Traveling through Tomorrow's Ark: Starting with a Yama Sword

"Strange, why is there an extra cipher machine here?"

When Inès went up to the fourth floor, she found a cipher machine at the staircase. It looked similar to the cipher machines used in Europe decades ago, with the same keyboard as a modern computer, but without extra spaces, numbers and punctuation marks. It used rotors to replace the code, thus achieving encryption.

Inès knew very well that she had not put this machine there. She hoped that it had no special meaning.

She tapped the top of the cipher machine and heard the clanking of old metal—clearly the machine was old. Its sudden appearance in Rhode Island was even more intriguing.

She took out her cell phone and asked Klushier, who said it was nothing serious and that she could just put the phone aside for the time being.

"I'd better go and rest first."

Ines didn't want to care about this anymore, so she walked towards her dormitory, "Is it my turn to keep watch tonight?"

She has completely mastered this body, so being a Rhodes Island operator and mercenary will be no problem for her.

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In the following days in Shangshu, everything was normal. I don't know if it was because Shen Qi and Jijing beat the gang of bandits, but they never encountered these troublesome guys again. Shen Qi didn't drink again, and more often, he would choose to stay alone in the inn - playing the event level.

After the confession, he and Texas still maintained their original friendship. Although they often chatted, neither of them said anything ambiguous to the other - Shen Qi was also trying to become a calm person. If he continued to be as aggressive as he was in the beginning of the book, then it would be all over.

Recently, a new Sidestory was opened, and Shen Qi quickly completed the level - although the boss caused him a lot of trouble, he still passed it after three or four attempts.

"The mace looks so strong."

[After all, it is the pride of the mace, a noble self-return, not the attack return of a traditional swordsman. ]

"Then I'll pick one for fun."

【I respect your idea.】

Until the last night, Shen Qi went to bed early, but woke up even earlier - probably because he had a nightmare.

He dreamed that he fell in a snowy field. The wind was biting cold and the white snow was falling, gradually covering his body.

A Carters woman gradually walked towards him. Shen Qi saw that she was also wearing mainly white, but his vision was gradually blurred and he could not see her face clearly.

"who are you?"

Shen Qi wanted to raise his right hand, but he felt that his strength was exhausted. The woman walked towards Shen Qi and leaned down. When her cold eyes met Shen Qi's desperate expression, Shen Qi suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Froststar?"

The woman in front of him was Shuang Xing. The temperature near her was even lower, piercing Shen Qi's skin like an ice cone. She slowly stretched out her hand and placed it on Shen Qi's eyes. Shen Qi wanted to say something, but the excessive coldness made it impossible for him to react. He could only watch Shuang Xing raise her hand and close his terrified eyes:

"Good night."

"Good night, Bull Demon!"

Shen Qi suddenly opened his eyes and found himself still lying in bed. He got out of bed and slowly opened the curtains, only to find that it was still dark outside the window - it was not yet daybreak.

Shen Qi reached for the phone on the bedside table, and the time was displayed on it: four o'clock in the morning.

"No wonder, it's only four o'clock."

Shen Qi couldn't contact anyone now, and even the system was in a resting state. But he couldn't sleep either, so he walked to the faucet, washed his face vigorously, then quietly put on his coat, closed the door and went out.

"I am not mistaken, there are people who get up that early."

After leaving the inn, Shen Qi wandered around. After an unidentified amount of time, he found a place to sit in a pavilion - and there seemed to be someone there.

When Shen Qi approached, he saw clearly: a woman was drinking in the pavilion?

"Is it Ling? Why is she here?"

Ling also saw Shen Qi, so he slowly stood up and asked him to sit with him:

"I dreamed of you last night. No! Maybe you dreamed of me?"

"Uh, it seems not."

Shen Qi: What I dreamed about was the Frost Star.

"Can't remember? It's a pity that I can't share such pride with others."

After Shen Qi slowly sat down, Ling took out a wine cup and filled it for Shen Qi.

"I remember your name is Qiannian, right?"

Ling pointed at Shen Qi and said, "I heard Lao Li talk about you."

"Exactly."

"Your accent seems to be a pure Yan country accent. It sounds like you are from the Gouwu area."

"Indeed."

Ling took another sip of wine, filled up another glass, and motioned for Shen Qi to clink glasses, and Shen Qi did not dare to refuse.

"They are right. Do not be happy with things, and do not be sad with yourself. My friend Qiannian, I wonder what kind of experience you have had."

"Me? I'm only in my early twenties, and I still haven't seen the whole picture of the world. In my spare time, I just brew wine with pine flowers and boil white stones with spring water."

What Shen Qi said was very poetic, but he was actually just a time traveler employed by Rhodes Island.

“This is also a proud move.”

Ling smiled slightly, "Dayan's mountains and rivers are magnificent and picturesque. We may have a chance to meet again in the rivers and lakes."

"That's fine. I'm just a lone traveler."

Shen Qi also drank a glass of wine, and Ling filled it up for him. "But, when you leave in the morning, I will go to Rhodes Island with you."

"Why is your sister like this?"

"Go see my two sisters, and by the way, see the new faces there."

Ling seemed to be recalling something.

"Wine enters the heart of sorrow, and a glance lasts forever."

"Let me be my own, and taste the world."

While chatting and laughing, Shen Qi had already drunk three cups of wine. Finally, he asked for another cup and clinked glasses with Ling one last time:

“This cup is for the past and the future!”

"I drink alone with the world, and never forget my original intention despite all the hardships."