Chapter 104 Death 16
Later, Liu Bang saw that the hunter only caught some non-aggressive prey. According to the hunter, although he had changed professions, there was no risk in going into the mountains and he could occasionally catch some small prey to supplement his meals.
He actually quite liked this safe way of hunting; at least he didn't have to risk his life.
Therefore, the danger of going into the mountains at night does not come from wild animals in the forest, but from slipping due to poor visibility.
He walked carefully through the woods, the moonlight filtering through the dense foliage. Fortunately, many leaves had fallen in autumn, so the moonlight prevented him from being completely blind. After walking for a while, he saw something unusual.
The fireflies in the forest flowed like ribbons of light, and as he took a step forward, the emerald green lights instantly surrounded him.
He instinctively reached out to touch them, but the points of light scattered.
He understood. He couldn't touch these out-of-season fireflies. He had seen fireflies twinkling in the summer, but seeing such a large-scale gathering of fireflies in the late autumn, just before winter, was unusual.
He immediately guessed that He might be here, and walked quickly forward, but when he reached the stream, he did not see the wooden bridge, nor did he see that familiar figure.
Liu Bang wondered whether He had come or not, whether He had just left or was about to arrive.
Are those fireflies bidding farewell or welcoming us?
So late at night, Liu Bang squatted by the stream with his things, gazing at the water in a daze.
Fireflies gathered in large numbers here, occasionally forming ribbon-like formations as they swayed through the forest.
Liu Bang waited and waited, and finally realized that these fireflies were not there to welcome his arrival.
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Bang left the 'tribute' he was carrying behind and immediately stood up to turn and leave.
The moment he turned around, the fireflies around him suddenly gathered and moved toward him... no, to be precise, toward the place behind him where the food was kept.
Liu Bang quickly turned around to look. Although the light of a single firefly was weak, when fireflies gathered together, they became a considerable light source, directly blocking Liu Bang's view of the 'tribute' he had brought.
A moment later, the light that had been swirling and shifting in a sphere dispersed, and Liu Bang looked closely and saw that the things he had left there were gone.
He fell into deep thought about this, so He is here?
Why not appear here, or perhaps not even here at all, taking the offerings was just a convenient excuse?
Liu Bang stood there for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, and only turned away regretfully when all the fireflies had disappeared into the forest. It seemed that today would be another day when he would not see Him.
He reluctantly looked back at the shimmering stream under the moonlight, lingering as he walked out, but even the slowest steps eventually led to his exit from the mountains.
When I arrived, there were strange phenomena, and when I left, the mountains and forests returned to their usual state, with insects chirping in the night wind and leaves rustling.
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Zhu Qing'ai calmly put away the projection. She was indeed not in the mountains, but she was definitely nearby. She had borrowed the fishing rod of her host, Wei Sheng Jiujiu, and went night fishing.
This is the sport she's recently become obsessed with. I have to say, the thing I was worried about before, that the host would turn into a fisherman, didn't happen. Instead, she turned into a fisherman herself. Doesn't that mean she's useless? (crossed out)
Tonight, she was multitasking, fishing in the stream near her host's house, giving Lü Zhi a lesson, and also making her presence known to Liu Bang.
She's so busy!
Zhu Qing'ai's smile gradually disappeared, and she became angry and embarrassed. After probing where the fish were underwater, she secretly scooped them up from a distance and attached them to her own fishing hook.
She smiled with satisfaction when the fishing line was pulled up.
Stone: I didn't want to get hooked either, but the hook kept shouting something about fishermen never going home empty-handed and it came straight at me. I couldn't help it, it was too persistent. I don't know why I got hooked.
Fish: In the past, we could only force a cow to drink water if it wouldn't, but now we're forcing a fish to take the bait too?! Is there anyone who will speak up for me, an innocent person?!
Of course, in reality, stones don't speak, and fish are simply caught with clear yet foolish eyes.
Zhu Qing'ai casually sent a private message to Jiu Shijiu: "[We're having fish for supper tonight, and I caught a really big one!]"
[Host, Wei Sheng Jiu Shi Jiu: Qing Ai is amazing, I'm completely hopeless. I tried fishing once before, it was too difficult. Farming is more suitable for me.]
Zhu Qing'ai sent a comforting message with a smile: "Everyone has different strengths. It's okay if you can't fish; I'll catch some for you to eat."
She carried the fish back to find her host, but then thought it wasn't enough for a dish, so she turned back and scooped up some small shrimp from the riverbed.
She can't fish either, but she's not human, so it's definitely better for her to be the leader!
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Zhu Qing'ai selectively forgot about the various bizarre hosts she had seen on the system forum over the years, because her host was very good, and the system also had a bit of wishful thinking!
In the end, Wei Sheng Jiu Shi Jiu made the shrimp and fish soup himself. Zhu Qing Ai can't cook, she never will, and she doesn't want to learn to cook.
No matter how you cook for yourself, it's never as delicious as someone else's cooking. Of course, she can't eat right now, so at most she can turn this delicious fish soup into a tiny bit of energy. But she still doesn't hold back in praising Wei Sheng Jiujiu.
