Hibernation plan!
In the towering temple, Hathaway's voice echoed. At this moment, hearing the specific content of this plan, Lin Tuo was deeply moved.
Hibernation... This is not a new word, but he never thought that in the sand table, it can be done by magic, even if it can be tolerated, only a few people.
Hathaway's words are simple, but after a little thought, one can know that this must pay a huge price.
Hibernation does not prolong life.
In the harsh environment, it is not easy to survive for decades without eating, and the most important thing is that those who participate in this plan will have to make great sacrifices themselves.
Sleeping today, waking up in the future... If it is modern times, many people may be attracted by this "romantic" idea, fantasizing that they can "time travel" to the future.
But the romantic premise is "the future is better than the present"!
However, in fact, for them, if they do not hibernate, they can occupy a high position and live their lives in peace and stability.
After a hundred years, I have enjoyed everything that should be enjoyed, and I don't have much regret when I die.
But once they enter hibernation, it means that they will personally meet the cruel future.
Moreover, when he woke up, looking around the world, it was difficult to find relatives, friends... Alrod was better than him, and for Hathaway, this cost was especially huge.
"... Is this the common thought of the three of you?" At the head of the round table, Lin Tuo was silent for a moment, took a deep look at her, and asked.
The three saluted at the same time: "Yes."
Lin Tuo was silent again, glanced at the four kings who were not too surprised, and smiled with a slightly complicated expression:
"It seems that you have known about this plan in advance."
The four kings got up, bowed and saluted, but said nothing, just remained silent.
Sometimes silence also means answering.
Lin Tuo pursed his lips, feeling a burst of respect inexplicably in his heart.
There is no grand scene, no earth-shattering atmosphere. At this moment, here, there is only the empty hall and the seven people who bowed silently. It is extremely simple, but also extremely decisive.
For the three Grand Priests, after today, they will probably resign from their posts, hide behind the scenes, become shadows floating in the world, and tour the north and south continents.
Observe the world non-stop, and correct it when necessary.
For the four kings, they not only have to bear the warning of an "angel", but also always worry about the "knife" hidden in the dark, which may behead themselves and even their descendants at any time...
Maybe in the future, they will regret it, when at least in the moment, the emotional feedback is real.
"Probably, this is human beings." Lin Tuo suddenly sighed with emotion in a faint voice, then nodded and said, "Since you have decided, let's do it this way."
After a pause, he looked at Anne Hathaway and said with a smile, "Let's end the meeting here. After a hundred years, I hope to see you again."
"It's my honor." Hathaway bowed.
Lin Tuo nodded, and immediately ordered everyone to go back and carve the communication rune on the sterling silver.
After a hundred years, before the meeting is held again, this will be used to notify in advance, and those who hold the rune silver plate will also be regarded as the descendants of everyone present and be pulled into the temple.
This is another experimental ability of communication runes. Lin Tuo has not tried it on Li Tai and Jiang Yishan, but he used it here first.
"Let's break up the meeting."
After saying this, Lin Tuo waved his hand, and the connection between the seven people and the illusion space was immediately interrupted and disappeared, and this illusory temple also disintegrated and shattered.
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In the study.
Lin Tuo suddenly opened his eyes, there was no mist around him, only the quiet night, and the dawn that was shining outside the window.
He turned his head and glanced at the sand table beside him.
From this height, if the zoom is not turned on, human beings are as tiny as dust.
It is said that astronauts looked back at the earth in space and could not see any traces of human beings at all.
In Lin Tuo's eyes, although it is not to this extent, compared to the No. 2 sandbox world, the four major kingdoms... still seem too small.
"Can they really make it through?" Lin Tuo didn't know, but he was hopeful.
"This time, the help I can provide is limited. The fate depends on yourselves." Lin Tuo thought, calling up the virtual panel, turning off the 1:1 "time flow rate" and changing it to automatic adjustment.
Immediately, without looking at the sand table any more, he got up and opened the door, and came to the martial arts arena.
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
At this moment, the sky is just bright, and the mist on the Li Mountain is under the sun, presenting a dense posture, especially the Taihe Mountains in the distance, like a fairy gate in a fantasy.
In the courtyard, next to the wooden man, Huaxi, who was wearing a white training suit, was punching punch after punch, crisp and clear.
Huhushengfeng.
She didn't seem to notice Lin Tuo's arrival, and she seemed to notice again, but she wasn't distracted.
In short, it was only after completing a whole set of training that she gasped and breathed, and with her sweat-soaked hair that kept rising white, she walked curiously under the eaves, looking at Lin Tuo's profile, Can't help but ask:
"Teacher? Is there anything bothering you?"
