It turned out that the little Lolita was careful. After going back, she thought that humans said that they could make "one or two" small things, and Huarong Road was just one. The day before yesterday, she sent Jia to the laboratory to ask Chen Rui to make another "interesting" gift.
Chen Rui was under the eaves, so he had to bow his head and pulled Aldass to make another thing together. Today, Alice came to see such a gift, and brought her best friend Athena.
"Wood again, what will it become this time?" Alice looked at the wooden blocks of various shapes curiously.
"Little princess, look at me." Chen Rui put the wooden strips on the table and assembled them skillfully. Soon, the wooden blocks formed a beautiful three-dimensional heart shape. What's more amazing is that the appearance is tightly connected, as if it was born as a whole.
Alice exclaimed and took it carefully. It was obviously a pile of wooden strips and blocks, but after being assembled, it became such a compact and solid thing. If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you would think that Chen Rui glued it on. Athena came forward and looked at it in surprise, and Jia's charming eyes were also full of curiosity.
"This is called Kongming lock, it is made of black wood, the hardness is comparable to metal, very strong." Chen Rui's eyes flashed with a trace of nostalgia. This Kongming lock is also called love lock. The structure is actually very complicated, but he is familiar with it. Because this is the first gift he received on Valentine's Day. However, just like many love stories in college, despite a lot of efforts, the ending with that beautiful girl is still unsuccessful.
When Aldass saw the assembled Kongming lock for the first time, he was amazed, and then he felt that he was proficient in pharmacy. If he changed to a master of making instruments, this seamless splicing technology would definitely induce greater enlightenment.
Alice likes this kind of exquisite gadget the most. She can't put it down and plays with it. She asked, "Can this Kongming lock be taken apart again?"
"Of course, its fun lies in disassembly and assembly. I believe that with the little princess's wisdom, there must be no problem." In fact, Chen Rui didn't say another sentence. This Kongming lock is a complex type. It will be difficult without any prompts.
Let this black-bellied little loli toss slowly, just in time to settle down and concentrate on brushing the startup progress.
Alice fiddled with it carefully, as if she was afraid of breaking it, but the Kongming lock was tightly combined, and she couldn't find the key part of disassembly for a long time. Athena was eager to try, and said, "Little princess, let me try."
Alice pretended not to hear it and was still trying. After Athena shouted a few times without response, her strategy changed: "The dragon fruit over the Blue Wave Lake seems to be ripe. I was just thinking of taking you there..."
As soon as the words fell, a white and tender hand holding the Kongming lock was handed in front of her.
Chen Rui felt his eyes blurred, and his white little hand was empty. The Kongming lock somehow ended up in Athena's hand. Athena turned it around and said triumphantly, "Although I really want to take you with me, His Highness Xia knew about your going to the rainy jungle last time, and His Highness Xia specifically told me not to take you out of the city again. So, hehe..."
The white little hand suddenly clenched into a fist, and then loosened it after a moment. Alice showed an innocent smile on her face, and two cute dimples appeared, just like the angelic smile when Chen Rui first saw her.
Chen Rui knew that someone was going to be unlucky, and fortunately, the target this time was Athena.
"Athena Wells, daughter of George Wells, the first general of the empire, and the strongest female swordsman in Crescent City, do you have the ability to unlock this Kongming lock?" The little Lolita smiled and showed a solemn look, with a bit of the power of a princess.
Athena's blood boiled when she heard her father's name, and she answered, "Of course!"
"Then, for the honor of the Wells family, please be sure to unlock this Kongming lock within an hour!" The little girl's next words revealed her true purpose: "If you can't do it, then you must take your best friend Alice Lucifer to the Blue Wave Lake together, and protect her no matter how difficult the journey is. Can you do it?"
Athena was stunned, and immediately shook her head and said, "That won't work, His Highness Xia said..."
"Don't people in the Wells family keep their promises?" Alice showed a disappointed look and shook her head, "Forget it, isn't it just a small Kongming lock?"
As it concerns the family honor, Athena suddenly became heroic. Thinking of the human's quick assembly just now, it didn't seem too difficult. She shouted: "Okay! Athena Wells accepts this challenge! This little wooden thing doesn't even take an hour!"
Alice smiled with her lips pursed, and her cunning eyes were just like a little fox. Even Jia couldn't help but sigh, just like the last time she made a bet to go to the rainy jungle, poor Athena, she was going to repeat the same mistake again.
The time in the hourglass passed by minute by minute. Chen Rui sat at the table and flipped through the "Basic Herbology" given by Aldass; Alice was playing with the magic version of Huarong Road. After all, the new chess set made by Aldass could not escape her clutches. Jia watched from the side and gave a little idea from time to time; and the poor Master Aldass could only draw circles in the corner.
