"No need. I've already got the information I wanted." Noita stopped her. "How can I thank that scholar... Never mind. I'd better not touch her fragile nerves. I remember that Lady Luhua allocated some activity funds to me. Can I use them?"

Noita apologized in her heart to the scholar who was called over before she had even forgotten her work. This sounded very torturous. If Noita and her roles were reversed, she would probably even want to smash the head of the person who did this.

I feel bad for breaking someone's defense. I just hope that after getting more funding, she can forget about it.

Malachite replied, "Yes, you have the right to dispose of it."

"I'll allocate some of the funds to their team as compensation. Emm, I should be able to transfer the funds to someone else."

"Yes, the only thing that can restrict you is Lord Luhua's orders."

Noita's power, as the one who has the right to use the funds, is unlimited (until the funds are spent).

"Okay, that's it! I'll leave the rest to you."

Noita burned the white paper into ashes, dissolved them in water and poured them into the trash can.

Leave like you've unloaded a burden.

In short, the message that Wuhua conveyed to her was translated. As for the fact that the scholar's translation results were different from the log translation results, it had nothing to do with her for the time being.

Noita returned to the dormitory. Perhaps because she felt guilty about torturing an intern scholar today, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. She simply picked up a pen and paper to prepare some plans for the group that would be under her leadership.

Noita wrote furiously, and closed the eye that was observing secretly.

The doe knew that Noita might notice something was wrong with the fire, but as long as she could give some plausible reason to ignore it, the doe would be at peace with her.

Silver Peak.

The doe walked leisurely through the mountains, forests and stream mud, and arrived at the cave full of lush vegetation.

The wind chimes rang rapidly as she approached, then died down after the doe glanced at it, like a shivering ostrich.

When the doe walked into the cave, a ball of high-temperature fluid immediately covered its face. The rolling hot current passed through it like a meteorite flying in a vacuum, without any hindrance.

"Stop messing around. You can't do anything to me."

The space was blocked, the earth opened up, and the doe saw the creatures floating in the underground lava.

She picked up the valuables from the ground and put them on the surface.

"I never imagined that our first battle would begin after our deaths. I just can't understand why you would go against my will and oppose me." The doe was truly puzzled. "Isn't our relationship good? Could it be that family ties can't outweigh your feelings for the Holy Mountain? Just because I joined the Association and collaborated with outsiders, you're going to kill me?"

Wuhua, who was imprisoned in the cave, had a ferocious expression on his face and said angrily, "You know best which is more important, my family or the Holy Mountain. I'm saving you!"

"I'm alive and well, why do I need to be rescued, you stinky sister?"

"Then why did you take the initiative to tell the association about the dream of the gods, arouse their ambitions, and lure them into it?"

"They have ambitions, I'm just offering some help."

"I know you once mastered the art of stealing fire, but the power of the gods is not something you can steal. If you delve any deeper, you will be shattered to pieces."

"Wrong, I will save everyone."

They had similar arguments at least ten times in recent days, but no one could convince the other.

The purpose of the doe's coming here today was not to persuade the other party.

It just wanted to block the connection between Wuhua and the outside world. If it hadn't realized that Wuhua was using the fire to communicate with Noita, it wouldn't have wanted to come here.

After the initial dispute, the doe discovered that Wuhua wanted to go against it, so she suppressed Wuhua without any real effort, locked her in her residence, and inflicted wounds on her invisible body, causing her power to disperse continuously and unable to gather at one point.

He also used the "silence" section of the Silence Technique to block her speech and power transmission, making it impossible for her to communicate with the outside world.

But she didn't know how she could talk to Noita through the fire again.

This unexpected incident made the doe determined to give Wuhua the deepest blockade.

The room where lava was flowing suddenly became quiet, as if it was immersed in water. The scalding orange-red heat flowed silently, just like the eyes reflected in a dream, shaped like bubbles.

The beauty of nature was like dewdrops on the surface of a night-blooming cereus, slowly evaporating under the gaze of the doe. Before disappearing, her eyes were filled with resentment and reluctance.

"Relax, just take a nap. When you wake up, there will be a new happy story."

ps: Damn, this took me three hours to write.

Chapter 109 Today is Different from the Past

Among all the great arts, the art of stealing fire is a skill from the gods outside the sky. It belongs to the world of war, but is also related to the law of nature, and has the power of casting.

