The Great Flood of the End of Time: Female Neighbor Comes to Borrow Food

Chapter 695 The Secret of the Longevity Method

"What exactly is the secret to immortality?"

Liang Yuan inquired about the other party.

But Jin Peng said, "When the level of life crosses another stage, your consciousness can be stored in your bloodline and inherited in the blood of your offspring."

"When the next flood comes and spiritual energy revives, these creatures with your bloodline will begin to awaken and cultivate, actively activating your bloodline, and your consciousness may awaken among them."

"Once a bloodline descendant awakens your consciousness, you can take over his body and live a second life."

"Although this method is cruel, it can indeed allow you to be reborn and escape the torment of time."

Liang Yuan was deeply moved by Jin Peng's words.

"Bloodline..."

His thoughts wandered; the golden roc before him was clearly not a modern person.

The bloodline he mentioned should actually be referred to as genes, in a strict sense.

Genes can be passed down to future generations.

If they could truly implant their consciousness into their genes, then it could indeed be passed on to the next generation.

Before the apocalypse of the flood, their supernatural energy was not visible, and their consciousness remained dormant.

Once the apocalypse of the flood arrives, supernatural energy will be revived.

When organisms begin to evolve, they activate various genes within their bodies.

So, while activating these genes, the spiritual consciousness of ancient superhumans like Jinpeng will also be activated.

This made Liang Yuan think of bayberries!
When Yang Mei first awakened her superpowers, the spiritual consciousness of the Goddess of Ice suddenly appeared.

Fortunately, I was present at the time and suppressed this consciousness using special means.

"and many more!"

"Goddess of Ice! Ling Yu Rong!"

Liang Yuan was startled and suddenly realized the connection between the two.

He didn't know before that the so-called method of immortality was achieved through genetic inheritance.

Therefore, he had not yet made the connection between the two.

But upon hearing Jin Peng recount the ancient methods of achieving immortality used by those with supernatural abilities, he suddenly became alert.

"Could it be that Ling Yurong is the Goddess of Ice?!"

He suddenly recalled the first time Ling Yurong saw him, she asked him in shock and anger.

Liang Yuan was puzzled at the time, wondering how the other person could say "it's you" when they had never met before.

Now that I think about it carefully, it's probably highly likely that Ling Yurong is the Goddess of Ice!
Her so-called method of achieving immortality should be the same as what Jin Peng said, which is achieved through genetic inheritance.

Unfortunately, Sister Mei was unlucky; her genes were awakened, and her consciousness was even unexpectedly activated!

Xing'er Mei is pregnant and has been neglecting her cultivation recently. I wonder if continuing to cultivate will strengthen Ling Yu Rong's genetic consciousness.

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately looked at Jin Peng and asked, "Then wouldn't the descendants become vessels? Don't they have any way to resist?"

Jin Peng's voice came through, sighing, "How could there be no way? In fact, this method of achieving immortality has many drawbacks."

"The first issue is the success rate of possession."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that our consciousness is passed down to our descendants through blood, and that it seems we can awaken as long as spiritual energy revives."

"However, if the descendants of the vessel have a strong enough spiritual consciousness and powerful enough strength, they can actually forcibly erase the consciousness that exists in our bloodline."

"But that's okay. Our consciousness is stored in our bloodline, and the bloodline can spread and be passed on to different descendants."

"If this won't work, there's always one that will."

"If we can find one person among countless descendants who can awaken our consciousness, then we have succeeded."

"Once we successfully awaken, we can retrieve our former consciousness from them and quickly improve our cultivation level."

"So this method of achieving immortality was actually the mainstream method in my time, and quite a few people used it."

Liang Yuan's face was gloomy. At this moment, he finally understood the principle behind this so-called method of immortality.

He also realized that Ling Yurong indeed harbored ill intentions towards him.

Even though she recognized him, she still pretended not to know him.

Inviting me to deal with my former enemy is a pretense; they probably want to harm me and steal my bayberries!

The thought of stealing the bayberries sent a chill down Liang Yuan's spine.

"Oh no, I've been away from Yangshan for so long. If Ling Yurong finds out, will she go to Yangshan to ambush and kidnap Sister Mei?"

Upon thinking about this, Liang Yuan couldn't sit still any longer.

He immediately stood up, grabbed Jinpeng's remains, and rushed towards his heart.

Jin Peng was confused, but dared not resist.

As Liang Yuan ran, he asked, "What did you mean when you said this skeleton wasn't yours?"

Jin Peng quickly replied, "I was active in the ancient times. After the Great Flood destroyed the world, in order to protect ourselves, we could only adopt the method of immortality and choose to be reborn to wait for the right time."

"Later, the human race had great figures like Yao and Shun who led humanity to rise. I could have awakened in this life, but I never expected that the owner of this body would be such a powerful person."

"After he awakened and became the Chosen One, he evolved into a giant water monster with a human body and a snake tail. He sealed my consciousness deep within his genes without destroying me, and simply trapped me inside."

“I can tell what he’s up to. He wants to use this part of my soul to lure my other awakened descendants to him.”

"Of course I won't fall for it, so I simply sealed myself again and fell into a deep sleep."

"I just didn't expect to wake up again at this time."

Liang Yuan was stunned. This Golden Roc sounds simple, but the time span it traversed is exceptionally long.

From ancient times to the present, he has probably outlasted five thousand years of history.

Liang Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Who is the owner of this skeleton? What's his name?"

"Yin Yu".

Liang Yuan frowned slightly. He recalled some historical myths and seemed to have never heard of such a person.

