Chapter 103 Daily Life. - Indiscriminate attacks from dead memories.
Chapter 103 Daily Life. - Indiscriminate attacks from dead memories.
In the previous chapter, You Jiahui was talking with her overseer, Okri, at the construction site of her estate. Their conversation turned to the topic of "low-level monsters." Her biggest concern at the moment was the possibility of a low-level monster suddenly appearing near the site and harming the workers.
Okri, the supervisor, told You Jiahui, "Don't worry, Sir Knight! We have some tricks up our sleeves to deal with low-level monsters." Then, pointing to the perimeter of the construction site, he said, "Sir Knight, you see, that's where we're going to build a wall. Before we build the wall, we've already set up various traps to deal with low-level monsters. While those traps are useless against mid-level monsters, they'll be very dangerous if they encounter low-level monsters."
You Jiahui nodded after hearing this, and began to ponder. She thought to herself, "Hmm, Ulybian also said before that he was good at traps or poisons? If I remember correctly, it should be poisons." Thinking of this, she considered whether she should recruit a talent like Ulybian for her territory.
Seeing You Jiahui silent, Occli, the overseer, assumed she was still worried. He said, "Sir Knight, if you're still worried, I'll have them build a simple lookout tomorrow. We'll also prepare some signal smoke signals. If too many monsters suddenly appear, we can notify the Royal Capital to come and help. Of course, the possibility of this happening is very small. Haha."
After hearing this, You Jiahui nodded again and said to the supervisor, Oakley, "Let's do this. If any emergency really happens, don't be too stubborn. Light the signal smoke immediately. I can see it even from the capital."
After hearing this, the supervisor Oakley nodded repeatedly in agreement.
When You Jiahui thought of the "lookout tower" that the supervisor Oakley mentioned, she immediately thought to herself, "Although Ulybian's combat power in the dungeon is not very reliable, he is still very useful as a manor guard. If there is any emergency, he is agile and can immediately jump to the highest point of the lookout tower to overlook the surroundings. Moreover, he has good eyesight and can see quite far, so he will definitely be able to see where the problem is at a glance." Just like that, she began to worry about various affairs in the territory in the future.
Afterwards, You Jiahui chatted with the supervisor Oakley for a few more words and then left the construction site.
The next morning, the four girls were in different places, doing different things, but everything was still the same. Let's talk about Qi Xinyang first.
Just after finishing her archery class, Qi Xinyang walked over to Tuo Lierdi alone and said, "Coach, how do we use the exercise equipment in the yard? Can you teach us?" When she saw that the little rascal was still the same as yesterday in the morning, she was too embarrassed to walk over and ask, so she could only ask Tuo Lierdi.
Tuolierdi readily agreed and said to Qi Xinyang, "Sure, I'll wait for you here this afternoon."
Afterwards, after chatting with Tuolierdi for a while, Qi Xinyang left early again, just like yesterday. Xiaojiao and Youke were also like yesterday, and nothing special happened throughout the afternoon.
It was already afternoon. Qi Xinyang was heading to the compound with Xiaojiao and Youke, as agreed with Tuolidi that morning.
Xiaojiao asked Qi Xinyang, "Big Sister, regarding the equipment, didn't you say you were going to look for the little rascal? Why did you go to the coach instead?"
Qi Xinyang was a little angry after hearing this. She stopped and said to Xiaojiao, "Are you still looking for that little rascal? Ah? She cries again, and you won't comfort her." After that, she turned her head arrogantly and continued walking forward.
Xiaojiao chased after him and continued to say to Qi Xinyang: "She is a little girl all alone. It's not appropriate to distance yourself from her like this..." He was thinking of his own life experience and felt a little empathy for the little rascal's situation.
Qi Xinyang continued walking without looking back and said to Xiaojiao, "Then you guys are trying to comfort me. You just say some sarcastic words."
Qi Xinyang didn't want to bear the consequences of his own actions at all, and Xiaojiao didn't know that Qi Xinyang was the "culprit" of the consequences.
Qi Xinyang and the others spent the entire afternoon in the compound, where they learned how to use the "fitness equipment" under Tuolidi's guidance.
