Following that, Shen Lang continued to explore Raging Tide City. He wanted to find any relevant records or messages. He couldn't leave nothing behind, right?
However, even after Shen Lang searched everywhere, he still couldn't find anything.
Instead, he saw many written records. Not only were there experiment records, but there were also reports from the Privy Council and even children's homework.
However, all the written records stopped at a certain day, which was the 9th of December.
That day was also the day Jiang Li reappeared and the day the Ancient Civilization would sweep across the world.
All the written records stopped at this day, even the children's diaries.
Shen Lang saw many diaries, including those of his daughter, Shen Mi, and his son, Shen Li.
His daughter, Shen Mi, was born a princess, so her diary was completely like that of a princess.
In the diary, she wrote about how she missed her sister, Yaoyao, and her father. Then, she wrote about that day's learning.
"I didn't do well in today's art class and was criticized by Scholar Anya. The teacher said that my dolphin painting didn't have any spirit, especially those two eyes. I didn't enjoy the process of creation and didn't think of giving life to the dolphin in the painting. I feel very depressed and sorry because I was really distracted because I missed my father too much. "
"I'm sorry, little dolphin. I didn't put in the effort to paint you. I didn't give you a soul. This might cause you to be unable to be born in another world. I'm sorry, my little dolphin …"
This was Shen Mi's diary. She was only 11 years old back then and was filled with innocence and fantasy. She even felt that as long as she painted well enough, she could give life to the little animals in the painting. As long as the painting was filled with soul, then a little animal in the painting would be born in another world.
She was a real princess. Her entire heart was pink, filled with absolute purity and kindness.
Shen Lang looked at his daughter's diary and felt as though his heart was about to melt.
Shen Mi used to be his favorite. When they were in Tianyue City, he hugged her almost every day. Even when she couldn't eat salt, he would crack some melon seeds for her to eat.
Back then, Shen Mi hadn't grown teeth yet, so a single melon seed could be kept in her mouth for an entire hour.
Shen Mi had been well protected since she was a child. Everything she saw in her field of vision was almost a beautiful dream.
Now, where did she go?
Shen Lang sent Yaoyao away in advance because Yaoyao's spiritual mother was Medusa's Queen Na Lu. Her life would be in danger if she continued to stay.
But now, even Shen Mi was gone.
Next, Shen Lang saw Shen Li's diary.
This child's handwriting was really good, meticulous and meticulous. At such a young age, his skills were already quite profound.
His diary was filled with responsibilities. Although he was only eleven years old, he was already thinking about important matters.
In the diary, he first published his insights on the history of the Great Qian Dynasty that day, followed by his insights on arithmetic.
In short, his diary was like a written report, very serious. However, a diary was a very private text, so it should be very relaxed. There was no need to pay attention to the format, or even the style of writing.
However, Shen Li's entire diary was solemn and methodical. Even Shen Lang could feel that Shen Li was writing his diary in a perfectly straight manner, word for word, line for line.
Each of Shen Lang's children had a different personality, and Shen Li was a very special one.
He wasn't very smart, not as smart as Shen Ye or Loki. His IQ was only above average, but he was extremely serious. No matter what he did, he would do his best, pursue perfection, and had a very high moral standard for himself.
When he was only four or five years old, he was like a little adult. But unlike Shen Ye, who was precocious, Shen Li's seriousness still had a cute temperament of a child.
When he was only two or three years old, almost everyone concluded that Shen Li would be a great person in the future.
If Shen Ye hadn't appeared, Shen Li would be the best heir of Shen Lang. Of course, even if Shen Ye existed, Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng both wanted to pass on the State of Yue to him.
In the diary, Shen Ye finally wrote down his troubles.
I'm my father's son and my mother's son. I don't want to disappoint my grandfather or my uncle. I want to fulfill my responsibility as a member of the Ning clan, but my family name is Jiang. I don't know if it's immoral or not.
It turned out that not only Shen Lang had such troubles, but Shen Li was even more troubled at such a young age.
His moral standard was too high. As the son of Princess Ning Yan and the grandson of the Ning clan, he didn't want to disappoint Ning Yuanxian and Ning Zheng. But on the other hand, he felt that it was wrong for him to inherit the State of Yue as a son of the Jiang Family.
He began to think about this problem at the age of eleven.
Shen Lang held the diaries of the two children and put them on his chest. He put them under his nose, trying to smell the air on them.
My children, my children, I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you.
My wife and children, my parents, my parents-in-law, my family, my friends, where are you?
