Chapter 929: Hainachuan, the true meaning of martial arts

Chapter 929: Hainachuan, the true meaning of martial arts

Chapter 929: The true meaning of martial arts

In the old capital, Aizen strolled on the streets. Unlike the dimness in the tribe, even though the sun in the sky was blocked, the neon lights in the city were still flickering.

Passersby also looked up at the sky with worry, but they didn't know what the numbers in the sky meant.

When the midnight bell rang, the numbers in the sky flickered again, from 72 to 71. Aizen saw several figures on the street turned into gray powder and floated into the sky with the wind.

In the old capital at night, poor humans sit in dark corners, curled up as if avoiding the neon lights, quietly waiting for their own death in the hustle and bustle.

Those who still have soul coins on them are still going on their revelry. The passing of souls and the numbers in the sky are nothing to them, because they know that they will reach the end one day, and before that, they might as well indulge in the revelry.

As it turned out, the Night Watch knew very little about the situation in the city-state. Aizen didn't know what the previous eras were like, but at least in this era, even the humans in the city-state could not escape the reckoning.

As the numbers jumped and disappeared, there were several elderly people who were extremely rare in the city. They were originally the senior executives of the Red Sun Company in the old city. It seemed that they came to inspect the city today, but they disappeared suddenly.

This means that not only the people in the city will be affected, but even the high-ranking officials directly under the rulers of this city will not be able to escape the disaster. This is a reckoning for all mankind.

This phenomenon made Aizen a little confused, because according to his previous analysis, monsters should not kill all humans, because they still need humans to provide them with meat and spiritual food.

But if this kind of erasure is carried out, there will indeed be some lucky people who will survive in the end. For example, if the day when the numbers change happens to be his birthday, then the change in his age will be inconsistent with the numbers in the sky, and he will be able to survive.

Or when the number returns to zero, babies who have just grown in the mother's womb and are subsequently delivered by caesarean section by humans or robots may also survive.

But these situations are extremely rare after all, and the vast majority of humans will perish in this kind of liquidation, just like a tribe once had a large population, but after the liquidation there may be only a dozen people survived, and after a long period of development it has grown again to the current size of several hundred people.

The Sword Keeper's pessimism is not without reason. With the current population of the tribe, they will not be able to survive this disaster. When the number returns to zero, the tribe will disappear.

And these bustling cities will fall into silence.

After all, the population base in the city-state is very large. The population of the old capital exceeds 200 million. Even if the number is reduced to zero, Aizen believes that it can still retain a decent population. However, it is unrealistic to develop again without a thousand years.

Aizen thought it necessary for him to take the risk and meet the...Old God of the Old Capital.

…………

In the tribe, no one disturbed Lu Li's residence.

He sat cross-legged on a rattan bed, his whole body seemed to be shrouded in the shadow of a furnace, and the sound of chanting seemed to be coming from his body.

Lu Li integrated the various martial arts he had learned along the way, constantly refining and creating new methods. Sometimes amazing martial arts were born, and various strange phenomena would appear on his body.

Lu Li had not been able to concentrate on immersing himself in the ocean of martial arts for a long time. In such a harsh environment, he entered a strange state, as if his entire spirit had turned into martial arts.

The magical thing is that what Lu Li was thinking about in his mind was not his martial arts, but every detail of his journey. The scenes of each mission world were vivid in his mind.

And what he saw and heard on the Continent of Compassion kept echoing in his mind.

In this half-asleep and half-awake state, Lu Li's efficiency in deducing martial arts was surprisingly high. New martial arts were born every second. Lu Li seemed to be comprehending the true meaning of martial arts.

It turned out that there was no need to collect so many advanced martial arts. He already had enough basic martial arts. By making different arrangements and combinations of these martial arts and using the martial arts furnace to deduce them, he could get completely different new martial arts.

And these new martial arts can be integrated and deduced with other martial arts to obtain new and unique martial arts.

Therefore, Lu Li actually already possesses an infinite knowledge base of martial arts. He can create all kinds of martial arts from the basic martial arts without having to run around looking for scrolls.