Qi Xinyang, who had just finished a set of exercises, looked at the "fitness equipment" he had used to train, and thought to himself, "Dead memories suddenly attacked me. There are so many shadows of my world here, even the buildings are so similar..."
Seeing that Qi Xinyang was a little distracted, Xiaojiao came over and asked Qi Xinyang, "Big sister, what are you thinking about?"
When Qi Xinyang saw that Xiaojiao was not exercising, he asked Xiaojiao, "What's wrong with you? Why did you stop? Keep exercising!"
Xiaojiao replied to Qi Xinyang, "I have finished all the exercises! Three sets of all the equipment." His tone of voice was very calm, and it felt like there was nothing difficult about it.
You Ke was pulling the pole above her body with all her strength and said to Qi Xinyang, "Sister, Brother with Bound Feet has finished his exercise a long time ago. Ha-hu! Ha-hu!" As he spoke, he took a deep breath to "replenish oxygen" for himself.
Qi Xinyang took a look at the many "fitness equipment" here and expressed serious doubt. She asked Xiaojiao, "How is it possible?"
Tuolierdi told Qi Xinyang, "I saw it too. He did complete all the exercises. He's a dwarf, as expected. They're all born with supernatural powers."
After hearing this, Qi Xinyang's eyes widened immediately and said to Xiaojiao, "That doesn't count! You are different from us, you need to practice more!" Then, she turned to Tuo Lierdi and said, "Coach! Give him a few more sets! From now on, he should do thirty sets every day! No! Three hundred sets!" She was "furious". She didn't expect that there would be a time when she would be "surpassed" by her follower.
Xiaojiao was so angry that she laughed awkwardly and said to Qi Xinyang, "Big sister, you kick the sky and the ground. You do three sets, let me do three hundred sets..."
Tuo Lierdi said to Qi Xinyang embarrassedly, "This is too much. We don't train like this." Then he said to Xiaojiao, "You should practice a few more sets. Just practice as much as you can..." He didn't know how to deal with it. He had been a coach for so long and had never encountered such a situation.
Qi Xinyang glanced at the sky, then said to Tuo Lierdi, "Coach, don't limit us to a certain number of sets. Let's practice until dinner."
Tuolierdi said to Qi Xinyang, "Okay, you guys are different, so just do as many sets as you can. If anyone is tired, just take a rest. You guys just... do it according to your ability." He had also heard the chief tell him to take good care of Qi Xinyang and the others, so facing Qi Xinyang's "strange" request, he could only "persuade" him in this tactful way.
Qi Xinyang took over Tuolierdi's words and said to Xiaojiao, "Did you hear that? The coach said so, go!"
Xiaojiao felt relaxed and didn't refuse. He said to Qi Xinyang, "Okay. I'll go then." Then he continued to train. However, he didn't train until dinner time. Later, he left early because he had to take the horses to graze while it was still daylight. Even so, he still did more sets than Qi Xinyang and You Ke.
After that, Qi Xinyang and the other three all went relatively smoothly, doing physical exercises and archery training every day. Since nothing special happened, they stayed like this for the next few days.
Speaking of this, nothing unexpected happened to You Jiahui and Qi Xinyang.
Next, Wei Qingping was the one who had a harder time. Since things hadn't gone smoothly today, the two of them hadn't gotten very far. So, she and the Swordsman King could only return to the lake where they'd been.
In the evening, after Wei Qingping finished her grilled fish, she asked the Sword Master King, "Huh? We're not going to stay here forever, are we?" She stared at the fish bones in her hand and thought to herself, "I just dug up a cricket! I'm not going to eat this for the rest of my life, am I?"
After hearing this, the Swordsman King was extremely depressed and heaved a long sigh. If Wei Qingping hadn't led the way today, he wouldn't have been able to get back here. He told Wei Qingping, "What nonsense are you talking about? You lead the way from tomorrow. I admit that your sense of direction is indeed better than mine." After saying this, he lowered his head.
Wei Qingping said proudly to the Swordsman King, "Right? But first, are you sure there's a way to get there?"
The Swordsman King told Wei Qingping, "Oh, that's for sure. It's just that I haven't walked before, so I got lost."
