Even if it's night time, it's Lu Cheng's duty time.
Because no one on Earth can sense the fluctuations of magic power, the magic released by Charlotte and Master Winnie is really hard to defend against, so Lu Cheng must follow the tour group even if he returns to Earth.
Lu Cheng is now sitting alone on the sofa in his room, looking at the river view outside through the window.
An indescribable feeling of fatigue and loneliness filled Lu Cheng's heart.
Loneliness is an emotion that Lu Cheng rarely feels, because Lu Cheng has many friends on Earth...
Thinking of this, Lu Cheng took out his mobile phone and opened the address book to see if he could find someone to talk to. There were nearly three hundred phone numbers in the phone's address book, and Lu Cheng had even divided them into many groups.
But who should I talk to? What should I talk about? What happened in the other world? This is considered a leak.
Having too many friends was also a problem for Lu Cheng, so in the end, Lu Cheng dialed the number marked "Dad" in the address book.
"Lu Cheng? I heard from Xiao Feng that you are back from the mission?" An old voice sounded from the other side of the phone.
"I'm back temporarily. I may have to go out again the day after tomorrow."
Lu Cheng looked at the holy crystal on the back of his left hand. The flickering light in the holy crystal was particularly conspicuous in the darkness.
"This... Alas, it's good to be on a mission, unlike me who can only take a walk in the hospital now." The old voice said with a long sigh.
Lu Cheng was silent for a while, and a magical inscription bloomed in the holy crystal on the back of his hand. At this moment, Lu Cheng thought of Elena, who possessed extraordinary powers, again.
"Dad, I'm actually in charge of a medical-related project." Lu Cheng said.
"You are in charge of a shitty medical project, don't talk about it... I'm in good health. But I'm still a little concerned about the one in Xiao Feng's family. Didn't you two live well in the beginning?" the voice asked again.
"It's fine, but I can't stay with people for too long. Dad, you know that. One or two years is fine, but five or six years is a problem. Besides, no one can control my personality."
Lu Cheng picked up a mirror at hand and looked at himself in the mirror. If Lu Cheng changed his clothes and walked on the street, he might be mistaken for a high school student.
"Whatever you say, whatever you say. You're not a young man anymore. I'm doing well now, and the nurse is young and pretty... If we continue talking, it will probably be recorded. I'm hanging up now."
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very free and easy. After Lu Cheng hung up the phone, he continued to look at himself in the mirror.
Lu Cheng contracted a strange disease when he was young, and his appearance and physical characteristics were frozen at the age of twenty.
At first, Lu Cheng himself didn't notice it, but as his friends around him gradually entered middle age, Lu Cheng realized that something was wrong, and the people around him also realized that something was wrong.
A simple examination could not reveal any problems, and because Lu Cheng had his father's protection, he was not captured for biopsy or anything like that.
It was not until this strange thing appeared on the back of Lu Cheng's hand that he realized that the reason why he would not age might have nothing to do with disease.
"A dragon hybrid, a spellcaster, a half-elf..." Lu Cheng spread out his left hand again, and a small flame bloomed from the palm of his hand. "I hope magic can bring another breakthrough to modern technology and medical treatment."
The current average life expectancy of humans on Earth is seventy years old, while in the Middle Ages the average life expectancy was less than thirty years old, although the life expectancy of people in other worlds is not much better than that of Earth.
Special extraordinary beings like Ailiana and Charlotte made Lu Cheng realize that there is a possibility of further development of human life span, even physical fitness and all abilities.
This is actually the topic that the research base is currently studying, but as I said before... everything needs to wait until the Celestial Empire and the Secret Society come into contact before it can be carried out.
After all, it is not convenient to let someone who cannot even sense magical elements to study magic.
It was already early morning, but Lu Cheng was not sleepy at all. Neither were the members of the study group.
Nancy and Charlotte were discussing in the study group where to go tomorrow. Nancy recommended many places to her, including attractions like the Yellow Crane Tower, as well as more modern options like shopping malls.
