Last Totem Novel - Chapter 70

Chapter 70 Set Sail
Late at night, the iron slag drilled through the window and returned to the room of the giant wooden barrel. After putting down two boxes of compressed biscuits, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At the very least, he didn’t have to worry about starving to death halfway through the journey.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a question. He had worked so hard, risking his life on the road, why did he run to the end of the world?

Become stronger? It doesn’t seem like.

According to Alice’s information, as a traditional evolver, he relied entirely on his innate talent. There were no secret manuals or grimoires that could not be cultivated like a psionic practitioner, and the effects of training were negligible. Even if they reached the temple, there probably wouldn’t be any good way to increase their strength.

On the other hand, as an insect-like mutant, he could only rely on genetic plundering. However, this skill was based on killing the opponent, so the Temple probably wouldn’t be able to offer him any benefits. If he wanted to become stronger, he could only rely on his own world-wide search for his fellow cultivators who possessed the appropriate skills, and then plunder or be plundered, or even face the collapse of his genetic chain.

Moreover, what was the meaning of becoming stronger?

Before that, he hoped to have enough strength to help Lena overcome the difficulties of her family’s marriage. But now, it didn’t seem necessary. If Lena’s strength could not change his fate, then he had no other choice.

He had never imagined that his strength and Lena’s could be so far apart that they could not be seen to the end.

In this world, was there anything more depressing than being instantly killed? Yes! That is, the person who instantly killed him was instantly killed by someone else …

This gap was simply unbearable!

Putting aside Lena’s question, why did he become stronger?

When he was young, he wanted to have strength in order to win and bully his children. After Old Man Tie passed away, the reason why he became stronger was to survive and have a bite to eat. Later on, the goal of becoming stronger was to have a place to live.

But now that he had food to eat and a place to live, he no longer seemed to have an urgent need. Then why did he need to gain strength?

For so many years, he was like a weed in the wilderness, with no other pursuit than to survive. But now, he had crossed mountains, crossed mountains, crossed rivers, and crossed seas to an unknown place. This had nothing to do with survival, and even violated the principle of “living.”

Then, why did he go to the end of the world? Why are you getting stronger?

He did not have any answers to these questions, nor did he understand them.

After pondering for a long time, he took out a small paper cylinder from his bosom, unscrewed the lid, and took out an old yellow scroll.

Opening the scroll, the ancient handwriting leapt onto the paper in the dim moonlight.

“Hello, friend from afar …”

His deep voice seemed to come from an elderly elder. With his aged and calm voice, he invited him to the end of the world.

The handwriting in the letter was vigorous and powerful, revealing persistence and vicissitudes between the lines. It was as if every stroke, every stroke, was a knife mark engraved on the steel, making him feel extremely heavy!

This page of paper was like a vast ocean, and the words on it were like ships riding through the wind and waves.

At this moment, he remembered the old flute’s description of the messenger.

The mysterious traveler walked from the end of the world to hand over the letter.

This sincerity, this importance, was something he had never encountered in his entire life. Growing up in the garbage dump, he had seen all the coldness and warmth in the world, but he had never received such respect. Thinking of this, he clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind. As long as there was still one breath left, he would reach the end of the world, even if it was just a glance!

Because sincerity can only be returned with sincerity.

Moonlight shone on the youth’s calm face through the small window. Time flowed quietly …

In a blur, the consciousness of the iron slag became fainter and fainter. Just as he was about to fall asleep, a commotion suddenly came from downstairs. His entire body trembled and he immediately woke up. He narrowed his eyes and listened carefully to the sounds below.

I discovered it so quickly, can’t it be …

Iron Slag hesitated in his heart. If someone from the supply market came looking for him, what would he do? If necessary, can you kill someone? If he wanted to kill someone after stealing something, then what was the difference between him and the Silver City scum, Carl Leylin?

At this moment, the door was knocked on.

“Bang, bang, bang …”

Tie Zha held his breath and quietly stepped onto the motorcycle. He had already thought about it. If anyone came looking for him, he would immediately knock him out and find the next coastal town to board the ship.

“Brother Tie, something’s wrong! Hurry up and help!”

Accountant Wu Congyun’s anxious voice came from outside. Tie Zha heaved a sigh of relief and got out of the car and opened the door.

The accountant stood outside the door and immediately shouted at the duck’s throat when he saw the iron slag. “This is bad! The boat is gone! The boat that we just got is gone!”

“Huh?” Tie Zha frowned.

“That old hooligan lost the boat!” Accountant said angrily.

“What!” At this moment, veins appeared on Tie Zha’s forehead, and his blood vessels were beating non-stop.

Next, Accountant explained the cause and effect of the matter. About half an hour ago, the Hound Farm sent men to inform him that the captain had lost a lot of money and had mortgaged the Big Dipper to them. The first mate brought people to save the captain, but they were all caught. Seeing that there was nothing Accountant could do, he could only come to Tie Zha to discuss countermeasures.

