"Boss, boss! Boss, do you think this looks good or not? I bought this for you!"
"Boss, try this! I heard that this city is the only one in the entire continent that sells this kind of snack. It is said that it is made of pure fruit!"
"Boss, let's watch the fireworks! There is a nearby town that sets off fireworks every twenty days. I heard that the alchemists gathered in the town use the by-products of alchemy to create them. It's really nice. I haven't seen it yet.
Let’s go watch the fireworks tonight, shall we?”
"Boss, boss, please stop pulling my ears. If you pull my ears, I won't grow taller..."
Along the way, the chirping little girl's voice never stopped for a minute and a half, and the chirping noise was so loud that it even made pedestrians along the way look sideways. What they saw was a girl who didn't look ten years old.
The loli who arrived followed a man step by step, constantly jumping and chattering in an attempt to show her presence. If you ignore her strange name, this can basically be seen as a person being taken out to go shopping by an adult, and then watching
When I find something I like, I will pester my little daughter endlessly - but if any daughter is really like Lilina, I can only bless her eight generations of ancestors. It is really difficult to suppress this girl's nerves.
"I asked, what stimulation has she received in the past two days?" After once again knocking back Lilina who tried to jump on me with a knife, I looked at my sister with my head as big as a bucket. This girl beside me was always there all the time.
She was always overly excited and kept bringing out all kinds of weird things to show me. Of course, Lilina used to be so nervous in normal times, but today’s symptoms seem to be more serious than before. Onee-sama smiled
He glanced at Lilina and explained softly: "It's not like you don't know her character, you just suddenly became nervous. And since I haven't seen you for so many days, I probably miss you."
"I think she is just crazy about playing in this world and can't cool down," I curled my lips. Then I sighed softly, bent down and picked up Lilina and put it on one shoulder. At least this could make her quieter.
Of course, there was a mercury lamp sitting on my other shoulder. When the little doll saw his old enemy placed on the opposite side, he immediately pressed his finger on the center of my head and warned loudly: "Watch it. This is the boundary. This is me.
territory. You are not allowed to cross the line!"
Me: "..." What does this cheating kid think of me!
Lilina's goal of showing her presence has been achieved. She was so satisfied that she rarely fought with the mercury lamp, but shook her feet: "Boss, is this world interesting? There is mystery everywhere."
I smacked my lips: "It's quite interesting, but we stayed in a deserted prairie for two days. How interesting can you say it is? It's you. It seems that you are having a lot of fun in this world."
I squinted at Lilina. The clothes this girl was wearing were obviously newly purchased in this world. They looked gorgeous and complicated. It was a blue-purple dress with white embellishments. It felt a bit like a little princess.
dress. But there are two broad golden edges hanging straight down from the chest, which adds an indescribable solemnity to the dress. The skirt of the dress is also decorated with many small feather-like ornaments, which is light and airy.
It is transparent and very beautiful. But Lilina’s nouveau riche behavior completely ruined the feel of this princess dress that was supposed to be associated with “nobility, magnificence, and power”:
There were at least a dozen strings of various commemorative ornaments hanging around her neck. With their crude craftsmanship and pungent aroma, it was easy to tell that they were bought cheaply from the street and were essentially used to deceive foreign tourists; There are a total of seven or eight bracelets wrapped around her hands. I even doubt that this girl now claims that she is the successor of the Iron Fist. Her ankles jingle when she shakes them, because she also got four pairs of anklets for herself. Wearing; what’s even more amazing is that she also wears three belts of different colors, although she claims that two of them are folk decorations unique to this city. Other than that, we won’t talk about the little ones popping out of her pockets. Animal bone amulets, small wooden swords, glittering beads and other messy things. When Lilina first appeared in front of me, it was just a mobile exhibition shelf. It was covered with such cheap and at first glance it looked like a tourist attraction. Special gadgets: She didn’t even keep these things in her pocket, which shows the silly girl’s nouveau riche mentality. Fortunately, Little Bubble later took away a lot of shiny gadgets from her, and now Lily Na's style is actually much more normal than before.
