Scrap iron

The Xue Dan of China—the Xue Dan built in the New World? "

Xue Dan keenly caught the paradox in his tone: "You "I who built in the New World" don't seem to be a location? "

Lucas replied very fluently: "It's location positioning."

Xue Dan knew immediately that Lucas was lying again.

Lucas looked up at Xue Dan, and seemed to realize that he was exposed, so he smiled: "I'll tell you later."

Xue Dan was not very happy in his heart, but he nodded and agreed: "Then you are also the real Lucas, you are not my dream, right?"

Lucas couldn't help but laugh: "If I really were your dream, can I tell you obediently that you are dreaming?"

Xue Dan said: "It's not impossible, after all, in my heart, you won't lie."

Lucas said incredulously: "If you want to talk to me about love, just tell the truth without being hard."

Xue Dan nodded seriously: "Thank you, the chairman of the council, for your suggestion."

Lucas stared at Xue Dan for a while, seemed to realize something suddenly, and slowly laughed: "You're welcome, General Xue has worked hard."

It was boring to see so quickly that I was adjusting his mood.Xue Dan smacked his lips: "The leader of the council is indeed the leader of the council, he is really a fine person."

Lucas seemed to be waiting for the heat, so he untied the scarf and held it in his hand, took off the hat that came with the padded jacket backwards, and said casually: "I will definitely be a legendary researcher in the future."

"Why is the chairman of the council so emotional suddenly?" Xue Dan's eyes followed Lucas's movements, and he suddenly saw Lucas's face clearly in the night.

This face is old, and some wrinkles have already climbed up the corners of his eyes. Although they are not obvious, they are quietly gestating.

But what really made Xue Dan realize that this man was old was his eyes. After the whole face was exposed, his eyes seemed to be quiet, and a kind of broad-mindedness after suffering appeared in front of Xue Dan.

The author says:

——The most beautiful thing is missing and caring——

63. Young and old

Lucas didn't notice: "What do you see me doing?"

Xue Dan didn't hide it: "I see you are getting old."

Lucas froze for a moment, then laughed...

Lucas didn't notice: "What do you see me doing?"

Xue Dan didn't hide it: "I see you are getting old."

Lucas froze for a moment, then laughed: "If you really say that, I'm much older than you now."

"But...you didn't realize that after becoming a god, your age hasn't changed?" Lucas said.

Yes, it seems that he has indeed been like this for the past few years.Xue Dan froze in place, Lucas didn't say anything, neither he nor the migrants noticed, but when Lucas said it, Xue Dan realized that there were clues everywhere.

Xue Dan said: "I didn't realize it."

Lucas began to take off his padded jacket again: "It's really warm here."

Xue Dan smiled: "The weather here is very good."

Lucas blurted out, "Yes, I know."

The two stared at each other silently.

Xue Dan laughed at him: "Old Chinese medicine doctor, why don't you grow old in vain and not learn lessons?"

Lucas was helpless: "I can't learn a lesson from you."

Xue Dan choked: "Old Chinese doctor, which master did you learn your love talk from, can you let me also go to a teacher?"

Lucas replied: "The Love Talk Bureau of the Central Council of the Kamo Empire, you can go to the Chairman of the Demos Council, and he will be willing to teach you."

Xue Dan pretended to write it down carefully, and asked: "But according to my judgment, the chairman of the Demos Council is standing in front of me, can I ask him if he can let me apprentice?"

Lucas said softly: "President Demos said that your love words are only spoken to him anyway. According to his experience, you don't need to be a teacher."

Xue Dan said: "Thank you, Master, for your affirmation—how old is Master this year? Can you tell me a thing or two?"

Lucas: "Why don't you let the disciples guess?"

Xue Dan thought: "I think there are definitely more than fifty."

Lucas nodded: "That's right."

Xue Dan observed Lucas's face left and right: "But your appearance looks about 35 or so—your body has stopped at nearly 40 years old, right?"

Lucas said: "I just thought you were boasting that I look younger than my physical age."

Xue Dan analyzed: "You should be 42 this year, that is to say, you became the fourth person to become a god about one or two years ago."

Lucas shook his head: "I'm the fifth, and I haven't been forced to drink the new virus yet."

Xue Dan stared at the green eyes that he could no longer understand, and there was an inexplicable throbbing in his heart: "When did the chairman of the council start answering every question? I am not used to being so frank. .”

