Chapter 240: Things Are Not Human......
The Star and Moon Festival Song originated in the continent, and the rebirth plan is a new chapter in the world.
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"Leave the ancient tree of praying for the moon and walk along the riverbank~"
"The stretching native vines, accompany me all the way~"
Humming a song softly, the Moon Prayer girl named Mu Xue soon found a river next to the Moon Tree and followed it downstream...... The river will eventually flow into the sea, which is a very simple and straightforward way to reach the shoreline.
The huge figure of the moon prayer tree can still be clearly seen in this area, which is a relatively safe area, so she doesn't have to tense her nerves too much, but can hum a song more relaxedly. After all, it was not the first time she had gone to the coastline from here, and Mu Xue was definitely one of the veterans on this route, and she also knew where the dangers and food that would usually occur were there.
"The north, it's really a place full of disasters......" Stopping by a big tree next to the river, looking at the direction of the lower reaches of the river with some complicated expressions, Mu Xue sighed softly, "I really don't remember the snow at all, but if I have the opportunity, I still hope to cross the sea to the land in the north, so that I can go to find ......"
As if thinking of something, her originally cheerful expression darkened a little, with a trace of melancholy and confusion on her face: "Why the hell?" Why did it disappear so suddenly......"
She didn't know the answer, and no one among her people could give her an answer.
"Sooner or later, I will solve this mystery myself." The girl said to herself, making up her mind, and then she looked at the tree that grew by the river, and on its bark there was an arrow drawn with a sharp blade, and the direction of the arrow pointed directly to the left.
This clear symbol can not be drawn with stone tools, and some vague edges indicate that it has been in existence for some years, Mu Xue sighed softly, hesitated for a while, and finally took out the dagger from his waist and re-traced it along the original traces of this arrow, making its shape appear clearer...... It's like when it was first portrayed.
However, time can only pass in one direction, and even if the appearance of the arrow is fully restored, everything that existed back then will never come back.
She still remembered the meaning of the arrow, which had been carved with the dagger in the first place, and the meaning of its existence was also entirely for the sake of the dagger, and the bond that seemed to last forever was a joke of fate, and it would always return to square one.
After pausing for a moment, Mu Xue left the river area that led directly to her destination, walked left in the direction of the arrow, and re-entered the boundless woodland, she knew what she was going to face in front of her, it had been more than a year since she last walked this way, but the memory was still extremely clear.
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"The eyes of the gods, looking at the mortal world in the sky~"
"That's true eternity, and all this in the Nether~"
"Even the earth of origin will be completely divided into two~"
After walking about three hundred meters in the direction pointed by the arrow, the scene in front of Mu Xue suddenly opened up, and a small clearing appeared in the forest in front of him, and a small pond with a radius of only a few meters appeared in the clearing, which was a world independent of most water systems, and it did not even have a stream that communicated with the outside world, but was completely formed by the continuous seepage of water from the rock layer.
Most of the people who pray for the moon don't know that there is such a small hidden pond not far from their place of residence, and now this can even be regarded as Mu Xue's own private treasure.
However, it was clear that her purpose was not for the pond itself, and she did not need to remember it at all, and she had already found the target she was looking for in the first few steps of her life, and all this was exactly the same as the scene she had seen when she had been here, and it had not changed in the slightest during this time.
"This is it...... Mu Xue took a few steps forward, slowly bent down beside the pond, watching the clear water flow slowly rippling, and through the sunlight above, you can clearly see some crystalline particles that shimmer faintly at the bottom of the water, "These things seem to have never changed, but the people who found you have long since lost their place." ”
The pond is not deep, only about a dozen centimeters, so Mu Xue only needs to reach out and easily pick up these shimmering and reflective crystals from the bottom of the water, these minerals naturally deposited on the bottom of the water are mixed with many impurities, but this does not have much effect.
These are pure natural quartz sand minerals, maybe Mu Xue doesn't understand what quartz sand is very well, but this does not prevent her from using it as she remembers, she quickly picked out a few large mineral crystals from them, and found a few stones from the ground next to her, and used the stones to crush these crystals into a large number of fine quartz sand particles with a little force, and then smeared these particles finely on a branch that she picked up casually.
These are natural whetstones, Mu Xue knew this from her previous studies, she put the dagger on it and polished it, while looking at the movements around her, if she didn't polish it like this regularly, I was afraid that this dagger would already be as sharp as a stone knife.
