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Chapter 3453 Upgrade: Gold [Blue] (Part )
"The demons are in great calamity, the Pure Land Buddhism and Taoism are in chaos, all living beings are killed, fortunately the heavens are so gracious, I, Jiang Wang from Yujing Mountain, follow the order of the Supreme Original Tongtian Daozu, and order the construction of this Conferred God Platform to seal the souls of the fallen heroes to comfort their merits, you should admire it!"

The sound of vastness.

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On the land of Kunlun, on the top of the newly formed huge mountain range, the Conferred God Platform emerged.

Between heaven and earth, the souls of the gods and goddesses that perished in the catastrophe were called upon by some mysterious force and transformed into golden light, continuously flying into the Conferred God Platform.

One imperial decree after another was issued, and the Investiture of the Gods Platform continued to shine brightly. Names familiar to the survivors were heard one after another, and then figures were promoted to the [Heaven] through the power of the Investiture of the Gods Platform.

[Blue] Six Realms, [Heaven] True God, promotion to [Heaven] means that one can receive incense and offerings in the [Human World].

This information did not need to be specifically announced; when the decree appeared, it was naturally imprinted in the [human world].

There is a god above us, this is no longer just a piece of inspirational quote.

This time, the division of the six realms of [Cang Lan] is not just a simple division of land, but a true separation of the six realms... This is the real turmoil in heaven and earth.

Under the boundless power of [Tao Zun], the original human alliance land of [Canglan Dongtian] and the land of [Pure Land] were completely integrated into the [Human Realm] of the new six realms.

[Demon Realm] calls itself the first realm, which is the [Demon Realm] of the new six realms.

Among the [foreign lands], most of the undeveloped or unowned land within the [empire] is the [demon world] of the new six realms.

The former [foreign land - Yingzhou], the former [blue spirit beast world], and part of the sea areas of the former [foreign land] are the [spiritual world] in the new six worlds.

It turns out that the Yellow Springs land of the Ninth Hell, the holy land of the Netherworld, has become the underworld, that is, the Underworld... The Underworld completed the reincarnation of the golden Blue, and from then on, the golden Blue will experience reincarnation.

[Heaven] The righteous god who governs the mortal world.

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For a whole day, the Conferred God Platform on the top of Kunlun Mountains has not stopped, and is still going on, with no intention of stopping at all... After conferring the title of the [Heavenly Realm] God, it is the [Heavenly Realm] Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

But the Conferred God Platform on the top of Kunlun Mountain will not disappear, it will always exist. As long as there are people in the [human world] who are qualified enough to be inspired by the Conferred God Platform, they will receive an edict from the [heavenly world] in the future.

From then on, gods and humans were separated, and heaven and earth were separated.

"Six Realms... This is real!"

"Oh my god, my cousin's husband who lives far away in [Xiliang] told me that the Great Demon Lord of [Demon Realm] near their [Xiliang Continent] has disappeared. Now the area a few kilometers in front of their home has completely turned into a vast ocean! [Picture] [Picture] [Picture] [Video]!"

"Ah... my father who died decades ago just appeared in my dream and told me to get married as soon as possible to continue the family line. He would give me a surprise! Is this the benefit of the six realms? I've been single for 35 years and I'm looking for a girlfriend online!"

"It's over... I just bought a few properties in the human stronghold of [Foreign Land] not long ago... Can anyone tell me if there are any tickets to [Foreign Land]... ah, to [Demon Realm]?"

"Don't worry, I live in [Xiangfengzhou]... There is a new huge plain here, and it seems that [Storm Castle] has been refreshed..."

Just like a golden bean that is slowly being beaten and its area is constantly expanding... The changes in the [human world] will take people a long time to digest.

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The most intuitive perception of the expansion of the human world is that the original road has become longer.

What has been newly added are not only the messy land, forests, rivers...but also mountains. These are new things without any traces of human beings, which will make the originally unimpeded traffic on the human land become extremely chaotic.

The adjacent lower continents may also be cut off from now on.

Half a day after the Conferred God Platform began to confer gods, in a hilly area, a modified heavy-duty flying car stopped halfway on the road.

"...Doctor, I regret to tell you that our energy source has been exhausted."

