After the pot had been boiling for more than an hour, some noises were heard from several rooms.

After a while, Ying walked out of her own room.

At this time, she had put on the ninja suit specially made by Carl again.

It’s hard to imagine that not long ago, this black ninja suit was covered with dried white marks.

Noticing that Carl was staring at his ninja uniform, Ying lowered his head and was silent for a moment, then said dryly: "I cleaned it with the cleaning machine in the room..."

A cleaning machine is actually a household magic device that uses the cleaning effect of magic tricks.

Carl has one in every room, which is a magical upgraded version of the washer-dryer.

After saying this, the kitchen fell into silence again.

Perhaps feeling that this wasn't going to work, Ying came closer and took a look at what Carl was cooking.

"We're having hot pot this morning?"

Finally, Carl spoke.

"Yeah, Bane and Scorpion must have been busy for quite a while last night, so the five of us need to catch up."

As he spoke, Karl's eyes swept over Ying's body intentionally or unintentionally.

The gaze was quite aggressive, and Ying could even feel the tingling sensation of Carl's gaze "licking" her skin.

Seeing Ying's stressed look, Carl was afraid of provoking the emotions of both parties again.

With a chuckle, he began to talk about serious topics.

"I have deciphered that strange pattern. If I am right, this thing may have something to do with the dream world."

Because it was actual text that evolved from things in the dream world, Carl made this guess.

However, his inference is not without basis in reality.

According to the merchants who returned from Sarlon, Sarlon's Half-Inspired Lords erected strange oval-shaped devices with conspicuous patterns engraved on them in every village and town under their rule.

Combined with the effect of that strange pattern, Carl had reason to believe that the strange patterns on those devices were carved to stabilize their rule.

The purpose is to make the residents of the continent of Sauron willingly accept the rule of the Half-Inspired.

However, the effect of those lines may be exactly the opposite of what Carl and others have seen. They are created to eliminate the resistance of the people.

This pattern has limited influence on individuals without psychic powers, but individuals with psychic powers are extremely sensitive to it.

This made Carl wonder whether the strange story about the psychic going crazy that was circulated among the Aundair people was related to this thing.

"Dream world?"

Hearing this term, Ying was really shocked.

However, she had some blind obedience to Karl’s judgment, so although she didn’t understand, she kept it in mind.

Inadvertently, their eyes met in mid-air. Ying's body trembled, and the afterglow of last night seemed to burst out again.

Fortunately, Carl restrained his emotions in time, turned his head away immediately and stopped looking at the other person, which made the gradually charming atmosphere dissipate.

Both parties took a deep breath in unison, just like Carl did last night when he was preparing for the final sprint.

Suddenly, Hope opened the door and came out.

Her hair was still wet and she looked like she had taken a shower like Carl.

"Awake so early? Actually, it's okay to sleep a little longer. We're all very tired."

Seeing Carl and Ying standing in the kitchen, Hope walked over with a playful smile on her face.

Her strong and elastic body pressed directly against Karl's chest. Then, she turned her head to look at Ying, and then moved slightly to the side, as if she was going to give the other half of her space to Ying.

"It's still broad daylight, don't be like that, how about a medicinal hot pot for breakfast? I've also prepared oil sauce and sesame paste."

Although there is a similar way of eating hot pot in Eberron, they don't even use any seasoning when eating it.

So Carl made the oil sauce and sesame paste.

As for Nia...

She likes tomato pot dipped in sugar.

A cult way of eating that is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Karl also tried to change her taste by using porridge-based hotpot. She did not add sugar that time, but she poured the sugar into the pot.

The ones that are least worrying are probably Ying and No. 18.

These two really eat whatever they are given.

"Medicinal hot pot? Uh, this doesn't seem to go well with the oil sauce. Then I'll eat with you."

Gently sniffing the aroma filling the kitchen, Hope realized that he had not noticed at first that the ingredients in the pot were medicinal herbs.

Soon, Scorpion and Bane also came out of their own rooms.

Baine, who was originally a half-orc, now looked like he was several years older, while Scorpion looked radiant.

Seeing Ying and Hope, who also looked good, Scorpion's eyes lit up. He went into the kitchen in the name of helping, and then sent Carl and Bane away to chat.

"How about it? A balanced life is very helpful for the cultivation of spiritual power, right?"

Looking at Ying with a smile on his face, Scorpion asked with hidden meaning.

Ying looked at Scorpion with some indignation, but opened his mouth several times and said nothing.

Seeing this, Scorpion changed his target and started chatting with Hope.

Women's conversations can sometimes be colourful, especially those who have experienced major changes in their lives, from girls to women.

The conversation between Hope and Scorpion made the color of Shadow's shy face more vivid, and her lavender skin seemed to have increased contrast, becoming more gorgeous all of a sudden.

In the living room, Carl and Bain were discussing maintenance tips.

Carl also has a certain amount of orc blood, which can be roughly seen from his physical attributes.

Logically speaking, as a true orc, Bane's physical fitness should be better than Carl's.

But I don’t know if it’s due to malnutrition in childhood or other reasons, but although Bane is also very tall and strong, he is still a far cry from Carl.

Even his physique cannot compare with Carl's.

"Do you want me to prepare some spells like healing?"

Seeing that Bain was in low spirits, Carl asked kindly.

"Not for now. I can still hold on. As for you, the rumors about the drow are not completely groundless. You also have a tiefling girlfriend. Young people should be more restrained."

As someone who has had a drow partner, Bain gave Carl an earnest warning.

Carl wanted to explain, but when he thought of Nia who was far away in Khorvaire, he stopped talking.

He no longer dared to imagine what would happen when he returned to Akanix.

With a soft sigh, Carl changed the subject.

"By the way, Brother Bain, do you know anything about the dream world?"

"Dream world? Why are you asking that? I see you know a lot about it."

"I suspect that the pattern that caused the three of us to behave abnormally is the text from the dream world. I plan to try again in a couple of days."

When Bain heard that Carl wanted to try again, he stood up from the sofa.

After secretly glancing towards the kitchen, he sat down again.

"Um, please arrange the healing technique you mentioned earlier..."

I bought "Black Myth: Wukong" some time ago, and I plan to fight Tiger Vanguard over the weekend. I will update 4,000 words today, and will resume updating 6,000 words tomorrow. Please be informed.

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