aircannonsinc Chapter 38 Welcome to Before the Demon War
Chapter 38 Welcome to Before the Demon War
After experiencing the dazzling bright light for a long time and feeling as if he was in space and free from gravity, Mo Ran finally landed on the ground by himself.
Stepping on the solid ground, Mo Ran heard the voice of the system in his mind.
[Transfer ends. Welcome to Liyue before the Demon God War. However, this land at this time is not yet called Liyue.]
After hearing the system's introduction, Mo Ran froze in place. According to the information in the plot, the Demon War had a history of at least four thousand years before the present world. It was a question whether he could live to the present world, or whether he could survive at all.
Just when he was feeling depressed, a light voice brought Mo Ran back to reality, "Who are you? Why are you in the cave where I study mechanical engineering!"
Mo Ran finally reacted and looked around. What he saw were mechanisms and blueprints all over the floor, which looked messy. The voice just now was made by a woman.
The woman had long grey hair that fell behind her, and she wore a blue and white dress that was as flawless as tassels. She looked like a beauty who had walked out of a painting, pure and elegant.
The woman's strength should not be underestimated. Although she does not have the Eye of God, she possesses other auras of power. If nothing unexpected happens, she should be a demon.
Mo Ran initially judged that this was a demon god who loved someone because she didn't kill him directly, so he bravely said, "I...I just passed by and saw these objects were very exquisite, so I walked in to take a closer look."
"I didn't expect it was a girl's place. I'll leave now, I'll leave now." Mo Ran lowered his head and walked out quickly, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wait a minute!" The demon stopped him, walked up to him, and looked at him curiously, "Hmm... It's really strange. You are obviously not a demon, but you have some power in your body that is equivalent to that of a demon."
"Could it be a newly born immortal? And what you said just now about the mechanism I made is exquisite, is it true?" The woman blinked and waited for a reply.
"Well, I'm just an ordinary person and I dare not compare myself with immortals. The mechanisms inside are indeed exquisite, magical, very magical!" Mo Ran swallowed his saliva and was thinking about how to leave and find a quiet place to interrogate the system.
At the same time, the system panel rose up, along with that unchanging voice.
[System release task: Please follow the woman in front of you to learn the art of mechanical devices, and make twenty mechanical devices by yourself.]
[Reward for successful mission: Extreme Fighting Tactics. ]
[Penalty for mission failure: Re-cultivate elemental power.]
After reading this troublesome task, Mo Ran said a few words of greeting in his heart, and then said: "Well, actually I really want to learn mechanical engineering. After seeing your mechanical engineering just now, I am more determined to do this."
"Please let me study here! I can help with the chores and I can cook... Please keep me."
"Ah? This..." The woman was stunned for a moment, then looked at him seriously and asked, "Do you really want to learn mechanical engineering?"
Mo Ran nodded seriously, "Yes, I want to learn, please teach me!" After his repeated pleading, the woman thought about it and agreed.
"Okay, I'm the Demon God of Dust, Hagentus. You can also call me Guizhong. Come with me!" Guizhong walked into the cave, and Mo Ran followed behind.
Gui Zhong rummaged through boxes and cabinets for a while and found a few rolls of animal skins with words on them. "These are the key points of learning mechanical engineering and my experience. You should study them well."
"Yes." Mo Ran took the animal skin with both hands and thought of something, "Do I...need to call you Master?"
After all, I took someone's most valuable thing, so it's not a loss to call him master.
"No need." Gui Zhong waved his hand and said, "Not many people know about mechanical engineering, and even fewer are willing to learn it. You and I can just be friends. If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me."
"Got it." Mo Ran was stunned. He didn't expect that this demon god who only lived in the memory of Master Liuyun Jiefeng would be so peaceful. Seeing Gui finally sitting at the table to study the new mechanism, Mo Ran walked out of the cave so as not to disturb her.
After sitting outside, Mo Ran immediately asked in his mind: "The system came out and said I could go back within ten years, so why did it send me to before the Demon God War?"
[The ten years mentioned by the system are the ten years in Eula's timeline. When the host goes back, it is indeed within ten years.]
"You...%@*##," Mo Ran said in a sweet voice, and then said, "Then how am I supposed to live in this world? I don't think I've ever gotten anything that can increase my lifespan, right?"
[The host's seven-element full aptamer can increase his lifespan. With the host's current strength, he has a lifespan of three hundred years. ]
"Three hundred years... It seems that in addition to mechanical arts, I have to spare some time to cultivate elemental power. Forget it, let's take a look at mechanical arts first." Mo Ran came back to his senses and opened the mechanical arts manufacturing elements.
To make a mechanism, you need to give it a shape, condense its function, gather its strength, and connect its source, and then you can create the object...
This is the foundation of the creation of the organization, which must be followed, obeyed, and remembered...
The characters were no different from the common font of Teyvat. Mo Ran could understand them and knew the general meaning.
First of all, you need to come up with the basic form of the creation, as well as its use, power and operation methods, and provide the energy to operate it before you can create it.
Although he knew the principle, it was not so easy to put it into practice. Mo Ran looked up at the sky. The sun was setting and it was time to make dinner.
Mo Ran looked around. About ten steps away was a wooden house. On the shelves in front of the house were some dried meat and some fruits and vegetables. Then there were the vertical stone walls that surrounded the house.
