studiobondurri Chapter 43
Chapter 43
Chapter 43
After Lu Yu figured it out, he felt great and threw himself into the physical training in the training ground with full enthusiasm. With a boyfriend so capable, he couldn’t afford to lose. Even if he didn’t fight on the battlefield or hunt wild beasts, he couldn’t drag him down.@@@@
Following the instructions in the training ground, Lu Yu did some running exercises and muscle stretching exercises. Especially the muscle stretching exercises, he did them particularly diligently. To be honest, he really envied Tai Lie and the others for their toned yet handsome muscles. They looked so cool. However, it seemed like his body wasn’t naturally inclined to develop muscles. Even in modern times, he would occasionally go to the gym, and while his stamina seemed to improve, he couldn’t seem to build muscles.
Lu Yu suddenly remembered something. Back then, while other guys had female trainers at the gym, he always had muscular male trainers coming to him...
Lu Yu fell silent for a moment, then continued to train seriously.
After training for a few hours, Lu Yu returned to the control room, preparing to close the training ground and let everyone go to sleep, only to find new content on the panel.
[Low-level Dream Training Ground Upgraded]
[Basic Dream Training Ground Unlocked]
Huh? Upgraded?
Lu Yu took a look. Previously, he saw that upgrading the training ground required a certain number of trainees and duration. Tonight, with the people from the valley joining, they had trained all night, which was enough.
Lu Yu also came to a conclusion. The first upgrade of these new systems was relatively easy. Whether it was the first upgrade of the panel, the village, or the guidance system, they were all easily completed. However, the difficulty increased exponentially with subsequent upgrades, especially for village upgrades.
Lu Yu felt a headache when he thought about those new materials.
Forget it, let’s not think about that for now. Let’s see what new content there is in the Dream Training Ground after the upgrade.
Click to check.
The panel on the screen refreshed.
The first thing Lu Yu noticed was the “Training Ground Status Check” icon.
He clicked on it, and a list of everyone’s avatars popped up.
Lu Yu paused for a moment and then clicked on Tai Lie’s avatar.
Hmm, he definitely wasn’t just checking on what his “potential boyfriend” was up to. He was just checking out this new feature, Lu Yu thought confidently.
With his finger tapping, a screen suddenly appeared in front of him.
Lu Yu was surprised. So, the so-called status check was actually a real-time projection of the training ground’s status.
However, it seemed like this feature wasn’t very useful. Why would he need to look at this? He wasn’t a supervisor, and he wasn’t checking to see if anyone was slacking off.
Actually, whether it was the Matai people or the people from the valley, he had never seen anyone slacking off. Each one of them was eager to work hard.
Lu Yu didn’t dwell on it for long because his attention quickly shifted elsewhere.
On the screen, a tall and sturdy man was sparring with a virtual opponent. This virtual opponent looked the same as the others in the combat training, just a mechanical figure dressed in human skin. It couldn’t be damaged, and it didn’t give any verbal instructions, only making mechanical movements.
Even without using any techniques, Tai Lie could easily defeat this virtual opponent. However, he was still striving to apply the combat techniques demonstrated by the virtual opponent in his sparring.
His movements might not be very skilled, but his expression was determined and especially serious.
And he... looked especially handsome.
With his tense jawline, broad shoulders, sturdy abdominal muscles, and the hint of a mermaid line hidden behind his animal skin skirt...
As Lu Yu watched, his face began to flush. They say that a serious man is the most handsome, and there was some truth to that...
Hmm, this man was about to become his boyfriend!
The smile on Lu Yu’s face was almost uncontrollable.
Wait a minute!
Lu Yu suddenly remembered something.
If Tai Lie becomes his boyfriend, then their intimacy would be natural and reasonable, wouldn’t it? The upgrade of the panel would be like riding a rocket!
Lu Yu’s eyes sparkled.
In the future, he could have meals with Tai Lie every day, and they could even bathe and scrub each other’s backs together after eating. While dating, he could upgrade the panel! What a heavenly cheat!
The rice paddies were ready, and Lu Yu evenly scattered the rice seeds.
After scattering them, Lu Yu clapped his hands and rubbed his waist.
Hmm, it was a little sore. He would let his “prospective boyfriend” help massage it later.
“Witch, what’s wrong?” asked by the people from the valley who were following him.
Why did he suddenly smile after rubbing his waist?
Lu Yu pursed his lips. “Ahem, it’s nothing. Well, let’s call it a day here. I’ll come back this afternoon to tell you more.”
Lu Yu was eager to go back.
If Tai Lie and the others caught prey in the morning, they would come back for lunch, then rest for a while before heading out again.
Lu Yu felt he could make use of the noon break.
He returned to the village with excitement. However, when it was time for lunch, Tai Lie and the others hadn’t returned.
Xia Cao looked at Lu Yu’s disappointed expression and thought he was disappointed that Tai Lie and the others hadn’t caught any prey.
She comforted him, “They might have caught a large wild animal. It takes a long time to ambush such animals. Witch, don’t worry.”
Lu Yu knew she had misunderstood, but he didn’t say much, just nodded. “Okay.”
For some reason, he vaguely felt that his impatience was a bit unreasonable, as if he had overlooked something, perhaps because of his anxiety.
Lu Yu suppressed this emotion and spent the afternoon as usual, teaching the people from the valley about farming knowledge, irrigation methods, weed control, and even how to make fertilizer, mainly using plant ashes rather than manure.
In the evening, he washed off the dirt from his body by the river and returned to the village, feeling clean and refreshed.
Just as he entered the village, he overheard two Matais whispering to each other.
Lu Yu didn’t intend to eavesdrop, but he caught his name in their conversation, causing him to slow down his steps.
“You mean the fruit Witch talked about?”
“It should be, round and red, still hanging on the tree.”
“That’s great. I’ll give it to Witch later!”
Hearing this, Lu Yu smiled. So they found a fruit for him. Judging by their description, it seemed like an apple?
He was about to step out when the two people started talking about something else.
“The food Witch eats is different from ours.”
“Because Witch’s body is different from ours.”
“Do you think... Witch will end up like those people, living for decades...”
The voice of the speaker gradually lowered.
Lu Yu’s head felt like it had been struck by a sledgehammer, and suddenly, as if enlightened, the unease in his heart became clear.
How could he... how could he forget such an important thing...
A gap between him and Tai Lie.
Lifespan.
He was just an ordinary person. In a few more years, he would be thirty, then over thirty, forty... He would age, and after a few decades, he would die.
But Tai Lie, he would remain strong for hundreds or even thousands of years before gradually aging.
If he really got together with Tai Lie, would he fear the separation of life and death, or would he fear gradually growing old and being abandoned?
Or perhaps, they would just have a short-lived romance and then break up?
But once they got together, could he control something as unpredictable as feelings?
Lu Yu’s heart tightened suddenly.