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Chapter 527 Now you know you were wrong?
Jiao Jiao was pulled by Su Su from the World Tree to the experimental field, from the experimental field to the farm, from the farm to the school, and from the school to the city wall, almost taking her all over the entire City of Fire.
Every acquaintance who sees her greets her and then shows a complex expression that is a mixture of surprise and disbelief.
They witnessed Jiao Jiao's passing.
Now that even the dead can be resurrected, what is there that Xu Si can't do?
"Sister Jiao Jiao!" Xiao He suddenly appeared out of nowhere, holding a handful of wildflowers in her hand, and held them up to her on tiptoe.
"This is for you! When I went to help out at the experimental field, Sister Wanwan said I could pick them!"
Jiao Jiao squatted down, took the bunch of wildflowers, smelled them, and then reached out to rub Xiao He's head.
"Thank you."
Xiao Shi stood behind Xiao He without saying a word, but his mouth was wide open, revealing a set of fairly neat white teeth.
DouDou squeezed through the crowd, carrying NiuNiu. NiuNiu opened his sleepy eyes, glanced at JiaoJiao, then closed them again and continued sleeping.
Now it grows its own food and is self-sufficient, keeping itself extremely busy every day.
Ya Ya perched on its awning atop the city wall, its dark eyes fixed intently on Jiao Jiao, making low, gurgling sounds in its throat.
"Sister Jiaojiao, welcome back."
Jiao Jiao smiled and hugged Dou Dou, Dou Bao, and Kao Chang in turn.
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Evening, in the cafeteria.
Liang Hong and Mu Qingqing started working in the afternoon, bringing out most of the ingredients they had accumulated over this period.
The flour from the third batch of wheat was piled up in basin after basin.
Tashan personally took charge, pouring bowls of flour onto the stone table and kneading it until it was incredibly elastic.
I made two whole bowls of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, a vibrant mix of red and yellow, with a rich, flavorful broth.
Tonight's tomato and egg noodles are definitely the star of the show.
The cucumbers, peppers, and bok choy freshly picked from the experimental field were cut into various shapes, some stir-fried and some served cold.
Big Yellow squatted at the entrance of the canteen, its dark yellow vertical pupils staring intently into the room, its tongue sticking out long. This smells so damn good.
The sausage stood next to it, its little hand resting on its golden fur, stroking it every now and then.
Big Yellow gave the sausage a resentful look. This girl was good in every way, except that she could always find it, and it couldn't even steal a little something delicious.
It, a powerful and mysterious creature, once rampaged across the wasteland, devouring lower-level monsters like ants. Now, it's squatting at the entrance of the human canteen, waiting for dinner.
If other supernatural beings knew this, they would probably laugh their heads off.
But it dared not leave.
It's not because the sausage holds its core.
It was the scrambled eggs with tomatoes that the woman named Liang Hong had just brought out from the kitchen that smelled so good.
It swallowed hard and decided to stay squatting.
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The canteen was filled with steam and aromas, mixed with people's voices, laughter, and the clinking of bowls and chopsticks.
Jiao Jiao sat next to Su Su, with a large bowl of tomato and egg noodles in front of her, which Ta Shan had made himself.
The bright red broth coats the chewy noodles, with golden egg pieces scattered among them, and bright green scallions dotting the surface, all steaming hot.
She lowered her head and smelled it; the sweet and sour aroma with a hint of wheat filled her nostrils, making her eyes redden again.
"Eat up!" Tashan sat opposite, waiting with a look of satisfaction for Jiao Jiao's evaluation.
"Didn't you say you wanted to eat two big bowls? After you finish, let's go to Xinhuolou, and Brother Shan will get you something else delicious!"
He had quite a few torches in Tashan, and aside from using them for enhancement potions, he really had no other use for them, so he had accumulated some.
"Sister Jiao Jiao! If you're not full, you can have this bowl too!" Xiao Luo peeked over from the side, the noodles in the bowl untouched.
Jiao Jiao sniffed, picked up her chopsticks, scooped up a mouthful of noodles, blew on it, and put it in her mouth.
The sensation of noodles breaking between her teeth, the sweet and sour taste of tomatoes melting on her tongue, and the slight warmth that seeped up from the bottom of the bowl, which she considered happiness.
As she chewed, tears suddenly streamed down her face.
Su Su didn't say anything, but simply picked out the eggs from her bowl and gave them to her one by one.
Jiao Jiao did not refuse; she knew she couldn't refuse.
