Xiao Chen got up from the bed and was about to wash and get dressed when he saw Li Jia holding a book and muttering to himself on the balcony. He listened carefully and found that this guy was actually reciting Spanish words.
Xiao Chen tiptoed towards Li Jia, quietly walked behind him, and suddenly put his hands on his shoulders. Li Jia was startled, and the Spanish textbook flew out of his hand and was about to fall off the balcony. Xiao Chen was quick-witted and grabbed the book back. He smiled and rolled his eyes, sighing: "Oh, are you going to change your job and become a top student?"
Li Jia snatched the book away, closed it and shouted, "Why are you so surprised? I need to do business with the locals."
"Well, as for business, you have to do it! As for girls, you have to pick them up! I am rooting for you." Xiao Chen looked earnest, patted Li Jia encouragingly, and went into the house to wash his face.
"What nonsense are you talking about! Who wants to pick up girls?" Li Jia argued anxiously.
The tap water had long been gone, and the water in the house had to be carried in from outside, so Xiao Chen just wiped his face with a dry and stiff towel, and then began to put on his clothes. He said slowly while putting on his pants: "Your little tricks, can you still hide them from me? One moment it's Te quiero, the next moment Tu eres hermosa, and the same flattering words are repeated over and over again. Are you going to say this to the vegetable vendor?"
"Well, this is what is written in the textbook." Li Jia said embarrassedly.
"Stop pretending. I'm so happy that you found a girl. It's an unprecedented happy event." Xiao Chen knew that Li Jia had no experience in this area and was very thin-skinned, so he didn't argue with him.
Li Jia walked into the room and wanted to say something, but was a little hesitant. She held onto the door frame and watched Xiao Chen pace back and forth in the room, preparing to go out. Finally, she uttered, "Where are you going?"
Xiao Chen rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "I am leading the team to explore the underground palace today. However, this is not the point. The point is what do you want to say? If you have something to say, say it now. You look like you are about to hold it in."
"You said that if I love someone, I should do my best to protect her, right?" Li Jia sat down at the desk, stared at a mirror on the table, and asked softly.
When Xiao Chen heard this, the gossip fire in his chest began to burn. He quickly put down the bag he had already carried, dragged a chair and sat in front of him. He looked at him very seriously and asked: "Why, what? Are you really in love with the local girl?"
Li Jia didn't dare to look Xiao Chen in the eye. She glanced at the window and denied it flatly. "How is it possible? You have seen the natives who come to trade before. They are all uncles and aunts. What common language can I talk about with them... I was thinking that I am old now. I traveled here alone. Maybe I should find a girlfriend and have someone to rely on."
Xiao Chen patted Li Jia on the shoulder again and said, "It doesn't matter if they are locals, as long as you remember that all of us are a collective and don't make any mistakes."
"Let's not talk about these imaginary things of mine. How have you been getting along with Luo Ling these past two days? I feel like she's a very gentle person."
"Luo Ling is gentle? Stop kidding." Xiao Chen laughed.
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"I'll say it again, listen carefully to Dr. Feng! If you run around again, I will never care about you again!" Luo Ling said to the tall man in front of her with a stern face, and she was almost about to pull his ears with her hands.
Although Liu Yisheng was a head taller than Luo Ling, he could only bow his head and admit his mistake in front of the furious Luo Ling, and stammered, "But I'm not sick."
"He really doesn't have any disease. Even if he does, it's not something we can detect with the equipment we have now." Feng Yao walked out from behind Luo Ling. She looked very haggard, with messy hair and pale face. The rescue work in the past few days really exhausted her.
"But his memory has not recovered, and he has made a lot of jokes in the past two days." Luo Ling said with some concern.
"I think the problem is still the first blow that caused him to lose his memory. You are a busy man, so leave him here. Let me observe him while you can help me with some simple work."
"Please, Dr. Feng. I hope he can wake up from his confusion soon."
"Luo Ling, I still want to go to the underground palace to play."
"Be a good boy and don't cause any trouble!" Luo Ling glared at Liu Yisheng. Her sharp eyes made him shiver and he kept silent.
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Xiao Chen and Luo Ling once again walked into the underground palace of the school. This time, unlike the last time, they were not full of tension and crisis. Instead, they came prepared. Bai Yicheng and Wang Jiyuan behind them led more than ten people. Whether it was hoes, shovels, guns, or spears, they were all available.
As soon as Xiao Chen and Luo Ling came back, they reported the situation of the underground palace to the committee. They guessed that the underground palace was a secret trial base under the Earl's ancestral home, but no one had ever discovered it until the school fell from the sky and smashed through the upper level of the underground palace. There was a treasure room in the underground palace with a large amount of treasure, and there was a passage that led directly to a house in Floro Town. After a fierce discussion, the committee finally came to the conclusion that the treasure needed to be taken out to meet everyone's survival needs. As for the original owner of the treasure... let's wait until he is found. So, there was a joint exploration by the logistics team and the military team.
"Did those committee members who opposed the use of the treasure come to their senses later? I heard that they went to Principal Guo to discuss returning the treasure to the earl and trying to resolve the dispute peacefully." Xiao Chen asked Luo Ling with some curiosity.
