My ghost maid and I bid farewell to the twin sisters of Shadow City's first poor family-the latter had fallen back into the eternal two-person world-and wandered aimlessly.
Anveena held a large handful of white flowers in her hands, including white roses, white lilies, and a few white camellias. The girl's pale face was covered by these same pale bouquets with an almost weird beauty. Looking at it, it looks like an ancient oil painting hanging in a castle in the middle world, with three parts gloomy, three parts strange, and four parts beautiful. She held such a large bouquet of flowers in front of her chest, floating at a height of more than ten centimeters from the ground, and followed me flickeringly, looking very happy, I even heard her humming a light tune , After listening carefully for a long time, I finally determined that it was the accelerated version of Requiem.
Me: "..." It's a wonderful feeling to go shopping with a weird ghost beside me.
"Anwena, aren't you afraid of going out?" I glanced at the ghost maid next to me, and the ghost girl holding a bouquet immediately turned around and smiled: "It's extremely beautiful, why aren't you afraid today? I thought you finished buying it." The flower will go home in no time."
"Although this is the case..." The ghost maid lowered her head and sniffed the bouquet in her hand, floating up and down happily, "but today is a special day, so it's okay to go out for a stroll. And if the master is by your side... you will be braver."
"A special day... huh?" As soon as this topic was mentioned, my face became weird again. I would never forget the reason why the little ghost beside me was so happy today. Today is her death day, and she decided to come out to celebrate Just a moment... Celebrate it...
"I said, is it really okay to regard today as a good day?" I looked at An Weena dumbfounded, and always felt that what I said now was quite impolite and even irritating to the other party: even though the other party's face had no expression on her face. I don't care, "Then what, it's not a good thing anyway for the death anniversary."
"It does feel like this when I'm alive," Anveena smiled calmly, chatting with me about such a weird topic, "But now I have forgotten what it's like to be alive. It seems to be a very distant world, I probably know what it looks like, but it has nothing to do with me. So I don’t care much about the things I thought about when I was alive. Now I feel very happy. It is the happiest thing in the world to have people who are worthy of my protection and worry. No longer cold, no longer hungry, no longer afraid, there are masters, and many little masters, they live with themselves like a family, there are many things to do every day, and many interesting things happen, so I don't think there's anything wrong with being a ghost. Except that the body is different from when I was alive, it seems to be fine now... "
Speaking of this, the ghost maid turned around in a circle, and the glow on her body brightened: "So I want to commemorate the day of my new life. Master, thank you for always being by my side, and thank you for giving Anwena a home."
I chuckled. As a living person, I probably would never be able to empathize with the life of this ghost girl, but her bright smile still made me happy. I reached out and stroked Anveena's hair—it was cold.
This intimate gesture was a compliment, and the ghost girl immediately jumped up happily: "Haha, I feel so happy now, as if I have been transcended..."
Me: "..." Can't this girl say some adjectives that living people can accept? !
From the back of the commercial area to the end, there is a waiting area that has not been planned. A large piece of wasteland is abandoned here, and there are few people living nearby. This is our final destination. The road was brought by An Weena. It seems that although she is finally willing to go out once, she still doesn't want to get too close to the crowd. Along the way, this little ghost has always taken the route that is inaccessible, walking nearly 100 meters in such a bustling and lively Shadow City. We only met seven people in one hour...
"Just here," An Weina sniffed the bouquet in her hand, "Actually, it's the same everywhere, and I don't have a grave."
Me: "..." What the hell am I doing today!
There are no pedestrians on the edge of the wasteland, only two children are playing in the mud. It looks like they should be children from some world elves. When the two children saw us, they immediately moved over curiously. The older child looked up at Ann. The flower in Wei Na's hand: "Sister, are you dating this brother? Why are you holding white flowers in your hand?"
An Weina's face turned red immediately, and she explained in a panic: "No...it's not like that, I'm going to my own grave..."
Then the two elf children were scared away... I sat down on a big rock and drew circles silently.
An Weena looked at the sky, then placed the bouquet on the ground, and carefully adjusted the direction of the bouquet, as if it was quite particular, then she took out a small book from the portable space, and solemnly pressed it on the flower branch, Put your hands together and pray silently. I prayed to myself, wishing myself peace and happiness in the world after death, and finally recited a requiem mantra silently...
... After the ceremony, which combines Chinese and Western styles and also has a different world flavor, the ghost girl flew over lightly: "Master, it's all right... um, isn't it strange?"
I looked at the face of the little ghost dumbfounded, she seemed a little embarrassed herself, her fingers were still subconsciously twisting the apron of the maid outfit, but I finally patted her hair: "Remember not to come out alone next year Yes, I will accompany you."
