Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1598 Aru's Bread

"Look what you've done! Why did you waste food! I wanted to slap you even if he hadn't said anything!"

"How was I supposed to know there was no inflation here! I just bought a drachma loaf."

"Don't you know that prices in the underworld are different from those in the mortal world? You bought a loaf of bread that cost a drachma? You bought a loaf of bread that cost a mole!"

The mountain of bread piled up in front of them, with no end in sight—although one mole is an exaggeration, it probably wouldn't be enough for a train to carry it away.

Suddenly, they remembered seeing rolling hills of wheat fields when they approached. But now they realized that those weren't hills at all, but rather Sugarloaf Mountain.

Egyptian bread is different from bread elsewhere. It's more like naan than bread.

Shangluo broke off a loaf; the bread's filling was so tightly packed that it was impossible to break it apart.

The pile of bread there came in various shapes—round, conical, mushroom-shaped—all of them hard and solid, each one enough to feed a whole family for a meal.

This was the first time Shangluo had ever seen such tightly packed bread. He thought the bread made by the chef was already quite tightly packed, but this one was packed as tightly as a sandbag.

"Well, I counted them for you guys, about 2. Here are you, Xiao Gao, and Xiao Han. If the three of you eat them all, it'll be about one each per day. It'll take about 18 years to finish them all—but don't worry, the three of you can eat them here, and in 18 years you'll be three heroes again."

"Can we pack it up?" Shangluo asked.

“Yes, of course,” the jackal-headed guard replied. “These are the things you bought; you can eat them wherever you want. But you must eat them all up, without wasting a single one. Otherwise, you will be cursed by Aru and will never have enough to eat for the rest of your lives. If you want to use them outside of this place, we will not make any guarantees about the consequences, because the curse was placed by Aru, not us.”

"What kind of mess have you made!" Shang Luo elbowed Han Xingzhi, pulling him back. "It was my fault for not thinking things through when you fell. But buying things recklessly is your problem! You're responsible for solving it! If you don't solve it, you'll be starving for the rest of your life!"

"Why is this happening! Why am I always so unlucky!"

"Tsk," Gao Shiyu said, watching this scene. "So, Shangluo, is it really this dangerous to go on adventures with you?"

"Or what?"

"Then I'd better stay home and not go out. It's too scary, Han Xingzhi. If you don't mind, I can help you digest four of them. I'll pack them up and take them home for dinner."

"Thanks. Could you please help me eat a little more, brother?"

“I refuse. You need to learn a lesson.”

"Brother! You can't just stand by and watch someone die!"

“Excuse me,” the jackal-headed soldier began, “there’s a reason why I said to finish eating before leaving. Time in Aru is in a state of eternal stillness, so no matter how long you eat here, the bread won’t spoil. But if he can’t finish it here and has to pack it up to take out, it will spoil even in Alexandria, because the rules in Alexandria are quite complete, and it’s not static there. If you take it out into the mortal world, who knows what will happen.”

How long can this bread be stored naturally?

"In a hot and dry region like Egypt, it can be stored for more than a month. However, if the humidity is high, it might not last long. May I ask where everyone lives? What is the humidity level there?"

[I checked, this is today's weather forecast for Yingtian, I've projected it for you.]

"..." Shangluo glanced at it, then looked at the sky. "Today... today's humidity is 97%."

"Do you live in the water?!"

"This is just the humidity level in Yingtian during the summer; there's nothing we can do about it."

"If we take these breads there, they'll probably get soggy within a day and spoil by the next. Then, the curse from Aru will likely descend, and he'll never have enough to eat for the rest of his life." "Big brother! No! Why is this place so dangerous! Why is such a dangerous place under the floorboards!"

Gao Shiyu, standing to the side, shook his head: "To be fair, everyone here is very fair and reasonable. It's not dangerous at all. Turning a safe place into a dangerous place is probably because someone made a wrong decision. Even if you go to an amusement park, you might get thrown off a roller coaster because you're not wearing a seatbelt."

"Sigh." Shang Luo sighed.

"Big brother, are you sighing because you're going to save me?"

"Dream on, save yourself." He picked up his phone and sent a few numbers to Han Xingzhi. "I'll give you some contact information, contact them and come over—don't take these breads out, to avoid trouble, just eat them all here."

"Right here? 2?"

"Yes, just call all the numbers I gave you one by one. Don't even mention 20,000, we can handle any number. You can handle this yourself, and I'll only intervene if you can't."

Han Xingzhi dialed the number, and a lazy, chubby voice came from the other end:
"Who is it? If you need anything, please contact my agent, Zhu Ling."

"Ah, who are you, sir?"

"Don't you know who I am when you call me? I'm your Uncle Long. It's not working hours now, so don't bother me while I'm sleeping. Sleeping is also my job, you know?"

"Shangluo sent me to find you."

There was a rustling sound on the other end of the phone, and Longlong sat up from the pile of bamboo: "Why didn't you say so sooner? Is the Heavenly Lord on the other end of the phone?"

"He's here."

"Please give the phone to Lord Tianjun."

"Ah," Han Xingzhi glanced at Shangluo and received a negative answer from the latter, then said to Longlong, "Shangluo said he's not here."

"Ah, may I ask, what are your orders, Lord Heavenly Emperor?"

"I haven't given any orders, but there's some bread here that we can't finish, and I'd like to ask for some."

"Coming right away! Coming right away!" He immediately hung up the phone, as if he was afraid of offending Shangluo if he answered even a little late.

However, less than two seconds after hanging up, he called back: "Where's the bread?"

"I'll give you an address with a phone booth there. Then you can get to me by dialing a specific number."

"No problem, I'll be right there! Right away! Zhu Ling, come quick, we have business!"

Han Xingzhi put down the phone.

"Wow, brother, you have a lot of influence. Even pandas give you face."

“‘Lian’ is superfluous. Longlong isn’t even human; it’s only natural for him to obey. How can you call that giving me face? Keep making the calls; there are even more powerful ones coming. Only when they arrive will you be giving me face.”

"for example?"

(End of this chapter)