At 8 o'clock in the evening, An Nan returned home and went to the living room to find that no one was there. Even the lights were not on. There were only a few mechanical spiders responsible for cleaning crawling around. As soon as they heard footsteps, they quickly returned to their nests to recharge.
"Pancake?"
An Nan shouted, but there was no response.
Ban Ji had been taking care of her since she was born. Apart from that ageless and tender face that made people jealous, he had always performed his duties as a butler perfectly and had never neglected his duties.
I clearly asked Ban Ji to stay at home to look after the new employees, so why did he disappear?
An Nan felt a little alert - could it be that those people had the means to cancel the paper weaving contract and secretly get rid of the control of the contract, and Banji was caught off guard and fell into their hands?
She took off her boots and walked on the wooden floor in her stockings without making any sound, holding the miracle spell in her hand, searching for any traces of the house.
Soon, she discovered a light in the fun game room. When she got closer, she heard the voice of the new resident:
"It's almost there, it's almost there!" This is Ash's voice.
"It's almost the same here." Igula's voice was full of excitement.
"Me too..." Harvey's tone, as if he were a corpse speaking, actually had a hint of passion.
"Gu...Come on, I'm ready! Let's put it together!"
There are pancakes in there too!
And what kind of conversation is this!
What are you going to put together?
How could it be possible for four of you to be together when you are all men!
Don't just bully the pancake because it's so cute!
"What are you doing—"
An Nan clenched his fists, pushed the door open and went in, mentally prepared to rescue the filthy Banji.
Then she saw four adults and a child assembling a dark building block castle more than one meter high.
Panji, Harvey, Igula, Ash, and Liz all turned to look at Annan and blinked. Panji, who was in charge of assembling the middle part, stood up immediately and asked, "Miss, you're back so early?"
"…Seriously, what are you doing?"
"Isn't this obvious?" Ash spread his hands and said, "We are assembling Skydome City."
Of course An Nan recognized this building block castle.
When she was a child, her father bought a lot of these very complex and high-end building block toys. He wanted to pull An Nan to assemble the Skydome City several times, but An Nan had no interest in these toys, so these building blocks were put aside in the fun game room. After An Nan became the head of the funeral agency at the age of twelve, she never entered the game room again.
"…Why are you suddenly interested in playing with building blocks?"
Ash looked at Igula and said, "I saw that Igula was still childish and was playing with building blocks with Liz, so I asked everyone to join in. I didn't expect that the male veela had such a soft heart..."
Igula's face flushed. "I just saw that Liz had been playing for such a long time but still couldn't figure it out. I couldn't bear it any more, so I taught her how to play! Actually, I was planning to leave, but you, Ash, brought people here to play so enthusiastically, so I stayed to take care of your experience..."
Ash cursed, "Bullshit, I just assembled it wrong and you scolded me so harshly, is this what you call taking care of me?"
"You scum who can't even understand the instructions, stop blaming each other, you are all garbage." Harvey said unceremoniously: "If it weren't for you guys holding me back, I would have finished this castle long ago. I have done a lot of work like this, assembling "broken parts" into a "complete whole". This building block is just child's play. Back then, I-"
Ash covered Liz's ears: "No one here wants to hear about your glorious deeds!"
An Nan was confused and asked, "So... you guys have just been playing with building blocks until now?"
"Yes, Miss." Banji nodded slightly and took out his pocket watch: "It's almost time for me... Why is it already 8 o'clock!?"
"It seems to be dark outside..."
"No wonder I'm a little hungry. I thought it was because breakfast was digested quickly."
"Dad, I'm so hungry I can't walk."
"Let Aunt Borgin hold you." Ash complained, and turned to look at the Skydome City behind him: "Should we take a photo to commemorate it? After all, it took us a whole day..."
Igula said coldly: "I don't have the habit of leaving video materials——"
Ash thought Igula was going to refuse, and was about to mock Igula for being the most enthusiastic one, but he changed the subject: "But I have a clean criminal record in Gospel Kingdom, so it should be okay to take pictures."
