Quadruple split.

Chapter 2253 Too Pure Too Sweet Too Innocent

Xine Carbon is a non-metallic element discovered by the legendary adventurer, naturalist, geologist, and miner Xineersi Yuesi around the year 5000 of the Holy Calendar. It is also an allotrope of Kaishi Stone. Unlike most common carbon elements, Xine Carbon is extremely rare. According to Xineersi's notes "Digging Through the World", the environment on the continent that is suitable for the growth of Xine Carbon is extremely rare, so that although this thing has no value in the eyes of most people, Xineersi named it after himself because of its rarity.

It is worth mentioning that the Sunbait Mine and Yue Stone, which were also discovered by her, are both world-recognized dream materials. The former has unparalleled plasticity and is a priceless treasure in the eyes of engineers and casters; the latter can achieve lossless magic conduction and is a miracle stone that can drive any occult researcher crazy. There are even rumors that the Miracle City, a holy place for mages, has a miracle stone weighing 30 kilograms and as big as a human head as the most important component of its power center.

So the question is, what are the characteristics of Xine Carbon, which is also named Xine Baisi and is rarer than Ribai Mine and Yueshi?

The answer is - basically no features.

Facts have proved that apart from the fact that the output is infinitely close to zero, whether it is the field of forging or alchemy, whether it is the field of engineering or pharmacy, it has shown amazing... garbage. In other words, it is useless at everything. There are a large number of superior alternatives everywhere. Except for its non-replicability, it is extremely useless in every sense.

But its discoverer, Xineisi, did not think so. In fact, this legendary adventurer, naturalist, geologist, and miner had been looking for the value of Xinei carbon in the last period of her life. No matter how many people refuted her, she believed that something so rare that it was almost extinct could not be useless, so she was determined to tap the true potential of Xinei carbon even if she died, and then sell the two kilograms of Xinei carbon in her hands to make a lot of money!

then……

And she died.

Yes, although Xineisi was a very outstanding person, she still could not defeat time. She died lying on the table on an ordinary day.

After her laboratory was inherited by her apprentice, who was also her (single) daughter, the first thing she did was to seal up the Xine carbon that Xine's fans had high hopes for, and destroy all the research materials (a total of 400 pages of parchment with the main theme of "I don't understand what it can do").

Just like that, in the next dozen centuries, the Yuesi family continued to make great contributions to the world. The good name of Xineisi Yuesi was passed down through the ages and became a "character in the book". Only Xineitan, who wasted the last precious time of Master Xineisi's life, was abandoned by the vast majority of people who knew of his existence and was labeled as "garbage".

And in the seventeenth century when Xineisi passed away, the Yuesi family gradually declined, and eventually lost even the laboratory, so that the current head of the family wandered aimlessly on the continent since he was a child, and finally became an agent of Tianzhu Mountain by accident.

Given his professional field, the young man named Yuesi was directly under Lu Wei's supervision and from then on he lived an ideal life of screwing screws during the day and sleeping in the workshop at night.

Time flies, and half a month later, Yue Si, who had learned some basic knowledge from Lu Wei, took the initiative to apply to leave the mountain and settled somewhere in the southwest continent. He became a grocery store owner who was proficient in engineering, alchemy, pharmacy, magic patterns, mineralogy, and forging. Until now, his descendants have inherited the name of agent and have no connection with Tianzhu Mountain except that they report intelligence to it every once in a while. In Fimiguel's words, they are "non-staff members" who enjoy formal establishment but only do temporary work. The number of such agents has remained high until now, serving as the eyes and ears of Tianzhu Mountain throughout the continent.

Then, here comes the point!

That means he was on the run... When saying goodbye to Lu Wei's workshop, the young man Yue Si left behind the things passed down by his ancestors, including but not limited to two broken kettles, a pair of stockings, a pickaxe and half a pound of Xinei carbon.

Lu Wei threw away the kettle and stockings without hesitation, and sent someone to send the pickaxe and a small box of Xinei carbon to Yue Si.

And guess what?

The guy left his ancestor's pickaxe behind, but had the box of charcoal, which Xineisi Yuesi regarded as his lifeblood, sent back to Lu Wei, saying that the thing was extremely precious and would be of no use to him, so he just considered it as a way of honoring his old man.

