Sudan said: "These raw materials are all collected from the trees near the Dragon Burial Valley. They are affected by the gloomy atmosphere in the valley and have different characteristics. This is one of the most valuable things I sell here, but it is not easy to sell. Most people
Those who are reluctant to spend money on these will not come to my store. But I can guarantee that it is of better quality than the same product in the mall."
"This woman must have done it."
"How do you know?"
The mysterious man looks at the print on the paper.
Sudan smiled: "She is my girlfriend."
The two chatted sentence by sentence.
After another ten minutes, Sultan suddenly asked: "Where did you get this piece of soil?"
"Is it important?"
Sudan said: "I need to know its origin before I can make a judgment. This thing..." He thought for a long time: "...I have never seen it."
The mysterious man sorted out his words: "Let me tell you this. I found it in the fossilized body of an ancient creature. It was in a very special state when I found it. It can be seen, but it is not visible.
Within the range. Can you understand?"
"Then how did you get it?"
"..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. Please describe the entire process of discovering it, the environment in which it was found, and the characteristics of the environment."
"..."
"Speaking out can help with identification," Sudan said.
The mysterious man had no choice but to delete some things that should not be said and explained the whole process in detail.
Sudan frowned and said: "Although I'm not sure, I think I should know what it is likely to be."
"What is it?"
"Wait a minute." Sultan ran to the book wall, pushed a long ladder with wheels, climbed up, opened the cabinet with a crystal sliding window on top, and took out two books from inside.
He placed one book on the coffee table, opened the other to a page, and handed it to the mysterious man.
"Dirt?" There are rough line drawings in the book, but it is different from the loess brought by the mysterious man. Not only is the shape different, but the shape is also different. They are two completely different things.
Sudan reminded: "Don't look at the picture, look at the description below."
The mysterious person read: "Beyond the dirt, there must be slurry precipitating from the soil layer or plant roots. If you get close to it, you will feel cold and translucent. It tastes sweet and cold. Drinking it for a long time can restore your youthful appearance. It is called 'rejuvenating water'."
'Fountain of Youth', also known as 'liquid separation'."
"Read this book again and turn to page 489."
The mysterious man read it as he was told, and then said: "It is indeed very similar to what is described in the book, but neither book clearly explains what 'dirt' is."
"Dirt is the dirt of earth. I don't know what its use is, but it must be very useful." Sudan said: "From your description, I infer that this piece of dirt of yours was produced in this way. It should be in
In the ancient period before humans were born, the environment was very different from now. The land and oceans were filled with huge creatures. This creature was seriously injured in the struggle with natural enemies, and was later sealed by erupting volcanoes and cold-solidified magma.
It became a fossil. The cold cave in the abdomen you mentioned should be the point where it was severely injured. For soft-armored creatures like this that hold eggs, that is the place where their vitality is nurtured. After a severe injury, the nurturing fluid flows out, and it becomes a fossil.
The Fountain of Youth.”
"Is this possible? The story is too unbelievable."
Sudan said: "It is impossible for other creatures, but this kind of creature is possible. Some soft-armored creatures have the ability to infinitely regenerate. They may shed their shells and regenerate, or they may split their bodies. They are all mystics and medical scientists who study immortality.
, a popular species in the science of immortality. Today, we live in a world where there are still several creatures with unlimited regeneration capabilities. For example, the Procambarus crayfish we often eat on our dining tables have this ability.
In addition, Baofi Cold Cave should be a relatively closed environment in the crater. If the Fountain of Youth continuously circulates and flows in the cold cave, it can theoretically not be exhausted for hundreds of millions of years. If it has a source that can be continuously replenished, it will be even more
It can go on forever.”
"The source you mentioned is this piece of soil?"
"I'm not sure. But this piece of dirt should essentially not belong to the existence that we humans can normally come into contact with. It exists, but humans have no ability to come into contact with it. It is probably because the force that severely damaged ancient creatures has broken through some kind of boundary.
, making it appear in a human-visible environment.”
The mysterious man fell silent and began to think.
"It doesn't seem accurate to say that." Sudan thought for a moment, then gestured to the air and said, "There are many substances in the air that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Before the breakthrough in the principle of optical magic, humans probably knew that there were substances in the air.
These things exist, but there is no way to see them, and at the same time there is no way to take them out. But if we use something like a net to stick and capture those substances in the air, they will attach to that thing and gather
If there are more, you can see a little bit. The power that injured the ancient creature is like a sticky web of invisible matter. It breaks through the incomprehensible boundaries and gathers the invisible matter together to form the current piece.
Dirt. But it did not completely fall from the area behind the boundary into our real world, which is why you encountered the situation."
"Well..."
"This is my speculation, and the metaphor is not necessarily the real situation, but it can provide you with a reference and direction of understanding."
The mysterious man pondered for a long time: "Is it life?"
Sudan thought for a moment and shook his head: "It's not. In fact, you should be able to understand its existence, but... you can't describe it with an accurate description. The academic community calls it 'a non-existent thing that exists in the imaginary number space',
This is a paradox because the real imaginary number space itself is considered unreal."
"Okay, I understand, what else do you want to tell me?"
Sudan said: "If you can leave it here for me to study it for a long time, maybe I can give you some information, but not too much. To study it, you can only find more professional people, such as
Say...the local Lord Praetor West."
"How much."
After paying the fee, the mysterious man left immediately. The Sudan looked at the gold coupons on the table and listened to the footsteps retreating outside the shop door. He thought thoughtfully and shook his head with a wry smile. He walked to the door of the shop and stood at the door.
He put an owl-shaped 'Closed for Business' sign on the outside and went back to the attic to rest. The female roommate who was woken up after falling asleep complained and pinched his buttocks.
…
The mysterious man walked out of the door and went into a narrow alley. He looked left and right, up and down. No one noticed, and then he went into another narrower, windowless alley. After taking off his disguise,
He took off his fake beard and hood, used wind magic to tear it into pieces in his hands, and threw it into the trash can in the alley. Then he climbed over the high wall of the dead alley and left. This mysterious man was, of course, Bing Zhixie.