Imagine the world

If we talk about the facts, the example is right in front of us. It is the so-called kingdom of God. Where are people today?Even if I farted back then, it was something special!And you, if you catch a fart, you can't chew it, do you only smell it? "

Yang Tehong interjected: "Old Mo, you pressed Xiaomeng's switch, he turned on the gangster mode... Why are we arguing here, why are we here?"

Ke Mengchao: "What kind of gangster am I? It's really unreasonable! We are here for Xiaohua, let's just say that Xiaohua's dream, if it doesn't come true, it's just an illusion."

Mo Shangtong didn't get angry after being scolded for a long time, and he still said calmly: "That's right, you can't do the trick of a gentleman who doesn't do anything, it's not a real skill to just talk and talk, it's a matter of practice. ."

Ke Mengchao: "If you don't see the lessons of your predecessors, you will go further in the wrong way."

Yang Tehong said in the tone of the leader's conclusion: "So don't worry about the predecessors and descendants here. I think it is all natural. If you go the opposite way, you will die."

The three old men quarreling like this was a scene Hua Zhenxing was used to seeing since he was a child.Not to mention how they quarreled outside, Hua Zhenxing followed Ding Qi into the secret realm.This secret place, or the Kingdom of God, is indeed not small. It is generally olive-shaped, more than 40 kilometers long from east to west, and nearly [-] kilometers wide from south to north, with a total area of ​​about [-] square kilometers.

Different from the tribal legends outside, don't talk about Wakanda, this is simply a dead world.The so-called dead silence is not the complete absence of sound, but a feeling.The air here is very fresh, there is a breeze blowing in the wilderness, and the vegetation is not as desolate as the outside, but no one can see it, and walking in it is inexplicable.

The location of the portal is close to the easternmost end of the secret realm. They walked down the altar-shaped high platform, passed through the square and valley in front of the high platform, and first reached the hillside with buildings scattered around.

Most of the buildings on this hillside are made of stones, and the indigenous people outside hardly use stones to build houses.These stone houses are square and round, and the roofs are sloping.As for the roof, grass curtains are basically laid on wooden beams and planks. Now they are basically decayed, but traces can still be seen.

There is a saying about the durability of wooden components: dry for thousands of years, wet for ten thousand years, not dry or wet for a few years.If the wood is completely soaked in water, it is actually difficult to rot, and it will even gradually become water-sinking wood. If the dry wood is not eaten by insects, it can be preserved for a long time.The worst thing about wood is that it is repeatedly damp and worm-eaten and moss-eaten, which will quickly deteriorate.

Apparently there is also rain here, the roof has no tiles to isolate the water, and the grass and wood structures have already collapsed.There are no people or corpses in these buildings, but there are many daily life furnishings and utensils left.Huazhenhang did not find fired bricks among the building materials, but found pottery among the utensils left behind, many of which were painted pottery.

The utensils here include wood, stone, bone, horny, pottery, and a lot of gold utensils, all of which are beautifully crafted.The legendary kingdom of gods is full of gold, and this is true.But Huazhenhang did not find any iron, not even bronze.

After turning around in the building complex, Hua Zhenxing muttered, "When is this a relic, is it the Stone Age?"

On the gentle slope below the building complex, there are some neatly stacked gravel piles, half hidden among the grass, Ding Qi stopped and said: "More precisely, it is the pottery and golden age. This building is not too big. Ancient, can be traced back to hundreds of years ago. What did I see when I quiz you?"

Ding Qi is worthy of being a teacher, and he actually gave an exam question on the spot.Huazhenxing looked back at this dilapidated and abandoned building, scratched the back of his head and said: "This building complex is not small, I feel that many people lived in the most prosperous period. Some rooms are very spacious and look more comfortable. The utensils are also exquisite, but the small house next to it is much simpler.

It is likely that some nobles once lived here, and there were servants who served them.But then the place declined, and the inhabitants became less and less, until it became extinct.Such houses, especially the roof, need to be maintained, and the degree of preservation varies greatly, indicating that some houses have long been unoccupied, and some houses were abandoned at the end. "

Ding Qi smiled: "your observation is okay, so where are the people here?"

Hua Zhenxing: "It should be gone, the population is getting smaller and smaller until extinction..." He shuddered inexplicably when he said this, and felt that the breeze that blew had a sense of sternness.

Ding Qi: "The predecessors may be gone, or even the tombs may not be found, but what about the last group of people who passed away, where are they?"

Hua Zhenxing was suddenly startled, pointed at the piles of rubble in the weeds and said, "They, they are here!"

