met free Chapter 384 Pain, so much pain
Chapter 384 Pain, so much pain
Chapter 384 Pain, so much pain
After signing the transaction agreement, Tang Zijun and the others continued to stroll around the market. This time, because a lot of refugees had just poured in, there were many more interesting items on the stalls.
The vast majority of these items originated from treasures within the castles of various nobles. Since the world descended into chaos, the living conditions of various races have been severely suppressed, and many nobles have lost their homes. Naturally, these nobles could not take all their belongings with them when they left.
This gave other civilians and mercenaries an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
These creatures at the very bottom of the food chain, struggling to survive, began risking their lives to venture into various polluted territories, hoping to find some treasures left behind by nobles to sell.
This practice has gradually become a business.
At first, they would only pick up gems with energy and enchanted clothes. But as more mercenaries arrived, they started taking everything, from portraits and badges to even pots and pans.
It has a strong Caribbean pirate vibe, like "Take everything you can, and leave nothing behind".
Venturing into dangerous areas is always perilous, but mercenaries are used to it, and these items always fetch a good price from traveling merchants, so more and more people are getting into this line of work.
When some noblemen learned that their hometowns had been robbed, they not only did not condemn the incident, but even encouraged it. Many noblemen were even willing to spend a lot of money to buy back the things they had not taken with them.
This distorted industrial chain has also made the industry more prosperous.
Tang Zijun had no idea about the intricacies of the situation; all he knew was that his precious little sister and the girls in his family were about to receive even better gifts.
With the end of their journey in the dream world, a few days later, Tang Zijun and the others boarded a plane to Shanghai.
Given Tang Zijun's status as the Lord of the Reversed World, he wouldn't need to travel by plane at all, and it wouldn't matter if Katie's train took everyone with him.
However, their group had special identities. In addition to Tang Zijun, the magical girl identities of Tang Cao, Qin Nan, and Tan Zhixin also had to be concealed. Furthermore, Su Siyao, an ordinary person, had also joined the group. In order to avoid being noticed by other ordinary people, everyone bought plane tickets.
Tang Zijun hasn't figured out anything about the mechanical head yet. After learning that there might be something even stranger hidden behind it, Tang Zijun gave up the idea of bringing it back to the real world.
Although it was just an ordinary technological product, it was still an unknown future technology, and the fact that it could implant a distress signal into his and Grelando's heads in an incredibly realistic image in just a moment was enough to prove that the head was extraordinary.
If that person's head is carrying some kind of tracking device or other random stuff, then bringing it back to the real world could very well cause even bigger trouble.
Tang Zijun didn't want to gamble on whether that human head had the ability to automatically connect to the real-world network, so he placed it in the Reverse World.
In the Reversed World, there is no technological network, only a constantly changing space. Even if this head really attracts some threat, Tang Zijun is still somewhat confident on her own territory.
As for the research on this mechanical head, Tang Zijun entrusted it entirely to more specialized personnel.
Chang Lei: Listen to me, thank you.
"There are so many people."
As soon as Tang Cao arrived at the convention venue, she was taken aback by the huge crowd in front of her. Even Tang Zijun raised her eyebrows and said that the number of people in the River Front Market was less than one-tenth of the number here.
"This is nothing. What you see is only the queue outside. This doesn't even include the queues inside and those within the venue," Qin Nan said casually, a popsicle stick dangling from her mouth. "See that queue over there? It's almost circled the entire venue."
"Huh? Are there that many people?!" Su Siyao's mouth dropped open.
"That's how it is at these big anime conventions, isn't it normal for the lines to be winding and convoluted?" Qin Nan wasn't particularly surprised; she was just a little astonished looking at the girls in the brightly colored dresses in the queue. "But... there are so many people cosplaying as magical girls this time."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Magical girls are all the rage right now. Judging by this number, even high-ranking officials from outside the sect would be terrified if they came here."
"Hey! Do you think there might be a real magical girl mixed in with this group of cosplayers, like you guys?" Su Siyao asked curiously in a low voice.
"If a magical girl is in her transformed state, we can sense the magical energy she emits. Even if she's not transformed, the Rainbow Crystal Flower will react if it's close by. But it seems that there are no other magical girls around us right now," Qin Nan explained.
"And if there were magical girls there, we should have found a way to stop this damn rain. I was mentally prepared before coming, but I didn't expect this year's anime convention to be so complicated."
Su Siyao chuckled. "Sister Nan, why don't you do it yourself? Using wind element, blowing away a cloud shouldn't be too difficult for a green-level magical girl like you, right?"
