Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty One – An Insane Idea (2/2)

It seemed that he had to search for a method on his own.

The strange corpse was extraordinarily intelligent. After a moment of thought, he understood what Zuo Mo had meant. He said with a nod, “Your techniques are extremely complex and varied, far surpassing us.” He then asked in puzzlement. “There is only one reason that required these techniques have become so complex, ling energy has become rare. Is the ling energy outside very thin right now?”

“Was the ling energy of your time very dense?” Zuo Mo asked curiously.

“In our time, we never had to consider ling energy. All beings naturally knew how to absorb ling energy, this is an innate ability,” the strange corpse said.

“As expected.” Zuo Mo knew the answer and was not very shocked. Resources would run out in the eventually. After tens of thousands of years of use, even the most plentiful resource would not have much left.

The strange corpse said, “I understand. No wonder I feel you are all weak. So ling energy has become rare.” He murmured. “Yes, it has been so long.”

He suddenly raised his head. “How many races are there now?”

“Races?” Zuo Mo’s face was puzzled.

The strange corpse’s grey eyes stared at Zuo Mo. “There has to be living beings that don’t look the same as you.”

Zuo Mo said assuredly, “You mean the yaomo?”

“Yaomo?”

“Yao races are mostly born from the essences of flora, and mo from wild beasts. We are human.”

The strange corpse was silent for a moment and then said, “So that’s how it is.”

Zuo Mo did not know what the strange corpse’s “so that’s how it is” meant. He asked curiously, “Did you have yaomo in your time?”

The ancient era was too distant from the present, and there were pitifully few records about the ancient era. Everyone was very curious.

The strange corpse shook his head and said, “In our time, there were only beings, there were not many differences in appearances. All beings could change their appearances at will. The human race is one of those beings, but there was nothing different about them, and they were very weak.”

“Weak?” Zuo Mo’s eyes widened in disbelief.

The human species was weak, how was that possible? The number of jie humans now inhabited was almost the equal to the yao and mo combined. In terms of powerful people, the number of xiuzhe also far surpassed yaomo.

In Bloody Sky Metropolis Jie, the xiuzhe had hunted yao for thousands of years! For thousands of years, yaomo were prey of humans. No wonder Zuo Mo thought he had heard it incorrectly that the humans had been weak in ancient eras.

“The yaomo you speak of had more outstanding talent back then. The beings of many tribes possessed many powerful abilities when they were born. If they just cultivated slightly, they would be powerful. But us humans did not have similar talent in this area, and were always suppressed.”

The strange corpse’s faint tone seemed to be describing something that was very normal.

Zuo Mo and the others had dazed expressions. The shock that this information gave them far surpassed the strange corpse’s finger pointing attack.

“Then w-why is the human species so strong now?” Zuo Mo asked in a stammer.

“If I have guessed correctly, it is caused by the change in ling energy. The other beings had powerful abilities, but when ling power became rare, their talents would also be weakened. he human species who did not rely on innate abilities did not lose as much as other beings. Time will change everything.”

The strange corpse’s grey eyes were empty, but his words were filled with wisdom.

Zuo Mo’s expression was dazed but he knew that what the strange corpse said was probably the closest to the truth.

“Daren! Daren!”

Zuo Mo seemed to wake up. He looked at Sun Bao who was running over and made a sound of acknowledgement, “En?”

Sun Bao said tentatively, “We’ve decided to forge a big ship!”

“Oh, forge a big ship, then do it,” Zuo Mo unconsciously replied. He had not completely woken up.

Sun Bao gritted his teeth. “We plan on forging a Golden Crystal sand treasure ship!”

“Golden Crystal sand treasure ship … …” Zuo Mo made a sound. He suddenly reacted. “Wait … … what did you say?”

“We are planning to use Golden Crystal sand to make a large ship! A treasure ship that can hold everyone!” Sun Bao raised his head, his eyes flashing with heat.

Zuo Mo opened his mouth and looked dazedly at Sun Bao.

“Daren, the journey we face is fraught with danger. Our slave transporting boats cannot hold up. There is also an unlimited supply of Golden Crystal sand here! It is a chance from heaven! Why don’t we use it to forge a large ship?” Sun Bao wasn’t afraid.

A moment later, Zuo Mo refocused, and his eyes lit up with excitement.

Exactly!

If they could use Golden Crystal sand to forge a big ship, as Zuo Mo thought, he felt his blood boil. The Golden Crystal sand that was sold by the grain on the outside, and he could use it to forge a big ship!

It really was an insane idea!

Zuo Mo’s eyes became even brighter. He said viciously, “Forge! Why don’t we forge! We’ll forge it as big as we can!”

With his agreement all of Golden Crow Camp instantly sank into mania.

Translator Ramblings: So much history in this chapter. First a huge drop in knowledge after the corpse’s time for everyone (and probably a lot of extinctions for other races), then a blow to the yaomo (who survived the extinction) when the ling energy levels fell, then another loss in knowledge when they lost the more recent war.