Chapter 197 Seed

The green fragments gradually disappeared in the Ai'ou Sea, eventually merging into the restless waves. Vivian looked thoughtfully at the crystalline foam on the surface of the sea: "How many of these things can survive?"

"Life is a very tenacious and incredible thing," the data terminal replied leisurely. "It's hard to create, but once it's created, it's hard to extinguish. No matter what crisis they encounter, they'll do everything they can to leave seeds, even if it's just a few cells, they'll rise again one day. Civilizations may perish, but life... apart from a true apocalypse, almost nothing can truly erase them."

Dou Dou swam happily in the waves, occasionally leaping from the surface of the sea, her beautiful fishtail reflecting a golden-red light in the sunlight. Hao Ren pointed at the little mermaid and laughed, "Sometimes even the apocalypse can't completely wipe out life."

In tens or hundreds of thousands of years, some new species may appear on Ai'ou, bearing the blood of alien planets and seeking a way to coexist harmoniously with this planet in the course of evolution. Before releasing these seeds, Hao Ren had the data terminal perform many precise deductions to confirm that the alien species would not harm Ai'ou's fragile ecosystem. He was confident in this release.

After watching the fish baby frolic in the water for a while, Hao Ren waved to the sea: "Dou Dou, let's go home!"

The little mermaid let out a series of giggles and quickly swam over, jumping straight from the water into Hao Ren's arms, rubbing her wet body all over him. Hao Ren had long been accustomed to the little guy's sudden attacks: since raising the fish, his clothes had been wet every now and then. Now he only rejoiced that Dou Dou already knew to jump into his arms instead of jumping on his pants – otherwise he would have to constantly explain to people that the water stains on his pants had nothing to do with his kidneys...

After that, there was no more talk, and the Petrified Tortoise quickly returned to the Alamanda base in Tanagus. The Nangong couple seemed very nervous as they passed through the light purple rift: they couldn't imagine that they could return to Earth simply by stepping through a rift. And after crossing the space rift and seeing the boundless dark snowfield in front of them, Elsa exclaimed, "Has Earth become like this too?!"

She was reminded of the surface of the Planetary Ark – indeed, if you didn't consider the oxygen problem, Igor's basement was no different from the surface of a wandering planet... That's why you can't imagine the lives of the rich. Look at their basement, it's like the surface of an alien planet.

Nangong Wuyue explained the problem of this dark snowfield to her parents with a smile. When she heard that it was actually the domain created by the Angry Spirit who had captured her, Nangong Wudi seemed a little scared: "I never thought that thing would be so powerful. It's a blessing that we survived that day."

Hao Ren smiled and didn't say anything, just led everyone out of the dark snowfield and went up to say hello to Igor. The latter now didn't feel anything about the sudden appearance of an adventure team in his basement. The most obvious thing was that this time, after Vivian suddenly appeared in front of the old man, he didn't faint. Everyone stayed in the Andre Castle for a day, and after regaining their energy, they set off to return to their old home in the southern suburbs.

Nangong Wudi seemed a little surprised after seeing the old house in front of him, and turned to look at Hao Ren: "The difference between this house and your abilities is too big... How come it's not as good as a servant of yours?"

He regarded the Andre family he met yesterday as Hao Ren's human forces – but this misunderstanding was not entirely wrong. After all, they were all Vivian's kindred, and now Vivian was still a full-time nanny in Hao Ren's house.

"You thought I lived in a palace?" Hao Ren laughed, stepped forward to take out the key and opened the door to enter the house. "Anyway, my house is indeed a bit old, not as grand as you occupying the whole city on the Ark, but at least it's clean. Vivian cleans it every day."

Nangong Wudi followed into the house while explaining: "I didn't mean to ridicule, I just think... hey, great people often have eccentricities, I understand."

Everyone went into the house and busied themselves separately. Vivian rolled up her sleeves to find a rag to wipe the table, Nangong Wuyue turned into a sea serpent and started wiping the floor, Elizabeth went to the kitchen for a walk, and after a while, she ran out headlessly with a liquefied gas tank on her head: "I forgot to fill the liquefied gas before leaving, I'll go fill it!"

