"Yeah." Nashida nodded. She took a deep breath and looked much more relieved.
Although it was difficult to say whether this news was good or bad, it undoubtedly eased the somewhat awkward atmosphere between Nashida and Amber. After opening up the conversation, the two chatted while eating breakfast. After eating a bowl of white porridge, Nashida felt that her body was slowly recovering and she was no longer as tired as when she had just woken up.
"Amber went too far last night... I only feel better now." Nashida clenched her right fist and gently hit her waist, her words sounding quite distressed.
"Ah... my fault. When Nashida suddenly made that request, I... I..." Amber stuttered for a moment, like a cassette player, "... I couldn't help it."
"...Hehe." Nashida's eyes flashed with a hint of cunning when she heard that. She slowly walked to Amber, grabbed Amber's arms and pulled her body down, while standing on tiptoe.
Amber subconsciously obeyed Nashida's actions. For a moment, she didn't understand what Nashida was going to do, until Nashida's face got closer and closer to her, until her lips felt the soft honey again.
"Hmm..." Amber widened her eyes, but slowly closed them after a moment. She began to obey Nashida's actions, putting her arms under her armpits to hold Nashida in her arms, while using her tongue to explore deeper to taste Nashida's taste.
The kiss lasted for a long time, and her consciousness gradually sank deeper as time passed. An impulse similar to last night once again engulfed her brain, until a bird's song came into the room, and Amber suddenly broke out of the trance, and finally did not move on to the next step - in that case, Nashida might really not be able to get out of bed.
"Huh..." Amber let go of Nashida and took a deep breath to dispel the heat in her body. But Nashida just licked the corner of her lips with the tip of her tongue, closed her eyes and looked like she was savoring the taste. After a moment, she opened one eye, tilted her head slightly and showed Amber a slightly playful smile, like a captivating little devil.
"Gu..." Amber finally realized that Nashida had done it on purpose. Why would a god be more proactive than her in such matters? This was too weird!
"Let's continue this sometime later." Nashida walked forward and took Amber's hand. "Can you take me for a walk outside Xumi City? I want to go out into the wild and breathe some fresh air."
"...Okay." Amber nodded. She secretly made up her mind to get it back with interest next time - but for now, she should satisfy Nashida's request first.
Amber took Nashida's hand and walked slowly out of Xumi City, looking at Nashida frequently along the way. The distance between them was closer than before, and only now did Amber finally have a feeling... that she and Nashida were already partners.
But the proper ceremony hasn't taken place yet, and there aren't even any rings to signify their relationship. Although these things have to be postponed due to the special time period at the moment - but we should at least plan ahead, right?
Amber turned her head slightly and looked in the direction of Jingshan Palace. She secretly made up her mind that after everything was resolved, she would definitely hold a grand ceremony.
Chapter 72: Plan in Progress
Outside Xumi City, at the nice Xiangzui Slope, Amber stood facing a strange iron lump.
She held a small wrench in her hand, frowned, and debugged the machine in front of her.
This is a machine that does not look good on the outside. The exposed metal pipes, screws and asymmetrical shapes together constitute this three-meter-high iron lump. Amber is debugging the core of it, which is a glass jar connected to densely packed thin pipes.
Amber tightened the last screw, and then a pale golden light emanated from the palm of her hand, and a gem with the color of the ocean appeared in her hand.
A fragment of the ocean - or, in other words, a fragment of the primordial water, which is the most balanced ratio considering cost and performance, is stuffed into the central glass jar by Amber.
Amber took a few steps back and a recording device appeared in her hand. As the switch was pressed, a calm voice came out of Amber's mouth.
"Experimental Log #37: The seventh experiment of the sixth-generation rainfall device begins." As the words fell, Amber pressed the switch to start the rainfall device. A surging electric arc appeared in the glass jar, and the ocean debris began to atomize rapidly under the impact of the electric arc. These sea-blue gases slowly flowed into the metal pipes and were then transmitted to various parts of the machine.
"The conversion device is operating normally, and the conversion process takes a total of 17.38 seconds." Amber observed the rainfall device while staring at the stopwatch, muttering to herself and recording.
"...Compressor No. 7 preheated too slowly. Its wiring is too close to the cooling system, which has affected it somewhat. We'll need to make some design changes later— Whew, hopefully the results won't be significantly affected."