"Don't worry about them, the vote has been passed anyway. God finally helped us and gave us the capital to start a business. There is no reason not to take it." Luo Ling wore a jacket and jeans, and a pair of small leather boots, looking a bit like an explorer. "As for the earl, it has not been so easy to get away since we destroyed his manor. We might as well use these 'gifts' he gave us to survive. Even if we have to compensate him, the more we develop, the more resources we will have to compensate him."
"Those people don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until they run the household. The things we brought for exchange are limited, and we'll still have to rely on these treasures for food for a while." Bai Yicheng also interrupted.
"Hmph, in fact, it is these treasures that have brought peace. If we have no money and no goods but have guns, what do you think will be the result?" Wang Jiyuan has been in good spirits these days, and the training of the escort team has been put on the right track. The few people he brought this time have been able to initially cover each other and maintain tactical formations.
Luo Ling glanced at him, nodded and said, "Let everyone live, robbery is nothing."
"Ahem, ahem." Xiao Chen quickly interrupted to stop the two 'vicious men' from talking too much. The more he got to know Luo Ling, the more he felt that this woman was like a river that people could not understand. Sometimes she was gentle and considerate like a trickle, and sometimes she was vigorous and vigorous like a torrent. Xiao Chen actually agreed with their views to some extent, but he had seen some tragic battle scenes. The more he experienced war, the more he wanted to avoid war. He really didn't want to fight with the local people around him one day. It would be a huge loss for everyone.
He said optimistically: "Fortunately, we are lucky. I heard that the industrial team is already looking for iron ore, and the agricultural team is also looking for improved seeds. In a few months, maybe we can use the pots we make ourselves and cook the vegetables we grow ourselves..."
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The magical lights in the tunnels still shine brightly, surprising those who see them for the first time. The armored warriors lying on the ground in the corridors give people an even more magical feeling.
Wang Jiyuan picked up a broken hand armor, weighed it, and knocked it a few times. He asked Xiao Chen: "Are you saying that these armors can move by themselves?"
"real."
Seeing Xiao Chen nodding seriously, he sighed and said, "If I hadn't seen your fire sword with my own eyes, I would have thought you were talking in your sleep. The empty armor inside could actually fight. A little girl could actually kill so many enemies. I didn't feel much before, but after seeing it with my own eyes, I realized that this is not good news."
"Are you afraid that there are many people like this in this world?" Xiao Chen asked.
"Yes, if there is a person like Zhou He who attacks our camp, it will cause big trouble. If there are ten..." He did not continue, but Xiao Chen could clearly feel his worry.
"I think that's unlikely, not to mention that there isn't a single person like that in Floro Town. Siro also told me that magicians and powerful warriors are rare."
"We cannot judge the strength of the entire world based on the words of an old country man. It's like asking an old Indian farmer about the situation of the US nuclear arsenal. Isn't that funny? We must strengthen our armed forces when we go back. To survive, there is no shortcut except to become stronger ourselves," said Wang Jiyuan.
The group walked into the hall where the statue was from the crack in the stone. While the others continued to look around, Xiao Chen tried his best to use his night vision to check carefully. He had been troubled by the changes in his body these days. Although the various changes in his body seemed to be benign, they were still worrying. He believed that the cause of his mutation should be here. He checked every corner and read every inscription carefully, but except for a few words about the trial, there was no mention of such changes in the body. He tried to concentrate his mind on the location where the white light ball appeared at that time, but still found nothing.
He found that Luo Ling seemed to be doing the same thing as him. She exchanged a glance with Xiao Chen and whispered, "I didn't find anything either. There doesn't seem to be any strange power here anymore. I feel like they've all left."
Later, they came to the treasure room, and boxes of gold coins and gems dazzled everyone's eyes. Bai Yicheng was stunned, and in his eyes, all these turned into piles of food and clothes. Wang Jiyuan was stunned, and in his eyes, all these turned into guns and crossbows. The other people who followed were also stunned, some of them had confusion in their eyes, and some of them showed greed in their eyes.
"It's really remarkable that you are willing to hand over the treasure to the school. The school and the committee owe you." Bai Yichen said to Luo Ling after he came to his senses.
Luo Ling shook her head and said to the others who were still in a daze, "For each of us, the treasures here are of no significance. At that time, we were more looking for something to fill our stomachs."
After she reminded them, some people withdrew their possessive gazes with regret, and some threw the things in their hands back into the box with shame. Everyone began to move and organize these things under Bai Yicheng's command. Yes, without the collective of the school, what is the meaning of having so much wealth in one's hands
Only Xiao Chen twisted his lips after hearing Luo Ling's words: If they saw the gems you put in your pocket last time, they would definitely not say that.
At this time, Luo Ling blinked at Xiao Chen and smiled slightly. Xiao Chen felt that she was like a little fox at this time and shrugged helplessly at her.
Luo Ling walked to Xiao Chen and said softly to him, "I think we should go to the magician's house again as soon as possible. Maybe we should start to understand this magical world from there."
Xiao Chen had this idea a long time ago. Since neither the statue hall nor the treasure room had provided any useful information about his physical changes, the magician's house should be the next place that should be explored.