Chapter 219
She jerked awake, almost as if electrocuted, trying to sit up abruptly. "Yes, I'm sorry! I... I shouldn't have..."
However, Xiao Huasheng seemed to have anticipated her reaction.
Before she could completely break free, a hand gently pressed down on her shoulder.
Cinnabar raised her head, her gaze meeting Xiao Huasheng's smiling eyes.
"It's okay, Cinnabar, if you feel lonely..."
She paused, then said clearly:
"... Come talk to me. At least, while I'm still here, you won't feel lonely."
These words were like a warm tide, instantly shattering the defenses Cinnabar was trying to rebuild in her heart.
All the awkward refusals and habitual aloofness seem pale and powerless in the face of this promise that touches the softest part of the heart.
Cinnabar stopped struggling and stared blankly at Xiao Huasheng.
She opened her mouth slightly, but no sound came out; only the mercury around her slowly stabilized.
Beside this Angel, she felt a sense of peace she had never known before.
She finally relaxed to the point where even she could easily fall asleep.
Cinnabar remained silent for a while.
Then, lying on Xiao Huasheng's fair lap, she closed her eyes and said, "It's daytime now, you should go back..."
"Aren't you going back? Back to your companions?" Xiao Huasheng asked.
"... Need not."
Cinnabar stood up, said nothing, but looked at Xiao Huasheng and said, "If you still want to eat, come find me."
Behind her were flowers that shimmered with a subtle fluorescence.
Xiao Huasheng nodded, "If you really can't stand it, you can come to my company. I don't have many people who are afraid of mercury, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
She extended an invitation to the lonely child in front of her.
She then left.
Xiao Huasheng still needs to find a way to obtain energy in this world.
After many twists and turns, Xiao Huasheng discovered a shocking truth about this world.
There really is no food in this world!
There's at least no food that humans can eat!
It's no wonder that humanity has gone extinct; aside from mechanical ascension, Xiao Huasheng really can't think of any other situation that could allow humanity to survive.
She eventually returned to the Gem People's base camp.
"Xiao Huasheng, have you found any food?"
"By the way, did you encounter any Cinnabar at night?"
"Be careful with her poison; once you get it, you'll have to cut it off."
The gems, who were working, began to speak.
They were either sewing clothes or making chairs; in short, they were doing handicrafts to make life better.
It's just like everything that people in primitive societies would do.
"Hmm, it's alright."
Xiao Huasheng said without any urgency, "However, the quantity is rather small. I wonder if there is more food in the sea."
There was no more food on the island; I wonder if there was anything edible in the sea.
The result, however, was Kongo's denial.
"The situation in the sea is the same as on land. My mother once said that the ocean is no longer suitable for nurturing life, and even if there is food, there won't be as much of it anymore."
At that moment, Phosphophyllite cheerfully placed a flower wreath on Xiao Huasheng's head and asked happily, "Do you want me to help you find it?"
"It's alright, I'm not going to die anytime soon anyway."
Just then, Phosphophyllite, perhaps too excited by its overactive energy, tripped over an uneven stone and instantly lost its balance.
"Whoa!" With a scream, Phosphophyllite fell straight toward Xiao Huasheng.
She instinctively reached out to grab something to steady herself, but instead crashed squarely into Xiao Huasheng's incredibly hard concrete shoulder!
Gra!
A clear, shattering sound abruptly shattered the tranquility of the morning.
Phosphophyllite, with a hardness of only 3.5, shattered into pieces upon impact, like a delicate piece of porcelain struck by a hammer!
Xiao Huasheng only felt a tremor in his body, and someone was already in trouble.
Beautiful emerald green gemstone fragments, large and small, scattered all over the ground with a clatter, rolling everywhere.
Just moments ago, Phosphophyllite was lively and chattering, but now it has turned into a beautiful but tragic mess.
"Oh dear?" Rutile watched this scene with a smile, seemingly used to it.
Lying on the ground, the shattered Phosphophyllite stared wide-eyed.
Even with only half her head remaining, she still managed to express her feelings. "Xiao Huasheng is so hard, it feels harder than Diamond..."
Jade, hands on her hips beside her, said mercilessly as she pieced together the item, "3.5? Can you even feel who's harder? It'll break with the slightest touch."
"Of course... at least I won't shatter that easily!" Phosphophyllite said with great certainty.
Xiao Huasheng squatted down and slowly picked up the broken pieces for her.
However, she had no experience in assembling Gem People, so she didn't do a very good job.
