Five minutes later.

Cheng Lin's desire to explore completely disappeared.

Because he found that the world that had experienced fire from the sky and rain for several months was really desolate.

The urban buildings that used to be as dense as forests have long since collapsed into a pile of ruins.

Cheng Lin was not sure how high the temperature of the sun had risen before, but now he had an estimate in his mind.

"At least it's several thousand degrees, maybe tens of thousands of degrees."

His academic performance was not good because his parents had a very bad family relationship since he was a child, so they did not care much about him. This also made Cheng Lin feel tired of studying for a time. Although his IQ is not low, his learning ability is even better than that of ordinary peers.

Better, but his grades are still not good.

This leads to the fact that no matter how hard we try, we still cannot remember the melting points of concrete, steel bars, masonry pavements, etc.

I only vaguely remember it being around a few thousand degrees.

And being able to burn the city into a charred black mixture is enough to illustrate the horror of the temperature.

Yes, a lump.

Cheng Lin could only describe the scenery in front of him this way.

Most of the ground beneath your feet is in a black glaze state, but the terrain is undulating.

He seemed to be walking in a cemetery of human civilization. Apart from the barely flat ground, there were only charred lumps of mixture in the distance, like tombs.

Some are taller and some are shorter.

The original appearance is completely lost.

[Solidified substance: a mixture of substances formed after melting at high temperature and then cooling]

When Cheng Lin touched those lumpy things with his hands, he automatically gave this verbal explanation in his mind.

"A mixture?"

Cheng Lin touched other parts and the ground, and got the same information.

He immediately realized that this should be a fusion of steel, masonry, plastic and other materials in the city. Because of its complex composition, it had such a general name.

Maybe there are still human body remains here.

"But if the temperature is that high, I'm afraid even the bones will be burned away."

Cheng Lin murmured to himself that the city had become ruins. He looked into the distance and saw almost the same scene as far as his eyes could reach. The city had never been so open.

After trying it for a while, he stopped trying.

But move forward.

After the rain, the ground is still damp and wet, and there is still water accumulated in some potholes, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.

Cheng Lin looked up and was pleased to find that the sky was so clear.

The blue sky seemed to have been washed by water, pure, flat, distant, natural, cloudless, and as bright as a baby's eyes.

"It's so beautiful."

Cheng Lin couldn't help but sigh in admiration. Living in the city for a long time, he had not seen such a clear sky for a long time. The haze, urban light pollution, noise, exhaust... all of them disappeared. There was only the gentle sound of wind in his ears, and it was extremely quiet.

.

[You witness the ruins of the post-apocalyptic city and feel that civilization is so fragile. You look up and see the most beautiful nature. You feel so open-minded that you can't help but admire.]

Cheng Lin had become accustomed to the sound in his mind and had no reaction when he heard it, just treating it as background sound.

After sighing, Cheng Lin decided to move forward.

He didn't have any expectations, but after climbing over a ruined hill, his eyes suddenly lit up.

There were dazzling reflections in the pile of ruins ahead.

"What?"

Cheng Lin hurriedly walked over, squatted down, and peeled away some wet dust.

Then the shiny golden substance was revealed.

[You are suddenly attracted by a ray of light, walk over, and are surprised to find that it is a small piece of gold]

[Gold solidified in ruins: formed after melting at high temperatures and then cooling and solidifying]

"Gold?"

Cheng Lin was surprised. The piece of gold was not big. It was embedded in the black solidified substance and only a little bit was exposed.

He blinked and used the location of his home as a coordinate to recall the original buildings nearby.

Cheng Lin had a good sense of direction, and he quickly remembered that there seemed to be a gold shop nearby.

"It seems to be called Eslite House..."

It seems that this place should be the ruins of the gold shop. Unexpectedly, the gold still maintains its original color.

"I seem to remember a teacher saying that gold is a very rare metal that exists in a simple form in nature. I didn't expect it to be true. This store really didn't cheat."

Cheng Lin couldn't help but smile, and suddenly his eyes moved, wondering if he could dig out the gold and take it away.

Although it has been solidified together, there is a toolbox in my "safe house", and I should be able to chop it with an axe.

But as soon as this thought arose, cold water was poured on it.

[An evil thought arises in your heart, and you want to take the gold as your own, but you are shocked to find that the things here cannot be taken away at all]

Cheng Lin: "..."

What is evil thought?

Can you speak words?

This is obviously an ownerless thing, okay?

Cheng Lin was furious, but he finally knew that he couldn't take the things in this world with him, which made him disappointed.

"So, the only thing I can get is the so-called mission reward."

Cheng Lin thought to himself, no longer lingering, and continued to move forward.

After walking about a few hundred meters, I suddenly received a prompt.

[After some hard work, you have completed the exploration mission]

[The mission is completed. You have successfully experienced a trend of civilization. Before leaving, you decided to leave a mark to prove that you have been here. You thought for a while and decided to carve your name.]

[Tip: After carving your name, please return to the safe house. The deduction will end, and task rewards will be distributed after the end]

…

Cheng Lin was helpless, but he quite agreed with the message.

When you come to the ruins of civilization, you should carve a message as a souvenir.

He turned back to the safe house, dug out the tool box from the room, and found a hammer and a delicate chisel.

He went back outside the house, found a fairly flat "hill" surface, and engraved his name on it.

After finishing, he returned to the house with the tool box.

[You have returned to the safe house. Do you want to end this deduction? 】

It seems that this still requires manual confirmation.

Cheng Lin nodded decisively: "Yes!"

[The deduction will end in 10 seconds...10,9,8...0]

【End of deduction!】

The scenery outside the window suddenly blurred, and the ground shook slightly. This time Cheng Lin was mentally prepared and was not very nervous.

After a few seconds, everything returned to normal.

He looked out the window again...

Cars are driving on the streets in summer, and they occasionally make honking sounds, which attracts the dissatisfaction of pedestrians on the roadside.

A girl in a white skirt was walking under a street tree.

Those trees are very strong, and the branches and leaves they have repaired are lush, green, and extremely normal.

Everything is restored.

"It's indeed fake."

Cheng Lin stood in front of the window, took a deep breath, and let go of his palms, which were already wet with sweat.

It wasn't until this moment that he was completely sure.

Turning to look at the computer...

On the screen was the background image of that universe, the only red button, and the line of small words:
To be continued...