The sea-blue mist passed through the compressor safely within the scheduled time. Compressor No. 7 was three seconds slower, but in the end, no major problems occurred. The mist was gathered in a thick metal pipe and floated upwards rapidly with the operation of the furnace core.
For a moment, the bright blue mist floated like a flare, rising straight up after gushing out of the pipe. At the same time, its color quickly faded until it merged with the air - this process was completed at a height of about three meters.
Amber quickly recorded the current situation and started a new timer. She looked at the sky with a frown. The numbers on the stopwatch jumped little by little. When it reached 30, the blue mist completely emerged and the sky here became gloomy.
"After 30.08 seconds, the sky changed." Amber stuffed the recorder into her chest pocket, took out an umbrella and opened it.
A few seconds later, raindrops began to fall from the sky, and the speed quickly increased until it became a drizzle. At the same time, a little water vapor spread around like fog - an area roughly a little larger than the entire Xumi City, which was also the area where it was raining.
"After a total of 38.89 seconds, the rainfall began, and after 41.12 seconds, the rainfall reached its peak." Seeing this, Amber's expression finally relaxed. "—The experiment is declared a success."
In the end, the rain lasted for more than a minute. Amber put away the machine with peace of mind and slowly walked towards Xumi City.
Three full months have passed since Amber started to truly cooperate with Elhaisen. During these three months, Amber concentrated on some research, like the rain-making device today.
Its prototype is the creation of the Great Compassionate Tree King, the incredible Faruna Divine Machine in the Water and Sky Jungle. However, Faruna can self-regulate rainfall according to the environment, and its range is enough to cover a large rainforest. The rainfall of the machine in Amber's hand needs to be manually controlled, and the cost is quite high.
Amber's purpose in creating it was to combine it with medicine to spread a rain in Xumi City that could be used to heal physical fatigue - its purpose was naturally to deal with the plan that the House of Lords would probably implement in the future, which was to use the brain power of the people wearing void devices to perform calculations.
With the advantage of knowing in advance, Amber could have easily nipped the problem in the bud with some effort, but she ultimately rejected this approach.
This might be the only chance, the only chance for Nashida to gain the people's trust in a short period of time - the Little Auspicious Grass King, who had never been taken seriously, rescued the innocent people of Xumi City from the conspiracy of the House of Commands that disregarded the safety of the people. Is there any better way to increase the people's trust in their gods than this?
But doing nothing and just watching is very risky, so Amber studied this type of equipment based on Faruna to minimize the risk.
"Amber, will you come back for dinner tonight? I learned how to make fish with milk sauce. Do you want to come back and try it?" Nashida's voice sounded from Amber's ears. This was a mark of divine power left by Nashida on Amber, which allowed the two to sense each other's position when necessary, and it also had the function of communication and life status perception.
"The experiment has just been successfully completed. I will be back before tonight - remember to wait for me at home." Amber said with a smile and quickened her pace.
During these three months, the way they get along has actually started to feel like a couple - although Amber seriously doubts that they are just a little closer than before, and this feeling is probably because the two of them look at each other differently.
It was just past noon, and Amber took two hours to get back to Xumi City. There were now a few more guards at the entrance and exit of Xumi City, and they also had new responsibilities: to check whether people entering and leaving Xumi City were wearing void devices, and if not, they needed to distribute void devices to them.
The explanation given by the Council of Commands was that "it is time to let all the people of Xumi enjoy the convenience of the void", but Amber naturally knew its real purpose.
"Although I really want to go home and see Nashida as soon as possible... I still have to deal with the important things first." Amber thought for a moment, lowered the brim of her hat, and walked towards a house near the edge of Xumi City. When she came to the door, her appearance changed a little. Her flaxen hair turned into ink color, and her brown eyes returned to the bright amber color.
"Knock, knock, knock--" Amber knocked on the door, and there was a little commotion inside. After a moment, the door was half opened and Amber walked in.
"Lord God's Messenger!" After locking the door, the tall Sand People woman solemnly bowed to Amber. It was Setale. Amber nodded and waved her hand to signal Setale to relax.
"Setale, I've been following you. You've been getting a lot of attention from the great sage Azar lately, right? He hopes you can become his assistant." Amber looked at Setale. As the most talented person in Aru Village, Setale's status in the House of Commands has improved by leaps and bounds in recent years. It's clear that if she continues on this path, she will become a new sage.
