Chapter 327 Are you awake?

 As long as you are alive, you need light and fire.

 This is the well-known survival rule of the lamp tribe.

 The lantern kite was dug out of the ground and lit up the crystal. This is what the senior lantern tribe told him.

 “Use fire, and never forget fire.”

Deng Yuan was still in a daze at the time and didn’t understand anything.

It feels as if it has forgotten many things, and as if everything around it is familiar, but in the end these become indescribable confusion and disorder.

“Don’t worry, every lamp clan comes here this way.”

The senior held a bright lantern floating in the air and carried an iron pickaxe. The crystal on the top of its head shimmered. This was the way the lantern people expressed their smile: "When I woke up, I felt a splitting headache at first, and then I seemed to have forgotten Everything then begins to become confused about its own existence.”

“It’s okay, get up, the fog beast will come soon.”

This senior named Deng Gu was digging materials underground and found Deng Kite.

 Deng Yuan felt puzzled. According to the common sense of the lamp clan, the lamp clan has been facing attacks and killings by ferocious fog beasts. Why was he not dragged out and eaten by the fog beasts when he was sleeping?

 It is easier to deal with a sleeper that won't resist than to hunt an active lantern.

 “Who knows?”

Deng Gu said: "There are many strange things in Fog Harbor. Why is there so much black fog? Why do they never dissipate? Why do fog beasts attack the lamp clan? Why are they afraid of lamps... Why do we exist?"

"no one knows."

“But there is one thing that the lamp people need to know: look forward.”

 The crystal on its head changes in brightness and darkness according to the voice: "Survive first."

In this way, like other awakened lamp clans, Deng Yuan followed Deng Gu and entered a short period of learning and recovery.

 During this stage, Deng Yuan has learned a lot.

 The life of the lantern people is mainly divided into two parts: searching and making lanterns, and everything revolves around these two cores.

 Looking for various materials and similar materials sleeping underground.

The population of the Deng Clan has always been small, less than three thousand people today. According to the oral accounts of the Deng Clan elders, their number reached tens of thousands when the Deng Clan was at its peak.

That was when the **** [Firefly God] was still there, and the oracle would sometimes come with the iron and fire falling from the sky, bringing new guidance and hope to the lamp people.

 At this time, the apostle, whose body is burning with fire, will also interpret the lamp clan.

  Unfortunately, as the gods disappeared in the world pot, the oracle never appeared again, the fog beasts became more unscrupulous, and the hanging lamp became the key to survival.

 There must be enough materials to make a hanging lamp, and the kerosene or solid fuel inside must be replenished regularly.

 The number of lanterns is constantly decreasing, partly due to attacks by fog beasts, and partly due to natural death.

 The light of the crystal above the head comes from the self-burning of the lamp clan.

There is a long ridge of life in the body of the lantern people. This ridge of life is the core protected by the outer metal shell. The ridge of life allows the lantern people to think, communicate, and create.

 But the Life Spine will burn slowly and illuminate the crystal lamp, which is also proof that the lamp clan is still alive.

With continuous consumption, this pillar of life will eventually break into fly ash, and the lamp tribe will also die.

 Deng Yuan is still very curious.

If you extinguish the life spine in the crystal and bury a lamp clan deep underground again, will it be possible to survive for a long time without being attacked by the fog beast?

This approach seems feasible.

After Deng Gu heard what Deng Yuan said, the light in the crystal dimmed a little: "You are partly right."

“If you extinguish the Life Spine and fall into a deep sleep, it will indeed not attract the fog beasts. They will only attack the lanterns with burning characteristics..."

“But that doesn’t mean it’s safe.”

It paused for a moment: "After falling asleep, the biggest enemy of the lamp tribe will become one of our own."

“Why is the population of the Deng tribe getting smaller and smaller? The external threat is the fog beast, and the internal reason is the hunting within the Deng tribe. This kind of hunting will not be exposed to the public environment, it is secretive and fast.”

Deng Gu said in a cold tone: "The lanterns that do not burn are the best ready-made materials. No one will notice or care about the disappearance of a lantern that does not emit light."

