It was a winter morning, and the sun was shining brightly. It was a rare day of good weather — in this case, the outside world.
It seemed like it was going to snow for the past two days. It had been gloomy and gloomy, but after 48 hours, not even a speck of ice had appeared. Lin Xue's prediction was right. The weather station had been tricked by the atmosphere again.
There was no cold winter in the City of Shadows. Every day, all the residents voted to choose a few templates. Then, according to the child's mother's "Optimal Weather Solution", the final artificial weather was created. Therefore, the world inside was warm and sunny most of the time. Occasionally, on special days, the residents would be notified in advance, and then there would be snow and rain. This was not for ecological balance, but to reduce the monotony of the good weather every day, and to add a bit of romance. A city shaped by super technology had many wonderful habits and behaviors that outsiders could not understand. For example, regarding the daily weather, the City of Shadows had established many parties. The members were permanent residents of the City of Shadows from various worlds, and had obtained the Empire's honorary citizenship. Because they had nothing to do every day, they began to find something to do. For example, they formed the "Snow Party", "Rain Party", "Clear Sky Party", and "Dark Cloud Party". Every day, they held various voting and publicity activities for the next day's weather, trying to win more public opinion to fulfill their hobbies. After statistics, the "Snow Party" members were mostly citizens of the City of Shadows under the age of 16, such as Osaka. They liked to play with the snow, and they had a pure and romantic feeling. The "Rain Party" members were mainly between the ages of 17 and 25 — they were busy with their partners and needed to create some romance. The "Clear Sky Party" was currently the majority party in the City of Shadows' weather council. They occupied the majority of the seats, and their members covered all the middle-aged and elderly — because they had cold legs. The "Dark Cloud Party" was a new party. Most of its members were teenagers. They were deeply poisoned by literary works, so they pursued a kind of gothic feeling in the real world. Dark clouds, gothic churches, evening gowns, and the dark night. This made the members of the Dark Cloud Party intoxicated. However, because they occupied too few seats, this party was recently considering another way to satisfy their ambitions, such as renting a house in the Dark District. Cirvanas felt that his spring had come …
Of course, other than this main faction, there were many other factions in the weather council. For example, the "Lightning Party" formed by Osaka's electric shock department, the "Typhoon Party" and the "Hail Party" formed by the Crowmen, the "2012 Party" that was recently banned, the "2012 Party" that was formed two days ago with the secret support of Sandora, but currently only had one member, You Youzi, and the "Gold Party" that was formed by Boli Dream and Golden Twinkle. It was said that there were all kinds of birds in a big forest, and when there were so many people, they hoped that all kinds of things would fall from the sky. Such a spectacle would only appear in a place like the City of Shadows.
Nothing major happened in the City of Shadows over the past two days. The macro world was peaceful, and the void was orderly. At first, we thought that the Fallen Apostle was behind the fall of Atlantis. However, according to the intelligence of the Space Administration, the Fallen Apostle's movements had already gone into hibernation. It seemed that the consecutive clashes with us and the Protoss's increasingly strict search in the void had caused them to choose to temporarily keep a low profile. The fall of Atlantis could only be attributed to Visca's excessive obsession back then. This was extremely embarrassing for a certain Cat Eyes 1.2 meters tall, but it was good news for us. The hibernation of the Fallen Apostle meant a stable environment. This would allow for the various reinforcements and research projects that were currently in urgent need of time to be carried out rapidly. The Empire bases hidden in the Kuiper Belt's spatial folds were already saturated. We were currently building new production bases in a few other galaxies. The Pan-Galactic Civilization Community had also completed the reorganization of the Empire and had now become a "regular militia" like the New Eden Federation. Tawil was currently overcoming some technical difficulties, which involved the analysis of the Nova Ring fragments and the reverse restoration of the biochemical and special ability technology that Atlantis had preserved. The respectable research maniac swore that once these two technologies were converted into actual power, there was a high possibility that the strength of Shallow Shallow, Big Sis, and Lin Xue would increase by another level.
