The number of practitioners in Yangcheng has increased again.
At night, when Lin Tuo confirmed this through the sand table, there was no wavering in his heart.
This is as it should be.
As early as a few days ago, he had already guessed that as the number of breath-breathing practitioners continued to rise and the attention involved in the Oasis and Pacific incidents faded, the value of the breathing method would definitely be valued.
The only question is how the upper echelon sees it.
Now, the result is out.
The opening of the school curriculum is an extremely clear signal. According to experience, once the pilot project is successful, it will definitely usher in a nationwide promotion.
Of course, that will take a while.
As for why the student group was selected as the pilot, according to Lin Tuo's conjecture, it is convenient for data collection and management, and secondly, the data he obtained from the sand table observation shows that the young student group has far more advantages than other age groups in terms of spiritual practice .
"It's this self-cultivation gym... Could it be that the country already knows that exercising can speed up the absorption of ether?"
Lin Tuo thought secretly and decided to observe for a while.
In addition, an interesting discovery is that there is almost no news about the Yangcheng pilot project on the Internet.
Except for some group chats in Yangcheng, there are discussions in the community.
The outside world, major social media, and platforms collectively silenced, as if they were deliberately blocking news.
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In the next few days, Lin Tuo's life was very regular. Huaxi was familiar with boxing scores, and Lin Tuo also began to gradually teach her some skills.
The study of magic books is progressing steadily, and through this, he has a clearer understanding of the way to use the power of ether, as well as the underlying principles.
This unexpectedly made his control over Hua Bing Fist much finer.
On the Internet, there is still not much news about cultivation, but in Yangcheng, it has become a common practice. Occasionally, when you go to the park, you can see many people meditating together.
The daily greeting has also evolved from "have you eaten" to "have you practiced yet".
Compared with the "calmness" of reality, in the sand table, things are changing with each passing day.
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"The human race is expanding." In the early morning, when Lin Tuo came to the sand table and bent down, he saw that the sphere of influence of human beings had further expanded on the North and South Continents.
Originally, although the Draai Kingdom and other large and small countries have established a firm foothold, there are still a large number of places on this continent that have not been explored.
Especially the remote mountains, forests, and river valleys... If the plains belong to humans, then the vast forests are the paradise of "monsters".
At the same time as human beings evolved, the mutated beasts that were transferred together at the beginning were also multiplying.
"Huh." Gently blowing away the clouds floating above the sand table, Lin Tuo glanced across the mountains and rivers. Visible to the naked eye, the area of several forests ruled by monsters began to shrink.
Human cities are expanding in size.
Of course, the eternal war is inevitable in the process.
During Lin Tuo's brief observation, he saw that the territory of the Draai Kingdom was full of smoke and war.
Open the running log and flip forward, as expected:
[In the first year of the evolution of the world, the headquarters of the church in the Kingdom of Delai was destroyed, and the religious power fell to the bottom. Within one month, the then king issued thirteen decrees to rebuild the church and weaken the religious authority. The countries in the northern continent followed closely... Therefore, the teaching power is in name only, and has become a vassal of the royal power...]
[However, the rise and fall of a dynasty has its own determinants, and the resumption of religious power created the final glory of the Draai Kingdom. After that, the old king became increasingly incompetent, the court was chaotic, the power of local lords rose, and foreign countries surrounded them]
[After the contemporary king ruled for thirty-eight years, he suddenly fell ill and died overnight. The country was in turmoil. In the month, the royal family was buried in a sea of flames, and the Draai Kingdom disintegrated]
[But the war did not end here. The disintegration of the old dynasty meant the birth of a new dynasty. In the following eleven years, the Northern Continent was in constant war, and various kingdoms and duchies annexed each other.]
[During the process, the power of wizards gradually weakened, and the decline in natural talent finally made this force completely withdraw from the stage of history. It was replaced by a power of superhuman beings based on cultivation methods and developing spells into branches and leaves]
[And at the same time as the human wizards were dissipating, in the distant ocean, the group of sea people who had acquired the ability to cultivate was rapidly expanding]
[At the same time, the Southern Continent, which was originally chaotic, lacked a unified regime, and was full of families, began a series of changes. The descendants of the ancient floating doomsday, the Dingnan Li family who inherited the "ancient surname" rose, and the then Patriarch called himself Dingnan Wang, in eighteen years, swept across the southern continent, established a unified regime, controlled the north-south trade, and opened up treaty ports... The population of the southern continent has rapidly expanded]
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[At the time of regime change in the North and South Continents, between the two continents, the Jiudalian Island area, where extraordinary power is scarce, has developed rapidly in navigation and shipbuilding technology, and human beings are increasingly interested in the ocean. With support, go deep into the ocean, expand the sea chart, find islands and products... the era of great navigation kicks off]
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From the mountain, in the study.
