The old cat's two opals reflect the sun's rays from the sky.
It has been thinking about how to settle these Sarai people who have been tortured by disasters.
Let them fend for themselves, or accept, manage, and rule them?
He has thought about this issue for a long time.
To be honest, the Shali people are actually the same race as Lu Yuan, that is, they both belong to "Homo erectus".
There is no reproductive isolation between the two parties, only some genetic differences such as hair and skin color.
The Sarai people look like they have brown skin... They are actually yellow people, but they are tanned because of the strong sun.
We have already reached this point, and it seems a bit unreasonable to leave it alone.
Lao Mao just didn't know what Lu Yuan was thinking.
"It's coming soon! Be alert!"
In front of you is the majestic Sky City. In the flat desert, this one-kilometer-high city looks particularly majestic.
"Look!" A sharp-eyed young man saw the body of a giant python buried in the sand.
After its soul was extracted from the poppy tree, it was dried by the hot sun and turned into a dried snake.
Like a large spicy stick.
"Can it be eaten?" Everyone rushed forward excitedly and dug out the giant snake.
It weighs about a ton!
"Definitely!"
Young people are always easily satisfied, cracking their dry mouths and bursting into laughter.
I almost forgot what a terrible place this is.
"Leave it for now! Wait until we get back and pick up the body again," the old cat said.
As the tricycle rode along, they saw the mummies of many animals, from pythons to crocodiles to camels, all dead.
These guys are in a hot mood.
So many dead animals!
If they are all moved back, the food crisis can be greatly alleviated...
All the people in Shali have practiced extraordinary fire and have good physical fitness. Even if the food is a little rotten, they can digest it normally.
What's more, the desert is dry, and the meat of these animals is well preserved, so it can be regarded as high-quality food.
"Stop inking. If we delay any longer, the village will be invaded by robbers." Old Cat kept urging.
The tricycle found the entrance to a sewer.
The footsteps of the four people in the sewer were like a thunderstorm.
The female insect that was originally entrenched here has gone somewhere. Maybe her soul was taken away and she died in a corner...
The four of them were happy and worried. What they were happy about was that there was food and water in the Sky City, and a lot of land was freed up.
What is worrying is the large group of mobs at the entrance of the village...
It is easy to go down, but difficult to go up.
Once you become a robber, you may be a bad person for the rest of your life.
I don’t know how many people are willing to change their ways.
After exploring for a while, the direction of the sewer exit is ahead!
"Dong dong", "dong dong", as the buds kept squirming, the hearts of several people resonated.
I don’t know why, but the power of this resonance is much less than before.
That is... the poppy tree has become weaker.
"Stay here and don't move."
The old cat stepped forward, threw a smoke bomb with a "swish" sound, and used the walkie-talkie hidden in his body to make a sound: "Hey, Lu Yuan, are you still alive?!"
…
At this moment, the tree of life has soared to a height of 30 meters, and the diameter of the trunk has also reached three meters.
The crystal clear leaves are like emerald green jade, and a few rays of the sun shine on the ground through the gaps, giving it a delicate beauty like a fairy tree.
In the process of crazy growth, the two attributes of "Shen" and "Qi" have basically remained unchanged, and the "Form" attribute has actually exceeded the 60 mark!
Even, it is still soaring crazily!
The surging power left Lu Yuan at a loss as to what to do, considering that his own "form" attribute only had more than 20 points.
Being over sixty is really a bit abnormal.
Although it is incomparable to the poppy tree, it can easily knock away an immortal giant turtle with one slap.
Of course, the larger the Tree of Life grows, the slower it moves, which is also a major drawback.
After all, the "plant" race is here, and we cannot ask a tree to be more flexible than an animal.
In addition, this crazy growth reached its limit in a short period of time, and Lu Yuan felt a sense of exhaustion at the soul level, which took a lot of time to relieve.
Therefore, he just slowly extracted this energy and accumulated it in the Tree of Life. There are probably more than 30,000 units.
"Digest it slowly from now on."