The cult leader blinked and looked at the trickster in surprise. The trickster turned his head away and explained something to someone unknown: "And this castle is quite spectacular..."
"Ms. An Nan, can I trouble you for a moment?" Harvey took out a cat grass cigarette and put it in his mouth without lighting it.
"Of course no problem." The purple moth summoned his own gospel, then stretched out his index fingers and thumbs, forming a photo frame, with the five of them and the Sky Curtain City in it.
The next second, this picture appeared in her Gospel. She turned the Gospel over to show them, "This way your Gospel will also have this photo. I suggest you create an album in your Gospel and put important photos in it..."
"This kind of photo is not that important." Igula left quickly. Ash followed with Liz to find something to eat. Harvey went to the balcony to light a cigarette. Pancake stayed at the end and said, "Miss, do you need me to prepare dinner for you?"
"Eat it, and you just take care of their dinner."
Pancake nodded, opened the Gospel and ordered takeout.
Yes, the Gospel Ring they provided to Ash and others was actually a castrated version or a 'collector's edition'.
Real gospel props have long been integrated with multimedia functions, including curtain raising, instant messaging, video watching, forum discussion, and takeout ordering. Gorgeous accessories like the Gospel Ringwheel, which can only be used to open the Gospel, are actually luxury items that show off one's status.
Just as even though one can tell the time by opening the Gospel, there are still people who specifically buy watches - Panti is one of those people, he thinks pocket watches are cool - so there are also many rich people who like to buy gospel finger wheels, gospel bracelets and even gospel glasses that can only be used to open the Gospel.
As for why only Ash and others were allowed to open the Gospel... that was of course to prevent them from having contact with the outside world, while at the same time allowing them to feel the charm of the Gospel.
Humans are social animals, and communication is the extension of boundaries. When you see news from thousands of miles away, you are thousands of miles away; when you communicate with people on the screen, you are not alone; when you see tens of thousands of real-person information streams in the gospel kingdom, your room is the entire country.
On the other hand, when they cannot leave and cannot communicate with the outside world, this floor of the house becomes their world.
Their vision is limited to the four walls, and their ambitions cannot reach the wider world, so they can only focus inward.
Just as ancient courts often gave birth to conspiracies and the banquet was full of intrigues, An Nan had long anticipated that Yaxiu and others would plot to rebel against her - or rather, this was exactly the result she expected.
The more they move in secret, the more obedient they become in public.
Bound by the contract paper, An Nan was not afraid of their rebellion at all. On the contrary, the more they thought about how to deal with An Nan day and night, the happier An Nan was, because it meant that they were wasting their energy on useless things.
Conspiracy and suspicion are twins, and the shadow of revenge is called short-sightedness.
When each of them is occupied by negative emotions, An Nan can find ways to sow discord among them, please some and suppress others, and he can easily divide them, strengthen his control over them, and use palace fighting to consume their energy.
Although they had discovered her trick at first, An Nan never gave up on controlling these foreigners. She just made her plan longer, more secretive, and more difficult to resist.
But no matter what, the first step is to fill their hearts with negative energy.
An Nan went to the Mermaid Palace today to give them some space to express themselves freely. She had thought that when she returned home, these new employees might not treat her well, or they might greet her with a smile, or even someone might surrender to her.
She had made all the preparations, but was still beaten to a pulp by this group of people.
Why do you have so much fun playing with building blocks together!
The five of you are over a hundred years old together!
Aren't you worried about your future? Aren't you eager for the Lord's wishes? Don't you want to resist the constraints of the contract paper? I finally gave you a chance to connect, but you actually played with building blocks and pancakes!
An Nan looked down at the photo in the Gospel. The five people were standing in front of the Sky Dome City. Panji stood upright, Harvey was smoking a cigarette, Igula was shy, Ash squatted down and made a V sign, and Liz followed him to make a V sign even though she didn't understand...
