Chapter 161: Another Refresh on the Bottom Line of Being a Human Being

"If you like corpses, you might be interested in my stepdaughter."

"There are always people with special quirks among us. Is there anything in the forest that would make him happy?"

August 20th, the seventh game cycle, the game world of Endless Sea.

On a midsummer morning, the dense leaves outside the window filter the scorching hot wind, leaving behind a coolness with the slightest hint of green shade.

In Li Feng's room at Storm's End, Li Feng and Shia sat together at the desk by the window.

There are two exquisite ribbons lying flat on the desk. They were obtained from props and fishing in the Theater of Sadness.

"Let's make a hypothesis first."

As Li Feng spoke, he took out a pen and paper. He now wrote "King" and "Queen" on the paper.

Then he said to Shia:

"Do you still remember the song before the performance on the second floor of the theater?"

Shia nodded. She looked at the words Li Feng wrote on the paper and said:

"Remember, that song said that once upon a time there was a small country. The king died and the queen succeeded to the throne and became the queen."

"That's right."

As he spoke, Li Feng put a cross on the word "King" to indicate that he was dead.

"Well--"

Seeing Li Feng's movements, Shia rolled her eyes and asked:

"Do you think the queen killed the king?"

Shia analyzed it from the perspective of the queen's benefit, and believed that the queen was highly suspected of killing her husband and seeking the throne.

After all, judging from the performance on the second floor of the theater, the queen knocking on the door of the neighboring prince's room at midnight is not considered loyal.

"It's not impossible, but it shouldn't be the focus."

Li Feng used his experience as a copywriter to compile stories and began to fill in the details of the story.

"Assume that the words on these two ribbons are all spoken from the queen's perspective."

As Li Feng spoke, he picked up the first pink ribbon, which read——

If you like corpses, you might be interested in My Stepdaughter.

"Is it okay to think so?

Before marrying this queen, the kingdom actually had a previous queen, and the previous queen also left a daughter.

That is the stepdaughter mentioned on this ribbon. "

"Hmm - it seems to make sense."

Shia's golden eyes rolled, she thought for a moment, and then said:

“But this stepdaughter is not normal, like a corpse.

The queen did not like her stepdaughter, so after the king's death, she banished her stepdaughter to the forest. "

As Shia spoke, she picked up the blue ribbon obtained from the second floor of the theater and continued to think:

“Then one day, the prince from a neighboring country came, and the queen, who had become the queen, wanted to make an alliance, so...that was something.

But the prince from the neighboring country only liked corpses, and the queen pretended not to be so, so the prince from the neighboring country left angrily and went home through the border forest.

However, in the forest, he met his stepdaughter who was expelled by the queen. The stepdaughter was not normal and looked like a corpse.

so……"

Shia pointed to the sentence "Will there be anything in the forest that makes him happy" on the blue ribbon and continued:

“Obviously there are people in the forest who please the princes of neighboring countries.

Then, with the help of the prince and the country behind the prince, the stepdaughter successfully avenged her stepmother and regained the throne.

Do you think my guess is right? "

After speaking, Xia looked at Li Feng with a pink face, as if you were going to praise me.

"Well……"

Li Feng watched her digest it for a long time.

‘The rumors on the Internet about women’s mental ability are indeed true. They can indeed imagine a love-hate drama at any time and anywhere. ’

"I think it's quite right. All the known conditions have been used."

Li Feng nodded and said.

Hearing Li Feng's approval, Xia frowned and smiled proudly.

"but."

Li Feng changed the subject:

"But according to this statement, what kind of existence is the stepdaughter in the story?"

As Li Feng spoke, he picked up the cinnabar cup, looked at the prints on it, and said:

“The painting above shows a mother giving birth to a child, but the mother died, and her belly looked like it had been torn by wild beasts.

So can we assume that the dead mother in the painting was the king's first queen?

And this baby is the stepdaughter who is not normal and looks like a corpse? "

"Uh-huh!"

Xia thought for a moment and agreed with Li Feng's hypothesis.

Seeing that Shia had no objection, Li Feng continued to assume:

"Then how does the 'corpse' grow? Will she grow like a normal human being?"

After all, the baby girl in the engraving on the cinnabar cup is a newborn baby.

"Hard to say."

Shia took the cinnabar cup and recalled the various strange creatures she had heard and seen:

"She may just look like a corpse, not necessarily a corpse. Maybe she is just some kind of cold-blooded monster.

It should be no surprise that there are many weird and weird things in the Endless Sea, especially in the past few epochs. "

Li Feng heard this and thought it made sense. After all, there is an extraordinary world and anything can happen.

"Then I have one last question."

Li Feng thought for a moment and continued:

"If the stepdaughter is just as cold-blooded as a corpse, then isn't it too much to say that she is sentient?"

Shia rested her elbows on the table and held her chin in her hands. She thought about it and nodded lightly. It was normal for living creatures to have consciousness.

"So……"

Li Feng finally asked about the flaw in Shia's story just now:

"So, when the prince of the neighboring country and his stepdaughter were enjoying themselves in the forest, could the conscious stepdaughter really stay still, silent, and unresponsive?