"Since you said you would help with the work and cooking..." Mo Ran used the elemental power of rock to condense a stove and a spatula, and took out the dried meat and some Jueyun Pepper's ancestor.
Control the fire with one hand and light the wok, pour the evenly sized meat slices that have just been cut into the wok, stir-fry over high heat, then add the Jueyun peppers and stir-fry until they are well-seasoned. A delicious stir-fried meat slice is ready.
The aroma even attracted the demon god Guizhong who was developing mechanical creations in the cave, "What a delicious smell! You really can cook!"
"And judging by the quality of the food, among the immortals and demons I know, I think only Marcosius is better than you. Oh, and he is the Demon of the Stove."
Mo Ran went to the side and got the bowl and chopsticks, saying: "I just learned cooking skills when I had nothing to do, how dare I compare myself with the devil, please enjoy your meal."
Mo Ran still felt a little awkward addressing a demon god whom he had just met, who was hundreds or even thousands of years older than him, like this.
"Don't be so unconfident!" Gui Zhong took the bowl and chopsticks, tasted a bite, and praised: "It's delicious, the aroma of the meat is very strong, and... and the slightly numb taste, what ingredients did you add?"
"That's the pepper!" Mo Ran pointed at the Jueyun pepper on the shelf.
Gui Zhong's eyes suddenly lit up, "So that's it. Last time, Marcosius said he wanted to study the effects of this ingredient. I didn't expect that someone among humans has already developed it."
"Humanity's potential is indeed unlimited!" Gui Zhong put one hand on her chin. It can be seen that she loves humans very much. She is a demon who is qualified to be one of the seven rulers of the world, but unfortunately, in the demon war in Guiliyuan...
Mo Ran shook his head and didn't want to think about it. There was still a lot of time and the outcome might change. After finishing dinner and clearing away the dishes, he leaned against a rock wall and looked up at the four-cornered starry sky outside the cliff.
He took out a clean piece of clothing from the storage space and put it on. After resting for a while, Mo Ran sat up and cultivated the elemental power in his body. The night passed like this. In the morning, he picked some wild vegetables and cooked a pot of soup to warm his stomach.
After taking a sip, Mo Ran sighed, "It's better to eat light in the morning."
Gui Zhong walked to the original stone table and said, "I was wondering why there was such a good smell. It turns out you were cooking! By the way, I think I forgot to ask your name yesterday. What is your name?"
"My name is Mo Ran, Mo means black ink, and Ran means dark." Mo Ran filled another bowl and placed it at Guizhong's place.
"Mo Ran, um, that's a nice name. Which village are you originally from?"
"I...I haven't seen my parents or family members since I was a child. The village where I lived was destroyed not long ago. I don't know who did it. Now I'm the only one left." Mo Ran's words were filled with desolation and hatred.
Gui finally took a look and felt that it should be real. People's eyes could not be faked. She could feel the loneliness in Mo Ran's eyes, as if he had lost the whole world, and the only light that was still on.
A few days passed like this. When Mo Ran was tinkering with the prototype of a mechanical device, a voice called out from outside: "Gui Zhong, come out quickly!"
"It looks like A Ping is here. Xiaoran, come with me to meet her!" Gui Zhong suggested. Mo Ran thought it was a good idea. It would be too difficult to make a mechanical device now.
Outside the cave, a green-haired woman was standing on the void, with her arms folded across her chest. She watched Gui Zhong come out, then she landed on the ground and hurried over.
"Eh? Guizhong, who is he?" Ah Ping looked puzzled. "I remember that when I came here a few days ago, I hadn't seen him yet."
Gui Zhong introduced the two to each other, "Xiao Ran, this is the immortal Ge Chen Langshi Zhenjun, A Ping."
"A Ping, this is Mo Ran, the human who came to me to learn mechanical arts. We met not long after you left that day."
Mo Ran clasped his fists and said, "Greetings, Immortal."
Ah Ping waved her hand and said, "Forget it. Since you are Guizhong's friend, don't worry about these trivial matters."
"Gui Zhong, come to Jueyunjian tomorrow. I have invited many immortals to gather together. If you want, you can bring him along."
Guizhong nodded, "I understand."
Ah Ping pulled her closer, her eyes gentle, "I've just learned a new piano piece, let me play it for you."
"Okay..." The two girls walked into the wooden house, and Mo Ran went back to continue developing the mechanical technology.
The melodious sound of a piano could be heard from the room. Ah Ping asked as she played the piano, "Why aren't you on guard? You let someone you just met live here."
"It's okay. Xiaoran is a good person. There will be no problem." Gui Zhong assured again and again.
Ah Ping was surprised and asked, "Do you trust him so much?"
"Well, after all, in a world full of darkness, how bad can a person who still holds on to the last ray of light be! Besides, although I am not good at fighting, I am still a demon god after all. Don't think of me as so weak, okay?"
"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you. If you want to stay, then stay! And you keep calling me Xiaoran. If someone doesn't know, they would think you two have known each other for a long time!" Ah Ping pouted and turned away.
"Okay, we are all friends, A Ping, don't be angry." Gui Zhong smiled, and seeing that his old friend's anger had subsided, he said, "Xiao Ran's cooking is delicious, you must try it later..."