawn.
"Report, we have arrived at our destination."
The reconnaissance team members were naturally anxious, and they rode flying insects to re-land on the island early in the morning.
When I saw the salamander tent, my curiosity started to stir.
Big news, the adoptive parents might sleep together! Are they doing something interesting? For the children raised by Lu Yuan and Hai Luo, this is a very subtle feeling, with anticipation and a little laugh.
Lu Yuan had naturally gotten up a long time ago. He had known that these guys would want to read gossip, so he appeared from behind the crowd and shouted, "What are you looking at? I'm catching seafood and making breakfast!"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Lao Lu said earnestly: "The first rule of survival in the wilderness is water, fire, and shelter."
"At the same time, be sure to protect your partner, so that you don't end up having a quarrel when you get home!"
"A friend in need is a friend indeed, understand?"
People laughed again.
Hailuo was also awakened. She was still sleeping soundly and was looking around in the tent. Since she was sleeping in the wild, she didn't need to take off her outer clothes. She just got up, washed up, and had a simple breakfast.
When scientists examined the body of the Mirage Dragon, their results were similar to those of the conch—it was really hopeless! It could only be sustained by infusing it with life force, but the price was… extraordinary items, that is, a large amount of spiritual energy.
"The current medical expenses are about 1 spiritual energy consumed every 10 days to maintain life."
"If it can get better, maybe the expenses will be reduced in the future. If it can't heal, the expenses will continue to increase."
"It's like a funnel, it gets bigger and bigger until the day when it can't hold it anymore," sighed the expert.
Lu Yuan nodded: "Let's find a way to prolong its life. This expense does not need to be recorded in the national treasury... We can let the Zerg Legion pay for it."
"Thank you, Commander Lu!" Everyone was a little surprised.
The nominal ruler of the Zerg Legion is "Miss Conch".
Including the nominal ruler of Green City, who is actually Miss Conch, this is like a constitutional monarchy. Although there is no actual power, the people tacitly assume that the "former princess" has considerable private wealth. It is normal for a powerful civilization to have some property left over.
Humans are allowed to have private wealth, so it is normal that the materials carried by the ratmen craftsmen themselves are not counted as human assets.
Lu Yuan remembered something again: "Oh, yes, it... likes to be lively. If safety conditions permit, we can let more children come here to see it, play with it for a while, and listen to the story behind it."
"You are not to enter that underground shelter."
"Give it to the children, to leave a last memory for them."
"I see..." Everyone's mood became noticeably gloomy. Some young boys and girls couldn't help but have tears in their eyes and looked sad.
Even the curious ratmen craftsmen who were watching were encountering such a thing for the first time, and they couldn't help but sigh: "Commander Lu is indeed kind and righteous, and is willing to treat it. Ten days consumes 1 spiritual energy, and the medical expenses, wow..."
"Well, it's worth it to teach the people a lesson. If you don't work hard now, you will regret it later."
"That's true. The enterprising spirit of a civilization cannot be purchased by spiritual energy." The ratman craftsman actually agreed with Lu Yuan's point of view.
"Master Rat...is there any way to treat him? Even if it costs a little more money, it's no big deal." Lu Yuan asked again.
"There's really no way. He's old and weak, and he's also seriously injured. His organs are failing, his tendons are broken, and there are so many negative factors that even gods can't save him." Shu Gongye said, "Unless it's... an immortal or even mythical healing item. What a pity, how can we get this thing?"
Lu Yuan was silent and let out a long sigh.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
…
In the following months, the number of human treasure hunting teams stopped increasing because the volcanic eruption was imminent and adding more people would become too dangerous.
Instead, there was a team accompanying the Mirage Dragon and a tour group to the ruins.
When we came, everyone was quite excited. We could see the most popular keyword on the Internet, "dragon", and experience the culture of a different civilization. How could we not be excited?
