Early in the morning, the water gurgled and the humidity surrounded them.
The two tents on the pebble shore were also covered by the thin mist. It was quiet and harmonious.
Quietly, the tent and the quiet zipper opened at the same time.
Seer gently opened the door and carefully closed the zipper. He walked towards the river.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The fresh air instantly moistened his mouth and nose, brushing away the drowsiness of waking up and making Seer completely awake.
Seated on a big rock by the river, Saier couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the pain of his face being pinched last night." He had not grown up yet.
According to the virtual years, Saer was already nine years old…In these three years, Saer had grown a lot, only half a head shorter than Esther.
Unfortunately, the others had already entered puberty and were as tall as garlic sprouts. Ser estimated that Sister Yiyi was already as tall as her uncle. Not to mention San…Brother Liu was 1.8 meters tall. Usually, he would feel his neck ache when he talked to him.
He wondered how tall he would be when he grew up. As he thought about it, Seer shook his head and walked to the stone stove that had been turned off long ago. He opened the tightly tied plastic bag and took out the cold meat.
The smell was still fresh.
In the winter countryside of Li City, nature was the best preservation cabinet.
By the time the sunlight dispersed the fog in the river, Seer had already cut all the beef and mutton into strips and skewered them on the bamboo skewers he had brought.
In the tent, Chen Yinglong opened his eyes and got out of the warm sleeping bag. He shook his head to wake himself up.
Looking at the time…it was almost seven o'clock. He didn't hesitate anymore. He woke up the two people who were still trapped in their dreams, put on his coat and trousers, and walked out of the tent.
"You're up so early? " Sai Er…" Chen Yinglong was a little surprised to see the little guy packing up the knives." You…How long have you been busy?"”
When he heard the voice, Sayre smiled and turned around."It's not early. I slept for a long time…half an hour?”
" Yes, yes, ah--oh, good morning, Brother Chen." Just as he stepped out of the tent and wanted to stretch, Liu Xi almost bumped into Chen Yinglong." Oh, Sal is awake too?"”
" I'm not just awake," Chen Yinglong said self-deprecatingly. He turned to another tent and shouted," The meal is almost done. Get up!" Get up!"
Li Yiyi, who was still nestled in her sleeping bag, suddenly jumped out. She was stunned. She grabbed the tissue on her neck and wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth. She rubbed it hard, tore open the tent, and threw it out.
"Why are you shouting so loudly?"
Caught off guard, Chen Yinglong was hit in the cheek by the ball of paper.
" You're so angry after waking up…" Chen Yinglong couldn't be bothered to argue with her. He bent down to pick up the ball of paper and threw it into the trash bag." Hmm?! It was wet! Saliva?"
A cool breeze blew, and it was silent.
"Get out here!"
As soon as the roar came out, Esther, who was still in a daze, woke up completely and crawled out of his sleeping bag.
However, she only saw Li Yiyi's evil smile, but she did not know where her angry shout came from.
……
" Barbecue early in the morning, burp." Sitting in Sai Er's freshly made wooden cart, Li Yiyi patted her belly, feeling very comfortable." It's comfortable."”
After the grand breakfast, everyone packed up their things and left them in the camp. They only brought snacks and fruits and set off on a long journey.
Chen Yinglong, who couldn't convince his cousin, could only change his plan. He climbed into the minimalist wooden cart and sped along the road to his new destination.
Fortunately, Li Yiyi was bored last night. She found an abandoned road leading to the nearby mountains while looking through the magic net map.
She, who loved to find excitement, suggested that everyone change their itinerary and explore. Perhaps there would be something fun inside.
Chen Yinglong had planned to reject this risky proposal on the grounds of safety, but his cousin reminded him,"
With Seale, there's no danger.
Therefore, Chen Yinglong didn't say a word even after the wooden cart carried everyone up the old cement road and around the withered hill.
He was thinking,'What's going on with Seer?