"You guys eat too, you guys eat too! It's really delicious!" Jiao Jiao cried as she ate, unable to hold back her tears at all.
"Redhead?" She looked around, as if she'd just remembered something.
"Brother Dao went to find Yi Yi, tell us not to disturb him!"
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The noise in the cafeteria grew louder and louder.
Xu Si climbed to the top of the World Tree, from where he could overlook the entire City of Fire.
At the highest point of the World Tree, the wind is much fiercer than at the ground.
The emerald green canopy spreads out beneath your feet, like an emerald ocean suspended in the air.
The fluorescent green light flowed down from between the leaves, enveloping the entire City of Fire in a warm, dreamlike halo.
Xu Si stood on the thinnest branch at the very top, his figure swaying slightly with the rise and fall of the tree canopy, but his scarlet star-like eyes remained steady, like two stars nailed to the night sky.
Looking down from here, the outline of the entire city is clearly visible.
The layout of the city walls, the streets and alleys, the square experimental fields, the stone houses of the school, and the smoke rising from the canteen—everything was in perfect order, like a meticulously painted scroll that was slowly unfolding.
He reached out and stroked the branches of the World Tree.
If he still has any worries, it's only Yi Yi.
Jiao Jiao has been resurrected, the survival base is back on track, and her own sister is still a legendary deity.
He always felt indebted to Yi Yi.
"Yi-yi," he called out in his heart.
no respond.
It is unknown how long it will take before Yi Yi becomes the true World Tree in their words, and takes control of the will of this world.
Perhaps only then will she be able to truly respond to herself!
"Jiao Jiao is back," he said.
It sounded like he was talking to himself, or perhaps confiding something to the giant tree beneath him; in truth, he wasn't a talkative person.
"You should know that, after all, you can see everything in the city."
"I wish you could talk."
The wind blew from afar, scattering his words among the lush green canopy; if only there were wheat juice at that moment.
The fluorescent green light emanating from the World Tree seemed to brighten, and a thick mist poured down from its branches and leaves.
"Oh, are you trying to comfort me?"
"Now you know you were wrong?"
Xu Si remained silent for a moment.
Its body slowly descended from the top of the tree canopy.
Instead of falling directly back to the ground, he hovered in mid-air, his gaze sweeping over the entire City of Fire.
On the city wall, members of the patrol caravan moved back and forth, the torchlight flickering under the dark red blood moon, casting their shadows that stretched and shortened.
Outside the city gate, Big Yellow lay listlessly on a stone bench, its dark yellow vertical pupils gleaming eerily in the night, as if it were keeping watch, or perhaps savoring the delicious food it had just eaten.
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The people in the cafeteria gradually dispersed.
The dishes and chopsticks were cleared away, the table was wiped clean, and the lights were turned off one by one.
Jiao Jiao followed Su Su across the stone-paved road and headed towards the stone house in the east of the city.
The glow of the World Tree spilled down from above throughout the city, making the newly sprouted grass tips seem even more vibrant.
"Auntie."
"Um."
"Has Xu Si... changed a lot?"
Su Su remained silent for a moment.
"He's probably just too tired."
Jiao Jiao turned her gaze back and it fell on the towering World Tree, but she couldn't see that figure from there.
"He's really exhausted!"
Jiao Jiao lowered her head, seemingly lost in thought.
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City Lord's Mansion.
After Xu Si came down from the World Tree, he did not return to Nirvana, but sat down in Fu Xiaojian's office.
"Is Jiao Jiao settled in?" he asked.
"Su Su brought it with her, and I also had Chen Xi check. There's nothing wrong, so don't worry about it."
Fu Xiaojian still cares a lot about Jiao Jiao, who is in Sequence 7.
Although Jiao Jiao's current sequence sounds rather frightening, if it's a sequence, then there's nothing to worry about.
Because the sequence is controllable, so far, there have been no reports of any sequences going out of control.
Therefore, Fu Xiaojian was not too worried about this.
"By the way, about the Tiger Caravan, are you really planning to help them possess that dragon?"
"The possession has been successful."
Fu Xiaojian paused for a moment, then looked up at Xu Si with an expression that seemed to say, "Are you kidding me?"
"How long has it been?"
"Not long," Xu Si said.
"That dragon is the same one we saw before."
"Is that the black dragon that spews black smoke everywhere?" Fu Xiaojian's lips twitched.
"Um."
"That's a dragon!"
"So what?" Xu Si asked back.
Fu Xiaojian opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
He gave up. It seems he can accept whatever Xu Si does now.
After all, Xu Si can even revive people.