"Even the body of a normal dying Deng Clan will be coveted by many of the same kind. They are waiting for the day when the life spine of the deceased is completely turned into ashes...Without the threat of the Firefly God, many Deng Clan are even more unscrupulous, and those guys even directly hunt The same kind. Anyway, no one will see it because of the black fog."

“Why haven’t we had a great master for many years? This is also one of the reasons. The lamp clan is constantly declining and dying.”

Deng Yuan shuddered after hearing this.

 Those of the same kind are also enemies.

At this time, it also understood why the lamp tribe mostly lived alone, because the same kind itself was a potential enemy and competitor.

The lantern clan has gone from being a glorious clan of god-given lantern makers in the past, servants of the gods whose mission was to create the sun, to a barbaric tribe where the order is constantly collapsing. The root cause is that the oracle does not appear, and the fire of faith in the gods Swallowed by the world pot.

Deng Yuan boldly asked: "Then why did you wake me up instead of using me as material..."

 “Of course I’ve thought about it.”

 The crystals in the Valley of Lights flicker rhythmically.

 This means that it has a serious and formal attitude.

 “But I won’t do it.”

"I was once a sleeping lamp clan, and was helped by an elder of the lamp clan. It attracted the fog beasts when several lamp clan apostles cut me into pieces, and scared those guys away."

“I will never forget the person who lit the fire for me, and I will continue to pass the fire on.”

Deng Yuan felt excited after hearing this.

 There are still upright and brave people in the clan.

 “But it’s funny.”

The crystal in Deng Valley shimmered and he said with a smile: "The elder was called Deng Cheng. He told me honestly that his hanging lantern was broken, so when he saw the Deng Clan here, he came to ask for help. As a result Everyone was scared away."

“It’s not a great rescuer, but it saved me and ignited a fire for me. This is what the Lantern Tribe should be like in my mind.”

“We can be weak and fearful, but we should also have courage and perseverance. Just like the great masters in the past, creating the sun and dispersing the dark fog, that is what we should do for ourselves and all the lamp people.”

The crystal of Denggu burns like a flame, and it shows the burning color of the heart without hesitation.

The Deng Yuan named itself [Kite]. It heard that there was a tool called a kite that could fly into the sky and soar above the fog. The kite is free to look down upon the earth, free from the heavy force of the ground.

 It wants to create a brand new sky lantern.

The sky lantern must not only be able to illuminate, but also be able to take the lantern clan all the way through the fog sea where the fog beasts gather, and fly to the unknown distance, no matter what is waiting there.

 Deng Yuan spent all his energy on making sky lanterns.

 It collects various materials and resources above and below the ground, uses the crafts and techniques passed down orally by the masters of the past, and makes a large number of new attempts.

Sky lanterns are essentially an advanced version of hanging lanterns, but their scale and volume are hundreds of times that of the former.

To ensure the longevity of the sky lantern, it is best to use high-grade material Almighty Stone as a support, which can ensure that both kerosene and solid fuel can be fully utilized, reducing consumption and enhancing brightness.

Deng Yuan has received help from many lantern tribes, including advice on resources and technology, including even those who hunt their own kind.

It has been many years and no one has tried to make a sky lantern anymore. Just keeping the hanging lanterns lit and alive is difficult enough.

 At this time, Deng Yuan realized that the Deng clan itself was also complicated.

 Darkness and light, filth and idealism, fighting spirit and negativity, these contradictory things coexist in the lantern people.

　　After many years, the sky lanterns once again shined in the sky. All the lantern clans once again looked up at their heads. Under the bright and dazzling light, the crystals above their heads shone with joyful fire.

 Different from the past, this time the sky lanterns can also fly with lantern kites.

The sky lanterns flew higher and higher, as if being held up by invisible hands, soaring straight to the top of the black clouds.

The crystal of this master of the lantern clan has become dim enough. He sits in a small wooden bucket connected to the sky lantern, watching the sky lantern rise slowly, breaking through the black mist, and entering a place that has never been seen before.