After Lu Wei received the box of carbon again, he didn't take it seriously and just stuffed the rare garbage somewhere in the workshop.

In this way, the wheel of history rolled forward until the year 9571 of the Holy Calendar, when a female orc named Ye Ge, who had an extraordinary identity, extraordinary appearance, extraordinary craftsmanship, and extraordinary character, came to Tianzhu Mountain. By chance, she became a regular apprentice of Ruvi Fizzlebank, and the box of Xine Carbon had the opportunity to see the light of day again.

To put it simply -

One day, Ji Xiaoge, who was troubled by the fact that the dishes he cooked were always toxic and unbearable, reflected on his mistakes and decided to refer to the sashimi that had been successful before and use the simplest way to cook the most delicious dishes. So after taking care of his [Gatelin] and completing the daily tasks assigned by Lu Wei, he went to an open-air barbecue and successfully scared Fimiguel and Lu Jiang, who originally wanted to come to the Seventh Outer Mountain to chat with Cordova, and turned around and ran away. With Lu Wei and Cordova reaching a rare consensus (Old ghost, I guess you will explode this time too/Yeah, I guess so too), he hummed a tune and began to prepare.

Ji Xiaoge had fresh meat and seasonings in her own bag, but she forgot that in the environment of the Seventh Outer Mountain, ordinary wood could not provide enough temperature to cook the food. Although Lu Wei could easily raise the temperature on the top of the mountain to that of the Ember Volcano, the old goblin, who was afraid that his good disciple would show his filial piety to him, deliberately did not mention this, which put Ji Xiaoge's open-air barbecue plan into a dilemma.

But as the saying goes, a beautiful girl will not be defeated by a little setback. After realizing that she might not be able to rely on her mentor, Ji Xiaoge took action immediately. She flapped her wings and flew to the workshop full of various gadgets and started rummaging around. In total, she found a [Flame City Incinerator], a bottle of [Portable Doomsday] and a box of [Xine Carbon].

After thinking it over again and again, she decided to put aside those two things that sounded a bit violent and try the quality of the box of charcoal. So, after getting Lu Wei's consent, she started to grill with that thing. It turned out that it was a good grill. After fanning it with two fans, not to mention that Cordova had already crawled over, even Fimiguel and Lujiang, who had already run to the next hill, flew back at the smell, drooling about two kilograms of saliva.

And then--

……

[Cordova was killed instantly by the explosion of the reactor, Master Luvi vomited for half an hour, and Fimiguel lay in bed for three days...]

Because he was slow to grab the food, he saw the deer sauce in Cordoba explode before he had time to eat it. He swallowed hard and looked at Ji Xiaoge with eyes full of fear. His voice trembled unconsciously: "Sister?"

"Ok?"

Ji Xiaoge blinked, and while taking out his multifunctional robotic arm from his bag, he said seriously: "We have to hurry up. Didn't they say that we can take the things from the competition out? Let's dig these things up quickly. We still have time to grill a few skewers!"

"What are you digging for?"

Before Lu Jiang could say anything, the pioneer from the Red Constellation asked with great interest. He walked over with his hands in his pockets and looked relaxed. He said to Ji Xiaoge cheerfully, "Is it some good material? If we can help, can we share some?"

Ji Xiaoge frowned slightly and tilted her head to think for a while, then looked at the inconspicuous, pitch-black, irregular cube not far away that would be difficult to dig out in a short time by herself, and nodded reluctantly: "Well... it's not impossible, if you are willing to help, I can tell you how to dig, and then divide it among you... three... um, a quarter! Just a quarter!"

Jiuzhong, who had never heard of what Xinetan was, smiled and then turned to Xueran and the gentleman and said, "Why don't you go and help?"

"Okay~"

"Okay, okay, I haven't mined yet."

……

"how to say……"

At the same time, watching the Red Constellation group working as miners under the command of Ji Xiaoge, Xue Yin in the commentary booth scratched her hair in confusion and said hesitantly: "Isn't this atmosphere a bit too relaxed?" "That's right."

The old god of the heavenly book leaned back in his chair at ease, echoed the words, then turned to look at Sakaki and asked, "What do you think?"

