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Li Mo's main focus was on the Atlantic Lostbelt and the Temple of the Crown of Time. As for the Nordic Lostbelt, he really didn't pay much attention to it.
Because the story is pretty ordinary.
It's enough to know the general idea.
The "Dragon's Remains" emerged from the shadows, and the shadow-transformed warrior swooped down from the snowy mountain, shouting a battle cry at the giants.
The giants and the "Dragon's Shadow" warriors trembled. A single shadow warrior is not as good as a giant, but the shadow warriors have the advantage in numbers. Wait for Li Mo to walk down from the snow and take the lives of the giants.
The heavy body collapsed on the snow, making a dull sound. The two humans were protected by the warriors created by the "Dragon's Shadow". Li Mo stepped forward and greeted: "Hello."
Later, it was the routine questioning. First, they introduced themselves. Li Mo learned the names of the two people. The male was called Gudmon and the female was called Doti. Both of them were from Village No. 14 and were just years old. They were companions and also husband and wife.
According to God's will, when a person reaches the age of twenty-five, he must leave the village.
Li Mo asked a lot of questions, most of which were about where you came from, where you were going, and what you were going to do. These two answered these down-to-earth questions very fluently.
The humans named Gudmon and Doti seemed to treat Li Mo as a royal envoy. They knew the answers to his questions but didn't say anything. When they occasionally asked questions, they would just shake their heads when they didn't know the answer.
"So, your destination is the junction of the Ice Mountain and the Fire Mountain?"
"Yes, Master."
"That place is indeed a place in the outside world where you can survive. But it is only a possibility."
"If we can't survive there, that is the fate God has arranged for us. We will face death and go to Valhalla," said Gudmund.
Li Mo could see that they had no fear of death, but were ready to welcome it.
The Nordic people have always been very relaxed about death.
Li Mo pinched his chin and said, "That's right, my destination is also there. I'll take you there."
"Thank you, Master Imperial Envoy."
The two seemed very happy.
Li Mo quickly drained the knowledge of these two people, and even asked a few children about it. For them, the village is the whole world. From birth to leaving the village, they have lived in the village all their lives.
The outside world is simply not suitable for survival.
No crops can grow on the snow. Even photosynthetic plants cannot survive, let alone humans.
I took the two of them through the snow-capped mountains. In the depression between the snow-capped mountains and the volcanoes, there was a grassland. The cold snow-capped mountains and the hot volcanic mountains made the temperature here just right.
But... correspondingly, there are also many giant species here.
"It seems that the giants also like this temperature."
Standing on the iceberg, looking far ahead, one can see clearly that the two people next to him have calm expressions, without any despair.
According to their understanding, when they walked out of the village, they were equated with the dead, and every second they could live was a second.
Li Mo asked: "What are you going to do next?"
Gudmon and Doti looked at each other and said, "Keep going there."
They pointed toward the plain.
It's better to die there than in the cold snow.
Li Mo offered another option: "How about following me?"
Chapter 493: Settlement
Leader, Li Mo has held this position more than once.
The directors of Academy City are the leaders, and the priests of Naruto Grand Shrine are the leaders. Unconsciously, Li Mo has climbed to the top of the mountain. However, it is lonely at the top, and rights and responsibilities are often linked.
If possible, Li Mo really doesn't want to lead others, because there are too many concerns, and he can't be like a cold-blooded capitalist, ruthlessly exploiting everyone.
"First we need to find a place to settle down."
Li Mo couldn't bear to watch someone die. It would be fine if he didn't encounter it, but now that he has encountered it, he has the ability to save the other person. He can save the other person easily, so why not save the other person?
Saving them is not just about saving them from the giants. We also need to ensure that they can survive in the outside world... that is, food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Of these, clothing and transportation can be left aside for now. The key is food and shelter.
A residence is a safe zone. Human energy is not infinite, and it takes time to rest. Resting often means a decrease in vigilance, which means it is easy to be killed.
The purpose of a residence is to ensure that humans are safe when they rest.
Li Mo did not want to go far away. The grassland between the Ice Mountain and the Fire Mountain was a suitable location. But after repeated consideration, he took a step back and chose to find a good place on the snow mountain side to camp.
——Ice and snow are Skadi's power. Fire is Surut's power. Building there may cause a lot of trouble in the future.
As for the environment, that's not the point. As long as there is enough magic power, magicians can transform the environment. And Li Mo just has almost inexhaustible magic power.
His spiritual base mass was several tons. This meant that his magic power was extremely large. The second was the vitality brought by "pseudo-immortality", and he could extract the vitality and transform it into magic power. This meant that his magic power was inexhaustible.
Although he had never seen what a village looked like, Li Mo was able to create an environment suitable for human habitation.
The first thing to do was to enclose the land. But time passed and dusk came. Li Mo had no choice but to build a house first, and then spread the barrier with the house as the center.
The house was built with soil as the material. The temperature in the barrier was set to spring temperature, and both cold and heat were kept out. The ice and snow were melted, revealing the soil beneath the ice and snow.
Nightfall General, the two Lostbelt residents who had escaped death were already resting in the simple house. Because there was only one room, Li Mo stood outside the house with his hands behind his back, looking at the full moon in the sky.
