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Chapter 65 [Come, feed Mr. Yuan some cake!] (Subscribe)
The frogs were tender, the seasoning was delicious, and the cooking time was perfect. In just 15 minutes, five frogs were gone. After being hungry all day, Master Yuan finally had a full meal and was extremely satisfied.

"It smells so good! I'm satisfied now. I'll come again next time when I'm free."

The elf commented, "Boss, your human body is still a little weak. Just five frogs have already filled you up. You know, the Tiger Demon King can eat a lot of food. Not to mention the Snake Demon who possesses the [World in His Belly], who can only eat one meal a year. So your appetite is directly proportional to your strength. You must work hard to increase your appetite so that I can enjoy it a little longer."

"Don't worry, once the strengthening is completed, my human body will be further improved."

Yuan Zhu was relaxing and chatting along the way, and before he knew it, he passed by a store that looked very busy from afar.

At that moment, a breeze blew, moist and refreshing, causing his pores to open. Combined with the feeling of contentment in his stomach, it was quite refreshing. The idiom from his homeland on Earth, "like a spring breeze," came to mind.

But in Duling, there is no concept of four seasons, and the entire planet maintains a constant temperature throughout the year.

In Running City where he lives, there is no spring, summer, autumn or winter. There are only windy season and rainy season, as well as cool days without rain but also without sunshine. It can be considered a livable city.

The only drawback is probably that the night is always longer than the day, and the length of day and night is almost constant.

But it's the same across the entire northern hemisphere at the same latitude. Even if you move to Taixi, it'll still get dark early.

Suddenly, the dead geographical knowledge began to attack Yuan Zhu's brain frantically.

As he had just absorbed and integrated a large number of childhood memories and developed a sense of identification and intimacy with Running, his brain and soul entered a high-energy consumption mode, rapidly absorbing the fragmented memories of his predecessor.

At this moment, just because he let his thoughts wander, he thought of Running... No, the entire Duling Star has no four seasons.

As soon as this thought came to mind, the dead geography textbooks of their past began to regenerate, crawling out of their graves and launching a DDoS attack on the brain, packaging knowledge points into streams of information, saturating the brain with indoctrination.

Fortunately, Yuan was no pushover, and he activated his [Soul Firewall], taking in these valuable high school knowledge points and painful learning memories head-on... A large amount of common sense and unpopular knowledge emerged frequently.

Illustrations and old textbooks flashed through his mind, including the seven wonders of the world [Buddha outside the sky, the spine of the world, the golden pillar of heaven, the Kunlun sacred tree, the super structure]... Some were blurry black and white photos, and some were simply illustrations imagined by painters, and then processed by his childhood self into sand sculptures and abstract pictures.

Among them, the [Kunlun Sacred Tree] is a super plant standing on the top of Kunlun Sacred Mountain, the highest peak of [Geng Continent]: the immortal sacred peach tree.

It was a tree so big that it was impossible to photograph it with a camera. One could only rely on one's imagination to describe a corner of it, like a blind man touching an elephant.

Its size reaches the heavens, breaking through the atmosphere. It's impossible to observe from the mortal realm, only the pitch-black shadow can be seen. And down below, the Peach Tree, a sacred tree, extends thousands of miles of aerial roots from the peak of the Kunlun Mountains. They cling to floating islands, draping across the void and downward, forming a spectacular spectacle of reverse-growing trees.

Compared to the Buddha's head floating in space, this sacred tree is so much closer to the human world and so much more impressive. It truly deserves to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Earth.

Yuan Zhu had also recently learned that this tree was the source of the Kunlun Immortal Way. More precisely, the source of the Kunlun Immortal Way was the Kunlun Wonderland, created by the entire Peach Tree after it broke through the heavens.

Yes, that peach tree, in modern Taoist texts, is not only considered the "root of heaven and earth," but is also known as "Jianmu" and "the elixir of immortality." In the texts of other nations, the peach tree is also known as the "world tree" and the "tree of life," among other names.

Throughout the ages, unknown time travelers from various countries around the world have left behind a large number of books with disordered chronological order in Duling. Many of these mythological stories have been distorted and processed many times and have also been attributed to this sacred tree.

At this moment, Yuan Zhu recalled this information and was shocked.

It’s back, all the dead knowledge is back!
He had originally thought that the emergence of a Wu Guan'an in Duling, who single-handedly wrote four great masterpieces, was already absurd enough. However, he soon learned that Huang Tian was a Taiping Daoist believer from the late Han Dynasty, who traveled through time in Duling's ancient times and injected spiritual nourishment from Earth into the ancient Eastern nation, which was religiously barren.