Li Jianyi looked at the bunny-eared girl in confusion, the projection of which seemed a little distorted due to the poor signal, and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

There was obviously no problem with this armored vehicle, as it used technological circuits and was therefore not affected by the turbulent spiritual power of heaven and earth. The problem was that the road back to [Huoyun City] had become longer.

And it is quite long... According to the calculations of the Bunny-Eared Girl, the distance has increased about five times, which also means that the territory of the Human Alliance has increased five times at this time - this is not counting the [Pure Land] that has also been incorporated into the [Human World].

And this growth is still continuing, although the speed has slowed down - usually there is an outburst at the beginning and it should be entering a stable period now.

"In other words, there is a high possibility that I will die in this deserted wilderness where no one cares about me?" Li Jianyi clapped his hands together, a look of sudden realization appearing.

"Yes, according to the humidity of the air, your body should be..."

"Don't worry, my body won't decay that easily..."

"…I still recommend that you use brain consciousness storage technology."

Ever since it was confirmed that Li Jianyi could only live for three days at most, Bunny Ears Girl had already given this suggestion once, but it was immediately rejected by Li Jianyi.

"Well, you're right." Li Jianyi sighed dejectedly, "Who made me so unlucky?"

After sighing, Li Jianyi opened a secret box from under the operating table and took out a Rubik's Cube from it - to his surprise, the Rubik's Cube had no way to communicate with the technology side.

"what happened?"

"It should be because the coordinates of [Blue] have changed. It will take some time to rebuild the coordinate signal."

Li Jianyi smiled bitterly, "This is something I hadn't thought about."

Shaking his head, Li Jianyi said helplessly: "Notify [Huoyun Base] to send a transport vehicle to retrieve my body."

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After the six realms were divided, it was not so easy to connect the realms.

In the Yellow Springs…in the underworld, the eldest sister [Black Rain] frowned slightly. A shallow crack in front of her was healing rapidly and was smoothed out in the blink of an eye.

"Well, the structure of space is much more resilient than before." The eldest sister [Black Rain] said helplessly: "At this level, even if an emperor wants to cross the six realms, it will not be too easy."

Despite this, it is relatively simple to travel through the space within the boundary, after all, there is no need to break the barriers of the boundary layer.

And according to [Black Rain]'s speculation, the difficulty of crossing the [Underworld] should be greater, perhaps because the [Underworld] is in charge of the reincarnation of the six realms.

[Red Tide] sighed at this time: "When the master was still here, I always wanted to establish a new order of heaven and earth, but unfortunately I didn't succeed."

The Five Color Messengers were born in an even older civilization, even older than the [Witch Clan Era]. At that time, there was only heaven and earth, and all things coexisted. Naturally, the [Ninth Hell] did not exist.

The Holy Empress suddenly asked, "Logically speaking, in the era you two were in, not to mention reincarnation, there wasn't even an institution like the Ninth Hell. Could it be that in ancient times, the living and the dead could coexist?"

[Black Rain] and [Red Tide] looked at each other.

--of course not.

——Because in that era, in addition to their master, there was also... [Fuxi].

"In the ancient times, life was ignorant, but they believed in totems and innate gods." The eldest sister [Black Rain] said calmly at this time: "Because of ignorance, living beings often perform sacrifices, and powerful innate gods and demons also rely on devouring living beings to strengthen themselves."

At that time, the human race was not the protagonist, and was even just one of the very few races among all the races.

"That was truly a tragic era." The [Saint Imperial Concubine] nodded slightly, seemingly not denying this. After a moment's thought, she said, "You two, the [Underworld] has already been formed. It is useless for you and me to stay here. Would you please do me the honor of visiting the [Netherworld] Heaven?"

[Black Rain] nodded after a long silence, while [Red Tide] said calmly, "I'll leave first."

Watching the Red Tide disappear silently, the so-called enhanced spatial properties seemed to have no effect on it at all. The Holy Queen could not help but sigh: "This Lord Red Tide is very scary."

Black Rain took a deep look at the Holy Concubine and said casually, "Among the Five Color Envoys, the four of us have all had our own tribulations. After several destructions and rebirths, only Red Tide has never been destroyed since its birth."

[Saint Empress] smiled lightly and said it didn’t matter.

No matter how powerful he is, he is probably not as powerful as the [Taoist Ancestor] who can divide the six realms.

