It's the cyber age now, and you're still playing traditional villains?

It is impossible to join forces with her to control Xu Shi. It seems that the white-haired queen has forgotten who personally sent her into Xu Shi's arms.

Remembering to eat but not to be beaten is the case.

Fortunately, the two of them didn’t really forget about her as their “elder”. After a while, the three of them happily started playing Landlord.

“It feels so good to lie down.”

Leaning lazily on the bed, Xia Xiaomao made a sound of fussing.

"When did you become a lazy dog?"

Xu Shi just wanted to laugh when he saw it.

"That's it for this period of time."

Xia Wuyou said confidently, "My aunt used to lie down, but now that I've been lying down for a while, I find that this kind of life is really good."

That's right, unknowingly, the roles of the Xia family's aunt and nephew seemed to have been reversed. Xia Xiaomao became the one lying on the sickbed, while Xia Ke'an now looks full of energy all day long.

"Not a bad ghost."

The white-haired loli wiped the paper off her face and snorted, "I was so sick that I almost died, okay? Xia Wuyou, do you have even a little conscience?"

Xia Wuyou didn't look at her and just laughed foolishly by himself.

Looking at this scene, Xu Shi wanted to laugh, not only because of Xia Wuyou's sudden bad attitude towards life, but also because of her attitude towards herself.

Xiaomao has always been tough in front of outsiders. Even when facing other girls, he often relies on the fact that he is an old man and naturally acts a bit serious.

But in front of me, she becomes soft and acts like a spoiled little girl. This contrast is so interesting.

This is not an act, it is really with the support of Xu Shi that the switch can be made so smooth.

"Ouch, it hurts here, can you rub it for me later?"

She also acted like a green tea girl and acted like a spoiled child. She grabbed Xu Shi's hand without saying anything and put it on her chest while crying.

Xia Ke'an was stunned. It seemed that this should be something she was better at, right? Why do you seem to be more skilled than me?

"That's about it."

So she lost her temper, threw the cards in her hand onto the bed and started to act serious, "I still have something serious to say. What are your plans next?"

The Hualan Empire’s one-year journey has come to an end, but the journey to fight against “heavenly justice” is far from over.

“There’s a lot to do.”

Xu Shi clumsily rubbed Xia Wuyou's chest while saying, "The first thing we'll do when we get back is to interrogate He Yuxia and see if we can get any secrets of 'heavenly principles' out of her."

Xu Ying was stunned. Now she could only be used as a fighting force, but Xu Shi also learned more from her. As for the matters of "natural law", he certainly hoped to know as much as possible.

Now it seems that the interrogation of He Yuxia was completely insufficient. We had no experience at that time, and the other party was cooperative, so we stopped after asking some superficial questions.

Now it seems that this might not be her evil plot, taking advantage of the information gap to conceal many things.

I guess we can still dig out the secrets in her belly.

“Other than that, I just do scientific research.”

He continued, "Now that we have so much liquid Rust Mist ore, we naturally need to upgrade the entire city again."

Being unfamiliar with the Hualan Empire, it is no problem to research, develop and improve weapon parts, but many large-scale activities are not possible. One has to return to his hometown to carry out these activities, and then spread them back to the Hualan Empire, forming a virtuous circle.

Things like clearing the "rust fog" can only be carried out in the City of Night Sin - it is an indisputable fact that their own technological level is higher.

"And our own ability level..."

Xia Wuyou took over his words and added a part.

Becoming stronger is an endless journey, but it is undeniable that everyone’s pace of going overseas has stagnated over the past year.

The main reason is that once you leave the familiar environment, it is not easy to carry out systematic practice.

For example, she herself used to spend a lot of time in the training room. Now that she has come out, not only do she no longer have the conditions to do so, but her focus has also shifted a lot.

But the battle with Cheng Gujian also aroused her competitive spirit. It was okay to lose once, but she couldn't lose and not realize anything. Catching up with or even surpassing the opponent was what she wanted to do.

Not to mention that this happened when Cheng Gujian was holding back, which was really too frustrating for her.

Only people like Xu Shi and Xie Qingyan encountered some adventures, but as for the others...

Or it could be that Xie Qingyan was the only one who had the fortuitous encounter. After spending time in the belly of the Sea God, Xu Shi only opened up his Ren and Du meridians, allowing him to use "United We Stand", but his own ability level did not increase much.

Xu Shi did not comment. He was originally a pesticide-using type. If he wanted to actively improve his abilities, he had to rely on planting seeds for others. Unfortunately, he only gained one person, Dongfang Xiao, during this period. It can only be said that there was an improvement, but not much.

Naturally, I will have to make up for it double the amount after I get back.

As for what else...

"Hey, old lady, why don't you come and take a look?"

He urged Xia Ke'an to use his abilities to fill in the gaps.

"it's useless."

