New Star Natives
The fact that there were indigenous people on the New Star really surprised Wang Xuan, because he had never heard of them in his Old Earth. Was this deliberately concealed?
He sighed softly. There must have been many "stories" when the New Star was developed. As an outsider, he wondered if his hands were stained with blood.
He hoped for a gentler approach, so that the tragedy of Old Earth America wouldn't repeat itself here.
But it's too late to say anything now; more than a hundred years have passed, and what was meant to happen has already happened.
"Whether it was more than a hundred years ago or now, the East is stronger. They shouldn't be as cold-blooded as those blond-haired people. I hope so!" What could he say? He could only feel sympathy in his heart.
For a moment, his gaze softened as he looked at the little girl, wondering how many of the indigenous people were still alive.
"Are you really alright?" Wang Xuan asked with some concern. The child's fair forehead was covered in cold sweat from the pain, yet he managed to endure it without crying or screaming.
He took out his phone to dial an emergency number. He didn't really trust a child's words; it would be such a pity if something happened to him.
"Uncle, it's alright, I just need to rest for a bit!" The little girl had a delicate and beautiful face, with her slender and pretty eyebrows slightly furrowed. Although she was only about four years old, she had a strong sense of self, or rather, a resolute spirit, and shook her head in refusal.
"Meow meow meow!" The tiny, snow-white kitten, no bigger than a palm, seemed quite intelligent. It flapped its fluffy wings and circled around the little girl on the ground, appearing very uneasy.
"Lele!" A woman appeared. She was very beautiful, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with fair skin, shoulder-length hair with a slight purple tinge, and her pupils were not obvious, more like black pupils.
She ran over quickly, gently and carefully picked up the little girl, whispering comforting words and patting her back softly, her face showing both worry and maternal glow.
Seeing the little girl in pain, tears welled up in her eyes; she wished she could take her place.
People in the distance were whispering, saying it was a terminal illness.
With Wang Xuan's perception, he naturally heard that the little girl was very unfortunate and would only live to be five years old at most.
Upon hearing this, Wang Xuan was both shocked and felt sorry for her.
Other people came over and asked if she needed to go to the hospital. The young woman shook her head, and tears finally streamed down her face.
"Mommy, don't cry, I'll be alright soon." The little girl, despite her pain, comforted the woman, showing remarkable understanding.
Then, she reached out her little hand to wipe away her mother's tears.
Wang Xuan couldn't bear to see this scene. A soft spot in his heart was touched, and he sighed softly. He activated the Root Method of the Pre-Qin Daoist practitioners, trying to mobilize the Mysterious Factor within his body.
Outsiders couldn't see it, but his mental realm could detect it. Tiny, snowflake-like particles drifted down and were carefully and cautiously delivered into the little girl's body.
However, he was taken aback. It seemed that there was some extremely troublesome substance in the internal organs of this weak and sensible little girl that had dissolved the Mysterious Factor!
This was the first time he had encountered such a situation. It was fair to say that the Mysterious Factor had an excellent healing effect, so this shouldn't have happened.
In order to practice Zhang Daoling's five pages of Golden Book, he had developed small cracks in his internal organs, but they recovered quickly thanks to the nourishment of this substance.
He was deeply shaken. Could it be that the little girl's talk about the Five Decays of Heaven and Man Disease was not just nonsense, but something real?
Wang Xuan injected some more, and he found that the little girl's pain was relieved, which helped a little, but it was difficult to have a greater effect.
Soon after, the little girl slowly recovered, stopped in pain, and lay in her mother's arms without moving for a long time.
Only at the very end did she whisper, "Mom, please give me a little brother. If I'm gone, he can keep you company, okay?"
Upon hearing these words, the young woman couldn't bear it. Tears streamed down her face. She picked up the little girl and hurriedly ran home, trying to suppress her heartache as she hugged her daughter tightly.
"Meow!" The tiny, snow-white kitten, no bigger than a palm, followed behind, chasing after them all the way.
Some people nearby sighed; they all lived in the neighborhood and were clearly aware of the little girl's situation.
Despite the advanced technology at New Star Technology, that disease remains incurable; there is currently no cure.
These people whispered and murmured, expressing great sympathy.
"That's a genetic disease. The little girl's father passed away two months ago, but she doesn't know it yet. She thinks her father is away on a business trip."
