Chapter 333: Was the forecast wrong?
Chiba Yukio also bought a second-hand cruise ship. It was not big, about 20 to 30 meters long. The hull structure was quite good, but the buildings and decorations on it were very old, so the purchase price was also cheap.
She asked the four shikigami, Xuan Chi, Jin Tongzi, Garuda and Huang Quanjin, to refurbish and transform the original hull and rebuild a new wooden house, which would then be used as a convenient means of transportation.
A two-story building was built on the boat in the style of a Japanese painted boat. Inside the boat was a tea room with twelve tatami mats. The beams and pillars were embedded with Sanskrit characters engraved by Huangquanjin to ward off evil spirits. When the sliding door was opened, a three-meter square sunken stove was revealed. The iron kettle was suspended where it was secretly connected to the spiritual fire source of the Cinder Boy.
A semi-open-air bathhouse was built at the stern of the ship. When the steam rises, the wind chimes on the eaves will play excerpts from the gagaku "The Tale of the Heike" by themselves.
Xuan Chi has the ability to steer a boat and drive water, so Chiba Xuexi appointed her as the captain. She holds the "Xuanming Konghou" in her hand, and when she plucks the strings, she can summon bone-eroding mist that surrounds the hull and protects the boat house.
There are five lakes at the foot of Mount Fuji, namely Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Saiko, Lake Shoji and Lake Motosu. These lakes are all barrier lakes formed by the eruption of Mount Fuji, located in Yamanashi Prefecture at the northern foot of Mount Fuji. Among them, Lake Kawaguchi is closest to Chiba Yukio's hot spring hotel and not far from the refuge on the mountain, so the houseboat was moored by Lake Kawaguchi.
Lake Kawaguchi covers an area of 5.63 square kilometers and is the most beautiful of the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji. Especially in spring, you can see the reflection of Mount Fuji in the lake and the blooming cherry blossoms from the north side of Lake Kawaguchi, which is truly a unique sight.
However, the houseboat has not been renovated yet, so Chiba Xuexiu can only wait until Li Xiang comes next time and then invite him to enjoy the boat.
Although she knew that Li Xiang had traveled all over the world and had seen all kinds of beautiful scenery, she thought that with her outstanding demeanor, various skills, and several beautiful shikigami to help, she should be able to bring Li Xiang a different experience.
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Li Xiang came to South America, to the Amazon jungle, to visit Yaki Toto.
Yaki Toto has reached the third level and his progress in cultivation is quite good. Li Xiang gave him some pointers, praised him, and then inspected his preparations for the flood.
"Paya, look, these are the canoes we built. And there are tree houses." Yaki Toto pointed to more than a hundred canoes docked in the Amazon tributaries, and then introduced the tree houses built on the big trees.
"In addition, we have also established a stronghold on the mountain far away."
The two men came to the mountain. Li Xiang took a look and found that the conditions were indeed harsh and the cave was leaking badly, so he used his earth-related abilities to help him transform it.
After Li Xiang's transformation, not only are there more and larger caves suitable for living, but a layer of "seamless" rock armor has also been added.
Most people lay ceramic tiles in their homes one piece at a time, with gaps that need to be beautified. However, Li Xiang lays "Yanjia" (ceramic tiles), which are formed in one piece.
In order to prevent slipping, some protruding lines and patterns are specially designed.
He asked the spirit that Yaki Toto believed in to help him carve a totem on the rock armor. As a result, Yaki Toto said: "I believe in Paya, the great you. Please respectfully ask Paya to carve your totem on the rock armor."
Li Xiang laughed and scolded: "When did you learn to flatter?"
However, when he saw Yaki Toto kneel down on one knee and kowtow to him devoutly after saying this, Li Xiang suddenly felt that maybe I had misunderstood? Was this a sincere statement from Yaki?
Li Xiang was not so shameless as to carve his own portrait or build his own sculpture in the cave. He smiled and waved his hand, and the matter was dropped.
He came to the outside of the stronghold, looked around, waved his hands, and built a high platform out of thin air along the hillside where he was standing, a curved platform about a hundred meters long and ten meters wide.
Various wooden houses can be built on this platform, and it can also be used as a dock if the water level rises in the future.
But a flood would never be able to raise the platform so high (this is exactly the effect we want, what’s the point of using the platform as a stronghold if it is flooded). After a brief thought, Li Xiang built a few stone steps on the side of the platform to make it easier to climb up from the boat in the future.
