Stone, who had absolutely no interest in being a dwarf, cautiously poked her head out and peered through the gaps in the steel blocks on the ground. Although she couldn't see clearly, Stone was certain that it was hundreds of meters deep below. Waaah, can't she just not be a dwarf anymore?
"Stone, hold on tight to Daddy, we're going down!" Steel Hammer Daddy held Stone in one arm and pressed the other hand against the thick steel pipe standing in the middle, then quickly grabbed the iron ring on the pipe: "Stone, don't be afraid, Daddy will protect you!"
Soon after, the elevator began to shake and then plummeted downwards at an extremely high speed.
That's right, it's falling!
At that moment, Stone was about to curse. Who needed your protection?! She just wanted to go home! Home! But a biting wind blew in from underground, and Stone quickly buried her head in Steel Hammer's clothes. Was the Dwarf Kingdom really this poor? At the very least, they should have provided a completely airtight base!
"Gaga, Master! Baozi is so scared! Waaaaah, Baozi wants to go home, wants to go home, wants to go home, waaaaah~~~" Just as Stone was cursing inwardly, Baozi's ghostly wailing once again entered Stone's mind. In an instant, the trembling elevator, the tightly hugged body, the biting cold wind, and Baozi's incessant roaring cries made Stone feel nauseous.
I can't live like this anymore!!!
"Thump!" A loud sound slammed into the stone's ears, and then she felt a numbness all over her body, as if her whole body no longer belonged to her.
"Phew, we're finally here. Why is the ascent and descent so slow today?" Steel Hammer Daddy stepped off the elevator, gently patted Stone's back, and muttered to himself.
Stone stared blankly for a long time, not even hearing Steel Hammer calling her.
"Stone, what's wrong? Stone?" Steel Hammer Papa moved Stone in front of him, shaking it anxiously as he asked. But soon, Steel Hammer Papa felt genuine regret for his actions.
"Wow..." If Stone had rested a little longer, maybe nothing would have happened. But Steel Hammer couldn't wait and shook Stone violently for a while. Could someone who had just come down from the terrifying elevator be shaken? Could they?!
The answer is, of course, no.
When Steel Hammer looked down at his chest and beard, which were covered in white and yellowish viscous substances, his expression was absolutely priceless! Unfortunately, Stone was already too dizzy to see this classic scene.
“Stone…” Steel Hammer Daddy felt a deep sense of regret. Why did he have to bring Stone to the mine? Even if he wanted to show her around, he should have gone to the newly dug tunnels, not this deep shaft 150 meters away from the main tunnel: “Oh dear, what should we do?”
Stone's eyes widened, but remained unfocused. Was this what it felt like to get motion sickness in an elevator? Back in the day, she never got motion sickness on a roller coaster!
"Your Majesty Steelhammer... Your Majesty!" A dwarf emerged from a nearby mine tunnel, greeting Steelhammer enthusiastically. However, he witnessed the spectacular scene before him, and his face contorted in shock: "This, wait, isn't this Princess Stone?"
Thank you so much for recognizing me at such a terrible time! Thank you to your whole family!!!
Compared to Stone, Steel Hammer Dad looked even more embarrassed: "Hehe, it's Stone. Well, I brought her here to see what it's like."
Hearing Steel Hammer's words, the dwarf was also embarrassed. He stroked his long beard and stammered, "It's only right to broaden one's horizons..." After struggling for a while, he could only say this one sentence, and the atmosphere immediately became awkward again. Just then, Stone seemed to have vomited everything out of his stomach, and his stomach actually made a "gurgling" sound.
The dwarf's eyes lit up, and he happily asked the stone, "Stone Princess, are you hungry? We have some excellent dried rat meat here!"
puff!
Hearing the dwarf call his name, Stone instinctively turned around, but after hearing the rest of his sentence, Stone didn't hesitate to spray a mouthful of acid in his face. There was no other way; he'd already vomited up all the milk paste.