Ding Qi nodded and said: "Yes, the last group of people here is buried here, but there is always the last person who is not buried. Where is he?"

Hua Zhenxing: "It's the one kneeling before the exit of the secret realm! He is the only one left here at the end. He wants to go out, but he can't!"

Ding Qi looked at the hillside and said, "Let's go and look elsewhere."

Over this hillside, there is a relatively high valley plain in front of you. Looking at the flat shape of the land, some places seem to be the remains of farmland, and there are several abandoned villages.In the eyes of Hua Zhenxing, the stone houses just now were very primitive, but compared with these village buildings, they were almost luxurious.

Abandoned village buildings are the simplest of earth walls and grass roofs. A hole left in the earth wall is a door, and there is no door panel. It is not decayed, but there is no original.The artifacts left in the village are mostly stone, few pottery, and a lot of wood. Surprisingly, there are also a lot of gold artifacts scattered here.

Gold is real gold, but it's not as delicate as I've seen before, and it doesn't look too pure.What the hell is this place, do even the bottom-level residents use gold as a tool?

The two climbed over a hill again, and their eyes crossed the field at the foot of the mountain, and saw the outline of a city in the distance.It cannot be described in terms of the concept of a modern city. It is like a large village and town, which can accommodate tens of thousands of people.The stone building that the two of them saw when they first came in could accommodate up to several hundred people.

Walking across the wilderness to the city, I found no large animals in this dead world, no birds flying in the sky, only some insects, scorpions, voles and lizards on the ground. The half-foot-long lizard seems to be the largest species here. .

These animals do not have horns, and I don't know where those horny objects came from, or there used to be large mammals with horns, but they also became extinct... Hua Zhenxing guessed as he walked.

The buildings on the outskirts of the city have been very badly destroyed, similar to those in the villages. The further you go to the center, the more refined the houses will be and the better they will be preserved. Utensils are also more beautiful...

They finally came to the center of the city, where a stone wall surrounded a building, and outside the wall was a circle of tall, lush trees.

Ding Qi said: "Xiaohua, have you noticed? We have not seen any big trees along the way. According to my observation, at least no trees over 50 years old have been seen. It should be that those big trees were harvested for wood back then. All the trees have been felled. But no one has cut down the trees outside the wall, which shows that this place is very special, maybe it was an area like the royal palace back then."

Hua Zhenxing gave him a hand: "Mr. Ding, don't forget to lean forward, these trees are poisonous!"

These trees are very tall and tall. The highest point of the canopy is [-] or [-] meters. The weeping branches dragged to the ground and the horizontal branches growing in the lower places are intertwined with each other.The branches are all spiked, the olive-shaped leaves have pale white hairs, and there are cyan fruits shaped like begonias hanging, as if forming another natural barrier outside the courtyard wall.

Look at the piles of dead branches and leaves under the tree, and there are many rotten or semi-rotten fruits, exuding a fermented smell similar to fruit wine.Ding Qi frowned slightly and said, "The breath is not right, it seems to be poisonous and burning, what kind of tree is this?"

Hua Zhenxing: "The local people outside call it thorn throat wood, even if the white hair on the leaves scratches the skin, it will burn unbearably, just like being scalded, and being stabbed by the sharp thorns on the branches will be poisoned. It is more serious, so you must not get on its juice, and if you swallow the fruit by mistake, it will kill people. Fortunately, it is only a biological toxin, which can be naturally decomposed and will not pollute the environment, and it will be fine if you stay away.”

Ding Qi said: "The seed should have a guarding role here."

The wall made of stones is easy to climb over, and looking at other local buildings, there are no anti-theft and security facilities, it seems that there is no such concept.If there is a "royal palace" inside the wall, at least it must show that it is different from other places, so this circle of thorn throat wood is equivalent to the "royal guard".

At this moment, Hua Zhenxing suddenly froze slightly, as if he heard the "system" prompt in his mind again.

Chapter 036

Huazhenxing's concentrating summoning system, "Chunrong Dan development task" has new content——

"Discover one of the basic ingredients of Chunrong Dan: Crab Claw Quercus

Features: Eliminate heat poison, nourish color, summer medicine

The method of harvesting and preparation: observe that when it grows on the thorn-throat tree until it no longer grows, about after early summer, the top of the flower bud is the size of a rice grain, and the whole plant of the current year is harvested and the roots are removed.Early harvesting is insufficient, and late harvesting is effective.About one finger long and shaped like a crab claw, there are three sections.

On the day of harvesting and drying, dry it until it is soft and not overexposed, and stir-fry at a controlled temperature to make it fragrant but not burnt.The above preparation method should be completed within one day, and then it should be dried and stored.