Lili was shocked when she saw this and quickly stopped her from behind: "Don't go! Let your dad go! If you go out like this, people will think there's child abuse here!"

Elizabeth curled her lips and casually threw the more than one-meter-high liquefied gas tank into Izhaks' arms: "Dad, go fill it up!"

Hao Ren was frightened to see this. The bear child who liked to court death was simply too sturdy.

But there was an even more death-courting bear child behind: Dou Dou didn't know what switch was turned on after seeing the liquefied gas tank. She immediately jumped up from the coffee table happily, rubbed a ball of holy flame with both hands and jumped towards Izhaks: "Big Uncle, I'll help you light the fire..."

Thankfully, Izhaks quickly ran out the door with the tank when he saw this: he was also afraid of blowing up the house.

Dou Dou held a small flame and didn't know what to do, so she had to turn her head and look at Nangong Wudi: "Uncle, want a light?"

Hao Ren looked up at Vivian, who was stunned not far away: "So you should still use a normal lighter for cooking in the future... This bear child has now fallen in love with lighting liquefied gas tanks..."

Dou Dou jumped in front of Hao Ren again: "Dad, want a light?"

Everyone in the living room glared at Nangong Sān Bā, who pointed at his nose innocently: "Turning her into a lighter is my fault?"

Lili glanced at the pot on the table not far away: "The pot is the landlord's."

Hao Ren held his head and almost wanted to crawl under the sofa: "Damn it, why is it so chaotic as soon as I get home."

Elsa looked at this strange "family" with a smile on her face. The daily life of Hao Ren's family was really not something ordinary people could understand. She also looked at the furnishings and daily necessities in the living room. Whether it was the LCD TV on the TV cabinet or the laptop that Lili was fiddling with, there were huge differences from her memories a hundred years ago. Although she hadn't gone to other places on Earth to see, Elsa still realized that this world had changed a lot. She sighed with emotion: "A hundred years... We've been out of touch with this world for too long, I'm afraid we'll have to readjust."

"When we left, the country was still fighting everywhere. Now it seems to be peaceful," Nangong Wudi looked at the scene on the street outside the window. "And it looks more prosperous than before. We have to go out and walk around when we have the chance, even if we live in seclusion, we have to know the rules of the world."

"First of all, Dad, you have to change the way you speak," Nangong Sān Bā said with a smile. "This way of speaking is no longer popular now, it sounds weird."

Nangong Wuyue also chimed in: "Yes, yes, this has to be changed. If you can't change it for a while, you can first grow your beard and hair, and then I'll find you a size three clothes, you can pretend to be an artist."

Nangong Wudi laughed: "Whatever you want, whatever you want. But we are not people of this world in the first place, so there is no need to pay too much attention to the changing of generations of ordinary people. At worst, we'll find another remote mountain to live in..."

Wuyue glanced at her old dad: "Dad, you should study more – now the mountains and forests are contracted by people..."

Nangong Wudi: "What does 'contracted' mean?"

Hao Ren also interjected: "And there was a reclusive unlucky guy who was bombed by nuclear bombs more than a hundred times."

Nangong Wudi: "What is a nuclear bomb?"

In the end, it was Vivian who ended this kind of topic: "It's best not to think about being able to completely isolate yourself from the world these days. Humans are getting more and more capable, and they're throwing aircraft on Mars. Demon hunters and otherworldlings can't escape the changes in the world. Being an ostrich will only make you abandoned by the world. The most stubborn old antiques in the Athens Sanctuary are still engaged in the clothing industry and entering the human market – I feel that you two have to study. I've been through a hundred battles and seen a lot. Human development is much higher than you know..."

Lili pouted and curled up on the sofa with her laptop in her arms: "The old lady is starting to preach again..."

Nangong Wudi and Elsa looked at each other: the two of them felt an aura from an elder at the same time, and they were so educated that they didn't dare to say anything.

Vivian put her hands on her hips and glared at Lili: "Big dog, no ribs for you today!"

Then the vampire girl walked towards the kitchen, muttering: "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory... I'm still young..."

Leaving a room full of people looking at each other.