Chapter 243 Sandong City

The mother felt quite guilty about this, as her child had not yet seen the bigger world outside and could only stay around in this city.

Sometimes she would orally tell her children about the past scenes of other cities and even countries.

The little boy sensed his mother's down mood and immediately put down his ice cream and ran to hug her legs. "Mom, it's great here too. I can go out with my friends every day and don't have to go to school."

The stall owner and Lu Jiu were both amused by his words.

This topic would make people feel depressed, so Lu Jiu changed the subject, "By the way, do you use ice cubes to keep this ice cream cold?"

The stall owner nodded. "Actually, I don't quite understand the principle behind it. This was made by a resident of our city-state. Putting ice cubes in it makes it almost like an old refrigerator."

Finally, they chatted for a while. The stall owner told her some interesting stories about the city lord, and Lu Jiu told them about the battle with wild monsters.

The little boy was filled with longing after hearing this.

·

Near dusk, Shen Jufeng and the others came out of the training room, and Lu Jiu said goodbye to the stall owner and the others.

After meeting up with Zhuang Yun and An An, they had to go to the hostel to register, and both of them were sweating.

Lu Jiu tutted his words and said, "So hard-working, the training room here is similar to ours."

Shen Jufeng nodded, "It's all the same. I tried fighting a silver-level wild monster today, and it was still difficult."

Yong Lin had something to say about this. "Don't mention it, Sister Lu. We were training in a shared room with others, following the random rules, and we ended up spawning five silver monsters. I even forgot how many bottles of potion I drank during that time."

Lu Jiu saw that Yong Lin looked as if his soul was out of his body, and it seemed that he was tired.

"Practice makes perfect. You've all worked hard. Dinner tonight is on me."

However, the three of them didn't want to talk. They just wanted to go to the hotel to take a shower and relieve their fatigue.

A few people were heading towards the hotel where they were staying when a group of people came from the opposite direction. The man in the lead was young but very imposing.

The two teams glanced at each other as they passed by, and walked at very straight pace.

After the group passed by, they heard someone muttering nearby.

"It's the city lord and the others who are back."

"The City Lord is still as handsome as ever, and his abstinence style is simply amazing."

…

It turns out that the man just now was the mayor of Jidu City. No wonder the discipline here seems so good.

Shen Jufeng turned around to look at the other party, then followed his teammates to the lodging house.

After several people registered and there was no one around, he whispered, "That guy looks like he's been a soldier."

Lu Jiu agreed with this viewpoint very much. "Isn't it? When I saw him, I felt like I was seeing the instructor during military training. Just the way he walked."

Zhuang Yun suddenly realized, "No wonder they say the discipline here is so strict. It turns out that those who have served in the military are truly special."

After he finished speaking, he felt Lu Jiu's death gaze, "Of course, our Xuantian City is also very good. It seems that our Xiaojiu has the talent to be the city lord."

Shen Jufeng just pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Jiu didn't take all the credit for himself. "Behind every successful city lord, there is a deputy city lord who works silently and hard."

Everything is implied.

·

The next day, Zhuang Yun took his daughter and Yong Lin to buy local specialties, and then waved goodbye to Lu Jiu and the others.

Lu Jiu sighed slightly, and then it was just her and Shen Jufeng's journey.

Shen Jufeng glanced at her and asked, "Why are you sighing?"

Lu Jiu waved his hands helplessly, "Nothing, I just feel it's a bit boring to be just the two of us next time."

Shen Jufeng said in his heart, "Haha, woman, weren't they the only two together at the beginning of the apocalypse? She didn't look bored then."

"Just treat it as a trip. If you encounter wild monsters along the way that you don't want to fight, just run away."

But Lu Jiu still looked listless, "I hope to encounter interesting city-states in other cities."

·

The two of them didn't stay long and left after finishing lunch.

Lu Jiu was reluctant to let go of the little boy at the ice cream stall that she had met before, after all, Lu Jiu would tell him a lot about wild monsters, but she still added him as a friend.

For the rest of the journey, Lu Jiu and his friends decided to leave the province directly. In the past six months, they could only watch channels from the same province, and had no idea about the situation in other provinces and cities.

The journey is long, and if they encounter a few wild monsters, they will stop to deal with them. If there are many, they will not waste time.

I kept in touch with Zhuang Yun and the others along the way.

Not long after they set off, they changed their images. Now they are Mi Qingyi and Su Lei respectively.

After traveling for more than a week, they finally left Long Province. During the trip, they did not visit any city-states they encountered.

Long Province generally belongs to the south, but they have been heading east for more than a week and arrived in Sam Dong City, An Thao Province.

·

When they were about to reach the edge of Long Province, Lu Jiu and Chen Jufeng smelled the salty sea breeze.

Lu Jiu shrugged his nose and asked, "Are we going to see the sea?"

There are several coastal cities in Anshao Province, but she remembered that Sandong City was not a coastal city.

Shen Jufeng: "You'll understand when you get there. You have to remember that Long Province didn't have trees everywhere like it does now."

Now Long Province is like a super-large forest, with various city-states standing in this forest.

As they got closer to Anshao Province, the salty smell of the sea became more and more obvious. Lu Jiu was an inland resident and had no idea what the seaside environment was like.

But in a gap in the forest, she saw a treeless beach.

"See? It's a beach!"

It has been a long time since she saw this scene, and she is tired of seeing green all day long.

After leaving the jungle, the sun shone directly on their bodies without any shelter. The sound of the waves and the salty smell of the sea breeze gave them a brand new experience.

·

Lu Jiu was very happy at first and urged his mount to continue moving forward, but he soon discovered that the entire area he saw seemed to be covered by the sea.

Apart from the beach we encountered earlier, there is only the sea after we go a certain distance.

They drove like this for more than half an hour before they saw a city-state. However, this city-state was built on an island. The island was very large and much better than the one they encountered at the beginning.

Unlike Long Province, where there are no giant trees hundreds of meters high blocking the view, the number of city-states on this island is clearly visible, but there are many coconut trees on the beach.

Before they got close to the island, someone saw them.

When they arrived at the edge of the island, a group of people had already gathered around them. These people seemed to have been outside for a long time, and their skin was slightly darker. The contrast was even more obvious when Lu Jiu stood next to them.

A girl in the team was the first to come forward and greet them, "Hello, where are you from?"

Although Lu Jiu was a little confused by the scene here, he still answered them, "Um, hello, we are from Long Province..."

They did not hide which province they were from.

As expected, after he told them where he was from, the whole team gasped, "Long Province?! You're from there? What's it like there?"

"Oh my god, after all this time, I finally meet someone from another province."

"Why are you here?"

…

In short, everyone asked them questions at once, but unfortunately Lu Jiu and Shen Jufeng only had one mouth and couldn't answer so many questions.

The same girl from before shouted for everyone to be quiet, "Why don't you come to our city-state? We're really curious about what other provinces and cities are like. They were just a little excited just now."

Lu Jiu waved his hand, "It's okay, I understand your feelings."

So she and Shen Jufeng followed the team to the city-state. It was also a geographical advantage that the city-state was very close to the beach, and they arrived at the city-state soon.

The word "Lidong City" is written on the city-state, which is the name of this city-state.

(End of this chapter)