"I'm so sorry, Stone was so clueless." Steel Hammer Dad was stunned when he saw his precious daughter's masterpiece. After apologizing, he didn't care about the dirt on his clothes and hugged Stone to his chest: "Hehe, I'll teach Stone a lesson when we get home, hehe."
"Hiss!" Stone gasped sharply. Just because you don't mind the mess doesn't mean she doesn't! What's going on? Even though she vomited a lot, she was perfectly clean! But then Steel Hammer Dad hugged her like that…
Waaaaah, it's so disgusting!
Just as he was about to protest, Stone was completely defeated by Steel Hammer Dad's next sentence.
"I think I should take Stone home first, and I'll bring her back later..."
Good heavens! You might as well just kill me!
☆, Chapter 53: The Buns Where the Chrysanthemum's Beauty Fails
After returning from the mine, Stone was utterly exhausted, and Baozi followed suit, looking dejected. There was no way around it; that place really, really tested one's nerves, and clearly, neither Stone nor Baozi's nerves were tough enough…
"Giggle, the mine is so scary! Baozi is almost scared to death!"
It was bedtime again, and Stone lay on the bed, staring blankly into the distance. Ever since returning from the mine, Baozi had made a routine of complaining every night before going to sleep. Stone felt utterly powerless against Baozi's repetitive behavior; after all, Baozi could only show off his verbal skills and was of no practical use whatsoever.
"Sigh, when will I ever grow up!" Stone looked sadly at his tiny arms and legs and thought that dressing up as a child was a real rip-off!
"Gaga, why does Master have to grow up? Little Master is so cute! Master, don't grow up!" The first topic didn't get any agreement from Stone. Baozi thought it might be because it had been saying the same thing too often lately (and it really was too much; no matter who was around, Baozi's complaints were exactly the same. The only difference was that one was heard by ear, and the other was directly acted on in Stone's mind. It's hard to say which method disgusted Stone more).
Stone rolled his eyes rather rudely. Cute? You only say cute when you're out of adjectives, okay? "Baozi, aren't you just being a sour grapes? You're the only one who never grew up, so you want me to stay a little one forever, right?"
Having successfully choked the steamed bun, Stone felt no sense of accomplishment. Although she said she wanted to grow up quickly, her true feelings were quite the opposite. These days, she clearly felt her growth rate had accelerated. Strictly speaking, it wasn't her growth rate that had accelerated, but rather her sixth and seventh brothers' growth rate that had slowed down.
Originally, Shitou was a girl, and her sixth and seventh brothers were several years older than her, so naturally they looked much taller than her. But recently, Shitou was horrified to discover that she and her seventh brother were now about the same height. Well, maybe her seventh brother was just the shortest of the short! That was the only way she could comfort herself now.
"Baozi, do you think there's any potion that can make someone never grow taller?" Although she had no desire to be a real dwarf, Shi Tou found herself recently terrified of suddenly turning into a giant overnight and being shunned by all the dwarves...
"Huh?!" Baozi, who had been muttering to himself in a low voice, suddenly heard Shitou's question. His whole body sprang up and then quickly fell down. With a "thud," Baozi rolled to the side.
Shi Tou immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Seriously, was it really necessary to go to such lengths? She was just asking about methods to stop growing taller! She was just asking casually; she didn't actually intend to do anything like that…
"Gaga, Master! Don't you want handsome men anymore? Muscular men, pretty boys, iceberg men, weak and submissive men, cute little boys..." Baozi rolled back again, shaking its wrinkles as it began to list the stones.
Stone was stunned. Could it be that the previous owner of the steamed bun had created a huge **?! Nonsense!
"I was just saying..." Seeing Baozi still babbling on and on, Shitou finally surrendered. Seriously, what's wrong with her? Asking a chatterbox for advice, and that chatterbox is Baozi?!
"Gaga, Master! You can't do this! You have to grow up quickly! When you grow up, you can find lots and lots of men like before and bring them all to your manor! Wahahaha, and have a few more chubby little babies!" Baozi bounced around happily, completely oblivious to the stone that was deeply embarrassed by its words.
OTZ!
The stone was deeply worshipping the former owner of the steamed bun.
