"Boss, Boss! Boss, do you think this looks good! I bought this for you! "
"Boss, try this! I heard that this is the only city on the continent that sells this kind of dessert. I heard that it's made from pure fruits! "
"Boss, let's go see the fireworks! There's a nearby town that releases fireworks once every twenty days. I heard that the alchemists gathered in the town made them with their alchemy by-products. It's very beautiful. I haven't seen it yet. Let's go see the fireworks tonight, okay? "
"Boss, Boss, can you stop pulling my ear? I won't grow taller no matter how much I pull … "
Along the way, the chattering of the little girl didn't stop for even a second. Moreover, the chattering wasn't small at all. It even attracted the attention of passersby along the way. They saw a loli that didn't seem to be more than ten years old following behind a man. She was constantly jumping and chattering in an attempt to make her presence known. If you ignore the strange way she was addressed, this could basically be seen as a little girl that was brought out to go shopping by an adult. Then, she saw something she liked and kept pestering her. However, if anyone's daughter was really the same as Liliana, then I can only bless their ancestors. When this girl gets crazy, it really isn't easy to suppress.
"I say, what's wrong with her these past two days?" When Lina tried to jump on me again, I knocked her back with a single slash. My head felt like it was going to explode as I stared at my older sister. The girl next to me had been overly excited the entire time, constantly bringing out all sorts of strange things to show me. Of course, Lina had always been like this in the past, but today's symptoms seemed to be a bit more serious than usual. My older sister smiled as she looked at Liliana. She softly explained, "It's not like you don't know her personality. She just suddenly went crazy. Also, he hasn't seen you for so many days. He probably misses you. "
I curled my lips and sighed softly. I bent down to grab Liliana and put her on one shoulder. At the very least, she would be quieter this way. Mercury Lamp was also sitting on my other shoulder. When the little puppet saw that its nemesis was placed on the opposite side, it immediately pressed its finger on the center of my head and warned loudly, "Watch carefully, this is the boundary. This is my territory, you are not allowed to cross the line!"
I was speechless. What does this kid think I am!
Liliana had achieved her goal of showing her presence, so she was very satisfied. She didn't fight with Mercury Lamp, but shook her feet. "Boss, this world is interesting, right? Everything is so mysterious. "
I smacked my lips. "It is quite interesting. But we stayed in a desolate prairie for two days. How interesting can it be? You guys, on the other hand, seem to have had a lot of fun in this world."
I glanced at Liliana. The clothes this girl was wearing were obviously new in this world. It looked gorgeous and complicated. It was a blue and purple dress with white trimmings. It felt a little like a little princess's dress, but there were two wide golden rims hanging straight down from the chest, adding an indescribable solemnity and majesty to the dress. There were many small feather-like ornaments on the skirt of the dress. It was light and translucent, very beautiful. But Liliana's nouveau riche behavior completely destroyed the princess dress that was supposed to be "noble, gorgeous, and majestic":
She had at least a dozen different kinds of commemorative ornaments hanging around her neck. The rough craftsmanship and the stimulating aroma made it obvious that they were bought cheaply from the street. They were basically used to trick foreign tourists. She had a total of seven or eight bracelets wrapped around her wrist. I even suspected that she could call herself the successor of the Iron Thread Fist. When she swung her ankle, it sounded like Jingle because she had made herself four anklets. What was even more amazing was that she had three different colored belts on her, even though she claimed that two of them were unique to this city. Let's not talk about the small animal bone amulets, wooden swords, sparkling beads, and other messy things that popped out of her pocket. When Liliana first appeared in front of me, she was like a moving exhibition shelf. Her entire body was covered with these cheap and obviously rip-off items. She didn't even store these things in her personal space. The silly girl's nouveau riche mentality was obvious. Fortunately, Little Bubble later asked for a lot of sparkling trinkets from her. Now, Liliana's appearance was actually much more normal than before.
