Chapter 57: The Strange Box

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Xiao Qi is interested in many things, but it just so happens that classical music is not among them, but thinking that the other party has left his hometown and been sold to another country, experiencing an impermanent fate, it is really sad and pitiful, and he felt a sudden pain in his heart, nodded and hammered his chest with his hand: "Then I am so honored, thank you." ”

The knowledgeable and sentimental mushroom male god laughed happily, and then quickly covered his mouth. He made a slight squatting motion, turned around and took out another piano from the side of the bed, exactly the same as the one on the table: "In order to facilitate my practice, human beings have put several pianos for spare, and I will give you one." ”

Xiao Qi took the piano from the crack in the fence: the piano in his hand was all green, and he couldn't tell what wood it was made of, but it was very light and not heavy. The shape of this qin is very similar to the guqin on the earth, with nine strings side by side, the strings are as thin as silk threads, Xiao Qi plucked it with his fingers, making a 'Zheng Zheng' sound, penetrating the space and winding endlessly.

He turned around and handed the piano to the little fat man, and told him to put it away carefully. Xiao Qi thanked the little brother again, and when the little fat man walked away with the piano in his arms, he could no longer suppress his curiosity, walked closer, and asked in a low voice: "I once heard people say that the Red Mushroom people are the most unrestrained, and they like freedom by nature, how did you become a slave? ”

The male god lowered his head and raised it for a long time, and his eyes were already red when he raised it. He held back his crying, and after a long while, he whispered, "Actually, there's nothing you can't ask." As a boy, I really can't fight to the death like my sister and mother! When the country is ruined and the family is ruined, I can't escape, and I don't dare to die, what else can I do? The only thing I can do is to never marry someone who is a black lark, and would rather be sold by them! Never mind.... Young master, I was rude, and you just didn't say anything to me. ”

An Xiaoqi smiled with relief, the other party's calmness greatly surprised him, you must know that his current identity is the 'Young Master Cromwell' of the Black Skylark family, presumably the other party has also experienced great pain and heavy psychological pressure, which is a bit out of shape; The black lark is already in decline, and with some strong enemies, the chance of overturning is very high.

If he succeeds in revenge, it will be an otherworldly version of "The Princess's Revenge", which is wonderful. It's just that as a weak boy, the hard work and price he has to pay in it, it makes people shudder to think about it, and as an outsider, Xiao Qi can only wish him good luck.

As a little comfort and reward, Xiao Qi approached the fence and said bluntly to him in a small, almost inaudible voice: "Actually, I am not Cromwell at all - that little handsome guy eloped with someone and escaped without a trace, so he decided to take me as a number." When you take revenge, don't hurt your allies by mistake!"

These words were too straightforward, and the male god of the mushroom clan tried to hear it clearly, smiled with relief, and whispered: "You are not from the enemy's family, I am very happy." By the way, do you know that the creek and mushroom trees in my hometown are Yan humans who were lost in the Mushroom Continent? There are still Yan villages on the Mushroom Continent, and they still live with the Mushroom people? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The dignified earth, the establishment has become a village, Xiao Qi smiled in his heart, nodded and said: "There is that kind of village, and I am from the village." ”

Due to the smooth communication between each other and the knowledge that they are not enemies, the distance between the two was quickly shortened, and the conversation became much more casual. The male god of the mushroom clan looked Xiao Qi up and down for a while, and also bluntly raised the doubts in his heart: "Little brother, your appearance is really extraordinary, but why are you so arrogant and arrogant? If you exercise your body like this, if you don't concentrate on maintaining your beauty, and if you don't temper your skills, how can you get your wife's heart in the future? Boy, after all, you still have to be more elegant." ”

An Xiaoqi looked at the several mirrors carefully placed in his room, and a lot of tools for grooming and dressing, he was thundered and took a step back, and secretly said in his heart: The Tao is different, don't conspire with each other, don't say anything, tears are bursting! But people look like they are in their hearts, and they are not good at brushing off their kindness, so they have to follow the conversation haha: "Am I not elegant enough? I have always been an elegant tough guy!"

