"Caroline, it's rare that you can show up in the cafeteria at this o'clock instead of continuing your experiments in the magic lab. Feng Longde took off the demon ring-winged barrel helmet on his head and hugged it around his waist with his right hand, then took off the chainmail turban and scratched his scalp with a surprised expression, "Lumia, the Great Fairy, Liglu, and Miski are also there?" Shouldn't you train yourselves, or train the Teutonic soldiers, and the vigilance of the watch, the hunting of the hunt?"

"That's what we should have done. Yarman sat next to one of the rows of seats at the table, closest to the one where Von Rond usually sits, his black goat horn barrel helmet standing out on the table compared to the bare and unadorned barrel helmets of the other guard knights, "But we have all received a summons from the soul of your sister, Your Majesty, Nether Queen, to gather here and have breakfast with you, saying that we have other tasks to do today." ”

"Caroline, what's going on?" Feng Longde put himself in his place, placing the demon ring-winged barrel helmet in his arms on the table, and the seat where Caroline was sitting was on the left hand side of his row, "Don't you usually toss and for that long-term research and almost live in the underground magic laboratory? Could it be that there has been a breakthrough in the past few days, so you came out to let it go?"

"Your words sound like you're saying I've been in jail, brother. Caroline placed her hands on the skirt armor on her thighs, looking like a delicate life-size doll that had been carefully placed on the seat, but her soul fluctuations vibrated in Feng Longde's soul heart to convey the message, "But you are right about one thing, I have been studying this for more than half a year with the Lich Mages I have been leading the Lich Mages to study this aspect of things. There have been some breakthroughs, but now that we've reached a bottleneck, we can stop doing research in this area if nothing else. ”

"What's the situation? Is it a lack of supplies or manpower? Aren't we still in the warehouse with some human bodies in reserve and a large number of Soul of Silence that have not yet been awakened?

Caroline remained unmoved, and unlike the other knights of the Guard who whispered to each other or simply communicated silently using the soul bond that came with their oath of equality, she had been more silent than the deceased if she had nothing particularly necessary. There are times when it is basically transmitted by soul connection, and only when Feng Longde is alone with her, she will occasionally speak, "It's not a matter of materials and manpower, to be precise, it's a technical bottleneck." ”

"Technically?"

"That's right. Caroline passed a wave frequency representing certainty in the soul connection, "Although we have made a lot of progress on the long-term plan of mass production of human bodies, there are still a few key issues that cannot be solved at the moment: how to mass produce at low cost, how to produce mature individuals in a short period of time, and the corresponding equipment, hardware and technical support, which have completely stuck our research on the current progress, so I came out early today to have breakfast with you, brother- Anyway, those lich mages are enough to deal with all the research and other things. It doesn't matter if I'm there or not. ”

"Equipment, hardware and technical support, how do you feel that your next step is to steal cloning technology or plunder the rhythm of high-tech equipment" Feng Longde shrugged his shoulders, Caroline didn't explain to him in too much detail what was missing, but he knew that he had always been clueless in this regard, "But does this have anything to do with you gathering Yarman and the others? ”

Caroline shook her head at a frequency that barely moved: "Brother, what you need now is to relax, not to be tense all the time - just after the rest of the Triumph Festival, you continue to start working every day, and I can tell from the soul transmission on the side of the Guard Knight that you usually either train your combat skills or run to the outer areas of the Enchanted Forest and the Lost Bamboo Forest to hunt all kinds of monsters after taking care of many affairs in the camp. It's as if you feel like you have to get busy. ”

"Isn't that what you hoped for and what I realized?" Feng Longde's eyelids twitched, "I can know your thoughts through the deep soul connection of the soul oath: do you think that since I am still a guy who maintains the interests and habits of senior otaku in modern society. Then why do you work and train so hard every day, but put entertainment and other things aside?"

Caroline didn't speak, and even her soul fluctuations didn't fluctuate in particular.

"I know what I need to do, and at the very least, I don't think I'm going to be able to stay indefinitely with the title of Immortal King. Feng Longde passed this message in the soul connection, and he was picking up the utensils that had been placed in front of him and preparing to eat. Because the human servants who entered the dining hall had already brought a lot of food, "Now the production and construction and army training in the Teutonic camp need to be watched, or is it the old problem of manpower Caroline, if the long-term plan to mass-produce human bodies comes to a halt for a while, do you want to lead the lich mages to start the research on the plane passage first?"

"Brother. What do you mean?"

