Afternoon.
When the sun is at its most intense.
It was also a ship in the Purple Moon era, with fixed rest times. Although it is busy, many ships continue to sail at night.
But for an hour in the afternoon, there will be an unshakable rest.
Why? Who knows why? In short, most people are like this over time. So, it became a rule.
Li Tie was sleeping leisurely on the deck with a piece of dried seaweed in his mouth and a felt hat covering his face.
The sun was so fierce that everyone on the ship hid in the cabin for a nap, but Li Tie enjoyed the sunshine at this time, just like he recently liked to hold dried seaweed in his mouth, and liked the slightly fishy taste to spread in his tasteless mouth. Come feel.
Speaking of which, these dried seaweeds were left over from rubbing the rope some time ago.
It was inedible and had no energy, so most of the people on the ship chose to throw it away. Only Li Tie kept some, holding one in his mouth when he had nothing to do.
"It's really hard to understand. He likes to bask in the most scorching sun, and he also likes dried seaweed that tastes salty and bitter." The chef on Li Tie's boat checked the fish dried on the boat and took a look at the fish drying on the deck. Li Tie murmured in a low voice, and then rushed back to the cabin like flying.
The captain was a weirdo, he wasn't.
After a busy morning, he had to go back to the cabin to enjoy a nap of more than an hour.
Hearing the chef returning to the cabin, Li Tie raised his eyebrows slightly without even moving the felt hat covering his face.
In fact, he is used to people thinking he is weird. After all, everyone has their own secrets and there is no need to explain anything to others.
Li Tie also has his own secret.
His secret was hidden under his felt hat, or rather in his scalp.
He often wondered, if he told people that there was an unknown being living in his scalp, would they think he was crazy
It should be possible, right
Li Tie squinted his eyes. The harsh afternoon sunlight made his scalp feel extremely comfortable. The cold feeling slowly faded away, and his whole body relaxed.
Such relaxation made him unable to help but start reminiscing.
Li Tie, from Safety Zone No. 73, had the same 'humble' birth as Tang Ling. He grew up in the settlement.
Originally, his life had no hope.
Because Safety Zone 73 is richer than Safety Zone 17, where Tang Ling is located, a genetic test will be conducted on the children in the settlement when they are 13 years old.
After all, a person's genetic chain talent will be finalized and stabilized in a dominant state after the age of 15.
If the gene chain talent is calculated early, the earlier the better gene chain calculator is needed, and it is not that accurate.
Safety Zone No. 73 is based on the idea of cultivating early and not missing out on a talent.
The benefits of being rich are reflected in these places.
Of course, Li Tie also participated in this calculation when he was 13 years old. As a result, he only had a two-star talent. According to the regulations of the No. 73 safety zone, he was barely qualified to enter the second army when he was 15 years old.
It also means that there is barely any hope of becoming a Purple Moon warrior.
Li Tie has his own 'ambitions' and also bears his own responsibilities. He is obviously unwilling to accept this result.
But what can be done about this
Li Tie accepted his fate, thinking that this would be the end of his life.
But what is life? The fascinating thing about life is that it is full of unknowns.
Li Tie's fate changed less than half a year after the first genetic chain talent calculation.
What exactly happened with this turning point? Li Tie is a little confused now when he recalls it.
He only remembered that day when he and a large group of hunters were chasing a level 2 mutant beast.
This is a big deal. If you successfully hunt this level 2 mutant beast, everyone in the army can live a life of no worries about food and clothing for more than ten days.
But on this day, on the way of tracking, people encountered something extraordinary. In the distance, they could see thunderstorms and storms at the edge of the jungle, as well as shining bands of light, as if some disaster was about to happen.
Safety Zone No. 73 did not seem to have any reaction to this, but an old man among the hunters had some knowledge and told everyone that there might be a fight between very powerful Ziyue warriors. Everyone should be careful when hunting and avoid it.
Li Tie, who had always longed for power, couldn't help but keep looking over there. Being distracted during an intense hunt was a taboo. Under such circumstances, he actually got separated from other hunters.