"It must be genetic. This family is very intelligent. Both parents work at top research institutes. That little girl, even though she's only four, learns much faster than seven or eight-year-olds, but her life has been full of hardship..."
Wang Xuan's rented apartment was on the 25th floor of a 30-story building, and the lighting on that floor was excellent.
He started searching for information about Indigenous people on his phone.
Whenever he saw that fragility, his heart would be touched, and he would feel a strong sense of sympathy. It was hard for him to pretend he hadn't seen it; he felt it was too pitiful.
He's willing to lend a hand if he can.
He found some old news articles, but when he clicked on them, they were all in a "404" state, either out of service or unable to be opened.
He then found some messages that hadn't been completely deleted; apparently, only some sensitive content had been removed.
One article mentioned that when they first arrived at New Star, they discovered thousands of indigenous people. Although some conflicts occurred, the two sides quickly reconciled and integrated.
The comments section below the article mentioned that some indigenous people have a certain genetic disease.
The next reply was astonishing: it's not a simple genetic disease; it's tinged with mythology and is known as the Five Decays of Heaven and Man Disease.
Unfortunately, no one talked about it anymore after that.
After searching for a long time, Wang Xuan finally found another news article that wasn't "404" and was quite informative.
In the early exploration of New Star, indigenous people were indeed discovered. Their population was small, and their birth rate was extremely low, which was the main reason for their sparse population.
If this trend continues, they will eventually disappear on their own.
Most indigenous people have purple hair and purple eyes, and their overall appearance is outstanding. Their learning ability is particularly remarkable.
When we first met the Old Earth people, we were quite surprised, even though they lived in wooden houses in the mountains and forests.
The people of the Old Earth believed that this group had excellent genes and should be absorbed and integrated as soon as possible.
Back then, the indigenous people claimed to be descendants of true immortals, which made people from the Old Earth think twice.
The article mentions that some famous tycoons had ancestors who married into indigenous people with purple hair and eyes, but they never dared to do so again.
Indigenous people suffer from a terrible genetic disease that has no cure.
Some people show symptoms when they are young, while others only develop symptoms in adulthood. Once the symptoms appear, they may not live for more than a few years.
The disease is only present in the five internal organs.
Even as technology became more advanced and artificial organs could be replaced, they still died, and their deaths were similar to the legendary five signs of decay, with their bodies becoming foul-smelling.
Wang Xuan stared in disbelief, realizing that even modern medicine had no cure for this disease.
He sighed softly, unable to help.
After settling in, Wang Xuan spent the next two days familiarizing himself with everything about the New Star, and then focusing on studying the map in preparation for entering the secret realm!
Old Chen once told him that the secret place should be in the Cloud Mist Plateau, as it was the only place that fit the description, with a large enough area and being an uninhabited area.
Chen Life Soil had studied it carefully and felt that it was impossible for any other place to hide a secret place.
Wang Xuan chose to live in Yuan City mainly because it is adjacent to the Cloud Mist Plateau, making it convenient to enter that uninhabited area.
The New Star are powerful Easterners, most of whom live on the largest continent— Central Continent.
Just hearing the name tells you it has an oriental feel. When the people from the Old Earth landed on this planet more than a hundred years ago, they gave it this name.
Of course, many people of East Asian descent have also settled on other continents.
The western part of the Central Continent is the Cloud Mist Plateau, with an overall altitude of over two thousand meters. Some mountains pierce the clouds, their peaks covered in snow all year round, their slopes shrouded in mist, and their bases lush and vibrant with life.
It can be said that some mountains offer views of all four seasons year-round.
The Cloud Mist Plateau covers an area of over nine million square kilometers and has never been developed. It is a no-man's land and is quite dangerous.
Every time Old Chen comes to New Star, he carries his Black Sword and runs into the Cloud Mist Plateau, naturally to find the blessed land from his early years and the secret land from later years.
According to Old Chen, besides the blessed land and the secret land, there are several other mysterious places. He doesn't believe in superstitions and doesn't think they can't be found.
He specifically marked out areas for Wang Xuan, saying that only a few areas on the Cloud Mist Plateau were suspected, and that it would be enough for Wang Xuan to search those areas.