Lucas smiled: "It's not easy to meet someone who can talk, let alone you, it doesn't matter if you tell the truth."

Harmless truth.Xue Dan had complicated emotions in his heart: "I thank you."

Lucas casually threw the cotton jacket and scarf onto the rocks behind him, took two steps back, and sat in a place just out of reach of the waves: "You're welcome, come and sit down, General."

Xue Dan turned around and sat down next to Lucas.

The sound of the waves advancing and retreating is like the stars overturning the water. The smallest stone on the rocky beach is bigger than Xue Dan’s body. A large rocky cliff stands alone on the rocky beach in the front left, and the waves rush into the gaps between the rocks. , patted on the half waist of the rock where Xue Dan and Lucas were, white foam jumped out of the top of the rock, and fell down before getting wet with Lucas and Xue Dan's shoes.

Xue Dan whispered: "I haven't seen you for a long time."

Lucas also lowered his voice: "I haven't seen you for a long time, too."

Xue Dan calculated: "I haven't seen you for more than seven years."

Lucas followed suit: "I haven't seen you for more than 22 years."

Xue Dan stared: "I'm not dead, am I?"

Lucas shook his head: "No."

He laughed at Xue Dan: "Did you ever curse yourself like that?"

Xue Dan murmured: "22 years—what did I do? Wait..." Xue Dan turned to look at Lucas, "Is it because I won't see you after another 15 years?"

Lucas nodded, then shook his head again: "You really won't see me for another 15 years - how easy it is for you to break the distance limit between the old and new continents? But I haven't seen you for 22 years, it's after that .”

A larger wave rushed in, and the white foam hit Xue Dan's shoe tip, leaving some water stains.

Xue Dan said: "It seems that even if the two of us become gods, we will never have peace for the rest of our lives."

Lucas smiled: "I think I'm at peace now."

Xue Dan looked at him: "How to say?"

Lucas reached out to catch the foam from the next wave, and rubbed the salt water left on his fingers: "It's hard to say. Anyway, I don't feel any suffering."

Xue Dan said: "You didn't feel any suffering, so why were you so excited when you saw me just now?"

Lucas turned his face and said: "Because I have no other concerns and desires except you. You have been away for so long, and I can't miss you every day. Most of the time, my heart is still very peaceful."

Xue Dan's ears were a little red. He wanted to say that Lucas was too straightforward, but also wanted to tease him that he was getting better and better as he got older. After much deliberation, he finally failed to speak within the normal answering time.

After these few seconds, Xue Dan knew that Lucas must have noticed his hidden helplessness.

Lucas looked at the corners of Xue Dan's eyes bent a little: "Don't worry, even if your character and mind will become more and more mature later, but your kind—" Lucas thought for a while, "this kind of emotional introversion It still hasn't changed."

Xue Dan was a little embarrassed: "The old Chinese doctor is really good at comforting people."

Lucas didn't reply, still staring at Xue Dan motionlessly with his head sideways.

Xue Dan looked at him for a while, then looked away.

I don't know how long Lucas looked at it, but he suddenly moved a little closer, and breathed in a low voice to the tip of Xue Dan's nose with heat: "Xue Dan."

Xue Dan's heartbeat almost jumped out of his throat: "What?"

Lucas' voice was a little magnetic: "Didn't you build any shelter around here?"

Xue Dan swallowed: "There are not many migrants here, but I did build a small stone house in the mountains not far away."

Lucas smiled, and Xue Dan felt that his eyes seemed to be seductive.Lucas said, "Go?"

Xue Dan took a deep breath, and put his arms around Lucas's still strong waistline: "Okay—it happens that there is a small waterfall not far from the stone house."

Lucas woke up again from his sleep.

He finally dreamed of Xue Dan.

But he couldn't remember clearly what he said and did with Xue Dan in his sleep. Lucas only vaguely remembered Xue Dan's appearance and demeanor.

Xue Dan looked so young, seven years hadn't left any traces on his face——and body, even when Lucas thought about Xue Dan's appearance in the southeast two districts for a while, it seemed the same as now. no difference.

Is it possible that a person hasn't changed at all in over ten years?

By the way, Xue Dan should be 35 years old this year.

He was older than when Lucas went to find Xue Dan in the Yaling Mountains.

Lucas formed an almost certain guess in his mind.

New virus could make people live forever.

He sat up in fear, and his 42-year-old face was reflected in the not very well-made mirror placed halfway up the bed.