Yaki Toto was very surprised. As a primitive tribe in the rainforest, climbing was their strong point. Li Xiang also suggested that if the stone steps were inconvenient, they could lower a vine ladder.
Li Xiang used tree branches to draw several improved vine ladder patterns on the ground and asked Yaki Toto to arrange people to make them according to them.
Yaki Toto listened attentively and took notes seriously.
Although the Amazon jungle has complex terrain and mountains, most of the place is plains, rivers and lakes. The mountain occupied by Yaqui Toto is called "Cerro El Corno", which is already the best terrain within hundreds of kilometers. After Li Xiang's construction, it has become an even better "holy place".
"Some tribes may come to rob you in the future, so you have to prepare early." Li Xiang reminded.
Although the rainforest often has flood seasons and is often flooded, this year's flood is no longer minor. Those tribes can no longer stay there and will definitely gather on this mountain.
Yaki Toto's eyes were firm: "I'm not afraid."
Yaki Toto was at least a third-level power, and his abilities were the most suitable for the rain forest. With Li Xiang's reminder, he should not worry. However, Li Xiang still taught him some simple martial arts, and asked him to select loyal subordinates to teach him, practice every day, and enhance his overall combat effectiveness.
If someone is extremely talented and can master martial arts, then try to teach them advanced martial arts or breathing techniques.
As I said, one more resistance force in the end times can share some of the pressure.
The earth needs to be protected by all earthlings.
After Li Xiang replenished him with a large amount of supplies, he soared into the sky and disappeared.
Yaki Toto looked up, and with his keen eyesight, he could naturally see that Paya was now truly soaring into the sky.
In fact, Li Xiang now flies at an altitude of 10,000 meters more often. If he can fly, who would still fly at low altitudes? Sometimes he flies to an altitude of more than 30,000 meters, flying quickly above the clouds, which really makes him feel like a god.
Li Xiang is now flying at Mach 40, which means he can fly about 49,000 kilometers per hour, or 98,000 miles. A monkey can fly 108,000 miles with one somersault, so he is still far behind a monkey.
But in myths and legends, it is also possible to "travel to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening."
In addition, conventional missiles cannot reach the 30,000-meter altitude. Even if they can reach it, they cannot catch up with Li Xiang's speed. There was once a balloon that slowly floated to the North American continent, also at this altitude, which made the United States very worried. In the end, when the balloon dropped to about 22,000 meters, the F22 was dispatched. As a result, they were dumbfounded. The F22 still could not reach it.
Later, the balloon descended to 18,000 meters. The F22 fired three AIM-9X missiles, and finally one of them hit the target, bringing the slow and worthless balloon down.
The cost of an AIM-9X missile is about $380,000 per missile. But it also costs money to launch and fly a fighter jet, about $60,000 per hour. Someone once calculated that the total cost of this mission was about $1.5 million, or about RMB 10.17 million, and the balloon shot down was worth about RMB 3,000. It was a huge loss.
The F22 can be said to be one of the most advanced fighter jets in the United States.
If they wanted to intercept Li Xiang, not to mention that Li Xiang's Giant Whale Holy Armor had the effect of "invisibility (shielding radar, infrared, etc.)", he himself also had real invisibility abilities, the kind that could not be seen by the naked eye. Even if Li Xiang showed up in broad daylight, the F22 would have just taken off and Li Xiang would have flown away to nowhere.
What's more, Li Xiang can rush into space with a flash, but the F22 cannot enter space.
The official ceiling of the F22 is 20,000 meters, but a balloon revealed the truth and the actual ceiling is only about 15,000 meters.
Li Xiang arrived in France and landed in Irene de Merovinga's castle.
"Honey, why haven't you come to see me for so long?" When the blonde, blue-eyed foreign girl saw Li Xiang, she greeted him with endless joy in her eyes.
"I'm busy." Li Xiang hugged her, and they were immediately attracted to each other and entangled in each other.
Before, when I was in the country, I was busy dredging numerous water systems. The workload was huge, and I also had various spiritual practices to reflect on, so naturally I had no time.
"You, you, have reached the Saint level?" When they were practicing together, their spiritual powers blended. Irene naturally realized that Li Xiang had reached the legendary realm.
Li Xiang said modestly: "I just made a breakthrough not long ago."
Irene became increasingly agitated.
