Chapter 252 Meeting the Survivors of the Empire
Of course, now is not the time to investigate this matter. How to protect the conch has become the most important issue.
"You swallowed her. It's safest to hide her in your stomach." The old cat said, "Swallow her in the physical sense. Don't get the wrong idea. She will only burst out when you die."
"You are really perverted, Master Cat."
However, Lao Mao's suggestion did remind Lu Yuan.
He summoned the Tree of Life and used the Piranha Plant to swallow the Soul Gem.
Then he tried to make the Tree of Life virtual and put it back into his sea of consciousness.
I really did it!
"Can you see outside?" Lu Yuan shook the green leaves on his head.
[If I use my clairvoyance ability as I wish, I can indeed see outside... If I don't use it, I'm in a dark place.]
This voice sounded directly from his mind. Lu Yuan felt it was a bit weird, but this method was indeed the safest.
He sighed and said, "Just bear with it for now. I'll let you out after I'm done beating you."
【Um.】
"Meow!!" When the old cat saw the two of them merge together, his fur stood on end and he thought of a great idea.
It sat upright and said seriously, "Comrade, her soul is now separated from her body. You can... give birth to the baby while the baby is still hot!"
"Her cognitive level won't improve, and I, an old cat, can play with a child, and you'll be happy too, so it's a win-win situation!"
The old cat was very excited, with an expression that said "I'm so smart".
Lu Yuan was stunned.
Before Lu Yuan could say anything, Miss Conch said haltingly: [Actually... it's not impossible...]
[In the reproductive law of the Green Civilization, if a long-term comatose vegetative person has not given birth, the government should pay for him to leave offspring for him and provide them with public support. This law is called the Gene Continuation Law.]
【But it would be better if you allow me to watch from the side. 】
[I want to see...]
etc!
Miss Conch seemed to realize something and tried to save her dignity: [Well... whether there is cheating or not is a philosophical question... after all, I don't have a boyfriend yet. ]
Lu Yuan was in a bad state, his face wrinkled into a ball: "When will the mental hospital of the 18th civilization of mankind open?!"
The orange cat was jumping up and down, looking very happy.
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After being disturbed by this, Lu Yuan was not so nervous anymore.
According to the flying speed of the "Sky Fortress", it only takes more than 20 minutes to travel 80 kilometers.
As the sun appeared on the horizon, the pale sky was tinged with a slight blush.
"It's already dawn..." Lu Yuan recalled the battle that lasted all night.
The "Sky Fortress" slowly landed on a flat ground outside the capital of the Mandala Empire. It was deserted and very quiet.
Lu Yuan waved his hand: "You fly high in the sky first and follow my instructions."
"Pedro!" The Sky Fortress howled and took off again into a white cloud.
The invisible bugs covering its body make it look like it is optically invisible.
Lu Yuan took a deep breath, put the old cat on his shoulder, took a step forward, and stroked the thick bluestone wall.
With a light jump, he climbed over the six-meter-high city wall.
Put on the donkey head mask and amplify your perception to the limit.
The interior of the city was not as bad as imagined. Apart from the occasional bloodstains, most of the buildings were well preserved.
There are not many people.
Most of the monsters were probably urgently dispatched to fight.
“They really came out in full force.”
Lu Yuan moved slowly, sticking to the wall. He restrained his breath and was very careful.
I saw some livestock, including cows, donkeys, sheep, chickens, and everything else.
They are not monsters, but real animals - their "divine" attributes are so low that the value of their souls is almost zero, so it's okay to use them as food.
There were several carts piled up on the roadside.
There were various crops on the car. Because a day had passed, the leafy vegetables looked a little shriveled.
"Monsters are actually imitating humans to develop civilization here? They can also farm and raise animals?" Lu Yuan felt deeply incredible.
"What...is the meaning of this?"
He suddenly thought of a horrifying possibility!
My pupils couldn't help but dilate and I felt my heart pounding with fear.
