Chapter 1214: Lu Xun's Exclusive "Astronomy"

Just as Su Zhiwei was bewildered, a voice came from behind her.

"Did I make it in time..."

The voice was very familiar, but it didn't sound like it was produced by human vocal cords; instead, it sounded like the vibration of some leaves. And whether it was Su Zhiwei's illusion or not, this voice seemed extremely exhausted.

She looked back and saw a tall, human-like, tree-like green shadow standing there. His feet had turned into roots and were dug into the earth, and slender green willows like long hair were draped over the figure's shoulders. And between the dancing long hair, a familiar face had already grown wood grain.

"Chu Changqing???" Su Zhiwei was equally shocked when she saw the person. "How did you become like this?!"

"This is a part of evolution."

Chu Changqing's emerald-like pupils stared at the calamity roots that kept breaking through the wall, his tone a bit regretful. "The current samples are single, so I can only become like this... If only there were more similar samples."

As Chu Changqing's voice fell, more and more green roots emerged from the earth under his feet, entangling with the calamity roots that were rushing in one after another...

Chu Changqing's intervention completely solved the problem of the excessive number of calamities. His roots were also huge in number, which could reduce a considerable amount of pressure for Su Zhiwei, and could even cling to the walls of the shelter to stabilize the structure of the entire building.

Although Su Zhiwei still had many doubts, now was not the time to ask. She turned and rushed into the battlefield again with all her might.

Brother Pao's gaze swept across Lu Xun, who was wrapped in starlight, Su Zhiwei, who was fighting the calamities with her bare hands, and Chu Changqing, who had turned into a big tree. He rubbed his eyes hard, as if suspecting he was dreaming.

"This world is truly crazy..."

"That man is Lord Tian Shu, then what about the other two?"

"They came together and both have superpowers. Are they also some kind of 'Lord'? Are there many 'Lords'?"

“……”

Although the entire shelter was under attack by calamities, the intervention of Lu Xun and the other two prevented the terrified people from completely losing their minds. They stared blankly at those miraculous figures, as if that was already their last spiritual pillar.

The starlight around Lu Xun flickered uncertainly. He gritted his teeth, and his consciousness began to blur...

"No... I can't hold on anymore."

Everything in front of Lu Xun began to dim, leaving only the flickering starlight filling his field of vision. His thoughts began to stagnate, and began to dissipate bit by bit with the collapse of the starlight, disappearing into the darkness.

Above the shelter,

that flickering star also dimmed to the point of extinction.

As Lu Xun's last bit of mental power was squeezed dry, he saw in a trance that the starlight was leaving him, and the darkness was devouring his consciousness wildly. He was like someone who had lost all support, falling into the abyss.

Just then,

a voice rang out in his mind.

"Lu Xun."

The moment this voice rang out, in the darkness, starlight shone brightly!

Stars lit up from behind Lu Xun, and the darkness around him retreated like a tide. He turned his head subconsciously, only to see stars filling the sky shining under the night sky, their brilliant radiance illuminating the firmament!

Lu Xun tried his best, but could only maintain one star... But now behind him, there were a thousand stars shining.

And in that dazzling starlight, a figure slowly reached out a palm toward him. Because the starlight behind him was too strong, Lu Xun couldn't even look directly at his face, but the voice that followed allowed him to recognize the other party.

"Lu Xun, you did well..."

"Don't worry..."

"We are on our way."

Lu Xun stared blankly at the figure standing under the starlight and softly called out the other party's name:

"...Director Chen? How could you..."

Lu Xun didn't understand why Chen Ling could also mobilize starlight, nor did he know who the "we" in Chen Ling's words were... He could no longer think, and could only subconsciously reach out and hold Chen Ling's hand.

The stars that were originally maintained by Lu Xun's mental power suddenly surged in light, as if the controller had been changed. The rich starlight began to feed back into Lu Xun's body, allowing his consciousness to quickly wake up from sinking!

When Lu Xun opened his eyes again, the starlight in the shelter was several times brighter than before!

He seemed to have realized something and looked sharply at the void above his head.

……

Three minutes ago.

As Chen Ling took a deep breath, his finger slowly pointed toward one of the cards.

"Skill: [Starlight Sonata]"

"Affiliation: 'Astronomy', Chapter 8."

"Character: Lu Xun."

Seeing this card, Chen Ling was slightly stunned.

So far, Chen Ling had drawn skills from more than one of the Nine Lords, but whether it was Yang Xiao's "Communication Equipment and Electromagnetic Induction Principles" or Lou Yu's "Material Reshaping and Material Limit Strength," they were all full of a cold, textbook flavor.

But the name of Lu Xun's skill had a unique poetry...

It was as if Chen Ling wasn't flipping through a book, but Lu Xun was looking into his eyes and slowly reciting a poem about stars.

As the card disappeared from Chen Ling's mind, in an instant, everything around Chen Ling retreated like a tide, leaving only the boundless deep space and those almost endless flickering stars.

A piece of information appeared in Chen Ling's mind.

What is starlight?

Starlight is the electromagnetic radiation released during the process of hydrogen nuclei combining into helium nuclei through nuclear fusion reactions in the core of a star under extreme high temperature and high pressure; it is the light aesthetic captured by the human eye after passing through the atmosphere and being scattered or affected by turbulence.

This was the scientific understanding of starlight in Lu Xun's mind.

But at the same time, it is also the light that leaves a dreamy impression in the mind of a child when they look up at the starry sky for the first time; it is the holiness that runs through countless fairy tales; it is a symbol of hope and the future; it is a lighthouse guiding people forward in the darkness...

Lu Xun was never a rigid scientific researcher; he was a star-chaser who possessed both science and poetry.

For him, starlight was by no means just a physical phenomenon.

For some reason, Chen Ling stood under this starlight and could feel Lu Xun's feelings for the starry sky and astronomy... as hot as fire, and as gentle as treating a beloved. For him, the starry sky seemed to be a concrete "person."

"This is... Lu Xun's exclusive 'Astronomy'."

Chen Ling muttered to himself.

A flash of realization crossed Chen Ling's eyes. He slowly clenched his palm, and the boundless starlight around him immediately gathered toward his palm like a tide, finally turning into a tiny bit of starlight.

Chen Ling curled his five fingers gently, as if cherishing a seed, and treasured that wisp of starlight in his palm.