Myriad Paths

A large amount of delicious food was brought over, and the taste was naturally not bad, at least not bad for people in this world, but... Li Qi always felt that it was a little bit tasteless.

He still likes to eat more 'natural' meals, rather than molecular cuisine that adds too many artificial seasonings, crushes the ingredients, adds various compounds, and then makes them into new flavors.

This is not to say that there is anything inferior about these artificial compounds, but Li Qi's taste believes that the food made in this way has no heritage.

You know, food is not born just for eating.

The essence of every ingredient is for existence and survival.

They are life.

The charm of life lies in its magic, which is unimaginable, beyond imagination, and reasonable. The origin of every species and the birth of every life, whether as huge as a planet or as tiny as an ant, are all equally magical.

Their origins are complex and mysterious. Every life has evolved through struggle and adaptation in a complex environment. Every life is extremely precious, and the birth of every life is a miracle.

An accident, in the muddy waters of death, may ignite the flame of life that conquers the world, and eventually complex life evolves.

Countless Qi flows endlessly in billions of double helices, like an engine, and matter is pumped out of the mitochondria, and everything begins.

From paramecium to multicellular organisms, then the evolution of sexes, division, programmed death, mitochondrial chimerism, aerobic capacity, adaptability, immunity and disease, aging and death, life through death as new life Gifts are given to new life.

This gift of life can be traced back from generation to generation without any interruption to an unknown number of billions of years ago. It may be at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent, or it may be some dust floating on a comet, or it may be on the ice surface. A little bit of anger, these are the first disturbances of life.

Over time, these disturbances have become wild vegetables on the roadside swaying gently in the breeze, using the most magical biochemical magic to transform the air into millions of compounds. Everything is so delicate and beautiful.

And what you taste when you pick wild vegetables, make them into food, and eat them is such a miracle.

As for the contents of the reaction cauldron, it can't be said that it's not awesome... but as far as Li Qi's taste is concerned, it's still barely interesting, at least not that subtle.

But in Suetaki's opinion, Li Qi's reaction was completely different.

In Suetaki's eyes, after Li Qi ate these top-notch delicacies, he felt... not very delicious.

This made Suotaki a little doubtful about his taste, and he took a few more bites.

This taste, this complex aroma, this greenness that is separated from the original plant, is full of a sense of technology and the texture of the chef's complex processing.

This is a taste and texture that can never be achieved with natural ingredients. It is rich in nutrients. This is also a proof of their equipment and technology. It is the unique gourmet culture of the Forward Alliance.

What a great experience! This is obviously made by the most top-notch equipment, the most high-end, and the most difficult-to-operate cooking machine. Just to operate this kind of cooking machine requires more than ten years of training and proficiency. Every taste is layered. The texture of each chew is planned. How could the food produced in this way not be delicious?

So, Suetaki said: "Li Qi, why are you looking like this? Isn't it delicious? This is the top cooking machine."

"Well... the equipment is a good thing, but it feels a little abused." Li Qi thought about it and said this.

"There is no such thing as misuse of good things." Suetaki said.

Li Qi was noncommittal and simply glanced around.

He has stopped interpreting the information brought by Zhen Zhi Zhi Yun at this moment, because this will allow him to get more accustomed to a mortal perspective, and to be honest... Li Qi doesn't like reading minds that much.

Sometimes, observing the other person's thinking and listening to the other person's words is far more meaningful than directly reading the mind.

But just like that, his observation ability can easily feel that these internal or external devices are full of every part of life. The more the devices are involved, the more they like them.

The more plug-ins in clothes and the more high-end they are, the better they look. The more refined the food is, the more delicious it is. This includes the entire city, every aspect, every person, every place, everything is taken over by equipment.

It's just...isn't this bad?

Aren’t these devices their ‘spells’?

There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

However, Li Qi was poked again, and a voice came from his ear: "Hello? Brother, why are you stunned again?"

"Oh, sorry, I'm used to it." Li Qi glanced at Suetaki apologetically.

It’s bad, you can’t change this habit.

Li Qi's sudden daze was exactly the same as Shen Shuibi's. He would fall into thinking if he wasn't paying attention. If no one reminded him, he might be able to think for dozens of days.

Anyway, he won't be hungry or sleepy, and he will be awakened when something happens.

However, it is precisely because of this habit that Li Qi's concept of time has some differences, which is what he wants to change.

It’s not that he has to adhere to the mortal concept of time, but Li Qi believes that an absolutely perfect perspective does not exist in this world. The true perspective of God that can observe and experience everything is actually a kind of perspective that can be viewed from various perspectives. The ability to change.

But now, Li Qi has lost this ability, causing him to only experience the time flow of the immortals, and wasting a lot of time needlessly, so he wanted to get used to the time of the Advance Alliance.

Li Qi woke up again, and then he suddenly said: "By the way, Suotaki, I want to hire you to do something for me, and I will give you enough compensation."

"What?" Suotaki asked casually.

Are you asking yourself to run errands?

"Aren't you a patrol officer? I want to follow you and see how you usually work. However, I may suddenly become dazed during the process. At this time, you have to be responsible for waking me up. How about it? My words... just Pay your salary, I will pay you whatever your salary is." Li Qi said.

"My law enforcement process is confidential." Suotaki frowned. No matter how much money was spent, this kind of thing could not be done.

"It's okay, I will be your colleague soon." Li Qi smiled: "You should receive the news in a while, and then you can see if you can agree."

Following Li Qi's words, Suetaki received a communication almost immediately.

This was transmitted directly through the device and was a message sent by the director.

"Urgent notice, we have assigned you a partner. We will report back tomorrow. You should check it out first. This is the news from the main office. You will have a partner in the future, so your work can be easier."

Suetaki was stunned.

Hello.

