Chapter 342 About Yue Wang
"Let me think about it. If I were to tell you everything in detail, it would be a bit too long. What do you want to hear?"
Hearing Lin Xiaolu's words, Bohe was quite cooperative: "About the city itself? About our magical girl team? Or about me?"
"Just talk about it. You have nothing to do anyway."
Lin Xiaolu only had her left foot supporting the ground, her right foot was on tiptoe, and her upper body was lying on the magic device, looking at Bo He: "I did learn something from a book before, saying that the city center of Yuewang City is a mountain?"
"Since you are interested in listening, then I don't mind. Just don't think I'm boring when the time comes."
Mint turned around, lowered his head and took two more steps forward, changing the bricks at his feet to green: "Let's talk about Yuewang City itself first - what you said just now is right, Yuewang City is a city built around a mountain. In the middle of our city, there is a thousand-meter-high mountain..."
"Wu Hengshan." Lin Xiaolu answered quickly.
"...Yes, it is Wuheng Mountain."
Bohe was choked a little by her words, but soon continued, "Thousands of years ago, during the ancient beast disaster, a group of refugees hid in the mountains to stay away from the remaining beasts and survived in the mountains. These people originally did not plan to live in the mountains for a long time, but after staying here for a while, they unexpectedly discovered that as long as they lived in this Wuheng Mountain, it seemed that no remaining beasts would come to hunt for humans."
"The technology was not developed at that time, or there was no technology at all, so there was no theory to verify this speculation. But for this group of refugees, being able to survive the beasts was a great blessing, so they simply settled here."
"And the fact is just as they thought. Almost no remnant beasts would take the initiative to approach Wuheng Mountain. Even if a few of them occasionally appear here, as long as people do not take the initiative to expose themselves, these remnant beasts will leave."
"With such a unique environment, the people who settled in Wuheng Mountain naturally multiplied quickly. In addition, the mountain was quite conspicuous in the surrounding wasteland, and more and more refugees continued to pour in. Later, this place became one of the largest human settlements in Donghuazhou."
"The existence of Wuheng Mountain was passed down by word of mouth among the people at that time, and it was easy for outsiders to find and join this place. There was only one mountain within a radius of dozens of miles, so 'seeing the only mountain means finding Wuheng', which also became the origin of the name 'Yuewang City'."
Bo He put one hand in his coat pocket and gestured to Bai Jingxuan in the distance with the other hand, then continued to move forward: "Later, people from the kingdom came to the material world to help us build the city. And there are so many people living in Wuheng Mountain, so naturally, this place was designated as one of the central cities."
"A mountain that can drive away the remaining beasts?" Lin Xiaolu blinked her eyes. "Is there really such a magical thing? It sounds just like a city defense net."
"Because in fact, important materials for the city's defense network come from Wuheng Mountain."
Mint shrugged. "There is a very special ore inside Wuheng Mountain that can disrupt the surrounding magic fluctuations and confuse the perception of the remaining beasts. The older generation called this ore 'ghost-chasing stone', while the people of the kingdom called it 'miscellaneous jade'. In short, it was thanks to this ore that the refugees were able to survive by relying on Wuheng Mountain."
"So your Yuewang City doesn't even need a city defense network?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiaolu suddenly clapped her hands: "Can we come in and out as we please? Can we even see what the outside of the city looks like?"
"Ha, how is that possible? You're overthinking it."
Bohe laughed: "There are no more ghost-chasing stones in Wuheng Mountain now. These ghost-chasing stones have been dug out and used as materials for protective nets in other cities in Donghua Prefecture. After all, compared to piling up a large number of ghost-chasing stones, relying on their own characteristics to drive away residual beasts, it is much more efficient to make protective nets."
"That's boring." Lin Xiaolu suddenly lost interest.
"All the ghost-chasing stones have been dug out, and Wuheng Mountain itself has become a large mine. The country has helped to reinforce the remaining mountain, so now even the interior of Wuheng Mountain is the living area of Yuewang City."
Bohe didn't think it was a big deal and continued, "You can imagine walking into a cave and looking up, and the hollow mountain is brightly lit. Going up along the mountain wall are all houses, bridges, and even a platform elevator that can carry hundreds of people at a time... Isn't it cool? This is a common sight in our city."
"Hmm... this seems, indeed?" Lin Xiaolu imagined the scenery described by Bo He for a while and found that it seemed to be very unique.
"Not only that, at the top of the largest cave, behind the rock wall, is our Yuewang City's Strategy Bureau."
Bohe stretched out a finger and shook it slightly: "Because our city is a central city, there are many magical girls. There are more than 20 currently registered, so the Strategy Bureau also has a special dormitory for magical girls. Although not everyone lives there every day, it is generally not vacant. After all, there are always a few magical girls who live in the dormitory for various matters."
"So?" Lin Xiaolu had half of her body pressed on the device, with one hand supporting her chin.
