Chapter 7
At nightfall, Shalia was in her shop. She took out a crystal ball. As a member of the Green Snake family, she possessed a natural skill: divination.
Today, she wanted to read the fortune of that strange girl. She took out a strand of black hair, plucked from Li Hao's head. As her signature venom dripped onto the strand, a puff of white smoke quickly formed. With Shalia's movements, the smoke was drawn into the crystal ball, where it swirled endlessly.
The white area in Shalia's eyes gradually spread. Finally, the white of her eyes was only white.
After a while, Shalia took a deep breath, and her eyes returned to their normal state. She sat in the chair, gasping for breath.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead, pondering the prophecy. First, she hadn't expected this girl's past to be completely blank. It seemed her past had been obscured by a more powerful figure. Her background was indeed extraordinary, and more importantly, her divination had revealed that this girl was actually a sage.
In her divination, the identity of a sage is very important to her. She has only met two sages so far, and both of them have brought great changes and benefits to her life.
This means that this girl will bring her benefits in the future, so she has to keep a close eye on this girl.
Li Hao changed his sleep schedule to go out in the morning. Perhaps because he went to bed early every day here, he woke up very early and waited quietly for about half past ten to go out. Then he went to the restaurant and ordered two meats. Although he was tired of eating unknown meats for several days, it was at least much better than that porridge.
During the live broadcast, they gave her a new vocabulary. This time, there were 30 words. Now Li Hao seemed to be able to hold a conversation, but she needed to be able to understand the conversation.
So even though Wang Bing had planned to let Li Hao go to that place again, he did not act immediately. He planned to wait until Li Hao could master some words before letting Li Hao go.
On the fifth day, half of the time had passed. Li had eaten well and slept well, and he was no longer stressed. He felt much better.
Can we go to the market again, the one the snake woman took you to? We want to see the creatures of this world.
Seeing that Li Hao had recovered and was a little more relaxed, Wang Bing and the others discussed and decided to let Li Hao explore the place more.
A few days had passed since the initial incident at the restaurant. During this time, Li Hao hadn't witnessed any other serious incidents, and the place was quite safe.
Li Hao still remembered the road he had taken before and walked back into the street. It was still bustling with activity. Li Hao wore his robe, only revealing his camera, which was facing outside.
Fortunately, she was not uncommon on this street dressed like this. At the same time, Li Hao also noticed a phenomenon: there were quite a few pure humans on this street. It seemed that the street she was on before might not be an area frequented by humans.
The commentary brought her to a place selling pets. It could be pets or food.
There was a cage on top of the stall, and inside it were a number of living creatures. These weren't the cats and dogs above, but animals from another world. For example, there was a black stuffed animal that looked like a rabbit, but it had a very long tail, and a red stone-like object on its tail.
There is also an animal that looks like a lizard, with a hard skin, curled up and huge claws.
"How many?" Li Hao casually pointed at an animal that looked the most docile. It was all furry, with no eyes visible. If it weren't for the constant squeaking sounds, Li Hao would have thought it was a ball of fur.
To the surprise of Li Hao and the three people in the live broadcast room, the other party did not answer but stretched out his hand and gestured a few times.
This was bad; she couldn't understand anything. After a moment's hesitation, she shook her head and stood up. The other party, clearly unwilling to let go of this deal, said something to her and then made a gesture.
But how could Li Hao, who couldn't even understand what he was saying, possibly understand what he was gesturing to? He simply walked away. Then, Li Hao took a look around the market and realized that everyone here used hand gestures when trading.
Li Hao didn't make any hand gestures. Who would have thought that after all the hard work they put into learning how to talk, they would end up using hand gestures for transactions? Li Hao could only stand up and wave his hand.
--You take a few more turns here.
Li Hao walked around and found that the people here were doing business by making gestures, which made Li Hao an outlier here. The human in the wizard robe walked from beginning to end and bought nothing. Many people looked at Li Hao.
Realizing something was wrong, Li Hao didn't want to stay here any longer. The main reason was that everyone was so close to each other, and there were always people looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, which made Li Hao's heart hang in his throat.