She waved her hand, and a crack two people high appeared in the stable space of the [Underworld] in an instant... like a door to the abyss. "Let's go, my daughter Yuan Shu, she should have prepared tea."

In the [Underworld], the Six Paths of Blood Prison are still hovering. It needs to completely absorb all the ghosts in the entire Yellow Springs land, and then it will further evolve.

The six realms are just beginning to be created and are in the process of self-improvement at every moment.

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The Conferred Gods Ceremony on the top of Kunlun Mountain lasted for seven days and seven nights.

Starting from the third day after the Conferred God, Prince Tianxiang led the remaining [Storm Corps] away... Because [Storm Fortress] was spawned near [Xiangfeng Island], as the lord of [Storm Fortress], he needed to return to take charge.

For this purpose, [Nantianmen] lent a [Demon Slayer] warship to Prince Tianxiang.

Cleaning up the battlefield... no, it should be cleaning up the ruins of Kunlun, digging out the dead from the soil, counting the wounded, and dealing with the bodies, whether it is burning or burying, it is an extremely huge project.

In particular, the topography of [Kunlun Capital] has changed completely, which undoubtedly adds a lot of difficulty to the people doing the work.

After the disaster, all the institutions of the Alliance in Kunlun City were basically paralyzed... Even with the remaining law enforcement officers of Nantianmen, it was difficult to maintain order, and small-scale chaos occurred one after another.

Many Kunlun citizens became disheartened and moved away with their families. It was heard that the newly added lands were all ownerless, including some beautiful mountains and rivers, and blessed lands. No one knew how to distribute the lands. Perhaps whoever planted the flag first would own the lands.

The conquests of all levels of continents between the lower continents have begun to send out local teams to explore the newly added areas.

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Among a series of low-rise bungalows, there was a two-story bungalow filled with smoke... Smoking made his mouth bitter, and Ma Sir scratched his head fiercely.

Due to the shortage of manpower, Ah Ma SIR has not closed his eyes for six days and six nights - of course, with his cultivation in Taoism, he is still energetic and can shake his hands every day, but he is exhausted...

The headquarters of [Nantianmen] had long been razed to the ground, not even a trace was left. Now this area of ​​bungalows is the temporary site of [Nantianmen].

"We need more water, food, and clothes... Hygiene is also a big issue! I don't want to step in dog poop when I go out to relax!"

"We have already asked the outer Acropolis to distribute supplies, but after the terrain changed, the original road became very difficult to travel..."

Ah Ma SIR started scratching his hair again. These are not the jobs he is good at.

But everyone was the same. In the three-story building next to them, Ah Ma SIR knew that Ye Yan must be as helpless as he was at this moment.

"I'm going out to release the water!"

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This group of houses, in addition to being a temporary venue for the [Nantianmen], is also the temporary office location for the [Court of Justice] and [Cabinet of Elders]... as well as some people from various major institutions who have been summoned back.

Elder Jiang has been conferring titles on the Conferred God Platform all this time, and it seems that he has never come down... As the chief of [Southern Heaven Gate] and also a seat of [Court of Elders], the Second Moro was automatically elected as the chairman of the temporary committee under the current circumstances.

The full name is [Kunlun Disaster Reconstruction Provisional Self-Government Committee Command].

Because the remaining high-level officials have learned a piece of news that the [Heavenly Realm] will be cut off from the [Human Realm]. Unless a world-destroying disaster occurs, the Venerable will never appear in the [Human Realm] again.

Even the human race's [Holy Emperor] - yes, the human race's [Holy Emperor] was also deified, and his status as a god was extremely high - when the first living [Holy Emperor] was deified, people realized that not only those who died in battle were eligible for this treatment.

The first living [Holy Emperor] to be deified was the one from [Wuzhuang Temple].

[Zhenyuan Saint Emperor] is actually the most low-key Saint Emperor in the human race. He didn't even do anything. When [Kunlun] was in disaster, he still sat firmly in [Wuzhuang Temple] and had no intention of participating in the great struggle between heaven and earth.

And then, this living [Holy Emperor] was conferred the title... He looked confused, but did not resist.

The emperor level has become the most powerful person in the [human world].

