The Princess's Smile (6)
Qu Chen had been crying since he was injured. Although Jian Tanxi was soft-hearted, she held back and did not give him the healing pills.
She comforted Qu Chen, saying, "Little Chen, just bear with it a little longer. As soon as we clear the level, we'll treat you immediately."
Lin Nanhuai frowned and said, "Can you please stop this child from crying? It's so annoying."
Jian Tanxi said, "He's so badly injured, and he's just a child, it's normal for him to cry. If you don't want to listen, you can go away."
"How dare you speak to me like that!"
"Lin, you're not what you used to be. Nobody's going to fawn over you anymore."
Lin Nanhuai: "..."
Xu Yunhong asked, "What should we do next? My mind is completely blank. Please help me think of a solution."
Huo Zimu asked, "Did you get by like this before?"
Xu Yunhong: "I'm lucky, I can always get through by relying on others, is that not allowed?"
"People like you shouldn't come in."
"It's not like I wanted to come here."
Ignoring the arguing around her, Jian Tanxi suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "I have the ability to grasp two-dimensional objects, which allows me to pull things from a two-dimensional plane into the three-dimensional world. The princess should like this kind of performance."
Meng Yuening said, "Then let's give it a try. Anyway, we still have a chance to try and fail."
"Um."
Meng Yuening wanted Jian Tanxi to take the healing pill before going out to perform, but Jian Tanxi insisted on performing with her injury so as to save a pill.
She knew how painful it was to be seriously injured, but for the sake of her injured companion and herself, she didn't delay any longer and went straight out.
Lin Nanhuai behind him said, "Hey, wait a minute, why did you leave so quickly? I haven't even agreed to this plan yet. Don't you have any team spirit?"
However, as Jian Tanxi left the conference room, the door closed, and Lin Nanhuai's voice was also cut off.
Miss Jenny, upon seeing Jian Tanxi, exclaimed, "Wow, it's you again, Miss Jian. It's truly admirable that you came out injured. How are you going to make the princess laugh this time?"
Jian Tanxi used all her strength to keep herself upright and calmly said, "Next, I will perform another magic trick for the princess."
The palace walls were covered with paintings. Jian Tanxi asked the princess, "Your Highness, which painting do you like the most?"
The princess pointed to a picture of a bird and said, "This is my favorite."
"Do you like these birds?"
"Yes."
"How about I take them out of the painting and give them to you?"
"OK."
The king questioned, "How can you catch the bird in the painting? Don't talk nonsense."
Jian Tanxi said, "King, Princess, please take a look."
Jian Tanxi used her two-dimensional grasping ability to directly grab a gray jay.
The jay, held in Jian Tanxi's hand, let out a panicked cry.
The king and princess were both shocked. The king laughed and said, "This is amazing!"
Jian Tanxi presented the jay to the princess, who simply nodded and said, "You're very clever, thank you for the gift."
The princess didn't laugh, but Jian Tanxi didn't give up and continued to ask, "What else do you like?"
The princess pointed to another painting: "I like the hat in that painting."
The painting the princess was pointing to was a portrait.
The girl in the painting is sitting by the river, wearing a yellow hat.
This hat is exquisitely crafted, inlaid with pearls and agate; no wonder the princess liked it.
Jian Tanxi also took out the hat and gave it to the princess.
The princess put on the hat and asked the king, "Father, does it look good?"
The king nodded and said, "Of course, my daughter is the most beautiful, and she looks even more beautiful with this hat on."
The princess's eyes showed satisfaction, but she still didn't smile.
Jian Tanxi realized that her method was no longer working and she could not continue to waste an opportunity for two-dimensional crawling.
She can only use her two-dimensional grasping ability three times a month, and she has already used it twice.
There's one use left, which needs to be applied to the blade.
So Jian Tanxi changed her strategy and started telling jokes.
No matter how funny Jian Tanxi's story was, the princess showed an impatient expression.
Time was up, the mission failed, and all players were attacked again.
Jian Tanxi, Meng Yuening, Qu Chen, and Huo Zimu were beaten to death, while Professor Pan, Xu Yunhong, and Lin Nanhuai were injured.
After consuming four Resurrection Pills, the four dead people were resurrected.
Now, there's only one Resurrection Pill left, and we don't have enough.
If more than one person is killed in the next round, it will be impossible to revive everyone, and the game will be completely lost.
Therefore, from now on, all injured people must take healing pills immediately and cannot wait to be beaten to death.
As a result, Professor Pan, Xu Yunhong, and Lin Nanhuai, who were injured, took the healing pills and recovered their health.
Everyone is now back to being unharmed.
There are 15 healing pills and 1 resurrection pill left.
After so many failures, everyone is starting to develop PTSD.
Xu Yunhong murmured, "We won't be unable to win forever, will we? Once the healing pills run out, we'll be beaten to death, and our blood will be left on the floor..."
Lin Nanhuai: "Stop talking. You're just boosting the morale of others and diminishing our own."
Meng Yuening comforted Xu Yunhong: "Don't worry, based on my experience of clearing the game many times, there must be a way to pass it."
Xu Yunhong: "Based on my many years of experience living without dying, everyone dies eventually, whether it's early or late. Does anyone know of any methods for euthanasia?"
