The Whole Empire Raises Me - Chapter 43

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Wen Xingze returned home.

“Teacher Chi, I’m back.”

“Welcome back.” Chi Yan replied, stirring the porridge with a long spoon, “Don’t go with strangers on your next trip.”

Wen Xingze seemed to smell a little vinegar.

Mr. Chef is on holiday today.

Chi Yan actually cooked by himself—Wen Xingze didn’t know he could cook before—so when he received Wen Xingze through the Mustard Space, he still had half a bottle of soy sauce in his hand.

To replace it with half a month ago, Wen Xingze never expected to see Chi Yan like this: wearing simple home clothes, his expression is still cold and calm, but he is infected with the smoke and flames of the world, like an inhumane, high-ranking person. The deity walked off the altar and became alive.

The kinship parent who came today is Blue, and the little boy in a tuxedo with **** teeth floats next to Chi Yan gazingly, and Wen Xingze has stopped many times to no avail.

Chi Yan didn’t squint.

Lan used a piercing look in his eyes to try to find something wrong in his behavior and the dishes he cooked, in order to persuade Wen Xingze to move out. But what disappoints Lan is that Chi Yan’s performance can be said to be very good.

The seafood porridge simmering on the stove happened to be boiling. The rice porridge was soft and sticky. The sea cucumbers, scallops, and light powdered shrimp were tumbling in it, revealing a rich and delicious flavor.

In addition, there is Dongpo meat that has just come out of the steamer. The skin is thin and tender. It is infiltrated with the brick brown sugar color of rock sugar, and the sauce drips tremblingly after a little poke with chopsticks…

The kin parents thought of the dark dishes they had made, and they were suddenly sore, but they couldn’t pick any more thorns on it. Lan could only squeeze his mouth and said nothing, Wen Xingze touched his head.

“There are spring rolls on the table, you can eat some,” Chi Yan, wearing an apron, came out of the kitchen and said casually, “Don’t eat too much, you will be full.”

Wen Xingze’s saliva almost dribbled down.

He thinks Chi Yan is so virtuous.

Want to marry… not right, want to marry… not right. Forget it.

Wen Xingze sat at the dining table obediently with spring rolls in his mouth. Although they lived together for half a month, because the two people were very busy at work, they would only meet during dinner time-but Chi Yan would definitely come back for dinner every day. Wen Xingze originally I thought he would socialize a lot.

The final porridge is boiled to the right heat, and the meal is ready. Wen Xingze helped with the dishes, and Chi Yan took the dishes.

The more Lan floating in the air looked at it, the more it resembled a young couple. Suddenly he was so angry that he wanted to bite. He followed Wen Xingze to persuade him and said: “Your Majesty, listen to the words of the veteran, loyal to your ears, the enchanting concubine has misled the country… ”

Wen Xingze: “…”

“Teacher Chi just stopped by to cook… Lan, have you been watching costume dramas lately?” Wen Xingze has a little red ears, he thinks this is not good, “I’ll serve food.”

After saying this, Wen Xingze walked back to the kitchen to serve food, so they stopped communicating briefly.

Blue: “Huh.”

Suddenly, something attracted Lan’s attention.

It is the bowls and chopsticks on the table.

Chi Yan put three sets of cutlery on the table, besides Wen Xingze and his own, there was another set on the left hand side of Wen Xingze’s position.

He looked at Chi Yan for unknown reasons, and Chi Yan looked indifferent, and while taking off his apron, he gave him a gesture of’please.’

blue:”……”

Blue’s face was suddenly blue and white, a little unbelievable, and so disdainful.

The most jealous parents of the blood family have been targeting Chi Yan, hoping to minimize the chances of him and Wen Xingze being alone, but Chi Yan took the initiative to invite Lan to dinner at the table, and Lan became more and more confused about Chi Yan. What is this, repaying grievances with virtue? Still want to win sympathy?

Lan sneered twice: “You don’t think that a pair of tableware can buy me?”

“Don’t forget it.” Chi Yan seemed to plan to put away the tableware.

Blue: “…” Grass.

But in the end, Chi Yan didn’t put the tableware away, but put a glass next to the tableware with a small garlic in the cup.

Blue: “…” Grass? ? !

“I don’t hate you.” Chi Yan glanced at the little boy as he passed Lan and said.

Because Wen Xingze likes them and cherishes them.

Although Chi Yan couldn’t love the house and the Wu, and sometimes it was difficult to restrain jealousy, he would unconditionally protect everything Wen Xingze cherished.

Too strong likes and loves tend to give birth to a desire for monopoly.