After realizing this, Lu Li deduced a variety of martial arts. He began to gradually understand that no matter how complicated and profound the martial arts were, they all originated from those simple and not complicated basic martial arts moves.

It's like a computer only needs 0 and 1 to create infinity, just like the Tao combines yin and yang to create all things.

The ultimate truth is not the complicated combination of combos, but is hidden in the ordinary punches and kicks that even mortals can do.

In this state, it only took Lu Li more than a month to deduce two SSS-level martial arts from scratch, allowing him to reach a state of both internal and external cultivation.

At this point, he had actually completed the requirements of the talent advancement task, but Lu Li did not stop and continued to deduce.

Originally, the level of his martial arts furnace could only deduce SSS-level martial arts at best. Going further up, he could not use the system of innate abilities to deduce, and there was no deduction option available inside the furnace.

But Lu Li was still deducing. He was not using the functions of the Martial Arts Crucible that the space had organized for him to deduce, but was using his own understanding to evolve the martial arts.

After all, the Martial Arts Crucible is his talent, and the space provides a menu just to facilitate the development and use of his talent.

There is no reason to say that if the space says it can't do it, then it definitely can't do it.

As for the so-called talent advancement, according to his last experience of advancing the limiter, Lu Li believed that in addition to the help of space, it was also related to his own transformation.

If the conditions are met, Lu Li believes that he does not necessarily have to return to the space to let Zhongyan help him awaken. He can break through the barriers by himself and complete the ultimate transformation.

Therefore, he has now abandoned the systematic function of the martial arts furnace and is deducing martial arts based on his own understanding. He lists the basic moves and principles of martial arts one by one, conducts deduction and verification, and compares them with the ten SSS-level martial arts he has mastered.

The sea embraces all rivers and will eventually merge into one. Lu Li wants to use everything he has learned to deduce his own skills and create his own system.

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a careful knock on the door, and after a while, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes.

He got up from the bed, but the strange phenomenon around him did not completely disappear. He saw the shadow of the martial arts furnace merged into his body. There was a martial arts aura rising and falling on his body, and at the same time, there was a sound of chanting coming from his body, which was very extraordinary.

Even while walking, Lu Li's deduction did not end. This was a sign that his martial arts furnace had begun to evolve. He was no longer restricted to a safe and quiet environment for deduction. In any state, Lu Li could always maintain the evolution of martial arts.

"Emily?"

After Lu left the door, he saw a familiar girl. The girl's hands had obvious calluses, which were the proof of her hard work, and the tears in the corners of her eyes were a declaration of sadness.

"Mr. Lu, grandpa has passed away."

Emily's voice was filled with tears. The feeling of losing her only relative was obviously a huge blow to her.

"He is a respectable elder."

Lu Li sighed. As the numbers kept decreasing, people began to be wiped out in the tribe. Ji Hong was the oldest, so he was naturally the first to be affected.

"Grandpa seemed to know that he would die, and asked me to give you this letter before he disappeared."

Emily took out a letter, which was something like parchment, rolled up and tied up, and Emily herself had not read it. Lu Li took the letter and opened it. There was only a short line of small words on it, "I am willing to believe that you are the Human King."

Lu Li tightened his grip on the letter and hugged the crying Emily. "Your grandfather has done everything he could, and I believe that the human heritage will not be cut off."

At this time, there were cries everywhere in the tribe. Some were expressing sadness for the death of Elder Ji Hong, while others understood the meaning of the numbers in the sky and felt fear and despair.

Aizen told Lu Li about the city-state in the group chat a few days ago. He tried to stop that force from wiping out humans, but he had no idea where to start and was unable to fight back.

Lu Li would not tell Emily that in fact his divine consciousness had been paying attention to Ji Hong. He still used his soul power to try to fight against that invisible force of obliteration.

The soul is indeed a special power. It can really capture and collide with the special law of annihilation that befell a person. However, Lu Li's current strength is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot when facing that distorted existence.

He tried, and then he failed, so Ji Hong disappeared in front of Emily.

"Will we disappear like my grandfather?"

Emily's body was shaking.

“Maybe, but it’s not over yet, and I believe there is still hope in the future.”