Wei Qingping asked the Swordsman King, "How can you be so sure when you haven't even been there?"
King Jianhao told Wei Qingping, "I heard from the president of our country's Adventurer's Guild that a group of elves once explored this place thoroughly and confirmed that there is a path."
Wei Qingping said to King Jianhao: "Elves? Tell us in detail." As soon as she heard the word "elves", she guessed whether it was related to Mioshimo and the others.
The Swordsman King told Wei Qingping, "There's not much else to go on. It's just that the president of our Adventure Guild once traveled with a group of elves across this country, conquering dungeons and defeating wild monsters. He also recorded a lot of things. Other than that, there's not much else to say. Since you're so interested, if you meet him in the future, you can ask him yourself."
Wei Qingping said to the Swordsman King, "How could I possibly meet them? I might not even come back to this country." She thought that after meeting the other three girls, they would probably have to find a way to return to their original world, and that they wouldn't have much chance to travel around. She still believed that this other world was too dangerous and preferred to return to her original world.
After a while, Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "Have you ever thought about going back?"
King Jianhao told Wei Qingping helplessly, "I have said it many times along the way, this country is no longer mine, the queen is the supreme ruler of this country." He thought Wei Qingping was talking about returning to the capital of this country.
Wei Qingping explained to King Jianhao, "I'm not talking about this country, I'm talking about the original world."
The Swordsman King suddenly became a little confused, and then told Wei Qingping, "The original world... Alas, I was already a dead man in that world." As he spoke, he remembered the bad past again, and it was really "the dead memories suddenly attacked him."
When Wei Qingping heard King Jianhao say this, she was immediately reminded. She said to King Jianhao, "Speaking of which, I should be considered a dead person. When I traveled through time, I was buried under the collapsed building." Then she asked King Jianhao, "By the way, what about you? How did you travel through time?"
King Jianhao told Wei Qingping very briefly, "He was hit by a car."
After hearing this, Wei Qingping asked King Jianhao, "Ah? So cliché?" She had seen many time-travel stories on the Internet where people were hit by cars, and she thought it was too cliché.
King Jianhao was unhappy and questioned Wei Qingping angrily, saying, "Is it so old-fashioned? I was hit by a car and died. Isn't that tragic enough? Can't you have some sympathy?" After saying that, he also felt that his way of traveling through time was indeed very old-fashioned.
Wei Qingping seemed to be "defending" herself when she said to the Swordsman King: "It's also miserable for me to be buried alive. And you may not die. You may become a vegetable after being hit by a car." Just like that, inexplicably, she started to "comparison misery".
The Swordsman King said to Wei Qingping helplessly: "Half dead, right? Thank you!" At this point, he was speechless to Wei Qingping, and he didn't know whether this was a "blessing" or a "curse".
Wei Qingping wanted to give King Jianhao a glimmer of hope, but she ended up hitting his sore spot. In his original world, King Jianhao was even more miserable than Wei Qingping, living alone without a single close friend. Without close companions, even if King Jianhao managed to stay half-dead after being hit by a car, he would likely die soon due to a lack of care.
The Swordsman King, who had remained silent the entire time, thought to himself, "Even if I put aside the cremated body, if I go back at my age, my cognition will have long been disconnected from the new era of that world. What can I do..." Thinking of this, he said to Wei Qingping, "If you still want to return to your original world, you must do it as soon as possible. Don't wait until you are as old as me."
Wei Qingping looked confused and said she didn't understand. She thought to herself, "What does this have to do with age? It's just that you don't want to go back. It seems that you still want to be king again..." She completely misunderstood the Swordsman King's well-intentioned reminder.
After a while, the Swordsman King began to teach Wei Qingping how to "play with the sword".
The Sword Master King saw that Wei Qingping had indeed improved since the first time he wielded the sword. After Wei Qingping put down the giant sword, he said to her, "It's a good thing you're tall, otherwise some sword moves might not be suitable for you to practice."
Wei Qingping was a little confused and asked the Sword Master King, "Cheating tricks? That sounds weird. Or should I say 'techniques'? What techniques does this giant sword have?"
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