Cheese is in a good spirit. This kind of goodness does not mean pleasure, because of Goli's death, the members of the team cannot be happy. But sometimes, the right amount of anger and stress can make people go all out in life. The mage is like that now, he is preparing, he is planning, he is estimating and calculating. In the past few days of taking the boat south, he always sat cross-legged alone, and the expression on his face was bright and dark, making it unpredictable whether he thought of the warm pictures of the past, or was ready to pick up the butcher's knife to kill. This kind of intense swing of thought is different from the usual meditation, and in this churning thought, all kinds of memories emerge one by one.

The lessons, the trainings, the spells, and the magic refilled Cheese's mind, and he was silently turning it into a reflex by the means he might use next. Be more prepared, and you will have more options when the time comes. The city of Flow, the city of a hundred rivers, its name is far louder and more ancient than the city of ten thousand laws. If he had told Cheese that his destination was Fursved, he would have been unusually clear about his goal and would not have been confused in the slightest. It's such a city, and as such, no amount of preparation for it is enough.

Exclamations, heard from the deck outside the ship. The silent mage opened his eyes, the light in his eyes flickered, he stood up, walked out of the cabin, and sure enough, he saw his companions in amazement. This time, Cheese didn't say anything, for he was also struck by the huge shadow on the river ahead. It was unlike any other city with the name of a city, it was like a giant beast lying on a complex and chaotic system of water, as if nothing in the world had the same status as it, but it was a dream beyond the world. This arrogant beast did not need scales, it did not need walls to protect, it showed its entrails to all men, it showed every stake, every pallet that supported it, and it wanted to show those people the amazing vitality that was throbbing in this vast organization.

"It's a miracle. Jian Qi muttered as he looked into the shadow of the city. Although he was very close to the rushing capital before, he chose to bypass it because he didn't want to get into trouble. Until today, witnessing this suffocating man-made thing, he unconsciously felt a little remorse in his heart, maybe he should have come here a long time ago, to this city that is even bigger than the imperial city of his homeland.

"It's really incredible, and sure enough, this kind of thing still has to come and see the real thing. Cheese followed. The City of Rushing Streams is a name that often appears in the Grey Robes' questions, and the Lord of the Grey Tower seems to like to use the city as a template to test the apprentice's management skills as planners. The Master still vividly remembers the puzzling questions, such as how to solve the daily physiological wastewater produced in this city of more than 10,000 people. There are other questions such as how to feed the city, how to drink water, and so on. These ordinary problems, once the population to be solved are magnified by hundreds or even thousands of times, the difficulty is completely different. You must know that the largest city in the kingdom like the Glasis, with a resident population of only a few thousand, tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of people, is really difficult to meet.

"Are you surprised now? I'm afraid you'll be out of touch when you enter the city. The boat boss squinted, and as he got closer to the city, there were more and more converging water systems, and the water surface gradually became lively, and all kinds of cargo ships, merchant ships, and passenger ships from the upper reaches converged into the largest rivers with the style of each place. Boaters must be careful, as the water is particularly fierce when the rivers merge, and if the boat capsizes or collides with other boats here, the consequences can be devastating. There is also a local saying about this, that is, the river water under the rushing capital rises every year because the number of shipwrecks at the bottom of the river increases every year.

"You don't look surprised, have you been here before?" After Kenqi finally recovered from the shock, he found that the calmest person in the team was not Cheese, but Atta. You know, even Kailas, the long-lived cat elf, stood on deck like a real cat when he saw the City of Rushing Streams. Only the female swordsman was surprised, but the surprise quickly dissipated.

Atta shook her head slightly, although she had traveled around, she had indeed never been to the City of Rush. Not only had I never been there, but I had never heard of it before, "Maybe everything here is new to me." Since everything is new, it is difficult to be surprised by everything. So I'm probably used to this kind of unexpected. ”

The words that are said with a smile make people feel a little sad. Jian Qi didn't know, but Cheese and Kailas knew that Atta had not been in the human world for a long time, and there was no one to teach her when she was in contact with this world, although she quickly learned to communicate and live, but she was still unfamiliar with all this. She knew that this was the world she was born into, but other than that, she had no impression of the world.

Cheese patted Atta's head lightly, "Don't be stupid, surprise won't be worn away by repeated stimulation." You are not surprised, it is the way you see the world on the surface, only by the colors, by the shapes, by the sounds, by the smells. You haven't thought carefully about what is behind this, what is inseparable behind those symbolic messages, and that is the reason why the whole world is so vibrant. ”

The female swordsman looked at the mage, and the expression on the latter's face was surprisingly serious, "If you think of life as a living thing, and then as a pile of pieces of flesh with breathing, you will indeed not be shaken by the beauty and ugliness of your appearance." But is that really true? I used to think I knew a lot and could give advice to kings and beggars, and I think so now. But I also have to admit that while I give advice to others, the world, this nature, is also giving me advice. It advises me through every person, every leaf, every birdsong, telling me that I'm here too, telling me I'm still far away. ”

"So don't forget the feeling of surprise, everything that happens to you is incredible, it is worth being surprised. It's just a question of whether you're willing to really open your eyes to it. As he spoke, Cheese laughed to himself, and he rarely laughed like that, the kind of gentle, not mean, not because of someone's stupidity or misfortune. So Atta knew that he didn't feel it, he had thought about these words a long time ago, but there was a situation in this scene to say it. So she knew that she could try to believe the words, to try to change herself who wasn't surprised.

"You seem to have something to say, but since you are all first-time visitors to the Rushing Capital, I have to explain some things to you first, so as to save you from trouble. "The captain of the boat has crossed the dangerous waters of the bargain, and there is time to speak again. And his words also attracted the attention of several people, they are not stupid, every place has its own rules, and parallel is the way to live in the world.

"The only thing you have to remember in this city is respect. ”