The full moon hung high in the treetops, and mist shrouded the darkness. I have to admit that the night view of Kassel is still very beautiful. The ancient castles and modern buildings stand intertwined, coated with a layer of silvery brilliance. The distant mountains and lakes complement each other, giving people a sense of confusion, like falling into a dream.
But Mai Shutoku was not in the mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery right now. Kassel College does not have a curfew, but very few students walk around outside after dark, because this well-defended military base carries out regular patrols every night, and cameras in every corner of the entire college serve as the world's first artificial intelligence Smart Norma's eyeliner.
It is said that Mai Shutoku was able to go all the way to the Hall of Valor, on the one hand, because she had Kassel’s reconstruction plan drawings in hand, which could be used as a reference for the route, and on the other hand, it was thanks to a certain insider who found a way Send Norma away, otherwise, the secretary of the college might have sounded the alarm of dragon invasion as soon as Mai Shutoku's long legs took a step into the college.
As for what method Gu Bei used to get away Norma... In fact, he just asked Bai Ze to find Norma to play games in the middle of the night, and then borrowed Fingel's authority to temporarily stop Norma's work.
Facts have proved that even if the defense is as tight as Cassel's, it will become full of loopholes once an internal reaction occurs.
"You looked like a cockroach stuck in a crack just now." Gu Bei picked up an oyster and stuffed it into his mouth along with the minced garlic inside. His speech was a little slurred.
There is no one in the cafeteria late at night. Students at this time prefer to order two late-night snacks and deliver them to the dormitory, and then find a few close friends to celebrate not having to go to school at 8 a.m. tomorrow, like Gu Bei who even runs there in the middle of the night. Very few people came to the canteen.
Students in Kassel come from all over the world, so the dishes in the cafeteria are also diverse, not just pork knuckles as Fingel introduced. As soon as Gu Bei arrived at the cafeteria, he saw the fresh aquatic products in the fish tank in the back kitchen. After asking, he found out that they were served overnight. Shipped from the port.
The master chef said that they have also studied many new dishes recently, such as cheese oysters in French dishes, which taste quite good.
Oysters with cheese? What's so delicious about that stuff? At Gu Bei's suggestion, the master chefs in the kitchen replaced it with garlic grilled oysters.
Well, this is called delicious. In fact, there were not only oysters, but also a whole chicken, a piece of smoked pork leg, a beef burger, a vegetable salad, and a large portion of mashed potatoes on the table in front of Gu Bei... Of course Gu Bei would not be unable to eat it. The Immortal Thief of Liuku is not a decoration.
However, he did not choose to directly use the Liuku Immortal Thief to refine the food in his mouth. After all, he would lose the fun of tasting delicious food.
Recently, Gu Bei has gained new insights in practice. To be precise...a bottleneck. It's not about the Eight Magic Skills, but about the most fundamental Qi training.
He found that although his Qi quantity had been steadily increasing, the quality of his Qi was limited.
Take people in a one-person world as an example. The qi of ordinary strangers is like the clouds and mists covering the mountains, and there is no trace; and the qi of the more advanced strangers is like fluid, condensed like golden light, like the water in the river. The representative figure among them is the great king represented by Zhang Chulan Wangye. Part of the younger generation.
The aliens on the next level have gases that are as solid as a solid and as solid as a rock. Typical examples are old man Lu Jin, mad dog Lu Ci, and the two heroes Ding Jianan and Na Ruhu.
As for the old Celestial Master...the one who returned to his original nature, Gu Bei didn't know how far the Celestial Master had reached, to the point where he had undoubtedly transcended the realm.
Now Gu Bei is trapped on the second level. Although his energy has been growing without limit, there has never been a qualitative change caused by a quantitative change.
This is a very bad situation. For foreigners, foreign skills are the way, and practicing Qi is the foundation. If Qi training comes to an end, then the different skills will not be able to make any progress.
Even if the Eight Magic Skills are techniques that can grow infinitely, if Gu Bei's cultivation level is not high enough, then the Eight Magic Skills will still not be able to produce the desired effect when facing an opponent several times stronger than him.
Just like Wang Ye and Lao Tianshi. He was always looking for the problem. Slowly he realized that he was a little too impatient.
He was eager to develop his power, eager to collect intelligence, eager to quickly help Chu Zihang deal with Odin, wanted to help Lu Mingfei deal with Lu Mingze, wanted to break the barrier between human and alien hybrids, and let these people Everything is as equal as possible.
