The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.
For a moment, they felt a touch of melancholy.
Both of them watched the fresh students passing by before them, so young and brimming with vitality.
Both knew that, with True Immortal Heir's terrifyingly long lifespan, sooner or later, every old friend would die before her eyes, without a single exception.
This was the loneliness of those who lived forever.
"Jiang Ding."
"The Immortal Sect will always be with you."
Yuan sighed softly. "Generation after generation of citizens will be born and die. No one lives forever, yet new generations of citizens will always be born."
"We will die and pass away."
"But there will still be generation after generation of citizens. They will have the same education as us, the same emotions, the same attachments—and the Central Array-Spirit Computer."
"Between heaven and earth, you are not alone."
"Alright."
Jiang Ding looked into the distance, no one knew what he was thinking.
"Let me recommend a talented person to you."
"He should be able to live for many years."
Not wishing to dwell in such sorrow, Yuan changed the subject. "Do you remember the perpetual-motion-machine hypothesis you proposed more than three hundred thousand years ago? You even gave a general direction for it. That paper can still be found in Materialist Science, and over the years, many citizens have made numerous achievements based on it."
"You mean..."
"The perpetual motion machine succeeded?"
Jiang Ding was surprised.
This was the realm of god-grade civilizations, the domain of immortals, beyond the limits of mortals.
"No."
"It remains a hypothesis. Broadly speaking, it is much the same as the previous civilization of the Immortal Sect—the previous civilization that had not yet left its planet. It is still wishful thinking."
Yuan shook his head. "However, someone has created an