Shen Lang closed his eyes, as if there were two children in front of him. One was drawing, and the other was writing.
He really wanted to keep the two diaries with him, but he couldn't do so, because it was very likely that his identity would be exposed.
He carefully returned the diaries to their original place. It was so cold here, so they wouldn't be broken.
… …
Shen Lang came to the top of the big castle of the Nu Tiao City and looked into the distance.
Everything in his field of vision was still completely silent. There was no one or any signs of activity.
He wanted to know how much time had passed and whether the Da Qian Empire, Wu Chuyue, and other countries were still there.
Was the human civilization still there?
According to normal deduction, it should be gone, because the temperature here had dropped to minus seventy or eighty degrees Celsius.
He was in the Southern Sea, which should be the hottest place on the whole planet, but it was completely frozen.
This proved that the whole world had been frozen, and the highest temperature was minus fifty degrees Celsius. Generally speaking, the civilization of this world should have been gone.
But Shen Lang didn't believe it!
It should be time to leave the Nu Tiao City. Shen Lang took a deep look at the Nu Tiao City.
Goodbye, my home.
His next goal was to go to Xuanwu City. This was his first home after coming to this world.
Xuan Wu Mansion was less than two thousand miles away from the Nu Tiao City.
Shen Lang continued running towards the west.
… …
A few hours later!
Shen Lang ran along the frozen sea and saw land again.
Of course, the boundary between the land and the sea was very blurry. There was endless ice and snow, and the sea was completely frozen.
However, there were mountains, towns, and villages on the land.
Shen Lang stepped on the land of the State of Yue.
It was very cold here, but his heart was even colder.
That was because the houses here, the city here, were completely empty.
There was not a single person. The snow on the ground was more than ten meters high, but there were no footsteps.
Not to mention human footsteps, there were no birds or beasts. The whole world seemed to have stopped.
Shen Lang ran quickly and came to the familiar Xuanwu City.
What a familiar city wall, but also unfamiliar. Because it was completely covered in ice and snow, he could only see a rough outline.
The entire Xuanwu City was covered in a layer of ice and snow.
Shen Lang stepped into the city. The houses were basically submerged in ice and snow.
After digging through the ice and snow, it was still empty. All the houses in Xuanwu City were empty, and the streets were also empty.
This was not normal, too abnormal.
In this environment, even if there were no living people, there should be corpses. Moreover, it was so cold, even after decades, the corpses wouldn't rot.
Even if the corpses were rotten, there should at least be bones.
But there was nothing. It was completely empty.
This was too strange, too bizarre.
Why was there not a single living person or corpse in the city?
Shen Lang left Xuanwu City and rushed to the Duke's Mansion in Xuanwu, the castle of the Kim family.
… …
This could be considered Shen Lang's real home. He and Mulan had spent the happiest time here.
At that time, he had just married into the Kim family. He had spent nearly a year in Xuan Wu Mansion.
When did his leisurely days end? Just when he embarked on his journey to kill Su Nan and entered the capital, Tianyue City …
From then on, Shen Lang entered an extremely busy life.
His enemies were killed one after another.
For a very long time, he had always thought that once he eliminated the last name on the list of enemies, he would be able to relax and enjoy life.
However, after the death of Great Yan's Emperor, his greatest enemy, the greatest enemy under the heavens, descended upon him.
His father, Jiang Li!
Shen Lang strode into Xuan Wu Mansion. It should now be known as the Duke's Mansion in Xuanwu City.
Strangely, Xuanwu City was covered in snow, but the Kim family's mansion was not.
The snow here was only about a foot thick.
This was clearly abnormal. This place should have been covered in snow as well. Why was there only a foot thick?
However, there were no footprints in the snow. The only footprints were left by Shen Lang.
He passed through the drill ground, the main fort, and arrived at the backyard. This was Shen Lang and Mulan's small courtyard. They had spent countless happy and wonderful years here. Naturally, it was also a time when they had no shame.
He entered his room. Outside was the study room.
It was still clean and tidy. There was no snow. Shen Lang stood under a wall. This was the wall where he had written his list of enemies.
However, it was empty now because it was covered with a layer of plaster.
Shen Lang peeled off the plaster and revealed the list of enemies.
Most of the names had been crossed out.
Su Nan, the Crown Prince, Xue Che, and the others.
Naturally, the name of Great Yan's Emperor was not on the list. The last name was Guo Jing.
'Ugh!
How awkward. There were many jokes on Shen Lang's list of enemies.
