Chapter 542 Lord Greedy Demon, save me!
Suddenly, a mysterious aura emanated from the surface of the stone, as if it had experienced wind, frost, rain and snow for tens of millions of years, witnessing the passage of time and changes.
"Huh?" The faces of several strong men who were digging ice frantically changed and they turned around.
But this aura was fleeting, and in the blink of an eye, the stone became ordinary again.
"Is it my illusion?" City Lord Tagang kicked the round lump so hard that he almost kicked his toes off.
"Everyone start digging! The wind is getting stronger!"
It was finally dark, and there was no time to dig a new igloo.
Everyone hid in the igloo, along with this strange lumpy ball.
The howling snowstorm became stronger and stronger, and the violent cold air was like a runaway horse, sweeping up debris in the air. Even a slight breeze that seeped in through the cracks hurt like a whip when it hit the face.
Since they were bored anyway, they started studying the lump of iron while drinking and eating meat.
"Stinky and hard."
"It's taking up such a good spot, and now there's no way to throw it away."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense! Hug each other for warmth and get enough energy!"
But when we thought about the ruins being not far away, no one could fall asleep.
"The distant Hongxiang tribe and the troll tribe started a war because of a low-level civilization relic." Grand Secretary Constantine started chatting. "The civilization relic is located at the intersection of large geothermal energy. The two races wanted to move the entire city there, so naturally a war broke out."
"Alas..." Everyone sighed.
The demand for thermal energy is an eternal topic in the "North".
“Who will win?”
"It should be the Hongxiang clan...they have stronger war capabilities."
The university scholar took out a golden book with lines of text on it: "The Ice Fish Civilization in East Lake has developed a new fossil resource called combustible crystal."
"This resource contains huge chemical energy, more than 30 times that of coal, and it will be the mainstream mineral in the future. We need to pay attention to whether there are any veins of combustible crystals in the surrounding area."
City Lord Tagang drank a mouthful of hot soup, took a wooden bucket and began to soak his feet. The 42-degree hot water made him feel comfortable all over. "I heard that this combustible crystal is very difficult to mine."
"Yes, it is usually found at the bottom of deep lakes, and only top experts can mine it. Also, the water pressure is too high, and there is a risk of drowning."
Top experts working as miners, this kind of thing... is really hard for ordinary people to imagine.
But in the North, it is taken for granted!
Due to poor technology and underdeveloped robotics, automatic mining is not possible.
In addition, the amount of traditional coal is becoming increasingly scarce, and civilization cannot survive without energy if it wants to thrive.
"In fact, there is another energy source that is the best!" The Grand Secretary suddenly thought of something and said in an exaggerated tone, "In the advanced ruins, there is a technological product called 'Eternal Energy'. With just a little hydrogen atom, it can produce endless light and heat."
"You know the hydrogen atom, right? The hydrogen atom in the water molecule?"
These uncouth guys basically have no knowledge of physics and chemistry, so they were completely confused by what they heard.
They were just extremely eager for "eternal energy". "It would be great if the ruins in front of us had this device."
"Don't even think about it. The eternal energy device is as big as a mountain. You guys can't move it." A mysterious voice suddenly said in everyone's ears.
"That's true..." The Grand Maester nodded, "Eternal Energy is not a boiler. Only a powerful technological civilization can handle that."
"Isn't it possible in our Wulan City? We also have many craftsmen!"
"No, it's far from it! It needs maintenance, you know? Just like a steam engine, it needs maintenance, even horseshoes need maintenance!" The university scholar spread his hands helplessly, "I've said it before, we have to transform towards scientific and technological civilization, and stop training our physique all day long. We have to read and write, at least we have to complete compulsory education!"
"If we are not a technological civilization, even if the treasure is right in front of us, we can only sell the equipment to others. We have suffered a huge loss for nothing."
Everyone felt a little ashamed.
They are indeed uncultured.
But civilization transformation...how can it be accomplished by just talking about it?
You have to convince the parents of young children to change their mindset.
We need the cooperation of other cities, and don't start a war at this vulnerable moment.
How is this possible under the current conditions?
"We can generate electricity from hot dry rocks." The man added, "The heat reserve of hot dry rocks is even higher than that of coal. After generating electricity, we can carry out large-scale industrial production."
"Electric power technology? Haha, you must be kidding." The university scholar was speechless. "It's freezing outside, and the wires will freeze easily. After freezing, the poles are too heavy and will break directly!"
"And where do we get all that copper for the wire? Do you know how many miles away the big copper mines are?"
"Electric technology is good, but do you know how much investment it requires? Lord City Lord, how much are you willing to invest?"
