Holidays came and went, and work never ended.
Lu Yao sat at his workstation in the company, sorting out the materials and customer information on the computer.
Next to Sister Peng came over, “That little foreign girl, called Isabelle, doll like, looks very temperamental, family good look ……”
“Which family’s big lady, right?”
Lu Yao picked up a paper cup and drank some water, his mouth coped, “Her family seems to be a working family as well.”
“Then when are you planning to get married?”
Lu Yao nearly spat out a mouthful of water.
“We are just friends ……”
“Don’t pretend.” Sister Peng waved her hand, with the look of an old sister I already understand everything.
“You think I’m blind? The dress the little girl is wearing is yours, right? The trousers are also yours, right? A girl willing to wear your clothes and follow you to the supermarket, most likely you guys are living together, right? If she’s not your girlfriend, is she your maid?”
She snorted, “You look like an honest guy, but you’re very good at hooking up with little girls. That girl seems to be very interested in you, has been silently looking at you, the direction of the line of sight has not left your side …….”
Lu Yao would like to say, she is a personal bodyguard, always pay attention to me as the boss is very normal.
However, he could only vaguely say, “It’s not what you think.”
“Then which is it?”
Lu Yao sidetracked, “Right. Sister Peng that fiancé of yours, how tall is Officer Fu.”
“It’s not bad, 187, a man who is taller looks a little more secure.”
Sister Peng’s face was all smug, undoubtedly satisfied with her fiancé.
“No wonder Sister Peng you were concerned about that pervert case before, it turns out you’re a police family member.”
“Eh, you don’t say. They police do have an occupational disease, looking at anyone subconsciously looking at the suspect like …… Speaking of which, that pervert heard that he was caught.”
“Caught?” Lu Yao pretended to be surprised.
“Right.”
Sister Peng lowered her voice: “But it seems that the identity of the suspect is a bit sensitive, it was not announced to the public and handed over to the higher authorities. Fu Chenggang didn’t reveal too much either, saying that he had to observe discipline.”
Lu Yao was shocked in his heart.
Handed over to a higher department?
In other words, Liza’s player identity had been exposed. More importantly, the player group appeared to have the jurisdiction of a relevant special department. It meant that excluding himself and Liza, there were quite a few people who also played the gods of the Pixel World.
Associated with the fact that Liza had once viewed Isabel as a high-level player and said that the committee hadn’t restricted her …… was more or less related to that committee behind the scenes.
But it was also a side note that Liza had indeed been arrested by the department that regulated players.
In a short period of time, she wasn’t too likely to have the chance to cause trouble for herself again.
“Why are you talking about me?” Sister Peng returned to her senses and continued to gossip, “Isabel doesn’t look to be twenty years old, does she? What country is she from? She came over to look for you alone, and her family is so comfortable with you? It’s hard to believe that your families have been admiring a child marriage since you were young?”
“……”
Lu Yao could only say, “She’s already gone home.”
“Ah?” Sister Peng instantly changed her face and said angrily, “You just let her go like that? Having a temper tantrum? What if she doesn’t come back? How could you be so stupid? Can you still find the same face?”
Lu Yao spread his hands, “People always have to go home.”
Isabel returned to the Pixel World.
This was both her personal will and the laws of the Realm Dimension that she had to abide by.
Under the boundary dimension restrictions, the longer Isabelle stayed in the real world, the more likely she was to mutate and be transformed and distorted by the power of the rules. Her most central mission in coming here was to ensure Lu Yao’s personal safety, and with Liza already in the net, there was no reason for her to remain here.
The greatest mission of an Apostle was to act as an arm of the gods, carry out their will, and collect and spread faith for them. Returning to the Pixel World was the only way she could fulfil her speciality.
As a matter of fact, Isabel had only stayed in this world for two days.
……
After work, Lu Yao returned to the house.
On the computer desk, Little Fire was quietly squatting in a flower pot, just like a normal indoor plant. Lu Yao didn’t let it open its mouth, it was just an ordinary cactus.
The game interface showed that the size of the Garlic Tribe was steadily increasing.
In the upper right corner, the population had reached 303, and the Faith Value was currently 201.