Some were true enemies, while others had become loyal subordinates. Su Nan was one of them.
Some were enemies who had become lovers. They had to be Xu Qianqian.
Some were enemies who had become as close as father and son. Ning Yuanxian was one of them.
Guo Jing was a homonym for Monarch. At that time, Shen Lang was still in the State of Yue and did not dare to write the word Monarch.
At this moment, there was a face drawn beside the word 'Monarch'. It had eyes, a nose, and a mouth, but no face. It had a tongue sticking out. The ears were dog ears. Judging from the facial features, it looked like Shen Lang's face.
This was drawn by Shen Lang. It could be said that he had done it himself. It meant, 'I regard the Monarch as my enemy. Now, I want to take back this name. I, Shen Lang, don't keep my word. Therefore, I'm shameless. I'm a dog.'
The puppy's ears were even drawn by Bing 'er.
Bing 'er used to be the closest person to Shen Lang. The time they spent together was longer than the time he spent with Mulan. She devoted herself to Shen Lang. Shen Lang was her entire world.
But later on, Shen Lang was too busy, and the two of them spent very little time together. Hence, Bing 'er focused on the children. She took good care of them.
This girl was mean and snobbish. However, she was a good wife and mother.
She took good care of her husband and children. She was top-notch in both the kitchen and the bedroom.
Shen Lang was fascinated by the list of enemies on the wall.
A moment later, it boiled water and melted the plaster. Then, it painted the wall again.
… …
Shen Lang left the Duke of Xuanwu's mansion once again. There was no one here. Staying here would only add to his sorrow.
However, there was a glimmer of hope. The houses here had been cleaned up. The snow here was only about a foot high. It seemed that someone had been here. Moreover, it should have been within the past few months.
Hence, this world should not be destroyed. There was still hope.
According to Shen Lang's guess, this world was already so cold. Even if there were survivors, they would need to live in a few large gathering points. This way, they could have central heating.
But what about food? In such cold weather, it was impossible to grow any plants. Naturally, there was no way to raise any livestock.
However, if there was a gathering point, it should be in Tiannan City, which was the capital of the State of Yue's Tiannan Province. If there was no gathering point in Tiannan Province, it meant that there were very few survivors. There was only hope in the capital, Tianyue City.
Hence, Shen Lang's first destination was Tiannan City. It was less than seven hundred miles from here.
Shen Lang once again sprinted through the snowy land towards Tiannan City.
A few hours later!
Shen Lang stood on a tall mountain east of Tiannan City.
He saw Tiannan City, and saw an incomparably shocking scene.
Strange? Strange? Stunning? Miracle?
Tiannan City was still there, but it had completely changed.
The entire area of Tiannan City had increased by more than twenty times.
Originally, Tiannan City only had a population of three hundred thousand. Its area was less than thirty square kilometers.
Now, this huge city had an area of more than two thousand square kilometers.
Wow, the area of this city was even larger than Yan Capital.
This was not the most bizarre thing. What was even more shocking was that there was an incomparably huge dome that enveloped the entire city.
This dome had a diameter of more than eighty kilometers. The area under the dome was more than five thousand square kilometers.
There used to be a dome like the White Jade Capital in the North Pole. It had a diameter of two to three thousand miles. However, that dome was white, while the dome of Tian Nan City in front of him was blue and translucent.
This dome was like a huge energy shield that protected the entire Tiannan City.
Because this dome was translucent, Shen Lang could roughly see the densely packed houses inside. It was like a forest.
Moreover, these houses were strangely tall. The lowest one was tens of meters, and the tallest one was hundreds of meters. But they were not the tall buildings of modern Earth. They were still very primitive and simple.
Shen Lang understood. This dome separated the cold outside, allowing the people inside the city to survive.
But what about food? What about energy?
How many people lived in such a huge city? It must be an astronomical number, right?
Without a doubt, such a huge dome, such a shocking city, and such a complex style were definitely Jiang Li's handiwork.
Only he had the ability to build such a city.
Tens of meters, hundreds of meters of houses, but they were not tall buildings. Instead, they were filled with an ancient style. It was truly a contradictory aesthetic.
Then, should he enter this city?
Could he enter? Yes, he could.
On the east side of the dome, there was an entrance. It was densely packed with people, continuously entering Tiannan City inside the dome.
Everyone was a laborer, because there was an endless stream of ice, rocks, and wood being transported into the dome.
If Shen Lang wanted to enter, it was very simple. He only needed to drag a large rock.
… … …
Two hours later!