The method of refining medicine: it can be stored in papyrus and placed in a cool and ventilated place. The storage temperature is usually between 25 and 40.00 degrees Celsius, and the relative humidity is between [-]% and [-].It can be used after three years, and the effect is the best after five to seven years. It is boiled in boiling water for two hours. After the soup is cooled, take its coagulated paste and use it as medicine. "

The so-called "system" is the ghost of Yang Tehong and Mo Shang, but at this moment the two old men are not in the secret realm and can't sense the situation here, how can the system respond?This shows that their methods are clever. This system task is like a program set in advance, and certain changes will be triggered when the conditions are met.

Of course, it is impossible for them to set all the changing conditions in advance. There are many things that have not yet been thought out and need to be supplemented and improved gradually.For example, the original recipe of Chunrong Dan, Yang Tehong has racked his brains and can't come up with it. He only thought of dozens of medicines that can be used, and temporarily "set" them in the system, including crab claw and mistletoe.

Hua Zhenxing didn't know this, he only knew that he had discovered a new medicinal material.This crab claw mistletoe is a parasitic plant, and the parasitic on the thorn wood can be used as medicine Chunrong Dan.He also found that he had seen this kind of thing a long time ago, and it was kept in his own warehouse, and it was still processed.

The anti-mosquito drink that Old Man Yang gave him since he was a child has this kind of thing in it. Hua Zhenxing saw Old Man Yang add it to cook it with his own eyes, and later he helped to cook it...

Seeing that he was suddenly silent, Ding Qi said, "Let's not be dazed here, let's go in through the gate."

There is a gap in the front of the wall, which is not blocked by thorn-throat wood, and it is the gate.The area inside the wall is rectangular, about 150 meters wide from north to south, and about [-] meters long from east to west, equivalent to the size of two standard football fields.There are a row of "wing room" buildings on each side, a square in the center, and a big house on the front, which is equivalent to the "main hall".

These buildings are all made of stone, similar to the stone house they saw when they first came in, but the craftsmanship is more sophisticated.Teacher Ding raised his head and sighed: "It's not easy, finally there is a building!"

Looking through the collapsed roof of the "main hall", you can see that a building behind is at least several floors high, also made of stone, and the roof has collapsed.In fact, when they first entered the city, the two noticed the high-rise building in the center of the city, and they could see the top floor through the canopy of those thorn-throat trees.

All the buildings I saw along the way were single-storey bungalows, and even the simplest two-storey building was not found. It may be the only building in the entire secret realm, which is very abrupt.

The two inspected the "wing room" and "main hall" in the front yard, and found various utensils, the most notable of which were various horn bones, painted pottery, and gold utensils.The quality of these artifacts is the best I have seen so far in this secret realm, which also proves that this place should be equivalent to a "king palace".

Then the two walked around the main hall, and Ding Qi suddenly smiled bitterly: "So it's not the building, it's just the stage."

In Dongguo, pavilions, platforms, buildings, and pavilions have different meanings. The so-called building is a multi-storey building, and it must have at least two floors.The so-called platform refers to building a high platform on the flat ground, and then building buildings on the high platform.It looks very tall, but the actual building itself does not have that many floors.

I thought that there was a tall building behind the "main hall", but it turned out that a large platform was built in the center of the open space. It should have been made of rammed earth. Above is still a bungalow.It is conceivable that the so-called "lord" of the kingdom of God in those days should often overlook his kingdom from this high platform.

Hua Zhenxing also shook his head and said, "Why not build a building? It's not too complicated."

Ding Qi asked with great interest, "Didn't the seniors teach you the truth?"

Hua Zhenxing was still sighing: "Of course I did, but I just feel sorry. As I once asked, why not dig a well? It's not that complicated! No, it doesn't even have this kind of awareness."

Ding Qi: "You're right! There are many things that we take for granted and take for granted, which are too simple to be simple. In fact, before it appeared, it was not simple at all. Most of the people here are still building earth as a wall, or even With planks and straw curtains as the walls, one can live in a stone house and be a nobleman, and the concept of a building has never appeared in his mind.”

Hua Zhenxing: "I suddenly feel that this place is very boring and scary."

Ding Qi: "I don't think your courage is so small. You killed a few very fierce guys with a wave of your hand today."

Hua Zhenxing: "I'm not afraid of bad people, but this world gives people a sense of despair, and you can't even see the threat."

Ding Qi: "Don't worry, the road is only halfway through, let's take a look."

