Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 57: Questioning the Heart (Added for "Spiritual Starry Sky Fish", thank you for the reward)

"I don't know how many people Chengcheng has to take care of."

"It shouldn't be much. He only has one sister, and she married someone from another place."

Yu Shuaikang thought for a moment and replied.

After a while, a "gurgling" sound came from the iron pot, and the meat porridge was cooked.

Li Mu casually made two sets of tableware, and the two of them drank porridge while looking down through the window.

After the Ice Age, the sun's brightness decreased to the point where the moonlight was no longer bright.

In the past, on the way home, no matter where the car went, I could always see human buildings with lights on, like guiding lighthouses.

Now, with the faint starlight, the two could only see the shadowy buildings below hidden in the thick darkness, like monsters hiding in the shadows.

"Go to sleep first. I'll wake you up before my energy runs out."

Li Mu finished the last bite of meat porridge and said to Yu Shuaikang.

"Okay, remember to call me later."

After Yu Shuaikang agreed, he lay down and closed his eyes to rest.

While controlling the windmill, Li Mu began to ponder the meaning of life.

Since the establishment of Wanling City, Li Mu has been busy and always feels that there are endless things waiting for him every day.

Whenever I have a little free time, I start studying plants. Although it is tiring, it is also fulfilling.

Once upon a time, he only had to work eight hours a day, and his job was just typing on the keyboard. Occasionally, he could be lazy and smoke a cigarette while going to the toilet.

However, even so, he still felt exhausted and weak after get off work every day.

Dinner is usually the same old takeout, followed by playing games online with friends, seeking short-term happiness in this way.

As the days went by, he still had no clear ideas about his ideals and pursuits. Sometimes he thought of his aging parents and felt filled with guilt.

However, when his parents called him to urge him to find a girlfriend, he felt that his parents were annoying and that they simply could not understand the life pressure that his generation was under.

With a salary that has not changed for decades and very little savings, how can he find a partner?

How can parents know how expensive it is to date nowadays? A meal costs hundreds, a handbag costs thousands, and holiday red envelopes cost thousands.
If you are lucky enough to get married, you will need a house, a car and a dowry.

But parents cannot understand that love in their generation was not mixed with so many material things.

Moreover, as long as they worked hard, they would basically be rewarded. Unlike the era he lives in now, ordinary people may not be rewarded no matter how hard they work, and they may even say that they are not ambitious enough.
Complex thoughts swirled in Li Mu's mind as he recalled his life after the end of the world.

Why am I still able to persevere even though I am obviously busier and more tired than before?
Maybe, it’s because of “hope”!

His original intention of establishing Wanling City was not only to recruit some subordinates and build his own power, but also because he believed that he had the ability to protect more people while ensuring his own survival.

Li Mu thought that he was not a saint, but he could barely be considered a good person.

He remembered a sentence he had read before: The greatest heroes serve their country and their people!

He couldn't be like the protagonist in the movie, who did his best to save others even when he was poor and couldn't even pay the rent.

Today, his life is already good, and if he only pursues pleasure, he can easily join a large force and live an almost carefree life with his abilities.

However, Li Mu was unwilling to do so. He could not watch his compatriots die in the cold and hunger. Looking at the dark land, Li Mu suddenly had an idea in his mind, and he knew how to search and rescue the survivors.

In the past, he always took the initiative and sent hunting teams to search for survivors in houses that had once been inhabited. This was a wrong idea.

When doomsday approaches, ordinary people often choose to hide because they cannot tell whether the people looking for them are here to save them from danger or to covet their scarce survival resources.

To make the survivors believe in the City of All Spirits, all we need to do is give them "light" and "hope".

Sunshine is the first messenger that brings hope to mankind every day. Especially in cold winter days, people prefer to call it "warm sun".

If he could create a plant with similar effects to the sun, it would undoubtedly attract survivors to come and seek shelter spontaneously, and the population problem of Wanling City would be solved.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was nine o'clock in the evening. Li Mu sensed that the first batch of clovers had reached its limit.

He immediately waved his hands and created a new batch of clovers in the sedan to replace the previous ones. Then he continued to think about what plants could be as warm and bright as the sun.

Five hours passed like this, and Li Mu changed another batch of clovers. At this time, there was very little source energy left in his body, and he was very tired.

Then he woke up Yu Shuaikang who was still sleeping, and the two began to take turns.

"Old Li, take a good rest. I don't know how long the energy in my body plus these crystal cores can last. I will wake you up in time if anything happens."

Yu Shuaikang spoke to Li Mu with sleepy eyes, then suddenly stuck his head out of the window. A gust of cold wind blew past, and he woke up instantly.

Li Mu didn't say much. He sat cross-legged and began to practice the dragon blood tree breathing method. For him, practicing was equal to rest.

Yu Shuaikang operated the windmill and continued to move southward. When he encountered mountains, he climbed them. When he encountered rivers, he crossed them and enjoyed the scenery.

Two more hours passed and Li Mu slowly opened his eyes. The fatigue caused by controlling the Wind Wheel for ten consecutive hours had been completely recovered, and his source energy had also recovered by nearly half.

"You woke up so soon?"

Yu Shuaikang looked at the sober Li Mu and asked in surprise.

"I can practice instead of sleep, and my energy will recover faster, but my source of energy has not yet fully recovered.

So don't even think about being lazy, you still have to continue controlling the windmill."

Li Mu looked at Yu Shuaikang and teased.

"No problem, I can still hold on!"

Although Yu Shuaikang still held the root of the clover in his hand, he still raised his right hand and patted his chest to assure, and then asked, "How long will it take us to get there?"

"According to the speed of the wind carriage, we should be halfway to home now.

If nothing goes wrong, we will arrive at Fuli City Government tomorrow afternoon."

Li Mu silently calculated the time and told Yu Shuaikang the result.

“Although it’s not as fast as the high-speed rail, it’s still pretty fast.”

"Look down there. There are some unique sights during the Ice Age."

After Yu Shuaikang expressed his emotion, he nodded and motioned Li Mu to look down.

Although everyone wants to be A-Zu, if the apocalypse really breaks out, I still think it would be better to have more extraordinary people who are willing to help others, because most people may be the ones who are saved.

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(End of this chapter)