Little Crow and Vanilla's clothes were similar to Liliana's. They might have been custom-made together. However, the two of them weren't like the nouveau riche Liliana who hung a bunch of messy things on her body. Two identical little girls wearing beautiful princess dresses walked on the street, looking at the scenery around them with curiosity. They were like twin angels that attracted a lot of attention. Behind them, there was Pandora, Visca, Bubble, and Little Bubble …
There were more and more passersby on both sides. They probably thought that we were having a parade of twins. Fortunately, we weren't on Earth. Otherwise, there would be at least a dozen of them asking for a group photo.
The older sister was still wearing the ordinary long dress that she wore when she set off. It seemed like she didn't participate in the little girls' crazy carnival.
"These things are all souvenirs!" Liliana pulled the bunch of pendants around her neck. These things made her look like an old chief of a Central African country. "Of course we have to buy a lot of souvenirs when we come out to play. Otherwise, we would have wasted our trip. Look at this, this is made from the beard of a black sharp-horned sheep. It can resist diseases and three kinds of disasters related to diseases. This is an amulet made from shiny pebbles from the Qingshui River. It can bring you the river god's blessing. If you can swim, you might not drown if you fall into the water … "
I replied, "… I just feel like something's not right."
"In any case, it's all just for fun. Everyone knows it's a lie." Lina arrogantly waved her hand. Then, she casually picked out a sparkling crystal pendant and put it on my neck. "I picked it especially for you. It will greatly increase your sense of presence because it's a woman's pendant."
Without hesitation, I tossed the thing into my Dimensional Pocket.
"Ah Jun, when are we going to eat?" Shadora came over while rubbing her stomach pitifully. "I'm hungry. I didn't even have anything to eat when I woke up this morning and rushed over. It looks like there's good food everywhere … "
I quickly shook Liliana who was on my shoulder. "Immediately find a place to eat! Before this city is destroyed! "
"Hey, I know a good place!" Liliana immediately became arrogant and pointed in front of us. "In front of us is the statue in the center of the city. A quarter of the plaza is used for eating. I reckon that's the only place that can feed sister Sandora."
Sandora immediately started walking. "Let's go. Let's eat first! I haven't had a proper meal for two days! "
Very soon, we found the central plaza that Liliana had mentioned. It was a place that was easy to find. The plain that the city was located on was roughly circular and divided into two in the middle. Half of it was an empty area. When Miracle Day came, it would be the projection point for some lost world to meet with the mother continent. The other half was the port city, Sentu, which was where we were now. The word 'Sentu' meant 'port' or 'passage' in the local language. The central plaza was located in the center of the semicircular city. There were three wide and flat stone roads leading from the port square to the central plaza. We could find it by following the road.
The semicircular shape of the city reminded people of the moon, and the shape of the central square was designed to be a crescent moon, matching the contours of the city. In the middle of this long and narrow "Crescent Moon Square", we saw the city's most famous sculpture: the explorer.
It was a statue of a person, about ten meters tall. It was sculpted from a thick black stone. It was the image of a strong man climbing a cliff. The man on the statue was wearing a tight leather coat with an animal skin apron tied around his waist. He was carrying a few tools on his back that we couldn't tell what they were for, but they were probably not for combat. He was climbing a huge rock with all his might. His muscles were bulging and the veins on his forehead were bulging. However, what was puzzling was that the main character on the statue didn't have a face. It wasn't weathered, but the statue itself didn't have a face.