"Conch, don't watch the rest of the battle. Just close your eyes and hide obediently."
【Um……】
Walking quickly towards the palace, Lu Yuan heard bursts of delicate crying and his heart suddenly tightened.
He slowed down, turned several directions, and walked into a small alley.
The crying got louder.
Hundreds and hundreds of cries, like helpless kittens.
Lu Yuan hurriedly took out his periscope and looked into the yard.
His hair stood up.
Lots of... lots of... babies! Maybe five thousand!
Those tender little arms and legs looked like animals in a pigsty, with their originally smooth and fair skin stained with unknown dirt.
They may have been tired of crying and only howled a few words occasionally.
Because there were too many of them and the density was too high, there was no one to clean up the feces and urine, and the mess in the yard was like a cesspool.
Fortunately, the temperature last night was acceptable, otherwise many of these children might have frozen to death.
Lu Yuan is getting older. He is 42 years old this year. If he were in human civilization, he would have become a father long ago and his children would have been just helping out.
Even though he doesn't have his own children now, he likes watching children grow up.
When he saw this scene, he was immediately furious.
It was the first time that he saw a look of despair on the face of the ignorant baby.
Many children didn't move at all, they just lay on the ground, staring blankly.
Perhaps they also understand that no matter how much they cry, no one will pay attention to them.
Lu Yuan was so angry that his whole body was shaking, smoke was coming out of his mouth, and his teeth were chattering.
[Mr. Lu...don't be nervous.] The conch emitted spiritual waves.
A cool feeling rushed into his mind, making the furious Lu Yuan slightly sober.
"You didn't see that scene?"
[I didn't watch it... I just want to comfort you now... I won't watch the other scenes. ]
"Well, stop looking."
Lu Yuan clenched his fists.
The cruelty of civilization extinction was vividly displayed at this moment.
The old cat also sighed and said coldly: "Old Lu, you can't stay here for too long... How can you take care of so many children?"
"Kill the culprit, and then send someone to rescue him."
Lu Yuan whispered, "I'm worried that they are starving... They are so young, how long can they last? They didn't eat the whole day yesterday."
Suddenly, Lu Yuan's ears moved and he heard footsteps again.
Immediately activate the alternate space and protect yourself.
I saw a "peasant woman" leading a cow walking towards me from a distance.
Lu Yuan couldn't tell whether she was a monster or a human.
“Is this cow used to feed these babies?”
Just as the peasant woman was walking around the corner, several strong men suddenly jumped out from behind a wall! Their bodies glowed red, and they hacked the peasant woman to death with machetes at lightning speed!
Well, this peasant woman was indeed a monster. Her skin was torn apart and she was hacked to death before she could even scream.
Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and something moved in his heart.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
These strong men with weapons...
Good skills!
Judging from the personal attributes just demonstrated, he is similar to Lu Yuan.
It may have reached the category of Extraordinary Fire, Level 4, or even Level 5!
That is the legendary innate master.
This may be the empire's only remaining elite force.
The leader had a fierce look on his face: "Be alert to your surroundings, don't let those monsters attack you in return."
"yes!"
The others whispered, "Those monsters are all going to attack that city that fell from the sky... I wonder what that city is?"
"We are short of troops here, but there are not so many Painted Skins."
"Brother! The enclosure ahead is the place I discovered! Inside..."
These people pushed open the door with a "bang".
Seeing a bunch of babies lying in the pit of feces in the yard, they felt sympathetic and looked miserable, and their eyes suddenly turned red.
Hell on earth is no different.
"What should I do?"
"Bring that cow over here! I'll feed them!"
The children's crying suddenly became louder.
These most innocent, thoughtless creatures seem to be able to recognize kindness and malice.
They seemed to know that these people who suddenly rushed in were here to save them, and they all howled desperately.
The baby's crying was like nails, hammering into their hearts again and again!
The more conscientious a person is, the more likely he is to suffer a mental breakdown in such a scenario.