"Me? Stop kidding me." Qin Nan shook her head like a rattle-drum. "It'll be cooler after the rain; it'll be even more uncomfortable when the sun comes out."
"Yeah, you're right." Su Siyao stuck out her tongue, then sighed. "What a pity, I thought I could make friends with more magical girls."
"Not every magical girl can move around freely like us. We have to thank Katie for this. If it weren't for her, it would have been very troublesome for us to get back." Tangcao said, hugging Katie next to her.
"Mmm." Katie didn't refuse Tangcao's hug; she just nodded obediently.
Queuing can be tedious, but it's different when you're with friends.
Tang Cao, Su Siyao, and Qin Nan chatted away, while Tang Zijun, Tan Zhixin, and Katie stood quietly to the side, creating a fairly symmetrical scene.
While waiting, Tang Zijun also put his hearing to the test, trying to hear if there was anything interesting going on in the exhibition hall. Although he wasn't particularly enthusiastic about attending comic conventions, he was already there, so he naturally didn't want to spoil the fun.
Just as he was listening attentively, Tangcao, who was chatting enthusiastically, suddenly slapped him on the shoulder.
"elder brother!"
"what?"
"I finally remembered what I forgot to bring when I went out!"
"Huh?" Tang Zijun was taken aback, then remembered that Tang Cao had indeed mentioned that she seemed to have forgotten to bring something when she boarded the plane, but she had forgotten what she was supposed to bring.
This is normal, though. Before living with Tang Cao, Tang Zijun encountered similar problems while traveling to different cities.
Even though I made all the preparations before going on a long trip and brought everything I could think of, strangely, I always found that I forgot to bring something after arriving at my destination.
Sometimes it's sunglasses, sometimes it's a charger or power bank, and sometimes it's forgetting toiletries.
But these things were no problem for Tang Zijun, because he could go back and get them at any time through the reverse passage. However, when he heard that Tang Cao had finally remembered what he had forgotten to bring, Tang Zijun became a little curious.
"What did you forget?"
"Itabag! Itabag!!"
Tang Cao grabbed Tang Zijun's hand and shook it.
"I put so much effort into making this, and I was planning to share it with other enthusiasts, but because of the clothes you prepared for me, I completely forgot about it, waah!"
As she was talking, Tang Cao bumped her head on Tang Zijun's shoulder.
"Okay, stop being so cute, we're in a public place..." Tang Zijun could already feel the surrounding eyes gathering in their direction, which made him, who was slightly socially anxious, feel even more pressured.
In fact, ever since the group started queuing up, many eyes have often been drawn to Tang Zijun. There's no way around it; standing with a group of charming girls is bound to attract attention.
However, most people only lingered on Tang Zijun for a short while before looking away. Compared to handsome men, the boys and girls around them preferred to look at cute girls, so they were mostly admiring Tang Zijun and her friends' beauty.
And when Tang Cao started to act coquettishly, Tang Zijun clearly felt the gazes directed at her become somewhat intense.
It felt like a harbinger of public outrage.
"Brother, it hurts! It hurts so much!"
Tang Cao, her face contorted with grief, clutched her heart.
"It hurts so much here..."
Tang Zijun:
"Should I go back and get it for my sister?" Katie asked sweetly.
"No need, this girl is just being temperamental." Tang Zijun patted Katie's shoulder; he knew Tangcao quite well. "Alright, you can buy one from a pro when we go inside later."
"That's just how it is..." Tang Cao shook her head miserably. "It's all my fault, brother. If you hadn't suddenly prepared a surprise for us, I wouldn't have been so caught up in the moment that I forgot to bring my ita bag."
"Then you'd better not change your clothes."
"No! I'll change it!"
The surprise Tang Zijun prepared was none other than special clothing brought back from the dream world. It was not easy to find noble clothes in the right size, but in order to satisfy everyone, Tang Zijun still chose the most suitable clothes for each of them.
This collection includes mercenary uniforms, noble corsets, ceremonial robes, and more—all perfectly matched and exquisitely crafted garments. While they might seem a bit odd to wear casually, they're perfectly suitable for anime conventions.
Just then, as the group moved forward, Qin Nan immediately gave a reminder.
"Hey, it's almost our turn."
Upon hearing this, Tang Cao immediately became excited.
"Yay! Waiting for the elbow bump security check!"
Su Siyao was also full of excitement.
"—Prepare for an elbow strike!"
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