Chapter 4: Tears
"Ahh β
Qingming held the window of the clothing store with one hand, and covered his head desperately with the other hand and roared.
In Qingming's mind, flashing memories reappeared.
This time the scene was in a restaurant.
Qingming sat upright on the card seat, and to his right sat a familiar and strange man, and to his right.
That familiar face, a mature and charming face, a soft voice.
A woman, a woman who haunts Qingming's dreams.
Every time I think of her, Qingming always can't suppress his heart and wants to get close to her, but what is approachable is always illusory.
Sometimes Qingming always feels that she doesn't seem to exist in this world.
But why does she always appear in Qingming's memory?
At the most dangerous time of Qingming.
And now.
"Hahaha, I finally met you, finally, ah~, finally, I saw you. β
Qingming gasped and laughed, but because of the pain in his mind, the smile on Qingming's face seemed a little distorted.
When the people around saw Qingming's appearance, they were so frightened that they avoided it.
Qingming was completely unaware of the outside world, and at this time he was looking at the woman intently.
Face to face, only about ten centimeters, a distance that has never been seen before.
It's never been clearer.
"Why is your face so red, are you drunk?"
Qingming gritted his teeth and whispered, in a voice that only he could hear.
But everything is in vain, and no one will respond to Qingming.
That woman is just a memory of Qingming.
"Do you know, this afternoon, Immortal City announced that it has successfully developed an energy TV that can be mass-produced and popularized?"
The woman said fiercely tugging on Qingming's collar, stumbling a little in her words, as if she had drunk a lot.
"Energy TV, yes, I remember. β
Qingming whispered, trying to speak to his memory.
The woman in my memory.
"Do you know that we are only an hour away from them, and we are an hour away, all because of you. β
In memory, the woman grabbed Qingming's collar and shook it violently, stammering and yelling.
"Because of me, why, what the hell did I do?"
Qingming bent over, and the pain gradually made him unable to distinguish between reality and memory.
"It's a trivial matter, this time it's an hour slower, next time we'll earn another hour. β
This sentence was said by Qingming, but Qingming did not open his mouth.
That's right, this is what Qingming said in memory.
"Earn it back?"
The woman roared again.
"Do you know what that means, you know?"
This time, Qingming did not speak, either in memory or in reality.
Seeing that Qingming didn't speak, the woman continued to pull Qingming's collar and yelled.
"More than 20,000 years ago, the first generation of Moxia was established, and many disciplines such as logic, geometry, geometric optics, and statics were proposed and carried forward. The Moxia Organization was the first group of organizations to put forward the strategic policy of focusing on psionic energy and supplemented by science, which was the first batch of scientists in the entire human race and the entire Savage Continent, and Dragon City was therefore ranked above the other main cities. β
As she spoke, the woman seemed to have lost the strength of her whole body and slowly sat down.
"It's a pity that after years of war, the Moxia family has rushed to the forefront of the war every time, and there are fewer and fewer people in the family, if it weren't for the protection of Dragon City later, our family would have been almost wiped out. The various disciplines studied in the family have not fallen, and even lag behind other main cities in various fields, we want to win, just like more than 40,000 years ago, we just want to win back the glory buried in this long river of time. β
Speaking of this, the woman raised her head to look at Qingming with tears on her face and whispered softly.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Smack. β
The image from the memory is gone again.
"Don't. β
Qingming roared softly, his hands pounding his head in spite of the pain.
"Why, why, damn it. β
Qingming slowly leaned against the window, and when he spoke again, his voice had become hoarse, and Qingming chuckled and laughed at himself.
"I didn't just make you cry once. β
"Are you alright, sir?"
Suddenly, a sweet female voice came into Qingming's ears.
It turned out that the clerk of this clothing store had noticed the anomaly and came to check it out.
The clerk's sudden reminder suddenly pulled Qingming out of his memory.
Qingming glanced around and found that there were already many people surrounding at this time.
"It's okay, the old wound on my body suddenly broke, and it hurts a little, but it's okay now. β
Qingming hurriedly replied loudly with a smile, while his fingers behind his back danced continuously in the air, as if he was playing a void guqin.
These words were deliberately said loudly by Qingming and told the people around him, and dancing his fingers was Qingming secretly using his talent to control the emotions of the crowd.
As a result, people's curiosity is suddenly reduced to the extreme.
Coupled with the cooperation of Qingming's words, before Qingming finished speaking, the crowd all dispersed and returned to normal.