Lucas saw that the corners of the eyes of this face had crept up into some very small wrinkles, the cheeks that had begun to sink faintly seemed to be unable to cover the thin cheekbones for no reason, and the no longer smooth hair tails were entangled and hung on the shoulders In front of him, the tip of the nose under the tall bridge of the nose secreted inconspicuous oil stains.

At the age of 20 when Lucas was not yet famous for his research results—at that time, the Pandora virus had just broke out in the southeastern two regions, and it didn’t even attract the attention of the Kama Empire—he was also included in the Kama Empire Underground Beauty book.

Lucas remembered that he still seemed to be in the top five.

Later, the Pandora virus became more and more serious, but the compilation of the book of beauties did not stop.

When Lucas was 27 years old, Xue Dan sent him to the door;

At the age of 29, Lucas announced that he had successfully developed a drug to suppress the madness of infected people.

Since then, fewer and fewer beauties dared to include him in it.When Lucas returned to the council chamber and was no longer in public view, some of the gossip freaked out and ordered most of the volumes compiled into Lucas to be burned, and began to ban the compilation of underground beauties.

That kind of writing is not formal, and it is not clear what others buy it for, but that booklet is indeed a weather vane that reflects the public's aesthetics.

In any case, this is also the confidence that Lucas had when he was young.

More than 20 years have passed since then.

Lucas realized in an instant that he was really old - when he was 30 years old, he still thought he was young. Although he sometimes felt emotional or self-mockery, he didn't really feel that his appearance was the same as that of his 20s. Compared with his appearance when he was young, there are any flaws.

His body is 42 years old, but Xue Dan is still 24 years old.

Although Lucas feels that he looks about 35 years old at most now, he can't help but think about the future.

In the future, Xue Dan will always be 24 years old, and he will slowly become wrinkled, loose skin, gray hair, and finally become a corpse hidden in the times.

Xue Dan will meet many people in the days to come, and the world he now controls will develop beyond his imagination in the days to come, and even he will be forgotten.

The blueprint he has painstakingly planned for the mainland will only be a stage in history in the future;

No one will be able to empathize with the authority of discourse and the emotion close to personality cult that he has tried his best to build.

Lucas suddenly understood why the emperors of the Kamo Empire were obsessed with studying the method of longevity in the later stages of their rule.

Lucas leaned forward and opened the bedside table, fiddled with the new virus in the interlayer, took out a bottle, half-lyed back on the bed, and stared at the glass bottle against the moonlight outside the window.

But he is not considered a gifted infected person.

The two successful examples today - Xue Dan and Tatyana, their abilities far exceed the average genius, and Lucas doesn't even count as "some talent" let alone a genius.

He is an ordinary infected group.

Lucas unscrewed the cap and brought the mouth to his lips.

He maintained this action for a long time, and finally took the glass bottle away and tightened the cap again.

It's not the most urgent time, Lucas thought, wait, wait.

He hasn't completely let Dalu go on the track he arranged, and he can't afford to bet on it now.

The author says:

— Lucas was young enough —

64. Triangular Vortex

"Quick! Someone pull down the schooner, pull down—"

"Is the mainsheet taut! Mainsheet!"

"Hold on! Hold on!"...

"Quick! Someone pull down the schooner, pull down—"

"Is the mainsheet taut! Mainsheet!"

"Hold on! Hold on!"

"Don't roll—don't roll—"

The strong wind mixed with the raindrops that were about to pour, howled and lifted Kajima's long hair, and her ponytail whipped her head: "Have you heard the helmsman! Adjust the direction outward!"

"Keep pulling! Keep pulling! Push hard! It doesn't matter if it breaks, hurry up!"

Kajima was battling to command from both sides. She could no longer see the other ships behind her. The strange and sudden hurricane stirred up the depths of the sea, and the black clouds in the sky pressed to the top of her head. Between the cracks.

The sails pulled down by the hands of the two front deck crew members were torn apart by the strong wind, and the hull swayed violently with the irregular waves. Facing the raindrops hitting her face, Kajima temporarily stopped commanding, and took two steps. He rushed to the crew on the front deck, grabbed the sail with both hands, and shouted: "I'll count one, two, three! Pull together!"

"one!"

"two!"

"three!"

The sail was torn from the mast that had not been lowered by force, and Kajima took advantage of the inertia to quickly roll up most of the canvas into a large ball to avoid being entangled with the forestay.She jumped down, leaned down, and threw most of the canvas into the cabin below.