The city lord, who was soaking his feet, touched his nose. He would rather buy a steam engine, at least he could use it immediately.
Electric power technology is really too illusory.
Then the voice said, "You don't want to invest, you don't want to cultivate talents, you just want to pick up what's ready. Even if you pick up garbage, you can only sell it. You think it's better to buy than to make."
“No wonder the development of Maikou City is even better now.”
"Humph, do you think they sold it?" The Grand Secretary said disdainfully, "We humans are a weak race. We only have four cities."
"Other races come from more powerful worlds. Some of them have more than 20 cities. Isn't it normal that they develop faster than us?"
"Who is the strongest?"
"In this area, the dwarves, who have abundant geothermal energy, are the strongest. There's nothing we can do about it. They were born in a good place and live near a volcano. God is just unfair sometimes."
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the howling cold wind outside is like the howling of the world.
Even the temperature inside the igloo was dropping, making everyone shiver with cold.
"So even though we have dug up the treasure, we still have to sell it to the dwarves in the end?" the city lord couldn't help but ask.
Grand Secretary Constantine was helpless: "Of course, the dwarves are easy to talk to... Other races might be traitors, especially the goblins, whose credibility is extremely poor. Don't do business with them."
"I see. Thanks for clearing up my confusion." The mysterious voice murmured, "How can there be so many races in such a cold place? It doesn't make sense."
"Why is it unreasonable? Aren't we all living a good life?"
Suddenly, the university scholar reacted!
Who the hell is this voice?
Looking around, cold sweat suddenly broke out on my forehead.
"Who was talking just now?"
"I."
"Sir, don't play tricks on me."
"I am the Greedy Demon God Lu Yuan." No one knew where the mysterious voice came from.
"Who are you? Where are you?" The city lord tensed his body, and the muscle lines on his face made him look like a solid sculpture.
"I've already told you that I'm the Greedy Demon God Lu Yuan. You were the ones who dug me out. Why don't you recognize me now?"
Everyone stared at the iron lump with wide eyes! "What is this?"
"Lord City Lord, we may have encountered... a spirit monster. This kind of spirit cannot be seen or touched." The Grand Secretary once again spoke confidently, and then used a code word to communicate, "They have retained some of their memories from their previous lives, and may be living in this iron lump."
"Of course, these spirits have no intelligence anymore. Or rather, their intelligence is very low."
"Everything is just a mechanical reflex. So sometimes I get weird answers."
The city lord looked at the big rock cautiously: "Will this kind of spiritual monster hurt people?"
"They may occupy our bodies and try to take over our bodies! But as long as we keep our minds focused, it won't be a big problem. After all, our Transcendent levels are relatively high..."
"Isn't it still dangerous?"
The Grand Secretary said solemnly: "Lord City Lord, this may be our opportunity. This spirit may have appeared in the ruins! Its memory is very useful to us."
"I see. Then you give it a try."
"Ahem..." The Grand Secretary cleared his throat and switched back to their native language. "Sir Lu Yuan, when did you die? Why do you know the language of our Ulan people?"
"I'm not dead! I'm in an inspired state, and simple things like language learning can be done easily."
The Grand Secretary turned his head and lowered his voice: "Generally speaking, spirits believe that they are not dead."
"Otherwise, if they lose their breath, they will really die."
So that's how it is. Everyone nodded.
It sounds a bit like a mentally ill person who thinks he is not crazy.
"Greed...Mr. Lu Yuan, what do you know about the remains of distant civilizations? Are they advanced remains?"
"Alas, to be honest, the current level of technology is just so-so. A stronger anomaly can easily wipe them all out." The mysterious voice said, "We still have to keep moving forward, forward, and forward endlessly!"
"It seems that this Excellency is not very satisfied with his own civilization. Their city was destroyed by a vision." The Grand Secretary clapped his hands and came to a conclusion.
Everyone was speechless. If such a powerful city could be "easily destroyed", then what are we? An ant on the roadside?
The Grand Secretary consoled him: "Don't be surprised."
"Every civilization has those angry young people. No matter how perfect a civilization is, there are always people who are dissatisfied. And this greed... It's normal for Lu Yuan to have some resentment because of the anomaly."
"That's true."
At this moment, the big rock bounced suddenly, and the whole igloo was shaken slightly.
Lu Yuan's voice became intermittent: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, but the enemy is too strong and I can't defeat him. I'm now thinking of ways to become stronger."
"Who is the enemy?"
"Oh, I don't know!"
"I hope there are no enemies here... Wait, I seem to have thought of a key point. If we create a variety of anti-entropy elements and match them with each other, perhaps it will bring about new ideas..." Lu Yuan began to mutter to himself, mumbling non-stop.