After this situation emerged, the Second Moro, who was deep in the abandoned [Kunlun], couldn't help but think of some bad things... Without the supreme command power, how could the ruined [Kunlun] rule the major lower continents of the human race?

In the conference room of the three-story building, several people from [Nantianmen], as well as generals from the [Kunlun] Immortal Court Army, some of the main leaders of other institutions, or temporary cadres, all had worried looks on their faces.

The title of deification will not fall upon those of them who survived... It’s hard to say whether it’s good or bad, after all, no one knows what the situation is like in the Heaven.

Moreover, at the beginning, no one knew that there would be a chance to be conferred a title after dying in battle... Even the [Underworld] was born, and the big project [Reincarnation] that [Canglan Dongtian] had been talking about for a full ten thousand years was actually completed.

"What's going on? Why is it so noisy outside?"

There were noisy sounds.

Having had enough of the dull atmosphere in the conference room, Ye Yan stood up and said, "I'll go out and take a look."

"Let me accompany you." The Second Sword Emperor also took the initiative to stand up and leave his seat.

The two were not out for long, and soon returned and explained the situation... The noise outside originated from the fight between two holy places for a cave.

In response to this, everyone present at the meeting looked helpless.

Earlier, due to the manipulation of Lord Jiang, most of the Holy Land Saints were forcibly controlled and their holy blood was drained... resulting in these Saints not being able to withstand the swallowing of the [Heavenly Demon] black hole at all.

At that time, [The True Body of the Heavenly Demon] was basically divided up by the top-level holy places... After the [Source of Spiritual Power] riot, all the top-level and super-large first-class holy places had been destroyed, and only those small and medium-sized holy places could still maintain their own holy secrets.

It is conceivable how painful it is for those top-level holy places and super first-class holy places who have lost their Holy Lord and their holy places have exploded, leaving them homeless all of a sudden.

Therefore, they set their sights on the newly created blessed lands in the Kunlun Mountains.

These blessed lands were also rich in spiritual energy. Although they were not as superior as the previous holy lands, they were barely enough - some of the holy lands that were in urgent need of settling down, so they began to plant flags on the mountain tops.

This isn't the first time this has happened... and apparently, it won't be the last.

But these were just minor matters, compared to another matter that troubled everyone in the conference room even more—the Great Phoenix Dynasty of the [Yao Chi Realm], on the second day after the Conferred God Ceremony began, actually launched a war of aggression against all the major holy places!

Holy places cannot attack each other... but since the [Cabinet of Elders] had long lost its control, this rule obviously no longer has any binding force.

The Great Phoenix Orchid Emperor, relying on the [Great Phoenix Dragon Jade], is a powerful being with the peak combat power of the emperor level - in the existing heaven and earth structure, he has become one of the strongest in the [human world]!

"Perhaps we can communicate with the Holy Land of Luoshen." Jing Fenglin said quietly.

Everyone was silent.

The [Luoshen] Holy Land did not send anyone to participate in any affairs of the [Committee] this time... After the Conferred God Platform was activated, the [Jinghong] battleship left.

The reason given by Li Qingtong was that their Holy Emperor had fallen and [Shen of Luo River] needed a sacrifice.

No one can refute this reason.

Just based on the final achievement of [Holy Emperor Fire Cloud] who sealed [Devil's True Body] with his own body, no one would say anything bad about [Shen Luo's] Holy Land... at least, in these years.

Even the Holy Land of Luoshen, one of the very few registered Holy Lands with top-level configuration that survived this catastrophe, was not even dared to covet it at this time.

"...Actually, given the current reputation of the Luoshen Holy Land, should we give them some guidance?" A faint voice suddenly sounded, "I don't have any other intentions, I just hope that everyone can remember... the existence of the Ninth Hell."

"In that case, should I also retire early and go back to the countryside?" Ye Yan was the first to sneer.

Ye Yan, the descendant of the Green Emperor and the Holy Emperor's Battleship, who had saved countless people by himself in the late stage of the war, has become a new human-respected hero.

With his strength and reputation, his words could not be ignored.

"Master Ye, that's not what I meant, haha, ha..."

The second Moro knocked his cane at this time, the sound was not loud... Everyone gathered together subconsciously, looking at this young and beautiful empress, and shrank back unnaturally.