Their footsteps are actually very fast. It is almost [-] kilometers from the gateway to the city. The road is ups and downs, and they have to check various traces along the way. As a result, they reached the high platform in the center of the city in less than two hours.Ding Qi seemed to be walking unhurriedly, and Hua Zhenxing followed naturally, not realizing that they had obviously surpassed the pace of normal people.

To view those abandoned buildings and artifacts, there is no need to dig in and search. Hua Zhenxing used the divine sense he had just mastered, and he basically knew what was there after a brief scan.The ability that I finally mastered after a long period of exercise feels very natural or comfortable to use inadvertently.

If they followed the rhythm of ordinary people, the two walked all the way here and rummaged through and identified various utensils along the way, I am afraid that several days would have passed.

Leaving the city and continuing westward, the scenery of the wilderness is not much different from the previous one.There are atmospheric circulation, hills and rivers, flowers and trees, and various small animals, which constitute a fairly complete ecological chain.

The lizards adapted to the environment and actually began to prey on voles, as if they were standing at the top of the ecological chain.Larger voles also attack young lizards in groups, maintaining a certain balance.

Despite seeing so many things that are still moving, the world still feels dead, as if it had been frozen years ago.Before dark, the two arrived near the westernmost end of the secret realm, and the feeling of stagnation and despair became particularly strong.

Ding Qi stopped and pointed at the wilderness: "Xiaohua, where do you see this place?"

Without Ding Qi's further instructions, Hua Zhenxing had already seen it, and replied solemnly, "This is the cemetery, where the inhabitants of the past dynasties were buried."

Ding Qi nodded and said: "Yes, there are layers upon layers. Some people's burials are sloppy, and some people's tombs are exquisite. This can confirm my previous judgment. The residents here began to settle about 500 years ago and reached 200 years ago. The highest peak, but there was a sudden large-scale death about 100 years ago, and it was basically extinct 50 years ago."

Hua Zhenxing: "How can you see so clearly?"

Ding Qi: "Your consciousness is still weak, and you can't investigate too much."

Hua Zhenxing: "I didn't mean this, how did you judge the age?"

Ding Qi asked back, "How do you read the exact temperature with your fingertips?"

Hua Zhenxing widened his eyes and said, "How do you know this? This happened a few days ago. Didn't you say you only found me today?"

Ding Qi: "Before I came, I contacted Senior Yang, and he told me about your experience in the past few days."

Hua Zhenxing let out a long breath and said, "Sure enough!"

Sure enough?When he went out this time, Old Man Yang really followed behind, and he might even take Uncle Mo with him.They may want to watch the fun, or supervise, or worry about it.Hua Zhenxing has a feeling of being angry and funny, and at the same time there is a warmth in his heart. There are so many old men at home, which makes people feel uneasy and at the same time very relieved.

Ding Qi ignored his inner activities, and continued: "With enough insight as a reference and the ability to obtain enough detailed information, you can make a more accurate judgment. I have been to many places and seen many Relics from different eras, familiar with the physical atmosphere left by different eras, do you understand now?”

Hua Zhenxing hurriedly nodded and said, "I probably understand! So, I can do it even if I work hard... Is there such a secret realm elsewhere?"

Ding Qi put his hands behind his back and looked at something from afar: "In Dongguo, I went to Wulingyuan on purpose to look for the Peach Blossom Spring described by ancient literati, and I really found such a place."

Hua Zhenxing was surprised: "I have read that ancient text, it is in the textbook, did you really find the Peach Blossom Spring?"

Ding Qi said with regret: "I don't know if it is there, because no one can tell me. There is an ancient peach forest, half-covered deserted village, and no one has been seen. It is similar to this place, but there are differences. According to me Judging that the people there were not trapped in Peach Blossom Spring, but moved away and never went back."

It was getting late when talking, Ding Qi decided to rest in place.This place is scary, especially at night.But in front of Ding Qi, Hua Zhenxing could no longer show his fear.

He ran back and forth, collected hay and dead branches of shrubs and ignited a bonfire, collected a batch of tender stems and wild fruits, cleaned them up and handed them over, "Mr. Ding, these are edible, although they cannot be eaten. It's okay to be hungry for a while."

Ding Qi smiled: "It seems that you are still a little expert in wilderness survival! Why are you all vegetarian?"

Hua Zhenxing explained: "It's not very good for hunting here, and some live animals are not dared to be eaten by you. If the processing is not good, there may be parasites, viruses and so on."

Ding Qi took out a stove from nowhere, like magic, and then took out pots, bowls, chopsticks, plates of cut meat, all kinds of fresh dishes, dipping sauces... He smiled and said: "To get rid of the gloomy air, there is nothing more suitable than a hot pot. Have you seen this kind of hot pot in Fesuogang?"