The morning sun was just right, and Lin Tuo looked at the latest entry at the end of the running log, which contained information about the "Great Navigation Era", and fell silent for a while.
When he set his sights on Nine Dalian Islands, the "Zoom" function was activated, and the entire Sand Table Continent quickly spread out. With nine large islands as the skeleton and hundreds of small islands scattered around, the area of the north-south axis suddenly became clear.
Lin Tuo looked at the large ports. Under the effect of time acceleration, it was like time-lapse photography. Cargo ships entered the port one after another. The densely packed dock workers worked around the clock, like hardworking worker ants. Similarly, there was a The large ships bravely marched towards the depths of the ocean.
Many of them went off course, encountered storms, reefs and sank.
There are also those who turn back to land before the supplies run out.
But the overall trend is getting deeper and closer to the "boundary" of the sandbox.
"Sure enough... When technology develops to this stage, exploring the world is inevitable." Lin Tuo looked down at a "fastest" ship that was also the closest to the border.
Under the acceleration of time, Lin Tuo is not sure how long it has been sailing, but it is already an extremely rare thing to be observed by him on a macro scale.
If you don't pay attention, you have already driven to the depths of the sea of storms, and you are about to reach the end of the world.
"No, we have to do something... At least, delay the time before they discover the boundary of the sandbox." With the experience of No. 1 sandbox, Lin Tuo did not dare to be careless about it.
After thinking about it, he slowly leaned over and blew hard towards the edge of the sandbox and the area of the isolation cover.
Because there is no closing time acceleration, this breath is inside the sand table, which is enough to set off a storm that lasts for several years or decades.
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In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, a huge black box is peacefully embedded on the surface of the earth, covering the sea surface and sealing off a large area under the ocean.
It is so quiet that it is as silent as the surrounding islands that have existed for thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, or even longer.
However, just where the black box faces east, inside.
On the boundless ocean, there is a weather-beaten ship sailing unswervingly towards the "boundary".
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"Boom!"
The climate on the ocean is always weird and changeable, especially in the Sea of Storms.
The sky may be clear one second, and the next second it will be cloudy.
At this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds, the sea was raging with strong winds, electric snakes were flickering, and the turbulent waves rolled over. Between the sky and the earth, there was darkness, as if even the sea water had turned into gray mud.
On the sea, a weather-beaten ship was shaking violently with the waves.
Its masts have all been lowered to minimize the impact of the wind, and only the navigation lights fixed on the top of the cabin emit the last glimmer of light.
On the deck, the first officer fixed himself with a rope, grabbed the handrail, and looked terrified:
"Captain! It seems to be a hurricane belt ahead!"
"No, the climate in this sea area is too weird!"
"It's too dangerous to continue sailing!"
Those who can support here are all experienced crew members. Along the way, they have encountered dangerous situations countless times. However, feeling the unusually violent storm in the sea ahead, Rao even they have grown fearful. mood.
Return!
Must return!
Going any further, their ship will likely be torn to shreds by the hurricane!
However, the "captain" standing at the front just held the fence tightly with one hand, his body was fixed like a nail, and with his right hand, he pressed a single-lens telescope on the sunken eye socket.
Through the lens tube, he could clearly see the huge tornado across the entire sea in the gray sky and earth ahead.
They came from nowhere, and they were like insurmountable mountains, completely blocking the road ahead.
Even a powerful transcendent cannot move forward in this environment.
The most important thing is that according to his observations, this storm belt does not seem to be accidental, but persists, day and night, covering an extremely wide area.
There is no way around it at all.
"Just return like this?" Standing in the wind and waves, the captain seemed unable to hear the roar of thunder, and the shouts of his subordinates behind him, and only this thought was in his mind.
As the most "crazy", bravest, experienced and adventurous navigator in Jiudalian Island, he has paranoia that ordinary people cannot understand when it comes to exploring the world.
In the past few decades, he has tried to go to sea five times in total, and the first four times were interrupted by accidents midway.
Now, he is over fifty years old. Even though he has practiced since childhood and is physically stronger than ordinary people, the hidden diseases accumulated in his body are almost uncontrollable.
It can be said that this is his last voyage.
Once you give up, there is no hope.
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man silently put down the binoculars, and said, "Continue!"
"What? Captain, you..."
"I said, go ahead!"
In the silence, I don't know how long it has passed, and I don't know how many psychological struggles they have experienced. These confidants of the crew did not say a word. With the determination to see death as home, they silently adjusted the ship and sailed straight ahead.
"Crack!"
Just after the ship barely pushed forward a few hundred meters, the ancient sea ship was finally overwhelmed, and was torn apart by two waves of waves, cracked, and broke into countless planks.
The remaining dozen or so people on board also exclaimed and fell into the ocean.
"Are you going to die..."
The same thought came to their hearts, and in the next second, a distant, gentle song, like the sea water beating the beach, echoed in their ears.
(end of this chapter)