These things made his life like a mess and he couldn't remember his thoughts, but this in itself was something that couldn't be rushed.
Whether it's these things or practice. These are things that need to be done slowly. Maybe I should slow down.
The road should be walked slowly, step by step; the meal should be eaten slowly, one bite at a time. Even if it can be moved through space, even if it can be directly refined, what's the point of that?
Some things just make sense if you do them slowly. The experience of life is to be accumulated from little things little by little. If even these little things have to rely on magic to complete, then what is the purpose of life?
What is the purpose of completing so many things by yourself? So Gu Bei chose to restrain himself, reduce the number of times he actively used magic, and began to experience these daily routines that he had ignored for a long time.
"The fat content of your midnight snack is as high as that of a pig." said the girl sitting opposite him. The master chefs in the kitchen were chatting while looking at the only two people in the cafeteria. In fact, they all knew that Gu Bei was a prominent figure in the college. He was an S-level freshman and a new professor, and the course was Also very popular.
As for the girl opposite Gu Bei... she looks familiar. All the comments given by the chefs are very familiar, but if I really want to say where I have seen them before... I can't remember.
Of course they had never met. Mai Shutoku was not a student of Kassel, but her sister Aki Shutoku was, but the two sisters really looked nothing alike.
As for why it looks familiar...it's actually because Gu Bei cast an illusion spell on Jiude Mai. It is said that it should be used as little as possible, but it is not said that it should not be used at all. It should be used when it is necessary. Just like in this situation, using magic can save a lot of trouble.
Under the influence of the illusion, what people see is not Mai Shutoku in combat uniform, but a girl in dark green school uniform. Only in this way can Mai Shutoku appear on the Kassel campus openly.
This method can only be used tonight. Normally, Norma can discover the true identity of Mai Shutoku through facial data comparison in minutes.
Gu Bei tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it for a while and spit out a bone. It seemed that he hadn't spit out a bone for a long time. After having the Liuku Immortal Thief, he always stuffed it closest to the bone, no matter what it was.
"I'm a carnivore."
"Eating less oil is good for your health." Gu Bei patted his belly: "It doesn't matter, I have a special technique for digesting things." Mai Shutoku: "...how much time do you have to study this kind of technique? Ah." I didn't research the Immortal Thief of Liuku... Although he thought so, Gu Bei didn't say that and just changed the topic: "Where is the thing I want?" Mai Shutoku asked back: "Where is my thing? ?" She didn't see any container on Gu Bei that could hold an alchemical weapon. She just handed him the information. What if he didn't honor the reward?
Gu Bei curled his lips, and with a flash of light in his hand, a long and narrow suitcase appeared in his hand.
"Wow, space props, you have so many good things on you." Mai Shutoku pulled the suitcase and opened it.
There are two knives, one long and one short, in the suitcase. The long one is a Tang Hengdao, and the short one is more like the ribs used by ninjas.
This is the reward Gu Bei promised to Shutoku Mai. The short one is considered as the reward for today's adventurous infiltration. It is the magical weapon that Gu Bei recently refined. Strictly speaking, it is not all alchemical weapons, because there are really few alchemical runes used on it.
However, in terms of effectiveness, although it did not include the Philosopher's Stone and lacked the effect of killing dragons, in terms of sharpness, Gu Bei had it tested by the Equipment Department, and the effect could probably crush alchemy weapons.
As for the long Tang Hengdao, it was naturally the bulk of the transaction. Gu Bei blackmailed it from the Chen family.
"Dingfang". When Gu Bei was studying this sword before, he accidentally saw the historical data about this sword, which was very mysterious.
"Dingfang" was made of meteorite iron and the blood of Yi people. It was named after Su Lie, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.
"Su Dingfang"'s sword, hence its name. Let’s not talk about whether this record is accurate or not. Let’s talk about Su Dingfang. Why did he, a general, use Tang Hengdao?
This thing doesn't have enough range for horse combat, and it can't be assembled on a large scale for infantry combat. It's not a sword for battlefield use at all.
Tang Heng's sword is a soldier's sword. It is usually used by palace soldiers, government officials, police officers, soldiers on guard duty, and patrol soldiers.
After all, this thing is very lethal, but it takes too much effort to hit it, and it cannot be assembled on a large scale.
Say this
It is possible that "Dingfang" is Su Lie's sword. It is somewhat nonsense to say that it is the sword Su Lie used to kill people on the battlefield.
