[Chapter 67: Winter Town in Dreams]

When Leonard heard the name of Tirion Fordring, his reaction was much greater than when he heard the name of Laura, which surprised the three men next to him. They didn’t expect that the rough old man’s charm was even higher than that of the young and beautiful archaeologist.

David recovered quickly. After all, he knew the plot and the characters. Leonard and his good friends were all Warcraft players, and they never mentioned Tomb Raider from beginning to end.

Obviously, these people had no interest in the Tomb Raider series!

“Is it that Tirion Fordring? One of the founders of the Knights of the Silver Hand, the Lord of Hearthglen, and the Paladin Tirion Fordring?” Leonard’s eyes were shining, and his voice became much louder, even attracting the attention of several farmers in the distance, but he had no intention of restraining himself: “He is also here with you? Then can he still use the Holy Light?”

Mark and Steve heard this and suddenly realized that it was not only Tirion Fordring himself who was charming, but also the mysterious element of Holy Light, which made sense.

“It’s not shameful to lose to the Holy Light.” Perhaps because his relieved expression was too conspicuous and attracted Mark’s attention, Steve turned his head and explained.

“It’s not shameful, it’s not shameful.” Mark immediately agreed. He would have had similar thoughts, otherwise he would not have asked David to instill the Holy Light into him.

Unfortunately, he didn’t seem to have much talent for the Holy Light. The Holy Light in his body was still not very obedient. The biggest role for him was to protect his body and not leave any hidden injuries when he was doing exercises beyond his endurance. Over

there, David raised his hand and released some Holy Light in front of Leonard. The golden light ball was held in his hand, exuding a soft and warm breath. Even if he didn’t touch it, just getting closer, it made people feel comfortable all over.

“Wow!”

The word Leonard said the most today was ‘Wow’, but no matter how many times he said it, he felt it was not enough, because today’s experience was too magical for him. Not only did he experience space transfer, but he even saw with his own eyes the characters that only existed in fantasy, as well as the mysterious power in fantasy.

“Fordin is not in Winter Village now. He is helping me with something in Azeroth. He may not be back for a while.” David put away the Holy Light and did not say anything like “I will teach you if you want to learn.” As long as Leonard is willing to stay in Winter Village, he will be able to come into contact with various mysterious powers sooner or later. At that time, he can learn whatever he wants to learn: “But you will see it sooner or later after a long time. There is no need to rush for one or two days.”

“That’s right.” Leonard has made up his mind now. He must stay in Winter Village.

With his IQ, even if David did not say it, he has realized that becoming a villager of Winter Village does not conflict with his work at Caltech and renting an apartment in Pasadena. Just like Fording can go back to Azeroth when he has something to do, he can also live in Los Angeles and come to Winter Village when he is free.

In this case, what is he hesitant about? Will he refuse the invitation and never come again? He can’t bear to leave such a magical place.

Moreover, he can show off to his friends…

Thinking of this, Leonard suddenly realized something: “By the way, can I bring my friends here?”

“Yes.” David explained briefly that now people like Leonard who come to Winter Village from other worlds can bring people here after obtaining David’s permission, and can also bring these people back to their original world, but there is no way to bring people here to their own world.

In addition, there are some details about bringing people, such as direct contact is required, indirect contact is useless; things brought here must be things that can be lifted, and can be carried on the back, but things that can be dragged cannot be brought here.

After explaining a few situations, Leonard also toured Winter Village and had a relatively detailed understanding of Winter Village.

In addition to some basic rules, he also knew all the members of the village at present. In addition to Mark Watney, Squirtle and Captain America Steve Rogers, there is also Captain Carter Peggy Carter from the Marvel parallel universe; and Sharon Rogers from another parallel universe.

“Peggy is also the captain? Who is Sharon Rogers? Steve and Carter’s daughter?” For a comic fan, knowing such information is enough to make him excited for several days. He may not be able to sleep well tonight: “Wow, this place is really great.”

Will Turner from Port Royal in the Caribbean, the blacksmith shop in the village belongs to him, and Miss Elizabeth Swan, the daughter of the Governor of Port Royal, comes to Winter Village almost every day.

There is also Jonah Myawa, Laura’s friend and adventure partner, who is currently the chef of the village.