Now, what about now? Earth myths from all over the world have been copied by Earth copyists from different countries, brought to Duling, and labeled as the "Kunlun Sacred Tree." It is both Kabbalah and Yggdrasil, not only Jianmu but also the immortal elixir of the peach spirit root...

"Fuck, there really is a fairyland?! And it's just outside the atmosphere? But that's unscientific! Isn't it said that there is an [Ascension Mechanism] in this world, and once the polluted energy exceeds the threshold, it will be expelled to the [Spiritual Realm]? How can a world tree of this level, which can nurture an independent fairyland, stay on the surface of the planet? It appears nakedly in reality."

Yuan Zhu was shocked at the moment. He couldn't understand why it was different from what he had agreed on.
Xiao Latiao was almost forced to crash due to the shock of this information, and was also unable to understand Du Ling's worldview.

"That's not right! The Buddha's head is so big, floating in the space, but it doesn't seem to be rejected by the [Ascension Mechanism]! And these seven wonders, each one of them is not normal." The elf grasped something and started howling wildly.

She didn't know at this moment which side she should stand on or who she should speak for.

"No, my mind is a bit confused. Can you help me block it out? This knowledge is really flooding my head in waves. I'm about to vomit from studying. I feel dizzy and my head feels like it's going to explode!"

"It won't explode. It's just that the cardiovascular pumping rate is overloaded, the brain is overheating and the power is reduced, the heart is overloaded, and the brain synapses are overloaded... Don't worry, even if a brain blood vessel bursts and a blood clot causes sudden death, you can activate the [Boss Template] to automatically recover. Boss, you have to believe in your potential. Your vitality is more tenacious than you can imagine!"

“Hiss…, damn!”

Yuan Zhu gasped. The geography books from the first half of the semester had resurrected! Several of them suddenly appeared, grinning like sly creatures, blocking him in a narrow dead end. Each one held a spirit-infusing rod and made a jeer-jeer sound towards him.

"Junior High School Geography. Part 1": "Accept the drenching storm of knowledge! Your struggles are meaningless. I will fill your knowledge to the point of overflowing from all seven orifices!"

He pulled out a carving knife with the word 'grass' written on it. "Accept the power transmission obediently and do not resist! I will deeply engrave this knowledge point into your mind. Never forget me!"

"World Geography": "I'm going to fill your brain with knowledge! Study for me! Study hard! Only those who endure hardships can become successful. Without learning, how can you make a fortune? How can you stand out? As long as you don't die from studying, study until you die!"

"World History": "The elder brothers are right. If you can't endure the hardship of knowledge, you will have to endure the hardship of life! Short-term pain is worse than long-term pain. Just bear with it! Learn ten more units of knowledge points, and I will let you go. You can handle it!"

At this moment, the school memories accumulated over several years of study, as well as the knowledge learned in class, were all poured into the brain in just a dozen seconds. Yuan Zhu even had hallucinations?

The textbooks seemed to come alive, rubbing themselves against the ground, prying open their mouths, and piling up plates of concentrated knowledge into sesame cakes before him, acting out a scene of "Come on, feed Master Yuan some cakes!"

The bitter and hard-to-swallow knowledge pancake explodes in the brain as soon as it enters the stomach.

The background music sounded, and the cow cat Mimi Wang looked at the audience with a dazed look in his eyes. On the blue background curtain behind his head, countless formula symbols flew by quickly... At this moment, he seemed to be connected to the [Amazing Wisdom]!
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Duling Star does not have distinct four seasons because its rotation axis is different from that of the Earth and the sun is at a tricky angle.

The Earth's equatorial zone receives direct sunlight year-round, maintaining a perpetually hot tropical climate. Due to the Earth's rotation, the temperate zones of the northern and southern hemispheres experience alternating winter and summer. Meanwhile, the polar regions, shielded from direct sunlight for extended periods, remain cold and low.

Then think of Duling as the Earth.

Due to the change in the planet's rotation axis and the weak presence of the sun (to the Northern Hemisphere), the sun always remains directly above the Southern Hemisphere's Arctic Circle all year round, never moving, only changing in distance.

If we think of the sun as a light bulb, it constantly shines down on the bottom of the globe (the South Pole). Sometimes it gets closer, scorching the Earth extraordinarily; sometimes it gets farther away, cooling it down a bit so as not to burn through the Earth's crust.

Therefore, the equator of Duling Star, or the [equatorial circle], overlaps with the Antarctic Circle of the Earth to a large extent.

