Above Destiny

Chapter 394 Birthday and Happiness (Thanks to Ji Jue for the happy birthday leader

The sea is blue, the sky is blue, and the sun is scorching.

Under the stinging sunlight, Lu Feng squinted his eyes and looked around subconsciously, as if dizzy. He held onto the railing and turned back, then he saw the coastline in the distance and even tiny buildings dotted around.

The ruins of the Spring City, and even further away, the iconic wind power towers in Xinquan Town...

With just one step, he actually crossed such a long distance.

He was already at sea.

After taking a few steps, Ji Jue had already pushed open the second door and waved at him. When Lu Feng subconsciously followed behind him and took another step forward, he was already outside the door of the basement.

It was as if I had just walked out of the basement.

Walking up the stairs, the scenery outside the window is familiar. The living room is quiet, with only the faint sound of birds singing and the green trees casting a halo of light.

This is Ji Jue’s studio.

Cliff City.

Just by pushing open two doors, he arrived at the Prosperity from the office of Coast Industries, and then appeared in Ji Jue's studio.

He was already accustomed to the tricks of the Chosen One in Middle-earth, and he had even experienced the teleportation of the Star Core Association. But at this moment, he witnessed the miracle created by Ji Jue with his own eyes, and he couldn't help but gasp.

Bypassing the monopoly of the Star Core Association and secretly opening up such a road inside Cliff City, the implications and possibilities behind it were enough to make him shudder.

"Hey, are you making such a big deal?" He subconsciously lowered his voice: "If this gets out..."

"If you don't tell me, no one will know."

Ji Jue waved his hand calmly, not caring at all - not to mention such a crucial matter, Lu Feng would never let it slip. Even if he was targeted by some Heart Pivot Chosen One, looking at the lock on his forehead, he would probably have to think twice before reading anything...

Besides, we have only reached this point.

This doesn't even touch the body and track of the Sky Track. The Doomsday Train has not been officially launched. At best, it is just a run of the Universal Engine.

After the Eternal Firewood strengthened the connection between the body and the soul, Ji Jue's carrying capacity for the blessed creatures was further multiplied, and now it can handle the short-term operation of the Universal Engine.

Thanks to the gift of nature and the generosity of his "friends", he immediately stuffed the Bailu Matrix and the blessing he picked up from Kunwu into the Doomsday Train for recycling.

I admit that the Gao family's Bai Lu is indeed quite good, but I'm sorry, I've encountered Tian Gui, I can only say that I need to practice more. They both belong to the same family of the Gate of Eternity, one is Tian Gui who has long been stitched together with the present world and turned into the wedge of the Supreme Good, and the other, well, the other one also looks quite good...

The suppression between the same family completely suppressed Bai Lu in an instant. Without even a hint of resistance, he obediently entered the material library and waited for Ji Jue to decompose, process and reuse him.

After all, it is a rare material, and the chance of getting gold is too high.

Thanks to the ridiculously high compatibility of the Doomsday Train, it is almost plug-and-play. Relying on this windfall, Ji Jue took the instruction manual and half-guessed, half-explored, and half-mechanically repaired the directional module that had been scrapped for more than 200 years. Although the completion degree is still below 40%, and it is impossible to lock onto the rift or other targets remotely, at least it can be started.

Combined with the beacons set up by Ji Jue, the consumption was reduced to a range he could accept - after all, up to now, the Leviathan fuel regularly delivered by Lu Yingyue has not stopped, and although the quantity is not large, it is more than enough to support his outrageous daily commute.

There's no way to connect to the SkyTrack, but I can probably set up my own LAN, right?
He directly moved the binding of the Doomsday Train to the workshop of the Prosperity, using it as a transit point to connect the signposts of Quancheng and Yacheng. Through the warping, gravity and locking delivery of the Universal Engine, he achieved free transmission between the three points.

After getting used to such a convenient way, Ji Jue almost couldn't go back.

I feel more and more itchy.

Tell me, who invented this wonderful treasure of the Gao family? I have to find a chance to do something stupid and get some materials back, right?

Unfortunately, Central City is too far away and the water is too deep. There is no telling how many bears, wolves, tigers and leopards are lying in the quagmire. If one is not careful, one may end up getting burned.

Still have to wait...

Wait for the right opportunity.

As he was thinking about this, Ji Jue took out an ordinary keychain from his pocket and handed it to Lu Feng.

