Chapter 00123: Cupcakes
# Cupcakes
Chapter 123
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 123 Cupcakes
At first, Li Chengxi thought there were only the Demon Race in the game, and he just treated them as humans with a different name.
It was only after discovering the Tree Elves that Li Chengxi realized there were actually many different races in the game.
But he had still misjudged the extent of the racial diversity.
Just by randomly clicking around on the streets, he discovered that everyone belonged to a different race.
After looking for just a few minutes, Li Chengxi had already found nearly twenty different races, and that wasn't even including the various sub-races.
Multi-ethnic nations are not uncommon in modern society, but look at them, they actually have a multi-racial nation.
It was incredible that so many races could be put together without immediately starting a fight.
After all, on Earth, it was not at all rare for conflicts to break out simply due to ethnic differences.
After the game had fiercely shown off its multi-racial society before his eyes, he finally remembered that he was here to find Audel.
He backed out to the City of Academics icon, found the triangle marker next to the name, typed Audel's name into the search bar, and the game camera automatically moved into position.
It was rare, but the young lady was actually not at home.
The screen displayed a massive domed building, several times larger than a castle, which seemed to contain many conference rooms of various sizes.
Audel was inside this building, on the first floor, in the largest conference room.
The conference room looked more like an enormous lecture hall.
Rows of tiered seats were already filled with strangely shaped audience members.
Audel stood at the podium at the very bottom, and the blackboard behind her was covered in graphs of curves that expressed who-knows-what.
“Is she giving a lecture?”
He remembered Audel saying she was a professor in the City of Academics, and this did look a bit like a university classroom.
Li Chengxi clicked on Audel, wanting to see what she was talking about.
Audel: ‘Everyone, please look.
This is the new product I have brought back.’
What was going on? Why did this feel like a product launch event?
Immediately, Li Chengxi saw a line of beauties from various races walk out from behind the blackboard.
Although Li Chengxi's sense of aesthetics couldn't quite accept the style of a fish face or a body covered in thick scales, they were probably considered beauties locally.
What was rather peculiar was that Li Chengxi noticed this group of chibi pixel ‘beauties’ all had their legs wrapped in a layer of stockings…
That was something else.
Audel: ‘These are stockings, a type of sock used by women in the Divine Realm.
They are made from an oil called petroleum.
Furthermore, petroleum exists not only in the Divine Realm but also in the mortal world.
Through my research, I have finally succeeded in creating a similar product.’
These words stunned Li Chengxi.
Wait, it's only been a few days, and you've already created polyester?
Li Chengxi randomly clicked open the artwork of one of the ‘beauties’.
The stockings on her legs were actually very different from modern industrial ones.
They weren't woven as finely; instead, he could see many irregular holes of various sizes.
This was probably due to the local textile technology not being up to par.
But to get polyester from petroleum in just a few days was too exaggerated.
Just how was their technology tree developed?
Is this magic?
Li Chengxi wasn't the only one surprised; the audience members listening to Audel's presentation in the conference room also broke out in exclamations of admiration.
Audel: ‘Although it is still very primitive, this is our first step.
We will completely change the current situation where fibers can only be obtained from plants and animals.
Its application prospects are extremely broad!’
Then she presented a pile of theses where Li Chengxi recognized every character, but when put together, he couldn't understand what was being said.
“Next, we will begin the second new announcement. I had the honor of personally visiting the Divine Realm not long ago, and this new paper is written based on my observations there.”
The graphs on the blackboard automatically changed to the title ‘Gods and Men’.
Audel was like an orator, standing on stage and delivering an excited, lengthy speech, not even needing to drink water to wet her throat.
Audel: ‘For a long time, we have only fantasized about the Divine Realm.
But the new invention I just mentioned, and others, are all creations of the Divine Realm.
Moreover, the Demon God, whose existence we were always uncertain about, has been confirmed to truly exist.
I will leave this point for the next session.’
Just as Li Chengxi was about to see what kind of paper Audel could write based on her few days staying at his place, the sensor doorbell chimed.
“Brother Li, hello.”
He looked up and saw a figure in a high school uniform standing timidly at the door.
“Uh… Gan Xiaoyan? Why are you here? Isn't it class time right now?”
“School ended long ago. Brother Li, didn't you look at the time?”
He glanced down at the time.
Unconsciously, it was already past twelve o'clock.
Gan Xiaoyan took a few steps closer and placed a small plastic basket on the cash register.
“Thank you for your help the other day, Brother Li.”
“It was nothing, no need for thanks. I was thinking of going for a swim anyway.”
“That won't do. These are the cakes I baked. Please take them and eat.”
The basket was filled with cupcakes, each carefully wrapped in a plastic bag and tied with a bow.
“And this. I ran into someone handing these out on the street just now.”
Gan Xiaoyan handed over a flyer.
It announced the grand opening of some barbecue restaurant, with a tear-off coupon at the bottom for a 50-yuan discount on a purchase of 100 yuan or more.
“Why don't you go eat with Lei Lei?”
“No, no, my weight has been getting dangerous recently. I can't eat anything too greasy.”
On the contrary, Li Chengxi thought Gan Xiaoyan was too thin and should eat more.
The thoughts of a high school girl were a bit hard to understand.
“Oh, right. Qian Sen came by a couple of days ago. Have they caught that serial perpetrator yet?”
“I don't think so. I'm just an intern, so I don't know the specifics. But there have been a lot of personnel movements recently. They've probably found some clues.”
Although this matter had nothing to do with him, the thought of a character resembling a serial killer wandering nearby did make him a little worried.
Speaking of which, should I call Audel over to stay for a couple of days?
That young lady seemed like she could really fight.
In any case, it would be safer than him living alone.
But having her over again would probably cause trouble for Qian Sen.
Section Nine seemed very busy lately.
While he was wrestling with the thought, Gan Xiaoyan smiled and said:
“I still have to go back and study. Goodbye, Brother Li.”
Li Chengxi suddenly understood why that kid named Wang Peng was pestering Gan Xiaoyan so relentlessly.
When she smiled, her two dimples were very cute, making one feel the urge to reach out and poke them.
It was also hard to see how such a pure-looking girl was originally the type to act innocent while using boys for their money.
Indeed, the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to deceive.
Zhang Wuji clearly didn't listen to his mother.
Li Chengxi placed the cupcakes behind the cash register, his eyes naturally glancing at the barbecue restaurant's advertisement.
Looking at the address on it, it seemed to be in the ground-floor shops of the neighboring residential complex.
It would only take about ten minutes to cut across.
It was already past twelve, time for lunch.
Li Chengxi mulled it over.
Why not go and have a look?
(End of this chapter)