In the temple, the black-robed Isabelle sat quietly on her knees, facing Lu Yao in front of the screen, her head slightly hanging down as she waited for the god to give her orders.
Lu Yao typed in the dialogue box.
–Is there any abnormality in the tribe lately?
“My lord, everything is normal in the tribe, there is nothing suspicious.”
–The cave that collapsed there in the Barbarian Tribe that I asked you to investigate earlier, any results yet?
“My lord, inside there is a passageway. It’s connected to another unknown area, but because of the mountain accident the inside has been completely destroyed and can no longer be used.”
Isabelle suddenly took the initiative to speak.
“My lord, I request to temporarily leave the tribe for a while.”
“Not long ago, I used a messianic prayer to awaken an undead spirit. It said that there is an oasis in the middle of the southern desert, and there is a Bedu tribe in the oasis. The Bedu tribe raises sheep and camels, the people are fierce and brave, and they hold a passage that connects them to another plain.”
“I want to enter the desert, find the Bedu Tribe, and turn them into your followers to add fuel wood to the fire of your faith.”
Lu Yao was quite confident in Isabelle’s strength.
–Then go ahead.
“Yes, my lord.”
Isabelle walked out of the temple and travelled all the way into the desert to the west, starting the road of exploration.
……
Lu Yao looked towards the cactus on the table, “Little Fire, cook me a bowl of noodles, with pickled peppers. Add an egg and half a ham sausage.”
“Yes, Lord God.”
Little Fire stood up from the potted plant, shook the dirt from his body, rummaged through a bag of pickled noodles from the cardboard box by the corner, and ran out to cook the noodles.
The house Lu Yao rented was a two-bedroom apartment, which he rented together with his college mate Zhou Qiang. Zhou Qiang doesn’t live here, so he uses the other room as a temporary warehouse, piling up a lot of cardboard boxes.
Usually Zhou Qiang would come over early every Monday morning to empty the cartons and load new ones in. Lu Yao would unlock the door when he came back, so he wasn’t afraid of Little Fire being seen.
Outside the window came the sound of wild cats calling, and I didn’t know if they were fighting or on a date.
Lu Yao got up and stretched his limbs, and as his neck twisted, a slight sound of snapping came from his body. He moved slightly too much and twisted his waist, causing him to hiss cool air in pain.
Just as he was rubbing his back with his hand, a new alert came up on the computer.
[The Garlic Tribe invented writing, and everyone’s intelligence has increased slightly.]]
[The appearance of writing gave the Garlic Tribe the ability to record and spread civilisation and beliefs across regions.]
When Lu Yao saw this scene, if it weren’t for his back hurting, he would have wanted to punch a set of fists on the spot.
One of the most important inventions of the tribal era was writing.
Writing symbolised civilisation.
The Garlic Tribe had finally come out of the obscurantist and uncivilised era.
Along with the appearance of writing, the game interface also made an update.
At the top of the screen, in addition to the population and beliefs on the far right, there are several more resources displayed.
Food\Wood\Stone\Leather\Salt.
However, these items did not display specific values, showing a form similar to a power slot that slowly fluctuated.
Grain appeared to be the most abundant, showing a healthy green colour.
Lu Yao moused over the grain, and could also see a series of detailed ingredient lists below.
Wheat took up 80%, meat took up 10%, and the remainder was other. This was the current food structure of the Garlic Tribe.
In addition to grain, salt and leather were both in the green sufficiency stage.
Wood showed yellow, indicating insufficient reserves.
Stones manifested in red, showing an extreme lack.
Lu Yao understood after a little thought.
Only when words appeared could these resources be revealed using words as a carrier. It seemed that as the Garlic Tribe’s civilisation continued to develop, the complexity of the entire society would continue to increase, and the corresponding interfaces would also be constantly updated.
The good thing is that the entire civilisation is running and evolving on its own, so Lu Yao doesn’t need to bother with micromanagement, he only needs to control the general direction.
The prompts from the game interface continued.
[You have defeated Divine Jack in the area, and the Salt Pond Tribe’s attitude has become intimate.]
[The Salt Pond Tribe has offered you an offering.]
