After thinking for a moment, Stone nodded: "Yes, that's true. But Baozi, you're not expecting me to learn magic by reading books, are you?" That's ridiculous! This is a magic book, not a novel! You can't just learn it by reading it!
"Huh? That's basic magic! Basic magic is so simple, of course Master could learn it at a glance!" Baozi said matter-of-factly.
Stone was deeply saddened. The memory Baozi had given her was indeed a complete basic magic book. It had everything—cover, title page, text, and back cover—even the author's name was clearly remembered. But is memorization the key to learning magic? Okay, memory certainly plays a role, but magic requires incantation, right? Could reading this book teach her how to incantate it?
To give a simple example, if you give someone who has never been exposed to German a basic German learning book, can they learn it? Even if they memorize the entire book word for word, what good will it do?
Stone broke down again. She felt she had absolutely no confidence in mastering magic: "Baozi, let's make a deal?"
"Huh?"
"Well, let's put the magic thing aside for now. I just want to know, are there any simpler, more direct, and more violent methods?" Stone looked at Baozi expectantly.
Baozi was stunned for a moment before it reacted: "Huh! Simple... direct... and violent too!" Baozi was dumbfounded. It began to wonder again if its owner had accidentally replaced its head along with its body when changing bodies?
"Yeah! The key is simplicity. Ideally, it should be mindless, and violent too, so everyone will be afraid of me. Tsk tsk. Baozi, this princess's dream is to become a queen!" Stone accidentally showed off, and then she tragically discovered that Baozi had twisted herself into a super fat, juicy fried dough stick.
"Gah? Gah! Gah..." Baozi's brain was completely blank at this moment. It was speechless at Shi Tou's behavior: "Master, your imagination is too rich!"
"Enrich your mouth!" Stone snapped angrily. "Tell me, do you have any ideas at all?"
Baozi twisted twice clockwise and twice counterclockwise: "Gah. Baozi thinks Master is very violent right now. If Master doesn't want to use his brain to be a magician, how about considering becoming a battle qi master!"
"A Qi Master?" In fact, he had been in this world for eight years, but Stone still didn't know enough about some basic knowledge: "Baozi, I remember you said that there are two kinds of professions in this world, one is a magician and the other is a Qi Master, right?"
Seeing Baozi nod, Shi Tou asked again, "Then what's the difference?"
Baozi thought for a moment, then tried to express her thoughts in a more tactful way: "Hehe, being a magician is an elegant profession. All magicians are noble and elegant, wearing clothes inlaid with magic patterns, carrying wands worth a fortune, chanting difficult and obscure spells, and unleashing dazzling and colorful magic..."
After listening for a long time, Stone came to two conclusions:
First, magicians are all scoundrels, and might even be hypocrites.
Secondly, Baozi really likes magicians...
"What about the Qi Master?" Seeing that Baozi was about to praise the magician, Stone had to interrupt it.
Baozi, annoyed at being interrupted, glared at Shitou, but still answered his question: "Ugh! Qi Masters are no good at all! They're all dirty and smelly people, and they're either carrying big knives, axes, or hammers! Plus, Qi Masters are all big and burly, not good-looking at all! And, when Qi Masters fight, it's all bloody, ugh, disgusting!"
As Baozi spoke, Shitou's eyes shone brightly. By the time it finished, Shitou's big eyes were shining like stars in the night: "Great! This is the life I want! Haha, this princess is going to become a Qi Master!"
Baozi was dumbfounded...
"Okay, let's do it this way!" Stone reached out and patted the stiff bun. "Alright, it's getting late, go back to sleep!" As soon as Stone finished speaking, the bun turned into a black diamond and stuck firmly to Kagaral's pursuit.
Stone stroked the ring with a happy expression, but her mind was already contemplating her future. First, she wanted to become a Qi Master. Then, she would carry on the forging skills her father, Steel Hammer, had taught her, and then she would find the real dwarf princess. And most importantly, she wanted to be queen—that was a must!
Stroking the ring and dreaming about the future, Stone unconsciously attached the spiritual power he had just activated to it. Suddenly, a huge suction force swallowed Stone whole.
"Help!" With a cry of alarm, Stone suddenly realized he had been moved to another place, and instinctively screamed, "Baozi!"
"Huh?" Baozi, still dazed, transformed from a black diamond into a steamed bun: "Master, you smoked again?"
