As the old saying goes, "The eldest brother is like father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like mother."
But when he arrived at Klein's place, his sister, who was six years younger than him, seemed like an over-worried old mother. She took the trouble to remind Klein over and over again before going out to school.
"Klein, did you spill the lamp oil last night..."
"Klein, you are about to have an interview..."
"Kleon, you have to buy some rye bread later. Remember, it only costs eight pounds..."
Zhou Mingrui could swear that Melissa repeated every sentence at least three times!
After getting his "sister" Melissa Hu out of the house, Zhou Mingrui immediately turned his attention to the "transfer ceremony" and his idea of trying "reverse time travel".
Although affected by Klein's memory, he did feel that Melissa looked like his biological sister, but compared to the bond of this feeling, he still wanted to return to his original world.
He opened the cupboard and saw rye bread on a plate in the corner.
There are only three left.
Three pieces are not enough. You still have to go out and buy them... Zhou Mingrui curled his lips silently, remembering where he hid his money at home.
At the end of the corridor on the second floor, under the ventilation window, there is a small cabinet containing some consumables.
In addition, there is also a ledger inside, which briefly records daily expenses.
All of Benson's savings are hidden in the ledger.
Zhou Mingrui opened the account book and saw about seven or eight dark green and whitish banknotes inside, four of which were in denominations of five soli, and the rest were all one soli.
"On June 28, take 2 soles to buy food."
After adding a line according to the format, he took out two bills with the faint scent of ink, changed his clothes and went out.
There is a municipal square at the intersection of Iron Cross Street and Daffodil Street. Many tents have been set up, and clowns in weird and funny costumes are distributing flyers everywhere.
Fate is so wonderful. Even though he changed his address, Zhou Mingrui still met the female animal trainer who wore a pointed hat and painted her face and pretended to be a fortune teller, just like in the original work. She invited him to do a free tarot divination. .
Tarot divination does not originate from the seven orthodox gods, nor is it a legacy from ancient times. It was invented more than 170 years ago by Russell Gustav, then the consul of the Republic of Intis.
Thinking of Russell's experience and achievements, Zhou Mingrui was very suspicious that he was a senior time traveler.
Although the divination was eventually interrupted by the real fortune teller, he still saw the "Fool" card with the serial number "0", which showed a man wearing gorgeous clothes and a gorgeous headdress, carrying a cane on his shoulder, and the head of the staff. A young man hanging his luggage with a puppy pulling behind him.
At the same time, Zhou Mingrui also confirmed that the tarot divination here is basically the same as the one he studied before traveling.
But such an episode cannot affect his determination to "reverse time travel".
After returning home with the purchased food, Zhou Mingrui started preparing for the "transfer ceremony".
After placing rye bread in the four corners of his room, he came to the center of the room and calmed down for a few minutes before taking serious steps and walking in a square counterclockwise.
Taking the first step, he chanted in a low voice:
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Immortal Lord."
In the second step, he sincerely recited:
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianjun."
In the third step, Zhou Mingrui held his breath and whispered:
"The God of Blessing and Prosperity Xuanhuang."
In the fourth step, he exhaled his turbid breath and said silently:
"Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun."
After returning to his position after walking, Zhou Mingrui closed his eyes and waited for the result. He was filled with expectations, uneasiness, hope, and fear.
At this moment, he suddenly felt that the air around him seemed to have stopped flowing and became thick and strange.
Immediately afterwards, whispers that were sometimes thin, sometimes sharp, sometimes illusory, sometimes seductive, sometimes manic, and sometimes crazy sounded in his ears.
Although he clearly didn't understand what the whispering was saying, Zhou Mingrui couldn't help but listen and distinguish.
This made him feel like his head was about to explode, and he even started to laugh at himself, "If you don't seek death, you won't die." The noisy overlapping murmurs of countless voices receded, and the surroundings became very quiet and the atmosphere was quite erratic.
Zhou Mingrui opened his eyes and found himself floating on the edge of an endless gray fog.
The gray mist flows like water, dotted with dark red "stars". Some of them are large, some are small, some are hidden in the depths, and some are floating on the surface.
Looking at this holographic image-like scene, Zhou Mingrui stretched out his right hand half in confusion and half exploration, trying to touch a dark red "star" floating on the surface on the right side, looking for a way to leave.
When his fingers just touched the surface of the star, water ripples suddenly poured out from his body, causing "deep red" to explode, like a dreamy firework.
Zhou Mingrui was startled, and he retracted his right hand in a panic, accidentally touching another "Crimson".
As a result, the "star" also shined brightly.
Zhou Mingrui felt his head was empty and his energy was scattered.
…
On the Sunian Sea, a three-masted sailboat that was obviously behind the times was sailing through the storm.
Alger Wilson stood on the deck, his body undulating with the bumps and maintaining balance easily.
He was wearing a robe embroidered with lightning patterns, and he was holding a strange-shaped glass bottle in his hand. Bubbles sometimes rolled inside, sometimes frost turned into snow, and sometimes there were traces of wind blowing.
"Still missing the ghost shark's blood..." Alger whispered.
At this moment, deep red burst out between the glass bottle and his palm, flooding the surrounding area in an instant.
…
Republic of Intis, city of Tillis.
Constant in Loen, Dilis in Intis, and Saint Milon in Fusac are all large cities along the coast of the Sea.
Although they are not as good as the three major cities of Backlund, Trier, and Feneport City, they are not small in scale, and there are many medium-sized cities around them. This makes the coast of the Sea become the economic center of the Northern Continent. The most developed and populated area.
In a row house in the port area of Tillis City.
Piero Colte was sitting at the desk, flipping through a thick tome with his right hand, and fiddling with an ornament on the table unconsciously with his left hand.
It was a nautical compass slightly larger than the palm of your hand. The copper shell was engraved with a circle of ancient patterns.
Piero picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip. Just when he was about to turn to the next page, the navigation compass he was playing with suddenly erupted into a deep red light, completely covering him.
…
Atop a gray fog, Alger looked around in confusion.
Soon, he discovered that there was a man with a mould-shaped head and a hazy figure nearby who was also making similar movements.
Immediately afterwards, they almost simultaneously discovered a mysterious man covered in gray-white mist standing not far away.
"Mysterious Man" Zhou Mingrui was also stunned.
"What do you want to do?"
"Sir, where is this?"
Alger and Piero were stunned for a moment and fell into silence, then they spoke in unison.