In order to catch the boat, Tie Zha could only push the motorcycle out of the bar, catch the accountant, and rush to the hound farm at full speed.

More than ten minutes later, a red motorcycle broke into the farm and ran rampant. Finally, it braked in front of the main building. The locomotive driver jumped down and drew his saber and spear, preparing to do a big job. At this moment, the door of the main building opened. A red-haired woman walked out, followed by Captain Xia Yihan. At this moment, the captain was chatting and laughing. It was completely unlike losing all his underwear and being trapped here.

Seeing Tie Zha, the captain greeted her and introduced her to the red-haired woman, “Come, meet her. This is the captain of the Big Dipper, Ms. Zhao Linglong.”

Hearing the captain’s words, Iron Cinder almost slipped his hand and couldn’t hold onto his weapon. Then he said, “I don’t care who the captain is. Just send me to the snowy ice plains.”

“There’s no problem with that. I’ve already discussed it with Captain Zhao.” Said the captain.

Zhao Linglong glanced at Tie Zha and nodded slightly in agreement.

“What about me?” Accountant asked.

“We are Captain Zhao’s subordinates now, and you are the Big Dipper’s Accountant.” Replied the captain.

Just like that, Captain Xia Yihan sold the entire ship, including himself …

Of course, it didn’t matter who the captain was as long as there was a boat.

In the following period of time, everything was finally calm and peaceful, and nothing unexpected happened again. During that time, Tie Zha had been hiding in the giant wooden wine barrel, not leaving the house at all. After all, he had stolen something, so he couldn’t wander around anymore to avoid being recognized. The captain circled around Zhao Linglong every day, asking questions and boasting. Although Zhao Linglong was cold and didn’t say much, she couldn’t help but laugh at the captain’s thick skin.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the day of departure arrived.

In the early morning of this day, there was a little snow floating in the sky, and the entire Fallen Goose Town was enveloped in a hazy expanse. The white roof, the small chimneys, and the small windows that emitted warm candlelight. Everything was so peaceful and quiet.

While the people of Fallen Goose Town were hiding under the warm blankets, the iron slag tidied up, put on the windbreaker that Lena had given him, stepped onto the red comet, and arrived at the dock to welcome the fine snow.

In the dawn, a tens of meters long steel ship quietly stopped at the dock. A long bridge deck connects the ground to the hull of the ship. Iron Slag twisted the accelerator forcefully and rushed onto the bridge deck amidst the roar of the engine. He leapt into the air and flew directly to the deck of the Big Dipper.

“Good morning, brother.”

Looking up, Captain Xia Yihan was standing at the bow greeting him. Today, the captain wore a red military coat and a black hat, giving him the scent of a pirate leader. However, he was not the captain now, he was just a navigator.

After a while, the sailors boarded the ship through the bridge one after another. Tie Zha impolitely commanded Alice to scan every sailor on board. The front of the red comet shot out blue, green and white rays of light, probing the sailors back and forth. At this time, Tie Zha no longer cared about other people’s feelings. He needed to know the strength of everyone on board. Otherwise, there would be no chance of escaping once they got out of the sea. He would never allow anyone stronger than him to exist on the ship, and if he did, he would choose to get off the ship.

Most of the sailors who were forced to scan had unhappy expressions on their faces. After all, this was personal privacy, and no one was willing to expose their physical condition to the eyes of others. However, they didn’t dare to say anything, and they had no other choice but to complain secretly.

At this time, a strong man with a fish scale tattoo boarded the boat. He saw three rays of light sweeping over and immediately dodged to the side. He then roared angrily, “Which idiot is scanning randomly!”

“Do you have any objections?” Tie Zha narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at the strong man.

“Go to hell!” The burly man shouted, and his exposed skin instantly turned crimson! At the same time, he took a step forward, hugged his shoulders with one hand, and slammed into Tie Zha.

Ant muscles!

Tie Zha’s pupils constricted. The other party was actually an insect-like mutant. The characteristic of ant-like muscles was that their skin would turn red the moment they exerted their strength. This is because the principle of ant-like muscle strengthening is to instantly increase the concentration of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) in the body, thereby increasing the explosive power of muscles.

This kind of explosive force was extremely powerful, and the iron slag didn’t dare to face it head-on, so it hurriedly moved sideways to avoid it.

The burly man slammed into the air and rushed forward out of control. Tie Zha kicked the burly man in the thigh! With a muffled bang, the strong man was kicked out and rolled five or six times on the deck before finally crashing into a pile of wooden boxes.

After a while, the sturdy man got up and obediently returned to the iron slag. He was scanned by the red comet.

[Insect mutated human gene was detected. The mutated gene fragment was highly consistent with the “ant-like muscle” in the database. The overall combat strength was at the Black Iron Primary Stage, with an error rate of 89%.]

“Black Iron rank, your strength isn’t bad.” Iron Slag said to himself as he looked at the data on the screen.

The sturdy man could not tell whether to admire or ridicule. His face turned red and white, making him look very embarrassed.