Chapter 1,386 Half a Day at the Teahouse

I talked a lot with Anseth about void navigation, especially some details on the ships of the Ancestor Fleet back then, such as how they used limited technology to maintain a long-lasting order field strong enough to ensure the large-scale Ark. The fleet can survive in the void for a long time, in addition to the ecological environment and material circulation on the Ark - because the ancestors did not have the technology to create materials, the Ark's supplies are limited. I am very curious about the earliest materials in the Xiling Civilization. What does a self-circulating system look like? I may not understand the actual details of the technology, but Ansers himself is not a scientist, so he told me what happened on the spacecraft from the perspective of a captain and a layman.

For me, it was that year, but for Anseth, it happened "more than a month ago."

It can be seen that only these topics can really arouse the ancestor's interest. Other than that, things like the prospects of civilization, the imperial government, and the void pattern do not interest him at all. This is normal. After all, Ansers spent most of his life on the Ark. He joined the spacecraft maintenance force after leaving the training center as a teenager and worked in more than ten positions. For decades, everything in his life revolved around Dealing with the spaceship. Ansers also learned about today's imperial power from various channels, and knew that the current imperial starships only need a few breaths to complete the information offset of several months of those original arks (i.e., the "voyage" in the void) , knowing that the more powerful Xiling Apostles can even survive alone in the void for a long time, and after the deification of the entire clan is completed, this void adaptability will even improve. He was amazed by the traversal network of the macro world, and was also very interested in things like the Void Quadrant and teleportation from the divine realm. Some of these things he had heard of before, and some of them were the first time he heard me mention them today. The two technical experts, both of whom were not very good at it, had a heated discussion for most of the day. In the end, Anseth said with emotion: "These things were unheard of back then. Who knew that the void was divided into quadrants at that time? No one knew about the universe." What is the connection between it and the universe? We are all floating around in a daze, wherever we go. Our scientists have also guessed that there may be many worlds in the void, but no one has thought that we can set coordinates for them. , and as long as you adjust the frequency of the order field, you can reach your destination in no time..."

"It is not easy to study these things," I nodded, "especially in the early years when the foundation was laid. All research projects related to the void were very, very slow, and because the void was unpredictable. Whether many theories could be applied almost depended on luck. . Before the Xiling Apostles could not live forever, a new type of navigator might even consume all the energy of several generations. They integrated the memories of the previous generation into their own databases from birth, and then spent their entire lives just to verify something. Whether the two constants are correct, then condense your memory into a data disk and leave it to the next generation - this is how the original high-speed void shuttle was created."

"That's why I feel like I have no peace of mind being kept there," Anseth smiled and poured himself tea. "One of the reasons is that I know it is not easy for you to develop to this day. The Xiling people can at best drop a seed, and the rest is your own business. And I am not the scientist who created the original body - I can't Because of the merits of another group of people hundreds of millions of years ago, they are resurrected today hundreds of millions of years later to eat free rice, and all this is just because I am a Xiling person."

"Long live understanding." I raised my cup and greeted him with tea instead of wine. I said that this special tea from the elves tastes really good and is quite magical: it tastes three-thirds like tea. Six points are like juice, and one point has a sweet and bitter taste like sap. It tastes completely different from ordinary tea. After drinking it, you can vaguely feel a kind of beneficial energy spreading in the body: If It's ordinary people drinking this stuff. It should feel more obvious. I originally thought this was something similar to blended tea, but it turned out that there was only a small light green leaf in the teapot. It seemed that this could only be a specialty of the elves in a certain world.

At this time, the little elf girl who had been serving tea just passed by, so I stopped her and said, "Where did your tea come from? Is it a specialty of your world? It tastes good."

The elf girl was very happy to hear the guests' compliments. But he still shook his head: "It's not from our Essawen elves. It's something that the store manager recently wholesaled from a chamber of commerce called Fiyali Void Consortium. It's said to be collected from a nursery protected by the power of the goddess of life, and then It takes three days and three nights of careful processing to make it.”

"Oh... I see, you can go ahead and do your work," I nodded. I didn't expect that the hawker queen would get involved in the non-staple food industry so quickly and get involved with the church. Such amazing business power is really impressive. People were amazed. Thinking of this, I connected the communication with Phyllis, "Hey, Phyllis, business is booming."

"Haha? So it's His Majesty the Emperor?" Phyllis seemed to be not used to the spiritual communication network. Although the communication was connected, she didn't know who was calling. After a moment of reaction, she exclaimed, "Is there something wrong, Your Majesty? Investment and financial management Or is it information trading? Hiring murderers is not something you do recently. Emotional counseling is possible, but the current service is limited to chatting with me..."

The more I listen to it, the more I sound like that old pirate dealer - but the scale of Felice's business is much larger than that of Cicaro.

"Don't go too far - I heard that you are in the tea business recently? Or is it a tea business in cooperation with the church?" I said in my mind while sipping the tea. There was a reason why I called the hawker queen specifically for a cup of tea. : Sandora likes to drink tea. If there are good products from the Feiyali Consortium, can I buy it directly from them?