After all, we have all seen what would happen if the other half responded to the prince."

In last night's performance, the queen pretending to be a corpse responded to the prince, but the prince immediately lost interest and left in anger.

So, if it is true as Xia guessed, the prince of the neighboring country is obsessed with his stepdaughter and wants revenge for her.

Then this so-called cold-blooded stepdaughter must really be like a corpse, not moving or making any sound.

So, Li Feng has always been curious about what the stepdaughter in the story is?

Li Feng asked the question in his heart and thought about discussing the answer with Xia.

After all, even if she is a minor, she has lived long enough and must have more experience than herself.

But Xia, who was sitting on the side of the table, listened to Li Feng's words.

First, he silently pulled his elbow away from the table, then moved his upper body back and sat up straight, widening the distance from the originally close distance, and then said with a complicated expression:

"Why do I feel that you understand these perverted things so well?"

Li Feng: "..."

'Oh, talking about these things with a minor is really refreshing.

"Well, let's not talk about this. Anyway, there are still four floors of the Sad Theater that have not been explored. It's not too late to discuss it after all are passed."

Li Feng put away the props and ribbons, and then stood up:

"Let's go out for a walk, just in time to buy some extraordinary materials."

...

'Alas, my fate is bad——'

Fengxi City, the extraordinary material trading market located in the dock area, Qi Heng was strolling around the stalls and complaining about his bad fate.

'It would be great if I had traveled through time and become a rich second-generation with a huge fortune when I first entered the game. '

Thinking of Huang Yanyan's identity in this world, Qi Heng sighed that fate was playing tricks on people.

At first, Huang Yanyan actually preferred to go to Group 2.

The work of Group 2 basically did not involve extraordinary things.

Their main task is to form a union in the game world, with the main goal of promoting and influencing the social system of the game world.

At that time, several team leaders in the institute and Qi Heng all believed that Huang Yanyan must be very suitable for the work of Group 2.

Because Huang Yanyan has always had a strong quality of hating evil.

She is a very suitable candidate for these jobs, such as fighting for the weak, seeking benefits for the disadvantaged, overthrowing the aristocratic bourgeoisie, and pursuing equality for all.

But once she traveled through time, she became the only daughter of Baron Warner, who was rich enough to rival a country.

Now, the original arrangement of the institute can only be considered in the long run.

You can't let Huang Yanyan kill her father right away.

The institute will definitely not let official players do such things that are not in line with the character setting.

So there is no way. In the player world, Huang Yanyan's job was transferred from Group 2 to Group 1 involving extraordinary people.

But her identity is really special. She is a celebrity who is highly regarded in the aristocratic circle and is the center of attention.

Therefore, the temporary task given to her by the institute is to do the work of transmitting information, and then maintain her image and enjoy herself.

‘Alas, we are all played by the game, only she is playing the game. ’

Qi Heng selected magical gadgets for Huang Yanyan according to the order of the great wizard.

At the same time, he planned in his mind the first real task for Huang Yanyan - to make friends with Lai Yin, a scholar in Fengxi City, and maintain this network.

Firstly, because Lai Yin has a very good relationship with the Red Falcon of the Ring of the Earth, and also has a title personally conferred by the king.

For the institute, this is definitely a network worth digging deep.

As long as it is maintained well, through him, maybe you can get in touch with various extraordinary forces in the royal city.

Secondly, it also makes Qi Heng admire it.

After getting in touch with him, he actually found that Lai Yin and his reputation are actually worthy of the name.

He is indeed knowledgeable, and he is also kind-hearted, and he is rare for not being snobbish.

Hearing that a civilian crew member he once knew was in trouble, he actually risked his life to help. It was really commendable that he took such a big risk with no relatives.

So no matter from which aspect, this person is worth making friends with.

But with his identity as the Violet Eye, he could never stay in Fengxi City for a long time.

But fortunately, there is Huang Yanyan in Fengxi City.

Qi Heng thought about the possibility of Huang Yanyan and Lai Yin getting to know each other and becoming friends.

First of all, they both live in Fengxi City, in the same city, and are geographically close.

Secondly, they are both in the upper class. Although there are differences between men and women, it is normal to make friends.

Moreover, Lai Yin is so beautiful and humble and polite to others.

Even if he is a native, even if it is not for the mission of the institute, Huang Yanyan will not be disgusted with him.

What about from Lai Yin's perspective? Qi Heng continued to analyze.

First of all, Huang Yanyan's family is well-off, the family industry is rich enough to rival a country, and he is the only daughter and the only heir.

Although it is said that the original owner is unruly and willful, she is still the original owner.

Secondly, Huang Yanyan is beautiful. After all, she is also a policewoman in Yuncheng. There is no doubt about this.

‘Good fellow - she is simply the character of the Queen of the Kingdom of Women. ’

Qi Heng complained in his heart.

He suddenly felt that after these two people met, maybe something would happen slowly as time went by.

‘Well, I want to be a matchmaker.

That’s right, unless Lai Yin is Tang Monk, who is not interested in women, well - or, there is someone more beautiful around him. ’

Guessing what might happen in the future, Qi Heng found it absurd and funny.

