Chapter 00143: Come for a Tour
# Come for a Tour
Chapter 143
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 143 Come for a Tour
Although it was the same game, and the general framework was the same, the detailed settings of the different script types were vastly different.
In Viola's world, Li Chengxi was a Great Divine Power, the Demon God.
As long as he had enough followers, he would never lack for Faith Points.
On the contrary, the problem was finding more effective ways to spend them.
Directly interfering in the game was also incredibly simple.
If Yang Yiyi and the others had encountered what Viola did, it wouldn't have been so troublesome at all.
Whether by bestowing Divine Arts or with Li Chengxi taking action himself, the problem could be easily solved.
But in the Wuxia script, the degree to which he could directly interfere was very small.
When Li Chengxi reached his hand in, he could merely flick people away; he couldn't achieve the effect of crushing a group of people with a single finger.
Moreover, the player's role in the two scripts was also different.
For a strategy game, it was enough for the general direction to be correct; details were merely the icing on the cake.
A role-playing game, on the other hand, was all about the details.
Character development was much more refined, but the player's direct interference became very weak.
In short, Li Chengxi was temporarily unable to directly influence the situation in the game.
If the three of them ran into trouble again, they would have to solve it themselves.
Li Chengxi could only watch.
Fortunately, Zheng Yinping was indeed meticulous.
When she and Li Yingluo were staying in Mao Mountain Town, she had already thoroughly scouted the surrounding environment.
She had long since formulated a plan for where to run in an emergency and what places were safer to hide in.
The three of them left the white cogon grass field, then ducked into a nearby bamboo forest.
There, they found an earthen pit to hide in and stayed put until the sky was bright and people were coming and going on the main road.
Only then did they quietly emerge.
The Plum Blossom Guard were definitely still searching the vicinity, so the three of them didn't re-enter the town.
Instead, they continued to lay low not far from the river, changing their position every so often until they successfully made contact with the scout.
When Zheng Yinping said they were waiting for a passenger ship, Li Chengxi had thought it would be one of those huge ones.
The image of a Jiangnan painted barge, like a yacht, immediately popped into his head.
But in reality, it was just an ordinary black-canopied boat, the kind you could see all over the river.
Thinking about it, that made sense.
Only such a boat would appear low-key.
A great painted barge would be like announcing to the world that they were here.
As soon as the three boarded the boat, they immediately headed downriver.
Li Chengxi went out to eat a meal, and when he came back, they were still on the boat.
He asked about the situation.
Zheng Yinping said they would have to stay on the boat for at least three days, then switch boats and drift for about another week.
After that, they would have to assess the situation and decide whether to continue by waterway or go ashore and travel by land.
In the era of the Wuxia script, transportation was a major problem.
It was very normal for a long journey to take half a year or even a year.
When he played other games in the past, this was never an issue.
A single click of the mouse and you were there.
Not long after Yang Yiyi and the others boarded the boat, Li Chengxi turned to look at the new computer on his other side.
On the screen, Viola had just disembarked.
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Demon Lord Calendar, Year 648.
May 26th.
As Viola stepped off the boat and set foot on the soil of the Leon Territory, she suddenly felt a sense of security.
Sailing Harbor was far more prosperous than the Leon Territory, but more than prosperity, Viola preferred the sight of the newly built windmill slowly turning in the distance.
"Did anything happen in the territory while I was away these past few days?"
Returning to the castle, Viola immediately ducked into the conference room and asked Zola, who had been managing the territory in her stead.
"Of course not, Your Highness. The only thing is that the fertilizer factory has been completed. The Druids are currently testing fertilizer recipes and optimizing the production process. We should have results soon."
Chemical fertilizer was one of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century, bar none.
Although the method Li Chengxi had told Viola and the others was still for organic fertilizer, not a synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, as long as they could mass-produce it, grain yields would soar.
"A portion of the farmers have already started planting potatoes and soybeans, mainly the Lord's followers. I believe that as long as we get good results, the other farmers who are still watching will follow suit, and it's very likely they will come to believe in the Lord because of it."
Because of their faith, a portion of the farmers planted the crops bestowed by the Demon God.
Once the yields of these crops were revealed, the farmers who were not followers would also start planting them, and would likely join the ranks of the faithful.
This move was an operation to expand the religion through agriculture.
"Did Your Highness encounter any trouble on this trip?"
Viola briefly recounted what had happened to Zola.
"Later, have someone take the documents to the treasury and get Renia's gold coins. The Lord promised to return them to her."
Renia had been looking forward to getting her gold coins back for a long time, thinking about them day in and day out, scratching at the walls.
"In addition, we need to strengthen the castle's defenses. The assassins of the Master of a Hundred Feet may come again."
"But Your Highness, how are we to identify them? I've heard that the assassins of the Master of a Hundred Feet are exceptionally skilled in shapeshifting and disguise."
Simply adding more manpower was meaningless.
If they couldn't tell who was a threat, it was all for naught.
"Before I returned, the Lord said he would grant the members of the Royal Guard the Divine Art of 'Eye of Clarity'. As long as we are not careless, it will be impossible for the assassins of the Master of a Hundred Feet to get in."
"The Lord is as merciful as ever."
"Yes, praise the Lord."
Viola hesitated for a moment, then said:
"Zola, I plan to leave the territory in your care for a few more days."
"Why? Your Highness, are you leaving again?"
"I want to... I want to go see the Divine Realm."
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"I want to go see the Divine Realm... Fine, are you guys treating my place like a tourist destination?"
Li Chengxi stared at the dialogue on the screen, a speechless look on his face.
Ever since Audel's visit, Viola would occasionally reveal her inner thoughts by accident during prayer.
Even back then, she had the idea of coming to see his world.
This was still a form of transmigration, how could it be so simple...
Then Li Chengxi thought about it again, and it seemed it actually was that simple.
According to the intelligence he got from Qian Sen, transmigrators were not too rare.
Moreover, Qian Sen didn't have any particular reaction to Audel's 'I'll be back again'.
This in itself suggested that transmigrators had come to Earth before, and it was normal for them to return for a visit after going back.
It would actually be easy to bring Viola over.
Li Chengxi just had to reach into the screen and pull her out.
What was the big deal?
Besides, Viola's timing might be perfect.
Don't forget, Qian Sen had mentioned that a nationwide criminal with supernatural abilities was lying low in their city.
It was basically like having a serial killer who had committed a series of major crimes right next door.
And Qian Sen hadn't called during this time to say things like 'the matter has been settled', which meant the manhunt was definitely still on.
Although Li Chengxi felt the probability of him encountering such a thing was very low, what if?
Relying on the alarms on his doors and windows and the crowbar he kept behind his bedroom door, he felt it wasn't enough...
After all, Li Chengxi lived alone.
He felt uneasy being by himself.
If Viola came to stay for a couple of days, putting aside the question of whether she was as strong as Audel, Li Chengxi would at least feel more at ease with someone else around.
So, after careful consideration, Li Chengxi felt that this idea seemed truly feasible.
(End of this chapter)