"You see, this spirit has very low intelligence, like a mental patient." The university scholar nodded seriously.
Everyone was convinced.
At this moment, the Greedy Demon has entered a critical period of growth.
Lu Yuan was indeed sleeping, but the amazing thing was that his mind was active.
Everything now seemed like a dream to him. He dreamed that a group of indigenous people were surrounding him, so he just chatted with them casually and had a good time, without any other meaning.
The ice house fell silent for a while, and everyone stared at the lump of iron with wide eyes.
"Can you cut open this lump of iron?"
"It's not appropriate. It's difficult for a spirit to survive in the air for long. Without the object it possesses, it will die soon. It hasn't shown any danger yet, so there's no need for us to be too nervous."
"It can't really be a stone man." Someone suddenly had an idea.
"Wait, do you feel that this environment is getting colder?"
"Yes... yes, I'm freezing." Everyone stared at each other, their hearts skipping a beat.
Looking again, even the alcohol in the thermometer was frozen.
The extreme cold wave really arrived at this moment.
This is the most desperate disaster in the North. Under the horrific cold wave, the ambient temperature has dropped to below minus 200 degrees Celsius!
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
This is truly a terrifyingly low temperature! Even oxygen and nitrogen will liquefy! This part of the liquefied gas will adhere to the surface of the skin, constantly evaporating, taking away a lot of heat, and it only takes a few minutes to freeze a level 6 master to death.
Everyone had to activate the extraordinary fire and form a light curtain to fight back.
Tagang nervously took out a bell, and another pair of voices came from inside: "Ulan tribe, we may have encountered an extreme cold wave. Most people can't survive tonight. We must stick together to keep warm."
"Sure! Come over to our side, we have dug a large igloo."
Soon, more than 200 people from the city of Mailao, leading their mounts, tremblingly entered the ice house.
Everyone looked very unhappy, and the hats on their heads were frozen stiff.
They came out happily to hunt for treasure, but before they could even start, they encountered the most terrible cold disaster.
Under extreme temperatures, oxygen began to condense and oxygen rain fell from the sky.
As the air grew thinner, the stove could no longer ignite and began to die out.
"It's bad... everyone, stand back to back and stick together." Several leaders took out a kind of fiery red stone called "volcanic stone", which can emit a little heat that is better than nothing.
Their whole bodies were glowing red, and now they could only hold on with their extraordinary fire.
Former enemies can only sit in the same room, with a little more warmth and a little more hope.
The mounts with lower combat effectiveness, located outside the ice house, were frozen into hard zombies within a few minutes. The liquid oxygen and nitrogen covered the surface of their skin with a thin layer of frost.
"It seems that your Pegasus is not much stronger than our two-horned horses."
"Humph." The big man from Mailao City snorted coldly, his teeth chattering. "You won't even see the sun tomorrow, why are you still talking about this?"
“Is our city okay?”
"No problem. The city is a geothermal area... Even if it's a little cold, it won't be this cold."
"But this extreme cold wave may last for many days."
"Damn it, if I had known I should have gone a little further and reached the ruins of civilization. At least there would be a place to shelter from the wind and rain..."
"Everyone, activate the extraordinary fire in batches to emit heat. You must hold on."
The only thing on everyone's mind right now is to survive...
The former competitive relationship has become a joke in the face of life and death; the former greed has disappeared in the face of natural disasters.
If they could go back to the stove, they might be able to shake hands and make peace immediately, drinking and chatting happily.
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Dozens of kilometers away in the sky city, the reconnaissance team members were eating hot pot and watching the oxygen rain falling from the sky, and they were also extremely shocked.
The temperature dropped 100 degrees Celsius in 10 minutes, which can only be described as some unknown supernatural phenomenon.
This was the first time everyone saw the air frozen into liquid.
"Why do I feel like I've arrived in the Wandering Earth era?"
"Everyone, don't let your guard down. There might be unusual activities in this environment. Ensure the heat supply of the poppy tree."
"The poppy tree is fine! The temperature in the greenhouse is 24 degrees Celsius."
And inside the small cave, it is naturally warm like spring.
Xiaodongtian’s ability to retain heat is already good, and the controlled nuclear fusion device provides endless thermal energy, allowing humans to not worry about energy issues.
Many people regard oxygen rain as a wonder of the world.
The cold wave continued, and the blue oxygen lakes were like eyes dotted on the earth. These lakes seemed to be boiling, emitting bubbles one after another.
The wind keeps surging, and all things in the world are independent and interconnected, together forming a complete destiny.