"This is the symbol of this city. Port Centu is one of the oldest cities on this continent. It can even be traced back to the Barbaric Era." Liliana acted as our guide and spoke confidently under the statue. "In the beginning, it was common to see the sudden appearance of regional projections everywhere on this continent. Back then, people were filled with confusion and fear. They treated these projections as scourges and ferocious beasts and avoided them like the plague. The reason for such a situation was that there were many brave people who wanted to find out what was going on with the sudden appearance of the regions. However, the projections of the regions that suddenly appeared could vanish at any time, and there was no telling when they would appear again. In the absence of a universal 'periodic calendar', 90% of the people who entered the Mysterious Realm never returned, and those who did return were scarred and insane. These people said that they were sent to a forgotten world. There was a huge relic and an ancient guardian that was still operating. The guardian would kill anyone who trespassed into the relic. Thus, as time passed, people no longer dared to touch these regions that appeared out of nowhere. They called it the Lost World. "
At this point, Liliana paused for a moment. I immediately cooperated with her and acted as if I didn't care whether she wanted to say it or not. Thus, Liliana continued to speak, full of resentment, "Later on, there was an extremely daring fellow who carried a huge pile of messy luggage and half a month's worth of rations here. At that time, there was no Centu Port here. There wasn't even any sign of human habitation. In that uncivilized period where transportation was completely dependent on walking, he was the first person to find this wasteland. He used this place to enter one of the few absolutely safe Lost Worlds: the Ancient Garden. Of course, he came back alive. Other than the fact that he almost contracted a serious gastrointestinal disease from eating grass for half a month, everything was fine. From that day onwards, people finally realized that these Lost Worlds weren't necessarily a land of death. The brave fellow brought back a large number of plants that had never been seen on this continent. Many of them were proven to have alchemic value. At that time, the alchemy technology of this world was still in its infancy. People were brave enough to use all kinds of rare and strange ingredients. The alchemy materials that existed on this continent were, after all, limited. Thus, the various herbs that could only be gathered from the Ancient Garden immediately made that lucky fellow a windfall. After that, more and more explorers swarmed into the Ancient Garden. This place formed the embryonic form of Centu Port. After that, the Ancient Garden was no longer able to satisfy people. Thus, more people tried to form well-equipped teams to challenge other Lost Worlds. In short, many things happened and many brave explorers sacrificed their lives. In the end, the periodic calendar appeared.
The periodic calendar was one of the two most important calendars in this world. Originally, it was just the scattered experiences of some exploration teams. Later, it was compiled by a highly respected old explorer and compiled into a complete calendar, which basically covered the appearance and basic situation of 80% of the Lost Worlds. It could be said that the current structure of this world — people living together with the Lost Worlds, collecting resources and knowledge from the Lost Worlds, all kinds of strange religious legends related to the fragments of the Otherworld, and so on and so forth — were first developed by explorers. Therefore, as the oldest port of the Lost World, the symbol of the city of Centu is the image of an explorer who strives to climb up. This sculpture has no face, which means that it refers to the explorer as a whole and not a specific person. "
"Unfortunately, as time passes, many things have changed." At this point, Liliana sighed. "Hundreds of years ago, explorers enjoyed a high status, but the structure of the industry was loose, and there was no stability from the beginning. Moreover, as more and more Lost Worlds were thoroughly explored and even permanent camps were established, there was no longer a need to take huge risks in traveling to those worlds. The value and status of explorers were getting lower and lower. Think about it, under the escort of a professional army, any old farmer could go to a Lost World to dig up herbs, so how many people would still value explorers? Now, the word 'explorer' had almost become synonymous with those who had no skills or means of livelihood, but only courage. They relied on searching for treasures in dangerous areas that were not yet fully controlled by humans to survive. Many of the Lost Worlds had relics of previous civilizations, and the things in those relics were needed by scholars and alchemists. In addition, the Ancient Garden, which was originally used as an important source of herbs, had now become less popular, because the plant seeds brought out from there had all been successfully cultivated on the mother continent, and people no longer had to waste time and wait to collect herbs from the Lost World. This was also one of the reasons why explorers gradually lost their status: many of the materials produced in the Lost World had become worthless. Now, the Ancient Garden was just a transit station with nice scenery. People would set off from Centu, stop at the Ancient Garden for a short period of time, and then transfer to other Lost Worlds. Explorers would go to dangerous areas such as the Ancient City, and tourists and merchants would usually go to the Hanging River or the Sky Tower. Well, this world is really huge, and I can't finish talking about it in a day. This planet that is one circle larger than Earth is only a small part of it that you can see, and if you add up all the other Lost Worlds, I suspect that they are probably more than ten times the size of the mother planet. God knows how they were formed. "
I didn't expect Liliana to know so much about this world. Just two days ago, she didn't know about the existence of the 'Lost World', just like us. In just two days, she could actually find out so much. It was really unbelievable. My sister saw my surprise and said softly with a smile, "For the past two days, she has been learning about the customs of this world, just so that she can show off to you for the whole day." I was stunned, and then smiled faintly. This was really the style of this girl.