"So, you can imagine that if something happens in the living area in the cave, all we need to do is notify the magical girl in the dormitory, and then she can jump down from the top of the mountain-"
Mint opened his hands and said, "It will take at most ten seconds to land at the destination. The magical girl will make a stunning appearance."
“Ah, it’s true.”
Lin Xiaolu opened her mouth slightly: "A bit handsome."
She was telling the truth, because even Bai Jingxuan, who was not far away, was attracted by Bo He's description and showed a somewhat dreamy expression.
"I've done that more than once."
Bo He proudly shook his coat and said, "Every time I land on the ground, I will lift up my coat and make such a cool move. If I do this, my online fans will increase like crazy in a few days!"
"Online fans?"
Lin Xiaolu was even more surprised: "Will you still register an account using the identity of a magical girl?"
"Is there any need to say that?"
Bo He looked at her in confusion: "Haven't you followed Lan Xing's blog? Even if we're not in the same city, we can always see the text messages, right?"
"Yes, there is..."
Lin Xiaolu looked away: "But that's usually something that only famous seniors would do, right? If newcomers like us register an account, won't it make people feel arrogant?"
She actually lied here.
Because she has never paid attention to any Blue Star blog.
Rather, in Lin Xiaolu's cognition, the title of "the strongest karuta" clearly belonged to her mother in the past, and now, Delphinium is the most amazing magical girl in the world. So she has an inexplicable rejection of this "strongest" recognized by the public.
"Come on, we are magical girls, fighting on the front lines every day. Can't we find some sense of identity online?"
Mint sighed, "If you don't publicize your achievements, then they will be attributed to other magical girls, which will help boost their reputations. When others mention your code name, they won't remember what you did. They will just think, 'Oh, there's such a magical girl, but she doesn't seem to have any outstanding achievements, so don't worry about her.' It's too sad that you did so many good things, but no one cared in the end."
"Ah...will it?"
Lin Xiaolu stared at Bo He blankly: "I don't think I've ever thought about this kind of thing?"
"...That's true. After all, there are only five magical girls in your entire city."
Bohe turned around and looked at her for a while, then suddenly dropped his shoulders and said dejectedly, "Because there are so few people, we will always be the center of attention of the citizens. It's great to be in a small city."
"Uh, will it?"
Lin Xiaolu asked herself a question with a little confusion. After recalling the comments she had seen on the Internet, it seemed to be true.
Although she seldom searches on her own, and usually only watches news reports on TV or looks for comments about herself on the Internet when she thinks she is very cool after defeating a crippled beast, it is obvious to the naked eye that in the past six months, the people of Fangting City have actually had a good opinion of her.
Some praised her for being very active as a newcomer, some said she had made great progress, and some said she was cute. In short, even if she did not deliberately promote herself, the people of Fangting City were paying attention to her actions.
Although this kind of attention is nothing compared to the delphinium.
As a previous generation of magical girl who saved Fangting City 20 years ago, the name "Cornflower" is well-known to the older generation of Fangting City. And on the night of the Full Moon Festival last year, in front of everyone in the city, after defeating the huge beast that seemed to cover the sky and the sun, everyone knew that "Cornflower has returned." Even today's young people are no longer unfamiliar with Cornflower.
It is undeniable that in the eyes of the general public, the most attractive quality of a magical girl to fans is "power".
As long as the magical girl is strong enough to easily repel the enemy and trample all the beasts that appear under her feet, then no matter how bad her personality is or how ferocious her appearance is, she will still have countless fans.
Cornflower of Fontaine City, a magical girl who "saved the city twice", undoubtedly satisfies people's sense of security to the greatest extent.
In addition, although the attitude of the cornflower towards outsiders is somewhat indifferent, it is not mean or bad, and is generally more "people-friendly". Its appearance is also very cute, and both men and women like it. As a result, the online public opinion in Fangting City has overwhelmingly praised the cornflower, and any slight noise will be quickly drowned in the ocean of praise.
Lin Xiaolu naturally wouldn't feel jealous or anything. In her opinion, "Delphinium is amazing" is a matter of course, and it's not surprising that others can recognize this. Although she occasionally envy and yearn for it, and imagines whether she can also have this day, she also knows that she is still a long way from it.
As this is the case, it is naturally difficult for her to have any real sense of her current "reputation".
Bohe quickly noticed Lin Xiaolu's psychology, so she tactfully changed the subject and started chatting about random things.
Time passed slowly like this, until Bohe finished gossiping about his team and was about to talk about himself, when Bai Jingxuan, who had been just listening, suddenly shouted, "Done!"
The other two then noticed that the green bricks in the passage had continued all the way to connect the devices at both ends. This also meant that the puzzle had finally reached its final stage in their hands.
"…It seems like this is not the time for small talk."
Mint walked out of the grid and circled around the device in front of him. After confirming that it had been activated, he showed Lin Xiaolu a still refreshing but somewhat cunning smile: "Sorry, let's talk about my own affairs next time."
(End of this chapter)
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