As mentioned before, the research center had researched the special abilities of Shallow Shallow and the others more than once. They had also obtained a preliminary understanding of the principles of this magical ability. However, it was still a short period of time after all. It was extremely difficult to convert theory into production. At present, other than the Energy Plundering Device that I had developed based on my ability that had entered the practical application stage and the experimental time evasion device that was created based on Shallow Shallow's second gap theory, it could be said that the technicians had no achievements in other fields of application. This had always made Tawil, who had never admitted defeat in the research field very angry. Now, the technological supplement of Atlantis had brought light to our researchers. Back then, under the terrifying pressure of Visca, the research team that had created the Atlantis civilization had desperately researched special abilities. They had a deeper understanding of this kind of power that originated from the spirit and soul, which just happened to fill in the large gaps in Tawil's research project. Now, the latter had already begun to fantasize about when she would be able to research and mass-produce the Time Assault Soldiers and Cursed Warriors, as well as the Prophet Soldiers that could predict the enemy's tactics on the frontlines. She had even designed the military emblem for these three types of soldiers, namely the Sliding Coffin, the Flipper Coffin, and the Straight Coffin …
Well, of course, that was just the beautiful wish of a certain Coffin Maniac researcher. It seemed impossible to actually mass-produce the warriors that possessed such nature-defying special abilities at the moment. What I was hoping for was some new equipment that used special abilities, like the Energy Plundering Device. Facts had proven that once something as unreasonable as special abilities were incorporated into conventional equipment, it would have astonishing potential. An Energy Plundering Device could turn all battleships that used energy attacks into scrap metal. A time evasion system could even turn a Star Sniper Cannon into a decoration. I didn't dare to imagine how terrifying it would be if a homing head with a trajectory prediction system that could erase the enemy's dodging time and ignore the enemy's defense to bring disaster to the target would be. Icetis had even pointed out that if she had such a thing, she would even dare to smash God the Father's glass in the middle of the night. Although I felt that even if that female gangster didn't have such a thing, she would still be a strong person who could smash God the Father's glass in the middle of the night.
Other than Tawil's new round of research and the accompanying explosions and explosions, there was another change in the City of Shadows recently, which was the addition of many curious monsters. They were the new residents of the Fantasy Village.
As compensation for the catastrophic ecological destruction caused by Atlantis, we opened the World Gate to the Fantasy Village and gave them a relatively lenient entry inspection to ensure that the homeless monsters could find a place to stay here. At first, I thought that only the residents of the Monster Mountain would move over. After all, many monsters were like animals, they loved their nests. Unless they had no other choice, they would rarely leave their territory. However, I didn't expect that the environment of Avalon and the magic of the City of Shadows would have an unexpected attraction for them. Not only did all the monsters of the Monster Mountain move over, many monsters that lived in other places also applied to live in Avalon and the City of Shadows. In an instant, they filled up the immigration quota that I had previously allocated to them.
Of course, the City of Shadows couldn't be 100% open to them. The number of immigrants allowed to come to the Fantasy Village was limited. Many monsters could only sigh at the welfare housing in Avalon because they were a step too late. However, we still welcomed them to stay here as tourists for a short period of time.
Because they weren't considered the spawn of the Empire, the monsters couldn't obtain an independent administrative area in the City of Shadows. They couldn't even obtain independent management rights in the gathering town of Avalon. However, the carefree monsters didn't care about this at all. They were only interested in the novelty of the outside world. Soul Dream and a few Heroic Spirit Travel Agency's business was unprecedentedly good because of this. A certain city enforcement officer had almost forgotten what his original job was.
Because the carnival had ended, the work in the Dimensional Hub Square was much more relaxed. Since Hachi Yunzi didn't have any missions for the time being, she cooperated with her Spirit-branded Shikigami to open a shop in the City of Shadows. Of course, Hachi Yunzi was a hands-off shopkeeper. She usually slept in the back. There were only two shop assistants, one Rhododendron Spp. and the other Orange Meow. I had gone to the shop once before and I still had some psychological trauma. It was a small shop for clothes, shoes, and hats. I couldn't imagine how the fox fur scarves and fox fur hats came to be.