"Yes, but this is all thanks to the plan that the Lord God has tailored for me over the years. If it weren't for your help, I would probably have wasted a lot of time on my enemies." There was a hint of sigh in Setale's words. Along the way, she was targeted by some people because of her rapid rise, but Amber found out about the leader of them and reported him to the disciplinary officer, so those people dispersed.
"If you don't work hard enough, no matter how reasonable the plan I make is, it will not be enough. You don't have to be modest about this." Amber looked at Setale with undisguised admiration, which made Setale a little excited for a moment. Among the several Sand People scholars who stayed behind, Setale made Amber the most pleased.
"I'd like to hear your thoughts on becoming the Great Sage's assistant." Amber spoke lightly, as if she was just chatting. She waved her hand to signal Setale to just speak. Setale thought for a moment and took some time to organize her words.
"Lord God's Messenger, in my opinion, this matter has far more advantages than disadvantages. Although getting too close to the Great Sage also has risks, it may stabilize my position at an unshakable height." Setale was not aware of those various plans. She gave her own insights, and Amber nodded as she listened.
"Then let's do it... But Setale, you have to listen carefully to what I'm going to say next." Amber raised a finger. "I need you to earn Azar's trust. For the time being, I need to end the monthly remote reports and semi-annual meetings. And during your time as Azar's assistant, no matter what you observe, you don't have to rush to report it to me."
"—You must believe that I already know all this, and when I truly need you, I will take the initiative to convey new instructions to you."
"This means that the path you're going to take will deviate from the plan I've made for you. But with your ability, dealing with this won't be a problem." Amber gently patted Setale's shoulder. "I believe you can handle the problems you encounter during this period."
"..." Setale's eyes widened. She was silent for a long time. The amount of information contained in Amber's words was too much. It took her a while to digest it. "I will follow your instructions, Lord God's Messenger."
"-For the future of the desert." Setale solemnly saluted Amber again, and Amber responded.
“For the future of the desert.”
After confirming Setale's side, Amber began to visit other Sand People scholars one by one to confirm their progress. Although Amber had actually been paying attention to them secretly, she still had to meet them.
And these Sand People scholars did not disappoint Amber in the end. Their progress was very stable. With planning and hard work, as well as Amber's secret encouragement, they were able to reach a sufficient level before the scheduled closing time. This was very good.
In recent years, Amber has made many anonymous reports, reporting those opponents who are against the scholars of the People of Sand - of course, there are also those innocent scholars who have no handle at all. As for these scholars, they will be handed over to the scholars of the People of Sand for a head-on confrontation and decide the winner with strength.
After all, when it comes to hard work, these scholars of the Sand People are really not afraid of anyone.
"Hmm...? What is that...?" Amber came to a place not far from her residence and saw a dusky bird resting on the windowsill. After seeing Amber's return, it glanced at Amber a few times, flapped its wings and flew away.
Amber thought for a moment, walked quickly back home and opened the door. The crisp sound of bells echoed in the living room as the door was opened. Nashida poked her head out of the kitchen and saw that it was Amber and quickly approached her.
Seeing this, Amber's mouth corners unconsciously rose. She opened her arms to Nashida, and the two hugged each other, followed by a light kiss.
"Welcome back." After the two separated, Nashida said this with a bright smile on her face.
"Well, I'm back."
Chapter 73: "Fear"
After a few words of chatting, Amber returned to the room. The first thing she did after entering the room was to go to the windowsill, where she saw a roll of paper lying quietly on the ground behind the windowsill.
"It's finally here." Amber picked up the scroll and unfolded it. There were densely packed encrypted words written on it. Amber took out a notebook and a pen, decrypted them bit by bit, and then rearranged them.
"The sage of the Astronomy school, Nafis, is suspected to be imprisoned underground in the center of the Mushroom Cave." Amber looked at the message that she had deciphered, pondered and turned the notebook to the back. There was a list on the back, which were the six sages of the current House of the Decree.
Among them, the names of Azar, a sage of the Minglun school and also a great sage of our time, and the names of the sages of the Sulun school are circled.
"Hmm..." Amber picked up the pen and drew a line under Nafis' name, which meant that Nafis was not involved in the crazy and reckless plan. Another person who was also crossed out was the sage of the Epistemology School, Khawaja.
Among the six sages of the current House of Lords, two have been confirmed to have nothing to do with the plan and are innocent. However, according to the evidence in Amber's possession, Azar and the Sulun sage have been confirmed to have committed crazy acts of usurpation. These evidences will become the force to pull them down when the storm comes.
