Chapter 280 It Is Strictly Forbidden to Plant Trees and Rain Here
"The college has repeatedly issued orders and emphasized repeatedly... you still have to break the rules of Sand City!"
"Tell me! What's the first lesson at Forest Academy?"
The tall tree man looked down at the three squirrels at his feet.
“We praise Yao and life!”
The squirrels said in unison: "We guard the desert and the sea of clouds!"
"Then look what you did! You stuffed idiots who can't always remember!"
The tree man's voice was like muffled thunder, and the leaves on the umbrella-shaped tree crown suddenly opened up under its anger, making its already strong body appear even bigger.
The three squirrels were so frightened that they huddled on the ground one by one, their heads buried in the grass, and only their furry tails were exposed.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Shu, I couldn't help it..."
"What can you guys endure?! You have nothing to eat today!"
The squirrels were all dejected.
They couldn't help but whisper.
"Our family likes to plant trees. When we see such a desolate desert, we will definitely want to plant something. Otherwise, it would be a pity..."
"It's just, it's sad to see such a large piece of land abandoned."
"It would be great if there were pine trees or sour raspberries there too, and some roses."
"Shut up, everyone!"
The tree man was furious.
It raised its branch arm, pointed at a few squirrels on the ground and shouted: "Do you know what you are doing? This is the last desert area in the world, and it is the key protected area of the entire Yunzhong Temple!"
"If it weren't for the fact that you just arrived, just by destroying the local ecological reserve, everyone would have to dig coal in the gravel world outside!"
Several squirrels couldn't help but tremble when they heard about coal digging.
They bravely said: "We thought there..."
"Don't think so! I want you to abide by it!"
The tree man interrupted their excuse and said sternly: "This is the last time. Tomorrow you will all go to the desert to work as sand guards for me, and you will be enough for a month."
"Forest Academy has been under tremendous pressure this time. Your behavior has made the entire academy laugh at you... If you do it again, you will be expelled!"
When the squirrels heard this, they felt relieved.
Teacher Shu scolded them, but in the end he saved them.
A few of them also didn't understand.
In other worlds, deserts will be planted with trees and gradually transformed into oases and places suitable for life. But it happened to be in Shacheng, where a large area of desert was deliberately preserved and no one was allowed to destroy it.
"I say again and again, spend your time playing and playing in reading, and read more..."
The tree people hate the fact that iron cannot become steel.
It sighed and could only explain: "Fifteen epochs ago, this place was still a vast desert. There were sand dunes everywhere, and the whole world was only clouds and sand. It was dry and desolate, with almost no life."
"This was originally a world that was about to be destroyed. The traces of the pre-era era disappeared without a trace, except for the cloud monk who turned into an illusion in the clouds. The power and order of the world's rules have collapsed for many years. It is only a matter of time before it is completely shattered and annihilated."
"But the god Yao decided to rebuild this place. He recast the rules, repaired the broken world, allowed rain and soil to be born again, and life began to sprout again. He saved this ancient and terminally ill world."
A squirrel couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, teacher, why did Yao God rebuild this place? Since it is broken, why not find a better world?"
Other companions nearby also echoed: "That's right, Lord Yao is omnipotent. What good is there in this world?"
"Most gods are indeed what you say."
The tree man's tone calmed down: "Since it has been damaged, throw it away."
“But the reason why Lord Yao is great and is respected and followed by the gods is not only his incomparable power and omniscient wisdom, but also his compassion and kindness to the weak, and his tolerance and attention to all races and civilizations. "
"Before the era stopped, Yunzhong Temple also gave birth to a splendid culture. There were gods Yunhuike and various life forms. Gods and humans worked together to perfect the world... Until the end, only Master Zhike Monk was left here alone. "
"Lord Yao Shen believes that it is very difficult for any race to create civilization."
"Even if there is only one person left in a civilization, it means that the fire of civilization has not been extinguished. Therefore, Yao God used Master Zhike Monk as the fire to restore life to this place and restore the glorious civilization of the past."
The tree man looked at the confused students at his feet.
"If that day comes, I mean if... you are the only one left in the world where you are, you must use all means to survive. As long as you retain the fire of the past, there will be a future for recovery."
The squirrels who had been chattering seemed to understand something at this time, and they all nodded seriously.
The tree man changed the topic to a lighter topic: "Who can tell me who was the first mayor of Shacheng? If you answer correctly, you will be rewarded with a pine cone."