Stone, forgetting about tidying up the buns, pointed in terror at the pitch-black surroundings and asked, "Where is this? Did you put me inside the ring again?"
Baozi looked around, then said in a very surprised tone, "Huh? My God! Master, you are really amazing! You just activated your spiritual power, and you were able to open up Kagaral's Pursuit! And you even managed to get yourself in here. More importantly, you got yourself in here and you didn't even faint!"
Baozi exclaimed in surprise, while Shitou was filled with dread: "Baozi, how are we going to get out?"
"Huh? Why do we have to go out? Master went through so much trouble to get us in here, of course we should have some fun inside!" Baozi looked at the stone with great confusion: "Doesn't Master want to go back to your kingdom?"
My kingdom?!
Shi Tou suddenly had a very bad feeling: "Baozi, what do you mean?"
"Gaga? Master, what's wrong with you? This is Kagaral's pursuit! This is a divine artifact ring that you crafted yourself! Didn't you create a kingdom for yourself inside it?" Baozi looked innocent and aggrieved, as if Stone had just done something heinous.
Shi Tou lowered her head and thought for a moment. Bao Zi wouldn't lie to her. The reason he hadn't told her before was probably because he assumed she knew, and also because Bao Zi wasn't the owner of the ring and couldn't truly control this place.
"Then what should I do?" Stone steadied himself and asked as calmly as possible.
"Gaga, Baozi doesn't know anything! Master used to be so stingy! Master would never tell Baozi how to use Kagaral's Pursuit!" Baozi made a pouting expression with its wrinkles, but no matter how Stone looked at it, it looked more like a chrysanthemum than a mouth...
"Pfft!" Stone was clearly muttering about steamed buns with a hint of resentment, but he ended up laughing at his own thoughts.
"Gah gah! Baozi knows! Master must have come up with some bad idea again! Hmph, Baozi is angry, very, very angry!" Baozi was so angry that he cried out, and Shitou laughed heartily.
"Hahaha... Huh?!" What is this?!
Startled by the sudden accident, Stone choked instantly: "Cough cough, this is... damn it!"
Just now, when Stone was laughing the loudest, the light—well, if there are lights in this world—suddenly turned on.
As mentioned earlier, the interior of the Kagalal Pursuit is a huge square plaza. It took the stone two hours to walk along the walls. Then, in a completely dark space, can you imagine the feeling of sudden daylight?
Do you remember the feeling of instantly lighting up thousands of light bulbs with a wattage or more?
⊙﹏⊙bhan
Stone was genuinely terrified, and her vision even went white for a moment. Once her eyes adjusted to the light, she shakily opened them. What she saw made her suddenly realize she'd rather be blind…
Baozi's former owner! Just who were you?! How could you be so ruthless?!
That's right, it's brutal, blatantly brutal!
"Baozi! What the hell is this?!" Stone let out a shrill scream, and instantly, a thunderous echo reverberated through the vast, sealed plaza:
"...What is it...what is it..."
"Gaga, this is the kingdom you built yourself, Master!" Baozi was still trying to be cute, but Shitou wasn't charmed at all, because she was completely terrified.
The vast plaza was something Stone had already experienced on her last visit. But back then, it was pitch black all around, so she hadn't seen what was in the plaza. Now, she saw it: in the center of this enormous plaza stood a colossal object. The most terrifying thing wasn't the object's height or width, but rather…
Holy crap! Isn't this another world?!
Type 38 rifle... AK47... Red-coated cannon...
It's the beginning of the month, so, everyone, could you please stop making these pan-fried buns stay pink and egg-free?!
Chapter 103 Bringing Arms to Another World
Stone stared in utter disbelief at the huge lump of stuff in the center of the square, rubbing his eyes incredulously. Okay, they were still there: "Bao...baozi, tsh... ...
"Gaga, Master is really amazing! Baozi tried for so long but couldn't activate Kagaral's Pursuit! Hmm, as expected, Master is Master!" Baozi jumped onto the top of the stone's head and started dancing in a circle with the center of the stone's head as the center.
Stone stared blankly ahead, about to speak, when something even more terrifying happened.
"Boom..."
The earth trembled as if the end of the world was coming. Amidst the stone's continuous screams and Baozi's utter calmness, the ground of the square cracked open.
"Aww~~~" Just as Stone thought he was about to be transported to another realm, countless machines rose from beneath the cracked earth: "My goodness..."