The clothes Little Crow and Vanilla wore were similar to Lilina's. They might have been custom-made together, but those two didn't hang a lot of messy things on themselves like a nouveau riche like Lilina. They both had the same appearance. The little girl was walking on the street wearing a beautiful princess dress, looking at the passing scenery with curiosity, attracting a lot of attention like twin little angels, and behind them, there were Pandora, Viska, Bubble and Little Bubbles…
There are more and more passers-by on both sides. They may think that we are having a parade of twins here. Fortunately, this is not on Earth, otherwise at least a dozen people would have come over and asked for photos.
My sister was still wearing the ordinary long dress from another world that she was wearing when we set out, and it seemed that she had not participated in the convulsive carnival of several little girls.
"These things are all souvenirs!" Lilina tugged on a lot of pendants around her neck. These things made her look like an old chief from a Central African country. "Of course you have to go crazy and buy souvenirs when you go out to play, or else... It’s all in vain. Look at this, it’s 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 polished with shining pebbles from the Qingshui river beach. It can protect against diseases. You bring the blessing of the river god. If you can swim, if you slip and fall into the water, you may not be drowned..."
Me: "...I always feel like something is wrong."
"Anyway, it's all just a cheerful statement, and everyone knows it's a lie." Lilina waved her hand proudly, then picked a shiny crystal pendant for me to wear around my neck, "It's just for you. Choosing it will greatly enhance your sense of presence, because this is a women’s pendant.”
I threw this thing into my pocket without hesitation.
"Arjun, when are we going to eat?" Sandora rubbed her belly pitifully and came over, "I'm hungry. I woke up early and didn't eat anything, so I hurried over here. I see that everything is delicious. The way..."
I quickly shook Lilina on my shoulders in horror: "Find a place to eat immediately! Before this city is destroyed!"
"Hey, I know a good place!" Lilina immediately raised her head and pointed forward, "Straight ahead is the central sculpture of the city. A quarter of that square is a place to eat. I estimate That’s the only thing that can feed Sister Sandora.”
Upon hearing this, Shandora raised her legs and left without saying a word: "Let's go, let's go. Eat first, eat first! I haven't had a serious meal in two days!"
Soon we found the central square that Lilina mentioned. That place was really easy to find. The plain area where the city is located is roughly a circle, split in two from the middle, and half of it is open space. It was a miracle.
When the sun comes, this place will serve as the projection point where certain lost worlds meet the mother continent, and the other half will be the "port" city "Sentu". That is where we are now, the two "Sentu"
The word "port" means "port" or "channel" in the local language. The central square is located in the very center of this semicircular city. There are three wide and flat stone roads leading directly from the port square to the central square. Keep going along the road.
can be found.
The semicircular city is reminiscent of the moon, and the shape of the central square is simply designed as a crescent, which matches the outline of the city itself. In the middle of this long and narrow "Crescent Square", we see the city's most famous
Sculpture of: Explorer.
This is a statue of a character, estimated to be about ten meters high, and made of thick black stones. It is an image of a strong man climbing a cliff. The man on the sculpture is wearing a tight leather coat with an animal skin tied around his waist.
He was wearing an apron and carrying several tools with no apparent purpose but probably not for fighting. He was struggling to climb a huge rock. His muscles were tense and veins popped out on his forehead. However, what is puzzling is that the
The protagonist has no face: not because he has been weathered, but because the sculpture itself has no face.
"This is a symbol of this city. Sentu Port is one of the oldest cities on this continent, and it can even be traced back to the savagery period." Lilina acted as our guide and talked under the sculpture. "
In the beginning, you could often see regional projections that suddenly appeared from nowhere on this continent. People at that time were full of confusion and fear. They regarded these images as savage beasts and avoided them as much as possible. The reason why they appeared
This situation is because many brave people initially wanted to find out what was going on in these suddenly appearing areas and went deep into them. However, the projections of these suddenly appearing areas may disappear at any time, and you don’t know when they will appear again next time.
