Chapter 2: Deserted City
Twenty days later.
Mo Yuan looked at everything in front of him with a complicated expression.
After landing, it took two days to repair and agree on the next trip. All the plans Mo Yuan made before were to cross the sea and land as the ultimate goal, and then he didn't dare to think about the plans after that.
Then get back on the road and head south.
It took them half a month to traverse the desolate and now dangerous tundra wasteland that the map showed was desolate. Fortunately, all of them are superpower awakeners, with excellent physical fitness, and the combat team led by Xue Hai is good at all kinds of combat fighting and wild survival skills, and there is no danger along the way.
"This is Lotus Creek in the Ice City that never sleeps. ”
Mo Yuan held a travel guide published before the change of heaven in his hand, which introduced Lianxi as follows:
"Lianxi, the ice city that never sleeps, is located in the extreme north of Dahuazhou, close to the tundra wasteland, and is world-renowned for all ice-related entertainment, receiving more than 100 million tourists every year, ice play, ice art, ice sculpture ......"
In addition to the text introduction, there are also a large number of beautiful photos, even after decades, the splendid, gorgeous, prosperous and joyful atmosphere is still dazzling. During the boring and long journey across the sea, these pictures were almost ruined by everyone, and when they landed and repaired, they all unanimously set this place as the first destination.
Now, standing in the central square with a wide view of Lianxi, they look at what the city looks like today.
Broken streets, collapsed buildings, and only the wreckage of vehicles with faintly corroded metal frames are densely packed all over the street...... And all this desolation is hidden under the vigorous green vitality of countless weeds, thorns, vines, trees, etc.
Some of the buildings have completely collapsed and the ruins have been piled up into mounds, some have collapsed part of the building but there are still some "broken stubble", and some of the strong and standing have become empty frames, crawling with green vines.
The embers of civilization and the vitality of nature are intertwined and fused, and in the face of this situation, everyone is stunned and does not know what to say.
"Wow!"
A giant bird with a wingspan of more than ten meters appeared in the sky, landing on the top of a high-rise building with only a frame, surrounded by dense vines into a verdant meadow.
Seeing this situation, the young man holding Mo Yuan's arm instinctively dodged behind him, Mo Yuan patted her little hand, and said to everyone: "Let's go, there's nothing to see." ”
Hiding under the cover of all kinds of plants and trees, everyone sneaked towards the foothold they had already chosen, although their breath had been blocked, they didn't dare to make too much movement.
A building that has collapsed to the point of only two stories of stubble is a great place to camp with a little cleanup.
Mo Yuan was controlling a large cloud of water to roll in the hall, where the water mass passed, all the dust and residue were gone, and the ground became clean, only that one water mass became more and more dirty, and when the filthy garbage in it exceeded the proportion of water, affecting the control, he changed the water again, and it didn't take long for a hall of hundreds of square meters and several surrounding annex rooms to be cleaned up.
After this exercise, Mo Yuan himself was very tired, and let Luo Hongying arrange the follow-up matters, he entered a room alone and sat down, and recovered a little.
In the deep concentration, the world quickly quieted down, and he only felt that his spirit was immersed in a ball of warm water, and his tired spirit quickly recovered.
In the meditation, his spiritual world, he could feel a cloud of white light not far from him.
"It's coming, it's coming, when I just left the island, I can only vaguely feel its existence, this more than a hundred days of hellish journey, on the verge of overdraft at any time, but it is also the ultimate tempering, every day is closer to a point, it won't be long before I can really touch it!" Mo Yuan thought to himself.
Walking out of the room and entering the hall, I heard the sentry left outside suddenly exclaim: "Island Master, Captain Xue, they are back!"
The fussy tone made Mo Yuan wonder in his heart: "Could it be that Uncle Xue and some of them are injured?" Thinking so, he had already jumped to the door in three or two steps.
Starting from abandoning the boat and landing on the shore, the further south you go, the more vigorous the vitality becomes, and there are more and more dangers of all kinds, such as poisonous insects and weeds, fierce beasts and fierce birds, and devouring people and dangerous places...... Crises are everywhere.
Although everyone is a superpower, not all of them are good at taking risks and fighting, not only non-combat superpowers such as Xiao Xiao and Luo Hongying, but also many "parallel goods" superpowers, such as twenty ice superpowers, eleven of them are born by special methods, their only task is to provide ice superpower support for the long-term existence of the ice ship during the voyage, their ability to launch is inefficient and slow, and if they want to use it in battle, they need to go through a longer period of practice.
After the first few awkward encounters, the team made adjustments. The ten-person team led by Xue Hai, who specializes in combat exploration, is fan-shaped in front of the large team led by Mo Yuan, scouting, fighting, and exploring the easiest and safest route for the large team.
As a result, the overall speed of the party is greatly improved, and everyone is more relaxed, and they can hunt while exploring their paths.