According to Elhaisen's investigation and Amber's understanding, Nafis, who was confirmed to have nothing to do with the plan, was Tinari's mentor. He was very capable, but he was straightforward and had a hot temper. Therefore, Azar had never revealed anything about the deification plan to him before.
But now it has come to the last step before success, and it is necessary to integrate all talents. Therefore, Azar took a risk and invited Nafis to join the plan. However, Nafis's final reaction was beyond Azar's expectations. He was furious and immediately wanted to join forces with the disciplinary officers to arrest the sages involved.
As a result, he was controlled by Azar, but Azar did not kill him - it was not known whether he was afraid of the consequences or out of friendship. In short, according to Alhaisen's information, Nafis is currently imprisoned near the center of the Mushroom Cave.
As for Khawaja, the field he is researching has nothing to do with the god-making plan. In addition, he has a good relationship with Nafis and they are classmates. He has also been somewhat influenced by Nafis's integrity. With Nafis in front, it is highly likely that Hazard will not try to recruit Khawaja again.
While Amber was analyzing, she heard some playful noises outside the bedroom. Hearing these noises and the familiar footsteps, Amber knew that Cole and Aji had returned.
Just as she was almost done, Amber put away the notebook and slightly stimulated lightning to burn the note into ashes. Then she slowly pushed open the door, walked into the living room and sat on the sofa.
Nashida was still busy in the kitchen. Originally, it would be no problem to leave these things to Amber, or let Amber share the work, but Nashida has been obsessed with cooking recently. Once she decides to cook, she will not let Amber interfere. According to her, she wants to feel the feeling of completing everything from preparing a dish to serving it by herself.
So the atmosphere in the living room became similar to that of the past. Aji and Cole chatted with each other about interesting things, and brought Amber along from time to time. Amber was already very experienced in such occasions. She followed the principle of not taking the initiative and only said a few words when mentioned, leaving more space for the two of them.
This atmosphere lasted until Nashida finished cooking. She divided a large portion of fresh fish in milk sauce into four portions and placed three of them in front of the three people.
"Nashida's cooking skills have improved again. It looks delicious." Cole was a very sensible child. In the past, no matter how Nashida cooked, she would encourage her - although Nashida had never messed up so far, and the worst that happened was that the taste was just mediocre.
—Or should this be attributed to the God of Wisdom’s gift for learning new things?
"The fish is translucent, the creamy sauce is soft and graceful, and the refreshing mint makes this a truly delicious fish dish." Amber commented, naturally doing her best to praise Nashida in this regard. Nashida did a great job. "I used to dislike purely sweet fish like creamy sauce fish, but Nashida's recipe makes me want to try it."
Compared with the other two, Ah Ji was much more simple. She picked up a piece of fish and put it into her mouth. After tasting it, she expressed her opinion with the simple word "delicious", which was concise and powerful.
"Okay, okay, I'm very happy that everyone likes the food I cook, but isn't Amber a bit too exaggerated?" Nashida came and sat next to Amber, gently poking Amber's waist with her elbow, making Amber's body tremble unconsciously - she is very ticklish there!
"There is a pot of hot soup in the kitchen, and some bread. If you want, you can dip the bread in the extra milk sauce, and then have a bowl of soup." Nashida picked up the chopsticks and explained the other things she had prepared. Hearing this, Cole stood up and walked towards the kitchen. She said she wanted to get some bread, and Aji followed her, saying that he would take the initiative to serve hot soup to everyone.
Amber looked at the two people who had returned to their original distance and shook her head, thinking that she really had to find time to mention this matter to Tinari - but she didn't know how to explain it. Could she just tell Tinari that she had accidentally trained Tinari's beloved disciple into a concubine?
"Think..." Amber thought about it and decided to leave it for a while, but during this time she could hint at it and give Tinari a shot of prevention in advance.
"Is the experiment over now?" While the two of them were in the kitchen, Nashida asked Amber about things related to the experiment. Amber did not tell Nashida the specific details. In Nashida's opinion, Amber had stayed out all night five or six times in the past month because of this experiment.
"All we have to do now is wrap up, and we won't need to go outdoors during the finishing phase." Amber rubbed Nashida's head. "That means I won't have to go out very often for a long time."
"Of course... I have to go out tonight. I have some news about the sages that I need to confirm."
"Yeah." Nashida nodded after hearing this. She gave Amber full understanding on this matter and did not ask any further questions. At this time, the two people who went to the kitchen also came back with things, and the brief conversation came to an end.
