Ch50.2 - What is with this damned world? (Part Two)

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Lily pulled out some garlic and went back to the kitchen. Today she decided to make garlic fried mushrooms for the Lord. She would chop up the garlic and sauté it with olive oil, then put the mushrooms in, sprinkle some salt, and fry them until they were golden yellow. The finishing touch was putting a scoop onto a bowl of rice.

Raymond always headed out to exchange some rice every year since the Lord likes it very much.

Carrying the garlic fried mushrooms dish and white rice porridge, she sent it directly to the Lord’s room. In recent days, the Lord didn’t eat with everyone, but stayed alone in the room, as if he was writing something.

When Lily was outside the door, she heard the Lord talking to Lance, saying something like “Be cautious of the church”. She wondered why, after all, wasn’t the church the Lord’s backer? 

However, Lily didn’t care too much about the answer. She knocked on the door and helped the Lord clean up the papers on the table. Lily couldn’t read words, but there were pictures of farm tools and plants. She guessed that it might be an agricultural book written by the Lord.

Sure enough, the Lord said to Lance, “In addition to what I just said, this is some farming knowledge I wrote down. Northumberland will be able to utilize it in the future. There are several plants that require attention. They should be found and brought back to cultivate here…”

Lance’s eyes were red. “Uncle, why are you saying this? Are you going away on a long trip?”

Lily was surprised at his words. “Is the Lord going on a long trip? What about XiaoBai?”

Her first thought was this. After all, if the Lord was gone, wouldn’t she have to feed this Lord Cat who was hard to please?

XiaoBai heard what Lily said. It jumped down from the wooden board fixed on the wall, landed on the Lord’s leg, and meowed twice.

Cui QiChao touched XiaoBai’s head, “XiaoBai will come with me. Lance, I plan to go to another continent. I don’t know how long it will be until I come back, and I may even settle down or die there. I have contacted all parties who will be affected by my decision, and since I have no wife and children, you will become my heir.”

The time for the livestream on this plane was almost over, and Cui QiChao began to say his goodbyes. As early as a few years ago, he began to think about what he should do with Northumberland after he left. While Northumberland may be thriving now, if a greedy Lord took over, even if the food production is higher, they will fall back into their old dilemma. 

When he first saw Lance, Cui QiChao kept an eye out on him. This child was kind-hearted and shared a blood relationship with him, so he saw potential. After thinking that Lance was a person of great intention, he also deliberately guided him in his thinking. Although Lance was still young, Cui QiChao believed that he could manage Northumberland well in the future.

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He thought that since his uncle had lived in the eastern continent for a long time, he developed a better liking in his heart, so it was just a matter of time before his uncle went back. 

“You’re almost right.” Cui QiChao touched their heads and said, “Okay, don’t cry. There will always be meetings and partings in life. When Lily is done hosting her wedding, I’ll move away.”

After saying goodbye for the second time, Cui QiChao still felt reluctant to leave. These data codes felt so real that he wanted to intervene in the future operations of the world and territories in the virtual plane, because he couldn’t put his heart at ease.

“Meetings and partings mean that we can meet again in the future, right?” Lance asked, wiping his red eyes.

“…Maybe.” Cui QiChao said sadly. Maybe one day, he could really come back and see the students, the people in his fief, and the pigs he fed. 

In the spring of the eighth year, after Lily got married, Cui QiChao gave advice on everyone’s farming postures for the last time, and left Northumberland. The last scene in his memory is a group of people from his fief with a reluctant look in their eyes. He felt very gratified because some fatties had appeared amongst the people in his fief…

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“Mr. Cui? Mr. Cui?”

Lin Lin’s voice appeared in his ears and gradually pulled Cui QiChao back to the real world. She was like a signet representing reality. Cui QiChao broke away from the feelings he had when he parted with his people and opened his eyes. As soon as he was about to open his mouth, he saw that Lin Lin had handed him a cup of warm water. 

“Thank you.” Cui QiChao took a gulp. This time he stayed in the virtual plane for more than eight years while in reality, nearly three months have passed.

Although there was a machine maintaining his body, Cui QiChao still felt a little stiff. He stood up and moved his hands and feet.

Lin Lin congratulated him, “Mr. Cui’s ratings on the men’s genre are also very good, and the program is quite successful. Especially in our affiliated forum, the program is also widely discussed. In recent months, many people have also sent gifts.”

These gifts are temporarily placed in Lin Lin’s office, but because Cui QiChao had planted plants all around the LJJ company dorm he temporarily lived in, there was no other place to put them. 

