Most people in the city that never sleeps did not know what happened on this winter morning. The news of "Shan Hai"'s death spread quickly, and the royal court held a grand funeral for him.

This body that should have died long ago finally lay in the cemetery under the moon tree and found its true rest.

Time is still accelerating on the Moon Sea Continent.

But a ethereal consciousness has crossed an infinite distance and returned to its true body.

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Lishan, in the study.

When Lin Tuo's consciousness returned, he experienced brief but clear dizziness and pain. Before he even opened his eyes, Hua Xi's anxious call came to mind in his ears:

"Lin Tuo! Lin Tuo! Lin Tuo!"

Well, didn't you call me teacher... I called them all by name... no matter how big or small they were. In addition, there seemed to be an inappropriate murmur next to me speaking Chinese bb:

"So his name is Lin Tuo, what on earth is going on?

He's not dead, he's still angry. You howled so hard that my head hurt, tsk tsk, but it's interesting to say that he's not in a vegetative state anymore. You've bitten him and bled.

It can't even move, I think it's useless.

Hey, I said, why don't you let him sleep? If he wakes up, I won't beat you..."

"Go away! Shut up!" Hua Xi yelled.

"Okay, I'll shut up... Hey, his eyebrows seem to be moving." Hathaway's voice rang out.

Lin Tuo, whose dizziness finally faded away, also opened his eyes.

In the field of vision was the familiar study room, and in front of him was Hua Xi with an anxious look on his face, and Hathaway, a tiny little girl flying in the air.

"Teacher Lin, you're awake!"

Seeing Lin Tuo regaining consciousness, Hua Xi's face instantly showed a look of surprise. On her delicate face, her mouth full of blood opened into a smile... It was quite ferocious.

"How long have I slept?" Lin Tuo asked.

Huaxi glanced at the mobile phone next to her and said:

"It's five minutes overtime. I followed your instructions and called you when the time came, but you didn't wake up."

Sure enough... Lin Tuo was not surprised. When he retrieved his memory, he judged that it was most likely a timeout.

Thinking about it, he nodded, then looked at his body and found that, as expected, his entire chest and right arm were covered in blood, and his clothes were torn.

The skin and flesh were split open and blood was flowing out. Huaxi's hands and mouth were also covered in blood.

Seeing this, he frowned slightly.

Seeing this scene, the little girl looked anxious and hesitantly explained:

"I don't think you're awake, so I have to keep attacking...or, if it doesn't work, you can bite me back."

As she said this, she actually stretched out her snow-white forearm.

Lin Tuo took a look and was really moved. After all, Huaxi's blood can heal wounds. But just thinking about it, he immediately endured the pain and said with a smile:

"It's okay, you did very well, very well."

Hearing the compliment, Huaxi was not so nervous now, but still bit her lip and said, "But your injury..."

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Tuodao then tried to carefully sense the body, consume ether, and repair it - changing the shape of the body to a certain extent. This is one of the abilities gained after entering the "inhuman realm".

As his thoughts turned, his blood quickly stopped flowing, the wounds scabbed, healed, and the cells grew and wriggled.

It only took a few minutes, and only some faint marks were left on the original large wounds. I believe that after a while, even the marks will not be left.

"Ah." Hua Xi was startled, wondering how this ability was so similar to his own. He didn't know what it would take, and whether he would be very hungry after recovering from his injuries.

Thinking about it, she asked tentatively:

"How about I heat up the leftover meal from last meal?"

Lin Tuo didn't answer. The two dark eyebrows above his closed eyes moved. After a moment, he opened his eyes and said:

"No, I need to clean up. You can go back first."

Hua Xi glanced at him, hesitating, and after a moment she said, turned around and walked out slowly, seeming a little disappointed.

However, Lin Tuo had no intention of caring about her mood changes at the moment, or even cared at all. After giving instructions to Hua Xi, he looked at Hathaway and said, "You also go out."

"Hey, I have something to tell you..." Hathaway said, holding her shoulders.

But he was interrupted by Lin Tuo: "Is it urgent? Let's talk later. You go out first."

Hathaway glanced at him in surprise, a little confused, but didn't say anything.

The whole person flew back into the crystal ball with a bang, and then rolled out along the floor with the crystal ball like a hamster on a running wheel.

When there was only one person left in the study again, Lin Tuo stood up with a strange look in his eyes and went straight to a mirror in the corner of the room.

In the mirror, his clothes were stained with blood.

Other than that, there are no other differences.

only……

Lin Tuo suddenly raised his blood-stained right arm, his palm facing himself.

As soon as he thought about it, an astonishing scene appeared. On his palm, little golden lights suddenly lit up under the skin, and they were connected by weak light, as if they were a simple "net".

Or, a simple pattern.

It covers the entire right hand and has a tendency to spread further up the arm.

"This is... a meridian?" Lin Tuo was confused.

It should be noted that this was something that had not happened before. It was not until he tried to sense the body that he discovered the new change.

"The meridians in my hands seem to be lit up somehow? No, this process is also consuming ether... I have obviously repaired the injury, but the ether is still being lost... gathering here..."

After asking the sand table in his mind, Lin Tuo also confirmed the fact that the ether in his body was decreasing.

At the same time, he could clearly feel that a qualitative change seemed to be taking place in his right hand... and this scene reminded him of the training process of a martial artist from the ninth level to the first level in World No. 3...

"Does it mean that my body continues to strengthen? Why? There was no change ten minutes ago. The only difference is this year..."

Lin Tuo's eyes flickered, his thoughts flashed, and his mind was clearer than ever before:

"Is it some kind of change caused by the year I lived in the Moon Clan... But I borrowed the body of Shanhai, and I have never practiced cultivation..."

At this moment, looking at the meridians lit up in his palm, Lin Tuo had a vague guess:

"Perhaps, the method of post-inhuman evolution is hidden here."

…

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at the same time.

Earth, Northwest China, Oasis Research Base.

As winter approaches, the weather turns colder, and even the oasis becomes a bit more desolate.

Inside the base.

Outside a certain house.

"Director Qi." When Mr. Qi Liang arrived, he heard the voice of a young researcher waiting at the door.

The person in charge of the temporary affairs of the base nodded, with a serious and tense expression on his slightly tired face, and asked hurriedly: "Has Academician Zhou arrived?"

"Already arrived."

"good."

Qi Liang nodded, then dragged his slightly heavy legs and opened the door with complicated emotions.

Since the Stargate disappeared a few days ago, the research focus of the entire base has shifted to the videos, photos and samples collected by the five people who landed on the moon.

The most important thing among them is the pattern described on the "Forest of Steles of Alien Civilizations".

Originally, when they first saw the pattern, Qi Liang and other researchers speculated that it might be a totem or text from an extraterrestrial civilization.

But then, the practitioner named Li Tai from Yangcheng "accidentally" found the correct method of "decoding" and "interpretation":

When practitioners try to recall, reproduce, and outline the corresponding patterns in their minds, a certain amount of spiritual energy will be consumed and some wonderful effects will occur.

For example, you can "see" and "hear" some images and information, thereby mastering some knowledge related to practice.

For example, obtaining an almost instinctive, but obviously beyond the existing scientific system, a "magic"-like effect...

Combined with the "Star Gate" only practitioners can pass through... everything seems to be clear.

Those "inscriptions" are clearly related to "cultivation".

Therefore, during this period, the Oasis Base frequently contacted and tested the "cultivation"-related departments in the capital, and as more "inscriptions" were interpreted.

This has revealed the tip of the iceberg of a possible "cultivation" civilization.
To be continued...