"Giggle, when will Master go back to school? There are so many delicious things to eat where Master goes to school! Baozi is so hungry, Baozi really wants to eat!" Baozi saw that Shitou was spacing out again and thought she was no longer interested in the topic he had brought up, so he thought for a moment and changed the subject. Actually, Baozi really wanted to ask Master, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you even interested in handsome men anymore?
Shi Tou glanced at Bao Zi helplessly. After spending so much time together, she felt that Bao Zi was simply a glutton, always complaining of being hungry, yet extremely picky about food. But today, she added another label to Bao Zi's description: a lecher!
"You think I don't want to go? It's my dad who won't let me!" Stone pouted innocently. Ever since returning from the mine that day, Stone had never heard Steel Hammer's dad mention Elder Red Stone again, as if his dad had completely forgotten about the old man. What awaited Stone was nothing more than recuperating from his injuries and being constantly carried to the smelting furnace by Fat Mom.
Waaaaah, she really doesn't want to go!
Baozi couldn't understand why the stone was so obedient: "Hehe, the old man with the long beard won't let the master go, so the master goes by himself!"
She wanted to, but... she didn't dare.
"Oh, right!" Stone suddenly remembered something: "Baozi, among all the books you ate, were there any about refining?"
Baozi suddenly froze, and after a long while, he stammered, "Giggle, no, no!"
You're just trying to cover your tracks!
Stone was too lazy to even get angry at Baozi. Rolling her eyes, Stone cursed with practiced ease: "You damned Baozi, I curse you to be thrown into the oil fryer!"
No sooner had Shi Tou finished speaking than Baozi suddenly let out a terrible scream: "Ouch~~~" At the same time, Baozi's pleats suddenly opened, and a small stream of oil floated out from the pleats. It floated and floated until it reached Baozi's bottom and started to explode with a "crackling" sound!
Shi Tou was dumbfounded. The "deep-frying" thing was just something she said casually; she never imagined the curse skill would be so powerful. Of course, even more incredible was that Baozi was carrying oil with her...
"Hahahaha!" Stone was stunned for a moment, then finally couldn't help but burst into laughter, clutching his stomach. There was no way around it; Baozi's appearance was just too hilarious!
"Giggle, Master! Baozi knows he was wrong! Baozi will never dare to do it again! Master, please forgive Baozi!" Baozi's bottom was making a "splattering" sound, and the unique aroma of fried food was already wafting out. It looked like Baozi's anus was about to be compromised...
"I'm asking you, do you even know anything about refining?" Stone leisurely picked up the baby bottle from the bedside table and took a small sip. Tsk tsk, she wasn't in a hurry, not at all; after all, it wasn't her chrysanthemum that was going to be compromised.
"Giggle, I don't know! Baozi doesn't know anything! Ouch~~~" I wonder what kind of structure Baozi's body has that can provide so much oil. Tsk tsk, poor chrysanthemum! "Baozi knows! Baozi will tell Master, waaaaaah~~~"
Chapter 54: Steamed Buns Transform into Hair Clips
Damn, she knew that damn steamed bun was a bastard!
"Gaga, Master, Baozi will tell Master!" Baozi started howling and wailing without any regard for her image. Shitou couldn't stand it anymore. More importantly, her main goal was to get something out of Baozi's mouth.
"Alright." With a wave of his little hand, Stone freed Baozi, and the oil slowly dripping from its bottom also returned to Baozi's belly. Looking at Baozi, who had barely managed to keep its anus intact, Stone couldn't help but think: Tsk tsk, Baozi's former owner was a real genius!
Baozi twisted its body in a wronged manner and said with great distress, "Hehe, Baozi didn't mean to not tell Master! Master said before that you can have what you are capable of!"
What kind of abilities lead to what kind of things?!
Stone found the statement quite philosophical and hesitated for a moment. However, when she thought about her recent experiences in the smelting furnace, she immediately forgot about it: "Baozi, remember, I am your master now! Whether your chrysanthemum... oh no, whether your little butt remains intact depends on me, not on your former master!"