An Weena showed a surprised expression, then nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
Alas... I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this is really an invaluable situation. I thought about it, and found that this is not the first time that the little ghost has done weird things. Think about the ghost kingdom she established in the basement, think about how she spent more than half a year learning to lay eggs with the crows in the yard, think about it She insists on listening to various mantras every day to save herself, and then thinks that she even ran out to buy a bunch of flowers to celebrate on her death day. It is said that she has also developed a habit of sneaking out to watch people burn paper money at night on Ching Ming Festival. Habit... After thinking so much, I finally couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. I thought for a long time that there was such a strange girl hiding beside me, this little ghost who looked cute on the surface... She usually does strange things Strange things are so powerful! I'll go!
"Master?" The ghost maid tilted her head and looked over, "Your face is very strange."
I straightened my expression and tried to look like nothing happened: "Ahem, it's nothing—let's go home."
As soon as she got home, Anveena re-entered the housework that would never be finished, and she would never get tired of it, and ran to the kitchen humming a requiem. I walked around the first floor and saw Xiao Deng watching TV, and Xiao Bubble practicing rubbing the information terminal: the pile was half a meter high behind her, and the little crow was feeding her little crow with cabbage leaves , the other younger ones were also busy with their own business, but they couldn't see Cyndia, not even the eldest lady who should have been waiting in the living room to prepare dinner at this time, so they became curious and shouted towards the direction of the kitchen Shouted: "Sister, where is Cyndia? Xue Lin didn't come today?"
"They went out for a stroll," my sister leaned out of the kitchen wearing an apron, "Lin Xue took Xiaoxue and Cyndia there, saying that they wanted to see the world of the people on Earth. Cyndia wanted to see What is there to eat in this world?"
Oh, that's still a snack, I remember that Cyndia was tricked by Xiaoxue from Father God with the temptation of a meal.
At this moment, a voice came from the direction of the entrance. It sounded like the eldest lady came back with the children. As expected, a little girl ran and rushed into the living room after a while. She came to eat at home. Princess of the Protoss Race, this girl was holding a plastic bag that was almost half her size. As soon as she ran in, she opened her voice and started yelling: "Everyone come! Auntie bought a lot of delicious food!"
So the whole room rushed forward, rushing towards the snack bag in Cyndia's hand like a hungry dog rushing for food.
Lin Xuejin pulled on her slippers and bag, and dragged Xiaoxue in with a displeased face: "I've said it several times, I want to call my sister!"
"Okay, our family's seniority is already confusing enough, so don't add to the confusion, okay?" I squinted at the eldest lady, and then saw Xiaoxue pouted, "Eh, what's wrong with this girl? Usually when you go out, don't you?" Are you all happy?"
"Snacks were robbed by Cyndia." The eldest lady pointed to the group of brats who were huddled together to snatch snacks, and Xiaoxue pouted suddenly: "Don't kiss your daughter when you have outsiders, why is this so common? !"
When the young lady and I heard this, we couldn't laugh or cry, and looked at each other. After Xiaoxue finally couldn't bear it and rushed to the pile of bear children to snatch snacks, I touched the young lady's arm: "You said that if you really bring children, Is it such an embarrassing situation?"
The eldest lady threw a supercilious look at her: "You ask me, I don't know! My eldest lady is still as good as a jade... Hey, wait, isn't this our daughter!"
"I'm mainly a little curious, is it true that all children are like this..."
The eldest lady thought about it seriously this time, and then nodded: "Don't tell me, I remember that I was pretty naughty when I was young, and my dad said that I didn't look like a girl at all, or I can get it from ten At the age of five or six, she started saving the world, punishing rape and eradicating evil? It seems that this girl has inherited the characteristics of Miss Ben."
"Actually, when I was young, I almost took the vase line of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting," Xiaoxue somehow heard her parents talking about her here, and suddenly came over tiredly, holding a dollar in her hand A package of dry and crispy noodles filled my mouth with the smell of edible flavors, "My mother taught me to play the piano since I was a child, and I have been practicing for more than three years... Ah! I finally got a set together! This is the first time I have seen this card Nah!"
I turned my head to look at the big bear child who was leaning on my shoulder, and she was convulsing with a small greasy card in her hand. I remembered that I hadn't had this expression since I was eight and a half years old. I suddenly became curious about my daughter's future growth process: "You also learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Then how did you develop this virtue?"
Xiaoxue tilted her head and glanced at Lin Xue: "My mother can play the California Hotel by herself and it will sound like the California Guest House, what do you think?"
I:"… "
The eldest lady finally couldn't bear it any longer, she was furious, and took out a pan from the portable space, and chased Xiaoxue all over the room: "Stop! You brat, stop for me, do you hear me! I'll be with your dad soon!" I’ll find you a cram school! I’ll let you start cram school from before you were born, I don’t believe I can’t train you! I’ll make you stop and hear me!!”
There was a flutter of chickens and dogs in the living room, the roar of the eldest lady and the laughing and laughing voice of the bear child walked around the beam. Cyndia held a spicy dried fish soaked in soybeans and essence in her mouth, and her big eyes rolled: "Uncle The house is so lively."