She obviously wanted to interrupt the topic at this time... and did not continue to bring up the topic, but directly said: "It can be predicted that after losing the restraining force, the Great Phoenix Dynasty will continue to attack small and medium-sized holy places. This means that more and more tribes in small and medium-sized holy places will be driven out and join the competition for the blessed land of Kunlun Mountains."

Everyone frowned.

The second Moro looked at Ye Yan and said, "Ye Yan, you once participated in the wedding of the Great Phoenix Orchid Emperor... You can go and ask the Great Phoenix Orchid Emperor what he thinks."

"No problem." Ye Yan nodded.

The second Moro hesitated for a moment, then continued: "When you go this time, try not to have a conflict with Emperor Lan."

Ye Yan thought for a moment and said, "I will bring Guan Zilin with me, don't worry, Chief."

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Ye Yan walked out of the three-story building. Compared with the boring discussion, going on a diplomatic mission to the Dafeng Dynasty at this time was actually more to his liking... After leaving the small building, he did not rush to leave this temporary residence, but walked around quietly.

Reconstruction had already begun... On the second day after the Conferred God Ceremony, the people had already spontaneously begun to build some temporary living places. There was no plan and it was a mess. It was only two days later that the [Committee] was formed and began to provide preliminary guidance.

Perhaps it was because [Nantianmen] paid too much in this disaster and left a deep impression on the people. At the same time, it was originally the law enforcement department of the human race. Therefore, even after the disaster, the name [Nantianmen] was still useful and the people still had awe of it.

"Ye Yan."

A cold female voice was heard. It was Guan Zilin's voice - but she was not the only one there. Two of the Seven Fairies of Yaochi were accompanying her, one of whom was Fairy Yungu.

"Have the female cultivators from Yao Chi been settled?" Ye Yan asked with a smile.

The relationship between Guan Zilin and him was not too complicated, and their friendship was not very deep, but one was the descendant of the [Green Emperor], and the other was the [Green Emperor's] daughter, which meant that the two were destined to be entangled - this time, Guan Zilin was persuaded to lead the [Yao Chi] female cultivators to provide support, probably because of this relationship.

The one who answered was Fairy Yun Gu, "The disciples have returned to the Yaochi Realm. After Emperor Lan moved the entire Great Phoenix Dynasty away, the Yaochi Realm became much quieter."

Ye Yan frowned.

[Fairy Yun Gu] said quickly: "We have immediately shut down the teleportation array of [Yao Chi Realm]! After the division of the six realms, the spatial barriers have been greatly improved. Even if Emperor Lan wants to come back again, it may not be easy... He is probably regretting that he evacuated so cleanly at that time."

Ye Yan nodded. [Yao Chi Realm] was one of the few top-level [holy places] that had been preserved, and it was guarded by Guan Zilin. During this chaotic period, he was not too afraid of others' covetousness... He was also unwilling to pay too much attention to the affairs of [Yao Chi Realm].

The incident where I was almost tricked by the [Yao Chi Realm] cannot be forgotten so easily.

"That demon corpse?" He subconsciously looked at Guan Zilin.

Guan Zilin shook his head and said, "He disappeared... The exact time period is currently unknown. I plan to use the [Reincarnation Mirror] to trace back."

Ye Yan didn't waste any words. "I'm planning to go find Da Feng Lan Huang and ask him some questions. You go with me. I'll use the [Reincarnation Realm] to help you find it on the way."

Guan Zilin thought for a moment and said, "Okay, when do we set off?"

"I still have something to do." Ye Yan thought for a moment and said, "I will take the initiative to find you...it won't be long."

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Amidst the ruins, a supercar-style flying car slowly landed—[Asrada].

Just after getting off the car, I heard a roaring sound in the distance - I saw Ah Ma SIR driving an old psychic motorcycle, raising clouds of dust.

There was no cool movement when getting off the car, and even because of the size, Ah Ma SIR had some difficulty taking off his helmet.

The two looked at each other.

Ah Ma Sir opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and asked, "Still...still no news about Xiao Luo?"

Ye Yan shook his head gently.

Ah Ma SIR's mouth twitched involuntarily. He wanted to say something, but in the end he could only sigh... He might be able to find excuses for not having any news for a day or two, but the seventh day of losing all contact seemed to be the conclusion.

