Chapter 173 What is eternal life? Is death the eternal destination?

The small piece of eggshell that was stained by the raindrops turned black in an instant.

As a result, the vitality of the little life in the egg began to weaken, and like a deflated ball, it declined very quickly.

Seeing this, Su Mu looked up at the sky and found that the rain had stopped.

This rain and the river water are of the same kind.

Su Mu thought of something, took the bird egg, and came to the river. With a wave of his hand, a drop of water gathered on his fingertips. When it dripped onto the eggshell again, he found that it had become black again, and its vitality was declining faster.

Only then did Su Mu realize that the little life in the bird egg had already died, and the vitality that had just been revealed was just an illusion.

Is he going to die just like that?

Su Mu also promised those Fire Skylarks that he would adopt it well, but now, it died just after he brought it back, which made Su Mu feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

In order to prevent the vitality from continuing to decline, Su Mu waved his hand and used his water control ability to divert part of the river water to wrap the bird eggs.

solidification!

Su Mu clenched his hands, and the river water solidified into ice, wrapping the bird eggs inside.

Soon, the rapidly fading vitality in the bird egg solidified at this moment.

Freezing is only a delaying measure, which can only stop its vitality from declining, but cannot change its dead nature.

At this time, Su Mu thought of something, took the ice that sealed the bird egg, returned to the yard, and asked Nannan: "Nannan, you just said that you heard this little guy asking you for help?"

Because if the little life in the bird egg had already died, why would it ask Nannan for help?

Hearing this, Nannan nodded and said, "Yes, I heard its voice. Although it seemed to be dead, it seemed not to be completely dead. I can't tell clearly."

For a moment, Nannan was unable to define the current state of the little life in the bird egg.

But she knew that if she didn't think of a way, it would definitely not be able to hatch.

Su Mu fell into deep thought.

There is only one possibility for sending out a distress signal. That is, although this little life has died, its consciousness has not completely dissipated.

The body and soul are dead, but the consciousness has not dissipated for a long time.
This also touches on Su Mu's blind spot in knowledge. Logically speaking, the little life in the bird egg has not yet been born and has not yet been exposed to cultivation.

Theoretically, its consciousness is very weak.

Because for a truly strong person, even if his body and soul are killed, as long as his consciousness is not wiped out, it is not considered true death.

For example, Su Mu’s current cultivation level is at the perfect celestial immortal realm. Even if others want to kill him, it is difficult to kill his consciousness.

But this little life is different. It hasn’t even been born yet, so where does it get such a powerful consciousness?
Could it be its desire to survive?
What a strong desire to survive must be to keep its consciousness alive for so long!
Looking at the bird eggs in the ice, Su Mu's heart was also touched.

It just wants to survive, there is nothing wrong with it. A life's desire to survive is worthy of respect. It is the greatest thing in life, and also the most inexplicable thing.

For this little life, when the desire to survive reaches a certain level, it can even temporarily transcend death!
So this little life is really magical.

At this moment, Su Mu was deeply touched, and he made up his mind to rescue it.

At this time, Su Mu tried to see if he could use the favor points to heal.

[No vitality is detected, this creature is dead. With the host's river affinity, it is temporarily impossible to use the favor points to revive it. ] Sure enough, there must be at least a trace of vitality, even if it is hanging on for a breath, for Su Mu to come back with the favor points.

This is why Su Mu always reminds the little black dragon and the others that no matter what happens, they must come back alive, even if they only have one breath left, they must hold on to see him.

However, Su Mu also discovered a problem from the system prompt.

According to the system's statement, could it be possible that when one's affinity with the river reaches a certain level, even if a living being dies, it can be resurrected?
After all, the cycle of life and death is the only law in the world. No living being can escape death, no matter how long they live, even for countless epochs, even if they live until the world collapses, even if they live as long as the world and the creature, they will eventually die.

Because heaven and earth will also die. If they don’t die, it’s because time has not been long enough.

The word "eternal life" may be a supreme synonym.

The concept of "eternal life" is too vague, and different people have different definitions.

Some people live for hundreds of thousands of years, or even millions, and seem to be "immortal". But what if it is hundreds of millions of years, a time so long that even the laws of heaven and earth become corrupt?

Will all die.

Therefore, if one observes carefully, one will find that the greatest pursuit of countless sentient beings in cultivating immortality is "longevity" rather than "eternal life."

"Longevity" is "longevity", and "eternal life" is "eternal life". These are two completely different concepts.
Therefore, no one knows whether anyone has achieved "eternal life" in the true sense.

"Death" is the biggest obstacle to "eternal life".

Once someone overcomes "death" and can be resurrected repeatedly, can that also be considered a kind of "eternal life"?

So the system's words gave Su Mu a great shock.

It seems that there is no way to save it now.

Fortunately, it was frozen, preventing the consciousness from dissipating.

I can only wait until my affinity reaches a certain level, and then find a way to revive it.

Su Mu collected the ice and placed it in his Dantian space.

Let’s first deal with the tree that we just cut down.

In order to make work easier, Su Mu changed into light clothes, rolled up his sleeves, and began to make various furniture with wood.

After being cut down, this golden nanmu tree is not as strong as when it was growing. Even so, only a silver dagger can cut it.

Therefore, the tools are limited and the efficiency is not high.

It took me three full hours to finally make the stools and chairs. I wiped the sweat off my forehead. It was a very laborious process.

Then he spent another two hours making a wooden door and a set of wooden railings to enclose the stone house.

After doing all this, less than one-tenth of the wood was used because the tree was so big that it could not be used up at all.

Su Mu looked at the big tree in front of him, stroking his chin, and thinking, what should he do with so much left?
We can't waste it, right?
It took a lot of effort to get it back.

Suddenly, Su Mu thought of something, his eyes lit up, got it!

ps: The author continues to write, stay up all night, and continue to make up for it
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