But what can they do? Society has collapsed, and there are few people alive. What can they do? Several people are about to cry out: "Brother, let's take these children and run away! There are not many people alive in the Mandala Empire. When those monsters come back, we won't even have a chance to take them away."
"But, with so many people...how many can we take away? What about the rest?"
The burly man in the lead, named Jin Liangzhu, a sixth-level innate grandmaster of the extraordinary realm, felt his own powerlessness.
His eyes were red, and he sighed to the sky: "Oh my God, why!"
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Lu Yuan observed patiently for a while and found that these strong men who suddenly appeared seemed to be the survivors of the Mandala Empire. He sighed in his heart.
He cancelled the alien space and wanted to have a chat with this group of people.
Then in the next second, several thoughts locked onto him.
These people were very careful. In just a short moment, the five people retreated to a long distance. Because the Painted Skin has psychic abilities, if they are hit, the consequences will be disastrous.
They used some method to condense the sound and transmit it from far away.
"who?!"
Lu Yuan hid behind the wall: "Conch, please help me use telepathy to transmit the message."
【good.】
"I am Lu Yuan, the supreme leader of the 18th human civilization. We are fighting the monster 'Painted Skin'."
"I came here with the intention of killing the culprit."
"Do you have any relevant information?"
The leader, still not so trusting, said, "Stand at the door and let us see you."
Lu Yuan was also a man of great skill and courage, and he stood at the threshold.
When he saw so many children, he sighed in his heart, took off his donkey head mask, and gave an order to the "Sky Fortress" to land.
Seeing Lu Yuan's strange outfit, these people were also confused.
One of them had a gleam in his eyes and whispered, "Brother, I checked it and it's really a human...some demon hunter, monster hunter, looks pretty fierce."
Everyone was visibly relieved.
Jin Dongliang sighed and said, "You can't win! Last night, four innate grandmasters teamed up to assassinate that monster, but they all died without even seeing its face. It was a true demon, and no human can win against it!"
This voice revealed a sense of despair.
"You just need to tell me the information." Lu Yuan said expressionlessly, "I am stronger than you, much stronger."
"How much stronger?"
"Kill you all in one second."
Everyone was silent. Under normal circumstances, they would have been furious.
As famous masters in the world, they are all well-known figures.
Some people said that they could kill five of them in one second, which was just a boast. They were beaten by others! But now they were going to challenge that terrifying monster, and they were speechless for a while.
[Mr. Lu, you are so pretentious...] The conch that had been transmitting sound over long distances was now unable to transmit any further.
"I have had a good life in the past few years. I haven't fought monsters for a long time. When I was young, I fought hard to achieve those results." Lu Yuan couldn't help but brag, "You just don't know it."
"My brother's title can be identified. How about you try to identify it for me?"
Yes, that title can be authenticated if he wishes.
Just like the string of titles held by the great warrior cat Mama, reporting titles to each other may be a common etiquette in the future.
[It really exists, that’s amazing~] The King of Flattery, Conch, began to flatter.
After thinking for a long time, the other party replied: "The monster's body is in the royal mausoleum. You can see a bronze coffin. No one can get close to it."
"Specific information... Unfortunately, no one knows what is in the coffin... Perhaps it is the first emperor of the empire."
"This is a disaster caused by the royal family." Jin Dongliang said, "It has been said for a long time that the First Emperor pursued immortality and never died, secretly controlling the entire empire."
"In the past thousand years, there have been several large-scale rebellions, but they were suppressed by powerful mysterious entities."
"Overnight, tens of thousands of troops were wiped out."
Lu Yuan frowned: "How long did the Mandala Empire last?"
"I don't know... maybe tens of thousands of years. The empire burned books many times, and a lot of history was lost. Only some stories passed down by word of mouth remain."
In the extraordinary world, masters have long lifespans and classes are severely rigidified.
But a dynasty that lasted for tens of thousands of years is too terrifying. How corrupt would it be? (End of this chapter)