"Hehe, wasn't Baozi's former master your past life?" Baozi muttered unhappily, but unfortunately, his voice was too soft for Shitou to hear. "Baozi knows the key points of refinement, but didn't Master not want Baozi's memory transfer?"
Now it was Stone's turn to be conflicted. Memory transfer! She would rather die than go through that again; it was just too brutal. But without memory transfer, she couldn't remember so much just from what Baozi said!
Seeing Shi Tou's conflicted expression, Baozi felt incredibly relieved! Hehe, its owner is still the same as before—seemingly clever on the outside, but actually, incredibly stupid! Hehe, anyway, its owner had never told it how to extract memories before. So of course, it wouldn't tell its owner either; memory extraction is ridiculously simple. It learned it after watching it once, wahahahaha~~~
"I've got it!" Stone shouted, startling Baozi, who was feeling guilty. Baozi jumped three feet high, then tragically crashed to the ground with a "thud": "Baozi, I've got it!"
"Gah gah..." Baozi collapsed to the ground in an extremely miserable posture, screaming wildly in its heart: Damn master, Baozi thought you remembered the past!
Stone didn't even glance at Baozi's miserable state. She knew for sure that this little rascal was incredibly lucky; such a fall wouldn't even scratch him. *Ahem*, although Baozi wasn't hurt at all: "Baozi, next time I go to the smelting furnace, will you give me real-time guidance?"
"Gah gah!" Baozi struggled to get up from the ground, asking in confusion, "Baozi doesn't understand what Master means!" Instant guidance? What the heck?
"You idiot!" Stone snapped, grabbing the buns from the ground and roaring, "I'm the one refining metal, and you're here telling me how to do it! You have to be very detailed, with every single step!"
"Huh?" Baozi exclaimed in horror: "Isn't that cheating? Oh my god, my master has fallen!"
Cheating? It seems so, really? But for Stone, who has cheated countless times since childhood, this small accusation cannot shake her resolve at all: "So what if I cheat? If I didn't cheat on college exams, I would have failed long ago! Of course, I never cheat on open-book exams!"
"Giggle, Baozi doesn't understand what Master is saying!" Baozi exclaimed in surprise. Master's words were so strange! However, it did understand the word "exam." It couldn't help but cry out in its heart again: Could it be that, as time goes by, Master is really becoming more and more depraved? It even dares to cheat on a sacred and solemn exam!
"If you don't understand, that's fine!" Stone waved his little hand dismissively. "I'm just asking you, can you do that? Provide immediate guidance?"
Baozi stared blankly at the stone for a long time before stammering, "Gaga, no, no way..."
"No?!" Stone raised his little hand and slapped Baozi hard across the face. "Say that again!"
"Gah..." Baozi writhed all over, pitifully curling into a ball. "Let me say it again, I'm too scared," it cried. "Gah, but Baozi is in my owner's pocket, I can't see anything!" Quickly, it needed a perfectly legitimate excuse! You see, in the past, as long as it found a plausible excuse, its owner wouldn't bother it. Hopefully, its owner hasn't changed in that respect!
"I can't see it!" Stone fell silent. This was indeed a big problem! She scratched her head, realizing that Baozi was absolutely right. Without real-time visuals, it was impossible to provide guidance based solely on sound.
Putting the steamed buns aside, Shi Tou said helplessly, "Sigh, let's leave it at that for now. I'll go think of something else."
Baozi looked at the stone with a surprised expression, mumbled a few words, then rolled over and fell asleep. A surge of joy welled up inside Baozi. "Waaaaah, great! My owner is still as easy to fool as ever! And still so clumsy, can't see it? Then I'll just take it out!" Happily rolling around on the bed, Baozi was incredibly excited.
My master is an idiot, my master is a fool~~~ Hahaha, my master is still just a clueless little kid~~~ Baozi's life is so carefree~~~
When Shi Tou woke up, she groggily opened her eyes. She had gone to bed too late last night, but her established biological clock made her wake up on time. Rubbing her eyes, Shi Tou immediately saw the black diamond lying next to her pillow, and her eyes lit up instantly.