"Dinner is ready. Please enjoy it, sir."
The steaming stone bowl drew a beautiful arc in the air with the voice of Ningyu Ninglan. Finally, with her sweet and warm smile, it was placed in front of Duan Qing, already lying in a large font.
He was still looking lifeless on the ground, and his lifeless gaze was only slightly attracted by the delicious food floating in the opponent's hand for a long time: "Is this?"
"It's your favorite animal bone ramen, sir." He held his hands and tilted his head, hinting that Ninglan's eyebrows also showed a beautiful crescent moon: "Ninglan hasn't done this for a long time, adapting to freedom.
The world’s cooking techniques also take some time, so I don’t know if they will still satisfy you.”
"Really, I'm so touched!" Duan Qing, who got up instead of taking the delicacies from the other party's hands immediately, hugged the other person's body kneeling in front of him with a very moved expression: "You can still eat it in your lifetime.
When it comes to this bowl of noodles, can there be anything happier than this?"
"As long as Mr. likes it, Ninglan will make it for Mr. every day." He carefully held the stone bowl in his hand so as not to spill it on the other person. Ninglan's eyes, which had always been calm and calm, gradually changed with his arms raised high.
Some touching brilliance: "However, although ramen is good, its nutrition is not balanced. If you eat it every day, it will not be good for your body."
"This is a virtual game world. If they can incorporate things like nutritional intake and health care, I would like to give them a thumbs up for their technological breakthrough."
A disdainful voice then came from the two ambiguous figures, accompanied by the figure of Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had finished dinner and was holding a steaming cup, reflected in the flickering bonfire:
"But compared to these, I am more interested in the fact that you can bring 'pasta' into the game. You must know that most of the things we eat now are made with simple ingredients.
Woolen cloth."
"Yes, yes, I know you are tired of eating my barbecue." Duan Qing, who was lying in the arms of Ningyu Ninglan, replied with his head sullenly: "There is nothing we can do about it. Who made us stay in the past?"
I hunted so many wild beasts during my time on the grassland, and I also accumulated a lot of meat ingredients. There was no other way to prepare it except roasting it..."
"It is your skill to be able to preserve the ingredients until now." Closing his eyes and feeling the heat coming from the cup in his hand, Xue Ling Huan Bing half-raised one of his eyelids: "That alien space doesn't even have the ingredients.
Can the freshness be guaranteed?”
"After all, it is the universal robe that Sir received from the Lord of the Seven-person Council. The space storage alone has already made Ninglan envious." Replacing Duan Qing in answering the other party's question, Ninglan held it in code.
Shi Wan chuckled softly: "According to what Mr. Wang said before, the alien space contained in this robe is likely to be the same as the stasis space we understand. If it is as Ninglan hopes, it can store living things.
As for things, Ninglan might be okay--ah."
"Miss Lingbing seems to be angry."
Noticing the way Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was kneeling on the ground, was looking towards her, Huan Yu Ninglan, who had stopped talking, then chuckled and pushed Duan Qing up in her arms, and she closed her eyes again.
The white-haired swordswoman who quietly enjoyed the cup smiled and nodded, and then put the stone bowl in Duan Qing's hand: "Before enjoying the delicious food, Ninglan has a few things to report to sir.
"
"Ninglan has already conveyed to Jianghu what you told Ninglan before." The sound of the crackling campfire mixed with the night chatter of the surrounding camps, and also reflected the look of the maid-looking player at this time.
A little more solemnly: "The presidents of big guilds such as Duanshanyue don't care much about this kind of thing, but the members of several other guilds have quite criticized it, such as -"
"For example, there are existences like Fufeng, right?" Duan Qing used magic to condense two short sticks in his hands and poked the gluten in the bowl, squinting his eyes and looking into the depths of the camp: "Confirm their authenticity.
Have you seen your face?"
"Ninglan has been secretly investigating for a while, and there is no evidence that they have secret activities yet." Ninglan shook her head and folded her hands in front of her belly. Ninglan nodded and replied: "But there are people in the camp.
During the circulation process, Ninglan noticed the hostility shown by the players representing the hermit camp towards them - according to previous intelligence information, they have some relationship with Fu Feng, right?"
"That's right, I don't dare to say the specific situation." Turning his head, Duan Qing replied with curled lips: "Where are the other guilds? There are also those idle players who have recently come to our camp. They have
Nothing unusual?"
"If there is any abnormal movement related to those people lurking in the sacred mountain, Ninglan has not noticed it." She folded her hands and smiled, and then replied in a mysterious voice: "But if it is related to our arrangement,
If there is any abnormal movement, I have found part of it."
"Oh?" He showed an obviously interested look, and Duan Qing's original tired look seemed to dissipate a little: "Has anyone signed up?"
"That's right, even Mr. Baibu Wushuang himself looked in disbelief at that time." Describing the scene he saw with his own eyes at that time, Ciyu Ninglan then covered her mouth and snickered: "Ninglan originally also
If we feel that there is really no other way, we will arrange some extras to support us, but now it seems that the other party no longer needs us to do this step."
"Okay, the next step is to make some preparations."
Clenching his fist, Duan Qing's eyes also followed the people here: "According to my assumption, the other party should not care too much about the possibility that we may interfere with it, but before they are sure, they
Most likely they won’t be the first to take action.”
"Mr. Goldman has also had some negotiations with the advance team, and has now expanded the search scope to areas starting with five letters." Ninglan nodded and replied: "The magicians have already begun to set up detection knots.
Realm and magic circle, as long as everyone unites, we should soon be able to grasp the situation of the entire sacred mountain."
"Then we can't neglect our allies - how is the distribution of the second floor?"
"Asahi Dongsheng is really an admirable person. He has been arguing with those guilds all day long, but his excitement has not faded at all. He is simply enjoying it, haha."
