Chapter 357: Embers in the Earth's Core and Migrating Fire
Although my cousin Shen Wenqian has not been home, she can make video calls with her parents, grandparents, younger brother and others who are far away in City 03 in China at any time through the Internet.
Now, after Jiang Caier's efforts, the Internet is much more developed than in the previous peaceful times. Through holographic projection and 3D naked-eye effects, this kind of remote call is like seeing it in person. However, even so, Shen Wenqian's parents and grandparents miss her very much, but they also know that the world is not peaceful now, so it is better to hide in the underground base. It is not safe to come back.
And Shen Wenqian has important work there.
Li Xiang helped Irene collect a lot of metal materials again. Although there was an army of alien beasts guarding them, they could only guard the outer security and could not come to the underground base to maintain order. Moreover, Irene was used to using alchemical puppets and could control them at will, so she still preferred this kind of alchemical creation.
It would take some time to replenish the number of alchemical puppets. Li Xiang told her not to rush and take her time.
After the two of them were affectionate again, Li Xiang left Irene and used his earth-related abilities to go deep underground. There were still several "female beasts" of the God King realm lurking underground, so he went to investigate carefully to see what the situation was.
Just like last time, when it was about four or five thousand kilometers deep underground, Jiuyou Powangmu's vision suddenly changed, and a chaotic world appeared before his eyes. It was unclear whether it was a spiritual world or a dark universe. It was very mysterious.
Little did they know that ordinary Saints could not touch this level at all, and they had to be Gods or above to enter. But Li Xiang was a special case, his true strength far exceeded that of Saints, and he could challenge across levels.
He has the confidence to challenge ordinary gods, but challenging the God King level, especially with so many of them, is naturally impossible.
Li Xiang did not enter, he just watched from afar. The female beasts were still fighting, but several of them had died. Li Xiang remembered that there were more than ten of them before, but now he counted them and found that only seven were left, almost half of them were dead.
When he exited this space, he saw that there were still more than ten female beasts deep in the earth's core. It was obvious that about half of them had become corpses and had no life.
"These corpses are also excellent materials. Maybe they can be converted into spaceships." He saw with his own eyes that these "female beasts" came from space, with their "bellies" open, and countless armies of alien beasts thrown out of them, just like a large space battleship.
Li Xiang was jealous and had an impulse to go forward to collect it, but reason told him not to get close. If he was so bold as to steal the corpse, he would be courting death.
“The corpse of a God King should not rot so easily. Even if it rots, its bones and shells should be immortal. I can collect them when the time comes.” As long as there are bones and shells, and the frame is there, it can be modified, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources. In addition, the spacecraft in the shape of alien beasts galloping in the Black Mist Star Field is naturally equipped with a "camouflage color", so it is not so "conspicuous".
Jiang Caier's research team is currently working on 50 or 60 projects, the two most important of which are an artificial miniature sun that can be placed in an underground farm, or a larger one that can be made after the ground is recovered and launched into low-Earth orbit, orbiting the Earth like a space station. If one doesn't work, you can have more to restore the light of the Earth.
Another major project is the spacecraft. If humans want to find and migrate to a new home, they must have a large warship that can travel between stars. This does not conflict with the "artificial miniature sun" mentioned above. They are both options, with both being prepared and moving forward at the same time.
However, the research on this type of large spacecraft is extremely complex, and currently not even one-third of the progress has been made.
In addition to the spacecraft itself, it also carries various carrier-based aircraft, reconnaissance systems, control systems, defense systems, holographic star maps, life circulation systems, nano-repair swarms (maintenance systems), communication systems (for long-distance transmission with other warships in deep space), simulated gravity rings (centrifugal simulated gravity, artificial gravitational field, so that people do not float in the spacecraft), escape systems and the most important propulsion engines, etc.
In the past, these things only existed in science fiction films, but now, Jiang Caier wants to realize them one by one.
Li Xiang left quietly. This time, he did not alert any of the strange beasts. Maybe they had noticed him, but they were in the middle of a fierce battle and had no time to pay attention to him.
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South Asian subcontinent.
The biting cold wind, wrapped in black fog, howled across the wasteland, and the expelled low-caste untouchables huddled in leaky caves.
"You wait here for me. I'll take people outside to find food." Seventeen-year-old Kanna used the Earth Spike Technique to break the rock wall, piled the rubble into a barrier to block the cave entrance, and then whispered instructions to the people in the cave.
Among these people, she was the only extraordinary person, so she became the leader here. There was no other way, most of the people here were her people. Since Amir rebelled, other underground cities began to expel low-caste untouchables, especially the extraordinary people inside. She was driven out, along with her people.
There were many other refugees who were also driven out, but the environment outside was harsh and if they gathered together they would easily be discovered and attacked by strange beasts, so everyone had to disperse and survive on their own.