Especially for creatures like the blood clan and Chi Yan who have lived in the dark for a long time, of course the only ray of light wants to hold on tightly, and they are unwilling to let go. Even more reluctant to share with others.

At least, the jealous kin will never say, ‘We don’t hate Chi Yan, because your majesty likes him, so we will try our best to protect him’.

Lan stared into his eyes closely to judge the truth of this sentence.

No one can lie in front of the kinsmen who are proficient in illusion and bewitching.

“…”

Wen Xingze went to the refrigerator to find juice, and finally found it.

When he walked back with the cup, he found that Lan was still angrily and stern, but he didn’t say anything about “How about this enchantress Chi Yan” in Wen Xingze’s ear.

Their relationship seems to have eased a little bit?

Of course, it was only a very subtle point, because when Chi Yan approached Wen Xingze, Lan still showed her small fangs in gloom, but she no longer had the attitude of wanting to attack every second.

This is the happiest meal Wen Xingze has eaten in the past two months, because the atmosphere at home is really good at this time, of course, the main reason is that it is so delicious.

Wen Xingze was holding a bowl of porridge, almost crying: “How can it be so delicious? Your culinary talent is too terrifying, will Chi’s chef really be unemployed.”

Chi Yan said: “If you like it, I will do it every day.”

Wen Xingze was still joking when Chi Yan was.

Tomorrow is the day to go to the parallel universe.

And I don’t know if it happens that tomorrow will happen to be the annual light-giving festival of the Muse Empire—the day when Wen Xingze downloaded “Desolation” for the first time and landed in the game, lighting up the first light on the deserted planet. The nature of the Light Giving Festival is equivalent to China’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival.

Every year on the first day of November, the Muse citizens will spontaneously hold banquets, celebrations and parades in Capital Star, and Wen Xingze, as the king, will personally extinguish the last light of the day, and finally light it up again.

After dinner.

Wen Xingze sat on the sofa and looked at the translucent globe on the table.

It was sent to him by robot parents.

“I like it very much.”

Life here is very happy now, with favorite careers, fans, and Chi Yan. But Wen Xingze still couldn’t forget the initial time spent with everyone in the game like family.

At that time, the winter was very long, but there was always a charcoal fire in the room. Across the screen, you could feel the heat of the flames by smelling Xingze.

Therefore, I heard that Wen Xingze was very happy when I was able to travel to Muse. I was really happy.

Another universe.

On the mechanical star E19, the robots gathered quietly, removed their limbs or parts, wiped and oiled them. And No. 011 is still curled up in the blanket in the corner, carefully looking at the faded patterns on the corners of the blanket, and beside it is the light screen of “Cubs Development Plan”.

When I heard Wen Xingze say ‘I like it very much’, 011 was sluggish for a long time, and then the anthropomorphic robot couldn’t help holding the blanket tightly, and showed a clumsy and faint smile.

As the guide of Zai Zai’s trip, the travel location chosen by the robot parents for Wen Xingze is Capital Star.

——This is their deliberate decision. Although they also really want to let Zai come to Mechanical Star, but there will be many opportunities in the future. Let Zai return to Capital Star for the first time. Zai must also want to see there. Look.

Thirty years ago, the capital star on November 1st, the gears of fate quietly buckled, and the first rays of light shone on this country.

Thirty years ago, the barren planet, and the bustling center of the universe thirty years later, the king spent many spring, summer, autumn and winter with them there, witnessing the muse from a small city-state to today’s huge empire.

Many muses have no sleep tonight.

“Tomorrow, I can finally see the king.” Everyone tried hard to hold back their tears and thought.

“Tomorrow, you can finally let your majesty correct the documents.” The secretary thought, looking at the mountains of documents piled up in the palace for four months, and trying to hold back his tears.

In a country as large as the Muse Empire, Wen Xingze, as the king, has been on duty for four months, while all members of the Military Department of the Cabinet Academy of Sciences are obsessed with raising cubs, and the accumulated workload can be imagined.

The secretary took on too much pain he shouldn’t bear at his age.

“Tomorrow, I can finally see—” Wen Xingze tried to hold back his tears, and suddenly the face of his secretary appeared in his mind. He thought, “Hey, did I forget something?… , I need to be sensational here, all cry for me!”

The next day, six o’clock in the evening.

“Zubzai Development Plan”.

“Congratulations, parents, the latest main mission was successfully completed! At the same time, you will receive a special halo [Entertainment reporter Mi Mingyou’s awe*1], and additional bonus opportunities for side missions*1.”