One report after another slowly flowed between the two people in whispers. The initial prosperity of the camp under the deep dark night and the lights among the various guilds did not seem to affect them at all.
, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who had been holding the hot cup and had been motionless, did not say anything to stop the intimacy shown by the two people. It was not until the whispers gradually calmed down with the stars of the campfire that she opened her eyes again.
My own eyes: "...gone?"
"What, are you angry?"
Under the scene where the maid player quietly disappeared, Duan Qing, who was alone, held a stone bowl and slurped away the food: "Ninglan said that I will make you a lunch later to apologize..."
"No need." Shaking his head expressionlessly, Xue Ling Huan Bing continued with a matter-of-fact expression: "That's a love snack made for you. How can I possibly enjoy it?"
"Sure enough, I'm still angry." Although his voice became a little unclear, Duan Qing's expression when he raised his head again became much bitter: "What, you are not in a good mood today?"
"Except for the time I spend with you, I basically practice my sword in the ruins area above." Pointing towards the dark depths on the other side of the bonfire, Xue Ling Huan Bing replied with an indifferent expression: "When I practice my sword, I have no other focus.
, there are almost no redundant thoughts, where does the term ‘in a bad mood’ come from?”
"But you didn't ask a single question today." Duan Qing resumed his look of feasting: "At this time in the past, after completing a day of practice, you must have had a lot of questions about how to use the sword. Every day of practice, you will have a lot of questions.
New gains, the joy of mastering higher-level combat skills and the confusion of peeking into the higher-level combat world are also shown on your face again and again that you want to share."
"It's nothing like now. There's no feeling of harvesting or sharing at all." Having said this, he finally raised his head: "Did you encounter some bottleneck, or did you not put any effort into practicing swordsmanship at all?"
"..."
Falling into silence again, Xue Ling Huan Bing, who was asked by Duan Qing, spoke again after a long time: "You are right, I am practicing without any distractions, but this time -"
"Maybe I was a little too focused."
Showing a smile at Duan Qing, the white-haired swordswoman slowly put the tea cup in her hand away: "Because I have thought about a lot of things."
"...are you willing to tell me?"
"Of course, because it's about you."
Slowly nodding her head, the white-haired female swordsman kneeling on the ground was as demure and beautiful as a porcelain doll: "While the camp is unprecedentedly lively, I also learned from you.
Those teammates learned a lot about the past, about your past, and what happened that night three years ago... Haha."
"Now that I think about it, wouldn't it be the most appropriate choice to ask you directly?" After two helpless chuckles, Xue Ling Huan Bing raised his head and looked at Duan Qing's face: "I have never experienced it personally.
All the questions I asked may be because I don’t want to touch the pain in your heart.”
"As expected of you, you are still so straightforward in your words." He smiled and shook his head. Duan Qing, who was stunned for a moment, then put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands: "Is this the reason why you have been so entangled in your heart? Whatever.
, if you really want to know——"
"No, this story is no longer important to me now." Interrupting Duan Qing's laughter, Xue Ling Huan Bing raised her head solemnly: "The reason for understanding the past is not for anything else, just
I hope I can help you at this moment. A perfect solution can only be made after getting the full picture of the problem - this is what I have always thought."
"As the leader of the Qingling Adventure Group, I don't want my members to be immersed in their own pain, right?" She faced Duan Qing, who was also sitting up, and her body seemed to be driven by some kind of urgency.
He leaned forward a little in response to the request: "Although you are busy now and are as tired as a clay figure every day, I always feel... you don't seem to have the slightest intention to move forward."
"...Nothing." After a moment of shaking his head as an answer, Duan Qing's voice became much slower when he spoke again: "I'm just a little... uh, cautious. Things always have to happen step by step.
Isn’t it? You should have heard the conversation between Ninglan and I just now. Everything is under our control. If everything goes well, we should be able to—"
"You know that's not what I mean." With a long sigh, Xue Ling Huan Bing interrupted Duan Qing again: "Even if you really solve the Avengers Alliance, you still have no intention of fighting with the Duan family and the old alliance.
Confront it head-on, right? Or...you have no intention of resisting your past and getting over the shadow of your failed struggle."
"I have thought a lot in the past period. If I were put in the position I was in three years ago, I don't know what I would choose if I was about to lose everything." Ignoring Duan Qing's stunned look,
The white-haired female swordsman gradually lowered her head: "But today is different from the past, and I am not the same person now. I am also a homeless person who has lost everything.
"
"I only live for you now."
The light of the bonfire outlined the outline of the white-haired woman extremely clearly. The firelight reflected in Duan Qing's eyes seemed to become less dazzling at this moment. In the hazy vision, she seemed to be pressing her hands on her face as her expression became extremely weak.
He put his hand on his shoulder: "Since I am the woman who loves you, I naturally don't want to see you in pain and confusion now."
"If it is your wish to stay together on this sacred mountain from now on, I am naturally willing to follow it." Xue Ling Huan Bing's eyes seemed to be flashing with bright brilliance: "But if you get more in exchange for this,
If you have regrets and regrets in your life, then it is not what I want."
"Choices often represent gains and losses. If you want to gain something, you will naturally have to pay for it." Looking at each other's eyes filled with various emotions quietly, Duan Qing made his own response after a long while: "I
I don’t think I have the ability and qualifications to pay the price now. This may mean an ending that no one can bear. Even so, is it okay?”
"This is the unique trouble of an omniscient person with wisdom." Nodding at the other party's forehead, Xue Ling Huan Bing suddenly burst out with a smile: "It's like us who have no consciousness of thinking and can't predict the future at all.
'Ignorant person'."
"We will only pursue our seemingly slim expectations and hopes with our own paranoid delusions."
This chapter has been completed!