The number of practitioners in Yangcheng has increased again.

At night, when Lin Tuo confirmed this through the sand table, he felt no wavering in his heart.

This is as it should be.

As early as a few days ago, he had already speculated that as the number of Breathing Technique practitioners continued to rise and the attention involved in the Oasis and Pacific events subsided, the value of Breathing Technique would definitely be taken seriously.

The only question is how the higher-ups view it.

Now, the results are out.

The launch of the school curriculum is an extremely clear signal. According to experience, once the pilot is successful, it will definitely be promoted nationwide.

Of course, that will take some time.

As for why the student group was selected as the pilot, according to Lin Tuo's guess, firstly it was to facilitate data collection and management, and secondly, the data he obtained from the sand table observation showed that the young student group has far more advantages than other age groups in terms of spiritual practice.

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"On the contrary, this self-cultivation hall...could it be that the country already knows that physical exercise can speed up the absorption of ether?"

Lin Tuo thought secretly and decided to observe for a while.

In addition, an interesting discovery is that there is almost no news about the Yangcheng pilot project on the Internet.

In addition to some local group chats in Yangcheng, there are discussions in the community.

The outside world, major social media, and platforms have collectively silenced themselves, as if they are deliberately blocking news.

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In the next few days, Lin Tuo's life was very regular. Hua Xi had become familiar with the boxing rules, and Lin Tuo also began to gradually teach her some skills.

The study of magic books progressed steadily, and through this, he gained a clearer understanding of how to use the power of ether and the underlying principles.

This unexpectedly made his control of Huabingquan much more refined.

There is still not much news about cultivation on the Internet, but it has become a common practice in Yangcheng. Occasionally, when I go to the park, I can see many people meditating collectively.

Daily greetings have also evolved from "Have you eaten?" to "Have you practiced?"

Compared with the "calmness" of reality, things are changing with each passing day in the sand table.

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"The human race is expanding." In the early morning, when Lin Tuo came to the sand table and leaned down, he saw that the scope of human influence was further expanding on the northern and southern continents.

Originally, although the Terai Kingdom and other large and small countries had established a firm foothold, there were still a large number of places on this continent that had not been explored.

Especially remote mountains, forests, river valleys... If the plains belong to humans, then the vast forests will be the paradise of "Warcraft".

As humans evolve, the mutated beasts that were originally transferred there are also multiplying.

"Huh." Gently blowing away the floating clouds above the sand table, Lin Tuo glanced across the mountains and the land. Visible to the naked eye, the area of ​​several forests dominated by monsters began to shrink.

The size of human cities is expanding.

Of course, eternal war is inevitable in the process.

During Lin Tuo's brief observation, he saw gunpowder smoke everywhere and the flames of war filling the territory of the Terai Kingdom.

Opened the running log and flipped through it. As expected:

[In the year of the first year of the evolution of the world, the church headquarters of the Terai Kingdom was destroyed, and the religious power fell to the bottom. Within one month, the then king issued thirteen decrees to rebuild the church and weaken the religious authority. Countries in the northern continent followed suit...

…Following this, the religious authority was in name only and became a vassal of the royal power…]

[However, the rise and fall of a dynasty has its own destiny. The return of religious power created the final glory of the Terai Kingdom. After that, the old king became increasingly confused, the court was in chaos, the power of local lords rose, and external countries surrounded them]

[After the contemporary king ruled for thirty-eight years, he suddenly fell ill and died overnight. There was great chaos in the country. The Duke of the Southern Territory established himself and proclaimed himself a principality. Two years later, the Duke of the Eastern Territory and the Northern Territory joined forces to rebel and attacked the royal capital. The civil war began. It only took five years.

In the moon, the royal family was buried in the sea of ​​fire, and the Terai Kingdom was disintegrated]

[But the war did not end there. The collapse of the old dynasty meant the birth of a new dynasty. For the next eleven years, wars continued in the northern continent, and various kingdoms and principalities annexed each other.]

[In the process, the power of wizards gradually weakened, and the reduction of natural innate abilities finally made this force completely withdraw from the stage of history. Instead, it was the force of extraordinary beings who were based on cultivation methods and developed their spells into branches and leaves.]

[While the human wizards are disappearing, in the distant ocean, the sea tribe group that has gained the ability to practice is rapidly expanding]

[At the same time, the Southern Continent, which was originally chaotic, lacked a unified political power, and was full of families, began a series of changes. The Dingnan Li family, a descendant of the ancient floating apocalypse and inheriting the "ancient surname", rose. The head of the family at that time named himself Dingnan.