“In order to ensure the smooth journey of the cubs, the game system and live broadcast channel of the “Cubs Development Plan” will be temporarily closed today and tomorrow. The final confirmation of the trip has been sent to the cubs, please be patient and wait for the arrival of the cubs!”

And the other side.

The light tower did not mention the specific transportation method. At 4 o’clock this afternoon, Wen Xingze followed the guide sent by the light tower to the largest airport in the capital.

Because he only went to one day and his country, Wen Xingze strongly demanded to lighten his luggage, but his luggage was still filled with parents and Chi Yan: including but not limited to four changes of clothes, scarves, chocolate snacks, sunscreen, Tents, umbrellas, game consoles, comic magazines, insect repellents… I don’t know if he was going to live for a year.

The general process is similar to flying by plane. Baggage has to go through security check and then check-in at the counter-the difference is that afterwards, you don’t have to go to the waiting room. After the airport scans his ID, a delicately makeup female staff comes out.

The female staff seemed to have been waiting for a long time. She looked calm and composed, and took Wen Xingze to a separate place like a VIP waiting room, and helped him pour tea:

“Please wait a moment here.”

Wen Xingze: “Okay, thank you.”

Then Wen Xingze began to wait.

At 4:30, the staff turned on the circular projection screen to play SpongeBob SquarePants, please Wen Xingze wait a moment.

At five o’clock, the general manager and the board of directors walked in to accompany him to play Monopoly, please wait for Wen Xingze.

At half past five, a symphony orchestra came, please wait for Wen Xingze…

If not for the magnificent melody of the Symphony of Destiny, Wen Xingze would have fallen asleep.

How could anyone play a symphony of destiny at the airport? !

“About when will I be able to leave?” Wen Xingze asked the general manager, “Otherwise I will sleep for a while?”

The general manager sweats profusely: “We are not very clear about this, but the flight delay insurance is included in your service, and you will get a high amount of compensation, please stay calm…”

“Okay.” Wen Xingze sighed, thanking them.

Then the general manager, the board of directors, and the band withdrew in turn, closing the door.

Until six o’clock, Wen Xingze’s cell phone rang the message alert ringtone, and he finally received the final confirmation message:

“[Light Tower Tour] Dear Mr. Wen! Your first muse trip is about to begin, please cooperate and confirm the following precautions:

1. The first plane transfer transition may cause vomiting, dizziness and other uncomfortable symptoms. The light tower will provide you with simple and convenient medical rescue. Details are in Annex 1.

2. The travel destination and the content of the journey will be determined by the parent in charge. The first transfer landing location may be slightly different from the expected (within 0.5~1 light years). The intersection of parallel universes may produce a slight butterfly effect. Details are in Annex 2.

3. The total cost of this journey is 10 million stars (including transportation costs, not including traffic costs). 4G Unicom traffic can still be used in Parallel Universe, and it will be charged at 200 stars/M.

Light Tower reserves the right of final interpretation for this trip, I wish you a pleasant journey! ”

It looks like it’s about to start.

Wen Xingze stood up with a sigh of relief. Will a stewardess come and take him to a spaceship? Or an arbitrary door like Doraemon? Or what is a tall and technological space capsule?

However, the facts proved that he was wrong.

No staff came in.

Wen Xingze dragged his suitcase just a few steps before his eyes suddenly went dark.

Accompanied by the extremely strong sense of weightlessness, and the dizziness of falling from a high altitude that makes people feel a little vomiting, Wen Xingze heard a synthetic AI voice:

“The countdown to the plane transition…”

“three.”

“two.”

“One!”

About ten seconds later, Wen Xingze’s feet felt once again standing on a solid ground. Along with the blurred vision, what became clear was the loud cheers, applause, and shouts in his ears.

There is a lot of people here, very lively:

“Buy to leave the hand! Even numbers are negative, singular numbers are positive!”

“The dwarf clan really dare to gamble, aren’t they the most stingy? The mermaid clan over there is simply taken advantage of.”

“Who is not greedy for this award?”

“Ding—Ding Dong—”

The space in this place is extremely large, with gorgeous and intricate thick carpets, but the light is very dim, and a few condensed lights are on the main gaming tables, and the onlookers line up three floors inside and three outside.

From time to time, there were various cheering or booing sounds. Everyone in sight wore black robes and various masks. At first glance, it looked a bit like a masked ball.

Wen Xingze: “?”

Wait, if he remembers correctly, here seems to be…

A smart little robot hovered beside him, and said in a voice: “Welcome to the largest underground casino in the whole Muse!”

Wen Xingze: “…”

Correct! This is an underground casino run by a dwarf!