“I think that’s normal.”

Sakaki crossed his arms, calmly looking at the large screen that had been split into two, and said calmly: "Not to mention that there is no conflict of interest between the two sides, even if they are both professional players, unless in extreme circumstances, there is no need for everyone to be hostile to each other when getting along. Even if you have to fight to the death, it does not hinder the relatively friendly atmosphere, especially in this situation where the winner is very obvious, it is normal to help each other out."

Shota smiled and asked, "Is this what they call opponents on the court and friends off the court?"

"Even if we are not friends, at least we are not enemies."

Sakaki nodded slightly and said casually: "Even if there is a personal grudge, you must pretend in such a public place. Well, at least normal people will definitely do so."

Tianshu reacted very quickly. Upon hearing this, he immediately asked with a mischievous expression, "So there are still abnormal people out there?"

"Yes, but we don't need to talk about those unlucky things."

The corner of Boss Sakaki's mouth twitched secretly, and then he put aside the gang that everyone wanted to kill, and said seriously: "In short, anyone would help contestant Ye Ge in this situation. So many people are watching, and of course he would not miss the free popularity."

Tianshu laughed in silence and shook his head, "But after what you said, Boss, I think my popularity may have to be discounted a bit."

"I am just doing my best from the perspective of a guest to make everyone feel more comfortable watching the game."

Boss Sakaki also laughed and said calmly, "Just like us [Tokiwa Studio], we have always insisted on doing both 'maintaining game balance' and 'convenience for the majority of players', and doing our best to create the most comfortable gaming environment for everyone."

Xue Yin immediately looked at Boss Sakaki with shining eyes and said very seriously: "I understand! From now on, I am a fan of Tokiwa Studio!"

【! ? 】

Boss Sakaki was stunned at the moment, his brain even went blank for a moment, the reason was, although in many senses this was "unintentional", he had no doubt that after Xue Yin clearly stated in public that she was a fan of [Tokiwa], even if everyone knew that this was absolutely a joke, Tokiwa Studio would still make huge profits, and those people on the board of directors would probably wake up laughing in their dreams at night.

This girl is too naive. No wonder she rarely interacts with others in other occasions besides concerts in recent years...

Boss Sakaki smiled bitterly, lamenting that today had been a series of "live broadcast accidents" from beginning to end. The super idol was too pure and sweet. He began to choose his words carefully, intending to hint Xue Yin to be a little more careful with her words. After all, one favor like this was a godsend, and if there were more... Tokiwa couldn't really pretend to be stupid and ignore this favor, but if he had to return it, God knew what price he would have to pay to make this planet-level idol happy.

[Player: Her Royal Highness the World's No. 1 Princess/Chaotic Neutral, I would like to add you as a friend. Do you accept? ]

As a result, at this moment, an abrupt system prompt sounded suddenly in Sakaki's ears, and when he looked at the idol who had just sent him a friend request in some surprise, he found that the other party had turned to the heavenly book and was enthusiastically guessing with the latter what kind of magical effect the [Xine Carbon] would have.

"..."

After less than half a second of hesitation, Boss Sakaki calmly chose [Accept], and the next moment he received a message from that silly girl -

"Don't you think it's a bit hard to repay such a big favor~"

While happily chatting with Tianshu, the world's number one idol, who sent this meaningful message, smiled like a flower, occupying more than 90% of the shots in the live broadcast room, so that no one noticed that Boss Sakaki's expression management was rarely effective.

'What do you mean?'

"I mean, Boss, you can treat that sentence of 'speaking without thinking' as a gift, accept it with a smile, and don't put it on Tokiwa's account, or..."

'how? '

'Use that statement as leverage and offer us a reciprocal amount of kindness.'

'You guys, you mean?'

'[Joker], remember this name, someone will contact you later.'

'[Joker]?'

[Message sending failed, please add the player 'The World's No. 1 Princess/Chaotic Neutral' as a friend first. ]

……

"Boss, boss!"

In a trance, Sakaki saw that innocent and lovely face turned towards him, breathing like orchid——

"Tell us about the battle between contestant Xinglong and contestant Mo. I don't expect the details, but at least let Xueyin see something exciting~"

"Look... at what?"

"Look, it's so hot and noisy."