Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds Novel - Chapter 129
Chapter 129: Journey to the West
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
If one had to use the name of a story to describe Kang De’s recent movements…
Journey to the West.
Although he knew Tina’s current location from the captive, after thinking about it, Kang De still decided to follow his original plan and travel west. He would leave the Empire’s territory and enter Goethe. Then, he would go north through Goethe until he met Tina.
Time was tight. He had to be faster.
This was because the captive said that Tina had already led the volunteer team that followed her to the top commercial city of the Empire’s western border, Garin. This was the last large-scale repair location of this volunteer army. Then, they had to pass through the Landon Gobi, cross the Torrent Pass, and enter the territory of Goethe.
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This meant that Tina would step into the battlefield.
From now on, she would face the elves.
If the commander of the Dragon Fang Army who was in charge of this battle against Goethe thought that Princess Tina’s army was a greater threat that could not be ignored, or if the elves tried to destroy this army to attack Goethe’s morale, then a huge danger would descend on this army.
No one knew if this assembled army that had only undergone more than a month of integrated training could resist the attack of the world’s overlord… This might only depend on the importance of the elf commander.
Kang De also understood this.
He had promised the knight that he would protect the princess and Goethe for him. He had returned to the other world to fulfill this promise… Therefore, he had to rush to Tina’s side as soon as possible.
The Hummer rumbled forward.
The off-road performance of this car was not bad to begin with. After obtaining life and becoming an Autobot, its ability to drive in the wild directly increased several times. It was even easy to cross mountains and rivers. The body of the car could rise, and the territory was not afraid of collision. At most, it could directly become an Autobot. How could it not pass?
On the other hand, Kang De’s food, drink, and fuel consumption in the car all came from the white fog world. All the resources were available. He did not have to consider the problem of supplies at all, nor did he have to find a town to purchase resources. He could run wild all the way and avoid the range of human settlements, minimizing the probability of his whereabouts being leaked.
Although there were no roads in the wilderness, since the Hummer had already become an Autobot, this small difficulty could be completely overcome. Kang De even regretted driving this Hummer back then and not the RV of a certain high-ranking official in the underground garage.
…Alright, this was wishful thinking.
After driving like this for a few days, he did not have to take the main road in the wilderness. From time to time, he had to climb the mountain and slope. Sometimes, he had to cross the mountains. His speed was not too fast, but because he was far away from human habitation, the probability of being seen was greatly reduced. Therefore, he did not have to go out at night and travel at night. The time he had to travel could be appropriately extended. After a few days, Kang De compared the map and concluded that he was already very close to the border of Goethe and the Empire.
“We should be near this mountain now… In any case, we should head west.”
Kang De frowned and sized up this lousy map. He barely understood it.
After all, this map was really too amateurish and had no precision to speak of. The mountains and rivers were only randomly drawn. Fortunately, the Autobot had an extremely strong sense of direction. In short, if he drove straight west, he would reach Goethe sooner or later… If there was really no other way, he could disguise himself and ask the nearby settlements.
“How f*cking troublesome…”
The sun was setting. This was a highland. Kang De looked into the distance, searching for mountains and rivers that corresponded to the map. He confirmed the location again, then stretched and threw the map back into the car.
“However, it’s no longer safe in the Empire’s territory. We can only walk like this. Garin is in the north. If we go north in the Empire’s territory, the possibility of being intercepted and surrounded is extremely high, so we can only quickly run to Goethe…”
He sighed, then knocked on the window. “Put it out.”
The Hummer let out a soft sound. An induction cooker and gas stove popped out on the right side of the tailgate. A string of pots and pans rolled down from the top. The right rear door opened, and a small refrigerator and a row of seasoning boxes were pushed out by the mechanical arm.
Let’s eat steak tonight.
He took out the ribeye steak from the Western restaurant on the first floor of the shopping center from the refrigerator and prepared the ingredients and vegetables. He lit the fire, poured the oil, whistled, and began to cook.
He carefully placed the steak in the frying pan and muttered, “Not to mention anything else, after that Eldest Prince receives the news, he’ll definitely send people to capture me. After all, I’m Goethe’s son-in-law now, Tina’s husband…”
At the thought of this, he could not help but smile.