Those faces are like free orioles! But as I get to know them better, I always think of the origin of fire civilization and ourselves. What can resist the erosion of time, the stars and the sea, the plains and the mountains? Where will our civilization be after ten thousand years? Who will shed tears in front of our graves? This is really a question that needs to be thought about...
"Roar!" The Mirage Dragon likes lively crowds and enjoys being the center of attention.
But it doesn't like to see anyone showing a vulnerable expression.
The cold wind it blows out of its mouth always makes those tiny people shiver.
Then it smiled proudly, tried to lift its limp tail, pretended to be very majestic, and roared.
The conch laughed and said, "It said that it itself is not afraid of death, so why should you be sad? Then it called us lowly reptiles."
"You should conserve your strength!" Lu Yuan couldn't help but scold.
Then, perhaps to amuse the children, it spit out white clouds.
The shape of the clouds kept changing, forming white figures running happily on the beach.
Judging from the size of the figure, it should be... also a child, a child from the Source Fire Civilization.
Some may have just learned to walk, and are staggering along, while others are digging in the sand.
The Source Fire People and humans actually met in this way. Although hundreds and thousands of years had passed between the past and the present, it was as if they had traveled through time...
This scene was recorded by the Green Park, so even children in the future can experience the same scene.
The so-called encounters are happening all the time, the encounters between people and the world, and the encounters between civilizations.
It is said that the number of people a person can meet in his lifetime reaches 29.2 million.
But there are only a few valuable encounters.
The Divine Cloud Dragon was quite happy in the last moments of its life. It was no longer as irritable as before, and its temper became milder.
The so-called arrogance is only based on strength.
When it has nothing, it can only silently put down its disguise and become calm.
It enjoys the company of the crowds, day or night.
Sometimes, it would become agitated and say that it would be fine for humans to eat it after it died. This would be the only way it could repay humans.
Lu Yuan remained silent about this suggestion. He thought it was up to the people to make their own choice and he didn't care.
Even the immortal giant turtle once again visited the old dragon.
"Ah, why are you risking your life, you idiot! The Source Fire Civilization must have given you some kind of drug to keep you guarding here. Now you are really going to die."
“Roar!” The Mirage Dragon roared twice.
In the past, it would have been angry a long time ago, but now it just roared a few times, showing its powerless attitude.
Grandpa Turtle stared at it for a long time with his dark green eyes, and suddenly sighed: "What an idiot."
"Only a good brother can let me risk my life once, but only once! I won't bother with it the second time! How many times have you risked your life for a hope that doesn't exist?" The turtle hovered in front of the old dragon for a while, "You idiot, do you have the strength to live a second life?"
"You don't look like you're good at defense. If you die, you're really gone."
“Roar!” The old dragon’s voice lowered, as if he had heard the subtext of the Immortal Giant Turtle.
At this point, it still wants to survive.
There was a hint of desire for life in its eyes.
"I have died before... but in the next era, I am alive again..."
"The price is that all memories are lost..."
"We are an anomaly. As long as the rules exist, there is always a glimmer of hope... I don't know the specific method, I can only tell you what I think..."
The immortal giant turtle muttered a lot of nonsense, then ran away.
Does Nirvana really exist?
There was a hint of confusion in the eyes of the Mirage Dragon.
…
And so it went on until the ninth month.
Change happened again!
Under human care, the Mirage Dragon did not meet its demise. Instead, the land could no longer hold on! The ground let out a terrifying whine, white bubbles like boiling water rose from the bottom of the sea, and black clouds mixed with the smell of sulfur covered the sky.
Lu Yuan felt the fury erupting from the earth, his heart skipped a beat, and he shouted, "Everyone, get on the Sky Fortress and evacuate! The volcano is about to erupt!"
Related drills have been conducted many times before. There are about 5,000 people stranded on the island, all of whom are tourist groups. The population is relatively dense, so it is relatively easy for them to escape.
Soon, under the command of the soldiers, the crowd boarded the "Sky Fortress" in an orderly manner.
(End of this chapter)