Black Book

Chapter 41 The Burden is Me

Sensing the kindness in the boy's eyes, Liu Heng's tense heart inexplicably relaxed, and he boldly started chatting with him.

Zhu Haomiao responded incoherently, quietly collecting information about this world from his words.

At the same time, Liu Heng also discovered from the conversation between the two parties that the person in front of him was definitely a nobleman who never left the house, was born in the deep palace, and was raised by women.

He has no common sense about this world!

I absolutely don't believe that a noble young man like this would go out for training without a few bodyguards!

Liu Heng looked out subconsciously, as if he could feel the sharp gaze coming from the darkness, as if he would be cut into pieces in an instant if he made any unusual movement.

Not knowing that Liu Heng was fighting a battle of wits and courage with the air, Zhu Haomiao's eyes lit up slightly when he heard that their destination was also the Magic City.

"You guys are going to the Magic City too?"

Hearing this, Liu Heng's heart moved and he had an idea.

"Sir, are you going to the Magic City too? Why don't you come with us so that we can take care of you?"

"Well……"

After pondering for a moment and considering the almost 100% chance of getting lost in an era without satellite navigation, Zhu Haomiao nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll trouble you."

Hearing this, Liu Heng was secretly delighted.

"No trouble, no trouble."

I'm just bringing one person with me, what's the trouble?
What's more important is to establish a good relationship with such a noble person. Maybe a word from him can save your life or someone else's.

At this moment, someone next to him handed food and water to Liu Heng. Liu Heng took it and subconsciously handed it to Zhu Haomiao.

"Sir, if you don't mind..."

Looking at the gray pancake, Zhu Haomiao was embarrassed. He originally wanted to refuse, but the hunger in his stomach made him unable to say anything.

I don’t know if it’s because the “exercise” just now consumed too much energy, or if the attributes deposited deep in my flesh and blood soul need nutrients to grow, or if it’s both…

Zhu Haomiao kept urging him instinctively. He was very hungry and needed to eat, lots of food...

"Um...thank you."

Seeing the young man take the pancake from his hand, Liu Heng felt inexplicably flattered and happy.

He had clearly noticed the disdain in the boy's eyes just now and thought that he simply disdained such inferior food. However, he accepted it kindly and forced himself to eat it. What a kind young man!
Seeing the young man frowning and chewing the pancake bit by bit and swallowing it, Liu Heng was moved and quickly handed him a cup of tea.

"Sir, these biscuits are hard to chew and swallow. You must eat them with water."

"Oh, thank you."

I have never eaten such a terrible cake. The flour was not ground finely enough and still contained bran. The salt used was also inferior salt with a taste of brine.

It was bitter, astringent and dry, and even though it had been roasted, it was still hard enough to kill people. Only a few hours after arriving in the fantasy realm, Zhu Haomiao began to miss modern food.

Even pre-prepared meals taste ten thousand times better than this!

After taking a sip of coarse tea, chewing and swallowing the prickly bread, Zhu Haomiao looked at the night sky outside the temple with a bitter face.

I want to make a lot of money!
I want to eat delicious food!
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The next day, before dawn, Zhu Haomiao was awakened by the noise. He opened his sleepy eyes and saw that Liu Heng and others had already started packing their luggage and feeding and watering the horses and donkeys pulling the cart.

"Mr. Zhu, are you awake? Have some breakfast." Looking at the gray pancake handed to him, Zhu Haomiao put on the mask of pain again.

After finishing his breakfast, the boy touched his flat stomach and felt as if he had not eaten anything.

But he was too embarrassed to ask Liu Heng for more, so he could only endure the growing hunger in his stomach.

At the same time, he also felt the aftereffects of last night's "exercise". After using the extraordinary power of [Anger], he was now sore and weak all over. The slightest movement would cause his eyelids to twitch in pain.

The body is not strong enough to bear the consequences of an overload explosion...

Clenching his fists, Zhu Haomiao quickly understood the crux of the problem and subconsciously looked at his attributes.

[God]: 0.7↑ (1)

【Body】：0.5↑（1）

I wonder how long it will take for all this potential to be realized?

After careful consideration, Zhu Haomiao came to a pessimistic conclusion.

With adequate nutrition, it will take at least two or three months!

But think about it from another angle. In reality, it took me more than ten years to grow my [body] to 0.5, but in the fantasy realm, it can double in two or three months. This growth rate is ridiculously fast...

After comforting himself, Zhu Haomiao saw that Liu Heng and the others had finished loading the truck. He endured the soreness and pain all over his body and took a step forward to catch up.

Not long after they walked, Liu Heng noticed something subtle wrong with Zhu Haomiao and quickly tried to please him.

"Mr. Zhu, if you are not used to traveling, you can take a ride in the carriage."

"This……"

The horse-drawn carriages of Liu Heng's caravan were all used to carry goods, and everyone else was walking. It seemed inappropriate for me to be treated specially.

As if seeing his concerns, Liu Heng smiled calmly.

"It's okay. You're not as heavy as us, so it won't be a big burden for the horses to pull you. Besides, if you can't walk anymore, we'll have to stop and rest..."

Hearing the hidden meaning of Liu Heng's words, Zhu Haomiao could only nod awkwardly.

I sat up in shock from my dying illness, and found that I was the burden!
Sitting in the bumpy carriage, the group quickly reached the official road, but Zhu Haomiao's brows became more and more furrowed.

The desolation along the way was unexpected. I walked for several miles without seeing any human habitation. Instead, I could occasionally see unburied bones on the roadside.

You know, this is the most precious and fertile land in China!
In reality, the population of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration in similar areas exceeds 2.2 million, and there is no idle land at all. How could it be like what is happening here... Everywhere you look, it's all barren...

"Liu Heng, I heard that Yangzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture and other places were densely populated and prosperous. Why are they so desolate now?"

After walking a little further, Zhu Haomiao couldn't help but ask.

Hearing this, Liu Heng shook his head bitterly.

"It's still a peaceful time... Ahem, it's all caused by the long-haired thieves."

"Hmm? Haven't the long-haired thieves been eradicated for nearly twenty years?"

Zhu Haomiao frowned in confusion, thinking of the information provided by the organizing committee, and determined that he should have been in the 19s, almost twenty years after the last remnant of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was annihilated!
"Haha, they did wipe it out, but the two sides fought back and forth, turning the prosperous Yangtze River Basin into a wasteland, and I don't know how many millions of people died..."

"So many people died, the land is full of resentful souls, the deathly aura is overwhelming, and who knows how many demons and monsters have been bred..."

"So to this day, this fertile land has not recovered."

(End of this chapter)