At this time, it was already the edge of the safety zone of No. 73 Safety Zone. Li Tie had never set foot in this kind of place in his previous hunting.
So by the time he came to his senses, he was already lost.
This made Li Tie a little panicked. According to past experience, getting lost in the jungle is almost equal to death.
He searched in a panic. His young age made him completely forget that he should be calm at this time and rely on past experience.
The further he walked, the stranger he saw became stranger and stranger, and he unknowingly got closer and closer to the place where a violent natural disaster was about to occur.
later
Li Tie had almost finished chewing the dried seaweed in his mouth, so he replaced it with one and held it in his mouth, then couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Because he really didn’t know much about his subsequent memories.
He only remembered that he heard a loud noise in his panic, and when he subconsciously raised his head, it seemed as if a shiny object rushed towards him, and then everything came to an abrupt end.
At that time, was he in a coma? Or was it hit? Or was he attacked? Li Tie had no idea.
He only knew that when he woke up, he had been discovered by several hunters. All the black hair on his head was gone, and there were traces of burns from his scalp to his face.
It was obviously disfigured.
But in the Ziyue era, no one cared about this, let alone a man. It was a good thing to survive.
Originally, the matter ended here.
But for Li Tie, his life seems to have just begun after this time, because all the strange things happened only from this time.
First, his scalp and face miraculously returned to normal, but his scalp could no longer grow hair.
His scalp often gets cold. The cold penetrates deep into the bone marrow. When the attack occurs, it is like holding an ice cube on his head that will not melt for ten thousand years. It is so cold that the blood vessels in the entire brain begin to spasm, shrink, and cause pain. indescribable.
A situation like this can only be relieved by eating a lot of energy-rich foods.
Otherwise, it would feel better to bask in the sun when the sun is at its strongest.
But no matter what, his scalp has been cold for a long time and cannot be completely cured.
Therefore, Li Tie wears a felt hat all year round, because his scalp is always cold, and only wearing a felt hat can make him feel more comfortable.
It was during the second year's gene chain talent test that he suddenly performed astonishingly, and his gene chain talent turned from a two-star talent to an astonishing six-star talent.
Then he became an important seed boy cultivated in Safety Zone 73.
After all, the gene chain talent will be completely finalized after the age of 15. To be on the safe side, after the age of 13, there will be a total of three opportunities to test the gene chain talent in Safe Zone 73.
It's just that there are too few people who can 'come back', and Li Tie is basically an 'exception'.
Everyone congratulated Li Tie, but only Li Tie himself knew that all these changes may have something to do with his scalp.
Because since that injury, his understanding and basic ability growth have been changing.
This was originally something without evidence, but after that, Li Tie fell into a dream.
In that mysterious dream world, Li Tie vaguely learned that there was a living being in his scalp, coexisting with him, which led to his change.
He wanted to know a more precise answer, but unfortunately everything came at a price in the dream world.
"Unless" Li Tie secretly clenched his fists. He looked forward to his next dream. If he could save enough dream coins, he would also have a chance to answer his questions.
In Li Tie's heart, if he wants to pursue more and higher realms, his greatest hope lies in understanding the existence in his scalp.
Li Tie was fascinated by his thoughts, but at this moment, a dazzling beam of sunlight interrupted his thoughts.
His felt hat was taken off, and it was obvious that under the harsh afternoon sun, he could feel a ray of light even with his eyes closed.
"Who?" Li Tie suddenly opened his eyes and saw a familiar face that he admired.
At this time, the face was dripping wet, and the hair was still dripping water.
He squatted next to Li Tie, held Li Tie's felt hat in his hand, looked at it repeatedly, and then threw it back to Li Tie.
Li Tie turned over and sat up, taking the felt hat with ease, looking a little excited.
Looking up, what he saw was Tang Ling's face with a faint smile. He said to Li Tie, "Can I trust you? Are you willing to follow me and do something big?"
"Yes!" Li Tie agreed almost without thinking. He stood up excitedly and his voice was a little louder.