Xia Ke'an shook his head. "If you're talking about short-term things, you can do whatever you want with your ability. As for the long term... I can't predict things related to 'natural law'."

This is something that everyone discovered a long time ago. Any prophecy related to "heavenly principles" will become invalid, and all you can see is darkness. I guess the other party must have used some tricks.

She can't solve it with her SS level, I'm afraid she really needs to break through to SSS to have a chance.

But this is extremely difficult. Throughout the dynasties, no one has ever heard of anyone who truly possesses the SSS level. The most sophisticated AI can only estimate it within the range of "possible existence", and there is no sample data at all.

To be honest, the old lady is actually quite lucky and still has the possibility of a breakthrough after recovery.

In contrast to the other two, Mr. Wen is too old. Even if he really has the self-healing ability transplanted, the probability of a breakthrough will not be very high.

Cheng Gujian did it himself and almost blew himself up, which cut off his path.

But even so, this is still a distant thing. This kind of breakthrough to a very high level requires an opportunity, rather than medicine or practice. When the old aunt was the Saint of the Maomao Cult, she had to use her abilities countless times all day long, but it didn't help her in any way.

The experience bar is too long, so this method won’t work and will only tire yourself to death.

Xu Shi expressed his understanding and comforted her not to be anxious.

"I'm not in a hurry. I was going to die anyway. I'm already very satisfied to be like this now."

The white-haired lady was open-minded and asked another question, "Speaking of which, do you plan to go out to sea again?"

"Of course I do."

Xu Shi nodded.

He went to sea not just for the Hualan Empire, his goal was to become the Pirate King... Well, that's off topic, he was just trying to establish connections between the various experimental areas.

only.

“We can’t do it all by ourselves all the time.”

He said seriously, "So, we need to make some adjustments to our next sea-going plan."

Sincerely asking, do you like...Xianxia background? (Not this one, I'm planning a new book)

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 320 What to eat tonight?

2023-11-17

"If I don't go out to sea myself..."

Hearing Xu Shi's words, Xia Ke'an blinked and said thoughtfully, "So you plan to send people out to explore?"

She didn't want to play any "What is it?" or "You're so awesome!" games with Xu Shi. These little tricks to satisfy a man's vanity were for children.

But now she is in the form of a mature woman and she doesn't want to do that kind of thing.

No matter what she thought, Xu Shi just smiled and nodded.

This trip to the Hualan Empire was more of a pioneer, setting an example for subsequent development. He himself was unwilling to spend the rest of his life on continuous overseas expansion.

This man is a lazy person by nature, and after all, he is the leader of a region. It is no problem for him to lead the army in person once or twice, but it is not appropriate to always leave the base camp empty in the rear.

Now that we have experience, we naturally need to adjust our methods and approaches.

While stabilizing and improving navigation technology, we just need to continue sending fleets out for exploration.

He only needs to take overall charge and command at the base camp, which is much more efficient.

"really."

Xia Wuyou also agreed. She knew that everyone had gained a lot from this trip to the sea.

At least this model has been established, from setting up signal nodes along the way, to building overseas bases, and then establishing diplomatic relations with other regions, and trading according to demand... If it can continue, a global network can be developed within a few years.

But.

"There is one issue that needs attention. How do we determine the overall strength of other city-states?"

Xia Xiaomao reminded again, "We must remain vigilant on this point."

This is a major issue that cannot be ignored.

In other words, this is the embodiment of the Dark Forest Law.

Each experimental area is an independent entity and is different from each other. There is no guarantee that all places will be as friendly as the Hualan Empire.

In other words, the Hualan Empire did not initially have a friendly attitude towards the arrival of outsiders - the one that held a friendly attitude was Yinsong Island, and that was because everyone accidentally saved the lives of Pan Cheng's family.

The main body of the empire was quite hostile to outsiders at the beginning. Although the resistance they provided was not enough to really stop Xu Shi, they still provided resistance.

This is also expected. After all, "natural law" itself divides each area into different areas, and hopes to see each city-state operate independently.

Put yourself in their shoes. If someone had landed in Night Sin City before Xu Shi set out to sea, their reaction might not have been much better.

Under such circumstances, going out to sea for exploration is inherently a risky endeavor. The reason why the Hualan Empire's journey was relatively smooth was probably because of their superior technology, or their overall strength, which allowed them to give the primitive people a good beating.

But what if other regions are stronger than them? Then the result may be different.

Taking the risk of being exposed and letting the other party know that there are other forces besides themselves may backfire on them, just like what happened to the Hualan Empire.

Conquering, establishing diplomatic relations, and being conquered are all possibilities. We cannot always make good plans, but should prepare for the worst.

Thinking of this, Xia Wuyou felt a little scared. Fortunately, the first time he went out to sea, he chose the simple mode, otherwise who knows what would have happened now.

Xu Shi did not comment, but he just comforted the other party.