Last Totem Novel - Chapter 74

Chapter 74 Faith
After a while, Feng Yun came out of the kitchen with two bowls of steaming vegetables. In an instant, the fragrance of the meat in the small restaurant was overflowing, making one’s appetite boom. One bowl was stewed cabbage soup with lunch meat, and the other bowl was roasted beef with potatoes. Looking at the sumptuous dinner, Tie Zha grinned, said “Thank you”, and then concentrated on eating.

“I’m afraid you can’t get used to sea fish, so I didn’t cook it. I’ll cook it for you tomorrow when there are too many people. If you don’t like it, it won’t be a waste. The last thing you need on the ship is a big rice bucket.” Feng Yun said as he wiped his hands with his apron.

“It’s fine, I’ll eat everything.” Tie Zha replied without raising his head.

“The fish smells fishy. Some people can’t get used to it.” “In the past, when I didn’t have anything to eat, I even ate moldy black bread. A little fishy smell was nothing.” “Impossible, you’re so powerful, you don’t have to eat those things, do you?”

“I wasn’t born to fight.”

“Sigh … you’re right.” Feng Yun sighed and said, “If only I could be born in Silver City.”

‘”Right, I heard …” Tie Zha raised his head and asked seriously, “In the past, there weren’t any fewer bugs than psionic ones, but why didn’t they establish their own power?”

“This question is very complicated …”

Feng Yun explained that in an era when Psionic Adepts hadn’t risen yet, the number of Insect Transformers was indeed quite large. However, there are many problems between insecticides.

First, the ability to insecticide is not hereditary. Ancient scientists called the evolutionary direction of insecticides “mutant atavism.” According to their theory, insecticides look for ways to adapt to harsh environments in their own genetic chains. Insects, one of humanity’s ancestors, are the most adaptable creatures. As a result, when the environment becomes harsh, some humans return to the direction of insects, and insecticides appear.

However, ancestral reversion is a retrogression of species, contrary to the basic direction of biological evolution. As a result, none of the insecticidal abilities could be passed on to the next generation. The descendants of insecticides may be ordinary humans, or they may possess other mutated gene fragments. For this reason, the development of insecticides has become uncertain.

Secondly, because their abilities could be plundered by each other, it was very difficult for the insecticides to create true trust between themselves, and even their blood relatives would be on guard against each other.

Third, the existence of a large number of deformities. Mutations in genes are very random, causing some insecticides to be cruel, bloodthirsty, masochistic, or lustful, or insane, or physically abnormal …

Feng Yun paused for a moment and said in a strengthened tone, “The above three points are the reasons why Bug Transformers are unable to form a power. However, this is not the most fundamental reason!”

“What’s the reason?” Tie Zha stopped the knife and fork in his hand and asked Feng Yun.

“Faith.” Feng Yun took a deep breath and said, “We Bug Transformers have no faith.”

“Faith? What’s the use? Can you eat it as food?” Tie Zha shook his head in disagreement. Indeed, in his opinion, those fanatics had faith. However, apart from uniting with them to discriminate against insecticides, this belief seemed to have no other use.

“No, faith can purify your soul, guide your direction, and allow you to find your goal in life. It is no longer a walking corpse that lives to survive.”

Tie Zha shook his head, still not understanding. Feng Yun stood up, patted his shoulder and said, “You are still young. There are still many things you don’t understand. When you go further, you will have an answer.”

Hearing Feng Yun’s words, the iron slag fell into silence.

“Unfortunately, the Temple of Glory is no longer here” Feng Yun muttered to himself as he left the dining hall melancholily. The short and sturdy figure was indescribably lonely and lonely.

The iron slag quietly finished its meal, cleaned up briefly, and returned to the deck. At this moment, there was no one around, so the dwarf chef had probably gone back to rest. The iron slag casually leaned against the railings on the edge of the ship, looking up at the stars in the cold north wind …

Within the deep starry river, it was as if a familiar voice could be heard …

“One day, when you grow up, you will find a goal to follow for your entire life. Perhaps it is something, perhaps it is something, perhaps it is a person …”

“But before that, your goal is to survive. That’s all.”

As the river of stars flowed, his gaze gradually shifted to the distant north …

He was speechless all night.

On the second day of the voyage, Tie Zha slept until noon. After brushing his teeth and washing up, he came to the restaurant. The dining hall was bustling, and the sailors were squeezed on both sides of the long table, eating bread and chatting with each other.

Seeing him enter, the sailors immediately quieted down. Those who were close to him even consciously gave up a large space. The sailors naturally didn’t dare to treat anyone in this world who was respected by experts and ruled by powerful beings and didn’t even dare to offend the captain.

