The old man smiled happily. His smile was full of relief and hope, without any trace of gloom. However, Hao Ren and the others couldn't understand where the other party's reassurance came from. Vivienne stared into the eyes of the old man to confirm whether the other party was sane: "Do you... really know what's going on with them now? They are indeed still speaking the old language, and maybe they still retain most of the words from that year, but other than that They don’t know anything else, no history, no culture, no tradition, and the inheritance of civilization has long been broken—with all due respect, these people are just living ignorantly in this ruins.”
When Vivienne said these words, she was not polite at all. She had seen the rise and fall of dynasties and the survival of races. At this moment, she was just stating the facts as a bystander. However, the old man was unmoved, he just listened silently to Vivienne's words, his sparse and messy white hair fluttering slowly in the breeze: "Do you know, I once imagined a worse situation."
He turned his head and looked at the swaying crowd below.
"I once had to deal with a group of children. Only a few were over ten years old, and most of them were between three and nine years old. They only had basic common sense of life. The older children could take care of themselves and read and write, while the younger children just learned to read and write. Eating by myself, my mission once was to lead such a group of children to rebuild the entire civilization, a burden that is almost hopeless, but I still accept it happily. And these...they are better than children."
"Their thinking is rigid, the order is chaotic, the social rules have been distorted for hundreds of years, and the wrong world view has been deeply rooted." Vivienne shook her head lightly, "Such adults are not as good as those children back then..."
"But they survived here," the old man interrupted Vivian unceremoniously, "with no one to lead them, those children survived, and even multiplied and became four kingdoms! Four kingdoms! They I have already done more than I imagined, what more can I expect?"
At this time, someone in the open space below finally noticed the movement on the high platform above. A brave man who dared to look up spotted Hao Ren and his party standing near the outer ring of the ancestor furnace. I don't know who shouted first. Then more people looked up. Those who had witnessed the power of the "Ice Witch" and "Fire Witch" followed closely and started making noise, spreading the word. The slogan "Judger of Ice and Flame" gathered into a wave of voices and quickly spread among the crowd. These people who just felt the huge impact from the "miracle" of the restart of the ancestor's furnace were like witnessing the presence of a true god. They knelt down devoutly and praised the end of the cold winter in unison. Perhaps some people had questioned this incident before, but now that the ancestral furnace has restarted, and the "Electric Spirit" has never been more active. Someone can control the operation of the generator. It strangled the throat of the world.
"Landlord..." Lily was taken aback by the movement below. She showed her flame claws nervously before, but at this time the crowd below was a bit beyond her expectation. As a loyal dog, her first reaction was to crawl behind Hao Ren.
However, Hao Ren frowned, stretched out his hand and gently pushed Lily and Vivian's backs: "Come forward, this situation just needs you."
Weiwei understood it with peace of mind, she was quite experienced in this. This ancient vampire who had been worshiped as a god by the people on earth more than once took a step forward, surrounded by the icy cold wind, and the usual gentle smile faded from her face. Instead, it is full of majesty and coldness, just like the real "Ice Witch". Lily was also trying to imitate the situation, and this husky girl is quite talented: in fact, every husky is quite talented when pretending to be serious. If you don’t believe me, you can go to a husky to observe, just look at their eyes when they are not talking, are they very serious...
"Quiet." Vivienne simply said two words. The crowd below was suddenly silent.
"What are your plans, after seeing the current situation here?" Hao Ren asked the old man beside him at this time.
The old man looked down at the manuscripts that Lily had put on the ground, and finally he was a little frustrated in his voice: "I should have taught these things myself, but I don't live long. I don't know how long you plan to stay here, nor do you Are you willing to lend a helping hand... But if possible, I hope that this knowledge can be handed over to them, even if only a little bit of it is handed down in the end, our inheritance will not be interrupted. Please, give these things to them... "
Speaking of which. The old man took a few breaths heavily, his body seemed to be more stooped than when he just climbed out of the hibernation cabin. Even if it doesn't pass any instrumental testing. Hao Ren could also clearly feel that the life force was draining from the old man's body. He almost relied on his willpower to persevere until now, and after explaining his affairs, he was about to die.
"No." Hao Ren shook his head lightly.
The old man's eyes widened all of a sudden, and even the Nangong brothers and sisters next to him couldn't help showing a look of shock.
"You hand it over to them yourself. This is your job." Hao Ren reached out and grabbed a golden fruit from the crack in the space next to him. After hesitating for a while, he still cut a piece of fruit from it, "Eat this go down."
The moment she saw the golden fruit, Nangong Wuyue couldn't help but softly exclaimed: "Ah - you still have one?"
"At that time, there happened to be an extra one. Lily had made an appointment." Hao Ren sneaked a glance at the husky spirit who was posing with Vivienne in front. "Don't remind her, she probably forgot."
Not far away, Lily, whose back was turned to this side, suddenly felt a chill all over her body. Some kind of food protection instinct gave her an inexplicable sense of crisis, but she mistook the chill for Vivian's cold air: "Bat you Stay away from me, I will freeze to death!"
The old man looked at these people in front of him inexplicably looking at a piece of fruit, and couldn't help wondering: "What is this?"
Hao Ren handed over the piece of golden apple: "If I tell you to eat it, you can eat it. You are already dying of old age. Do you mind if I say it's poison?"
The old man showed a slight smile when he heard the words, and calmly took the piece of fruit and stuffed it into his mouth: "I don't know what you are thinking."
After he swallowed what was in his mouth, Nangong Wuyue and Hao Ren immediately observed each other's changes carefully, because this was the first time they saw an ordinary person eat a golden apple. And the effect of that fruit was immediately revealed: the old man's appearance changed almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, his body slowly straightened up, the years of wear and tear accumulated in his flesh and bones dissipated instantly, his face became rosy again, The breathing became steady and powerful, while the wrinkles gradually faded away. It was as if time had flowed backwards on this person!
However, this apparent "backflow" did not last long. After the effect of the golden apple ended, the old man was still an old man, with white hair and some wrinkles on his face, but a strong vitality was flowing from him The body slowly radiates, making it obvious that he has accepted some kind of transformation. Hao Ren asked the data terminal in his mind: "Is that so?"
"That's it, the effect has been exerted normally."
"I thought he would keep regressing back to his youthful appearance," Nangong Wuyue flicked his tail, "I was also worried what if the medicine was too effective and turned him into nothing."
Of course, the old man also noticed the changes in his body at this time. To be honest, nothing he experienced from waking up to now made him shocked and at a loss: "This, how is this..."
"You were frozen for eight hundred years by mistake," Hao Ren put his hand on the old man's shoulder. "This is eight hundred years to compensate you. Now you have enough time to complete your work."
The old man blinked, and finally understood the incredible changes that had happened to him: "Who are you guys?!"
"There will be plenty of time to explain this to you," Vivienne suddenly turned around and said, "The key now is what should I say—Hao Ren, come and help me think about what to say, I've been here for five minutes, don't say anything else I'm afraid the scene won't be able to hold."
The crowd in the open space below was already a little agitated at the moment. They looked at the Witch of Ice and Fire in awe, but because there was no divine revelation for a long time, the patience of the crowd was being worn away little by little. Hao Ren pulled the old man to the edge of the high ground and said in a low voice, "You need a starting point to intervene in their society and make them respect and obey you. Now we have created an opportunity for you."
As he spoke, he raised the old man's hand high.
"People of the Four Kingdoms, winter is over forever! Your ancestors have returned from the resting place of their souls. Under the witness of the twin gods of ice and flames, he will bring you a new era!"
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