"Ah Jun, let's go there to eat?" Sandora didn't care about the customs of this world, and such small things couldn't enter the eyes of the Queen, who had so many affairs to attend to every day. She only wanted to eat, so she shook my arm hard and pointed to a row of food vendors at the edge of the square. "It looks delicious."
Liliana shook her head, "That's vegetable porridge and ash pancakes. The people here stew all kinds of vegetables and beans together, and then grind the beans into flour to make pancakes. That's the most common food here, and it's delicious. Let's go, it's my treat. I'm rich now, Boss. When the time comes, I'll tell you about our business here. Little Bird is now half a protector … "
Although I was also interested in Liliana's story, it was more important to feed Sandora first. It didn't take long for us to arrive in front of a rather large food stall. Regardless of whether we were a member of the royal family or a true God from the Heavenly Realm, we were all from small markets and roadside food stalls. We didn't care about what kind of scene it was. The mighty group of people took up half of the entire stall. It seemed that it was already past mealtime and there weren't many people eating here. The appearance of such a large group of customers immediately made the stall owner smile. He was a short and fat middle-aged man with unusually thick hair and beard. Lina whispered to me that he should be a mixed-blood between a human and a dwarf.
"Bring out all your remaining food, we'll buy it all." I glanced at Sandora and said to the stall owner. Seeing his surprised expression, I added, "It's okay, if we can't finish it, we'll take it away." Then, I told Sandora, "Err, if you don't have enough to eat, bear with it. We'll go to the next stall, don't eat all of it."
Her Majesty the Queen gave a pitiful 'Oh', her expression showed that she was prepared to starve …
It was always like this when I brought her out to eat, I was used to it. So, most of the time, it was more convenient for Sandora to eat at home. At least we didn't have to travel around the entire street to avoid causing a commotion. While the stall owner was preparing the food, I studied the utensils of this world. Other than the spoon, which was similar to the ones on Earth, the other two looked strange. One of them was a roller knife with a sharp edge. After asking, I found out that most of the staple food in this world was shaped like a pancake, which was specially used for cutting. The other one was a metal clip that was about a foot long — seems like it was used to pick up food.
The operation was quite simple. I was glad that I didn't have to learn how to use chopsticks like foreigners. However, Shallow Shallow was still the best. Without hesitation, she took out a pair of chopsticks from her dimensional pocket and smiled at me foolishly, "I'm used to this!"
I thought about it and agreed. So, under Shallow Shallow's lead, everyone gave up on the strange utensils of this world. Other than vanilla, everyone took out their chopsticks. Of course, most of them didn't have chopsticks in their dimensional pocket (like Pandora and the others), so they borrowed them from Shallow Shallow. When the stall owner came over, he looked at us in a daze. If you were to open a restaurant and a customer suddenly came over, and the customer threw his bowl and chopsticks to the side and took out a saw from his suitcase to eat, you would probably have the same reaction.
"Hehe, we are travelers from the East. This is the custom of our hometown." I chuckled and casually explained to the stall owner. The stall owner was even more stunned, "… This is the easternmost part of the continent. Usually, the East is referred to here."
I was speechless, "… This is the easternmost part of the continent. Usually, the East is referred to here."
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