However, the ‘underground’ here does not mean shamelessly, but as the name implies, the real underground.

The underground city tens of thousands of meters deep in the capital star is a place like a huge mine. It is connected by countless pipelines and suspended ladders. Casinos of all sizes are scattered throughout it. Its existence itself is like a huge and complex hub.

It is dark here, and it is always difficult to see the light.

This is the city-state of dwarf scholars.

For the entire universe, the dwarf race is an extremely mysterious race, where countless great scientists have been born, and their existence has allowed the science and technology of the universe to advance at least for thousands of years.

-The dwarf tribe is knowledgeable, intelligent, and hardworking.

——Dwarf people are gamblers, arrogant, and greedy.

Before the Muse, they never joined any country, because no one could endure their weird and perverse temper for a long time, and they disdain to cling to a race whose IQ is far lower than their own.

When Wen Xingze was playing “Desolate”, he only knew the existence of this underground casino. He had never been to the game before. It is estimated that an error occurred during the transmission of the light tower space. I did not expect that he would come here in person this time. opportunity.

The intelligent robot is obviously set up, as long as someone walks to the exit, it will repeat the slogan:

“The most realistic and exciting game, the most powerful opponent, the most adrenaline-filled jackpot-on the night of the Glorious Festival, the No. 1 Casino will be with you!”

Wen Xingze: “What is the specific award?”

Wen Xingze looked around, and was shocked by the flow of people. The Muse is so rich and powerful. It stands to reason that casinos should not be so popular.

Do you have so many things you can’t ask for and can only get by gambling?

And the dwarfs are the operators of the casinos, have they even gambled themselves? ! The dwarf people have many strange habits: cleanliness, hate crowded places, hate lively, hate light… Therefore, although they like to gamble, they rarely come to the casino to bet in person.

Probably in the second or third year of opening the underground casino, the dwarf clan patriarch Eli started a trial operation of the online casino on the Star. The main purpose was to serve the dwarf clan’s habits, and of course he also made a lot of money. The money of the Universe Alliance.

Yes, it’s the kind of online dealers dealing cards.

In the next second, I only heard the intelligent robot say: “Some of the prizes this time are sponsored by the light tower. The third prize, the collector’s edition Cub recording “I like you” vinyl disc, the second prize, the limited Cub blood filter Figure…”

At this point, the robot couldn’t help showing fascinating eyes.

Wen Xingze: “…”

He should have guessed it.

Wen Xingze felt as if he had been put in a steamer, and was overwhelmed by excessive embarrassment and shame: “Thank you, please stop talking.”

The little robot shut up obediently.

“Please give me the number plate, robe and mask,” Wen Xingze said to the little robot, “Where can I redeem the chips?”

Wen Xingze does not have a terminal, and he does not even have a star coin, but one of the charms of the underground casino is that its chips are not all exchanged by money.

The little robot did not answer immediately.

It scanned Wen Xingze’s bones with an iris, and after a moment of hesitation, it said: “Your age does not meet the two-hundred-year-old adult rule. You cannot enter or leave this place. You need to…”

Wen Xingze: “…”

The little robot said: “…you need to pay an entrance fee of 10,000 stars.”

Wen Xingze thought, right? Even minors can enter as long as they pay. It is indeed a casino run by a dwarf.

Wen Xingze said: “You may have misunderstood one thing.”

Little robot: “?”

“I’m not here to gamble,” Wen Xingze took off his mask a bit, showing his full face, and said, “I’m here, uh, for a private visit on WeChat.”

The little robot looked up blankly and used iris scanning to identify Wen Xingze’s face.

“Beep—Beep—”

“The highest level of authority! Welcome, Your Majesty–”

Wen Xingze quickly covered the little robot’s mouth.

The little robot was visibly dizzy and confused. It made a click, click sound like a cassette, then held the robe and mask to Wen Xingze with hands and feet, and finally put another card in Wen Xingze’s hand shyly in.

That is an energy card.

A small robot of their level has worked in a casino for three years and can redeem an energy card. This year happens to be the third year after it officially leaves the factory.

“Sorry, I only have one,” the little robot stubbornly inserted the energy card into his hand and whispered, “Next time you come back, I will have more…”

It is strange that Wen Xingze is a little bit sour inexplicably.

He returned the energy card and touched the little robot’s head: “I will come next time. You save it for me first.”

The little robot grabbed the card and squatted: “I hope you will be an adult next time you come, otherwise, according to the regulations, I will still need to charge you ten thousand stars.”

Wen Xingze: “…Okay, I will work hard.”

Wen Xingze walked into the casino.