He did not come here with Ye Yan as an appointment, but because he felt upset, he ran to this place by himself - [Speed ​​Bump for Men].

However, at this time, [the man's speed bump] has also been buried in the ruins... Not far away, a river appeared, flowing down from the Kunlun Mountains, and the water is still cold.

"what sound……"

Ah Ma SIR was stunned at this moment, and subconsciously looked at the location where the secret base of several men used to be.

"Could it be..."

Ah Ma SIR discovered that the sound seemed to come from underground...their secret base was originally built in a basement.

Ye Yan disappeared with a whoosh, moving at a speed that was as fast as tearing through space - he instantly appeared in front of the entrance to the basement.

I saw that the stairs leading to the basement had been cleared out, and some places had even been reinforced.

Ah Ma Sir arrived at this time, and seeing some traces of human activities in the corridor, he couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise in his eyes! He rushed downstairs without saying a word!

boom--!
Push open the iron door of the basement that had clearly just been straightened and was still partially twisted!

"Xiao..." Ah Ma SIR blurted out, and when he saw a young voice in the [speed bump], he breathed rapidly, and then widened his eyes, "Xiao... Xiao Lin?"

Inside the [Speed ​​Bump], Lin SIR was holding a rag, and it seemed that he had just wiped the table. When he saw Ah Ma SIR appear, he seemed to be surprised and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I just came over to take a look... It was too messy here, so I couldn't help but clean it up."

"It's Lin Feng." Ye Yan calmly pushed Ah Ma SIR away and continued to walk down the stairs on the side of the wall.

Ah Ma SIR opened his mouth, and he clearly felt that the other party's voice was a little hoarse.

"Hello, Mr. Ye." Mr. Lin nodded.

At this time, Ah Ma SIR had also walked in, and the three of them looked at each other in silence.

After a long silence, Lin SIR finally perked up, "I boiled some water! The water is from the river next to us... It's quite refreshing. We don't need to use the water from the pipe anymore... Uh, the pipe seems to have been broken a long time ago."

"Use my tea leaves." Ah Ma SIR also smiled at this time and took out a small can of tea from the storage bag. "Boiled water has no taste."

"Boiled water has no taste." Ye Yan rolled his eyes.

They each talked nonsense, made tea, sat down to drink tea, continued to talk nonsense, and there was more silence.

"Come to think of it..." Lin SIR looked at him dimly, "What were you doing here last time?"

Ah Ma SIR said carelessly, "Teach Qing Mengzi how to behave!"

Mr. Lin complained: "Mr. Ma, are you a serious person?"

Ah Ma Sir clicked his tongue twice, "He is definitely more serious than you, the human false saint."

[Kunlun] This time there really is a big river, flowing down from the Kunlun Mountains, and it is a spiritual river... Mr. Lin, who couldn't wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Kunlun spiritual river, couldn't help but look embarrassed at this moment, and then smiled bitterly.

Ah Ma SIR pointed at Lin SIR and started laughing... Ye Yan smiled as he watched.

As Ah Ma SIR laughed, the sound of his laughter began to become unpleasant, and his smile also began to look ugly. Ye Yan said that his laughter was uglier than his crying.

Ah Ma Sir, you are talking nonsense. I haven’t closed my eyes for six days and seven nights. Isn’t it okay for my eyes to hurt?
"I'm going to release water." Ah Ma Sir touched his face, "Hey, if I go to the river next to it to release water now, will the people downstream drink my..."

"Are you a devil?" Lin SIR's face changed slightly. He knew the character of this old leader too well.

squeak--!
At this moment, the twisted iron door suddenly opened, and in the light and shadow cut by the slowly turning exhaust fan, a figure appeared in front of the three people.

"Idol……"

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Xiao Luo Sir walked down the stairs next to the wall slowly, "I think I arrived just in time, right?"

"Idol!!"

Lin SIR suddenly flew out, Xiao Luo SIR nimbly dodged the speed of the human race virtual saint, walked to the table, put down the bag in his hand, looked at Ye Yan, smiled and said: "I brought some things."

The oil paper package opened.

Braised beef shank, braised beef tendon, red sausage, roasted chicken, cucumber strips, onions, garlic...peanuts.

Three bottles of wine without any packaging markings.

It is a man's happiness.

(End of this chapter)