, without summarizing the current universal "periodic calendar", 90% of people never come back after entering the mysterious world, and the remaining people who come back are scarred and crazy. These people talk about how they were
I was sent into a forgotten world where there are huge ruins and ancient guardians who are still functioning. The guardians will kill anyone who breaks into the ruins. So over time, people no longer dare to touch these inexplicable areas.
, and called it the Lost World.”
At this point, Lilina paused, and I immediately cooperated and acted like it didn't matter whether you wanted to talk or not, so Lilina continued to speak resentfully: "Later, there was a bold guy carrying a lot of messy luggage.
He came here with half a month's rations. At that time, there was no Sentu Port here, and there was not even a human habitation. In that ignorant period when transportation was completely dependent on walking, he was the first person to find this wasteland. He passed here
He entered one of the few absolutely safe lost worlds: the ancient garden. Of course, he came back alive. Except for almost suffering from severe gastrointestinal disease due to eating half-moon grass, everything was fine. From that day on
From then on, people finally knew that these lost worlds were not places of death, and that brave guy brought back a large number of plants that had never been seen on this continent from the ancient garden, many of which were proven to have alchemical value. At that time, this
Alchemy technology in the world is still budding, and people are brave enough to use all kinds of strange raw materials. However, the alchemy materials already available on the mainland are limited after all, so the various herbs that can only be collected in ancient gardens immediately made the lucky guy write.
After that, more and more explorers poured into the ancient garden. The prototype of Sentu Port was formed here. Then, the ancient garden could no longer satisfy people, so more people tried to form well-equipped teams to challenge other people.
In the lost world, many, many things happened, and many courageous explorers were sacrificed. Finally, the periodic calendar appeared.
The periodic calendar is one of the two most important calendars in the world. It was originally just scattered experiences summarized by some expedition teams, but was later compiled by a respected old explorer into a complete calendar, which basically covered
The appearance rules and basic situation of 80% of lost worlds. It can be said that the current pattern of this world: people live with lost worlds, collect resources and knowledge from lost worlds, and all kinds of weird things related to fragments of other worlds.
Religious legends, etc., etc., were originally developed by explorers. Therefore, as the oldest connecting port for the lost world, the city logo of Sentu is the image of an explorer struggling to climb. This sculpture does not
Face means referring to the explorer as a whole rather than to a specific individual."
"It's a pity that time has passed and many things have changed." At this point, Lilina sighed, "A few hundred years ago, explorers enjoyed a high status, but the industry structure was loose and mixed. From the beginning,
There is little stability. And as more and more lost worlds are thoroughly explored and even have permanent camps. Traveling to those worlds no longer requires taking huge risks, and the value and status of explorers is getting lower and lower. You
Think about it, under the escort of a professional army, any old farmer can go to the Lost World to dig for herbs. How many people still take explorers seriously? Now the word "explorer" has almost become those who have no skills or skills.
The method of making a living is synonymous with those who have the courage to make a living. They rely on searching for treasures in dangerous areas that are not yet completely controlled by humans. Many lost worlds have relics of several civilizations. The things in the relics are scholars and
Alchemists need it. In addition, the ancient gardens, which were originally used as important herbal sources, have now become less popular, because all the plant seeds brought from there have been successfully cultivated here on the mother continent, and people no longer have to waste time and wait for the cycle to go there.
Collecting herbs in the Lost World is one of the reasons why explorers are gradually losing their status: many materials produced in the Lost World have become worthless. Now the Ancient Garden is just a transfer station with beautiful scenery. People start from Sentu and go to the Ancient Garden
Stay for a short period of time, and then transfer to other lost worlds. Explorers will go to dangerous areas such as ancient cities. Travelers and businessmen usually next stop is the Hanging River or the Sky Tower. Well, this world is so huge that it can only take a day.