When the male god saw his expression, he knew that he was talking nonsense, and laughed for a while before he said, "You are really interesting, I haven't seen a boy like you yet." It's like a girl's soul that enters a boy's body, bold and hearty. You're so lovely. It's a pity that I can't go out, otherwise I would have invited you to taste the wine I brewed, and my wine used to be famous far and wide....."

The girl's soul enters the boy's body? What kind of praise is this GAY? This is a beating from the soul, this is a whipping from the heart! An Xiaoqi didn't finish listening, his face was already green, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of vomiting at such a description. He politely said goodbye to the male god and continued his exercise journey with a nervous breakdown.

It always feels like something is gone.

Behind, there was the melodious singing of the male god of the mushroom tribe, accompanied by the sound of the piano and the singing, echoing in the cabin, simple and pleasant. Xiao Qi couldn't hear what he was singing clearly, his wounded heart was in urgent need of peace, and he didn't have time to turn back and continue to run forward.

Running further down is where people are displeased.

The slave cabins on the lower floor are inhabited by female mushroom people, and because they have never given in, the treatment they receive is not much different from the common black slaves in film and television works.

The environment is terrible. Hunger, thirst, and disease have always gripped the place.

It was really uncomfortable to look at him, so he never came empty-handed every time, and always brought something as much as he could, but unfortunately he couldn't bring much food with his own hands, which was basically a drop in the bucket - but he didn't give up because it didn't work obviously.

When he first arrived, he found that there was a ventilation and exhaust machine on the upper floor, but the guards never turned it on to save energy. Since then, every time he comes down, in addition to drinking water, he will turn on the machine to add a breath of fresh air to the stinking slave chamber.

But for the mushroom slaves, Xiao Qi is the breath of fresh air, as his name implies, an angel.

When Xiao Qi first came, there were still people with outright hatred, shouting and scolding there very ugly, because he was a man, and he was greeted several times, but after a few days, this situation was gone, and every female mushroom who was still conscious was looking forward to his arrival: not because of the little food he brought, but seeing him was like seeing the sun, bathing in a clear spring, and giving people the courage to persevere.

Xiao Qi will not be like the guards, throwing food in the earthen bowl at will, watching the mushroom people with impaired mobility bend down to grab food, laughing on the side; instead, he holds the food in his hands, hands it to the people who need it the most, and waits quietly for her to eat; and if the other party is unable to move, he will carefully break the food, feed her little by little, and if she is a little choked, he will also hand over the water that has been prepared for her to drink.

Today, Xiao Qi didn't bring too much food and water, and it was only enough for five or six people to be half full. But everyone dragged their tired bodies to the fence: it didn't matter if they couldn't eat, it was good to take a look at the kind little angel.

Xiao Qi stopped and handed out the food, feeling a little comforted.

Running forward with a heavy heart, even if there are some rare and exotic beasts that are difficult to find in the other world and worth a lot of money, he has no intention of watching, Xiao Qi only cares about passing through the song of beasts and birds.

After running through the stinking beast barn, it's the cargo barn. After a little drink of water from the waiting Purple Mushroom Clan's attendants, Xiao Qi continued the journey.

Since there had never been a theft, there were no guards in the warehouse. Huge wooden boxes, each of which can hold half a room, are neatly arranged, stacked from one end of the warehouse to the other, leaving only a few paths for people to pass through.

The goods scavenged from the Mushroom Continent were all packed in these boxes at the moment, and even the thorn beasts that everyone had scrambled for before had been packed in some of the boxes here. And the name and quantity of the goods have already been written on the outside of the box, but unfortunately Xiao Qi is not at home in the otherworldly language, and he doesn't understand it.

There was silence in the cargo hold, only the sound of Xiao Qi running, constantly reverberating and bouncing off the bulkhead. Since there are few people here, the air in the hold is relatively pure and the environment is dry, which is like a paradise compared to the upper slave barn.

I don't know what kind of wooden composition these huge wooden boxes in the cargo hold are, and each one is surprisingly hard. Xiao Qi tried all his means, even knocking and knocking, and couldn't get even a piece of sawdust. Even though it is so hard, some cases still have large metal lock handles on the outside. There are a few that are very special, and Xiao Qi can clearly see that there is a thin layer of light shining on the surface of the box, which seems to be a special energy fluctuation.

