Life in siheyuan era

The short figure swung his iron hammer in a frenzy of blows. Zhou Zhiyuan continuously sidestepped his hammer strikes, shouting, "Aim before you swing!" He then stepped forward and thrust out with his spear.

This time, the tall figure didn't even try to dodge. He seemed to have realized something, allowing the spear to pierce his right chest, ignoring the short figure's hammer blow to his foot. He raised his arms, brandishing his broadsword, and with a whoosh, brought it down in a chopping motion.

Zhou Zhiyuan, however, released the spear shaft and quickly charged forward, his right fist rotating as it struck the tall figure's left chest. This punch was like a drill, piercing through his chest armor and shattering his breastbone.

At the same time, the short figure's iron hammer smashed into the tall figure's leg, and a steel whip struck his neck.

With a "crack," his neck snapped, and he fell heavily to the ground, the mask on his face falling off to reveal a skull face.

"Ah..." Shen Lan Yin cried out in alarm, dropping the steel whip in her hand and throwing herself into Zhou Zhiyuan's arms, not noticing the two eyeballs of the skull flying out of their sockets and transforming into a wisp of black smoke.

"Meow..." The black cat pounced, striking the black smoke with a paw, causing it to drift towards Zhou Zhiyuan, who grabbed it with his outstretched right hand.

The scene from last time reappeared. Zhou Zhiyuan held Shen Lan Yin with his left arm, his right hand tightly gripping the black smoke. The starry sky map rose in his mind, and an orange thread shot out. This warm aura quickly burrowed into the five fingers of his right hand, followed by a faint rumble of thunder. With a soft "pop," the black smoke vanished.

With the disappearance of the black smoke, the crisis seemed to be over, but the fact that it vanished without a trace still left Zhou Zhiyuan uneasy. He looked around, but it was still nowhere to be seen. He heard the black cat chirp happily, knowing that the danger should be gone.

Then he heard a series of babbling sounds. He turned to look at the short figure, who was pressing a bump on his helmet, as if tuning a frequency. The black cat stood on his shoulder, chirping happily.

Then a clear voice came, "Idiot, idiot, idiot..."

After calling him an idiot three times, the short figure said contentedly, "This young lady, are you taking advantage of the situation to hug him and get a feel?"

The short figure really dared to say anything. His words made Shen Lan Yin quickly leave Zhou Zhiyuan's embrace, turning to the short figure and saying with embarrassment and anger, "You're talking nonsense."

"Absolutely not nonsense..." The short figure replied seriously, "I've seen some surviving records. This kind of situation is called getting a feel."

His discussion of the 'getting a feel' issue with Shen Lan Yin gave Zhou Zhiyuan time to carefully observe him.

The short figure was about 1.6 meters tall, with a blue helmet covering his head tightly, and wearing a blue jumpsuit with blue boots up to his knees.

Judging from his appearance, it was impossible to tell if he was male or female, but his voice could be used to determine his gender. Zhou Zhiyuan interrupted their lively discussion, "You are also a young lady, right?"

This title made the short figure angrily retort, "Calling you an idiot is because you are an idiot. How did you determine that I am a young lady?"

His calling Zhou Zhiyuan an "idiot" immediately aroused Shen Lan Yin's dissatisfaction. She didn't have time to refute the title when she was hugging Zhou Zhiyuan earlier, but hearing it again was absolutely intolerable. She blurted out, "You're not allowed to call him an idiot."

"He called me an idiot first," the short figure actually argued about this.

Shen Lan Yin immediately said to Zhou Zhiyuan, "You apologize to him."

Then she turned to the short figure and said, "He apologizes, and you're not allowed to call him an idiot."

"Alright," the short figure actually agreed.

But he didn't say where he came from, using high secrecy as an excuse.

But he could say why he came here, "It's all the fault of the 'Ju'."

He called this black smoke "Ju," a strange creature that liked to enter advanced organisms and manipulate them to kill each other.

Fortunately, only two of these strange creatures were found. Prince Rui's people made great sacrifices to capture them and put them in two sealed jars.

But problems followed. No matter what method was used, they could not be destroyed.

"They can be broken down into countless small black dots, or they can condense into a wisp of black smoke. No kind of physical attack is effective against them."

Speaking of this, Prince Rui looked at Zhou Zhiyuan's right hand.

This was Zhou Zhiyuan's feeling. Prince Rui's eyes were also hidden in the helmet, with two blue crystals in the eye area.

This was a mysterious prince. Zhou Zhiyuan thought he should be called Princess Rui, but since he didn't admit it, he could only let it go.

This mysterious prince was very brave and took the initiative to undertake a mission to send these two mysterious creatures out of their world, find a place to dig a hundred-meter-deep pit, and use a sealing technique to seal the two jars.

This plan sounded good, but there was no clear destination. Prince Rui drove the shuttle according to his mood, as long as he ran out of their world and went anywhere.

