On a global scale, three years is not a long time, but there have still been too many changes.
This is even more true for the spiritual world.
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It was another ordinary morning.
When Cao Wei was woken up by the alarm clock and had to get out of bed, she couldn't help but yawn and felt dizzy.
Glancing at the handheld device thrown next to the pillow, she sighed and confessed for the nth time:
"Cao Wei, you can't let go of playing with things like this! Well... from tomorrow on, you must go to bed on time."
After swearing a pious and earnest oath, she got up, walked into the bathroom, patted her fleshy face with water, and then she became more awake.
In the mirror, Cao Wei's face was reflected, although she had dark circles under her eyes, but she was still beautiful.
Three years have passed, and she has finally grown taller. Well... although she is still very short, there are signs of growth after all, which is still a good thing.
But when she looked in the mirror and touched her chest, she couldn't help but look a little depressed...
"It's still far from enough..."
Sighing helplessly, she quickly finished washing, then opened the door and walked along the stairs to the restaurant on the first floor.
At this moment, the sun has shined in through the glass door, and the dining table is already filled with food for four people.
Nuwa was crossing her legs, eating in an inelegant manner while flipping through the latest magazine. Ailu, who was well-hydrated, smiled as usual and said hello:
"Xiaocao, here you go for dinner, it's still warm."
"Come on." Cao Wei responded, then walked over with two pink slippers, sat down, picked up a glass of papaya milk, and took a big gulp of it. Only then did she realize: "Where is Cheng Lin?"
"I went out early in the morning, I think I went to World No. 4." Elu thought for a while and answered.
Then he added: "He said he wanted us to eat first without waiting."
"Oh." Cao Wei nodded, and then complained, "Why is he working so hard every day? There is no one who can match him anyway."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a gentle voice coming from behind her:
"Do you think everyone is as lazy as you?"
At the same time, bits of light emerged, and fine threads of spiritual energy quickly outlined a figure, and then Cheng Lin was revealed.
He was wearing a white, loose-fitting outfit that looked like a training uniform, with no accessories at all.
Three years have passed, and Cheng Lin's appearance has not changed much, but his temperament is more natural than three years ago, and his movements are much less smoky.
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pinched Cao Wei's round face lovingly, and said with a smile:
"Look, you're almost as fat as a pig."
"No way!" Cao Wei snorted angrily, knocked down his hand, and then glared, "Cheng Lin, can you not be so scary when you appear in the future?"
"Okay, okay, it's my fault," Cheng Lin smiled and was not angry. He sat down casually, took a sip of porridge, and said, "When I go out today, I will give you whatever you want to buy, as compensation."
"That's pretty much it." Cao Wei curled her lips, then continued to focus on holding the papaya milk and drinking it, but a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
After comforting her, Cheng Lin asked casually while eating breakfast: "By the way, how are the orders sent from World No. 5?"
Nuwa finally looked away from the magazine, moved the leg that was casually draped on the chair next to her, and then paused for two seconds, as if she was exchanging data with Fertile World, and then said:
"It's almost there. It should be delivered tomorrow."
"By the way, Ai Lu, the new batch of machines your royal court ordered last time has been assembled. Whenever you want them, I will send a car to deliver them to you."
Ellu swallowed the food in her mouth, then thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll talk to them later."
Seeing them finalize these "little things" in a few words, Cheng Lin couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart. He looked away and looked out the window.
Three years have passed, and many changes have taken place in the spiritual world. The area has expanded a lot, and it is now equivalent to a large city. You can no longer see the edge of the world with your eyes alone.
A large amount of land was newly added, and naturally many new houses were built. As a large landowner in the spiritual world, Cheng Lin was quite bold in building houses, and used various design styles to his fullest extent.
However, due to the high population access threshold, the main buildings are only a beautiful residential area.
Elf priests who have learned the language and passed the graduation exam can own a separate residence here and are also responsible for the daily maintenance of the spirit world.
However, Cheng Lin is really too lazy to really turn this place into a city. It would be troublesome to manage it that way.
Therefore, most of the land is still abandoned. Special robots have only been built to prune it daily and keep it beautiful. He even dislikes how big this place is.
In three years, four more passages to the "Earth" in other time and space were added, leading to the first, second, sixth and eleventh projection worlds respectively.
As a result, there are seven worlds that can be connected to the spiritual world.
They are also numbered separately.
The projection named No. 4 refers to the world of the first deduction, that is, the earth that was completely deserted and not upgraded under the "sky fire".
Considering that the value of this place is too low, Cheng Lin should not use it as a "practice place" for daily practice, testing of combat power, and consideration of martial arts. This made him sometimes sigh that probably no one else could use it as boldly as him.
A planet serves as a training ground.
The remaining worlds are either used for resource extraction and as resource supplements for fertile soil factories, or they are used to conduct some simple trade with the countries over there.