"Sir, do you need me to take you to the hospital?"
The female clerk at the clothing store asked with concern.
"No need, old problem. β
Qingming smiled and waved his hand, then looked down at the blood stains on his chest.
"Well, the clothes are dirty, do you have men's clothes here?"
"Yes, sir, please come in. β
The female clerk smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Qingming.
Qingming thanked him and followed the female clerk into the clothing store.
picked out a few clothes casually, and Qingming chatted with the female clerk while trying them on.
"I think the energy TV you have at the door is very good, but the price is very expensive, I didn't expect your store manager to be so willing to spend money. β
Qingming intentionally or unintentionally led the topic to energy TV.
"Hey, sir, you said that energy TV, it's not expensive, haven't you heard, now this energy TV has been popularized, it's cheap, it seems that you can buy it for only 10,000 Lingling Copper Coins. β
The clerk pointed to the energy TV in the window, waved his hand and smiled.
"10,000 spirit copper coins, how can it be so cheap, I remember that it used to cost at least hundreds of thousands. β
Qingming pretended to be surprised and looked at the female clerk.
"That was the old yellow calendar from a week ago. β
The female clerk smiled slightly.
A week, representing seven days, originates from the seven cities, and the seven cities surround each other, just forming a closed loop, so the seven cities decided to form a closed loop every seven days, which is called a week.
The same units of time include seconds, minutes, hours, months, quarters, years, etc.
The first few of these items are based on a unit of timekeeping called the Subal tribe, from seconds to hours.
Although the Subal tribe is a small tribe that does not belong to the Seven Cities, they are more accurate in their timekeeping than the Seven Cities.
The moon comes from another small tribe, the Elojik, which keeps a very convenient and clear time of the month.
As for the timekeeping of the last season and the year, it comes from the Dragon City among the Seven Cities.
In order to increase the production of grain, the ancestors of Longcheng divided the year into four seasons, which were subdivided into 24 solar terms.
This kind of calculation not only accurately timed, but also increased the output of Seven Cities by several times, so Seven Cities decided to use Dragon City's annual and seasonal timekeeping method as the highest time unit.
"A week ago?"
Qingming's expression moved slightly, which indicated that he was in a coma for about seven days, and it was possible that it would be shorter.
After all, although it can be popularized, it also takes a lot of time to produce it in batches.
"That's right,A week ago, Longcheng announced the mass production of energy TVs,Our boss followed the trend and came a.,Don't you say,This week's business has doubled compared to beforeγ β
"Who is so powerful, and actually invented an energy TV that can be popularized?"
Qingming looked at the female clerk knowingly, maybe he could get the woman's information because of this.
"I don't know this, I'm just a small clerk, how can I know such a confidential thing. β
The female clerk smiled and picked out two more clothes for Qingming.
"That's right, but I really want to know who that guy is, such a genius. β
Qingming took the clothes casually and said with a sigh.
Qingming really wants to know.
"Hey, don't think about it, this kind of scientific research team is the treasure of Dragon City, and it can't be spread anywhere. β
The female clerk looked down at the seven or eight pieces of clothes she had picked out, and then looked up at Qingming.
"Sir, what do you think are more to your liking?"
"Oh, it's all there. β
was reminded by the female clerk, Qingming reacted, and after picking and picking from the pile of clothes in his hand, he took out two pieces.
One is a black hooded sweatshirt, and the other is dark green cargo pants.
"I'll wear these two now. β
The reason why Qingming chose cargo pants is because the cargo pants are more wear-resistant, and there are more trouser pockets, which is convenient for loading some miscellaneous small things.
As for the black sweatshirt, it is now dark, so it is convenient for Qingming to hide himself.
"Okay, then I'll help you take off the tag, and you can come to the front desk with me to settle the bill." β
The female clerk took the other clothes in Qingming's hand, put them on the hanger next to her casually, and turned around and led Qingming to the front desk.
A few minutes later, Qingming walked out of the clothing store wearing a brand new outfit, and now he was no different from ordinary passers-by.
"Hey, everything is ready, and the next thing is to go out of the city. β
Qingming smiled slightly, but at this moment, there was a sudden gurgling sound in Qingming's stomach.
"Hehe, forget it, let's eat first. β
Qingming rubbed his stomach in embarrassment, and then remembered that he hadn't eaten anything since he came out of the hospital.
After looking around, Qingming turned around and disappeared into the crowd.