Hua Zhenxing was already dumbfounded, he nodded subconsciously and said, "I have seen it, and I have eaten it. On the construction site of the Dongguo-aided construction project... Mr. Ding, are you still a magician?"

Ding Qi: "I'm not a juggler. In addition to being a university teacher, I've also been a psychiatrist. You don't have to look at me like that, your senior Yang naturally has such skills, but if you want to learn it, I'm afraid it's still a long way off. ."

They were eating hot pot in the secret realm. Outside the secret realm, the three old men were muttering among the piles of rocks near the gate of Shenyin.Ke Mengchao asked, "We don't know what's going on right now, so aren't you two worried?"

Yang Tehong: "Don't worry if Mr. Ding is here."

Ke Mengchao: "What I'm worried about is that Mr. Ding!"

Mo Shangtong: "What is there to worry about, Mr. Ding?"

Ke Mengchao: "I'm worried that Xiaohua will be abducted by him! Teacher Ding shows his ability, Xiaohua is still a child, so he is not fooled by him?"

When he said this, Yang Tehong couldn't help but look worried, but still insisted: "No, Xiaohua's eyelids are not so shallow!"

Ke Mengchao: "I said you guys, there is a problem with the 'system tasks' released to Xiaohua. Why do you want to reward a secret realm, so why don't you send it to your door to cooperate with this teacher Xiao Ding?"

Yang Tehong shouted: "Just as Mr. Ding is coming to inspect the kingdom of God, I will arrange it by the way, and let Xiaohua gain insight and open his eyes. Xiao Meng, you are overthinking, Xiaohua is me. Raised, I know him best, how can he be kidnapped so easily? With such a secret realm, Xiaohua is not uncommon!"

Ke Mengchao: "So I said that there is something wrong with your arrangement. If you always do this, is Xiaohua acting for the reward of the system, or is he working hard for his own wishes?"

The old man Yang waved his hand and said, "Xing Xing Xing, you have a little bit of truth in what you said, just pay attention in the future."

Mo Shangtong said again, "It's not bad for Xiaohua to gain more knowledge. If you can learn the skills of Teacher Xiaoding, it's not a bad thing. Xiaohua knows what he wants, isn't it more convenient to have more skills?"

Old man Yang: "He hasn't learned much about our skills. No matter how high Mr. Ding is, can he be as high as us?"

Ke Mengchao: "If it's not for the size, then we are still taller."

Chapter 037 Rejected Rewards

The two people in the secret realm had a night of rest after eating hot pot. In this environment, Hua Zhenxing did not practice the Jinggong of nourishing the soul, and in the early hours of the morning, he got up and did three complete sets of dynamic exercises.Ding Qi watched him practice with great interest, and then asked what he was practicing?Hua Zhenxing didn't hide it, he gave him a detailed introduction to the technique of nourishing the soul, and even talked about the content of the dream.

In the morning, the two continued on their way, passing through the burial area and quickly reaching the end of the world.The world itself seems to have no end, and the distance is shrouded in hazy fog, making it hard to see clearly. No matter how far you walk, it seems that you are still in the same place, and when you look back, you are really still in the same place!This secret realm has an invisible boundary, and once you get here, you can't get out.

Ding Qi deliberately didn't remind him, but just stood there and watched. Hua Zhen walked for a long time and felt that something was wrong before turning back. Then he found this unexplainable phenomenon and said in surprise, "What's going on?"

Ding Qi smiled and said, "You are very adaptable, so you didn't faint?"

Hua Zhenxing: "If I fainted, I would have fainted a long time ago!" Having grown up in Fesuogang, he is indeed very adaptable, and after he recently developed a "system", he is very responsive to all kinds of magic. The "threshold" of things has been raised quite a bit.In his consciousness, this world seems to be possible, so let's see it first.

Ding Qi said slowly: "You have a good mentality, you are curious but not obsessive, even if you don't understand or understand something, you don't think it's impossible. From the perspective of gravity, magnetic field, atmospheric composition and pressure, this place should be It's still the environment of this planet. But I can't tell where this place is, especially to you, so I can only bring you to witness..."

On this day, they also discovered a gold mining and smelting site near the northernmost end of the secret realm, which has been abandoned for at least a hundred years.The locals used to mine ore on the spot and use the oldest method to extract gold.This area is a rich gold mine. Ding Qi cracked a few rocks with a stick and found a natural gold nugget the size of a pigeon egg, with high purity.