He smiled and looked at the extraordinary materials trading market where people were coming and going, but suddenly, he saw a familiar figure in the crowd.

'Eh? Isn't that Lai Yin? What a coincidence. ’

After complaining about whether there is a Cao Cao in this world, Qi Heng wanted to go up and say hello.

But at the same time, he discovered that there was a young lady traveling with Lai Yin.

In the bustling crowd, the two of them were quite close, talking and laughing, and seemed to have a very close relationship.

Moreover, Qi Heng looked at that young lady's appearance and felt that he had been slapped in the face again today.

‘Well, although Huang Yanyan and I are colleagues, we still have to be objective.

Damn, what am I thinking about? I obviously just want the two of them to get to know each other, so how can I think of those things that are there and not there? ’

Qi Heng finally pulled back his divergent thoughts, sorted out his mood, and stepped forward to say hello to Li Feng.

It's mid-summer now, and the temperature outside is quite high.

But the extraordinary material trading market located underground is still very shady.

"Giving it to a young lady?"

After greeting, greeting, and introducing Xi Ya and Qi Heng to each other, Li Feng asked Qi Heng.

Just now, Qi Heng explained that he came to the market to buy gifts for Violet Eye's business allies.

And this gift happened to be given to that ally's daughter.

Qi Heng didn't know what to buy. He had no experience in giving gifts to girls, so he simply asked Li Feng for advice.

As for what Qi Heng had just learned, the young lady who was with Li Feng was not only the great diviner of Storm's End, but also the daughter of Governor Fell.

He could only sigh in his heart that there are always more choices in a sturdy life.

"If the other party is not a transcendent person..."

Li Feng thought for a while and walked to a stall selling herbal medicine.

He picked up a delicate red herb that resembled the rose bones used to make tea.

"I think a sachet made of this herb would be suitable, and it would also be of practical value to that lady."

The herb in Li Feng's hand is called Duchenhua, and its aroma has a magical effect.

When there is sunshine during the day, the fragrance of evening flowers can refresh people.

But when the sun sets at night, the fragrance of morning flowers can soothe the mind and help you sleep.

And more importantly, the flowers of Duchenhua are beautiful in shape and smell good, like roses.

It doesn't look weird or smell weird like most extraordinary herbs.

Therefore, for non-extraordinary people, Duchenhua is extremely easy to accept.

"That makes sense. Why didn't I think of that?"

Qi Heng sighed, in fact, Huang Yanyan would definitely not embarrass him if it was not a gift.

But the problem is that the gift he chooses must first pass the test of mentor and archmage, otherwise it will be in vain.

Qi Heng was still worried about this matter, but now, Li Feng has solved the problem.

According to the advice of the owner who sells herbal medicine, Qi Heng spent 5 gold coins to buy 10 grams of morning flowers and used them to make sachets.

Because he was in a hurry, Qi Heng said goodbye and left after shopping.

"You really know how to do it, do you often give gifts to girls?"

Seeing that Qi Heng had left, Xia asked Li Feng with a high face.

"Do you think I am someone who has money but no place to spend it?"

Li Feng asked immediately.

Hearing this, Shia curled her lips and said with a smile:

"Violet Eyes and the young lady's father are business allies, so are we also considered allies?"

"No, it's a master-servant relationship."

Li Feng revealed with a ruthless smile.

Shia was choked and pursed her lips as her thoughts changed:

"Then you pay my salary."

"Wha...what?"

Li Feng was stunned and felt as if he had been plotted.

"Since I am a master and servant, don't you want to pay me a salary?"

Shia felt confident.

"No, are you short of money?"

Li Feng still questioned, Xia is obviously not short of money now.

"Ah? How can you be so reasonable? If I don't lack money, can you ignore the employment relationship and not pay me a salary?"

Shia looked dissatisfied and started to give examples:

"I heard that even the greediest capitalists and factory owners have to pay their workers weekly wages.

Moreover, on many islands now, workers have formed trade unions, and their slogan is that all men are created equal.

The employment relationship in the entire world is improving, but you want to stop paying me a salary because I am not short of money for the time being? "

"Well……"

Xia's remarks were well-founded, and Li Feng didn't know what to say.

As soon as he tried to quibble, Shia immediately blocked him back by saying, "The relationship between master and servant is up to you."

‘I really didn’t expect that the union system promoted by official players in this world would be so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

I, the player, have been educated. ’

"Okay, what's your salary?"

Li Feng smiled helplessly, and he understood to some extent that Xia's original intention was not about salary.

Seeing that her wish came true, Shia frowned and smiled sweetly.

She pretended to think for a while, then looked at the stall selling extraordinary herbs next to her, and said in a playful voice:

"I want Twilight Flower."

Li Feng:? ? ? That's it?

‘Damn it, I told you earlier, it’s such a big theory. ’

"All right."

Li Feng immediately said to the boss selling herbal medicine:

"Please weigh 10 grams of Twilight Flower."

"wrong!"

Hearing this, Xia grabbed Li Feng, raised her face and corrected it:

"I want 20 grams."

Li Feng: "...Okay, please weigh 20 grams of Twilight Flower."