Under everyone’s gaze, Tie Zha sat down. Then, with a frown, he slapped the table and said, “Eat.” As soon as he finished speaking, the sailors immediately lowered their heads and continued to eat bread, not daring to look at him again.

“What’s there to eat?” Tie Zha looked at the ceiling and asked.

Someone immediately answered, “Deep sea tuna, big tuna, it’s so big.” The man gestured, and another continued, “Captain … no … the navigator just caught it this morning. It’s very fresh.”

“Fried with oil first, then stuffed with green onions. It’s especially fragrant.” “I can’t stand the smell.” “The food will be served soon. Eat less bread.” When it came to food, the sailors became active.

“Is it delicious?” Iron slag asked casually.

However, when he finished asking, it was cold, because no one dared to answer this question. The sailors could tell that Tie Zha was from the interior and probably hadn’t eaten much seafood. Not everyone liked the fishy smell of sea fish. Therefore, no one dared to answer rashly. If the Great Vicious God felt that he was being tricked, the broadsword behind him was not a decoration …

At this moment, Feng Yun lifted the kitchen curtain and poked his head out, saying to Tie Zha, “Your position is not here. Quickly go to the deck. They are all waiting for you.”

Afterwards, the iron slag came to the deck and saw the captain and Zhao Linglong sitting at the white round table, tired of it. The two of them were sticky together, loving each other, talking and laughing. Tie Zha touched his forehead, pretending that he didn’t see anything, and turned around to leave. He didn’t want to be trapped between the two of them. This was too embarrassing.

The captain glanced at the iron slag and hurriedly sat upright, calling him, “Brother, come, come, I’ll be waiting for you.”

Helplessly, Tie Zha could only return to the round table and pull up his chair to sit down. There were exquisite knives and forks, white porcelain plates, and a glass of light yellow pre-dinner wine in front of the table. The captain picked up his glass and raised it to Tie Zha, saying, “Come, let’s have a good time together.”

“Alright.” The iron slag picked up the wine glass and signaled for a while, then drank it all in one gulp.

With the opening of the kitchen and the fall of Zhao Linglong, the original four forces returned to their original state-the captain and the passengers. Tie Zha sighed to himself. This captain was too good at deceiving people. First, he lost the boat, then he won back with the boat. It really made people suspect that he had deliberately lost.

As they waited for the dishes to be served, the deck returned to silence due to the lack of words from the iron slag. The captain lazily leaned back in his chair, teasing Zhao Linglong from time to time. Although Zhao Linglong had always been very reserved, the love in her eyes could not be concealed.

Tie Zha looked sideways at the surface of the sea, trying not to pay attention to the little movements of the couple. However, they were sitting opposite him, and Yu Guang would occasionally scan them. Looking at the sweetness of others, he felt inexplicably sour. This was the common characteristic of almost all men, and the iron slag was no exception.

Thus, he subconsciously thought of Lena. At this moment, if Lena was by her side, she might be even more tired than the captain, making others jealous. Of course, it would also make him even more embarrassed …

Thinking of this, Tie Zha couldn’t help but shiver and didn’t dare to think any further. Actually, Lena Euclid was the woman he was most familiar with in this world. However, in her eyes, he would always be the fourteen-year-old teenager, as if he would never grow up. This was not a pleasant thing for him, who had a strong personality.

Then, he remembered You Ge, the silver-haired girl who had too much energy and liked to shout “yo-ha ~”. He thought of her from time to time since they parted. The sunny smile seemed to freeze in his mind, becoming an unforgettable scene.

If she was here …

There was no ifs. She was a Lombar, a noble from Silver City, not from the same world as him.

What about Muyu Ling Lan?

Perhaps they were often together when they were young, and they were familiar with each other. However, after ten years of trials and tribulations and growing up in different environments, would they still be people from the same world?

Of course not! She was the priest of the Divine Hall of Prayer Rain, standing on top of the tall Silver City, overlooking all living beings. As for him, he was only a slightly larger ant amongst the crowd, perhaps only an ant armed to the teeth. However, an ant is still an ant …

In this cruel world, he was able to live to this day not because of how powerful he was, because there were too many people stronger than him. It was that he was realistic enough not to have any unrealistic fantasies. He knew himself, he knew how high he could fly, how far he could fly.

Only this time, he was confused. He never expected that he had only been in contact with Mu Yu Ling Lan for less than 20 minutes, less than 20 minutes! It was an irresistible calamity!

Moreover, it also implicated her …

If it hadn’t been for this, she might still be alive and sitting beside him at this moment.

If she was here, she would definitely hug his arm tightly and sweetly go back.

If she was here, he wouldn’t be so lonely …

Ever since he left Tieshan Town, his words had become less and less. Sometimes, he didn’t say a word for more than ten days. In that boundless wilderness, there were few people. A lonely traveller only had a lonely fate …