"Island Master, look at what we're bringing back!" As soon as he ran out of the door, Mo Yuan heard Xue Hai's excited shout.
He followed the sound, his eyes frozen.
The rest of the team was carrying a prey, but Xue Hai seemed to be carrying a person with a chicken in his hand.
......
In the hall, everyone sat around a campfire.
Xue Haidao: "There is an artificial lake not far ahead, and we hunted a few triangular black sheep there. There was a huge flower bush by the lake, and when I looked at it a few more times, I noticed that one of the flowers was strange, and a dagger broke out of the wall, and a human hand could be faintly seen at the end. ”
As he spoke, he pointed to the thin young man lying motionless on the side, and said, "Then I found him, no breathing, no heartbeat, if it weren't for the fact that his body was not cold or stiff, I suspect that he would have died." ”
Mo Yuan squatted down and opened his eyelids to look at it, then stretched out his hand and pressed it on his neck and heart, and said: "The secretion of the giant man-eating flower is very domineering, softening blood vessels, paralyzing nerves, and dissociating the functions of body organs. ”
After a pause, he continued, "Of course, he was lucky enough to meet me, and now it's naturally different. ”
Xue Hai's expression perked up, and he asked urgently: "Is it really saved?"
Mo Yuan nodded affirmatively.
Everyone was overjoyed, returning to Dahuazhou after forty years, for them, it was more like a collective journey through another world, their eyes were black, and everyone had no bottom in their hearts. It's a blessing to know in advance.
Mo Yuan stretched out his left hand, his index finger hung above the forehead of the thin young man, and he calmed his mind, and a drop of crystal clear liquid condensed on his fingertips, dripping into the center of the thin young man's eyebrows and quickly penetrating.
Mo Yuan's face turned slightly pale, and when he looked at his eyes again, there was more moisturizing activity than before, and his slightly stiff body was also softer, and there was more blood in his paleness.
He condensed another miraculous droplet into his brow, and the person's condition improved even further, his pulse fluctuating slightly, and his blood flowing slowly.
When he stretched out his hand again and wanted to do it for the third time, he grabbed him and said, "Brother, take it slow, you are overdrawing your body now!"
Mo Yuan's face turned even paler than the previous time, patted the back of his hand, and said, "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”
When the third droplet of liquid that condensed the rich vitality penetrated into the center of the thin man's eyebrows, not only did the faintly undulating pulse become more powerful, but the chest rose and fell slightly, and the breathing became obvious.
Mo Yuan didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, he only felt that his consciousness suddenly emptied, as if his brain was hit hard by a huge object in an instant, and he only felt that he was "buzzing", and he fell into a state of deafness in both ears, blindness in both eyes, and stagnation of thinking.
When he felt "himself" again, and found that "himself" was isolated from the real world, he could feel his body sitting cross-legged, calling anxiously, and everyone around him gathered around, concerned and anxious.
He could feel it all, but he couldn't respond to it. Although he is close to them, he seems to be far away.
It is not the distance of distance, but the difference of some kind of "depth" and "level", the white light that can only be felt in the spiritual world when entering the time has no distance, and it can be touched.
"The next time I'm settled, I'll be able to touch it. He was sure.
This strange feeling seemed to last for a long time, and it seemed that it was only for a moment, and he felt that he was rapidly "approaching" them, and his consciousness returned to his body again.
The pain that penetrated deep into the cerebral marrow, and the anxious cry of Xiao Xiao shaking his arm were immediately clear, and he responded with a smile, smiling and smiling at everyone: "It's okay, it's just a little dizzy." ”
His eyes were fixed on the pile of firewood in the middle, judging from the burning of the firewood, it was no more than ten seconds before and after the experience just now.
The cost of this ability overdraft is not small, but the harvest is even greater, and the spiritual breakthrough is not a loss.
Seeing him respond with a smile, everyone was relieved, and they all persuaded: "Island master, don't overdraft your body anymore, although this guy is important, if you can't save it, you can't save it, it's not a big deal!"
"Yes, it has been more than four months since the beginning of the sea crossing, and your body is the most important thing in terms of your consumption. ”
In the face of everyone's concern, coupled with the fact that the blood and breathing of the thin young man had resumed operation again, and it should be fine in a short period of time, Mo Yuan naturally was as good as a stream, and nodded yes.
What's more, the strange feeling just now also made him have some heart palpitations.
"It's time to eat, everyone is going to eat first!"
Luo Hongying walked towards Mo Yuan with a large pot of hot soup, the rich aroma was tangy, and the bones and pieces of flesh floating in it were even more appetizing, and the body that had been overdrawn many times was already hungry, and Mo Yuan was not polite, and he feasted on it.
After the meal, the fullness and warmth of the stomach drove away the emptiness and pain of the brain, and everyone in the team had their own division of labor, so he did not need to be distracted, entered the small room cleared out next to the hall, and sat down again.