Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 213 World of Famous Works 2

The group dressed and left the restaurant.

The market was right outside the door, and the streets were bustling with activity, with vendors' cries and pedestrians' laughter mingling together.

Although the novel doesn't delve too much into the historical background, once it becomes a world, its consciousness will naturally restore and complete those aspects.

As they walked along, they looked around. The shops on the street were dazzling. There were general stores selling all sorts of strange things, shops selling fragrant flatbreads and mutton soup, and cloth shops hanging with silks and satins. They even saw many Hu people doing business in the market.

After walking around, they were finally able to confirm that this was Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, they also learned an important piece of information: just a few days ago, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, had become sworn brothers with a highly accomplished monk named Xuanzang.

The eminent monk is said to have received guidance from Guanyin Bodhisattva and had recently set off for the Great Thunder Temple in India to seek Mahayana Buddhism.

It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early; at this point, the story of the westward journey was just beginning.

Judging by Tang Sanzang's pace, he probably hadn't gone very far by now, and this world is inhabited by demons and monsters. According to the book, Tang Sanzang encountered monsters before even leaving the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and all his followers were devoured by them.

However, he was, after all, the Buddha's chosen representative of Buddhism, and the Buddha would not abandon him to his fate; a deity would surely save him.

Lin Xiaoqian had no feelings for this fat, white monk who had no fighting skills and only knew how to talk nonsense all day.

Her biggest concern right now is, of course, Monkey King.

The Monkey King is probably still trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, drinking molten copper when thirsty and eating iron bullets when hungry.

Back at the restaurant, everyone ate and chatted while holding the various snacks they had bought on the street.

Lin Xiaoqian took a big bite of the crispy sesame flatbread and vehemently protested Monkey King's fate: "Is there no justice left? I'm going to sue Buddha for animal cruelty!"

Jiang Shuang agreed, saying, "Exactly! They're supposed to be monks, aren't they? Aren't monks supposed to be compassionate? How could they treat Sun Wukong like that, and for five hundred years at that? What kind of monks are they?"

Liao Zhuang popped a grape into his mouth and nodded, saying, "That's one thing, but to make Monkey King act as a bodyguard for his representative, Tang Sanzang, on the journey to the West is really shameless. They just think that Monkey King doesn't have any powerful backers. They're already acting like they're superior to Monkey King on their first meeting."

Mo Ying raised an eyebrow: "Since you are so dissatisfied with what Tathagata did, and so sorry for that stone monkey, why don't you just remove the seal on the Five Elements Mountain and take the monkey back to the restaurant? When we go back, we can take him with us. That way, we can directly destroy their westward journey plan."

"Huh?" Lin Xiaoqian was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it for a while, she felt that this was really a good idea.

That would be so cool if we could bring Monkey King back to his original world!

She asked the system discreetly, "Is it okay?"

Unexpectedly, the system rejected it without hesitation this time.

"Of course not! The existence of the Journey to the West mini-world relies on Tang Sanzang and his disciples as the main characters. If you remove one of the main characters, won't this mini-world collapse? The world's consciousness here will fight the system to the death!"

Lin Xiaoqian shrugged at everyone with some regret: "The system said that Brother Monkey is the key to maintaining this small world, so we can't take him away at all."

The system then added, "Host, I need to remind you of one more thing. The entire plan and execution of Tang Sanzang and his disciples' journey to the West to obtain the scriptures is the pillar that supports this world. No matter how dissatisfied you are with a certain character in this world, you cannot disrupt their journey! To avoid your actions causing unpredictable damage to this small world, the system advises you to obediently remain bystanders in this world."

Lin Xiaoqian: "..."

She relayed the system's exact words to others.

The others also looked disappointed.

Liao Zhuang couldn't help but complain, "So they're really here for a vacation? This is nothing! It's a massive immersive movie experience, absolutely realistic, guys!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuang sighed helplessly, "It seems that even if we want to, we are powerless. We can only watch as the Great Sage follows the original script."

Mo Ying wasn't too surprised, just shook his head slightly, "Since the rules are like this, we can only abide by them. The world consciousness is not something that we can fight against right now. It's just that this stone monkey is really pitiful. It was originally formed from a spirit stone and its nature is to love freedom. However, it has been suppressed for five hundred years and then has to continue working for Buddhism."

Lin Xiaoqian bit her lip, then suddenly her eyes lit up. "Although we can't take Brother Monkey away, we can help him secretly along the way. The system only said we can't disrupt the journey to the West, it didn't say we can't help."

Mo Ying looked at her and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Lin Xiaoqian said with great interest, "There are many demons and monsters along the way. Some Monkey King can handle, and some he can't. Some are just there to make up the numbers, while others are extremely wicked. Monkey King has suffered a lot because of this. Why don't we secretly escort Monkey King on his journey to the West and solve his problems? Since Monkey King has no backing, we'll be his backing!"

Mo Ying nodded: "That's feasible. I remember reading a passage from the book by the Buddha. He said that in Jambudvipa, people are greedy, lustful, and prone to killing and fighting. It is a place of fierce words and a sea of ​​evil."

It seems that Jambudvipa is really a terrible place, otherwise the Jade Emperor, as the ruler of the Three Realms, would not tolerate Tathagata doing these things.

Therefore, the westward journey itself was necessary. Perhaps the world's consciousness would even welcome it.

Jiang Shuang said, "That's true. Let's consider it doing more good deeds for this little world. What if the consciousness of this world is pleased and sends us things like it did in the last world?"

Lin Xiaoqian: "Agreed!"

Liao Zhuang: "I agree!"

Zhuang Damao: "..."

Everyone looked at Zhuang Damao, who had been silent for a long time, and asked, "Brother Zhuang, what do you think?"

He raised his head and asked with utmost seriousness, "Do you think that if the Tang Emperor were to change his faith and believe in science, it would affect Tang Sanzang and his companions' journey to the West to obtain the Buddhist scriptures?"

Lin Xiaoqian and the others: "???"

Brother Zhuang, what are you trying to do?!

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhuang Damao quickly explained, "Although this small world was originally a work of literature, its historical background is real and it originated from the original world. So how is it different from the real Tang Dynasty?"

It seemed as if something inside Zhuang Damao had been cleared up; the more he spoke, the brighter his eyes became.

"Now that we've come to the Tang Dynasty, why not develop our technology and make this prosperous Tang Dynasty even stronger? We possess so much technology; even a little bit shared with this era would be enough for them. Expanding our territory is just around the corner!"

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silence……

Silence is the restaurant of today.

This was a path Lin Xiaoqian had never imagined.

In a world of gods, immortals, demons, and monsters, this beaver promotes science?

Lin Xiaoqian quickly lowered her head and ate a bite of bacon to calm her nerves.