Li Hao, go back. We'll analyze the gestures based on the video and learn them. Come back. We've already filmed enough.
Lin Lan also noticed something was wrong and felt that Li Hao should leave.
Seeing this, Li Hao didn't even bother to read the following comments. He just walked out with his head covered. After that, he also turned off the live broadcast and went back to the hotel to rest.
"I think I can come back the day after tomorrow. I've already written down the hand gestures this time. I'll have Li Hao learn the hand gestures tomorrow and come back to buy a creature." Wang Bing felt a little regretful. He had only walked halfway when he turned back.
"That's enough! We've already seen the market. There's no need to buy a single creature. Li Hao can just pull out a weed and bring it back. I think the market is still a bit chaotic. We can't go back." Lin Lan and Wang Bing began arguing. Previously, at Director Luo's request, they had followed Wang Bing's instructions.
But Wang Bing's actions were too extreme and too hasty. She couldn't accept leaving Li Hao's safety in the hands of Wang Bing.
"Wang Bing, your behavior is a bit too much. Have you thought about what the consequences would be if Li Hao really brought back a creature from another world? What if the creature she brought back has a very strong reproductive ability, or is very dangerously aggressive. Can you guarantee that these creatures will not cause a crisis?" At this time, Li Maoxue also stood up. He had not spoken before.
But he also noticed that this street was unusual.
Although there were many orcs carrying swords, axes and other sharp weapons on the road before, Li Maoxue could see guards wearing armor in some corners of the street.
In fact, it had only been a dozen minutes since the last fight in the restaurant that the armored guards appeared. It could be said that they responded very promptly.
But on this street, the situation was completely different. He hadn't confirmed it when he first arrived at the market, but during the live broadcast just now, Li Maoxue had observed the surroundings intently and hadn't seen any armored figures. Previously, Li Hao had followed the snake witch here, and there weren't that many people watching.
He also noticed that people were looking at Li Hao from time to time. He felt a vague sense of unease in his heart, and felt that something was going to happen.
The three of them parted ways unhappily again, but this time Li Maoxue and Lin Lan reported to Director Luo before Wang Bing.
After listening to the two people's reports, Director Luo notified the person involved, Wang Bing, to come over.
The three of them are now in Director Luo's office.
"...Wang Bing, you promised me that you would prioritize Li Hao's safety, but the situation is not as you said. The market is obviously not safe, how could you let Li Hao take risks again?" Director Luo crossed his hands on the table and said to Wang Bing with a questioning tone.
Every day, Wang Bing compiled documents and videos to report to Director Luo. According to Wang Bing, everything was normal. However, Lin Lan and Li Maoxue gave different accounts. Wang Bing wanted Li Hao to go to the market again, but Lin Lan and Li Maoxue firmly disagreed.
"They are all too nervous. Li Hao is fine now and can spare some time to help us understand this world. I was a little inconsiderate to let her bring an animal. But what we found at that market has given us a better understanding of this world. This is the progress of human civilization. If the investigation turns out to be a conspiracy, then Li Hao must be safe. If this is really a different world, then what we are investigating is a huge treasure." Wang Bing's voice became louder as he spoke. Someone always has to be the extreme person, instead of being like the two guys around him, who stop at the slightest possible danger.
"Okay, Wang Bing, I told you that our initial actions were solely for Li Hao's safe return. And judging by the feedback, Li Hao was clearly feeling uneasy at the time." Director Luo rebuked Wang Bing. Wang Bing's actions were extreme, but his intentions were good. He simply prioritized social development, not Li Hao himself. This was wrong. He had clearly told him repeatedly to prioritize Li Hao's safety.
Director Luo reprimanded Wang Bing, then talked to Lin Lan and Li Maoxue, asking the three of them to cooperate well.
He praised the three of them for their recent work, and finally handed over all communication with Li Hao to Lin Lan, while Wang Bing continued to be responsible for daily work reports. Li Maoxue remained the same as before, but since he was translating the alien language, he had him send in information every day.
It seemed as if nothing had changed, but in fact, Wang Bing's rights had been deprived. After leaving the office, Wang Bing ignored the two people and turned away.
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