Tang Ling was his idol because he was also born in a settlement, but Tang Ling rose so quickly.
In contrast, Li Tie was very ashamed. He had read all the information about Tang Ling and did not find any adventures in Tang Ling. If being born as Tang Feng's son was considered an adventure,
But he actually had extraordinary adventures, but compared to Tang Ling, he was so ordinary.
If we say that it was out of this mentality that we followed Tang Ling unswervingly.
Now, Li Tie admired Tang Ling even more! He couldn't forget the scene when Tang Ling violently killed Omir.
Born in the Ziyue era, class oppression had almost become a habit, but Tang Ling
He is a hero! At least that's the case in Li Tie's mind.
So when Tang Ling suddenly appeared like this and asked him like this, what was there to hesitate about? Even if you have to go up mountains of swords and down seas of fire, following Tang Ling will definitely be exciting and extraordinary.
Such is the mind of a young man.
Looking at Li Tie, Tang Ling made a sign of silence, and then whispered: "Okay, I will treat your willingness as a promise. After that, I will give you 100% trust. So now, we need someone Ten minutes is enough for a local conversation, but it’s all confidential.”
"Come to my cabin." Li Tie's voice immediately became softer, and he said to Tang Ling.
**
"The felt hat is missing."
When Lu Xiaohua received the news, she said she was in a calm state of mind, which was definitely a lie.
After all, when a group of young people with grassroots backgrounds chose to follow Tang Ling without hesitation, she and Felt Hat were the two most determined ones.
Why is it so determined? Everyone may have their own different reasons.
But Lu Xiaohua believes that when this determination reaches a certain level, it means that she definitely has great ambitions in her heart and wants to leave a dazzling light in the entire era with her humble birth.
There are many people who can do this, apart from the initial chaos at the beginning of the era, and the moments of reshuffling.
Nowadays, the more fixed the class is, the less it becomes.
At least in recent decades, such a grassroots hero has appeared like Tang Feng, and now the one with this ability is actually Tang Feng’s son Tang Ling
They were undoubtedly the hope in the eyes of people like themselves and Felt Hat.
The sea at dusk is beautiful. The soft and gorgeous sunset shows various colors and burns in the sky. The deep blue sea is like a persistent person who follows this brilliance all the way to the sky.
Although the sea and the sky are not the same color, they blend together in an unusually harmonious way.
"If the felt hat disappears, I will feel a little lonely, right?" Lu Xiaohua lowered her head, with a rare trace of loss flashing in her eyes on her face, which was always described as a bit paralyzed.
She was currently sitting on the highest point of her ship, with many gears she had made by her own hands scattered around her feet.
The gears are also carved in his hands.
Although these gears are made of wood, if there are tools used to test the accuracy of pre-civilizations to test these gears, you will find that the gears hand-carved by this girl are surprisingly accurate.
However, this is not something worthy of praise in Lu Xiaohua'er's eyes.
Because that's what her talent is, mechanical talent! In people's eyes, it looks a bit useless, and it cannot be directly transformed into a talent for combat effectiveness.
This talent was revealed when she was very young.
But her birthplace was a safe village, so there was little use for such a talent. Moreover, what Lu Xiaohua longed for in her heart was to become a powerful female Ziyue warrior.
Therefore, Lu Xiaohua once thought that she was useless.
However, this idea is obviously wrong. People in the safety village cannot realize the power of mechanical talent. This does not mean that people from larger places cannot realize it.
Generally speaking, the Ziyue Era was a weird and relatively closed era.
The weirdness is that where it is powerful, it is so brilliant that it almost surpasses previous civilizations; where it is backward, it is unusually primitive.
There is no way. The extreme climate, the ever-changing terrain, and various strange and powerful creatures have hindered people from building mature transportation and communication networks.
So it became blocked again.
Lucky for Lu Xiaohua is that the safe village where she was born is ruled by a small safe city.
Her talent was eventually discovered by the adults from Safe City who came to screen those who were worthy of cultivation.