Yesterday, they didn't have to return to the camp and could sleep peacefully by the forest.
Today, they walked on the abandoned road, and even when they reached the end, they were never reminded.
An hour had passed, and the wooden cart finally stopped at the abandoned village after going around the winding road. However, Chen Yinglong still hadn't received any notifications from the Weave.
This meant that the magic net of Qi River Camp believed that their small team was absolutely safe.
The others were amazed by the unfamiliar stone bricks and wooden tiles, but Chen Yinglong lowered his head and pondered the mystery surrounding Saier.
He didn't say anything, but speculated that among them, only Thayer's strength was beyond the standard of level nine, of course, including those strange abilities.
But could this guarantee that Seer could protect everyone in the wilderness? Yinglong shook his head. He knew that was impossible. Saier was a child after all. He was obedient, but his mind was not mature.
Tell him to pay attention to everyone? Tell him to be careful of danger? Ask him to eliminate any unsafe factors?
He had more than enough strength, but not enough heart.
The doubts in Chen Yinglong's heart piled up. He raised his head and looked at the expressionless Ester beside Sayre. He asked silently,"
What about her? She couldn't have thought of this.
However, Astor didn't react differently. His expression was normal. He didn't smile or laugh, but he was at ease.
But it was nothing. Chen Yinglong patted his forehead and dispelled those messy thoughts. After all, there were some things that one would never think of when one was unaware of them.
Even if he thought of it, if he delved too deeply into it, it would just be a pointless worry. If he really didn't understand it, then don't think about it.
Chen Yinglong threw away the mystery in his heart and followed everyone to a relatively complete brick house. He began to explore it.
"This?" Liu Meng bent down and picked up the black plastic square shell under the brick wall." Electricity meter?”
"Mm…yes!" Celco had seen a lot of such things in the village." It's an electric meter box!”
" It fell here…" He patted the gap on the wall and pulled down the dusty curve." Electric wire? It's already like this…"
With a loud bang, a large pile of dust rose from the door, catching the group off guard.
"Achoo!" Li Yiyi removed the door that was covered in insect holes. Dust covered her face and she hurriedly waved her hand to disperse it." Damn, it's so dirty!"”
"Cough! Cough, cough, cough!" Liu Meng quickly retreated and turned around to rub his eyes that were covered in dust." Can we inform them?”
Li Yiyi's face turned red as she apologized profusely. After everyone had recovered, she followed obediently behind them and entered the relatively complete stone brick house.
The door was empty, and there were piles of rotten wood and iron scattered on the dusty concrete floor. Only the plastic curtain hanging on the right wall of the house could be recognized by the person who came.
He let the dusty curtain roll up by itself and quickly stepped in, exploring the room separated by the curtain with curious eyes.
Sayre could recognize the two piles of things against the wall: They should be wooden beds that could not withstand the decay of time and collapsed.
What was rare was that there was a chest length wooden cabinet in the middle of them. It was not damaged or collapsed. It was still intact, but it was covered in dust.
Li Yiyi, who had followed them in, rolled up her sleeves and wiped away the thick dust. She controlled her strength under everyone's reminder and carefully pulled open the drawer on the right and took out a stack of things.
Everyone quickly understood that these yellowed and brittle pieces of paper were things that had appeared in the foreign news. The newspapers.
The printing of newspapers in China had been halted for many years. What was the point of keeping the newspaper when there was the news on the screen and the announcement on the magic net?
After a vote by the People's Assembly, the Ministry of Education abolished the newspaper and made it completely disappear from the Republic.
They took out the newspapers one by one and held them gently in their hands. They were even careful when they browsed through them.
Soon, Liu Meng opened his mouth to confirm one thing with the others."“2418？”
The voices came one after another, and the answers were all the same.“2418。”
2418, a total of 107 years ago.
Not only Liu He, Sun Si and Li Yiyi also swallowed their saliva. They were holding something from a hundred years ago in their hands.
