Chapter 160: All the Way North (Medium)
Explaining to Long Shenlu what happened last night was not an easy task, Gu Tie only wanted to tell a lie at first, and then had to use more lies to fulfill the first lie, until he made this imaginary experience into a colorful and messy mythical story," ...... Later, the coachman Wang was killed by the man in black, the man in black was actually an explosive criminal, and then the patrols of the Southern Merchants Kingdom surrounded the town, and he slammed himself into the sky, and at this time there was an ice mage, and the patrol was frozen; it turned out that he was the real dangerous criminal, the big bad guy with a bounty of up to 10,000 yuan, I fought with him, who knew that suddenly a flying dragon flew over and captured him, and he flew away with a swish, I don't know if it was the army of the Southern Merchants Kingdom, or the summons of some enemies. ...... Anyway, that's it, you see, it's too complicated, and we can't get out of it, so we need to find a carriage to change the appearance and sneak on the road to ensure safety. Gu Tie wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said, it was impossible for him to repeat the lie just now, and he had to admire his ability to improvise and make up nonsense.
“...... Uh, okay...... Next time, I will definitely wake up, and I won't let you go into danger alone, Senior Jonah!" Long Shenlu replied in a daze, holding the famous sword "Gluttony" firmly in his arms, "We have to hurry up, Grandma Grandma is waiting for us to come to the rescue!"
Gu Tie smiled bitterly and nodded. He remembered what Ah Sai had said to him last night: "I'd better disguise myself, the identity of a magician has a lot of convenience, and there are too many people in the Eastern Continent who know me, including this descendant of the Dragon Family...... This sword will be kept by him for the time being, and even if he passes out, he will hold the sword very tightly. ”
"Yes, Xiaolong is a very responsible teenager. Gu Tie commented, not realizing that his identity was just a seventeen-year-old boy.
"So, please make up a lie. "Orientals spread their hands irresponsibly.
"Me?" Gu Tie pointed to the tip of his nose.
"I can't let Master Basta explain to him what happened last night. Asai pulled out his human skin mask and said with a grin.
Gu Tie felt that he was overshadowed. Fortunately, when I got up in the morning, I found that Long Shenfeng began to have a fever, it should have been invaded by the cold of ice magic last night, and he was dizzy and drowsy all day, and the Chinese took the opportunity to make up a messy story and get away with it. But it seems that Xiaolong didn't care about what happened last night, he put his flushed cheeks on the car window, and kept looking north, at the end of the long post road, through the vast Yunmengze, next to the ruins of the "Tianxuan" tower of the Liang Sui Kingdom, there is the Long family mansion reborn from the ashes, Long Shen's eyes passed through the space, searching for the traces of the grandmother in the heavy pavilions, and his eyes exuded a persistent and stoic light.
"Jonah-senpai. Xiaolong suddenly spoke.
"Huh?" Gu Tie responded. He had been turning the winch of the rickshaw, thinking about whether to change the transmission structure and install a few pedals in the carriage to save energy, and then refer to the duck boat in the park, right? No, the boat uses propellers, and the winch drives the rear wheels directly through gears, and it seems that not only is the power input efficiency very low, but there are also problems with the transmission, so the chain should be used for transmission, and the reduction ratio should be changed through different gear sets...... Thinking about it this way, the technology of using magic crystal power to drive steam machinery in this world is quite mature, and there is a steam carriage "Midnight Star" on the southern continent, so why can't you make a "midnight star" yourself...... Wait a minute, since the magic crystal can drive machinery, then the power of the stars should have the same effect, right? If you use the fire phase star array and connect a water circulation device to the output part of the star array, the interstellar energy can completely heat the pure water to produce steam, thereby pushing the steam turbine to rotate, astrology with steam puppet technology may be a good idea?
"I think...... It's weird. Long Shenlu hesitated, "Since I started on the road yesterday, this sword has been trying to break free from my control, and it takes me a lot of strength to hold it, how can I say it...... It's like the feeling of a dog seeing its owner and trying to break free. ”
"Ahaha, it must be an illusion, it's an illusion. Gu Tie hurriedly made a haha to cover up. The master was sitting on the roof of the car close at hand, and how could he not be thrilled with the weapon of his own soul?
