CHAPTER 1278: CHAPTER 715: FLAME SNAKE CIVILIZATION AND SIXTH-LEVEL CIVILIZATION! (PART 2)

Outside, a gust of wind picked up, carrying a trace of dampness.

It was going to rain soon.

"Next time, add a bit more beef and cut back on the salt." He slurped the instant noodles, sighing contentedly.

The robot replied professionally, "Thank you for your suggestion. We will consider making improvements."

This was clearly just perfunctory. The robots in Yunhai City were truly not very human-like.

But that bowl of braised beef noodles brought back more regrets.

Grandparents, maternal grandparents...

He had indeed found his parents and sister now, but those who were gone could never be brought back.

This time the sadness was real, and inspiration began to flow. Lu Yuan seemed to enter the ever more distant childhood times, even though he was nearly six hundred years old now, an innate myth, but who doesn’t cherish their childhood?

"When I was a kid, my favorite food was braised beef noodles, it had to be that kind of instant noodles, the gluten was so chewy, a rare treat when occasionally eaten."

"This brings me to my grandpa, who always thought the seasoning packets had too many additives, throwing them straight into the trash, and adding salt and oil himself... making it lose a flavor."

"Perhaps he was right?" Conch laughed.

"Maybe." Lu Yuan recalled another amusing incident, "Back then, I didn’t like to take naps, but Grandpa insisted I lie down and sleep."

"He was a bit stern, so I didn’t dare defy him, I just obediently lay on the bed, pretending to close my eyes, waiting for him to fall asleep so I could get up and watch TV."

"Who would’ve thought, he would actually come and lift my eyelids after a while."

"You know, if a person is sleeping, even if their eyelids are lifted, the eyeballs won’t move. But if they’re awake, the eyeballs would instinctively move a bit. That’s how he confirmed whether I was asleep or not?"

"Ah?!"

"Of course, he didn’t scold me, he just went back to sleep himself..."

"This is my most profound memory of Grandpa. He passed away before the Earth era ended."

"Later on, I grew fond of taking naps too... not taking a nap for a bit every day just feels like lacking energy."

"Come on, let’s go home and have a look."

Walking down the street with his sister had a subtle sense of nostalgia, not as familiar as Green Grass City, but in certain details, it seemed as if it was Earth once again.

"It looks like my house is up ahead?" Lu Yuan took out his phone to check the address.

Nowadays, most citizens of Yunhai City lived in apartment buildings, each person had 20 square meters of space, not too small but not spacious either.

Fortunately, his father, mother, and sister were considered "advanced talents," each with 40 square meters allocated. This home had 120 square meters, which was quite spacious, with all kinds of appliances.

Even better, a small room was left for Lu Yuan, the closet was filled with his old clothes... well, after so many years, whether those clothes could still be worn was indeed a question.

"Back so early?" His sister was lying on the sofa playing with her phone.

"There’s nowhere fun to go, you know, that leg cross of yours is really inelegant, your feet are higher than your head." Lu Yuan scolded, "Even if you don’t want to get married, you should at least be a lady."

"You are, in Old Cat’s eyes, the Holy King!"

"Can’t cross my legs at home, huh? Did you make that rule? Coming back and acting like a boss, others might think you’re my dad."

Lu Qingqing truly was someone who could clash with Lu Yuan in their magic battles, casually tossing back all sorts of quips.

Lu Yuan rather enjoyed this kind of back-and-forth: "An elder brother is like a father, I am your dad now!"

Lu Qingqing retorted without hesitation, pretending to make a phone call: "I’m calling your dad now, you want to be my dad!"

Conch was amused by the two of them. Was this a tongue twister?

Lu Yuan chuckled coldly, pushing open his room door: "Is my little room clean?"

"I just changed the sheets for you this morning. What do you want to do?"

"How’s the soundproofing? Don’t worry about adult matters.."

"Not good! And I want to sleep with sister-in-law!" Lu Qingqing clung to Conch’s neck like a koala bear.

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"Why is it so lively next door with the Human Alliance? What’s happening?"

The subtle changes in Yunhai City were naturally noticed by more observant parties, like the Flame Snake Civilization!

This area of ruins was much more prosperous than the outside world, various extraordinary animals and plants had already been thoroughly harvested, while the city ruins buried in the soil were the main attraction, requiring time and energy to slowly excavate.

In such a scenario, infiltration and counter-infiltration was also a long-term contradiction.

"Report! According to information gathered by our civilization’s deployed mechanical rats, it might be the visit of a kindred civilization, causing a certain degree of public sentiment."

"Oh? Will this kindred civilization affect the balance of power in the ruins?"

"More information is currently unknown, but according to speculation, this human kindred civilization might be quite powerful, otherwise, it wouldn’t have caused such a nationwide sensation."

The Flame Snake Civilization came from a unique planet.

This planet had abundant geothermal energy, with an average temperature of 50 degrees Celsius.

Their cities were built on active volcanic craters, using the flow of magma to generate electricity; their vehicles were some kind of heat-resistant flying creatures, flying with wings; even their "computers" were bio-computers made up of genetically modified thermophilic bacterial colonies, using heat differences to compute.

Even in ancient times, there existed a natural anomaly [demon].