Chapter 1258: New Life (Part II)
People who have not experienced the end of the world will never be able to appreciate how bad the environment will become and how difficult it will be to survive after a planet loses almost all its vital resources.
During the day, it struggled to advance in the scorching sun and ambient temperatures of more than 60 degrees Celsius;
At night, it is necessary to rest in conditions above -25 degrees Celsius to recover for the next day's difficult trek.
Of course, these are the easy part.
The real threat is the predators with sharp claws and teeth that hide beneath the desert.
Under extremely harsh conditions, these ferocious monsters have evolved an unrivaled hunting ability that can easily tear through stoic fur and carapace, while also dissolving the remaining toxins within their prey.
With the ecological cycle completely broken, the planet is desperately short of food, leaving no life to pick what to eat and what not to eat.
As the top warrior in the tribe, the big cat man undoubtedly has a strong sense of danger, and has successfully survived several attacks in a row, and once again killed the other party, cutting off a large amount of white and tender meat, mixed with the water in the water bladder and feeding it to the baby in his arms.
Although he understands that normal babies are simply incapable of digesting these foods, and if they are not careful, they will be poisoned by the possible toxicity of the food.
But unfortunately, he has no other choice now, but hopes that the baby can survive these few days, and when he returns to the tribe, he will have a sweet **.
To his surprise, instead of being poisoned, this seemingly delicate baby became stronger and stronger after eating food with slight toxins.
No matter how the external environment changes, whether the temperature rises or falls rapidly, the baby's body is surrounded by a light layer of energy to ensure that its body temperature does not change too much.
In this way, with a feeling of apprehension, the big cat man finally returned to the location of his tribe safely.
As soon as he stepped into the cordon, a man of the same kind who looked much smaller suddenly popped out and shouted, "Hey, Brolin, is that you?"
"Nonsense! Of course it's me!" the big cat man, known as Brolin, raised his arm and waved vigorously.
"God willing, you're back safely at last!
The former quickly put away his weapon, left his hiding place, and rushed to the front in twos and threes.
After all, water is the source of life, and there are very few lives in the universe that can survive alone without water, even if they have evolved for hundreds of years in extreme drought, they have only evolved a water storage organ, which can store water in it, and they will not die of thirst even if they don't drink water for a week or two.
Brolin patted the huge water bladder behind his back and nodded with a smile, "Of course! I got enough water this time! At least enough for the tribe to use it for more than two months." β
"What...... What? You're full of water bladders! Are you supposed to be ......?"
The shorter big cat man's eyes widened in surprise as he inadvertently licked his dry lips.
The water bladder, which looked like it was only a wooden bucket, was not an ordinary water bladder, but a magically modified prop, which was enough to fill the camp's cistern by a third when filled at once.
Normally, taking one-fifth of one's performance at a time and bringing it back alive is already quite lucky.
"That's right! You guessed it! I went to the magical fortress built by the Darrants. Brolin nodded, generously admitting.
"Damn! Are you crazy, those magic traps and steel golems are going to kill you!"
"But I'm back alive, haven't I? All right, don't let my mother-in-law and mother-in-law pour the water into the cistern, and I'll go to see the elders, and I have something very important to discuss with them. β
Without saying a word, Brolin shoved the heavy water bladder to his companion, and then walked towards a cave deep underground with the baby in his arms.
After shuttling through the intricate underground tunnels for more than twenty minutes, I finally came to a cave where four old men were seated.
When the old man at the head saw him walk in, he immediately raised his head and asked, "How is it?
"Yes, Elder, I got water. And I also found out that all the Darrants in that magical fortress were dead. The only one alive was this strange baby! He was clearly not a Darent, and I had never even seen a similar race before. β
Brolin hurriedly said what he knew, and at the same time untied the cloth bag on his chest, and placed the naked baby on the table made of the shell of an unknown creature.
"Baby?!"
The other old man's eyes lit up slightly, stretched out a finger and gently poked the little guy's belly, and quickly shook his head: "I'm sorry, I can't bear it, there is no record of similar races in any books." β
"Maybe it's from other worlds? The Darrants rule dozens of worlds. Another old man came up with a hypothesis.
"It's possible! What do you think should be done with this baby?"
"I could feel that he had a tremendous magical potential. Perhaps we should raise him so that when he reaches adulthood, he will be able to provide shelter for our tribe. β
"But he's not our people! how can you be sure he'll reciprocate our kindness?"
"Don't forget! He's just a baby! A baby is like a blank sheet of paper, and if we instill in him the idea of protecting the clan, his powerful magical power will become our umbrella. β
"Stop arguing! Raise your hand in favor. β
......
After a brief argument, the four elders finally approved the decision to adopt the strange baby by a margin of three to one, and even gave the baby a name - Luke, Lucky Luke.
At the same time, in the collapsing spiritual world, Gru stood next to the huge Chaos Tree, staring at the soulless body, and sighed with a wry smile: "Heyβthis madman really made the same choice. Perhaps this is the favor of fate, and it will not be long before the Book of Genesis will begin. β
"No, the Book of Genesis has begun, two wills, two souls, two transcendents, and they will decide the course of the universe when they are reborn. The bespectacled man's tone was full of excitement like never before.
Freshman!
For the vast majority of life, it simply means a baptism of memory, a reincarnation from birth to death, and from death to life.
But for Zhang Cheng and Byron, it means getting rid of the shackles of the material universe and the spiritual world blessing on them.