After three hours of work, Master Basta was finally willing to come down and change shifts. The carriage slowly stopped next to the post road, and Ah Sai jumped into the carriage from the skylight, and said with a big black face: "Ah Sai, you go up and control the car, and I will drive the wheels." ”
"You're Assai. Don't pretend, the little dragon is asleep. Gu Tie sat down and gasped, "He has a terrible fever, or he fainted, right...... I've cooled him down with ice cubes, and I guess it will be back to normal by sunset. ”
"Oh, where did the ice come from?" said the Oriental man strangely when he saw Long Shenlu with a bulging towel on his forehead.
"Souvenirs to pick up when leaving. Gu Tie reached out and took it out in his pocket, took out a long strip of object wrapped in a cloth, and untied it to show Ah Sai, it was a dark and lightless piece of ice, even under the warm sun of the Spring Festival, there was no momentum of melting, and if you looked closely, there was still half of a person's fingers frozen inside. "Break the length of a knuckle to cool him down. Gu Tie smiled, "It's really the length of a knuckle." ”
The Oriental pouted: "Good souvenir...... Have you studied that cane? It's hiding the secrets of the Worship of the Dragons or something......"
"There's no time! when you're a horse. Gu Tie complained, "I'm going up, so I'll have time to study it now." ”
Ah Sai began to turn the winch, and Gu Tie sat on the top of the carriage, with a wooden steering wheel in front of him. The rickshaw began to move on, quickly merging into the traffic on the post road, the neighing of people and the rolling of wheels, and the humble little carriage would not attract anyone's attention on such a busy road. The road is lined with green trees and rolling hills, the village is hidden behind the willows, occasionally there are flags with the word "wine" written on it flashing in front of the eyes, the earthy yellow post wagon dragged by four strong horses, the exclusive carriage of the Long family embroidered with gold characters in pitch black, the carriage of the five guilds embedded with the emblem of the association, the dilapidated private carriage driven by an old horse, all kinds of cars converge into a torrent, the Chinese look curiously east and west, and no one casts a concerned look at this coachman wearing a hat.
He discovered an interesting phenomenon. There is no doubt that the Oriental Continent in the "world" is based on Chinese culture, and the writing and language are based on Chinese, but his character in the game, D-Jonah II, does not have the ability to read and write the lingua franca of the Oriental Continent, so he passes by one familiar Chinese character after another, obviously every word can be recognized, but he can't parse the meaning it represents, and the Chinese language becomes plausible and confusing. This must be the implanted chip through the medulla oblongata to the horn gyrus above the Wernicke's area of the brain, so that the visual intention of the word is not connected with the auditory intention, causing reading and hearing impairment. In terms of signaling, this method is not considered cheating, and it should not cause alarm in Genesis.
"Bang!" the front wheel of the carriage bounced over a deep rut, "Drive well! Arsai!" said angrily in the carriage, still faithfully playing the role of Master Basda.
"Okay, it's really ......" Gu Tie straightened the steering wheel and walked along the slowest road, taking out his folding staff and studying it while distracting himself from controlling the car. The Ice Magister's staff is very delicately crafted, divided into seven sections, all of which are no longer than a quill, but at the push of a button, they expand into a standard length staff of five feet and four inches. The tip of the staff is inlaid with twelve sapphires the size of fingernails, the gems are not surprisingly large, but the purity is quite superior, as clear as the blue sky after autumn washing. There was no identity, no guild badge, four or five ice circles engraved on it, and nothing else special.
"It's right that I was asked to pass the message to the messenger of the Dragon Worship Sect......," Gu Tie scratched his nose, "But where is the information? Is it a magic array that can only work in a specific location like the 'White Sakura of Summer'? or is it a message saved with invisible ink or miniature?...... After all, what exactly does the dragon worship do? Does it worship dragons as gods? It's just folk beliefs, but is it so mysterious and heroic?"
The research work was fruitless, and while driving forward, while thinking about things and west, Gu Tie and A Sai simply had lunch, and the car continued to move north. Master Basta seems to be in good shape, and he has not asked for a shift change, Gu Tie is happy and relaxed, and sits in the driver's seat leisurely. There were no enemies along the way, it seemed that this time the people of the Brotherhood were completely left behind, and he felt a little bored, Gu Tie wanted to quit the "world", but after thinking about it, his broken body was also being treated in the life support cabin anyway, what could he do when he returned to reality? The green mountains and green waters, the willows and willows are green, and the mood is getting better for no reason.
When it came to dusk, the speed of traffic suddenly slowed down, and there was a car queue in front of him, "There is also a traffic jam here?" Gu Tie stood on the top of the carriage and looked into the distance, and saw a group of people blocking the post road, checking something.