On this day, Lu Yuan was seriously studying the knowledge of glyphs. When he saw a puff of black smoke coming out of the manhole cover, he felt moved and quickly took out his walkie-talkie.
At a distance of less than one kilometer, a walkie-talkie can still be used.
"Hey, Lu Yuan, are you still alive? (*Noise)"
The signal is intermittent.
"Alive."
The old cat said on the intercom: "Comrade, what's the matter with you? It's been two months and you still haven't come back?"
"It has turned into a big tree, let's spend time with it." Lu Yuan's human body was hidden inside the piranha flower and he took out his walkie-talkie.
He briefly explained what happened.
"You're a blessing in disguise!"
The old cat poked his head out and saw the huge Tree of Life. The simple aura came towards him, making people involuntarily feel like they were worshiping.
There was a hint of surprise in its eyes.
This must be a [demon] of the same level as the "Poppy Tree", otherwise, how could it possibly grow so fast?
In less than two months, it has grown from 15 meters to 30 meters, its diameter has increased dramatically, and its tonnage is almost ten times its original size!
The old cat remembered the business and said seriously: "This... action of extracting energy, how long will it last?"
"Oh, we have to wait until the ascension ceremony is over. I have to stay here, otherwise the poppy trees will riot again and the conches will be in danger." Lu Yuan said helplessly, "By the way, how is the Shali clan?"
"A lot of people died this time, and the social order collapsed..." the old cat said, "Our village is a little better. In the villages further away, there are only some people with stronger souls left who are barely alive."
"The total population is less than 10,000..."
"They started a doomsday riot and are preparing to rob our village!"
"Ah?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a few seconds, and the tree of life shook.
Are those who rob food driven by hunger subject to legal judgment?
This issue is complex...
There are many debates even among earth civilizations.
Many countries stipulate that as long as it does not involve murder or arson, robbing some food is usually regarded as a minor violation rather than a serious crime of robbery.
Lu Yuan also has some friendship with the people of the Shali clan, but he really can't bear to see this civilization destroy itself like this.
"How do you want to handle it?"
The old cat said seriously: "I want to maintain order first."
"Those who commit misdemeanors can be forgiven, but serious crimes cannot be forgiven."
"We must gain the advantage of force to suppress the riot. Do you have any idea?"
Lu Yuan can't get away now and can't fight.
He thought for a moment and extended a green vine from the ground, trying to avoid the "thumping" beating buds.
The distance from here to the sewer is less than one kilometer.
In a moment, this vine extended into the sewer.
In the surprised eyes of the four Saracens, the vine opened the storage space with a slight stroke.
Several rifles fell out.
"Shamo, I am Lu Yuan."
"You put these weapons away and stabilize the village when you go back. I am still fighting against the monsters, and I must win before I can leave."
"Mr. Lu... you are still alive... great!!"
"They all say you are dead, but I am the only one who believes you are still alive!"
As if he had found his backbone, the young man suddenly lost his strength and leaned on the wall of the sewer.
At first, when he was insane and wanted to rush into the Sky City, Lu Yuan gave him an orange to stabilize his mind.
That smell of orange...
I still remember it vividly!
From then on, he was Lu Yuan's loyal supporter.
The other three people also showed ecstatic expressions and picked up their rifles from the ground: "The monster is not dead yet!"
"It all depends on the strong men from mainland China."
They had seen Lu Yuan demonstrate this thing in the past, and it was very powerful.
As long as it can hit the target, it will not kill or hurt.
But the force of a few guns is actually not enough.
After all, those thugs have all cultivated extraordinary fire, and they are all rough-skinned and fleshy.
Lu Yuan took out another small anti-aircraft gun and a box of explosives.
I also took out more than half of my food reserves, including rice and wheat, about 2 tons.
"Oh, I'll give it all to you. Although it won't be enough for a few days."
The old cat still felt uneasy: "Is there anything else?"
"You'd better get a token and show up. No one has the confidence to survive."
Hope is more precious than water in the desert.