She just got up straight, but the violent west wind suddenly increased her force, and she stood firmly on both feet, barely maintaining an upright position.

The half-lowered log mast was abruptly broken from the stays, and a large wave of storm-dancing water vapor swept across the air. Kajima squinted her eyes hard, and saw that some of the crew members who were operating were holding the mast tightly, some He fell headfirst on the ship's side, fainting from blood.

The helmsman has completely lost control of the ship. The whole ship is slowly turning sideways, and it is almost capsized by the westerly wind. Soggy.

Fortunately, the ship did not really capsize, and the keel at the bottom pulled the ship back upright as the westerly wind weakened.

The three big triangle sails that had not been lowered on the ship were all blown to pieces, and the mast was leaning crookedly on the board of the ship, and the panic-stricken crew members hurriedly lowered it down.The helmsman stood up from the deck and took hold of the rudder again.

The wind was still very strong, and Kajima kept the ship sailing south as much as possible to see if she could get out of this stormy sea.

The hull trembled precariously, and Kajima grabbed the side of the ship with both hands, looking worriedly at the road ahead.

Surrounded by a vast and gloomy weather, the heavy rain still washes everyone's eyelashes and vision, the rumbling thunder and the roar of the waves, and the painting-like lightning snake-like climbing in the clouds, connecting with the sea from time to time.

Suddenly, a huge wave lifted the wooden boat from the bottom of the hull, like a fist, it kept pushing against the stern.

Kajima, who was standing on the front deck, suddenly changed from being upright to facing the sea below. The helmsman on the side was thrown off from the side of the ship, howled and fell into the sea water with a plop.

She clutched the railing desperately, and the wood hurt her chest. However, when she looked up, she saw another huge wave rising in front of the hull. It was like a hard gray city wall, swooping towards the wooden boat under lightning.

Kajima was dizzy from the beating of the huge wave, and the wooden boat seemed to have completely turned over. Her body fell vertically from the board, and just entered the turbulent sea, the wooden boat above her head turned backwards, like a A giant beast pressed towards the top of her head.

Kajima was surrounded by sea water, her eyes were all gray, and her nasal cavity filled with water was full of fishy smell and cool pain.

There seemed to be a whirlpool of sea water under her body, and the moment the hull was photographed, a huge force came from under her body, dragging her suddenly to the bottom of the sea.

Kajima opened her eyes.

From her side, the two cliffs pointed straight to the sky in front of her line of sight. The darkness enveloped everything, only clusters of torches were inlaid on both sides of the high cliffs, like dancing will-o'-the-wisps.

There was a rancid smell in the cliff, and Kajima, who was used to it, was not moved by it.

Standing beside Kajima alone, her feet were slightly spread apart, looking down at Kajima from top to bottom, her short hair close to her scalp was clean and neat, and her eyes were emotionless.

Kajima blinked.

The whole body of this person was covered with dark iron armor, a long knife was pierced obliquely in the soil, and the high handle was held by her backhand.

With her other hand holding the removed helmet, she said hoarsely, "Where are you from?"

Kajima lay down and said, "I come from the Dawn Islands."

Her gaze pinned Kajima to the ground, still scrutinizing.

Kajima asked, "Who are you?"

She replied, "My name is Zhou Yishang."

Kajima stared wide-eyed and got up from the ground.She was half a head shorter than Zhou Yishang, so she raised her head slightly and said happily, "I heard Xue Dan said about you, are you a lieutenant general in the Yaling Mountains? You are still alive. By the way, my name is Kajima..."

She wiped her hands casually on her underwear and handed them over, "Yes—— Xue Dan's friend."

Zhou Yishang didn't take her hand: "What's the situation outside?"

Kajima withdrew her hand in embarrassment: "Outside? Here?"

Zhou Yishang said: "This is the northeast side of Qituo Mountain in the Yaling Mountains below Tie Chao."

Kajima looked up at the dark top of her head in shock, and realized that this was the bottom of the Iron Tide: "You mean you were sealed here by the Iron Tide? But the time since the Southeastern Alliance was destroyed—— It's been at least 20 years, how did you survive?"

Zhou Yishang took half a step back.

Kajima saw the bottom of the cliff that was blocked by her.

The place sealed by the iron tide was not small, and under the light of the torches at the end of this ten-meter-wide narrow road, Kajima saw a relatively open distance.

"Where is the forest?" Kajima asked.

