The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 236 Alice's father appears (please subscribe, collect, and recommend)

The Leaf City in the Plants vs. Zombies world is developing very well now, the only problem is that the population is too small. Even though it took so long to attract humans scattered around, the long-term zombie disaster still caused the number of humans to drop significantly.

For example, the land where Green Leaf City is located is more than 1 square kilometers, and even if the mountains and waters that are not suitable for human survival are removed, there are still more than 8000 square kilometers. However, there are only more than people in such a large area until now. It is precisely because of this that in the past year or so, in addition to taking over several commanding heights around the plain and scattered islands overseas, everyone has been staying on the Green Leaf Plain to carry out various constructions instead of going out to reclaim the territory occupied by zombies. After all, it is a problem if there is no one to guard the occupied territory even if there is a lot of territory.

In order to prevent the infiltration of zombies, people greened all places where plants can be grown with the help of robots. One of the corresponding consequences is that the food in Green Leaf City is seriously oversupplied. Because of Dave's transformation of plants, even if only 1/10 of the area is used to grow food and vegetables, Green Leaf City is far from consuming all the food. A while ago, Ryan opened the space gates of the Fallout world and the Plants vs. Zombies world at the same time in the Wanjie Grocery Store, and then used a conveyor belt to transport a whole day's worth of food to the Fallout world.

So Dave has now changed the grain variety to a new variety that grows slower than the previous variety, has a lower yield but has much better nutritional content. So Ryan came to beg for food when he thought of supplementing his nutrition after his illness.

Soon, Ryan returned to the kitchen with two large sacks of vegetables, fresh meat and eggs that were almost as tall as himself. Except for the eggs that were indeed laid by chickens, all kinds of fresh meat were grown from some newly cultivated plants. But this was understandable. It was normal for Dave, who could cultivate so many magical plants, to grow a tree that grew beef.

Besides, this catastrophe also caused heavy losses to the animals that humans had bred before. For example, the population of egg-laying animals such as chickens, ducks and geese recovered quickly, and a year was enough to supply eggs and meat. However, it was much more difficult to restore the population of large livestock such as cattle and sheep, and the only solution was to rely on mutant plants.

"Wow, so many fresh foods. Ryan, can you cook?" Alice asked, looking at the things in the two bags.

"Of course I can cook, but today it's not my turn as a person with poor cooking skills." Ryan said to the robot Helen. "The real cooking expert is here."

"Of course, sir, ma'am. I'm happy to show you my skills." Helen waved her mechanical tentacles. "Leave it to me, Miss Alice has just recovered from a serious illness. I will soon come up with a scientific and delicious dinner."

20 minutes later, Helen floated in with a large silver plate, and introduced the dishes while serving them to the table. "Miss Alice, this bowl contains fish, meat and vegetable porridge, which is very delicious, nutritious and easy to digest. The bowl of pork, milk and mashed potatoes next to it is also delicious. Finally, there is a bowl of chicken and vegetable soup. Please enjoy your meal."

"This tastes great." Alice said after tasting all the dishes in front of her. Ryan also started to enjoy the 13-course French meal.

The next afternoon, Alice took Ryan to the warehouse of the manor to show his father's treasure. Walking through the backyard on the snow, they entered a warehouse that looked quite exquisite.

The things stored here opened Ryan's eyes, such as clocks similar to the one in the reception room that could produce various animals. Dolls and animals that could move autonomously after being wound up. When the box was opened, there was a whole puppet band that could play more than a dozen songs. Here Ryan could clearly feel that it was not just the power of the mechanism that made these things move, but the driving core should be the product of some kind of alchemy.

"I see you like these things very much. Have you learned to make them from your father?" Ryan asked on the way back.

"I really like this, but unfortunately I can't learn it." Alice said in a low voice. "Learning alchemy requires special qualifications, and I don't have this qualification. One of the important reasons why my father ran away was to find a way to help me escape from mediocrity."

"But I can make things without alchemy." After returning to the castle, Alice showed Ryan many mechanical products he made, such as music boxes and clocks. In the following days, the two discussed many issues around magic and machinery. Ryan had a mechanical heritage, so the two had a good chat. They even spent a whole day making a steam engine with the help of magic. Alice had a very high opinion of this machine that could keep moving as long as it was fueled, and even thought it could change the world.

On the fifth day after Ryan came into this world, he was discussing the use of the condenser on the steam engine with Alice in the reception room when a young male voice was heard from the living room downstairs.

"Alice, where are you? Daddy's home."

"Dad!" Alice immediately stood up from the sofa and ran downstairs. After a while, she came in with a blond young man.

"This is the wizard Mr. Ryan who saved my life." Alice introduced his father.

"Thank you so much. Something happened to my daughter and I really don’t know what to do." Alice's father expressed his heartfelt gratitude.

"If you hadn't been out all day, I wouldn't have nearly lost my life this time." Alice said expressionlessly. His father also looked confused and didn't know what to say.

Ryan felt very embarrassed as an outsider seeing this scene. But he couldn't leave at this time, so he had to sit on the sofa. Soon Alice went back to her room, leaving Ryan and her father in the reception room.

"Thank you so much this time, Wizard Ryan. But can you tell me why you came to our world?" After making sure Alice had left, her father said something to Ryan that frightened Ryan as soon as he opened his mouth.

"You, how do you know I'm not from this world?" Ryan asked in shock. He never thought someone could tell at first sight that he was from another world. No one in the world he had been to before could do this.

"Alchemy is a very powerful skill. After I came in, I used a special method in alchemy to observe you. Naturally, I saw that you came from another world, and I could also see that the attitudes of other worlds towards you were very friendly. Otherwise, do you think you can still sit here peacefully? Of course, it is not very polite for me to observe you in that way, but since you appear next to my daughter, I must find out the situation."

"Did I fall into the hands of my father who is obsessed with his daughter?" Ryan thought speechlessly. But since he could see this, maybe there was a way to detect lies. Using the Shangqing Taoist technique to seal the soul and prevent observation would seem too hostile. Thinking of this, Ryan simply told the truth.

"I just travel to different worlds to do some business, and learn knowledge to strengthen myself. Of course, if I see a world in trouble, I will help it."

"Is that so? Then you can stay in my manor temporarily. We can exchange knowledge. By the way, you can call me Luo Zhen." The blond young man stretched out his arm. Ryan also smiled and shook hands with him. "Then please take care of me."

(End of this chapter)