"What is this?" Lu Feng took it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

"It's a train ticket."

Ji Jue told him: "Wear it carefully and don't throw it around. The same goes for the necklace on Lu Ma's neck. If something happens and you can't handle it, just run here and open the door.

You can use whatever you want on the boat, just be careful and don't leave any witnesses."

Lu Feng smiled and did not refuse the kindness. He directly put the phone in his pocket and joked, "With such a serious expression, could there be a power armor?"

Ji Jue didn't say anything, just smiled.

Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't laugh anymore: "Fuck, wait, this can't be true, right?"

Ji Jue didn't say anything and continued to smile.

Now it was Lu Feng's turn who couldn't stand it anymore.

"Ji Jue, Brother Ji, please, say something. My hands are itchy after retiring for so many years. Can you let me touch them?" Lu Feng scratched his ears and cheeks, and his little hands, which were used to picking his toes, pulled towards Ji Jue, unable to hold back.

Ji Jue ended the conversation with one sentence: "Have you bought the gift?"

"..."

After a long silence, Lu Feng's expression changed from shock to enlightenment to panic to luck, as if he saw two tentacles sticking out of the cup. He comforted himself that it might be a beautiful girl with twin ponytails, and it might not be what you thought...

"Uh, well, ahem, this... filial piety is actually the best gift, right? Come home safely, mom doesn't care about those things!"

"Really?" Ji Jue smiled.

"Yes, right?" Lu Feng was not sure.

Ji Jue asked again: "What about Xiao Ling?"

"..."

In the dead silence, Ji Jue added: "She reminded you before that you must buy a gift, right?"

"..."

Then, looking at Lu Feng's sweaty face, Ji Jue added: "It seems like I reminded him several times, right?"

"..."

With a dry swallowing sound, Lu Feng grabbed Ji Jue, tears in his eyes: "Second brother, give me a hand, please."

Otherwise, he could already imagine his miserable situation at home in the coming months.

Ji Jue sighed helplessly and pointed to the massage chair in the box in the living room that had been delivered a long time ago.

"The car is at the door, carry your own gifts yourself."

"okay!"

Lu Feng followed the advice without hesitation.

Ji Jue shook his head and followed behind.

A spring in his step.

Come back home.
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"Mom, I'm back.!"

After escaping a near-death experience, Lu Feng was unable to rest for a few minutes along the way. After returning home, he returned to his old ways. After throwing his slippers aside, he lay down on the sofa. Then, Lu Ling, who was cleaning, poked him with a broom as if he was sweeping away cockroaches and drove him to the bathroom.

"It's so annoying. As soon as he comes back, he makes messes everywhere without washing his feet. It stinks!"

He had just driven Lu Feng away, and when he turned around and saw Ji Jue, his face instantly changed. A smile appeared on his youthful face, full of joy.

"Brother is back, come sit down and take a rest! You must be too hot, I'll get you some sugar water from the refrigerator."

"Second brother, second brother, eat some fruit!" The third sister also ran over with a plate of cut fruit, her eyes blinking and her hair tied in a small braid.

"Okay, okay."

Ji Jue smiled happily, picked up his third sister and held her in his arms, and picked up some fruits to feed her.

"Xiao Ji is here. Sit down for a moment. The pot will be ready soon. Alas, no matter what you buy, there's no room at home." Mother Lu also came out of the kitchen, picked up the glasses that Ji Jue had given her, put them on, and smiled from ear to ear.

When she caught a glimpse of Lu Feng squatting next to the big box of the massage chair, eager to try and wait for praise, she seemed to glance at him and said, "Oh, the puppy is back too."

Snapped!
It was as if something had shattered gently.

Lu Feng felt so cold and shivered that tears were about to come out.

The difference is quite huge!
Suddenly, I felt the cruel reality: What if you are a big shot outside? What if you are a great soldier in the Middle Earth? It still can't change the fact that you are the most useless thing in this family...

Life is not good anymore!
But it doesn’t matter, at least I still have the youngest one to accompany me.

Lu Feng squatted on a small stool and touched the youngest child's head kindly, meaning don't be afraid, brother is with you.

As a result, the youngest looked back at him in confusion, then stood up without hesitation and sat next to Ji Jue, and said attentively: "Second brother, second brother, I got two perfect scores in this exam!"

"Wow, really?"

