Chapter 1 The Last Immortal Cultivator
In 2888 AD, as the global temperature dropped sharply, the earth was invaded by heavy snow, and the scope of human survival became smaller and smaller. In just three years, more than half of the creatures originally existing on the earth disappeared. Finally, the federal government of various countries worked together to develop a protective cover to isolate the cold air, thus avoiding the disaster of human extinction.
200 years later, the plate drift accelerated and the seven continents merged into one. Ancient China had the most survivors, so it was named Kyushu Continent. Strange beasts from outside the circle, full of wind and snow, rose up and became a forbidden zone for humans.
In the year 880 of the Xin Yuan era, in the capital city, on the top of a mountain that reaches into the sky, in the wind and frost, a figure is standing on the edge of a protective shield.
"Fortunately, the temperature has risen a lot in the past two years, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to come here."
Ling Ran shrank his neck and looked at the temperature watch on his wrist.
It was minus 40 degrees Celsius and the alarm signal did not go on. He wiped the snow stains off the thermal glasses with his sleeves and stepped out of the protective cover.
The wind and snow outside the protective cover were extremely strong, as if they would blow the person away at any time. On the top of the mountain where the protective cover just protruded, what came into view was an ice coffin.
Although the sun cannot provide much warmth now, the ice coffin is crystal clear under the sunlight, and the wind and snow cannot erode its surroundings.
"I was really worried that you had melted. It seems that I was overthinking it."
Ling Ran's outstretched hand froze instantly when it touched the ice coffin. Just like the first time, the thermal gloves became ineffective instantly. The biting cold scared her so much that she put away her curiosity and quickly put her hands in her pockets.
Ten years ago, Ling Ran broke out of the protective cover and saw this ice coffin. In the past ten years, every time Ling Ran came to the ice coffin, it was the same, without any deviation, and the things in the ice coffin were still as mysterious as ever.
A few days ago, the federal news reported that the global temperature was warming up and many snow-capped mountains outside the circle were melting. Ling Ran then had the urge to come and take a look.
After staying here for a while, Ling Ran couldn't stand the cold anymore, so he went back out of the circle, looking back every three steps.
Ling Ran is 20 years old and is an ordinary junior student at Beijing University. His family originally lived in the wealthy area of Beijing. It was not until ten years ago that his parents, who were engaged in off-circle hunting, disappeared that he and his grandmother moved to this small village in the nameless mountain.
It was also at that time that she first encountered the ice coffin while trying to find her parents outside the circle.
"Of course, Wang Xiaoming came to see you just now."
After closing the courtyard gate, Ling Ran was still cleaning the snow stains on his body under the eaves when he heard his grandmother's voice from the inner room.
"Grandma, next time he comes, don't open the door."
Ling Ran was stunned, then slowly took off his thermal jacket, and finally took off his hat. The originally slightly bloated man suddenly looked neat and tidy.
After being freed from restraints, her thick black hair flowed down, her fair and tender face was frozen a little pink, her cherry mouth was also a little pale, and her big crescent-like eyes blinked as if they could speak. Even though she looked a little tired, the lush rose in the courtyard was also bowed by her beauty.
“Crunch.”
Ling Ran rubbed his red, frozen right hand, held a thermal suit in his arms, and pushed open the wooden door with his left hand.
"Of course, you went outside the circle again?"
Seeing Ling Ran dressed like this, grandma put down the sweater she was knitting, frowned, stood up and walked over.
"Grandma, this is our secret!"
Ling Ran stuck out his tongue playfully, hid his right hand behind his back without leaving a trace, and skipped into the boudoir.
"Oh! This girl!"
Grandma sighed helplessly, but there was nothing she could do.
The grandparents and granddaughter depend on each other for survival. She knew that Ling Ran had secretly gone out of the circle more than once, but she didn't know why Ling Ran went out. She just thought that Ling Ran missed his parents, and since his granddaughter could always return safely, she didn't think much about it.
"In 2012 AD, there was a flood on Earth, and the water went straight to the Himalayas! Fortunately, all the immortal cultivators came out in droves to turn the tide."
In the room, Ling Ran was reading a history book with great interest, his thoughts flying somewhere else.
Outside the circle, the ice coffin that had been lying there for who knows how many years also quietly changed.
"Brothers, the protection here is weak!"
A strange beast with a pointed beak, a cat head and large wings flew over, followed by a dozen similar beasts.
"Boss, there's a treasure here!"
Naturally, they discovered the ice coffin lying quietly there.
"baby!"
The boss' eyes flashed and he flew towards the ice coffin in a hurry.
A few days ago, the Eagle King obtained a weapon left over from ancient China, and his strength was greatly improved to a higher level, which made it extremely envious.
Standing in front of the ice coffin, the strange beast stretched out two hands from its chest and tried to open the ice coffin.
"hiss!"
Even these exotic animals living outside the circle were frozen by the cold.
"Everyone come together!"
Instead of retreating, the boss called his men together to try to open the ice coffin.
The harder something is to obtain, the more precious it is. It knows this truth. It even fantasizes about getting this treasure and then, with its earth-level cultivation, sweeping across the entire scene outside the circle.
"roar!"
More than a dozen earth-level monsters endured the severe pain and growled in unison.
Finally, the ice coffin trembled and slowly opened.
The smile on the boss's face suddenly froze.
There is no treasure inside! There is only a young man lying peacefully inside!
"snort!"
Just when the boss was about to tear the young man to pieces to vent his anger, the young man suddenly opened his eyes. In an instant, the golden light bursting from his eyes made the sky and the earth dim, and more than a dozen earth-level beasts were instantly frozen, and then turned into pieces and dissipated with the strong wind.
"Um?"
The young man held the ice coffin and leaned his head out to look around.
"who I am?"
"Where is this place?"
"Shouldn't I be in the Mariana Trench, 10,000 meters deep?"
The young man stood up and looked out from the top of the mountain. The confusion on his face became more and more intense, and finally he squatted on the ground with his head in his hands in pain.
"call!"
With the golden light from his fingertips, the young man tapped his head hard several times, and the pain in his head disappeared, and he was able to stand up again.
"I really don't know how many years have passed. The spiritual energy is really chaotic."
The young man murmured again.
He remembered the place where he lived, where the spiritual energy was abundant and orderly. He remembered that he was from China. He remembered that he was sunk into the deepest part of the earth by his parents during the world-destroying war and fell into a deep sleep. The only thing he forgot was who he was.
He still remembered that when he was sleeping in the ice coffin, there was a girl who always came to visit him, and he also remembered that he was once an immortal cultivator.
“I didn’t expect I would survive.”
After taking another look at the white surroundings, the young man turned and walked into the protective circle, and the ice coffin began to crack inch by inch.
"Ah! What happened? Where's the ice coffin?"
More than ten minutes later, Ling Ran broke out of the protection circle again and looked at the disappearing ice coffin with shock on his face.
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