However, Esther was not surprised. After all, these old and yellow papers were not as old as her father.
Chen Yinglong wasn't too concerned. The road of life was long. Although a hundred years was long, there was no need to worry too much.
" The newspaper…F * ck." Sun Si almost tore the newspaper in his hand." My grandfather used to read it…"
" Seventy or eighty years." An old piece of news about the construction of the new city caught Chen Yinglong's attention." Stop printing newspapers and only use magic net announcements and news on the television screen.”
"Why?" Li Yiyi was quite fond of the crispy paper that was filled with neat small characters." It feels good?”
" I don't know." Chen Yinglong put the newspaper back into Li Yiyi's hands and shook his head." Go back and check."”
Liu Meng approached the wooden cabinet and reached for the drawer on the left. He speculated,""There's a Mana Net announcement. What is this?"
Everyone came forward in tacit understanding and saw the item that had just been taken out of the drawer and was being patted away. It was a square plastic box.
"Can you open it?" Pointing at the side of the box, Li Yiyi suggested restlessly," Try it?”
Liu Meng didn't think too much about it. He held the box firmly with both hands, and with a light twist, the yellowed plastic opened through the gap.
The two photos were like open pages, quietly stuck behind the glass frame in the box.
" A photo frame." Without waiting for Liu Meng to speak, Li Yiyi directly wiped the dust off the right glass. Her movements were not barbaric, but exceptionally gentle." A family photo?”
" Parents and children..." After wiping the left glass, Liu Meng nodded to confirm." There are four of them, so it should be."”
Everyone craned their necks, trying to see the two photos clearly.
" I, I can't see it anymore…" When everyone else had looked at the photo, Saier leaned over and whispered to Liu Meng.
Liu Meng remembered that Sai Er was too small and couldn't see him at all. He quickly opened the plastic photo frame and handed it to him.
This time, Saier saw clearly that the photo on the left was of a young couple; The group photo on the other side…should be them with their children, just four people.
" Wow, there's more inside." Li Yiyi returned to the cabinet and opened the drawer to rummage through it." The photo album-yes! How dirty is this? Cough, cough…"
" Abandoned for an entire century…" Chen Yinglong casually pulled out a photo from the album his cousin found, only to find that it was also yellow." Why did you leave in such a hurry? You didn't even bring a group photo?"
" Furnitures, electrical appliances," Ester calmly added as he stepped into the room." Discard all of them."”
Hearing the familiar voice, everyone realized: It seemed that after distributing the newspapers, he did not see Ester again.
"Where did he go?" Li Yiyi was puzzled. She had never noticed that the housekeeper's actions were so subtle." Why didn't I notice…"
" Left." Esther pointed to the door." Kitchen."”
" That's interesting." Chen Yinglong put down the yellowed photo and walked out of the door, beckoning everyone to leave." Let's go out for a walk."”
……
By the time they finished exploring the village, the sun was already high up in the sky.
Unfortunately, even though the sun was shining brightly, the wind on the mountain was still blowing in waves. It was like a fine sharp knife that kept picking at everyone's body, causing everyone to feel pain from the cold.
Even Li Yiyi couldn't stand the cold. She obediently sat beside the fire that Seer had set up and rubbed her hands to keep warm.
She finally understood why Emperor Wu Rui was able to resist the invasion of the demons with peace of mind after taking down Dingyuan.
Just this rugged and cold hill alone was so cold that it would kill him to climb over it. Not to mention the mountain ranges? That was really endless. When the demons were done, where would they have the strength to fight?
" That's weird." He breathed into his hands and thought back to what he had seen in the afternoon. He felt strange." He didn't move anything. He even kept the photos and bracelets."”
" It's like a disaster." Sun Si took out a magic crystal that he had picked up and aimed it at the sun. It looked bright and clear." He didn't even bring a magic crystal…This thing isn't heavy. I don't understand."”
"F * ck, it's so big?" Li Yiyi cried out," What kind of luck is this? Let me see!"