The Antarctic Circle of Duling, perpetually scorched by the sun, is the hottest region on the planet, known as the "Eternal Scorch." With its constant scorching temperatures, frequent volcanic eruptions, and toxic gases, it's a forbidden zone for life. The Arctic Circle, corresponding to the "Eternal Scorch," never receives even a second of sunlight, remaining in perpetual cold and darkness. This is another forbidden zone for life, known in geography books as the "Eternal Night Frozen Land." The extremely low temperatures and perpetual darkness there make photosynthesis impossible, making it impossible for normal life to survive in the "Eternal Night Frozen Land."

Then, in the temperate zone of the Southern Hemisphere, closer to the Eternal Scorch, the temperature is actually quite high. This region, constantly scorched by the sun, is extremely hot. It's called the (Southern) Tropics or the Tropics in geography books, and is even hotter than the Earth's equator.

The equatorial zone of the Earth has a pleasant temperature and abundant rainfall on the planet Duling. It is called the [hot temperate zone] or the [golden continental zone]. The temperature is constant throughout the year without four seasons. It is also called the [eternal summer]. All kinds of grain are grown crazily... and harvested all year round.

But it’s a pity that there is not much land in the [Golden Belt], which is a waste of this God-given blessing.

Only a portion of the [Gen Continent], near the south, was barely included in the northern edge of the [Golden Belt]. The [New Continent] where Yuan Zhu lived, due to its strip-like shape, spanned the entire Duling Star vertically, with a considerable portion located within the [Golden Belt].

The explorers of the scientific expedition team once traveled along the New World to the southern hemisphere and reached the edge of the [Eternal Scorched Earth]; then they explored to the north and successfully entered the [Eternal Night Zone].

Running's west coast location lies within the temperate zone of Earth's Northern Hemisphere. Sunlight here, after crossing the southern tropics and the warm tropics (the Golden Zone), experiences significant energy dissipation. Consequently, the temperature and environment are reminiscent of spring and autumn. The weather fluctuates with the windy and rainy seasons, sometimes chilly and sometimes cool and comfortable.

If you continue to move north, the temperature will drop and the nights will get longer... until you enter the [Eternal Night Frozen Land]. Conversely, if you move south, it will become increasingly comfortable.

However, according to geography and history books, the social structure of the Duling people was not simply influenced by the geographical environment. If it were four hundred years ago, the people would naturally move to wherever it was most suitable to live.

But now, supernatural factors such as extraordinary systems and gods are the key forces that determine the world's structure. The sun is nothing.

On this infernal planet, there are natural wonders and powers that surpass the sun. For example, in the eastern part of the New World, you can clearly see on the map that every 7.7 degrees of latitude, there is a super-large, perfectly circular freshwater lake located on the eastern land of the New World.

One after another, inland lakes of the same size and with their centers at the same longitude emit a perpetual water temperature of 37.5°C, like a super hot spring + underground hot spring water heating network, bringing warmth to the cold areas in the north.

This series of lakes stretching across the northern hemisphere of the New World is known as the Continuum of Lakes. The lakes are rich in aquatic life, and the area surrounding them is a hundred miles away, experiencing year-round springtime... yet such wonders wouldn't even qualify as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

"[Continuous Lake, Whale Ruins Island, Heavenly Pillar Monument]... I can't stand it, I can't stand it! Help me block out this knowledge."

Just a random thought triggered a brainstorming session. Yuan Zhu was like a fool who had just walked out of an internet cafe after a day or two of staying up all night. His brain was almost sluggish and everything he did was slow.

"Boss, you're truly amazing. You've given me so much knowledge that's been buried deep within your soul. If I were to search and organize your memories for you, it would take at least a week without disrupting your daily life. But now, you've completed it on your own in less than a minute. And you've mastered it completely, not just information I retrieved from paper. Human potential truly is limitless."

"I almost died. It was so painful. The [School of Knowledge] is truly not something a human can endure!"

The elf nodded in agreement. "Boss, I looked through the exchange information for the [School of Knowledge] in the Gods' Space. There's a forbidden route. By removing a head, you can advance, gaining more powerful knowledge and explosive power. However, that school seems to be labeled an illegal 'forbidden organization' called the [Headless Monks' Order]. Their members are headless! Perhaps if you remove your head and study knowledge, you won't feel any headaches anymore, right?"

"???" Yuan Zhu, who was slow to react, was stunned. What kind of bullshit are you talking about?!

He really couldn't imagine the scene where the next time he carried out a mission, Meng Xiyue's body was teleported into the "Happy Home", but her head was soaked in formalin in the school and she was not brought with her.

"The human body is amazing, isn't it?" The elf noticed that his boss was frowning in pain, so he said, "Boss, are you still feeling uncomfortable? Why don't you go to that store and take a look around? There are some very interesting things in there!"