"Yes." Zhou Yishang said.

Kajima walked along the narrow road to the entrance of the forest.

The closer to the mountains and forests, the heavier the fishy smell.

There is a steep slope downward from the entrance, and their location seems to be a high platform.

A large area of ​​torches on the rock walls around the forest illuminated the bones of the entire valley.

Zhou Yishang walked behind Kajima at some point: "That's how I survived."

The implication is that she is at the top of the food chain in the entire blockade.

Kajima looked at the torches on the wall and realized she didn't need to worry about oxygen.

Kajima had heard about Zhou Yishang's character and story, and knew in her heart that this was a fight within the Yaling Army due to lack of food, and it was not Zhou Yishang's original intention: "This is connected to the outside world?"

Zhou Yishang turned his head and glanced at her: "It must be connected, but I couldn't find the connected place."

Kajima asked, "Then how did I get in?"

Zhou Yishang turned around and pointed along the narrow road to the opposite direction of the entrance of the mountain forest.

Kajima walked in the direction she pointed. There was no torch there. Kajima walked in the darkness for 2 minutes and found that the ground began to slope upwards.

Zhou Yishang followed behind her.

Kajima walked all the way until the upward sloping road suddenly turned downward. She walked a short distance and was stopped by Zhou Yishang: "Squat down."

Kajima Yiyan squatted down, Zhou Yishang held her wrist and pulled her arm downward.

Kajima touched the cold water.

She had already guessed in her heart: "Is this an extinct volcano?"

Zhou Yishang's hoarse voice echoed between the crater and the iron curtain above his head: "Yes."

Kajima said: "I... I can't be sprayed from here, can I?"

Zhou Yishang said: "I don't know, anyway, I found you on the water today."

What Kajima realized: "Can you see in the dark?"

Zhou Yishang said: "Yes."

Kajima: "The whole bottle of new virus that Xue Dan gave you has worked."

Zhou Yishang said: "Yes."

Kajima asked, "Then why do you light so many torches?"

It took a long time for Zhou Yishang to reply: "Just ordered."

Kajima couldn't believe it: "Did you order it for me?"

Zhou Yishang replied: "Yes."

Kajima struggled for a long time: "Why are you lighting a torch for me?"

Zhou Yishang replied: "Anyway, I just sit here every day, and it would be better if I could do some work."

Kajima said: "Ah, that's right." She withdrew her arm, "Didn't Xue Dan say that your relationship changed after you drank the new virus?"

Zhou Yishang said: "There is a change. At first I thought it was because my emotions were stripped away, but later I found out that it was just my agitated mood fluctuations that were stripped away, and the stability of my mood was exceptionally strong."

Kajima nodded: "Then you have had a hard time in the past twenty years or so."

Zhou Yishang said: "It's hard, I believe not many people can persevere without breaking down."

Kajima said: "Is there really no way out?"

Zhou Yishang said: "You can jump back into the volcano again."

Kajima smiled wryly: "I don't even know how I got here, so I dare not go back rashly."

Zhou Yishang said: "You will die if you stay here. There are not many things left in the mountains and forests that can be imported, and I am about to die myself."

Kajima did not expect that her fleet would be in such a desperate situation after being lost at sea for more than ten years: "Is there no way out at all?"

Zhou Yishang said: "No."

Kajima was desperate: "Can you dig a hole for the Iron Curtain above your head?"

Zhou Yishang said: "I have become a god, and I can't even tear the gap."

Kajima said: "What if there are two gods?"

Zhou Yishang said: "I haven't tried it, it should work—are you a god?"

Kajima was affected by Zhou Yishang's numb mood swings, and she was not too excited: "I am, I took two mouthfuls of virus during the great migration."

Zhou Yishang stood up: "That's just right, let's go to the top of the crater and try."

Kajima stood up like a dream: "Oh, yes."

Zhou Yishang took Kajima's hand and led her to the highest point on the edge of the crater: "This is the closest to the Iron Curtain, only about ten meters away."

Zhou Yishang stood to one side: "The two of us are relatively exerting force, and we both stand a little farther away. The force point must be the same."

Kajima stepped back obediently.

Zhou Yishang said: "You connect first, and I will find your connection point."

Kajima obediently stretched out her two arms to connect to a point directly in front of her head.

After a few seconds, Zhou Yishang said, "I'll count to one, let's work together."

"three."

"two."

"one."

Kajima returned to the moment when she pulled the sail in a trance, and she used all her strength in her hand like a conditioned reflex.