How would you describe this scene?
The once flat ground cracked open, revealing countless machines before the stone's eyes. Like a modern factory from a past life, they were densely packed with enormous machine tools.
"Baozi, is this the true pursuit of Kagaral?" Stone stared at all in shock. Could it be that the reason that broken ring was called a divine artifact was not because of its large storage space, but because of these machines?
"Gaga, yes! This is the true pursuit of Kagalal! Only you, Master, can start the central unit!" Baozi bounced around happily, not caring that he was currently on top of his master's head: "Master, hurry up! Baozi wants to see the explosive bomb!"
Explosive bomb? What a vicious name!
o(╯□╰)o
Under Shi Tou's deliberate guidance, Bao Zi readily told Shi Tou the names of these units.
The central area is the finished product area, surrounded by production lines. There are a total of 27 production lines across the plaza, each producing components for this weapon. These components, when assembled, form the finished weaponry you see in the stone.
Waaaaah! I don't want to be an arms dealer! I'm just a gentle and lovely young lady!
Listen to these names:
The explosive bomb can be detonated with magic, and its radius can reach 300 meters in diameter.
Smoke bombs, with their billowing smoke and stench, are the perfect weapon for escaping.
Mini rocket launcher. Range 1000 meters. Explosion radius 10 meters in diameter.
...
Damn, seeing all this, Stone was almost certain that Baozi's previous owner was also a time traveler. And maybe he was originally an arms dealer! Otherwise, how could he be so ruthless?!
“Baozi, these things…” Shi Tou gasped. He tried to persuade them gently, “Why don’t we just leave them here?”
"Giggle? Why? Isn't Master the most precious to them? Master said these treasures are absolutely essential for home, travel, murder, and robbery!" Baozi looked at Shitou with great confusion: "Master, did you really not accidentally change your head when you changed bodies?"
Stone was saddened, deeply saddened. Not by the scene before her, nor by Baozi's sharp words, but...
Damn it, how come that lousy senior looks so much like me?! What kind of world is this?! When a time traveler meets another time traveler, and that seemingly time traveler senior looks remarkably like him, Stone really can't stay calm anymore.
“Baozi. Let me ask you, what makes this ring connected to me? And what makes you think I’m your master?” Stone asked tremblingly as he took Baozi off his head, looking conflicted.
"Gah? Why? Of course it's because you're our master!" Baozi looked at the stone with a puzzled expression, but her tone was extremely firm: "Even if you change your body, you're still our master!"
Stone was almost in despair. Could it be that he really was Baozi's unreliable owner? "Do you have any concrete evidence?" Stone asked, clinging to a sliver of hope.
"Giggle? Evidence? The evidence is that Baozi awakened after meeting its master!" Baozi squirmed uneasily in Shi Tou's hand. It suddenly had an ominous premonition, just like hundreds of years ago when Shi Tou suddenly said he was leaving for a while...
"Baozi, your master... I mean, what did I say to you when I left you hundreds of years ago?" Stone's doubts grew stronger. Could it be that his jinx had really come true?
Baozi's folds opened and closed, and it took a long time for him to speak: "Giggle, Baozi remembers, so many things happened back then. Secamoro died, Kagaral died, and then Karen was seriously injured and almost died! Later, Master took Baozi to the Crimson Forest and gave the artifact, the Wrath of the God of Slaughter, to the King of the Dwarf Kingdom. After that, Master buried Baozi! Master also said, 'Be a good boy and sleep well, and when you wake up you can see Master again, and you can see Secamoro, Kagaral and the others!'"
Baozi looked at the stone expectantly: "Gaga, Baozi is awake now! Master has indeed appeared, and Kagaral has also appeared, but, Master! Where did everyone else go?"
You're asking me?! Who am I supposed to ask?!
Stone stared silently at the ceiling, then answered against his conscience, "Yeah, they'll definitely show up." Who knows who they are?!
"Gaga, Baozi knew that its master was the most powerful person in the world!" Baozi looked at the stone with admiration, as if at this moment, the stone was an omnipotent god!
However, Stone felt that he was a complete lunatic!
This is outrageous! God, what did we ever do to offend you? Did we really jump into a well with your child in our past lives? Did you have to be so cruel?
Go on a journey, we don't blame you.
I'll just dress up as a dwarf, I'll accept my fate.