Chapter 00072: Inconceivable
# Inconceivable
Chapter 72
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 72: Inconceivable
Demon Lord Calendar, Year 648.
May 2nd, morning.
Several hours had passed since Audel's sudden disappearance from the Chapel during prayer.
During these few hours, all the Royal Guards were running around the Castle like their asses were on fire, trying to find any clue as to where Audel might have gone.
But even after turning nearly the entire Castle upside down, just short of issuing a wanted notice throughout the entire Territory, there was still no clue as to where Audel had gone.
Then, everyone had to accept a certain reality.
Audel had been taken away by the Demon God.
This was truly hard to understand.
The Royal Guard had plenty of devout followers, so why take away someone who couldn't even be considered a follower?
Was it just because she was good-looking?
Impossible, our Royal Guard has plenty of beauties!
Everyone was baffled.
Not long after, Viola received a Divine Oracle from the Demon God, stating, "Audel is with me, she will return in a few days."
The Captain of the Royal Guard, Zola, also received a similar Divine Oracle, confirming that Viola had not misheard.
And then, Viola's composure started to crack...
"Why? Why Audel?"
"Was there something I didn't do well enough?"
"My Lord, you should have chosen me!"
"No, I can't think this way. My Lord must have a deeper meaning for this!"
Viola, who had appeared perfectly normal in front of the Royal Guards, immediately lost her composure after returning to her room.
The sound of her muttering to herself came from the room, occasionally mixed with the noise of scratching walls and slapping the floor.
For a devout follower, traveling to the Divine Realm where their God resides was the highest honor, but this honor had been snatched away first by someone who couldn't even be considered a follower.
This completely broke Viola's defenses, to the point where she even wondered if Audel's act of taking off her clothes was the correct way.
Should everyone pray without clothes tomorrow...
Zola, who was guarding the door outside, understood Viola's feelings very well, but she was much more rational.
Regardless of who was taken by the Demon God, He had said she would be back in a few days.
At that time, they could learn about the Divine Realm from Audel's own mouth, which was obviously also a very good thing.
Listening to the noise from the room, she looked up and saw Xuelin tiptoeing over, pointing at Viola's room.
"What's wrong with Her Highness?"
Zola was still trying to save face for Viola:
"Mature women will always have times when they are troubled. It's best to let Her Highness calm down."
"Is that so? Why don't I have them?"
Zola smiled without a word, as if to say, perhaps you don't count as a mature woman yet...
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Qian Sen simply explained the situation to Li Chengxi, asked for some basic information about Audel, and then got up to leave, very briskly.
He stated that as long as Miss Audel's living expenses at Li Chengxi's place weren't too outrageous, they would generally be reimbursed.
He hoped Li Chengxi could teach her some common sense about life on Earth.
He also added that while Section Nine couldn't give Li Chengxi any monetary rewards, they could provide administrative conveniences, and he could call him anytime if there were any problems.
After saying this, he left.
Lei Lei didn't stay long either; it felt like she ran back the way she came as if escaping for her life.
After that, the door repairman arrived as Qian Sen had said he would.
He skillfully fixed the door hinge that Lei Lei had broken and said the payment had already been made in advance.
It felt like this repairman was also from Section Nine, giving off the vibe of a secret agent.
There was nothing to be done about it.
Qian Sen had explicitly said someone would be responsible for trailing and monitoring him for a period of time, so now Li Chengxi saw everyone as a potential agent.
After the repairman left, the phone and internet signals all returned to normal.
Pedestrians gradually began to appear on the street, and it was as if nothing had ever happened.
But there was one difference...
Li Chengxi had just informed Viola that Audel was with him.
He put down his Headset, and as he looked up, he saw a pair of silver-blue eyes staring at him.
"Uh... are you hungry? I'll make you a bowl of noodles... no, I mean, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles to eat?"
Li Chengxi wasn't quite used to having another person in his home, especially since this person was a transmigrator.
Audel nodded, nodding vigorously.
Since the small restaurant next door wouldn't be open for business until tomorrow, and the meal offered by Viola today had been accidentally spilled, Li Chengxi had no choice but to get up, take two boxes of Instant Noodles from the shelf, and then pick up the electric kettle and walk to the store's bathroom to get water.
Audel followed him like a little shadow, sticking close behind Li Chengxi.
When she saw him turn on the faucet and a continuous stream of clear water flowed into the kettle, she let out a small "wow".
"What is this? An endless kettle?"
"Huh? You mean the faucet?"
Audel nodded again, nodding vigorously.
To be honest, she did look pretty cute.
"This is a switch. It's connected to pipes. Clean water from the water treatment plant is transported through these pipes to faraway places for all the city's residents to use."
"Pipes, metal pipes?"
Audel said in surprise:
"To actually use so much metal to make pipes, and not use it to make weapons? The metal production here must be astounding."
"After all, we have a mature metal industry. Our country's steel production is measured in units of hundreds of millions of tons."
Audel was stunned for a moment:
"Inconceivable, unimaginable!"
As they spoke, Li Chengxi finished filling the water and turned to place the electric kettle on its base and switched it on.
Just as he was turning to tear open the lid of the instant noodle box, Audel suddenly jumped back two steps:
"What is that magical artifact? I can feel energy gathering, it might be very dangerous. Is it one of your divine artifacts, Lord Demon God?"
"Uh... you mean the electric kettle?"
"Elec... tric kettle?"
"It's a device that uses electricity as an energy source to heat water."
"Oh, oh, oh! As expected of a God, to actually use the thunder that gallops across the sky as energy!"
At this moment, a car horn beeped twice outside the convenience store.
It should have just been a passing car.
But this immediately caught Audel's attention, and she darted to the glass door to press her face against it.
As a result of getting close to the door, the motion-sensor chime also rang with a ding-dong.
"A magical doorbell? What is that iron box outside? It looks so exquisite, even a Dwarven craftsman would have a hard time creating such a beautiful painted finish."
"You're talking about a car."
"A car?"
"It's a very common vehicle here. It runs on burning oil."
"Oil as fuel? Then why don't I see any fire? I only feel what seems to be an explosion inside it."
Li Chengxi carefully recalled a science show he had watched before:
"I remember it's gasoline combusting inside the engine. The force of the explosion pushes the pistons, the pistons then turn the gears, which is transmitted to the drive shaft through the gearbox, and then the car can move."
"Inconceivable! What kind of structure is that? It doesn't need any livestock at all?"
"Here, you almost never see livestock like oxen or horses in the city. There are plenty of dogs and cats, though."
At this time, the water boiled.
Li Chengxi poured the water into the instant noodle bowls and closed the lids.
Audel, who was still pressed against the glass door looking outside, seemed to have caught a whiff of the smell, her small nose twitching.
"What a fragrant smell, what is that?"
"It's something I eat often, a food called instant noodles. The main point is that it's convenient."
Audel turned back and circled around the instant noodle bowls:
"Oh, oh, oh! You don't need to make a fire?"
"No need. Just add hot water and wait a few minutes, then you can eat it."
"Inconceivable!"
It felt like this was the phrase she said the most.
(End of Chapter)