"By the way, those strange drops, if you don't want them, I had Fu Ruoxue refine them all into potions. She recently advanced to Sequence 5 and can refine a transformation potion that helps with stabilizing and breaking through sequences!"
"Moreover, many people in the team are on the verge of promotion recently, and there is a great need for enhancement potions!" He blushed slightly as he said this.
He was almost on the verge of promotion; all he needed was a single dose of medicine.
However, the hunting team's harvest has been unsatisfactory these days, often requiring them to travel to distant places and expend a great deal of effort to find the strange drops.
In addition, most of the items were strangely dropped and difficult to refine into potions, and a buying frenzy was sparked by the new additions of other team members.
This has resulted in a constant shortage of various medicines in the Firewood Tower.
The strange drops that Xu Si gave were of a rather high rank, and the number of potions that could be made from them was quite considerable.
However, Fu Xiaojian needed to consult with Xu Si first.
Of course, I had no objections.
After advancing to a higher rank and being unbound from the system, he had very few opportunities to rely on rare items, and focused more on developing his own abilities.
The less he relied on external aids, the more he felt he understood himself and became more adept at developing his combat abilities.
Now, even the rarest things seem to have become a burden to him.
With that in mind, he untied the [Heavy Shoes - Left] and the [Skull Raven Whistle] and handed them to Fu Xiaojian.
These two strange objects are of little use to him now.
Moreover, he had also had enough of the side effects of the [Heavy Shoes - Left].
As for the other strange items, Xu Si still had some affection for them.
For example, Nirvana, the Sword of Kings, the Badge of Time, the Cloak of Space, the Puppet Groundhog, as well as the Mountain of Swords and the Black Tower.
So, if you calculate it that way, he actually owns quite a lot of external things.
However, these strange objects all held special significance for him, and he did not want to give them up.
"What do you take me for? Do you think I'm the kind of person who eats and takes without paying?"
Fu Xiaojian was a little embarrassed to be holding the sword.
Xu Si just watched Fu Xiaojian quietly without saying a word.
"Well, you have a good eye for people!"
He was really eyeing that [Heavy Shoes - Left].
If he had this thing, he would also have aerial combat capabilities, and that would be a significant improvement.
When he advances to Sequence 5, that will be his time to shine.
"Why don't you state your requirements? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease taking it," Fu Xiaojian said cautiously.
These are both strange and mysterious items; Xu Si has given away far too much.
"Just take good care of Yi-Yi for me!"
Xu Si had a premonition that everything was getting worse, not better.
"Even without those words, we would definitely take good care of Yi-yi; this isn't a request!"
Xu Si thought about it and realized he didn't need anything.
"How about we erect a statue of you in the city? That's a good idea! A statue taller than the city lord's mansion!"
Fu Xiaojian also knew that with Xu Si's current strength, he probably really had nothing to lack, and that was all he could do.
Xu Si's lips twitched. Was this a death sentence?
He's not even dead yet, and the sculpture has already been erected. What kind of behavior is this?
However, no matter how much Xu Si refused.
The next day, Xu Si's sculpture was still erected in the square in front of the city lord's mansion.
The sculpture was sculpted by Gu Momo, a sculptor, and then Wang Hu spent half a day forging it into a marvelous object. The marvelous object has only one characteristic—it is indestructible.
The sculpture was at least twice as tall as the city lord's mansion, and its entire body shone with a white jade-like luster. Against the backdrop of the World Tree, it looked like a war god who had stepped out of mythology.
The details of the statue are also extremely exquisite—the cloak on its body is in the style of the [Space Cloak], the [Sword of Kingship] is worn at the waist, the right hand is raised, the palm faces forward, the five fingers are slightly spread, and there is even a scarlet ball of light rotating in its palm.
His facial features are seven or eight parts similar to his, but they have been deliberately beautified. His jawline is more defined, his brow bone is higher, and his eyes are more profound.
However, what Xu Si was more concerned about was the small figure following behind his cloak, tugging at his clothes; that was Yi Yi.
The new members of the team know a lot about Yi Yi, including that she sacrificed herself to become the World Tree, but none of them know what she looks like.
Now they know.
Xu Si stood on the roof of the Nirvana vehicle, silently looking at the small statue, as if it was quite nice for her to stand there like that.
"When did redhead become so handsome?"
"Hasn't Brother Dao always been this handsome?"
"Hmph, he's the 'shuai' in 'cricket'!"
Although she said that, Jiao Jiao couldn't help but take another look.
"One day I'll be standing here too!" she said.
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