The next day was Sunday.
“You really want to go out with me?” Lu Yao looked at the young girl in front of him.
“My lord, there are demons prying around you, I must not move an inch to ensure your safety.”
Isabelle’s tone was resolute.
“Going out is necessary, one needs to stock up on enough food and reduce contact with other suspicious people. This will prevent you from being poisoned by demons using the food, or performing demonic rituals.”
She had stepped into the role of guard.
Lu Yao also felt that what she said made sense.
However, Isabelle herself following herself out of the house would bring some other troubles.
The first was her weird outfit, although it was quite a bit better than the black-robed blind monk costume, it might still attract some attention.
“Now I’ll make up a simple persona for you to remember.”
“My lord, what is a persona?”
“It is also to give you an identity description.”
“I see, yes.”
“Good. Your name is still along the lines of Isabel, but you’re from a small country. The elders in our families know each other, so we’re friends from childhood, and you grew up speaking Chinese.”
Isabel nodded.
“You are 18 years old and have come to this city for a holiday break.”
“I received you and showed you around, outside you have to call me Lu Yao. When you encounter some questions that you can’t answer, or don’t want to answer, just be silent.”
“Yes.”
Preparations completed, Lu Yao took Isabelle out the door.
“Let’s buy you a pair of shoes first.”
“Yes.”
Isabelle’s feet were not big enough in size to wear Lu Yao’s shoes, so she could only step out in slippers, which didn’t make it easy for her to move around.
Lu Yao went to the shopping centre and tried on a pair of canvas shoes for her, and tried to buy her another set of affordable clothes.
Isabel kept saying no.
“Da …… Lu Yao, I can cut my own clothes from cloth, it used to be like this.”
“Shoes I can make as long as I have leather and cloth.”
“Or just use a whole piece of cloth to cover up your body, so you won’t feel ashamed, and you can use it as a quilt at night, it’s very convenient.”
These words paired with Isabelle’s earnest and forthright face made Lu Yao feel a bit intolerant.
Travelling on business all year round, it wasn’t easy for the apostle either.
Walking to the vegetable and fresh food area, Lu Yao bought quite a lot of food that could be stored like meat and potatoes, and also took rice and noodles. He estimated that this purchase would last for half a month.
“Lu Yao.”
Someone suddenly called out to him.
Bad, an acquaintance!
It was Sister Peng. She and a male companion were pushing a shopping cart with some dishes for cooking hot pot.
Lu Yao could only stiffen his greeting.
“You guys came out to buy vegetables too.” Sister Peng said with a big smile, “This is my boyfriend, fiancé to be exact, Fu Chenggang. This is Lu Yao, I told you about him, the little handsome guy from our unit, he’s very nice.”
Fu Chenggang was a tall man with slightly darker skin, he wore a stiff jacket, square face and broad nose, very masculine.
“Hello.” He also greeted Lu Yao with a smile.
“Lu Yao, introduce me to the one beside you as well.” Sister Peng said with a smile.
“Isabel, a friend of mine.”
“Wow, a foreign girl. How did you guys meet?”
“Because the elders of the family are known to each other, so we’ve seen each other since we were kids.”
Lu Yao kept his composure on his face.
Isabel, on the other hand, was silent.
Sister Peng’s eyes glanced at her and also nodded, “Then I won’t bother you guys.”
Fu Chenggang suddenly said, “You live in the locomotive factory dormitory in the Nine Gardens community, right?”
“I’m from the city’s criminal police brigade, and I’ve been to the scene of the accident in the alleyway outside the locomotive factory dormitory that day.” He explained slightly, “But I was investigating the scene, the ones looking for you to make a statement were other colleagues.”
It turned out to be the police.
Lu Yao nodded.
“What’s going on? The case in the locomotive factory dormitory is related to Lu Yao?” Sister Peng was a little surprised, she didn’t seem to know about it.
“Lu Yao was one of the eyewitnesses and reported it to the police at the time, and I had a colleague who went to get a statement from him.” Fu Chenggang spoke succinctly.
Lu Yao also took the opportunity to ask, “Officer Fu, did you catch that pervert?”
“This is not convenient to disclose.”
“Still not caught?” Sister Peng didn’t care about that much, she couldn’t help but complain, “That person is also too horrible, taking off his clothes and hanging people up as if they were treating animals to be slaughtered, the victims have psychological shadows for the rest of their lives. I see that many people on the internet are saying that this man is a butcher with a special fetish.”
Fu Chenggang was a little embarrassed, he couldn’t reveal the inside story to the public due to police discipline, he could only say, “We will definitely bring him to justice, wait for the announcement.”
After separating from Sister Peng and the two of them, Lu Yao and Isabel carried large bags of groceries and took a drop back to the neighbourhood.
The job of packing and sorting was left to Little Fire.
Lu Yao couldn’t wait to sit in front of the computer table and start manipulating the God Simulator.
Isabelle sat beside Lu Yao and watched him click the mouse, and couldn’t help but sigh softly, “So this is what the Low Realm Dimension looks like in the High Realm Dimension.”
“This is very understandable.” Lu Yao scratched the mouse and made an analogy, “Looking down from a very high altitude, each of us is as small as an ant, it’s just a matter of perspective.”
Isabelle was puzzled.
She sat with her body straight, looking like she was watching Lu Yao play the game. In reality, she was very alert, paying attention to any breeze in this hut.
“Right.” Lu Yao voiced out an idea of his own, “Isabelle, since you can be summoned here. Then isn’t it also possible to send other tribe members over here as well through the shrine?”
“My lord, please don’t do that, that would be extremely dangerous.”
Isabel said with a serious face, “A low realm dimension being entering a high realm dimension will be distorted by the power of the rules because it lacks the foundation and form to exist in the high realm dimension itself. Without the shelter of the fire of faith from the gods, these beings will undergo unpredictable and irreversible changes, and will eventually be reduced to strange shaped monsters.”
“Only the Apostles, because of the Flame of Faith Flame bestowed by the gods within their bodies, can stay in the High Realm Dimension for a short period of time, but they will also be affected after a long period of time.”
Boundary dimension restriction?
Lu Yao pondered. It looked like the real world was the High Realm Dimension, and in comparison, the Pixel World was the Low Realm Dimension.
He pointed at the cactus ball that was busy behind him, “What about it? It seems like the small fire is completely unaffected.”
“The fairy ball follower is in a special situation.”
Isabelle said calmly, “It was originally put into the Low Realm Dimension by the gods after being born in the High Realm Dimension. Plus it is a very simple life form that can adapt to many environments.”
Lu Yao asked, “Then how long can you stay here?”
“The limit is about 15 days, please make sure that you let me return to the Low Realm Dimension, otherwise I might be twisted by the power of the rules of the High Realm Dimension and become strange, or I might even be reduced to a monster.”
“Then there’s no effect if you go back and then use the temple to summon you here, right?”
“No effect. But it’s best to keep me in the Lower Realm Dimension for at least 3 days, that will allow me to re-synchronise my base and form with the power of the rules of the Lower Realm Dimension ……”
Lu Yao understood.
It was a bit like recharging and a bit like vaccination.
Isabelle could mutate into a monster if she stayed over here for too long. But as long as she could go back and take her medicine regularly, she could maintain her current stable form.