Nowadays, the Shali clan is disorganized and urgently needs a backbone to lead them - even if this backbone is a foreigner, it doesn't matter!
Lu Yuan was in a dilemma. After pondering for a moment, his heart moved.
As the Tree of Life has evolved significantly these days, more functions have emerged.
Especially the part grafted with the poppy tree allows the Tree of Life to use the poppy tree’s ability to a certain extent!
The poppy tree has a total of four abilities, field confusion, dream control, soul seizing, and splitting children.
Among them, "dream control" is a broad and profound ability, and the Greenland people transformed it into a Greenland paradise.
The split daughter body is an important manifestation of the poppy tree's combat power.
Each fruit can be transformed into a man-eating monster - you must know that the poppy tree was an evil existence in the beginning. A long time ago, the Green People defeated it through a large-scale war and transformed it into what it is now.
Lu Yuan activated the Tree of Life and grew a human-shaped fruit - which can be regarded as his current "clone".
The clone carries part of his consciousness and the energy of the eternal fire.
He can roughly use about 30% of his own strength.
"Wait a moment, it will take about five minutes." Lu Yuan felt a little tired, but all of a sudden, his mental energy was exhausted.
The old cat looked at the Tree of Life for a few times and said, "Your clone's ability is pretty good."
The potential of this tree is indeed great, but the cost of cultivating it is a bit high... How many civilizations can afford to raise it if it's not a big dog owner like Lu Yuan?
"What should we do about the food problem? We can't rely entirely on my tree, right?" Lu Yuan asked again, feeling a little sick. Will the life force I finally accumulated be able to produce ordinary rice?
The old cat said: "We have observed that the Sky City can pick up animal carcasses... it can last for a while. Or you can get a few more clones to help us search?"
"You think it's Chinese cabbage. It spawns a clone. I have to rest for several days! Damn... okay, I'll help you think of a solution."
Lu Yuan was also helpless.
This can be regarded as... annihilating most of the clan?
Survival and development in this world are really not easy.
"Where's the Immortal Giant Turtle?"
"It's mixed in a certain flower bud. I can't find it for the time being... It won't die anyway, so don't worry about it for now."
While the "humanoid clone" was growing, the old cat suddenly changed the topic and asked a very strange question.
"The remaining Shali clan has a fairly high proportion of divine skills. There may be two to three hundred people... I don't know what you think?"
"I...what ideas can I have?" Lu Yuan asked doubtfully.
“Do you think race matters?”
"It's important...but not that important...it depends on how well we get along." Lu Yuan really thought this. He and the old cat, conch, and turtle were not of the same race.
The old cat was silent for a moment: "This civilization and humans are actually the same race, and they have not yet formed the concept of 'nation', nor do they have a long-lasting cultural heritage."
"There is only some simple ancestor worship, which is not too superstitious."
"In other words, the difficulty of integrating them into humans is actually not high..."
Lu Yuan vaguely understood what it wanted to express.
The old cat continued on the intercom: "Is there still a chance for this city in the sky to rise again?"
"If you are alone and your productivity is not high enough, you won't be able to do many things at all."
"If the Sarai clan joins in, it might be possible for the city to rise again."
"You want me to be the local emperor here?" Lu Yuan was shocked, "How can the city rise again?"
This is a plan he has never thought of!
"Why not?"
"In such a big city, there are always some facilities that are complete."
"How much supplies can you carry alone? Can your storage capacity compare with that of the city? Can you take the poppy tree with you?"
"It's more efficient to drive the city in the sky and return to the human world than to rush on your own feet, right?"
"Think about it, how many years did it take you to cross this desert? Three whole years... This is just a desert."
"It will be much easier with a city as a backing!" Old Cat said a series of words, as if he had already planned it.
It paused for a moment: "And the management of more than 10,000 survivors is not that complicated."
"Those children only need to be educated for one or two generations and they will become human beings."
"Of course, if you don't want to, just let them fend for themselves...I won't object."
Chapter completed!