The Kongming lock was still intact. The impatient Athena was sweating profusely, as if this "little wooden thing" was heavier than the giant sword on her back.
Seeing that she was about to go berserk, Alice suddenly shouted: "Time is almost up!"
This sentence completely ignited the fuse of the female swordsman's explosion. Athena's eyes instantly became like flames, her skin began to turn red, two curved horns appeared faintly on her head, and she exuded a strong aura. She gritted her teeth and said: "How can the honor of the Wells family be disgraced by such a broken thing..."
"Crack" the tight Kongming lock began to crack, and then, the black wood that was as hard as metal was torn apart by the huge force.
Everyone stared at the Kongming lock that turned into a pile of broken wood in amazement. Aldass pointed at Athena with trembling hands, and was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while. He had already blacklisted her in his heart - this was blaspheming the priceless wisdom of a great master!
Chen Rui felt a chill rising from his back: Mars is too dangerous, let's go back to Earth quickly.
After Athena violently cracked the Kongming lock, she regained consciousness and returned to her original state. Only then did she realize what she had done impulsively. Alice's eyes were already shining with tears, and her voice was choked with sobs: "Athena, this gift is my favorite..."
"Alice, I'm sorry, I..." Athena explained helplessly, but no matter how she explained, the Kongming lock that had been broken into pieces could not be resurrected.
Alice did not cry out, but lowered her head in grievance, her thin body trembling slightly, as if she was trying her best to endure. Athena knew she was reckless, and said guiltily: "Don't be sad, little princess, let's go to Lanbo Lake."
Alice raised her head, her eyes were red, and shook her head: "No, you have been blamed by your sister for the last incident in the rainy jungle, I don't want to implicate you."
It's obvious that she wants to blackmail others to take the blame, and she is playing hard to get! Chen Rui saw it and had a new evaluation of the little Loli's black belly.
"Don't worry, little princess, you are Athena's best friend, a mere punishment is nothing!" Athena patted her chest, regardless of the magnificent ups and downs, and said righteously: "Don't mention the Blue Wave Lake, even if you go to the Xilang Mountain Cave, I will protect you!"
"That's what you said, in addition to this Blue Wave Lake, you must take me to Xilang Mountain next time!" Alice finally burst into tears and laughed. Athena felt something was wrong, but she didn't fully understand it for a while. She squatted down and carefully picked up the broken black wood.
Alice was eager to go to Lake Rambo, and urged: "What are you doing? Athena, let's go to Lake Rambo now."
"Wait a minute, I'll see if I can ask someone to restore these fragments."
"That's easy," Alice said nonchalantly: "The Kongming lock was originally made by Chen Rui, just ask him to redo a few more."
Athena's fingers suddenly froze in mid-air, and the fragments were scattered all over the floor. Seeing that she finally reacted, Alice quickly added: "Dear sister Athena, the people of the Wells family always keep their words."
Athena stood up dejectedly. Chen Rui just gave this female swordsman a big-breasted and brainless evaluation, and heard Alice say to him: "Chen Rui, His Highness specially allowed you to go with me."
Chen Rui hurriedly shook his head. Going out with beautiful women was originally a fragrant and pleasant experience, which was what he wanted. However, one of these three was a black-bellied woman, one was a sperm-sucking woman, and one was a violent woman. I'm afraid it would be difficult to come back alive.
"Are you going to live up to the princess's kindness?" Alice snorted in dissatisfaction.
"Chen Rui, you haven't been out of the demon world yet. Since the little princess has such a good intention, you should go with her," Aldass suddenly said, "Remember to continue reading the book "Basic Herbs" when you come back. Tomorrow I will teach you the most basic method of identifying medicines."
Aldass's words surprised Alice and the other two girls. This clearly meant that Chen Rui had become his apprentice, not the original experimental subject!
Aldass is a well-known master of medicine in the entire demon world. Even the eldest princess Xia, the ruler of Xinyue, treats him with courtesy. Now he has accepted such a human captive as an apprentice! And he is the only formal apprentice!
Although being an apprentice of a master of medicine is nothing to Alice and Athena, for Chen Rui, it is like having an extra life-saving talisman, which allows him to live in the demon world with a normal identity. Otherwise, with his original human identity, he would be killed as soon as he walked out of the laboratory.
Okay, this buddy is nice. He didn't fool him in vain. Chen Rui looked at Aldass gratefully and agreed reluctantly.
This time, Alice did not take Chen Rui around in circles like she did last time, but ran straight out.
Only then did Chen Rui know that this "manor" was actually the outer courtyard of the New Moon City Palace, and the inner courtyard was where the two princesses lived, which was heavily guarded. He was lucky to meet Alice last time. If he had been caught by the guards of the inner courtyard, he would probably have died.
Chen Rui was also somewhat curious about the terrifying demon world that was said to be full of man-eating demons. What did the real demon world look like?