The outline of the snow-capped mountains intercepted the dim starlight, the surging dry ice snowflakes kissed the liquid oxygen lake, the cold weather in the north was hidden in the cotton-padded jacket I wore yesterday, an insignificant blizzard occurred in the coffee cup, and the old wolf in the small cave stretched his body like a fern.
The ice house outside the Green City is connected to the breath of the universe...
"Boss! I can't hold on any longer!"
After many days of fighting in low temperature and low oxygen, the soldiers' faces turned liver color and the extraordinary fire in their bodies was on the verge of extinction.
"You have to hold on even if you can't! Come, have a drink of wine!" The city lord just wanted to take out the wine bag on his belt, but he gave a bitter smile because the wine inside had long been frozen into a lump of ice and not even a drop of wine could be poured out.
He looked at the gray sky in despair. The cold wave was still continuing and seemed to have no sign of receding. More and more people were exhausted.
Are the high-level combat forces of the two cities going to freeze to death in the wilderness?
With so many of their masters dying collectively, what will be the future fate of the city?
Would they really be annexed by foreign races? Would they be massacred? He didn't know.
I don’t even want to think about it.
At this moment, the mysterious voice appeared again, sounding extremely excited: "Hahaha! Master Dao, I did it. I got three anti-entropy elements in total!"
"Tao gave birth to one, one gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, and three gave birth to all things! The field is all in my hands."
The iron lump vibrated, and the crazy sound was particularly loud.
"What's going on? Why are so many people so dirty? They look like they are about to die. Don't you even know that your mounts are dead?"
The Grand Secretary was helpless, not knowing whether this "spirit" was gloating over other's misfortune or was really unintelligent. He said speechlessly, "Senior, we are in such an extreme cold weather that we are almost freezing to death."
The voice said, "You are too fragile, aren't you? You can freeze to death with this, and you want to pick up trash with this little strength."
"Don't you know that the real top-notch trash is in dangerous places?"
The people in Ulan City are fine, but the soldiers in Mailao City had their eyes wide open. How dare you, a piece of iron, mock us?
But they really didn't have the energy to tinker with this thing, so they could only suffer.
"Hey, come closer, I, the Greedy Demon God Lu Yuan, will protect you!"
"Be careful, the spirit may take advantage of the opportunity to take over your body!" the Grand Secretary whispered.
But now we have no choice but to try every possible means.
We’re all going to freeze to death anyway, so just treat it as our last fantasy.
A soldier with a weakened fire, his whole body hard, rushed over, his lips purple and trembling: "Lord Greedy Demon, save me!"
He had long lost the feeling in his hands and feet, and was only able to hold on by willpower.
The moment he touched the stone, a surge of heat spread to his chest!
No, this is not just heat, but life force! The soldier's eyes widened.
A huge amount of life force is being transmitted in!
He instantly felt as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring, and almost moaned. He even started to heat up wildly because he was wearing too many clothes, and the huge amount of life force made him want to take off his clothes.
"It's over, he started to take off his clothes." Many onlookers felt sorry for him.
In the late stages of hypothermia, people may experience abnormal behaviors due to nervous system disorders, such as taking off warm clothes because they feel very hot, which may accelerate their death.
But there was nothing they could do. They couldn't protect themselves, so they could only yell, "Don't take off your clothes!"
"I'm really hot! Really hot."
"You can't take it off! This is an illusion!"
The face of the soldier who was about to freeze to death was visibly ruddy! When the people around him touched him, they found that his body was as hot as a furnace, and they all showed incredible expressions! At this time, the mysterious voice said again: "Oh? You actually have six extraordinary abilities, and a divine skill - divine sense of smell?"
"It would be a pity to die here. I, the Greedy Demon, will not charge too much for saving your life. Why don't you lend me your divine skills and return them to you when the time comes? Isn't that too much?"
"Swoosh", without giving him a chance to object, a beam of bright light was forcibly drawn out from his nose.
The soldier's mind was in a trance for a moment, and he was suddenly shocked. His "God's sense of smell" ability was taken away quietly!
He opened his mouth, but didn't dare to yell, so he could only tremble and say, "Sir, my divine skill has been taken away!"
"But my body is really getting hot, what should I do?"
"What?!"
The lump of iron suddenly became strange, just like a wild beast with its fangs bared.
But now, they really have no power to resist.
"What should we do? Can a spirit have this ability? We have encountered something!"
The Grand Secretary was distressed and came to a conclusion in his mind: "This thing actually feeds on supernatural powers! It must have become very powerful... We must not offend it now. But we can't continue to feed it either."
"We... have a hard life!"
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