It’s not over. This planet, which is larger than the earth, is only a small part of what you can see. If you add up the fragments of the lost world, I suspect it must be more than ten times the size of the parent planet. God knows how it was formed.
.”
I didn’t expect Lilina to know so much about this world. You know, two days ago she didn’t know that there was such a thing as the “Lost World” like the rest of us, but she was able to find out so much in just two days.
This is really an incredible act of action. My sister saw my surprise, smiled and whispered: "She has been learning about the customs and customs of this world in the past two days, just to show off to you all day long."
I was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly: This is really the style of this girl.
"Ajun, where shall we go to eat?" Sandora didn't care about the customs and customs of this world. These small things could not be discerned by Her Majesty the Queen, who was busy with everything. She just thought that it was time to eat now, so she shook her head hard.
I shook my arm and pointed at a string of food vendors on the edge of the square, "They look delicious."
Lilina shook her head: "That's where they sell vegetable porridge and gray cakes. The people here stew various vegetables and a staple food like beans, and then use the beans to grind them into flour pancakes. It's the most popular food here.
It's a common food, it's delicious. Come on, I'll treat you. I'm rich now, boss. I'll tell you about our business here. The little bird is now half a patron saint...
…”
Although I was also very interested in Lilina's story, I still had to feed Sandora first. Soon we came to a food stall that looked quite big. Our group of people, whether they were relatives of the emperor or the true gods of heaven,
They all came from the small commodity market and roadside food stalls. They didn't care about the scene at all. A huge group of people occupied half of the entire stall at that time. It seemed that it was almost past meal time. People eating here
There were not many customers in the first place, but the appearance of a large group of customers immediately made the stall owner smile: This was a short, fat, middle-aged man with unusually thick hair and beard. Lilina told me in a low voice that he should be a mixture of humans and dwarves.
"Bring up all the food you have left, let's make it round," I glanced at Sandora and said to the stall owner. Seeing the other's surprised expression, I added, "It's okay, we can't eat it if we can."
Let's go." Then I told Sandora: "What about that? If you don't have enough food, just be patient. Let's go to the next restaurant. Don't eat other people's stalls."
Her Majesty the Queen said pitifully, her expression as if she was ready to endure hunger...
I'm used to taking her out to eat like this, so most of the time it's convenient for Sandora to eat at home. At least we don't have to go to all the major restaurants on the street to prevent causing a sensation. While the stall owner is preparing the food
At that time, I also studied the tableware in this world, and found that except for the spoons, which are similar to those on Earth, the other two items looked quite strange. One of them was a roller knife with a sharp edge. After asking, I found out that most of the staple foods in this world are
Both are in the shape of cakes, which are specially used for cutting, and the other one is a metal clip about a foot long - this seems to be a tool for holding food.
The operation is quite simple. I'm glad that I don't have to worry about it like foreigners do when learning to use chopsticks. But it's still very powerful. She took out a pair of chopsticks from her pocket without hesitation and followed me.
He chuckled: "Just get used to this!"
I thought so, so under the guidance of Qian Qian, everyone gave up the strange tableware in this world. Except for Vanilla, everyone took out chopsticks. Of course, most people did not bring chopsticks with them (such as Pandora).
They), all borrowed them from Qianqian. When the stall owner came over, he looked at us in a daze. I think if you open a restaurant and a customer suddenly comes, they will throw the bowls and chopsticks aside and take them out of the suitcase.
If you bring out a gasoline saw to eat, you should have the same look.
"Haha, we are travelers from the East. This is the custom of our hometown." I chuckled and explained to the stall owner casually in the way of snake oil. The stall owner was even more stunned: "...This is the easternmost point of the mainland, usually
When I say East, I mean this place."
Me: "..." Go to hell with your sister's online articles about Tiger Balm and the mysterious Eastern country**... (To be continued)