This was because the stronger Li Xiang was, the higher he could take her during their dual cultivation.
The last time we met, Irene was at level four. After not seeing her for a long time, Irene was already at level five. This time, through dual cultivation with Li Xiang, she easily rose two more levels to level seven.
"Give me a child," said Irene.
Li Xiang was silent for a moment, but still didn't say anything to spoil the fun, so he did as she wished. Of course, she didn't know whether she could succeed in one try.
The reason why Irene wanted a child was because she was too lonely. She was the only living person living in such a big castle, and the only ones to accompany her were the alchemy servants.
Her previous plan was to ask Li Xiang for ten children, but this had to be done step by step, and she couldn't give birth to ten at once.
As for whether to get married or not, or whether to have a formal status, she didn't care at all. Because, as the only blood of the Merovingian family, "killing the father and keeping the son" was an idea she had long thought of, but firstly, she was still young before, secondly, she was cursed (the sequelae of entering the extraordinary), and thirdly, she hadn't met the right person (excellent genes and she liked him), but after meeting Li Xiang, this idea became stronger and stronger.
So she just said, "Give me a child." She didn't mention marriage at all. Her child had to take her name and inherit the Merovingian family estate.
The bad habit of "taking the husband's surname" is imported from the West. In France, traditionally, women have to take their husband's surname after getting married. Of course, with the changing times, some women choose to keep their own surnames, or merge them with their husband's surname to create a new surname.
However, there was no such custom in ancient China. Regardless of gender, "one's name would not be changed, and one's surname would not be changed", even if one married the emperor. It was only during the Republic of China period, when impacted by Western culture, that some people who worshipped foreign things chose to follow this trend.
The Qi Qinshi in "Justice, My Foot" is because Hong Kong Island is deeply influenced by the West, and the screenwriter used the customs after the Republic of China when writing the script.
After making love, Irene advanced two levels and was in a very happy mood. She took Li Xiang to visit her newly designed alchemical magic ship, which was basically completed but had not been tried out yet.
"Wait for me for a few days, I will perfect it, and then we will go on a trial voyage together." Irene was reluctant to let Li Xiang leave, so she tried to keep him and gave him two Alchemical Holy Blood Hearts again.
This was the ten that she had promised Li Xiang before, and Irene would not default on her debt, but she had a secret plan, and wanted to get ten children from Li Xiang as compensation. However, this idea was not suitable to be made public, for fear of scaring Li Xiang.
In the next few days, although the two of them still practiced dual cultivation, they only consolidated their realm and did not make any further breakthroughs, because if they broke through too quickly, there would definitely be problems.
Finally, five days later, Irene's alchemical magic ship was completed. It was a large ship about 100 meters long, more than 10 meters wide, and 20 meters high, with three floors. On the deck of the top floor, there were many carvings of flapping griffin totems, which were consistent with the shape and style of the griffins in Irene's castle.
A navigation compass made up of seven phantoms of golden irises was suspended on the top of the mast, and thirty-six magic cannons were extended from both sides of the hull. The runes floating on the surface of the gun barrels were surging like the tide.
The most eye-catching thing is the alchemical furnace at the stern. Li Xiang didn't know what it was. He activated the "Nine Netherworlds Breaking Delusion Eyes" to take a look. There were seven or eight kinds of liquid gold, mercury, etc. rolling inside, serving as the power source.
Li Xiang asked Irene, and Irene did not hide anything and gave a brief introduction. This is an alchemical perpetual motion machine driven by the Merovingian holy blood, but it needs to be replenished with alloy metal regularly.
"Is this another kind of nuclear power?" Li Xiang pondered. He wanted to collect the blueprints and give them to Jiang Caier to study, but he finally gave up this suicidal idea.
"Per sanguinem et aeternitatem (In the name of blood and eternity)..." Irene chanted a few spells, and the alchemical ship began to rumble and vibrate. It then transformed into a little swan ornament that flapped its wings and fell into her hand. The texture of the swan's wings was flowing with the luster of liquid mithril.
Li Xiang was amazed. Western classical alchemy has some tricks. He and Irene practiced together, and he also gained a lot. His "crystal gold weapon" improved a lot. Almost every time he had a new understanding, it was all thanks to Irene's sharing of "alchemy". Because Irene herself was also improving, so every time they practiced together, everyone won.
Li Xiang took Irene and sprinted to the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
Irene shook her hand and threw the swan ornament into the sea. The alchemical magic ship faced the waves and turned into a pitch-black steel ship full of Western classical style.