After dinner, Aji washed the dishes as usual, and Amber took Nashida back to the bedroom. According to their usual habit, they did something to pass the time before going to bed.
"...Has the great sage actually reached this point?" Nashida sat on the edge of the bed, her two feet hanging in the air swinging from time to time. She tapped her cheek with her fingers, thinking about what Amber told her.
"Yes, Nafis, who was always active in the past month, has been quiet for the past month. Now it seems that it was Azar's doing. Therefore, I have to go to the Mushroom Cave in three or four hours." Amber sat at the desk, preparing the necessary equipment in advance. She took out an arm armor and made the final adjustments.
This is an invisible device that she tailored for herself. Compared with conventional invisible devices, it is she herself who provides energy, and the energy required is elemental force. In this way, the same device can be equipped to Jade and other backbones of the tribe who possess the Eye of God.
"Then you have to be careful. The great sage would not want anyone to find the imprisoned Nafis easily, so there may be more guards." Nashida jumped off the bed and came to Amber. After saying this, she suddenly hugged Amber from behind, slightly tiptoed, put her hand on Amber's neck, and sniffed the scent of Amber's hair.
Not long after mastering the power of imaginary numbers, Amber discovered how to use this power in daily life, such as cleaning. Even if she had just returned from the wild and had only washed herself briefly, there was no peculiar smell on her body. Similarly, Amber was sure that she naturally did not have any smell that could be called body odor, but Nashida just liked to do such things.
"...Gu." Faced with Nashida's intimate actions, Amber stopped the work in her hands, and she felt a skip in her heart.
"Amber actually stayed out for two nights this time." Soft words, accompanied by warm breath, whispered into Amber's ears, making her feel even more uneasy. "So, aren't you going to give your lonely partner some compensation?"
"Nana... Nashida, I have to go out tonight. Can we wait until tomorrow night?" Amber's words were a little halting. God knows why the situation has become like this - it's only been three months!
Amber had always taken it for granted that Nashida would have the absolute dominant position when she and she were physically comforting each other - in fact, this was true at the beginning. The two of them spent a period of time that could be called licentious due to the initial passion, but after a few days, things started to go wrong.
Amber's passion has faded a lot - after a series of high-intensity "interactions", her body and even her mind have been a little overwhelmed. She remembered that in her previous life she had heard a saying that girls' bodies have no CD in such things, but now she has proved that this is wrong.
People are different. She has a cooldown, but Nashida doesn't! As long as she has the strength, her desires seem endless. This really put a lot of pressure on Amber in the first month. Amber couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if Nashida regained her original body, the body of a god.
The current situation is that Nashida is no longer satisfied with her passive position and often launches counterattacks against Amber - Amber doesn't care much about this, but her body can't stand it!
"Oh...it's been three days..." There was a sense of loss in Nashida's words, mixed with a little sobbing. Faced with such a Nashida, Amber's heart softened instantly. She gritted her teeth and agreed to Nashida, but said that she couldn't go too far today.
Afterwards, Amber was extremely grateful that she had stated in advance not to go too far, which saved her from losing half her life - but who could tell her why Nashida, who was so cute, pure and kind a few months ago, would become like this now!
Chapter 74: Contact
"Huh..." Amber stood by the bed, breathing in the cool air and suppressing the last bit of heat in her body. She tore off a patch and stuck it on the kiss mark on the side of her neck. God knows why Nashida likes to leave kiss marks in this place that would not be easily discovered under normal circumstances, but would be exposed with some movements. It really made her a little distressed.
But since it was something that could be solved with a patch, Amber accepted Nashida's habits. She put on the arm guard, patted her cheek, and took a last look at Nashida who had fallen asleep on the bed before taking any formal action.
Nashida's sleeping posture was as good as ever, which perfectly fits the image of "sweet". With such a quiet look, it was hard to imagine what she had done just over ten minutes ago. Amber could only pray that Nashida's initial passionate period would pass quickly, otherwise she really couldn't bear it.
After covering Nashida with the quilt, Amber closed and locked the window again. She activated the invisible function and walked out of the main door with light steps. After a distance, she turned into an eagle and rushed to the mushroom cave at full speed.
At this time, in the Mushroom Cave, the temporarily renovated underground ruins, more than a dozen guards gathered in a small compartment brightly lit by lights, complaining to each other about the humiliation they had suffered today.
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