There were originally more than a hundred people in Kanna's tribe, but now, only more than thirty are left.
It is not known how long these thirty-odd people can hold out.
Her mother also died in the last alien beast attack.
"There are the remnants of the Black Fire Crow in the southeast oasis, and we can dig up unfrozen tubers here." Kanna had no time to be sad. She wiped the ice off her face and started to escape underground with five young men from the same village.
She is a fifth-level transcendent with earth-related abilities, and can perform earth escape, earth thorn technique, quicksand technique, etc.
But her earth escape has many limitations. For example, she can only carry five people with her, and she cannot stay underground for too long. She has to come up for fresh air after half an hour at most, or build a small ventilation duct to replenish fresh air.
In the cave, as soon as Kanna left, the rest of the people became even more terrified. They huddled together, shivering in their moldy blankets, not daring to breathe for fear of attracting strange beasts.
A baby cannot bear such silence. As soon as its cry starts, it is blocked by its mother's shriveled chest. There is no milk in it, but at least it can comfort the baby.
Kanna and her group had already reached a kilometer away, almost approaching the "oasis". Her spiritual power was limited, and it became more and more difficult as time went on. The lines of supernatural power on her forehead began to flicker, and she had to lead her group to the surface to get some fresh air and rest temporarily. She used the quicksand technique to push away the frozen soil and built a "temporary resting place".
Suddenly, three strange beasts with blue scales leaped out from the black fog, and their serrated mouthparts instantly bit the throats of the two young men behind them.
Kanna threw out earth spikes that pierced through the compound eyes of the nearest monster, and the vortex of quicksand slowed down the speed of the herd.
"Get into the crack!" Kanna roared and activated her supernatural power, and the ground cracked into a three-meter-deep trench. As the survivors fell, the tail hammer of an eighth-level burrowing beast smashed the rock layer, and the flying frozen soil smashed the last person into a pulp.
It was very embarrassing, but at least I escaped.
Only three people, including Kanna, returned to the cave, and the plant tubers they brought back were stained with their companions' blood.
These tubers were not enough to fill everyone's stomach, so each person could only take a small bite.
Kanna gave the mother with the child an extra bite because the young baby needed milk.
The seventeen-year-old girl slumped on the icy rock wall, her nose bleeding from the overdraft of earth energy.
In the distance, in the firelight cast by a flock of black fire crows flying across the sky, the frozen bodies of the refugees looked like twisted sculptures, but there were always people rolling under the claws of the beasts and lighting torches - that faint flame was the ember of life that was more tenacious than the crow's flames.
"Kanna, let's go to China to find the Lord Messenger of God. The Lord Messenger of God once saved you. You lead us to join him. I heard that the underground city in China has very good security and abundant supplies, with food and drink." said a member of the tribe.
As soon as this was said, others echoed it, but their voices were kept low.
Hope arose in everyone's heart.
"Only the Lord of God will take us in."
"We are not the ones who eat and drink for free. We can work, no matter how lowly, dirty, hard, or tiring the job is. As long as it's work, we are willing to do it, as long as there is a way to make a living."
"But the road is too long."
"What's so far away? Is there any hope for survival if we stay here? We will die sooner or later, either from starvation, freezing, disease, or being eaten by strange beasts. We might as well give it a try."
Kanna wiped the blood from her nose, and the scene of Li Xiang saving her from the leopard's claws nine years ago emerged in her mind.
At that time, a mysterious armored man descended from the sky and kicked the ferocious leopard away with one kick. The mysterious armored man hugged her. She felt dizzy at the time and felt endless admiration and love for him.
Later, she found out that it was Li Sheng.
She knew that Li Xiang was not actually an Indian god, but everyone thought he was a god and the patron saint of the people. Every year, they would prepare a large amount of offerings in anticipation of the patron saint's coming to take it. With what Li Xiang did today, he was indeed the patron saint of the earth's human beings.
"Will the Lord God's Messenger still remember me?" Kanna touched her cheek, feeling a little unsure. Most likely, the Lord God's Messenger would not remember her.
Her mother often said when she was alive that she was cute when she was a child, with big, twinkling eyes and smooth, delicate skin. The messenger of God even touched her head and praised her for being beautiful, but that was many years ago.
How could the Lord God's Envoy remember her after just a brief encounter? However, for the sake of her people, she had to lead them to seek refuge with Li Xiang. That seemed to be the only way to survive.
The place where Li Sheng is is a holy place in her mind. It can also be regarded as a pilgrimage. The worst that can happen is that she will die on the way of pilgrimage.
She is a fifth-level extraordinary being, so she should be of some value. If she can really reach the holy land, as long as the Lord of God is willing to take them in, she will be willing to do anything.
(End of this chapter)
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