After that, there were a few small matters that were related to the family.
The first was the Poison Island. Chestnut had finally finished her home leave and returned home to continue her "maid training." Recently, she had been learning from Anveena how to hide two Uzi submachine guns and 22 plasma grenades in her maid attire. However, to be honest, we all thought that it was just a girl's whim. Even though her attitude was firm, I had recently begun to consider whether or not I should directly arrange for her to study in the Imperial Army Military Academy. After all, she was only at the age of a high school student. Having a ghost maid at home was one thing, but she also had an underage maid. Recently, Miss Lin had been ridiculing me to death.
Speaking of which, I seemed to have recently heard someone mention that Poison Island finally couldn't restrain her desire for destruction. It was also possible that when Anveena taught her how to use the shovel to activate the Eight Blades One Flash, her violent genes were stimulated. In any case, she had begun to rectify the public order in the neighborhood and had serious conflicts with the hooligans in the neighborhood. One of the more credible cases was yesterday afternoon when she went out to buy groceries. The next morning, the newspaper reported that several habitual thieves were found unconscious in a dumpster near the supermarket. Every one of them had gained an even amount of weight and someone had carved a poem on their back with a sharp object. I recalled that Poison Island had lost her hairpin when she returned and that she had recently been self-studying China's classical literature …
Let's hope that she could discover her true self on the path of eradicating the violent. Even if she had to go out and fight every day, she would rather not work hard to become the world's second best maid. Heavens have mercy on us. Recently, Anveena had begun to mutter that she should add "crawling in and out of the television twenty times a minute" into the maid course. Do you think that is something that a living person can learn?
There was another matter that had to do with Jingle. Our great Goddess of Life finally remembered that she still had to manage several worlds. Thus, she excitedly decided to handle some official business. This happened the night before yesterday. However, this commendable work seemed to have led to some undesirable consequences. In the end, Jingle came out of the temple crying and locked herself in the cupboard for three hours. When Sandora went to the kitchen to steal food, she almost dipped the little one in sweet sauce and ate it. Later, after asking Liliana, I roughly understood the cause of the matter. It seemed that a group prayer had caused trouble. A group of students prayed to God in hopes that they would not fail their final exams. Our Goddess, who had failed hundreds of subjects, was extremely distressed by this. However, this was not enough to make the carefree and carefree Jingle cry like that. What saddened her the most was that she had racked her brains to guide the praying students to complete their exams. In the end, all 138 of them failed.
The Goddess, who had failed 138 subjects in one go and created a new record, felt that she was too ashamed to face anyone.
Finally, it had something to do with Shallow Shallow. I never expected that Shallow Shallow and I would break through the last layer of our relationship in such a ridiculous situation. Of course, considering Shallow Shallow's usual style, such a situation was actually quite normal. What I didn't expect even more was that the spring that I had anticipated would be filled with calamities. Even newlyweds would have a honeymoon, but why was it so difficult for Shallow Shallow and I to be alone? Mercury Lamp would complain that there was always someone moving her suitcase around after she went to sleep. Jingle had almost chewed my bedside table into a bird's nest. Alaya would confusedly ask why my mind would be completely sealed off at night. Little Seiji didn't have any reaction, but the ambiguous smile of her older sister was truly too much of a pressure. Not to mention, there was also the even more troublesome Liliana. Every time we met, that little brat would use the perfect volume to mutter "Pervert" as an opening line. In the end, I could only resign myself to fate … Sigh, raising a child before marriage is truly a scam, a scam for the father.
There was a small park in the outskirts of the city. This was a place that I had been frequenting recently. At first, Little Bubble would only occasionally get lost and pass by this place when she came out to look for her child. In the end, Little Seiji became interested in this place, and now, I would come here to spend some of my free time as well.
"But it's the twelfth month of the year. I'm guessing that only the two of us would come to a park to freeze in the cold, right?"
Leaning on a bench in the park, I muttered to myself as I looked at the desolate scenery around me.
