Zhang Zhiwen asked, "Are they here?"
Wei Huo said, "They're here. They've already destroyed half of Country M."
Zhang Zhiwen was speechless.
He had forgotten that Mythical creatures did not care about whether Earth was destroyed or not, so he would not stop them. He immediately rushed out of the base that had been turned into ruins. Then, he saw a few superheroes fighting a very small mechanical bird.
He immediately flew over. In the end, he saw the mechanical bird suddenly spit out a laser beam. Then, a huge crack appeared on the ground.
Zhang Zhiwen was shocked and angry. "Why didn't they wake me up?"
Wei Huo said, "They probably thought you were buried under the base and died."
Zhang Zhiwen was speechless.
Zhang Zhiwen rushed toward the bird, but Wei Huo said, "You're no match for it. This mechanical bird is a nomological creation."
"Rules?"
Zhang Zhiwen knew what Rules represented. Rules represented the Mythical stage. Was this mechanical bird a Mythical creature?
The Snake God said, "Interesting, but it doesn't feel like it was created by a Mythical creature."
Wei Huo said, "It's not just the internal parts of the mechanical bird that have serial numbers. This means that the mechanical bird was mass-produced."
Zhang Zhiwen's mouth fell open. "A nomological creation that was mass-produced?"
Lu Qiqi said, "The technology in this world is so powerful that it can control Rules. This breaks our understanding."
In their understanding, only people whose souls had sublimated could become Life Paintings. Technology could not do that, but their understanding had been broken.
Wei Huo said, "Capture this mechanical bird. The scientists of this race have a deep understanding of souls!"
It was impossible to create nomological creations without studying souls, as Rules could only be obtained after souls sublimated.
A group of Mythical creatures attacked immediately. They controlled Zhang Zhiwen's body and rushed forward, but the mechanical bird unleashed an extremely powerful force.
"Counterattack Rule!"
"Send Zhang Zhiwen away first!"
Before Zhang Zhiwen could figure out what was going on, a strong force pushed him onto Yun Xiao's back, and they flew eastward at high speed.
Wei Huo said, "This is the Counterattack Rule. We can't attack it. We can only trap it with our strength."
If they insisted on attacking, of course, they could break this counterattack rule, but they would also destroy this mechanical bird. Therefore, they could only make a barrier to trap it.
After studying it, Wei Huo realized how powerful the Counterattack Rules of the mechanical bird were. He said, "This mechanical bird can absorb all attacks and bounce them back with a 10-fold increase. Perhaps it can be called a Counterattack Bird."
"Boom!"
The Repelling Bird kept attacking the barrier that surrounded it. The barrier absorbed power because it contained the Snake God's devouring rule. The Repelling Bird could not obtain a new source of energy, so it started to weaken.
Wei Huo said, "This bird is not here to destroy Earth. It's a test."
Mythical creatures were knowledgeable. They immediately knew why the advanced civilization that could create nomological creations had sent this bird.
This bird didn't look too ferocious, and it certainly didn't carry any energy in its body at the beginning. Therefore, when it first arrived on Earth, it wouldn't do anything aggressive. As long as someone attacked it, it would fight back tenfold.
This would only lead to a war between the Repelling Bird and the Earth civilization. That was why the first person the Repelling Bird encountered was very important. If it encountered a non-aggressive person, Earth would not be in any danger. However, if it encountered a very aggressive person, Earth would be finished.
"This is how advanced civilizations filter out low-level civilizations. Friendly civilizations stay and start communicating. Evil civilizations are eliminated."
The universe is dark. We can't know what other civilizations are thinking, and other civilizations don't know what we're thinking either. How can we judge whether another civilization is kind or malicious? If it was a malicious civilization, they would seek their own destruction. If it was a friendly civilization, they would be able to survive.
Wei Huo said, "As long as the Repelling Bird is not destroyed, this advanced civilization will arrive after some time. This is a good opportunity. We need their research data on souls."
…
While Wei Huo was thinking about how to obtain information about other civilizations, Zhang Zhiwen flew back to Country Z from Country M because of the Mythical creature's push. He landed accurately in the city where Zhang Zhiwen lived. However, he landed in the suburbs and in a pool.
Zhang Zhiwen was not very familiar with his mental strength control. He smashed a huge pit the moment he landed and fainted.
When he woke up, he found himself lying on a dilapidated tricycle. His entire body was in pain.
Creak, creak! The dilapidated tricycle moved forward slowly with difficulty. Its axle kept making noise as if it would fall apart at any moment.
Zhang Zhiwen tried his best to open his eyes and saw an old man with a face full of wrinkles. This old man's clothes were full of patches, and there was a small stool in the No. 3 bus. He was sitting on this small stool, and on half of the stool were some leftover vegetables, a few pieces of cardboard, a few beer bottles, and a plastic bag that was crumpled into a ball.
"You guys …"
Zhang Zhiwen turned his head with difficulty and saw an old lady. The old lady was riding a tricycle with difficulty. She was carrying the seriously injured Zhang Zhiwen and the old man.
Why was the old lady carrying the old man? Does this old man have some kind of disease? That was Zhang Zhiwen's first thought.
Then, Zhang Zhiwen saw the old man pat the old granny's shoulder. He didn't say anything, but the old granny tacitly stopped the tricycle. She got off the tricycle shakily and helped the hunchbacked old man out of the tricycle.
Then, the old man rode the tricycle with great difficulty. The old lady climbed into the tricycle with great difficulty. She sat on the small bench that the old man had been sitting on and took a deep breath.
Creak!
The tricycle made a difficult sound again. The old man was pedaling the tricycle with all his might. It was really hard for him, as the tricycle was very old and there was a living person like Zhang Zhiwen inside. However, with the old man's hard work, the tricycle started moving slowly again.
Zhang Zhiwen could not imagine that such a thing could happen. He struggled and said, "Old lady, let me get off …"
Although Zhang Zhiwen's body was seriously injured, he was gradually recovering. Even if he was left on the ground, he would recover completely. There was no need for him to do this.
However, Zhang Zhiwen saw the old lady close her eyes. She seemed to be resting. She knew that it would be her turn to ride the tricycle soon.
As expected, after the tricycle traveled for about a hundred meters, the old man stopped. He was panting. He was out of strength and climbed off the tricycle with great difficulty. The old lady's condition was much better than the old man's. She got off the tricycle after resting enough and helped the old man onto the tricycle.
The old lady got on the tricycle. She lowered her head and did not say a word. She did not look at the trees around her or the cars that sped past her. It was as if she had become a lonely traveler, and behind her were two people that she was carrying.
It was not difficult for Zhang Zhiwen to imagine that these days, the old couple used this method of rotating cars to go to the county to sell vegetables, and then returned to the farm. Moreover, they still had to grow vegetables. Did they actually persist in this kind of life?
After about a hundred meters, Zhang Zhiwen's body was almost recovered. He asked the old lady to stop and rode on the tricycle. Under the surprised gazes of the old man and the old lady, he endured the pain in his body and pedaled the tricycle.
Creak … The tricycle moved forward with difficulty and often slipped. Zhang Zhiwen asked, "Old man, don't you have children?"
How did things come to this? Was it because the child was not filial, or was their child already dead?
The two old men finally had some strength to look at the farmland on both sides of the road. They looked surprised when they saw the cars flying past. In the end, the old lady said, "Our son died 12 years ago in order to save a child who fell into the water."
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