CHAPTER 1277: CHAPTER 715: FLAME SNAKE CIVILIZATION AND SIXTH-LEVEL CIVILIZATION!

The gathering was full of exchanges, delightful conversations, playful music, and elegant singing.

For Lu Yuan, the atmosphere seemed slightly flattering and less casual—this was normal, as any Third-level Civilization encountering a suspected Level 5 Civilization in Green Grass City would inevitably carry some degree of flattery.

The main reason for returning to his homeland was to seek inspiration, but until now, he hadn’t obtained any.

"Let’s go, let’s take a walk somewhere else."

He took Conch’s hand, put on a mask and a hat, and turned to leave the conference room.

The green environment of Yunhai City clearly couldn’t compare to Green Grass City, combined with the large population, it seemed a bit crowded.

The skyscrapers of reinforced concrete made the city appear like a concrete jungle, with glass curtain walls reflecting cold sunlight, fragmenting the streets into intersecting patches of light and shadow.

The exhaust fans of office buildings incessantly spew out smog, air-conditioner units vibrate beside the fire escape. Intense arguments suddenly erupted from an aluminum window, only to be shattered by the reversing electronic alarm from a truck below.

From the subway entrance emerged a well-dressed crowd, the heels of their leather shoes tapping on the marble floor, resonating with hollow echoes.

A coffee paper cup teetered on the edge of a stainless steel trash can, eventually falling into the foul-smelling darkness.

Lu Yuan let out a gentle breath.

Even standing now on the soil of his homeland, there were no familiar things for Lu Yuan.

Everything had changed.

The primary and secondary schools, and high school he attended, no longer existed in their original form.

No Yellow Stewed Chicken Rice he liked on the streets, no advertisement boards, no KFC, no McDonald’s, no Mercedes-Benz or BMW, no shared bicycles.

Even his old home had been abandoned.

Standing on the bustling street corner, Lu Yuan suddenly felt a sense of loneliness as if everything had changed but him.

"Good thing, inspiration has finally come!" He suddenly rejoiced, but as soon as this joy arose, the loneliness dissipated, and inspiration vanished like smoke and clouds.

He regrettably slapped his thigh.

Conch laughed and said: "Your life is too good now, that’s why you lack inspiration."

"Sigh, that’s true... I have no particular pursuits now, my family is harmonious, my parents are both present, my career is decent, even just being a craftsman is considered a success." Lu Yuan kicked a pebble to the roadside, "Though there are some responsibilities, the resurgence of the Demon Sect, the expectation from the Turtle Civilization, the hopes of the Strangers... and unknown enemies, their strength I calculate according to the Eternal level."

"There’s still quite a bit of pressure."

"So now that you’re back home, are you disappointed or able to understand, or is it beyond your expectations?"

Lu Yuan was silent for a moment: "I don’t have thoughts of disappointment, perhaps what I’m truly yearning for is simply that lost summer."

"Neon lights lit up in the twilight, cars lined up in long queues on the road. From the exhaust pipes of an apartment building continuously spew oily-smelling white fumes, students were already getting up for school. These are what I experienced during childhood."

He suddenly remembered a funny incident and laughed: "That summer was especially hot, and the school was reluctant to turn on the air conditioner, so we had to rely on ceiling fans squeaking overhead."

"I had a math teacher named Teacher Lv, who had just graduated from university."

They casually found a spot under a tree to sit.

Lu Yuan took out two cups of Pomegranate Fruit drink from Storage Space, handing one over.

He said nostalgically: "Suddenly a gust of wind came, and my math teacher’s skirt blew up, she just happened to have her back to me, wearing pink panties. She was relatively small in stature, only 24 years old, and her panties featured little bears. She immediately turned back, and I pretended to pick up a pen that fell on the ground, acting as if I hadn’t seen anything... Life truly is beautiful."

"Pfft! What grade were you in for being so lusty?"

"I already said I didn’t look closely, I was a model student!"

"You’re obviously a slacker... Your sister is the model student!" Conch unceremoniously corrected him.

Lu Yuan patted his chest: "I’m not much of a slacker, I still got into a university, although admittedly I wasn’t very diligent during high school."

"When you grow older you tend to be regretful, wondering why you were so foolish then? Me as the Great Commander Lu, wise and brave throughout life, my stain is merely not doing well in the college entrance exams, at least if I’d scored a 985, I wouldn’t be so regretful."

As the regret continued, inspiration... inspiration came again!

Lu Yuan had to admit that he truly is a Crash Artist, always finding something to trouble himself over.

But this time he couldn’t resist the joy, and crazily psychologically suggested to himself, not getting into Qinghua or Beijing University is the greatest regret of life!

"Can I take the college entrance exams again?"

Conch noticed this fellow was being neurotic, and rolled her eyes, "When you think your past self is a fool, it means you’ve grown."

This statement was quite philosophical.

Lu Yuan said sadly: "Not really, whenever I think my past self is a fool, it means that during that time period, some degree of regret occurred."

The two strolled around, and because they wore masks and hats, no one paid much attention to them.

They bought two bowls of braised beef noodles at a convenience store, where the noodles were traditionally from instant noodles, added some braised beef, added an egg, then hot water. Lu Yuan scanned with his Yunhai City personal identification, "beep" paid the bill with his phone.

The store had only one service robot, its work efficiency was remarkable.

The Human Alliance has a population of one billion, but human resources are still relatively scarce, with some simple assembly line work completely replaced by robots.