Liang Yuan then asked, "In which dynasty did he live?"

"Um, it should be the Shang Dynasty. When I woke up, I didn't have much information, and he noticed it." "It should be a dynasty called Shang, but I don't remember very clearly."

Liang Yuan was shaken. The Shang Dynasty, whose surname was Yin!

It seems like it matches up!

Liang Yuan never expected that the skeleton would come from the Yin-Shang period, a dynasty that is rarely recorded even in historical books, with only a few words circulating in various documents.

Archaeologists have discovered a number of bronze artifacts, which they speculate come from that era.

Especially the famous Sanxingdui archaeological site, which seems to be a well-known Shang and Zhou dynasty site.

Liang Yuan suddenly remembered a news report he had seen before the end of the world.

It is said that there has been another major discovery at Sanxingdui, with archaeological experts unearthing a bronze human figure with a snake's body.

Liang Yuan couldn't help but look at the skeleton in his hand again. It had a human body and a snake's tail, and it really did seem to resemble that era.

“Ancient priests erected monuments and statues; it is unlikely that they fabricated them out of thin air.”

“In that era, sculptures were mostly built based on one’s own religious totems.”

"Since priest statues with human heads and snake bodies appeared during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it is conceivable that such things may have actually existed at that time."

Liang Yuan suspected that during the Shang Dynasty, people with supernatural abilities were still active in front of the world, which is why those statues exist.

However, these facts are impossible to verify now, as they are too far in the past.

This is no longer something Liang Yuan needs to worry about.

He had already run all the way back to his heart.

Everyone had almost finished cleaning up, with only a tiny bit of golden blood crystal remaining in their hearts.

Liang Yuan urged everyone, "Everyone, hurry up, I have urgent business to attend to and need to leave."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sped up the moving process.

Jiang Ziyan walked over and asked, "What happened?"

Liang Yuan nodded slightly with a solemn expression: "Something has come up in Yangshan."

Seeing that he didn't say much, Jiang Ziyan knew that the matter was probably confidential, so she wisely didn't ask and just turned her head to urge everyone to speed up.

Liang Yuan then asked Jin Peng again, "Jin Peng, have you ever heard of Ling Yu Rong?"

"Ling Yurong?"

Jin Peng was taken aback, then said, "That name sounds familiar..."

Liang Yuan said, "This person is known as the Goddess of Ice, and resides in the Netherworld Ice Palace in the North Sea, calling herself the Lord of the Frozen Sea."

"The Lord of the Frozen Sea! It's her!"

Jin Peng exclaimed in surprise, then asked in shock, "She's awake too?"

"You know her?"

"Naturally, I recognize that she was once a chosen one active in ancient times, because she was given a human body and a fish tail, possessed the power of freezing, and could live underwater. When the world was destroyed by the flood, she had many followers."

"Many chosen ones believe that she is a person favored by the heavens, and that her abilities are very suitable for living in the flood."

"Even if the world were destroyed by a flood, she could still live well in the water."

How do you know her? Is she still alive?

Jin Peng immediately said to himself, "No, she must still be alive. If an old guy like me is still alive, how could someone as powerful as her die?"

"She also chose the path to immortality? Have you met her somewhere before?"

Liang Yuan was shocked. Sure enough, Ling Yurong was a famous superhuman in ancient times.

He took a deep breath, feeling increasingly unable to understand the world.

The world was destroyed by a flood, which was thought to be an apocalyptic natural disaster, but now people with supernatural abilities from ancient times have emerged.

They even created a method for achieving immortality through spiritual immortality, which allows one to parasitize offspring, pass on their spiritual will through genes, and live a second life.

He couldn't help but worry whether all the superhumans who have awakened now have the shadow of these ancient superhumans in their genes.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Jin Peng.

Upon hearing this, Jin Peng chuckled and shook his head, sighing, "How could that be? The first requirement for this method of immortality is that one's spiritual level must reach an extremely high realm."

"This alone has stumped many chosen ones; very few can cultivate their spirit to the point of immortality."

"Moreover, this method of achieving immortality is a closely guarded secret, and very few people know about it."

"When the flood destroyed the world, spiritual energy revived, and all living beings had the opportunity to awaken, ascend to the Dao, and become the chosen ones."

"Those chosen and possessed by the ancient heavens are ultimately a minority."

Hearing this, Liang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Therefore, it seems that not everyone will encounter such a situation.

He then thought that he was also a superhuman, but since he awakened his superpowers, he had not yet sensed any other spiritual consciousness within his body.

Strictly speaking, when Liang Yuan awakened his [Evolution] ability, he did indeed sense some images.

However, those images flashed by quickly and had no special meaning.

On the contrary, the scenes he experienced when he condensed the ice-attribute gene seed left a deep impression on him.

This is what he needs to be wary of.

Fortunately, the ice-attribute gene species is only a simulation of the Hundred-Change Demon Ape gene species, and is not a real ice-attribute gene species.

Therefore, he will not actually be affected by the genetic information within the ice-attribute gene species.

"Moreover, my Hundred Transformations Demon Ape gene was extracted from the system, not refined from the essence of other creatures."

"The system is designed to be absolutely secure."

Thinking of this, Liang Yuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

With my special abilities, there shouldn't be any hidden dangers.

It seems the most worrying situation is still with Yangmei.

Thinking of this, he looked at the hollowed-out ventricle of his heart and immediately said, "Everyone, pack up and go into the Sumeru Space immediately. We need to go back right away!"

(End of this chapter)