eurekapd Chapter 175 But the wind can change.
Chapter 175 But the wind can change.
Having learned what had happened, Huiyuan was about to say something when the system sent her a notification.
"Four unread messages from contact [Courtney]".
Seeing this, Huiyuan gathered wind elemental power in her palm, summoned her phone, and opened the chat window.
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Chat logs with Courteney
[Courtney]: "Brother!"
[Courtney]: "I woke up to find a shield next to my pillow!"
Courteney: "Did you give this to me?"
[Huiyuan]: "Yes, do you like it?"
[Courteney]: "I love it! By the way, I woke up and you were gone. Brother, where are you?"
【珡缘】：“Hun Yuan Restaurant”
(System message: Huiyuan sent a location)
[Courtney]: "I'm coming! Oh, and I want some mint jelly!"
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After sending the message, Huiyuan casually tossed her phone aside, and it vanished into the air as a wind element.
Paimon became curious as he watched this magic trick-like operation.
"Sister Lingling, what was that just now?"
Upon hearing this, Huiyuan took out his phone and said, "This is a phone; it can communicate over long distances. Do you want it?"
"I want!"
Seeing that Ying nodded, Huiyuan, like playing cards, turned one phone into two and sent them to Paimon and Ying.
After studying it for a short while, Ying completely understood the functions of the phone.
“I’ve seen similar things in other worlds, but they’re different from yours. Yours is oval.”
That's right, the phone developed by the system is oval-shaped.
Because the nanotechnology material can self-repair, there is no need to worry about the user accidentally dropping the phone on the ground due to its smooth surface.
And there's no need to worry about it falling to the ground; the phone will enter a fourth-dimensional space created by the system during the fall.
Therefore, there's no fear of losing it; with a mere thought, it will appear in your hand. It's as if, upon separation of five meters from the user, it automatically explodes—no, alarms—or rather, automatically enters a fourth-dimensional space.
The appearance of wind elements when Huiyuan summoned and stored the phone was simply because Huiyuan wanted to show off, nothing more.
As for how other people without the system will know when there's a new message on the phone, it's very simple. The notification will automatically appear on the phone when a new message is received!
There's another high-tech feature: customizable phone size and shape, holographic projection, a multi-dimensional, multi-temporal, and multi-spacetime cosmic network, item teleportation, and a true flight mode. Although no one has discovered these features yet.
Of course, to prevent the proliferation of mobile phones, each mobile phone owner must obtain Huiyuan's consent before splitting their phone in two and sharing it with people who do not have mobile phones.
(So many exclamation marks... Courtney, this cat, seems very introverted and quiet in real life, but she's so lively when texting. Hmm... cute! Just as cute as me!)
With that thought in mind, Huiyuan handed her phone to Paimon and Yinghou. Not long after, Courteney arrived at the Deer Hunter restaurant.
After greeting Ying and Paimon, Courteney began to enjoy her mint jelly.
Looking at the holes in the cat's ears, Huiyuan tenderly stroked the cat's little head.
"Courtney, did you bring that violin?"
Courtney was slightly taken aback when Huiyuan asked the question.
"The zither...? Oh, is it the one you gave me, brother? I'm wearing it. I don't know why, but I suddenly have this feeling that I want to wear it no matter what I do."
As she spoke, Courtney took the violin out of her backpack.
"Try holding it, you'll be pleasantly surprised."
"Hold me? Okay... I'll try."
Although she didn't understand why her brother Huiyuan suddenly said that, Courtney did as she was told and hugged Qin in her arms.
Silently withdrawing her hand from Courteney's head, Huiyuan looked at Ying and suggested, "Try wearing the Fantasy Friend Detector."
Yingzhao did so, then looked at Courteney.
A fully grown young man embraced Courteney; he wasn't just half a body, but a complete person.
The young man slowly placed his hand on Courtney's head, then brought his face close to her ear, as if he were saying something.
The next second, Courtney suddenly gasped and her eyes widened.
"elder brother..."
Huiyuan knew that the word "brother" wasn't being used to address him, but rather to his biological brother.
Courtney's older brother, or rather, a copy of her soul's memories, or a real-life imaginary friend, uttered a single sentence.
"Brother will always be here, and I will always be here for you. Sister...you are my best follower."
As the system's task progress bar increased from 99.98% to 99.99%, Huiyuan knew what was going to happen next.
A gentle breeze blew by, carrying dandelion seeds onto the dining table.
Courtney's eyes filled with tears.
As she closed her eyes, a tear fell onto the zither, and a wind-attribute divine eye appeared beside the dandelion on the dining table.
Her redeemed body carried her brother's dream of becoming a renowned bard, but her true dream was simply to be her brother's follower.
The brother's cherished dream became a cage that bound the sister's own dreams.
You are trapped by the iron net conjured by your own obsessions. Where should you go from here in your confusion?
"But the wind will change direction. One day, it will blow in a brighter direction. From now on, with my blessings, live more at ease."
If you are trapped in a windless place, I will play the song of the heavens for you.
Tears streamed down my face as I followed the wind, carrying the shackles of love, and flew towards the road to the sky.
Courtney cried, a silent, heart-wrenching cry.
"Thank you, brother..."
(A double entendre, I really don't know if you're talking to me or my own brother. Sigh... Knife, system, I hate you.)
Hearing what Huiyuan was thinking, the system retorted, "This is the child you saved. Blame yourself. I just used a divine eye."
As it spoke, the system started complaining again, just like a human.
"What's with the worry that the Eye of Teyvat might be some kind of divine surveillance or shackle? Why did you insist on making me create a perfect replica? Isn't that putting the leader in a difficult position? You could have just given her the real one. This is exhausting! I worked through the night to create an Eye of Teyvat. Are you satisfied now?"
"If I'm not satisfied, is there a complaint box?"
"No, this system is tired and won't bother with you anymore. Don't leave a message if you have something to say, and don't leave any questions behind."
After the system finished speaking, it immediately entered semi-dormant mode.