Hands and eyes can reach the sky?

He looked at Li Qi in disbelief: "You... just one day?"

"Not a day goes by, just a few minutes, the idea just came to my mind, because I found that following you seems to allow me to see more aspects of society, which helps me integrate into society." Li Qi said.

Just a few minutes ago, he sent a message to Shen Shuibi and asked Rabbit to help him handle this matter.

Although I don’t know what Rabbit did, it only took a few minutes and shouldn’t be too troublesome. Maybe Rabbit sent a message directly to the world leader of the Advance Alliance.

Yes, the realm lord here knows about the existence of Shen Shuibi and Li Qi. Li Qi had already reported it when he came. He still respects the Advance Alliance quite a lot, just like he never makes counterfeit money or creates materials out of thin air in exchange for benefits. It’s not like making a fake resume. Once you register your identity, your experience will be empty.

These are some of his habits. He can't be said to be a good person, but he insists on his own way, which is reflected in these subtleties.

The Tao is not a false and empty slogan, but is truly implemented in every place, every wind, every grain of sand, words and deeds, these are all manifestations of the Tao.

But Suetaki didn't know this. He only knew that the mysterious man in front of him became his colleague while talking and laughing.

"Who...are you?" Suotaki felt his throat was a little dry.

"My name is Li Qi." Li Qize said seriously.

Just like when he was fleeing in Dalu Country, he never concealed his real name.

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All in all, Li Qi now has a formal job and has his own dormitory.

He and Suetaki have also become colleagues, and his main task now is to accompany Suetaki, the patrol officer, running around the streets every day to observe the daily life of the Advance Alliance as before.

At the same time, he is also getting used to thinking while acting, so that he is no longer in a daze, no longer leisurely, but busy like ordinary people.

For this reason, he actually worked with Suetaki, whether it was handling cases, recording files, organizing documents, entering information, and weekly reports, etc., he did it all, which surprised Suetaki. .

But Suetaki couldn't say anything, because Li Qi did it quickly and well. Although this rich man had great hands and eyes, he was an excellent colleague no matter how he looked at it.

Apart from being in a daze and being dazed from time to time, this is basically a perfect person.

He is gentle and gentle, has a very good temper, and never gets angry. He can handle it well even if he is faced with unreasonable and unreasonable people who want to make trouble.

He has a strong working ability and can handle anything with ease. He can quickly complete the tedious tasks such as meeting minutes, ideological reports, situation summaries, and warehouse inventory. But for some reason, this colleague never When handling cases personally, Suotaki is always the one to do it.

Suetaki guessed that maybe he was not good at this kind of thing. After all, the patrol officers dealt with trivial matters, and there were some petty thefts. Generally, there were no big cases. For a young man like Li Qi, , dealing with copywriting should be much simpler than dealing with these trivial matters.

But he is also happy with this, division of labor and cooperation.

This kind of work lasted for more than half a year without realizing it.

After more than half a year of getting along, Suotaki has gradually gotten used to this rich colleague who was born from the sky. After all, the other person actually did not use his power to do anything. In Suetaki's view, the other person was very serious about 'integrating into society'.

The relationship between the two has gradually become closer. Of course, this is what Suetaki thinks.

But in the past six months, Suetaki found that the other party's habit of thinking blankly had not changed at all, and Suetaki could only remind the other party every time.

Um……

how to say.

It's pretty good, at least it shows that he is a living person, and besides, this shortcoming is quite cute.

This routine has been going on for a while.

One afternoon, Li Qi and Suetaki were working the night shift and were on duty in a small alley on the street.

There are some nightclubs here, where psychotropic drugs and various criminal fights are rampant.

Standing here, you don't need to do anything, just stand here, and the crime rate can be greatly reduced.

After all, although the Forward Alliance is generally good and the social atmosphere is high, there are always some people who don't like social order.

But the patrol officer, with the blessing of equipment, has a combat power that is not inferior to the seventh rank, so he is not afraid of these.

The lights are bright and the neon billboards at night are huge virtual scenes, but under the virtual scenes are dirty sewage, and Li Qi and two people wearing handsome patrol officer uniforms are standing under the neon lights. Young people who want to participate in the carnival or drunkards who drink alcohol will take two steps around when they see them, and they seem to sober up.

The patrol officer's uniform is very cool. It is a typical exoskeleton mecha, with hundreds of equipment, different signal lights, different block modules, plus a helmet and display equipment. The art style makes Li Qi very satisfied, so he is still very happy to wear it like this when running outside.

Moreover, this magic armor is no joke. In Li Qi's words, this thing contains the Great Sun True Flame, which burns vigorously for 100,000 years without extinguishing. The power inside is enough to blow up some smaller and weaker eighth-grade worlds. Moreover, when used as a single attack, the energy is quite concentrated, and the range of combat destruction will not exceed ten meters. The high compression of energy also brings a high intensity increase in lethality, and built-in fool-proof operation, intelligent combat and flight control algorithms, so that people who are not in the grade can easily learn and operate it.

In other words, people only need to make decisions here, and how to execute the decisions after making them can be completely executed by this equipment.

Cool.

Li Qi is ready to make a set for himself, which is really cool.

However, Suetaki is already used to such equipment, and he looks a little depressed.

"What's wrong? Look like this." Li Qi glanced at Suetaki.

"Alas, the world is going downhill. This kind of place should be closed down. It's a waste of social resources to be in such a state." Suetaki kicked his feet in disdain, and then found a bottle thrown randomly, so he bent down to pick it up, walked to the trash can not far away and threw it into it.

"Waste of resources?" Li Qi smiled and was about to say something, but he immediately looked into the alley.

The next moment Li Qi reacted, Suetaki was startled!

Someone attacked the police!

It's advanced equipment! (End of this chapter)