Lin Tuo withdrew his gaze from the endless mountains, looked at the little girl beside him, thought for a while, nodded seriously, and said, "It's really annoying."
"Can I share my worries for the teacher?" Huaxi asked again.
Lin Tuo shook his head and said with a smile: "The things that bother me are neither you, nor me, nor anyone alone can change."
After a pause, he added: "However, your entry is very fast, perhaps, you will be able to relieve my worries soon."
Huaxi seemed a little happy and excited, raised her head slightly and asked, "Soon? In a few days?"
Lin Tuo laughed dumbfounded, and rubbed her head: "That's not okay, it's too cold over there, and it's easy to catch a cold."
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Naturally, Huaxi couldn't understand Lin Tuo's words, nor could he understand his joke.
Although the prayer candles caused a lot of damage, they did not shake the foundation of civilization. In comparison, it is probably analogous to a terrible earthquake.
This also keeps the flow of time inside and outside at a moderate speed.
And as society continues to develop, the proportion of flow rate will become smaller and slower.
Just as Lin Tuo and Huaxi moved out of the small table and started eating breakfast.
Sandbox #2.
In an extremely cold place, there is a deserted land covered by thick ice.
Anne Hathaway, Alrod, and Neftu, three high-level transcendents, were standing on the snowy ground. In front of them was a huge stone gate embedded in the glacier.
This place was originally a magic research laboratory in the ancient base, but at this moment, it has been transformed into a hibernation place.
Three months have passed since that roundtable meeting.
In the past three months, the three Grand Priests arranged for their cronies to build this place as quickly as possible.
And gradually transfer power with the cooperation of their respective kings.
With the reason of retiring for pure cultivation and seeking the true meaning of power, he faded out of the upper echelon of the Three Kingdoms.
"Who would have thought that the last meeting of the three of us would be here, and we would bid farewell in such a way." Hathaway, who took off her crown, glanced at the stone gate, then looked at the two people beside her, and said with emotion.
Her bright red robe is very eye-catching in this extremely cold place, like a flame.
Alrod, who was tall and dressed in a white robe, had a resolute face, glanced at Hathaway, and muttered:
"I really don't want to be your neighbor."
"Then go out and dig a hole yourself and bury yourself." Hathaway sneered, "We, Winton, paid for the construction of this laboratory."
Alrod was at a loss for words for a while, he was not good at words, so he held back for a long time, and said angrily:
"I'm really worried about letting a guy with a bad personality like you stay on the last shift."
Hathaway groaned and retorted:
"So blame me? Who made you old and weak to be the last one? Hehe, I'm afraid you were hanged up and beaten by the junior Chaofan right after you were unearthed.
If you can't complete the mission by then, we don't want to embarrass you with the Observer. "
"You...you..." Alrod trembled angrily.
"Okay," Neftu, who was grizzled beside him, sighed and looked at the two helplessly, "Aren't you bothered after fighting for so long?"
Saying that, the oldest Transcendent looked at Shimen complicatedly, and said with a wry smile:
"Although this place looks quite cold, I really want to go in and have a look."
"Then look, when you go out after reading, close the door tightly, remember to wait for your health to fail, come back and dig the big guy out, remember to be gentle when pawing him, I don't sleep well, and I tend to suffer from insomnia when I hear movement .”
Hathaway hugged her shoulders and said calmly.
Alrod gave her a strange look: "Why do you feel that you talk so much today?"
Hathaway was stunned for a while, and didn't speak. After a while, she said sullenly: "My menopause is early, why not?"
Alrod and Neftu looked at each other, and at the same time decided not to provoke this woman. The three of them were silent for a while, and finally, Neftu spoke first:
"Then I still don't watch it."
"oh."
"Then I'll leave later."
"No."
"That… "
"Is it true that old people are so mother-in-law and mother-in-law? Stop chatting! Take care of yourself." Hathaway dropped a sentence, turned her head and entered the gap in the stone door, disappearing.
In the snowstorm, only two men, one old and one middle school, were left. They looked at each other. Alrod tightened his white robe and said briefly:
"Go slowly, the road is slippery in snowy weather."
"good."
"Remember to call me."
"good."
Then, the tall figure also disappeared into the stone gate, and there was no movement, only Neftu stood there alone, silent for a while, raised his hand, and the huge and heavy stone gate was closed suddenly, isolating the world.
After standing for a while, the oldest Grand Priest finally turned around slowly.
Wiping away the few tears that had frozen into ice beads, leaning on the staff in his hand, he crossed the endless ice field and disappeared at the end of the wind and snow.
Between heaven and earth, there is only one sigh left.
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(end of this chapter)