Wang, in eighteen years, swept across the Southern Continent, established a unified regime, controlled north-south trade, and opened treaty ports... The population of the Southern Continent expanded rapidly]

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[At the time of the changes in the political power of the northern and southern continents, between the two continents, in the Jiudalian Island area where extraordinary power was scarce, navigation and shipbuilding technology developed rapidly. Humanity's interest in the ocean increased day by day. The number of adventurers exploded, and each expedition ship was under the control of the local consortium.

With support, go deep into the ocean, expand your charts, search for islands and products... The Age of Navigation has begun]

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Lishan, in the study.

The sun was shining brightly in the early morning. Lin Tuo looked at the latest information about the "Age of Discovery" at the end of the operation log and was silent for a moment.

When he set his sights on Jiudalian Island, the "Zoom" function was turned on, and the entire sandbox continent quickly opened up. With nine large islands as the skeleton and hundreds of small islands scattered randomly, the area along the north-south axis suddenly became clear.

Lin Tuo looked at the large ports. Under the effect of time acceleration, like a time-lapse photography, cargo ships entered the port one after another. The densely packed dock workers worked day and night, like hard-working worker ants. Similarly, there were also

One after another, large ships headed towards the depths of the ocean without fear of death.

Many of them deviated from their routes, encountered storms, and sank on rocks.

Some of them turned back to the mainland before the supplies were exhausted.

But the overall trend is getting deeper and closer to the "border" of the sandbox.

"Sure enough... when technology develops to this stage, exploring the world is inevitable." Lin Tuo looked down at a ship that was the "fastest" and closest to the border.

With the acceleration of time, Lin Tuo was not sure how long it had been sailing, but it was already an extremely rare thing for him to observe it on a macro scale.

Without paying attention, he had already traveled to the depths of the Sea of ​​Storms and was about to reach the end of the world.

"No, we have to do something...at least, delay the time before they discover the boundaries of the sandbox." With the experience of Sandbox No. 1, Lin Tuo did not dare to be careless about this.

After thinking about it, he slowly leaned over and blew hard towards the edge of the sandbox and the isolation cover area.

Because there is no acceleration of the closing time, this breath inside the sandbox is enough to set off a storm that will last for years or decades.

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Deep in the Pacific Ocean, a huge black box is quietly embedded in the surface of the earth, covering the sea surface and sealing off large areas under the ocean.

It is so quiet that it is as silent as the islands around it that have existed for thousands, tens of thousands, or even longer years.

However, just inside the black box, facing east.

On the boundless ocean, there is a weather-beaten ship, sailing unswervingly towards the "border".

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"Boom!"

The climate on the ocean is always strange and changeable, especially in the storm sea.

One second it may be clear skies, the next second it may be overcast with clouds.

At this moment, the sky was covered with dark clouds. On the sea, strong winds were raging, electric snakes flashed, and turbulent waves rolled. There was darkness between heaven and earth, as if even the sea water had turned into gray mud.

On the sea, a weather-beaten ship was rocking violently with the waves.

Its masts have all been lowered to minimize the impact of wind, and only the navigation light fixed on the top of the cabin emits the last glimmer of light.

On the deck, the first mate fixed himself with a rope, holding on to the handrail, looking frightened:

"Captain! There seems to be a hurricane belt ahead!"

"No, the climate in this sea area is too weird!"

"It would be too dangerous to continue sailing!"

The only people who could support this point were experienced crew members. Along the way, they encountered dangerous situations countless times. However, feeling the extremely violent storm in the sea ahead, even they felt fearful.

mood.

Return!

Must return!

If they go any further, their ship will probably be torn to pieces by the hurricane!

However, the "captain" standing at the front just held the fence tightly with one hand, his body fixed like a nail, and with his right hand, he pressed a monocular telescope on the sunken eye socket.

Through the lens tube, he could clearly see the huge tornado that stretched across the entire sea in the gray sky and earth ahead.

They come from nowhere, like insurmountable mountains, completely blocking the road ahead.

Even a powerful transcendent cannot move forward in this environment.

The most important thing is that according to his observations, this storm belt does not seem to be accidental, but continues to exist day and night, covering an extremely wide area.
To be continued...