Lu Li stroked Emily's head and looked at the terraced fields on the hillside in the night. "They are just like new sprouts that are growing vigorously under your care."

Emily seemed to cheer up. Living in such a world, she was definitely not an ordinary girl. She was much stronger than the average person. She wiped her tears and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lu. I will grow the first crop for mankind."

With the passing of the elder, the sun had not risen for a long time, the chill grew deeper, and the people in the tribe became increasingly silent in the following days, the sad atmosphere lingering.

However, everything is just beginning.

When the number in the sky jumped to 50, the middle-aged people in the tribe also drifted away one by one in the wind. It didn't take a few days for people to go from being terrified at first to slowly being relieved.

In the city-state where Aizen is located, the streets are no longer as crowded as before, and the air seems to be a little fresher.

Whether in city-states or tribes, people began to hug each other for warmth as the weather became increasingly cold.

On the terraced field, Emily's little feet stepped into the soil and she pulled back as if she had been electrocuted, "It's so cold..."

"I can tell from your lack of exercise, why don't I feel cold?"

Nia was turning over the soil in the field, like a bear digging the ground, working hard.

"You are a holy enlightened being, how can I compare with you?"

Emily muttered something, then gritted her teeth and endured the cold as she walked downstairs. She wanted to see if the new pearl sprout had grown taller.

"It's really weird, why can't I grow it? How did you do it?"

Nia looked in Emily's direction, pointing to the sprout of the golden breadfruit tree that Emily was taking care of.

The rice he had planted before had died long ago, and since then he had planted several batches of other crops, which also died, so he could only keep turning the soil over and planting new seeds.

"I don't know either, but my grandfather said that only by having hope can the seeds sprout. Maybe it is the result of my prayers."

Emily squatted in front of the sapling with a smile on her face. After her grandfather died, she regarded the sapling in front of her as a symbol of hope. Even if she would die one day, she hoped that this sapling could grow into a towering tree and bear fruit.

"Hopefully."

Nia came over and sat down on the edge of the terraced field without any concern for the dirtiness. "This word sounds really beautiful, but it's a pity that it can't be eaten as a meal. I thought I would be able to eat something delicious soon."

Emily did not debate with Nia, but just smiled and asked him, “Brother Nia, why do you want to leave the city? I heard from Mr. Lu that you are still a senior executive in the city.”

"Why are you asking this?"

Nia reached out to her chest and felt around, only to find her pockets were empty.

"Mr. Lu said that Big Brother Nia left the tribe because he had inappropriate thoughts about the weird, but I think Big Brother Nia is a very good person. Although he likes to curse people, it shouldn't be that weird, right?"

Emily asked in confusion. Lu Li had previously explained why Nia wanted to join them in order to appease the tribe's people, but Emily didn't know what the strange "unreasonable thoughts" were.

"Fuck, is Lu Li that guy so rude?"

Nia cursed, her face looking a little unnatural in the darkness, "Don't listen to him, I'm not like what he said."

"Why did Brother Nania live in the tribe?"

Emily asked curiously. In the past, Nia often went out with Lu Li and others to hunt monsters, but this time when Aizen went to the city, Nia did not go either. It seemed that Nia just wanted to stay in the tribe.

Nia touched his chest again, but still felt nothing. He sighed, "I just envy your lifestyle. If I were born here, maybe everything would be different."

“Although there are many hardships in the city, Brother Nia is so capable, he shouldn’t starve, right?”

Emily was puzzled.

Nia was in the veil of darkness, with a heavy expression on her face. "Actually, I have a very good mother, and I had a happy childhood worth remembering..."

"Mother?... I almost forgot what my mother looked like."

Emily also had a nostalgic look on her face. "I just remember that she was very beautiful, very gentle to me, and she even made a small purse for me."

"When I was young……"

Nia opened her mouth in the darkness, but was interrupted by a roar before she was halfway through her words.

Ah Huo's fat body jumped down from the basin, and Lu Li had arrived beside them without them noticing.

"Let's talk about setting a flag later. The army of monsters and humans is coming to attack us."

Lu Li said in a serious tone, it seems that the gods feel that directly wiping out humanity is too merciful.

(End of this chapter)