Ji Jue picked up the test paper and looked at the handwriting and score on it, and nodded. It was worth buying so many exercises and the membership of the learning app. He smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. Study hard and keep working hard."

"Okay!" The youngest nodded excitedly.

"Okay then, my second brother and second sister will take you and my third sister to buy toys later!"

"Great!!!"

Everyone cheered, but in the corner, someone who was forgotten by the whole family was broken again. Silently...
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"Happy birthday!!!"

Amid the cheers and shouts, Mother Lu, wearing a small paper crown, blew out the candles, her face flushed, her eyes narrowed, she lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her eyes, looking very embarrassed: "It's been years since we've seen this, look at you guys...ah..."

It was my 50th birthday, but I didn't look much older. My hair roots, which used to be a little gray, became dark and shiny. I had worked hard for so many years, and now I finally made it. When I saw so many children around me while sitting at the table, my eyes suddenly became red and I cried.

I just couldn't help it.

So, he turned around and took a look at the puppy next to him.

Well, I held back.

There is still a guy here who is so old and still hasn't married or found a girlfriend. He just sits at home picking his feet every day and is a nuisance... There is no room for anything in the house, but he still wasted so much money to buy a massage chair. The money seems to have come from the wind. He is so old, but he doesn't know how to live at all.

My fist suddenly hardened.

Lu Feng subconsciously shrank his head.

"Mom, you've lost a lot of weight recently."

Lu Ling stayed close to her mother and took several selfies. Looking at her mother in the photos, she was beaming with joy.

The obesity caused by excessive use of hormones in the early years has subsided a lot, the double chin has become smaller, the jawline has become clearer, and I have less back pain recently.

"You must take the medicine prescribed by Doctor Xie on time." Ji Jue reminded: "It's always good to take more care of yourself. Look, you are feeling much better now, right?"

A few days ago, he took Lu Ma and the whole family to Xinxiang Sanatorium for a physical examination and consulted Xie Lan. Xie Lan said it was a piece of cake.

However, the problems caused by the abuse of hormones in the early years have become irreversible after so many years. Although Lu's mother is physically strong, she is still an ordinary person after all, and cannot withstand the reshaping of fierce drugs. It is recommended to take it slow and strengthen the foundation, and gradually regulate the body. It will not be a problem to return to normal.

Anyway, the medicine has been prescribed, and Lu Feng just needs to pick it up every once in a while. With Lu Ling supervising him, there is no need to worry that Lu's mother will find it troublesome or waste money.

"Alright, alright, eat quickly, it's all steamed."

Mother Lu urged with a smile, opened the steamer and started to pick up the dishes. Lu Ling bought a lot of fish, shrimp and crabs and made seafood porridge. The shrimp meat steamed in the porridge was firm and sweet, and with the dipping sauce, she couldn't stop eating one bite at a time.

With Lu Feng's big mouth around, and the two growing children, the third and the youngest, no amount of money would be enough.

After one round of steaming, the juice from the seafood falls into the porridge through the holes in the steamer, giving the originally bland porridge a sweet flavor.

At the end, each person was given a bowl, sprinkled with coriander and local white pepper, it was so fragrant that it was unbearable.

Ji Jue also had a full belly after a long time of eating.

Lying on the sofa to digest the food, basking in the sunshine coming in from the balcony.

After Lu Ling, who was following Lu Ma, finished her work, she asked, "Summer vacation is coming soon, do you have any plans?"

"Well……"

Lu Ling was stunned for a moment, as if she had never thought about it. Now that Ji Jue asked her this, she subconsciously answered: "Helping at home, the store has been very busy recently."

"Mother Lu, can't you just hire a few more people? The current profit doesn't need that little salary, right?" Ji Jue shook his head and reminded seriously: "For your major, resume is the most important. If you can get an internship as soon as possible or get more work experience, it will be good for your future."

"That's what Xiao Ji said."

Mother Lu nodded decisively, "What else can you do besides keeping accounts? Help me unload the tires?"

"Then...I'm going to Quancheng?!"

Lu Ling's eyes lit up instantly: "It's work everywhere anyway, why not go and help you? Don't worry, second brother, I can endure hardships!"

Ji Jue paused for a moment and coughed twice. Lu Feng, who was pretending to watch TV not far away, suddenly became nervous.

Lu Ling has been the least worrying person since she was a child, so there is no need to worry that she will use her name to do things wrong, but the problem is... Coast Industry's current business cannot be said to be illegal, but it can only be said to be shady.