"Whew, that's pretty much it...... "After polishing for a while, she stopped, even with the physical strength of the Moon Prayer Man felt a little tired, "Well, it's time to keep going, if it's too late, you'll have to camp outside." ”
The Moon Tree isn't too far from the shoreline, but it's not too close, so it's a bit difficult to come back after a day of patrolling.
Suddenly, Mu Xue had a strong sense of being spied on, she almost reflexively clenched the dagger, looked around in disbelief, and there seemed to be some strange movement near her just now: "This feeling...... What is it? ”
However, after she glanced around, she didn't notice anything wrong, and the strong sense of uneasiness she felt just now gradually faded, as if it was just an illusion.
"Is it really just an illusion...... "I whispered to myself, although I hadn't encountered anything dangerous when I came here before, but after all, so much time had passed, and anything could happen, Mu Xue still didn't linger any longer, but hurriedly cleaned up the scene, picked up the dagger and left here.
What she didn't know was that there was indeed a gaze that had been quietly watching her, watching her back as she hurried away.
"What a perceptive child...... "After a long time, the figure chuckled lightly, and said with some emotion, the long blue hair was scattered behind him, and there seemed to be a faint red light flashing in his eyes, "Was it almost discovered?" It was really unexpected. ”
Xinglan just stood on the ground by the pond, not even using the obstacles to hide her figure, but Mu Xue didn't notice her existence at all before...... This is not a coincidence, but Xinglan directly used the signal to block her existence on the image of Mu Xue's retina, but she still underestimated the other party's acuity, perhaps the weak sound and vibration between actions were detected by the other party.
"It's not because you're careless." Xijie's voice also sounded, but the image she appeared this time was not the appearance of Chang Mi Xin, but a strange bird with black and white feathers...... That's right, it's Tai Chi Bird, "Although my sister is not afraid of most troubles, sometimes it's not a good thing to be overconfident. ”
"Maybe your movements are too big and you've been discovered." Xinglan defended herself a little unconvinced, and let Xijie flap her wings and land on her shoulder...... Although she has changed her appearance, Xijie's habit of liking to stay on her shoulders has not changed in the slightest, "How is the new body adapting?" I guess it's not too much of a problem. ”
"Although the subjective feeling is still a little weird, the rejection should not be a big problem." Speaking of this question, Xijie seemed a little listless, "If it weren't for the fact that the original one was about to break, I really didn't want to change my body...... But it's been so long. ”
Although it is said that she can change other bodies after being transformed, Xijie is not an existence that has no fixed form like Xinglan or Wind Passing after all, and she does not have the super computing power to quickly adapt to the operation of the new body, and her own thinking characteristics make it difficult for her to adapt to the body of other creatures...... It's like most humans can't accept changing the body of another creature.
However, what bothered Xijie was that she had to do it, because the original Mystery Xin's body had almost completely collapsed. It's not that he's seriously injured or anything, it's a problem that all ordinary creatures face: the power of time.
Mystery Xin's lifespan is limited after all, and after a few decades, the life of this body is finally coming to an end, although according to Xinglan's idea, it would be good for Xijie to find a new Mystery Xin to seize the body, but Xijie is obviously not willing to snatch the body of her own race for no reason, in a sense, she is really innocent and kind, not at all like the existence of this cold era.
So in the end, Xijie could only grit her teeth and find a Tai Chi bird to make up the numbers temporarily, Xing Lan had a new idea: anyway, she had the complete gene chain of Mystery Xin at hand, so she simply used the biological experiment equipment in the Death Base to try to clone the body of Mystery Xin...... Although it is said that a creature cloned directly from the gene chain will lose most of its abstract thinking ability due to the lack of a naturally reproduced soul, it is a body anyway, so it should not be a big problem.
Of course, Xinglan thought more than that, since Mystery Xin's body could do this, what about the Moon Prayer Man? Maybe she can start preparing for herself, after all, it's hard to get into the xenophobia of an intelligent race......
However, until this cloning experiment is completed, Xijie can only be temporary, and Xinglan also has some other things to prepare, and some places still have to use mechanical bodies.
"This kid reminds me of the beginning, although it feels like it's only been a long time, but it's really a nostalgic time." Xinglan finally stopped staying, but walked towards the direction where Mu Xue left, "Different concepts of time are really quite scary things. ”
"Mu Xue, this kid is indeed quite likable...... Xijie shook her body lazily, "Your dagger is still in her hand, don't you think about helping her fulfill her long-standing wish?" This should be easy for you to do. ”
"Well, let's look at the situation again, there are a lot of things to be busy in this era...... In every sense of the word. ”