Xu Qian followed the waiter to the top floor of the restaurant. It was a terrace planted with various flowers and plants, and the environment was elegant and full of nature.
The waiter disappeared at some point. Xu Qian vaguely saw a table in front of him and a person sitting next to him.
He walked over and saw a middle-aged man in a suit smoking a cigarette.
"Are you the boss here?" Xu Qian was sure that he had never seen this person before.
"Please sit down." The middle-aged man asked Xu Qian to sit down gently.
"Do we know each other?"
"It's not really acquaintance, but we have a chance relationship."
"see once?"
"I said that when you come to the City of Time and Space, I will treat you to dinner, don't you remember?" A glimmer of light appeared in the middle-aged man's eyes.
"Are you the woodcutter?" Xu Qian became nervous instinctively, clenching his hands into fists, ready to attack at any time.
The woodcutter didn't do anything to him at that time. He just connected all kinds of mysterious things. Subconsciously, he felt that everything related to the man in front of him was beyond his knowledge and control. He seemed to be controlled by a force. There is no escape without violence.
"Don't be nervous, come and have a cup of tea." The middle-aged man poured a cup of tea into the empty teacup on the table.
How dare Xu Qian drink the other party's tea, "Who are you?"
"I'm the owner of this store. What? I've already given you a table of food, and you still don't believe it?"
Xu Qian was even more wary when he saw the other party's calm and calm look.
"Are you that woodcutter?" In fact, the middle-aged man looked, sounded, and smelled completely different from the woodcutter. He only relied on the other person's words to connect the two, but he was 70 to 80 percent sure.
The appearance, voice, and breath can all be disguised or changed by some means. He can do it himself using the golden mask.
"Could it be that someone else would treat you to dinner in the City of Time and Space?" The middle-aged man chuckled and took a puff of his cigarette, feeling very casual.
Xu Qian doesn't smoke, but that doesn't mean he doesn't understand smoking at all. He glanced at the words on the middle-aged man's cigarettes, and saw the words "Dahua" written on them. Dahua cigarettes are famous in China, and many people are accustomed to using Dahua when giving gifts.
"Want one?" Maybe the other person saw him paying attention to his cigarettes, so he took out the cigarette case from the inner pocket of his suit.
"No! I don't smoke." Xu Qian felt strange. For monks, they are used to putting everything in storage spaces and rarely put things in their pockets. This person puts the cigarette in his pocket like an ordinary person, and he has observed it with his spiritual consciousness. He is an ordinary person. Is he really not a monk?
The City of Time and Space, like other orc cities, has a large base of ordinary people, including humans and orcs, and monks are only a minority among them.
wrong! If he is the woodcutter, he must not be an ordinary person.
"What's the purpose of you appearing next to me again and again?"
Xu Qian's words were very rude, but the other party was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled lightly and said: "I just think you are special and want to talk to you. In life, if you don't meet some interesting people and experience some interesting Things to do, every day is pretty much the same, so I’m going to die of boredom!”
"Am I special? What's so special about me?" Xu Qian didn't expect that the other party would give such a reason. This kind of reason looked like it was made up, or it was made up very carelessly. But if you want to lie to yourself, is there any use in being so perfunctory?
Just the other person's next words made Xu Qian unable to sit still.
"Now, you Awakeners are quite special people!"
Xu Qian stood up with a whoosh. The biggest secret in his heart was revealed by a stranger. It was a normal reaction to feel panic. However, he thought of a possibility.
"Are you from the Covenant moderates?"
At present, only moderate people, such as Zhang Yunting and Ma Yuan, are the only ones who clearly know their identities.
But the other party shook his head and denied his guess.
"You can call me Mr. Shi, Shi of Time and Space. I am not from the Star Alliance and have nothing to do with them."
He was not from the Star Alliance, but Mr. Shi obviously knew about the existence of the Star Alliance and was obviously a big shot.
Xu Qian has learned that no matter which world in the four worlds it is, only high-level figures can know about the existence of the Star Alliance. After all, it is a powerful alien civilization that controls one world. If it is announced to the public, it will cause panic and the decision-making level will be worried. Leadership will be affected and questioned.
