Chapter 226: Socialism
The vacuum, which was hundreds of meters long, was really tough on the golden armor. Even though the golden armor did not need to breathe and its body was very hard, it had nearly died of exhaustion in the vacuum universe.
Wei Huo waited for the golden armor at the finish line with the short-haired girl. He could only let her be. For the time being, he could lead her like a child and let her grow slowly. She was a blank piece of paper. What kind of painting could be painted on it would depend on how Wei Huo taught her.
They arrived at the seventh level after waiting for the golden armor to arrive.
The moment they arrived at the seventh level, countless streams of spiritual energy surged toward them. This pure spiritual energy kept repairing the damage to their bodies and replenishing their essence energy. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, they sat down cross-legged and kept absorbing the spiritual energy.
The spiritual energy was boundless, and it kept surging toward them. Even some of their internal injuries were slowly being repaired.
This spiritual energy was vast enough for an ordinary person to rebuild their body. It seemed like as long as an ordinary Daoist survived the sixth level’s vacuum and their soul reached the seventh level, the spiritual energy there would be enough for them to rebuild their body.
Wei Huo could not help but think that if an ordinary person understood the secrets of Kunlun Mountain, they would be reborn and become famous once they left Kunlun Mountain by using a drilling machine and comprehended each level along the way.
Kunlun Mountain was a huge BUG. However, players could not make use of it. They could only ascend the mountain after reaching a certain level. However, if ordinary people knew the secrets of Kunlun Mountain, they could obtain the Dao Scripture. Unfortunately, it had not been easy for them to go there.
The vacuum tribulation was particularly hard. Only people with strong willpower could survive it. However, as long as one survived it, countless spiritual auras would rebuild their body. Normal people would be reborn and ascend to immortality.
The golden armor absorbed a lot of spiritual energy but was still not satisfied. It kept absorbing it with all its might. Its entire body was red from holding it in. “Quick, find a container to store this spiritual energy. This spiritual energy is only found in the immortal cave of Kunlun Mountain. It will be difficult to find such dense spiritual energy outside!”
Wei Huo took out the bronze gourd and used his methods to collect spiritual energy. He waited for the spiritual energy to gather and then condensed it into spiritual water before putting it into the gourd.
The golden armor stopped holding back its spiritual aura. It floated over and helped actively. As it helped, it said, “This is a good thing! In the future, when we travel the world, this will be a life-saving spirit herb. In ancient times, people did not cultivate their spirit. They only cultivated their bodies and modified their cultivation techniques to absorb spiritual aura. One step at a time, they built their foundation and formed a core. In the end, they comprehended the Dao. Unfortunately, the world changed. The spiritual aura dried up, and the human lifespan became insufficient. The number of cultivators decreased and eventually disappeared.”
Wei Huo asked, “Do you know the secrets of ancient eras?”
Wei Huo had always thought that the creature’s soul had been attached to the armor after its death. Otherwise, it would not have been easy for armor to communicate with spirits.
The golden armor paused for a moment before saying, “I’m a piece of armor. I’ve heard people brag about this many times. Back then, Kunlun Mountain had yet to be sealed. There was Kunlun Kingdom, the King of Kunlun, and the Kunlun soldiers under Kunlun Mountain. They often said that during the ancient Yellow Emperor Era, humans could live an average of 100 years. At the time, there was sufficient spiritual energy. People could become extraordinarily strong even without cultivating and have long lifespans.”
Wei Huo was silent for a long time. He then lifted his head and looked at the sky. “What exactly happened in that ancient era? I’m really curious. Unfortunately, time flows like water. The past is still the past. However, it’s really regrettable that we can’t see a corner of ancient history. Perhaps our ancestors had some regrets, so they made a lot of effort to revise the history books. They did not want their descendants to have the same regrets.”
The golden armor smacked its lips and said, “All kinds of things have happened in history. It’s too bizarre. However, if you really return to that era, you will realize that the Yellow Emperor was also human. Yao Shunyu would joke around and brag in ancient times. As for Hou Yi, well… he did shoot the nine golden crows.”
Wei Huo glanced at it. Was it bragging or telling the truth? Could it have survived since ancient times?
Wei Huo was not an archeologist. Otherwise, he could have pinpointed the era of the armor based on the patterns on the armor. However, that did not matter.
Wei Huo absorbed all the surrounding spiritual energy and condensed it into water. He stored it in the gourd and started moving forward.
The seventh level was a small world, but it was larger than the sixth level. Wei Huo could feel that the s.p.a.ce was much more solid and not easy to break.
Soon, he saw a modern city.
They were standing on a tall mountain when they saw a road under their feet and a modern city in the distance. From afar, they saw tall buildings.
From time to time, cars drove past the road. Wei Huo felt like he had gone 500 years back in time.
The golden armor thought this was weird. “Did we leave the fifth level? This shouldn’t be an illusion, right? Why are there humans on the seventh level of Kunlun Mountain?”
It was curious, but it did not know much about Kunlun Mountain, so it only observed the place closely.
They saw a small sedan parked on one side of the mountain road. A family got out of the car and walked for a few hundred meters before arriving at a meadow. They spread a blanket down and took out all sorts of food.
Wei Huo understood that the family had come to the mountain to have fun.
The golden armor was a little confused. It asked, “What are these iron boxes? They’re really powerful. Could they have evolved from ancient carriages?”
Wei Huo nodded. “More or less.”
He felt emotional. He felt like he had gone 500 years back in time. 500 years ago, he would not have felt anything if he had seen skysc.r.a.pers and cars. It would have been more depressing if he had swallowed a mouthful of exhaust gas. However, things were different now. Wei Huo could not help but feel emotional when he saw these things. He felt like he had returned to his hometown.
The golden armor was very curious. It was like a country b.u.mpkin who kept looking around and asking questions. It was most interested in people’s food, clothing, and housing.
When it heard that the country did not have an emperor, it was shocked. “How can there be no emperor in this world?”
It seemed like the golden armor still did not understand the meaning of the words ‘socialism’ and ‘democracy’. However, it knew about election systems because it had heard of Yao Shunyu’s story.
“Impressive!” The golden armor praised this development. “Times are indeed improving.”
Wei Huo and the others reached the road. They kept moving forward, but they did not see any trash on the road. The family who had come to have fun previously would also carefully put the trash in a garbage bag to take it away. This made the golden armor sigh. “Such high quality. Could the humans in this small world have entered a society of Great Prosperity?”
Although the golden armor sighed, Wei Huo frowned.
At first, he had been filled with emotions. He had felt like he had returned to his hometown. Upon seeing the familiar skysc.r.a.pers and cars pa.s.sing by, he had felt like he had gone 500 years back in time. However, he felt a little discordant now.
Wei Huo did not see anyone smoking. He did not see anyone whistling. No one was running through red lights or throwing rubbish. Most importantly, no one was setting up a stall to sell anything.
This was too civilized! Too harmonious! Too depressing!
There were no smiles on people’s faces. Everyone lived cautiously. If they accidentally stepped on someone, they would be shocked and would keep saying sorry. The person they had stepped on would say that it was alright. Then, the two of them would leave in a panic.
There was distance between humans. That whole family was very careful both physically and mentally. The children did not dare speak. Every child was very obedient and did not cry or make a fuss. The adults were very careful with everything they did. They stared at their children and did not relax for a moment.
That was weird. This city was not that simple.
The golden armor was confused. “What happened to this city?”