But she didn't expect that after asking this question, Phyllis's voice suddenly became panicked, and then she laughed awkwardly: "Ah, ah ha, it's just a small fight, it can't be considered a cooperation with the church..."

I suddenly had an ominous premonition: "...To be honest, what exactly are the tea leaves that you claim to have collected from the Goddess Nursery?"

Phyllis rambled on, trying to cover it up, but I was already curious, so how could I let it go so easily? After some questioning, the other party finally answered like a mosquito: "...Isn't there a lawn under the World Tree..."

I suddenly sprayed all the tea in my mouth: "What?!"

"This is not a scam to consumers," Phyllis quickly explained. "It sounds unpleasant to say, but can't you just pick up bricks from around the goddess temple and use them as earthshaking seals! Those grasses squeezed into juice can cure at least thirty Various diseases..."

I tried to calm down, thinking the same thing. But more curiosity emerged soon after: "Let's not talk about the raw materials, how did you go in and pull the weeds? The vegetation around the temple is guarded by church knights and fighting monks."

Phyllis answered very proudly: "Doing business requires a bright mind - we have a yard maintenance project, mowing the lawn is very cheap by the square meter, and we also offer discounts for church services, and we mow all the lawns around the Tree of Life." I only collected more than two thousand from them, it was fast and clean, and..." At this point, Phyllis finally reacted: "Hey, Your Majesty, you have to believe that I am dedicating myself to religious causes and consumer rights. A lifelong heart for boxing..."

I:"……"

Otherwise, it makes sense for some people to get rich. You see, this business talent is not possessed by ordinary people. Pity the die-hard archbishops in the temple. You have been cheated and you have to pay more than two thousand at a time, and you can't say that Felice is operating illegally. This is Tao strategy, you know? Do you want to tell Lilina about this? With the abilities of these two people, they can definitely make each other crazy.

But thinking that they are more likely to play with the Shadow City until everything goes crazy, I think it’s better to forget about it.

Anyway, after meeting that hawker queen, I realized one thing: I might not be able to be a businessman. I can't stand it in my conscience...

At this time, I noticed someone on the opposite side was looking at me, and I suddenly remembered the existence of Ansers, and the "poof" I just made must have scared the other person. I waved my hand to my ancestor awkwardly: "It's okay. I just had a phone call with an acquaintance. I was a little overjoyed to know that she was suffering from a serious disease..."

Of course, Ansers didn't take what he said seriously, but he was very enthusiastic about pouring me tea: "This is a little bit..."

I quickly waved my hand to interrupt him: "No, no, no..."

It was getting late by this time, although I thought I could still stay outside for a while. But Ansers wanted to say goodbye and leave because he was worried about work. I knew his character, so naturally I no longer wanted to stay. I just ordered a few more snacks for him to pack and take to the other ancestors. After Ansers was escorted away by several royal guards. I followed him out of the teahouse and prepared to go home, but as soon as I raised my legs, I saw an acquaintance walking towards me... Oh, he jumped over.

It was a girl who looked to be under twenty years old. Very beautiful, you can’t tell the texture of the clothes on the upper body. It seemed to be a cool waistcoat made of seaweed and some kind of fish leather. It looked youthful and attractive, but its lower body was a shining fish tail. There were bows and shiny trinkets hanging on the tail. Her main way to move forward was to jump, so From so far away, I can hear the sound of her tail slapping on the ground - this is an old acquaintance, the Salvation Army Goodwill Ambassador in Shadow City and the representative of the Shadow City Water Quality Protection Association and "Treat Well". Spokesperson of the "Marine Animal Protection Ecological Balance" organization, Isana, a... a mermaid.

Although she is an acquaintance, I haven't seen her for a long time - this fish girl usually lives in the lake of Avalon, and her main office is in the moat. I am generally not good at swimming, so I rarely visit her.

Behind Isana were two white-bearded old men wearing purple starry mage robes. Both of them looked like senior magic scholars. Although the combination of two old men and a mermaid princess looked quite awkward, this The three of them were obviously together.

The three people from Li Laoyuan saw me. The reaction of the two old mages was that they were stunned. Isana immediately looked happy, and then... jumped here hard. Seeing her excited and strenuous look, I They were all exhausted for her, so they hurriedly took two steps forward to meet the mermaid girl: "Hey, Isana, long time no see - by the way, aren't you a mage? Just give yourself a floating wind flash spell. Save yourself the trouble, doesn’t your tail hurt?”

"I'm losing weight and need to exercise," Isana replied briskly, bouncing on the spot twice to maintain her balance. "I've gained a little weight recently, and my tail has become thicker."

I especially want to remind her that her tail is thick because it was swollen from jumping on the ground...

"Why do you have time to go ashore today?" I supported the mermaid who was struggling to stand on the ground and looked shaky, "Who are these two?"

"I went to school to give a speech to promote the importance of rational development of marine resources and environmental protection of the ocean floor," Isana replied. I knew that this energetic mermaid princess participated in a lot of unknown marine conservation organizations, so I didn't Accident. Then she pointed to the two old mages and scholars behind her, "These are the two old masters I met when I went to another world to perform a mission. They are the most respected magic masters in that world - I happened to meet them in school just now. We just went out for a walk together.”