"You can't be the owner of this store. Who are you?"
"I am indeed the owner of this store. It's true." Mr. Shi smiled and asked Xu Qian to sit down. "Don't worry about this problem all the time. I'm just an idler. I'm harmless to you. I'm so idle." I just wanted to chat with you when I was panicking. I really had no other purpose."
Xu Qian thought for a moment, sat down again, took a deep breath and said, "The last time you appeared on the island, was it because you were bored?"
"That's right! You don't understand my mood, you don't understand!" Mr. Shi's eyes were very empty.
"Then why didn't you find other awakening messengers instead of me?"
"I have also looked for others, but judging from the current situation, you are the one who is more likely to complete the mission!"
"Have you found anyone else?" This information is very important. If the other party's words are true, then he may ask some information about this person from the Book of the Resurrection.
"I've looked for it. Do you want to ask other people for my information from the Book of the Resurrection? It's useless. They don't know any more than you do."
This time, Xu Qian was really scared, and a chill spread from his spine to the back of his head. Zhang Yunting only knew her identity, but no one knew about the Book of Resurrection in his hand. Even among the several awakeners inside, they don’t know each other’s true situation, let alone meet each other in reality.
Xu Qian suddenly felt like he was naked and exposed in front of others, and he didn't know anything about Mr. Shi. After being around for so long, he has never been at such an absolute disadvantage as he is today.
"Don't be in a daze, I just want to ask you, are you interested in the mission of awakening the gods?"
Xu Qian calmed down. The person in front of him was definitely someone he couldn't afford to mess with. Since the other person didn't have any ill intentions, at least for now, he had to be honest.
"Awakening the Immortals?" Xu Qian thought for a while and answered honestly: "I'm not interested, and I don't want to have any mission. The world is pretty good now and we don't need them at all."
"But you have to wake them up, right?"
Xu Qian nodded, "After recovering part of my memory, I remembered that I had a daughter, and I wanted to get her back."
"Then why don't you want to wake them up? Don't all people in the world like to believe in immortals and gods? You are still an immortal cultivator. The purpose of cultivating immortals is to become an immortal. If immortals do not exist, it will be difficult to stabilize your Taoist mind!"
"In my memory, the Age of Immortals and Gods was not a perfect era, not even as good as today's China. The so-called Immortals and Gods have never done justice to people. They just lived their lives aloof and accepted the wishes of all living beings. Worshiping, but not taking responsibility for this world. People should be able to control their own destiny and live hard in a relatively fair environment, rather than lingering in an order where mortals kowtow to gods and the weak surrender to the strong." Xu Qian thought of the past of his time. He and his family were undoubtedly a tragedy, but it was just one of countless tragedies, so it was not even qualified to be regarded as a tragedy. It was just a very ordinary and ordinary life. , usually as small as a grain of dust, falling into the desert and never being found again. "
Xu Qian has been suppressing his emotions since he recovered that memory. He doesn't like the feeling of being led by his emotions. Because of that period of hatred, he couldn't even find someone to vent his hatred to. He hated that era, but that era was gone forever.
"Oh? So, you think people should be able to have equal rights and status with immortals and gods?" Mr. Shi became interested and looked at him with excitement.
"That's right!" Xu Qian nodded. He felt a little thirsty, so he picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp. There is nothing to be afraid of. If Mr. Shi wants to harm himself, there is no need to poison him.
"The status can be different, which is determined by the social function in which they live, but they must be equal in terms of basic rights and personal dignity. For example, all workers are honorable and their income can be any amount, but workers in different industries have no distinction between high and low. point."
"Sure enough, it is interesting to chat with awakeners like you. People in the Orc Continent have no similar ideas at all. Even people from China or the Tang Dynasty have not experienced that era, nor have they lived with immortals and gods. The experience of being in the same world." Mr. Shi poured another cup of tea for Xu Qian, "Let me ask you another question. Since you think that mortals should live with the gods and immortals, have the same rights and are born equal, then those who are better than humans should What about the weak creatures? For example, livestock or small insects, what about them?"