"That's right, at present, we are in Gensokyo, and we can rebuild a Teutonic fortress and the corresponding supporting cities, if we continue to restore and expand our power, the various yokai forces in Gensokyo and those big yokai with amazing individual strength are destined to become our opponents and even enemies, but it is only a matter of time, but there is no way to avoid it. By this time, the table had been laid out by the human servants with all kinds of food, baked bread, sandwiches, simple, hot milk, and all the usual breakfast items, and whether it was Yarman and other guard knights or Qiluno and other fairy monster girls, they all stopped talking and began to eat. It's just that they are obviously a little noisy, otherwise they can't explain why they are making a fuss with butter and jam all over their faces, "So we need to make two preparations: we must not only restore our strength and power to the limit we can reach now, but also find a way to reach other planes - the latter is especially important, if we keep in a small place, we will definitely not develop much momentum." And it is not realistic to rely on time to grind the progress of development, who knows what will happen during this period, so it is doomed that we must re-emerge through expansion and war, and history has proved this: no civilization or nation has risen through peace, only iron and blood can be the right way, and there is no other shortcut. ”

Still silent, Caroline held the spoon in both hands, and slowly dug the cake on her plate - among the human chefs recruited by the headquarters fort, in addition to the common Japanese human residents who are good at cooking Japanese cuisine and the Chinese human residents who know a few Chinese cuisine practices, there are also European and American human residents who specialize in Western food and pastries, so the three meals a day in the headquarters fort can be regarded as all-inclusive. At least for a month, you can not bring the same thing, but although Feng Longde has a lot of preferences in this regard, but that is also when he is completely idle, and his usual requirement for the kitchen is to have a large amount of meat

"It seems that you should have agreed—in the past, when you didn't speak or deliver a soul message, you were either thinking or acquiescing. Feng Longde cleaned up a piece of grilled steak with a knife and fork, and after finding that this piece of grilled steak was a little old, he directly threw the fork and knife aside, pulled out a short sword from the armed belt around his waist, and the sharp blade directly and easily cut the stubborn tendons and brains. "I'm going to trouble you about this, after all, I'm not a brain engaged in research and technology. Yarman, why did they come here? Or did you say it was your order?"

"That's right, brother, it's my order. If Feng Longde hadn't been able to sense her clearly through the soul connection, with her level of tranquility to the extreme, ordinary humans with a slight lack of attention might not have realized that she was close at hand. "Brother, I propose that you put everything aside today and go out for fun - I've got everything in the Teutonic camp in place, and the necro technicians and lich mages are up to the task, and you just need to take a little time to decide what to do: all you need for now is to soothe your nerves. It's good for what you're going to do next. ”

"What's next?" said Von Longde, munching on the steak and bacon sandwiched between two slices of bread, a little confused about Caroline's meaning.

"Weiske, Richard, Lilia. Caroline's soul fluctuation vibrated in Feng Longde's soul heart, "Your three friends are still in Tokushima City, and you plan to return to Tokushima City around mid-January to tell them the truth, brother, have you forgotten?"

After hearing this soul message, Feng Longde's soul heart trembled.

"Of course I didn't forget. Feng Longde continued to chew the food, and took the hot cocoa milk and swallowed it with the food residue in his mouth, "You reminded me: I estimate that I will need to go back in two or three days, and I have to bring Zhu Henghong's goods in addition to you- That kid still needs to go back to Huadu's family to perfunctory the things that were hidden here by God in the past and the situation of not seeing people and dead bodies for a long time from now on, and then you must deal with these things before the start of the final examCaroline, you are much stronger than me in the use of spiritual magic and souls, and you have rich experience, you follow Zhu Henghong and handle the matter and the impact safely. ”

"I see, brother. Caroline nodded slightly, scooped the last piece of cake on her plate into her mouth, and swallowed it silently.

"I also understand what you mean: let me go to a shrine or temple event or something, relax my heart, and save me from being too nervous to go back then?" Feng Longde wanted to burp loudly after eating, but because there were also guard knights such as Yarman and Rumia and other goblins and monsters getting together for breakfast this time, he could only swallow it back, "But is it okay to let Yarman and them go together?"

"They usually have a similar pace to your life, training or hunting every day, and handling their own work and being on duty at their posts. Caroline finished eating, and sat motionless in her place, "It's just that unlike you, they are about to spend their own time, and if they don't find something to do to entertain them, then they will definitely do something to laugh and cry about—brother, you know this very well, don't you?"

"Damn, that's right, I can't imagine what kind of moths they will make if they are so idle" Feng Longde snorted, "As long as they don't fight or feel bored in life, they start to find things to do, and then they will definitely be able to play with flowers, and they will go together, but just wear armor, no need to change into a men's kimono with a tattooed feather hakama or something-damn egg, since they wore an Oiran kimono on the street last time, my perception of the old man wearing a kimono has completely collapsed"

"Brother, a lot of the time" Caroline turned her head and looked at her brother who was having a stereotypical expression, and a slight hesitation appeared on her equally solemn face, "Forget it, when I have time, I will find a way to awaken the souls of those administrators who are still in the state of Silent Soul, so that brother, you can be much easier." ”

"Thank you. Feng Longde nodded.

"Nothing, brother, that's what I'm supposed to do. Caroline shook her head slightly, "What you need most now is to relax your mental state as much as possible, not to be like a tight bowstring all the time - I don't want you to scare your friends when you meet them, and then there is no point in going back." ”

"No, I don't have bullet shock"

Caroline: "If you don't want to suffer from these types of mental illnesses as a result of long hours of training and actual combat, then it's best to go to some group recreation activities to relax, or this will happen sooner or later- I asked Yarman to come with us in mind, and those of you who go to the Enchanted Forest and the Lost Bamboo Forest almost every day to hunt need to relax from time to time, even if you're hunting monsters, not intelligent beings with self-awareness and the ability to think on their own. ”

Feng Longde: "Okay, you think carefully enough, listen to you." (To be continued.) )