(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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It was already late at night, but there was still no blacksmith, and the candles in the blacksmith shop flickered on and off.

"Cui Li, do you think the Gangneung City we are in now is real?" I looked at the flickering candle flames.

"Real? Cheng Yin, what are you talking about? Isn't this a virtual world of holographic projections? Cui Li was puzzled.

"I also know that this idea can be ridiculous, and a lot of things don't make sense, but it's not necessarily true." I walked to the edge of a bench. "Look!"

The moment I spoke, I was about to sit on the bench.

"Cheng Yin, what are you kidding?" Cui Li shouted to stop.

I didn't pay attention to Cui Li's reminder, and sat on the bench.

Sure enough, as I had done at the tea stall before, I didn't fall to the ground, but sat down on the bench of the blacksmith shop steadily.

"It's... How so? Isn't this world what I think it is, a holographic virtual world? Cui Li exclaimed.

"I'm afraid there is a possibility, at first I was the same as you, I felt that everything around me was a projection, but I met the guards outside the city like you, and in the process of fighting, I was slashed by the long sword on the arm, I thought that the projected long sword would never hurt me, but just when I was proud, I obviously felt a sharp pain. I was wounded by this sword of nothingness. Isn't it strange, you say? I looked at my scratched arm again, but there were no scars.

"So you are like this, and I was kicked by those soldiers before you and the blacksmith came to help, and I looked at it later and there were no bruises, but it hurt at the time. I'm still curious. I thought it was my own delusion, but it seems that there must be something wrong with this. Cui Li shook the big knife in his hand: "However, when I first got this long knife, I felt even more strange, this big knife looked extremely heavy in the hands of the guard, but when I took it, I didn't feel a little weight, but the situation was very critical at that time, and I didn't have time to think about anything, so I hurriedly waved the big knife to fight, and now I think back on it is really strange." "It is true that the broadsword in Cui Li's hand is as heavy as my long sword, but we don't feel anything at all, not so much as nothing.

Cui Li rotated the big knife in his hand with one hand.

What the hell is going on, there are more and more questions in my mind now, if we are not in the virtual world of holographic projection as I thought before, but really traveled to the Jian'an period of the Three Kingdoms, then I can drink herbal tea in a tea bowl at the tea stall before, and now the matter of sitting on the bench has become a matter of course. But what Cui Li said just now is another headache for me, since we really traveled here (Three Kingdoms period). But why didn't we feel anything about the weapon in our hands, and my arm was scratched before, but I didn't have any scars. Why is that?

Now how I wish I could suddenly hear the voice of Mr. Ouyang Yu and tell us what all this is all about. But I also know how unrealistic this idea is.

Whether it is really traveling to the ancient Three Kingdoms period or still in the virtual world of holographic projection, it is certain that no matter what, we must be in the strange array of Mr. Ouyang Yu now. All the problems encountered should be part of this strange array.

"Cheng Yin, what should we do now?" Cui Li's question interrupted my thoughts.

"I don't know, but now it's imperative that we find the blacksmith as quickly as possible. He is a blacksmith in Gangneung City, so he needs to know more about this city than we do. Without his help, it would have been very difficult for us to get out of here. "I looked a little anxious.

Indeed, we are in a very difficult situation now, the guards of Gangneung City know us, and it is really impossible to get out of the city gate, but we don't know much about this Gangneung City. I don't know if there's any other way to get out of here.

While talking to Cui Li, I kept looking at the door of the blacksmith shop, how much I wished I could see the blacksmith, but I didn't see anything, I looked outside, it seemed that the blacksmith would not come today.

I didn't speak, but now I had mixed feelings, if the blacksmith didn't come back, what would we do after that?

Cui Li didn't seem to be so anxious since he saw me, and now all the pressure was on me. This had to make me feel the weight of responsibility all of a sudden, and we couldn't stay in Gangneung City for long, and the other members of the research team didn't know where they were now, and their situation would be more difficult than we were now.

Thinking of this, my head hurts again. At this time, I finally understood why Xia Cheng's expression was always so solemn during the 'Battle of the Three Generals'.

Obviously, Cui Li didn't understand what I was feeling now, and he played with all kinds of weapons in the blacksmith shop on the side. Maybe at this point he thinks this test is just a game, but I don't think it's that simple.

"Cheng Yin!! Cheng Yin!! Just when I was thinking deeply, Cui Li on the side suddenly shouted. I thought she had broken the blacksmith's weapon.

"What's wrong? What's going on? I was thinking about what was going to happen next, but I was suddenly interrupted by Cui Li's shouting and asked a little impatiently.

"Cheng Yin!! You see!!! How is this possible??? Cui Li still didn't explain the matter clearly, but pointed out with his right hand, looking very frightened.

I haven't turned around to see yet, it shouldn't be a blacksmith, otherwise Cui Li wouldn't be so frightened, isn't this blacksmith coming, the chasing soldiers have arrived!

Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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