Deep affection knows no origin; remember the polar bear's love for you.

Chapter 114 Ideas Condensed in Reality: Creations
The little bear couldn't understand Guo Mi's words, and couldn't comprehend why intangible thoughts were stronger than tangible bodies.

Guo Mi did not answer them until one morning, when she suddenly lowered her head and said to them:
"Look."

The two bear cubs followed her gaze and saw that the morning sun was obscured by smog, and the whole sky was gloomy.

In the hazy white glow, one could vaguely see strange squares stacked on the barren wasteland, seemingly following some kind of arrangement.

The town seems to be surrounded by a small ditch, which encloses half of the town.

The salmon stretched its neck, trying to see more clearly. She tilted her head and asked Guo Mi:
"what is that?"

Fishbone answered quickly from the side:
“I know, those are human ‘holes,’ just like the holes that Guo Mi and we dug. They sleep in them!”

His answer surprised Guo Mi, who turned her head and asked:
"how do you know?"

The little guy immediately sat up straight and said proudly:

“Slok told me that human ships occasionally pass by the archipelago; they are huge, mountain-sized machines made entirely of iron, and their houses are the same.”

The salmon turned back to look at the "strange box" in the wasteland. It looked left and right but couldn't see the "danger" that Guo Mi had mentioned, nor could it see the huge size that the fish bones had described.

"It looks small, not nearly as magnificent as a snow-capped mountain," the salmon said truthfully.

Guo Mi also looked over, and indeed, compared to the vast wilderness, the town sitting on it seemed particularly small, and compared to the majestic mountains, the low houses were not as imposing as it was.

She agreed with what the salmon said:
"All living things are insignificant in the face of nature, because we depend on nature for life, and no life can live without its sustenance."

The little bear seemed to understand but not quite. Guo Mi pondered for a moment, then made a decision:
"Okay, I wasn't planning on getting close, but it should be fine to take a look from a distance."

She raised her paw and led the bear cub toward the human town.

The salmon followed at her feet, tilting its little head up to ask her:
"Are we going to the human cave?"

Guo Mi looked around, inhaling the moist air through her nose, and hurried along:
"No, just look around."

The little bear was puzzled:
"Can't we go in and take a look? Like Caesar went into our hole."

Guo Mi thought to herself that Caesar was setting a bad example for the little bear again, and asked the salmon in return:
"Were you very unhappy when you saw Caesar crawl into our cave?"

The salmon immediately understood:

"When we enter a human's home, they get unhappy, right?"

The little guy understood immediately, much less troublesome than some bears that pretend not to understand even though they clearly do. Guo Mi's mood brightened.

She constantly sensed the humidity in the air, and lowered her head to urge the two bear cubs on:

"We need to leave before the fog clears, and we need to hurry."

The little bear quickly quickened its pace.

They stopped by the water and looked across at the town on the other side.

The narrow ditch turned into a wide river, and the originally tiny strange box gradually magnified in view. The two bear cubs stared wide-eyed in shock, while the fishbone was completely bewildered.

"Why do humans live in such big holes when they are so small?"

Guo Mi answered him:
"Compared to us, humans have much higher needs and desires for life. The more they need, the more they take. They need containers to store these things."

"Demand?"

This was also an unfamiliar word, and the salmon was very curious:

"Will they also fight over food?"

"They're not just stealing food." "Do all humans steal?"

"A small number of people will plunder and take, but most people choose to give something else in exchange."

"Something else?"

"Labor, family ties, food, ... or things plundered from elsewhere, almost anything can be traded for them."

It sounded complicated. The salmon looked at the houses in the distance that were dozens or even hundreds of times taller than herself. They seemed to be made of countless stones piled up together, but they didn't seem to be the kind of stones she often saw.

There were also many things she had never seen before.

The distant town and the wasteland beneath their feet created a stark contrast, as if they were in another world.

This extraordinary world was entirely created by humankind.

Little Bear agreed:
"Their minds are definitely much better than ours."

She became curious about the human world and took two steps forward:
"I wish I could go and see it."

Guo Mi was taken aback. What she saw was longing in the little bear's eyes, and she suddenly began to doubt whether her decision was correct.

Fishbone suddenly looked into the depths of the mist, his nose twitching twice:

"It looks like something's coming."

Guo Mi smelled the strong diesel odor, and suddenly heard the sound of waves crashing in her ears.

Then came a deep and long hum that echoed across the open field!

The little bear took two steps back, and only when it saw that Guo Mi did not move did the unease in its eyes dissipate slightly. Then, in the next second, it saw a huge black shadow behind Guo Mi!
"Guo Mi!"

Accompanied by the shriek of a bear, the enormous steel behemoth cleaved through the water and emerged from the mist!

The strong smell of diesel fuel filled the nostrils, and the closer one got, the louder the roar of the engines running at high speed inside the ship became.

The clicking sound of the machine was like a heavy hammer, striking the little bear's tender heart.

Even the king of the jungle appears small and powerless standing in front of this man-made "skyscraper on water".

Guo Mi looked up at the tall mast erected on the deck, the dim yellow light swirling at the top, her eyes filled with tranquility.

Her eyes reflected not the cargo ship before her, but the distant, glittering lights of countless homes and towering buildings; the "steel birds" that leave long trails on the horizon but quickly vanish without a trace; the factories that never stop for a second, 24 hours a day, the cradle of creation...

It was her original world, her distant hometown, but also a taboo she must now distance herself from, a past she can never revisit.

Perhaps there is nostalgia, but it has long been worn away by the howling winds of the north, leaving almost nothing.

The little bear huddled nervously beside her, its tiny eyes filled with shock and helplessness, holding its breath as it watched the massive steel object slowly drive past.

The water splashed up from the boat and sprayed onto his face, but the little guy didn't dare to blink.

"Is this also a human creation? How did they do it?"

The salmon muttered to itself.

The cargo ship slowly sailed away from us and gradually disappeared into the thick fog.

This is just one of the most common ships, and there are many ships much larger than it. However, this one ship alone is enough to become an unforgettable scene in the little bear's memory.

Guo Mi watched the dark figure disappear into the mist and whispered:
"This is the creation of human thought condensed into reality. Even with only a weak body, they can still make up for these shortcomings by relying on their wisdom."