The next morning, Tie Zha and the others had breakfast in the bar. They came to the office building of Chun Qiu Heavy Industries again and saw Qi Yun and his secretary.

“The price is too expensive.” As soon as he entered, Cang Haiya threw the quotation on the coffee table and said angrily.

“This” Qi Yun said with an expression of embarrassment, “Elder Cang, this is already the most reasonable price. If it’s any lower, we’ll lose money.”

“Don’t do it if you lose money!” Cang Haiya frowned and said stiffly.

“Aiya, Elder Cang, this is …” Qi Yun hurriedly stepped forward to hold his hand and said, “How about this, Elder Cang, you can say as much as you like …”

As he spoke, two old men appeared at the door of the reception room. They looked about sixty or seventy years old and wore old, pale work clothes with badly worn cuffs and collars. Looking at it, there was still a yellow number embroidered on the pocket of his jacket.

“Elder Cang.” “I’m back.” Just as Qi Yun was about to say hello, the other party spoke first.

Cang Haiya was pleasantly surprised. He quickly walked up and said, “Elder Xue, Elder Huang, why are you all back?”

“Yes.” “Come back and take a look.” The two old men smiled and said.

“Quickly come in and take a seat.” Cang Haiya shook the hands of the two old men and invited them.

“If you have something to do, you should be busy first.” “We’re just passing by. We’ll get together later.” The two old men said in unison as they rolled their eyes at him. Cang Haiya immediately understood. He turned to Qi Yun and said, “Let’s talk about business later. I’ll catch up with two old friends first.” With that, he left with the two elders under Qi Yun’s hesitant gaze.

Seeing this, Tie Zha also stood up and said, “You guys talk first. I’ll go for a walk.” In any case, if Cang Haiya wasn’t here, it wouldn’t be business. It would be better to go down and shake it, so as not to stay here and stare blankly and be extremely embarrassed. Actually, Quinn really wanted to leave, but he was playing the boss now, so he couldn’t escape …

After leaving the office building, Tie Zha strolled around the factory. There were weeds and rusty machinery everywhere. Along the faintly visible cement road, through a small forest, past a small basketball court, a small wooden house appeared on the low slope ahead. He looked up and saw a small flag on the roof with the words “Qi Ji Shop” written on it.

It wasn’t hard to see that this was a small shop that could be seen everywhere in Ground Town. Normally, it sold daily necessities and snacks, and occasionally, it would do a small business with prohibited items. When they approached the store, they saw a few children who were not small and half years old squatting on the open space in front of the door. They were gathered together to play with glass marbles, and from time to time, they let out one or two excited cries of alarm.

Looking at the children playing games, Tie Zha couldn’t help but recall the time in Tieshan Town. This is a very primitive game, with some gambling elements. Both sides took turns throwing out glass marbles and hitting each other’s beads with the beads. Whoever hit the bead first would win, and the glass marbles would belong to the victorious side. Because the closer the beads are to each other, the easier it is to hit, it is a highly skilled and strategic game.

He used to play this game with Old Niu, winning a large bag of glass marbles. If the short mountain stronghold hadn’t been burned, he would still be thrown in a corner. Back then, in order to win against him, Old Niu had practiced his index finger until it was swollen.

Old Niu was a very hard-working person. At the same distance, his accuracy was much higher than his. However, he would make full use of the terrain and obstacles to patiently circle around Old Niu and avoid confronting him head-on. When Old Niu couldn’t hold his breath, he turned around and broke it. However, most of the time, Old Niu’s patience wasn’t inferior to his. Once, he and Old Niu bounced around a big rock for several hours. In the end, he was really impatient. He relied on brute force to move the rock away and directly won the competition. Old Niu was very unconvinced. He said that he was naughty, and he didn’t play anymore.

“Guest, what do you want to buy?” An old woman was sitting in the store, slowly shaking her banana fan. When she saw Tie Zha, she got up and asked.

The dilapidated glass cabinet was covered in dust. Several cracks were covered with transparent plastic cloth. There were all kinds of snacks inside, including roasted peanuts, dried fried melon seeds, fried broad beans, dried dried meat, and so on. Apart from these common ones, there was also beef candy! It was a maltose product mixed with sesame seeds and peanuts. It was long, tough and chewy.

Tieshan Town hasn’t been sold for many years. I didn’t expect there to be more here.

“A piece of candy.” Tie Zha pointed at the candy in the cabinet wrapped in pale red oil paper and said.

“One copper plate and two copper plates.” The old woman said.

“Is there anything else to drink?” Tie Zha took out a silver coin and put it on the glass cabinet.

In the Silver City world, a gold coin was equal to ten silver coins, and a silver coin was equal to ten copper coins. If the purchasing power of a gold coin was one thousand, the purchasing power of a silver coin was one hundred, and the purchasing power of a copper coin was ten. It had to be said that beef sugar was a very cheap item. This price was not enough to buy half a kilogram of vegetables.

“There’s soy milk, juice, carbonated water, beer” The old woman opened the rusty refrigerator beside her and pointed at the colorful glass bottles inside.

“Have a soy milk.” Said Tie Zha. This was also a drink he liked to drink when he was a child. It was made from soybean flour and had a taste similar to milk.

“It’s also half a copper coin.” The old woman said. Then he took out a bottle of soy milk, opened it with a lid opener, and handed it to Tie Zha along with the brown sugar.