It includes elements such as imitation, theft, alchemy, and furnace fire. In the mainstream view of academia, it is regarded as the origin of alchemy together with The Emerald Record.

The legendary art of wearing armor was also separated from the art of stealing fire.

We still don't know from whose knowledge the art of stealing fire was first stolen, so that it could be ranked among the great arts.

A brief thought flashed through Noita's mind, and she stopped writing, not knowing where the inspiration came from.

Six sheets of white paper have been filled, with fresh and elegant handwriting appearing on the paper.

"Lighthouse Project", "Dream Tunneling Tool", "Dream Biological Survey"

The three plan outlines all need to be handed over to the Doe to finalize the research direction. If the Doe thinks these plans are okay, she can hand them over to future colleagues and let them work according to the general direction.

There were originally more follow-up plans, but the sudden idea of ​​stealing fire disrupted Noita's inspiration and made her lose interest in writing.

As a player who knows the future, she may not be clear about the details of the plot, but she knows everything about equipment and props. The plans she writes now are all hot topics that can be used to defraud funding.

If she hadn't worried that writing too much detail would be too sensational, she could even have written out the materials needed for the three plans word for word, and had people use the exhaustive method of trial and error to find the corresponding method.

It was already dusk, and under the association's regulation, the town area of ​​Silver Peak Lair finally had a distinction between day and night, while outside the town it was endless daylight.

Putting down the pen and paper, Noita left the dormitory and prepared to try the local cafeteria.

After she left, the light in the room dimmed, the windows and doors were clearly closed, and the plan that was about to be presented to the doe suddenly moved without wind, as if someone was reading it.

In the cafeteria, Noita looked at the scrambled eggs with cherry tomatoes on the plate, picked out the tomatoes with a cold face, ate the eggs and rice, peeled off the skin of the cherry tomatoes, bit them whole, and suddenly her eyes were so sore that she couldn't open them.

It's sour, salty and tastes terrible.

With her sense of taste buds damaged, Noita let go of the remaining tomatoes and also let herself go.

When she was eight-tenths full, she left the cafeteria and strolled to the park, gazing at the quiet night sky.

Occasionally, she would observe Adele's progress through the logs and found that everything was peaceful. The bloody storm and open and secret struggles in the city of Serkar did not affect Community No. 7.

Everything is peaceful.

It was already night when we took a walk. There were lights on near the park, and the dim light illuminated the road ahead, but there were not many rooms in the buildings that were lit.

Noita observed the scenery and suddenly saw bright lights in the distance and heard laughter brought by the breeze.

How could there be human voices here?

Noita, curious, walked along the street. In the bright light that filtered through the corner, she saw a bustling market, vendors and tourists mingling in a dreamlike atmosphere. The bustling scene seemed to raise the temperature outside by several degrees. She looked back at her dormitory area, which was quiet and peaceful.

Just across the street, there is an extreme contrast between tranquility and bustle.

Noita weighed his purse, confirmed that he had a few gold coins with him, and then walked into the downtown area.

She stood in front of a prop store with little business, and picked and chose to buy a tube of water blade. The water blade was contained in a tempered glass tube. When the user pulled out the tube plug and threw out the liquid in the tube, the liquid would automatically solidify into a crystal blade.

Flashy but not practical, six gold coins a tube.

After spending the money, Noita started chatting with the owner, who was very enthusiastic and answered every question.

From him, Noita learned that the place she came from was a martial law zone and no one was allowed to enter without authorization, but the rest of the gathering area was free to enter and the Adventurer's Association had not issued any control orders.

Since the nest is not under the control of Serkar and has no curfew, and there are many adventurers, merchants, and workers stationed there, the nights here are much more lively than Serkar.

It turned out to be the case.

The quietness is only relative to the dormitory, it is still very lively elsewhere.

Noita walked lazily into the downtown area, hoping to find some fun there - preferably someone would start a fight and give her some experience.

But soon after, Noita's dark thoughts were shattered. She saw a group of guards patrolling near the downtown area. They were armed to the teeth and were people that ordinary adventurers could not afford to offend.

Under the patrol of Serkar guards, even if tourists have conflicts, they will not fight on the streets.

She gave up the idea of ​​gaining experience and went to the food street to make up for the grievances her taste buds had suffered in the cafeteria. She ate sweet and sour fish, boiled chicken, wontons, glutinous rice balls, and fried noodles...