The "Dragon's Shadow" was fully fired, an ability that only a giant dragon could possess. In his hands, it was like a black shadow army. The dark warriors and the giants continued to fight, and this situation lasted for an hour.
There must have been dozens of giants killed by him, right? Now the number of giants has become sparse, as if all the giants in the surrounding areas were attracted here and killed.
The bodies were piled up outside, forming small hills.
Such a scenery could not dissuade the giants. It was as if this small house was some rare treasure.
“Sure enough, is it the temperature?”
After constantly adjusting the barrier and trying again and again, I finally figured out why the giant rushed over like a possessed person. The answer was temperature.
They sensed something with heat and rushed over to destroy it. However, these giants had no intelligence of their own and acted on instinct like wild beasts.
When the barrier was adjusted and the temperature inside and outside the barrier became the same, the giants seemed to be blind and ignored this area.
The barrier itself has the function of blocking vision and so on. It can achieve invisibility to a certain extent. Because of this, after the barrier was set up, the group of giants rushed over like crazy, which confused Li Mo.
He touched his head: "What a hassle."
The matter of the giants was over, which meant that the housing problem had been solved. The next thing to do was to solve the food problem.
Li Mo checked Gudmon and Doti. They were just ordinary humans, unlike himself who could live without food or water. The food in the inventory could last for a long time, and that was what Li Mo brought to satisfy his appetite.
There is a lot of room in today's system. It doesn't cost money anyway, so why not use it?
But he still has to think about planting.
I really don't like living off my savings. Sometimes I really feel like a Pixiu, who only takes in money but never gives out.
It's not because of other reasons, but because we look to the long-term future. If we don't do agriculture well now, do we have to wait until the food runs out to do agriculture? People always have to look to the future.
So, I picked and chose from the techniques I had learned, and managed to piece together some techniques related to planting. Yes, agriculture is a topic that humans cannot avoid, so there are naturally mysteries in praying for the good growth of crops - in fact, they are huge.
Unfortunately, just like the so-called "gold refining", these techniques consume too much energy and are very expensive. If they are used for agricultural production, the cost will be far from being recovered. ——For magicians, especially modern magicians, magic power is an extremely precious resource.
Li Mo had no scruples. Magic power was not precious to him. It was only a matter of time for him to use a large amount of magic power to ripen crops.
As the sun rose, Li Mo squinted his eyes and looked at the farmland in front of him, where green seedlings grew. The crop he chose was potatoes, and he kept a lot of potatoes in his inventory.
Sometimes in another world, you can fire anytime and anywhere. I never thought that it would be useful in this way.
"Are you awake, Gudmon?"
"Greetings, Master Imperial Envoy."
Li Mo did not correct Gudmon's address, but asked him: "Gudmon, I have given you what you deserve. From now on, you need to complete your life here by yourselves."
"Are you leaving, Master Imperial Envoy?" asked Goodmon.
Li Mo saw a little light in the other person's eyes.
The other person was very innocent, just like a college student, with a clear and foolish light in his eyes.
Come to think of it, they don't have a complete education system at all. Everything is passed down by word of mouth and the guidance of the envoys. As for the envoys of the Valkyries, will they teach them additional knowledge?
the answer is negative.
From the conversation, we can learn that there are very few books in their village. In an era of scarce resources, making books is a difficult task.
Li Mo shook his head: "I'm going to look around."
In fact, after learning about the concept of the chosen day, Li Mo arranged for the shrine maiden Shikigami to take the warriors created by his "Dragon's Shadow" to other places to see if he could save other people.
The annual day of selection is a way for one hundred villages to consume their population. Li Mo also hopes to meet Fujimaru Ritsuka on this trip... If not, meeting Napoleon is also fine.
He needs to know the current time point.
Walking around makes it easier to wait for those shrine maidens and shikigami.
Chapter 494: Ophelia Farmsolone
The Nordic Lostbelt is the end of the world.
Supplies are scarce, cold weather is coming, and people are trying to survive in this extreme environment. If this isn't the end of the world, what else could it be?
This is the world that Ophelia Farmsolone sees for herself.
As a magician, they are far away from the lives of ordinary people. But it does not mean that they are completely isolated from ordinary people. The culture of ordinary people will spread to the magician group. This includes the fear of nuclear bombs in the last century.
If a nuclear war breaks out, the world will fall into the apocalypse. Nuclear radiation will treat everyone equally. However, the apocalypse does not only represent the world after a nuclear war.
Just like now, just like this Nordic Lostbelt.
The people living here are like lab rats, who are well protected for fear of being harmed. But when they reach a certain age, they will be abandoned.
The King of the Lostbelt, the Mother of the Nordic Countries, has given the best to mankind, but even so, the reality is cruel.
If they were ordinary people, they would speak up for justice. Such behavior violated their values, but they would also admit that this was reality. If they were crazy people...then they would probably become Skadi's enemy.
But for a magician, this behavior is nothing.
Humanity is something that magicians rarely have. True magicians never think that human nature is a good thing, they only think that human nature is useless and a hindrance.
Ophelia did more than that, she just watched everything with indifference.
"Swordsman, it's time for you to leave." Ophelia said to the empty room.