"I really hope that these guys can be quiet for a while." I felt my head was as big as a bucket, and then felt a slight sinking in my head, and a "cheep" sound came from the top of my head, followed by a little crow Along my ears, shoulders, sleeves, and arms, I rolled and crawled down like acrobatics. This ten-centimeter-tall mini Medivon looked around in a daze, and then jumped up and knocked on my breast pocket. It wasn't until Ding Dong poked her head out of her pocket and flew out happily with the little crow that I realized what this little little Madison was here for: she came to play with Ding Dong.
As the master of her master, I am worth about as much as a residential building...
At this time, seeing that it was almost time for dinner, I reckoned that someone should appear. Sure enough, almost when I first had this idea, a distorted translucent vortex appeared in the air not far away, and then Sanduo Ra's figure emerged from the vortex.
Early in the morning, she went to Shadow City with me, but the R&D department in the middle seemed to have some technical progress to report on the deep submersible ship. The store and the funeral for Anwena. Compared with her own half bucket of water, Sandora is obviously a more dedicated and professional leader. I didn't expect that she has been delayed in Shadow City until this time—of course, even if she delays until this time, she will never miss the spirit of the meal. It's worth complaining about.
"Ah Jun, I'm hungry!" Sandora's first words were indeed this. I pointed to the direction of the kitchen, indicating that my sister and An Weena were still busy. On the sofa, looking a little tired.
"What's wrong with the deep dive ship?"
I asked casually, and I am almost used to asking this question: The Deep Dive Project should be the most difficult project with many twists and turns that the New Empire has encountered since its establishment. A technically difficult charge, you must know that "Deep Dive" in the heyday of the old empire was a super-large project that required the joint advancement of many sky areas. For the imperial scientists at that time, it was a high-tech project, let alone for us now. Tavel and her research team had nothing but an incomplete blueprint of the submersible vessel and a rough goal, and they weren't even crossing the river by feeling the stones—there were no stones in the river.
"The next sample ship will leave Starport in about two weeks. I plan to do another deep dive in a month," Sandora said, rubbing her brows and closing her eyes. Abyss Gate, and I intend to make it into a stable, reusable deep dive port, just like the Abyss Gate you see in the wreckage of that world."
I was taken aback: "Oh, isn't this going well?"
"My headache is another thing. The fallen apostles may have the long-term navigation technology in the shallow abyss," Sandora shook her head. "In addition, they may also have mastered the detection method of using the abyss gate to collect information."
"Using the gate of the abyss... then what method?"
"The last ambush," Sandora opened her eyes and her eyes fell on me, "I've been wondering what went wrong. The matter of your rendezvous with Father God is a top secret, and it is impossible to It is impossible for the Fallen Apostle's intelligence system to penetrate this depth, but the fleet's every move seems to be completely in their eyes... It seems that they have been following your fleet since you left the wreckage of the world. Determined the course of the imperial fleet and organized the ambush. Judging from the fleet mobilized by the enemy and the follow-up support, it seems that the preparation time for this ambush is not very sufficient. Considering the speed of the imperial fleet's assembly, they should be When you leave the wreckage of the world, you can grasp the movement of the imperial fleet, and then spend about two hours to assemble the fleet at the border and prepare for the battlefield."
"You mean, we exposed our whereabouts when the world was wrecked..." Hearing this topic, I also became serious.
"Just a guess, now either there are tracking or surveillance devices of the Fallen Apostles left in the wreckage of that world, or...they 'saw' your fleet through that ancient abyss gate. I personally lean towards the latter, because if they If you have the ability and have already installed your own facilities in the wreckage of the world, it doesn’t make sense to leave you the EN-166 sample and the old empire deep dive port there. The fallen apostles have already taken the things away. If they were It makes sense to 'see' everything through the gate of the abyss. Because the Father God had already led the Protoss army to station near the wreckage of the world, and God the Father personally scanned the wreckage of the world. The door and the relics of the old empire didn’t dare to come out and act rashly, so they just waited for you to take the things and intercept them halfway, wanting to sit back and enjoy the benefits—from this point of view, they succeeded in half.”
What Sandora said made sense, and I began to face up to this problem: "That is to say... the technology of the fallen apostles in the abyss has gradually matured, and now they can use the gates of the abyss in various places as their own monitors... Hiss, This is a monitoring network of unprecedented scale! Could it be that they want to monitor the entire void? The abyss is everywhere!"
"It shouldn't be to this extent," Sandora continued to shake her head, "Such a monitoring network must require some infrastructure similar to base stations to provide services such as data forwarding and enhancement, so the radiation range will not be very far, the fallen apostle There is definitely no doubt in the territory, and if it is outside the country... Probably the data offset within a 'quadrant unit' belongs to the monitored area. This is what I guessed based on the strength of the signal relay station during void communication. The strength of the abyss base station will not be greater than Void relay station - this is Tavel's view." RS