"Wow, it has all the carbohydrates and proteins, so healthy..."
Half jokingly and half with emotion, she picked up the fork that was resting on the groove on the edge, poked up a piece of dry meat the size of a fingernail, and put it into her mouth.
"... Well, not bad, very good... huh?"
Chewing the rough and dry lean meat, she was about to give a polite compliment, but suddenly froze.
The beautiful and delicate eyebrows wrinkled slightly subconsciously.
Chapter 234 Tree House
"what happened?"
Although Donna couldn't see Qi Ji's face, she noticed that he suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words.
So he asked with a hint of concern:
"Is, is there something wrong with the dish?"
"No, it's delicious."
Qi Ji shook his head and swallowed the chewed meat in his mouth naturally.
Then he closed the lunch box and said:
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I'll return the lunch box myself sometime."
"oh oh!"
Seeing that she was about to leave, Donna couldn't help revealing a look of reluctance and nostalgia on her face, but she did not try to keep her.
She just clasped her hands in front of her belly, lowered her head slightly and asked with a slightly embarrassed look:
"Um...you, do you live in school? Can you tell me where the dormitory is? If I'm free, I can...I can come and visit you, uh, to play."
After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something and added:
"I'm in Room 3, Building 614, Nanyuan. I'm in bed number , near the balcony. If it's convenient for you, you can come... I'm usually in the dormitory after class!"
"……Row."
Qi Ji smiled helplessly, recalled the layout of the Imperial National University campus in his mind, and then said in a very affirmative tone:
"There is a small wooden house at the foot of the east side of the 'back hill' of the Beiyuan grove. I usually live there."
After separating from Donna, she found an empty corner and her body suddenly twisted and shrank, turning into a small black and red lizard.
At the same time, in the grove of the North Campus of the Imperial National University, under an extremely huge natural rock.
A small lizard with a smooth body and black and reddish color suddenly swelled and deformed, taking the shape of Qi Ji.
"This place is not bad. Let's choose it as my temporary base in this university..."
She held the full metal lunch box in one hand and walked slowly to the east side of the boulder.
There, a big tree, as thick as a man could hug, stood there listlessly, looking very depressed.
Qi Ji walked to the tree, spread out the five fingers of his empty hand, and pressed his palm on the rough and uneven trunk.
Then, in a calm tone, he softly said a word in the common language of mankind:
"Abundance."
"boom--"
The half-dead tree suddenly emitted a low humming sound, and at the same time, the ground beneath its feet began to shake slightly, as if a small earthquake had occurred.
The branches and leaves that were originally sick and limp seemed to be injected with extremely vigorous life energy, and suddenly became green, strong and vigorous.
The tremendous natural energy continued to pour into this ordinary tree, making it grow bigger and taller.
It was as if time was accelerated countless times. The tree that was originally three or four meters tall and as thick as a person's embrace grew into a towering tree over ten meters tall with a trunk as big as a train carriage in just a few seconds.
The lush branches and vines seemed to be endowed with consciousness. They flexibly hung down from the edge of the canopy, entwined with each other in a very orderly manner, and finally penetrated deep into the ground.
Forming a high wall of wooden structures and vines, it surrounds the huge tree.
The branches and vines that made up the high wall continued to wriggle and grow, twisting out neatly arranged windows on the surface of the wall.
At the same time, inside this circular high wall, branches and vines of varying thicknesses were quickly woven together to create internal structures such as partitions, stairs, load-bearing columns, window leaves, and even interior furniture such as tables, chairs, and beds.
In just one minute, a "wooden house" more than ten meters high and made entirely of tree components was formed!
The exterior walls, floors, mezzanines, and stairs are all made of branches and vines, and the ceiling of the top floor is made of lush treetops and leaves.
The sunlight seeps in through the gaps between the branches and leaves, is chopped up and sprinkled into this "wooden house" filled with natural atmosphere, providing sufficient lighting.
But what's strange is that this tree house only has windows and no doorways, making it hard to figure out how to get in and out.
"If it rains, you can control the branches to close the ceiling... Normally it's fine like it is now, with plenty of light and ventilation."
Qi Ji sat lazily on a rocking chair made of tree branches, rocking comfortably while looking up at the brilliant treetops that looked like the starry sky.
"Because it is inside the plant, the temperature is much lower than outside in summer, so it won't be too dry... As for mosquitoes, we can control the tree to secrete chemicals that repel mosquitoes, so there's no need to worry..."
The more Qi Ji thought about it, the more satisfied he became with his masterpiece. He felt like he was a design genius!
"…Okay, I have to research this."
After feeling proud, she picked up the lunch box from the small round coffee table beside her, put it on her stomach, and opened the lid.
With his own inspiration, he quickly scanned the slightly simple dishes inside.
It’s not that there’s anything wrong with these foods themselves.
Apart from the fact that the ingredients are average and lack oil, they are quite hygienic and reliable, and do not pose any safety risks.
The reason why Qi Ji wanted to study it was because when he was eating meat just now...
Her inspiration sensed something strange.
Some of these foods...
Influenced by spirituality.
It is not "spirituality itself" nor "the remnants of spirituality" but "the influence of spirituality".
There are considerable differences between the three.
If spirituality is a hoe, the owner of the spirituality is the farmer who uses the hoe.