However, in the next moment, his smile was forcefully restrained. He sighed, “What’s going on? How did a transmigrator like me become Goethe’s son-in-law? How can this be?”
“Even if Tina is very beautiful, has huge breasts, a noble status, and is gentle and pleasant, she doesn’t have the right to unilaterally announce that she has me. Sigh, why is she so domineering? Poor me, a pure and innocent virgin, my reputation has been tainted for no reason. Now, the entire continent thinks that I’m Tina’s husband. How can I pursue my happiness in the future?”
He lifted the steak to 70 degrees and fried it for dozens of seconds before flipping it.
At this moment, his robot son’s voice sounded from the speaker in the car.
The Autobot said, “Father, you said that you’re very angry and feel that that princess’s actions are wrong. You feel that your path to personal happiness has been obstructed, but your tone reveals unconcealed joy and complacency… The words in your mouth have a strong contrast to your true attitude. Is this what you mean by pride?”
—No, this is not being proud. This is called showing off after taking advantage. This is called showing off.
—It’s just like how some b*tches would clearly pull a very good character but show it in the group chat as if nothing had happened and say things like, “Sigh, why is it another angel? I want a Sword Saint.” They were clearly very happy, but they had to pretend to be unhappy to satisfy their increasing desire to show off.
Of course, he would definitely not say this.
After all, Kang De would not complain.
His original intention was to casually show off in front of his son. Unfortunately, the newborn Autobot did not know how to be envious and jealous, nor did it master the advanced skill of retorting.
Sigh… If it was Cleveland, he should be able to react the way I wanted to.
He sighed. “This is not arrogance.”
The Autobot was clearly very curious. “Then what’s this?”
Kang De did not want to explain at length, let alone analyze his mental activities in front of the other party, so he knocked on the car door and used the most classic answer.
“You’re still young. You’ll understand when you grow up.”
This answer would not satisfy any child, of course, not even the Autobot.
It said, “But I’m already very old.”
Kang De shook his head and said, “You call this old? In terms of car shape, you’re a large Hummer. You’ve not grown at all. In terms of size and height, you’re about the same as Bumblebee. Compared to the others, you’re just a younger brother…”
After flipping the steak over, Kang De knocked on the door again. “Oven.”
The oven popped out of the back of the car. Kang De placed the steak inside and adjusted the temperature. He closed the oven door and waited for it to reach the proper doneness.
—By the way, in addition to urging his child to do firearms processing these few days, Kang De also had the conscience to strike a balance between work and rest. He transmitted the Transformers movies stored in his notebook to the Autobot’s memory and let him see what his “comrades” were like.
Therefore, the child also knew what Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Megatron looked like.
Moreover, the Autobot was very happy. The first time intelligent creatures came into contact with an artistic form like a movie that cut off time and materialized fantasy, they would feel more or less shocked—especially to it. It was really happy to see creatures similar to it fighting passionately in a long image.
Kang De was a monster. He only showed it one movie a day and euphemistically said, “Rewarding and comforting your outstanding work, allowing you to relax your body and mind outside of boring work.”
The child did not understand the methods of capitalists and was very touched. However, he did not know that his father had hidden a subtext—”so that you can work harder and more efficiently”.
After asking it how it felt, the Autobot replied, “I obtained many good combat ideas and killing ideas. Father, when are we going to the military base of the United States to take a look?”
Therefore, Kang De was also very happy. Using a unique and simple method to seek military assistance from the American Empire was indeed the good traditional ability of his people.
He began to seriously consider his plan to seek military assistance from the United States.
Of course, after so many years, the Chinese people’s literacy and self-awareness had also improved by leaps and bounds. Decades ago, the military assistance of their old friend in America still relied on the diligent work of the transport captain. Now, not only had the Chinese people stood up, but they could also walk over and take it themselves. There was no need to trouble them to deliver it.
Basically, there were two ways to obtain military assistance.
Firstly, by buying a house and opening a map, he could obtain a mirror replica in the white fog world. The advantage was that it was safe. It was fine to take as much as he wanted.