Lu Cheng did not intervene in the conversation, but only asked privately about the condition of the scales on Elena's arm.
'I feel like I can control the scales on my arms now.'
'? ? ? '
'Really! I was in the shower and I was thinking about whether the scales would go away, and they really did!'
Elena said this and attached a photo to Lu Cheng. Ever since she got a mobile phone, her favorite thing to do is taking pictures.
In the photo, Lu Cheng could see that there were no red scales on Elena's fair arms, and at the same time, Elena's thighs were covered with some dewdrops.
'Look! It's growing again.'
Elena posted another new photo, and the red scales with inscriptions on her arms appeared again, covering her skin.
'Gone again!'
"Okay, I know you can control the growth of scales on your arms, do you have any idea why these things grow?"
Lu Cheng felt that Elena was like a child who had found a new toy, and he didn't know what Nancy and Nuoyi, who lived in the same room with her, thought.
'Not yet.'
There were dozens of seconds between Elena's replies, which made Lu Cheng a little impatient.
"Give the phone to Nuoyi and let her type for you." Lu Cheng saw that Elena was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt in the photo, and Nuoyi and Nancy should know the condition of Elena's arm.
"I didn't have scales on my arms before, but they suddenly appeared after I came to this world. My appetite has also increased... Is there a disease on Earth that can cause scales to grow on a person?"
In less than a few seconds, a series of text popped up in Lu Cheng's message box. Lu Cheng guessed that Elena should have given the phone to Nuoyi.
"There is indeed a disease on Earth that hardens a person's skin, but your scales are obviously real, not hardened skin." Lu Cheng responded quickly.
'And it glows!'
'…'
Lu Cheng now really has the urge to capture Elena and take her to the research institute for dissection. Elena's terrifying power must be related to these scales.
Considering the priestess Lisa from the Church of Purity and the golden limited edition of Elena, Lu Cheng can basically confirm that Elena's life experience has a certain connection with the Church of Purity.
"Go to bed early tonight, because you have to go out early tomorrow morning to visit. And remember not to show off the scales on your arms in front of others."
Lu Cheng's advice earned Elena an expression. This expression was not the common online emoticons like the panda head, but a dark green background with colorful flashing text and the words "I'll do as you say".
A sense of local human touch comes over you.
"Where did you find this expression?" Lu Cheng immediately typed.
"I found it myself. Nancy told me that it's very popular to send this kind of photos in this virtual world." Elena said and sent another "Cheers to our friendship" emoticon.
'Didn't Nancy tell you what the popular memes are?'
Lu Cheng helplessly opened his treasured emoticon package and sent a panda head with the expression "You shocked me".
"Eh? Isn't this the case?" Elena sent another death-colored flashing emoji to Lu Cheng.
'No... I'll show you mine!'
Lu Cheng continued to click on his phone, and unknowingly, his own mental age was successfully lowered by Elena. Later, the conversation between Lu Cheng and Elena turned to the group chat of the study group. The members of the study group spent the whole night in a war called picture battle.
"Charlotte, can you do this?" Lu Cheng sent a GIF of a groundhog roaring to the study group.
'I'm not a digging rat!'
Although Charlotte said this, the expression she made was that of a hamster with watermelon seeds falling to the ground.
'A photo of Charlotte eating watermelon.' Noi posted a photo at this time, which showed Charlotte spitting out watermelon seeds in her groundhog state.
"When was it taken?!" Just as Charlotte was about to go crazy, Noy's reply of "I have more" made her fall silent.
'The sun is rising.'
Nancy reminded everyone in the study group at this time, and Lu Cheng came back to his senses and looked at the time on his mobile phone... It was already half past six in the morning, and the morning light slowly rose from the other side of the city, completely dispelling the darkness.
Morning? So soon? When Lu Cheng was slightly stunned, Elena sent another "Good morning" expression.
'…'
Lu Cheng sent an ellipsis and decided not to interfere with Elena's idea of using the emoticons for middle-aged and elderly people.