"Let me correct myself. The only one who would freeze here is you, an idiot. This missy just happened to pass by and saw you going crazy, so I came over to show my concern." Lin Xue turned her face away and said bluntly.
It was a coincidence that I met Lin Xue here. In the past two days, this brat hadn't come over to our house to eat. I didn't expect to meet her in such a remote place. Since I had nothing to do, I sat down and chatted with her. Just like what the missy said, if one didn't have a superhuman physique, chatting in a park in the suburbs with cold winds blowing at -5 degrees Celsius would be no different from an idiot.
"This child seems to be used to running around outside."
I didn't know what Lin Xue was thinking about. After spacing out for a while, she lowered her head and muttered to herself as she looked at the little girl who was running around the bench.
Ever since she bravely came out to the outside world for the first time, the strength of little Qi Jing's soul had been continuously growing. Now, when she was running outside, she looked no different from a normal girl, except for her size which had shrunk by a few times.
Her originally translucent body had already solidified. If one didn't take a closer look, it would be hard to imagine that such a cute little girl was just an illusory shadow.
"To be honest, I also don't know what this child is thinking about. She will randomly become interested in the outside world. So, we have to grab hold of these opportunities and let her come into contact with new things." I smiled as I extended my hand. Little Qi Jing, who was picking up leaves not far away, immediately ran over and stuffed a handful of leaves into my palm. "Huhu — — Leaves!"
In terms of learning to speak, Little Qi Jing was much better than Little Bubble. Furthermore, she was able to use her soul to control objects in such a short period of time. Should I say that it was no wonder she had inherited my and Alaya's outstanding 'genes'?
"Daughter-con," Lin Xue muttered. "What would you do if she was interested in the sun?"
I was stunned. "How did you know? I just came back from the corona yesterday afternoon. This little girl thought that the sun was an egg yolk. She insisted that I use the egg yolk to make another sun in the sky. "
Miss Lin was horrified at that moment.
A few seconds later, I suddenly realized something. She doesn't know about this. Could it be that this little girl didn't use her superpower to observe our movements for the past two days?
"Speaking of which, aren't you the God of Peeping?" I coughed dryly and muttered, "I thought that my movements were under your control."
Unexpectedly, Lin Xue suddenly clenched her teeth and pinched my arm forcefully. "Tsk, what's there to look at? Look at you pervert and Shallow Shallow … Ah?"
I held back the retort that I had prepared. I scratched my head awkwardly and laughed foolishly. I almost forgot about that. If there was anyone who knew that I had broken through with Shallow Shallow, it would definitely be this little girl who knew everything. She even knew about it before me. Thinking about it, Lin Xue's mood had suddenly dropped during the fireworks party. It was a pity that I didn't know what was going on then. Now that I think about it, this little girl hadn't come to eat for a few days in a row. She might have been throwing a tantrum at home.
I'm really a slow person. Not only did I not feel Lin Xue's friendship from the start, I've even forgotten about the problem caused by this girl's ability.
"There's no need to apologize." Before I could open my mouth, Lin Xue suddenly leaned over and buried her head in my chest. "I will get angry if you do that. This is something that was destined to happen. I am just a little depressed. "
"You're not angry?"
"Tsk, I'll twist it!"
"Ah — —"
"I'm not angry now."
Even though she said she wasn't angry, I knew that the lady in front of me wasn't a magnanimous person. What should I say now? Accept my fate? Or should I slowly settle the score with her in the future? Considering her sadistic behavior in order to reverse her fate, I felt that it should be the latter.
"Going to my house for dinner tonight?"
"Of course. I have been eating at home for the past few days. Even the chef was shocked. I will go to your place for a meal."
Could it be that you were finally expelled from your family after wandering around outside for so long?
As I ridiculed in my heart, I looked at Lin Xue who finally revealed her usual mischievous smile. My mood relaxed once more. I leaned back on the bench and hugged the girl beside me. I sighed, "It's good to be free …"
"Yeah, it's good to be free occasionally." Lin Xue giggled. "But Blockhead, we are the ones who are free."
"Huh?"
"You have something to do again …"
"No way!"
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