So the sentence in the historical data
"The blood of the barbarians" is no longer credible. But having said that, but
"Dingfang" is indeed a genuine alchemy sword. Although there was no formal method of refining the Philosopher's Stone at that time, people at that time would also use other methods to replace the Philosopher's Stone, such as...living sacrifices .
After all, the Philosopher's Stone is just the embodiment of spiritual energy. It is still spiritual power in essence, and the same effect can be achieved by using human sacrifices.
For example, Bai Qi's weapon, the killing god of Qin, was actually an alchemical weapon born of blood, but it is now missing.
There is a difference between ancient utensils and modern utensils. Mai Shutoku is quite knowledgeable. Although she doesn't have any alchemy weapons herself, it's not like she hasn't used them before.
Who told her to have an awesome boss? Tianyu Yuzhan, Budu Yuhun, and Tiancong Yunjian have all passed through her hands.
So she can also tell the age of alchemical weapons. After confirming that the goods were correct, Shutoku Mai put the things away. Gu Bei was not worried about the goods turning around and running away. After all, Kassel was his territory. If Shutoku Mai dared to run away, she might not even be able to get out of the cafeteria door. .
Of course Mai Shutoku knew this, so she took out a thick stack of documents in her hands.
"This is……"
"The information you want." Mai Shutoku handed the thing to Gu Bei. Gu Beisuo wiped the oil off his fingers and took it.
"Black Swan Port Plan... oh, the plan from 1945? It's been sixty years, right? Where did you get this thing?" Mai Shutoku spread her hands, indicating that she had no comment.
Gu Bei didn't ask much. He could probably guess that Mai Shutoku was a well-known and authentic ninja, a good expert in intelligence. Coupled with Su Enxi's financial resources, it was impossible for them to have Lu Mingze standing behind them.
In fact, Gu Bei was going for Lu Mingze from the very beginning. He had every reason to believe that Lu Mingze would help her get the information that Jiude Mai couldn't get.
Whether it's because of an alchemical weapon, or so that he can better help Lu Mingfei inherit his power, this is the bargaining chip that Lu Mingze must throw out, and it is also part of the deal.
Gu Bei didn't look carefully, put the documents into the storage ring, and then swept away everything on the table like the autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves.
After finishing, he went to the ordering window to get the omelette sandwich and orange juice that had been prepared, and then left the cafeteria side by side with Mai Shutoku.
The moon was high in the sky, and Gu Bei took Mai Jiudoku all the way to the gate of Kassel College. Mai Shutoku rode a motorcycle in a tight-fitting combat uniform, looking like Celty from "The Headless Horseman": "Next time something good like this happens, remember to come to me." Gu Bei nodded. Head: "Then you have to give me a discount."
"Small business, no bargaining."
"Haha." Two alchemy weapons, one of which has an ancient artifact, are you telling me that you are doing a small business?
This is simply a business without capital! Accompanied by the roar of the locomotive, Mai Shutoku's mission was successfully completed, and Gu Bei was even given a meal in the process.
She just ate a chicken leg on Gu Bei's table. Gu Bei turned around and returned to the dormitory in the dark.
It is already twelve o'clock. Of course, for young people who like to stay up late and students who don't have an early morning tomorrow, the nightlife has just begun at this time.
But some people's lives are just that regular. Just like Chu Zihang. This guy basically goes to bed at the right time and falls asleep within two minutes of closing his eyes without any delay.
Gu Bei guessed that Chu Zihang should be asleep now. Gu Bei took out the key and opened the door, but the door opened from the inside. Gu Bei raised his head and saw Chu Zihang's expressionless face.
"Ah ha ha ha ha, senior brother, you haven't slept yet." Chu Zihang lowered his head and glanced at the sandwich and orange juice in his hand: "I should have gone to bed an hour ago." Gu Bei understood. This was because Gu Bei was asked to bring a midnight snack, but Gu Bei never came back, which meant that today's work was not finished, so Senior Brother Chu couldn't sleep.
I have to say that Senior Brother Chu’s living habits are really good. Gu Bei smiled. He knew that Chu Zihang had noticed something, but Chu Zihang would not ask if he didn't tell him. This was the tacit understanding between the two of them.
"Sorry, senior brother, I ate more of the fresh seafood that just arrived in the cafeteria tonight... Would you like some oysters?"
"No."
"...That's right. It's easy to fall asleep after eating this stuff."