She is very generous with praise that requires no other effort, much like a modern boss making empty promises. If a few nice words can motivate employees to work hard and make the company bigger and stronger, she could say such nice things for an hour without repeating herself.
The good employee, Wei Sheng Jiu Shi Jiu, didn't feel like he was being exploited. He felt that no one had ever cared about him like this before. The hosts he had trained before didn't even say a word of gratitude to him, let alone praise him.
Therefore, he woke up the next day refreshed and started working hard again. He had run out of paper, so he planned to make another batch. He put the books that were already filled with useful knowledge into his personal space.
The space was small, and he had almost used up all the liquid 'funds' he had decided to allocate. He needed to save up the remaining points so that he could accumulate more ready-made seeds in this life, lest he have to start planting from scratch in the next world.
Zhu Qing'ai was unaware of Wei Sheng Jiujiu's intentions, assuming that he was accumulating points just in case. There were few people in this world who could hurt him, but there were still some.
If she knew that her employees were even saving money to pay for their work, she would be moved to tears.
She doesn't know this yet because she was advised in the last world to treat herself better, and she only thought it was a reserve fund for risk.
While Weisheng Jiujiu was farming and climbing the technology tree, Zhu Qing'ai was not idle either. She copied all the books that Jiujiu had written before, which were adapted to the current era.
The main point is to control the pen to write on the paper with your mind, which can also be considered a form of exercise.
After transmigrating, she came to believe that people have souls, so she, as the ruler, should also have a soul. Currently, she still maintains the desire to have a physical body, so she doesn't want her soul to really become a bunch of data, and she exercises it from time to time.
Most of the paper produced by Wei Sheng Jiu Shi Jiu was consumed by her, and it was all used to record the books she had read in the previous world.
At that time, she was writing in the current standard script, not simplified Chinese.
In this way, Zhu Qing'ai would spend her free time during the day copying books for her host, and at night she would go to teach Lü Zhi.
Her life revolved around going back and forth between two points every day, to the point that she almost forgot what year it was.
The mission made no progress, but the character's affection for her continued to rise, sometimes making her wonder if she had come to play a strategy game.
The host's world is all about farming, while hers is all about strategy games.
However, since one's identity is determined by oneself when traveling, Zhu Qing'ai has no interest in being a humble pursuer; she has always wanted to be the elder (ancestor) of the 'pursued target'.
Just as she was spending points to renew Lü Zhi's course, Liu Bang's mother passed away. Lü Zhi's eldest daughter, the future Princess Lu Yuan, was only one or two years old.
Liu Bang and Empress Lü were busy with the funeral arrangements for a while.
A few years later, Empress Lü became pregnant with her second child, which, according to the timeline, should be Liu Ying himself.
When Liu Ying was born, the future Princess Lu Yuan, Liu Yuan, was already over eight years old, while the eldest, Liu Fei, was about thirteen or fourteen years old, old enough to work in the fields.
While busy copying books and incidentally helping her host conduct scientific research in ancient times, Zhu Qing'ai suddenly remembered that this time of year seemed... a little familiar.
So she finally emerged from the pile of books and various methods of grain cultivation, and after some quick calculations, realized that the First Emperor had apparently passed away this year…
She had previously considered whether she could save the First Emperor and let him live for two more years, so that after Liu Bang and Empress Lü finished conquering the country, the story could fast forward to the time when Emperor Gaozu died and Empress Lü ascended the throne.
She quickly abandoned this unrealistic idea for a simple reason: she was bad at it.
Okay, actually, it's because she's poor.
I recently contributed some points to the previous world, and now I'm even poorer.
Fortunately, the faith she received in the previous world was continuously produced, so it wasn't a complete loss.
First, she didn't have enough points to buy medicine to save the First Emperor. Second, the founding emperor died too quickly and the country might have been lost. As an emperor, Liu Bang was still very qualified and useful!
However, she still flew north first to check on Fusu's situation.
Zhu Qing'ai only stayed in the north for two days. After getting to know Fusu's character, she became somewhat silent. How to put it? Kindness is for the people, not for those who are vying for power.
Sometimes, even with cheat codes, you can't necessarily win. Everything is unfolding in the direction recorded in history. Zhu Qing'ai thought about what she could do for Qin Shi Huang in this world...
After thinking about it, she realized that she wasn't the Grim Reaper and couldn't control birth, aging, sickness, and death. Besides, she was poor and could only do some insignificant little things to express her feelings.
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So after the First Emperor of Qin died in the dunes, Zhu Qing'ai spent some energy to give him a halo. The person died without a heartbeat or breathing, but looked as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, as if he would open his eyes at any moment.
Zhao Gao, who was accompanying them, was filled with doubt and suspicion. He honestly discussed with Li Si the urgent need to return to Xianyang. On the way back, the caravan moved slowly, for fear of waking the sleeping man.
Later, Zhao Gao mustered up the courage to test him. The First Emperor was indeed dead, his body was cold and stiff, but there were no signs of decay along the way.
His suppressed thoughts resurfaced, but he only dared to discuss them with Li Si when they were far away from the caravan.
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