Then the "spirituality itself" is the hoe, and the "residue of the spirit" is the metal particles or oxides that remain in the soil after the hoe is worn and consumed during use when the farmer uses the hoe to plow the land.
In other words, the "remnants of spirituality" are the product of the "falling away" of the spirituality itself.
The "spiritual influence" is completely different. It is equivalent to the traces of plowing left on the land by the farmer after he has plowed the land.
in other words……
These foods were once touched by a supernatural being, so the latter left "traces" on them.
There is nothing wrong with this in itself, as there are extraordinary people in the Imperial National University.
After all, there are courses teaching magic and martial arts here, and the lecturers, professors, and instructors of those related courses are of course all extraordinary people with quite good strength.
It is normal that some of them come into contact with the food, leaving his or her marks on it.
But the problem is that the "spiritual influence" left on these ingredients is very strange.
Judging from his intuition, Qi Ji always felt that it was not left by an ordinary unintentional contact.
So, in order to further confirm it, she decided to use some special methods to conduct an in-depth "study".
That "special method" is...
Divination.
"This is my first time playing this, I don't know if I can do it well..."
She picked out a piece of lean meat that was most "spiritually influenced" from the lunch box, stuck it with a fork, and held it in front of her by the handle.
Then, the holy emblem of "Ark of Enterprise" appeared on the palm of her right hand, and she herself also simulated the spirituality of corresponding characteristics.
It was injected into the dry lean meat with a specific rhythm and fluctuation.
At the same time, he whispered in a low voice:
"Divination content: The past of this piece of meat..."
The next second, a phantom-like image unfolded in her consciousness.
Chapter 235 The mysterious figure
Inside the spacious, clean and natural tree house.
A beautiful girl with long black hair lay quietly in a rocking chair made of branches and vines, her eyes closed in relaxation, her slender, long, curved and fine eyelashes drooping gently, trembling slightly with her breathing.
Everything is so quiet and beautiful, like an extremely peaceful painting, so beautiful that it seems like an unreal dream.
The cheerful and lively chirping of insects and birds floats in the air, and the rustling of leaves and branches does not break the harmony and tranquility of the picture. Instead, it further highlights the fairyland-like beauty and tranquility of this place, and brings out the incomparable beauty of the black-haired girl.
"call……"
This scene lasted for several minutes, and the black-haired girl suddenly exhaled slowly and her eyelids slowly opened.
"So that's how it is..." Qi Ji lazily raised his upper body from the rocking chair, covered the lunch box in his hand, and muttered softly, "This school actually hides something like that?"
She stood up from the chair and threw the covered lunch box onto the small coffee table.
The moment it touched the table, the tough rattan coffee table seemed to soften, and quickly twisted and deformed, wrapping the lunch box inside, and squirming loudly.
"Da da da……"
With light and leisurely steps, she walked to a window made of twisted vines and looked at the lush outside world that looked like a primeval forest.
Although this place is called a "small woods", its area is not small at all. Not only does it cover an area equivalent to a small urban area, the terrain and environment are also relatively complex.
It is the largest green space in the Twilight City area.
If a student comes here alone and wanders around, he or she might get lost.
The so-called "back mountain", which is the huge rock like a hill, is located in the deepest part of the forest.
So, generally speaking, few people would have the leisure to come here.
Qi Ji doesn't have to worry too much about this tree house being discovered.
"But, that little girl named Donna might come to see me sometimes..."
She rested her hands on the bottom edge of the window frame, looking thoughtfully at the sky above the lush branches.
"If she really came here according to the address I left, she would easily get lost, and there is a greater possibility that she would not be able to find this place at all."
That green-haired girl, although she had nothing special about her, was just a commoner girl who had studied hard and entered the Imperial University...
But for some reason, he seemed to be involved in a very dangerous conspiracy and was being watched by some people with malicious eyes.
Out of simple sympathy, Qi Ji didn't want to see an innocent girl imprisoned or even lose her life.
Secondly, she was also very curious about the conspiracy that involved Donna...what exactly was being planned.
"It's better to leave a back door, so that this place won't become a secret place that no one can find."
After thinking for a while, Qi Ji nodded slightly, raised his right hand slightly, and snapped his fingers.
Along with a clear and loud sound, an invisible wave spread rapidly from the tree house to include the entire forest before completely dissipating.
At this moment, a "field" was set up at the edge of the woods.
Once someone steps into the forest, no matter if it is a supernatural being or an ordinary person, Qi Ji can sense it from a distance.
If she wants visitors to reach or discover the tree house, she can activate some settings at the edge of the woods to "graft" the surrounding space to the vicinity of the tree house.
From the visitor's perspective, after entering the woods, he got lost for unknown reasons, and then ended up around the tree house for unknown reasons.
To achieve such a technique, one needs to have an extremely advanced understanding and mastery of space, far beyond the limits of what living beings can endure.
This is a miracle.
Like "stand-in flash" and "crossing barriers", this method of directly manipulating space is also analyzed from the information obtained from peeking at the "mysterious shape in the starry sky".
"That guy in the starry sky seems to be good at things related to space and time travel."
Qi Ji put down his hand and checked the layout at the edge of the woods, feeling a little emotional for a moment.