Meng Yuening: "..."
Professor Pan said, "Don't be discouraged. Calm down and think carefully to see if there are any methods we haven't tried yet."
Huo Zimu said, "We've used up almost all of our abilities and tools. As for Qu Chen, he's such a fool, he hasn't contributed a single thing so far. I'm so unlucky to be teamed up with him again. What's so great about him anyway?"
Qu Chen was unaware that Huo Zimu was cursing him, and instead grinned foolishly at Huo Zimu.
Huo Zimu was furious: "Laugh, laugh, laugh! All you do is laugh like an idiot all day! That crazy princess outside never laughs, and I have to figure out how to make her laugh! Why doesn't she just fly to the moon?"
Qu Chen also had a gray bag on him. This was a bag commonly used by aliens when giving away items, and every Earthling who received a reward had one.
Qu Chen was probably bored, so he took the gray bag out of his pocket and emptied its contents. Pills and props spilled all over the floor.
He wanted to take the pills, but Jian Tanxi and Meng Yuening stopped him.
Meng Yuening picked up a firework and asked, "What is this? A firework? It's so small."
Jian Tanxi said, "These are Xiao Chen's fireworks. I don't know what they're for. They can't be ordinary fireworks, can they?"
“Let’s take a look. Hmm, there are words on the side of this firework, but they’re too small to see clearly.”
Jian Tanxi casually remarked, "If only this firework could be magnified, we could see the words on the side more clearly."
Meng Yuening touched the fireworks and said, "I touched something that looks like a button. Do you want me to press it?"
Lin Nanhuai objected: "Do you want to blow us all up?"
Meng Yuening: "What if it's an enlarged button?"
"What if? Are you going to gamble on that probability? Let's think about how to keep making the princess laugh."
Jian Tanxi said, "I don't know what this firework is for. What if it's something to make the princess laugh? Can anyone see what's written on the side of this firework?"
Everyone took turns trying to identify it, but none of them could recognize it. At this point, everyone looked at Huo Zimu, because he was the only one among those present who wore glasses.
Huo Zimu said, "I just looked, and I couldn't recognize him either. I wear glasses because my eyesight is bad; any one of you has better eyesight than me."
At this moment, Professor Pan said, "Who among us has the best eyesight? Let that person wear Huo Zimu's glasses; perhaps they can see clearly then."
Everyone thought it was a good idea and reported their glasses prescription.
It turned out that Xu Yunhong had the best eyesight, so she wore Huo Zimu's glasses.
She was a little uncomfortable wearing glasses for the first time.
After a while, she felt a little better and said, "I can see much better this way, but I'm a little dizzy..."
She examined the side of the small firework closely and said, "I recognize it, it has four characters... Li... Mountain... Beacon... Fire..."
Everyone kept repeating those four words.
Lin Nanhuai asked, "What does 'Lishan beacon fire' mean?"
Jian Tanxi said, "Could it be... the story of the beacon fires used to amuse the feudal lords?"
Meng Yuening clapped her hands: "That's right! Legend has it that Bao Si couldn't laugh either. To make Bao Si laugh, King You of Zhou lit the beacon towers at Mount Li, summoning the feudal lords to come to his aid. When the feudal lords arrived, King You said there were no enemies invading and told them to go back. Seeing this farce, Bao Si finally laughed. Now this princess doesn't laugh either. Is she going to imitate the beacon fire prank?"
Lin Nanhuai scoffed: "You want to use Eastern methods to amuse a Western princess? Chinese learning as the foundation, Western learning for practical application, is that it? What a fine veteran of the Westernization Movement, my apologies."
Meng Yuening: "How will we know if we don't try? Since this fireworks is called 'Lishan Beacon Fire,' it must be related to this instance. If we show the fireworks to the princess, maybe she'll smile like Bao Si."
"You've compared the princess to Bao Si; she might get angry and kill you."
"How would a Western princess know the story of Bao Si? I'll just keep quiet about it."
After discussing it back and forth, they couldn't come up with a better solution, so they decided to give it a try.
This time, Meng Yuening was to go out and make the princess laugh.
She said to the princess, "Princess, I'll set off a firework for you; I guarantee you'll love it."
The princess nodded: "Then let's take a look."
Meng Yuening looked around the palace and found that it was very tall and shouldn't be destroyed by fireworks.
So she went to the fireplace, lit the fuse of the firework, and placed it in the center.
Meng Yuening quickly ran to the side to avoid being hit by the fireworks.
A few seconds later, the fireworks went off.
This firework is different from ordinary fireworks; it doesn't just create simple sparks, but instead displays a magnificent and complex picture in the air.
On the right side of the picture, there are many feudal lords driving chariots, followed by many soldiers, as if they are going to Mount Li to support the king.
On the left side of the picture is a beacon tower, and on the beacon tower are a king and a concubine, who look like King You of Zhou and Bao Si.
Meanwhile, torches were lit on each beacon tower, stretching endlessly into the distance.
Behind the beacon tower, there are tall mountains and trees, resembling a natural landscape.
This painting perfectly recreates the scene of the legendary story of the feudal lords being summoned by the beacon fires.
I never imagined that such small fireworks could convey such a rich array of content.
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