It looks down.

The black mist formed an isolated black ocean under the wooden bucket. They were thick and dense, isolating the higher sky from below. And above the black mist, there was a huge luminous body shining with boundless glow. .

Deng Yuan stared blankly at the golden heart of light.

It turns out that the sun is still there, but it is above the black fog, and is cut off from the lantern clan by the sea of ​​fog below. The clouds are white and the surroundings are full of light.

 The original appearance of the world made Deng Yuan excited.

 I must tell everyone, I must tell everyone, this world is full of light and heat!

 As long as the black fog is dispersed, everything will be fine!

 But...how to go back?

 This is a journey that I have never thought about returning, because when the lantern was tied to the sky lantern, it had no such intention, and it had run out of fuel and the lantern had dried up, and there was no way to return.

Just as it was thinking hard, the entire sky lantern was suddenly pulled by an indescribable force and entered a strange and bizarre world.

The Deng Yuan fell into a kind of suffocation for a while, as if it had returned to its original sleepy state.

 Are you going to die?

This is the feeling of death...I am really unwilling and unwilling...

The world became shaky, and became like a piece of sawdust falling into the sea of ​​clouds, constantly swaying and falling with the waves.

 The violent shock caused by the impact made Deng Yuan suddenly come back to his senses.

 It first looks at the hand.

 The thread is still tightly wrapped in his hand.

Then the sky lanterns are still there...I'm back! Back to Fog Harbor!

Very good!

 Deng Yuan struggled to get up, but found that her body was not obeying her orders at all.

The body was severely damaged, and the metal structure of the hands and feet were even in pieces.

 “Are you awake?”

　　A man wrapped in silver armor, overlooking the lantern kites on the ground.

"Who are you?"

Deng Yuan has never seen such a person before, and the surroundings are even brighter. The light is so dazzling and unreal that the ground is filled with precious pure gravel.

There were several strange creatures surrounding the armored man. Some of them were small and had tails, and some were very tall and wrapped in some kind of cloth... They were whispering, but Deng Yuan couldn't understand what they said at all.

Only the man in armor can understand his own words.

“What is this place?” Deng Yuan endured the pain and asked.

“This is Yunzhong Temple, the place where Lord Yao shines. The place where you fell now is outside Shacheng.”

The other party's voice seemed very happy: "I didn't expect to see the Deng Clan in this way. You must have suffered a lot to come here, right?"

Deng Yuan was shocked: "You know the Deng Clan, are there any Deng Clan here?"

 “Yes, I am.”

 The armored man patted his chest, making a metallic sound.

“My name is Dengcheng, but I have been dead for many years. With good luck, I was taken into the world of Lord Yao.”

 Lengcheng?

Deng Yuan suspected that all this was an illusion at the time of death: "Do you know Deng Valley?"

 “Denggu... seems to have some impression.”

The other party seemed to be lost in memories: "Ah, I remembered it. It was a lantern clan I once lit and awakened. Do you know it? Is it still okay?"

 “It has been dead for a long time…”

Deng Yuan said with some melancholy.

"The brightness of the crystal is not enough, you are very weak now." The person who claimed to be a lamp rider observed it and said: "Here, put it on the steam carriage and send it back to Shacheng for repair and treatment."

"I know you have a lot of questions now. Let's do it one by one. You should take a rest first and don't burn yourself too much."

Deng Yuan said calmly: "My life spine has been burned out and I will die soon."

The other person said: "This place is full of fire and light. You are still alive and well, and you will continue to live."

"How can it be…"

"nothing is impossible."

 Deng Cheng said in a firm and confident tone: "I said, this is the world illuminated by Yao God. In Shacheng, death is just another beginning."

“What’s more, there are almighty stones and magic oil here that can help the Life Spine continue to burn. Don’t worry, you won’t die!”

 Everything seems like a dream.

 Deng Yuan looked above his head.

  The light of the golden sun spreads throughout the world. There is no darkness or fog beasts here, and the gods are still there.

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