If it really got mixed in, I'm afraid it would give the girl's innocent little heart a shock unique to embers.

What if she found out that her most respected second brother secretly set up an underground factory "recruiting new members every day" and produced all kinds of messed up things that the federation doesn't allow, and that her eldest brother, who turned to a security guard, carried a gun in the wilderness every day to set fires and collect debts, how would she live like this!

He subconsciously looked at Lu Feng, and Lu Feng glared back at him.

You remember me now? Huh? It's too late!

You started it, so you have to solve it yourself!

"Uh, ahem, Quancheng is too desolate and not suitable. It's full of rough men. There's no water or electricity every day. I can't take a shower for several days."

He waved his hand after he finished speaking, and before the excited Lu Ling could speak, he said, "I'll go ask Han... ahem, Tong Hua, there's a company in Beishan District that's been very idle lately, with a lot of cash flow, and the operations are quite complicated, so you can go and learn from it.

Besides, it’s close to home, so I can drive to and from get off work every day, and it won’t make Mama Lu worry, right?”

"All right……"

Lu Ling nodded, feeling a little disappointed. After all, for a child like her, it was still too early to go out of the city to work in the wilderness.

But soon, he regained his spirits and showed Ji Jue his achievements in school.

Won multiple championships in short-distance running, long-distance running and swimming at the school sports meet!

Brought back a lot of trophies.

To be fair, Lu Ling's university life was much more exciting than Ji Jue's... At that time, he didn't care about school sports meets or clubs. In one word, he just wanted to compete. After competing with his classmates, he competed with his seniors, all the way from beginning to end. He was so hated by everyone. How could he be so popular?

"Second brother, you seem to be very famous! Many senior sisters who used to have their eyes on their foreheads now look a little creepy when they see me smiling.

A few days ago, during the award ceremony, a very powerful leader in the school asked me when I could come back to give a speech. I said I didn’t know the time.”

"Then he has to be free." Ji Jue nodded: "Let him set a time with my assistant and confirm the schedule. Do you have the phone number?"

"Looking for Miss Yi?"

"Just call her Isis. Her last name isn't Isis."

Ji Jue doesn't care about speaking now.

After all, the coast is actually short of people right now, so we can just bring the cattle and horses that have just been released from the stalls at Tianmen over for a stroll...

In the past, he didn't care much about those guys, but when Ye Chun sent him a message a few days ago, he learned that his photo was hung on the display wall of outstanding graduates in the branch corridor.

His position was not at the forefront. After all, Tianmen was one of the top five universities in the Federation, and countless talented people came out every year. Over the years, countless alumni had made great achievements. In terms of status, Ji Jue had to lag behind a little.

But it’s not too far behind.

It just happened to be hanging behind his mother, right next to her.

It's still pretty.

Ji Jue laughed, holding the two sleepy kids in his arms, and he himself felt sleepy.

The third sister lay on his arm, looking sleepy as if she had just finished a nap and was still asleep. "Second brother, wait a minute... wait a minute, let's go to the beach and play."

"Okay, okay." Ji Jue nodded.

"Buy ice cream, want, want Little Shark."

“But my teeth will hurt.”

"I'm not afraid of pain." The third sister thought for a moment and hesitated: "I can share with you, a little more is fine."

"Can I have a little more?"

"No." The third sister shook her head, "We have to share some with mom."

"Then get ice cream, Baby Shark."

Ji Jue touched her hair, gently and carefully, and watched her fall asleep again.

He closed his eyes too.

In the afternoon sun, snoring sounds soon began to be heard.

It was as if someone gently covered him with an air-conditioning quilt and left quietly.
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During the short nap, I seemed to have a very long dream.

It was just like all the dreams in these days, intermittent, sometimes dreaming and sometimes waking up, but all I saw in the dream was darkness, and in the darkness, there were faint and vague sounds.

It seemed to be very far away, and also seemed to be distorted, as if it had fallen into the deep sea.

Endlessly down, down, and down again.

Until I fell into the sea and the end of my dream.

He woke up.

The afternoon sun was still warm and gentle, illuminating his eyes, but the scenes in his dream were still continuing, vividly in his mind.

Before waking up, he saw a faint light in the deepest darkness.

A spot of scarlet danced silently in the seemingly eternal darkness.

Like a flame.

In the deep sea, the ashes are floating and then rekindled.

(End of this chapter)