Yuan Zhu forced himself to stay alert and looked at the shop that looked particularly out of place on the deserted street.

On this street, there aren't many shops open at 8 or 9 p.m. The few that are still lit are taverns, brothels, gun shops, pawnshops, gambling dens...

The only thing that is special is this one, it is a store.

Next to the store, there are several open-air billiard tables. At this time, a group of idle and energetic young men are gathered around the tables, chatting loudly, shouting and playing billiards.

On the curb nearby, there were groups of spirited young men, holding glass bottles and sipping a fluorescent drink. They drank it while shouting loudly, trying to attract the attention of the girls sitting by the pool table.

After drinking the fluorescent beverage, the subcutaneous blood vessels on their necks and cheeks, exposed to the night, glowed faintly. This is because a substance in the drink, like alcohol, binds to red blood cells and begins to flow through the bloodstream, creating the bizarre sight of these subcutaneous fluorescent vessels.

This may be a fashion. These energetic young men have fluorescent blood vessels all over their faces and necks, and they are very proud of it.

After seeing Yuan Zhu approaching, faced with the oppressive feeling of his 189cm stature, coupled with his wild, unruly, and aggressive appearance, and his jet-black high-end custom-made clothes... these energetic young men couldn't help but take a step back, and then raised their chins provocatively, revealing their fluorescent veins, in response to the provocation.

You look so arrogant, so what? Are you as good as us? I will shine!
Looking at them, Yuan Zhu inexplicably thought of Lu Rang, that Shamatte steampunk rainbow cockscomb gangster, who was exactly the same kind of person as this group of energetic young men.

No! Lu Rang had the nerve to wear a lip piercing, a nose ring, and a bosozoku-style spiked jacket, wielding a pipe wrench. He looked like a post-apocalyptic wasteland soldier. He was several notches above these spirited young men.

Suddenly, the filter of his familiar hometown of Running was shattered again, and he had a desolate feeling of "a small city in the 18th tier + an urban-rural fringe + an old industrial city gradually abandoned by the times".

This city, constrained by its basin-like topography, cannot expand. It can only remain relatively backward, undergoing gradual renovations. It has also been constantly drained of its lifeblood by Taixi, relying solely on its discarded production capacity and industrial waste...

Talented young people had all gone to the next city to work and earn money. The ones left were either idle and energetic young men like Lu Rang, or "bosozoku, pipe-wrench swordsman."

If Yuan Zhu hadn't had to take care of his younger brother, his predecessor, a hard-working man like him, would have rushed to Taixi to work part-time. The title of "Working King" was not earned in vain.

Ignoring the young man's seemingly unexplained provocation (and perhaps a show-off), Yuan Zhu stepped into the store. Inside, rows of shelves were separated by long tables. If you wanted anything, you had to ask the waiter to get it. It was a very backward model, not as good as a convenience store.

The waiter looked down at the novel and asked, "What do you want?"

"Let me take a look first." After that, Yuan Zhu began to call the elf, "Hey, Latiao, why did you call me in? These are just ordinary goods."

Yuan Zhu took a quick look and saw mostly unfamiliar snacks, cigarettes, and beverage brands. His gaze quickly skipped over the oddly packaged snacks and stopped at the tobacco, alcohol, and beverage section.

The drinks were nothing special; beer, white wine, red wine, everything. But the cigarettes, besides traditional tobacco leaves, included various mycelium cigarettes, mushroom cigarettes, spore cigarettes, and traditional Chinese medicine health cigarettes... It was quite eye-opening. There were even aphrodisiac cigarettes?!

As for the drinks section, it was even more outrageous. He was the first to discover carbonated drinks, normal glass-bottled sodas like orange juice, apple juice, and even Coke, which hadn't seen the Earth, but there were also exotic green drinks that looked like dirty blood as substitutes.

Next, next to the carbonated section, were the weak acid drinks, marked with a large, blood-red exclamation point printed on a white skull face. As the instructions indicated, this was a genuine flavored weak acid drink, and ordinary humans should drink with caution.

Next, he saw the alkaline drinks, which had the same corrosive warning signs, warning of gastric perforation, intestinal ulceration, esophageal corrosion, etc. In addition to the acidic and alkaline drinks, there was also a separate area for [Spore Drinks].

"Yes, yes, yes! It's right here! That's the one, buy a bottle quickly."

Yuan Zhu looked in the direction indicated by the elf. It was a bottle of purple-red drink emitting a dreamy glow. It didn't look like it was drinkable at all. Instead, it looked like diluted chemical pigment, beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Yuan Zhu glanced at the price and was stunned. 3 yuan! Why didn't he just go grab it? His five frogs together only cost 5 cents!
(End of this chapter)