Shen Lang appeared in the crowd on the ground.
These should be the lowest level of the people. They wore thick cotton clothes and struggled to drag the sleigh. Step by step, they were dragged into the dome like animals.
Shen Lang also dragged a huge sleigh. The boulders on it weighed about two thousand pounds. He was the same as the other laborers, not moving faster or slower.
This group of people numbered in the tens of thousands, but it was not noisy at all. It was filled with an oppressive and despairing atmosphere.
This scene was a bit like the painting "The Haulers on the Volga River". Every laborer's eyes were numb, as if their eyes were completely frozen.
Mixed in with this group of slaves, Shen Lang arrived at a huge city gate.
This city gate was hundreds of meters tall and thirty meters wide. It was like a small mountain.
Moreover, the entire city gate was embedded in the dome. Anyone who wanted to enter the dome had to pass through the huge city gate.
And there should be four such city gates, north, south, east, and west.
This city gate passage was very long, a full two to three hundred meters. It was completely dark, one could not even see their fingers in front of them.
Around Shen Lang, there were laborers dragging the sleigh. They all breathed and had a heartbeat, but still, no one made a sound. In this passage, it was especially depressing.
Finally, the three hundred meter passage was completed.
Shen Lang entered the dome and entered Tiannan City.
Then …
He was completely stunned.
Previously, when he was in the distant mountains, he could not see clearly through the dome's energy shield. He could only see the densely packed houses.
But now …
Shen Lang was completely stunned by her beauty.
He did not expect that there would be such a gorgeous city inside the dome.
It was as warm as spring, with birds chirping and flowers fragrant. Moreover, the oxygen content was about ten percent higher than in the previous world, so he felt a little intoxicated.
This … this was simply a city of heaven, a city in the sky.
The city was densely packed with houses, dozens of stories, and some even higher.
Shen Lang was previously puzzled about how such a big city solved the food problem. So it turned out that they planted the food on the houses.
A house with dozens of stories was all farmland, which was equivalent to a land area that was dozens of times larger.
Moreover, the crops on these special farmland were different from the previous world. They were very similar to the ones in the ancient ruins of Mt. Vajra.
These were ancient crops that had been modified. They had astonishing yields and astonishing vitality.
Every house in the city was like a garden in the sky. Not only were there farmland, but there were also gardens, ponds, and even pastures.
Every corner of the city was filled with green trees and flowers that flowed like honey.
Shen Lang had already walked tens of thousands of miles. It was all a world of ice and snow. There were no traces of life, which made people think that human civilization had been destroyed.
Raging Tide City was deathly silent. Xuanwu City was deathly silent. Raging River City was deathly silent.
After passing through the endless cold and desolation, he entered Tian Nan City. It really felt like he had entered heaven.
Outside the dome was hell, and inside the dome was heaven.
… …
But this was also a city with a strict hierarchy.
The entire city was like a giant pyramid. The laborers were like gray animals, living at the bottom of the city.
And in the middle of the city, there was an incomparably huge pyramid. It was like a mountain, thousands of meters tall.
No, to be more accurate, the entire city was like a stepped pyramid. There were layers upon layers, and the highest point in the middle was the center of Tian Nan City's governance.
Every road in the city was guarded by nail-like warriors.
In the sky, one after another, the aerial army flew past, monitoring every place.
This city was very heavenly, but also very depressing.
Shen Lang carefully looked at the pastures. At first glance, it was strange. The pastures were actually on top of the houses. But upon closer inspection, he found that the cows and sheep in the pastures were like puppets. Their range of activity was no more than three meters, and most of the time, they were motionless, only eating the grass numbly.
And the strangest thing was that, as soon as the grass was eaten, it would quickly grow back, growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cows and sheep here were like the chickens in the KFC farm. From hatching to slaughter, it would only take about a month. For the entire life cycle, they would not move, only eating dully.
The laborers here were the same. Like countless ants, they worked mechanically. Their eyes were numb, and their movements were also numb.
Everyone in the city was like parts of a precision machine, operating according to some kind of order, as if they would not do anything extra.
How many people were there in this city?
Two million?
Three million? Or even more!
Just the army alone exceeded three hundred thousand.
Within his field of vision, the aerial army exceeded twenty thousand.
Not only that, Shen Lang also saw countless Dragon Power firing devices.
They were all different in size. The smallest was only four or five meters, while the largest was over a hundred meters.
There was also the Nightmare Stone Machine Gun, which could be found in almost every corner of the city. No matter which part of the city was in turmoil, it could be eliminated immediately.