Such an irresponsible plan may have aroused the dissatisfaction of the Ju, who rammed around in the jar all the way. Prince Rui was distracted and ran here, crashing into a hard rock.

At that time, Prince Rui was seriously injured, but this was a small matter. His self-healing ability was very strong.

The problem was that the impact knocked the energy ball away. When Prince Rui woke up, he found it was broken. The shuttle lost its energy ball and did not move.

So, the first thing he had to do was to repair the tracking device and then locate the target.

Then, he repaired the closed channel transmitter and, according to the location of the tracking device, opened the closed channel and sent out the black cat.

So, the black cat successfully completed the task and had a very good impression of Zhou Zhiyuan.

Speaking of this, Prince Rui looked at the black cat, and again received the black cat's "meow" as confirmation.

But Prince Rui didn't care who Zhou Zhiyuan was at the time. He was busy repairing the shuttle and didn't notice that the jar containing the Ju had also broken, and the two Ju ran out and entered the bodies of two skeletons, and also opened the closed channel and sent one out.

By the time he discovered it, the second one had also run out. He urgently recalled the closed channel, and this great battle occurred.

Prince Rui's narration made many doubts arise in Zhou Zhiyuan's mind. He turned to look at Shen Lan Yin, seeing her also looking at him. Their eyes met for a moment, and Zhou Zhiyuan turned his head, only to hear Prince Rui ask, "Is this called exchanging glances?"

This prince's knowledge was mixed. Zhou Zhiyuan replied unhappily, "I'll explain it to you later. I'm going to ask you a few questions now."

"At most three, and some I can answer, some I can't answer. Think carefully," Prince Rui held out three fingers.

Zhou Zhiyuan pondered for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Why can't the Ju enter your body?"

Prince Rui could answer this question, "This prince is equipped with an exorcism artifact, it can't get close to me."

Hearing him say he was wearing a holy object, Zhou Zhiyuan's eyes scanned his body. Prince Rui immediately said, "I can't tell you."

So, Zhou Zhiyuan asked the second question, "How to control the generation of Ju?"

Prince Rui sighed softly and said, "It's hard to say. If advanced organisms were all like you, there would be no Ju."

As soon as his voice fell, Shen Lan Yin immediately asked, "What is he like?"

Prince Rui turned to look at Shen Lan Yin and replied solemnly, "A very pure heart, which is also rare in our place."

Speaking of this, Prince Rui turned to Zhou Zhiyuan and said sincerely, "Why don't you come with me? The shuttle can still seat one person."

He actually invited Zhou Zhiyuan to his world, which immediately met with Shen Lan Yin's opposition, "I'm not going."

Then she saw Zhou Zhiyuan shaking his head gently, and Prince Rui said regretfully, "You're so obedient."

And Zhou Zhiyuan asked the third question, "How to capture Ju."

"This is quite simple for you," Prince Rui replied cheerfully, "But it's more difficult for others. The Ju has a characteristic, it likes darkness and slaughter, and it also acts in the dark when it enters advanced organisms. Sunlight can only make it sleep, and it should be afraid of lightning strikes."

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhou Zhiyuan's right hand again, but didn't mention the sound of thunder just now.

Zhou Zhiyuan focused the three questions on the Ju. Prince Rui refused to answer any further questions raised by Zhou Zhiyuan.

So, Shen Lan Yin continued to ask, "How do we get out?"

"I don't know," Prince Rui replied dejectedly, "This place seems to be a maze. I can only provide you with a map that I've explored, but I suggest you don't go to that ice field. If I hadn't run fast, I would have been frozen there."

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiyuan found a topic and asked in a low voice, "The Ju hides there and makes you helpless, but it can calmly find skeletons to parasitize and obtain weapons from the ice field."

These words made Prince Rui look at him and replied cheerfully, "A friendly gift, the answer is correct, but you can't ask any more questions."

Zhou Zhiyuan retorted, "I didn't ask."

"Whether it's a question or not is up to me. It's this lady's turn to continue asking."

So, Shen Lan Yin asked, "Since the Ju is avoiding you, why can't you beat it?"

"Hmph..." Prince Rui snorted softly before replying, "He destroyed my weapon first, and I'm not good at using spears."

This answer made Shen Lan Yin curious, "How did he destroy it?"

Speaking of this, Prince Rui was angry, saying angrily, "This guy took advantage of my unpreparedness and knocked me down with a hammer, and then another hammer..."

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said, "This is my secret, I can't say."

"Okay..." Shen Lan Yin said helplessly, "You can use the closed channel transmitter to send us out."

This was a good idea, but Prince Rui replied dejectedly, "It was because I was trying to save the exploding transmitter just now that the Ju succeeded."

The closed channel transmitter exploded, but Prince Rui still had an idea, "I'll go back and repair the transmitter, and then come back and send you two back."

This idea was also good, but the time was hard to say. After Prince Rui's careful calculation, it would take about five years according to the time of this world.

But the problem was that he didn't know if he could come back? Coming to this world was an accident.