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Old Cat remembered the serious matter at hand and said solemnly, "This...act of extracting energy, how much longer must it continue?"

"Ah, it needs to last until the Ascension Ceremony is over. I have to stay here, otherwise the Opium poppy will act up again, and the Conch will also be in danger," Lu Yuan said helplessly, "By the way, how is the Sha Li Clan doing?"

"Many died this time, social order has collapsed..." Old Cat said, "Our village is still somewhat okay, but the more distant villages are left with only those a little stronger in soul power, barely alive."

"Adding them all up, there's just over ten thousand people..."

"They've started rioting as if it's the end of the world, and are preparing to raid our village!"

"What?" Lu Yuan was stunned for a few seconds, and the Tree of Life shook a bit.

Under the drive of hunger, should the robbery of food be subject to legal judgment?

The question was complex...

Even within Earth's civilizations, there were many debates.

Many countries stipulate that as long as it doesn't involve murder or arson, stealing some food is usually considered a minor violation, rather than a serious robbery crime.

Lu Yuan and the people of the Sha Li Clan also shared some affection, finding it unbearable to witness this civilization destroy itself.

"What do you plan to do?"

Old Cat said earnestly, "I want to maintain order first."

"Minor offenses can be forgiven, but serious crimes cannot be excused."

"We need to gain superiority in armed forces to suppress the rioting, do you have any way to help?"

Lu Yuan was currently tied up and couldn't go into battle.

He thought for a moment, then extended a green vine from the ground, carefully avoiding those "thudding" pulsating flower buds.

This area was less than a kilometer away from the sewer.

In a moment's work, the vine had reached into the sewer.

Under the astonished eyes of four Sha Li people, the vine gently slashed, opening the Storage Space.

A few rifles fell out.

"Sha Mo, this is Lu Yuan."

"Take care of these weapons, and after you go back, stabilize the village. I'm still struggling against the monsters right now and can only leave if I win."

"Mr. Lu... you're still alive... that's great!!"

"Everyone said you were dead, only I believed you were still alive!"

The young man seemed to have found his backbone, suddenly feeling exhausted, and leaned against the sewer wall.

Initially, when he was delirious, wanting to rush into Sky City, Lu Yuan had given him an orange, stabilizing his spirit.

The taste of that orange...

Was still fresh in his memory to this day!

Since then, he had become a loyal supporter of Lu Yuan.

The other three also showed expressions of ecstasy, picking up the rifles from the ground: "The monsters haven't died yet!"

"It's all thanks to Lu the Brave."

They had seen Lu Yuan demonstrate the power of these weapons, which were very powerful.

As long as they could hit their targets, if not fatal, they would still cause injuries.

But the armed force of a few guns was actually not enough.

After all, those rioters had cultivated the Extraordinary Spark, each with thick skin and flesh.

Lu Yuan then took out a Small high gun and a box of explosives.

He also took out more than half of his stored food, things like rice and wheat, everything was there, amounting to roughly two tons. Explore stories at My Virtual Library Empire

"Ah, all this is for you. Although it won't be enough to last a few days either."

Old Cat still felt insecure: "Do you have anything else?"

"You'd better come up with a token or show yourself for a bit; everyone is losing faith in surviving."

In the desert, hope is even more precious than water.

Now, with the people of the Sha Li Clan disheartened, they desperately needed a leader to guide them—even if that leader was a foreigner, it didn't matter!

Lu Yuan was in a dilemma, pondering for a moment before an idea struck.

With the considerable evolution of the Tree of Life these days, more functions have appeared.

Especially the part that was grafted with the Opium poppy tree, it allowed the Tree of Life to use the Opium poppy tree's abilities to a certain degree!

And the Opium poppy tree has a total of four abilities: Field·Confusion, Dream Control, Soul Seizing, and Splitting Substances.

Among them, "Dream Control" is a profound and vast ability. The Green Grass People transformed it into the Green Grass Paradise.

And Splitting Substances is an important expression of the Opium poppy tree's combat power.

Each fruit could transform into a man-eating monster—after all, the Opium poppy tree was also an evil presence at first. A very long time ago, the Green Grass People conquered it through a large-scale war, only then was it transformed into what it is now.

Lu Yuan stimulated the Tree of Life, growing a humanoid fruit—a clone that was currently a "splitting" from him.

The clone carried a part of his consciousness as well as the energy of the Eternal Spark.

It could roughly bring out about thirty percent of his own strength.

"Wait a moment, it will probably need another five minutes," Lu Yuan felt a bit exhausted. In just a moment, his spiritual power had been drained.

Old Cat examined the Tree of Life a few times, "The abilities of this clone of yours are quite good."

The potential of this tree was indeed huge, it's just that the cultivation cost was a bit high... aside from Lu Yuan, who was such a big dog, which civilization could afford to nurture it?

"What about the food problem? It can't all depend on my tree, right?" Lu Yuan asked again. He was somewhat grieved; the Life Essence he had so difficultly accumulated, was it going to be used to bring ordinary rice to life?

Old Cat said, "We have observed that Sky City can pick up animal corpses... that can last us a while. Otherwise, how about you make a few more clones to help us search?"

"Do you think it's cabbage, to bring a clone to life, I need to rest for several days! Damn... Alright, I'll think of something for you."

Lu Yuan was helpless.

This was... the extinction of more than half of their kind?

Survival and development were really too difficult in this world.

"What about the Undying Giant Turtle?"

"It mixed into one of the flower buds and can't be found for the moment... Anyway, it won't die, let's not worry about it for now."

Taking advantage of the "humanoid clone" still growing, Old Cat suddenly changed the subject and asked a very strange question.

"The surviving Sha Li Clan, the proportion of those with Divine Skills is quite high, maybe there are two or three hundred people... I don't know what you are planning?"

"I... What can I plan?" Lu Yuan was confused.

"Do you think race is important?"

"Important... yet not that important... it depends on how well we get along." Lu Yuan truly thought this way, as he and Old Cat, the conch, the turtle, were all not from the same species.

Old Cat was silent for a moment: "This civilization is actually the same species as humans, and they haven't yet formed concepts like 'nationality' nor do they have a long-standing cultural heritage."

"They only have some simple ancestor worship, and it's not too superstitious."

"In other words, the difficulty of integrating them into humanity is actually not high..."

Lu Yuan slowly began to understand what it was trying to convey.

Old Cat continued over the radio: "Does this Sky City still have a chance to rise again?"

"If you are all by yourself, your productivity isn't high enough, and there are many things you simply cannot do."

"If the Sha Li Clan join in, then there might be a possibility for the city to rise again."

"Are you suggesting I become the local Emperor here?" Lu Yuan was stunned, "How could the city possibly rise again?"

This was a solution he had never even considered!

"Why couldn't it?"

"Such a huge city, there must be some intact equipment."

"How much material can you carry by yourself, can your Storage Space ability compare to a city? Can you take the Opium poppy tree with you?"

"Driving Sky City back to the human world will be more efficient than you traveling on foot, won't it?"

"Think about it, how many years did it take you to cross this desert? A full three years... and that's just one desert."

"Having a city as support would make things much simpler!" Old Cat spoke out a series of points, seemingly with forethought.

It paused for a moment: "And managing more than ten thousand survivors isn't that complicated."

"Those children, just with education for one or two generations, will become humans."

"Of course, if you don't want to, just let them fend for themselves... I won't object."