The strength that can instantly push the Iron Curtain with life is doubled and superimposed on the Iron Curtain.

The muscles of Kajima's whole body were trembling, and the connection point finally made a subtle sound of structural tearing.She turned her back, grabbed the connection force with her hands, and opened her mouth to roar.

I hope the iron curtain is not too thick.

Unfortunately, the Iron Curtain is not thin.

The two tore the Iron Curtain apart by nearly three or four meters this time.

victory is in sight.

Zhou Yishang came over: "It's okay, we will definitely be able to go out within a week."

Kajima also understood, she finally got excited, jumped up and hugged Zhou Yishang: "Thank you, comrade!"

Zhou Yishang patted Kajima on the back, and his voice seemed to be slightly joyful: "I thank you."

65. Dawn City

The orange peel was lying flat on the deck, the warm and soft sea breeze was flowing along the side of the bridge of his nose, and a piece of animal skin was spread on the surface of his wide open chest.

The orange peel was lying flat on the deck, and the warm and soft sea breeze was flowing along the side of the bridge of his nose. A piece of animal skin was spread on the surface of his wide open chest. He slightly closed his eyes. In his limited vision, the side of the white sail Drumming, buzzing.

"I see it! I see it!"

The exclamation of his companion awakened the orange peel that was about to fall asleep, and he pressed the giant beast paper on his chest with one hand reflexively, and sat up muttering: "Why did I fall asleep with the map on my chest, and you didn't remind me?" .”

He looked up to where his two companions were pointing as they stepped on the side of the boat.

It was the rough outline of a piece of land.

Orange Peel stared blankly at that peaceful arc.

A companion punched him hard on the back twice: "We survived! Fuck, thank God!"

Jupi nodded, speaking incoherently: "We, yes, we survived, we survived."

They have been at sea for more than 20 years. Since the fleet was involved in the roundabout triangle in the fourth year, they have been wandering around in the triangle, and they can't get out no matter what.

Many ships disappeared in the storm in the Triangle, including their leader Kajima, and only the three of them remained.They wandered alone on the sea, and finally left the triangle area by mistake.

They didn't know where they were, so they barely figured out the direction of Dawn Island, and prayed to head northeast.

Now it turns out that they seem to have been lucky in making this choice.

The three gathered at the bow of the ship, and the gentle sea breeze sent them steadily towards the land.

As the distance gradually shortened, Jupi saw the buildings on the island.

Rows of metal ships were moored in the port near the sea, uniformly painted white. Inside the port, you can vaguely see a street paved with brown bricks. On both sides of the street are neatly arranged small white and blue houses.

There are not many pedestrians, and there are not many. It is just at dawn, and the sun shines in from the east of the town. Some people set up stalls in the port, and occasionally ships leave the port. in the bay.

The small wooden boat approached, and Jupi saw the sculpture clearly.

It was a group of people on the road. The woman at the front held a spear in her hand, with the point of the spear pointing straight to the direction. Behind her were people supporting each other or striding forward.

In it, Jupi saw the person whose ears had been frozen off, the young man clutching the farewell letter written by his companion, the man who was walking with his body bent and walking wrapped in animal skins tightly, and the comatose girl sticking a The person who hugs his chest...

The bottom of the sculpture is engraved with the words "Dawn City", and below it is a line of small characters: To commemorate the victory of the Great Migration.

"Is this Liming Island?" Jupi heard his companion whisper.

No one answered him.

The wooden boat slowly approached the port with the wind, and soon someone blew the whistle, ran over, and threw them a thick fiber rope.

Orange peel pulled the rope to the shore.

The three stepped out of the wooden boat.

Orange Peel observed the face of the young man who threw the rope to them. This man's eyes were very clean. He didn't look like a 20-year-old boy, but rather a [-]-year-old boy.

The young man asked: "You don't look like people from Liming City, do you come from other small islands?"

Jupi looked down at himself, only to find that his hands were dirty, and a rancid smell emanated from his hair and clothes. He thought his face must be dirty too: "The three of us were born more than [-] years ago. Followed Kajima to explore the sea."

The young man's eyes were a little confused: "Then I'll take you to Uncle Tang Xiaopu, he must know about it."

Uncle Tomshop.

Jupi remembered this young man, so he was already an uncle: "Okay."

The young man led the three of them along the exquisitely built pier. On the north side of the pier was a transition square paved with white square bricks. A group of children were playing with seagulls beside the benches.