At first glance, Cui QiChao’s gifts seemed really strange. There were creative chocolates with “Gold Karat” written on the packaging bag, and hoes with bowknots——In this era, no one really uses hoes. This one was definitely customized, and there was a big red banner with “Black-hearted Divine Farmer, Great Service to Mankind”.

Cui QiChao also felt that this item was strange. He didn’t know what the audience was thinking, but there seemed to be some memes that he wasn’t aware of.

“There are also flower baskets, some of which have withered, but I took photos of them.” Lin Lin showed him.

Cui QiChao saw that there were words on the flower basket, all with different attitudes. While some praised him, some also scolded him, “Bastard Cui QiChao, if you have the capability to, just farm all your life.” 

Of course, those were far and few between. The majority was kind, and slightly strange, such as “Charge for the ducks, Boss Cui”, and etc..

“This, this… Haha, there are always some audiences who are more excited than others.” Lin Lin laughed, “I’ll ask someone to get rid of them.”

“It’s fine.” Cui QiChao didn’t care. For him, it doesn’t matter what the audience thinks—even the last time he exited the virtual plane, he didn’t even look at the commentary barrage.

However, now he even has flower baskets and gifts. He was probably as popular as Lin Lin claimed he was. 

“Mr. Cui.” Lin Lin smiled and said, “It’s like this. You have already recorded two programs, among which they are the top few programs, but you have less communication with the audience. I wonder if we can hold a livestream fan meeting?”

“It doesn’t seem to be an obligation in my contract.” Cui QiChao said faintly.

“Yes, I know it’s not. This is our additional request.” Lin Lin immediately replied, “But I’m very sincere. I hope you can agree. There are still sponsors for this event. If you are willing to attend…”

As she spoke, she lost her voice because she found Cui QiChao’s expression extremely cold. 

In fact, Lin Lin had been mentally prepared, but the company asked her to discuss it with Cui QiChao. She had to try, “Alright, it seems that you won’t agree.”

“I’m very sorry. I just want to have a good rest now.” Cui QiChao said, “And along the way, I’ll go and debug the irrigation system in my room.” Before he left, he set the automatic watering and lighting procedures for the crops in the room, but the procedures were rigid and fixed, while plants were something alive. He had to look at the growth of his plants and adjust them according to the specific data.

Lin Lin regretfully said, “Okay, after you have a good rest, I’ll talk to you about the next program.”

“Thank you.” Cui QiChao said goodbye to Lin Lin, returned to his dorm, and watered the plants manually. Compared with machinery, he prefers the feeling of personal contact with crops. If he could personally care for the plants himself, he would prefer to do so. 

Lying in bed, Cui QiChao tossed and turned for a while. Instead of sleeping, he got up and looked for information according to key words: animal husbandry.

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After a day’s rest, Cui QiChao met Lin Lin in her office.

Lin Lin was holding a stack of information in her hand and her expression appeared a little unnatural. “Mr. Cui, the next virtual plane you will go to is elected internally within the company. By this, I mean, this is inclusive of all employees. This is also the importance we attach to you.” 

“Really? Since there is a vote, why not make the vote public?” Cui QiChao asked casually.

“Hey, this…” Lin Lin Lin said awkwardly, “You don’t know how naughty your audience is. You never know what kind of weird virtual plane they may throw you to.”

“Naughty?” Cui QiChao hasn’t seen the commentary barrage. How would he know that 80% of his audience is crazy? “So, what you’re doing is also for the sake of protecting me. What’s the background and era of the next world?”

“About the 23rd century, when mankind entered the pre-interstellar era…” Lin Lin introduced Cui QiChao to the relevant background and scientific and technological level. Cui QiChao doesn’t know why, but her expression is always a little strange. 

“By the way, are you still continuing in your checks of XiaoBai, the bug?”Cui QiChao asked.

“No, in fact, I also suggest you continue to bring it with you in the livestream this time, so that we can continue to observe it.” Speaking of this, Lin Lin wondered whether their company’s server was smoking. Why can’t she even check the problem of the bug?

Cui QiChao nodded. Thinking of how XiaoBai was treated in the middle ages, he smiled and said, “As long as there is no malice to the cat in this world it will be fine with me——By the way, do I possess a special identity in this program?”

For example, the first virtual plane is a youthful school campus, so he is trapped in the campus. And in the second virtual plane, he must be the Lord of the fief. 

“This…” Lin Lin swallowed some saliva and said, “In fact, a considerable part of the data in the next virtual plane is also our original creation, and the full name of the theme is interstellar ABO…”

The faint smile that appeared on Cui QiChao’s face, which had appeared because he mentioned that XiaoBai, had not disappeared when a trace of doubt was added on his face, “What’s that?”

T/N: Don’t worry, we will be back to each of the planes, and we will get to see how the people of Northumberland are faring~