"I don't dare to mention the word "grandmaster" here," the older mage (that is, with a longer beard) waved his hands hurriedly, "We are just students studying now. Are you... His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Ha, easy to talk to, no need to be polite in private." I shook hands with the two old men, knowing that these were scholars from another world who had recently come to Shadow City to study. Despite their gray-haired appearance, in fact, in the military academy, transfer students who look like they can be the fathers of all the teachers and students in the school can be seen everywhere. Little Bubble has a classmate who is an old man with a longer beard than Gandalf. , I am in the first grade of elementary school. Still the leader of the duty team...

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, you are also out shopping, right?" Isana grabbed my arm enthusiastically, "There happens to be a teahouse opened by the elves here. The specialty tea of ​​the elves in Essawen is a good thing. Let's go together. , I’m treating you today…”

"Wait..." I was just about to say that I had just come out of there. This enthusiastic mermaid princess skipped forward on her own. I shrugged and could only follow. The two old mages also followed us a little cautiously. So within a few minutes of leaving the teahouse, I sat back down where I had just been. Several of the elf waiters had particularly surprised expressions on their faces.

I waved my hands to them: "Haha, let's change again..."

"Your Majesty the Emperor, have you been here?" Isana asked curiously.

"Well...according to the last time I came here, it wasn't that long..." I smiled dryly and nodded. In order to avoid embarrassment, the mermaid girl quickly changed the subject, "Just order whatever you want, but don't order the temple special xxx, I'm... allergic."

Isana gave me a confused look. She probably couldn't figure out why some people were allergic to things given by gods, but she probably thought that the Xiling apostle himself was a kind of god. So I didn’t pursue anything further. I just asked for two pots of tea and a few snacks. I looked at what she ordered and felt relieved: they were all specialties of the Essawen elves, and they shouldn’t be grass...

"Drinking tea is good for health." After waiting for the tea to come, Isana poured herself a cup first, touched it with her lips carefully, and immediately grinned, "Oh, it's so hot - actually, I never knew that tea was It can be brewed and drunk. Although we have also obtained tea from the mainland, we always eat it directly as snacks..."

I thought about it and felt that the first person to sell tea to mermaids might have been a relative of Xicaro - can you make tea under the sea? ! It’s no wonder that Isana always thought that tea leaves are for eating directly. She grew up in sea water and had no concept of “beverage” at all...

The two old mages sat across from Isana and I, looking a little reserved. I guessed that they had been in Shadow City not long ago, and they didn’t know much about the local customs and customs of this place, and they had never met the first family in groups to cook food a few times. The market situation: If you encounter them a few times, you should calm down. I chatted with the two old men for a few words to ease the atmosphere, but in the end they were not familiar with each other and there was not much to talk about, so I asked Isana about marine ecological protection. The latter gave me a detailed introduction to the various charity activities she has participated in recently, especially the call she personally initiated, and the "Aquatic Race Rights Initiative" was signed and published by aquatic intelligent races from twelve worlds. The specific content is to restrict all types of naked swimming and urination and defecation on the river bank - this fish's spare time is really colorful.

"By the way, Grandpa Lucan, has the issue you discussed with Grandpa Duncan come to an end?" Isana said and suddenly thought of something else. She looked up at the two old mages across the table, and then she He explained to me, "The two of them are studying science and have been arguing over an issue recently. They are both stubborn and determined not to look at the correct answer in the imperial database and have to deduce it by themselves."

I was immediately in awe and deeply interested: these two old men looked like the kind of old academic figures who have profound attainments in the field of magic. Such people may be very stubborn, but their attitude in academic research is absolutely impossible to criticize, nor can they be criticized. Knowing what problems they encountered at the Imperial Military Academy, they are still quite capable at such a young age. Will it be a higher arcana? Or natural magic? Or is it an alchemical theory?

Then I saw the old man with a long beard smiling and shaking his head: "I think it is feasible to add an object with infinite mass in an open space to distort and close a part of the space. According to gravity, Impact on space…”

Another old mage suddenly paused the staff in his hand: "Your attitude towards this experiment is very lax, because you are not sure that the space where you conduct the experiment follows the ideal basic rules, and you do not limit this object with infinite mass to have a finite Volume, not to mention the application scope of general relativity is the third type of classical universe, Einstein said it well..."

Master Master No. 1 slapped the table: "You are so rigid in your thinking! We must have a flexible scientific attitude. It is possible to adjust various parameters and even definitions according to the experimental environment. Language does not necessarily have the only meaning, Bi Da There is a famous saying of Golas..."

I:"……"

Seeing two old mages who looked like Ganfu and Dumbledore talking about theoretical physics, my world view collapsed. Isana came over and explained in a low voice: "They reported it in school. Science Department…”

At this time, the two master mages suddenly noticed that they were making too much noise and had attracted the attention of the surrounding tea guests. They immediately smiled awkwardly and discussed with each other: "Let's go back to discuss..." "Well, go back and discuss. Bar……"

Isana smiled cheerfully, and as if she suddenly remembered something, she patted my arm: "That's right, His Majesty the Emperor, have you heard about the ghost ship?"