Mechanical talent is a great talent for becoming a technician. People in Safe City are not as ignorant as people in Safe Village.
So, they took Lu Xiaohua away for training. Moreover, an extremely comprehensive gene chain talent test was conducted for Lu Xiaohua.
The results of the test were not bad, but they were not shocking either. Lu Xiaohua is the owner of a fourth-level gene chain talent.
Therefore, Lu Xiaohua was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to become a Purple Moon warrior on the premise of becoming a scientist.
But Lu Xiaohua was not happy, she still wanted to become a Ziyue warrior.
Because there is a past in her heart that cannot be forgotten no matter what. This past makes her not want to be a technician, but only wants to be a Purple Moon warrior.
The genetic chain talent is limited, but can the mechanical talent and ability make up for it? Is this something Lu Xiaohua often thinks about
Fortunately, she really figured out a way to make up for the lack of genetic chain talent, but there is still a long way to go.
But so what? She must move forward firmly!
Choosing to follow Tang Ling was like watching a ray of hope beside me, shining on me and strengthening me.
Lu Xiaohua fought hard for this trip to sea. In view of her special status, Ping An City still gave her the spot.
After all, if she becomes a first-level Purple Moon Warrior as soon as possible, her mechanical talents will be even better, because the improvement of the Purple Moon Warrior is all-round, including the improvement of the brain.
In addition, there is no way in a small safe city to bring Lu Xiaohua the three resources for promotion and guarantee her promotion, so this can be regarded as an opportunity.
"It's just that the felt hat is missing." Lu Xiaohua was a little annoyed and threw the gear aside. The gear slipped and rolled to the bottom.
But there was no response from below, and no one picked up the rolled gear for her.
Except for a few women who take care of her life, there is almost no one else on her ship. Lu Xiaohua's character is introverted and silent, and she doesn't like excitement.
"Actually, people go missing and die every day. This is something that will inevitably happen if you choose to sail. Why should I care so much?" Lu Xiaohua didn't care about the gears rolling down, just looking at the increasingly faint sunset in the distance. , began to talk to himself.
She wasn't talking nonsense. After leaving the safety line, accidents would indeed happen to teenagers every day.
The sea will not pity geniuses. If you are looking for resources, you are destined to encounter danger. Beyond Tommy's safety line, powerful beasts are everywhere.
Even under normal circumstances, they all operate in their own territory. But that's just a general situation.
What's even more annoying is that no good news has come, because no ship has found any resources for promotion.
The large fleet led by the Harvest is considered safe.
Tang Ling had decided to tie all the ships together before, after Tang Ling killed Omir and disappeared.
Dongyang, who leads the Harvest, strictly enforces this rule.
Once you encounter a dangerous area, you must gather all the boats and tie them together to move forward.
They are protecting these relatively weak grassroots and even distribute a lot of resources.
I don't know where these ferocious beast meats come from, but the grassroots are very happy. Even if they don't find the resources for promotion in this big voyage, these ferocious beast meats can help them improve a lot.
"But, that's not what I want. Does Felt Hat think the same way? How could he disappear?" What Lu Xiaohua wants is indeed not such a comfortable sailing. She is very disappointed, and no one can do it except Felt Hat. tell.
She thought, maybe after the ambitious Tang Ling disappeared, everything could only be like this
At this moment, a half-finished gear appeared in front of Lu Xiaohua, held by one hand.
"It's very well done. Isn't it a pity to throw it away like this?"
At the same time, a familiar voice also sounded in Lu Xiaohua's ears.
I'm sorry to everyone, I didn't expect that I would be able to sleep that well. I got off the plane at around 5 o'clock yesterday. I didn't even eat anything when I came back, so I went to bed. I got up in the middle of the night to update, but fell asleep again at my desk. I calculated that I slept for a full twenty hours. But I'm still sleepy now, and I don't know why? I owe everyone ten thousand words. Must be completed before the 31st. I'm going to sleep for a while now. Don't wait for the update. Just remember that I will finish it.
(End of chapter)