Cheng Lin maintained a neutral attitude and only produced and traded some small commodities for civilian use. This could be regarded as a preliminary completion of his original business idea of "connecting all walks of life, doing business and collecting tolls".
As for communicating with truly developed civilizations, I didn’t do it, mainly because I didn’t want to bother with it.
As for cultivation... Thanks to the ability to mine spiritual ores from different worlds and hunt beasts above the intermediate level, opening the "Spirit Gathering Array" has become much easier.
The seven worlds plus the spiritual energy reserves of the spiritual world itself are already too many for Cheng Lin himself...so much so that they cannot be used up at all.
All in all, great changes have taken place both in himself and in the spiritual world.
However, three years have passed, and the "they" Baifa Shi Shengcun mentioned have not yet arrived.
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While thinking, breakfast ended quickly and some daily affairs were dealt with. After that, the four people in the villa went back to the house to change clothes and gathered at the door.
Get ready to go out.
This was also agreed upon two days ago.
"Everyone is here, let's go! Otherwise it will be too late!" Nuwa looked very excited.
Cheng Lin smiled slightly, then waved his hand and opened the door to the spirit world.
The four of them went out together, and in the blink of an eye, they appeared out of thin air in an alley in the center of the real Magic City.
This is also the new location after the entrance to the spiritual world has been moved in many directions.
In the past three years, Cheng Lin often took them to play in reality. Of course, he also had to purchase some necessary materials. After all, it was impossible for the Fertile Land Factory to produce all the items.
Therefore, he never really lost touch with reality, but just lived in the world "incognito" as Shi Shengcun expected.
During this period, Cheng Lin was even idle and bored. He visited the scenic spots and metropolises in most countries in the world. With his "mind control" ability activated, he could travel freely as long as he avoided a few people with supernatural powers.
Later, as his strength increased, his understanding and research on supernatural powers became more thorough. Gradually, he no longer had to deliberately avoid those practitioners, and could only use mental powers to cover them up.
But compared to foreign countries, he finally felt that he was more accustomed to it at home.
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"Let's go! Let's go! Call a taxi for us." Nuwa ran out of the street and looked at Cheng Lin and said.
As soon as he finished speaking, a car that was driving by the road came over and opened the door. Without bothering to call for another car, the four people happily squeezed in.
Cheng Lin was leisurely sandwiched between the soft and youthful bodies on the left and right, feeling content and content, and soon he heard Nuwa quickly announce the name of a place.
That was her destination today, a large comic exhibition.
As for Cao Wei, Ai Lu and the others, they were just out shopping.
This is considered daily life for them. Although the spiritual world is good, it is just a bigger house after all.
As for the many connected worlds, most of them are not as developed as real entertainment.
Compared with the early spring in the spiritual world, the climate in reality is almost midsummer. Today is also an excellent weather. Cheng Lin Ruanyu is in his arms and listening to several girls chatting in the car. He just looks calmly out the window.
City.
Don't know what to think.
When he came back to his senses, the car had stopped. Everyone walked out and saw the colorful and grand event venue in front of them, which had obviously begun.
Nuwa cheered, said "I'm going to play first" and ran over, making Cheng Lin smile bitterly.
At this moment, in comparison, Nuwa, who is fashionably dressed, is more in line with the definition of a housewife than Cao Wei, who plays games all day long.
"Aren't you going to take a look?" Cheng Lin looked at them with a smile.
Ai Lu was dressed coolly and casually, looking at him: "I can go anywhere."
After a pause, she looked at Cao Wei: "Xiao Cao, what about you?"
Cao Wei was wearing a sun hat and a white skirt. She wrinkled her nose when she heard the words. Suddenly her eyes lit up and she pointed to a store in the distance: "Let's go eat."
"Okay." Ai Lu nodded with a smile, then looked at Cheng Lin and saw him smiling, "You go ahead, I'll take a walk by myself."
"Okay." Ai Lu nodded, and then led Cao Wei and the two of them towards the store.
Cheng Lin didn't show any worry, and neither did they, because based on Cheng Lin's current understanding of supernatural powers, the coverage of "mind control" could already cover the entire Demon City, or even a larger area.
As long as they are within his reach, no one will show curiosity about them, but will only meet their needs very reasonably. At the same time, Cheng Lin can also "flash" to them in an instant through mental positioning.
There are many other methods like this, which is also a reflection of his deepening understanding of power.
After watching them disperse, Cheng Lin let out a breath lazily, and then looked at the bustling street with people coming and going, and for a moment he didn't know where to go.
Just walking casually along the street, wandering endlessly.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly stopped and raised his eyebrows slightly.
At some point, he arrived at the "Practitioner's Alley" in the magic city.
"It's been a long time since I've been here." Cheng Lin sighed softly, and stepped happily into the disguised entrance.