Noita ate voraciously, and her astonishing appetite even drew attention away from her face and toward her flat belly, making people wonder if her stomach was connected to another dimension.

Having attracted too much attention, Noita hid in the crowd with a bag of snacks in her arms, and disappeared in a flash.

After finishing the last bit of fried meatballs beside a trash can, she threw away the trash and walked into a tavern, intending to kill time and take the opportunity to find out the news circulating among the adventurers.

But before she could sit down, someone sat in front of her, and at the same time, a rune handcuff handcuffed her right hand.

Noita looked up in surprise and saw a familiar face - Fei Xin.

It's really a narrow road.

But why would she target me?

Thousands of thoughts flashed through Noita's mind. She looked at Fei Xin's pretty face, which was tense and serious, and laughed out loud in a very short time.

Noita raised her hand lazily, waved the bracelet and said teasingly: "Is this some new hobby? It's just that my sister likes to be alone and doesn't make appointments. Since my sister is very beautiful, I will let you go. If you don't untie it, I will notify the guards to come and arrest you."

After saying that, Noita reached out, wanting Feixin to unlock the handcuffs.

Fei Xin remained indifferent and informed Noita seriously: "You are under arrest. I need you to cooperate with me in investigating a case. Please show me your ID, otherwise I have the right to forcibly arrest you."

She was not affected by Noita's words at all and just did her own thing.

Noita blinked and asked, "What's your name?"

"Phoenix Heart."

"So, Ms. Feixin, which department do you belong to?"

Seeing that Fei Xin's expression was becoming increasingly unfriendly and she was becoming more wary of her, and that she was about to fight with her if they had a disagreement, Noita stood up helplessly, paid for the drinks, and followed her out.

After leaving the tavern, Jade Heart replied, "The Zealous Guard."

It’s not the Shadow of Quiet Forest anymore.

Noita looked at Fei Xin and found that she was not wearing the standard armor of Shadow of Quiet Forest. Instead, she was wearing a set of decorative female half-body armor. The whole body was orange-red, and the bright surface was decorated with intricate lapis lazuli plating.

The Zealous Guard is also one of the guards dispatched by the Council of Elders, and is responsible for security, disaster relief and other tasks.

After being transferred out of the Jinglin Shadow Department, Serkar would not let a second-level mid-level fighter like her do nothing, and seamlessly arranged a new position for her.

The two men were handcuffed with rune handcuffs. These handcuffs were harder to open than Leah's handcuffs, but they could be opened with some effort.

But why open it?

Things are different now. Her identity is now upright, she has no bad record, and she has the endorsement of the doe. No matter how you look at it, the one who will be unlucky if she is caught.

So Noita followed Feixin to the camp of the Zealous Guard in Silver Peak Lair, where she was locked up in a guard room.

The prison in the Silver Peak Lair is not as good as the cells I've been in before. It's of poor quality and doesn't have any blessings or enchantments. I'm afraid anyone with a little strength can slip out of it.

When they got to the cell, Noita finally asked her, "You've locked me up, now you should tell me why you arrested me."

Fei Xin looked at her pretending to be dumb and said firmly, "We met once in the Layered Rock Cave, ma'am."

Noita tilted her head in confusion, not understanding what was going on. "I seem to remember the Layered Rock Cave. The newspaper said they busted a vicious cult there."

"I've seen you before, ma'am. We fought one month ago, on the day the Lustful Blood Cult was destroyed."

"But I'm only at the first level. How can I fight against the Shadow of Quiet Forest?"

"..."

Fei Xin's expression was determined, she felt that she had caught Noita.

"I never said I was the Shadow of Jinglin. How do you know my past identity?"

"I can smell it. This magical winter smell is so obvious."

Reluctant is one explanation.

Fei Xin pursed her lips. She had been a little sensitive to the word "smell" recently.

Fei Xin then asked about Noita's movements and resume in recent days.

Noita leaned lazily on the table, not wanting to answer. Making up lies about such obvious things would be exposed, so she simply remained silent and let someone help her make up for it.

They just kept wasting time like this.

Fei Xin seemed to want to use the old man tactics to make Noita surrender. Compared with the last time they met, she gradually got rid of the restrictions of compliant and non-compliant means, and began to be willing to use various means to deal with the suspect.

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