(Foreword)

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

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The scene in front of me suddenly kept changing, and after a while, when I looked back, the figure of the enemy soldier was long gone. But I also felt that I was getting farther and farther away from the blacksmith's shop, and it seemed that I had already run a long way.

I don't know if Cui Li and the blacksmith have also safely escaped from the pursuers now. But now I don't even know where I am, how can I get back to the blacksmith's shop.

I looked around, this Gangneung City is really big, it was still a noisy market before, but now the surroundings have become very quiet, there is a tea stall not far away, it is better to drink saliva and ask the location of the blacksmith shop in the lower city. But looking back, my thoughts are really funny, in this virtual time, I am afraid that it is even more difficult to really drink a sip of water than to hit the pursuers in front. But when I saw this tea stall, I was really thirsty. I haven't drunk water since the safety settings at the AEF Research Center were activated, and my throat is dry and sore at the thought of this. Forget it, let's leave that alone for now, knowing the exact location of the blacksmith shop is the priority now.

I walked briskly towards the tea stall.

"Hello, is there a menu?" I shouted.

It was only when I said the menu that I realized that I was in a virtual world, and in ancient times, there should not have been any menus, not to mention that this was just a tea stall.

"This hero, what's on the menu? We only have herbal tea here. The owner of the tea stall greeted.

It's still nice to hear someone call themselves heroes. But why does this shop call me that, can he see at a glance that I am gifted and have a wonderful bone? Thinking of this, I almost laughed myself, maybe I have watched too much martial arts.

"A pot of herbal tea, thank you." I sat down on the bench.

But in an instant, I suddenly stood up again. I thought: Fortunately, the reaction is fast enough, and the bench in front of me is also projected, so if you sit down, you must have fallen hard.

Although it was a little embarrassing, I still stood still.

"Why is this hero standing and drinking tea?" As the shopkeeper spoke, he had already taken a pot of herbal tea and a large bowl and placed them on the wooden table in front of me.

"It's okay, I've always drunk tea like this." I smiled awkwardly.

The shopkeeper didn't say anything more, and poured the tea from the teapot into a large bowl: "Then please use tea." With that, he walked away.

This herbal tea was placed in front of me, and although my mouth was dry, there was nothing I could do. This bowl of herbal tea is like the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror. It's in front of you, but you can't get it.

Forget it, just pretend, I reached for the tea bowl, I wanted to pretend, and then ask the blacksmith for directions. But in an instant, I suddenly withdrew my hand from the tea bowl, not because I couldn't pick it up so I took it back, but because I actually felt the presence of the tea bowl. This... This... It's incredible, is it just because I'm too thirsty that I'm delusional?

I tried to pick up the bowl again, but this time, I was convinced.

It feels so real.

I did feel the presence of the tea bowl and could even feel the shaking of the herbal tea in the tea bowl.

What's going on?

It occurred to me that in the previous battle with the defenders of the city, I had clearly felt the bullet knife after the collision with the opponent's blade, and this feeling was just as real.

What the hell is going on? Isn't it a virtual world I'm in now? Just my own subjective opinion? Possible! Mr. Ouyang Yu often uses the tactics of virtual and real. We had been through the 'Battle of the Three Generals' together, which showed us the puzzle of using holographic projections, so when we first came here. First, I saw the same 'electric wall' as the second floor. Then there is the same puzzle about the 'Three Kingdoms' as on the third floor. So we didn't think it was like a holographic virtual world, but was that really the case?

Thinking of this, I slowly sat down on the bench, and if my guess was correct, I probably wouldn't have fallen to the ground.

I slowly sat down on the bench.

……

……

Sure enough, my guess was right. I actually sat on the bench and didn't fall to the ground as I thought.

"I said, it's better to sit down and drink this tea." The shopkeeper said as he boiled hot water.

This... My thoughts are mixed now, and I reminisce about everything that happened before.

Could it be that this is simply Mr. Ouyang Yu's maze? It's just that I'm crossing over again? Then Cui Li, they also crossed over here with me? If that's not the case?

My expression grew more and more solemn, if not conjecture, then... Mr. Ouyang Yu, no... Is it AEF that has invented the time-traveling machine?

This idea is becoming more and more real in my mind.

So if that's the case? Can I travel back in time again? Back before the Arctic glacier exploded, maybe it would be okay...

Suddenly I was happy again.

I drank all the herbal tea in the bowl in one go. Sure enough, it is a good tea with a sweet aftertaste. In fact, it may also be a relationship that makes me feel better.

I turned to the shopkeeper and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you know how many blacksmiths there are in this city?" ”

"You said this blacksmith shop, although Gangneung City is big, there is only one blacksmith shop in the city."

Great, it would be easier to find a blacksmith.

"Where then? Hurry up and tell me. I asked urgently.

I'm anxious to see Cui Li now and tell him what I know.

"Look, go straight down this avenue."

That's great! As long as you find the blacksmith shop, you are half the battle.

"Shopkeeper, how much does this herbal tea cost?"

The stall owner replied: "Erwen." ”

I fumbled in my pocket. What to do? I don't think I can use the money I have with me here.

It's embarrassing. Although it was only a penny, there was nothing I could do about it.

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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