Chapter 86: A Tale of Two Cities

Chapter 86: A Tale of Two Cities

The Salt Clan is a naturally born new human race with innate levels. However, there are only three children in the entire Salt City, all of them being seven or eight years old.

Compared to true transcendent beings, they are much weaker.

Lu Yao found the child with the highest level among the three and checked his panel.

...

【Salt Clan LV2】Salt Long

HP: 20/20

MP: 5/5

Damage: 1

Defense: 1

Speed: 1

【Longevity】

Has a longer lifespan.

...

Lu Yao always felt that there was something suspicious about these three children with the "Salt Clan" title.Finnd new chapters on nove/lbin(.)com

So he traced their tracks.

After careful investigation, Lu Yao found the source of the Salt Clan. The father of these three children was the same person, the "Corrupted Guardian" Salt Ge’er.

This guy and a woman from the Donghai Clan gave birth to these three children and often secretly sent meat and salt to them.

Lu Yao had mixed feelings.

Of course, the good thing was the interracial love that gave birth to the previously unseen "Salt Clan," which could improve the offspring of the entire tribe. Looking at it in the long run, change was always a good thing.

The worry was that the appearance of the "Salt Clan" symbolized a combination of ordinary people and transcendent powers, and he didn’t know what direction it would lead the small people to.

There was no precedent to follow.

From now on, the pixel people would deviate significantly from human history on Earth, which gave Lu Yao a headache.

It probably wouldn’t be long before there were no more assignments to copy.

Overall, the birth of the "Salt Clan" still made Lu Yao happy.

They possessed the attribute of "Longevity." Regardless, if this attribute could gradually cover the entire city, it would definitely be a good thing for each small person to have a longer growth period.

Lu Yao decided to observe first.

He was a watcher of the wheat field, as long as these small people didn’t walk off the cliff, he would let them grow wild. Too much interference would only suppress the creativity of the small people and affect the civilization process of the pixel world itself.

...

Salt City did not have the grandeur of a tribal headquarters. They did not have the spectacle of the "Beast Arena" that led the trend, the "Monument" symbolizing history and heritage, or the rich and diverse products. The population here was only two thousand people, less than a quarter of the headquarters.

On the other hand, Salt City did not have any historical burdens.

There were not so many deeply rooted things here, no fanatical worship, no beast-fighting culture, no tradition of praying and worshiping gods at every turn...

Salt City was a brand new city, so it did not resist anything new.

Yulian broke free from various restraints and showed off here.

Tips popped up on the screen.

"Yes, Mayor." A smiley face symbol appeared above Shang Li’s head.

A question mark appeared above Yu Lian’s head. "Let me ask again, why did you come here?"

"My answer remains the same, Mayor. Because I see potential in this city, and in you, Mayor."

Shang Li said, "The arena is good, but it can’t compare to a burgeoning city."

"The arena of Yao City represents the past and the present."

"But this place is the future."

"Merchants always place their bets on the future."

......

The library in Salt City was very rudimentary, just a large stone house built in the city center. It looked square, with a flag outside painted with a book pattern.

There was a man at the door shouting, "Library, library. Find the book you need, and someone will read it out for you. Even if you can’t read, you can understand by listening."

Because of the charging policy, not many people came here. Most people gathered outside, waiting for those inside to come out and ask them about the content they saw - a practice commonly known as freeloading.

Salt City was like a vibrant young man, full of curiosity and energy for everything, stepping forward without hesitation to try all kinds of new things.

......

Lu Yao shifted his perspective.

Over at the headquarters of the Garlic Tribe, it was a different scene.

Some people were indulging in the excitement and thrill brought by the arena and barley wine, reveling in the intoxication and madness of blood and wine.

Some had become fanatics like Puritans. They would praise the gods every day during meals and drinks, citing passages from the "Gospel of the Gods", praying and worshiping in the temple.

Others yearned for wild adventures. They sailed on paddle boats, charging towards the boundaries of the broken world time and time again, as if to duel with an unseen giant. Many lost their lives to the sea because of this.

......

The abundance of food in a short period of time caused most of the tribe members to lose themselves, making this ancient tribal birthplace gloomy.

This was commonly referred to as overeating.

The death of Wizard Senjian made the situation even worse.

In the temple, Prophet Hamira finally lost her temper.

She began to lead the scholars to preach everywhere, making those indulged in desire repent in front of the temple and the "Gospel". Then she expelled a group of extreme hedonists, indirectly driving them to Salt City, and created an army for this purpose.

【Hamira has created the Temple Army.】

【The Garlic Tribe has learned to form and use an army.】

【The Garlic Tribe has established a city: Yao City.】

Unlike Salt City, Yao City was filled with a strong atmosphere of god worship. It slowly became a city centered on agriculture and religion.

Lu Yao looked down at the two cities located in the east and west.

They set sail from the same starting point, and finally, a divergence in direction appeared.

The two cities would go further and further along their respective paths, and what would happen in the future, no one knew.

Lu Yao leaned back in his chair, recalling the classic opening of "A Tale of Two Cities".

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was...

He forgot the rest.