"I know! It's Lord Apostle Slimod!"
A squirrel spoke very quickly.
"very good."
The tree man threw a pine cone to it, and the squirrel happily took it, peeled off a pine nut and stuffed it into its mouth.
"The next question, the reward is also a pine cone, listen up."
"What is the purpose of establishing Sand City?"
Another squirrel immediately said: "Me, me, me! Sand City was built to hold martial arts conferences!"
"Although the most important event in Shacheng was the martial arts conference at the beginning, this answer is incorrect."
The tree man shook his branch finger.
The third pine shoe mouse's eyes lit up: "In order to expand civilization, to let the Yao civilization contact with other divine kingdoms, to integrate other civilizations into the Yao cultural circle, and to further promote development, that is called..."
It scratched its head and finally thought of: "External civilization cycle! No, it is the external civilization cycle!"
"Correct. This is your reward."
The tree man threw it another pine cone.
"The last chance."
The tree man looked at the pine shoe mouse that answered incorrectly: "As a symbol of establishing diplomatic relations, before the United Divine Kingdom of Ghost Realm and Zhulu Kingdom sent an envoy to Sand City, Sand City also formally sent the first envoy to the United Divine Kingdom in the name of the city. Who is this envoy?"
The last pine shoe mouse shouted: "Ice Fist! It's Mr. Ice Fist of the "Northern Ice Fist"!"
"Wrong, idiot!"
The two good brothers next to him were so anxious that they couldn't help saying: "It's Mr. Fish Gu, the "Lonely Ambitious Man"!"
"Ah, right, right, it's Mr. Fish Gu!" The pine shoe mouse that answered incorrectly quickly changed his words.
The tree man glared at it: "Right is right, wrong is wrong."
"If you don't seize the opportunity, you have to accept failure."
The other two pine-shoe mice couldn't bear to see their good brother starve, so they each gave some pine nuts to him. The three pine-shoe mice were half full and not hungry.
The tree man suddenly saw a slowly moving sand dune emerging outside the city.
It immediately said to the students under its feet: "The monk Zhike is here, you should go over quickly. If you arrive early, you can ask many questions. This opportunity is rare, you must seize it this time."
"Okay, okay!"
This time, the three pine-shoe mice hurriedly ran all the way out of the city. There were also students from other races running wildly. It is not a common thing to listen to an experienced apostle's lectures and answer questions.
The tree man looked from a distance and saw that the tall monk Zhike was surrounded by many people. Behind him, as the legend goes, there were eighteen disciples following, and these disciples were all disaster beasts.
The monk Zhike tirelessly explained and answered questions for everyone. No one knew more about things before the era than him.
As the oldest witness of Yunzhong Temple and the watcher who has never left since the era, the monk Zhike has an extraordinary significance to this world.
The tree man remembers that he was in this desert city when he opened his eyes. It was a tree species that Yao God personally gave life and mission.
When it was still a little tree man, it was carried by its friend, the ice and snow monster, to attend classes, just like those young people outside.
That was the first era after the restart of this era. The sand city was so empty, the weather was so hot that the sand could smoke, and the strong wind blew off many leaves.
I was dried up by the sun, and my friend's body was melting.
But the two young learners gritted their teeth and persisted, asking the monk Zhike for all kinds of knowledge. The apostle shaped like a big fish also replied one by one, and built a cellar with sand to prevent them from being injured too much by the sun.
That was many years ago.
At that time, the tree man and his friend said the most that it was too dry and hot here. If it could rain more, it would be great to have an oasis.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, most of Yunzhong Temple has become an oasis.
Members of various races live together in the sand city, including Yao people, cave dwellers, sandworms, Wuji people, bamboo people, reed people, funeral people, ghosts... Only two wonders and the desert in the area where the former site of Yuncuike Kingdom is located are preserved and commemorated as the heritage of pre-epoch civilization.
Stone tablets and wooden signs were erected on the edge of the desert, with stern slogans written on them.
——No destruction of the desert!
——It is strictly forbidden to plant trees and rain here! Violators will be punished!
——Everyone has the responsibility to protect the desert heritage!
The tree man stretched out his branches.
It looked at the sky above.
For Lord Yao, transforming a world may be just a piece of cake.
But for the lives living in this world and the long-silent Yunzhong Temple civilization, this earth-shaking change is a miracle of resurrection from the dead.