For that kind of box, don't say to touch, even if you simply pass by Xiaoqi is cautious, for fear of bumping into it: although he can't read the words, he can at least understand the painting, and outside the boxes, all of them are painted with terrifying skulls in bright red handwriting, as long as there is no problem with IQ, you can understand, this must represent warning and danger!

Of course, the more this is the case, the more people are curious about what is in these boxes? But for the sake of his life, Xiao Qi didn't dare to test casually, so he could only hold on to the meaning of exploration and continue to run forward.

Soon, he came to the end of the journey, and there was no way down there - at least Xiao Qi couldn't get down. And at the end of the road, there is only a large lonely box clinging to the corner, which is also the last box in this column.

Raise your hand and slap vigorously on this big black box, making a 'pop' sound, representing the end of this workout journey. Xiao Qi sweated like rain, the long hair that had fallen over his ears was moist and sticky, and a tight-fitting outfit soaked up sweat, clinging to his body, outlining his leopard-like capable hands and feet, as well as the six-pack abs in his abdomen.

In just one month, Xiao Qi has transformed from a weak boy to a toned half-sized boy, and he has not wasted time.

After gasping for a while, it was not easy to calm down his breath, but the box that he had slapped suddenly made a muffled sound for no reason, just like Xiao Qi's echo just now after a few minutes, which was very weird and unpredictable. The empty cabin, the silence, and the sound that appeared out of thin air seemed to be a scene from a horror movie, and it sent chills down the spine. But Xiao Qi still looked bland, and even showed some interested expressions of inquiry, leaning on the wall of the box to listen.

This has been happening for a month, and Xiao Qi has long been surprised. The sound came from inside the box, and it seemed that something was slapping inside, but what kind of treasure could have this kind of reaction and performance? It's just a box of things in the other world, it's not as scary as the stuff contained by the SCP Foundation, right?

"Smack!" Xiao Qi slapped again, and then listened quietly, and sure enough, after a while, there was an echo of 'bang bang bang' from inside, and it was several consecutive sounds, as if he had learned to draw inferences from one another. Xiao Qi slapped it several times, and there were several echoes from inside, and the echoes were very rhythmic, as if conveying something. Xiao Qi listened to it for a while, and slapped a song "We Will Rock You" with his hand, and there was also a burst of beats in it, but he still didn't know why. The only thing he was sure of was that it wasn't Morse code in the box.

How fresh is it, the other world will not Morse code - Xiao Qi raised his hand to cover his face, feeling that his IQ had completely gone offline.

This box should be filled with some kind of creature, right? But shouldn't the creature be placed on the level of the slave warehouse and the animal warehouse? Xiao Qi ran all the way, and also saw several particularly powerful creatures, as well as a few mushroom slaves with outstanding combat effectiveness. But even if you blow up the sky outside, it's just a glowing magic chain here, and you won't be able to turn the sky up at all. Thinking about it this way, there was no need for them to carry creatures in boxes.

But if it's not a living thing, it's a cargo, then it's even weirder! Where is the cargo that will be knocked and beaten by itself? What is it like to become a spirit?

Xiao Qi knocked and shouted, but always got no response. This unfortunate box was surprisingly strong, not only strong, but also peculiar in structure, so tightly fitted that not even the seams could be found, and not even the door could be seen, as if it were a big stone clubbing, and it was a pipe dream to open it. And unlike the other boxes, there were no notes or handwriting on the outside, no clues! There was really no way to decipher itβ€”he even wondered if it was just a ballast stone?

Xiao Qi's curiosity died half of it at that time, and the rest were also in the ICU, and he saw that he was dying.

But even a complete rush to death can't change the status quo, and Xiao Qi can only endure the merciless mockery of fate and continue his plan.

He hadn't just come to the depths of the cabin to satisfy his curiosity and save the mushroom slaves. Where would he know the condition of the lower cabin in the first place? His original purpose was to find a safe and hidden place, where he could drill into the magic weapon space in his own sea of knowledge, find the 'heart demon' to ask for the essence of life, and improve his qualifications!

After all, only by improving his qualifications can he cultivate immortals! Cultivating immortals, he has been stumbling for too long, and he really can't wait.