The two landed on the magic alchemy ship. Irene drove the ship and took Li Xiang for a ride.
The weather at sea was unpredictable, and soon the two encountered a severe storm. However, Irene was not afraid. Instead, the blonde girl became even more excited and piloted the magic alchemy ship into the center of the storm.
Li Xiang: "He has a bit of Don Quixote style." As a saint, he is not afraid, so he accompanies this girl in her craziness.
The eye of the storm was split open by the bow. Irene stood on the elemental turret, her golden hair fluttering like a flag in the force 12 gale: "Southeast 37 degrees, depth 2,000 meters, target giant octopus school!"
The giant ship rode the wind and waves and even had diving capabilities. It soon wiped out all the giant octopuses.
When diving, Irene pressed the Holy Blood Crystal in the center of the rudder, and the entire ship suddenly folded vertically into a shuttle shape. And Irene's alchemical dress automatically switched to a streamlined diving suit.
The two played on the sea for several days, testing the performance of the magic alchemy ship one by one. Irene was very serious and recorded various data, saying that she would make improvements after returning.
Of course, during the sea trials, the two of them also frequently practiced dual cultivation in various locations on the Magic Alchemy Ship.
Due to practicing dual cultivation too frequently, Irene accidentally broke through to the next level and reached the realm of an eighth-level transcendent, which was equivalent to Chiba Yukio.
Irene's magic alchemy ship can naturally cope with floods. Although its current form is very huge, it can be transformed into a small swan ornament, so it can naturally change to a suitable size.
But they are not random sizes, but three sizes designed in advance.
One of them is about ten meters long and is suitable for traveling in the Seine River and small lakes.
Seeing that the flood was approaching, Li Xiang returned home.
During the time he was away from home, the giant pandas, five tigers and a herd of elephants were fed regularly every day. Yongye Media was profitable, so they naturally would not let them starve.
Whether it is a tiger or an elephant, they all have huge appetites and need a large amount of food every day, especially tigers, which cannot live without meat.
If it were an ordinary family or company, they really couldn't afford to feed them and would be eaten out of money.
Just like in Thailand, in ancient times, the Thai king gave white elephants to ministers, not as a gift, but as a punishment! When he didn't like someone but didn't have any evidence to punish him, he would give him a white elephant.
This is an auspicious sign and a favor from the King of Thailand. How dare the ministers not accept it?
Unfortunately, an elephant is very expensive, and nobles are often overwhelmed by the cost, and their families will soon fall into poverty.
However, the nobles of a small country like Thailand cannot be compared with the nobles of ancient China, nor can they be compared with Li Xiang's current wealth.
The security guards were very excited to feed the tigers and elephants, which was more exciting than feeding the pandas.
Even Lei Jiaming would go and participate as long as he was free, and also take some videos.
When feeding the fish, some tourists were also very excited and took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
Lijia Village has also launched an activity where it sells various foods that elephants and tigers like, allowing tourists to pay for them and then experience the feeling of feeding them with their own hands.
Elephants and tigers only.
Because these two giants are relatively rough and cannot be broken, while pandas are relatively delicate, it is not easy to open this project.
Especially those tigers, Lei Jiaming likes them the most.
"Brother Xiang is different. He raises such a huge golden tabby. I really want to go up and pet it." However, Lei Jiaming is only a third-level now, and his strength is far inferior to those tigers. He dare not get close and can only watch with envy.
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The major floods that made the world nervous did not come, nor did the continuous heavy rains. Instead, this summer was the first to experience extreme high temperatures.
The heat wave was rolling in, getting hotter day by day. The highest temperature in Sichuan Province soared to 46 degrees. Someone came to the street in the hot sun at noon and took a video of frying an egg on the concrete ground. There was no falsehood at all, and the egg was cooked in an instant.
Measured with an infrared thermometer, the ground temperature has soared to over 60 degrees.
Some elderly people and children with weak constitutions were so exhausted from the heat that they were admitted to the hospital.
There are countless people suffering from heat stroke, the emergency department is overcrowded, heat stroke occurs frequently, and there is a shortage of beds in the intensive care unit.
Many crops died. The ground cracked. Lakes dried up.
Some people questioned whether the forecast was wrong, mistaking the high temperature drought for a flood. Isn’t this too funny?
(End of this chapter)
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