He took his hand, tore open the pale red wrapping paper, took a bite, and a familiar smell immediately permeated his heart. He couldn’t help but recall the way Little Yu had eaten cow skin candy when she was young. The serious and satisfied expression on his face was as if he was eating the best food in the world.

I wonder if our Lord Rain Prayer Sacrificial Priest will be able to eat this now?

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Then, he waved his hand and said to the old woman, “I want to take the rest of the money with me.”

The old woman smiled and put away the change she had just found. She took out a translucent plastic bag, blew open the mouth of the bag, and stuffed pieces of candy into it.

Then Tie Zha sat down at the old wooden table under the shed in front of the shop, drinking soy milk and eating tough sweeteners while watching the children play with marbles.

“Look, Big Brother Lu is here!” While playing, the children suddenly stood up and looked in one direction.

Following their gazes, they saw a strong man wearing a light basketball vest walking towards them. His shoulders were wide, his arms were thick, his bare muscles were strong, and his dark skin shone in the sunlight, making him look exceptionally strong.

“Brother Dali!” “Big Brother Lu!” The children cried out excitedly when they saw the strong man.

“If you don’t study hard at home, then come out to play.” The sturdy man said solemnly as he approached the surrounding children.

“Brother Dali, tell me a story.” “We want to hear the story. We haven’t finished the last time.” “Mm-hmm!” “Brother Dali, treat us to a soda!” The children cried out in all directions.

“How can there be so many stories to tell? Don’t make things difficult for me.” As the strong man spoke, he walked to the shop and took out a few copper coins and threw them on the glass cabinet. “Auntie Li, give each of them a glass of carbonated water.”

“Big shot, you don’t earn much money either. Don’t mess around, just leave it to your wife.” Although she said that, the old woman kept the copper coins and opened a few bottles of carbonated drinks. The children immediately rushed forward and began to drink in a hee hee hee hee hee.

“Brother Dali, we want to hear a story.” “What you said last time, the story of the poem of the bright moon is so pleasant to listen to.” “Yes, and the story of the downpour.” “Tell me another story this time. We want to hear the story of the Starless Light.” “No, no, I want to hear the story of the harpoon.” The children cried out as they drank their drinks while pestering the sturdy man.

“It’s gone, it’s gone. I said it’s gone.” The sturdy man stared at the big bronze bell-like eyes and pretended to be angry.

“I’m Hao Yue Shi, Lorenfil! Bring your horse over!” One of the children said with an imposing manner as he straightened his chest.

“I’m the Ice Horn, Saxton!” A child kicked the strong man in the thigh.

“I am … I am …” A child scratched his head and thought for a while before saying, “I am the downpour, Zangwell.” Then, he kicked the strong man’s butt.

“Good, good, good. You are all great heroes. Stop fighting. I admit defeat.” The sturdy man raised his hands and begged for mercy.

“Surrender means telling a story!” “Mm-hmm!” “Quick, hand over your gun and don’t kill me. Tell me a story.”

“Alright alright” The strong man helplessly spread out his hands and said.

“Long live!” “Yes!” “Victory!” The children cheered.

“But” said the sturdy man with a stern expression. “It’s still the same rule. I can’t tell the story to anyone outside. Otherwise, you’ll be in danger.”

“Yes!” “No!” “I swear!” The children stood up and answered in unison, like little soldiers.

“Then …” The strong man thought for a moment and said, “Today, I’ll tell you a story about the Sarados Family, the Starless Light.”

Then, the burly man sat down beside a tree in front of the store, touched the head of one of the children and asked, “Do you remember what I told you last time about the conditions for the Brilliant Family to obtain the title?”

“Remember!” The children answered in unison.

“What’s that?” The sturdy man asked.

“Three hundred years of persistence, three hundred years of glory.” The children answered in unison.

“Yes!” The strong man gave a thumbs up and said, “To obtain the title bestowed by the Great Prophet of Glory, you need three hundred years, generations of persistence and glory to prove yourself.”

“Starless Light, as the title implies, Sarados has accomplished an unimaginable feat. They have spent generations of effort exploring the boundless Mirror Sea over a period of two hundred and thirty years …”

In this way, in the eyes of the children, the strong man told the story of the past.

Around BDr2700 years ago, 300 years before the revival calendar, a fishing boat discovered a spatial rift in the Mirror Sea Plane in the Central Sea.

The Sarados Family was ordered to explore the Mirror Sea. They built twelve deep-sea exploration ships and formed an expedition team to explore the Mirror Sea Plane. However, more than ten years had passed, and the expedition team had never returned. Because of the endless sea of mirrors and the lack of satellite communications, once they lost their way, they would never be able to find their way back.

In order to complete their mission, the Sarados Family organized another expedition into the Mirror Sea. However, the second expedition team still lost contact. So, one expedition after another set out. In the next two hundred and thirty years, Sarados organized nine expeditions one after another, but they were all lost in the vast ocean without exception, known as the “most desperate expedition”. In order to prevent the Sarados family from perishing, the glorious great prophet of that generation imprisoned them.

A hundred years later, an expedition team from the Western Continent discovered a drifting bottle left behind by the Sarados near the entrance of the Mirror Sea Plane. Thus, they grasped the laws of magnetic field changes in the Mirror Sea Plane and finally conquered the boundless sea.

Those Sarados who had sacrificed themselves were like the starlight in the dark night, guiding their descendants forward.