The military power of this city was very powerful. The firepower that could be seen was more than ten times that of the Raging Tide City.
Although the city was very big, it was very quiet. Almost everyone had their own duties, but they did not look like intelligent people, but more like machines.
Shen Lang really suspected that they were machines because their steps seemed to be exactly the same, as if they were completely measured with a ruler.
But very soon, Shen Lang dispelled this thought.
"Dang, dang, dang, dang …"
In the center of the city, the sound of the bell on the thousand-meter-tall pyramid resounded throughout the city.
Then …
Everyone knelt down.
No matter what they were doing, no matter what identity they had, be it slaves, farmers, or the entire army, or even the cows and sheep, they all knelt down neatly toward the thousand-meter-tall pyramid in the center of the city.
"Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!"
"Long live the Great Jiang Empire!"
"Long live, long live, long live!"
A few million people put down all their work and shouted in unison. A few million people were like one person, there was no chaos.
Their voices shook the sky.
The entire process lasted for three minutes.
A few million people did nothing but kneel on the ground and shout 'long live' for three minutes.
Who was the Emperor they were shouting? It must be Jiang Li.
And it was no longer the Great Qian Empire, but the Great Jiang Empire.
After a full three minutes, the salute was over.
Everyone stood up and went back to their work. They were like robots, meticulous and meticulous.
Shen Lang's team dragged the snow sled into the city, and the work was considered done. Next, these resources were transported to a huge carriage, which was then transported to a certain location in the city through the rails.
This city actually had a rail train. It sounded very modern, but it looked very simple, as if it was an ancient mechanism in China. However, it was powered by the Nightmare Stone, and it was very advanced.
The tens of thousands of laborers that Shen Lang was with were immediately chased out before they could even enter the city.
Because they were gray animals, they were not qualified to enter the city. Next, they had to go out of the dome to transport the huge rocks and ice.
Moreover, their residence was not in the city, but in the underground cave at the edge of the dome. They were really like worker ants that could only live in their nest.
When they left the city, they would be given something. After eating it, their bodies would be boiling hot, and they would not feel the cold.
Shen Lang did not act rashly. Although he wanted to enter the city, to the top of the pyramid, to see who the ruler of this city of a few million people was, and if it was someone he was familiar with.
However, he still obeyed the order and followed the slaves out of the city to continue mining the huge rocks.
And at this moment, suddenly, a team of fully armed warriors appeared in front of him. Every one of them was wearing ancient armor, and they were all Special Warriors.
Had the heaven-defying Special Warriors from before become the standard now?
"Come here!"
Dozens of ancient Special Warriors surrounded Shen Lang, and brought him to a place where there was no one else.
"You're back?" The leader of the warriors whispered to Shen Lang.
Shen Lang was stunned, and then he nodded.
"Let's go, the governor wants to see you." The leader of the warriors said, "Follow me!"
Then, a snow eagle descended from the sky.
This was a huge black eagle, and there was a carriage on its back. Was this like a flying carriage?
Shen Lang followed the leader of the warriors into the carriage, and the huge black eagle rose into the sky, flying towards the top of the pyramid in the middle.
… …
A few minutes later, the huge black eagle landed on the top of the pyramid, which was a few thousand meters high.
From afar, this was just the top of the pyramid, but after landing, it was a complex of castle buildings.
This was the supreme ruling center of a few million people, and hundreds of thousands of troops.
The architectural style here was very similar to Jiang Li's ancient palace. Gray, oppressive, simple, and mysterious.
However, the countless houses in this city formed the shape of a huge pyramid, and there was no distinction between Chinese and Western.
Shen Lang was brought into a dark secret room, and he sat there quietly, waiting.
He waited for a whole two hours.
The sound of footsteps came from outside, and then a woman's voice sounded.
"The governor is not free, so he sent me to ask." This woman's voice was a little familiar.
"Yes!"
The door opened, and a woman walked in. She was wearing a long black dress, dressed like a black widow, and her back was facing Shen Lang.
"I trust you've been well since we last met …" The woman turned around and revealed a beautiful and familiar face.
It was actually … Xu Qianqian, Shen Lang's first wife!
It's really been a long time, a long time.
… …
Note: The idea took too long, and I only finished writing it around two o 'clock. I won't explain. I'll try my best to update it tomorrow at seven or twelve o' clock, and I won't be late. I'll think about it long in advance. Brothers with monthly votes, please vote for me. This ending plot is too difficult to write.
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