Sitting in the spacious and bright, all-wooden cafeteria, Leonard met this enthusiastic strong man and enjoyed a delicious lunch by the way.

“I just want to move to the village immediately.” Leonard even considered whether to discuss with Sheldon to return the apartment and live here directly. Even if it is two worlds to go back and forth to work, it is still more convenient than driving to work every day: “It’s a pity that there is no network here.”

This is the only reason for him not to return the apartment. Not only does he need to go online for casual games, but his work also requires the use of the Internet to facilitate information query and receiving and sending emails.

“I’m going to go back first. I’m going to tell Penny, Sheldon, Howard, and Raj about my experience today. They probably won’t believe me at all… Now that I think about it, even if I experienced it myself, I don’t really believe what I’m going to say.”

Looking at Leonard who was still excited, David estimated that he would not be able to calm down for half a month, so he didn’t say anything more to him and let him move freely.

“By the way, if you need to build your own cabin, you can choose a location you like in the village, and we will help you build it.”

“I’ll think about what kind of house I should build.”

Leonard was affected by the overexcitement. He kept thinking whether he should buy a modular house. Then he realized that even if he bought it, he couldn’t transport it. But you can refer to the good design plans, or just get a design drawing and build it here according to the drawing.

David wanted to remind him that he didn’t need to design it too well, because if the craftsmen of the Stonemason Union moved to Winter Village, the entire Winter Village would be rebuilt, and the current wooden houses would be demolished, and everyone would move into better and more comfortable stone houses.

But seeing Leonard’s current state, it is estimated that he would not listen to David, so let him do whatever he wants!

Looking at the lunch in front of him, David decided to finish the meal first, and then do some exercises as usual. As a result, Laura walked in from the door just as he was about to pick up a potato.

“Are you up?”

“Yeah!” Laura sat down next to David, stretched her body, said hello to Jonah, and ordered lunch: “One more grilled steak.”

“No problem.”

Laura usually likes to do a lot of exercise, and her appetite is much larger than other ordinary women. Since she mastered the Holy Light and can do more exercise, her appetite has increased a lot.

Even if she just woke up, she would not be satisfied with just a little food, and she would not have any indigestion problems.

“Is there a new person in the village?”

“Yes, have you seen him?”

“Well, when I came here just now, I saw a man with glasses who was smiling happily walking around the village.” Laura knew he was an Earthling as soon as she saw the other person’s clothes: “I simply said hello to him.”

As for the strange look on Leonard’s face when he heard her name, she didn’t delve into it. She was more curious about this man’s identity, so she went straight to David: “Who is this Leonard Hofstadter?”

“An experimental physicist at Caltech.”

“That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Laura was a little surprised. She tilted her head and asked again: “No other special identity? For example, a famous superhero? Or any special inventions?”

“No.” David thought about it. Leonard seemed to have made some contributions to physics, but those contributions were not the same as what Laura wanted to ask: “He’s just a physicist, one of the top people in the industry!” While

speaking, Jonah had brought Laura’s lunch, and then went back to the kitchen to continue working.

As lunch time approached, people in the village came to the cafeteria one after another, including Leonard, who had been wandering around the village and had already eaten lunch.

“How do you feel about walking around by yourself?”

“Actually, I came to say hello to you. I’m going back.” Leonard had walked around the village several times. He didn’t dare to go further. David and Steve had reminded him that the outskirts of Winter Village were not safe. If he wanted to go, he needed to ask one of them to go with him.

Leonard thought about it and decided not to rush to wander far away. After all, this is a whole world, and it’s not so easy to explore it all. He wanted to go back and share the news with his good friends first, and then bring his friends over: “Wait until I discuss the time with a few friends, and then come together.”

“Okay!”

David sent him to the edge of the village and watched Leonard leave.

Standing at the edge of the village, looking at the place where Leonard disappeared, David was in a daze for a while. His mind was divergent. What he was thinking about was whether Sheldon could build a nuclear power plant in Winter Village.

“After we have a clean stone pavement, a complete drainage and sewage system, and a tap water system, we can now consider the power system.” If all of these can be built, the Winter Village… No, the Winter Town of my dreams will be born.

Happy New Year!

(End of this chapter)