Urban Sims

The old Wang Jue urged the marriage to be completed as soon as possible and refuted Zhou Ming's excuses speechlessly.

However, Zhou Ming still refused to get married immediately on the grounds that "it's not the right time now and I'm not mentally prepared."

It would be at least a year or two before he would start thinking about marrying a queen.

"Boy, you——"

The old Wang Jue was a little angry, his hair and beard were all spread out, his eyes were wide open, and he showed an angry expression... As the owner of a land of more than 30 million square kilometers and the supreme ruler of hundreds of millions of people, the old Wang Jue still had a very powerful aura. It's enough that when he gets angry, his opponents often tremble.

But Zhou Ming remained unmoved. He still insisted on his plan... Old Wang Jue's "domineering spirit" was too childish for him.

"Okay! Boy, I'll give you another year. After one year, you must marry Elsa!"

After the old Wang Jue finished his sentence, seeing that Zhou Ming still didn't nod, his old face flushed, and finally he had to snort loudly and leave.

The fuse of a conflict was buried.

…

A few months later.

One day in July.

In the imperial capital, two men and one woman walked out of the door of a trade union organization located on the busiest street.

These three people were the Shute team sent to the Orunian Empire from the headquarters of the "Blue Hand" union to carry out the mission of "finding the self-linkers".

At this moment, they had just walked out of the Blue Hand branch in Orunya, with gloomy expressions on their faces and a very bad mood.

They found a tavern nearby, ordered a few side dishes, sat at the table, and drank.

"It's been three years. We've been searching for three years, and we still haven't found anything. There's no clues. In the vast sea of ​​people, I guess we can't find the self-connector, or the information provided by the president is wrong. Then A self-connected person is not in this empire at all." Atlam said after taking a sip of ale.

"No, the information provided by the president cannot be wrong."

Shute shook his head: "Maybe the self-connector has left the empire, or is hiding intentionally and is following us in circles."

"Anyway, no matter what the situation is, I don't want to continue looking. I plan to rest in this city for two years and then return to the guild headquarters for work."

Atram directly chose to give up. He had run enough in the past three years and did not want to continue running. As for whether the mission could be completed, he did not want to care. After all, no team can guarantee a 100% mission success rate. , there are many tasks where failure is very normal.

"The search will definitely continue, but I agree to rest in this city for a while. In this way, we can stay here together for half a year and let the people from the branch help us search first."

Shute said that in fact, he was almost on the verge of giving up the search. The reason why he persisted was because of the sense of responsibility in his heart.

"We definitely need some time off."

Ilyas, who was sitting next to Shut, also said.

It can be seen that in the past three years of searching for the mysterious "Self-connector", the three-person team has become tired, tired and frustrated.

Why is this happening?

Why are everyone, including the most responsible captain Shute, so discouraged?

The reason is that in the past three years, the three-person team has searched the huge empire of Orunya three times, and they have not missed any corner, but they have not found the target.

Searched three times?

How could a three-person team search an empire covering an area of ​​180 million square kilometers three times?

Blue eyes.

Once the level 4 auxiliary skill Blue Eyes is turned on for omnidirectional scanning, all magic network runners within a radius of a thousand miles can be clearly seen.

Because the blue eyes can not only see clearly the content of blue power in the sorcerers' bodies, but also the "soul string" on the magic net walker's body that is connected to the magic network... As long as he is connected to the magic network "blue power" Blue Power".

In addition, in addition to the skill "Blue Eyes", in the Orunian Empire, there are thousands of Magic Network Walkers under the management of the "Blue Hand" branch. Xiute and others have basically added friends and established a network in the Magic Network. After establishing the communication channel and searching for the self-connectors, Shute also issued it to the thousands of Demonic Network Walkers.

Once someone discovers something, the discoverer can immediately notify Xiute through the magic network and report the situation he discovered.

In other words, Shute and the others are not just three people looking for the self-connector, but more than 1,000 people are searching "online".

Adding the two factors together, it was not an exaggeration to search the Orunian Empire three times in three years.

Even so, they found nothing.

In three years, they didn't find any clues about hope and excitement...and even if there were any, it soon proved that it wasn't.

So Atram, who was still a virgin, felt very desperate.

Captain Shute's search strategy has also changed from "active search" to "passive waiting", and his work attitude is quite negative.

But this is understandable. After all, they have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles in three years, and they are already exhausted physically and mentally. They need to take a good rest and adjust their condition.

So they slowed down their pace, rented a high-end apartment, hired a few servants, put their tasks aside for the time being, and took a vacation to appreciate the city's cultural scenery and taste the delicious food in the streets and alleys. , pick up the shopping basket, go shopping in the business district, sit in various leisure places, and listen to various stories in this empire.

Among all the stories, the stories about Noctis, the young emperor of this empire, were the most numerous. Shute and the others heard at least two or three every day, and the most they heard on a day was 15.

Why can I hear so much?

Because many stories are closely related to and inseparable from people's daily lives.

For example, for breakfast, Xiute prefers a delicious food called "baozi"... invented by the emperor of this empire.

Atlam especially likes to eat "Chaos" and "Fried dough sticks", which he must order almost every day... They were also invented by the emperor of this empire.

Ilyas likes to eat "tofu pudding" with sugar the most. She thinks it is the most genius delicacy... and it was also invented by the emperor of this empire.

There are also "stir-fries" and "soups" in the Chinese food series, and "noodles" and "cakes" in the dinner series. Hundreds of delicious foods... were all invented by the emperor of this empire.

In addition, the "four-wheeled carriage" used for traveling, the "hot air balloon" flying in the sky, and the "aerostat" that had just been successfully tested... were also invented by the emperor of this empire.

In daily leisure and entertainment activities, Xiute loves to play "chess", Atram goes to the casino every day to try his luck at poker, and gradually becomes famous in the mahjong circle of the upper-class ladies of the imperial capital. Currently, his mahjong skills The outstanding Ilyas...the three of them were all playing these "little games" invented by the 15-year-old Emperor named "Noctis".

After hearing too many stories about this emperor, Xiute and the others gradually became numb and stopped raising questions. At the same time, they also asked themselves a few questions:

Is this true?

Are there really people in this world who are born with knowledge and are omnipotent?

Can a 15-year-old boy be so talented that he brings hundreds of revolutionary innovations in a dozen unrelated fields?

Isn’t this really a game to fool the people, or a lie fabricated by the official organization to deify the highest figures?

Numerous questions and conjectures popped up in Xiute and his team's minds.

But after about half a month.

After eliminating all "conspiracy theories" through what they saw with their own eyes, what they heard with their own ears, and through various inquiries and investigations, Shute and the others finally accepted a fact:

In this world, it turns out that there really is a young genius who knows everything, is omnipotent, and is almost evil!

Impressed.

Xiute and the others were completely convinced by the emperor of this empire.

Among the various inventions created by this emperor, he lived a so-called "well-off life". He was accompanied by delicious food every day, enjoyed the convenience brought by various infrastructures, and was constantly satisfied with his spiritual life... just like living in a "paradise". All".

In this way, in this "carefree" life, Xiute and the others gained an average of 5 pounds in weight, and gradually forgot about the tasks they had undertaken.

But on August 5th.

A message from a friend in the magic network suddenly shocked Xiute and others:

"Shute, I think I found the self-connector you were looking for."

"What? You found it, are you sure?" Xiute asked excitedly.

"Yes, I'm very sure, and I found not just one self-linker, but a full 100!" The message sent by the man had a vibrating tone.

"What?"

Xiute was shocked!