Secondly, it was called… open robbery.
It was clearly very risky to snatch it openly. He could not steal it. God knew what security measures the American military base had. If he was discovered, there would really be no peace… He would not consider it for the time being.
Clearly, the first one was the best, but there was also a disadvantage. One could not ensure that there were real estate and land that could be bought beside every American military base. Moreover, it was unknown if they would let a Chinese person buy them.
“However, I remember seeing the news earlier that the residents of Okinawa are marching and demonstrating. They think that the frequent take-off and landing of military planes in the American base has caused serious noise pollution, and there’s also the matter of the American soldiers being unable to control their desires. For this, they’re marching and demonstrating all day, but Abe treats them as farting…”
Kang De touched his chin and thought, “Not to mention anything else, the property prices near the base must be very cheap… However… how can a Chinese buy it? It’s such a sensitive place…”
He thought for a moment and had no clue. This was the difference between modern society and the other world. Such a problem could not be solved by violence and killing. He could only act according to the rules.
One of the rules was that money was everything.
Kang De sighed, “I still have to find Old Wang… Old Wang loves to go to Japan. Uncle Wang’s company also has a tour of Japan every year. There must be local tyrants who know the industry and are happy to cooperate in Japan…”
“However, I have to buy a house again…”
After waiting for a while, Kang De took out his dinner from the oven, sprinkled it with fried side dishes, and placed it on the portable table that the Hummer had bounced out. It was time to eat.
He cut the steak into small pieces, then put down the knife and picked up his phone to fiddle with it. He glanced at the memo and recorded his journey after he came to the other world again. Today was already the tenth day.
According to the time flow ratio he had calculated earlier, Earth should be the second day after he left… Moreover, it was most likely close to the evening.
Kang De pondered for a moment, then glanced at the Hummer that was quietly parked at the side. The child only ate one meal a day. Every day, Kang De transmigrated to the white fog world and brought back ammunition, metal, and gasoline for him.
At this moment, it was only quietly parked there, but there was a buzzing sound coming from the back of the carriage. This meant that the Autobot was not idle, but doing processing work.
Through the decomposition and reorganization of the ammunition during this time, the Autobot had more or less replenished the ammunition he had consumed that night. However, heavy weapons like rockets could not be produced.
In order to make up for the firepower flaw in this aspect, it began to try to make its own heavy firepower. Kang De brought some large and small gas tanks, as well as the liquefied gas tanks obtained from the trunk of the taxi. There were not many gas tanks in the city, but there were many in the countryside. There were also a few iron nails, fragments, and balls.
Under Kang De’s guidance, the Autobot took the first step of becoming an explosion maniac.
Oh, right, there was also arson. It had also learned the craftsmanship of making Molotov cocktails from Kang De and was thinking about how to make a simple and safe flamethrower under its father’s suggestion.
The enchantment results were also gratifying. The simple child also made more than a thousand 9mm pistol bullets for Kang De. Not only were they enchanted with sharpness and fire, but he also made some bullets enchanted with holy light.
Moreover, he enchanted many throwing weapons like axes that Kang De had bought from the hardware store in the village. After doing all this, he began to enchant his bullets.
What he often said was, “Father, the elements are gone. Father, there are not enough fire elements. Father, please give me some more elements. Father, let’s directly burn this forest and extract the elements.”
This was not good.
Of course not.
Kang De felt that he had to let the child develop in all aspects. He could not enchant all day. No, he had to have other hobbies.
For example…
“I can get him some blueprints and machines…” Kang De thought, “As a child, he should learn more and have more specialties. We need to start from young…”
It was almost time to consider returning to Earth.
Sometimes, no matter how perfect the preparation work was, it was inevitable that there would be some mistakes. Plans would never change faster… For example, these days, the fuel consumption of the Autobot was extremely shocking, and Kang De was a person with a strong sense of crisis. Although a large number of cars on the three maps could provide a considerable amount of fuel, there would be an end to it sooner or later. He had to think of a way to resolve it.
Moreover, there was also the problem of buying a house around the American base in Japan…
“Ah, also, I have to think of a way to earn money…”
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