" Brand new." Chen Yinglong was one step ahead. He took the red mana crystal and connected it to the magic net for inspection."... 335 mana remnants... Absolutely useless-"
Before he finished speaking, a childish and excited shout came from afar,"I found this!"
Before they could react, Sayre had already rushed over with the firewood. By the time the little fellow stopped, a gust of wind had already blown past, blowing the ashes of the bonfire into the air, making the warmers at the side feel suffocated.
" Ahem, ahem." Liu Meng didn't care. He waited for Sayre to throw the branch into the fire before asking," What is it that you're so anxious about?"”
"This one!" Saer excitedly handed the pointy hollow metal to Liu Meng.
After being stunned for a moment, Liu He instantly recovered and snatched the rusty metal sharp shell before Li Yiyi.
" Hey, hey, hey." Li Yiyi puffed up her cheeks and was a little annoyed." That's too much? Three slashes?"
Ignoring her, Liu Meng carefully looked at the hollow shell. In his eyes, the rusty metal was so unique and charming.
"Bullets?" Chen Yinglong, who was beside him, saw it clearly." Licheng has been in a war before. It's not strange that there are bullet shells.”
" 11.405..." After seeing the number at the bottom of the shell, Liu Meng immediately understood." It was produced in 2405. This size must be a shield guard..."
“2405？Are you sure?" Chen Yinglong couldn't believe it. He took the bullet and looked at it carefully. The serial number at the bottom was just as Liu Meng had said." Then why is it here?"”
Li Yiyi yawned. She was already a little sleepy."What's wrong? What's so strange about that?"
"Was there a war at that time?" Chen Yinglong turned around and looked at his cousin in confusion." Didn't you finish fighting earlier?"”
" It's a shooting range," Li Yiyi replied confidently." I think it's a waste not to use this pile of abandoned houses for practice.”
"Where?" Ester asked Sayre softly.
" Hmm..." Pointing in the direction he came from, Seale recalled," There are many empty spaces in front of the grove.”
Hearing this, Li Yiyi and Liu Meng looked at each other and quickly got up and ran over.
" You don't find it cold…" Sun Si was helpless. He continued to sit beside the fire and stretched out his arms to warm his hands.
Chen Yinglong nodded. He couldn't agree more.
……
"I've gained a lot!" At dusk, after returning to the transfer station in the north of the city, Li Yiyi raised the heavy cloth bag and was extremely happy.
Liu Meng didn't say anything because he didn't pick up as much as her.
" So bored…" Chen Yinglong couldn't understand why the two of them were picking up such scrap metal.
After getting out of the car, Esther and Sayre said goodbye to everyone.
"That's right! " You guys have to go to the academy…" Li Yiyi was a little reluctant to part with the little fellow who brought her good luck." This barbecue rack…is it convenient to bring along?”
" I'll take it home next time." Seer did not find it troublesome. He followed Esther and said goodbye." See you tomorrow!"”
"Goodbye!"
The setting sun enveloped the station, and they parted.
……
In the dormitory with the lights out, Ester stared at the bed opposite him, looking at Saier, who had fallen asleep quietly.
She remembered that this afternoon in the abandoned village, it was Saier who controlled the new trees to bear a pile of fruits to fill everyone's stomachs.
Xail even jumped onto the dilapidated building and completely collapsed the broken cement roof, scaring her half to death.
But soon, the little fellow lifted the heavy cement and walked out as if nothing had happened. When she went up to check, she found that there was no wound on Sayre's body.
Strange…strange…strange, interesting.
Ester closed his eyes and stopped thinking.
After a tiring day, she really wanted to have a good sleep.
However, before she entered the dream, she still subconsciously muttered, It was really strange…so strange that it was…incomprehensible…
Finally, he fell asleep.
Ester, who was already asleep, didn't realize that she and everyone else had overlooked a mystery about Seer.
Fruits.
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