Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 28 The Mystery of Identity
Su Ming really wanted to complain, but he held back. Ultimately, it was already a stroke of luck that Miao Xin was able to find such a thing in that tiny ten-square-meter mountain village shop.

Zijin sat down and began to eat.

“Twenty-seven years.” Her tone was full of emotion. “It’s been such a long time since I’ve eaten breakfast properly like this, holding a plate.”

Su Ming took a freshly fried plate of fish, sat down opposite Zi Jin, and began to eat the fish pieces with a fork. It was a little fishy, ​​but not bad. He felt he should fry another plate.

He suddenly smelled the scent of shower gel. "I told you not to take a shower," Su Ming said.

"Sorry, I've been wanting to try your bath fragrance ever since I saw it," Zijin explained. Su Ming traveled through time with his luggage in a freight truck, so his clothes and personal belongings also traveled with him.

Su thought for a moment and suddenly felt that something was wrong. How did Zijin know that the strangely shaped pump bottle was shower gel? She hadn't even asked how to use it.

He suddenly had a guess, "Violet, you didn't... watch me take a bath, did you?"

“Of course. I have omniscience; I can see everything that happens inside the Bone Fortress,” Violet replied matter-of-factly.

Su Ming immediately jumped up. "No, can't you at least look away?" he angrily questioned the girl. "Does your world even have a concept of privacy?!"

“Yes, I do.” Violet forked a piece of fish and continued eating. “That’s why I’ve always wondered why you didn’t activate a shielding spell—I thought that as someone from another world, you didn’t mind me looking at you freely!”

Su Ming covered his face and banged his head against the table.

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After finishing the fish on her plate, Zijin wanted to eat more, but Su Ming wouldn't let her eat too much. He then had a full set of tests done and switched to Xiaocitou's side to report the results to the online doctor.

When the perspective returns to the Zhiyuan Studio, Zijin is already back in bed, and the skeleton servants are cleaning and washing dishes.

Su Ming began to prepare the medicine and hang it up for her according to the new doctor's orders.

Zijin looked at the clear liquid flowing slowly in the IV drip. "It's a bit cold. Can I heat it up?"

"No." Su Ming poured some hot water into his cup, wrapped the IV tubing around it a few times, and then placed the cup in Zi Jin's hand.

After finishing the treatment, Su Ming began to organize the medication records, and then took out a notebook to start writing and drawing.

"what are you writing?"

“The log,” Su Ming replied, “There are quite a few issues to address. We still have fuel, but not much, and we need to find its source as soon as possible; the steam engine is generally in good condition, but there are many minor problems; and then we need to solve the navigation, positioning, and reconnaissance issues.”

"I need to rest for a while," Violet said.

“I know.” Su Ming continued writing. “Your magic is a vital resource for solving problems, so your primary task is to recover as quickly as possible.”

He suddenly thought of something, "Miss Violet, would you be interested in continuing our previous topic and telling me your story?"

"The topic from before?" the girl remembered. "Oh, that one. What I said last night was everything I wanted to tell you—the Owl Scholar, the Bone Fortress, the Violet, it's all me—it's a mystery."

"Not again?" Su Ming raised an eyebrow. "In our world, riddle tellers are despised!"

And, is Miss Scholar really not deliberately retaliating because Su Ming didn't chat with her last night?

"There's a reward for solving the riddle," Violet said to Su Ming. "Since you've already seen all of me, please figure out my identity!"

"Alright," Su Ming said helplessly. He didn't plan to think about the puzzle right now; he was exhausted from the past few days. He still had a lot of chores to do today, and he had to make lunch later. Having been hungry for several days, Su Ming was extremely enthusiastic about food.

He picked up the kitchen knife from the table and walked out of the studio. "I'm going to the deck to clean up the fish I caught last night; I need to marinate them."

Zijin used her omniscient vision to look around and found a dozen or so rather large sea fish piled up on the deck. "That's quite a lot. Hmm, you only know necromancy—how did you do that?" she asked in surprise. "Oh, you must have used fishing techniques from your world?"

“Yes,” Su Ming admitted.

Because there were so many fish, Su Ming's knife skills were extremely extravagant; he basically only took the best parts of the meat. Zi Jin arranged for several zombies to come and help.

"What equipment do you use for fishing?" She looked around but didn't notice any unusual tools on the boat.

"What else can you use for fishing? A boat, the Zhiyuan," Su Ming replied.

“I know you fished on the Zhiyuan,” Violet asked. “I mean, what did you use to fish on the Zhiyuan?”

“I used the Zhiyuan to catch them,” Su Ming replied. “Didn’t you see that huge propeller at the back? I lit a light at the stern, then drove the boat around once, and on the second lap, I just picked up the fish that had been stunned by the propeller.”

“…I see.” Violet said admiringly, “Fishing in your world is really amazing.”

"You flatter me," Su Ming said with a fawning smile as he accepted the compliment.

"Speaking of which," Su Xiang thought of a question, kicking a fish over a meter long, "are there magical fish or sea monsters in the sea?"

"No."

"Hey, doesn't your world have magic? Why aren't there any magical beasts?" Su Ming asked curiously. "Are they all just ordinary animals?"

"Hmm—your world's abilities are called technology, right?"

“You could say that,” Su Ming replied, even though he felt that magic in this world was more scientific than science.

"Do you have technologically advanced beasts where you live?"

“Of course not!” Su Ming replied, “They don’t have enough intelligence. Even if they do occasionally, the beast clans don’t have an education and inheritance system.”

“Isn’t it the same thing? Any individual who knows magic means that there is a large community behind them, and they must have the ability to learn, research, and inherit it,” Violet replied. “Therefore, beasts don’t know magic, and those who know magic can’t be beasts!”

"Of course, there are also very rare exceptions, such as training cats or dogs to spit out small water balloons or something," the scholar added.

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After dealing with the two fish, Su Ming discovered that Zi Jin, who was controlling the zombies, had begun to imitate them and was even surpassing her.

He simply stopped and went to the engine room to carry out maintenance. Afterwards, he started the Zhiyuan and sailed eastward at an economical speed of 12 knots.

On the deck, Su Ming leaned on the railing, facing the sea breeze and gazing out. All he could see was the vast ocean; he saw nothing else.

Gradually, his mood began to decline.

Su Ming also has a family. His parents live in an ordinary county town. His father is a factory worker and his mother does odd jobs. Su Ming grew up in such an ordinary but warm home.

(End of this chapter)