"Old Chen, are you reliable or not? Don't try to fool me into wandering around in the desert alone!" Wang Xuan decided to set off in one day!
In the past two days, he had seen the little girl Lele several times. She was pretty, cute, and very sensible. Each time, she would hug her snow-white kitten and sweetly call him "uncle".
Wang Xuan sighed, "This child is so pitiful. It's said that she fell ill too early and won't live past five years old. She probably won't live more than six months."
"Uncle, are you going to see the starfish tonight?" She looked up and asked when she saw Lele downstairs again.
"What starfish?" Wang Xuan asked her with a smile.
When he first New Star, all he knew was about life and preparing for the exploration of the secret location. He hadn't had time for anything else yet, and he was less concerned about anything else than a child.
"There's a very beautiful fish called lanternfish. It's their spawning season now. They migrate westward from downstream, all the way to the vicinity of the Cloud Mist Plateau. It's a spectacular and beautiful sight. They've reached the vicinity of Yuan City now. Would you like to go see them tonight? The riverbanks are bustling with people enjoying the scenery."
When Lele is not suffering from illness, she is lively, cheerful, and articulate, speaking like a little adult.
She told Wang Xuan that the section of the river Yuan City was in a uniquely advantageous location, attracting countless tourists every year who came to admire the starfish.
"When I was one year old, two years old, and three years old, my parents took me to see it. Unfortunately, my father is away on a business trip this year and I don't know when he will be back. This year, only my mother will take me."
She was somewhat disappointed, but being a child at heart, she quickly began to look forward to the beautiful scenery that evening. She had no idea that her father had already passed away two months prior.
Wang Xuan was only familiar with her, and had only met Lele's mother once. To avoid misunderstandings, he naturally could not travel with them.
But he did go out of the city that evening, and sure enough, there were many tourists. Even from a distance, you could see people everywhere on the riverbank.
The Zhou River is the fifth longest river in the Central Continent, and its section Yuan City is particularly magnificent.
Soon, Wang Xuan was stunned. The sky was truly filled with "stars," dazzlingly bright, with starlight shining from the river surface to the high sky.
When these fish leap out of the water, they quickly inflate and glow, resembling beautiful lanterns floating above the surface.
Some of the small lanterns, bumped by their counterparts that have just leaped out of the water, will fly higher into the sky, filling the air with Light Source and creating a dazzling and beautiful spectacle.
Especially when viewed from a distance, the entire Zhou River is filled with starlight, making it exceptionally spectacular.
"I overlooked many beautiful things in life. After arriving at New Star, I was only thinking about entering the secret place. This kind of scenery is definitely worth seeing."
Wang Xuan walked along the long riverbank for more than an hour. Suddenly, he turned around and saw a familiar face!
Lele was right; every year at this time of year, many tourists from other places come to admire the beautiful scenery.
Wang Xuan saw three women walking together, chatting and laughing. How did those three get together? They seemed to be getting along very well.
They had all wanted to collaborate with him and tried their best to recruit him into their respective expedition teams, and they actually met him here.
He avoided them, not wanting to see them for the time being, and only wanted to quietly enter the secret place.
Soon after, he discovered Lele with her mother, Jiang Xue.
"Mom, why are you crying?" Lele looked up at Jiang Xue.
She looked beautiful tonight, like a fairy from a fairy tale. She wore a purple dress, her long, light purple hair fluttering in the breeze, and her big, bright eyes made her look exquisite and adorable.
Jiang Xue quickly wiped away her tears and picked her up.
"Mommy, do you miss Daddy? I miss him too, but don't cry," Lele said, showing great understanding.
Then, the little girl fell silent for a long time before whispering, "Mommy, are you worried that I won't live long? It's okay. If I leave, I will turn into a little star here and come to see you every year. In the future, you and Daddy can come here to see me every year too. After a while, you can have a little brother to keep you company. He will be very cute. You can bring him here in the future so I can see him too."
Jiang Xue hugged her tightly, not wanting her to see her tears. She faced Zhou River, tears streaming down her face.
Wang Xuan turned away, unable to bear watching any longer. He sighed. Just moments ago he felt he had missed the scenery along the way, but now he was even more determined to transcend the ordinary as soon as possible! This beautiful mortal world, the magnificent Zhou River, the boundless starlight, all shimmered with the tears of some.