On the north side of the square are wide streets running north-south, with independent villas and small courtyards standing sparsely on both sides of the street.

Jupi passed dozens of streets in this way, and the young man finally stopped.

In front of me is a two-story steeple building next to the wharf. Its walls are painted white, and the doors, windows, balcony, mezzanine and roof are lake blue. At this moment, the windows on the second floor of this small house are all open to the north. On both sides of the blue and white steps at the door are small white flowers that orange peel does not recognize.

The young man rang the bell.

After about a minute, the blue door was pulled open.

The person behind the door rolled his sleeves and was physically strong, with a height of 1.9 meters.He has short shaved hair and no stubble on his rough face. When he saw the young man and Jupi, he smiled and waved his hands: "Good morning."

The young man also waved his hands: "Good morning, Uncle Tang Xiaopu! Is Grandpa Li Jiu up yet?"

Tang Xiaopu shook his head and said: "He has been busy writing the history of Yaling Mountain with Xue Dan these two days, and he is a bit tired."

He looked at the three of them, "Xiao Ji, isn't he going to introduce new customers to me?"

Qian Ji hurriedly pushed the orange peel forward: "They are the crew of the fleet that went to sea 20 years ago."

Tang Xiaopu was a little puzzled: "20 years ago?"

Jupi nodded: "Yes, I am a person from the Great Migration. I followed Kajima to the sea to explore the north more than [-] years ago."

Tang Xiaopu was stunned, and he was surprised: "Is it the team that went to sea at the beginning of the fifth year of freshmen?"

Orange Peel was at a loss: "What year is it?"

Tang Xiaopu said: "It's been 28 years since I was a freshman."

Orange Peel did the math: "It should be about the same."

Tang Xiaopu took two steps back and waved towards the room, with a slightly joyful expression on his face: "I didn't expect that someone from that team would come back. Come on, the three of you should go to the room first and have a rest."

"Xiao Ji, please continue to patrol the pier."

The three of Jupi entered the house.

Tang Xiaopu supported the top of the shoe cabinet with one hand, opened the bottom cabinet door with the other, and found three pairs of indoor shoes for the three of Jupi: "Are you the only ones back? Is there any news about the others?"

Orange Peel took over the indoor shoes and put them on in a strange way—he only wore them in his childhood, before the Pandora virus broke out.

There are floor-to-ceiling glass walls on both sides of the interior on the first floor, and the orange peel can see the sea level and the gradually rising sun from a distance.

There are some furniture scattered in the room, and the refreshing and fishy sea breeze blows through the open windows.

Tang Xiaopu led the three of them into the four soft chairs by the window, and said softly: "Let's talk in a quieter voice, uncle——Li Jiu is still sleeping upstairs."

Orange Peel responded, and in a low voice recounted the experience of their fleet in general for 20 years: "So, the only survivors are the three of us."

He took out the map that covered the road from his arms, "We were blown to the south by the wind, recorded the islands along the way, and roughly guessed the location of the triangle area. You can see if it is still useful."

Tang Xiaopu took the animal skin paper, looked at it carefully, and said gratefully: "It's very useful, more than half of this area is an area that we haven't been to - thank you for your hard work!"

He folded the map carefully, and said, "The three of you, go take a shower and change your clothes first. Let's chat comfortably in a while. The bathroom is on the first floor. It's the guest bathroom. There are new clothes in it... "

He pointed, "There are still several vacant guest rooms on the second floor. I'll have someone build a building for you tomorrow. After you've rested, pick a place slowly."

The three of Jupi nodded, and one of their companions got up and went to the bathroom.

Tang Xiaopu winked his eyes: "I often have guests here, some come from the ranch in the north to visit friends who live here temporarily, and some come from the towns and farms on both sides."

"It just so happens that this year's grapes are about to come down. Uncle—Li Jiu's wine is a must. I'll invite you to drink it then."

"However, the disadvantage of Dawn Island is that it is a bit small..." Tang Xiaopu said, "Based on the current population growth rate, I estimate that in a few decades, there will not be enough arable land on Dawn Island."

"Fortunately, this is an archipelago. Sister Chen and Akeair have already moved to Crab Island in the west, and there are still many residents who have moved to outer islands." Tang Xiaopu said, "In addition to the map you brought today, The problem of arable land has basically been solved.”

"Sure enough, if you can't break it, you can't stand it." Tang Xiao