"I'll leave it to you," Xiao Huasheng said.
Phosphophyllite's words aroused the curiosity of even the dazzling Diamond nearby.
She approached Xiao Huasheng and cautiously asked him a question.
"Xiao Huasheng, may I touch you?"
"Of course," Xiao Huasheng said without refusing.
All the Gem People watched with curiosity as this hardness contest was put to the test.
Diamond first gently poked Xiao Huasheng, and after finding that Xiao Huasheng was soft, she increased the pressure.
The skin at the point of contact immediately hardened.
A 'clatter' sound came from the point where the two sides made contact.
Then, with a forceful thrust of the Diamond, something happened that caught everyone in the Gem People completely off guard.
The Diamond's finger... broke off.
Xiao Huasheng himself was unharmed.
The red-haired Angel's eyelids twitched at the sight. "Don't you guys feel any pain?"
Kongo responded on behalf of the Gem People.
"These children don't feel pain. If you really can't find food, I actually have another way..."
"What method?" Xiao Huasheng asked curiously.
Kongo glanced around at the Gem People and said, "I'll tell you tonight."
The gems immediately began to murmur amongst themselves.
"How cunning!"
"The teacher is giving me extra help."
"I want you to tell me something secretly too!"
The gems vied for Kongo's favor, which only earned Xiao Huasheng a helpless smile in return.
"They're so energetic! How wonderful!"
This is clearly Xiao Huasheng's assessment of Kongo's current situation.
Kongo remained silent, but the smile on his lips said it all.
Just then, a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky!
Then the black dot expanded rapidly! Eventually, it formed an entire fleet!
Upon seeing this, the Gem People immediately realized what was happening.
"It's the Lunarians! The Lunarians are here! All non-essential personnel, take refuge!"
As the chief combatant, Bort immediately spoke, dragging her beautiful long black hair as she charged towards the location of the Lunarians with her sword raised.
Xiao Huasheng looked up at the sky, at the Lunarians above.
Xiao Huasheng looked at them more and more, and they seemed increasingly familiar. Were those... lotus roots?
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As the black dot in the sky gradually grew larger, the interior scene became fully visible.
Xiao Huasheng squinted and looked carefully.
Those beings, known as the Lunarians, were entirely emanating a soft, milky white color, like moonlight.
Their bodies are extremely peculiar, not made of flesh and blood or armor, but rather like lotus roots that have been polished!
At least some clues can be seen from the lotus root-like holes on the tops of their heads.
These lotus root figures stood silently on a magnificent boat woven from clouds, each with a different posture, yet all exuding a deathly aura.
They didn't talk, didn't shout, and you couldn't even sense the slightest emotional fluctuation; they were like a group of exquisite but empty puppets.
However, their actions were swift and deadly.
Almost the instant the Bort issued its warning, the Lunarians standing on the edge of the ship raised their longbows, which were also made of the same illusory material.
Their bow-drawing movements were perfectly synchronized, as if they had practiced countless times, as they aimed at the Gem People below.
There were no shouts, no warnings.
Whoosh--whoosh--whoosh--!
A sudden whooshing sound rang out!
Countless gleaming arrows, like dense raindrops accompanied by a mournful whistling sound, rained down upon the Gem People on the ground!
The arrows were bound with gemstones; if the gemstones were not hard enough, they would break in two.
The battle erupted in an instant!
Bort wielded a massive black sword, its blade flashing as it shattered the arrows aimed at her.
Diamond quickly stepped forward, using her sturdy body to shield the more fragile Gem People behind her.
Other combat-type Gem People also displayed their unique abilities to defend against this sudden ranged attack.
"Why are the Lunarians here?!"
"They shouldn't be showing up at the Cape of the Void Sea!"
This was the first time the Lunarians had appeared directly at their base camp; the Gem People never expected this.
"They've become invisible, they've become invisible."
Xiao Huasheng narrowed his eyes, looked at the Lunarians in the sky, and said, "I was wondering why I felt other gazes besides yours. So it was these guys."
She had felt there were too many eyes on her earlier.
Now it seems that someone was secretly spying on her, which makes sense.
Considering that the Lunarians before them are not only enemies, but also potentially a scarce source of food.
Without hesitation, Xiao Huasheng conjured a Vector in his hand.
Before the arrows even reached the ground, a frenzy of gunfire erupted from below.
Immediately afterwards, countless golden bullets shot upwards in trajectories, colliding with each arrow.