Who is the one who makes this stagnant water come alive?
The purple moth scanned the faces of the new employees, and finally stopped its gaze on Ash and Liz.
…
The takeaway arrived quickly, and the drone thoughtfully placed hot laba on the table. Ash stood up as soon as he sat down: "Leave some Red Flame Laba for me, I'm going to--"
"Stop, don't say anything, go quickly, no one will snatch it from you." Igula decisively interrupted Ash's curse casting.
Liz, who was starving, couldn't wait to take a piece of cake from the takeaway and stuff it into her mouth, making her mouth full of cream. Igula said gently: "Liz, dessert should be eaten after the main meal. Come, eat Lalafei first."
Iguala took the initiative to pick up the knife and fork to divide the most delicious food, one portion for Harvey, one portion for himself, one portion for the pancake, and one portion for Liz, and then he finished dividing it.
"Aunt Borgin, you're targeting Dad again..."
"If you don't want to eat it, give it to me. I'll bear with it for a while." Igulla looked around and looked at Harvey and Pancake with a threatening look.
Harvey didn't care and started eating with big mouthfuls.
Pancake didn't seem to have much appetite, but licked the Lala fat out of courtesy.
Liz thought about it and felt that instead of giving it to Igula, it would be better for her to eat it herself, so she started to eat it with relish.
“Did you have fun?”
Liz was startled, she turned around and saw the viewer sitting in Ash's seat, just as she was about to speak the viewer raised a finger: "Say it in your heart, I can hear you."
"Happy!" Liz said in her heart, "Brother Viewer, you are so awesome, can't other people see you?"
"Just like Diya, no one can see me except you." The viewer leaned over and smelled the fragrance of Lala Fei. "Speaking of which, where is the witch?"
"Princess sister? She's clamoring to change people in her heart." Liz: "But wait until I finish eating."
"Well, it's time to change people. After all, the activities to come are quite violent and bloody, and not suitable for you, Liz."
"What activity?"
"Before that, let's settle your entertainment results for today!"
The viewer flipped his hand and pulled out a twenty-sided dice.
He threw the dice lightly, and it rolled several times on the dining table before finally stopping at 8.
"Today's entertainment activities are rated as extraordinary, +7 points; Liz, you are in a good mood, +5 points; Liz, you have a luck check of +10, you can roll an extra ten-sided dice to increase the points..."
The viewer taps lightly, and the twenty-sided dice suddenly turns into a ten-sided dice, rolls gently and stops at 3 o'clock.
"Your points today are 7+5+3=15 points, and Prince of Pleasure only has 8 points. So, Liz, you have won the appreciation of Prince of Pleasure today, and you have obtained 150% experience of the Fist and Claw faction."
As soon as the viewer finished speaking, Liz felt as if ice cream was melting in her mind, and sweet knowledge flowed into her mind continuously.
She was stunned for a moment, then suddenly picked up a stainless steel spoon and stared at her reflection in it.
Then she put on a serious expression and stared at the viewer: "Why do I feel like I am absorbing knowledge in a virtual world? Viewer, who are you?"
"A witch? Actually, I prefer chatting with little witches." The viewer said leisurely, "In short, I arranged for you to play for your own good. After all, you can't practice normally in this state. It's not just because I want to play with you - at least that's not the whole reason."
"Not all of it, so what percentage does it account for?"
"About 76.85%... But that's not the point." The spectators clapped their hands: "The entertainment is over, the next one is the highlight, which happens to be a task suitable for you, the witch, to complete."
Diya was a little nervous: "What mission?"
"Fight." The viewer uttered a cruel word.
"Viewer, you should know that I have no fighting power in my current state—"
"But I want you to fight." The viewer said coldly: "You know this is not an order, but you can't refuse."
Diya took a deep breath and suppressed the desire to debate: "Who is the target?"
"The goal is..."
The viewer raised his hand.
Point to the restroom in use.